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Best, PeterSymonds ( talk) 20:08, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just read the Communication subpage you created, and I just wanted to say it is absolutely fantastic! Very appropriate and truly accurate. I really hope others (both new here and "old-timers") will find and read that essay. If nothing similar exists in terms of Wiki essays (and I don't immediately see anything), I may have to get you to prettify it, move it to the Wikipedia: space and place it in Category:Wikipedia essays. — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 10:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
[...] "more in archives"
Hi Ched - basically if the article is very short, you add a stub template at the bottom of the article (either the plain {{ stub}} or one of the more precise ones - if you simply add {{ stub}}, a stub-sorter will change it to a more precise one soon enough, but if you can even make it a slightly more precise one it'll save work later). Usually if it's that short, then it'll be pretty obvious the sort of thing that the article needs.
If it's a longer article but still needs work, and you're less sure that it's easy to see what still needs attention, add an expand template at the top instead, and put details on the talk page. The difference between "short" and "longer" is pretty arbitrary and depends a lot on what the subject is (I've got a short essay on that at User:Grutness/Croughton-London rule of stubs), but if it's more than a couple of screens-full of information, it's usually beyond being a stub. Hope you enjoy your time on Wikipedia - keep up the good work :) Grutness... wha? 01:56, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the nice comment on my essay. I glanced at your recent edits and noticed your comment to Aether about passion; you might also like this essay. Mike Christie (talk) 04:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC) [[...]
The I.P. I reverted on your talk page was a long-term troll who has something against User:Abd (it's why User talk:Abd is indefinitely semi-protected). Not really sure what his/her problem is, and I'm not over-eager to find out. On a side note, I notice you're new-ish here; you seem to be doing very well, but if you ever need a hand from an administrator and/or experienced contributor, feel free to let me know. Cheers, Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 22:54, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
If you no longer want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Happy editing! – xeno ( talk) 03:25, 24 January 2009 (UTC) [keeping for links]
Ched Davis! Thank You for your assistance with WikiProject Malware! To better serve Wikipedia, this project has been closed. We thank you for all of your hard work, and we would like to invite you to our new Wikiproject at WikiProject Computer Security. We hope to see you soon! Sephiroth storm ( talk) 08:24, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
The article's looking great, although it's hard for me to figure out what was your personal contribution, looks like there was somebody's vandalism that you were dealing with thrown in there too. Anyway, thanks so much for your work on what was once a little stub, abandoned to the cold winds of WP:SD. All of the added content is appropriate, ditto for the removed content, and the format is much improved. I agree with the move, too - the one thing I know for sure was you. Fredgoat ( talk) 09:48, 31 January 2009 (UTC) [...my reply archived]
( talk • contribs) 19:45, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
No worries. Whenever you return to it and address the issues, let me know and I'll be happy to take another look. Best wishes and happy editing! -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 09:34, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Interesting read of your comments at Bite. It is definitally a problem. I liked your simple, easy to read instructions. Informal. Welcoming. "Have a seat. Don't mind all those Scholars. Your their equal. You just don't know it yet"...Im working at the Articles for deletion section. It is sad how MANY newbies are treated poorly. I think its fair to say that we wikipedians treat obvious vandals with more courtesy than a well-intentioned newbie.-- Buster7 ( talk) 13:38, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I had a nice stroll around your place. Very nice. Friendly. I'm glad we are neighbors. -- Buster7 ( talk) 01:17, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
If you want to see a real fight, check out the arguing over a certain intimate part of a woman's body that may or may not exist at maturity and may or may not be legitimately identifiable, depending on who you believe. The picture was enough to scare me off after a while, especially since a lot of the feuding was about the picture itself and whether it should be included.
