User talk:Ukexpat/Archive 6

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Firouz Naderi Article

Hi... Why did you change the University of Southern California to Pahalavi University?Cdloewen (talk) 01:02, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

That wasn't Uxexpat, it was someone else. --Deskana (talk) 17:09, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Strategic America

Hi, thank you for your comments. I have made some changes to the page. I made it more wikipedia friendly too. A number of Strategic America clients already have entries on Wikipedia and are multi national corporations, so i've linked to them through this article. I have also added references from BBB, AAAA and United Way to verify Strategic America's credentials and awards. I believe I have fulfilled the citation and references requirements of Wikipedia.

Also, I have removed superlatives that border towards blatant promotion. I referred to a couple of other wikipedia entries for advertising agencies to develop this page. I used a similar format.

As far as why the agency is important is concerned, I have added reasons for that on the page too. It is the largest privately owned agency in the state of Iowa and has a number of national clients like Lennox, Nationwide, Wendys, Sprint Nextel, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage etc. The clients have been listed and you will notice how many of them are national and even international.

Hopefully this fulfills the requirements for the significance and importance of the company. Please let me know what else I can do with the article to make it good enough for wikipedia. Thank you for all your help. Athard (talk) 17:01, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana

I am extremely upset that the page for Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana has been deleted.

The reason stated because the page didn't show any significance. This is outrageous! Not only is WAMM a revolutionary group that provides medical marijuana to the terminally ill, WAMM has been involved in many court cases which has expanded patients rights not only in California, but in the entire US.

The person who deleted the page was quick to make judgment, and deleted something that took me time to correct and edit.

Dyingtogethigh (talk) 20:54, 18 December 2008 (UTC)Dyingtogethigh

Thank you for the information. I will do that and better source the page. Dyingtogethigh (talk) 21:02, 18 December 2008 (UTC)Dyingtogethigh

Tagging

Hi. I find it odd that you redirected Malina DIMITROVA (1945-2008). It is a highly improbable redirect so should be speedily deleted. The Bald One ^{White cat} 20:37, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

STX Norway Offshore AS

Good call on the speedy, it's too bad the author doesn't know how to use {{hangon}}, even though it's right there on the page. Since he obviously cares about the article, I took the liberty of putting a hangon on the article for him. That should buy him a day to show if the article is worth keeping or not. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 02:53, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

The Other Place

Good lord old chap, what did you go and delete the redirection to Oxford's page for? Listen here, everyone knows that the university ranked second in the United Kingdom is known as "The Other Place", in much the same way that the second best public school in the world---Harrow---is also known as "The Other Place" to those who come from "The Place". In fact, the terms are so widely used within the United Kingdom, that even those who do not, and have not attended the respective institutions are very much familiar with the terms of endearment, as described here. Frankly I was shocked to discover that Wikipedia did not have a disambiguation for "The Other Place" which contained this information---no doubt this is the action of a past yank thinking he is acting wisely. I added the new page as without a redirection link I am not aware of how it could be disambiguated. I trust that you now understand, so now, please revert your deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andorin (talk • contribs) 14:57, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

signature on edits

Hi there, I don't understand the signing with 4 tildes. Do you add 4 tildes *and* your name? or just the 4 symbols? --Quietreef1962 (talk) 23:06, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Cool welcome template. Which one is it? ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:44, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Great. I'm looking forward to testing it out. I'd like to have scrolling decorations framing the whole template, but maybe that would be too much. Dancing elves, reindeer or seasonal holly fringe. Hopefully the fun icons will be more inviting than the usual templates. I think those warning signs should be banned as uncivil, oh wait they already are for everyone but noobs... :) Thanks again. Happy Holidays ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:17, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Why doesn't this work?

{{subst:User:Ukexpat/Welcome1|ChildofMidnight|Welcome UKexpat! I know you're going to be a good contributor.}}

UK? ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:38, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Gracias, I'll give it another try... You're a genius! I just welcomed the sandbox and it works great. :) Thanks! If for any reason you'd rather me not use this/ your template please let me know. Thanks again for your assistance. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:54, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Doctrine of non-derogation

Good edits. Thank you. PraeceptorIP (talk) 23:12, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

On a related note, would you be interested in expanding LB (Plastics) Ltd. v. Swish Products Ltd.?
PraeceptorIP (talk) 21:41, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Seasons greetings!

