User talk:It Is Me Here/Archive 3

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Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for your input at my successful Rfa. I'm already thinking about working on my content creation. Hopefully in a few months, I'll have passed the point where you would've !voted Support. If you have any more suggestions on how I can improve myself as an editor, I'd be happy to hear them. Happy editing!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 21:04, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, no problem - congratulations on your promotion anyway. It Is Me Here (talk) 21:23, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Help with date unlinking

Hi, I noticed that you have been working hard to rid Wikipedia of the useless date links that have proliferated. Your hard work is much appreciated, here is something that could make it easier: Dabomb87 (talk) 03:09, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Installation and usage of date-autoformatting removal script

Instructions for installation

EITHER: If you have a monobook already, go to it, click "edit this page", and paste in this string underneath your existing script:

importScript('User:Lightmouse/monobook.js/script.js');

OR: If you don't have a monobook.js page, create one using this title:

[[User:[your username]/monobook.js]]

Then click on "edit this page" and paste in at the top the "importScript" string you see three lines above here.

Hit "Save page".
Refresh your cache (instructions at top of monobook).
You're ready to start.

Applying the script—it's very simple

Go to an article and determine whether US or international format is used. (For this purpose, it's best to have selected "no preferences" for dates in your user preferences, which will display the raw date formats that our readers see. Otherwise, you'll need to check in edit mode.) Occasionally, you'll see that the wrong format is used (check MOSNUM's guidance on this carefully).
Click on "edit this page". You'll see the list of script commands under "what links here". Click on either "delink all dates to dmy" (international format) or "delink all dates to mdy" (US format).
The diff will automatically appear. Check through the changes you're making before saving them. If there are problems, fix them manually before saving, or cancel.
Leave a note at the article talk page if editors need to negotiate which format to use, or need to be alerted to any other date-related issues.
Click on "Save page": it's done.

Afterwards

Respond politely and promptly to any critical comments on your talk page. If someone wants to resist or revert, it's better to back down and move on to improve other articles where WPians appreciate your efforts. NEVER edit-war over date autoformatting; raise the issue at WT:MOSNUM.

Notes

[1] Treats only square-bracketed dates. The script removes square brackets only, which mostly involves the main text and footnotes; it's acceptable for citation-generated dates to be of a different format, particularly ISO (which must not be used in the main text).
[2] Piped year-links ([[1989 in baseball|1989]]). On purpose, the script will not touch these.
[3] Date-sorting templates in tables. As of August 23, a minor tweak must be made to the script (which will update automatically), to deal with the column-sorting template in tables. Please be aware of this in relation to Featured Lists and the like (i.e., hold off there until it's fixed). The "dts" and "dts2" templates are at issue, and can be identified in display mode by a small clickable item at the top of a column. This should be fixed soon.
[4] Antiquity-related articles. Articles on topics such as ancient Rome should be treated with caution, since the script removes year-links as well, and some editors may argue that there's a case for retaining the simple year and century links from ancient times (e.g., 212). It's better to ask first in these cases. In any case, such articles contain few if any full dates.

Wow, great link! Thanks a lot! It Is Me Here (talk) 07:35, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Unfortunately, there is large ruckus about date unlinking despite the consensus formed months ago. There are quite a few editors on the prowl for those who are unlinking dates. I have already been taken to to AN/3RR for my date unlinkings. I would recommend not unlinking dates until this ruckus dies down. Your input at this RfC would be great. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 18:58, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

I think the link must have changed; did you mean for me to go here? It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 19:17, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

No, there are 2 different RfC's, the one I linked to is currently live; the one you are referring to is still in the works (hopefully not much longer). Dabomb87 (talk) 20:06, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, right, now I've found it - the link did not lead me to the right section at first. Voting now, thanks. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 20:35, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

It Is Me Here, thank you very much for participating in my Rfa, which was successful with 80 Support, 5 Oppose, 6 Neutral. The comments were overwhelming, and hopefully I can live up to the expectation of the community.

I would also like to thank my nominator Realist² and my co-nom Orane (talk), and special mention to Acalamari and Lenticel ^(talk) for the kindness from the start. Regards, Efe

--Efe (talk) 05:58, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for this, I didn't know there was an SVG of that. =) —Locke Cole • t • c 22:09, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem, replacing PNGs with SVGs is one of my specialities ;) . It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 23:24, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Blanchardb

Hello It Is Me Here, it is me here. Please see my comments in the general comments section of that RFA, as it pertains to your neutral vote. Thank you. --Deskana (talk) 08:05, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks for that, I will now review my decision by just looking at User:Blanchardb's contributions and so forth. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 16:30, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

I attacked Friday because He Attacked Me

I am not aware of your particular circumstances, but no matter what happens, civility must always be observed on Wikipedia and personal attacks against other users are never tolerated. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 16:34, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Your RFA

Best wishes for ur RFA -- Tinu Cherian - 10:24, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 11:25, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Your RfA

Congratulations on your RfA passing! Here are some useful links for you:

If you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line and I (or another experienced admin) will be more than happy to help you out.

