User talk:Canine828
Canine828, you are invited to the Teahouse![edit]
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Hello, Canine828, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
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Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! Drmies (talk) 17:52, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Canine, please see WP:NOTWEBHOST. We cannot supply server space for personal projects, as laudable as they may be. Thank you, Drmies (talk) 17:53, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Drmies, it's actually kind of a sub-wiki where people can look up C64 features and procedures, and get BASIC code they can copy. I'm sorry if I broke any rules, and I'll gladly take it down if it's a violation. canine828 (talk) 18:08, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- Hey, well, that's the kind of thing we can't do. Like I said, your goal may be laudable, but it's not a page that will improve the encyclopedia... Sorry, Drmies (talk) 18:09, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
Ok. Sorry, Drmies. I'll take it down. canine828 (talk) 18:11, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- How do I remove a page? canine828 (talk) 18:13, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- No, I'm sorry for being the bearer of bad news. I'll take care of it. Thanks for being a good sport about it--but if you know your stuff, browse through the guidelines. I have no doubt there's a thousand articles related to "old" computing that can do with improvement, though the problem frequently is to find reliable sources from the pre-internet age. And I speak as a former ZX Spectrum user, haha. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 18:15, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- It was my fault, I didn't read the guidelines for Wikipedia. However, I did buy the Commodore 64 Programmer Guide from the PC Museum in Brantford. I think that would qualify as a reliable source. canine828 (talk) 18:17, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- That is very possible. Go look at the C64 article, and then at the talk page, Talk:Commodore 64. You'll see there's some conversation there. It was formerly a Featured Article, the best we have, but got delisted (Wikipedia:Featured article review/Commodore 64/archive1). In other words, it can't be all bad but it's not perfect, so there's work to do. The talk page also lists a few WikiProjects, including Wikipedia:WikiProject Computing. That also has a talk page so you can see what people are talking about, and that's a good place to ask questions and find out what you can do. We appreciate your contributions to the project, and drop me a line if I can help. Drmies (talk) 18:24, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- It was my fault, I didn't read the guidelines for Wikipedia. However, I did buy the Commodore 64 Programmer Guide from the PC Museum in Brantford. I think that would qualify as a reliable source. canine828 (talk) 18:17, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
- No, I'm sorry for being the bearer of bad news. I'll take care of it. Thanks for being a good sport about it--but if you know your stuff, browse through the guidelines. I have no doubt there's a thousand articles related to "old" computing that can do with improvement, though the problem frequently is to find reliable sources from the pre-internet age. And I speak as a former ZX Spectrum user, haha. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 18:15, 20 January 2017 (UTC)