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Regarding that diff, I saw no point in having "Snappy Answers…" and the "Fold-in" in the infobox since Mad was already in the infobox field, and those two features are his regular contributions to Mad. Obviously, I meant to type "fixes", since I also did a little copy-editing in that same diff. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 23:16, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I have clarified my oppose here. Asenine 10:22, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
While it was not necessarily to mention me at the needing translation page, i do appreciate the thought :). Apart from that, If you need a language identified again you will probably find this link just as useful as i find it.
Kind regards, Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 17:21, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Per your observation in the RfA, I re-created an article on MARRS with sources. In a case like that, the band is most certainly notable, and the single is notable because it was a Number One chart single. My IARs are only for cases where the single didn't chart and is a permanent substub (e.g. "I Hate Love" is the first single by D.G. Whatshisname and it'll be the first release from his 2010 album Whatever), and the act clearly meets A7 (e.g. "D.G. Whatshisname is a singer from Battle Creek, Michigan. He will release his album Whatever in 2010 on his personal Yakkafoobmog label). Had I been there for the deletion/redirection of MARRS, I would have defended MARRS as a keep without redirection because of their chart single. Just thought I'd clarify that some. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 17:29, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Page number added as suggested. Thanks for the guidance - I never did master the art of reference addition! Buistr ( talk) 10:20, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Gee, thanks so much! It's my first barnstar of that kind...
You yourself are a really great and kicking vandal butt, too. Cheers! — LaPianista! «talk» 23:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
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Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH ( talk) 09:19, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback at my Editor Review. I appreciate the comments. As for the admin thing, if I decide the process is worth going through maybe I'll look you up again after a few thousand edits. Thanks again. Jim Miller See me | Touch me | Review me 12:09, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I need help and would like to know if you would adopt me!! My Account ( talk) 17:18, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to know how to fancy up my signature like you do. My Account ( talk) 18:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
'''[[User:SoWhy|<span style="font-variant:small-caps; color: #AC0000">So</span>]] [[User talk:SoWhy|<span style="font-variant:small-caps; color: #1F3F53">Why</span>]]''' <sup><small>[[Wikipedia:Editor review/SoWhy|review me!]]</small></sup>
Ok, Thanks My Account Talk 20:39, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thanks i'll try to figure it out My Account ( talk ) 17:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
I didn't even notice that tag, sorry. MrKIA11 ( talk) 14:17, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
You should totally become an administrator. You have enough edits and experience, as long as you answer the questions intelligently you could get it. Don't worry I won't nominate you unless you want me to! " My Account 01:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
'''[[User:My Account|<span style="color:#AC0000">My</span>]][[User talk:My Account|<span style="color:#AC0000">''Account''</span>]]'''
I've ameneded the request for comment about the user Fasach Nua concerning his editing of 'National Football Team' articles.
I'd invite you to comment as you were involved in this issue.
Aaron carass ( talk) 02:34, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I think in the next version, the error messages should be more informative. I think "Unable to login" or "Failed to load global configuration page" could include information like "Cannot find server" / "No internet connection" / etc so that people know why it did not work. Also, I'd like to see error reports generated on crashes to allow better identification of a problem that caused a crash. So Why review me! 17:05, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello, it's me User: My Account again I was wondering how to change the colors in like a box on my user page (See User: My Account's Navigation bar I want to change the color of it but I don't know what combonation of letters and numbers make which color! My Account 02:46, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
SoWhy, thank you for your contribution to the discussion at my recent RfA, and for commenting in particular on the Polish reggae AfD. If ever you have any concerns about my actions, adminly or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. Best wishes, Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 20:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
