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Hi. Question...

Err, thanks for saying you'd adopt me. =) I have a question for you...I had uploaded a picture to the Commons and it worked for a couple weeks...but now it's disappeared and I don't know why...help? Young_Cdn (talk) 23:55, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

No problem Young Cdn. Do you think that the image may have been deleted? What exactly was the name if the image (such as Image:Example.jpg)? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:53, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
I believe it was CYA-AJC.png. I'm not really sure. I'm thinking I might have messed up on the permissions part of it...what's the best thing to use? Young_Cdn (talk) 01:41, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Hm, I'm not sure exactly what happened to it. Try following the instructions here. Let me know if you have any problems. Good luck, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:32, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Another one for you... the userboxes...where does one acquire all the different ones? Thanks....Young_Cdn (talk) 05:42, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
{{{info}}}
You can find many userboxes here. Just add the appropriate text to your user page, {{userbox}} to produce:
Let me know if you have any problems, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Me again...I keep getting messages that the image CYA-AJC.jpg is slated for removal...but someone else did the permissions for me...are they right? or am I going to lose the picture once again? Thanks... Young_Cdn (talk) 19:10, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

b-a-b Question

Thanks for adopting me. Should I talk about every single edit before editing? Or is there a certain number of sentences I can edit before I talk about it? Or is every edit that is not a minor edit get discussed on the the talk page? Thanks, Bab (talk) 02:24, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi B-a-b, I'm not sure I understand your question. Could you try rephrasing it once for me? Sorry, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Hope that helps! Bab (talk)
Also, you forgot to add me to your list of adoptions. Bab (talk) 02:28, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I've updated my user page. As for your question, you do not need to discuss every single edit you make on article talk pages, unless you think that your change may be controversial. However, as a courtesy to other users, make sure to leave a brief edit summary after your edits. I hope this answers your question. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 20:35, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Ok. Thanks. Bab (talk) 19:03, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
No problem, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 19:50, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Talk page

THanks for the revert. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 18:06, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

You're most certainly welcome! =) Arbitrarily0 (talk) 19:42, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia article

Hi! Thanks for leaving me a message. I sure would like some help in the next few days, as I am actually preparing to create my very first Wikipedia article. Panicpgh (talk) 18:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome Panicpgh. Let me know in what way I can help. Happy editing! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 21:00, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Warumungu

Updated DYK query On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Warumungu, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 22:19, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Dravecky. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:56, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

hello????? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gasman0210 (talk • contribs) 20:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Star Wars: Battlefront III

Hi. Although, the article was unprotected, that doesn't necessarily mean that it needs to be created straight away. The details surrounding the video game are still unclear, and there is yet to be an official announcement whether the game is or ever will be made. Yes there have been concept renders and rumours. All I'm saying is we should wait until more details become available so that we know where the game stands, and can then create an article from there. Regards, --EclipseSSD (talk) 20:44, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

  • Yes, I can understand where you're coming from about the publicity. It is an important factor, but I don't think an article should be created just yet. More information mght be coming soon, when that happens, that will be the best time to create it. Regards, --EclipseSSD (talk) 17:14, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
  • It's OK with me. The article can be created. I suggest reformatting the references to {{cite web}} to make them look better. And, as this is a game I am looking forward to, I will help when and where needed. --EclipseSSD (talk) 17:33, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
  • I've reformatted the references and added SW and video game categories to make the page look a bit better. --EclipseSSD (talk) 17:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (File:6 Pak video game.jpg)

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Re:Nomination for adminship

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hey

i want to change my username —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.94.239.119 (talk) 00:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi! It doesn't appear that you have created an account (or if you have you're not logged in). Click here to create an account now. You can make your username anything you want, as long as it conforms to the username policy. If you already have an account, please log in, and leave me another message here. Good luck, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 02:10, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Bot creation

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Routinely disappearing images in some of my userboxes

Please take look at some of the Userboxes I have created. Three of them (PUCP, INFORMS, and SIAM) have correct references to images I want to use in them. However, the userboxes display correctly for a day or two, and then the images disappear, getting replaced by the picture size reference (such as "50px"). I've restored them a couple of times already, only to see this recur. Why is this happening? Why is this so fragile?

