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I was looking at Inhaca and I'm concerned because the text looks like it might be a copyright violation: it looks like it is copied out of (or closely paraphrased from) the Reader's Digest atlas you cite as a reference. Unfortunately, we can't have that kind of thing on Wikipedia: it's a legal problem. If this is not the case, good work! If so, try to write the article in your own words based on what you learned from the reference. See this page for more info. Mangojuice 18:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
No, fortunately the text is not copied from the atlas. JMK 18:28, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
- Good to hear! I got your email, too. Let me know (by leaving a message on my talk page) if you want me to have a look at the article or if you have any questions. To answer your email, yes, I think the content is fine, based on what you said. Mangojuice 21:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
I took a look at Inhaca just now. I reorganized it slightly and made the style more consistent with Wikipedia norms. It looks like a very decent article: much more informative, for instance, than the article on Maputo province. Anyway, the one constructive criticism I could make is that the intro was written in a style like a dictionary definition, which is not the norm on Wikipedia: mostly, articles begin with a concise sentence describing the term, rather than a list. Also, it helps to use == marks to make different sections, rather than simply bolding the text. Thanks for contributing! It looks like you're off to a great start. Mangojuice 17:58, 16 February 2006 (UTC)