User talk:Sam Sloan

Welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia, Sam Sloan! My name is Ryan, aka Acetic Acid. I noticed that you were new and haven't received any messages yet. I just wanted to see how you were doing. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it uses different formatting than other sites that use HTML and CSS. In the long run, though, you'll find that the WikiSyntax is a lot easier and faster than those other ways. Here are a few links to get you started:

There are a lot of policies and guides to read, but I highly recommend reading over those first. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. Please be sure to sign your name on Talk using four tildes (~~~~) to produce your name and the current date, along with a link to your user page. This way, others know when you left a message and how to find you. It's easier than having to type out your name, right? :)

I hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia. We can use all the help we can get! Have a nice day. Sincerely, Ryan. 15:27, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

Biography

Sam, your user page should be different from that article. Think of it this way: Your user page should be written in first person, how you perceive yourself. Your biograhy should be written in third person, how others perceive you.

This has occurred before. See User: William M. Connolley and William M. Connolley. They are the same person, but have two very different pages.

It's best that you write and format your own user page. Ryan 05:20, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

Hello from Andrew Morrow!

It seems that your page "User:Sam Sloan" now redirects to your "User_talk:Sam Sloan"

From Sam Sloan

OK. Thank you.

I am still a beginner at this.

A request for review

Sam, if you are comfortable with the idea, I thought you might want to ask your daughter to reivew the material on JDAM. I am still filling out the inventory and I would only expect feedback on gross errors. In any case, she might be amused. Amorrow 18:35, 3 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Republish your Chinese Chess book?

I noticed that Amazon listed the used versions of your Chinese Chess book as "starting at $35". I do not think they would have that price just to recover stocking costs. Have you thought about publishing another edition? Amorrow 22:25, 5 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Female High School Wrestlers

Sam, I know how much you respect precocious and admire young women, such as your link

http://www.samsloan.com/tkeshe.htm

Check this young woman out: Deanna Rix . Maybe not exactly your type, but play it cool and who knows? My new friends here at Wikipedia are trying figure out if she will be a potential leader in her current field or not. If not, maybe you can teach her how to play chess. I hope my new friends are kind to her and allow her to blossom in her current career choice.

Cleaned up the POV crap on your page

Sam:

When you have the time, please check out Sam Sloan for accurracy. Also, I think that the Péter Lékó thing is picking one incident out of thousands of posts is silly. A line to summarize your intention might be better. As you may know, I gotted banned from Wikipedia, so I suggest that you or a friend start a section in the discussion tab about it, if you think anyone still cares (like our good friend, BB).

Andrew