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When adding a subpage, what is the proper formatting to not get a backslash in front of the title of that page on the mainpage? Like on my userpage which has the error that I made

You can put the page name, then a backslash, the the subpage name. For example, put this [[User:Coppermallow/Coppermallow Sandbox]]. -Porchcrop ^{(talk|contributions)} 03:32, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can also pipe any page to another name so if the page name is User:Coppermallow/Coppermallow Sandbox, by typing and saving [[User:Coppermallow/Coppermallow Sandbox|My Sandbox]] what will be shown is My Sandbox. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:06, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Coppermallow. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit on wikipedia, so, if you like, just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, and ignore all rules, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people. I suggest that you try to improve a few articles first, before you make your own. Maybe look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references. If you need help, please ask! Edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes. Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page. If you want to know more, there's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of wikipedia! --  Chzz  ►  Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Grade sources • Cite sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists • Best articles Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Pages needing attention • Peer review The missing manual

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I wanted to practice prior to updating any pages? How do I upload pictures though?

• If you want to add an existing image to an article, type [[Image:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption.]] to the article – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information.
• If you want to upload an image from your computer, for use in an article, you must find out what license the image is licensed under. If you know your image is licensed under a free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons, where all projects have access to the image. If you are unsure what license your image is licensed under, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy. Hope this helps.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:28, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to WikiProject Medicine! I noticed you recently added yourself to our Participants' list, and I wanted to welcome you to our project. Our goal is to facilitate collaboration on medicine-related articles, and everyone is welcome to join (regardless of medical qualifications!). Here are some suggested activities: Read our Manual of Style for medical articles and guide to Reliable medical sources Join in editing our collaboration of the week (the current one is Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Discuss with other members in the doctor's mess Have a look at some related WikiProjects Have a look at the collaboration dashboard If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, or please feel free to ask for help, on talk page. Again, welcome!

Maen. K. A. (talk) 10:24, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Maen. K. A. (talk) 10:29, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

{{adoptoffer}} Hi, I saw your adoption offer and I would like to adopt you. Please leave a message on my talk page if you're interested. MathCool10 ^{Sign here!} 01:52, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I really appreciate the adoption offer. I had a run of overnight calls and presentations so have been offline for a few weeks but should be back to daily or so editing. I will review things I have been working on and get some questions together for you. I am also unearthing some textbooks to help with references for some of the pages I have been amending. I also have a major page edit I want to undertake that I would really appreciate some advice on "Wilson Bruce Evans House" but will start a separate discussion sandbox for my work on that.

Also, I am updating/expanding articles in Portal:Medicine and Microbiology that they have requested be worked on. How do I indicate to that Portal (the powers that be) that the article has been expanded? Is there someone that just checks periodically or is there a way to indicate? Coppermallow (talk) 14:49, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've created an adoption page for you here. Please watch it. MC10 | Sign here! 18:44, 27 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi, as an informal &unstructured adjunct to your adoption, if you have any questions, feel free to drop them on my talk page, if you like. I've been around Wikipedia 2⁺ years. Ling.Nut ^{(talk—WP:3IAR)} 13:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Medical Translation Newsletter
Issue 1, June/July 2014
byCFCF, Doc James

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This is the first of a series of newsletters for Wikiproject Medicine's Translation Task Force. Our goal is to make all the medical knowledge on Wikipedia available to the world, in the language of your choice.

Spotlight - Simplified article translation

Wikiproject Medicine started translating simplified articles in February 2014. We now have 45 simplified articles ready for translation, of which the first on African trypanosomiasisorsleeping sickness has been translated into 46 out of ~100 languages. This list does not include the 33 additional articles that are available in both full and simple versions.

Our goal is to eventually translate 1,000 simplified articles. This includes:

• WHO's list of Essential Medicines[1]
• Neglected tropical diseases[2]
• Key diseases for medical subspecialties like: oncology, emergency medicine (list), anatomy, internal medicine, surgery, etc.

We are looking for subject area leads to both create articles and recruit further editors. We need people with basic medical knowledge who are willing to help out. This includes to write, translate and especially integrate medical articles.

What's happening?

IEG grant

I've (CFCF) taken on the role of community organizer for this project, and will be working with this until December. The goals and timeline can be found here, and are focused on getting the project on a firm footing and to enable me to work near full-time over the summer, and part-time during the rest of the year. This means I will be available for questions and ideas, and you can best reach me by mail or on my talk page.

Wikimania 2014

For those going to London in a month's time (or those already nearby) there will be at least one event for all medical editors, on Thursday August 7th. See the event page, which also summarizes medicine-related presentations in the main conference. Please pass the word on to your local medical editors.

Integration progress

There has previously been some resistance against translation into certain languages with strong Wikipedia presence, such as Dutch, Polish, and Swedish.
What was found is that thre is hardly any negative opinion about the the project itself; and any such critique has focused on the ways that articles have being integrated. For an article to be usefully translated into a target-Wiki it needs to be properly Wiki-linked, carry proper citations and use the formatting of the chosen target language as well as being properly proof-read. Certain large Wikis such as the Polish and Dutch Wikis have strong traditions of medical content, with their own editorial system, own templates and different ideas about what constitutes a good medical article. For example, there are not MEDRS (Polish,German,Romanian,Persian) guidelines present on other Wikis, and some Wikis have a stronger background of country-specific content.

• Swedish
  Translation into Swedish has been difficult in part because of the amount of free, high quality sources out there already: patient info, for professionals. The same can be said for English, but has really given us all the more reason to try and create an unbiased and free encyclopedia of medical content. We want Wikipedia to act as an alternative to commercial sources, and preferably a really good one at that.
  Through extensive collaborative work and by respecting links and Sweden specific content the last unintegrated Swedish translation went live in May.
• Dutch
  Dutch translation carries with it special difficulties, in part due to the premises in which the Dutch Wikipedia is built upon. There is great respect for what previous editors have created, and deleting or replacing old content can be frowned upon. In spite of this there are success stories: Anafylaxie.
• Polish
  Translation and integration into Polish also comes with its own unique set of challenges. The Polish Wikipedia has long been independent and works very hard to create high quality contentfor Polish audience. Previous translation trouble has lead to use of unique templates with unique formatting, not least among citations. Add to this that the Polish Wikipedia does not allow template redirects and a large body of work is required for each article.
  (This is somewhat alleviated by a commissioned Template bot - to be released). - List of articles for integration
• Arabic
  The Arabic Wikipedia community has been informed of the efforts to integrate content through both the general talk-page as well as through one of the major Arabic Wikipedia facebook-groups: مجتمع ويكيبيديا العربي, something that has been heralded with great enthusiasm.

Integration guides

Integration is the next step after any translation. Despite this it is by no means trivial, and it comes with its own hardships and challenges. Previously each new integrator has needed to dive into the fray with little help from previous integrations. Therefore we are creating guides for specific Wikis that make integration simple and straightforward, with guides for specific languages, and for integrating on small Wikis.

Instructions on how to integrate an article may be found here [3]

News in short

To come

• Medical editor census - Medical editors on different Wikis have been without proper means of communication. A preliminary list of projects is available here.
• Proofreading drives

Further reading

• Translators Without Borders
• Healthcare information for all by 2015, a global campaign

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