User talk:Ragityman/talk/Archive 1

Request

I'm going to start by whining. My usual access is via a Nokia 6350. I'm looking for advice [other than to get a real computer!], as i'm having real problems navigating Wikipedia, which i've always found to be one of the easiest sites on the www to utilize. I've recently replaced my phone, and i seem to have an updated browser, which is always a headache for me. [i'm becoming a dinosaur -- i HATE change!] I'll try to find out which revision i have, as i'm sure that bears on my recent problems. Update soon.

Ragityman, ~14 July, 2010

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wiktionary. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• How to edit a page is a concise list of technical guidelines to the wiki format we use here: how to, for example, make text boldfaced or make a hyperlink. The Wiktionary tutorial is a more wordy, multi-page document that helps you through those same formatting issues, and also touches on a couple of other issues relevant to editing.
• The document What Wiktionary is not may be of interest. In particular, if you've edited Wikipedia in the past, you should note that Wiktionary is not an encyclopedia and does not have Wikipedia-style page titles.
• There is a technical guide to how to start a new page. But you'll also want to look at our guidelines for how to format an entry (what goes where) and our criteria for inclusion (what can be included), which are our two main policy documents. (You can get a feel for how to format an entry by looking at existing entries.)
• The sandbox is a safe place for testing markup.
• The FAQ has, of course, some frequently (and some infrequently) asked questions, and their answers.

I hope you enjoy editing here! By the way, you can sign your comments on talk (discussion) pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~, which automatically produces your name (or IP number if you're not signed in) and the current date and time. If you have any questions, then see the help pages, add a question to one of the discussion rooms or ask me on my talk page.

I hope that your problems navigating Wikipedia do not extend to Wiktionary, this site.​—msh210℠ (talk) 19:24, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, msh210, for the quick response and the useful suggestions. As you may have concluded, I'm very new at this, and when i made the entry you responded to i wasn't aware that Wiktionary has a separate "user-talk" page. I have not yet attempted to edit Wiktionary. All i usually do on Wikipedia is correct misspellings and glaring grammaticals of which i feel confident enough. I really haven't seen the same level of errors in Wiktionary.

Thanks again for your help, and, no, i don't have the same navigational problems on Wiktionary. Those i do have seem to be due to my unfamiliarity with the format/style, etc.

Ragityman 08:25, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

My browser is a primitive one used only on AT&T phones, and,as far as i've been able 2 determine, not upgradable. I'll have to work with it 'til i can get my computer online.

Ragityman 14:59, 21 September 2010 (UTC)