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A kitten for you!

Thank you for being an awesome Wiki Help Chat agent! ҭᴙᴇᴡӌӌ 02:30, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Stories Project

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Victor Grigas (talk) 21:38, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

My "help me" question early this morning

Thank you for visiting my talk page early this morning and advising me on my "help me" question.

I have just posted on the STiki discussion page. Cheers, -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 05:52, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

All sorted, thanks to User:Yaris678 and your good advice. -- Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 08:55, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Cheese

~~~ has given you a Cheeseburger! Cheeseburgers promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a Cheeseburger, whether it be someone you've had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy eating!

Spread the goodness of Cheeseburgers by adding {{subst:Cheeseburger}} to their talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cheeseburger on the giver's talk page with {{subst:burger-munch}}!

--Deathlaser :  Chat  11:48, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Might be good inspiration for my lunch. :) Bunnies! Leave a message 12:00, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

First step

I have made my first step towards proving my worth, so I made this user box:

User:Deathlaser/afd.--Deathlaser :  Chat  15:08, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

I have a message for you!

From KW!

He say: "Tell her to look at my articles, e.g. on music or politics, while listening to The Housemartins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXBo8EpGtmo or Johnny Cash (with Tom Petty) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8i5NLyXZdc or The HULK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aylb-PgvvSI and Edgar R. Murrow (versus McCarthy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anNEJJYLU8M&feature=related "

Pesky (talk) 20:14, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	For being such a nice person on IRC especially to people asking for help. Pine 10:54, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

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Saw this and thought of you

Pine has given you some kittens! Kittens promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Kittens must be fed three times a day and will be your faithful companions forever! Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else some kittens, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

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Pine 19:07, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Kittehs! You must be psychic, I was just looking at pictures of kittens earlier. ;) Bunnies! Leave a message 19:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Something for you to enjoy :D

This! Pesky (talk) 20:13, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

That was great! - Bunnies! Leave a message 20:23, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

I saw them live, in the West Country, over 25 years ago. Incredible – one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life. I thought you might like it! Pesky (talk) 01:35, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Enjoy more. Full-length live performance :D Pesky (talk) 10:00, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

An award for your cute userpage

		The Excellent User Page Award
		An award for your cute userpage. Pine 01:08, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Your CSS

//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Star.png/16px-Star.png doesn't lead to anything. Did you mean to use just //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Star.png ? --Yair rand (talk) 22:05, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

I was fooling around. Because the first way didn't work either. I've just gotten rid of them entirely - it was too annoying the way they aligned with the m edits etc. Bunnies! Leave a message 22:07, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Brookline College Page

I submitted a page but it was rejected because of bad references. I used the company's own website and US Department of Education approved catalog for the info. I've done this in the past without issue.

Can you tell me what other reference would have been better?

Thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Brookline_College — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jtoddrash (talk • contribs) 16:22, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Apology

		The Anti-Flame Barnstar
		message As an apology, I hope you accept it and put the past behind.Deathlaser :  Chat  16:17, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks:)

Thanks for the kind words and support. I am glad the block was quickly reversed. I don't need the admin to apologize, but I am a bit disturbed by his arrogance -- a dozen or more editors/admins telling him he was mistaken, and his response is "no, you are all mistaken, and I'm done discussing this." Very discouraging. Still, I'm glad the matter was succesfully resolved (and, I did learn a bit more of the vandalism vs. BLP nuances for future reference.)JoelWhy (talk) 12:27, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Placing my image on an existing page.

[Humor this old man of 75 please.......

So I visit the wiki page, this one, http://en.wikipedia.org/Kawanishi_N1K and I want to include my photo of the plane I uploaded yesterday. There are four images appearing along the right border under the traditional main photo and statistics. The last of the four images carries the comment "The 343 Kokutai's Sjiden-Kai on display in the museum on the island of Shikoku." Immediately below that thumbnail photo I'd like to place/insert my photo. I will include an inscription that tells the configuration N1K2-J and its present location in the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, Florida.

How do I go about placing my image in the precise spot in the article. I see lots of edit points throughout bot none under the four existing images. It is not writing skills I lack here, nor is it html lauguage skills. I'm willing to learn new tricks as an old dog but I need some training. To simply say place the statement in the article where you would like your photo to appear doesn't give me clear directions.

Yes, to answer your question that is my image that you identified in your initial reply.

I'm sitting up, I'm alert, talk to me please. Smile

Dikjenkins1 (talk) 18:51, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

It's a done deal, thanks so much. Now if a guy wanted to move both of these images up, but within the 343 Kokutai section so they don't get into the Variants section just below, where would he relocate both lines of code to do that and allow the text to wrap?

