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Dr Debug (
Talk) 01:28, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
I've added some links to railway stations. The Bredbury page has had more than its fair share of graffiti artists recently. I hope you can keep up! Chevin 18:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
My firefox (in WindowsXP) is set to UTF-8 and I don't think I have installed any extra font's or anything. Maybe someone else on the help desk will have further insights into the problem. -- Martyman- (talk) 01:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Answer copied from the Help desk:
I'm copying it here before the question is archived there. -- cesarb 03:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Cesar, Many thanks for your response on the problems of Czech (and other characters). It's the first reply that makes sense! I will try what you've suggested, though the problem must be huge. I have discovered a work round that helps me (but nobody else), which is to paste the appropriate words into a Microsoft Word document, where they show up correctly. Skinsmoke 01:41, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
No luck with your suggested workround. However, I'm puzzled why the problem should be confined to Wikipedia. Practically all other websites display correctly. Is the problem not a lot simpler than everyone is assuming? Wikipedia uses Sans Seriff, which in MSIE is not Unicode enabled (unlike, for instance, Arial, which is). Skinsmoke 00:09, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
I see you have a considerable interest in Tuvalu, and maybe in other states in the region. Would you be interested in helping out at Portal:Oceania, in particular adding to the "Oceania news". Ideally, any item added should also be included in a relevant article in greater detail, and that article bolded in the news item, but it's acceptable to add news items without an updated article. Also, any feedback on the portal is welcomed on its talk page.- gadfium 08:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Your recent articles (example: Yawan District) are great! - ENIAC ( Talk) ( Current Projects) 12:58, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the article, but was the district really created in the year 200? I suspect that's a slight typo! Tonywalton | Talk 10:03, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I changed the Ziarat article back to the old form because I thought you were committing vandalism. After looking at your contribs, I see that you're systematically changing it across WP. You're probably right that the Afghan government decided to change the name, but ... I don't KNOW that, and neither do most of the people with Afghan-related articles on their watchlists. It would help if you put a note in the discussion pages with a reference, and added "See talk" to your edit summary, so that other editors know that there's a valid reason for the change. Those of us who've been fighting vandalism for years are suspicious of unexplained changes. Zora 15:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I found some autoblocks under Maximilianb, but at this point they all appear to be disabled. Go ahead and try editing -- the
sandbox is handy -- and see if that works for you.
Luna Santin 02:40, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the multiple articles on Districts of Afghanistan. It's been a sort of pet project of mine for a while to get articles for all of them, though there's a long, long way to go. You might want to have a look at Talk:Districts of Afghanistan, and feel free to add your own comments. Indidentally, I've replied to your message on my talk page. -- OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 14:59, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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Hello, Skinsmoke/Archive 2006, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a
Wikipedian! Please
sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out
Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}}
on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!
Dr Debug (
Talk) 01:28, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
I've added some links to railway stations. The Bredbury page has had more than its fair share of graffiti artists recently. I hope you can keep up! Chevin 18:43, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
My firefox (in WindowsXP) is set to UTF-8 and I don't think I have installed any extra font's or anything. Maybe someone else on the help desk will have further insights into the problem. -- Martyman- (talk) 01:34, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Answer copied from the Help desk:
I'm copying it here before the question is archived there. -- cesarb 03:33, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
Cesar, Many thanks for your response on the problems of Czech (and other characters). It's the first reply that makes sense! I will try what you've suggested, though the problem must be huge. I have discovered a work round that helps me (but nobody else), which is to paste the appropriate words into a Microsoft Word document, where they show up correctly. Skinsmoke 01:41, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
No luck with your suggested workround. However, I'm puzzled why the problem should be confined to Wikipedia. Practically all other websites display correctly. Is the problem not a lot simpler than everyone is assuming? Wikipedia uses Sans Seriff, which in MSIE is not Unicode enabled (unlike, for instance, Arial, which is). Skinsmoke 00:09, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
I see you have a considerable interest in Tuvalu, and maybe in other states in the region. Would you be interested in helping out at Portal:Oceania, in particular adding to the "Oceania news". Ideally, any item added should also be included in a relevant article in greater detail, and that article bolded in the news item, but it's acceptable to add news items without an updated article. Also, any feedback on the portal is welcomed on its talk page.- gadfium 08:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Your recent articles (example: Yawan District) are great! - ENIAC ( Talk) ( Current Projects) 12:58, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the article, but was the district really created in the year 200? I suspect that's a slight typo! Tonywalton | Talk 10:03, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I changed the Ziarat article back to the old form because I thought you were committing vandalism. After looking at your contribs, I see that you're systematically changing it across WP. You're probably right that the Afghan government decided to change the name, but ... I don't KNOW that, and neither do most of the people with Afghan-related articles on their watchlists. It would help if you put a note in the discussion pages with a reference, and added "See talk" to your edit summary, so that other editors know that there's a valid reason for the change. Those of us who've been fighting vandalism for years are suspicious of unexplained changes. Zora 15:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I found some autoblocks under Maximilianb, but at this point they all appear to be disabled. Go ahead and try editing -- the
sandbox is handy -- and see if that works for you.
Luna Santin 02:40, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the multiple articles on Districts of Afghanistan. It's been a sort of pet project of mine for a while to get articles for all of them, though there's a long, long way to go. You might want to have a look at Talk:Districts of Afghanistan, and feel free to add your own comments. Indidentally, I've replied to your message on my talk page. -- OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 14:59, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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