Chamal ^talk is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate the Winter or Summer Solstice, Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah or even the Saturnalia this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec08}} to your friends' talk pages.

No mention of Night of the Radishes, Kwanzaa or Festivus. I'm offended. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:31, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm kidding about being offended of course. It can be tough to include everyone! I also wanted to let you know that a comment was left on your user page and subsequently deleted as vandalism. I would move it here, but I don't want to get in any trouble, so I'm just making sure you're aware of it. Happy Holidays! ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:47, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

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Orca

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca look Orca is a dolphin, not a whale!

please revert my edit back, thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.39.132.218 (talk) 16:58, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey - actually, the IP is right. The solution is probably not to include "dolphin", but just to simply state "Orca", not "Orca whale". I'll change it as such; let me know if you hve any issues with this. Tan | 39 17:00, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

RE: Thank you!

No problemo! The source is well and truly blocked; probably the guy who keeps turning up every few weeks to vandalise that sorta page. Ironholds (talk) 20:43, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Sock Puppetry

Recently, I reported an editor for suspected sock puppetry. I am contacting those editors who may have had some unfortunate dealings with this editor. In your case it was on the article on Dave’s Market, which you tagged for speedy delete. What I wrote in the evidence section was:

• Dave's Markets: This is one of the more blatant abuses. Frank created the article and is actively working on the article when within minutes of its creation it is tagged for speedy delete by ukexpat. Just 13 minutes after it is tagged Baseballfan789 removes the tag[1] and leaves a note on the talk page explaining notability and stating his intent to add the article.[2] (He never does.) Frank then continues editing the article. Where this is blatant is that Frank knows that as the original editor of this article he can not remove the tag. His other puppet, NewYork483, had actually referenced this very fact in an earlier edit on the Oakland Zoo (cheering section).[3]

Speaking of the Oakland Zoo (cheering section), you also recommended this article for speedy delete. Frank and his two puppets were on the other side. [4] Note in the article history that, again, Frank creates the article, someone tags it, and Baseballfan789 steps in to remove the tag.[5]

The purpose of this message is only to make you aware of the case, particularly since I reference your dealings with Frank directly. If you would like to review what I have written you can find it here.[6]

On a different note, I think you’ve done good work over at Tudor Rickards.

Prost! Hammersbach (talk) 19:37, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Natlie Ogle

Why did you demand this page was deleted and so much for you being here to welcome new Wikipedians. 79.64.176.185 (talk) 19:58, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Right to vanish

Re: this on Village Pump (misc): It's my understanding the right to vanish is revokable: Just log back in and request your stuff be put back the way it was. I've seen it done for other editors. But you are right, the person is not supposed to come back "as someone else." Not that it doesn't happen and not that people don't get away with it, it's just not supposed to happen. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 18:14, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Template:Help desk templates navbox

Hi! The 'state' parameter makes it possible to show the template in an expanded or collapsed state. You can include something like {{Help desk templates navbox|state=expanded}} to use it. I think it's collapsed by default. Once again, nice work creating it :) Chamal ^talk 02:13, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Ashwin K

I rolled back your CSD nomination, as the article asserts notability. Therefore, I don't see how it's a candidate for CSD. (And besides, a CSD nomination was rejected yesterday. :) But I do think we're close to snowball point at the AfD. --RandomHumanoid^(⇒) 20:33, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Matchstik

I've blocked his spamusername and the sockpuppet he was using; that should help. --Orange Mike | Talk 19:27, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

...and hello :)

Quite a lot of start-up info, hope I don't mess up before I've read through it. Hope to contribute something of value at one point or other.
Smolk (talk) 03:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Why not the bigtime welcome template? ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:22, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Jeffrey K. Harris

Please do not tag sourced articles for speedy deletion. Harris was on a list of missing biographies here. Jokestress (talk) 16:53, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes. Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the edit this page link at the top. The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills. New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to). Jokestress (talk) 17:01, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

One of the biggest problems on Wikipedia is the overzealous use of speedy deletion. If an article is sourced to the New York Times, to a book, and the subject held a major government office, you should use WP:AfD instead. Please be less speedy and more circumspect with that particularly odious tool in the future. That kind of behaviour drives new contributors away in droves. Thank you. Jokestress (talk) 17:11, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Tygon Tubing

An article that you have been involved in editing, Tygon Tubing, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tygon Tubing. Thank you. Reyk _YO! 19:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Jordan Hasay Page

Nice changes - thanks! --Fizbin (talk) 23:34, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

thanks -- user subpage

Thanks for your help.

