User talk:Cletus28

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Welcome to Wikipedia, Cletus28! Thank you for your contributions. I am Amortias and I have been editing Wikipedia for some time, so if you have any questions feel free to leave me a message on my talk page. You can also check out Wikipedia:Questions or type {{help me}} at the bottom of this page. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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Contributing to Wikipedia

How do I contribute to Wikipedia, do any articles need anything added?

Hi, the best place to start out would be the Tea House they can give you advice on where to start and what to do to work you way into editing Wikipedia. Amortias (T)(C) 22:21, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

The community portal has lists of articles that could do with some attention, sorted by the type of problem. If you're interested in a particular topic, you may also want to check out whether a relevant WikiProject exists and maintains a list of open tasks. Or you could just take a look at random pages and see whether they need improvement. Huon (talk) 22:25, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

How Do I Become an Administrator on Wikipedia?

How do I become an administrator on Wikipedia? What do I need to do to become an administrator? Cletus28 (talk) 13:40, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Miniguide to requests for adminship and Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship. Although there is no fixed threshold, it is extremely unlikely that anyone with less than several months' experience and several thousand edits will be accepted.

If you are interested, the best thing you can do is, forget about adminship for the moment, but plunge in and help to build the encyclopedia, getting experience in article editing and creation and in other aspects of the work. The Wikipedia:Community portal is a good starting place. JohnCD (talk) 16:04, 7 November 2014 (UTC)

Reverting Vandalism

Are there any articles that have recently been vandalized and need to be reverted? If so what needs to be reverted? Cletus28 (talk) 18:37, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure any vandalism someone answering this question is aware of will have been reverted already. You can check Special:RecentChanges for vandalism if you like. Huon (talk) 20:05, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

Why Was the Image I Uploaded Deleted?

I uploaded an image that was my own work which I took with a camera, why was it deleted? Cletus28 (talk) 21:56, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

You'll have to ask that question at the Wikimedia Commons. It would probably best to directly contact the Commons administrator who deleted it, Ellin Beltz. Huon (talk) 22:52, 6 December 2014 (UTC)

How Do I Nominate Myself on the Request for Adminship Page?

I need help on how I nominate myself as a candidate for becoming an administrator on Wikipedia, how do I do that? Cletus28 (talk) 01:26, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Let me be blunt here: There's not a snowball's chance in hell of you becoming an admin at this point. See Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates for an overview of what the community is looking for. If you still want to waste the community's time, Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nominate has the instructions. Don't say I didn't warn you, though. Huon (talk) 02:56, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Contributing to Wikipedia in Other Languages

How do I contribute to Wikipedia in other languages? What do I need to learn to do to contribute to the Hebrew Wikipedia? Cletus28 (talk) 22:27, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

The basic process is similar, but each Wikipedia is an independent organization with its own rules and processes. The Hebrew Wikipedia is at https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki, and I expect that you will find links from that main page to help and advice.

If you are interested in translating material from the English Wikipedia to add to others, there is advice at WP:Translate us. JohnCD (talk) 22:36, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

How Do I Become a Template Editor on Wikipedia?

How do I become a template editor? What do I need to do or how can I be nominated? Cletus28 (talk) 18:56, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

The page that explains the requirements is Wikipedia:Template editor, particularly WP:TPEGRANT. The place to request the user right is Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Template editor, but I don't think you meet the requirements at the moment, particularly the part that says, "an editor should have demonstrated a need for the right, as well as a familiarity with the care and responsibility required when dealing with high-risk template modification". Huon (talk) 19:23, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Creating My User Page and Subpages

I would like to create my user page and subpages, how can I create it and prevent it from being deleted? Cletus28 (talk) 00:48, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

You can create your user page just like any other page, for example via this link or via the "User page" redlink at the top of this talk page, next to "Talk". To create a sub-page of your user page, I'd suggest to add a redlink to the subpage you want to create to your user page and then click it. As an alternative, you can type the exact title of the sub-page, including the User: prefix, something like "User:Cletus28/Some sub-page name", into the search bar and choose the "Start the User:Cletus28/Some sub-page name page" link that comes up. The guideline regulating what is and what isn't appropriate in user space is WP:User pages. Basically, it should be related to improving the encyclopedia, you shouldn't try to use Wikipedia as a free web host, and of course you should still respect the basic rules that govern all content, such as those about copyright and civility. Huon (talk) 01:17, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

Editing Template Data

{{Help me}} Am I doing anything wrong if I modify parameters and labels on a template if the new parameters and labels mean the same thing? Cletus28 (talk) 20:38, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

If you change the template label and/or parameter names - then you have to go and edit all the articles that use that template to reflect the changes (it won't happen automatically) - and if there are any expression functions in that template that use those items, the they will need changing as well. Ronhjones  ^(Talk) 20:58, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

Contributing to Template Data

Is it okay to modify a label and parameter as long as that label or parameter means the same thing? Cletus28 (talk) 22:32, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

That question has been answered just above. The short answer is, no. JohnCD (talk) 22:37, 31 December 2014 (UTC)

The slightly longer answer is: Unless you have a good working knowledge of templates and are aware of all the possible pitfalls, such changes are highly likely to break a template - and, in the process, probably all the pages it's used on, possibly hundreds, thousands or even hundreds of thousands. If you think some parameter and/or label should be changed, my advice would be to propose specific changes on the template's talk page and to let more experienced editors check them. If you think a note on some template's talk page won't attract enough attention to get things done, consider notifying a relevant WikiProject. Huon (talk) 03:17, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

How Do User Rights Work?

