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Many Thanks--stb 22:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Staatsbuerger ( talk • contribs)
Just read your messages on my profile. Thanks for the tips. Wanted to get your quick opinion about the CMUNE page. Is it okay, notability vice? I have stripped it of it's ambiguous information. Sriramkri ( talk) 02:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC) -- Sriramkri ( talk) 02:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)-- Sriramkri ( talk) 02:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
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For going that extra mile to help me start working on Oakville Trafalgar High School. You're a great help, and always cheerful about it too. Thanks again, Canadian Nine 03:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC) |
[06:26] * [soap|bed] gives chzz a barnstar too: * [06:26] <[soap|bed]> sorry it's so tiny [06:26] <[soap|bed]> it came off my dollhouse
From soap ( talk · contribs) (permission checked) :-) Chzz ► 05:33, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for helping out that user. They seem to be part of a class at Springfield College (Massachusetts) that was assigned to make new articles on Wikipedia concerning sexuality. I've contacted about a dozen of the accounts involved and asked them to ask their instructor to contact me, as there are some obvious problems with assignments of this sort, starting with the use of Wikipedia as a web host for class assignments. That said, they've added some useful content of variable quality, although the imperative to add new articles has led to overlap, as in Female contraception vs. Birth control. Needless to say, I haven't heard from the instructor, and I don't expect to. They have a tiresome habit of going around to each others' articles and patting each other on the back while ignoring input from editors outside the class circle, but I'm encouraged to see that one, at least, has asked the community at large (well, you and me) for help. Acroterion (talk) 12:14, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I felt that Rival brand would be an extremely unlikely typo; and that it could mislead people looking for information on brand rivalries. Frankly, given that I don't expect Rival Brand to last out the hour, it also seemed like the cleaner thing to do, as otherwise a G8 would have to be done later. -- Orange Mike | Talk 17:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
If you visit the current version of User talk:User390573, and click on the phrase "my own talk page", it will send you to User talk:ClueBot Commons, not to User talk:Chzz as intended. That is because the code "[[User talk:{{REVISIONUSER}}|my own talk page]]" incorrectly uses {{REVISIONUSER}}, which expands to the last user to edit that talk page (in this case, the cluebot) rather than to the user that inserted the notice into the talk page. Can you please fix this? Thanks. Eubulides ( talk) 05:33, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
[[User talk:{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>REVISIONUSER}}|my own talk page]]
. Done
Chzz
► 08:25, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
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For Chzz, for always being so helpful on both the IRC channel and directly on talkpages. Well done! -- Ged UK 07:17, 30 April 2009 (UTC) |
I was wondering mostly if you could tell me how to cite Youtube, because there's an article I have that I'm trying to improve, and unfortunately I tried looking and found nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Random Checkhead ( talk • contribs) 01:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
What if the information (a movie adaptation of a novel) came directly from the author's mouth? Would that still be unnaceptable? Random Checkhead ( talk) 12:16, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't know how to create my own subpage. Rrrgh. I guess it's off to the reliable sources page! Thanks. (How do you create a subpage?) Random Checkhead ( talk) 01:15, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Great advice and was not about to get into any personal flame war over this. I think it was a childish act to remove it (when labeling it as Eurosceptic ranting) so soon but then it could have been seen as vandalism so I can understand many of the possible reasons for it, I had also formatted it very poorly at the time. I find it odd the page on the NSDAP is so basic with little detail, I know wikipedia is not a site solely for historical research but it is a resourceful place many do use and rely on for accurate or hard to find info at one consolidated site. Some think we should stop educating our people about history but then what do we learn from. Some say how tired this is but it was within one life time and that to me is not very long ago. Actually, Boris has written about some of this in the Telegraph (2002 article to google "What's Hitler got to do with the euro? Everything") which is still available online but to me this is not really a source as such, it is still classed as opinion. I only mentioned the Mayor as a joke really :) Enjoy the weekend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elfree ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Done
I've commented about Wired. You're probably interested in reading it ;) - Mgm| (talk) 10:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Done
Hi
Thanks for the info.
Am still using user/book and sandbox :) and learning a lot.
But I wonder how many times can I edit on my own stuff in user/book or in sandbox only ??
For I experience that it's not been saved or renewed. Are am editing to fast or to much or to many times or often ?? Maybe is best if I write it down in my word before I put it on my sandbox or user/book ??
What is the different between user/book vs sandbox ??
How can I put in a picture ??
I have photobucket where I have my picture.
Thanks for this :)
CYL
--All for one and one for all 18:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nebulae1 ( talk • contribs)
I building a Book/Fiction about Imperia[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nebulae1/Books/Fiction#Fiction] and can be found there<br />
[[User:Nebulae1/Books/Fiction]]
, which will look like this:
User:Nebulae1/Books/Fiction[[File:Tea Cup.jpg|thumb|Aaaaah, tea.]]
- this produces the image shown here. Of course, there are many other options - see
WP:IMAGES.Hi and how old are You? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Britannicsank ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I enhanced my sign with [
Nebulae1
►Chat 00:46, 3 May 2009 (UTC)] in preferences in singature box and marked raw signature under the box, and this is what I got as in
Nebulae1
►Chat 00:46, 3 May 2009 (UTC) and result is nice.
But I have a problem to get chat in to bold character. I guess we using Char or am gonna use Char.
Any suggestion?
Nebulae1
►Chat 00:46, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
P.S.
How can I show syntax with out using it up?
also
using edit summary and saved after it gets this /* Hi */, and I can't saved then but if I del the space in between /* and H and H */, then saving works. Else I must do in twice and some time the changes do not follow. Is there I can do about it or is it normal??
