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D-Day
Hi, and welcome to Wikipedia. That info you added to D-Day really belongs on Battle of Normandy and/or French Resistance. The D-Day article is about the term, rather than the events of June 1944. —wwoods 18:04, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for adding this information to a more appropriate place. However I want to urge you to check any facts before you add them. The essence of what you added is reasonably correct, but it contained very significant errors. One of the main ones for example was that the code for the floating harbours was Mulberry not Raspberry. That's an easy thing to fix, but it is a strong indication that you need to check your facts before adding information. This encyclopedia will only be good if everyone is careful about what they add.
Given this, I would ask that you supply a reference for your statement about "les carrottes sont cuites". I can find no mention of this fact anywhere. Please let us know where you got it from. DJ Clayworth 14:27, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the information. I wasn't meaning to imply that you always make mistakes, but I was encouraging you to fact-check things very carefully. I would also encourage you to check and article carefully before adding information to it, in case contradictory information is already in the article. What I think would be appropriate here is to copy out the paragraph or so of the book that relates to this message. The problem here is that a different message indicating the imminent invasion is already recorded in the article. It may be of course that what is currently written there is wrong. it may also be (and this seems likely to me) that the BBC broadcast many messages that night, in which case we can't report them all. May I also say this this seems, without evidence, to be an unlikely message, because "les dés sont jetés" is such a well-known phrase associated with being committed to a risky endavour. It would be like using "we're going to invade' as a codeword for an imminent invasion.
Incidentally, it's a good idea to sign your posts to talk pages with four tildes, like this: ~~~~. It automatically expands to your username and the time. DJ Clayworth 16:37, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
DJ Clayworth 16:37, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi, thank you for your edits on these 2 articles. They are very welcome, especially for Swiss French, which could do with some improvements, so don't hesitate to make further changes. I have made a few modifications after your edits; in the Swiss French article, you mentioned that octante was used in Belgian French; I was going to move this information to the corresponding article, but I saw there an indication that huitante and octante are in fact not used in Belgian French, so I removed the sentence.
In Romandy, you mentioned For more on this subject, visit the Swiss French section of Wikipedia; since Wikipedia's content is often used on other websites, it is better to avoid self-references; having a wikilink to the Swiss French article should be enough.
I look forward to seeing your next contributions ! All the best, Schutz 22:31, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Help has arrived
You wanted some help, here I am! How can I help you? You can ask your questions right here, and I will respond.--Commander Keane 16:37, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
You know on ceratin pages, that you can see what languages they can contribute in, an which languages they can speak etc. etc. Well when i attempted this, my entire page got mucked up. I tried re-aligning, but everything was jammed in a sort of text box....
By the way, this is the encoding I used:
{| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 242px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px; clear: right"
| style="text-align: center" |
| {{User en}}
|-
| {{User fr}}
|-
| {{User it -2}}
|-
| {{User nl -3}}
|-
| {{User de -1}}
| style="text-align: right" |
Grouping_userboxes and Wikipedia:Babel have ideas on how to set your userboxes up. You are using a table (a good way to do it!). I have put a syntax that works below. You will need to look at it in the edit window.
How can I help? - cohesiont 08:18, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
I need to be able to shrink this icon, if possible, to a more reasonable size: ''[[Image:CFF logo.png]]''
In the article I wish to insert it in (2005 in rail transport), December section, the logo is to large, and I cannot shrink it it.
Thanks,
Booksworm 08:20, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
No problem, here are some ways to make it smaller, I will use another image as an example:
some caption
Hope one of those examples is close to what you would like. Just click on edit to see the markup. :D - cohesiont 08:26, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi, how can I help? :) - cohesiont 09:19, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
You know your userboxes? Well when I type {{user russian}} I get in my userbox:
This User has Russian ancestry
But when I type {{User British}} instead, I get:
This user is proud of being British
And I would like to know the markup so that my userbox will say:
This user has British ancestry
Thanks again,
Booksworm 09:26, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
P.S: how can I customize my Userboxes?
Booksworm 09:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
You can type {{subst:User British}} and save, which will pull the data onto this page, then you can edit it to make it slightly different than the actual template. Does that make sense? - cohesiont 09:56, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
What help do you require?
—Phil | Talk 15:47, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Better repost {{helpme}} if you still need help, I'm not going to be here much longer: you can maybe try somebody else. —Phil | Talk 16:40, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Help!