Yes, I just read the wiki page on Subpages -- I don't really understand it, it is written so densely and technically as to be inaccessible: yes please -- would be grateful for your help to create one.

It`s also extremely confusing bc the wiki says that subpages are not to be used for major editing. .

Woodrowpongo (talk) 16:45, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

re public domain images

I`ve applied the tests that are laid out on some of the wiki pages about images. They meet the criteria laid out about not violating privacy, identifying an individual etc.

Is that adequate, or must users take more active steps? I`ve read the help pages, but so often the wiki help pages overwhelm with such vast detail and content to the point of leaving me more confused than before I started reading them. Sigh.

Woodrowpongo (talk) 16:53, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Matt Lee new DRV

This is a courtesy notice as you were involved in AFD, DRV or CSD's regarding various Matt Lee articles you may want to comment on the new DRV. Also, if you haven't already, you may also want to check out Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion#Redirect question and "Need history check for Matt Lee" ANI thread. Thanks. Soundvisions1 (talk) 18:32, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

see also

Discouraging, because I am following the intructions as I thought they were presented. There seems to be substantial problems with user-friendliness of wiki guides.

Okay. I have some work to do!!

I better start with the see also links. I have spent 9 hours reading wikipedia manual on see also links and don`t understand what is being conveyed or asked.

I have read 'help link' and 'help section' at least 12 times, and thought I was following the instructions to the T.

Can you tell me what I`m doing that needs to be different?

(just wondering -- has anyone thought of an readable 'how to' guide? I can`t be the first person to spend days getting nowhere with the wiki manuals.) !!!!

Woodrowpongo (talk) 19:37, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Help:Section

Cleaning some of this up now.

I used Help:Section for linking to sections within my article. This is what it said to do. (The see also help page appears to omit to explain how to link within an article.)

A link to this section (Section linking) looks like this:

Section linking To link to a section in the same page you can use displayed text, and to link to a section in another page displayed text.

The anchors disregard the depth of the section; a link to a subsection or sub-subsection etc. will be #subsection name and #sub-subsection name etc.

An underscore and number are appended to duplicate section names. E.g. for three sections named "Example", the names (for section linking) will be "Example", "Example_2" and "Example_3". However, after editing section "Example_2" or "Example_3" (see below), one, confusingly, arrives at section "Example" from the edit summary.

If a section has a blank space as heading, it results in a link in the TOC that does not work. For a similar effect see NS:0.

To create an anchor target without a section heading, you can use a span: but this won't work with some very old browsers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Woodrowpongo (talk • contribs) 20:12, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

AOY page

Please see discussions of this page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Assemblies_of_Yahweh#.22advertisement.22_tag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Fctedt#Assemblies_of_Yahweh

for reasons placing "hang on" tag. See no reason to arbitrarily remove it at this time per Wikipedia guidelines. Fctedt (talk) 16:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

OK. I see now. Thanks for the tip. It's been a busy day at this article. Thanks again for your time. Fctedt (talk) 16:27, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

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You are correct, there is no First Amendment issue within the confines of Wikipedia.

However, I wasn't suggesting there were. I simply meant that his threat to file a lawsuit, because he has been criticized in a public forum, on an issue that has to do with important govt policies, amounts to an attempt to stifle the First Amendment rights of free expression, by citizens of the United States.

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Happy new year

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Thanks for the warm welcome!

Thanks for the warm welcome to Wikipedia I am mainly aiming to update the darwin200 bicentenary sections for Cornwall and also add in emerging archive information on zoo history and in particular the archive for Newquay Zoo which is in my care.

Regards, NqZooArchive1969 (talk) 14:29, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

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Alexander the great link

Thank you for the note. I added the link because there are relevant articles and forum discussions in that website about Alexander the Great and Hellenistic times. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pani0202 (talk • contribs) 21:51, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

About Customer's Equity

I had operated thousands of business units/outlets, all over the country, since the sixties, and finally I decided in the late seventies, in order to avoid a part of the cost of the setting up of new outlets/branches (time, money and effort/labour) to give the right to customers to provide me (my business) with the facilities, equipment etc of the operations by reducing - in exchange - the prices of my products, that the customers would buy. Thus I discovered this relation and I called it "Customer Equity" or Customer's Equity (Consumer Equity and Client Equity), CE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aristolaos (talk • contribs) 22:33, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Someone deleted our link

Somehow I got directed to this page, after I had asked why we had a link deleted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Creeper_Trail

I have no idea what I'm doing here, or where this message is going. This is all very mysterious. And I still don't know who deleted our link. Or how to get it back on the page.

