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== ] ==
==Welcome== Hello '''-Barry-''' and welcome to Misplaced Pages! I'm glad you've chosen to join us. This is a great project with lots of dedicated people, which might seem intimidating at times, but don't let anything discourage you. ], explore, and contribute. If you want to learn more, <p> ] teaches you the basics quickly, </br> ] is more in-depth, and </br> ] is exhaustive. <p> The following links might also come in handy: </br> ] </br> ] </br> ] </br> ] </br> ] </br> </br> Float around for awhile until you find something that tickles your fancy. One easy way to do this is to hit the ] button in the navigation bar to the left. There are also many great committees and groups that focus on particular jobs. My personal favorite stomping grounds are ] and ] for sloppy articles. Finally, the Wikimedia Foundation has several other wiki that you might enjoy. </br> </br> There are a few crucial points to keep in mind when editing. Be ] with users, strive to maintain a ] point of view, ] your information, and show good ] like signing your comments with four tildes like this: <nowiki> ~~~~ </nowiki> If you have any more questions, always feel free to ask me anything on my ] or ask the true experts at ]. Again, welcome! -- ] 05:46, 9 December 2005 (UTC)


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== Thanks ==
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Thanks for the helpful form letter, Draeco.
==] nomination of ]==
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A tag has been placed on ] requesting that it be speedily deleted from Misplaced Pages. This has been done under ], because it is a file licensed as "for non-commercial use only", "no derivative use", "for Misplaced Pages use only", or "used with permission"; and it has not been shown to comply with the limited standards for the use of ]. If you agree with the deletion, there is no need to do anything. If, however, you believe that this image may be retained on Misplaced Pages under one of the ] then:
In other news, I created articles on ] and ]s recently. The copyholder page currently needs more descriptions of copyholders. ] 01:43, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
* state clearly the source of the image. If it has been copied from elsewhere on the web you should provide links to: the image itself, the page which uses it and the page which contains the license conditions.
== sry, ==
* add the relevant ] and if necessary, a complete ].


If you think this page should not be deleted for this reason, you may '''contest the nomination''' by ] and clicking the button labelled "Contest this speedy deletion". This will give you the opportunity to explain why you believe the page should not be deleted. However, be aware that once a page is tagged for speedy deletion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag from the page yourself, but do not hesitate to add information in line with ]. If the page is deleted, and you wish to retrieve the deleted material for future reference or improvement, then please contact the {{Querylink|Special:Log|qs=type=delete&page=File%3AChickenpants.jpg|deleting administrator}}, or if you have already done so, you can place a request ]. <!-- Template:Db-noncom-notice --> <!-- Template:Db-csd-notice-custom --> <span style="background:-webkit-radial-gradient(red,blue);-webkit-background-clip:text;-webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">]<sup><span style="font-size:85%;">(] ])</span></sup></span> 17:00, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
i dont know anything about copy holders =) ]<font size="1"> ] </font> 04:53, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

== Form Letters ==

hey, some people just talk like that, maaaan. ]<font size="1"> ] </font> 15:24, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

== Formatting ==

Hi Barry -- Just FYI, leaving one (or more) spaces does that, and on certain skins it also produces a blue box with a dashed border around the text...

Like This

(I saw your edit summary for ])

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:I'll have to look through all of the formating options some day. Thanks. ] 19:48, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

== Hello ==
hello Barry- if you have any comments or questions please ask on my talk page --] 04:44, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

:Ok. You seem to be an expert at soliciting comments and questions, so I'll ask you something on your talk page. ] 04:56, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

:Done. I asked "Why don't you contribute something to Misplaced Pages besides asking random people to post to your talk page?" Hope that helps. ] 04:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

==smiling fetus==
a reference is always appreciated. ] 04:10, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

: Regarding edit, see . ] 05:34, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

== "Mandatory check" ==

Curious. On your page, you state that "Articles should go through at least one mandatory check before being publicly posted as a Misplaced Pages article." Who would be in charge of this checking, and by which authority would it be checked? --] 04:46, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

:Maybe two or three Wikipedians should have to tick a box to approve an edit before it's applied. If an article is on your watchlist, it would also subscribe you to edit requests for that article. Maybe voters would have to be elected before they could approve or disapprove an edit. Edits wouldn't have to be checked as though they were to be published in a real encyclopedia or conventional media. This is just to prevent some of the more blatant inaccuracies and vandalism.

