User talk:Mongolia62

Redirect

It is totally inappropriate to redirect from your talk page to the talk page of an article. This page is for discussing your activities, questions, etc. Article talk pages are for discussing improvements to the content of those articles. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:55, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

No biggy; you just have to keep discussion of your actions as an individual editor [done here], and discussions about the content of an individual article [done on that article's talk page], separate. (Oh... and remember to click the tilde button to sign in.) --Orange Mike | Talk 18:41, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921

Technically, you are no longer the sole editor of that article. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Hi there. In case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. If you can't type the tilde character, you should click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. This information is useful because other editors will be able to tell who said what, and when. Thank you! --SineBot (talk) 18:39, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Offer to help

If you have any questions about any articles, especially with regard to the esoterica of Wiki formatting, procedures, etc., don't hesitate to ask. (Afer all, I do have a special interest in Mongol topics.) --Orange Mike | Talk 15:37, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Many thanks for the offer, Orange Mike. But my Wikipedia days are now over with the four articles I wrote. It's been a rather interesting experience doing this for the last couple of months. I continue to be impressed with the quality of articles that I read (Colin Powell, when interviewed several weeks ago, said that US State Dept folks only need a laptop and access to Wikipedia), and the seriousness and diligence of Wikipedians (?) such as yourself in ensuring high standards. But I also wonder--just wonder, mind you--whether the plethora of rules and standards for everything from capitalization, formatting, transcriptions, etc., are just a tad excessive. Of course, I was brought up on a manual typewriter--I was teaching at an English university many years ago when someone told me that Americans had televisions with typewriters attached, and anything you typed would appear on the screen. I didn't believe her. Mongolia62 (talk) 15:20, 28 January 2009 (UTC) (Hope I'm correct in using the edit feature to respond. I'll find out in a moment.)