Archives from Feb 2005 to Mar 2006.
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Again, welcome! - -- Jondel 15:10, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Another "hello!" I'd like to direct your attention to Wikipedia:Substubs and Wikipedia:Manual of style. The "Coo Coo" article is way too short for inclusion as it stands. However, feel free to expand it. Otherwise, it's a candidate for speedy deletion as an extremely short article without content. Good luck, happy editing and feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if I can be of any further help. Just click on my user name. Best, Lucky 6.9 18:48, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
By the way, please don't remove speedy deletion notices and replace the content with the previous edit. It's kind of against the house rules. As I mentioned, feel free to expand the article in question. Keep in mind that you're contributing to a reference work and the more that you can add, the better. To put it another way: Someone seeking information on Coo Coo already knows they're an Italian pop group. Normally, I'd rehang the speedy deletion notice...but I'd prefer to give you the opportunity to expand your contribution. Looks like you've been busy today! Again, welcome. - Lucky 6.9 18:52, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hi Miwasatoshi - Wikipedia follows the Lynx Handbook of the Birds of the World (and for ducks, also Madge & Burn, Wildfowl); neither of these texts hyphenates these, only the AOU uses this grammatically barbarous form (it's a general rule of grammar that capitals don't follow hyphens: if they were hyphenated, it would be Whistling-duck, Scrub-jay) - MPF 21:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Inca Dove, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
Hi Miwasatoshi - in case you'd like it: {{User birder}} - MPF 00:27, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi. No problem at all with people poaching birds from my to do list. The fewer that I have to write, the better. I find articles on individual birds easy to write, but a tedious, unstimulating chore, particularly as there are so many higher-priority (but more tricky to write) articles which Wikipedia doesn't yet have. If you have the inclination to poach more, please do!! SP-KP 21:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed at your user page that "Greater Black-backed Gull" is on your to-do list. Wikipedia's article on Larus marinus is at Great Black-backed Gull. Another one crossed off!
On the subject of capitalization, I found this at the Chicago Manual of Style's Q&A page:
So you can see there's no consensus—the Chicago folks don't even have a consensus with themselves.
— JerryFriedman 20:32, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
If you see a user vandalizing who has already had one (or more) "final warnings", you need only post a message to the list at WP:AIV. It'll get taken care of within 15 minutes in most cases. ( ESkog)( Talk) 03:04, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for adding his name properly. :P Someday, hopefully, it will be as good as CLAMP's article and I'll be happy with it. :D -- (unsigned post by Kyaa the Catlord 13:35, 7 February 2006 (UTC))
Hello there. you ve made a more than strong case for changing the names. i ll make a category redirect for these using these more appropriate demonyms Mayumashu 02:15, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 18% for major edits and 21% for minor edits. (Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace.)
This is just a suggestion, and I hope that I did not appear inpolite. You do not need to reply to this message, but if you would like to give me feedback, you can do so at the feedback page. Thank you, and happy edits, Mathbot 03:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Dear Miwa-sama,
I must say that it was not me who started the article, so I cannot take this honour for whatever reason.
But in fact, I did notice this article and wanted to do it better. However, ultimately, due to my laziness and studies, I just left the draft while the article grows itself. I have to apologize for that instead. And... I will try to append the contents to the article, as soon as I go back to home (which would be a few hours later only).
Sorry for responding so late in the meatime. ~ Polobird 11:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
I saw your comment on SP-KP talk page and note you are interested in this. I have opened a discussion under a few of the sub-categories and would like to see your input. Like you, I prefer field ornithologist as the category name for those who gather data and make simple analyses. I would lable the good and the great, from Audubon and Hartert, to Schlegel and Witherby, as "Academic ornithologists". John H, Morgan 14:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi - here's the reply I sent in response to the previous suggestion:
SP-KP 09:24, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
The Administrator Intervention for Vandalism page is for urgent alerts for users who are vandalising now and need an immediate block to preserve the encyclopaedia. Blocks are never applied as punishment but only to stop damage. If a user has made a one-off non-constructive edit many hours ago, there really is no cause to block them. This user got a warning at 22:28, 8 March after a spate of four vandalism edits which had ended three hours before. There was then a questionable edit sixteen hours after their warning.
