User talk:Alarichus

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Hi, Alarichus. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck!  Chzz  ►  14:49, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

ようこそ You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people. Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes. Play in your user area. For example, create User:Alarichus/test. Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup#2009. When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references. Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page. There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia! --  Chzz  ►  14:49, 20 July 2009 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Grade sources • Cite sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists • Best articles Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Pages needing attention • Peer review The missing manual

Award

		The Exceptional Newcomer Award
		Fantastic work on Snorri Thorfinnsson, especially the family tree. Great to have you as a Wikipedian!

thnx --Alarichus (talk) 13:46, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Snorri Thorfinnsson

I've given the article a brief clean- it could do with some more categories, and especially some more details about his life. What did he do in life? When/how did he die? I've upgraded it to start class, but some more information about his life would be needed before it could be considered a C class or B class. For instance, it's not really clear what makes him a significant figure. You're welcome to contact me on my talk page or rejoin the help channel if you need any more help. J Milburn (talk) 15:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure, I'll see what more is there for him --Alarichus (talk) 15:54, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Snorri Thorfinnsson

On July 31, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Snorri Thorfinnsson, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wizardman 14:15, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations! Your first did you know. Hopefully there will be many more to follow :) J Milburn (talk) 14:16, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :) --Alarichus (talk) 17:53, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your help....

Hello there - I made the changes you suggested and wanted to know if you could take a look at my subpage again to see if there was any other changes/additions that needed to be made. Clairetastic (talk) 22:58, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Sure. --Alarichus (talk) 08:41, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Almost there...I think

So I added more references, internal links and the musicians infobox you told me about. How do I actually add the photo? What other changes do I need to make? Once I am done, how do I move the article and publish it? Thank you so much again for your help. Clairetastic (talk) 23:25, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

To upload the photo click here . Follow the instructions on that page. To publish the article click here . Just copy/paste the content from your sandbox. Every time you want to write an article that does not exist, just search for the title of the article in wiki. If it doesn't exist, you will see above the search results "You may create the page "xyz", but consider checking the search results below to see whether it is already covered". Then just click the link. --Alarichus (talk) 23:39, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Ernesto Basile

I have posted questions at Template_talk:Did_you_know#Ernesto_Basile regarding the wording of the hook, the image and the reference used. Please respond at your earliest convenience. Binksternet (talk) 15:59, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Sure. --Alarichus (talk) 16:15, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

IRC

Sorry I missed the end of our chat; I had a ph call. Yes, anyone can review DYK.

I tried to send you a memo on IRC, but couldn't because your account on IRC is not registered - you probably want to register it. Type /msg nickserv help in IRC for info.  Chzz  ►  20:32, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Buy, Buy Baby

I replied on the DYK page. Theleftorium 22:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Replied again. Theleftorium 08:17, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

And again. :P Theleftorium 09:31, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

You have new messages at...

Hello, Alarichus. You have new messages at Template talk:Did you know.
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- Kingpin¹³ (talk) 10:14, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Licensing question

If I have a photo of Brian Riordan that was shot by his friend who is a photographer and they are for Brian to use for press and articles. I don't know what type of license to use. Thanks Clairetastic (talk) 19:19, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Use this one [1].

And choose one of the free licenses.--Alarichus (talk) 19:52, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

The article you asked me to look at

Hey, I just added some commas, apostrophes, and generally fixed some minor stuff in the article you asked me to look at. One part I thought was funky (which may have been brought up in the peer review, I don't know, because I haven't read it) is the line that reads, "fending off one invader or other and quelling rebellions". I think maybe it could be changed to "fending off multiple invasion attempts" or something. "One invader or other" sounds a bit awkward.

Also, the phrase that says, "came to fruition in his promulgation of the Constitutions of Melfi" sounds like it may have been plagiarized. I'm not saying you did it, but that whoever did should probably be careful. I read through the whole thing, mostly looking for punctuation and grammar stuff. I found a few things. I also split the "See also" section into two columns. Feel free to remove that if you don't think it is a good idea. The article is looking good. Killiondude (talk) 01:11, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

None of those phrases was written by me. They are from the 12k version of the article. I should have changed them earlier. Thnx for pointing it out. :).--Alarichus (talk) 08:22, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

OK, I fixed those two phrases, what else, needs to be improved? --Alarichus (talk) 08:37, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Existing page

Ok so I have read through the article and uploaded the photo and think I am all set and ready to publish. Is there anything else I need to add and/or edit? I see that there was a page for Brian Riordan but it has been deleted. Is it ok to paste in that page? Will it still publish? Thanks Clairetastic (talk) 18:17, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

The previous version of the article was deleted because it was considered advertising. The current version(the one you wrote), is not advertising. So I suggest you go on and copy/paste it. If you want to discuss this issue with the admin who deleted it, join the IRC channel of english wikipedia [2]. His username is Closedmouth. --Alarichus (talk) 18:43, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Your presumably semi-automated edits

I don't know what you're trying to do with edits like this one, but it seems to have broken template parameters, capitalization ("20Th"), and category sorting. If you don't explain, I will rollback all of these edits. --NE2 18:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

It was probably some mistake of the MOS fix. Thnx for telling me. It fixes without problem MOS issues in plain text and refs, but has problems in templates sometimes. Thnx for telling me, I will be careful not to choose template parts next time.--Alarichus (talk) 18:42, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Can you explain which part of the manual of style you are applying? I see no substantive changes. --NE2 18:44, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

MOS changes don't necessarily have to be "substantial" as you say. Space fixes, alphabetical categorizing of language categories, etc. are MOS fixes. --Alarichus (talk) 18:47, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

And which of those did you do here? All I see, other than the errors, is some spacing changes, which I don't believe the MOS has anything about. --NE2 18:54, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

It fixed the double spaces issues, didn't it?I accidentally probably chose a template part or a similar one. You saw a mistake? Fix it. --Alarichus (talk) 19:01, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

What "double spaces issues" are these? I do plan to fix it, by reverting all of these edits, but figured I'd talk with you first to make sure that's the best course of action. --NE2 19:03, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn' suggest that because you would also revert the corrections, which are the majority. I suggest manual edits on the template parts of the articles which have such issues. --Alarichus (talk) 19:07, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

You have yet to show me any "corrections". All I see is addition of spacing, which is not prescribed in any way by the MOS. --NE2 19:18, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Double spaces between sections are against wiki guidelines. But if you want to rollback them, do it.--Alarichus (talk) 19:26, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Where in [3] did you remove double spaces? --NE2 19:39, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Sections and their headings should have only one space between them. In the article most of them had 2 spaces. --Alarichus (talk) 19:43, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

You're going to have to tell me which section, since I don't see any double spacing in this old revision. --NE2 19:45, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

It added spaces between all titles of headings and ==. In the upper missisipi saparated with space image and template check in the riverback section for double space etc... This is getting pointless, if you want to rollback, just rollback. I am not interested in the issue. There more important things in wiki, than discussing spaces. --Alarichus (talk) 19:55, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it added spaces, which is pointless. However, it doesn't seem to have removed any double spacing. I'm rolling back now; please don't make such edits again. --NE2 19:59, 11 August 2009 (UTC)