User talk:Sunny256

Welcome to en.Wikipedia[edit]

Hi Øyvind! Welcome to en:. - Hephaestos|§ 06:16, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Thank you, Hephaestos. Nice to be here. Wow, what an impressing number of articles in the English section. Amazing project, this wikipedia thing. Most people behave well, too. That is what impresses me the most... :-) -- Sunny256 07:24, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hey, another Norwegian, nice. I took the liberty of putting you on our list (trying hard to 'beat' the Swedes :-) Ten more 'norrbaggar' to go, and gaining...). --Wernher 02:29, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Vær hilset. That's a good thing, thank you. A good idea with a list of Norwegian wikipedians. I see there are some well-known names from the Norwegian wikipedia here. We'll try to keep up with the Swedish gang. -- Sunny256 06:29, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

New user log[edit]

Hi, thanks for signing the new user log. Hope you have a good experience here whenever you wander over from the Norwegian Wikipedia. Isomorphic 07:41, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Oh yes, seems as there's always a party going on here in the English section... :-) Great activity all the time. -- Sunny256 08:30, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

So, where do I place the answers?[edit]

Hmmm, one thing I'm wondering about... What is the correct behaviour — answering on this page, or the talk page of the other user? Answering here will without no doubt pass unnoticed, and answering on the other page will also be kinda misplaced. I'll keep it here to see what happens. -- Sunny256 08:30, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Some people put it both places. Of course there's an advantage to putting it on the other person's page, that way they get a notifier message. - Hephaestos|§ 18:10, 10 Mar 2004 (UTC)

A "formula" used by some people in such situations is something like "Hi <user>, I like to keep talk in one place, so feel free to come along to my talk page. <signature>". --Wernher 02:23, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)

UTF-8 overlong sequences[edit]

Hi,

You put a note in the UTF-8 page back in March to the effect that reducing the UTF-8 range from 6 bytes to 4 bytes gets rid of the problem of overlong sequences. In fact I do not believe this is true, but I'm willing to be enlightened if there's something I'm missing!

For example, E0 8E B1 is an overlong encoding for α (alpha) (correct: CE B1) and it doesn't use any of the new invalid characters. Celada 03:24, 2004 Nov 24 (UTC)

Yes, it seems you are right. I got the impression that this was the case in a discussion on the linux-utf8 mailing list, I don't remember the actual thread.

I have removed the section you refer to, and I tried to find the reason why RFC3629 limits the sequence length from six to four bytes, but haven't been able to find anything. I'll add a note about this on the UTF-8 talk page

Thanks for finding this incorrect information. -- sunny256 2004-12-06

Inclusion not Deletion[edit]

(AIW) can you take a look at Wikipedia "apartheid"? There is a movement to delete a two-word inclusion that is fact and true. It's gotten to the point that everyone is focused on the disputing editors and not the edit itself.

Deletionists are disputing the following statement: "South Africa was settled initially by the Dutch, Germans and French from the 17th century onwards. English, other European settlers, and Diaspora Jews followed in the 19th century." This statement is true, and it therefore should not be deleted.69.217.125.53 15:10, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Apartheid

Thanks!69.217.123.174 19:10, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I was also spammed with this, it is not an inclusionist/deletionist issue, it's an edit war. — PhilHibbs | talk 08:31, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Self-references[edit]

I'm sure your recent edits at Criticism of Wikipedia were well-intentioned, but I think they are wrong. They are links out of the encyclopedia space. If the article is copied elsewhere, we want them to still work correctly. The way you've changed them, they won't. I'm going to use rollback to revert it, because I have a slow connection. -- Jmabel | Talk 06:00, 24 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I thought they were wrong because it was only three links which were written as external URLs. If it’s meant to be placed elsewhere, maybe all the other links also should be written as external? -- Sunny256|✎ 13:55, 24 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

New tag you might like[edit]

Check out >{{User lynx}}</

Xaosflux 05:40, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal on Notability[edit]

Because you're a member of the Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians, I'm notifying you that the inclusionist proposa Wikipedia:Non-notabilityl is in progress to define the role of notability in articles. Please help us make this successful! Also note the proposal Wikipedia:Importance is a deletionist proposla that seeks to officially introduce notabiltiy for the first time. --Ephilei 04:45, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Creation-evolution controversy[edit]

Hi, you recently added a section to this article and I've brought it up for discussion here. While I appreciate the link, and think we can find a way to use it, I've expressed opposition to the section in general. I wanted you to know so you can visit the page and express your thoughts on the subject. Thanks, and happy editing. Doc Tropics 07:42, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for dropping a note about it, I'll check it out. I do agree with your POV, and I'll see if there is some other way we can use it. -- Sunny256|✎ 16:52, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimania 2010 could be coming to Stockholm![edit]

I'm leaving you a note as you may be interested in this opportunity.

People from all six Nordic Wiki-communities (sv, no, nn, fi, da and is) are coordinating a bid for Wikimania 2010 in Stockholm. I'm sending you a message to let you know that this is occurring, and over the next few months we're looking for community support to make sure this happens! See the bid page on meta and if you like such an idea, please sign the "supporters" list at the bottom. Tack (or takk), and have a wonderful day! Mike H. Fierce! 08:14, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Araby[edit]

Really? Not vandalism? Sure smells like it to me... his first edit clearly was vandalism, which was half undone by his second. Why wouldn't his entire first edit then be automatically considered vandalism? ScottJ (talk) 18:53, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When seeing the words "ejaculate" and "porn stars", that was my first thought, too. But I haven't seen that movie, and reading a bit in the rest of the text, it seemed plausible that the changes were correct. I hate blaming someone for vandalism and it later turns out it wasn't, so I decided to revert my change and note it in the revision history. I suppose the best thing to do is to revert things to as they were prior to the edit. I'll do it now and leave a link in the revision description. -- Sunny256|✎ 20:48, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hehe, you reverted it a few minutes before I wrote that message. -- Sunny256|✎ 20:51, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to shut down WP Geographic Coordinates & ban coordinates on wikipedia articles[edit]

