User talk:Fountain Pen

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Please don't copy and paste code from en.wiki. We need to import the code and the documentation. Please request it at WB:RFI. – Adrignola discuss 02:31, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I didn't realize that we had to go thruogh WB:RFI. It won't happen again. Fountain Pen (discuss • contribs) 13:32, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Also, I have pasted a few paragraphs from Wikipedia into a book that I'm working on. Do I need to delete them and get them imported? Fountain Pen (discuss • contribs) 13:48, 25 June 2011 (UTC)


 * If the content isn't the basis for the entire page, you can use a permanent link to the version at Wikipedia (permanent link is in the toolbox at the bottom-left) and then simply use it as an inline citation with the code seen at this help page. If there is any difficulty, please don't hesitate to request assistance. – Adrignola discuss 15:23, 25 June 2011 (UTC)


 * The content is very important to the page and should be left in, so I have made an RFI and will get back to you if I have any questions, but I think I'll be OK from here. Thanks for your help.  Fountain Pen (discuss • contribs) 21:46, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * You might want to take a look at a recent update to http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Requests_for_import#Wikipedia:Mesoamerica. Also, I took the liberty of indenting your previous comments on this thread. I am also an importer but not an admin and not nearly as knowledgeable as Adrignola and others, but then that is not always a bad thing. Zen Mind,Beginners Mind. Adrignola has spent a lot of time helping me out with various tasks so if there is anything I can do to pay back the time invested, such as helping you with import requests, I am happy to do so. &#91;&#91;User:Geof Bard गीता&#93;&#93; (discuss • contribs) 22:15, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

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I was working on de-wikifying the page The History of the Native Peoples of the Americas/Mesoamerican Cultures/Aztecs when I stumbled across the broken Template:Infobox former country. I looked this template up on wikipedia, and decided that it would be a good template to keep in. How do I get this template imported, that is, do I just put in a request for import, or is there something special for templates?

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Fountain Pen (discuss • contribs)


 * Yes you ask at WB:RFI like with any request. There is nothing special for templates, though templates can be harder to import from Wikipedia because they tend to have a lot of dependencies. --dark lama  15:44, 15 August 2011 (UTC)