Code;
<small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">[[User:Nebulae1|<b>Nebulae1</b>]] [[User_talk:Nebulae1|<font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;">►<b>Chat</b> </font>]] </span></small>
Cheers, Chzz ► 01:42, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
FYI, We are on FAC2 now of the article you reviewed at WP:GAC.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 01:18, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I need the intervention of an administrator, please. How do I get one? Thanks. ( Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 00:57, 1 May 2009 (UTC))
TomCat4680 ( talk · contribs) re. American football infobox
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Discussion ongoing Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#WP:RTED
Hi I using [u]All for one and one for all[/u] in my signature, and marked the box under the signature.
Its say I can do that, but else I have no idea. Except I can go back to default?
I looked at upload file, but it look like it upload new article or existing. I only want to upload a picture. I guess I can only upload real existing picture and not what I have made it self. When you upload a picture or article its will be for all in wiki?
Nebulae1 ► This user sign is different from user page then when I put it here. I copyed your sign or what it called, but some thing is not working right. Your user sign have hoover both side not what am copyed from you. I only switched your user name with my own, that it all I did.
I guess I can't ask you to see if you got the same results ??
Else am learning -
user:Nebulae1/test - am not sure this is right.
User:Nebulae1/Books/Fiction
User:Nebulae1/test
I got it now :)
All for one and one for all 11:03, 2 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nebulae1 ( talk • contribs)
[[File:filename.jpg|thumb]]
on a test page in your user area, such as
User:Nebulae1/test.Custom signatures
It's possible to customise your signature, and you can put 'code' in it to have different colours, etc. Pictures aren't allowed; hence, mine isn't an icon, it's just text characters with different colours.
You put the code in your preferences signature box, and checkmark the 'user raw signatures'; please note that it's fiddly, and easy to get it wrong, so it's best to best signing in a user sandbox area.
When using 'raw signatures' in your preferences, you need to manually include the links to your user and talk pages.
An example code is;
<small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">[[User:Chzz|<b>Chzz</b>]] : [[User_talk:Chzz|<font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Chat </font>]] </span></small>
Note that you should always include your name (or part of it), a link to your user page and talk page.
Perhaps the easiest way to learn more is simply to look at other peoples signatures, by editing the page they've signed on, and looking at the code. For an example page with several, ahem, interesting signatures, see the April 1st Request for signatureship.
For much more info on this, see Wikipedia:SIGNATURE#Customizing_your_signature.
If you need any help with it, ask here or talk to us live.
Chzz
► 12:46, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
/* Hi */ is there before, when you edit. Do I take away /**/ and let the word be?
Thanks
Nebulae1
►Chat 14:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
The article you nominated for AFD has been moved to my page for cleanup. Can you please take another look. Also see notes as to notability on the talk page where comments are welcome. Ebonyskye ( talk) 19:28, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
I suppose it wouldn't bother me all that much except, I look around at similar groups and find albums that are "out of print" and self-published [1], [2], [3], or nothing but a track list and idle for over a year with no edits [4], [5], [6], [7], [8] or pending release, and no refs at all, and no one seems to have a problem with those having lone article space. So, I guess I'm asking if we can make this album a stub like those others? Like you said, it "may" apply in this case... Just being optimistic! Ebonyskye ( talk) 05:16, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
Color code is it the same as other color code?
Cheers,
Nebulae1
►Chat 21:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
How can I make it defined a box to table so it not reduced?
Nebulae1
►Chat 21:38, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
This box will stretch after what you put in the box | header 2 | header 3 |
---|---|---|
I liked to have defined box so in header 3. | have it the same size. | row 1, cell 3 |
row 2, cell 1 | row 2, cell 2 | row 2, cell 3 |
Cheers, Nebulae1 ►Chat 22:37, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2" !width="50"|Short !width="225"|Long
Short | Long |
---|---|
This will have to wrap | This should fit |
This will have to wrap | This should fit |
Thank you and yes it was :) Cheers, Nebulae1 ►Chat 00:37, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
External links?
I know what the word means but is that out side wiki*.*??????
Does it also mean hard copy??????
Cheers,
Nebulae1
►Chat 22:03, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I tried to do the same as you showed me, but this is what I got as results?
Title with President | Head of Department | Title with High Minister | Title with Viceroy | Title with Governor-General | Title with Governor | Title with Chief | Title with Mayor | Title with Chief Justice |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head of Confederation | Head of Departments | Head of States | Head of Nations | Head of Region | Head of Districts | Head of Locals | Head of Cities | Head of Courthouses |
The cell is to small.
Any idea what I did wrong?
Cheers,
Nebulae1
►Chat 01:26, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
so I can't enlarge with a zipper bar?
Different question here: Header size with out using == this type of header or caption ==
I also looking for font size, I did try style=fontsize:2px; but I got this results: style=fontsize:2px; Government body:
Any idea?
Cheers,
Nebulae1
►Chat 05:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
This is quite big
Thanks,
Nebulae1
►Chat 06:38, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
I'm having a little trouble with my signature. -- <font face="Fantasy">[[User:Abce2|<span font="Fantasy"; style="color: #3366FF;">Abce2</span>]]</font>|<font face="Verdana"><small>[[User Talk:Abce2|<span style="color: #0099AA;">''How''</span>]]</small></font><font face="Fantasy"><small>[[Special:Contri ( talk) 06:59, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Never mind.-- Abce2| How dy! 07:17, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, but another person says that I need tto make it were I don't put a link as it. --Abce2 08:29, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello Chzz,
I am working in an university named 'Institute for Tourism Studies'(IFT) in Macau. My colleague written an article in Wikipedia, which describing the IFT. The link should be as below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Tourism_Studies
Unfortunately, the article has been deleted by the administrator(Toddst1) because of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD#A7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Toddst1#Why_.27Institute_for_Tourism_Studies.27_is_deleted.3F
My question is how can I re-create the article that will not be deleted again.
