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Proofreading is key to aviod making a million little edits.
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I think we are all in the same boat --I am more like you ME.
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--[[User:Telle|Telle]] 19:29, 26 May 2006 (EDT)
  
read this [http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/proofing.html Proofreading]
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This is not a joke, it is really helpful for everyone, including myself.
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Thanks for adding to the Mental Emperor entry, ME.  I had forgotten the info regarding Ersork, and when I added the entry, I was doing most of it from memory, which on occassion seems to be a little shot. Thanks also for letting me know about the use of numbered designations...I was not aware of that.  Like what you did for the two additional Superboys, combining them into one entry, shouldn't the same thing be done with Air Wave?---Mano
  
--[[User:Super Monkey|Super Monkey]] 00:22, 26 May 2006 (EDT)
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The best thing to do is use the talk pages for the entries. Redirects are not necessary and aren't used here, any entry could get a redirect based on another name or even a typo. As far as the Superboys, if they had designations of universes, then yeah, a new entry could be OK. (the "Airwaves" were named as two different people in the pages of the comics - years work better than giving a number that isn't official). If not, grouping together works. The Earth-1 or Earth-2 designation works only when the comics name these Earths (generally, with Superman, in the 70s and later). Before that, it is always assumed that Superboy is from "Earth". --[[User:MatterEaterLad|MatterEaterLad]] 04:10, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 
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I'm sure many of us know this but, in my case, are too lazy, tired, bored, egotistical or plain forgetful to proof the first time through. My mistakes are usually the same over and over.  I never learn.  Another suggestion is to compose in a program with a spell/grammar/syntax check.
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--[[User:Telle|Telle]] 02:27, 26 May 2006 (EDT)
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I'm a little confused, is it hard on the database to keep editing online?  Generally, most of the things I keep going back and editing are small things that I just figure should be right eventually, and its easier to get them sooner rather than later when there are going to be a lot of entries. For example, in the "Sylvia" entry, the reference should be SGLL, not LL, and since its close to the top, its easier to make the small edit now...when I follow links to other entries, I find some typos in almost all of them...I think I'm anal in trying to wipe them all out on my entries in a few hours, rather than let them sit?
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-- MatterEaterLad
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Edit because I don't know how to create a signature above
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I make mistakes all the time, mostly when I don't proofread and just rush out the entry. Sometimes even after I proofread, I read it one more time after I post it, then I catch something. It actually saves a lot of time. Editing takes longer than reading.
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P.S. to make a sig just click on that button between to the one with the red cricle and the one with the line, the one that looks like a sig. Just press it and it does it for you.
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--[[User:Super Monkey|Super Monkey]] 08:48, 26 May 2006 (EDT)
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Yeah, but are you saying I'm making too many small edits?  Because it takes up too much space on the recent changes menu?  When you say rush out the entry, generally, I do that by hitting "save page", but I do that (I do use preview too) because sometimes the site is wonky and I don't want to lose the entry...I guess I'm just confused, but as I learn more about Wiki commands etc., I'll get better at not having to look up things like adding online sources etc.  I do try to pretty much finish my edits the day I make the entry.
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--[[User:MatterEaterLad|MatterEaterLad]] 09:39, 26 May 2006 (EDT)
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Thanks for the signature command...
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--[[User:MatterEaterLad|MatterEaterLad]] 09:41, 26 May 2006 (EDT)
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You are doing great work!
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I am just trying to help you save time and headaches, since you always seem annoyed that you have to make 10 small typo edits for every entry. That's all. I know I get annoyed when I find typos in my own entries.
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--[[User:Super Monkey|Super Monkey]] 13:38, 26 May 2006 (EDT)
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Oh... ;>)
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LOL, actually, I thought maybe I was taking up too much bandwidth with 8 entries for Mr. Xavier or something like that...I admit I hit "save page" like a person will hit "save" in a word processor program...so that's how I do my proofreading...anyways, I am getting more used to the Wiki format, so I'm not frustrated...
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Cheers!
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--[[User:MatterEaterLad|MatterEaterLad]] 14:09, 26 May 2006 (EDT)
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Latest revision as of 23:10, 16 September 2008

I think we are all in the same boat --I am more like you ME. --Telle 19:29, 26 May 2006 (EDT)

Cleared out old user talk


Thanks for adding to the Mental Emperor entry, ME. I had forgotten the info regarding Ersork, and when I added the entry, I was doing most of it from memory, which on occassion seems to be a little shot. Thanks also for letting me know about the use of numbered designations...I was not aware of that. Like what you did for the two additional Superboys, combining them into one entry, shouldn't the same thing be done with Air Wave?---Mano

The best thing to do is use the talk pages for the entries. Redirects are not necessary and aren't used here, any entry could get a redirect based on another name or even a typo. As far as the Superboys, if they had designations of universes, then yeah, a new entry could be OK. (the "Airwaves" were named as two different people in the pages of the comics - years work better than giving a number that isn't official). If not, grouping together works. The Earth-1 or Earth-2 designation works only when the comics name these Earths (generally, with Superman, in the 70s and later). Before that, it is always assumed that Superboy is from "Earth". --MatterEaterLad 04:10, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

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