This does not seem to occur with the fourth one, LIMA_PERU.

Scratching my head in frustration and bewilderment.

Thanks for any help/insight you can provide!

Panicpgh (talk) 22:49, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I am sure this is frustrating; I had this problem once too. It appears that a bot (User:BJBot to be exact) is coming to these pages and canceling out the image (see here and here). It is doing this because the images violate WP:NFCC#9 which states that "Non-free content is allowed only in articles". Basically, those three userboxes use images that are only meant for articles, so the bot automatically removes them. The only options are replace the images with free ones, or just substitute the images for text. Let me know if you have more questions. By the way, your user page is looking great! Cheers, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 23:06, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
Bummer. That sucks majorly. Ok, I've replaced them with text. They suck. Thanks for your help!!!
And thanks for the compliment about my page! Means a lot to me. Panicpgh (talk) 23:22, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
No problem - and it's no exaggeration either, you've done a great job. Best regards, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 23:54, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

dead links question

hi! relatively new user here, saw you on the list of adopters. wondering if you would be willing to adopt me. i often have questions on policy and how to reach consensus when editing. my question now is: how does wiki treats dead links? should the editor who added the content be obliged to find another source? thanks for your time. Untwirl (talk) 17:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Untwirl! Sure I'll adopt you! Here's the best way to go aboat treating dead external links:
1. First try to find the current location of the link. If you can find where the content has been moved, replace the dead link with the new link.
2. If you are unsuccessful in finding the link, add {{dead link}} next to the link. This lets other editors know that the link is broken.
Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 17:57, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
thanks for answering so quickly. so i should put a dead link tag next to them? (and how do i do that?) :) Untwirl (talk) 18:03, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
No problem, just click on edit this page at the top, and then paste the text "{{dead link}}" next to the link. Now save the page - and that's it! Let me know how it goes. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 18:13, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

worked great ! thanks. Untwirl (talk) 19:11, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Why an {{unreferenced}} on x2x ?

Howdy. Your bot added an {{unreferenced}} to the x2x article I created, but there's no mention of *what* references need to be cited. Why the tag?  ◉ ghoti 18:58, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, I used NewPageWatcher (a Wikipedia tool) to add {{unreferenced}} to the x2x page. This is because the page does not cite any reference sources, meaning that none of the content in the page is verifiable. The references should be about the article's content; for example, the line "x2x allows the console (keyboard and mouse) on one X terminal to be used to control another X terminal. It also provides ancilliary functions like clipboard sharing" might need a reference to verify that it's true. Let me know if this doesn't make sense. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 19:55, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
I think that insisting on references for basic facts is too much. The x2x page does include a link to the x2x web site both in its infobox and external links, which contains documentation and source code. Citations are intended to provide credit[1] for quotes, and references to externally-published claims/judgements which if left unattributed might otherwise be confused with original research[2]. Obviously there's a bit of a fuzzy line, but basic descriptions should not require references. And for software, an external link to the "home" of the application is generally accepted as sufficient. For examples of other software packages with unreferenced descriptions, check out the pages for Lynx, AWK or BusyBox. Or pretty much any others on Wikipedia.... I'll remove the {{unreferenced}} tag from the page.  ◉ ghoti 20:54, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Hi again pmc. Placing an {{unreferenced}} tag on an article does not insist references; it merely places the article in Category:Articles lacking sources, as well as notifies other users that there are no references, in the hopes that some may be added. Unfortunately, the x2x homepage can probably not be considered a reference because it is a primary source. For the most part, Wikipedia's sources come from secondary sources, and that is mainly what the {{unreferenced}} tag is asking for. The articles you pointed out (Lynx, AWK or BusyBox) in fact all do have references (look under the references, books, or notes sections), and therefore, they do not have an {{unreferenced}} tag. Thanks for getting back to me - feel free to do so again, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 21:13, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

non-english sources

how does wiki treat these? Untwirl (talk) 19:07, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Unless a source of higher quality exsists in another language, an English source is always preferred (if possible). See here for more information. Hopefully this helps, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:59, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Username concerns at User talk:Teancum

