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New pages
When creating new pages do not directly cut and paste content from Wikipedia or any other websites (like you did with Iridium and Burke) With Iridium concerned, just write about it from a Stargate point of view (what it did in the episode in question, not much more). But is it even mentioned in Stargate? -- Matthew R Dunn (talk) (Contribs) 13:44, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok but why is there a category "Articles using Wikipedia content" then? And yes Iridium is mentioned in Stargate. See here
 * Also i didn't just copy and paste Burke from Wikipedia, i got it from multiple sources (i.e TV.com, Stargate SG1 Solutions and also watched that episode today which is where i took the screenshot of him) --Jenkins08 (talk) (Contribs) 13:50, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * All those articles using Wikipedia content are from episodes, which used to have their own Wikipedia pages, until they were merged. In the case of Iridium, I don't think all of that information was mentioned on the episode. I know Burke is copied from Solutions, please write articles without cutting and pasting from other websites, as that can account for copyright infringement, we're trying to be something different and unique from those other sources. Thanks. -- Matthew R Dunn (talk) (Contribs) 13:58, 24 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok no problem however in the case of Copyright, all Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects, articles and images are under the GPL Licence, therefore i am not breaking any rules by simply copying them. I personally feel that any information is better than none. As for Burke, when i first went to that page there was very little info (See this --Jenkins08 (talk) (Contribs) 14:06, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Categories
A few things before you continue, please...
 * We follow a general rule that only the first word of a title is capitalized (with a few exceptions like proper names). If you look at almost all (if not every single one) of the other categories we have, only the first word is capitalized. Therefore, your :Category:Images of Trading Cards should be Category:Images of trading cards. Images of actors, and so on.
 * Please do not put specific files into blanket categories like "Images of Atlantis characters". We have literally hundreds of images that could go in that category. Be more specific. "Images of Dr. Weir", "DHD images", "Gun images" etc.

Thanks. - 06:35, November 28, 2009 (UTC)


 * Ah crap ok thanks for telling me :)... --Jenkins08 (talk) (Contribs) 06:37, November 28, 2009 (UTC)


 * No worries. I wish there was an easy fix, like just renaming the category and having every image correct itself. I would tell you to keep going with the trading card images because you've already done so many, but I just took a look at how many cards there actually are and it's not even half way yet. It sucks, but go forward with calling it Category:Images of trading cards (lowercase). On the bright side, we have a list of exactly how many you've already done :Category:Images of Trading Cards|here and it's just a matter of moving them all over.  With the other categories you've done, like actors, it's a quick fix.  - 07:11, November 28, 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah it's cool man i don't mind changing them to conform to standards... Haven't got much else to do at the moment but we do have a storm rolling in so it might seem like i've suddenly stopped but i will correct the mistakes a.s.a.p (i think there is about 300-350 in total and i've already started fixin them) :) --Jenkins08 (talk) (Contribs) 07:15, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll start at the bottom and work my way up. - 07:16, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Lol that's what i've been doing aswell--Jenkins08 (talk) (Contribs) 07:19, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

SUCCESS! For a while there, my mind blanked and I had to double check that I'd actually edited the pages. Cheers. - 07:58, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Haha well done thanks a million man... lightning just struck our backyard aswell lol.. Internet (wireless) is super laggy atm so i might stop for a bit... Thanks for all your help and before i go i have 1 question for ya... I'm aware of the signature feature on the wiki but i'm unsure how to use it like yours, just a small image and possibly coloured text? Thanks again :) --Jenkins08 (talk) (Contribs) 08:03, November 28, 2009 (UTC)


 * No problem, happy to help =) Regarding the signature, it's a little complicated and there's a couple steps involved. I followed this in depth guide, located here on the Lostpedia (I googled it and that was one of the first results). You can see how I made mine here. Cheers.  - 08:22, November 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Too easy (i'm a web developer so i can pick up on something quickly) lol thanks again :D --Jenkins08 (talk) (Contribs) 08:35, November 28, 2009 (UTC)

Under construction pages
If you are working on one page, it would be best not to start one saying something like "Under construction, I'm working on it." But by all means, plan the pages out on a sandbox page, or do it on Word as I have done on some of the Wikipedia projects I have done. Most likely, no one is going to beat you to the punch when creating that page. Thanks. -- Matthew R Dunn (talk) (Contribs) 12:17, November 30, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah sorry about that, i use Notepad++ to plan out my pages before i finalize them, initially i thought i would be alot quicker than i have been with creating that page, i wasn't thinking when i saved it. Sorry for any inconvenience :) - - 12:21, November 30, 2009 (UTC)

Music
You might want to put those music files in a category called "User music" or something like that in case we ever upload stargate music. If you've ever been to halopedia, you would see why I'm weary (I think that's the right word, I'm very tired :) of having user stuff and actual Stargate-related stuff combine. Although maybe some of those music file are Stargate-related, but they all just seemed like drums or something. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they're bad, I actually haven't really listened to them... I'm assuming you composed them yourself? —Anubis 10545 (talk) (Contribs) 08:08, December 1, 2009 (UTC)
 * Yep sure did :D.. and good idea i'll do that now, might do the same with the videos aswell :) - - 08:27, December 1, 2009 (UTC)

Spelling on Stargate (movie)
Actually artifact is the American English version http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact_(archaeology). Like fetus instead of foetus. As it is an American movie with American characters artifact is the proper spelling.Lowriders95s10 (talk) (Contribs) 08:20, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * I was just about to point that out. An American movie, using American English, on an American English wiki. Most of the "corrections" were false, per language-standards used here, which far outweighed the single true corrections, such as the noted "StarGate". 68.238.68.27 18:20, December 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * You reverted it back to "stargate" with no casing, that is incorrect because both the device "Stargate" and the movie "Stargate" are proper nouns.
 * Archaeologist is never spelt "acheologist" even this wiki has the article spelt correctly Archaeologist. The only 2 things that i accept are American spelling is probably worhshiping (Which in my country would be pronouned Wor-Shyping) and Artifact - - 05:29, December 8, 2009 (UTC)
 * I know those two were still incorrect, but they were far outweighed by the others. Reverting set an example, and allowed for less correcting. 68.238.67.70 01:40, December 10, 2009 (UTC)