So how do you explain this. I explain the context and the source in the edit summary - under no circumstances can my edit be described as vandalism. As an administrator hopeful, I'm surprised you are using tools in such a manner. Your warning template is false to boot - "ensure that you provide an informative edit summary" - which I clearly did. So you falsely templated a good faith edit. Would you like to remove your false unhelpful warning from my page - or shall I report you for misuse of the tool and have it removed from your preferences. If I look into your edit history, am I likely to find more misuse of this nature? -- 87.114.131.159 ( talk) 14:19, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Just so you know, that IP is either banned User:Fredrick day or, very unlikely, another vandal -- see the contributions and what he's been doing to some user pages of mine -- and Fredrick day edits, of just about any kind, may be reverted on sight. And then it would be up to other editors to restore them if, on review, they are willing to be responsible for them. You may have made a mistake, sure. But he has no right to edit here, and because he is subtly destructive, sometimes, it can be better to revert all his edits, just be careful about restoring WP:BLP info that is improper, he's been known to set traps like that, i.e, remove something questionable from a BLP, which then can get a user who restores it in trouble, which is exactly what he wants. FYI, Fredrick day IP can come from many different provders, he uses proxies and alternate providers and local open wireless networks, but it's obvious that the range 87.112-87.115 is convenient for him, most edits certain to be his are in that range. Not all edits from that range are his,, but, actually, when I've checked, most of them have been likely or reasonably his, and, in this case, the same IP was vandalizing, so the ID is a practical certainty. In this case, you had an IP editor quite familiar with policy, good sign of a sock. Good luck.-- Abd ( talk) 00:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Hellooo, So Why! Thank you very much for offering to adopt me, I'm delighted to accept! I've been slowly making some edits, both here and on Wikiquote, and feel somewhat confident, but get frustrated when there is no one to answer my questions. I'm in the UK so I'm only an hour behind you, which is quite good :) Anyway, thanks again! Maedin\ talk 11:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
(un-indent) Using the <div> containers has worked a treat! Thank you, I had a look at what you did and figured out what NOTOC was, lol. Now that I'm more or less done with playing with my userpage, I might look a bit inactive, but that's only because I'm working on a long Spoken article. Although there's always office lunch time for some Wiki edits! Cheers, Maedin\ talk 19:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Because my participation as a Wikipedia editor has been questioned, and if I continue as I have in the past, I can expect future challenges as well, I have begun a standing RfC in my user space, at User:Abd/RfC. There is also a specific incident RfC at User:Abd/RfC/8.11.08 block. I understand that you may not have time to participate directly; however, if you wish to be notified of any outcome from the general or specific RfC, or if you wish to identify a participant or potential participant as one generally trusted by you, or otherwise to indicate interest in the topic(s), please consider listing yourself at User:Abd/RfC/Proxy Table, and, should you so decide, naming a proxy as indicated there. Your designation of a proxy will not bind you, and your proxy will not comment or vote for you, but only for himself or herself; however, I may consider proxy designations in weighing comment in this RfC, as to how they might represent the general community. You may revoke this designation at any time. This RfC is for my own guidance as to future behavior and actions, it is advisory only, upon me and on participants. This notice is going to all those who commented on my Talk page in the period between my warning for personal attack, assumptions of bad faith, and general disruption, on August 11, 2008, until August 20, 2008. This is not a standard RfC; because it is for my advice, I assert authority over the process. However, initially, all editors are welcome, even if otherwise banned from my Talk space or from the project. Canvassing is permitted, as far as I'm concerned; I will regulate participation if needed, but do not spam. Notice of this RfC may be placed on noticeboards or wikiprojects, should any of you think this appropriate; however, the reason for doing this in my user space is to minimize disruption, and I am not responsible for any disruption arising from discussion of this outside my user space. Thanks for considering this. -- Abd ( talk) 02:48, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi there! I like browsing through Requests for Adminship, and I became interested in commenting on Geni's current request. Is it "ok" for me to Support or Oppose RfAs, being a new user? It does say that all account holders may contribute, and I wouldn't add support or opposition without thinking and investigating first.
Having said that, is my contribution there ok? I added a Neutral. I didn't want to be too strong, I hope I didn't come across as pig-headed or something! Also, I mentioned a comment that Iridescent made: would it be polite to let her know on her talk page, especially seeing as I am disagreeing with her rationale? Or would that just be silly? Oh, and I said balls. Is that bad?
Now for something completely different: In editing on Wikiquote, I see that <br/> is used quite a lot to give returns that align perfectly with * bullets.
However, I've also seen the same thing done, but with <br>. Is one way better than the other? I tried to approach it as an "is it better to leave it unopened or unclosed" argument but got nowhere. Too late at night on a Friday for logic! Any ideas?
Regarding my links to the RfA: it took me several previews to get it right, because I was trying to use the short cut WP:RFA with the /Geni_3. Is that the case with all short cuts, that they only work if used on their own? Sorry for all the questions, there are rather a lot of them. Oh dear!