Thanks & Regards, Alex IFT —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldsand ( talk • contribs) 07:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Chzz, thanks for your prompt reply. I will inform you when the article is ready. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldsand ( talk • contribs) 07:25, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Would you please give Wireless Keyboard the link to the chat website. Thnx -- GandalftheWise ( talk) 18:52, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Wireless Keyboard ( talk · contribs)
I assume you mean the Java IRC client, that lets you join #wikipedia-en-help (ie talk to us live) ? I've given them that link; hope that's what you meant? Chzz ► 19:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
What exactly is this IRC help facility? Wireless Mouse ( talk) 20:40, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
You have my big thanks for help to sort out things with ClueBot's false positive. You was really helpful. Waeland ( talk · contribs)
Done
One for you? Trafford09 ( talk) 15:45, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Many thanks Chzz!!! God Bless. Kampfgruppe ( talk) 06:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, lot of thanks for your welcome!!! I'd like to count with you in the near future.
Offscar ( talk) 11:53, 6 May 2009 (UTC).
How do you create your own, personalized signature? I'm a bit new to Wikipedia. Wireless Mouse ( talk) 21:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Chzz, Wireless Keyboard has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Done
Chzz
► 23:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
{{
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You should really archive your page, it's getting really long. Wireless Keyboard ♪♫ : Chat 00:41, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
What happened to Red cunt hair. I see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red cunt hair was no consensus.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 23:37, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Chzz - though you'd like to know that I've just nominated the Caversham, New Zealand article, which you helped edit and review, for Featured article status. Fingers crossed! Grutness... wha? 02:21, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
The issue is quanitity, not quality. You've been going at it for 250 edits. That's almost automated. You seem to be taking this not the way I intended it.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙) 07:15, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
(unindent) Looks good; I'd recommend having a link to the java talk to us live thingy, because it has proved extremely effective. You should come on to IRC yourself; I've found it extremely effective for helping n00bs get going.
Regards the survey - I really don't know; all I can think of is keeping a manual log; perhaps we could work together on coming up with a suitable 'survey template' we could use? Tell you what, I'll have a go at knocking something up (in the next few hours) and see what you think.
Regards talkback - you need to put the {{tb}} on their talk page; the idea is a) to keep conversation in one place, but by adding the tb to theirs, it will alert them to 'new messages'.
I'll get back to you about the survey shortly; for the purposes of our discussion, can I assume you'll be 'watching' this thread for a bit, so I don't need to keep using talkback? (Even better, get yourself sorted for IRC and we can chat about it in real time), Chzz ► 20:08, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
(unindent) If you're using Windows, I suggest mIRC - in which case, grab it, run it, and do this bit with care;
If you choose to use another client, the server name is irc.freenode.net on port 6667. More info is in WP:IRC.
G'luck; hope to see you there soon. Chzz ► 21:53, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Heyy Chzz, Yeah, you can help - I'd like to know if you can edit without leaving references if you can't find them, so could you get back to me on that please? MoPaechter —Preceding unsigned comment added by MoPaechter ( talk • contribs) 15:35, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the non-automated message.
I'm still getting used to the Wikipedia user features, so my bad if this clutters your talk page, or breaks Wikipedia or something. I'm learning. :P 8bit ( talk) 16:30, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
This is canvassing (or, to be more precise, votestacking) because it is clear that most of the participants at the page you posted at voted Keep in the AfD. As such, it has been noted at the relevant DRV page for the closing admin to consider. Canvassing is disruptive to Wikipedia processes and repeated cases may lead to sanctions. Don't do that again, please. Black Kite 20:53, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
That post to WT:ARS was wholly inappropriate. It was blatant canvassing and I expect to never to see such behavior again from you. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 21:51, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Don't worry about it too much. Just be careful to take advice with a grain of salt. Including (especially) this advice. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire - past ops) 08:23, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Given this and your comments on IRC yesterday, consider yourself suitably chastised, and let's all move on, eh? :) Fritzpoll ( talk) 08:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the ideas and help but, i actually AM RogueMad2, just some idiot hacked my account so i created a doppelganger for my new account. Thanks Rögue Mad 2 09:16, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Chzz, RogueMad2 beta has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
I actually have a question. How do I upload a picture onto someone's page. Wikipedia won't let me. They say I'm not authorized. UncleYoface ( talk) 18:18, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
what does the "emergency wiki shutdown" do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiggerchen ( talk • contribs) 07:59, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
(Also, please remember to 'sign' all your messages by typing ~~~~ at the end) Chzz ► 08:04, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
the one that says "do not push"-- Jamiejojesus ( talk) 22:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)but what kind of "sanity" are you suggesting i return to...do you think i have a chance in hell of getting that scholarship to wikimania...probably would of heard by now if i was? jeeze, i really want to go(smiley face injected here)...if not, can i get one of tomcats "wikilove" kittens? jeeze (or can i say "cheezze"), i really want to go! love, jamie-- Jamiejojesus ( talk) 22:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your immediate suggestions... Its amazing to see your message within a few hours of my join in wikipedia... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elangoponnusamy ( talk • contribs) 06:10, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
I worked for a very long time on that page. For you to delete it because you did not consider the sources to be reliable, I feel, was very disrespectful. Show me a source that isn't reliable and I will show you somewhere in Wikipedia where that source has been used as reference in other articles within Wikipedia, as I've checked all this out ahead of time. If it is not found elsewhere in Wikipedia, however, I will remove that particular content. But to delete the entire article was unnecessary and far too done hastily.-- Jklein212 ( talk) 03:13, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced.*
–Jimmy Wales
*Jimmy Wales (2006-05-16). "Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information". WikiEN-l electronic mailing list archive. Retrieved on 2009-04-08.
