This sub-page is for new users that I have adopted or who would like me to adopt them. I am currently happy to adopt any users who ask me, please leave me a message on my talk page.
My past and present adoptees are listed below. Messages from all of my adoptees can be found below, although some messages are left at User Talk:Strdst grl/adoption.
I currently have nine active adoptees:
The following adoptees have not edited Wikipedia for at least three months, and I consider them to have left the site. I do not monitor inactive adoptees, although I will not officially end the adoption. If your name is listed below and you have begun editing again, please tell me and I will return you to active status:
The following adoptees have ended their adoptions:
Just found this subheading. Did you just now put it in? Or did I miss it the first time? Anyways, my next question: I want to add "Retrieved on May 25, 2009" to my references at Valle de Chalco. I'm using the following code: [1]. But the result isn't coming out precisely correctly, e.g. the "pipe" is printing out. I know this is a really minor, but I want to get it right. Escuincla ( talk) 16:50, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Strdst grl. I've pretty much completed my article on
Valle de Chalco. But there's already another article on the same city,
Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, with a re-direct to
Xico, Mexico State. The reason I created a new article (with the help of an experienced user) rather than editing the existing one, is because this is an inappropriate redirect. Xico is the wrong name for Valle de Chalco. How do I know??? I lived for five years in Valle de Chalco! However, there's a lot of good information in the Xico article, and it's confusing to have two articles about the same place, but under two different names. We really need to come to an agreement and combine the two articles. BOTTOM LINE: How do I identify the person who originally created the redirect to Xico? I've looked back in the history, but it's VERY confusing. Can you help? By the way, an Administrator told us we couldn't just delete the redirect.
Escuincla (
talk) 03:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
I just finished my article on Rick Shiomi. Would you look it over and give me an honest critique. I have more information and will be adding to it as I find time, but for now I just want it to make sense and fit in. I am continuing to work on Yellow Fever (play) and Mu Performing Arts and will be adding more as I find sources.
Also, I was surfing around and found the requested pages area. I fond an authhor I'm familiar with in that list, so I claimed it by creating a user/alison mcghee page and then putting a note next to teh blue link saying that I've clamed it. Is that the way I should do it? Thanks, Sabiona ( talk) 19:14, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
06-09-2009
YES!I would LOVE to be adopted by you!-- JazzieIce! ( talk) 21:55, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Strdst_grl, I just saw your message and followed the adoption instructions. Perhaps I should also use this option to ask one of my first questions. Regarding the edit I made of imminent threat, I also suggested that this be merged with a topic on self defence in international law. Such a topic does not exist yet and searching wikipedia for self defence will only yield a criminal law reading of self defence. Self defence in international law is quite different because of the Security Council and its powers under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The imminent threat is part of the concept of self defence in international law and probably should not deserve a topic on its own.
Did I edit the topic properly?
Hey. I have made an article and I have noticed that it falls within the scope of a wikiproject. Should I go ahead and add the tag to it, or will a bot get it? Also, I think I could find it, but if you have the format for adding it. Thanks! Deadlyops ( talk) 20:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Technically speaking, you can't adopt someone just yet. Adopt-a-User specifies criteria for adopters, and you don't meet two of them: a minimum edit count of 500 (yours is 439, as shown here) and no current adoptees. However, if you continue to edit as you have been recently, your edit count should be over 500 soon, and, if you feel ready, I wouldn't have a problem letting you graduate... If you really want to become an adopter, let me know and I will help you.
However, if you would prefer to stay an adoptee for a while longer, you can still help out new users. Welcoming users with welcoming templates like this one is something any user can help out with, and pages like Special:Contributions/newbies, Category:Wikipedians looking for help and the Help Desk allow you to track down new users and offer assistance on particular problems. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 08:39, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
ADOPT ME ( DJO CODY ( talk) 22:08, 29 January 2010 (UTC))
is there a list for all the cool gadgets i can find? that i can put on my user. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJO CODY ( talk • contribs) 20:44, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
I want decerations, and ...stuff like that... —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJO CODY ( talk • contribs) 20:54, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
did i do good?(
DJO CODY (
talk) 20:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs
I'm still learning about how to edit on Wikipedia. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing. 14:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Thank you Claire-chan 13:31, 8 February 2010 (UTC)? I'm sorry for being slow. How do I edit my raw watchlist? I don't understand quite yet. Claire-chan 13:32, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
I can't find the 'Watch' tab at the top of this page, exactly. Ooh, I'll try the Watch this page option!! Claire-chan 02:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Let's see, what exactly is the Sandbox? Claire-chan 02:11, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
In future, I will leave all messages for you here, and it is easier if you post questions here as well. You might like to add this page to your watchlist to keep track of new messages. You can find out more about your watchlist by reading my advice to CB661876 above.