One last thing: if I'm going to be this bothersome, would you rather I emailed instead of cluttering up your talk page? Thanks for listening! P.S. I got rather keen on the ":" didn't I? :))) Maedin\ talk 22:14, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I've created an initial (partial) version of Wikipedia:List of administrator hopefuls. What's missing is the separate list of folks with less than 30 edits in the last 3 months. Any feedback on what's there so far would be appreciated. -- Rick Block ( talk) 23:50, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:Red Alert 3 - Premier Edition Cover.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 15:20, 22 August 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. MrStalker ( talk) 15:20, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, I searched and searched (honest!), but I couldn't find help on Infoboxes. I tried to put something resembling an Infobox on an article I've created (don't worry yet, it's still only a supbage, lol), but the infobox and image aren't showing up. I think I'm supposed to find some sort of template for the infobox? Also, for some reason, the myspace link shows up with my name and I can't work out why. I copied that link from Mariah Carey's external links and just changed the name after the |, really thought that would work! I'd really appreciate it if you could take a quick look, and you'll probably go, "ah, yes, that's because..." and then tell me what the "yes, because" is!
I guess I'm also a little worried about the style, the headings, the notability, etc. I'll be adding (or trying to add) a lot more references and citations and such, it's definitely not finished. But if, in the meantime, you see something that you think I should be aware of now, then please do let me know!
No rush, of course, I'm off to bed now anyway :) Thank you! Maedin\ talk 21:23, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, hope you had a good day. :)
I had a look at the recent changes pages and have noticed that the recent changes listing that I see doesn't include any of these: ! and that I am unable to mark edits as patrolled. In the Patrolled edit page, I see that I need to have this function enabled, and it even looks like the function might be restricted to admins. Do you know if it's restricted to admins or not? I had a look at the localsettings.php guidance and even if it isn't restricted to admins, I'm still lost — where exactly am I supposed to find and edit my php files? I have done some scripting (and by some I mean a little teensy bit) and recognise the changing of parameters, but I have to find the parameters first! Am I just being thick?
I also had a peek at Twinkle, or, at least, attempted to. Something about monobook.js? I think all I need to do is create a subpage for it and then paste in the code (as instructed)? Are the steps: create User:Maedin/monobook.js, then paste in the code as indicated, then refresh bypassing cache? Part of the instructions says to "Copy the text below and paste it into the bottom of your monobook.js file" which I suppose is what's confusing me; I haven't got a monobook.js "file". Or do I?
As far as Twinkle goes, it looks useful, it looks like it *might* save me from having dozens of tabs open, and that has to be a good thing. I would at like to see what it does, even if I am not in a position to use it that much. I've seen warnings about it being mis-used, so I wanted to let you know that I'm just . . . not the sort, lol. If I'm not sure about reverting something, I wouldn't do it, and I don't edit count, so I'm not going to go on reverting sprees just to look useful and helpful and active. I would be conservative in my use of it. I said all of that because I didn't want to be told off for considering it, so I thought I would try to silence objection before it comes, lol. However, if you do think I shouldn't use it (yet) then just say so :) Cheers, Maedin\ talk 18:52, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I just reverted an edit made by an IP address to the featured article of the day, Walter de Coventre. I was going to put a warning on the talk page for the IP, but unfortunately, they've already been warned 3 times, and apparently, the next step is a block. What am I supposed to do now? Isn't there some page for "administrator attention"–do I list the IP address there for a block? Or should I give one more warning? Maedin\ talk 10:01, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
You appear to engaging in edit-warring on Sarah Palin. I urge you to get consensus at the talk page first before simply reverting the changes of others. The material you are seeking is controversial and you need to discuss this first. Ronnotel ( talk) 13:20, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I restored the article to the last "good" version. Hope this is acceptable. Deb ( talk) 14:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for that, I couldn't work out why it was " " around the text for the web link, lol. Maedin\ talk 21:35, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
You recently undid a edit(s) by User talk:68.196.61.0, I wouldn't say that was Netural POV, I'd say the edit was vandalism. Message from XENU u, t 19:22, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
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For irritatingly beating me to reverting vandalism on Huggle. — Cyclonenim ( talk · contribs · email) 20:49, 1 September 2008 (UTC) |
Sry. I hadn't seen your comment on why you removed the SPEEDY tag. Thanks for clarifying! ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez Get to know me! / Talk to me!←at≈:→ 21:12, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi - I'm not sure if you're watching WP:HOPEFUL, but it is now updated per most of your suggestions. I think the only pending suggestion not implemented is to add counts for each section. If you have any other feedback, please let me know. -- Rick Block ( talk) 18:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which was successful with 58 support, 4 oppose and 1 neutral. Kind regards. -- Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 21:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
