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Why a red user name font?

I am somewhat new to Misplaced Pages and wonder why my user name is red in the history menu, when other names are blue. Can you help?Goldenwinds (talk) 00:13, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Where? Have you refreshed the page? ǝɥʇM0N0 01:09, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

If refreshing doesn't work, try purging the page or bypassing your cache. ~NerdyScienceDude 03:00, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

GOCE elections

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Elections are currently underway for our inaugural Guild coordinators. The voting period will run for 14 days: 00:01 UTC, Friday 1 December – 23:59 UTC, Tuesday 14 December. All GOCE members in good standing, as well as past participants of any of the Guild's Backlog elimination drives, are eligible to vote. There are six candidates vying for four positions. The candidate with the highest number of votes will become the Lead Coordinator, therefore, your vote really matters! Cast your vote today.

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors via SMasters using AWB on 01:53, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive! We have reached the end of our fourth backlog elimination drive. Thanks to all who participated. Stats 58 people signed up for this drive. Of these, 48 people participated in the drive. Although we did not eliminate the months we planned to (January, February, and March 2009; and August, September, and October 2010), we did reduce the backlog by 627 articles (11.2%), which was over our goal of 10%. 49 awards will go out to 33 of 48 participants. Check out the complete list of barnstar winners here. Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you participated in the September 2010 backlog elimination drive, you may have earned roll-over words (more details can be found here). These roll-over words count as credit towards earning barnstars, except for leaderboard awards. We will be delivering these barnstars within the next couple of weeks. Our next drive is scheduled for January 2011. In the meantime, please consider helping out at the Wikification drive or any of the other places where help with backlogs is needed. Thank you for participating in the last 2010 backlog elimination drive! We look forward to seeing you in January! Your drive coordinators –The Utahraptor/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa

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Sean Young

Wasn't sure on the language. Wasn't trying to be a vandal. It is referenced that she is crazy, though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IKanHazMonkeyz (talk • contribs) 20:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

Jason Ratcliff

Could you possibly find something for DYK in this new article? --Nascar1996 03:26, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

I've nominated it at T:TDYK#Jason Ratcliff. ~NerdyScienceDude 20:20, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, one day I plan to post my own nominations; I've been trying to fingure one out. The red looks nice in your new signature. Also, because of it, I see you are ready for the holidays. :) Nascar1996 20:25, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, that is my holiday signature. :) It will return to normal in January. ~NerdyScienceDude 20:38, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

I'm not going to change my signature. I like it how it is. The red will turn into pink one month later. Also, what do you think I should add to the background section of 2011 Daytona 500 when the time comes? (Maybe quotes from media day, some preseason testing results, etc) Nascar1996 20:42, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Quotes from the media could be a good thing to add. I'm not sure what else to include. I'm sure we'll find something when the day of the race gets closer. ~NerdyScienceDude 20:48, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

We should be able to find others. I'm Happy that I have a break from expanding race articles until Daytona. However, there are some that I would like to complete. Nascar1996 20:53, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

New script

I'm just suggesting a new script that can make different kinds of tables. Thanks! Perseus (t • c) 15:53, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

Are you referring to a tool that can add tables to articles? If that's what you were suggesting, then the edit toobar can do that. Click on the insert table button () and the table wizard will appear. You can specify the number of rows, number of columns, add a header row, add borders, and even make the new table sortable. An example:

The contents of the table will need to be manually added in. ~NerdyScienceDude 20:50, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

The Signpost: 13 December 2010

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Need hidden comment tool

Please help. Lack of hidden comment tool drives me crazy. Also, am computer stupid, so please hold my hand if you point me off to download something.TCO (talk) 00:12, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

You have come to the right place. I created a script that adds additional buttons to the toolbar, including a hidden comment one. See this page for more information. ~NerdyScienceDude 20:22, 14 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Jason Ratcliff

On 14 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jason Ratcliff, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Jason Ratcliff was the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series champion crew chief? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 14 December 2010 (UTC)