{{
helpme}} (self-removed thanks to Forgettinaboutit [sic] post - plenty to read up on for the moment - may repost addendum later)
Thanks — Ched ( talk) 09:45, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
All this is somewhat academic for the request you noted at the admonistrator's noticeboard because most moves listed at WP:RM can only be done by administrators.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 13:07, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Ched, having recognized your interest in encyclopedia improvements and collaboration, I welcome your input on Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and Dutch oven (prank). [...]. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 21:06, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Happy99
Hello there. I noticed that you are a member of the malware Wikiproject, and I was wondering if you'd like to help me improve an article about a virus called Happy99 which was recently nominated for deletion. Thanks. ← Spidern → 16:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Aymatth2, ChildofMidnight, Buster7, and of course, my fellow civil-service friend Huntster - Thank you for your kind words, and great advice. Hard part first - I was foolish to let these minor things get to me. I guess it just goes to show that even after 50+ years of life, almost 30 years of single-parenting, and 15+ years on the web, "There's no fool like an old fool". I'll put away my Don Quixote attire, pull Sancho's knife from my back, and put it in my "remember box". Boy those 5-pillar looking windmills sure looked like real monsters though. I suppose that boldness does tend to lead to some less than policy and guideline knowledgeable posting. Note to myself: When you see a train wreck a-commin' - just get off the damn train dummy. ;). Thanks guys - I really mean that! ;) Well, there's a long-time editor here whose phrase I'll close with. "Nothing more to see here - let's move along". — Ched ( talk) 13:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
I notice that you are part of Category:Inclusionist_Wikipedians. I would like you to consider joining the Article Rescue Squadron. Rescue Squadron members are focused on rescuing articles for deletion, that might otherwise be lost forever. I think you will find our project matches your vision of Wikipedia.
Ikip ( talk) 00:52, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Yo ched, I'm trying to insert a picture in a article, however it only allows me to insert it as a logo; not a screenshot for some reason. Norton Removal Tool. The picture is here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TechOutsider ( talk • contribs) 20:50, 20 February 2009
I love what you wrote, which is so very true: "Just call me the patron saint of lost causes." Ikip ( talk) 22:41, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your support but I think you !voted twice ;) Please check, cheers. Martin Msgj 08:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
No I don't own otters in real life. That's just an injoke I started ages ago.
1. "Subst" refers to template substitution. I've never really paid much attention to it, but WP:SUBST has an explanation. 2. There isn't a specific starting point, but WP:DP is the general deletion policy which clarifies pages that should be deleted, WP:BEFORE lists little steps you can take before listing something for deletion, and WP:CSD has a list of the speedy deletion criteria. Also, if you want to delete something in user space, {{ db-u1}} is preferred for wanting to delete things in userspace. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 19:45, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Lmao, that's hilarious. You know, I've been dealing with that article topic for so long, that I don't even remember now how I first came across it. I think someone asked me to take a look, but I don't know. Don't let anyone tell you that double-checking other's work is a bad thing...it most assuredly is not. Sure, there are some people who may take offence to it, but to be brutally direct, that's their problem. Also, don't ever feel like you owe me anything. We're all volunteers here, doing it for the fun of it. If you feel like you owe people, then it moves that much closer to being a job, and that is just not acceptable :) — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 19:49, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
An editor noted that nearly every paragraph was comprised of one sentence. I tried to remove redundancies; however I seemed to have made the article too bare bones. A previous editor mentioned that the article was too technical; so I sapped away the technical parts into wikilinks or just deleted them. Any suggestions? TechOutsider ( talk) 00:17, 23 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
“ | A user's (user:TechOutsider Contribs:[1]) edits consist entirely of editing Symantec products, and the edits appear to be all positive. Removing criticism, the use of press-releases as references etc. I would leave the user a note, but I'm not sure what (if any) policies are being breached, and therefore what really to say/query. So I come here to the Friendly Help Desk ;-) Any thoughts? Fribbler (talk) 16:14, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, see:
If you still have questions, there is a new contributor's help page, or you can write {{helpme}} below this message along with a question and someone will be along to answer it shortly. You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia:
I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome! on his talk page and continue to monitor his contributions. Also, a specific note on his talk page would be good as well. If nothing changes or there is no response, further action may be necessary. Cheers! TN‑X-Man 16:18, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
