User talk:Andre anckaert

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This isn't Wikipedia, so we do have some differences. Our Babel system happens to derive from that on Meta, which requires fewer templates to be made and allows translation changes to be made to a single template for a language that will update all of the levels of that particular language at once. Wikipedia may be big, but not necessarily efficient. If you'd like to contribute to Wikibooks, it will be necessary to adjust to the particular community in place here. -- Adrignola talk contribs 13:22, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Civility
It is not my place to call your attention for your words on another Wikibookian talk page. But since I closed the issue and got a bit jolted by how you worded the request I have to remind you that most of us on the project are volunteers and some already spend lots of time correcting mistakes other users do, even more if burdened with dealing with vandals and people just working out their frustrations on the project. I sincerely urge you to moderate and take some time in deciding on how to word your requests in a more positive way, request things don't demand them... To see and determine edits responsibilities, the way to go is to examine the edit history of a page. Thank you for calling the attention to what seemed an unwanted edit, in cases like this you can just tag the page for a speedy deletion (but check the history first), and take note if the editor is a registered user (and his edit history if you have the time) don't jump immediately on recent edits since Wikibookians may still be considering adding to it, in doubt ask or tag the page as. --Panic (talk) 10:33, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Dear Panick2k4,

Thanks for the advice. I had no idea of having tresspassed so serously on the Wikibook-étiquette and humbly apologize to ADRIGNOLA in case he would share some part of your opinion about my wording.

Andre anckaert (talk) 11:27, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * You still need to find the middle ground.
 * We are all equals here, we don't have to agree in everything but we are required (by policy) to treat each other in a way that ultimately benefits the project, promotes cooperation and participation, it is easy to understand that one will get better returns by using the carrot over the stick.
 * I took the chance to examine your participation on the project and since you seem to have a special interest on the mathematics I will take this chance to challenge you to find transwikable material that would benefit our books or at least to populate the existing content with any relevant and useful wikilinks as you examine it, this seems an easy way to extend most of our mathematics material (I had recently added it to my TODO list).
 * I also replied to you inquiry on Talk:Algebra/Solving equations, if you feel it as useful move that information into the content. --Panic (talk) 20:39, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm a bit confused by the recent notice on my talk page. I haven't really been following what's been going on between you two, but I'd ask that everyone take a step back, take a deep breath, and be respectful if you haven't been already.  I'm sure everyone wants to contribute positively.  -- Adrignola talk contribs 00:03, 16 January 2010 (UTC)