User talk:Jpers36/Archives/2005

Welcome!

Hi Jpers36, and a warm welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you have enjoyed editing as much as I did so far and decide to stay. Unfamiliar with the features and workings of Wikipedia? Don't fret! Be Bold! Here's some good links for your reference and that'll get you started in no time!

Editing tutorial, learn to have fun with Wikipedia. Picture tutorial, instructions on uploading images. How to write a great article, to make it an featured article status. Manual of Style, how articles should be written.

Most Wikipedians would prefer to just work on articles of their own interest. But if you have some free time to spare, here are some open tasks that you may want to help out :

RC Patrol - Keeping a lookout for vandalism. Cleanup - Help make unreadable articles readable. Requests - Wanted on WP, but hasn't been created. Merge - Combining duplicate articles into one. Wikiprojects - So many to join, so many to choose from...Take your pick!

Oh yes, don't forget to sign when you write on talk pages, simply type four tildes, like this: ~~~~. This will automatically add your name and the time after your comments. And finally, if you have any questions or doubts, don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Once again, welcome! =)

- Mailer Diablo 20:35, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dogwood

Please hold off changing every link from Dogwood to Dogwood (plant), they'll all have to be reverted as soon as this silly disambig page for nothing is reverted. Thanks - MPF 16:43, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Basically this form of promotion is spam vandalism. All the dogwood entries have been patiently reverted by adults. --Wetman 17:18, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's not "promotion", my intent was not vandalism, and attacks against my age are childish. Dogwood (the band) should be included in Wikipedia, as they are a very influential Christian punk band. It seemed to me that the best way to add the band would be by adding a stub band page, adding a disambig page, fixing the link to the plant, and then fleshing out the band page. I apologize if I was wrong in these steps, but there's no need to be rude.

Sorry if I was a bit rude. The usual way to add something like this where one meaning is markedly more significant than the other is to add a note at the top of the page to a disambiguation page; take a look at Apple, where there's a link to Apple (disambiguation) which then leads you to a set of links to the computers and so on - MPF 17:48, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bad first experience

Hi, I hope you don't mind me editing your User page to vouch for your bona fides; if you do then I'm sure you'll clean it up. Sorry you had a bad experience with User:Wetman. He is in clear violation of Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers, although I suppose that's not a binding standard? At any rate, I've only been here a couple of weeks so I guess it's not my place to point it out directly (although I have no qualms about anyone seeing it on this public user_talk page).

At any rate, welcome to Wikipedia, thanks for the work you've already done on improving Christian music stuff, and let me know if I can do anything to help you. (Also, Christian punk could really use help -- I've been trying singlehandedly, but it still has huge holes.)

Take care, PhilipR 20:56, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Christian rock cat

Thanks for adding all the stuff to the C-rock category. I monitor it every few days and was surprised to find that it had roughly doubled in size over the last week. Great to have you on board. On a side note, I really don't think Dogwood is really that influential-they aren't that well known even on the CCM circuit (I can only name one song of theirs offhand).Kertrats 15:56, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Date wikification.

Jpers36,

Thank you for your recent edits on Mae and related topics.

I just wanted to let you know that typically dates are wikified like so:

[[February 26]], [[2004]].

This is because if the entire date is wikified, a broken link is created (by default, all red links are broken). Wikifying dates as shown above will create two working (blue) links, one for the month and date, and one for the year.

If you have any other questions, please let me know.

Sincerely,  Short Verses  ^(talk) 00:37, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)

Clueless Newbies & The Pit Bull Patrol

I saw your nomination of User:ConeyCyclone on Wikipedia:Clueless newbies, and since you described yourself as a clueless newbie too, I wanted to drop by and say hi. Now that I've seen what you've been through, I'm glad I did. Don't let the grumpy RC patrolers get you down; just because the Pit Bull Patrol convenes the Inquisition doesn't mean we all do it. Some of them haven't slept in years; its their wikiholism. (You always hurt the ones you should love.)

In the meantime, continue to be bold. Damn the Pit Bulls, full speed ahead! If you have any more problems with having your head bitten off, let me know and I'll come to your defense. -- Essjay · Talk 07:06, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

Your Edits of Illinois Articles

My thanks and applause for your edits of meta-data on many articles about Illinois. Your efforts are appreciated! *cheers* Agriculture 03:21, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Whittle

I was actually reading "Tribes" in another window when I saw your recent change go by! Kaisershatner 19:47, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

Jesus

Check out the Jesus article and edit it to keep it focused on Jesus and a biographical account of Him. Watch the Jesus page to keep it focused on Him. Thank you. Scifiintel 22:12, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Category:Millennial Wikipedians

Category:Millennial Wikipedians has been listed on categories for deletion. Since you are using it on your user page please weigh in on the vote and that of the other generational categories here. Thanks. -JCarriker 20:20, 26 August 2005 (UTC)