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Normally I will answer on your talk page, unless you request otherwise; I will normally check both pages. If you are editing whilst not logged in, I will reply both on my talk page and yours to increase the chance that you see the message (talk messages to IPs sometimes get lost). I will keep most comments posted on the page, but I reserve the right to refactor comments, archive comments, and trap excessively long signatures in modified AfD closing boxes. I may also use {{RPA}} when appropriate. --ais523

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AN/I

Thanks for the info. Looks like the user who removed it isn't even an admin. Can he do that? Anyway, looks like my request got done anyway, so no big deal.Ekajati (yakity-yak) 14:24, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Lol whut

Haha, what's with this? The "delete - keep" comments made me laugh, it doesn't look like you're a n00b. Miltopia 10:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

delete http://en.wikipedia.org/John_Powers_%28poet%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/John_Powers_%28poet%29

I saw a referral stat come from this page about me... http://en.wikipedia.org/John_Powers_%28poet%29 Didn't know that was out there. Noticed you flagged it for deletion which I am fine with, even though its factual regarding my writing career/

No idea how to provide reference other than a copy of the bio from one of my books: http://www.gotpoetry.com/Sections/op=viewarticle/artid=12.html http://www.amazon.com/dp/1893972003?tag=gotpoetry-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1893972003&adid=1DETQHYPVBWVX9945G6M& so if thats not what is needed, I'd say go ahead and remove it.

The BLP rule is for your own protection; if an article has no sources, it's possible it contains factual errors, and an article containing factual errors might incorrectly reflect negatively on the person it's about. I'll add the Amazon source to the article and remove the proposed-deletion tag; now there's a source, any further deletion attempts should probably have a debate. --ais523 08:44, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Edit counter

Hi! Although not a large scale editor I was intrigued enough to see what I had done, having now moved my Image contributions to Wiki Commons. I was somewhat surprised to note that I seemed to have a lot of User talk edits. Then I realised that this would be due to me using Vandal Proof and automatically creating warnings. Would it be feasible to have your editor show the VP created User:talk warnings as a seperate item to normal User talk messages? Please answer on my Talk page. Richard Harvey 15:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your quick response over on the Technical Village Pump! I haven't an inkling on how to write Javascript, and that little tool is going to save me a lot of work in the future. GeeJo ⁄_(c) • 14:04, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

SISR redirect

Thanks, I followed your advice, but see the result at: http://en.wikipedia.org/SISR Perhaps I did something wrong.

Paolo.

OOPs. Now it seems to be OK! Thanks, I'll do the same for other pages. Thanks again.

Help moving page

Thanks much for your help. I thought my account was more than 1 day old, but I guess the account doesn't become active until one actually either posts to Wiki or creates a User Page!? Anyway, many thanks again! Dave 16:03, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Help request re: vandalism blocking

Thanks for the help; while that wasn't THE response I wanted, it does help. Now if only they start letting me bomb vandals instead of block... Scoutersig 16:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

RE: Movie screenshot

But how I should give there proper tag if {{movie-screenshot}} is already there ? I thought this is far enough. Tulkolahten 00:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

sorry, totally confused :-o I did not find tag for rationale and source. Tulkolahten 09:18, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

		Thank you !
		For being patient while helping me :-) Tulkolahten 09:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Non-admin delete close...

{{db-afd}} :) Admins aren't needed to close AFDs, just to "execute" them. ---J.S 00:54, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Pokémon table

Thanks for your idea on fixing the Pokémon table; it's far, far less hacky than the invisible 999s, and completely inconspicous to the average reader. Laïka 15:22, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Replace "Editing help" with "Cheatsheet" link

Per your previous interest, here's a link to the updated proposal: Misplaced Pages:Village pump (proposals)#Replace "Editing help" with "Cheatsheet" link. Please comment/support there. Thanks :) --Quiddity 21:06, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your response - followup question

I am nearing completion of the development of PockBot, a wikibot currently under Request for Approval. I am unsure how to make PockBot add entries to articles, there seems to be a system of edit tokens etc that stops it from simply adding data from GET request over HTTP via impersonating a user request. I could do with some help please in knowing how to write to a wikipedia page from a Perl script via HTTP. - PocklingtonDan 13:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

The source code of User:Pearle, a bot written in Perl, is publically available as far as I can remember, so you might want to see how that bot does it. Most bots (my bot, for instance) operate by visiting the edit page (the same way a human would) using GET, reading the information and the tokens, and then submitting by faking a form-send from the page (using POST). (Bot523 actually uses a Web browser to do this; there are other methods, however.) Hope that helps; you might want to ask the bot owner's noticeboard for more information, although it's quite low-traffic. --ais523 13:53, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your incredibly quick response t my query, hadn't tried that before and figured i'd be waiting days for a response, so thanks. I will take a look at the Pearle source code as you suggest but IIRC that's a pretty huge bit of code so I might be hunting for a while. WOuld it be possible to see the relevant code from your Bot523? I take it makes a GET request and then screen-scrapes the edit token etc out? This should be compatible with my bot. I have made several stabs at it but can't get it to work (the shame!). I will take a look at Pearle but if you were able to show me code you got to work for Bot523 it would be greatly appreicated. Cheers - PocklingtonDan 13:58, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I see now your bot is in javascript. The exact POST/GET strings you use would probably still help though if possible - PocklingtonDan 14:00, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Alderney

Hi.