I am confused as to what your concern is? Teancum is a name Teancum that appears to be a popular refernce in some religions. Is this your concern? Chrislk02 Chris Kreider 14:31, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Also note that the user in question openly identifies themselves as a part of this church. You may need to be more specific about your concerns?Chrislk02 Chris Kreider 14:34, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for withdrawing your comment. I initially thought what you thought but did some research to ensure that I was assuming good faith. I think his name is fine and anybody with concerns can do a google search and the first hit is the wikipedia article on it. Chrislk02 Chris Kreider 14:45, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

My username

Yep, it is indeed based of an individual from the Book of Mormon --Teancum (talk) 15:10, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Good - sorry for the confusion. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 15:12, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Wiley Sylvester Grayer

You just put a speedy delete on a prelimanary article on one of Southern Ontario's first letter carriers I am only just putting together? I added the holdon tag but it doesn't appear to work so I put the information onthe talk page?????????. WayneRay (talk) 17:07, 20 January 2009 (UTC)WayneRay

Hi WayneRay! Don't worry, the article is no longer tagged with speedy deletion. In the future, remember to add the text {{hangon}} rather than ((hangon)) to stop the page from being deleted. Let me know if you have any questions or need help with something. Best regards, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 22:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Watchlist question

had another question - not the birds and the bees (this time)- but rather what are the green and red numbers next to pages on my watchlist? thanks. Untwirl (talk) 06:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Untwirl! Those red and green numbers on your watchlist show you how much larger (or smaller) a page has become in bytes. If the number is green, the page has increased in size that number of bytes. If the number is red, the page has decreased in size that number of bytes. Sometimes, the number will be gray when the page's size has not changed (0). I hope this helps, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 20:48, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

thanks, that make sense. btw - the change since when? Untwirl (talk) 20:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, what change? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 21:38, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

another question

how do you know if someone is an admin? is it on their userpage or somethin? tank yoooo!Untwirl (talk) 04:53, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Often administrators (also called sysops) indicate that they are administrators on their user page. You can find a list of administrators here or you can search through all accounts with administrator rights here. Cheers, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 16:59, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I need help loading a picture for a page called Hakirah. Can you help me load it?Mgmidget (talk) 01:31, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Can you help me upload a Picture?

In my previous post I was not clear.

The picture I need uploaded can be found at http://www.hakirah.org/Volume%201.htm

It is the maroon colored picture of the Journal Hakirah. I would much appreciate if you would help me.

Thank you so much.Mgmidget (talk) 01:40, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Hi Mgmidget. It looks like this image might be non-free content. As long as the image meets the non-free content criteria I can help you upload it. Basically, can you tell me what article this image would be in? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 02:05, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
I would like to have it in the article "Hakirah"
Thank you so muchMgmidget (talk) 02:12, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 Done - the image (File:Hakirah Cover.jpg) has been uploaded and placed in the article (Hakirah). Let me know if this is wrong. Cheers! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 02:44, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Perfect! Thanks again.Mgmidget (talk) 02:47, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Any time. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 02:54, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Long article names

Thank you for your interest in the mountains of Korea. The naming of several article has been a major headache for me. To give you an idea of the scope of the problem let's take a look at the article in question. It is one of two identically named mountains that straddles the same two provinces. If you were to write this in Korean script it would come out like this:

백화산 (괴산, 충청북/문경, 경상북)
Baekhwasan (Goesan, Chungcheongbuk-do/Mungyeong, Gyeongsangbuk-do)

The parts of the name break down as follows:

Goesan => A county Name
Chungcheongbuk-do => A province name
Mungyeong => A city name
Gyeongsangbuk-do => A province name

Its counterpart is:

백화산 (영동, 충청북/상주, 경상북)
Baekhwasan (Yeongdong, Chungcheongbuk-do/Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do)

It breaks down like this:

Yeongdong => A county Name
Chungcheongbuk-do => A province name
Mungyeong => A city name
Gyeongsangbuk-do => A province name


The length of the words is an unavoidable problem when Korean words are transliterated into English. I had been trying to mimic the method they name these kinds of articles on the Korean Language Wikipedia, though it does sometimes look awkward in English because of the length.

