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:: I don't really see the need to link specifically to a Windows-only article from there. If you still see the need, couldn't you just link to the Windows sections of the SeaMonkey and Firefox profile folder articles separately? Alternately, you could write an article that only covers "being able to see the profile folder on Windows" and link to that, and we could even link to that from the app-specific profile folder articles--[[User:Np|Np]] 23:29, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
:: I don't really see the need to link specifically to a Windows-only article from there. If you still see the need, couldn't you just link to the Windows sections of the SeaMonkey and Firefox profile folder articles separately? Alternately, you could write an article that only covers "being able to see the profile folder on Windows" and link to that, and we could even link to that from the app-specific profile folder articles--[[User:Np|Np]] 23:29, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
:::''couldn't you just link to the Windows sections of the SeaMonkey and Firefox profile folder articles separately?'' You mean two separate links ? Why, when I can link to a single article, which also includes screenshots for those that need extra help?    ''Alternately, you could write an article that only covers "being able to see the profile folder on Windows"'' I don't understand what you mean.  Do you want me to remove the tables?  I could cut them down and only give examples for Windows XP and Vista for SeaMonkey or Thinderbird, for example.  How does that sound?  I can't get to it today since I'm getting offline for the night,  00:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
:::''couldn't you just link to the Windows sections of the SeaMonkey and Firefox profile folder articles separately?'' You mean two separate links ? Why, when I can link to a single article, which also includes screenshots for those that need extra help?    ''Alternately, you could write an article that only covers "being able to see the profile folder on Windows"'' I don't understand what you mean.  Do you want me to remove the tables?  I could cut them down and only give examples for Windows XP and Vista for SeaMonkey or Thinderbird, for example.  How does that sound?  I can't get to it today since I'm getting offline for the night,  00:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
::::You'd want to link to the two articles so we wouldn't have to duplicate the information in both application-specific articles and OS-specific articles. We've decided on making these articles application-specific, with the possibility of having "super-easy" articles that are both application-specific and OS-specific for the common setups. This is neither. Placing two links would simply mean that users would have to branch right then and there rather than wherever it is in this article you'll have to tell them the difference between the "Mozilla/Profiles" folder and the "Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles" folder.  My preference would be to simply link to [[Profile folder]] and let them branch in that article. Whatever "extra help" you want to provide to users can be considered for the application-specific articles.--[[User:Np|Np]] 03:19, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

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The point of this article

I'm not sure I see the point of this article as it is currently. If it's meant to be a hand-holding way to get Windows users to their profile folder, there are too many options and technical terms. If not, I don't see how it differs from the current profile folder application-specific articles with the exception of the screenshots.--Np 14:38, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

We can link to this article when we want to give Windows users details on finding the profile folder or searching for hidden files and folders when an application-specific article doesn't exist (Sunbird) or isn't appropriate, for example, the bookmarks article. Adding screenshots was an afterthought. Alice 21:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
If this is for applications that don't have their own application-specific articles, why are there sections on Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey? People reading Bookmarks are going to be on Firefox, maybe SeaMonkey. I think we can assume that anyone who's not on one of those two will be able to deal with whatever generic information we put in Profile folder.--Np 21:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree with Np. Tanstaafl 21:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I wanted to be able to link directly to the information, as I did in the bookmarks article. Alice 22:14, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I don't really see the need to link specifically to a Windows-only article from there. If you still see the need, couldn't you just link to the Windows sections of the SeaMonkey and Firefox profile folder articles separately? Alternately, you could write an article that only covers "being able to see the profile folder on Windows" and link to that, and we could even link to that from the app-specific profile folder articles--Np 23:29, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
couldn't you just link to the Windows sections of the SeaMonkey and Firefox profile folder articles separately? You mean two separate links ? Why, when I can link to a single article, which also includes screenshots for those that need extra help? Alternately, you could write an article that only covers "being able to see the profile folder on Windows" I don't understand what you mean. Do you want me to remove the tables? I could cut them down and only give examples for Windows XP and Vista for SeaMonkey or Thinderbird, for example. How does that sound? I can't get to it today since I'm getting offline for the night, 00:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
You'd want to link to the two articles so we wouldn't have to duplicate the information in both application-specific articles and OS-specific articles. We've decided on making these articles application-specific, with the possibility of having "super-easy" articles that are both application-specific and OS-specific for the common setups. This is neither. Placing two links would simply mean that users would have to branch right then and there rather than wherever it is in this article you'll have to tell them the difference between the "Mozilla/Profiles" folder and the "Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles" folder. My preference would be to simply link to Profile folder and let them branch in that article. Whatever "extra help" you want to provide to users can be considered for the application-specific articles.--Np 03:19, 9 June 2007 (UTC)