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Styron is mentioned as a Pulitzer winner in Wikipedia under "Pulitzer Prize, Fiction,1968". Just for my own use, is that considered a "reliable sourse", or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.126.224.125 (talk) 22:42, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Chzz,
Could you please be my mentor. I am a very new user to Wikipedia and would really like it if I don't make any mistake that could get my account or my edits disrupted. Thanks. mauchoeagle 20:01, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
Also, Could you take a look at this for me. Thanks. mauchoeagle20:13, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! Welcome.
I'm always happy to help any user. I don't sign up any official "mentor" things, but...just ask me, here, anything you like - any time. I added help on refs, on your talk - because I noticed a small problem with them in User:MauchoEagle/Fiber analysis...maybe you wanted to add footnotes or something? There's no need to use the 'group' thing, unless you want to separate out 'notes' from 'references' or something like that. Let me know. Cheers! Chzz ► 20:24, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
How to chat live
Hope this makes sense; if you need help etc, leave me a note here, or talk to us live.
Hi. I am finally getting around to this. I tried that "chat live" feature, but it does not seem to work. Any idea why? I downloaded that Java program (like four different times). Still, no luck. Any thoughts? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:09, 7 April 2011 (UTC))[reply]
Please do not my article for deletion with no reason. That seems offensive and now I will never post a "Help me" tag again. I thought that was disrespectful to post up for deletion. Please post the reason why. I asked for help not for a deletion tag. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thomasbum98 (talk • contribs) 19:57, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry; I can understand that you are annoyed - but it is absolutely nothing personal.
I nominated it because, after searching the internet, I was unable to find any 'reliable sources' - for example, there are no entries in the Google News archives [1].
Articles must show "significant coverage in independent reliable sources" - such as newspapers, books, or websites such as CNN News or other reputable publications.
Again - I am sorry - but please, remember, nobody owns an article - anyone can edit. And in order to keep Wikipedia great, we have to make sure things are verifiable. I hope you will understand.
Well, the reason why I did not have any books, or news articles as a source because the series is not a huge thing. I just needed an article to make, and I found an episode. I searched on "Google" and found as much reference I could find, (Some descriptions the creator used, emails to the "Fever Studios" and "Floppy films") Both of the groups I discovered are not a real studio. I also watched the episodes and asked some people about their description. I also contacted the creator. I also seen that there was a deletion notice deleted because I thought I solved the problem. I am not angry though, just confused. Also how would I find out the opinion of either deleting the article or keeping it is? Have a nice day!Thomasbum98 (talk) 20:18, 9 April 2011 (UTC)Thomasbum98[reply]
Wikipedia only has articles about 'notable' subjects, which have good coverage in reliable sources. So when creating a new article, the first thing to do is, look for such sources. Have a look at WP:VRS. Information from the creator, and from emails, is not enough to show notability.
The deletion discussion will be there for around 7 days, during which time others can state their opinion. After 7 days, someone will evaluate the consensus and decide if it should be deleted or not.
Hi Chzz, the previous wikification drives had the number of words count in the leaderboard. I do not know why it has been removed. Cheers. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:02, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Childproofing Afd
I just wanted to say that I think this was a good nomination even if the article was kept. Looking at the pile on keep votes I didn't want to give the impression I disagreed with it being nominated at all. I'm going to take a stab at the article proper, see if it can be expanded beyond a stub. HominidMachinae (talk) 19:25, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, the bot is inserting the wrong template in the tutorial sandboxes, see [2] (same thing on other tutorial sandboxes). It even edit-warred with an IP which added back the tutorial sandbox template.
Also, could you make the bot handle WP:Introduction ? We had agreed with HJ Mitchell that it could be unprotected (so that new users can see the edit button) if a bot replaced the header (otherwise it's too much maintenance).
The first, every so often, clears the sandbox with a standard header.
The second runs all the time, making sure there is a header. Until just now, it looked for these;
"{{Sandbox heading}}",
"{{Please leave this line alone (sandbox talk heading)}}",
"{{Please leave this line alone (Sandbox heading)}}",
"{{Sandbox heading/noedit}}",
"{{Please leave this line alone (sandbox talk heading)/noedit}}",
"{{Sandbox header (do not remove)}}",
"{{PLTLA (SH)}}",
"{{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}}",
"{{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)/noedit}}",
I just modified the code to add this;
"Please leave this line alone (tutorial sandbox heading)"
That means, it will no longer add in {{Sandbox heading}} if that one exists.
You can note that new version, because its updates will include '(my ref:Sandbot1 ce)' (which I just put in, for 'Ceranium'). Example [3].
