User talk:Etf

Welcome!

Hello, Etf, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

Thanks

Thanks for the spellcheck on Frisbee (ride)! -- Saberwyn 08:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And again at UFO (ride). I'm really having a shocker, aren't I? -- Saberwyn 10:56, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spam

Please do not add commercial links (or links to your own private websites) to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links. You are, however, encouraged to add content instead of links to the encyclopedia. If you feel the link should be added to the article please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thanks.

The club you readded after it was removed as spam is clearly selling memberships and other things. Adding it back was not a good idea, but you seem to be a newbie, so you get a one-time pass.

Do not re-add it or you will be blocked. If you feel that is so good that it should be an exception, take it to talk. If you can convince an admin to add it back, I will leave it alone, but it may well be removed by other spam fighters. See Wikipedia:Project spam. Pollinator 07:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It wasn't spam, but you're entitled to your opinion, please don't threaten to block me for having mine. --ericthefish 09:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach 235 Club

Copied from User talk:Pollinator:

I applaud your spam fighting vigour but I feel your actions and message on my talk page were just a little harsh and unwarranted, I had restored that link to the 235 club good faith. I have no connection with the club but I don't feel a link to it is spam, it's the official club of Blackpool Pleasure Beach with plenty of information that is pertinent to the article and of course it charges for memberships as you would expect with a club. Funnily enough Blackpool Pleasure Beach itself charges for park entry and is very much a commercial entity yet theres a link to that on the wikipedia page. Maybe I don't know enough about wikipedia external link policy, but I do think you should at least know a little about the links you so quickly remove. I won't add the link back myself, I've had my wrists slapped by you. Just be careful in future you'll put people off editing all together if you threaten to block people when they disagree with you. --ericthefish 09:14, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Generally, if a commercial enterprize is notable enough to have a page on Wikipedia, they get a free pass to one link to their official site, even if there is advertising. Otherwise, I don't mean to be harsh, but quickly re-adding a link when it's been deleted as spam immediately sets off the spam alarms. There are a lot of spammers making a lot of money off Wikipedia; they are persistent; and they don't care about the rules. Pollinator 16:34, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note that I did not say you were a spammer, nor did I say you put the link there at first - just that you followed the pattern of spammers with your instant revert. And, sure, there's a lot of heat. In many of these cases the heat comes from someone's pocketbook being touched. Others are cases where someone has an overly high view of or great emotional involvement with his own page. In the cases of worthy pages that might be exceptions, be advised that we are working on a process where they can be reviewed by an impartial admin. You are welcome to initiate that if you wish. Contact an uninvolved admin and ask for a review. Then they can put the link back. It would be best to put an invisible note to that effect, of course.Pollinator 17:27, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

wikEd

The wikEdlogo

Hi, I have seen that you are using the Cacycle editor extension. This program is no longer actively maintained in favor of its much more powerful successor wikEd.

wikEd has all the functionality of the old editor plus:• syntax highlighting • nifty image buttons • morefixing buttons • paste formatted text from Word or web pages• convert the formatted text into wikicode • adjustthe font size • and much, much more.

Switching to wikEd is easy, check the detailed installation description on its project homepage. Usually it is as simple as changing every occurrence of editor.js into wikEd.js on your User:YourUsername/monobook.js page.

Cacycle 21:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter, February 2008

Seaserpent⁸⁵ 20:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference

Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

On 13 March 2011, this preference was hidden from the user preferences screen as part of efforts to prevent its accidental misuse (consensus discussion). This had the effect of locking users in to their existing preference, which, in your case, was true. To complete the process, your preference will automatically be changed to false in the next few days. This does not require any intervention on your part and you will still be able to manually mark your edits as being 'minor'. The only thing that's changed is that you will no longer have them marked as minor by default.

For established users such as yourself there is a workaround available involving custom JavaScript. If you are familiar with the contents of WP:MINOR, and believe that it is still beneficial to the encyclopedia to have all your edits marked as such by default, then this discussion will give you the details you need to continue with this functionality indefinitely. If you have any problems, feel free to drop me a note.

Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 18:41, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Future of WikiProject Amusement Parks

Hi Etf. I am contacting you because you are listed as one of members of WikiProject Amusement Parks or one of its task forces. I have just started a discussion on the project's talk page regarding the future of the project. I have made four proposals and I would appreciate your comments on them. Thank you Themeparkgc Talk 23:16, 31 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Amusement Parks Article Clean-Up

Recently, an issue has been brought up regarding the notability of many articles within WikiProject Amusement Parks. As a result, a page has been created regarding this issue as well as a possible solution (which will be on-going). In a nut-shell, certain articles will be picked to be reviewed in each stage and the WikiProject members (you) will decide if the article should be deleted or kept based on Wikipedia's notability guidelines.

I hoping this will work and if it doesn't, oh well...I tried.

More info can be found on the linked page above.--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:27, 21 March 2014 (UTC) Sent by Dom497[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:54, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject status request

Hi there! Hope you are doing well! WikiProject Amusement Parks is going through some updates, and in the process, we are identifying members that are still active.

If you'd like to remain in the list of participants, please visit the page and change {{unknown}} to {{active}} in the chart for your username. After 90 days, all editors with "unknown" status will be moved to the inactive list automatically.
If you'd like to stop receiving these notifications, simply remove your name from the page. Thank you! --GoneIn60 (talk) 23:25, 25 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: You are receiving this notification, because you are listed as a participant of WikiProject Amusement Parks.

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The Roller Coaster WikiProject Newsletter
The WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter Issue III - February 2008 Got any suggestions? - Add them here
Welcome! Welcome to the WikiProject Roller Coasters Newsletter! January has seen a number of milestones being passed in the WikiProject. We've achieved our first good article, brought a portal up to featured portal status and successfully collaborated together on the first Article Improvement Drive, amongst other achievements. Let's carry on with the good work and continue bringing up the standard of all articles covered by the WikiProject!
Articles and Assessment We hit a milestone in January with our first GA-class article, Speed Monster! This shows just how easy it is improve articles by including references and increasing readability. Collaboration has got off to a good start, with the first chosen article, Arrow Dynamics, improving enough to reach B-class. The following articles reached GA-class or B-class quality during January: Speed Monster • Arrow Dynamics • Bolliger & Mabillard
Amusement Parks Portal The Amusement Parks Portal reached featured portal status during January! You can still nominate articles for the selected content sections on the portal.
Membership News During January the WikiProject was joined by 6 new members, bringing the total number up to 55. A very warm welcome to Etf, CPGACoast, RickMarkestein, Emackert, Onewayroad2home and Suttna08. The to do list continues to serve as a place for flagging up articles in need of attention, review or comments. A discussion is taking place regarding the best way to organise information about roller coaster records and the history of roller coasters. All members' opinions are welcomed; the discussion can be found here.
Article Improvement Drive This month's Article Improvement Drive: Roller coaster Why not start at the top?! The main article is already at B class and, with a little help, isn't too far away from GA class. Please see the collaboration page for further information. Any suggestions for March's Article Improvement Drive can be brought up on the talk page, so if there's a particular article you feel could benefit from more input then feel free to suggest it.
...and finally... Once again, thanks for reading! As always suggestions and offers of help are much appreciated.