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Following up on their visits to the Teahouse, I see that Greengauge121 has blanked their talk page. They are still actively editing, however, so it seemed like it would be a good idea for someone to point out to them how to archive talk pages (and why that's preferred to simply blanking them). I'm leery of doing it myself due to Greengauge121's history of taking helpful information as harassment, but I noticed that they seemed to be okay with what you had already put on their talk page, so I thought I'd see if you wanted to do it...? — GrammarFascist contribs talk 00:14, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
You really are funny, you know that, right? You can never do too much work at the DYK or anywhere at the Wikipedia! This isn't fourth grade where you get pummeled or called "teacher's pet" for raising your hand or being good at doing things. The only risk you run here is to become a respected editor, and then you'll have other editors coming to your talk page asking for help. Keep up this pace and one day you will end up having the same status as
this editor (check out their contribs + edit count). And "that guy" is only treated with the uttermost respect and awe by the community. Article is ce'd and tag removed.
w.carter
-Talk
13:25, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello W.carter I just contacted Philg88 for my next translation of an article by me. I like to ask you for help to edit the english version again.
William Fetter in German is in the ANR and English on my user page. I am not finished with all the syntax corrections and some small translation in the references - I do it this week. The text is finished and can use some corrections. I will ask @ Philg88: also for help.
At WP:en is a stup about William Fetter. I did a complet new research an did write the text complet new. Please take a first look. best.-- Maxim Pouska ( talk) 16:42, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
@ Maxim Pouska: After Philg88 has done a copy edit, there is usually very little left to do. :) I recommend that you study his corrections very thoroughly, that is how I learned to edit here. The best way is if you click on the "View history" at the top of the page and then at the little word "prev" by the edit post. On the page that pops up (what we here call a "diff") you can compare the before and after text very easy. I have looked at the German version of the text and made new translations of the sentences that Philg88 pointed out. Swedish is rather close to German so it is easier for me to understand what is meant. I also made some other alterations, you can read about them in the "edit summaries".
A new thing for you to learn about is the use of what is called "Templates". This is a word or words inside double curly brackets {{}} that is in fact a code that will produce something. This is the preferred way to write many things here since it keeps things consistent throughout the WP. One of these templates is the {{main}} that I used for "Computer graphics". For each template there is a help page that describes what the template does. You find that help page by putting the word "Template:" before what is inside the brackets, and write it in the search box in the top right corner of any page. In this case you will find the explanation at Template:main.
You should add a ref to the end of each section. That is the minimum. It does not matter if you repeat a source in many places as long as the information is in the source. Best, w.carter -Talk 09:53, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Your input would be appreciated at
Wikipedia:Non-free content review#File:Grace Foods soup-mixes display.jpg. Note that you may not want to be eating or drinking when you see the text and/or
the image.
—
GrammarFascist
contribs
talk
14:20, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
@ GrammarFascist: I uploaded a logo as well. :) Less Christmas tree decoration, more sunrise/glow/halo. But that's just my taste. Thanks for the tip though. It was fun. w.carter -Talk 18:17, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I have a quick question for you. If I want to ever request account creator rights, do I have to have a certain amount if edits? Thanks! Thehøtwheelsguy99 | Talk? Sign!! 22:54, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
Take it away Phil! You know this better than I do. w.carter -Talk 13:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Thehøtwheelsguy99: Why are you so interested in getting the 'account creator' upgrade? Btw, why is there a Norwegien/Danish letter (ø) in your name? Are you Scandinavian? w.carter -Talk 14:05, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
(This post is not in the usual timeline, but I'll keep it here so that Chris Oxford can find my answer.)
Dear W.carter, Your instruction worked brilliantly and following it, it was not difficult to complete this job. I hope, that this time I did it right. Sometime later I am thinking to introduce one of my works to Wkipedia, and probably I will need your advice again. Will keep it touch. Thank you so much. Regards, Chris Oxford. Chris Oxford ( talk) 15:48, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear W.carter, Just now the bustle ended and I can write you this message with my great pleasure. First of all great thanks for the cookies, it was really nice to receive them. Before I will be dealing with uploading of my photos to the Commons (photos, which are already in the articles) I would like to ask you what did you mean (just to be sure, that I understood it in the right way) by: 'when you have moved pictures to Commons, be sure to tag them for deletion here in Wikipedia.'? So, does it mean, that I should delete them from the place, where I initially uploaded the photos to place them in the articles? I already left a couple of words of my gratitude for your help on the Teahouse at the end of discussion and now I would like to repeat myself, and to say, that your help was incredibly valuable for me and that it was real pleasure to communicate with you. Today I tried to find out how to send to your page a pleasant surprise, and I think, that I succeeded and you will receive this well deserved Star. Always will be glad to hear from you. Regards, Chris Oxford.