Before creating this page, you need to check it meets Wikipedia policy: notability and verifiability are two of the most important ones, and any article which fails to meet them will be deleted fairly quickly. The reason given for deletion was Criteria A7 which is a notability issue: this may mean that the subject is not suitable for an article, but it might just mean you failed to indicate why it was notable.
The best way to create an article if you are uncertain about these policies is to draft it in your user space, for example at User:Arshan.abbas/Sandbox (click on the red link to start the page). Here, it will not be deleted, so you will have as much time as you want to work on it and ask for other editors - including me - to help expand it. Then, once you are sure it is up to standard, you can simply move the page to its correct title and it will become a part of the encyclopedia. I would suggest creating an initial draft as soon as possible, and then I can look at it and advise you further on notability guidelines.
On an unrelated note, I notice you have created a custom signature for yourself, which does not currently have links. While there is not rule against this, it is generally considered polite to provide a link to you user page or user talk page in your signature in case other users want to contact you about the message you have left. You can do this by replacing the text Arshan abbas with the markup [[User:Arshan.abbas|Arshan abbas]]
Also, looking at your user page you might want to consider some re-writes. While keeping lists of tools is a good idea, some of your userboxes are misleading - for instance, I know you do not have rollback rights. While this does not violate the user page guidelines as far as I know, it would almost certainly be considered bad manners.
strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 17:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Dear Strdst Grl, Please review my recent work.
I want to nominate someone for Adminship, Please give detailed procedure.-- Arshan abbas 09:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
I read this.-- Arshan abbas 17:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Star Dust, How can I get to my deleted edits, Can I write in talk page of article edited by me to give feedback. Please help.-- Arshan abbas 20:13, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
√Dear Stardust, I appreciate your prompt and worthy reply. -- Arshan abbas 19:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
I joined the Percy Jackson Task Force. Can you tell my more about Task Forces and Wikiprojects
My Wikiage???
I have been looking at a lot of User boxes and Barn stars lately. I was wondering how I could create some of my own and if there is a template to help me do so. P.S. Good job on the welcome template! :)
{{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#fff |id-s=12 |id-fc=#000 |info-c=#039 |info-s=8 |info-fc=#fff |id=ID |info=Content}}
Like the user boxes I created? Winner 42 ( talk) 21:25, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
They look great! The only other thing I would say is that if you want other people to be able to use them (it's your choice whether you do or not) you can move each to its own sub-page, and then link them in with the code {{User:Winner 42/Userbox 1}}
or whatever you call the subpage. This would allow you to add your userboxes to the gallery for other users to share.
strdst_grl
(call me Stardust) 07:45, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
I want to improve the formatting of my userpage by creating a header and organizing better. Could you give me some tips to help with this? Winner 42 ( Talk to me! ) 20:10, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Dear Srtdst grl, Do to the fact that I haven't been using your adoption for a while I was wondering if we could officially end my adoption. Thank you, Winner 42 Talk to me! 18:47, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the welcome. I really appreciated it, and found the links you provided to be most helpful. I hope you don't mind me asking a question here, but from your user page you seem pretty new-user friendly, so I hoped it might be okay!