Metayel (talk) 03:32, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

John Vernon (of Clontarf)

Delete the entry if you want to. I added it to help disambiguate for someone elses work on Clontarf, Dublin and Clontarf Castle. Their reference to John Vernon pointed to the actor not the person they intended. If you delete it then the reference to John Vernon will likely revert to the actor John Vernon which should be confusing to most people but no doubt you know what you are doing and I was just trying to help. I am a casual user so I don't even know if I am doing this right but since John Vernon (the one who acquired Clontarf Castle) was apparantly an ancestor of mine I noticed the problem and tried to provide a solution under disambiguation. I will try to do less in future to avoid this sort of problem. HDarke (talk) 11:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Gonzales Weekly Citizen article

Thank you very much for your help on the "Gonzales Weekly Citizen" article. It looks much better now. I can avoid having it deleted? I feel like it is worthy of placement on Wikipedia now that it has been edited, and there are proper references. Thanks again. Mtortorich (talk) 04:04, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Gonzales Weekly Citizen article

Hi again. I have significantly updated "The Gonzales Weekly Citizen" article, and plenty of reputable references have been included. Is there a way to get the warnings removed from the top of page? Thanks for your help. Mtortorich (talk) 05:05, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Blocked user

Hello! I am registered under user name: Citycollegethessaloniki and I received notification that my account is blocked. I registered in the name of CITY College, University of Sheffield, in order to edit existing CITY College, Thessaloniki page [7]. Considering that account is blocked now, I cannot do any editing. Can you please help me to resolve this problem? I am registered from IP address from CITY College in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Should I change my username? Many thanks in advance.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.103.26.72 (talk • contribs)

Yes you should change your user name, as you will not be able to edit with the blocked one. There is a process for changing a user name, but as you do not have many edits, it may be easier just to create a new account. Hope this helps. – ukexpat (talk) 15:06, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of LEMspare and article on Stephano Sabetti

I have had several post/responses with administrator Fughetaboutit concerning the article for Stephano Sabetti and the deletion/reinstatement/speedy deletion of not only the article but the user (me). I understand now, being new to Wikipedia contributions, how and why the article was perceived as blatant advertising. However, I was willing to greatly reduce the sheer magnitude and tone of the article to rectify the situation, and I have rewritten a greatly condensed version that I would like to post.I have also read the suggestions on spam and peacock terms.

Though I understand you were within the guidelines to suggest deletion of the article, I felt it was a bit harsh to block me as a contributor, to not give me an opportunity to fix the problem. The best I can understand the logs, Fughettaboutit asked for help after reinstating the article,it looks as if you suggested speedy deletion of both the article and user, and Pascal Tesson executed the suggestion. It now appears as if LEMspare has been deleted.Is this correct? I believe the only way I'm able to send this is because I never logged off yesterday, when the deletion took effect (Jan 11) How can I get reinstated? I would be willing to post the article "Under construction" or another way to ask yours and/or Fughettaboutit's okay so the article doesn't just get deleted out of hand at its mere appearance.

As I say, I've greatly minimized the voluminous nature of the work and its tone. I've reduced the article to just a few pages of facts. If you want, I can also delete all links to his related organizations and affiliations (though I've put them at ther end of the article) and other material, though I see this convention in many other articles. I really wasn't trying to shill for Sabetti's books. Rather, I was trying to show references for the contentions in the article.

Thank you very much for your assistance in this matter. Please help with a suggestion that will allow me to resolve this problem --LEMspare (talk) 11:54, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

ANI notice

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Thank you for the wonderful suggestion: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)#Excellent_Article_for_deletion_debates travb (talk) 03:19, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Re: Ida Ljungqvist Playmate: Thanks for that CSD notice. I was unaware that R3 would apply there. Dismas|^(talk) 03:59, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Please don't make edit to the numbers

Hello there,

I would very much appreciate that you don't make any edits/change to The Greater Boston Food Bank's page. Please don't convert "2.8-acre" and "117000 square-foot" to "(11,000 m2)" and "(10,900 m2)", respectively. These type of conversions are not in our written materials/collateral and I would like to keep it consistent on the web as well.

