User talk:Scifipete

Oracle
Did you see my attempt to answer your question in Reading room/Assistance? --Jomegat (talk) 22:17, 16 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for this, I'll try it out --Scifipete (talk) 19:57, 22 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Looks like you've got it. If I can be of further assistance, please ask. I'm also about to add a pretty useful welcome message. --Jomegat (talk) 22:51, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome to Wikibooks, Scifipete!  First steps tutorial Wikibooks is for freely-licensed collaboratively-developed textbooks. You don't need technical skills in order to contribute here. Be bold contributing and assume good faith about the intentions of others. Remember, this is a wiki, so you're allowed to change just about anything, and changes can be made easily. Come introduce yourself to everyone, and let us know what interests you.

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Renaming a book
Please have an administrator do that. They are able to move the root page of the book and all subpages at once. You duplicated existing subpages under the new root name when that extra work was not necessary. Just a tip for next time. – Adrignola talk 00:25, 25 September 2010 (UTC)


 * OK. 2 Q's. Is there a way for me to do this without cutting and pasting existing pages? (if I need to do it in future). If I need Admin privileges to do this, how do I get 'em? --Scifipete (talk) 13:43, 25 September 2010 (UTC)


 * It's extra work for you to cut and paste each page and then I have to go back, figure out what pages are duplicates, and delete each by hand. Getting administrator privileges is something that is earned with a great deal of time and experience.  Both could be something you acquire eventually, but if you were nominated today, people would want to wait and see.  Until then, it's fastest to simply let an administrator know or post at Reading room/Administrative Assistance where someone can do it in one fell swoop.  It won't take long; that page is monitored by all the admins. – Adrignola talk 03:53, 26 September 2010 (UTC)


 * OK, if that's the preferred method. The wikibook is evolving, and there's likely to be a number of these 'suggestions' by contributors --Scifipete (talk) 15:32, 26 September 2010 (UTC)