As I've been exploring wikipedia on the subjects that interest me, I've noticed that a lot of the talk pages link to various Projects. I'd like to get involved with one or two of them, but although there is information on how to get involved, I remain unsure of any particular etiquette. I lack the confidence to just barge in and start doing stuff off the bat, but is that what's normally done? Or is it okay to join a project and then sit on the sidelines for a bit and see what other people have done/are doing? Would it be bad form for me to start adding topics to the todo list? I'm just not sure if there's any kind of protocol involved with working on specific Projects. Is there any particular approach you think I should take? Or maybe an article that relates to this that I haven't yet found? Any help or advice you can offer is appreciated. Elvie ( talk) 14:37, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Hiya Stardust, I'm sorry to be pestering you again, but I didn't really know who else to ask. I have just encountered an unpleasant situation, and I don't really know what I ought to do, and I'm also slightly worried I may have responded inappropriately. I would really welcome some advice about this. Please forgive the lengthy explanation. I have been engaged in a discussion on the talk page of United Kingdom. Some users were engaged in an edit war (which I stayed out of), and the discussion to try and reach a consensus has been ongoing for a few days. For my part it has been civil throughout, and I've enjoyed the discussion, and the research I did as a result of parts of it. There are several users in agreement on both sides of the debate. However after my last edit on the subject this evening, a random IP made a comment accusing me of being the sock puppet of another user in the debate. This was just so out of the blue, and just so completely unfounded I really felt (and feel) quite upset and offended. I replied in as civil tone as I could, but I'm wondering if I should have replied at all. I'm now regreting even participating in the discussion, and feel quite discouraged - and won't be adding to another discussion I was having on a different talk page, because I don't want to risk the hassle. I really resent having to justify myself against unfounded accusations in an article Talk Page. I also don't know if this is going to have other consequences for me. Sorry, I realise I am quite possibly over-reacting. That aside, I think I could still use some advice, since I genuinely don't know what, if anything, I should do; or if I can protect myself against these sort of nasty accusations in the future; or if I was wrong to have defended myself on the talk page. I'm sorry for putting this on you - I just don't know who else I can ask. Feel free to point me elsewhere! Thank you. Elvie ( talk) 03:01, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
This adoptee has not yet left any messages.
I see the term "sensationalism" tossed around a little on at least one talk page. What if I disagree with what a user labels "sensationalism"? Is it appropriate for me to reply with a rebuttal? Or will I appear "trolling", as they say in the cyberworld? Opinion please. MichaelWestbrook ( talk) 22:28, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Stardust, How do I make a userbox in code? I've just created a userbox for the Userboxitis page and I wanted to put it on with the code. CrabFreak ( talk) 07:37, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
{{A userbox}}
{{usbktop}}
{{usbk|Your userbox name}}
{{usbkbottom}}
This displays as:
Code | Result | |
---|---|---|
{{ User:Strdst grl/ubx/bouncing}} | Usage |
This is helpful is you plan to make more userboxes for the page, as you can add as many as you like between the top and bottom tags. I hope this helped! strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 09:26, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
You can choose whether to reply to messages on your own talk page and leave a talkback or to reply on the other user's; both methods are equally valid, and it's down to your own preference. From what I have seen, replying at the other user's page is more common, but several users prefer to leave talkback so that the discussion is more readable. Whichever way you choose, just try to be consistent. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 16:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Stardust: I'm not sure if this is a general question for you or a specific one for someone else, but I figure my adopter is a fine place to start. I'm thinking about contributing to the progressive rock project. A number of the current tasks have already been completed, so I figured I'd clear them off. In recording a task completed, I'm supposed to sign it with my name. Should I be concerned about looking like I'm taking credit for work I didn't do? By putting my sig next to a completed item, I'm concerned that I'm posing as someone who actually did the task. Is there any general Wikipedia principle here? And as a related question, I'm noticing that the markup for a completed item is complex (at least for my Wikipedia noobie tastes.) I can certainly copy and paste a completed item and edit appropriately, but if you're willing to take a look at it -- am I missing the boat here? Is there some more straightforward way (of using templates or some such) of recording a task as complete? If this is a more appropriate question for the folks on the project, let me know and I'll ask them; I figured I'd start here in case this was some systemic Wikipedia issue that I didn't understand yet. Thanks!
<s> and </s>
around the relevant text; the Done symbol, which is here provided with {{tick}} '''Done'''
- the three apostrophes is the standard formatting for bold text; and the
signature created by four tildes ~~~~
which should be left after any message.{{Done}}
can also be used to create Done, although you may prefer to stick with the current format in this case. At
Template:Done you can see a series of other common symbols relating to task completion in the same style - these are fairly standard.
strdst_grl
(call me Stardust) 20:38, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Hi Stardust: Is the best way to keep up with a particular discussion to "watch" the page, and then to view the "diff" for the most recent change(s) on my watchlist? The reason I ask is that this seems cumbersome at times. If I'm trying to keep up with a Village Pump page (for example) that I haven't seen in a while, there might be a bunch of scattered diffs throughout the page. This may be the nature of the beast; but it feels terribly disjointed to me compared to a classic threaded-discussion interface, such as in a web forum or old-style USENET or the like where I can see anything new as a separate message / posting. Are there any particular master tricks I should know about in terms of tracking changes to discussions and keeping up, or is this just more of an issue where I need to get oriented and accustomed to it? Thanks... SeparateWays ( talk) 21:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Example references used above will be illustrated here:
This sub-page is for new users that I have adopted or who would like me to adopt them. I am currently happy to adopt any users who ask me, please leave me a message on my talk page.
