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I like the effect you get with <div class="letterhead">.

Is there a list somewhere of similar effects I can use? --Guy Macon (talk) 11:11, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Guy Macon:I've added documentation to {{quote box}} showing how you can get this effect. Due to limitations of the "quote box" template, it only looks good on a white background. Someone familiar with CSS could easily create a new template called Template:Letterhead box based on the "quote box" template to overcome these issues. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 17:29, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The winner picture is very nice as a picture but I strongly feel that images in Commons shouldn't be evaluated on an artistic rationale only. I dislike the fact that the picture is not of a real thing. I also dislike that other circumstances around pictures are not taken into account, for instance some pictures had to be taken in difficult places (Chilean desert) or reflect facts that are not easy to capture (driking birds, calves at birth). Other images have considerable usability (Sun or Vatican City maps). I'd like a contest on Wikipedic rather than aestethic values. B25es (talk) 11:25, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing Wikipedia

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It is possible that some sources will not be accessible to the student, so the standard advice to use the sources that the Wikipedia article used might not work. The professor could require that the student actually see all sources used, in which case it wouldn't be fair to exclude Wikipedia as a source if the article were well-referenced.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 18:00, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Since Wikipedia is a Wiki, and since the edit history is preserved, it is better to reference a specific revision of an article than just "the article." davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:46, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]