Given that we can't be sure that the same IP address is used by the same user, and one of Wikipedia's core policies is assume good faith (unless the contrary is established), this user simply does not merit a block. David | Talk 00:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the comments and sorry for knocking it out of alphabetical order. (I didn't notice the order until you pointed it out and will abide by it) I will probably add a couple more manga to that list now, mostly a couple more recent titles I keep seeing them mention on WebSunday a lot. (that's probably why I put up one or two of them: sure no one's heard of them in the US yet, but don't be surprised if an anime appears in the near future) StrangerAtaru 13:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm wondering if you botted this one. I don't quite see the point in wikifying the dates of first sightings of birds in a state, it seems extraneous and/or unuseful to do this. Birthdates and historical events make sense, but I'm not sure why the last edit was even made. :/ -- Miwa 13:35, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Please come over to my test page and see what you think. It's really rough right now, but I think we could do something with it to make all the Japan-related articles better, as well as better coordinate everyone's efforts. -- 日本穣 05:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
If you're going to improve the list of mountains in Japan (and it could do with it), you may like to use the following list, which should be very accurate [2]. -- Stemonitis 14:42, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
Archives from Feb 2005 to Mar 2006.
Hello, welcome to Wikipedia.
You can help improve the articles listed below! This list updates frequently, so check back here for more tasks to try. (See Wikipedia:Maintenance or the Task Center for further information.)
Help counter systemic bias by creating new articles on important women.
Help improve popular pages, especially those of low quality.
Nihonjin des ka? Irrasshaimase!
You might find these links helpful in creating new pages or helping with the above tasks: How to edit a page, How to write a great article, Naming conventions, Manual of Style. You should read our policies at some point too.
If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. If you made any edits before you got an account, you might be interested in assigning those to your username. I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian!
Again, welcome! - -- Jondel 15:10, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Another "hello!" I'd like to direct your attention to Wikipedia:Substubs and Wikipedia:Manual of style. The "Coo Coo" article is way too short for inclusion as it stands. However, feel free to expand it. Otherwise, it's a candidate for speedy deletion as an extremely short article without content. Good luck, happy editing and feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if I can be of any further help. Just click on my user name. Best, Lucky 6.9 18:48, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
By the way, please don't remove speedy deletion notices and replace the content with the previous edit. It's kind of against the house rules. As I mentioned, feel free to expand the article in question. Keep in mind that you're contributing to a reference work and the more that you can add, the better. To put it another way: Someone seeking information on Coo Coo already knows they're an Italian pop group. Normally, I'd rehang the speedy deletion notice...but I'd prefer to give you the opportunity to expand your contribution. Looks like you've been busy today! Again, welcome. - Lucky 6.9 18:52, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Hi Miwasatoshi - Wikipedia follows the Lynx Handbook of the Birds of the World (and for ducks, also Madge & Burn, Wildfowl); neither of these texts hyphenates these, only the AOU uses this grammatically barbarous form (it's a general rule of grammar that capitals don't follow hyphens: if they were hyphenated, it would be Whistling-duck, Scrub-jay) - MPF 21:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Inca Dove, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page. |
Hi Miwasatoshi - in case you'd like it: {{User birder}} - MPF 00:27, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Hi. No problem at all with people poaching birds from my to do list. The fewer that I have to write, the better. I find articles on individual birds easy to write, but a tedious, unstimulating chore, particularly as there are so many higher-priority (but more tricky to write) articles which Wikipedia doesn't yet have. If you have the inclination to poach more, please do!! SP-KP 21:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I noticed at your user page that "Greater Black-backed Gull" is on your to-do list. Wikipedia's article on Larus marinus is at Great Black-backed Gull. Another one crossed off!