:Basically, I'd like to see Misplaced Pages take it to the next level, were at least obvious vandalism doesn't have a chance. I recently reverted weeks-old vandalism from some article. No excuse for that. ] 05:24, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

== Links ==

Help on links can be found ]. For example, to link to your Talk page you would enter <nowiki>]</nowiki>, or to link to a particular section enter <nowiki>]</nowiki>. It also can be helpful to click on "edit this page" to view the wiki markup and see how others link to various things (like how I used the <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> tag just now). --] 02:16, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

:I thought I tried that and it didn't work, but it works now. Not sure what I did the first time. Maybe I used single brackets. Thanks.

:And that's another thing, a " | " should be the separator between the link and the text for outside links AND Misplaced Pages links. I think a space is currently used for outside links. And they should all use single brackets. ] 02:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

== Article organization ==

On your user page you said, "It should be Misplaced Pages policy that, if feasible, each writeup of a particular product that's distinguished by brand or author, especially if it or competing products of other brands or authors might be commercial products, be included in the single broader, most closely related article as opposed to being given its own article." This thinking could turn Misplaced Pages into one big article, rather using ], ] (''aka'' ]), and working to limit ] to create small useful articles. According to ], "Obscure content isn't harmful." So, as long as a product is ] and the article on it is ] then the page should exist and be linked to from related articles and competing products.

Maybe I'm not understanding you, but are you asking that ], ] and ] be merged?

Regardless, your ideas might be relevant to the discussion at ] or even ]. --] 17:12, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

: Thanks for those links. I didn't have a chance to follow them yet. I had MS Windows and competitors in mind when I added the phrase "if feasible." Something more descriptive would be better.

: Obscure content may not be harmful, but stubs are too short. It's easier for the researcher when related information is on one page, assuming the page loads in a reasonable amount of time. I think one recommendation is about 8 seconds for dial-up users.

: Who's going to put an article about minor, bad software on their watch list? It would be a vandalism magnet and an invitation to lie about your product.

:I have other concerns, mentioned in ] that I don't want to fully repeat. ] 16:17, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

:Now ] is just silly. ] 17:33, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

==] nominated for deletion for a fourth time==
The article ] has been ]. I noticed that during its past nominations for deletion you voted to have the article deleted. If you have time, please support me in my attempt to have this article deleted by casting your vote in favour of deletion. Thank you. - ] 07:25, 15 April 2006 (UTC)
:Done ] 08:56, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

==Bot reversion==
Your recent edit to ] was reverted by an '''automated bot''' that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Misplaced Pages articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept our apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior. ''']''' for '''frequently asked questions''' about the bot and this warning. // ] 02:23, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

:The following is my response to the above, which I posted to Tawker's discussion page:

<blockquote>I received the notice "Your recent edit to Timeline of labor issues and events was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to recognize and repair vandalism to Misplaced Pages articles. If the bot reverted a legitimate edit, please accept our apologies – if you bring it to the attention of the bot's owner, we may be able to improve its behavior..." My edit was not vandalism. Please read the edit summary. I just added sub-headings to specify the countries in which the issue or event occurred. I see you won't be back until Tuesday. Maybe I'll look into what that big shut off button is about. Seems it wouldn't be that easy to shut off the bot, but I'll see.</blockquote>

:I should have also mentioned that Tawkerbot2 didn't create the "Bot reversion" or any other heading for the above post, messing up my discussion page. I had to create the heading. Bad bot. ] 02:43, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
::It appears someone has fixed it for you, thats a tricky one to figure out, 99.9% of the time an edit like that occurs its vandalism but yours was good. Sorry about the bot being a little hard to shutdown, don't want vandals being able to kill the vandal fighter. As for the headings, people hate me for making one, people hate me for not making one, more people seem to not want the header so thats why it doesn't have a header :) -- ] 06:53, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

==Timeline of labor issues and events ==
Hi Barry. Just wanted to say hello, and good work on the timeline page. I had unlinked the headers for the US because, as a general rule, only the first instance of a name is linked in an article. (]) But I'm not too worried about it either way, so I'll leave them alone. :) Chris.--] 00:00, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

:Thanks, B&C. I thought you unlinked them because you thought all of the titles should be unlinked. If a new country is added and its heading is linked, and right above it you see a United States heading that isn't, it wouldn't look right. I'll take advantage of the "as a general rule" provision and link them all. ] 00:19, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

== Perl ==

Barry, I'm going to be direct and say I don't like your recent additions (since May 1st) to the ] article, and from the discussion on the talk page it appears I'm not the only one. The material and links you added are arguably anti-Perl and I'm left wondering if you have an agenda or alterior motive. I'd like to pass you off as a trouble-maker or Perl-hater and simply remove your additions, but the rest of your edit history appears good. I'm just not sure what to make of you and your edits to the Perl article. Can you explain what are you trying to do?
] 22:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

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