The best that I could do would be to drop the names of the provinces. Then the title of the article in question would be Baekhwasan (Goesan/Mungyeong). To date, I had included the names of the provinces as they were for the sake of precision, but I have no problems with making changes. Waygugin (talk) 00:19, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I have gone ahead and just made the changes. I will also slowly apply those changes elsewhere in the future. I do have a question. Periodically certain pages that I am working with just need to be speedily deleted. Do you know to whom I can make such a request? Waygugin (talk) 02:38, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
I like your idea of dropping the province name. If a page meets the criteria for speedy deletion you can place the appropriate speedy deletion template on the page. Administrators will eventually speedy deletion criteria is met. Was that the answer you were looking for? I may not have understood your question. Great job again on your articles. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 03:35, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

thank you

My RFA passed today at 150/48/6. I wanted to thank you for weighing in, and I wanted to let you know I appreciated all of the comments, advice, criticism, and seriously took it all to heart this past week. I'll do my absolute best to not let any of you down with the incredible trust given me today. rootology (C)(T) 08:04, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Most Difficult NES Games

I tried to do it, but ultimately I got turned down. (Yeah right!!! So people must feel that the original Contra is not so hard, huh??? LOL) Even Friday the 13th was hell to play! LOL(LonerXL (talk) 03:33, 2 February 2009 (UTC))

Nevertheless, the difficulty of a game varies from person to person. I'll go ahead and remove the request from WP:RL since an attempt has already been made to create it. Cheers! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 12:07, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Cheers! (Angrily clinks glasses with Arbit....)(LonerXL (talk) 01:12, 7 February 2009 (UTC))

question

if someone is edit warring in an article that has been arbitrated and has special rules, how to a put a template warning them ( and mentioning the arbitration) on their talk page? Untwirl (talk) 16:50, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

If the edit warring on the article is in violation of the arbitration decision, then the incident should be reported at Arbitration enforcement noticeboard. Does this answer your question? What article in particular are you referring to? Arbitrarily0 (talk) 21:20, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

My First Page Got Deleted! Can you help?!

Good morning! Thanks for offering to adopt me! I attempted to write an article about a company, but it was tagged as non-encyclopedic and advertising. I tried to write it as factually as possible, but it still got flagged and deleted. Is there any way you can help? I can send you the content of the article if it would help. Alternately, if you are able to access already-deleted content, the organization's name is Ricno Technologies Inc. Thank you thank you thank you! Mr Richard Richter (talk) 16:48, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi, no problem, sorry for the delay. Your deleted page has been copied and moved to your personal sandbox, here: User:Mr Richard Richter/Sandbox (thanks to User:Moonriddengirl). You can edit it there until it is ready. I've read through the article, so here are my suggestions: first, the article needs secondary sources (sources that are not related to the company) to verify the content. Unfortunately, the company website does not count as a source. Secondly, the article needs to show that it is notable, and adheres to the notability criteria for companies. If the company does not meet the notability criteria, it cannot be included in Wikipedia. Do your best to make these changes, then let me know, and I'll take a look. Good luck, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 03:10, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi Arbitrarily, I appreciate your assistance, and I will do what I can to find and edit this page to meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. Thanks for your help, and hopefully I'll be in touch soon! Mr Richard Richter (talk) 15:49, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

HELP!

I need help! I'm not even sure I'm doing this correctly! Some friends run a celebrity/news style blog and want a Wikipedia page. They have about 200,000 visitors a month (more by now) and I have volunteered for this. I guess. Is this "allowed"? I somehow doubt it. But I don't want to go to a lot of trouble only to have it deleted.