My past and present adoptees are listed below. Messages from all of my adoptees can be found below, although some messages are left at User Talk:Strdst grl/adoption.
I currently have nine active adoptees:
The following adoptees have not edited Wikipedia for at least three months, and I consider them to have left the site. I do not monitor inactive adoptees, although I will not officially end the adoption. If your name is listed below and you have begun editing again, please tell me and I will return you to active status:
The following adoptees have ended their adoptions:
Just found this subheading. Did you just now put it in? Or did I miss it the first time? Anyways, my next question: I want to add "Retrieved on May 25, 2009" to my references at Valle de Chalco. I'm using the following code: [1]. But the result isn't coming out precisely correctly, e.g. the "pipe" is printing out. I know this is a really minor, but I want to get it right. Escuincla ( talk) 16:50, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Strdst grl. I've pretty much completed my article on
Valle de Chalco. But there's already another article on the same city,
Valle de Chalco Solidaridad, with a re-direct to
Xico, Mexico State. The reason I created a new article (with the help of an experienced user) rather than editing the existing one, is because this is an inappropriate redirect. Xico is the wrong name for Valle de Chalco. How do I know??? I lived for five years in Valle de Chalco! However, there's a lot of good information in the Xico article, and it's confusing to have two articles about the same place, but under two different names. We really need to come to an agreement and combine the two articles. BOTTOM LINE: How do I identify the person who originally created the redirect to Xico? I've looked back in the history, but it's VERY confusing. Can you help? By the way, an Administrator told us we couldn't just delete the redirect.
Escuincla (
talk) 03:15, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
I just finished my article on Rick Shiomi. Would you look it over and give me an honest critique. I have more information and will be adding to it as I find time, but for now I just want it to make sense and fit in. I am continuing to work on Yellow Fever (play) and Mu Performing Arts and will be adding more as I find sources.
Also, I was surfing around and found the requested pages area. I fond an authhor I'm familiar with in that list, so I claimed it by creating a user/alison mcghee page and then putting a note next to teh blue link saying that I've clamed it. Is that the way I should do it? Thanks, Sabiona ( talk) 19:14, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
06-09-2009
YES!I would LOVE to be adopted by you!-- JazzieIce! ( talk) 21:55, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Strdst_grl, I just saw your message and followed the adoption instructions. Perhaps I should also use this option to ask one of my first questions. Regarding the edit I made of imminent threat, I also suggested that this be merged with a topic on self defence in international law. Such a topic does not exist yet and searching wikipedia for self defence will only yield a criminal law reading of self defence. Self defence in international law is quite different because of the Security Council and its powers under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The imminent threat is part of the concept of self defence in international law and probably should not deserve a topic on its own.
Did I edit the topic properly?
Hey. I have made an article and I have noticed that it falls within the scope of a wikiproject. Should I go ahead and add the tag to it, or will a bot get it? Also, I think I could find it, but if you have the format for adding it. Thanks! Deadlyops ( talk) 20:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Technically speaking, you can't adopt someone just yet. Adopt-a-User specifies criteria for adopters, and you don't meet two of them: a minimum edit count of 500 (yours is 439, as shown here) and no current adoptees. However, if you continue to edit as you have been recently, your edit count should be over 500 soon, and, if you feel ready, I wouldn't have a problem letting you graduate... If you really want to become an adopter, let me know and I will help you.
However, if you would prefer to stay an adoptee for a while longer, you can still help out new users. Welcoming users with welcoming templates like this one is something any user can help out with, and pages like Special:Contributions/newbies, Category:Wikipedians looking for help and the Help Desk allow you to track down new users and offer assistance on particular problems. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 08:39, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
ADOPT ME ( DJO CODY ( talk) 22:08, 29 January 2010 (UTC))
is there a list for all the cool gadgets i can find? that i can put on my user. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJO CODY ( talk • contribs) 20:44, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
I want decerations, and ...stuff like that... —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJO CODY ( talk • contribs) 20:54, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
did i do good?(
DJO CODY (
talk) 20:51, 11 June 2010 (UTC))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs
I'm still learning about how to edit on Wikipedia. I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing. 14:24, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
Thank you Claire-chan 13:31, 8 February 2010 (UTC)? I'm sorry for being slow. How do I edit my raw watchlist? I don't understand quite yet. Claire-chan 13:32, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
I can't find the 'Watch' tab at the top of this page, exactly. Ooh, I'll try the Watch this page option!! Claire-chan 02:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
Let's see, what exactly is the Sandbox? Claire-chan 02:11, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
In future, I will leave all messages for you here, and it is easier if you post questions here as well. You might like to add this page to your watchlist to keep track of new messages. You can find out more about your watchlist by reading my advice to CB661876 above.
