Hi,
I have some questions regarding a wiki page, so I want to ask the authors of the page to get clarifications. Does anybody know how to find the authors and contact them, for example, for the following page?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-binomial_distribution
On 17 June 2011 02:32, Peng Yu pengyu.ut@gmail.com wrote:
I have some questions regarding a wiki page, so I want to ask the authors of the page to get clarifications. Does anybody know how to find the authors and contact them, for example, for the following page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-binomial_distribution
You can see everyone who wrote anything on a page (and what they wrote) on the history tab:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beta-binomial_distribution&act...
- though the person who started the page, User:Charlesmartin14, doesn't seem to have edited much since 2006.
Fortunately, Wikipedia articles aren't very author-centric. You may get better answers to questions about the article on the talk page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Beta-binomial_distribution
- d.
There are several ways to do this.
The easiest way to contact the main authors is to look at the tab marked "history" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beta-binomial_distribution&act...). That will show who has edited the page, and by clicking on the links marked "diff" next to various edits you can get an idea who wrote the basic article or added significant material, and who did tidying up, spelling fixes, etc. A click on the link for their "contribs" will show if thery are still likely to be active editors. If they are - drop a note on their talk pages.
But normally you don't need to contact the authors, nor is that the only solution. If you ask your question on the article's talk page (click the "discussion" tab) you will get help, also you can ask at the Wikipedia Reference Desk for Math ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Mathematics ).
If all else fails, try the reference texts named in the article, Google, a library, or a textbook.
FT2
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Peng Yu pengyu.ut@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I have some questions regarding a wiki page, so I want to ask the authors of the page to get clarifications. Does anybody know how to find the authors and contact them, for example, for the following page?
If you look at the history on the page, you can see the edits and the editors. You can navigate to the editors talk page and post a message for them there.
Angela
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On Jun 16, 2011, at 21:32, Peng Yu pengyu.ut@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I have some questions regarding a wiki page, so I want to ask the authors of the page to get clarifications. Does anybody know how to find the authors and contact them, for example, for the following page?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-binomial_distribution
-- Regards, Peng
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On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:52 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 June 2011 02:32, Peng Yu pengyu.ut@gmail.com wrote:
I have some questions regarding a wiki page, so I want to ask the authors of the page to get clarifications. Does anybody know how to find the authors and contact them, for example, for the following page? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-binomial_distribution
You can see everyone who wrote anything on a page (and what they wrote) on the history tab:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beta-binomial_distribution&act...
- though the person who started the page, User:Charlesmartin14,
doesn't seem to have edited much since 2006.
Fortunately, Wikipedia articles aren't very author-centric. You may get better answers to questions about the article on the talk page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Beta-binomial_distribution
I don't see how to post a comment on the above page even though I have already logged in. Would you please show me how to post some comment on the page? Thanks!
- d.
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On 22 June 2011 19:45, Peng Yu pengyu.ut@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:52 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
Fortunately, Wikipedia articles aren't very author-centric. You may get better answers to questions about the article on the talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Beta-binomial_distribution
I don't see how to post a comment on the above page even though I have already logged in. Would you please show me how to post some comment on the page? Thanks!
The "New section" link at the top.
Note that you may not get an answer *quickly*, or at all. But it would be the place to ask. Hopefully someone is looking!
- d.
Pengu Yu, in case somebody above has failed to make it adequately clear to you, nobody owns Wikipedia's articles and if you think there is something wrong you are encouraged to change it--if someone disagrees they'll either change it back or start a discussion on the talk page.
See this editing guideline page and read it thoroughly up to but not including the section "Non-article namespaces".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold
And be bold!