Hi! What do you need help with? Ask you question here and place {{helpme}} on the end so I know to check back.--Commander Keane 12:31, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello Commander Keane,
I wish to add an Image of the day on my userpage, but, when I add it, it doesn't stay near the title on top but instead it just drops down to the bottom of the page. What is going on?
JP 12:35, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I added it and it seems ok, is that what you wanted?--Commander Keane 12:38, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Just one little thing:
Is there any way I could make the image a little bit larger?
If so, how?
If not, Thanks Anyway with all of your help Commander.
JP 12:44, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm not aware of a way to do that, but you could ask at the Help desk to get more advice. Have a nice day!--Commander Keane 12:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Hello you added a paragraph to operation barbarossa which I believe is missleadin if you read this American military article about winter you will see that the Axis were forced to a halt before winter set in, winter was just cake on cake it just added to the problems but it by itself was not the reason why the advance halted those reason are many and complex.
"Hitler's plans also miscarried before the onset of severe winter weather; he was so confident of a lightning victory that he did not prepare for even the possibility of winter warfare in Russia. Yet his eastern army suffered more than 734,000 casualties (about 23 percent of its average strength of 3,200,000 troops) during the first five months of the invasion"
So you can see he was stoped BEFORE winter not BECAUSE of winter.
So with your approval I would like to remove that specific paragraph you added (Deng 17:59, 8 April 2006 (UTC))
Help! (Again)
How do I create a border for an image?
You probably mean something like [[Image:Frog.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Caption... :-)]] which looks like: Caption... :-) (see the image to the right). The "thumb" causes the border. Wikipedia:Extended image syntax has more info on how to set out images.--Commander Keane 08:39, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
I know it's annoying but.... I need help!
I add this encoding and title
===Railway image of the week===
[[Image:Flying Scotsman in Doncaster.JPG|thumb|left|900px|One of the most amazing trains of all times: [[LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman|The Flying Sctosman]]]]
I then add:
===War/Weaponry image of the week===
[[Image:Tzarbo1.jpg|thumb|left|900px|The most powerful nuclear bomb of all times: [[Tsar Bomba|The Tsar Bomb]]]]
Which creates this:
How can I make the title War/Weaponry Image of the week take its place above the image of the Tsar Bomba?
Hey Booksworm, I'm not sure what you mean... on my browser, the title appears above the image - what do you want it to do? -- Tangotango 09:02, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Maybe it depnds on which browser you are using, because for me on my browser (IE), the title War/Weaponry Image of the week appears next to the Flying Scotsman image, near to the the top right-hand corner
JP 09:04, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Right. I just tested it in IE7 and understand what you mean. In that case, simply put the following code before the heading:
<br style="clear:both" />
Hope this helps. -- Tangotango 09:06, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
No problem. Nice Flying Scotsman photo, btw. -- Tangotango 12:23, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
Help! (Again)
I am using IE7 and I have created an "image gallery" at the bottom of my user page using the following encoding:
===Railway image of the week===
[[Image:60007 Sir Nigel Gresley.jpg|thumb|left|600px|Not Necessarily the most beautiful of all trains, but the most amzing, the [[LNER Class A4]]]]
<br style="clear:both" />
===Weaponry image of the week===
[[Image:Tzarbo1.jpg|thumb|left|900px|The most powerful nuclear bomb of all times: [[Tsar Bomba|The Tsar Bomb]]]]
<br style="clear:both" />
===World War image===
[[Image:NA-306-NT-3173V.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The war that touched everyone, [[World War 2|WW2]]]]
<br style="clear:both" />
===20th century image of the week===
[[Image:First step on moon.jpg|thumb|left|500px|this is one small step for a man, but huge leap for mankind]]
But sadly this turns out as this:(on the talk page this is not visible-check my user page to understand what is going on!)
Could you please try and contact me before 10.50 UTC or contact me again AFTER 14.00 UTC because I am at school.