Before creating this page, you need to check it meets Wikipedia policy: notability and verifiability are two of the most important ones, and any article which fails to meet them will be deleted fairly quickly. The reason given for deletion was Criteria A7 which is a notability issue: this may mean that the subject is not suitable for an article, but it might just mean you failed to indicate why it was notable.
The best way to create an article if you are uncertain about these policies is to draft it in your user space, for example at User:Arshan.abbas/Sandbox (click on the red link to start the page). Here, it will not be deleted, so you will have as much time as you want to work on it and ask for other editors - including me - to help expand it. Then, once you are sure it is up to standard, you can simply move the page to its correct title and it will become a part of the encyclopedia. I would suggest creating an initial draft as soon as possible, and then I can look at it and advise you further on notability guidelines.
On an unrelated note, I notice you have created a custom signature for yourself, which does not currently have links. While there is not rule against this, it is generally considered polite to provide a link to you user page or user talk page in your signature in case other users want to contact you about the message you have left. You can do this by replacing the text Arshan abbas with the markup [[User:Arshan.abbas|Arshan abbas]]
Also, looking at your user page you might want to consider some re-writes. While keeping lists of tools is a good idea, some of your userboxes are misleading - for instance, I know you do not have rollback rights. While this does not violate the user page guidelines as far as I know, it would almost certainly be considered bad manners.
strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 17:52, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Dear Strdst Grl, Please review my recent work.
I want to nominate someone for Adminship, Please give detailed procedure.-- Arshan abbas 09:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
I read this.-- Arshan abbas 17:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
Star Dust, How can I get to my deleted edits, Can I write in talk page of article edited by me to give feedback. Please help.-- Arshan abbas 20:13, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
√Dear Stardust, I appreciate your prompt and worthy reply. -- Arshan abbas 19:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
I joined the Percy Jackson Task Force. Can you tell my more about Task Forces and Wikiprojects
My Wikiage???
I have been looking at a lot of User boxes and Barn stars lately. I was wondering how I could create some of my own and if there is a template to help me do so. P.S. Good job on the welcome template! :)
{{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#fff |id-s=12 |id-fc=#000 |info-c=#039 |info-s=8 |info-fc=#fff |id=ID |info=Content}}
Like the user boxes I created? Winner 42 ( talk) 21:25, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
They look great! The only other thing I would say is that if you want other people to be able to use them (it's your choice whether you do or not) you can move each to its own sub-page, and then link them in with the code {{User:Winner 42/Userbox 1}}
or whatever you call the subpage. This would allow you to add your userboxes to the gallery for other users to share.
strdst_grl
(call me Stardust) 07:45, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
I want to improve the formatting of my userpage by creating a header and organizing better. Could you give me some tips to help with this? Winner 42 ( Talk to me! ) 20:10, 14 June 2010 (UTC)
Dear Srtdst grl, Do to the fact that I haven't been using your adoption for a while I was wondering if we could officially end my adoption. Thank you, Winner 42 Talk to me! 18:47, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the welcome. I really appreciated it, and found the links you provided to be most helpful. I hope you don't mind me asking a question here, but from your user page you seem pretty new-user friendly, so I hoped it might be okay!
