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February 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit that you made to the page Ex-gay has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Please use the sandbox for testing any edits; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing for further information. Thank you. Supertouch (talk) 23:31, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

please Look closer at the edit summary. unless I am mistaken, The reversion I made to the page was removing vandalism made by an ip user, and your edit replaced it. I could be wrong, as I am new to wikipedia, but If there was a mistake it was made in good faith, and I cartainly did not intentionally vandalize wikipedia. Thanks Efcmagnew (talk) 23:44, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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question...

{{helpme}} referring to the above discussion, which is settled now, is it proper wikietiquette for me to remove it? can I remove my own comments from talk pages? how about this question, after it is answered? Thank you. Efcmagnew (talk) 03:04, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You can remove anything from your own talk page (or move it to a subpage to archive it). As long as you are not changing others' comments, it's fine. fetchcomms☛ 03:08, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

external links

{{helpme}} Do external links have to be in the external links section, or can they be in the body of the article if they relate to the nearby text? Specifically, in the article Garlic, can I move the <{{wikibook|horticulture|garlic}}> template for the horticulture WB to the ==cultivation== section? It doesn't seem to be the best place for it down in the "extenal links" section, and the subject of the book section on garlic directly relates to the text of the cultivation section. Thank you. Efcmagnew (talk) 19:25, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The guidelines are at Wikipedia:External links, and they say, "External links should not normally be used in the body of an article." Please let me know if there any more questions. Thanks! --Mysdaao ^talk 21:12, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Citations (Tomato)

Hi Efcmagnew. Thanks for trying to improve the Tomato article, but there's a problem with the sources you used. The first one specifically says it's based on Wikipedia [1], and the second ([2]) seems very similar to the Wikipedia article, leading me to suspect that it also got information from here (I will try to confirm this). Obviously we can't confirm statements on Wikipedia by using material that was based on Wikipedia! You may like to read the guidelines on reliable sources. In particular, both of these sites probably count as 'self-published'. Best wishes, Thomas Kluyver (talk) 14:03, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(A little sheepishly) Ouch. Thank you for pointing this out. I should have looked closer at the "sources" I used before I just spanked them right in there. I have a few more, that I think are better. What do you think of this one? It calls it a "wolf's peach", but it's probably the best source I have. There are two others that refer to it similarly but don't say why. You probably know this, but I'm not the one who added the original wolfpeach note to the article. I saw the ^{[citation needed]} tag and decided it would be easy and quick enough to find a source. Heh. I'll try to be a little less WP:BOLD in the future. Also, with the wikibook "Ethnomedicine" tag, I looked at the edit preview and noted the blue link, figuring that it was a page (also I knew the WB ethnomedicine was quite large). again, my bad. Could I move the WB horticulture template to the "cultivation" section? it would seem to better fit there. Thanks, and have a wonderful day, Efcmagnew (talk) 15:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries--feel free to be bold, but remember to be careful with sources! It's a tricky one to source—the first two of those three websites you've suggested both seem to be self-published, which is more of a concern than usual, since the claim's been on Wikipedia long enough that they could have used that. We could get away with the last one, which says it's using an old published dictionary, but it doesn't give the derivation. After a bit of digging I found this article which we can cite, although unfortunately most people probably can't see it. The wikibooks template page says that it should go in the 'External Links' section if possible, so let's leave it where it is. In any case, the cultivation section is more about commercial cultivation than growing it in your garden. Thomas Kluyver (talk) 10:40, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the guidance. It looks good now, but I can't help but note that "Plump thing with a navel" looks hilarious written down, especially in WP. Ha ha. I hope my wreckless editing hasn't ruined the other article I've been trying to improve, Garlic. The only reason I was looking at Tomato is because I was looking for layout ideas. Thanks again, Efcmagnew (talk) 00:38, 26 March 2010 (UTC)(not asking you to check or anything, I shall read more of WP policy and look it over myself and maybe do a peer review.) Efcmagnew (talk) 00:40, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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I replied on my talk. Let me know what article it is you're interested in. Fences&Windows 14:32, 25 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Dear Efcmagnew, thanks for your kind questions and your kind vote. This is a personal note from me to thank you. Best regards. Wifione _.......^{Leave a message} 19:50, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hey how's it going? One Love, One Heart, One Truth, One God. User:JacobAbravanel

hey...

I laughed out loud. Just sayin'. --j⚛e decker ^talk 03:35, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

*grin* Sorry for the scare! (Thinks to himself, next time, I'll leave a message that I have blocked... *evil grin*) Have a great weekend! --j⚛e decker ^talk 05:09, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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