I'm sort of figuring this out but figured I'd ask this first. Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated! TheRealPastafarian (talk) 00:32, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi TheRealPastafarian, sorry for the delay. I understand where you're coming from. The main issue this blog might have with Wikipedia is its notability. Basically, for the blog to satisfy the notability criteria for web content, it must have been the subject of multiple reliable sources. If the blog satisfies this requirement, and you can verify it, the article is probably fit for Wikipedia (and will not be deleted). You may also want to check out Wikipedia:Your first article. Let me know how it goes. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 01:35, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Violotta.jpg

Replaceable fair use
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Speaking of images, I also notice a number of other photos you uploaded that are claimed to be GFDL but lack evidence of licensing (e.g. chess player portraits you uploaded last August). I'll tag those and would ask you to go through them and check the copyright information. Thanks, --Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:08, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for the clarification. I'll delete those then. Fut.Perf. ☼ 07:32, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

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Sigma Delta

I understand exactly why you did a speedy close, but his particular one is in fact not notable, and I shall almost certainly be re-nominating it. Just wanted to let you know ahead of time. DGG (talk) 03:53, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Hey there

I was wondering your meant to be my Adopter, and said to ask you any question I could have, well, heres my question, in the past you have told me my pages have been deleted because they had no refererences, well my last one that got deleted was Codynz.com, but now my new website CodyCooper.me has refererences from sites such as craigs list and digg, should I now create an article. (Pop by my website too if you want ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cody.feilding.nz (talk • contribs) 09:24, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Hi again Cody. It's not the lack of references that caused these pages to be deleted, it was the lack of notability. The articles did not "indicate why the subject (the website) was important or significant", therefore they met the speedy deletion criterion A7. References can be used to verify statements that show significance, but first, significance has to be shown. Sorry for the confusion, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 22:59, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

commons

Please! File:1st Chess Olympiad.JPG -> commons.wikimedia.org .. for use in others wiki --62.192.228.188 (talk) 18:42, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Looking for an editor

Hi. Im a new user from Switzerland and swissgerman is my mother tongue, therefore I will mainly contribute articles to the german and to the french Wikipedia. Sometimes, if I think that an article could be from worldwide interest, I will also translate it into english and other languages if necessary. Befor uploading my first english article, I asked somebody, if he would be willing to edit my article when I finish it. He accepted, but he didnt edit it, after I informed him, that the article is ready. Today, another user changed a couple of words (f.e. aswell into as well) but I cant believe that my english is that good, and that this is all that has to be revised. Thats why I would be very glad, if you take a look at the page I created - West Point (1847) and if you could correct any mistakes I made. Furthermore, a bot inserted an orphan-tag. There I could also need your help. The point is... the ship Im writing about, is almost forgotten, aswell as all the companys involved (there are no existing pages about them on wikipedia). So I dont know, from which pages I could establish a link. Could you help me? --Rectilinium (talk) 22:39, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, my name is Matt and I'm writing to you because I'm looking for a wikipedia mentor… I was wondering if you could be the one… I'm new here and I would like to know how to make really great articles and also I hope to be famous someday but anyway, i was wondering if u were willing to adopt me? Morts623 (talk) 04:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

student NIT Raipur

sir i am Animesh Pant student of 6th semester NIT Raipur. sir i am very much interested in editing wikipedia's content. I have edited a few number of pages last year(2008) than i had an accident so i had to stop.Now i want to start contributing again .So i was thinking to get adopted by some genuine member of wikipedia.please give me a chance, i'll not let u down. I have also read all terms and conditions about this.

Animesh Pant 6th sem computer science and engineering NIT Raipur Animesh1986 (talk) 04:14, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


Moving figures to a translated page


Thanks very much for your offer of help! I want to contribute to this impressive effort by translating Wikipedia articles from German into English. I noticed a request to translate the article on Sven Hedin (it is listed as a recommended article on the German site, and the request was to upgrade the small English site by translating the German version). I have now prepared the translation, using my subpage "Remotesensing/Sven Hedin" for the purpose.

This is my first attempt at producing anything for Wikipedia, and I do not know how to proceed further.

Just editing the English version would not be the way to do it, as I need to have the images moved over, for example. I also don't know what to do about the links at the bottom of the article -- I have translated their language content (but I did not yet copy this onto my subpage).

I have translated the footnotes, but of course they have to be suitably incorporated, something I cannot tackle until I have the final page to work on.

Can you help me? I'd surely appreciate it.

Cordially, Remotelysensed (talk) 13:08, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

I need your help!

I'm new to Wikipedia, and don't how do do many things! Please guide me through Wikipedia so i know how to do EVERYTHING YOU KNOW. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skyfairy999 (talk • contribs) 21:40, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Adot me!