My sincere apologies for the problem caused by my use of WikiCleaner. I was using it to pinpoint pages in need of corrective action and was indeed viewing and fixing each individually. I wasnt aware of glitches or problems with the 'tool' and had no idea that it was automatically making so many inaccurate changes, entirely independent of myself. The realization of this dilemma is frustrating because I honestly contributed a significant number of accurate, productive edits. Thanks-- 1oddbins1 ( talk) 22:18, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
-- Smashville BONK! 23:25, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Why hazard a guess? Let the opposer respond for themselves. -- Dweller ( talk) 10:21, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
(←) You have my support. I have been waiting for this a while now. Btw, deine Englischkentnisse sind bemerkenswert. :) -- Cameron * 10:06, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Hiya! Been a while! Thanks for fixing the birth year on the Piotr Tomaszewski page, can't believe I missed that for so long! :)
Just wondering if you think I could request rollback. Just now had several vandalising edits taking place while I watched and all I could do was go through and "undo" each one – silly really! I think that I have some sort of rollback capability with Twinkle, but it was all so big and bold and cluttering up the screen, which is why I got rid of it. Is regular Wiki rollback that annoying? I think they'd let me have it, but I'm not sure, and I'd rather not embarrass myself trying if they say no, lol, so I'm wondering what you think. Thanks :) Maedin\ talk 17:00, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
"You cannot know all rules by heart but you should be able to make yourself familiar with them if needed."
I had never heard "the most basic rule" worded that way - but I thought it was very nice :). Thank you for voting on my RFA. It was unsuccessful, but I am nevertheless grateful for your support. I hope to see you around the wiki!-- daniel folsom 02:53, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
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Regarding that diff, I saw no point in having "Snappy Answers…" and the "Fold-in" in the infobox since Mad was already in the infobox field, and those two features are his regular contributions to Mad. Obviously, I meant to type "fixes", since I also did a little copy-editing in that same diff. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 23:16, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
I have clarified my oppose here. Asenine 10:22, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
While it was not necessarily to mention me at the needing translation page, i do appreciate the thought :). Apart from that, If you need a language identified again you will probably find this link just as useful as i find it.
Kind regards, Excirial ( Talk, Contribs) 17:21, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Per your observation in the RfA, I re-created an article on MARRS with sources. In a case like that, the band is most certainly notable, and the single is notable because it was a Number One chart single. My IARs are only for cases where the single didn't chart and is a permanent substub (e.g. "I Hate Love" is the first single by D.G. Whatshisname and it'll be the first release from his 2010 album Whatever), and the act clearly meets A7 (e.g. "D.G. Whatshisname is a singer from Battle Creek, Michigan. He will release his album Whatever in 2010 on his personal Yakkafoobmog label). Had I been there for the deletion/redirection of MARRS, I would have defended MARRS as a keep without redirection because of their chart single. Just thought I'd clarify that some. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ( Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 17:29, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
Page number added as suggested. Thanks for the guidance - I never did master the art of reference addition! Buistr ( talk) 10:20, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Gee, thanks so much! It's my first barnstar of that kind...
You yourself are a really great and kicking vandal butt, too. Cheers! — LaPianista! «talk» 23:19, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
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Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH ( talk) 09:19, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback at my Editor Review. I appreciate the comments. As for the admin thing, if I decide the process is worth going through maybe I'll look you up again after a few thousand edits. Thanks again. Jim Miller See me | Touch me | Review me 12:09, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I need help and would like to know if you would adopt me!! My Account ( talk) 17:18, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to know how to fancy up my signature like you do. My Account ( talk) 18:15, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
'''[[User:SoWhy|<span style="font-variant:small-caps; color: #AC0000">So</span>]] [[User talk:SoWhy|<span style="font-variant:small-caps; color: #1F3F53">Why</span>]]''' <sup><small>[[Wikipedia:Editor review/SoWhy|review me!]]</small></sup>
Ok, Thanks My Account Talk 20:39, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thanks i'll try to figure it out My Account ( talk ) 17:51, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
I didn't even notice that tag, sorry. MrKIA11 ( talk) 14:17, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
You should totally become an administrator. You have enough edits and experience, as long as you answer the questions intelligently you could get it. Don't worry I won't nominate you unless you want me to! " My Account 01:19, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
'''[[User:My Account|<span style="color:#AC0000">My</span>]][[User talk:My Account|<span style="color:#AC0000">''Account''</span>]]'''
I've ameneded the request for comment about the user Fasach Nua concerning his editing of 'National Football Team' articles.
