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I am Mentifisto on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/Mentifisto. Thanks. -- Mentifisto 04:40, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
The article contained cheat codes. I removed them. I was simply following the guidelines put forth by WP:NOT#GUIDE. 209.243.25.69 21:30, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
Please read the new topic that i wrote in the "Planemo" discussion section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Onsly ( talk • contribs) 19:40, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Yes, although I don't change it all the time. If I'm only going to be online for a few minutes, I usually don't even bother. Similarly, if I'm online but I'm going offline for a short period of time, I don't change it. Natalie 17:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
My reverting was to the proper article, you have replaced it with the altered "humourous" version that I spent some time replacing. This was done just two minutes after I sorted it. Please check the versions before acting as some sort of despot!!! :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.127.132 ( talk) 14:09, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate that vandalism reversion. Wowest ( talk) 03:11, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
I blocked the spammer that you had just reported to WP:AIV. Thanks for the report. However, just a thought -- I do think that to the extent possible, go through the range of spamming warnings, rather than imposing a single warning. The four-level warnings exist for a reason -- they allow people who genuinely think that their links may be helpful to get a chance to understand that spamming is not helpful and is not permissible. -- Nlu ( talk) 07:30, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
U R very gud at lolcat, u can has cheezburger 4 dat!! Winz. :P ~ Eliz 81 (C) 09:52, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I can't answer your question. Let's just say I'm based in the Philippines. I can't tell you my nationality either. I just want to protect my offline identity. I hope you don't mind my reply. I also apologize if I hurt you or I didn't reply the way you wanted; I just don't want to reveal myself. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 12:12, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
thanks for your note. I boldly despeedied and added a lead. He sounds notable as a pro footballer, and I think we can expand the article. Dloh cierekim 03:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
i am a member of the newpages patrol. i was patroling new pages recently the same time as you were which caused some edit conflicts. i am sorry for any inconvienence it may have caused you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dionysius525 ( talk • contribs) 11:46, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on HokieKid requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, "See also" section, book reference, category tag, template tag, interwiki link, rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{
hangon}}
to the top of the article (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on
the article's talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. --
TheSeer (
Talkˑ
Contribs) 12:23, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Goodness, I think you're right. I just did a google search and found that reference. I didn't know what "Tubious.com" was, and after looking at its home page I still don't. But there is still a problem with "Copyright. 2006 Lippincott Williams and Wilkins", so it's as well the article was deleted. I wonder if we should now delete the article from Tubious.com, which seems to be possible for any user? P.S. - I'll ask the admin who speedied it for advice. JohnCD 16:05, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
Recently, in the last hour, you moved a mis-named template now proplerly called --
Template:USA PATRIOT Act small minutes after it was saved, and it gave the appearance to the creator that the work had been deleted, as another admin cam along and deleted the redirect--making the existence of the page not available.
Communicating with the author, who learned of the typo upon saving the template, and was in process of moving the template to the proper name, would have saved more than a little annoyance and wasted effort. --
Yellowdesk (
talk) 07:31, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing this! I appreciate it. Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share? 07:19, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing my userpage. CardinalDan ( talk) 01:13, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for asking. Primarily, it's because I believe that nearly every article deserves to be looked at by two people; I think I know the rules, but I've been wrong before and deleted things I later regretted. So I tag things and let another admin delete them, or I delete what others have tagged, but very rarely both. (Only in the case of bad attack pages or vulgar nonsense that obviously merits deletion). What you might be asking is, what prompts me to tag articles instead of deleting them? The answer to that is, first I go through the entire list of pages with speedy tags and look at every single one with an eye to deletion. Most of them I delete, some I decline and reverse the speedy tag, and quite often these days I find I just don't know if I agree with the speedy tag or not, so I leave it alone. Anyway, I frequently reach a point where I've examined every single page that's been tagged -- then I go hunting for new pages that I can tag, and let someone else take over. I don't disagree with other admins who instantaneously delete things, BTW, I just am not completely confident and like to give everything another chance. I hope that answers your question. If for some reason I haven't to your satisfaction, let me know. Cheers, Accounting4Taste: talk 00:49, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the support. JERRY talk contribs 01:25, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks -- Weedrat ( talk) 11:42, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! :) Not a professional singer, yet I'm still in school. That's what I want to do when I get outta here though! Mr Senseless ( talk) 19:08, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