Thanx for your comments re my question about listing of Alderney as a separate country.

I wasn't born here, but I have a 'British Islands, Bailiwick of Guernsey' passport and am proud of it. Therefore maybe the 'Nationality Law' argument is somewhat doubtful?

However, since I managed to persuade Sage to change their Country listings so we could legally register our correct address, it appears that some people recognise that a person's 'Country'is important to them.

Let's face it, with our own flag, Government and also Laws, what else do we need to prove we are a soveriegn State?

Our annual visitors also are pleased to come to a place that sticks to it's own way of life, whatever the rest of the World is doing - rushing about going nowhere seems to be the current occupation!

There will always be those who think that they know best how to catagorise other people, places, things; however, we do not try to force our way of life on anyone, so we appreciate anyone who doesn't try to do that to us!

I hope the person/s responsible for Country listing read this and search their consciences before writing us off as part of the UK! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.73.217.30 (talk) 10:24, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

thanks for ur help

thanks for teaching me how to message other people. im testing it now as well... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Minipies (talk • contribs) 10:36, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

Script

Sweet Mother of Jimbo, you've done it! That is exactly what I wanted! You rock; thank you! (Oh, one thing, the "ending" --> "ended" part doesn't work, but everything else rocks!) Essjay (Talk) 01:28, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi!

Thanks so much for the tip.Dukie010 10:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Oops, okay, I tried to put the tag on the history page, but I'm not sure if it worked. Still trying to figure out how wiki is organized!Dukie010 10:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For the help --BozMo talk 21:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Click template deletion

{{click}} was nominated: Misplaced Pages:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_December_17#Template:Click — Omegatron 20:35, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: How to format this?

Hi. I've tried to clarify the question on my talk page. Thanks. Xiner (talk, email) 18:39, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, you're right, it works fine in IE7 too. I'll ask like you said. Thanks. Xiner (talk, email) 18:47, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, actually, your suggested fix worked for display in Firefox and didn't change the rendering in IE, so I think it's a browser issue. Thanks. Xiner (talk, email) 18:50, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you very much for helping me out. I wish you a Happy New Year! Sue H. Ping 15:44, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Respond to User_Talk:Imagine_Wizard#Current help issues(if your responding to a ...

So how do i make this page "....such as GFDL, CC-by-sa, or public domain to ...."

--I.W 16:08, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Just in case this changes anything on your explainasion, the only thing on the website is my own picture made using Paint(with the exeption of the banner at the top explaining this site was made by using Matmice and that the desighn of the backround was provided by them.)You might want to look at the website , the url is on my user page. Reply soon !--I.W 16:29, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

What if I E-mailed the owners of Matmice asking if I could use a screen dump of the my website?--I.W 16:40, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

HELP ME

Yeah, thanks for that, all the best, 1B6 12:01, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks re: WantedPages.

I stuck a note in the techincal Village Pump you indicated. Peter H. St.John, M.S. 17:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Splitting a Talk Page

In my talk page it has a lot to do with Petrarch. This is my hobby now that I am retired. I see that I am geting pretty long on my Talk Page, however I have much more I would like to put there. Is there a way that a section or sections could be just referenced someplace (i.e. "Further on Petrarch") and then essentually another ("sub")Talk Page. This way the FIRST Talk Page is not so long (probably then short) and there would be several other sub-pages for expansion from the original thoughts under sub-titles:
Further on Petrarch
Works by Petrarch I find interesting
Unusual things about Petrarch
--Doug 14:44, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! That answered my question on this. I will now be breaking this down into "sub-titles" so that the main Talk page is not so long. Also is there a reason (probably some technical reason) why the Reference Titles on the questions can not be run in reverse chronological order, so that the last question submitted is the first you see and the oldest question (by then not worked on) is at the end about to fall off (to be archived).

Thank you very much.

And, when I am complete, could you provide me with a link to review you as an editor? Ronbo76 16:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Editor Review - helpme on Bjornar Simonsen AfD

On January 4, 2007 Ais523 responded to my helpme because I was unfamiliar with how to recreate an AfD renomination. Ais523 was very helpful in tagging that article for Speedy Deletion. I consider his help an asset to our community. Well done! Ronbo76 17:06, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

subpages of subpages of subpages of......

Take a look at my User page now. Much improvement. Before it was very looooooooooooong. Now nice and short. Thanks!
Can one then do subpages of subpage, etc? --Doug 20:15, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Your CFD nomination

I've moved this to Misplaced Pages:User categories for discussion#Category:User pages requesting assistance as it's a user category not an article category. Timrollpickering 21:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)