I'd invite you to comment as you were involved in this issue.
Aaron carass ( talk) 02:34, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey, I think in the next version, the error messages should be more informative. I think "Unable to login" or "Failed to load global configuration page" could include information like "Cannot find server" / "No internet connection" / etc so that people know why it did not work. Also, I'd like to see error reports generated on crashes to allow better identification of a problem that caused a crash. So Why review me! 17:05, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello, it's me User: My Account again I was wondering how to change the colors in like a box on my user page (See User: My Account's Navigation bar I want to change the color of it but I don't know what combonation of letters and numbers make which color! My Account 02:46, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
SoWhy, thank you for your contribution to the discussion at my recent RfA, and for commenting in particular on the Polish reggae AfD. If ever you have any concerns about my actions, adminly or otherwise, don't hesitate to let me know. Best wishes, Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 20:27, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
So how do you explain this. I explain the context and the source in the edit summary - under no circumstances can my edit be described as vandalism. As an administrator hopeful, I'm surprised you are using tools in such a manner. Your warning template is false to boot - "ensure that you provide an informative edit summary" - which I clearly did. So you falsely templated a good faith edit. Would you like to remove your false unhelpful warning from my page - or shall I report you for misuse of the tool and have it removed from your preferences. If I look into your edit history, am I likely to find more misuse of this nature? -- 87.114.131.159 ( talk) 14:19, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Just so you know, that IP is either banned User:Fredrick day or, very unlikely, another vandal -- see the contributions and what he's been doing to some user pages of mine -- and Fredrick day edits, of just about any kind, may be reverted on sight. And then it would be up to other editors to restore them if, on review, they are willing to be responsible for them. You may have made a mistake, sure. But he has no right to edit here, and because he is subtly destructive, sometimes, it can be better to revert all his edits, just be careful about restoring WP:BLP info that is improper, he's been known to set traps like that, i.e, remove something questionable from a BLP, which then can get a user who restores it in trouble, which is exactly what he wants. FYI, Fredrick day IP can come from many different provders, he uses proxies and alternate providers and local open wireless networks, but it's obvious that the range 87.112-87.115 is convenient for him, most edits certain to be his are in that range. Not all edits from that range are his,, but, actually, when I've checked, most of them have been likely or reasonably his, and, in this case, the same IP was vandalizing, so the ID is a practical certainty. In this case, you had an IP editor quite familiar with policy, good sign of a sock. Good luck.-- Abd ( talk) 00:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Hellooo, So Why! Thank you very much for offering to adopt me, I'm delighted to accept! I've been slowly making some edits, both here and on Wikiquote, and feel somewhat confident, but get frustrated when there is no one to answer my questions. I'm in the UK so I'm only an hour behind you, which is quite good :) Anyway, thanks again! Maedin\ talk 11:55, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
(un-indent) Using the <div> containers has worked a treat! Thank you, I had a look at what you did and figured out what NOTOC was, lol. Now that I'm more or less done with playing with my userpage, I might look a bit inactive, but that's only because I'm working on a long Spoken article. Although there's always office lunch time for some Wiki edits! Cheers, Maedin\ talk 19:44, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Because my participation as a Wikipedia editor has been questioned, and if I continue as I have in the past, I can expect future challenges as well, I have begun a standing RfC in my user space, at User:Abd/RfC. There is also a specific incident RfC at User:Abd/RfC/8.11.08 block. I understand that you may not have time to participate directly; however, if you wish to be notified of any outcome from the general or specific RfC, or if you wish to identify a participant or potential participant as one generally trusted by you, or otherwise to indicate interest in the topic(s), please consider listing yourself at User:Abd/RfC/Proxy Table, and, should you so decide, naming a proxy as indicated there. Your designation of a proxy will not bind you, and your proxy will not comment or vote for you, but only for himself or herself; however, I may consider proxy designations in weighing comment in this RfC, as to how they might represent the general community. You may revoke this designation at any time. This RfC is for my own guidance as to future behavior and actions, it is advisory only, upon me and on participants. This notice is going to all those who commented on my Talk page in the period between my warning for personal attack, assumptions of bad faith, and general disruption, on August 11, 2008, until August 20, 2008. This is not a standard RfC; because it is for my advice, I assert authority over the process. However, initially, all editors are welcome, even if otherwise banned from my Talk space or from the project. Canvassing is permitted, as far as I'm concerned; I will regulate participation if needed, but do not spam. Notice of this RfC may be placed on noticeboards or wikiprojects, should any of you think this appropriate; however, the reason for doing this in my user space is to minimize disruption, and I am not responsible for any disruption arising from discussion of this outside my user space. Thanks for considering this. -- Abd ( talk) 02:48, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi there! I like browsing through Requests for Adminship, and I became interested in commenting on Geni's current request. Is it "ok" for me to Support or Oppose RfAs, being a new user? It does say that all account holders may contribute, and I wouldn't add support or opposition without thinking and investigating first.