I just remembered that I had been meaning to thank you for disambiguating my user subpage. It's greatly appreciated; thanks! Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share? 02:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
You have a couple of replies at the help desk :) Cheers- CattleGirl talk 06:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
My userpage I designed a very long time ago, and I must add, designed by way of stealing the best of what Wikipedia had to offer at the time :) It's simple, does the job, conveys the message etc... Glad you like it. -- Longhair\ talk 03:44, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Mentifisto! In my opinion, all it would take to tone down the advertising language for Avispa is to rewrite the second sentence in the lede and find a source for it. Of course, it coud also be greatly expanded - history, market share, etc. You might post a note at WPP:MUSIC and see if anyone there is interested, or WP:SPAIN. Or, if you're feeling like it really just needs to be deleted, try WP:AFD, though I doubt it would pass that. Anyway, hope that helps! Happy Editing :) -- SatyrTN ( talk / contribs) 15:19, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
I have implemented your redirection suggestion. Have fun! -- TheJosh ( talk) 03:12, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Mentifisto. Thanks for keeping an eye out on article quality. I'm dropping you a note to let you know that I have removed the speedy deletion template that you placed on Northern Sky (song). The article does not seem to fit the speedy deletion criterion. WP:CSD#A7 applies to musicians, but not to songs. However, as the article was a stub on a song that did not assert notability, I have redirected it to the album as advised at WP:MUSIC. Please consider other means for addressing ongoing concerns. Please feel free to let me know at my talk page if you'd like to discuss this further. Thanks. :) Moonriddengirl (talk) 03:52, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
I removed the speedy deletion tag from Giuliani's law because WP:CSD says that neologisms are not criteria for speedy deletion unless obviously ridiculous; the user reported that the term is in use on the web, so instead I placed a tag for WP:PROD Thanks, Pnswmr ( talk) 01:39, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I am responding to a comment you left with a friend of mine, Jlomcc--- no personal attacks please. Not everyone living under a bridge is a troll!!! Jlomcc2 ( talk) 21:13, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
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Hello, Mentifisto | |
Congratulations for finding my hidden User page! ≈ The Haunted Angel 23:42, 5 January 2008 (UTC) |
{{helpme}}
Anyone knows how to manipulate the very text "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" above? (For my userpage.) --
Menti
fisto 04:09, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
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The external link went to the Random House website. I've added a reference in the article itself. Thanks, NawlinWiki ( talk) 15:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
So it's acceptable if I were to leave a warning even though I'm not an administrator? Llamadog903 ( talk) 20:57, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
My request for adminship was successful at 64/1/2! Many thanks for your participation and I will endeavor to meet your expectations. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ( Converse) 08:58, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
...for the user-page barnstar! I'm glad you liked it! -- omtay 38 01:01, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Dear Mentifisto,
Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page ( here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join NPWatcher.
Jmlk 1 7 05:43, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for help-- Guglani1 ( talk) 06:09, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. :) · AndonicO Hail! 00:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
I have created a portal called Portal:Animal and I am lacking of experience to edit it. Could somebody help me to improve it?-- Mark Chung ( talk) 14:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
with my userpage, :P -- Dureo ( talk) 16:26, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
You are using sources derived from mystery buffs (Philip Coppens) and not from historical researchers - the name "Roseline" did not exist before Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code - there is no link between the Meridian and the ray of light and the gnomon in St Sulpice church as described in The Da Vinci Code Wfgh66 ( talk) 22:30, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89glise_Saint-Sulpice%2C_Paris
You can read here that the ray of light associated with the gnomon at the church of St Sulpice has nothing to do with the Paris Meridian, but with determining the time of the equinoxes and hence of Easter - quote: "At noon on the winter solstice (December 21), the ray of light touches the brass line on the obelisk. At noon on the equinoxes (March 21 and September 21), the ray touches an oval plate of copper in the floor near the altar." This is an accurate description.