I do understand where you are coming from. I only referred to the article as being 'my article' because I created the page and have put much effort into it, but I did not literally mean 'my article'. I do feel that this is a very notable individual and would be a helpful Wikipedia article, so I would like to attempt to edit it appropriately. I will argue my case in the deletion review page, but if they agree with you and the page is then deleted, I will begin a user page to edit this article until it is better. I'm asking for you to then help me with it, if that is the case.--
Jklein212 (
talk) 03:59, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Okay, thank you.-- Jklein212 ( talk) 04:40, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm back. Hoping you will come take a second look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Hay (publicist) and read through the updated discussion material, if you don't mind. Thanks in advance. -- Jklein212 ( talk) 07:36, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thank you for all the hard work. Just sending this message as a note of appreciation. Good job.
Arteyu ?
Blame it on me ! 12:16, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
i have a project will change the way of Egypt isa
(unsigned from Medoyas ( talk · contribs) 03:08, 8 May 2009)
please, my article on tony, is accurate and appropriate. do not delete please —Preceding unsigned comment added by Interfan 910 ( talk • contribs) 03:09, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
[[Tony gagliano]]
).5/7/09 Thanks for helping with the repeated reference problem on this page. I deleted the dead link as there are ample references listed at the end of the line and the statement regarding "many published books, articles and presentations" is documented heavily by virtue of the LONG list of citations and references on this page. I added two additional citations in the section for early career, so the tag re: "section needing citations" may be removed. I am not sure if you added this notation, or some other wiki editor did. Thanks again for your help JourneyWomanSLP ( talk) 03:24, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Dear Chzz,
Thank you again for taking time with my poor project. I had to get Mr. Guenther to tell me where I might find outside sources concerning his birth and life and he did get me to the Directory of a leading literary magazine.
I have changed the entry and deleted some more things which Mr. guenther is trying to get citations for---such as his degrees and medals. (Most of the medals he says might not be sourceable and will have to go but he asks me so I ask you: he gave me that info based on fellow Marines listing such medals on wikipedia, how did they verify same).
Did I improve the article and next?
Mark Kohut —Preceding unsigned comment added by MKohut ( talk • contribs) 15:27, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
This self-reference did need to be 'accepted' by Poets & Writers' mag. Which is a long-running major literary periodical. They verify somehow, with calls to college or other orgs referenced by the author, I do believe. Should I get verification that they do that?
Otherwise, I do not see how, since birth certificates and places where one lived when born are not online, any entry can be begun. Does the author need to have had a biography written about him, where we can assume the biographer did get these facts right?
If I cannot source those details properly, then I must just list his name and books and a few other links?
I will eliminate some external links. I thought they showed enough 'reality' to substantiate the non-advertorial nature of Guenther's achievements.
I will eliminate the medals, also unsourceable as mentioned.
Thank You,
MKohut ( talk) 14:20, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Other authors (and bios in general) usually do find a reliable source with DOB etc - often the information is provided in an interview piece in a newspaper, or a book about the author. Of course, there are many articles on Wikipedia that lack such things, but again, that is a problem to be addressed, rather than a defense to 'add to the problem'; I often recommend that writers look at featured articles as an example of how things 'should be done'; for example, in this case, perhaps James Robert Baker, Nigel Kneale, Mario Vargas Llosa, William Gibson, etc. I'm not indicating that the article needs to be raised to these exalted standards; just that they might give ideas.
Indeed, it is often only possible to have short articles, if sources are not available. A short, factual, balanced and well-cited article is far preferable. It can always be expanded at a later date.
Good luck, Chzz ► 14:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
I condensed poetry links---to the two major issues. I dropped his medals' listing.
I created, half-created proper footnoting within the body---but I seemingly am too stupid to figure out how to get the number of the footnote to match the name of the source. I will reread the directions and try again later.....tired......lotsa detail in the doing.
You are such a prompt responder. Must be 'steady volunteer work' for you.
MKohut ( talk) 16:54, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
MKohut ( talk) 16:56, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Thank you again.
MKohut ( talk) 14:16, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Chzz, halp someone has vandelized my page PLEASE HELP El-Pabloski : Chat 19:23, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
its ok it was an error wikipedia have vererted it now
BE CARFULL DONT TYPE '9047' WITHOUT QUOTES —Preceding unsigned comment added by El-Pabloski ( talk • contribs) 15:51, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for making the name change on article Boys' Town (Engadine)
The original request came from an unknown IP user who's only two posts were to my talk page. Instead of simply ignoring the request, as it appeared to have some merit, I posted the helpme tag, as I was not in any position to be able to address the issue at this time.
Thank you for making the page move. Dbiel ( Talk) 12:31, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks again for all you do to make Wikipedia a better place. Dbiel ( Talk) 20:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help reviewing the Rooftops (film) article I was working on. ☺
PeramWiki ( talk) 15:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for helping me man. Next time I want help I'll come to you. Leave me a message anytime. Meteorman7228 ( talk) 18:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Done
Hey, on my article Tony Gagliano I have a link to Gaetano Gagliano , but when Gaetano link is clicked, it does not go directly to the person I want. It gives you an option of 2 people. How can we make it go straight to Gaetano Gagliano (businessman) ? thanks interfan_910 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Interfan 910 ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey Chzz, are you an admin? I really think that you should be.
Wireless Keyboard
:
Chat 01:59, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Chzz- Thanks for your help and insight towards writing a better article. I truly appreciate your help and hope to have more of that along the way! Theruined ( talk) 08:17, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Here is the link for the article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Night_Shyamalan Moulee ( talk) 05:15, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
The other reason i reverted it back soon because, the IP address that edited the page was traced to Bangalore, i am not being judgementel or biased, i am using wikipedia for the past 4 years, though i have not participated in any discussion or editing, i usually follow all the articles i go through the talk page, and most of the Tamil pages or pages related to it are vandalized by IP addresses from Bangalore, I am not acussing but what noticed.