Thank you for your assitance and cooperation.

Have a nice day, Tuong-Chau (talk) 13:42, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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		For your tireless efforts in helping new users at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page. Euryalus (talk) 22:52, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Your continued contribution to helping new users is much appreciated, and will have encouraged many one-off editors to stick with it and become regulars. So, thanks for working on this usually thankless task :) Euryalus (talk) 22:52, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Where were you when I was new? Someone let me know they did something off the giant welcome template list at the bottom I "borrowed" from you. So I thought that was a good sign. It wasn't even the person I welcomed. I've been using it quite a bit. It's still unclear to me whether it's well recieved or not, but I really enjoy the spinny W. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:27, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

A well deserved barnstar. –Capricorn42 (talk) 17:03, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Fasting

You asked me not to put the Fuhrman material back on the Fasting page. Yet this material has been there for years, and has been recognized as authoritative, and the author recognized as notable in an AfD discussion with a verdict of KEEP. It is editors like LSD and others, usually anonymous, with a bias against the benefits of fasting, who periodically delete it, as in last April, and August. When I see that, I have reverted it, as it is cited, and correct. And I have discussed it ad nauseum on the Talk page. Obviously, I think it should stay. Ralphyde (talk) 22:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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Hi there

I noticed you were editing some of the articles I just did, so I figured I'd say "hi". Thanks for the hint on {{Lifetime}} - I hadn't seen that one before.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:31, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

But its NOT GIBBERISH!!!!!!!!! i have a source! i got its strictly off of this page with permission of the author! www.deadly-diseases.moogo.com Please think about not deleting my entry! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kittsee (talk • contribs) 18:46, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

ROCMET

Why have you moved this new sandbox from my userspace to Wiki?...It is a work in progress and will not be ready to go live for probably several weeks....and you have added a references tag to an unfinished stub....what were you thinking?...please move it back to my userspace sandbox as quick as you can. 21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 19:28, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Phew, thank for that....I thought I had lost half a day's work there. Much appreciated 21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 19:38, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Back off man.

seriously i don't appreciate you deleting an article that i created. this sucks...you should think about improving it to make it better then. or get someone else to...--Justme89 (talk) 21:49, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

wait, so who are you to decide whether or not it can be deleted? like who are you exactly... just curious--Justme89 (talk) 21:54, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

alright then. can you get a user to fix the article or improve it in any way shape or form so that deletion can be avoided? or can you possibly fix it? Justme89 (talk) 22:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

my edit

hello there, first thank you for working so efficiently to improve this wonderful tool that is wikipedia! this is the first time i'm editing and creating something here - it has been interesting :-) i am now trying to create a page relating to Bailey's elementary in the FCPS system - i'm putting more content after i realized that saving a page with little content was a sure death sentence ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polyglot-Mom (talk • contribs) 00:08, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi

really like your userpage - one of the nicest and funniest i have seen (especially like the babel box lol)

anyway, i thought i would like to nick some of the features and when i went to edit the page i found hardly anything in it and lots of subpages. I wanted to put a few of the banners on my own userpage but i cant work out how to do them any chance you could spare a few mins to explain to me how it works ?

regards

ok - im a bit thick lol - after many hours of trawling through the notes and links, I eventually found out how to create subpages !! woohoo !!

i would like to understand unified login though - i am getting a bit confused as to how to do this and even if i am allowed to

Chaosdruid (talk) 04:12, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Category: Surnames | Greek surnames

Wondering if it is possible to include the new submission under the category 'surnames' as well as maintaining its current status under 'Greek surnames'.

Please and thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chondroyannos (talk • contribs) 19:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

What about this one?...

Hey. Thanks for the speedy response and it does certainly make sense but there are plenty other names filed under the 'Greek surname' category which are also included in the more general 'Surname' listing.