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I found this in Google's cache of "herb encyclopedia". Is it somehow affiliated with Wikipedia? Or is it just another spinoff? How did their posts end up there? TechOutsider ( talk) 02:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
<- First thanks Huntster for checking this out for me - I had a splitting headache, and just kinda bailed. Yep Tech, just a mirror. I personally don't understand the reasoning (other than a hope to get higher page ranks). Someone taking advantage of our GFDL. Kinda like pointing to someone and saying "They have a bootleg copy of GNU Linux" lulz. and yep, (ec) can be a pain in the but huh? - just backspace and copy what ya had - than do the edit again, and paste. Saves typing it all over. — Ched ( talk) 14:28, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
– xeno ( talk) 20:34, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Edit Centric ( talk) 21:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
TN X Man 21:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
which of the above is preferred in Wikipedia? TechOutsider ( talk) 00:17, 24 February 2009 (UTC)techoutsider
You know what I hate? Radically changing on the the Norton articles. Because then, I have to update the other one. And I'm honestly not that familiar with earlier version of NIS/NAV, making it difficult to determine which features either one of the suite have, and thus which sentences from one article applies to the other. I almost want to merge the article. To further complicate matters, most, in fact, almost all of the computer software review sites, where I pull a lot of information about features and criticisms from, fail to review NAV. Almost all exclusively review NIS and then make the NIS review apply to NAV. Ugh!!!!!! I mean, I could just pull up a chat session with a tech support agent; however I would have a hard time referencing the information, and they really aren't that fast or efficient! TechOutsider ( talk) 00:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC)techoutsider
Argh! I'm trying to find Norton AntiBot's release date, however chatting with a rep from symantec for about half an hour now yeilded an Sept. 2007 release date; and he/she's not sure about the actual day. TechOutsider ( talk) 00:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
I have contacted storm; right now I have shifted my focus to something else. Anyways, can you somehow shorten this article heading:
“ | Windows XP Service Pack 3/Vista Service Pack 1 | ” |
TechOutsider ( talk) 01:09, 24 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
How can I wikilink a particular section of another wikipedia article? TechOutsider ( talk) 01:29, 24 February 2009 (UTC)techOutsider
Are you working on that article? I see it was deleted once already. Why was it deleted? TechOutsider ( talk) 01:48, 24 February 2009 (UTC)techOutsider
Good afternoon. Since
you mentioned being bitten by a newbie, this is a random attempt at making you feel better. Here are some links that may be relevant to your interests:
Whee. -- Kiz o r 10:53, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ched, I was wondering if I could take you up on the offer of HDD recovery program suggestions? A friend of mine has just had an external HDD fail - it seems to have lost the file system "The file or directory is corrupt and unreadable" and if I run chkdsk it says "Check disk cannot be performed because Windows cannot access the disk". So in this case it is recognised by Windows which is hopefully a good sign :) Thanks for your help, -- Fir0002 23:18, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
(cc: primary to Fir0002 talk) — Ched ( talk) 00:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I redid this part. You tole me to try to make it more understandable... and I took it out of a list format; part of the reason the article failed GA. Right now, I'm thinking that part is way better. TechOutsider ( talk) 02:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Why did you delete me from the Ouellette page? I'm a badass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.85.228.74 ( talk) 03:30, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
If you would like some help getting started, I'd be more than happy to help you set up an account, and show you where to start! ;) — Ched ( talk) 03:38, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi and thanks for the anti-vandal work. Regards Haploidavey ( talk) 14:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks much for providing feedback on my edits to the Leger page. Per your request, I provided citation to $100k reward. See page 2 of the Boston Globe story. I hope that I am now in compliance. Best, Itri4funtimes ( talk) 15:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)itri4funtimes Itri4funtimes ( talk) 15:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
looking at the MBAM history, I see that you used an "in use" or "under construction" template? Can you provide me the info. necessary to display the template? TechOutsider ( talk) 00:53, 26 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Hi, just editing the Norton articles, and I tried to reference the Washington Post. It was blacklisted. I checked the local and the global blacklists, however I could not find the root domain on either one. I tried again, and it was blocked yet again. I sure hope this doesn't count against me. Does it? I have posted a dispute at the appropriate place. Can you try referencing the Washington Post, see if you experience the problem? Unless it counts against you in any way. TechOutsider ( talk) 01:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
"text. text.".