Well...OohBunnies I couldn't stand the suspense and took a shot at it. Does the page look okay to you now? Should I have taken that liberty?

Dikjenkins1 (talk) 00:21, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Yummy! :-)

Benzband has eaten your {{cookie}}! The cookie made them happy and they'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more {{cookie}}s, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{subst:munch}}!

benzband (talk) 10:17, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

LOL.--Deathlaser :  Chat  17:52, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Articles for Creation Appeal

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Talkback

Deathlaser :  Chat  17:33, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

For your great dispute resolution skills.

Deathlaser :  Chat  18:40, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

Refactoring

• • ReplyThe comments I am attempting to refactor are my own. That is what I need a clear path for. They have been reverted several times. Can you assist? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archivesharer (talk • contribs) 18:40, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

• • Reply -- There seems to be some issue with the program on this end. Have attempted again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archivesharer (talk • contribs) 18:46, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Sorry.

I am sorry for all I have done and I want to draw a line from here. Please forgive me for all I have done before and lets forget the past look to the future.--Deathlaser :  Chat  19:32, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

RFAR Perth opened

An arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Perth. Evidence that you wish the Arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence sub-page, at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Perth/Evidence. Please add your evidence by January 8, 2012, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can contribute to the case workshop sub-page, Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Perth/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Lord Roem (talk) 18:07, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

hello again oohbunnies

Hello again oohbunnies - once again - as soon as I add edits to a wiki page - you go and delete them. I would like to ask you to put back my edits I added today that you have deleted - including my reliable links. http://en.wikipedia.org/Cher_Chevalier

Thank you Leo Truelove — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leo Truelove (talk • contribs) 18:59, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

RE:

I removed your comment because I do not want a "resolved" issue ressurected again, aka my edit being reverted as Vandalism, this was sorted out with another user. OK, I've self-reverted, even though I was "right" /: the user who reverted me quoted a different guideline to the one that should be used. I don't want to cause an argument, not at all, and I don't want to cause nastiness again which is what arose yesterday. --Τασουλα (talk) 23:49, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Oh, don't take it personally, I removed it because I want to put a lot of distance between myself and the events of yesterday! And I've been a bit more informed now anyway, and I didn't want to edit-war, I thought I was doing something routine...I'm sorry.--Τασουλα (talk) 23:59, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

I know it was sorted out, it was just a tip. I find that being as concise as possible in edit summaries is helpful - jokey/light-hearted edit summaries when editing article space can sometimes cause people viewing it to mistake one as a vandal. As far the mini revert war, it seemed a very minor issue. It was really just a reminder that the article talk page is for discussion. If someone were to accuse you of properly edit warring, shouty edit summaries would not help your case. You could always bring it up with the other editor on their talk. I'm sorry if I worried you. It wasn't intended as nastiness, just a reminder so that it didn't become a full-blown edit war/argument. Best wishes, Bunnies! Leave a message 00:07, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I totally understand where you were coming from :P I've made some "revisions" to my editing here so I guess the past few days have taught me something! No, this was a very minor issue that kinda got out of hand for me... No worries, no feeling of nastiness, and I'm calm xD and I liked the pictures of your Bunnies...thinking of getting myself a Lop soon. Why don't you have any pictures of your bunnies on here? :P (And I wont comment on you playing World of Warcraft...) --Τασουλα (talk) 21:22, 24 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for participating in my RFA! I appreciate your support. Zagalejo^^^ 06:15, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Advice & Info requested please

Hi OB!

I've been working on AfC's, saw your post on Mdann52's accepts, and thought maybe you would be a good person to ask for advice on this situation. It's not current, really, except for the extant articles already created. (User has collected a nice little set of CSD warnings, then Gilderien left a note, and the user seems to have stopped.) The user's contributions page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/Vlas2000

What he/she has been doing is copying content from a Grecian museums website. There is no copyvio, because the source gives a share alike licence. But all of these articles have just been coming out like sausages, copy text, copy pictures, same format (not necessarily a bad thing!), and a lot of them, while suitable WP content by their nature, probably don't meet GNG.

Why am I bothering you with a non-problem? Because I just started patrolling new pages and would like advice on a good course of action if I should stumble across something similar in future. I registered in 2008, but have only really been active on WP in the last couple of weeks, so have very little active experience. Learned a LOT in working through about 150 AfC's in the last week though! :]

And - I believe there's a tool to give the user stats on their votes on AfDs (saw that on some Admin's page) and I wondered if there was a similar one to give me stats on my Accept/Declines on AfCs?