Thank you for your advise and tips. Moulee ( talk) 07:14, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
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Many Thanks--stb 22:53, 28 April 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Staatsbuerger ( talk • contribs)
Just read your messages on my profile. Thanks for the tips. Wanted to get your quick opinion about the CMUNE page. Is it okay, notability vice? I have stripped it of it's ambiguous information. Sriramkri ( talk) 02:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC) -- Sriramkri ( talk) 02:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)-- Sriramkri ( talk) 02:42, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
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For going that extra mile to help me start working on Oakville Trafalgar High School. You're a great help, and always cheerful about it too. Thanks again, Canadian Nine 03:12, 29 April 2009 (UTC) |
[06:26] * [soap|bed] gives chzz a barnstar too: * [06:26] <[soap|bed]> sorry it's so tiny [06:26] <[soap|bed]> it came off my dollhouse
From soap ( talk · contribs) (permission checked) :-) Chzz ► 05:33, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for helping out that user. They seem to be part of a class at Springfield College (Massachusetts) that was assigned to make new articles on Wikipedia concerning sexuality. I've contacted about a dozen of the accounts involved and asked them to ask their instructor to contact me, as there are some obvious problems with assignments of this sort, starting with the use of Wikipedia as a web host for class assignments. That said, they've added some useful content of variable quality, although the imperative to add new articles has led to overlap, as in Female contraception vs. Birth control. Needless to say, I haven't heard from the instructor, and I don't expect to. They have a tiresome habit of going around to each others' articles and patting each other on the back while ignoring input from editors outside the class circle, but I'm encouraged to see that one, at least, has asked the community at large (well, you and me) for help. Acroterion (talk) 12:14, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
I felt that Rival brand would be an extremely unlikely typo; and that it could mislead people looking for information on brand rivalries. Frankly, given that I don't expect Rival Brand to last out the hour, it also seemed like the cleaner thing to do, as otherwise a G8 would have to be done later. -- Orange Mike | Talk 17:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
If you visit the current version of User talk:User390573, and click on the phrase "my own talk page", it will send you to User talk:ClueBot Commons, not to User talk:Chzz as intended. That is because the code "[[User talk:{{REVISIONUSER}}|my own talk page]]" incorrectly uses {{REVISIONUSER}}, which expands to the last user to edit that talk page (in this case, the cluebot) rather than to the user that inserted the notice into the talk page. Can you please fix this? Thanks. Eubulides ( talk) 05:33, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
[[User talk:{{<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>REVISIONUSER}}|my own talk page]]
. Done
Chzz
► 08:25, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
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For Chzz, for always being so helpful on both the IRC channel and directly on talkpages. Well done! -- Ged UK 07:17, 30 April 2009 (UTC) |
I was wondering mostly if you could tell me how to cite Youtube, because there's an article I have that I'm trying to improve, and unfortunately I tried looking and found nothing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Random Checkhead ( talk • contribs) 01:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
What if the information (a movie adaptation of a novel) came directly from the author's mouth? Would that still be unnaceptable? Random Checkhead ( talk) 12:16, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
I don't know how to create my own subpage. Rrrgh. I guess it's off to the reliable sources page! Thanks. (How do you create a subpage?) Random Checkhead ( talk) 01:15, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Great advice and was not about to get into any personal flame war over this. I think it was a childish act to remove it (when labeling it as Eurosceptic ranting) so soon but then it could have been seen as vandalism so I can understand many of the possible reasons for it, I had also formatted it very poorly at the time. I find it odd the page on the NSDAP is so basic with little detail, I know wikipedia is not a site solely for historical research but it is a resourceful place many do use and rely on for accurate or hard to find info at one consolidated site. Some think we should stop educating our people about history but then what do we learn from. Some say how tired this is but it was within one life time and that to me is not very long ago. Actually, Boris has written about some of this in the Telegraph (2002 article to google "What's Hitler got to do with the euro? Everything") which is still available online but to me this is not really a source as such, it is still classed as opinion. I only mentioned the Mayor as a joke really :) Enjoy the weekend. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elfree ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Done
I've commented about Wired. You're probably interested in reading it ;) - Mgm| (talk) 10:07, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Done
Hi
Thanks for the info.
Am still using user/book and sandbox :) and learning a lot.
But I wonder how many times can I edit on my own stuff in user/book or in sandbox only ??
For I experience that it's not been saved or renewed. Are am editing to fast or to much or to many times or often ?? Maybe is best if I write it down in my word before I put it on my sandbox or user/book ??
What is the different between user/book vs sandbox ??
How can I put in a picture ??
I have photobucket where I have my picture.
Thanks for this :)
CYL
--All for one and one for all 18:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nebulae1 ( talk • contribs)
I building a Book/Fiction about Imperia[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nebulae1/Books/Fiction#Fiction] and can be found there<br />
[[User:Nebulae1/Books/Fiction]]
, which will look like this:
User:Nebulae1/Books/Fiction[[File:Tea Cup.jpg|thumb|Aaaaah, tea.]]
- this produces the image shown here. Of course, there are many other options - see
WP:IMAGES.Hi and how old are You? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Britannicsank ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I enhanced my sign with [
Nebulae1
►Chat 00:46, 3 May 2009 (UTC)] in preferences in singature box and marked raw signature under the box, and this is what I got as in
Nebulae1
►Chat 00:46, 3 May 2009 (UTC) and result is nice.
But I have a problem to get chat in to bold character. I guess we using Char or am gonna use Char.
Any suggestion?
Nebulae1
►Chat 00:46, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
P.S.
How can I show syntax with out using it up?
also
using edit summary and saved after it gets this /* Hi */, and I can't saved then but if I del the space in between /* and H and H */, then saving works. Else I must do in twice and some time the changes do not follow. Is there I can do about it or is it normal??