An example, the name 'Alexiou': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexiou

So I wondered if it was worth also including this surname in the general category. You're the pro, so entirely your call. Thanks again for the speedy and sensible advice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chondroyannos (talk • contribs) 20:02, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

thanks for taking the time to help !

hi

wow - thanks again !! i have puzzled over and looked at other pages to try and get them to align vertically but couldn't!!

i did try and follow the proc. for unifying before i left you my last message problem is when i try and login using this account, it tells me there is no user with that name ??

ah well, I do have 2 other accounts, on Wikinfo and meta.wikimedia but as they are same username i suppose ill leave it separate till i can work out why it doesn't work

thanks for the time again (nice to see a manc online for a change lol)

cheers

Alex —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaosdruid (talk • contribs) 00:58, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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sorry for not signing but i was editing it when you were reading it as i had missed out a line lol

Chaosdruid (talk) 01:16, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Umm hope i didn't do something wrong, I put the gnome symbol in to show intent

Thought that we could put them on ourselves, if that's not the case i will of course remove it

Are you from anywhere near Dukinfield ??

If poss can you tell me how you made the images line up ? I have looked at the page but cant see how you did it !

Thanks again for all your help!

Chaosdruid (talk) 01:25, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

You vertically aligned the images on the LCA page,

as for the little mushroom, , it was on the Wikipedia:WikiGnome page

Chaosdruid (talk) 01:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that, it took about an hour messing with the params. just to get those captions in and get the thumbs to the right pix size, and info like yours is just superb as it takes things to the next level of quality

If you're not too tired of hearing it, thanks again !!

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Template

Just curious which welcome template you use. Thanks, Grsz¹¹ 05:02, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. Grsz¹¹ 05:08, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

College of Public Administration SA

Hi Could you please check on my article and see if I have supplied the necessary information?

Corpfin (talk) 23:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Ukexpat,

I a fairly new, have just began creating an article in my sandbox, and there are a lot of things I am not sure about.. could you please take a look and give me some pointers. Thanx.

Also, I wanted to ask about sub-headings.. for example, I managed to create the appropriate headings in the sandbox but cant get subheadings... for example:

1. Social Enterprises

         1.1 Easy Being Green
         1.2 Cool nrg International

.....how do I create these?

Also, How do I make the very first headline (name of the article) into large size, bold.. if i click 'headline' it enters the article title into the table of contents..?

Please note: the article is still in first draft and I know I have to go back and fill in some gaps particularlly in the references sections.. these sources are being checked and confirmed and will be entered soon for an editor to check.

What mainly needed help with is - where do I go from here? And are there any issues outstanding that I really need to look at again before proceeding?

Thank you for your time and help.

Coolnrg (talk) 05:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks, sir. And by the way, your user page is really nice, I liked it. :) Heavy Metal Moe (talk) 16:00, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Article status / recogntion

I'm relatively new to Wikipedia submissions. I was wondering if you could refer me to an article or info posting of some sort on the site that might make it a little more clear how I would go about having my article officially recognized. Should I contact a post-secondary institution for citations to add as reference points to my article? Can I link my own article to other ones listed on Wikipedia to act as sufficient backing for the information listed in my article? Will the warning label noting that the article does not cite any references or sources fall off after it has been listed for a certain period? Thank you for both your patience and your assistance! Kind regards Chondroyannos (talk) 01:09, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey thanks. So are references from other Wikipedia articles sufficient? If the 'See also' listings are too many, what would be an acceptable amount of internal references? It doesn't say how many should/shouldn't be listed in the informational text posted on the site. Only that there should be few. Chondroyannos (talk) 01:57, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Sandbox article

Hi again, thank for your reply/help.

Just wondering - what did you mean by 'the title of your article will change when its moved..' ?

What is wrong with the title?

Look forward to your reply after reading over the first draft of the article.

Thanks again.

Coolnrg (talk) 02:41, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Percy ibox

Hi there and thanks so much for all your help with my beginning efforts! It has really made me feel so welcome and supported. Yes... please could you do an ibox for Percy Thomson...and then I'll add to it where I can. Cheers Words420 (talk) 07:59, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

don't convert the number

hey ukexpat,

i thought i already left you a message indicating that you don't automatically convert the number. i want to leave the article as it. i'm asking you making the change again.

much appreciated. 216.20.115.117 (talk) 14:00, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

no number to convert, conversion is not needed

any number that can be converted, it has been reworked so there's no conversion needed. thnx

216.20.115.117 (talk) 14:17, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Formatting

Hi, On Norman Harold Moss' article the last line is weird...I can't work out how to fix it..the last words 'Barrie (d.2007).' are on the left..and not aligned with rest...no urgency, but wondered if you could look at it sometime,thanks.Words420 (talk) 03:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Aviation in Alaska

