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Welcome!

Hello, Myronhofer, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using 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 ask your question on this page and then place {{help me}} before the question. Again, welcome! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:35, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Moved page

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I moved the page you accidentally created at Template:Userspace draft/date=April 2011 to a sandbox of yours: User:Myronhofer/sandbox. Good luck! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:35, 16 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Questions

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{{help me}} I've worked quite a lot on this entry and think it's ready to be posted on the main content of Wikipedia, but would appreciate someone reviewing it, and how exactly do I move it from my userpage to the main text of Wikipedia? Also, I've tried to add a link to "Developmental Psychobiology", the appropriate major category, but have I done this right? Thanks, Myronhofer (talk) 19:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC)MyronhoferMyronhofer (talk) 19:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC) ~~~~ Myronhofer (talk) 19:58, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

this is a reminder: I haven't had a reply to the above questions Thanks Myronhofer Myronhofer (talk) 19:20, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • The delay was because your first "help me" was enclosed within "nowiki" tags. This meant that no-one saw it!
  • To judge by your user name, you seem to be writing an article about yourself and your own research. Please read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY before taking this any further.
  • I have fixed the "draft article" header at User:Myronhofer so that you can see and use the two "guidance" links there.
  • I have removed the leading spaces from each paragraph. These have a strange effect at Wikipedia and made the text hard to read. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:39, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your email from MediaWiki Mail on july 25th as well as the above help. Now that I am back from vacation, I have been able to get back to this.

I am aware of the advice given in WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY and actually this draft entry did not originate from me, but was prepared at the request of my department administrators at Columbia, as one of a few selected senior faculty chosen for this. The draft was prepared by Elizabeth Saenger, assistant to Dr.David Hellerstein, Deputy Director, and myself as a joint effort.

As suggested, I have added a brief section on "Early Life and Family" , made a few minor edits, and now think it is ready to be moved to the Wiki 'Mainspace', pending your approval and advice as to how best to make this move (eg. simply follow the directions in "Article Wizard/Ready for submission" ?).

Thanks, Myronhofer (talk) 21:33, 25 August 2011 (UTC)Username -MyronhoferMyronhofer (talk) 21:33, 25 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the article is quite ready to be moved to the mainspace. My main concern is that the article doesn't have enough wikilinks. Adding wikilinks to the article links it to other articles, and makes it more readable. To add a wikilink to Albert Einstein, for example, you would type [[Albert Einstein]]. Samwb123T-C-E 02:10, 27 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks..this will take some time. I've read the "Wikilinks" site, but am not sure on one point: Is providing links to well known institutions considered "overlinking"? Myronhofer (talk) 19:24, 30 August 2011 (UTC) Myronhofer[reply]

It depends how well-known it is. Well-known professions such as "artist", "lawyer" or "dentist" should generally not be linked, but linking to institutions and Universities is generally acceptable, even Harvard and MIT. Samwb123T-C-E 20:01, 30 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

{{help me}} Finally the linking is done. On reading Wiki's posted advice for 'External Links' and 'Further reading' sections, I think I should omit these since the linking I did in the text seems to cover the necessary external links. Do you agree? Now I'm going to do some final(?) checking, and review....Ready for mainspace? If so, how do I do it? - There's a highlighted 'move' at the top of the userpage - just click on it and follow directions? Myronhofer (talk) 20:26, 1 September 2011 (UTC) MyronhoferMyronhofer (talk) 20:26, 1 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Somewhere (it varies with the skin you use) there will be a "Move" tab/link - just click and it will allow you to put a new name and a summary - full explanation is at WP:MOVE. You might want to consider WP:RFF first, but that's your choice.  Ronhjones  (Talk) 20:20, 2 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I followed Ronhjones suggestion, above, to make a Request for Feedback. This I did on Oct 24, after having the draft entry reviewed by two colleagues, making a number of changes and, on advice from various Wiki sites, changed my WIKI name to Curiouscientist. I haven't seen any feedback on the 'Request for Feedback' page, or on this 'Talk' page since 11/24. So now I'm wondering if I'm somehow missing the feedback, or made a mistake entering the request?? Curiouscientist (talk) 20:46, 15 November 2011 (UTC)CuriouscientistCuriouscientist (talk) 20:46, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No; see my reply to your similar question at Wikipedia talk:Requests for feedback/2011 October 24. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:25, 15 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Duplicate citations

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Hello. A few times now you have changed a combined citation back to a duplicate reference. I am guessing you don't understand the code which is why you keep undoing it. When you have a citation used more than once you don't cite it twice with two separate entries, Instead, you give it a name the first time you use it, i.e., instead of <ref>citation text</ref> you give a name <ref name="name">citation text</ref>, The next time you use that same citation, you simply use the name with an ending slash: <ref name="name /> Take a look at what the code does here. See the "a" and "b"? That's the two different places that citation now attaches to. Clicking on them will lead you to where in the text the footnote is.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:54, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

{{help}} thank you very much with my duplicate citation. it looks fine now except that the last ref, 49, is now at the head of another column to the right of the existing column. I assume this to utilize space more efficiently and will not delete this reference ? Myronhofer (talk) 18:37, 26 August 2011 (UTC)Myronhofer[reply]

In any case, if a reference has an exact dublicate, they should be combined. ~~Ebe123~~ (+) talk
Contribs 19:29, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
(e/c) That's just a function of your screen size and the text size you are using. Hit ctrl++ a few times and then ctrl+- to increase and lower the size of the font display and you should see the references columns are fluid, shifting to accommodate whatever the viewer's screen size is.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 19:32, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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Hello, Curiouscientist. You have new messages at Matthewrbowker's talk page.
Message added 22:59, 29 November 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

I saw you used this username when signing the comment to my talkpage. I'd recommend you always edit signed it so your IP address is hidden. ~ Matthewrbowker Say hi! 22:59, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And again ~ Matthewrbowker Say hi! 19:33, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

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Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Excirial (Contact me,Contribs) 22:04, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at Articles for creation

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Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit once you feel they have been resolved.
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 18:07, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your submission at AfC Myron Arms Hofer was accepted

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Myron Arms Hofer, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
The article has been assessed as C-Class, which is recorded on the article's talk page. You may like to take a look at the grading scheme to see how you can improve the article.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. Note that because you are a logged-in user, you can create articles yourself, and don't have to post a request. However, you may continue submitting work to Articles for Creation if you prefer.

Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia!

DGG ( talk ) 00:24, 13 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

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