On the subject of capitalization, I found this at the Chicago Manual of Style's Q&A page:
So you can see there's no consensus—the Chicago folks don't even have a consensus with themselves.
— JerryFriedman 20:32, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
If you see a user vandalizing who has already had one (or more) "final warnings", you need only post a message to the list at WP:AIV. It'll get taken care of within 15 minutes in most cases. ( ESkog)( Talk) 03:04, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for adding his name properly. :P Someday, hopefully, it will be as good as CLAMP's article and I'll be happy with it. :D -- (unsigned post by Kyaa the Catlord 13:35, 7 February 2006 (UTC))
Hello there. you ve made a more than strong case for changing the names. i ll make a category redirect for these using these more appropriate demonyms Mayumashu 02:15, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I am a bot, and I am writing to you with a request. I would like to ask you, if possible, to use edit summaries a bit more often when you contribute. The reason an edit summary is important is because it allows your fellow contributors to understand what you changed; you can think of it as the "Subject:" line in an email. For your information, your current edit summary usage is 18% for major edits and 21% for minor edits. (Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace.)
This is just a suggestion, and I hope that I did not appear inpolite. You do not need to reply to this message, but if you would like to give me feedback, you can do so at the feedback page. Thank you, and happy edits, Mathbot 03:37, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
Dear Miwa-sama,
I must say that it was not me who started the article, so I cannot take this honour for whatever reason.
But in fact, I did notice this article and wanted to do it better. However, ultimately, due to my laziness and studies, I just left the draft while the article grows itself. I have to apologize for that instead. And... I will try to append the contents to the article, as soon as I go back to home (which would be a few hours later only).
Sorry for responding so late in the meatime. ~ Polobird 11:01, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
I saw your comment on SP-KP talk page and note you are interested in this. I have opened a discussion under a few of the sub-categories and would like to see your input. Like you, I prefer field ornithologist as the category name for those who gather data and make simple analyses. I would lable the good and the great, from Audubon and Hartert, to Schlegel and Witherby, as "Academic ornithologists". John H, Morgan 14:17, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi - here's the reply I sent in response to the previous suggestion:
SP-KP 09:24, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
The Administrator Intervention for Vandalism page is for urgent alerts for users who are vandalising now and need an immediate block to preserve the encyclopaedia. Blocks are never applied as punishment but only to stop damage. If a user has made a one-off non-constructive edit many hours ago, there really is no cause to block them. This user got a warning at 22:28, 8 March after a spate of four vandalism edits which had ended three hours before. There was then a questionable edit sixteen hours after their warning.
Given that we can't be sure that the same IP address is used by the same user, and one of Wikipedia's core policies is assume good faith (unless the contrary is established), this user simply does not merit a block. David | Talk 00:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the comments and sorry for knocking it out of alphabetical order. (I didn't notice the order until you pointed it out and will abide by it) I will probably add a couple more manga to that list now, mostly a couple more recent titles I keep seeing them mention on WebSunday a lot. (that's probably why I put up one or two of them: sure no one's heard of them in the US yet, but don't be surprised if an anime appears in the near future) StrangerAtaru 13:09, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm wondering if you botted this one. I don't quite see the point in wikifying the dates of first sightings of birds in a state, it seems extraneous and/or unuseful to do this. Birthdates and historical events make sense, but I'm not sure why the last edit was even made. :/ -- Miwa 13:35, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
Please come over to my test page and see what you think. It's really rough right now, but I think we could do something with it to make all the Japan-related articles better, as well as better coordinate everyone's efforts. -- 日本穣 05:19, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
If you're going to improve the list of mountains in Japan (and it could do with it), you may like to use the following list, which should be very accurate [2]. -- Stemonitis 14:42, 24 March 2006 (UTC)