Moved to User:W.carter/things I have received
Chris Oxford ( talk) 13:11, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
@ Chris Oxford: Hello again! I see that you have uploaded the Greece files at the Commons and tagged the copies at the WP appropriately. Well done! You should do the same with the pictures of the Wikimedals as well even if no one has come around to tagging them yet. You do it the same way and add the delete tag. Now that the files are in the Commons you need to get acquainted with the Category-system there. Tagging a pic with categories will help other editors find the and use the pic. The categories are at the very bottom of the page. Click on "edit" to see the code for them. The more detailed you can describe a pic, the better. If you look at the File:Pegasus Square in New Corinth.jpg in the Commons, you can see the categories I have added to that one. The categories should be as narrow as possible. As you can see; I did not simply put it in the "Greece" category or not even the "Populated places in Greece", I went all the way to the subcategory "Squares in Corinth", and so on. Click around and take a look, I think you will figure out how it works.
You should also keep an eye on the files at the Commons since once you have uploaded them there there will always be other editors or Bots coming to fix this and that, minor things you may have missed. Looking at what has changed will help you learn for the next time you upload pics there. Cheers, w.carter -Talk 15:37, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Moved to User:W.carter/things I have received
And about time for me to ask you for more guidance, too, haha.
I have given a custom WikiLove award a couple of times now that I call "Hilarious Username" and use an old cartoon of a laughing cat for. (You can see it here and here.) Is there a way I can make a template for this award, similar to making a userbox, so that I could place the template on other deserving users' talk pages instead of having to look up the image filename at Commons, etc., every time? If so, would there be a way to have the template automatically add the WikiLove tag to the edit summary the way using the Wikilove function does? Thanks in advance, GrammarFascist contribs talk 22:58, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
![]() |
Hilarious Username |
Sorry, your username isn't very funny. This is just a test! — GrammarFascist contribs talk 14:00, 1 November 2015 (UTC) |
[[User talk:GrammarFascist|you]]
instead of [[User:GrammarFascist|you]]
. Fortunately I checked your page anyway. —
GrammarFascist
contribs
talk
14:10, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
@ GrammarFascist: Sorry about being "over-clear", it's something you contract after having editing too many articles. I know my user name is not funny, it's not like anyone would do "Cart-wheels" over it.(= worst pun of the decade) The template seems to be working just fine! Good job! :) I also tested it for inserting another template into it (a smiley) and that was no problem. It did not break the syntax or anything. The great thing with fooling around with things like this is that not only does it to contribute to the very important social glue that keeps this project together, but doing anything you always accidentally learn something useful. I did not write the basic code myself so I can't take credit for any fancy stuff in it. I was still a bit of a newbie when I made it, so I just nicked the basics from some other template (I think if was a Halloween one, it was that time of the year). You have done a much more thorough and better job. :) On a related topic, I can tell you that even if you are under some misconception that I'm reliable and trustworthy, I do screw up things a lot, IRL and here (although much more when I was newer here), but this have never held me back from trying out new things and learned when I have to fix them afterwards. Most of this is now archived away and life goes on, but I do have a nickname (CJ) here and IRL. You can read about some of it in this comment I made on another WP-controversy that was raging about a year ago. This is just to explain that I'm always happy to help, but the help is not always perfectly executed. Best, w.carter -Talk 15:00, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Red_pill_and_blue_pill#/media/File:Red_and_blue_pill.jpg
You mentioned it's your own work, can you let me know what kind of pills you used (brand)? And where you got them? I'm doing a Matrix themed video and need pills.