Hello, CSS floating is a tricky business and doesn't always work as intended on all the various browsers. I'd suggest you try putting the images in tables, or better yet, using divs, as they are the standard HTML way of doing things. If you need any specific help, please ask again. Cheers, Tangotango 11:58, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
Re: We need a block
We need to block 195.194.63.254 he/she has not listened to your warnings. If you have anything againnst this, please tell me JP 17:44, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
I actually went to bed about 10 minutes before you left me that message ;) In future, if you need a block (and you've gone through the appropriate warnings), report them at WP:AIV. Cheeers. --james°o 02:02, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Re: Vandalism of Hajj
Hi, it looks like the vandal has stopped for now. If they come back, they'll probably get a block sooner or later. As James says above, you can report any serious vandalism to WP:AIV and it will get sorted in a timely manner by the admins who keep an eye on that page. Cheers, Tangotango 07:56, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
Argh!
I am in need of help for the following encoding:
I want to turn this:
<div class="usermessage">Please click [[user talk:Booksworm&action=edit§ion=new|here]] to add a new message Thanks</div>
into
But it remains red.
So I try to sen this via an external link and this results in:
<div class="usermessage">Please click [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user_talk:Booksworm&action=edit§ion=new|here]] to add a new message Thanks</div>
Hi Booksworm, the edit link is considered an external link by the MediaWiki software, so you need to wrap it in <div class="plainlinksneverexpand"> and </div>. So, replace the link with the following:
{{helpme}}
How do I create an archive for my talk pages? Not for immeadiate use, but rather so I know how to archive these conversations when I require it.
As per template:inuse - don't lock down an article for two weeks(!!!) - the guidelines say 2 hours maximum. It's not necessary and fairly ugly. — Dunc|☺ 19:28, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you!
Hey Booksworm, thank you very much for your barnstar! ;) It's always a pleasure helping you out. Happy editing, Tangotango 09:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
You're very welcome. Seeing someone use what I created is somewhat flattering. :) Buchanan-Hermit™..SCREAM!!!.... 19:28, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
Help! (Again)
I was just wondering:
I saw a nice "Crystal" type icon with different characters floating around it (2 asian ones and two roman ones) but I cannot gain access to it file name, so I cannot use it.
So
1. Can I use that icon on Wikipedia? (as it's on Wikibooks) and
2. How do I access it?
I've worked it through and it is actually an image from wikipedia commons, so is available on all the wikipedia projects. As it is a commons image it is also a "free" image (look to the license on the image page) so should be usable here. --pgk(talk) 16:40, 6 May 2006 (UTC) Image:Globe of letters.png
I don't find it all that useful, because we don't know if we have a productive user yet.
The way I go at it most often is to put a lot of vandalism prone pages in my watchlist. When a registered user appears there, it means they've actually edited something. If their (talk) tag is red, I check to see if the edit they made is productive. If it is, in goes a welcome message.
The award was most kind and thoughtful!!! Kukini 01:07, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Your welcome message
You're free to use my welcome message, or any variation of it that you happen to like. Of course, you're also free to use something completely different. Welcoming is less about the actual text than it is about showing a new member that their contributions are noticed, and being available to help them. Isomorphic 03:23, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Help!
I can't seem to find the up-side down Ω symbol for a text-based pronouciation explanation.
Where is this upside down Ω?
I guess you mean ʊ. I visited International Phonetic Alphabet for English and copy and pasted that, since I couldn't easily see it in the "palette" of characters below the edit box. --pgk(talk) 18:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
Spoorwegmuseum (dutch translation)
Hey,
read your message and would like to help..BUT I have absolutely no time at the moment..(Big course)
Image copyright problem with Image:Logo founex.gif
Thanks for uploading Image:Logo founex.gif. The image has been identified as not specifying the copyright status of the image, which is required by Wikipedia's policy on images. If you don't indicate the copyright status of the image on the image's description page, using an appropriate copyright tag, it may be deleted some time in the next seven days. If you have uploaded other images, please verify that you have provided copyright information for them as well.
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It doesn't crowd the article. The size of the article is only 22K in size, well under the recommended 32K (although you can go higher). It's fine the way it is for the information that the article currently has. K1Bond007 20:21, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Well I still disagree. I don't believe it crowds the article like you're saying. Not in its current form anyway. K1Bond007 02:51, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
Re: VP Registration
Feel free to add your name in whatever order you like, just be sure to use the * {{user2|Booksworm}} format. AmiDaniel (talk) 02:14, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Booksworm! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. AmiDaniel (talk) 08:34, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
User:Jarman86
Crap, thanks mate, well spotted. Late night Wiki-editing FTL. :( I appreciate it. :) Jachin 13:11, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
Help! (the vandalism thing is a test)
I have been testing the template {{test1a-n}} which gives this:
How do I define the link?
