Now that we are friends posted to UsertalkEarleMartin  If youre an admin here are some things Id like changed For those you agree with please pass them on  do whatever admins do to effect change Thanks  talk    There are more and more articles with more than  references The algorithm to display those n references runs in something like n time since in the  column case for every nd addition to the references displayed all preceeding references are reformatted to balance the two columns This may be no big deal given the latest  best computer but on a slower machine n squared algorithms take a long time as n approaches  or more  Options a Most of the time I dont care about the refrences would be happy if the were displayed only if I clicked on that section or if I clicked on a reference number b change the algorithm to balance the columns only after all references are displayed c change the display instead of balanced use alternating columns for a  column display the odd numbered would be in the left column even in the right both columns in ascending order And so on for more than  columns   What links here used to be useful in understanding the tree locating related articles in maintaining the intelligence represented by the category tree No more the flood of templates has buried the interesting links  with every article that uses a template listed as linking to everything in that template there are now hundreds of links  useless  Please change What links here to list templates once and to NOT list any uses of a template If I want to know who uses the template I should be able to go to the templates page and click What links here   Even after several years of editing I have a difficult time using the Wikipedia editing reference material to answer my own questions to locate templates etc I need a map a short summary in one article of all those editing documents that I can go to as a starting point and click to move to the article I need My difficulties may relate to my age  or so Im told nevertheless the difficulties are real This user page UserR S Shaw has been the most help but I really want a summary brief table of contents of the various editing articles in one document And that Shaw had to create his own quide should be a proof by example that the Wikipedia HelpEdit documents are missing something   Not every article needs a template let alone two or three and no article needs the Internet memes template How do we slow down the template stuffers   Users updating an article often copy it to their user page or sandbox Sometimes they never complete their edits just leaving the article in the user page Possibly they complete the edit but dont delete it from their user page The result is that category pages list those user pages since of course the pages contain the catalog entries For those categories Im cleaning up I can either edit the user page inserting the  or correspond with the user both being a nuisance for me and the user  Please change the category pages at least in the general public area of Wikipedia to not include user pages  end Thanks again  talk  Retrieved from httpenwikipediaorgwikiUsertalkEarleMartin