User talk:ItsZippy

Adoption

Hi my name is slimhady (my real name is Dalton). I am looking currently for a mentor because I need help in wikipedia I am not that old I am only 13 But I am very smart and have a hole library wall in my room.

--Slimshady (talk) 22:30, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Constantia Oomen

Hi, would you mind giving Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Constantia Oomen a second look to see if the references now provided changes things for you? Cheers / Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 13:04, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

Thanks for your help!

HTcreager (talk) 18:17, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

New Page Triage engagement strategy released

Hey guys!

I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox - okeyeswikimedia.org.

It's awesome to finally get to start work on this! :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 02:22, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Religious language

Hello! Your submission of Religious language at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Lihaas (talk) 13:17, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Philosophy of Religion sidebar

On Logical positivism is very cheeky. I'm not disagreeing… but all that formaldehyde can make 'em a bit ornery. Best to have a Tesla coil, flappers and cocaine standing by.—Machine Elf ¹⁷³⁵ 21:24, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Adoption request

I have no problem with you making Mistakes, because Everybody makes mistakes. I for one have made a ton of mistakes in my lifetime. Anyway I Would happily be your apprentice if you approve of me being only thirteen years old. I may be young but am very very smart and would like to contribute o wikipedia the best I can.

Also i understand if things will take long, but please note i have no accesible email at home but i get back from school around 4:00 and i am on the computer almost every day i will be on wikipedia a lot.

--Slimshady (talk) 22:04, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

That's wonderful; I am more than happy to take you on. I have no problem with your age - provided you are mature (which it seems you are), you are more than welcome at Wikipedia. On that note, I do suggest that you read Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors if you have not already.

If you ever have any questions or problems - be that with content, technical issues, other editors or anything else, please come and ask me. I will try to regularly contact you and see how you're doing. I would also be willing to provide a short course on Wikipedia's policies and practices, which you can complete at the same time. I'd also like to ask you a few questions myself, just so I can get to know you a little.

• What interests do you have outside of Wikipedia that you have knowledge about?
• What other experience have you had online?
• How involved would you like to be in community discussions?

That's all for now. As I said, I'm delighted that I'll be able to mentor you. I wish you the best of luck for your time here. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 21:03, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Religious language

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Question

Okay remember that Image Uploading article you sent me? Well it told me that I can't use it... I've tryed a bunch of different things, but how excatly do I get my article public? I can't seem to figure this out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by HTcreager (talk • contribs) 19:43, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

2012 WikiGrail

Hi there! I was admiring your great work on Christianity-related articles, which made me think you should sign up for the 2012 WikiGrail. It is a friendly competition for Christianity-related project members that awards points for good articles, featured content, and other markers of editing skill. You simply just have to list your name here. Hope to see you there! Warm regards, – Lionel ^(talk) 09:22, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Falklands War

Hi Its Zippy,

With the medcab on the Falklands War now closed, I wondered if you had any ideas for how best to tackle an unresolved situation such as this one? Is there any other forum you would use, or do you have any other thoughts on the next best step?

Cheers, Ranger Steve ^Talk 13:37, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi Steve, thanks for your message. I think the difficulty with this case is that people are now getting tired of it. I think that, if you want to resolve it, you'll need to get all parties on board, willing to talk through the issues. It might be worth continuing the discussion on the talk page, once you have all parties willing to co-operate. I know that some of the problems have been with people moving off topic and commenting on the behaviour of other people, rather than the issue; it might, therefore, be worth asking an uninvolved admin to watch over the discussion to deal with any such issues. I really hope that this can be resolved, and I'm sorry that mediation did not work out. Best of luck with it. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 18:26, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Works for me, I am willing to discuss the matter collegially as I always have been. Wee Curry Monster talk 21:35, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Page Triage newsletter

Hey guys!

Thanks to all of you who have commented on the New Page Triage talkpage. If you haven't had a chance yet, check it out; we're discussing some pretty interesting ideas, both from the Foundation and the community, and moving towards implementing quite a few of them :).

In addition, on Tuesday 13th March, we're holding an office hours session in #wikimedia-office on IRC at 19:00 UTC (11am Pacific time). If you can make it, please do; we'll have a lot of stuff to show you and talk about, including (hopefully) a timetable of when we're planning to do what. If you can't come, for whatever reason, let me know on my talkpage and I'm happy to send you the logs so you can get an idea of what happened :). Regards, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:51, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue One - Recent news from the Teahouse

Hi! Welcome to the first edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!

Spring has sprung! Stop by the Teahouse for a cup of tea under the cherry blossoms.

• Metrics are out from week one. Week one showed that the need for Teahouse hosts to invite new editors to the Teahouse is urgent for this pilot period. It also showed that emailing new users invitations is a powerful tool, with new editors responding more to emails than to talk page templates. We also learned that the customized database reports created for the Teahouse have the highest return rate of participation by invitees. Check out the metrics here and see how you can help with inviting in our Invitation Guide.
• A refreshed "Your hosts" page encourages experienced Wikipedians to learn about the Teahouse and participate. With community input, the Teahouse has updated the Your hosts page which details the host roles within the Teahouse pilot and the importance that hosts play in providing a friendly, special experience not always found on other welcome/help spaces on Wikipedia. It also explains how Teahouse hosts are important regarding metrics reporting during this pilot. Are you an experienced editor who wants to help out? Take a look at the new page today and start learning about the hosts tasks and how you can participate!
• Introduce yourself and meet new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. New & experienced editors to Wikipedia can add a brief infobox about themselves and get to know one another with direct links to userpages. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, they'll surely be happy to feel the wikilove!

You are receiving The Tea Leaf after expressing interest or participating in the Teahouse! To remove yourself from receiving future newsletters, please remove your username here. Sarah (talk) 16:04, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

TFA

Hey, hope things are going well, I just wanted to mention to you that you should feel free to nominate Prosperity theology at WP:TFAR anytime you want. I'm not opposed to it being TFA, but it's not something I'm particularly gripped by so I probably won't nominate it myself. Not sure how you feel about TFA, it's up to you though. Oh, and I've been meaning to review your Augustinian article, got caught up in a million other things--will try to do that soon though. Mark Arsten (talk) 05:18, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Oh yes, I hadn't thought of that. Like you, I'm not too fussed about it, but I don't mind either way. And thank you - I would appreciate that. ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 16:43, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Userpage and some questions ( response)

Hello Its zippy,

I did not miss your last message but I may not have answered your questions. Anyway thank you, I did not no wether I should put my school in or not my dad said it would be bad. (shouldve listened to him.) Anyway to answer your questions: Ouside of wikipedia i have great intrests in: Video games, The lord of the rings, Eminem and his albums That's pretty much it. Other experiances online i have had are, Yahoo answers, ROblox, Minecraft, and wikianswers. Community discussions are nice and i would love to participate in them a lot if that's ok. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slimhady (talk • contribs) 19:35, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your answers - that's great. On the userpage issue, ask Quadell - he is an admin and will be able to delete the revisions for you (refer him to this discussion if you need to).

I see you have found a WikiProject, that's great and what I was going to recommend. It might be a good idea to place {{User WP Music}} to your talk page, so that people know you are interested in helping out there. That WikiProject will have lists of things that need doing and a place for you to discuss what needs to be done there - you might want to introduce yourself on the talk page. What articles do you think you would like to improve? ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 20:00, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for all your help as for quadell i'll ask him. BUt i'm not sure what articles i'm going to edit yet.