Is that the proper way to format it? TechOutsider ( talk) 02:13, 26 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
firing up mIRC - be back shortly — Ched ( talk) 02:24, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
How can I remove the background, so that the picture shows up in Wikipeida with a checkerboard background? I really don't want to install some massive and paid-for software, such as Photoshop, though. ( User:TechOutsider)
I have to remove much of the criticisms from NIS. I actually added some of them myself. However, forums are considered primary sources and therefore cannot be used, expect for in special places. As a matter of fact, the article on Returnil, which I expanded, is currently being dismantled because most of my sources were primary. For example, Norton's SONAR does not work with 64 bit versions of Vista. Google that and all the results you get are have a community.norton domain, which means some user posted about it at the Norton forums, ad primary source. Google Norton and SpySweeper. Known issues. However, I just could not find any independent and reliable source. Even try googling Norton Internet Security 2006 performance issues. NIS06, by popular opinion on the net, is described as bloated and slow. Yet, the hits in google are from forums and like sources. No ind. publication really emphasizing this thing, or in depth. However, I'm not willing to let the article fail GA again. TechOutsider ( talk) 02:48, 27 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Check out this section. Why does the text look like it's been double spaced? TechOutsider ( talk) 02:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Next time before reverting any edits and identifying them as 'vandalism' and then undoing yourself saying it was done by an established editor. CHECK WHAT THE PERSON HAS EDITED. I changed Damdam to Dum Dum, as that is the OFFICIAL NAME. I Just now changed Tollyganj to Tollygunge as that is the official name. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 14:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
I agree, it may be deragatory, but NEXT TIME, do a quick search for whatever it is, before just undoing it and then undoing your own actions. It makes me feel like someone else is taking credit for what I did. Also, next time, please POST on the other persons talk page as a sign of courtsey, instead of posting on YOUR OWN page and leaving a callback message on my page. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 17:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Edit Centric ( talk) 21:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
What is a "sup" tag? TechOutsider ( talk) 21:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
The sub I mentioned puts it at the bottom. Hope that helps — Ched ( talk) 22:01, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Are you willing to do the GA review? You qualify; you obviously aren't a die-hard Symantec supporter; you just used their products a little in the 90s because you had too, right? And you didn't make that many changes to the article. TechOutsider ( talk) 01:36, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Only cigarettes are mild ... right Ched? TechOutsider ( talk) 02:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
The only reason this article could fail GA is because of the MAC section. Can you help expand that particular section; I'm deaf to the article's shortcomings after my hundreds of edits. TechOutsider ( talk) 02:51, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
I remember when we clashed over the Norton articles .... back when I was slightly biased. I remember the first time you ventured to communicate with me. And look at us now :) TechOutsider ( talk) 02:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Talk:Norton_Internet_Security/GA2. Everything was good except for fact NAV was to be merged into the NIS article! Argh! I'm really going to have trouble diff. between the two since their feature set changes each year. TechOutsider ( talk) 05:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
256/512 MB RAM needed; where the first # applies to NAV and the second # goes for NIS?
Alternatively, could I just make NAV a little subsection on the bottom, removing all of the version history except for the 2009 version information? TechOutsider ( talk) 05:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
And of course, what to name the new article? Norton Internet Security/Norton AntiVirus. Or could I just make redirect pages? TechOutsider ( talk) 05:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
I love doing graphs, and statistics in general. Just tell me what you need done and I'll get right on it. :) — neuro (talk) 09:33, 28 February 2009 (UTC).
Right now I am trying to get the point across that NIS includes NAV + Firewall. Because that doesn't change. Only the little features change year to year. Do I make the article clear enough? TechOutsider ( talk) 17:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
How many software info boxes should/can I have? TechOutsider ( talk) 21:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
“ | Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security, developed by Symantec Corporation, provide malware, exploit, and in the case of Norton Internet Security, online identity protection. Both products are compatible with the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS X operating systems. | ” |
TechOutsider ( talk) 03:19, 1 March 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
What should I name the new article? I'm just going to move it so the wikilinks that link to the article aren't suddenly outdated. TechOutsider ( talk) 03:51, 1 March 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
I replied on my talk page. I notice that you're planning this article on Heidelberg Raceway. I'd love to help! It was one of the original NASCAR tracks for Strictly Stock's (now Sprint Cup) first season! Of course I have lots of sources for a track that important. I'd expect it to be an easy WP:DYK. Royal broil 05:11, 1 March 2009 (UTC)
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[...]
