User talk:Strdst grl

Please place new messages at the bottom, with a new heading. Please remember to specify which article you are talking about.

If you are posting to complain that I have reverted an edit of yours that wasn't vandalism, then it was probably a mistake and I was not trying to be unproductive. You have my apologies - unless you didn't add an edit summary.

Thanks for your welcome

I'll do my best to add my little contibution to Wikipedia! Gengis Gat (talk) 17:03, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello Stardust! Thanks for the warm welcome! I'll definitely get in touch with you if I need any support. Thanks again! --Muzam135 (talk) 17:53, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Like the previous people, I too am thankful for your welcome. ChAwech (talk) 12:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Like the previous people, I too am thankful for your welcome. If there's ever a question, you'll hear about it first. JosefWorldCitizen (talk) 22:58, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help, Stardust. I hope you might be able to review my first article: Switchboard of Miami or perhaps forward it to someone who can. I appreciate the warm welcome and your help. Take care. GiancarloRusso (talk) 19:24, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Peter Hessler

Per Wikipedia guidelines, "Material that fails verification may be tagged with [not in citation given] or removed. Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material about living persons should be removed immediately and not tagged or moved to the talk page." I have removed the "Biography" "Career" and "links" of this page. Mr. Hessler or the fans who created this page had plenty of time and fair warning to add sources and citations to the material, but they did not, so we must follow Wikipedia rules and immediately remove the self-serving information that previously constituted a majority of this entry. As the statement below says, this was not Mr. Hessler's personal homepage and should not appear as such. External links to Hessler's speeches and book reviews were especially self-serving and do not belong on Wikipedia. None of the biographical information was sourced and appeared to be written by Hessler himself. Saying his books are "well known" in the very first paragraph of the entry without any citation to this claim was also a bit self-aggrandizing. I would have just moved this data to the talk page to be edited later, however Wikipedia rules state "not...moved to the talk page" so I did not. if someone has a problem with this, then redo the page according to Wiki standards and not just because you are a fan of Hessler's books. User:Hopechina —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hopechina (talk • contribs) 10:00, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Again thanks.

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Kalbmkms (talk) 10:06, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

can you adopt me please

can you adopt me please?

thanks Kalbmkms (talk) 11:27, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Guadeloupe Bonifieur

thanks for the edit on typos and grammar and suggestions. I'm having a hard time with placing the references i have. can u help?

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My Secret PAge

Nice job, it usually takes a few tries before people find it. :) User:Hi878/Right Secret Page Hi878 (talk) 19:00, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

cesc fabregas

why are you changing my edit! WTF, it is clear that Fabregas has stated interest in leaving for Barcelona! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beedum (talk • contribs) 20:16, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Your attention needed: Unregistered user possibly abusing speedy deletion template

This user (who is unregistered and has only been editing since May 21st) has repeatedly placed a speedy deletion template on the Safe Auto Insurance Company company. I have briefly explained my rationale for keeping the article here. Please share your thoughts and contribute to this discussion. Radiofan13 (talk) 05:25, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

UPDATE. Please see user comments here. Unregistered user is a possible sockpuppet. Radiofan13 (talk) 05:34, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

help

Hey beautiful, can you plz tell me how 2 insert a picture into a wikipedia page thnx —Preceding unsigned comment added by Beedum (talk • contribs) 13:34, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your Information

Dear Friend Thanks for your information. Hope to contact Later. (wipe 17:02, 24 May 2010 (UTC)) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wipeouting (talk • contribs)

Bonar Law dispute

Bonar Law Hi Strdst, thanks for the welcome, I have a bit of a dispute on Bonar Law, the article is C class, listed as part of WikiProject Canada where I am a member and also in New Brunswick working on updating Kent Country region where there is a recently upgraded tourist attraction honouring this person and another wikipedian seems to be disruptive and refusing to allow any updates to the page, including a minor edit to start a new paragaraph and add a few words to clarify the place in question and these simple edits were reverted twice, not to mention the person responding to the discussion with insults to the Queen, swearing, refusal to add meaningful feedback to the suggestions for improving the article and then reverting the talk page after I had blanked it and the discussion was going nowhere and had decided to just remove the page from the Canada wikiproject and add the related info to a page for the tourist attraction only and those talk pages too were reverted and then the person started the same old discussion on my personal talk page, I am fairly new here and do not know how to add citations yet which seems to be a big issue for this person but the article is riddled with citations already and there is hardly a sentence otherwise where I do not find some reason for the article being C class. What do you suggest? Wild Heart of Kent (talk) 17:16, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Wild Heart of Kent, read WP:CANVASS. Ironholds (talk) 17:27, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Or perhaps you should. That little table at the canvassing guideline is an AND/OR table; the violation of any one of those four points turns it into canvassing. See how biased his message was, thus violating one of the points. Ironholds (talk) 17:38, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and suggesting that we take it to the arbitration committee while telling me to reread policy - also not good. Ironholds (talk) 17:39, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