Code;
<small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">[[User:Nebulae1|<b>Nebulae1</b>]] [[User_talk:Nebulae1|<font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;">►<b>Chat</b> </font>]] </span></small>
Cheers, Chzz ► 01:42, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
FYI, We are on FAC2 now of the article you reviewed at WP:GAC.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 01:18, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
I need the intervention of an administrator, please. How do I get one? Thanks. ( Joseph A. Spadaro ( talk) 00:57, 1 May 2009 (UTC))
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Hi I using [u]All for one and one for all[/u] in my signature, and marked the box under the signature.
Its say I can do that, but else I have no idea. Except I can go back to default?
I looked at upload file, but it look like it upload new article or existing. I only want to upload a picture. I guess I can only upload real existing picture and not what I have made it self. When you upload a picture or article its will be for all in wiki?
Nebulae1 ► This user sign is different from user page then when I put it here. I copyed your sign or what it called, but some thing is not working right. Your user sign have hoover both side not what am copyed from you. I only switched your user name with my own, that it all I did.
I guess I can't ask you to see if you got the same results ??
Else am learning -
user:Nebulae1/test - am not sure this is right.
User:Nebulae1/Books/Fiction
User:Nebulae1/test
I got it now :)
All for one and one for all 11:03, 2 May 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nebulae1 ( talk • contribs)
[[File:filename.jpg|thumb]]
on a test page in your user area, such as
User:Nebulae1/test.Custom signatures
It's possible to customise your signature, and you can put 'code' in it to have different colours, etc. Pictures aren't allowed; hence, mine isn't an icon, it's just text characters with different colours.
You put the code in your preferences signature box, and checkmark the 'user raw signatures'; please note that it's fiddly, and easy to get it wrong, so it's best to best signing in a user sandbox area.
When using 'raw signatures' in your preferences, you need to manually include the links to your user and talk pages.
An example code is;
<small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">[[User:Chzz|<b>Chzz</b>]] : [[User_talk:Chzz|<font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> Chat </font>]] </span></small>
Note that you should always include your name (or part of it), a link to your user page and talk page.
Perhaps the easiest way to learn more is simply to look at other peoples signatures, by editing the page they've signed on, and looking at the code. For an example page with several, ahem, interesting signatures, see the April 1st Request for signatureship.
For much more info on this, see Wikipedia:SIGNATURE#Customizing_your_signature.
If you need any help with it, ask here or talk to us live.
Chzz
► 12:46, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
/* Hi */ is there before, when you edit. Do I take away /**/ and let the word be?
Thanks
Nebulae1
►Chat 14:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
The article you nominated for AFD has been moved to my page for cleanup. Can you please take another look. Also see notes as to notability on the talk page where comments are welcome. Ebonyskye ( talk) 19:28, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
I suppose it wouldn't bother me all that much except, I look around at similar groups and find albums that are "out of print" and self-published [1], [2], [3], or nothing but a track list and idle for over a year with no edits [4], [5], [6], [7], [8] or pending release, and no refs at all, and no one seems to have a problem with those having lone article space. So, I guess I'm asking if we can make this album a stub like those others? Like you said, it "may" apply in this case... Just being optimistic! Ebonyskye ( talk) 05:16, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
Color code is it the same as other color code?
Cheers,
Nebulae1
►Chat 21:33, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
How can I make it defined a box to table so it not reduced?
Nebulae1
►Chat 21:38, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
This box will stretch after what you put in the box | header 2 | header 3 |
---|---|---|
I liked to have defined box so in header 3. | have it the same size. | row 1, cell 3 |
row 2, cell 1 | row 2, cell 2 | row 2, cell 3 |
Cheers, Nebulae1 ►Chat 22:37, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2" !width="50"|Short !width="225"|Long
Short | Long |
---|---|
This will have to wrap | This should fit |
This will have to wrap | This should fit |
Thank you and yes it was :) Cheers, Nebulae1 ►Chat 00:37, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
External links?
I know what the word means but is that out side wiki*.*??????
Does it also mean hard copy??????
Cheers,
Nebulae1
►Chat 22:03, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi
I tried to do the same as you showed me, but this is what I got as results?
Title with President | Head of Department | Title with High Minister | Title with Viceroy | Title with Governor-General | Title with Governor | Title with Chief | Title with Mayor | Title with Chief Justice |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head of Confederation | Head of Departments | Head of States | Head of Nations | Head of Region | Head of Districts | Head of Locals | Head of Cities | Head of Courthouses |
The cell is to small.
Any idea what I did wrong?
Cheers,
Nebulae1
►Chat 01:26, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
so I can't enlarge with a zipper bar?
Different question here: Header size with out using == this type of header or caption ==
I also looking for font size, I did try style=fontsize:2px; but I got this results: style=fontsize:2px; Government body:
Any idea?
Cheers,
Nebulae1
►Chat 05:10, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
This is quite big
Thanks,
Nebulae1
►Chat 06:38, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
I'm having a little trouble with my signature. -- <font face="Fantasy">[[User:Abce2|<span font="Fantasy"; style="color: #3366FF;">Abce2</span>]]</font>|<font face="Verdana"><small>[[User Talk:Abce2|<span style="color: #0099AA;">''How''</span>]]</small></font><font face="Fantasy"><small>[[Special:Contri ( talk) 06:59, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Never mind.-- Abce2| How dy! 07:17, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, but another person says that I need tto make it were I don't put a link as it. --Abce2 08:29, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello Chzz,
I am working in an university named 'Institute for Tourism Studies'(IFT) in Macau. My colleague written an article in Wikipedia, which describing the IFT. The link should be as below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Tourism_Studies
Unfortunately, the article has been deleted by the administrator(Toddst1) because of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD#A7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Toddst1#Why_.27Institute_for_Tourism_Studies.27_is_deleted.3F
My question is how can I re-create the article that will not be deleted again.