Wfgh66 (
talk) 22:40, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseline
Needs a little more work on it - because there are two Paris Meridians in this subject matter - the old and the new Paris Meridian - I believe it's the old Paris Meridian that passes 200 metres away from the Louis Lawrence tomb at Les Pontils ("Arques"). Wfgh66 ( talk) 22:50, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
I am fixing wiki. Anyone can add admin to their name like Gogo dodo did. So stop editing something that you have not clue about. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.189.25.208 ( talk) 00:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I use huggle. I do not ussually use but am approved to use Vandalproof and AWB. Twinkle is also very helpful. You may also want to visit WP:RFR and request rollback rights Alex fusco 5 22:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
There is nothing wrong in adding helpful and non commercial external resources to wikipidea!!!!!!! Please explain why I am doing anything wrong????!?!? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.105.0.114 ( talk) 22:43, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
You're doing great patrolling recent changes and defending the wiki from vandalism. Keep up the good work! Glass Cobra 23:29, 31 January 2008 (UTC) |
Wow, your reports to WP:AIV are great, just please don't mark the reports as "minor," as they may not show up on someone's watchlist. Thanks, Malinaccier ( talk) 15:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for de-vandalizing my user page. — Noah 17:07, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
So someone vandalizes the page and removes the stub link and then you immediately add a speedy deletion tag? I don't understand? -- Stacey Doljack Borsody ( talk) 18:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
A
proposed deletion template has been added to the article
Hercules (video game), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's
criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "
What Wikipedia is not" and
Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{
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notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on
its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the
proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the
speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to
Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if
consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{
db-author}}
to the top of
Hercules (video game).
brew
crewer
(yada, yada) 00:33, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Mentifisto! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. βcommand 17:25, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
How did Matthias Hinze get back on Wikipedia? Last I checked, it was deleted last December! Kitty53 ( talk) 02:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
I hope it's OK for you - if not, just tell me, and I'll upload a new version for you. :) Stwalkerster [ talk ] 20:35, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Peeraporn Thapviwat, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peeraporn Thapviwat. Thank you. (Note: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mymelody-Molly Jones.) - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 16:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
How did you get this template to work? Didn't you have to add something to MediaWiki:Common.css? 76.16.191.46 ( talk) 19:08, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I notice you're using one of the {{ motd}} templates, run by Wikipedia:Motto of the day. You may have noticed that some of the mottos recently have been followed by a date from 2006, or on occasion simply "Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". The reason for this is that Motto of the day is in some very serious need of help. Participation in the project, which has never been especially high, has dropped considerably over this past summer, to the point we have had several days where no motto was scheduled to appear at all. Over the past several weeks, I've been the only editor scheduling mottos at all, but there aren't enough comments on some of these mottos to justify their use. If we do not get some help - and soon - your daily mottos will stop. In order for us to continue updating these templates for you, we need your help.
When you get a chance between your normal editing, could you stop by our nominations page and leave a few comments on some of the mottos there, especially those that do not have any comments yet? This works very simply; you read a motto, decide whether or not you like it, and post your opinion just below the motto. That's it - no experience required, just an idea of what you personally like and what you feel reflects Wikipedia and its community. If you do have past experience with the project, then please close some of the older nominations once they've got a decent consensus going. There are directions on the nominations page on how to do this.
If you have any questions, please let me know, or post on the project's talk page. I'm looking forward to reading your comments on the suggested mottos, and any additional suggestions you'd like to make. Until then, happy editing! Hersfold ( t/ a/ c) 02:36, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Hi Lofty abyss, someone, probably you, requested access to the account creation tool. For security purposes could you please confirm that it was you who made the request so we can approve you, thanks. Also, if it was you who created the request, you may also wish to the subscribe to the mailing list, which is used for internal discussions between the account creation team. If you use IRC, please join us on the Freenode Network, #wikipedia-en-accounts. Hope to hear from you soon! The Helpful One Review 17:20, 7 November 2008 (UTC)