AkelPad

ClayThedill · Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Posts: 1

hey, we're not on Wikipedia:

"Search results...There were no results matching the query.
You may create the page "AkelPad"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AkelPad&action=edit&redlink=1
..."

even Metapad has its own page, as well as being on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_text_editors
&
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors

i'm a fairly new user, so think a dev or similar should put us there, not a newbie like me Wink

Surveyor · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:09 pm Post subject: Wikipedia

Instructor · Site Admin Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 5167

Surveyor

FeyFre · Joined: 07 Aug 2007 Posts: 2003 Location: Vinnitsa, Ukraine

We are on Wikipedia Smile

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/AkelPad
Not much, but there.

ravenlaughs · Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 40

I could help with spelling, grammar, and punctuation in an English version.

Russian...ha-ha, from watching Nu Pogodi I know what a "zayets" is.

se7h · Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Posts: 764 Location: Minsk, Belarus

2Surveyor:

We already were tired of waiting your article in wikipedia Wink

Surveyor · Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject:

se7h · Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Posts: 764 Location: Minsk, Belarus

eil · Joined: 15 Nov 2009 Posts: 30 Location: Alex

i'm not a writer but if someone shell prepare an article on a mentioned russian, i can translate it.

Surveyor · Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 6:33 am Post subject: We're on!

I heard, I came, I wrote...

see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AkelPad

Images (screen captures) may come later; Wikipedia has some strict guidelines about posting images. It turns out, I can't post images there until I do more editing. Geeez! Also, I may visit Comparison of text editors in the future and update that page.

Suggestions for adding to the content, or any changes required (ie. errors, incorrect facts) can be posted to this forum, or you can just change the article directly on Wikipedia.

Thanks!

se7h · Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Posts: 764 Location: Minsk, Belarus

good job man! Cool

Fr0sT · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 875

Nice!
When you'll insert screenshots, don't forget to show toolbars and highlight.

Surveyor · Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 12:08 am Post subject: Wikipedia guidelines

To all,

Thanks for any and all comments re: article on Wikipedia. I would like to just make a few comments about same, just to "state my case".

An article on Wikipedia is important; it provides a quickly accessible place for users to gain a little information about AkelPad, and access the homepage, etc. "Just look it up on Wikipedia" - we all have done THAT!

I would love to add a fully detailed page about AkelPad - I wouldn't spend the time doing this (and the documentation!) if I didn't love it!

But...

Wikipedia has some guidelines for content, and mechanisms for complete deletion of a page. One of their principles can be stated as follows:

Fr0sT · Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 875

Surveyor, I realize your worries, but hey, on Crystal_FLOW's page the warnings are 4 months old, and the page is still there. I don't think deletion is going to be executed quickly. We'll get enough time to discuss a warning with Wiki staff if there will be one. So don't hesitate to add several screenshots or little more info. Of course, keeping in mind the thin line between description and promotion. Hmm, maybe several stages of Akel's history should be added?

ravenlaughs · Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 40

It seems to be a common problem with software. There aren't a whole lot of those wonderfully reliable secondary sources! We'll just have to live with warnings.