Best, PeterSymonds ( talk) 20:08, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
Hey, just read the Communication subpage you created, and I just wanted to say it is absolutely fantastic! Very appropriate and truly accurate. I really hope others (both new here and "old-timers") will find and read that essay. If nothing similar exists in terms of Wiki essays (and I don't immediately see anything), I may have to get you to prettify it, move it to the Wikipedia: space and place it in Category:Wikipedia essays. — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 10:58, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
[...] "more in archives"
Hi Ched - basically if the article is very short, you add a stub template at the bottom of the article (either the plain {{ stub}} or one of the more precise ones - if you simply add {{ stub}}, a stub-sorter will change it to a more precise one soon enough, but if you can even make it a slightly more precise one it'll save work later). Usually if it's that short, then it'll be pretty obvious the sort of thing that the article needs.
If it's a longer article but still needs work, and you're less sure that it's easy to see what still needs attention, add an expand template at the top instead, and put details on the talk page. The difference between "short" and "longer" is pretty arbitrary and depends a lot on what the subject is (I've got a short essay on that at User:Grutness/Croughton-London rule of stubs), but if it's more than a couple of screens-full of information, it's usually beyond being a stub. Hope you enjoy your time on Wikipedia - keep up the good work :) Grutness... wha? 01:56, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the nice comment on my essay. I glanced at your recent edits and noticed your comment to Aether about passion; you might also like this essay. Mike Christie (talk) 04:05, 21 January 2009 (UTC) [[...]
The I.P. I reverted on your talk page was a long-term troll who has something against User:Abd (it's why User talk:Abd is indefinitely semi-protected). Not really sure what his/her problem is, and I'm not over-eager to find out. On a side note, I notice you're new-ish here; you seem to be doing very well, but if you ever need a hand from an administrator and/or experienced contributor, feel free to let me know. Cheers, Sarcasticidealist ( talk) 22:54, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
After reviewing your request for rollback, I have enabled rollback on your account. Keep in mind these things when going to use rollback:
If you no longer want rollback, then contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some information on how to use rollback, you can view this page. I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, just leave me a message if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Happy editing! – xeno ( talk) 03:25, 24 January 2009 (UTC) [keeping for links]
Ched Davis! Thank You for your assistance with WikiProject Malware! To better serve Wikipedia, this project has been closed. We thank you for all of your hard work, and we would like to invite you to our new Wikiproject at WikiProject Computer Security. We hope to see you soon! Sephiroth storm ( talk) 08:24, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
The article's looking great, although it's hard for me to figure out what was your personal contribution, looks like there was somebody's vandalism that you were dealing with thrown in there too. Anyway, thanks so much for your work on what was once a little stub, abandoned to the cold winds of WP:SD. All of the added content is appropriate, ditto for the removed content, and the format is much improved. I agree with the move, too - the one thing I know for sure was you. Fredgoat ( talk) 09:48, 31 January 2009 (UTC) [...my reply archived]
( talk • contribs) 19:45, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
No worries. Whenever you return to it and address the issues, let me know and I'll be happy to take another look. Best wishes and happy editing! -- Nehrams2020 ( talk) 09:34, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Interesting read of your comments at Bite. It is definitally a problem. I liked your simple, easy to read instructions. Informal. Welcoming. "Have a seat. Don't mind all those Scholars. Your their equal. You just don't know it yet"...Im working at the Articles for deletion section. It is sad how MANY newbies are treated poorly. I think its fair to say that we wikipedians treat obvious vandals with more courtesy than a well-intentioned newbie.-- Buster7 ( talk) 13:38, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
I had a nice stroll around your place. Very nice. Friendly. I'm glad we are neighbors. -- Buster7 ( talk) 01:17, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
If you want to see a real fight, check out the arguing over a certain intimate part of a woman's body that may or may not exist at maturity and may or may not be legitimately identifiable, depending on who you believe. The picture was enough to scare me off after a while, especially since a lot of the feuding was about the picture itself and whether it should be included.