Congrats again! EVula // talk // ☯ // 07:51, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I remember you when! Heh. Enigma ^message 07:54, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I've added {{administrator}} to your userpage to replace {{rollback}}. Thats just my way of saying well done, feel free to revert it any time! Again, congratulations :-) JS (chat) 12:17, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, people! It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 16:32, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on passing RfA! Just follow WP:DDTMP and you should be good to go.

–Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 17:31, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

Поздравления. Примечание: don' ответ t даже в русском, этом был сделан с переводчиком :P RockManQ^{Review me} 00:29, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks - are you trying to say that you got that message out of an online translator? It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 07:51, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Your editing

Hi, thanks for completing the edit request at Template:Citation/core. I wonder whether you'd mind taking care of the outstanding request at Template talk:Cite book too, please? That will fix a parameter which was recently broken, so it's quite an urgent change! Thank you. Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 20:22, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

You're the boss! ;) It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 21:33, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

In addition to the above request, can you please take a look at Template talk:Cite book#Number of pages? It doesn't seem like there are any objections in the end, and I'm looking for someone who can implement this, after the recent changes which made it too confusing for me. Thanks, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 21:48, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm afraid that I'm only able to copy and paste complicated bits of code; I can't really create something from scratch based on someone's idea or suggestion. You might want to get in touch with User:Gracefool, who appears to be the user who created Template:Cite book in the first place. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 09:46, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

In the end I've decided to do it myself :) figured it out. Since it requires a change in Template:Citation, I'm also leaving a talk page comment there to see if there are objections. Cheers, Ynhockey ^(Talk) 22:28, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

penghu - penghus

wow... i never expected an encyclopedia to include "ingland", even as a redirect.. I just find it stupid. However, if thats the policy of the site... Ill add the site for the lenghty discussion... Pinyin was created to help foreigners to pronounce chinese and it has its own rules. Cya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.43.124.203 (talk) 15:26, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, fair enough. Please remember to sign your posts, though, by typing ~~~~. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 15:32, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you

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		Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. —Mizu onna sango15^Hello!

09:31, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

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I am now proud owner of a TUSC account! 09:31, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which failed with 61/52/7; whether you supported, opposed or remained neutral.

Special thanks go out to Wizardman and Malinaccier for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board.

Thanks again for the trust the community has placed in me. A special Christmas song for you all can be found at the right hand side of this message!

Apologies if you don't like RfA thankspam, this message was delivered by a bot which can't tell whether you want it or not. Feel free to remove it. Dendodge Talk^Contribs, 17:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Ha ha, brilliant! Definitely the best RfA thankspam I've ever received! It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 17:32, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Senegali/Senegalese cuisine

Hello, It Is Me Here. You have new messages at Jerem43's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

OK, understood. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 22:10, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:$

Template:$ has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Arsenikk ^(talk) 20:09, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

CSD tag

I thought it looked more like advertising than a me page. Will bow to your judgement on this one. Best, Mjroots (talk) 18:41, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Inkscape as an external editor for SVG files

In my search for whether it is possible, I noticed your question in:

Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 43#External editors

If you are still interested, see the following if you have not already:

Mediawiki#Rich content: "MediaWiki also has a simple interface to allow the transparent use of external editors for uploaded files and wiki pages."
Commons:File:MediaWikiExternalEditorImage.png: the history starts with: "Image editing with the new external editor feature of MediaWiki 1.5."
mw:Manual:External editors - but it looks like you may have already tried this.