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.76.140.170 ( talk) 20:43, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
..is this weeks TAFI article. Take a look.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 23:21, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
![]() | This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 5 | ← | Archive 10 | Archive 11 | Archive 12 | Archive 13 | Archive 14 | Archive 15 |
Following up on their visits to the Teahouse, I see that Greengauge121 has blanked their talk page. They are still actively editing, however, so it seemed like it would be a good idea for someone to point out to them how to archive talk pages (and why that's preferred to simply blanking them). I'm leery of doing it myself due to Greengauge121's history of taking helpful information as harassment, but I noticed that they seemed to be okay with what you had already put on their talk page, so I thought I'd see if you wanted to do it...? — GrammarFascist contribs talk 00:14, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
You really are funny, you know that, right? You can never do too much work at the DYK or anywhere at the Wikipedia! This isn't fourth grade where you get pummeled or called "teacher's pet" for raising your hand or being good at doing things. The only risk you run here is to become a respected editor, and then you'll have other editors coming to your talk page asking for help. Keep up this pace and one day you will end up having the same status as
this editor (check out their contribs + edit count). And "that guy" is only treated with the uttermost respect and awe by the community. Article is ce'd and tag removed.
w.carter
-Talk
13:25, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello W.carter I just contacted Philg88 for my next translation of an article by me. I like to ask you for help to edit the english version again.
William Fetter in German is in the ANR and English on my user page. I am not finished with all the syntax corrections and some small translation in the references - I do it this week. The text is finished and can use some corrections. I will ask @ Philg88: also for help.
At WP:en is a stup about William Fetter. I did a complet new research an did write the text complet new. Please take a first look. best.-- Maxim Pouska ( talk) 16:42, 18 October 2015 (UTC)
@ Maxim Pouska: After Philg88 has done a copy edit, there is usually very little left to do. :) I recommend that you study his corrections very thoroughly, that is how I learned to edit here. The best way is if you click on the "View history" at the top of the page and then at the little word "prev" by the edit post. On the page that pops up (what we here call a "diff") you can compare the before and after text very easy. I have looked at the German version of the text and made new translations of the sentences that Philg88 pointed out. Swedish is rather close to German so it is easier for me to understand what is meant. I also made some other alterations, you can read about them in the "edit summaries".
A new thing for you to learn about is the use of what is called "Templates". This is a word or words inside double curly brackets {{}} that is in fact a code that will produce something. This is the preferred way to write many things here since it keeps things consistent throughout the WP. One of these templates is the {{main}} that I used for "Computer graphics". For each template there is a help page that describes what the template does. You find that help page by putting the word "Template:" before what is inside the brackets, and write it in the search box in the top right corner of any page. In this case you will find the explanation at Template:main.
You should add a ref to the end of each section. That is the minimum. It does not matter if you repeat a source in many places as long as the information is in the source. Best, w.carter -Talk 09:53, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Your input would be appreciated at
Wikipedia:Non-free content review#File:Grace Foods soup-mixes display.jpg. Note that you may not want to be eating or drinking when you see the text and/or
the image.
—
GrammarFascist
contribs
talk
14:20, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
@ GrammarFascist: I uploaded a logo as well. :) Less Christmas tree decoration, more sunrise/glow/halo. But that's just my taste. Thanks for the tip though. It was fun. w.carter -Talk 18:17, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I have a quick question for you. If I want to ever request account creator rights, do I have to have a certain amount if edits? Thanks! Thehøtwheelsguy99 | Talk? Sign!! 22:54, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
Take it away Phil! You know this better than I do. w.carter -Talk 13:00, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
Thehøtwheelsguy99: Why are you so interested in getting the 'account creator' upgrade? Btw, why is there a Norwegien/Danish letter (ø) in your name? Are you Scandinavian? w.carter -Talk 14:05, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
(This post is not in the usual timeline, but I'll keep it here so that Chris Oxford can find my answer.)
Dear W.carter, Your instruction worked brilliantly and following it, it was not difficult to complete this job. I hope, that this time I did it right. Sometime later I am thinking to introduce one of my works to Wkipedia, and probably I will need your advice again. Will keep it touch. Thank you so much. Regards, Chris Oxford. Chris Oxford ( talk) 15:48, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Dear W.carter, Just now the bustle ended and I can write you this message with my great pleasure. First of all great thanks for the cookies, it was really nice to receive them. Before I will be dealing with uploading of my photos to the Commons (photos, which are already in the articles) I would like to ask you what did you mean (just to be sure, that I understood it in the right way) by: 'when you have moved pictures to Commons, be sure to tag them for deletion here in Wikipedia.'? So, does it mean, that I should delete them from the place, where I initially uploaded the photos to place them in the articles? I already left a couple of words of my gratitude for your help on the Teahouse at the end of discussion and now I would like to repeat myself, and to say, that your help was incredibly valuable for me and that it was real pleasure to communicate with you. Today I tried to find out how to send to your page a pleasant surprise, and I think, that I succeeded and you will receive this well deserved Star. Always will be glad to hear from you. Regards, Chris Oxford.