Simply use {{test1a-n|NameOfArticleVandalized}}. For example, {{test1a-n|Tangotango}}
Hey Booksworm: Thanks for reverting the article for the battle, I was about to do the same. Good Job. I was pretty sure that was vandalism by somebody or another. --V. Joe 20:05, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Template Help
I can't find the template saying, this article requires sections, or something along those lines. Can you please give me that template?
Thanks,
Jean-Paul 15:25, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
If it exists it is probably in Category:Wikipedia maintenance templates. However you may as well just leave a note on the article's talk page - templates do not magically solve problems.--Commander Keane 15:57, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Ribbon, thanks
Thanks for the ribbon.--Commander Keane 18:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 05:51, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
No problem, just saw it and thought, "Might as well tell them." :PMaster of PuppetsFREE BIRD! 06:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello
You sent me a message. Does that mean my talk page was erased and replaced with it or does the previous writing exist on some alternate page? Thanks. Richard Branson 06:26, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Help!
Is there any way I can make a precise link link directly to its equivalent in another language wikipedia without having to link the entire article?
Jean-Paul 06:21, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
I am not sure exactly what you mean. How can you link to a page without linking to an entire page? - CrazyRussiantalk/contribs/email 07:10, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
For the third time now, you are wrong. The world cup finals are the month long tournament that occurs once every four years.
The second paragraph of the article says it plain as day: The final tournament phase (often called the "Finals") involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated host nation, with these games making it the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world.
I actually don't know a thing about soccer, so I can't really answer your question. I'm more of a hockey and a baseball guy. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 14:25, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Hello Booksworm. The former (the World Cup finals) is technically correct, and the latter (World Cup) is probably okay colloquially. However, if you're going to refer to the finals in an article, I suggest you use the former (finals), following the conventions set forth by the FIFA World Cup article (see the second paragraph of the introduction). Cheers, Tangotango 16:07, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
(posted on both talk pages) I don't know a thing about sport (and don't follow them) so I'm completely the wrong person to ask. I should think the second one though. — Nathan(talk) 17:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
Re: Regarding
Why have you tagged this image? It is fair use as it has been tagged with the appropriate copyrights, hasn't it?
Fair use isn't universal. It would be fair use if it was being used "to illustrate the publication of the issue of the magazine in question." Personally, I don't think it is, but it's a borderline case IMO. you can reply here. --james(lets talk) 23:25, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi
Welcome to wikipedia.Wanna be friend?We have alot in common only you're a year older than me
-- Cute 1 4 u 04:55, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
Help!
On my Monobook I added the popup function, and my online-busy-offline button vanishes.
Outside the scope of the helpme function I'm afraid, ask the people you got the script from. --pgk(talk) 17:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Help!
How do I archive my talk pages?
Thanks,
Jean-Paul 18:47, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I'll be more than happy to archive your talk page for you. Just give me a minute. --Pilot|guy 18:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
You can review this page for archving instructions. --Pilot|guy 18:54, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Hi
Hi Jean-Paul,
Thank you for your compliments. I really appreciate it.
I indeed speak Dutch as a mother tongue. I could give you a hand in helping translating the page, though I am not familiar with the technical idiom (I am working in chemistry, not in mechanics). May I suggest you copy the text from the Dutch site to a place on the en-wikipedia, where we both can work on it, and you try to make a start there? If you give me the link, I will have a look every now and then, and I will try to translate some parts every now and then. Cheers --Dirk BeetstraTC 20:52, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
Archive template help
How do I use this {{subst:archivebox}} and define the date. I want it to say February 2006 - June 2006
and not June 2006-June 2006.
How do I change it as the reuslt of {{subst:archivebox}} is:
Well, you just do {{subst:archivebox}} then save. Then you edit the page again. It has "June 2006 – June 2006". You change that to whatever you like.--Commander Keane 10:50, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
Re: Username
Hi Booksworm, no, I don't think that's an appropriate username. In fact, it's been blocked as an inappropriate username already. Wikipedia:Usernames has some guidelines on what is considered good and bad. Cheers, Tangotango 11:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
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