Thanks & Regards, Alex IFT —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldsand ( talk • contribs) 07:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Chzz, thanks for your prompt reply. I will inform you when the article is ready. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oldsand ( talk • contribs) 07:25, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Would you please give Wireless Keyboard the link to the chat website. Thnx -- GandalftheWise ( talk) 18:52, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Wireless Keyboard ( talk · contribs)
I assume you mean the Java IRC client, that lets you join #wikipedia-en-help (ie talk to us live) ? I've given them that link; hope that's what you meant? Chzz ► 19:00, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
What exactly is this IRC help facility? Wireless Mouse ( talk) 20:40, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
You have my big thanks for help to sort out things with ClueBot's false positive. You was really helpful. Waeland ( talk · contribs)
Done
One for you? Trafford09 ( talk) 15:45, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Many thanks Chzz!!! God Bless. Kampfgruppe ( talk) 06:45, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, lot of thanks for your welcome!!! I'd like to count with you in the near future.
Offscar ( talk) 11:53, 6 May 2009 (UTC).
How do you create your own, personalized signature? I'm a bit new to Wikipedia. Wireless Mouse ( talk) 21:34, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Chzz, Wireless Keyboard has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Done
Chzz
► 23:55, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
{{
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You should really archive your page, it's getting really long. Wireless Keyboard ♪♫ : Chat 00:41, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
What happened to Red cunt hair. I see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Red cunt hair was no consensus.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 23:37, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Chzz - though you'd like to know that I've just nominated the Caversham, New Zealand article, which you helped edit and review, for Featured article status. Fingers crossed! Grutness... wha? 02:21, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
The issue is quanitity, not quality. You've been going at it for 250 edits. That's almost automated. You seem to be taking this not the way I intended it.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙) 07:15, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
(unindent) Looks good; I'd recommend having a link to the java talk to us live thingy, because it has proved extremely effective. You should come on to IRC yourself; I've found it extremely effective for helping n00bs get going.
Regards the survey - I really don't know; all I can think of is keeping a manual log; perhaps we could work together on coming up with a suitable 'survey template' we could use? Tell you what, I'll have a go at knocking something up (in the next few hours) and see what you think.
Regards talkback - you need to put the {{tb}} on their talk page; the idea is a) to keep conversation in one place, but by adding the tb to theirs, it will alert them to 'new messages'.
I'll get back to you about the survey shortly; for the purposes of our discussion, can I assume you'll be 'watching' this thread for a bit, so I don't need to keep using talkback? (Even better, get yourself sorted for IRC and we can chat about it in real time), Chzz ► 20:08, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
(unindent) If you're using Windows, I suggest mIRC - in which case, grab it, run it, and do this bit with care;
If you choose to use another client, the server name is irc.freenode.net on port 6667. More info is in WP:IRC.
G'luck; hope to see you there soon. Chzz ► 21:53, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Heyy Chzz, Yeah, you can help - I'd like to know if you can edit without leaving references if you can't find them, so could you get back to me on that please? MoPaechter —Preceding unsigned comment added by MoPaechter ( talk • contribs) 15:35, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the non-automated message.
I'm still getting used to the Wikipedia user features, so my bad if this clutters your talk page, or breaks Wikipedia or something. I'm learning. :P 8bit ( talk) 16:30, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
This is canvassing (or, to be more precise, votestacking) because it is clear that most of the participants at the page you posted at voted Keep in the AfD. As such, it has been noted at the relevant DRV page for the closing admin to consider. Canvassing is disruptive to Wikipedia processes and repeated cases may lead to sanctions. Don't do that again, please. Black Kite 20:53, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
That post to WT:ARS was wholly inappropriate. It was blatant canvassing and I expect to never to see such behavior again from you. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 21:51, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Don't worry about it too much. Just be careful to take advice with a grain of salt. Including (especially) this advice. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire - past ops) 08:23, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Given this and your comments on IRC yesterday, consider yourself suitably chastised, and let's all move on, eh? :) Fritzpoll ( talk) 08:31, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the ideas and help but, i actually AM RogueMad2, just some idiot hacked my account so i created a doppelganger for my new account. Thanks Rögue Mad 2 09:16, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Chzz, RogueMad2 beta has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
I actually have a question. How do I upload a picture onto someone's page. Wikipedia won't let me. They say I'm not authorized. UncleYoface ( talk) 18:18, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
what does the "emergency wiki shutdown" do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tiggerchen ( talk • contribs) 07:59, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
(Also, please remember to 'sign' all your messages by typing ~~~~ at the end) Chzz ► 08:04, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
the one that says "do not push"-- Jamiejojesus ( talk) 22:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)but what kind of "sanity" are you suggesting i return to...do you think i have a chance in hell of getting that scholarship to wikimania...probably would of heard by now if i was? jeeze, i really want to go(smiley face injected here)...if not, can i get one of tomcats "wikilove" kittens? jeeze (or can i say "cheezze"), i really want to go! love, jamie-- Jamiejojesus ( talk) 22:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your immediate suggestions... Its amazing to see your message within a few hours of my join in wikipedia... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elangoponnusamy ( talk • contribs) 06:10, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
I worked for a very long time on that page. For you to delete it because you did not consider the sources to be reliable, I feel, was very disrespectful. Show me a source that isn't reliable and I will show you somewhere in Wikipedia where that source has been used as reference in other articles within Wikipedia, as I've checked all this out ahead of time. If it is not found elsewhere in Wikipedia, however, I will remove that particular content. But to delete the entire article was unnecessary and far too done hastily.-- Jklein212 ( talk) 03:13, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced.*
–Jimmy Wales
*Jimmy Wales (2006-05-16). "Zero information is preferred to misleading or false information". WikiEN-l electronic mailing list archive. Retrieved on 2009-04-08.