Note: it avoids 'edit war' (to an extent) by refusing to edit a specific sandbox more than once every 'x' minutes (currently, 5)
There are problems; the sandboxes header links I listed are all redirects to the standard one. {{Please leave this line alone (tutorial sandbox heading)}} is not one of those.
It is difficult to code for 'any reasonable sandbox heading'. Someone could put {{Please leave this line alone FUCK YOU PETER!! LULZ}}".
I can check for whatever, but please advise.
As regards the introduction, the 'talk sandboxes' and template X sandboxes - I will try to work on that, ASAP. Please give me several days, and I will do what I can.
Thank you for alerting me to the issue; please let me know if there is anything further I can do.
The tutorial sandbox templates are different of the standard sandbox template. Could the bot not add the specific tutorial sandbox template on the tutorial sandboxes ? I suppose if it can't we could modify the templates so that the appropriate versions appear depending on the pagename. If you do the introduction, it's template:Please leave this line alone, also different. I suppose reasonable headers should be added as they come. ps: it's Cenarium, not Ceranium :) Cenarium (talk) 23:39, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, of course, it can do that. Give me some days (week?) and I will work on that.
Apologies re. name; really; I endeavour to take care over such things. For some reason, I got it into my head as 'Ceranium', but that is only through feeble association with Cerebellum and Cranium, and indeed my own lack in those areas. Sorry. Best, Chzz ► 23:45, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for participating as a Help Desk regular. I would like to point out that your use of {{imbox}} is not appropriate. That template is an image message box and rather intrusive for the Help Desk. We have a series of templates at {{HD}}. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)talk23:55, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Please could you clarify why the use is inappropriate? I firstly copied from the edit notice, and then thought it better to use an alternative format, so that it did not span the page width - and appeared clearer on the page; so, I used expandtemplates to check the appearance; the notice itself used mbox, and upon checking the doc, I thought the imbox variant of that was most appropriate. In placing it as a box, I was a) emphasizing the repetition (that it was clear from posting originally), and b) emphasizing same to other people reading that page.
I disagree. There was no 'discussion' - the specific query was answered with my single post; thus there was no disruption caused. The notification I employed was clearer than the 'standard' {{HD/rd}} - it was more tailored to the specific query, it was clearer, and gave additional information. Chzz ► 05:06, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Free Hetherington
Hi Chzz
Could you pop over and have a wee look at this - I think that there is a biased person over there atm changing things and that edit wars may ensue. Cheers, LD — Preceding unsigned comment added by LadyDiotima (talk • contribs) 00:52, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sure! A couple of minor things;
When you leave messages, please remember to "sign" your name, by putting ~~~~ (four tilde signs) at the end. This will add your name, and the date and time. You can also do this by clicking the 'sign' button, pictured to the right.
Please, when you refer to an article or talk page, or whatever - link it; so put [[Free Hetherington]] or [[Talk:Free Hetherington#Free Hetherington]] or whatever, so it makes wikilinks, ie Free Hetherington, Talk:Free Hetherington#Free Hetherington
Sorry - but both those things save me, and others, a lot of time working out what the question is.
Now - re. Free Hetherington - I'm not quite sure what you mean; I see lots of edits, but I'm not convinced there is a problem as such, as of now.
If there are one or two user adding unreferenced claims, then the best approach is to warn them to stop it, and - if necessary, ask for them to be blocked.
If there's several, and things get hot, then the page could be temporarily protected - see WP:RPP.
Note: Both of those are actions that you, I, or any other editor can do.
Thanks - sorry, I try to remember to sign, but I sometimes forget. I appreciate your help - I'm new to all this and not wanting to do things wrong LadyDiotima (talk) 01:10, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for 'signing' :-) No apology necessary at all. Please ask, any time. The trick is, to balance being bold with appropriate caution - so, if in any doubt, please ask - me, or others. Cheers, Chzz ► 01:19, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Just a quick request for you: could you make sure that ChzzBot II is logging its actions to User:ChzzBot II/log instead of just "ChzzBot II/log"? Bot logs should be in the bot's own userspace rather than in articlespace. Thanks. Bearcat (talk) 01:33, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
...I shouldn't have responded to that ANI incident while I was angry. Thanks to your cooler head for prevailing. It appears to have blown over, thank goodness. What a night. :/ --PMDrive1061 (talk) 06:14, 11 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am trying to upload an image to the company wikipage for Albright Stonebridge Group, of which I am the author. I've read the tutorials and am still somewhat confused, so any help would be appreciated. The logo can be seen at www.albrightstonebridge.com in the upper left hand corner.
Thanks!