You participated in this discussion back in October, which didn't really go anywhere at that time. These issues have unfortunately not changed, and I am trying to get more of a dialogue going on the subject and have re-opened and expanded the scope of this discussion. Your input would be appreciated. Thanks! Beeblebrox (talk) 20:44, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

academy group tags

I was surprised to see that you added notability, npov and other tags to the Academy Group article yesterday. You know from my help desk query that I'm going to do a major clean up of this article. It seems questionable to hit an article that you only learned about from the help desk query. Is this action part of your Wikipedia responsiblities? If so, you might have mentioned it when you responded to my question.

I'm a new contributor and just trying to understand how things work here.

Afmr (talk) 15:21, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the helpful message on my talk page

Thanks very much for the helpful info you put on my talk page. I'm completely new to wikipedia editing. I've used it quite frequently as a resource though. I've gotten involved in editing due to some apparently malicious editing on the article about the church I work for. I'm looking forward to expanding the article now though.

Thanks again - Jayreilly (talk) 17:44, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

converted numbers

the converted numbers are NOT in the source (http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2007/04/23/story7.html) as you indicated "the converted numbers are in the source". The source mentioned "2.8 acres" and "117,000-square-foot" but NOT (11,000 m2) and (10,900 m2). am i over look the article that i don't see 11,000 m2 and 10,900 m2? Please point me to the exact paragraph that those converted numbers of 11,000 m2 and 10,900 m2 mentioned.

Even though I don't own the article once submit, but it has to be true to its professional's source. The source didn't state 11,000 m2 and 10,900 m2 so it should'nt even mentioned, so how can you make the change - through what source did you get the conversion formula?

216.20.115.117 (talk) 19:30, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Notice

You might want to help me keep an eye on the problems I've mentioned here with the article on the Chacha search engine thing. It looks like the founders of the company are getting involved in editing it, and that's one of the few things that really 'grinds my gears' as it were. Would you give me a hand? Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 23:31, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

garrard transcription turntable - your 'tone' tag

Hello Can't seem to locate any discussion or explanation for your tagging the article I originated on garrard 3/401 transcription turntables. Looking to find out what seems amiss to you regarding the 'tone' of the article. Without any explanation the tag alone is not really helpful. Could you point me to wherever you've noted what you think, or perhaps post it on the article's discussion page please ? thanks Xyzimpf (talk) 01:36, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Percy Thomson

Hi, Just wondering if you could let me know if this article is still classified as a stub? Thanks again for all your assistance.Words420 (talk) 01:50, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

If I were to stop making additions to a cult article, you'd likely continue asuming you were church. Though of course, religion itself is phonetically and technically a religion, as you are in the United States it is a legal issue. Besides, negativity is a relative term. Are you perhaps a fellow or madame that one would go to per instructions of a lawsuit?

There is a history philosopher and professor in the Ohio area with students coming to them, that is concerned about the way the Xenos cults, locally, are changing their students. I suppose your study group is less popular in all academic fields.

-Zanzibelle —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zanzibelle (talk • contribs) 14:15, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

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How do I see the Earlier Version

Thank u for editing this page I contributed. Is there any I can find the earlier version before u edited/revised it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sushila69 (talk • contribs) 15:21, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

di falco page

Hello ukexpat. Thanks for your help with this page. I'm rather inexperienced with using the many functions of Wiki and the pc, but I'm muddling along. I hadn't noticed that the name had been changed again when I changed the year of birth. I also supplied, per suggestion, in the discussion area, various references made by the author to her age. If you have a moment sometime, could you look it over and give me any suggestions you have on improving it. Thanks for your assistance. Acimmouse (talk) 15:51, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

di falco page again

(I'm not sure if I am supposed to reply here or under your message.) Yes, it is a rather antiquated custom for women to lie about their age or reinvent their year of birth. It becomes difficult if one has previously extensively documented one's age. Acimmouse (talk) 16:07, 26 January 2009 (UTC) (edit: I forgot to sign it again.)

the radziwell di falco page again. sigh.