I do understand where you are coming from. I only referred to the article as being 'my article' because I created the page and have put much effort into it, but I did not literally mean 'my article'. I do feel that this is a very notable individual and would be a helpful Wikipedia article, so I would like to attempt to edit it appropriately. I will argue my case in the deletion review page, but if they agree with you and the page is then deleted, I will begin a user page to edit this article until it is better. I'm asking for you to then help me with it, if that is the case.--
Jklein212 (
talk) 03:59, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Okay, thank you.-- Jklein212 ( talk) 04:40, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I'm back. Hoping you will come take a second look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Hay (publicist) and read through the updated discussion material, if you don't mind. Thanks in advance. -- Jklein212 ( talk) 07:36, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thank you for all the hard work. Just sending this message as a note of appreciation. Good job.
Arteyu ?
Blame it on me ! 12:16, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
i have a project will change the way of Egypt isa
(unsigned from Medoyas ( talk · contribs) 03:08, 8 May 2009)
please, my article on tony, is accurate and appropriate. do not delete please —Preceding unsigned comment added by Interfan 910 ( talk • contribs) 03:09, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
[[Tony gagliano]]
).5/7/09 Thanks for helping with the repeated reference problem on this page. I deleted the dead link as there are ample references listed at the end of the line and the statement regarding "many published books, articles and presentations" is documented heavily by virtue of the LONG list of citations and references on this page. I added two additional citations in the section for early career, so the tag re: "section needing citations" may be removed. I am not sure if you added this notation, or some other wiki editor did. Thanks again for your help JourneyWomanSLP ( talk) 03:24, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Dear Chzz,
Thank you again for taking time with my poor project. I had to get Mr. Guenther to tell me where I might find outside sources concerning his birth and life and he did get me to the Directory of a leading literary magazine.
I have changed the entry and deleted some more things which Mr. guenther is trying to get citations for---such as his degrees and medals. (Most of the medals he says might not be sourceable and will have to go but he asks me so I ask you: he gave me that info based on fellow Marines listing such medals on wikipedia, how did they verify same).
Did I improve the article and next?
Mark Kohut —Preceding unsigned comment added by MKohut ( talk • contribs) 15:27, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
This self-reference did need to be 'accepted' by Poets & Writers' mag. Which is a long-running major literary periodical. They verify somehow, with calls to college or other orgs referenced by the author, I do believe. Should I get verification that they do that?
Otherwise, I do not see how, since birth certificates and places where one lived when born are not online, any entry can be begun. Does the author need to have had a biography written about him, where we can assume the biographer did get these facts right?
If I cannot source those details properly, then I must just list his name and books and a few other links?
I will eliminate some external links. I thought they showed enough 'reality' to substantiate the non-advertorial nature of Guenther's achievements.
I will eliminate the medals, also unsourceable as mentioned.
Thank You,
MKohut ( talk) 14:20, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Other authors (and bios in general) usually do find a reliable source with DOB etc - often the information is provided in an interview piece in a newspaper, or a book about the author. Of course, there are many articles on Wikipedia that lack such things, but again, that is a problem to be addressed, rather than a defense to 'add to the problem'; I often recommend that writers look at featured articles as an example of how things 'should be done'; for example, in this case, perhaps James Robert Baker, Nigel Kneale, Mario Vargas Llosa, William Gibson, etc. I'm not indicating that the article needs to be raised to these exalted standards; just that they might give ideas.
Indeed, it is often only possible to have short articles, if sources are not available. A short, factual, balanced and well-cited article is far preferable. It can always be expanded at a later date.
Good luck, Chzz ► 14:58, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
I condensed poetry links---to the two major issues. I dropped his medals' listing.
I created, half-created proper footnoting within the body---but I seemingly am too stupid to figure out how to get the number of the footnote to match the name of the source. I will reread the directions and try again later.....tired......lotsa detail in the doing.
You are such a prompt responder. Must be 'steady volunteer work' for you.
MKohut ( talk) 16:54, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
MKohut ( talk) 16:56, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Thank you again.
MKohut ( talk) 14:16, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Chzz, halp someone has vandelized my page PLEASE HELP El-Pabloski : Chat 19:23, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
its ok it was an error wikipedia have vererted it now
BE CARFULL DONT TYPE '9047' WITHOUT QUOTES —Preceding unsigned comment added by El-Pabloski ( talk • contribs) 15:51, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for making the name change on article Boys' Town (Engadine)
The original request came from an unknown IP user who's only two posts were to my talk page. Instead of simply ignoring the request, as it appeared to have some merit, I posted the helpme tag, as I was not in any position to be able to address the issue at this time.
Thank you for making the page move. Dbiel ( Talk) 12:31, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks again for all you do to make Wikipedia a better place. Dbiel ( Talk) 20:49, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your help reviewing the Rooftops (film) article I was working on. ☺
PeramWiki ( talk) 15:01, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for helping me man. Next time I want help I'll come to you. Leave me a message anytime. Meteorman7228 ( talk) 18:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Done
Hey, on my article Tony Gagliano I have a link to Gaetano Gagliano , but when Gaetano link is clicked, it does not go directly to the person I want. It gives you an option of 2 people. How can we make it go straight to Gaetano Gagliano (businessman) ? thanks interfan_910 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Interfan 910 ( talk • contribs) 20:15, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey Chzz, are you an admin? I really think that you should be.
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Chat 01:59, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Chzz- Thanks for your help and insight towards writing a better article. I truly appreciate your help and hope to have more of that along the way! Theruined ( talk) 08:17, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Here is the link for the article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Night_Shyamalan Moulee ( talk) 05:15, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
The other reason i reverted it back soon because, the IP address that edited the page was traced to Bangalore, i am not being judgementel or biased, i am using wikipedia for the past 4 years, though i have not participated in any discussion or editing, i usually follow all the articles i go through the talk page, and most of the Tamil pages or pages related to it are vandalized by IP addresses from Bangalore, I am not acussing but what noticed.
Thank you for your advise and tips. Moulee ( talk) 07:14, 8 May 2009 (UTC)