Moved to User:W.carter/things I have received
Chris Oxford ( talk) 13:11, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
@ Chris Oxford: Hello again! I see that you have uploaded the Greece files at the Commons and tagged the copies at the WP appropriately. Well done! You should do the same with the pictures of the Wikimedals as well even if no one has come around to tagging them yet. You do it the same way and add the delete tag. Now that the files are in the Commons you need to get acquainted with the Category-system there. Tagging a pic with categories will help other editors find the and use the pic. The categories are at the very bottom of the page. Click on "edit" to see the code for them. The more detailed you can describe a pic, the better. If you look at the File:Pegasus Square in New Corinth.jpg in the Commons, you can see the categories I have added to that one. The categories should be as narrow as possible. As you can see; I did not simply put it in the "Greece" category or not even the "Populated places in Greece", I went all the way to the subcategory "Squares in Corinth", and so on. Click around and take a look, I think you will figure out how it works.
You should also keep an eye on the files at the Commons since once you have uploaded them there there will always be other editors or Bots coming to fix this and that, minor things you may have missed. Looking at what has changed will help you learn for the next time you upload pics there. Cheers, w.carter -Talk 15:37, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Moved to User:W.carter/things I have received
And about time for me to ask you for more guidance, too, haha.
I have given a custom WikiLove award a couple of times now that I call "Hilarious Username" and use an old cartoon of a laughing cat for. (You can see it here and here.) Is there a way I can make a template for this award, similar to making a userbox, so that I could place the template on other deserving users' talk pages instead of having to look up the image filename at Commons, etc., every time? If so, would there be a way to have the template automatically add the WikiLove tag to the edit summary the way using the Wikilove function does? Thanks in advance, GrammarFascist contribs talk 22:58, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
![]() |
Hilarious Username |
Sorry, your username isn't very funny. This is just a test! — GrammarFascist contribs talk 14:00, 1 November 2015 (UTC) |
[[User talk:GrammarFascist|you]]
instead of [[User:GrammarFascist|you]]
. Fortunately I checked your page anyway. —
GrammarFascist
contribs
talk
14:10, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
@ GrammarFascist: Sorry about being "over-clear", it's something you contract after having editing too many articles. I know my user name is not funny, it's not like anyone would do "Cart-wheels" over it.(= worst pun of the decade) The template seems to be working just fine! Good job! :) I also tested it for inserting another template into it (a smiley) and that was no problem. It did not break the syntax or anything. The great thing with fooling around with things like this is that not only does it to contribute to the very important social glue that keeps this project together, but doing anything you always accidentally learn something useful. I did not write the basic code myself so I can't take credit for any fancy stuff in it. I was still a bit of a newbie when I made it, so I just nicked the basics from some other template (I think if was a Halloween one, it was that time of the year). You have done a much more thorough and better job. :) On a related topic, I can tell you that even if you are under some misconception that I'm reliable and trustworthy, I do screw up things a lot, IRL and here (although much more when I was newer here), but this have never held me back from trying out new things and learned when I have to fix them afterwards. Most of this is now archived away and life goes on, but I do have a nickname (CJ) here and IRL. You can read about some of it in this comment I made on another WP-controversy that was raging about a year ago. This is just to explain that I'm always happy to help, but the help is not always perfectly executed. Best, w.carter -Talk 15:00, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Red_pill_and_blue_pill#/media/File:Red_and_blue_pill.jpg
You mentioned it's your own work, can you let me know what kind of pills you used (brand)? And where you got them? I'm doing a Matrix themed video and need pills.
Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.76.140.170 ( talk) 20:43, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
..is this weeks TAFI article. Take a look.-- BabbaQ ( talk) 23:21, 2 November 2015 (UTC)