I just noticed that ihateyoutoo is deleting the page, someone else is putting it back up, then ihateyoutoo deletes again ... This is ridiculous. What is going on here? Acimmouse (talk) 17:46, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Citation needed for Nahid Persson Sarvestani

Hello, I have cited Nahid Persson's exact words in the film, (see comment re time code 1:10:48-50. I don't know how else to cite the film, as it is already being mentioned previously in the paragraph. If there is a different way of citing the film itself, then please if you could do that. Thank you.76.166.220.0 (talk) 06:32, 27 January 2009 (UTC)Christine

Thanks!

I am very new at this, and barely know how to message you back, but I appreciate your appreciation. Thank you! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Betacrucis (talk • contribs) 18:00, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Reference to Nahid Persson Sarvestani entry

Dear Ukexpat,

As I have previously stated, the sentence is uttered in the film at 1:20:48-50. Beyond referencing the film itself, what else can be stated? She says this in the film, not in any print media. Are you saying that film is not an appropriate reference? Thanks for any info. Christine76.166.220.0 (talk) 21:07, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

wikipedia page on "samar chatterjee"

I have added some info on this page in response to others editorial. However, my additions needed editorial corrections. I have also uploaded a photo of "samar chatterjee"; however, I have not been able to put it on the main page. It is on a separate page. Please correct and advice how to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sushila69 (talk • contribs) 23:23, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks Ukexpat Bob Auto (talk) 04:47, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

new article

I am new at this but wanted to get your feedback from an article on my userpage. I responded on my userpage but then didn't know if you would actually see it there. You referred me to some articles on Spam, COI, etc. but I need more specifics about the article I wrote on HMR. I used what I believe is a very neutral tone and referenced everything extensively (with outside published sources, US government references) so I'm a little confused now. I thought I carefully followed everything I read about a new article. Weightdoc (talk) 20:07, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

National Preservation

I must protest at your assigning the article in question for speedy deletion. The article was an article representing a business concern, registered at Companies house, which I do not hold a stake in so cannot be accused of bias. It provided a neutral, balanced history of the company and included references from external sources.

If you are to delete this article, I assume every article dealing with inernet based companies, and companies in general, is also listed for deletion.

I fail to see how this article broke any of the criteria for speedy deletion, and am shocked and appalled at your decision.

Bluebellnutter (talk) 21:11, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• Thankyou, my apologies, how far do you believe the article needs reworking before it would be permitted to remain.

Bluebellnutter (talk) 21:32, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Changes Reverted

This is my own text which I initially created for www.skiwithbob.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by AlpineSkiingCanada (talk • contribs) 21:23, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Bob Muran

Please stop reverting my changes. The article features my own text which I initially wrote for www.skiwithbob.com. Please note this wikipedia account is registered to webmaster@skiwithbob.com AlpineSkiingCanada (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 21:30, 28 January 2009 (UTC).

Typo redirect Archelaus smith

Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Archelaus smith, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Archelaus smith is a redirect page resulting from an implausible typo (CSD R3).

To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Archelaus smith, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. To see the user who deleted the page, click here CSDWarnBot (talk) 21:48, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey, that picture of Jimbo scared me... Because you are so seasoned, you deserve an explanation beyond the automated CSDwarnbot. The reason I speedied it is because typing in a proper name searched with lower case would automatically redirect anyway to the original page. If you disagree, please comment on my talk page. Valley2city^‽ 22:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. I want to reiterate how awesome is Jimbo popping out of the side of the screen :). Valley2city^‽ 22:08, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

How to reference a film?

How do you reference a film? I have looked all over Wikipedia and there is no instructions on how to reference a film. Thank you76.166.220.0 (talk) 22:04, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

RE: Bob Muran

Hello. I came to the Bob Muran article via your block request at WP:AIV. As per your vandalism report, I have blocked AlpineSkiingCanada (talk · contribs) for three hours for edit warring. I was also going to speedily delete this article, however (1) the individual in question appears to be notable, and more importantly (2) I do not know what is going on with the OTRS note on the talk page. As such, I went ahead and declined the speedy deletion request, then trimmed out all of the copyvio information and tagged the article as needing maintenance. Thank you for your dedication in keeping this copyright violation off of the project! Kudos to you, sir! --Kralizec! (talk) 04:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

• Indeed, there is nothing on Commons. The permission is only for text (archived in OTRS system, I gave the number on the Bob Muran discussion page) and it states that there is permission to use the text from this website: http://www.skiwithbob.com/about.html Email sent by the webmaster, so there is no reason to doubt it. Zureks (talk) 18:29, 29 January 2009 (UTC)