User talk:Cymru.lass/Archive 1

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Hi and welcome

I'm Salvio, I'm a recent changes patroller and I've seen that you're interested in becoming a vandal fighter! So, apart from welcoming you, I'm here to suggest you this tool; it's wonderful to get started and allows to patrol for typos too! ^__^
Feel free to ask me anything! Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 19:32, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to the LGBT Studies WikiProject!

Hi, Cymru.lass, welcome to WikiProject LGBT Studies!

We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and intersex people. LGBT Studies covers people, culture, history, and related subjects concerning sexual identity and gender identity - this covers a lot of ground and your help is appreciated! Some points that may be helpful:

Our main aim is to help improve articles, so if someone seeks help, please try to assist if you are able. Likewise feel free to ask for help, advice or clarification.
Many important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page; it is highly recommended that you watchlist it.
If you have another language besides English, please consider adding yourself to our translation section, to help us improve our foreign LGBT topics.
The project has several ongoing and developing activities, such as article quality assessment, peer review and a project-wide article collaboration, all of which you are welcome to take part in. We also have a unique program to improve our lower quality articles, Jumpaclass, so please consider signing up there.
If you're going to stay awhile, please create a square in our project quilt! You can put anything you want in it.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you.

And once again - Welcome!

-- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 03:55, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Adoption

Hi! As a fellow female teen nerd, I thought I'd be the first to offer to adopt you. You can learn about me on my userpage or by reading my userboxes. I've been on Wikipedia for a couple of years and I'm always happy to help out new users. You can get back to me any time at my talk page. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 07:22, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

In that case, perhaps I'm not the best adopter for you. Try the list at Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters to find particular users - for example, User:Dev920 is involved in LGBT. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 22:30, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

I also came to offer adoption, but if strdst_grl isn't right for you, I believe I will be much the same. You might consider removing the adoptme template from your user page, as most adopters will not be what you're looking for...try the list as she suggested above. The offer still stands if you want me though. - Draeco (talk) 22:39, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

The Counter-Vandalism Unit is your nexus for fighting vandalism. Tons of good tools, etc are outlined there. As for a guideline for copyediting, the most general advice I can give is to consult the Manual of Style for any given topic. If you have a specific question, I might be of more help. - Draeco (talk) 03:35, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Lemony Snicket task force

Hello, Cymru.lass/Archive 1, and thank you for your contribution with articles related to the works of Lemony Snicket. I'd like to invite you to become a member of the Lemony Snicket task force, a task force aiming to improve coverage of Lemony Snicket and related articles on Wikipedia.

If you would like to help out and participate, please visit the task force page for more information. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 01:50, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Backlog Elimination Drive Wrap-up

Thanks very much to all who helped with the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive. We were very close to meeting our target of 7,500 articles remaining in the backlog. Our most shining success is the incredible reduction in the backlog of Special Requests. That part of the project saw a drop from 62 articles in the queue, some dating back to February of 2009, down to a stunning THREE, all of which were being edited at the close of the drive. The Special Requests page will now be a great resource for people looking to tidy up their article in advance of a GA or FA nomination, instead of a place where articles go to die.

Moving forward

The drive has not only forced a great leap forward in reducing the backlog. It has helped promote the Guild, and led to a greater awareness of the level of vigilance required to keep the backlog manageable. Ideas such as charts, graphs, and barnstars helped motivate editors, and meeting other users helped quell any feelings gnomish editors may have had in the past that they were toiling all alone. Keep up the good work people!!

Stats

Almost everyone who participated will receive a barnstar. We will be handing these out over the next week or so.

Five people will receive the highest award for word count (80,000 or more), the Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star: Bullock, Diannaa, NielsenGW, S Masters, and Torchiest.
The Order of the Superior Scribe (40,000+) goes to Auntieruth55, Bobnorwal, Kojozone, Lfstevens, and Mlpearc.
fds wins the Modern Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar (30,000+).
The Old School League of Copyeditors Barnstar for 20,000+ is awarded to A. Parrot, mono, Truthkeeper88, and The Utahraptor.
the Tireless Conributor Barnstar (12,000+) goes to dtgriffith, Laurinavicius, and Quinxorin.
Buggie111, Brickie, cymru lass, liquidluck, noraft, and Yellow Monkey get the Cleanup Barnstar for 8,000+ words.
The Working Man's Barnstar for 4,000+ words goes to Annalise and fetchcomms.
The Modest Barnstar is awarded to Theo10011 and The Tito.

Gold Star Award

The Gold Star Award goes to the top editor in three challenges: Number of special requests fulfilled, number of articles edited, and number of words. Here are the final results.

**Final results: Gold Star Award:**
	Requests	Articles	Words
1.	SMasters (17)	Torchiest (250)	NielsenGW (150,360)
2.	Bobnorwal (13)	Diannaa (212)	Diannaa (136,200)
3.	Bullock (9)	kojozone (76)	Torchiest (125,000)

Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ^Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa ^TALK and S Masters (talk)

My user page

Thanks! I created separate pages for the headers instead of just putting the code at the top of each page in order to avoid clutter. Just place {{/Header}} at the top of each page for which you want to create a header, copy the coding from my pages (for example, I have User:The Man in Question/Header, User:The Man in Question/Contributions/Header, User talk:The Man in Question/Header, and User:The Man in Question/Other/Header), and put the coding into the link you've created. — the Man in Question (in question) 21:45, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism

I've tagged the image that was put on your user page so that it can no longer be used anywhere without Admin permission. Cheers. Rodhull andemu 00:47, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

It's no problem

Thanks for the laugh, and good luck with finals! Dymuniadau gorau — e. ripley\^talk 02:35, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

The way my finals usually went, maybe I should wish you luck with procrastinating too. :) — e. ripley\^talk 03:16, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

My Secret Page

You seem to have found the wrong one.

