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Contents 1 Thanks! 2 How to start a new page on Wikigogy 3 Maybe start a new page for this text? 4 Hi Arthur!

Thanks!

Arthur, thanks for the thoughtful and informative page about EFL contracts and job politics in China! That deserves a page of it's own! So I moved it to EFL teaching contracts in China. Normally moving a page retains its edit history (and author credits). However, that did not work as I had anticipated in this case, maybe because you had put your contribution into a category page's description rather than a normal page. To get your by line on the new page you need to edit it again (the new page). Any edit will do it. You will notice I have wikified, put into wiki editing style, the page you started. Please don't be startled when you see that. This will help the page hold its place and its clarity in the wiki over time. Mostly I added titled sections to the page so that people can clearly contribute further to the page without losing its train of thought. Maybe. We shall see. This wiki is still an experiment, as yet unproven. About that missing by line: please edit anything on the page at least one more time in its new location so that your name will appear as an author... here: TEFL contracts in China. --Roger 22:37, 11 November 2009 (CST)

I see you edited the page and it now has your name in the credits at bottom. Thanks! --Roger 19:06, 17 March 2010 (CDT)

On Wikigogy, for now, we sign talk pages (try this: --~~~~) but not normal content pages, Wikipedia style.

ESL and EFL have slightly different meanings.

Thanks and Welcome!

--Roger 22:37, 11 November 2009 (CST)

How to start a new page on Wikigogy

Hi Arthur, how to start a new page is explained under Start on Start a new page which is linked to at top right. If the instructions there leave you with any doubts or questions, please mention those on that page's Talk page (Talk:Start a new page). I wrote those instructions myself but already know how to start pages -- what seems clear and concise to me may not be so to others, especially your first time though. Any feedback about how those instructions appear to you, especially your first time through them, and how I might improve them would be most helpful. Thanks! --Roger 14:34, 17 March 2010 (CDT)

Maybe start a new page for this text?

Hi Arthur, I moved your text here from Talk:Feedback. Looks like you have the beginnings of one or two lesson pages here but were having trouble starting a new page. I rewrote the how to start a new page help page. Feel free to give starting a new page or two a whirl and paste in your below text. Thanks. Please let me know if any help page is unclear and how I can help. Each page has a talk page associated with it where you can comment. (You would click the talk tab at top of the relevant page, then click the + next to the edit this page tab, enter a subject line and comment and click save.) Thanks! --Roger 19:44, 17 March 2010 (CDT)

Sorry, I'm trying to do a simple article for you folks but all I get are lots of unhelpful Help pages full of instructions.

Here is the text: use it if you will and be damned if you don't:

International Airline and Currency Codes plus the Radio Alphabet

The spellings of Warsaw include Warszawa and Varsovie and Varsovia, depending on which language you're using. Obviously, the pitfalls of these spellings puts at risk the careers of some executive secretaries. However, the International Civil Aviation Organization based in Montreal, Canada came to everyone's rescue ages ago with a long list of standard three-letter codes for every airport in the world. This gives users a baseline by which to check exactly which airport their tickets will send them to. Google that and teach it.

Ordering tickets, hotel accommodation and whatever over the phone can be another challenge to both first- and second-language speakers whenever you have to transmit name spellings or map coordinates, as everyone's military realized several wars ago. To that end, there are several standard international radio alphabets that express "A" as "Alpha", "B" as "Bravo",  "C" as "Charlie" and so on. I am using the curent US military radio alphabet. There are others. In function of your students' native tongue, other options may be more convenient.

You should also teach the standard three-letter codes for the world's monetary currencies.

Google all of that too.

Hi Arthur!

Hi Arthur, nice to see you here. Wikigogy is well off the beaten path and I have learned not to expect too much company. However, everyone who finds us is welcome and invited! Yesterday I upgraded the MediaWiki back end we run on to the latest version and created a image:wikigogy-logo.jpg. How does the site update and new logo look on your computer? --Roger 15:52, 1 November 2010 (CDT)

Hi Roger! The site retains the classic Wiki design and feel. Personally, I like the logo; the red is deep and bright, the back green apple is bright; the green and yellow up front are a tad washed out but you could blame it on the non-glare screen of the X61 Thinkpad. Not sure why I'd like a border around the apples, though.

The site loads nicely on Vista/Firefox. I'll drop in with Win7/Minefield next time. Am sure you've already tested it for IE8 and perhaps IE9.

Going to bed now.