What are my chances of becoming an administrator when I have made several thousand edits and been active for several months? Cletus28 (talk) 02:24, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

• Honestly, slim to none. You typically need at very least six months, lots of experience in "admin-like areas", and often tens of thousands of edits. I've been here four years, have 30K edits and am unlikely to be an admin any time soon... — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 02:53, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

You may want to check out some of the recent requests for adminship, both successful and unsuccessful, to judge what it takes to become an admin. I had already pointed you towards Wikipedia:Advice for RfA candidates which also covers this topic, particularly in the "Are you ready?" section. There are no fixed numbers; even with a hundred thousand edits and a decade of experience you could still fail; on the other hand I believe I've seen a candidate with about 6,000 edits succeed. Much depends on what kinds of edits you have made, and equally much on how you have interacted with other editors. Misuse of the admin tools, deliberate or accidental, can cause significant disruption, and the community will usually only give "the mop" to people it trusts will not create such disruption. But the most important question is: Why do you want to become an administrator? The admin tools aren't necessary for edits of the kind I've seen you do in the past, and to be blunt, an over-eagerness for the tools is usually seen as a warning sign by the community. Personally my advice would be to focus on improving the encyclopedia and not to run for adminship until an experienced editor in good standing, preferably someone who's an admin already, offers to nominate you. Huon (talk) 03:17, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

How Do I Spot Users Who are Vandals on Wikipedia?

How do I spot if a user is a vandal on Wikipedia? Cletus28 (talk) 04:11, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

You can spot if a user is a vandal if they are intentionally harming Wikipedia. Please see our page on vandalism. If you want to fight vandalism, you can join an academy here. Thanks! Darylgolden^(talk) 06:10, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Spotting and Reverting Vandalism

Has any article been vandalized and the vandalism still needs to be reverted? Thanks. Cletus28 (talk) 01:04, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Hi Cletus, which article are you referring to? Darylgolden^(talk) Ping when replying 01:20, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Cletus28, Darylgolden provided you with a good start in the above section. If you are interested in fighting vandalism, that is a good place to start. You can also find vandalism by looking at the recent changes and seeing if anything looks like vandalism to you. If you find some, revert it, but make sure you fully understand the reason you are doing so. Some vandalsim is obvious, but some requires closer scrutiny. There isn't really a list of existing vandalism, because if we knew where it was already, we'd just revert it instead of making a list. Hope that helps! DiscantX 01:26, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

January 2015

Thank you for your contributions. Please mark your edits, such as your recent edits to July 15, as "minor" only if they are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 02:08, 3 January 2015 (UTC)

Adding a Release Date for a Film in a Particular Country

Is it okay to add the release date in West Germany although in the country parameter Germany is shown or should I not? Cletus28 (talk) 23:47, 20 January 2015 (UTC)

Context, please. What's the film? If it was first released in West Germany, ie before reunification, and it didn't happen to be a West-East co-production, then changing the country parameter to West Germany and giving the release date would probably be appropriate. If it was a co-production involving both German states, then I'd say leaving the country at just "Germany" may be appropriate, but giving the West German release date, with a note that it only refers to the West, would still be appropriate. If it was released after the German reunification, the release date would probably be considered a "German" release date even if the film happened to initially only play in cinemas in the west of Germany. Huon (talk) 00:29, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Although first released in the United States, the particular film is Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory which the IMDb only shows it as West Germany in the release dates by country section but the parameter on the Wikipedia article about the film just shows Germany, what country should I add when putting the release date? Cletus28 (talk) 00:40, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

I see no reason to add any German release date for that film. It was filmed in (West) Germany, but IMDb and AllMovie give the "country" as "USA" only. I don't think it's widely considered a German film, no more so than Star Wars is considered a Tunisian film or somebody would single out the Tunisian release date merely because the desert scenes were filmed in Tunisia. Huon (talk) 01:07, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

Adding an Alternate Template Name to Template Doc

On the page Template:Infobox officeholder/doc if I add a template it incorporates is it okay to add Officeholder as one of the templates it incorporates? Cletus28 (talk) 03:22, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry, you're going to have to give more context and be a bit more coherent in the entire question. Cheers. --L235 (talk) Ping when replying 04:56, 29 January 2015 (UTC)

Also, a quick request: Please Stop Heading Your Sections Like This; It Gives An Unprofessional And Unencyclopedic Impression. Thanks. --L235 (talk) Ping when replying 04:58, 29 January 2015 (UTC)