In any case, the answer you received that external editors are only for text editing appears to contradict what I'm seeing about the possibility of using Inkscape to edit SVG files. I have not tried to set this up yet. --Teratornis (talk) 05:41, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, but I still don't understand what "associating .php files with the helper application" means - which programme are they talking about? It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 10:15, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I have not tried to figure this out yet. You might try asking on mw:Manual talk:External editors. You can merge your account with Special:MergeAccount so you will automatically log in over there under your same username. --Teratornis (talk) 17:06, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I shall do that. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 17:44, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Revenue assurance protection

Hi I am new at protection! Do you reckon a month would be better? This article ended up being deleted because it had turned into a promotion, but did have some valid content in the past, just it needs to be updated. I had offered to do the requested updates. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:25, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

I think that only articles that have only ever contained unsuitable content should be deleted; those that have degenerated or been vandalised can just be restored to an earlier version instead of being deleted. As for protection, I'm no expert myself, but I have never come across indefinite full protection for articles, only ever for high-visibility templates and things. Thus, as long as it expires at some point, I'm appeased. :) It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 12:37, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

ThankSpam

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my "RecFA", which passed with a final tally of 153/39/22. There were issues raised regarding my adminship that I intend to cogitate upon, but I am grateful for the very many supportive comments I received and for the efforts of certain editors (Ceoil, Noroton and Lar especially) in responding to some issues. I wish to note how humbled I was when I read Buster7's support comment, although a fair majority gave me great pleasure. I would also note those whose opposes or neutral were based in process concerns and who otherwise commented kindly in regard to my record.
I recognise that the process itself was unusual, and the format was generally considered questionable - and I accept that I was mistaken in my perception of how it would be received - but I am particularly grateful for those whose opposes and neutrals were based in perceptions of how I was not performing to the standards expected of an administrator. As much as the support I received, those comments are hopefully going to allow me to be a better contributor to the project. Thank you. Very much. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:16, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

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Your comments on an article

Your comments concerning an article you removed tags against PimpMyNumber. The user User:Kbrose is constantly edititing this page without just cause whilst refusing to use the discussion page after your comment when you disagreed with the speedy delete. Can it be requested the article is locked from editing until the discussion is finalised so that this user does not constantly make the changes without any reason. I have left a full explantion on the articles discussion page. The user Kbrose is not a new user, I beleive Nov 2007, yet he/she is adding Speedy Delete and other tags to a vast number of pages without actually giving any reasons into it. Thanks //Melonite (talk) 10:06, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance. //Melonite (talk) 10:44, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Slight mistake

Just spotted a slight mistake you made, nothing major, just thought I'd point it out to you to let you know about it in future. You recently deleted Unaccompanied child under G1 (nonsense). Although the page likely was patent nonsense, this does not mean that it meets G1 (which is confusing), because G1 doesn't apply to pages which are vandalism (or a blatant hoax), and is rather for pages with content such as "dfgsdfdsf", a better appraoch with this page may have been to delete it under G3 (vandalism) or to prod it as WP:NOTDIC or/and WP:NEO (although I didn't really have time to read it properly).

Sorry if that sounds a bit stupid and/or "wants everything perfect". I don't care at all if you do an IAR G1 delete. But just thought I should point this out to you for future. Cheers - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 18:57, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

PimpMyNumber

Apologieses, but your help is again requested with this article, the user Kbrose has once again began with the previous antics in editing and reverting without any form of discussion on the article talk page. Also stating notabilty concerning my username and DNS servers of the company that host the website. The article meets with WP:RS —Preceding unsigned comment added by Melonite (talk • contribs) 23:14, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Now that the matter has been taken to AFD, presumably it will be settled by the discussion there? It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 19:58, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes - Hopefully it will be settled one way or another, thanks for your time over this. Melonite 00:37, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hello,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Byzantine Constantinople-en.png is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on June 29, 2009. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2009-06-29. howcheng {chat} 23:08, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Այբուբեն

The article Այբուբեն has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

I really don't know if there is a policy against it, but is English Wikipedia supposed to host articles with names consisting entirely of text in a foreign alphabet?

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the Proposed Deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The Speedy Deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and Articles for Deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. uKER (talk) 14:42, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

I don't think there's a rule against it (see იოსებ ჯუღაშვილი for a similar example), and WP:IAR in reverse would suggest that deleting a page if that deletion does not help Wikipedia would not be advisable. In any case, I would rather you took this to AFD if you want to press on with this matter, as it is not straightforward enough for a PROD, I would say. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 22:23, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

Lee Evans

It wasn't me who made the changes to Lee Evans. Get your facts straight, sweetheart. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.162.207 (talk) 18:26, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Hi there. In future, please start a new section when discussing a new topic (I was trying to figure out what this had to do with the Armenian alphabet without success until I looked at your talk page). Anyway, the diff shows your IP verbatim (as it were): that is, 86.150.162.207: but it may well be that people's IPs have changed since then if they are dynamic, so if you are, in fact, a different person, you need not worry. It Is Me Here ^{t / c} 20:11, 8 November 2009 (UTC)