User talk:Vanished user 342562/Archive 3

Your signature

I have noticed your signature on Talk:Cat and I find it a bit inappropriate because of its size and colors. Customizing your signature is permitted, but it must not be disruptive or annoying. I thing you should review Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing_your_signature to determine the appropriate thing to do with your signature. Thanks. Canjth (talk) 01:28, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it's disruptive or annoying. It's just that it's used a lot there so it may seem that way. I don't see what's wrong with it. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 19:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject homeschooling

I think you have enough people to start it now... RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 20:52, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Edit to Talk:Cat

Hi DilligentTerrier. I assume this edit was accidental? I've reverted it for you. Best, Gwernol 22:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

No idea how that happened. Must have been some sort of malfunction with WP:Twinkle. Thanks for the revert :) DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:31, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I thought it was something along those lines. Glad I could catch it for you. Best, Gwernol 22:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, thanks again — nice to see there are still some nice people on Wikipedia. :) DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Cat - RFC

Just to let you know that I have asked for an Article RFC on Cat. This is due to the continuing disagreement over the photo to use in the infobox. Mjroots (talk) 20:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Are you going to officially start WikiProject Homeschooling

The project now has ten members and five to ten are needed to start. You can start this as a WikiProject or a task force, but you should start. Zginder ^{(talk) (Contrib)} 01:07, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Good point. I've never really started a WikiProject before, so maybe you could help me? Are you a member? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 19:11, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Signed

Signed your guestbook. Star, please? Two One Six Five Five ^τ _ʃ 23:00, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

PS: Aw MAN! You've got JIMBO'S signature?

PPS: Sign mine also, please?

PPPS: Almost had me with the new message trick. Hehe.

Category:Wikipedian nerds

I have speedy deleted a category you created, Category:Wikipedian nerds, as substantially similar recreation of previously deleted content. Please see Wikipedia:User categories for discussion/Archive/June 2007#Category:Nerd Wikipedians, resulting in delete. Thanks for understanding! VegaDark (talk) 00:35, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep

...Nope. Sorry. Two One Six Five Five ^τ _ʃ 16:03, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about what? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 16:03, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Thanks for fixing the signing book. By the way, the trick "New Messages" bar didn't work... I really had a new message, and could identify that the lower of the two was fake. Cheers, Basketball110 _{vandalise me} 22:42, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Template discussion

As an occasional editor to the discussion at Template:United States presidential election, 2008 your input would be appreciated at Template talk:United States presidential election, 2008#Proposal: A return to the old standards. Thank you.--STX 04:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:Homeschooling

Why did you undo my undo on the talk page archive? I was fixing my mistake. I didn't pay attention to the header when I responded to the userbox cmt. BTW, nice userbox, I don't think two will hurt though. Do you? Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

re:WikiProject Homeschooling

Yeah, I saw. Thanks. BTW, nice trick. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:37, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

What's a nice trick? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:37, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

The "new messages" thing. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:43, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, now I see. Hey what happened...you only recruited one user? Also, Can't help but wondering, but are you friends with RC-0722, jj137, Enigmaman, and ElisaEXPLOSiON? All of you seem to be in a very close network, talking about school & stuff. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:46, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about the one user, I got distracted. RC and me used to live in the same neighborhood, Enigma is my adoptee, and JJ and Elisa have become wikifriends. Anyway, time to get back to recruiting! Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:16, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Now I see. WikiFriends...what's that? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:18, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

A word that just popped in my head to describe it. Basically just people you know or meet on wikipedia. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:22, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool. What about Milk's Favorite Cookie? And why did Elisa say, "I wish you still live here." DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I met Milk's Favorite Cookie through Jj137. Elisa lives in Dayton, OH. I used to live there, per my userpage. Now I live in Philly. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:30, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry...just had to get it all straightened out. And that explained why you are a fan of that Ohio baseball team. Mystery solved. Now I'm happpy :) ... I'll let you get back to recruiting. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:32, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Right back at ya ! After a short celebration for hitting my 1,000th edit, I got back to recruiting. BTW, I'm not homeschooled anymore. The only reason is athletics (once again, per userpage). Anyway, thanks again for the smile. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:43, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, well I have 1830 (1831 counting this one) edits...beat that ! Are you trying to challenge me to an edit race (not to be confused with an edit war.) DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:47, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:WikiProject Homeschooling