Finally, I hope you don't mind my little edit on your home page.... David_FLXD (Talk) 08:27, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Hi David! The CC-by-SA license on the museum page does state that it requires attribution. Our preferred method of attribution is to link to the original source in the edit summary of the edit in which you import the text, so if you see someone making articles that includes text copied from an outside source and they're not doing that, it's good to tell them to. If the articles don't meet GNG you can always nominate them at Articles for Deletion. Other than that, all you can do is either tag them for clean-up and hope that someone gets to them eventually, or clean them up a little yourself and do some minor wikifying - i.e wikilinking, adding section headers, making sure the lead paragraph starts with the name of the subject in bold and all that.

If there is a tool for AfC stats, I don't know of it. If you use Twinkle for CSD tagging there is an option in the Twinkle settings at Misplaced Pages:Twinkle/Preferences to track your CSD tags, though. I think it creates a sub-page with a list of the pages you've tagged for CSD, to show which ones are deleted. I hope this answers your questions somewhat. Feel free to ask me anything any time. :) OohBunnies! (talk) 16:54, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much! What really bothered me about the Grecian museums pages is that there is no contributor text: it's the museum website text copied and that's it. I am using Twinkle and will at least be able to track CSD stats - though at this point I would be very cautious about invoking that! David_FLXD (Talk) 17:25, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

ArbCom and words

Context

You were right, and I was wrong. Just so it's clear, I was wrong, and you were right. (From Mad About You and ).

Result is here.

Best.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:10, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Does that not make me wrong? I'm confused. Maybe it's because it's Sunday and my feeble bunny brain doesn't work on Sundays. :) OohBunnies! (talk) 16:24, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Heh, no, maybe I was trying to be too funny. Your statement that the word length applies only to Evidence pages was correct. It does not apply to statements during discussion. Less cute and more clear now?--Bbb23 (talk) 16:43, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

It was my misreading of the clerk's statement that confused me, I think. I'm all a-flutter watching the Wimbledon final though, so my brain isn't operating at maximum capacity. ;) OohBunnies! (talk) 16:47, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Nathan2055 00:08, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

User:Tomica and WP:BOLD

Hello there OohBunnies! You may remember quite recently that User:Tomica had a problem at the Rihanna article where he was claiming that WP:BOLD edits should always be discussed with regular edits of articles first. Whilst you, myself and others informed him otherwise, he doesn't seem to have got the message . I've invited him to a discussion at Template talk:Rihanna singles about the specifics, but I was wondering if you could speak to him about his general expectation that all edits made to pages he contributes to should be run by him beforehand. I'm sure he's much more likely to listen to you than he is me. Thanks in advance :) SplashScreen (talk) 00:01, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Statυs (talk) 00:40, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Interaction bans

I just saw you mention this - I don't know exactly what they are or how they're enforced, but this would make my Wikilife a hell of a lot easier. Could you point me in the right direction of the policy? SplashScreen (talk) 23:12, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:IBAN. Generally agreed on by community consensus. Generally dramatic. I don't see how it would work that well considering you edit in the same areas but meh. A tip though, you're close to getting blocked (a block-happy admin might come along at any moment). You need to learn that when an AfD doesn't go your way, you need to just drop it. When it happens to me, I just unwatch the article and force myself to forget about its existence, if aforementioned existence really bothers me that much. That makes Wikilife easier too. OohBunnies! (talk) 23:17, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice. I genuinely appreciate it. However, I'd very much appreciate to be put forward for such a block (against Tomica and Status). Their following me around at almost every AfD is getting rather irksome. I think it's the only way to bring this to a close. SplashScreen (talk) 23:33, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Again; I'm entitled to comment on AFDs of articles I created and any AFDs I want. Statυs (talk) 23:36, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

There are rights and there is behaviour. The two are completely different. SplashScreen (talk) 23:39, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I guess I am too. In the end, everybody has its opinion so can give his/her vote on that kind of discussions. And tbh some (most) of your comments are not appropriate too. — Tomica (talk) 23:41, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

Yes, IBANS don't stop the affected parties from being able to comment on the same AfDs etc, although they wouldn't be allowed to directly talk to each other. It's a big step, and I dunno if this dispute quite at that level yet, not that I can ever see you guys getting along. It makes bunny sad. OohBunnies! (talk) 23:42, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry to keep involving you in this Bunny, but I certainly feel that there are a clique of editors who group together and take certain policy positions only when it suits themselves. The discrepancy between comments like this and comments like this are evidence of that. No I'm not trying to start a row on your talk page, I'm just making a general point; I never came to Misplaced Pages with the sole intention of causing a rivalry with Tomica, Status, Hahc21 etc. However, I do feel that they have continually made a point of behaving in such a way towards myself. Constantly backing up each others comments, randomly appearing on AfDs that I've started that are outside of their usual editing spaces. Yes, they have the right to do those things but, as I said earlier, rights and behaviours are different things. I've noticed that Status and Tomica are very young (and perhaps I would've been like that if I was editing Misplaced Pages at that age), but I just wish they'd realise that Misplaced Pages is not a war between JLo fans and Rihanna fans or Beyonce editors and Gaga editors or between anyone and anything. There was a reason that Bennifer and Personal life of Jennifer Lopez was kept (they weren't notable) in the same way that there's a reason that Jennifer Lopez: Let's Get Loud‎ was nominated (it was an awful article). I just wish they'd stop taking Misplaced Pages so personally. And, quelle suprise, we've had two comments at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/The US network TV schedule articles (2nd nomination) since I started writing this comment. Old habits die hard, eh? 23:54, 11 July 2012 (UTC)