User talk:Proxima Centauri/Archive 2

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Hello, Proxima Centauri 2! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! 76.66.202.139 (talk) 06:39, 7 May 2009 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Intuitive guide to Wikipedia Getting help 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 • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General • Spam • Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Hello, Proxima Centauri 2! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking Image:Signature icon.png or using four tildes this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! 76.66.202.139 (talk) 06:39, 7 May 2009 (UTC Please tag your references properly so that they are not tagged for deletion(speedy). (Bhavat (talk) 16:00, 19 May 2009 (UTC));

I've been here some time but thanks for the welcome. Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 16:08, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Helpme template

Hi there.

I think you copied and pasted some of the above, and because you placed {{helpme}} on the page, it raised a help alert :-) No worries, I edited it [ here], and put <nowiki> and </nowiki> around it, which means that it shows the text instead of 'processing' the template.

For more help, you can either;

• Leave a message on my own talk page; OR
• Use a {{helpme}} - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put {{helpme}}, and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~~~~ at the end; OR
• Talk to us live.

Best wishes,  Chzz  ►  16:11, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Archiving help

{{helpme}} I tried to archive my talk page but didn't do it very well. Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 16:08, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi. So, per the above, when you want help please create a new section at the end of this page, put the {{helpme}} thing in there, followed by your question.

Regarding the archiving, I'll take a look now and what you have done, and reply further below, in a few minutes. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  16:14, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok, so I see that you moved your talk page over to the archive page, which is OK...then, it looks like you copied some things back, and ran into problems because you copied the text rather than the 'code'.

I suspect you selected stuff from the displayed archive page, and copied and pasted it into your talk page. The problem with that is, if the code says {{helpme}} (for example), and you copy the displayed text, it will put the literal text onto your page. It's better to edit the file, and copy the code itself.

Regarding archiving, there are lots of ways to do it. For things like warning boxes about deleted articles etc, once you have dealt with them you can just remove them. For things you want to keep handy 'forever', like the welcome thing, it's usually best to move it to a user subpace such as User:Proxima Centauri 2/welcome and then put a link to it, perhaps at the top of your talk page. To archive old conversations, you could edit your talk page and cut out the parts you want, then go to the archive file and paste them in.

It is also possible to automate archiving. For example, my own talk page - if a thread is over 100 hours old, it is automatically moved into the archives by a bot. If you want that setting up on your own talk page, let me know (leave a note on my talk) and I could do it for you.

I hope this helps, cheers,  Chzz  ►  16:37, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Re:Bridge article

Sorry, I must have just went to bed when you left that message. That article is today's featured article (on the main page), so it will probably get a lot of vandalism during that time. A lot of admins I've encountered don't like to put any form of protection on the featured article of the day, for various reasons. So its just something that has to be contently monitored. :-) Killiondude (talk) 18:57, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Changing name

Hi. Per your message on User talk:FisherQueen, only Bureaucrats can change names, not Admins. Looking at the name you want, it should be possible to take it over by posting here, but I would make it clear you also need a rename to [[User:Proxima Centauri]] at the same time. Hope that helps. Rodhullandemu 17:28, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

Changing eras

Please stop changing the eras in articles from AD-BC to CE-BCE per WP:ERA. Thanks. Wizard191 (talk) 13:41, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

It seems there's no consensus and I'm not sure if you're within your rights to ask me to stop, see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/BCE-CE Debate. Proxima Centauri (talk) 14:03, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

That debate is from 4 years ago with no consensus. However, I'm referencing a WP:guideline that states: "Do not change from one style to another unless there is substantial reason for the change, and consensus for the change with other editors." As such, this is a clear cut case; stop changing the era abbreviations. Wizard191 (talk) 14:10, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

WP:ERA is consensus, to stop disruptive and pointless moves of this sort in either direction. Please stop now. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 17:18, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Further to this, I notice you changed BC/AD to BCE/CE at Nigeria on 6 Jan 2009. I've reverted your changes and would also ask you to stop making such changes. They serve no useful purpose other than to irritate other editors. LevenBoy (talk) 20:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

And further to this again. Your era changes have just caused me to spend an inordinate amout of time clearing up the mess you are making. No doubt there are plenty more examples of your work that have so far gone unnoticed. If you persist with your POV pushing I will look at what editing sanctions it may be possible to apply against you. LevenBoy (talk) 21:02, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