Yeah, I guess it does. I'll see what I can do about recruiting. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 23:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool. Burner said he's going to get the Homeschoolers...maybe you could get the Alternative Education project members. There are templates (as you probably know) I have posted on the project's talk page. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:26, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Just figured out you guys know each other. Are you homeschoolers? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:29, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I already started getting the alternate education members. Um, I'm not homeschooled anymore (unfortunately); I go to a catholic school (BTW, I'm not catholic) in Connecticut. RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 23:38, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Well...it was nice meeting you, and thanks for joining the WikiProject! I'm starting to learn that there are actually a lot of other homeschoolers on Wikipedia. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:47, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Yup, if you need any help, let me know. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 02:58, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Help with what — homeschooling? Hey, can I count on you guys to finish off the WikiProject recruiting? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 20:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I meant with the wikiproject. Yeah, we'll finish the recruiting. BTW, I signed your autograph book. Thanks for the barnstar . Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 21:11, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, thanks for signing my autograph book. Hey, take a look back at the project page and see the new "news" column on the sidebar. Like it? Did you did my reply above (about the edit war...) I was actually trying to keep all your comments in one section & RC's in another, but that didn't work. I seriously think WikiMedia should come up with a better way than this for communication, but I guess it's probably to late for that. Oh well. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 21:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Oops... sorry :). No I haven't seen the "news" colum yet, I'll take a look. BTW, Thanks for joining my wikiproject. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 21:37, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Did you take a look at the page? Thanks for doing the recruiting. Next, I think we should invite the WikiProject Education members. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:02, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. Sorry it took so long to work respond. I just created another wikiproject. I'll put a link on my userpage in a just a few seconds :). Good idea (about WP:education members). Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:23, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I thought it was a good idea. I'd be willing to create another template for WP Education members, provided the you and/or RC can do some recruiting. Could you guys do that? But we should probably finish up the other recruiting first. Not sure how far along you all are with that. Oh...and you're sorry what took so long to work? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:26, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Check above comment. Yeah, we can take care of that. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:31, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, just noticed on your userpage where it said you lived in Tampa!!! Glad to hear you can do that recruiting. And I just joined your WikiProject :) DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:33, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! If you know anyone interested the teams, would you invite them? Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:36, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I guess. Hey, are you a Gator fan? Noticed you were editing Tebow's page. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:37, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I'm Ohio State so not really :D, but I do like Tebow. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:42, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Ha, I didn't think of you being Ohio State. That means you lost twice to us. (b-ball & football — well you probably know) But you lived in Tampa ... how come you don't like the Gators? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:45, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually come to think, I guess I do like the Gators now that the pain of those losses is wearing off. lol. That and I have family there. Still going by where I was born though. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, is your family in Tampa, too? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, did you know Tebow was a homeschooler? Maybe we can get him to join ;) DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I'd like that :). Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 22:58, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

BTW, no most are back in Dayton/Cincinnati still. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:00, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, so I take it you went from Dayton/Cincinnati to Tampa and then to Phily? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Actually, Dayton/Cincinnati to Detroit to Tampa and now Philly. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, so they are three moves behind you. Anyway, I made the WikiProject Education invite template. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:08, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey can you sign on to the Wikipedia channel on the chat thing. It's a much easier way to communicate than this. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:10, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I'll take care of that when I finish homeschoolers and people interested in homeschooling. And no, I prefer to stay like this if you don't mind. Sorry. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:17, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, I guess notifying you every time I respond is a good way to run up my edit count :) DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:23, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Yup. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:25, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

So...can you finish recruiting the homeschoolers, and other WikiProject members? DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:27, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I'll take care of some of it tonight. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:31, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Great! Let me know when you finish one of the categories. And don't forget that we are using template 2 for both homeschoolers and graduated homeschoolers. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:35, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:39, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Well then, I'll let you get to work recruiting users. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:40, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

OK, it was nice talking to you. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:44, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

It was nice talking to you, too. Thanks for doing the recruiting. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 23:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:55, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I've been really busy the past few days. But, in the words of George Lopez, "I got this!" Burner0718 ^JibbaJabba! 23:00, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

New messages

	The Hidden Barnstar
	This user has been tricked by Basketball110's "Tricked" page.

I signed yours on the 16th, and added a bar on the 23rd. Here's the "award" anyhow. Cheers, Basketball110 _{what famous people say} 21:08, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Redirect from WP:HOME

Why would someone typing in "WP:Home" be looking for homeschooling? Wouldn't they logically be looking for information related to a home? - Dan Dank55 (talk) 17:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

No they would be looking for Homeschooling because that is the shortcut that is mentioned on the Homeschooling project page. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 18:01, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

First...nice work on your wikiproject. Wikiprojects are a sometimes thankless and always bold thing to do...best of luck.

>It says on the Homeschooling project page that WP:HOME is a shortcut.

Right...that would be because you wrote that a couple of minutes before, not because "WP:HOME" was already taken and referred to your wikiproject. Early this month, I redirected WP:HOME and WP:Home to Category:Home automation, intending to change the redirection to whatever Wikiproject or guideline is most relevant to both "homes" and "wikipedia", because it wasn't clear yet, and I've been asking around a lot, trying to get the answer to that question. It's true that "getting there first" is not the only factor in deciding where a word should redirect, but it's one factor, the other one being the likelihood that someone is actually looking for what you're redirecting to. From what I've read so far, my guess is WP:Semapedia would be most appropriate for the redirect, and I'll go ask them if they agree. If your goal is to provide something shorter to type than "homeschooling" to get to your Wikiproject, that makes sense to me, and you've already created other shortcuts to do just that, shortcuts that seem to be more logical abbreviations of "homeschooling" than WP:HOME. I originally made the redirect because a variety of projects, including Semapedia, are gearing up fast to make connections between the real world and Wikipedia, and I think it's likely that people typing in WP:HOME several months from now will be looking for one or more of them, not for help with homeschooling.

If you still disagree, then let's take this to WP:Third opinion. - Dan Dank55 (talk) 18:59, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I understand. Let me know if you're ever interested in joining the WikiProject. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 19:04, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

And by the way, WikiProjects are not for help with homeschooling, they are to improve articles related to it. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 19:04, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay thanks, and the distinction is understood. I'll add your wikiproject to my watchlist but I won't join at the moment, I've got a lot on my plate! - Dan Dank55 (talk) 19:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I was actually going to create WP:HS, but that was already taken. Oh well, I guess it was have to be Wikipiedia:Homeschooling. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 19:27, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:HOME

[Copied from Dank55's talk page] I really don't think i'm the best person to ask - you may wish to bring up the question on the Village Pump. And when I posted that question, WP:Semapedia was an article, not a project page. —Random832 19:24, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm still kind of wondering what WP:HOME has to do with Semapedia. Considering that Template:User home is used for homeschoolers, WikiProject Homeschooling may be the most related project page to WP:HOME. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 21:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm on it, I was talking with Wikimedia folks today. There are a number of projects being talked about, some will be discussed at Wikimania, that make connections between the real world and Wikipedia. There's actually a reason why "home" is so important...it's because everyone is in favor of having convenient tech in their own home, but people start to get nervous when other people start to use new technology...so we have to focus on uses in the home to get people interested. I hope to have a specific project for you to look at and a better answer than that in a day or two. - Dan Dank55 (talk) 22:01, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I have to admit I still don't really understand what you're saying, but in the meantime I think the redirect to the homeschooling project makes a lot more sense that redirecting it to the Semapedia, which doesn't have anything to do with "home" at all. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:07, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Paulinho28

Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but I was taking a look at Paulinho28's talk page, and it looks as though he gave himself a barnstar that is attributed to you. If that's the case, I thought you should know. — Myasuda (talk) 02:34, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, and after he added the barnstar, he proceeded to remove his signature from my autograph page. Why? I don't know. I guess maybe he just wanted the barnstar for signing the page, but didn't want to keep his signature there. He also copied my NavBar design, and forgot to change some of the links on it, which is when I surprisingly found that I was taken to my userpage when clicking the links at his userpage. I told him about the problem on his talk page, and he immediately removed the images in the NavBar, and blanked his talk page without ever responding to me. DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 20:38, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject homeschooling

OK, where do you want us to start? RC-0722 ^communicator/_kills 00:06, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

I want you guys to first finish off the categories that weren't completed (Homeschoolers, Interested Homeschooolers, and WikiProject Alternative Education members). After that, we need to get the WikiProject Education members. Maybe you and Burner0718 can figure out who will get what? DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 20:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Constitution of Belarus

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Re:WikiProject

I joined.   jj137 (talk) 21:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 21:21, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Signature size

What is wrong with my signature size? Is the code too long or is the signature too tall? -- 224jeff6 ^TALK2ME 22:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
The height of my signature is EXACTLY the same hieght as your signature. 224jeff6 ^TALK2ME 22:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I saw on your page that somebody else had a concern with the size and color of your signature, and you didn't change yours. A bit hippicritical, don't ya think? -- 224jeff6 ^TALK2ME 22:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, just like my buddy jeffy said above, your signiture is violating the policy. You are cleary not allowed to have a link to an autographs page on your sig. So just checking in to see if my signiture is right. Cheers? -- Carerra^{"[[User talk:Carerra|Chatter"} 23:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I did change mine after that user left a message on my talk page and I took the images off, and no, Jeff's signature size is much taller than mine is (Jeff's is 5 pixels and mine is 2 pixels). It says nowhere in the signature policy page that you cannot have a link to your autograph page. It only says that if you do link to your autograph page, you should not use a super font size (like the size of Jeff's signature). Yeah, and I noticed Carrera changed his signature to make it smaller just before he replied here, so it would look like it was never big. Like I'm that stupid. DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 16:44, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

No, I changed my signiture so that I met the guildlines. I did it as fast as I could and then came to you to see if I was correct. I know that my sig was just a huge red blotch and so does everybody else. Sorry about saying yours was wrong and pardon my friend jeff. He's still a little new! -- Carerra^"Chatter" 18:57, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

That's ok. Can we be friends now? (If the answer is yes, please sign my autograph page and tell Jeff to change his signature). DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 18:59, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Of course we can. I like your username by the way. I signed your autograph page. I will tell jeff now but he might have already! -- Carerra^"Chatter" 19:42, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Just one small problem, Diligent Terrier. You said that another editor's signature didn't conform to the guideline Wikipedia:Signature, but ironically you seem to be ignoring the fact that your own signature, at 452 characters in length excluding the datestamp, is far beyond the injunction in that guideline to "Keep signatures short, both in display and markup." Indeed many of your comments are mostly signature! Would you please give this matter some attention? --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 19:06, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

It never specifically states the exact length that signatures should be. But it does say the height that they should be, which is why I corrected Carrera and Jeff. DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 19:18, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Do you contend that a 452 character signature is acceptable? --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 19:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Keep in mind that most of the code for my signature is for multi-colors and stuff, which does not make it any longer. It really doesn't matter what the signature looks like in the source; what matters is how it looks on the page. In that case, your signature is much longer. DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 20:17, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but all of the code in your signature makes it longer. For instance, while I'm trying to edit this discussion and respond to your comment, I have to search a very large mess of formatting to try to find, hidden somewhere inside, the words of the comment to which I'm trying to respond. This is why our guideline says both in display and markup.

It doesn't do to clutter up the page with unnecessary markup. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 20:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, well. Have a nice day! DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 20:32, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you explain this edit on my talk page, please? --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 20:33, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, maybe you can explain this edit on my talk page where you edited my comment. DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 20:43, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

You've misread the edit. I didn't alter your comment; rather I quoted it verbatim, including a 450-character signature, in a format that would show what appears in my edit box when I reply to your comments. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 20:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but you are wrong again. Adding html tags around others' edits which affect their comments is considered refactoring their comments because it changes how they look. But whatever, I have changed my signature, and you can go away now. DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 20:50, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I didn't add markup around your comments, I quoted your comments within markup. Thanks for being considerate about your signature, that's a huge improvement. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 21:13, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes you did! You added <nowiki> tags around my comments which affected the formatting. (diff) DiligentTerrier ^{and friends} 00:42, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

I think you've missed the point, somehow. Never mind. --Anticipation of a New Lover's Arrival, The 12:35, 3 March 2008 (UTC)