{{
helpme}} (self-removed thanks to Forgettinaboutit [sic] post - plenty to read up on for the moment - may repost addendum later)
Thanks — Ched ( talk) 09:45, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
All this is somewhat academic for the request you noted at the admonistrator's noticeboard because most moves listed at WP:RM can only be done by administrators.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 13:07, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Ched, having recognized your interest in encyclopedia improvements and collaboration, I welcome your input on Tina Turner, Michael Jackson and Dutch oven (prank). [...]. ChildofMidnight ( talk) 21:06, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
Happy99
Hello there. I noticed that you are a member of the malware Wikiproject, and I was wondering if you'd like to help me improve an article about a virus called Happy99 which was recently nominated for deletion. Thanks. ← Spidern → 16:18, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
Aymatth2, ChildofMidnight, Buster7, and of course, my fellow civil-service friend Huntster - Thank you for your kind words, and great advice. Hard part first - I was foolish to let these minor things get to me. I guess it just goes to show that even after 50+ years of life, almost 30 years of single-parenting, and 15+ years on the web, "There's no fool like an old fool". I'll put away my Don Quixote attire, pull Sancho's knife from my back, and put it in my "remember box". Boy those 5-pillar looking windmills sure looked like real monsters though. I suppose that boldness does tend to lead to some less than policy and guideline knowledgeable posting. Note to myself: When you see a train wreck a-commin' - just get off the damn train dummy. ;). Thanks guys - I really mean that! ;) Well, there's a long-time editor here whose phrase I'll close with. "Nothing more to see here - let's move along". — Ched ( talk) 13:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
I notice that you are part of Category:Inclusionist_Wikipedians. I would like you to consider joining the Article Rescue Squadron. Rescue Squadron members are focused on rescuing articles for deletion, that might otherwise be lost forever. I think you will find our project matches your vision of Wikipedia.
Ikip ( talk) 00:52, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Yo ched, I'm trying to insert a picture in a article, however it only allows me to insert it as a logo; not a screenshot for some reason. Norton Removal Tool. The picture is here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TechOutsider ( talk • contribs) 20:50, 20 February 2009
I love what you wrote, which is so very true: "Just call me the patron saint of lost causes." Ikip ( talk) 22:41, 21 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your support but I think you !voted twice ;) Please check, cheers. Martin Msgj 08:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
No I don't own otters in real life. That's just an injoke I started ages ago.
1. "Subst" refers to template substitution. I've never really paid much attention to it, but WP:SUBST has an explanation. 2. There isn't a specific starting point, but WP:DP is the general deletion policy which clarifies pages that should be deleted, WP:BEFORE lists little steps you can take before listing something for deletion, and WP:CSD has a list of the speedy deletion criteria. Also, if you want to delete something in user space, {{ db-u1}} is preferred for wanting to delete things in userspace. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 19:45, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Lmao, that's hilarious. You know, I've been dealing with that article topic for so long, that I don't even remember now how I first came across it. I think someone asked me to take a look, but I don't know. Don't let anyone tell you that double-checking other's work is a bad thing...it most assuredly is not. Sure, there are some people who may take offence to it, but to be brutally direct, that's their problem. Also, don't ever feel like you owe me anything. We're all volunteers here, doing it for the fun of it. If you feel like you owe people, then it moves that much closer to being a job, and that is just not acceptable :) — Huntster ( t • @ • c) 19:49, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
An editor noted that nearly every paragraph was comprised of one sentence. I tried to remove redundancies; however I seemed to have made the article too bare bones. A previous editor mentioned that the article was too technical; so I sapped away the technical parts into wikilinks or just deleted them. Any suggestions? TechOutsider ( talk) 00:17, 23 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
“ | A user's (user:TechOutsider Contribs:[1]) edits consist entirely of editing Symantec products, and the edits appear to be all positive. Removing criticism, the use of press-releases as references etc. I would leave the user a note, but I'm not sure what (if any) policies are being breached, and therefore what really to say/query. So I come here to the Friendly Help Desk ;-) Any thoughts? Fribbler (talk) 16:14, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
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I found this in Google's cache of "herb encyclopedia". Is it somehow affiliated with Wikipedia? Or is it just another spinoff? How did their posts end up there? TechOutsider ( talk) 02:10, 23 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