6 Jan 2009 was well before I got the first warning. Proxima Centauri (talk) 11:17, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Leamington Spa

Hi Proxima Centauri/Archive 2! An article you have been concerned with has now been significantly overhauled to bring it in line with Wiki policy, guidelines, and prose style. However, without first-hand subject knowledge, the copyeditor may have left some items or citations for further clarification. If you can help with these issues please see Talk:Leamington Spa, address the different points if you can, and leave any comments there. Thanks.--Kudpung (talk) 11:49, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Gay bathhouse history

Hi, the date of the 6th Century was based on "a tradition of public baths" from De Bonneville's 'The Book of the Bath'. To re-date a "tradition" as 6th C BC is probably a different context and would require a different source. If you fancy re-writing to say more about Roman baths in this section please discuss on the talk page. Obviously Roman baths were not gay bathhouses so this may come down to pointing out to Roman baths or something similar.—Ash (talk) 17:17, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Soap

I'm pretty sure that my revert left the article in the same state it was before you added your info. I should note that my username might be a bit misleading; I have no great amount of knowledge about soap. I can't say whether the information you added is true or false, although it does seem to contradict what is presently in the article. But the reason I removed it is not because it contradicted what was there, but because the source of the information isn't reliable (anyone can make a webpage like that). I will do what I can to verify the information, but I suspect that I won't be able to find anything because it's not likely that someone would write in an encyclopedia or medical journal or anything like specifically to say that there was not a soap factory in ancient Pompeii. It's very difficult to prove a negative. -- Soap ^Talk/_{Contributions} 00:56, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Women Who Love Too Much

The article Women Who Love Too Much has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Appears to fail the guideline for notability in books. Please add reliable 3rd party sources to prove otherwise.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Tim1357 (talk) 01:07, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Discrimination against atheists

Your recent edits to Discrimination against atheists have been deleted by another editor. The bible quote I thought was original research and as such deserved to go, but the comment made by Professor Zellner seems completely appropriate. I've started a discussion on the talk page here if you wish to participate. AzureFury (talk | contribs) 16:19, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Saint Paul

Not a problem, Malta related articles are my primary concern and I take a keen interest in all attempts to improve the article. Sometimes the efforts really are worthwhile. Good luck with your other work. Ελληνικά όρος ή φράση (talk) 12:43, 17 October 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion nomination of Fag enabler

I have nominated Fag enabler, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fag enabler. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. NellieBly (talk) 20:36, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

I don't know why you weren't notified before the article's deletion, but I did notify you (see above) when I sent it to the AFD process. I didn't delete the article myself or tag it for speedy deletion, so I can't answer your question; it would be better to ask the admin who deleted it. --NellieBly (talk) 07:25, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Xenu

Let us try to stick to independent reliable secondary sources for additions of new material to this article please. Cirt (talk) 09:28, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I started a subsection for discussion, at Talk:Xenu. Cirt (talk) 09:47, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Talk page blanking

I will assume this [1] was a mistake? Cirt (talk) 13:44, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

I don't know how it happened but my computer has been playing up. Proxima Centauri (talk) 14:56, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Copylinks

Please be mindful of WP:COPYLINKS. Instead of bare links to copies of articles, do this [2]. Cheers, Cirt (talk) 16:53, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

I found a second source for the same material, please check that the article is OK. Proxima Centauri (talk) 17:01, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

No. Please read WP:COPYLINKS. Cirt (talk) 18:13, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Poor sources at Sea Org

Please do not insert information to poor sources, as you did at the article Sea Org, here [3]. Thank you. Cirt (talk) 13:56, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Please suggest a better source. Proxima Centauri (talk) 14:08, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Per WP:BURDEN, that is up to you. ;P But please, do not use poor sourcing like this again. Not sure if you are aware of WP:ARBSCI, but due to that and the prior COFS arbitration cases, all Scientology-related articles are on probation. If you continue to use poor sources, WP:COPYLINKS, and other such inappropriate behavior, it is likely you will be blocked by an admin. Cirt (talk) 14:27, 15 December 2009 (UTC)