• For reference, Wild Heart of Kent added a completely unreferenced and poorly worded statement to the article. I reverted, in line with bold, revert, discuss. He then added a poorly worded and unreferenced copyright violation to the article. I'm sure his intentions are good, and yours, but someone with no understanding of the dispute stepping in and giving seriously bad advice is not going to help things. Ironholds (talk) 17:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Hound-dogging when I am looking for advice on how to deal with them, lol, the article I wrote included links to the source where the info originated something the wanna-be owner neglected to include in the original article, no doubt part of the reason for the C class, I am willing to keep talking if the insults and hounding are over, thanks. Wild Heart of Kent (talk) 18:41, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Excuse me? I didn't include that link because I've never used that site as a reference. See those little cite tags after almost every point? Those are properly formatted references. I've now explained to you four times the real reason behind the C-class tag. Are you deliberately trying to goad me or something? Ironholds (talk) 18:47, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

No, but why are you following me all over the place? I told you a long time ago I wasn't interested in arguing, so you went to my user page, so I went for help, and then you follwed me here so I don't think I should respond to any more of your comments and you can believe what you want as to what was the problem with the article, the article was fixed except for inserting the name Scotland as the location of the school, submit your article and see what happens now to the rating, I hope it goes up and wish you best of luckWild Heart of Kent (talk) 20:24, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

As of this moment, I have no wish to become involved in your dispute. I urge the pair of you to find a calm consensus to resolve this issue. However, I ask you not to involve me in this process unless absolutely neccessary, and if either of you continues your argument on my talk page, I will post a Wikiquette alert on that user. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 20:47, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Editor Review

Hello, Stardust. I have reviewed you. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them here, there, or on my talk page. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 02:22, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Guadeloupe Bonifieur

thanks. I'll do my best to find the most relevant and acceptable sources. Thanks for the edits Stardust! Amelie_jolie

Help me

{{helpme}} I have notice that Lots of articles are creating on Wikipedia as personal promotions. I tried to clean up. Some of article I proposed to delete and some of I put speedy deletion Tab. Most of articles which I proposed to delete is not related to worldwide encyclopedia. There are no relate references on this articles. But I receive waning form user -[[Sodabottle] stop this.I suggest you please Think about these Articles , get a decision that Are those personal promotion or notIraj Weeraratne ,Muthu Tharanga, Nino Live,Mawbima, Colamba,Sanka Dineth, Thisara Imbulana, Chinthana Dharmadasa,How I Wonder What You Are, Udaya Dharmawardhana, Some person can get a publicity using news papers or other web sources about them career .but everything is not correct or actual where they have published. I believe encyclopedia is should not give a space for get a publicity for ordinary persons. Isn’t it? (wipe 04:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC))--wipe 04:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Thank you for the warm welcome. It is appreciated - Hydroxonium (talk) 04:59, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

WW

as a matter of tmie and effort it really just became too much plus i was really really annoyed atthe rationale behind my block. maybe one day i will change my user name. just read the plot summary for Witch and Wizard after i get up i'm gonna see if i can rewrite that into something more readable and maybe shorter. Ramdomwolf 198.96.34.35 (talk) 13:37, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your welcome

Thanks :-) CosmicJake (talk) 11:26, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome template

Hi.
I was bold and I made a correction to your welcome template, that you can see here, because I bumped into this user here.
I hope I didn't offend you in any way; however, if I was out of place, revert it and ignore me. ;) Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 15:19, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

On a similar note, in your welcome template you use a basepagename template to create a sandbox. Would it not be easier to use Special:MyPage/Sandbox 1? I hope this helps, Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 07:46, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Adoption

Hey, I'm replying to your adoption offer. I've actually worked on Wikipedia before and I know the basics of editing, etc. What I'm looking for in an adopter is someone to teach me more in-depth about Wikipedia editing. I'm mostly looking for someone involved in vandalism reversion and Project LGBTQ. cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 19:14, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Allrighty. Thanks for offering though:) cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 20:30, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

It's fine to be friendly (is it?)...

Hi there STARDUST, VASCO from Portugal here,

Take a look at the history of the "person" which you welcomed here, i think you'll be less than impressed, or over-impressed in a negative way...please see here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Pararubbas/Archive).

Keep it up, cheers, have a great week - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 03:06, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

• Of course my friend - that was the part i clearl went all the WRONG way in - you never know if a user is going to be vandalic or not when they begin, and i sincerely offer you my congratulation for being so polite to all new wikipedians. Regarding your doubts about this being another sock (which are perfectly valid) you can rest assured, it is another sock of User:Pararubbas, and it will not stay open for long, hopefully (although he will open another, and another, and another...).

To sum it up, i have the utmost respect for your approach (and all the others who "operate" like you), i justed wanted you to share some of my awe :)

Cheers, keep it up - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 14:14, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Roald Dahl?

I have created the Roald Dahl task force Wikipedia:WikiProject_Children's_literature/Roald_Dahl_task_force --Sillybillypiggy (talk) 10:39, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi Strdst grl, thanks for the welcome.