As I've been exploring wikipedia on the subjects that interest me, I've noticed that a lot of the talk pages link to various Projects. I'd like to get involved with one or two of them, but although there is information on how to get involved, I remain unsure of any particular etiquette. I lack the confidence to just barge in and start doing stuff off the bat, but is that what's normally done? Or is it okay to join a project and then sit on the sidelines for a bit and see what other people have done/are doing? Would it be bad form for me to start adding topics to the todo list? I'm just not sure if there's any kind of protocol involved with working on specific Projects. Is there any particular approach you think I should take? Or maybe an article that relates to this that I haven't yet found? Any help or advice you can offer is appreciated. Elvie ( talk) 14:37, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
Hiya Stardust, I'm sorry to be pestering you again, but I didn't really know who else to ask. I have just encountered an unpleasant situation, and I don't really know what I ought to do, and I'm also slightly worried I may have responded inappropriately. I would really welcome some advice about this. Please forgive the lengthy explanation. I have been engaged in a discussion on the talk page of United Kingdom. Some users were engaged in an edit war (which I stayed out of), and the discussion to try and reach a consensus has been ongoing for a few days. For my part it has been civil throughout, and I've enjoyed the discussion, and the research I did as a result of parts of it. There are several users in agreement on both sides of the debate. However after my last edit on the subject this evening, a random IP made a comment accusing me of being the sock puppet of another user in the debate. This was just so out of the blue, and just so completely unfounded I really felt (and feel) quite upset and offended. I replied in as civil tone as I could, but I'm wondering if I should have replied at all. I'm now regreting even participating in the discussion, and feel quite discouraged - and won't be adding to another discussion I was having on a different talk page, because I don't want to risk the hassle. I really resent having to justify myself against unfounded accusations in an article Talk Page. I also don't know if this is going to have other consequences for me. Sorry, I realise I am quite possibly over-reacting. That aside, I think I could still use some advice, since I genuinely don't know what, if anything, I should do; or if I can protect myself against these sort of nasty accusations in the future; or if I was wrong to have defended myself on the talk page. I'm sorry for putting this on you - I just don't know who else I can ask. Feel free to point me elsewhere! Thank you. Elvie ( talk) 03:01, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
This adoptee has not yet left any messages.
I see the term "sensationalism" tossed around a little on at least one talk page. What if I disagree with what a user labels "sensationalism"? Is it appropriate for me to reply with a rebuttal? Or will I appear "trolling", as they say in the cyberworld? Opinion please. MichaelWestbrook ( talk) 22:28, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Stardust, How do I make a userbox in code? I've just created a userbox for the Userboxitis page and I wanted to put it on with the code. CrabFreak ( talk) 07:37, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
{{A userbox}}
{{usbktop}}
{{usbk|Your userbox name}}
{{usbkbottom}}
This displays as:
Code | Result | |
---|---|---|
{{ User:Strdst grl/ubx/bouncing}} | Usage |
This is helpful is you plan to make more userboxes for the page, as you can add as many as you like between the top and bottom tags. I hope this helped! strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 09:26, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
You can choose whether to reply to messages on your own talk page and leave a talkback or to reply on the other user's; both methods are equally valid, and it's down to your own preference. From what I have seen, replying at the other user's page is more common, but several users prefer to leave talkback so that the discussion is more readable. Whichever way you choose, just try to be consistent. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 16:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Hi Stardust: I'm not sure if this is a general question for you or a specific one for someone else, but I figure my adopter is a fine place to start. I'm thinking about contributing to the progressive rock project. A number of the current tasks have already been completed, so I figured I'd clear them off. In recording a task completed, I'm supposed to sign it with my name. Should I be concerned about looking like I'm taking credit for work I didn't do? By putting my sig next to a completed item, I'm concerned that I'm posing as someone who actually did the task. Is there any general Wikipedia principle here? And as a related question, I'm noticing that the markup for a completed item is complex (at least for my Wikipedia noobie tastes.) I can certainly copy and paste a completed item and edit appropriately, but if you're willing to take a look at it -- am I missing the boat here? Is there some more straightforward way (of using templates or some such) of recording a task as complete? If this is a more appropriate question for the folks on the project, let me know and I'll ask them; I figured I'd start here in case this was some systemic Wikipedia issue that I didn't understand yet. Thanks!
<s> and </s>
around the relevant text; the Done symbol, which is here provided with {{tick}} '''Done'''
- the three apostrophes is the standard formatting for bold text; and the
signature created by four tildes ~~~~
which should be left after any message.{{Done}}
can also be used to create Done, although you may prefer to stick with the current format in this case. At
Template:Done you can see a series of other common symbols relating to task completion in the same style - these are fairly standard.
strdst_grl
(call me Stardust) 20:38, 22 July 2010 (UTC)Hi Stardust: Is the best way to keep up with a particular discussion to "watch" the page, and then to view the "diff" for the most recent change(s) on my watchlist? The reason I ask is that this seems cumbersome at times. If I'm trying to keep up with a Village Pump page (for example) that I haven't seen in a while, there might be a bunch of scattered diffs throughout the page. This may be the nature of the beast; but it feels terribly disjointed to me compared to a classic threaded-discussion interface, such as in a web forum or old-style USENET or the like where I can see anything new as a separate message / posting. Are there any particular master tricks I should know about in terms of tracking changes to discussions and keeping up, or is this just more of an issue where I need to get oriented and accustomed to it? Thanks... SeparateWays ( talk) 21:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
Example references used above will be illustrated here: