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VSQP: very stupid question probably but I am trying to figure out how to post and just say thanks for the welcome message! Is this correct?
EdnaNetzke (talk) 15:22, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
DYK
Hi and thanks for your many nominations at DYK. You may have noticed that a majority of your nominations have not been accepted. It would help us if you were to familiarize yourself with the rules, which you can find at WP:DYK#The DYK Rules. Not only that, but please credit the original article contributors in your nomination, like "Article by User:Jimbo Wales, nominated by ~~~~." Thanks again. howcheng {chat}18:42, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
OK, I have verified the Sea Island hook. Next time, please leave your updates on the DYK nominations page, if I happen to not log in for a few days (or I get hit by a bus or something) then nobody else would double-check it after my initial assessment. Regards, howcheng {chat}22:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
Talk:Global warming
Hi! I removed the Wikiproject Environment template you put on the top of Talk:Global warming because the template is already on the page; it's just contained in the "this article is covered by multiple wikiprojects" box. - Enuja(talk)22:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
That's really strange. If it's exactly the same as the other one, I don't understand why it isn't working correctly... jj137(talk)23:59, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
ImageMap
Wow. Using Show Preview, I tried to "redo" it, but for some reason I still can't get the links to work properly. I'll keep working on it. jj137(talk)02:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Donorsilo.JPG. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use. Suggestions on how to do so can be found here.
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Article
Y Deleted it. Haven't had a chance to work on the archives yet; just got online for the first time today (although I think I have an idea of what to do). jj137(talk)20:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
hi mfc, i'm confused by recent messages. You have a template today for the DYK (see above) and a thx for the RFA support - (hope you found the bucket) Can you explain? Victuallers (talk) 21:23, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
re: I suggest merging the filmography and new sources to Charlotte Ander. The Charlotte Ander prose appears to be a more complete and polished translation from the German wiki. As for Charlotte Anderson, this appears to be the name of a missing notable professor and physician. Once the merge is done, we can make a stub. • Gene93k (talk) 21:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
ImageMaps
Victuallers told me about this tool which helps create imagemaps. Wow. Check out the changes I made to archives till 38 page (still a couple I have to fix, I think). jj137(talk)03:05, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Boston Celtics FA Nom
Though this seems like it won't succeed, I could help you with the issues addressed to help bring the article to FA status. Just drop me a note on what to do and I will get started. STORMTRACKER94 Go Sox!20:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes, you should be able to - when you compile the list, there should be an option in one of the tabs to change all of the pages to Talk: namespace. To make your TOC in the center, just use {{TOCcenter}}. jj137(talk)21:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
The image (til 38) is fixed now. I'll work on adding the archive images by adding them in a scrollable (sic) box, if that sounds correct. jj137(talk)21:19, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Argh. Worked around with it but couldn't get it to work right (still trying!). Have you ever considered linking any of your Oreo pictures to Oreo? jj137(talk)21:38, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey. Seems like you're assessing a slew of start-class articles as stubs. May I ask about your criteria, or the reason for this? Wizardman21:26, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
For the new pages, nothing I know of. New Page Watcher may have something you can use.
I haven't been able to find anything for the Celtics other than the all-time roster. I guess we will just have to tag non-bios the "old-fashioned way". jj137(talk)22:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Actually, I am very experienced with Pywikipedia bot and AWB bot software (I used to run a bot all day everyday on another wiki). Actually, if you download and install the Pywikipedia bot software (if you want!), I can definitely help you with a bot. jj137(talk)00:22, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I use XP too; firstly, if you don't already have Python installed, you will need to download/install that (just takes a few minutes, no big deal). Once you do that, you can just download the software from here. Are you familiar with command line at all? That's what you use to run it. It's actually pretty simple, assuming the fact I was able to figure it out and know relatively nothing about command line. (Sorry if all of that was confusing.) jj137(talk)00:32, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
You shouldn't have to open an RFBA yet - just make sure not to make any edits before opening one. Yes, the step-by-step is confusing; once it is done installing, read through it, and let me know if you can't figure something out. jj137(talk)00:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Ah, OK. Just save it wherever you want, I guess; you don't really even need to do anything with any of the files, but the pywikipedia somehow needs it to work. jj137(talk)00:44, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
If you have both things installed, I'm pretty sure that's where the directions come in. Try reading through them and see if you can figure out anything. Let me know if you're stuck/confused. jj137(talk)00:50, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
You can rename it or create a new account while logged in, whatever's easiest. Now, are you able to login using command line? jj137(talk)01:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Here's how:
Open command line.
Type in chdir (whatever file name is where list of .py files is saved)
type in login.py
It should ask you for your password. Type in the bot password (also, make sure "Oreobot" is specified in the file)– it will be invisible, but it will be entering it.
If successful, it will tell you a random note about how your bot isn't registered or something like that.
OK, do you have "Oreobot" specified in user-config.py? Optionally, just post what the text in that file says and I can fix it :) jj137(talk)01:51, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Say for example the list of files (user-config.py, login.py, move.py, etc. etc.) is saved in "C:\Wikipedia\pywikipediabot" or something like that. You would type in "chdir C:\Wikipedia\pywikipediabot". Then you would use login.py . jj137(talk)02:09, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Is it still telling you invalid syntax? If you're typing it in correctly, and that is where all of the pywikipedia bot files are, then it should work properly. jj137(talk)02:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
If you open a fresh command line, copy and paste the below code into the command line and press enter, and it surely is telling you that, then I'm totally out of ideas.
chdir C:\Documents and Settings\Desktop1\Desktop\Python\pywikipedia
Well, I tried. I think that's what you were aiming for, and if not, hopefully that's close enough for you to tweak the code around a bit. The changes I made were mainly in your /Top template, and basically consisted of slapping the two archive things and the TOC in an invisible table. Unfortunately, I'm not quite sure how to make your second archive pile as large as the other one (or vice versa), mainly because I have no idea how you did all that in the first place. I hope that works for you - if not, it should be easy enough for you to undo - one edit each here and on the template. Happy Editing! Hersfold(t/a/c)01:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I've got the scroll bar in. Had to fight the spam blacklist to do it, though, which was kinda weird. Anyway, I'm not sure what you mean by "wide" - I guess things are running off on your screen? I'm using a 1440x900 screen resolution and it looks fine to me, but I'm not quite sure how to get things smaller without messing with those imagemaps of yours. Which, again, I have no idea how to do. Sorry. Looks pretty good on my screen, though. :-) Hersfold(t/a/c)05:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
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I'm sorry you felt I am inexperienced to become an admin. I hope that by performing more edits on Wikipedia in the next few months that I could possibly change your mind by my next RfA, possibly around May 2008. - Jameson L. Taitalk ♦ contribs04:59, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Albertis Castle, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent.
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If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Ian Spackman (talk) 11:19, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Instinct. Concerning your contribution, Gianfranco Contini, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material without the permission of the author. This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.novara.com/letteratura/bibliografia900/contini.htm. As a copyright violation, Gianfranco Contini appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Gianfranco Contini has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. For text material, please consider rewriting the content and citing the source, provided that it is credible.
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I realize that you weren’t aware of the problem when you created the article by using a google translation of its equivalent on the French Wikipedia, but following that article back to its source on the Italian Wikipedia I discovered that the text there largely consisted of chunks lifted from the Novara on line letteratura.
By the way, when you do import articles from the other Wikipedias there are a couple of things to bear in mind. Firstly, their texts, like ours, are copyrighted but licensed under the GFDL. That means that their authorship must be acknowledged. When we forget to do that—and I am sure we all do sometimes—we are violating their copyright. Secondly, machine translations are nearly always hopeless for out purposes. Certainly if you have sufficient knowledge of the source language, you can use the machine-generated text as the basis of a translation or summary of the original article—but always it will need careful copy-editing and checking.
I am not one for sending round pretty pictures, but after my recent RfA, which passed 68/1/7, I am now relaxed and this is to thank you for your support. I will take on board all the comments made and look forward to wielding the mop with alacrity. Or two lacrities. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:12, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, if you did, maybe you would have translated it and created the article with the translated text. I obviously don't think you would do that, but someone else might suspect it. jj137(talk)21:58, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
You would need to open an RFBA, be approved for trial, and then have your bot approved for AWB for it to work. Trust me, much simpler than setting up Python or whatever else. jj137(talk)23:31, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
I fixed the links. Do you mean all disambiguation pages that need {{disambig}} added? Or just links fixed so that they don't link to disambiguation pages? jj137(talk)23:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
I think I may keep some sort of simple design like that. I like it more than the design I had before, which was just crammed with stuff. jj137(talk)20:14, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I just wanted to let you know that if you found my page with a method other than the secret link, you need to check it again. --EinsteiNewton03:18, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, just dropping by to say thanks for supporting my RfA, I totally wasn't expecting to get so much support, it was a really pleasant surprise. Melesse (talk) 04:08, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
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On 4 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kohndo, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Howdy, I noticed that you recently promoted your own nomination of 2008 submarine cable disruption to the next update page. Ideally, you would like to have an independent editor promote nominations that you are involved in for the sake of fairness and transparency. The article may have some "In the News" type concerns as well. I'm going to remove the promotion for now but the article is listed on the candidate page and so it will have a fair opportunity to be promoted. AgneCheese/Wine01:48, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
No problem. It happens. :) I appreciate your efforts in finding new articles for DYK and support for the project. As for the nom, it is really new (listed on the 4th) and so myself or another editor will certainly review it in time. However, the priority is to review older noms sooner before they expired. But at first glance, the article does look really interesting. AgneCheese/Wine01:53, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
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