Hi Strdst grl, big thanks for the welcome....any tips on putting in 'direct inline citations?' I'm stumbling around in the dark a little - (Richard Stockley (talk) 17:04, 1 June 2010 (UTC))

Hello stardust girl

Thanks for wellcoming, i'll ask you if i have anu problem. (Marc Spoddle (talk) 17:44, 2 June 2010 (UTC))

Welcome

Thanks for the welcome and if its not too much trouble, I have a couple of question to ask. I created the article Gustav Wachtmeister and I took my references from a book. What am I supposed to do in regards to proving that it is not fake as I cannot link it to a website so I'm a bit stuck. I am also having trouble linking it to various categories and i get confused very easily so any help would be appreciated. cheers Eaiere (talk) 17:54, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

My orphanage is a living hell

I am constantly harassed and bullied by other orphans. The nuns sometimes ridicule me as well.

Please adopt me.

MichaelWestbrook (talk) 18:03, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Changing my user name

I'm trying to change my username to Wayne Olajuwon. WayneOlajuwon 21:11, 2 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by WayneOlajuwon (talk • contribs)

Yes...

I am happy to be adopted by you. MichaelWestbrook (talk) 21:33, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

thanks from Pakalu re: proposed new article "Robert Adams (Advaita teacher)"

Dear Strdst grl, Thanks for your message. I look forward very much to your advice about my proposed new article, Robert Adams (Advaita teacher). I'm new to Wikipedia posting, so please let me know how I can make improvements! I guess we'll be in touch. Pakalu Pakalu (talk) 14:28, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

RE:Adoption

I am happy to be adopted. Please can you adopt me, --CrabFreak (talk) 14:57, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Request for Help

Greetings Stardust, I recently posted:

Greetings, My name is Tom McCarthy and I am a newly self-published author. My book "Get Naked: Stripping 101" was two years in the creation and contains observations of over nine years of work as a strip club DJ. The goal of the book is two-fold: 1) help newcomers to the world of exotic dancing understand what they are getting into before they take the plunge. And 2) Help strippers morph into professional exotic dancers. The book entered publication in May of 2010 and is in it's first printing. R.R. Bowker issued the official ISBN-9780615365855.

Unless I am mistaken, I then received what I think is a welcome message that I would take to be an invitation to create an article for Wikipedia on my book. However, I am somewhat unsure if my subject matter is acceptable and worthy of Wikipedia's roving editors. Miss Stardust, am I to believe you've given me a greenlight to proceed with my article? And if so, is this the place and forum I need to address editorial concerns by Wikipedia? I'm semi-literate in this manor of communication here in Wiki-Land, please advise. Dragbike81 Dragbike81 (talk) 15:10, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Page deletion

Hi

I was trying to edit the I Am Number Four (novel) page today, I couldn't access the sandbox area and thus entered my additions [UK publication date and official website links] straight onto the to the live page, which I think might have caused the problems?

I didn't create this page, I just wanted to add in information for the UK, however I think it's been taken as spam, which wasn't intended.

Is there any way to get this page live again?

Thanks so much for your help.

Rubylaru (talk) 15:26, 3 June 2010 (UTC)rubylaru

Thanks for your response. As I didn't create the page originally, should I wait and see if the owner tries to revert it first? Rubylaru (talk) 15:52, 3 June 2010 (UTC)rubylaru

Thanks again, and this is my last question, promise! How do I find out the creator's name then? Rubylaru (talk) 16:29, 3 June 2010 (UTC)rubylaru

The Faraway Lurs

Please explain why you rated "The Faraway Lurs" as a "low-importance" stub. Thomas.Hedden (talk) 16:33, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your welcome

Thanks for the welcome and by the way are all your user boxes true? Cause if they are i'm freaked out. About 93% of that is me. Shuggiebear97 (talk) 04:24, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Problem with User page

The tabs that you have (the ones that say: About me, Barnstars, etc...) do not work anymore. There is now no button to click to show the information under them. I don't know if this is because of the new Firefox I downloaded but it might be. Winner 42 ( Talk to me! ) 19:30, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

The similar tabs don't work either. I have version 3.6. Winner 42 ( Talk to me! ) 21:17, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your welcome, and a request for help

Dear Stardust,

First and foremost, thank you for your warm welcome and generous offer to help!

I have just created my first Wikipedia article about Siddharth Kara, author and expert on modern slavery. Please could I trouble you to have a quick look at the article, and give me your advice and assistance on how to improve it before I move it to the article space today, so that it has the best chances of being accepted?

I did have one question about the author photo. I contacted the author about an author photo for this article, and he told me I could use the standard author photo that he provides to all websites or media that request it. Do I need the author to write to an authority at Wikipedia confirming his permission? Also, which tags do I use in the "summary" and which option do I select in the "licensing" menu when I am uploading the photo?

Thank you so very much for your time and insights, in advance!

And again, thank you for your warm welcome!

Martinjonson (talk) 10:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

IM still active. just ..terrbly busy....(DJO CODY (talk) 18:55, 9 June 2010 (UTC))

I want decerations, and ...stuff like that... —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJO CODY (talk • contribs) 20:54, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

please reactivate me is there a list for all the cool gadgets i can find? that i can put on my user.(DJO CODY (talk))-->

Am now making a userpage (DJO CODY (talk) 21:00, 9 June 2010 (UTC))