TheWingedone

Is this my sandbox?--TheWingedone (talk) 01:45, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

No this is your talk page . If you want a sandbox then click User:TheWingedone/Sandbox. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 03:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

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Hephaestus

This edit to the template is why it wasn't working correctly. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 03:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I still don't know what you did but thanks for fixing that for me. I see it shows now instead of invisible! Thanks for that!--TheWingedone (talk) 21:06, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

WP:MYTH

Hi there, Sorry that our first interactions are my undoing several of your changes to Troilus. However, it has struck me that you may be interested in joining the Wikiproject on Mythology to be found at WP:MYTH. There is no compulsion to join it, but it gives you a chance to bounce ideas off people with similar interests, look for potential collaborators etc.--Peter cohen (talk) 21:13, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I just took a look and there's a lot of info to digest over there! I found the link where it tells me how to join but it doesn't tell me anything else about members, like if they have to do something, and any responsibilities etc. I'm assuming there's no membership dues but how are there certain things expected from me, like number edits/month, participation in weekly discussions or online meetings etc. etc.? It sounds interesting tho. I didn't know there were wikipedia clubs! --TheWingedone (talk) 21:07, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

No responsibilities. Though if you are inactive for a long time, you might get removed from the list. It's just a way of indicating your interests. If you look at some user pages (for example mine - click on my name in blue and it will take you there), you'll see that there are user boxes indicating what we are interested in. If say you have had positive interaction with someone, and the user boxes indicated that they're interested in something you like too, then you could suggest a collaboration. The problem is that sometimes they are too busy - I myself am meant to be getting on with my PhD real soon now and can't commit to anything. Project pages are another place to catch people and try and generate interest in collaboration. Also it is a place where you can say "I'm new. I've just done this what do you think?" and hopefully you'll trigger the interest of people who can provide some feedback. I certainly benefited from contact with people in the opera wikiproject. There is a rule WP:Bite which says we shouldn't be nasty to newcomers. But not everybody on Wikipedia is perfect. (Just like anywhere else.) And explanations some people give for undoing your edits can be offputting. Joining wikiprojects to do with articles you edit give you an extra place to go and ask why somethign happened. (Obviously, if you're someone who is very self-confident, you may not feel you need this.)

Typically on the main project page of a project (e.g. WP:Myth), you'll find a statement of what people hope to achieve in the project in the mid-term. On the talk page (e.g. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mythology), you'll find people asking questions and sometimes suggesting things they want to do soon.

You'll find a full list of projects at: Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory, click on the general area of interest and ou should see more specific projects. A lot of articles are covered by more than one project. Much of what you're doing woudl be covered by Wikipedia:WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome as well as WP:Myth. The projects that an article relates to can be found near the top of its talk page.--Peter cohen (talk) 22:50, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Projects aren't really clubs. The project talk page is generally where you see things happening. Over at WP:WPO we almost arranged a real life meeting to amrk our 5000th article but nothing actually happened. Over at meta.wikimedia.org, you'll find things about local chapters which can involve online or real meetings, mailing lists etc. Also Wikipedia:Meetup shows info about real life meetings.

Anyway I've wittered on enough.--Peter cohen (talk) 22:50, 11 October 2008 (UTC)