Hello. Please adopt me. I've been roaming around Wikipedia for a while and would like to make pages and things like that! Please help me; I don't know my way around yet. Smileyshow1234 (talk) 02:42, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Please Adopt Me

I have to post an Article to Wikipedia as part of my yearly review at work. For several months now, I haven't had much luck figuring out how to post the article. Please help, help, help!!!. I have to have it posted by the end of May. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special inspections (talk • contribs) 16:12, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Please Adopt Me I am really trying to figure out how to use wikipedia in order to post an article. For several months now, I haven't had much luck so please help me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Special inspections (talk • contribs) 16:15, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

adopt

will you adopt me? i just joined today and i am lost! i still can't figure out how to make a wikipedia page. please adopt me! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Morganrdiegel (talk • contribs) 21:08, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

Looking for some newbie help

Hi there. I saw your name on the Adopter list and was hoping you could help me out. The entry I posted on Plumping is being flagged as a personal reflection/essay and I would like some help figuring out how to fix it. Is that something you can help me out with?

Thanks! Notoplumping (talk) 17:56, 8 May 2009 (UTC)Notoplumping

adoption

hello~i am interested in getting to know more about wikipedia and my way around it so that i can contribute my efforts toward accuracy and reliable sources. i've relied on it, forever, as a reader, but there's always so much that i feel i could help out with, that's missing, in all the so-many things that i am interested in and know about. i sure don't want to waste anyone's time or make more work rather than less, so if you aren't already too thinly spread, perhaps you would consider adopting me until i get the hang of it? i'm pretty sharp so it wouldn't be a drag for you (i hope). thanks {Anastasia888 (talk) 10:25, 23 May 2009 (UTC))

Hi Anastasia888, I'd be glad to adopt you! Feel free to come by anytime and I'll be glad to help you out. Consider adding {{Adoptee|Arbitrarily0}} to your user page for starters - it lets others now that your an adoptee. Happy editing! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 13:49, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Adoption Request

Hello. I'm looking for someone to adopt me. I'm a total novice at this point. With the kind assistance of an experienced user I was able to create an article stub Valle de Chalco, but now I need help on Wikitext editing to expand it. I have been referring to the Wikipedia Tutorial, as well as using editing sections of some existing articles as templates. But I am still having problems, e.g. editing code, even when pasted in from another article, does not yield the desired result. Thanks so much for any assistance you can give me, now and in the future. Escuincla (talk) 15:33, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I can't believe I found an adopter so quickly! And thanks so much for your addition of the category. Take care. Escuincla (talk) 16:40, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
=) Don't mention it. Happy editing, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 00:42, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


Wikimedia Language

Where can I find the wikimedia language, I am attmepting to learn it. Drock493 (talk) 20:19, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Hiya!

Hey there! I just wanted to say thank you for the nice welcome you gave me a while back. I know this is sort of a delayed reply, but I actually thought that I'd responded already, haha. Anyway, thanks again! Tikkuy (talk) 07:55, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Hiya Tikkuy! Don't mention it. :) Take care, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 17:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Change necessary to your monobook.css

In your monobook.css page, you need to add !important to the .localcomments line, as seen here; this ensures that your custom code will override any of the default settings made by the script. Cheers! Gary King (talk) 22:01, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Creating an Infobox

I have spent hours trying to follow the directions to create an infobox for a children's hospital foundation and I am ready to give up. The directions are not user-friendly and I am desperate for someone to guide me through the process. Thank youKdennis1 (talk) 02:06, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm up for adoption

Hi there Arbitrarily0

I am trying to write an impartial and objective article about a home improvement company in the UK www.onisliving.co.uk. They came up with the NOT FOR SALE estate agent sign campaign then IKEA copied it. In the end they received free advertising for one year from IKEA (a first) []. They have pioneered some tangible changes in their industry and recently went into liquidation due to a large customer not paying only to relaunch again as as a franchise. The issue is that there are other people writing about the company but they have some of their facts wrong and in some instances are being highly subjective and only telling one side of the story. I should also add that what I have written about this company before has been vandalized and so will no doubt happen again. I am in a good position to write it after working for the company for 4 years and know where to find third party sources. I have started writing already, I don't know if you can view it here?:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Noblestrawberry/Onis_living

I wrote the page on the Mexican artist Gelsen gas and have written some that have been redirected and some that have been removed entirely.