This means you. --Tagishsimon (talk) 11:51, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hej Sunny, I noticed you like genealogy, did you see meta:Wikimedia_genealogy_project? Ithink its good if as many as possible give support. Dan Koehl (talk) 11:04, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Genealogy project[edit]

Hej Sunny, I noticed you like genealogy, did you see meta:Wikimedia_genealogy_project? Ithink its good if as many as possible give support. Dan Koehl (talk) 11:05, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the heads-up, Dan Koehl! Seems like an interesting project which could actually work. Have signed up for support. -- Sunny256|✎ 11:38, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Backtrace listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Backtrace. Since you had some involvement with the Backtrace redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 05:30, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open![edit]

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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.1[edit]

Newsletter Nr 1 for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)

Participation:

This is the very first newsletter sent by mass mail to members in Wikipedia:WikiProject Genealogy, to everyone who voted a support for establishing a potential Wikimedia genealogy project on meta, and anyone who during the years showed an interest in genealogy on talk pages and likewise.

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Progress report:

Since the Projects very first edit 9 december 2002 by User:Dan Koehl, which eventually became the WikiProject Genealogy, different templates were developed, and the portal Portal:Genealogy was founded by User:Michael A. White in 2008. Over the years a number of articles has been written, with more or less association to genealogy. And, very exciting, there is a proposal made on Meta by User:Another Believer to found a new Wikimedia Genealogy Project, read more at Meta; Wikimedia genealogy project where you also can support the creation with your vote, in case you havnt done so already.

Future:

The future of the Genealogy project on the English Wikipedia, and a potential creation of a new Wikimedia Genealogy Project, is something where you can make a an input.

You can

discuss on the projects talk page how the project should be developed
sign as member or supporter at the projects member list
Check the goal, tasks and see if something interest you.
put the User box on your user page by inserting the Template:User WikiProject Genealogy with the following code: {{User WikiProject Genealogy}}.
develop or update the Portal:Genealogy?
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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.2[edit]

Newsletter Nr 2 for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)

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Progress report:

In order to improve communication between genealogy interested wikipedians, as well talking in chat mode about the potential new wiki, a new irc channel has been setup, and you are welcome to visit and try it out at: #wikimedia-genealogy ^connect

(In case you are not familiar with IRC, or would prefer some info and intro, please see Wikipedias IRC tutorial)

At m:Talk:Wikimedia_genealogy_project#Wikimedia_user_group is discussed the possibility of creating a genealogy-related Wikimedia user group: please submit comments and suggestions, and whether you would like to be a member in such a group. Prime goal for the group is the creation of a new, free, genealogy wiki, but there is also a discussion weather we should propose a new project or support the adoption of an existing project?

Read more at Meta; Wikimedia genealogy project where you also can support the creation with your vote, in case you haven't done so already.

Future:

The future of the Genealogy project, and creation of a new Wikimedia Genealogy Project, is something where you can make a an input.

You can

discuss on the projects talk page how the project should be developed
sign as member or supporter at the projects member list
put the User box on your user page by inserting the Template:User WikiProject Genealogy with the following code: {{User WikiProject Genealogy}}.
develop or update the Portal:Genealogy?
in case you haven't read Wikimedia genealogy project take a look
support that project with your vote.

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Genealogy project need your vote for creation of an email list[edit]

Newsletter Nr 3 for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)

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Request:

In order to improve communication between genealogy interested wikipedians, as well as taking new, important steps towards a creation of a new project site, we need to make communication between the users easier and more effective.

At Mail list on meta is discussed the possibility of creating a genealogy-related Wikimedia email list. In order to request the creation of such a list, we need your voice and your vote.

In order to create a new list, we need to put a request it in Phabricator, and add a link to reasoning/explanation of purpose, and link to community consensus. Therefore we need your vote for this now, so we can request the creation of the mail list.

Read more about this email list at Meta; Wikimedia genealogy project mail list where you can support the creation of the mail list with your vote, in case you haven't done so already.

Future:

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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.4: Mail list created![edit]

Newsletter Nr 4, 2017-03-24, for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)

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Mail list is created:

The project email list is now created and ready to use!

Please feel free to subscribe at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-genealogy

Future:

Discuss the next step, the creation of a meta Genealogy user group, list yourself as m:interested participant and vote on which name should be used for the user group.
in case you haven't read Wikimedia genealogy project take a look
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ArbCom 2017 election voter message[edit]

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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.5 -2017[edit]

Newsletter Nr 5, 2017-12-30, for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)

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A demo wiki is up and running!

Dear members of WikiProject Genealogy, this will be the last newsletter for 2017, but maybe the most important one!

You can already now try out the demo for a genealogy wiki at https://tools.wmflabs.org/genealogy/wiki/Main_Page and try out the functions. You will find parts of the 18th Pharao dynasty and other records submitted by the 7 first users, and it would be great if you would add some records.

And with those great news we want to wish you a creative New Year 2018!

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WikiProject Genealogy - newsletter No.6[edit]

Newsletter Nr 6, 2018-12-25, for WikiProject Genealogy (and Wikimedia genealogy project on Meta)

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Now 100 supporters[edit]

At 3 December 2018, the list of users who support the potential Wikimedia genealogy project, reached 100!

A demo wiki is up and running![edit]

And with those great news we want to wish you a creative New Year 2019!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2019!

Hello Sunny256, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2019.
Happy editing,
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