User talk:Equant
Hello, welcome to Wikipedia. Great job on the temp rewrite for George O. Squier. That looks like the beginning of a great article. As a new member of Wikipedia, you might like to start by reading the tutorial and introducing yourself at the new users page. I see you already know your way around a bit. Two things that really helped me learn were using the Sandbox and clicking the "Show Preview" button before saving. You can regularly find new tips on the Community Portal. I look forward to reading your articles, and I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. If you have any questions, you can ask at the help desk or on my talk page. :-) SWAdair | Talk 03:57, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Temp rewrites[edit]
I'm glad you pointed that out. I hadn't realized the instructions aren't quite clear enough on that point for people seeing them for the first time. I'll have to think about a way to clarify this. Ok, to answer your question -- that's how it is supposed to work. The rewrite is supposed to stay on a temp page until an admin gets around to checking, which they won't do immediately. Articles listed on Wikipedia:Copyright problems are supposed to stay for a minimum of seven days. That gives time for people to write a non-copyvio temp version (as you are doing) if they wish. After that point an admin will check and see what needs to be done with the article - delete outright, replace with a rewritten version, or even merge the two versions (if it turns out the original was not copyvio and was listed as such by mistake). That information can be found on Wikipedia:Copyright problems, but it isn't all together and isn't really clear for newcomers to the page. So that people seeing the copyvio notice for the first time will understand the automatic delay involved, I'll give some thought to how to modify the template and suggest the change on the appropriate talk page. Again, thank you for pointing that out. Happy editing! SWAdair | Talk 08:46, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
For info, in British English we use the word "tie" to refer to an individual match-up in a single-elimination tournament, therefore to refer to the "final tie" is technically correct. Conversely, we don't use the word "tie" to mean a game where the scores finished level - we call that a "draw"...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:51, 6 August 2009 (UTC)