<- First thanks Huntster for checking this out for me - I had a splitting headache, and just kinda bailed. Yep Tech, just a mirror. I personally don't understand the reasoning (other than a hope to get higher page ranks). Someone taking advantage of our GFDL. Kinda like pointing to someone and saying "They have a bootleg copy of GNU Linux" lulz. and yep, (ec) can be a pain in the but huh? - just backspace and copy what ya had - than do the edit again, and paste. Saves typing it all over. — Ched ( talk) 14:28, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
– xeno ( talk) 20:34, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Edit Centric ( talk) 21:23, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
TN X Man 21:32, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
which of the above is preferred in Wikipedia? TechOutsider ( talk) 00:17, 24 February 2009 (UTC)techoutsider
You know what I hate? Radically changing on the the Norton articles. Because then, I have to update the other one. And I'm honestly not that familiar with earlier version of NIS/NAV, making it difficult to determine which features either one of the suite have, and thus which sentences from one article applies to the other. I almost want to merge the article. To further complicate matters, most, in fact, almost all of the computer software review sites, where I pull a lot of information about features and criticisms from, fail to review NAV. Almost all exclusively review NIS and then make the NIS review apply to NAV. Ugh!!!!!! I mean, I could just pull up a chat session with a tech support agent; however I would have a hard time referencing the information, and they really aren't that fast or efficient! TechOutsider ( talk) 00:37, 24 February 2009 (UTC)techoutsider
Argh! I'm trying to find Norton AntiBot's release date, however chatting with a rep from symantec for about half an hour now yeilded an Sept. 2007 release date; and he/she's not sure about the actual day. TechOutsider ( talk) 00:41, 24 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
I have contacted storm; right now I have shifted my focus to something else. Anyways, can you somehow shorten this article heading:
“ | Windows XP Service Pack 3/Vista Service Pack 1 | ” |
TechOutsider ( talk) 01:09, 24 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
How can I wikilink a particular section of another wikipedia article? TechOutsider ( talk) 01:29, 24 February 2009 (UTC)techOutsider
Are you working on that article? I see it was deleted once already. Why was it deleted? TechOutsider ( talk) 01:48, 24 February 2009 (UTC)techOutsider
Good afternoon. Since
you mentioned being bitten by a newbie, this is a random attempt at making you feel better. Here are some links that may be relevant to your interests:
Whee. -- Kiz o r 10:53, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Ched, I was wondering if I could take you up on the offer of HDD recovery program suggestions? A friend of mine has just had an external HDD fail - it seems to have lost the file system "The file or directory is corrupt and unreadable" and if I run chkdsk it says "Check disk cannot be performed because Windows cannot access the disk". So in this case it is recognised by Windows which is hopefully a good sign :) Thanks for your help, -- Fir0002 23:18, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
(cc: primary to Fir0002 talk) — Ched ( talk) 00:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I redid this part. You tole me to try to make it more understandable... and I took it out of a list format; part of the reason the article failed GA. Right now, I'm thinking that part is way better. TechOutsider ( talk) 02:09, 25 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Why did you delete me from the Ouellette page? I'm a badass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.85.228.74 ( talk) 03:30, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
If you would like some help getting started, I'd be more than happy to help you set up an account, and show you where to start! ;) — Ched ( talk) 03:38, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi and thanks for the anti-vandal work. Regards Haploidavey ( talk) 14:57, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks much for providing feedback on my edits to the Leger page. Per your request, I provided citation to $100k reward. See page 2 of the Boston Globe story. I hope that I am now in compliance. Best, Itri4funtimes ( talk) 15:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)itri4funtimes Itri4funtimes ( talk) 15:18, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
looking at the MBAM history, I see that you used an "in use" or "under construction" template? Can you provide me the info. necessary to display the template? TechOutsider ( talk) 00:53, 26 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Hi, just editing the Norton articles, and I tried to reference the Washington Post. It was blacklisted. I checked the local and the global blacklists, however I could not find the root domain on either one. I tried again, and it was blocked yet again. I sure hope this doesn't count against me. Does it? I have posted a dispute at the appropriate place. Can you try referencing the Washington Post, see if you experience the problem? Unless it counts against you in any way. TechOutsider ( talk) 01:55, 26 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
"text. text.".