Having said that, is my contribution there ok? I added a Neutral. I didn't want to be too strong, I hope I didn't come across as pig-headed or something! Also, I mentioned a comment that Iridescent made: would it be polite to let her know on her talk page, especially seeing as I am disagreeing with her rationale? Or would that just be silly? Oh, and I said balls. Is that bad?
Now for something completely different: In editing on Wikiquote, I see that <br/> is used quite a lot to give returns that align perfectly with * bullets.
However, I've also seen the same thing done, but with <br>. Is one way better than the other? I tried to approach it as an "is it better to leave it unopened or unclosed" argument but got nowhere. Too late at night on a Friday for logic! Any ideas?
Regarding my links to the RfA: it took me several previews to get it right, because I was trying to use the short cut WP:RFA with the /Geni_3. Is that the case with all short cuts, that they only work if used on their own? Sorry for all the questions, there are rather a lot of them. Oh dear!
One last thing: if I'm going to be this bothersome, would you rather I emailed instead of cluttering up your talk page? Thanks for listening! P.S. I got rather keen on the ":" didn't I? :))) Maedin\ talk 22:14, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I've created an initial (partial) version of Wikipedia:List of administrator hopefuls. What's missing is the separate list of folks with less than 30 edits in the last 3 months. Any feedback on what's there so far would be appreciated. -- Rick Block ( talk) 23:50, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:Red Alert 3 - Premier Edition Cover.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 15:20, 22 August 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. MrStalker ( talk) 15:20, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, I searched and searched (honest!), but I couldn't find help on Infoboxes. I tried to put something resembling an Infobox on an article I've created (don't worry yet, it's still only a supbage, lol), but the infobox and image aren't showing up. I think I'm supposed to find some sort of template for the infobox? Also, for some reason, the myspace link shows up with my name and I can't work out why. I copied that link from Mariah Carey's external links and just changed the name after the |, really thought that would work! I'd really appreciate it if you could take a quick look, and you'll probably go, "ah, yes, that's because..." and then tell me what the "yes, because" is!
I guess I'm also a little worried about the style, the headings, the notability, etc. I'll be adding (or trying to add) a lot more references and citations and such, it's definitely not finished. But if, in the meantime, you see something that you think I should be aware of now, then please do let me know!
No rush, of course, I'm off to bed now anyway :) Thank you! Maedin\ talk 21:23, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, hope you had a good day. :)
I had a look at the recent changes pages and have noticed that the recent changes listing that I see doesn't include any of these: ! and that I am unable to mark edits as patrolled. In the Patrolled edit page, I see that I need to have this function enabled, and it even looks like the function might be restricted to admins. Do you know if it's restricted to admins or not? I had a look at the localsettings.php guidance and even if it isn't restricted to admins, I'm still lost — where exactly am I supposed to find and edit my php files? I have done some scripting (and by some I mean a little teensy bit) and recognise the changing of parameters, but I have to find the parameters first! Am I just being thick?