I'd very much appreciate your help to avoid that this time. Many thanks (Noblestrawberry (talk) 00:55, 30 July 2009 (UTC))

Re adopting Noblestrawberry

Hi Arbitrarily0, thanks for the adoption! I would greatly appreciate it if you could read my Onis Living article and let me have your comments and advice on how to make it initially appropriate, and then perhaps great, for Wikipedia.

Many thanks (Noblestrawberry (talk) 23:01, 1 August 2009 (UTC))

Some advice before getting into adoption

Hi Arbitrarily0

I'm a long time user first time editor, I'm mainly a sports person I'll know anything and everything nearly about AFL(Australian Football League) but I'm currently looking into more vandalism, It's a big issue in wiki.

I need a mentor who can look over my articles and give me daily advice when needed. Also someone who can help me with the mistakes I'm making.

thanks please get back to me,

--Sydney Swans09 (talk) 08:45, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Arbitrarily0. You have new messages at Moonriddengirl's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Legendary?

I propose Alt 1? Opinion? ... said: Rursus (mbork³) 20:33, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Blind Chess Olympiad

Updated DYK query On September 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Blind Chess Olympiad, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Wikiproject: Did you know? 18:42, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Arbitrarily0 (talk) 21:20, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
Congrats, keep up the good work. :) Regards, Javért ☆ 22:50, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Reginald Bonham


Updated DYK query On September 22, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Reginald Bonham, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

JamieS93 20:21, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Correct english

Hi Arbitrarily0, I'm not an native english speaker, so I think my new article on Jean-Luc Fillon in english is not perfectly written. Could you read this article and correct it if necessary ? I would be very gratefull. Tombone (talk) 11:49, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Salut Tombone! I did some grammar clean-up on the article for you (changes). Your writing is excellent, keep it up. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 14:33, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Benjamin Fillon

thanks for the translation. I think you didn't do that in purpose... There is a lot of Fillon in France. Jean de Parthenay (talk) 16:38, 25 September 2009 (UTC) but thanks a lot anyway.

Question

hello, I was wondering how you become a moderator and how long it takes and do you need any special requirements. Thanks Olly146

Hi Olly, by moderator do you mean administrator? There all no official requirements needed to become an administrator, however, the Wikipedia community must decide in favor of your request in order to be granted the rights. Therefore, in order to have a successful request, you must show experience and trustworthiness throughout your edits over a period of time. This period of time has not set length, but more experience is favored over less. I hope this helps, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 20:19, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Adoption Request

I would like to be adopted by an experienced user who could show me the ropes. It would help me greatly with being able to write a decent article or getting involved in discussions on talk pages. The only thing I am really good at is reverting vandalism to articles. Reverting vandalism does seem to get pretty boring if this is your only contribution to Wikipedia. Furthermore, solely reverting vandalism will not get you recognized by other editors on here nor will you ever be considered for adminship. I would like to be a recognized user on here and hopefully maybe an admin sometime in the future. Thank you. Hmrox (talk) 13:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Hmrox, I'd be happy to adopt you. A good way to become recognized by other users is to make contributions to the project namespace, such as requests for page protection, deletion discussions (i.e. AfD), the Village pump, Requests for Adminship, and continued work at AIV, among others. At RfA's, the Wikipedia community also looks very favorably on content creation, especially good and featured articles. Maybe you'd be interested in relieving the backlog or new page patrolling. Take a look at the most wanted articles, and consider creating an article that interests you. Often WikiProjects contain lists of articles that need creation as well. These are just some ideas for areas you might like to help out in, and all are appreciated during an request for adminship. If you do decide to create a new article, let me know so I can take a look at it. Cheers, Arbitrarily0 (talk) 14:44, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

American Ride

How about this hook? "… that the writers of the title track to Toby Keith's 2009 album American Ride told him he was "the only guy in the world that could get away with cutting" that song?" Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 15:43, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Sounds good to me! Nice work on the article by the way. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 23:57, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

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