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Jersey Shore (TV series) article

I am sure that I will need help from you in watching this article. If it is not too much trouble, your help in watching out for it would be much appreciated by me.

In turn, let me know if you need any help looking after a particular article or articles. Flyer22 (talk) 21:41, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

I put it on my watch list. I haven't been watching the show, so I won't be able to revert much more than obvious vandalism. However, I will be happy to do that if I see it. I can't think of any particular articles that I need help watching at the moment. There has been some editing disputes on My Antonio, but that seems to have subsided. Pages for older shows tend to be more problematic since people stop watching them once the season has ended. There is a tool to let you know how many people are "watching" a page, but it only counts the watchlists, and doesn't check to see if those people are active. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 21:46, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. I'll check in on the My Antonio article from time to time. Feel free to contact me about anything regarding Misplaced Pages, either on my talk page or through e-mail (I have to remember to check my e-mails more often, though). Flyer22 (talk) 23:14, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

On a side note: Even though I looked at your user page, I had no idea that you were/are an administrator until I saw that you semi-protected the Jersey Shore (TV series) article. I had seen the "online or offline" light on your user page, but not the administrator ball right beside it; I clearly can be so dense sometimes. Flyer22 (talk) 23:23, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

It's not meant to be that noticeable. Everyone's opinion is supposed to carry equal weight. Sometimes I think we should rename it to "janitor", since most of the time is spent cleaning things up. I frequently forget to change my online/offline status. Plastikspork _―Œ 23:26, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

LOL! And thanks for making me feel less dumb. Flyer22 (talk) 23:33, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

One more question

Table's basically all done now but after actually saving the template I realized that the table doesn't support rowspan which'll cause some problems being a filmography table, would it be possible to incorporate this? Thanks for your help so far, really appreciate it. Jeffrey Mall (talk • contribs) - 15:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

It is possible in theory, but I think the best approach is to split the table row template from the table header and footer. That way you don't need to have such complicated syntax, but still can have some uniformity in the table format. Plastikspork _―Œ 00:38, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Thank you for your unstinting work improving Misplaced Pages. You are amazing! MMS2013 02:06, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 00:34, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

The Biggest Loser : Couples 3

Hello. I need your help. I would like to put up an article for "The Biggest Loser: Couples 3, Also known as season 9. The show starts up in two weeks, and there have been several sources releasing the contestant info and their starting weights (these were released when NBC released their profile videos on their official website). There is only one problem with me starting the article, and that is that TBL: Couples 3 is redirected into the Main Biggest loser U.S. Page. Can you help me? Thanks!--JereMerr 03:58, 20 December 2009 (UTC)--JereMerr 03:58, 20 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremerr (talk • contribs)

Is there a way that we can protect this page? I have undid several edits that may be vandelism. (Sorry about the "Victoria" edit, i was going off of the original press release.)--JereMerr 15:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)--JereMerr 15:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)--JereMerr 15:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)--JereMerr 15:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Done. Plastikspork _―Œ 17:57, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Infobox

That was very kind of you, especially to do it so quickly. It's much appreciated. :) SlimVirgin 00:48, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I enjoy working on templates. Plastikspork _―Œ 17:57, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Tila

Can you please tell me what is and isn't trivia? Plenty of other celebs have sections that say the houses and cars they bought, and their recreational lifestyle. ★Dasani★ 20:19, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

The section is rather fragmented at the moment, and it reads like a list of trivia, which is why I tagged it. If possible, we would like to avoid having this article reading like a fan site, and instead have it read like an entry in an encyclopedia. There is also an arbitrary division between the "Early life" and "Personal life" sections. If other articles read like WP:FANCRUFT, then those articles should be cleaned up as well. Thanks for all your help! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:10, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Dear Plastikspork,
Wishing you, your family, and friends a very merry Christmas (or whatever you celebrate at this time of year), and I hope that the new year will be a good one, in real life, and on the wiki. There is always a reason to spread the holiday spirit; it's a special time of year of almost everyone. ;)
Love and best wishes, Meaghan - _Christmas! - 00:19, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Hope your holidays are going well. See you just before the new year! --Meaghan - _Christmas! - 00:19, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

December21st2012Freak is wishing you a Merry Christmas! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!