Is that the proper way to format it? TechOutsider ( talk) 02:13, 26 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
firing up mIRC - be back shortly — Ched ( talk) 02:24, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
How can I remove the background, so that the picture shows up in Wikipeida with a checkerboard background? I really don't want to install some massive and paid-for software, such as Photoshop, though. ( User:TechOutsider)
I have to remove much of the criticisms from NIS. I actually added some of them myself. However, forums are considered primary sources and therefore cannot be used, expect for in special places. As a matter of fact, the article on Returnil, which I expanded, is currently being dismantled because most of my sources were primary. For example, Norton's SONAR does not work with 64 bit versions of Vista. Google that and all the results you get are have a community.norton domain, which means some user posted about it at the Norton forums, ad primary source. Google Norton and SpySweeper. Known issues. However, I just could not find any independent and reliable source. Even try googling Norton Internet Security 2006 performance issues. NIS06, by popular opinion on the net, is described as bloated and slow. Yet, the hits in google are from forums and like sources. No ind. publication really emphasizing this thing, or in depth. However, I'm not willing to let the article fail GA again. TechOutsider ( talk) 02:48, 27 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Check out this section. Why does the text look like it's been double spaced? TechOutsider ( talk) 02:55, 27 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Next time before reverting any edits and identifying them as 'vandalism' and then undoing yourself saying it was done by an established editor. CHECK WHAT THE PERSON HAS EDITED. I changed Damdam to Dum Dum, as that is the OFFICIAL NAME. I Just now changed Tollyganj to Tollygunge as that is the official name. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 14:50, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
I agree, it may be deragatory, but NEXT TIME, do a quick search for whatever it is, before just undoing it and then undoing your own actions. It makes me feel like someone else is taking credit for what I did. Also, next time, please POST on the other persons talk page as a sign of courtsey, instead of posting on YOUR OWN page and leaving a callback message on my page. -- Rsrikanth05 ( talk) 17:59, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Edit Centric ( talk) 21:33, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
What is a "sup" tag? TechOutsider ( talk) 21:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
The sub I mentioned puts it at the bottom. Hope that helps — Ched ( talk) 22:01, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Are you willing to do the GA review? You qualify; you obviously aren't a die-hard Symantec supporter; you just used their products a little in the 90s because you had too, right? And you didn't make that many changes to the article. TechOutsider ( talk) 01:36, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Only cigarettes are mild ... right Ched? TechOutsider ( talk) 02:43, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
The only reason this article could fail GA is because of the MAC section. Can you help expand that particular section; I'm deaf to the article's shortcomings after my hundreds of edits. TechOutsider ( talk) 02:51, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
I remember when we clashed over the Norton articles .... back when I was slightly biased. I remember the first time you ventured to communicate with me. And look at us now :) TechOutsider ( talk) 02:56, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
Talk:Norton_Internet_Security/GA2. Everything was good except for fact NAV was to be merged into the NIS article! Argh! I'm really going to have trouble diff. between the two since their feature set changes each year. TechOutsider ( talk) 05:35, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
256/512 MB RAM needed; where the first # applies to NAV and the second # goes for NIS?
Alternatively, could I just make NAV a little subsection on the bottom, removing all of the version history except for the 2009 version information? TechOutsider ( talk) 05:40, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
And of course, what to name the new article? Norton Internet Security/Norton AntiVirus. Or could I just make redirect pages? TechOutsider ( talk) 05:41, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
I love doing graphs, and statistics in general. Just tell me what you need done and I'll get right on it. :) — neuro (talk) 09:33, 28 February 2009 (UTC).
Right now I am trying to get the point across that NIS includes NAV + Firewall. Because that doesn't change. Only the little features change year to year. Do I make the article clear enough? TechOutsider ( talk) 17:07, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
How many software info boxes should/can I have? TechOutsider ( talk) 21:50, 28 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
“ | Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security, developed by Symantec Corporation, provide malware, exploit, and in the case of Norton Internet Security, online identity protection. Both products are compatible with the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS X operating systems. | ” |
TechOutsider ( talk) 03:19, 1 March 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
What should I name the new article? I'm just going to move it so the wikilinks that link to the article aren't suddenly outdated. TechOutsider ( talk) 03:51, 1 March 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider
I replied on my talk page. I notice that you're planning this article on Heidelberg Raceway. I'd love to help! It was one of the original NASCAR tracks for Strictly Stock's (now Sprint Cup) first season! Of course I have lots of sources for a track that important. I'd expect it to be an easy WP:DYK. Royal broil 05:11, 1 March 2009 (UTC)