Editing User talk:Cobalt327

==Trans fixture discussion/Editing 'User talk' page== I saw your message on Neighbor's user page, and moved it to the talk page for his user page. You can use a user's talk page for discussions with that user; the user page itself is used to describe the user ("Hi, I'm Jon, I'm a wiki administrator..."). I know this is confusing; the advantage is that, when a user's talk page is altered, that user will get a prominent notification at the top of the screen (and also possibly an email notification). This way, you can use a user's talk page as a messaging system. This is the equivalent of the PM system in a forum, but, since it's public, it's more of a Public Message than a Private Message.--[[User:Jon|Jon]] 16:40, 12 February 2012 (MST) :Understood and thanks.--[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 16:55, 12 February 2012 (MST) ::In the case where a member's 'User' page has not been created (like Neighbors', yesterday) do I use the 'Discussion' tab of the yet-to-be-created User page for adding a comment, question, etc.? :::Yes. This is a great way to encourage user engagement on the wiki.--[[User:Jon|Jon]] 09:33, 13 February 2012 (MST) ::::Great. I thought I understood but was wanting to make sure should this come up again.--[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 10:14, 13 February 2012 (MST) ==Consolidating similar subject within a category== Camshaft article There's already a couple pages pertaining to some part of camshafts ([[Cam and compression ratio compatibility]] and [[Camshaft install tips and tricks]]) under the 'Engine' category. I want to do an article with an overview of how the camshaft works, along info on the different types of cams and why they came to be, etc. My question is, should this be a new category like what was done with 'Quadrajet carburetor', or should it be a page in 'Engine' like the two pages I mentioned above? My concern is creating too many categories. Or is there a way to use a bulleted list in the different categories, i.e.: (Engine category, under "C") *Camshaft page (containing the info I mentioned above like 'How the cam works', 'Types of cams', etc.) **Cam and compression ratio compatibility page **Camshaft install tips and tricks page **Et cetera? There are other instances where this could put pages on a similar subject together under a heading- like the RPO codes we talked about earlier: *RPO codes (containing an overview, etc.) **GM RPO build codes **General Motors build codes **More GM RPO codes I would have tried this to see what it looked like and how it performed, but I seem to be unable to edit the list of pages in the categories like 'Engine'. --[[User:Cobalt327|Cobalt327]] 16:26, 17 February 2012 (MST)

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