Spread the cheer by adding {{subst:Xmas2}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

December21st2012Freak 00:32, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas Mr. Plastik! May you have many forks to add to your collection!! Dr. Blofeld 21:36, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Bro. Channing H. Tobias and Bro. George W. Gore

• Channing H. Tobias was initiated into Eta Chapter - in the Alpha Phi Alpha page the chapter was listed as unknown. (Wesley, 247).
• George W. Gore was initiated into Tau Lambda Chapter - in the Alpha Phi Alpha page the chapter this was also listed as unknown, (Wesley, 246).

Source

Wesley, Charles H., (1929). The History of Alpha Phi Alpha: A Development in College Life (eleventh edition). Foundation Publishers. Chicago, IL. (1969). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juju1906 (talk • contribs) 04:15, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm holiday, but will have a look in a couple days. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Zach Romano

why was "Zach Romano" deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zacharyr24 (talk • contribs) 07:50, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm holiday, but will have a look in a couple days. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!

Once again it is festive season, a time where festive decorations are displayed and gifts are swapped; but what about the true meaning of christmas? The true meaning of christmas is about the fight for freedom and how in times of hardship and misery, one person leads their people to freedom as a great warrior; for those who fight for a cause are warriors and those who fight for a worthy cause are great warriors. Such an act earns respect and honour; but most importantly, brings happiness to their people. So to achieve this as happiness lies in other people's happiness and greatness lies in how you deal with little people, we selflessly think of others in the hope that they will be happy this christmas.

Hi Plastikspork, have a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year 2010!
 Set Sail For The Seven Seas 

  Set Sail For The Seven Seas  4° 35' 0" NET   00:18, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Enjoy yourself, Plastikspork. Flyer22 (talk) 17:42, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Got my Christmas mop

Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/RL0919 closed as successful. Thanks for the nomination, and hope you're having a great holiday. --RL0919 (talk) 01:57, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

That's great. I'm sure you will do quite well with the new tools. Thanks for all your hard work! Plastikspork _―Œ 22:00, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

List of olympic records in weightlifting

Reverse, please: List of olympic records in weightlifting → List of Olympic records in weightlifting (standard). Delete talk redirect.

Thank you!--189.68.193.199 (talk) 13:52, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

poptower

Why did you remove a link to poptower? Is this site considered SPAM? However whatever (talk) 03:39, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

The site is not a reliable source of information. They do not list their sources, and I have found that they frequently post false information as well. Not to mention the excessive pop-up advertisements and banner ads. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 18:43, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Spain

Your forkness, happy new year. I anticipate that progress with Spain will be very slow and take months. I can begin copying and pasting from spanish wikipedia for those articles which have no infobox as yet. Just let me know as the more people working through them the faster we'll get it done! Dr. Blofeld 21:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

If they have no infobox, but the corresponding Spanish WP article has one, then I can do those as well. The problematic ones will be those with no corresponding Spanish WP infobox, or if the Spanish WP box is not a standard box. By the way, do we have a list of all the articles in question? For the Italian comune articles, we had a list of all 8500 Italian comunes. Plastikspork _―Œ 21:46, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

We have List of municipalities of Spain although some of the lists of missing. For the missing lists there are always categories... Dr. Blofeld 22:35, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: Last Change

Hello,

I am not sure why I was sent a message regarding "unhelpful edits" when the edit I made to The Bachelorette page earlier today was correct. But assuming that a source was simply needed, I have re-edited the entry with the same correction and a source link. FYI, Matt Grant is the main contestant on season 12 of The Bachelor and was never a contestant on The Bachelorette. Whoever placed Mr. Grant as the runner-up in Meredith's season was in error.

Good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.192.93.194 (talk) 00:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

You are correct. The message was an error on my part. Thank you for letting me know! Plastikspork _―Œ 00:06, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

No problem! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.192.93.194 (talk) 00:21, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Template:Slammy Award Winners

You closed the TFD on this almost 3 days ago with a result of "Delete", but it has not been deleted yet. Shouldn't it have been deleted that same day? TJ Spyke 04:43, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

The typical procedure is to orphan it first before deleting it, so I listed it in the holding cell. If you want to help out, you can remove it from any article in which it is transcluded. Once there are no transclusions, I can delete the template. Thanks! Plastikspork _―Œ 16:32, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Done, the only pages left that it's transcluded on are the TFD page, the holding cell page, and the talkpage of the editor who created it.

Merged

I finally found who could do the merge. See . Debresser (talk) 18:14, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: User:JehnCD

Re your message: I wonder what he has against Russell Hantz. Eh, whatever. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)