I also had a peek at Twinkle, or, at least, attempted to. Something about monobook.js? I think all I need to do is create a subpage for it and then paste in the code (as instructed)? Are the steps: create User:Maedin/monobook.js, then paste in the code as indicated, then refresh bypassing cache? Part of the instructions says to "Copy the text below and paste it into the bottom of your monobook.js file" which I suppose is what's confusing me; I haven't got a monobook.js "file". Or do I?
As far as Twinkle goes, it looks useful, it looks like it *might* save me from having dozens of tabs open, and that has to be a good thing. I would at like to see what it does, even if I am not in a position to use it that much. I've seen warnings about it being mis-used, so I wanted to let you know that I'm just . . . not the sort, lol. If I'm not sure about reverting something, I wouldn't do it, and I don't edit count, so I'm not going to go on reverting sprees just to look useful and helpful and active. I would be conservative in my use of it. I said all of that because I didn't want to be told off for considering it, so I thought I would try to silence objection before it comes, lol. However, if you do think I shouldn't use it (yet) then just say so :) Cheers, Maedin\ talk 18:52, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I just reverted an edit made by an IP address to the featured article of the day, Walter de Coventre. I was going to put a warning on the talk page for the IP, but unfortunately, they've already been warned 3 times, and apparently, the next step is a block. What am I supposed to do now? Isn't there some page for "administrator attention"–do I list the IP address there for a block? Or should I give one more warning? Maedin\ talk 10:01, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
You appear to engaging in edit-warring on Sarah Palin. I urge you to get consensus at the talk page first before simply reverting the changes of others. The material you are seeking is controversial and you need to discuss this first. Ronnotel ( talk) 13:20, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I restored the article to the last "good" version. Hope this is acceptable. Deb ( talk) 14:53, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for that, I couldn't work out why it was " " around the text for the web link, lol. Maedin\ talk 21:35, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
You recently undid a edit(s) by User talk:68.196.61.0, I wouldn't say that was Netural POV, I'd say the edit was vandalism. Message from XENU u, t 19:22, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
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For irritatingly beating me to reverting vandalism on Huggle. — Cyclonenim ( talk · contribs · email) 20:49, 1 September 2008 (UTC) |
Sry. I hadn't seen your comment on why you removed the SPEEDY tag. Thanks for clarifying! ←Signed:→Mr. E. Sánchez Get to know me! / Talk to me!←at≈:→ 21:12, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi - I'm not sure if you're watching WP:HOPEFUL, but it is now updated per most of your suggestions. I think the only pending suggestion not implemented is to add counts for each section. If you have any other feedback, please let me know. -- Rick Block ( talk) 18:40, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which was successful with 58 support, 4 oppose and 1 neutral. Kind regards. -- Malcolmxl5 ( talk) 21:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
My sincere apologies for the problem caused by my use of WikiCleaner. I was using it to pinpoint pages in need of corrective action and was indeed viewing and fixing each individually. I wasnt aware of glitches or problems with the 'tool' and had no idea that it was automatically making so many inaccurate changes, entirely independent of myself. The realization of this dilemma is frustrating because I honestly contributed a significant number of accurate, productive edits. Thanks-- 1oddbins1 ( talk) 22:18, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
-- Smashville BONK! 23:25, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Why hazard a guess? Let the opposer respond for themselves. -- Dweller ( talk) 10:21, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
(←) You have my support. I have been waiting for this a while now. Btw, deine Englischkentnisse sind bemerkenswert. :) -- Cameron * 10:06, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Hiya! Been a while! Thanks for fixing the birth year on the Piotr Tomaszewski page, can't believe I missed that for so long! :)
Just wondering if you think I could request rollback. Just now had several vandalising edits taking place while I watched and all I could do was go through and "undo" each one – silly really! I think that I have some sort of rollback capability with Twinkle, but it was all so big and bold and cluttering up the screen, which is why I got rid of it. Is regular Wiki rollback that annoying? I think they'd let me have it, but I'm not sure, and I'd rather not embarrass myself trying if they say no, lol, so I'm wondering what you think. Thanks :) Maedin\ talk 17:00, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
"You cannot know all rules by heart but you should be able to make yourself familiar with them if needed."
I had never heard "the most basic rule" worded that way - but I thought it was very nice :). Thank you for voting on my RFA. It was unsuccessful, but I am nevertheless grateful for your support. I hope to see you around the wiki!-- daniel folsom 02:53, 8 September 2008 (UTC)