Nice job. You found the wrong page. So, are you going to try again? Or will you just give up?

Have fun. Good luck. Hope to see you trying again,

Hi878

~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:24, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

	The Cleanup Barnstar
	For your copyediting efforts during the May 2010 Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive, editing 2 articles with a combined total of 11,153 words, I hereby award you this Cleanup Barnstar. Congratulations and thank you for all your hard work! --Diannaa ^TALK 02:53, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Hoshi Sato image

Sorry to intrude upon your user page, but I had to remove File:HoshiSato.jpg. As you can see from the licensing on the image description page, this is a copyrighted image and it therefore falls under the category of non-free content. Wikipedia's non-free content criteria specifically states that non-free content may only be used in the article namespace, and only in articles themselves (criterion #9). It may not be used on talk pages, user pages, disambiguation pages, etc. You are more than welcome to use free images (those not subject to copyright) on your user page (pretty much anything you'll find on Wikimedia Commons is free content). But 99.99% of screenshots from films and TV shows are copyrighted. Please let me know if you have any questions, and happy editing! --IllaZilla (talk) 19:08, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Welcome...

...To the club. ;) Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 21:38, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Will of the Empress characters

I can't even remember suggesting the merger, and you'll notice I haven't returned to perform it... it isn't really an article set I'm that interested in, I just thought it seemed sensible. Go ahead with whatever seems good to you, your suggestion sound fine. strdst_grl (call me Stardust) 20:56, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

WP:AFD

Hi, it's always me.
To nominate articles for deletion, you can use Twinkle; you just have to click on the XFD tag and that lovely tool will do it all for you... ;) Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 15:06, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Awesomesauce! I didn't know that. Thanks for letting me know, Salvio ;) --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 04:54, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, I'm always glad to introduce new initiates to my personal cult of laziness... ;-P I guess you'll have been experimenting by now, however: with ARV you report vandals, with CSD you tag for speedy deletion, with RPP you ask for page protection and with PROD tag an article for proposed deletion. Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 10:51, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmm... I think I've only done one of those so far... I love love love having tools like Lupin and Twinkle cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 18:43, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

LOL, I love those tools too (and Friendly); however, if you wish to practice, you can go here, trust me, you'll have the chance to use a lot of CSD and PROD tags... :o) Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 20:26, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm just dropping by to thank you for your kind words, regarding my editor review. It's really appreciated! Again, thanks Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 22:45, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Aww no problem. It's true. --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 01:51, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Another tool you might like to use WP:HOTCAT... ;) Salvio ( ^{Let's talk 'bout it!}) 17:11, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Ooh, now this is awesome! Thanks : ) --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 17:22, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you very much for signing up for the July Backlog Elimination Drive! The copyedit backlog stretches back two and a half years, all the way back to the beginning of 2008! We're really going to need all the help we can muster to get it down to a manageable number. We've ambitiously set a goal of clearing all of 2008 from the backlog this month. In order to do that, we're going to need more participants. Is there anyone that you can invite or ask to participate with you? If so, we're offering an award to the person who brings in the most referrals. Just notify ɳorɑfʈ^Talk! or Diannaa ^TALK of who your referrals are. Once again, thanks for your support! --Diannaa ^TALK 20:21, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Trackers Task Force

Hello, Cymru.lass! I'd like to invite you to join the proposed Trackers Task Force. If you are interested in Patrick Carman's series The Trackers, you are perfect for this proposed WikiProject!!!! Just add your name to the support list to join! The task force is under construction, so maybe you can help. We need 3 more supporters before September 21 or else the proposed task force will go into the Archives. Goodbye!!! Hidividedby5 (talk) 12:51, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Please don't

template the regulars. I'll admit it was kind of funny given that I've been blocking as many vandals as I've warned today :) I assure you, since I passed RFA based on fighting vandalism, I know how to warn them. Huggle however, sometimes crashes mid-action, and it's usually not worth the hassle to finish the warnings it drops. Courcelles (talk) 21:45, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Allrighty sorry about that! :P --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 21:46, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, welcome to the weird world of tools and scripts. The number of things I have no idea how to do without them is truly staggering. I don't think I ever opened an AFD or sent someone to AIV without using one... Courcelles (talk) 21:52, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Nice :) What tools do you use? I'm on Lupin, Twinkle, WikEd and HotCat. --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 21:54, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Twinkle does just about everything, just very slowly. Huggle and Igloo (which I've never tried) have uses, mainly fighting vandalism, but I also use Huggle to clear out AIV backlogs as it allows easy viewing of diffs and blocks and templates in one click. (Both of those require Rollback rights to work... but that would take me three clicks to turn on for you, if you'd like, and if you read WP:ROLLBACK and promise only to use the button on obvious vandalism.) There's more scripts in my monobook file, but how many would be useful for a non-admin, I don't really know. Courcelles (talk) 21:59, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

I've wanted to give Huggle a try for the longest time, but I don't have rollbacker permission yet. How do you like working with it? --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 22:04, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

HUggle's easy... when it doesn't crash. Read the link above, and I'll turn the button on for you. Courcelles (talk) 22:05, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Aw, thanks. I've read the Rollback page. :) --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 22:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Alright, then, done. Take it slow with things like Huggle, it's fairly easy to use, but it is still possible to make a right mess if you're not careful. Courcelles (talk) 22:31, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely keep that in mind—I don't want to make any stupid mistakes. --- cymru lass ^{(hit me up)}⁄_{(background check)} 22:32, 25 June 2010 (UTC)