User talk:-Midorihana-/Archive 3
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Question (Lupin's tool)
Do you know how to change the words on the list? I know if I tried by myself, something bad would happen. Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 07:41, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
- You mean the badwords list? Which words would you like to change? Master of Puppets Care to share? 01:13, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- I wanted to add the word 'fuk' with possible extra k's and I think I saw the word 'cox' pop up several times which I wanted to remove (I'm pretty sure that isn't a swear word or controversy). I was also wondering if the syntax for the addition of words requires the // because a whole group of words don't have the /'s around them. Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 01:21, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm... I'm not that good of a coder myself, and I know that recently the badwords list has been a bit screwy. Try just listing fuk; I don't think you have to include the extra ks, as it will detect any repetition. Master of Puppets Care to share? 01:44, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- I added 'fuk' to it. I took another look at the heading to the badwords page and it seems that the slashes are only needed for phrases. Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 01:48, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Funny, Lupin's tool tags 'cox' but it doesn't seem to be in the bad words list (looked with Ctrl-F in IE). Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 05:19, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- I think its one of those things that searches for co and x, k, ck, etc. Master of Puppets Care to share? 05:34, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- I looked for that, but didn't find it, ah well. The word doesn't pop up that often, so it should be fine. I just thought it a bit odd. Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 05:36, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Something else weird happened
When I rollbacked a edit, it didn't show up in the history of the page, and instead showed up on Lupin's tool as the vandal who rollbacked the edit. Has that happened to you before? Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 22:18, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sometimes the tool edit-conflicts another editor, but it doesn't really notify you; it just reloads the page. I'm guessing that happened. Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:40, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Actually I've roll-backed an edit and it would show that I have edit-conflicted. Maybe it's because I'm using IE; most scripts seem to be for Firefox. Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 22:45, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm. For me, in Firefox, sometimes I click the rollback button and, if there's an edit conflict, it just goes back to the page with no notification. I then have to check the history to make sure. However, I'm not sure what happened in your case; I just know that you should upgrade already! :P I kid, I kid. Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:52, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- I woulda switched ages ago to Firefox if not for the fact that my computer is very touchy...meh. :\ Anyways, it shouldn't be too bad as long as I warn the user who made the edit, right? Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 22:59, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yup, you got it. Master of Puppets Care to share? 23:01, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Arigatou, MoP-san. thanks! Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 23:04, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!
Thanks for your kind, automated welcome =-D
Tommosimmo (talk) 08:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Criticism of the Catholic Church
It's all well and good to dictate to an editor to use the discussion page, but naive editors who are editing this article don't know the discussion page exists. They just dive in and start editing! The only way to contact them is if they happen to edit a section with my comment in it. A lot of them have IP signons or a pseudonym that really isn't a user name.
Normally they are not aware of WP:FOOT though I've put it all over the place including the discussion page. Up until you reverted me, there were zero reverts in the past n days according to Wikipedia statistics. And no vandalism! Pretty good record for a highly controversial topic!
Moreover, the quality of the article has gone up noticeably in the past week or two. Still pretty awful in many places but improving.
Telling someone how not to communicate with a group of people who disagree with him on the article's content, but whom he has been getting along just fine with, is not useful. Student7 (talk) 01:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for your note. Sorry about the above rant. I (obviously) got carried away. :( Student7 (talk) 03:03, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you!
Hey there! Thanks very much for your support in my recent RFA, which was successful. I was humbled by the support I received, and will do my best to live up to it by using the tools wisely and for the benefit of the encyclopedia. Thanks again! Tony Fox (arf!) 06:29, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Intro Heading Necessary for Formatting
Midorihana, the heading is necessary for the outline of links to specific sections to show in the first visible screen given the various blocks and tags typically at the top of the page. I suppose it is a matter of personal preference so I will leave it as you put it. Lazyquasar (talk) 23:49, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
- Midorihana, thanks for responding at my talk page. I was not clear about the formatting. Inserting the header made the page appear more pleasing to me. I am not good with formatting syntax. I have been away from Wikipedia for a while so I am rusty on style manuals and whether they are rigidly followed or considered merely useful guidelines. Sorry for any snippiness or errors that came through from my messages. I previously had a few rather ridiculous encounters and was not in the best frame of mind when I noticed the change. Thanks for helping improve the wikiversity article! I look forward to our next collaboration. Lazyquasar (talk) 02:50, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
The Draft
That is a good draft, definitely, but I think we can further expand the paragraphs, one for each position on these ideas. I'll see what I can do now. --Slartibartfast1992 02:06, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks. I didn't want to include too many ideas just in case. :) Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 02:08, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
Well...
I didn't make any edits against your edits but I noticed a change and I just wanted to say probably God overseer and a ruler. So I've decided to put both. That would be even more fair than fair use. *giggles*--Angel David (talk) 19:52, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
- Alrighty, sounds good to me. :) — Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 05:34, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Awards
[[File:Image=Barnstar.png|100px|alt=A Barnstar!]] | Barnstar
for kind understanding, good |
- Wow, thank you very much, I appreciate it! Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 20:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
It's Alive!
Heh yeah it is... the interesting thing is I've only read 1984 and Animal Farm, but I'm already understanding so many in-jokes that I didn't get before reading 1984. But, if you'll notice at the beginning of the "what I believe" section, I also quote HGG a lot. Anywho, thanks for the compliments (my userpage being funny and all) (: .--Slartibartfast1992 16:53, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh, BTW, what's the "this page has been vandlized n number of times" template called? I need one for my user talk. Finally! --Slartibartfast1992 16:55, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks ;) .--Slartibartfast1992 20:14, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
- Welcome! Yay, one word replies Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 20:16, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
RE:
You're welcome--Angel David (talk) 20:10, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
RfA Thanks
Great Job
I just wanted to say, great job on the ideas for What Is Your Dangerous Idea?. I'm already working on getting it assessed. Good luck on the other book articles, --Slartibartfast1992 19:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Emailing question
Although I figure Wikipedia is safe, how does Wikipedia prevent from spam? I haven't put up my email for fear of spam. (Wikipedia:Email doesn't really help.) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 21:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- If you display it prominently on your userpage then yes, it may be spammed by bots that are unrelated to Wikipedia. If you sign it up in the My Preferences tab, however, Wikipedia will never spam you, and if an editor emails you they will never see your email address. Simply put, when they send you an email it is not registered in any of their email clients; they can't read their outbox and see who they sent to. There are only two ways to figure out someone else's email address; have them email a reply to one of yours, or if they send you an email through an email client. Hope that helps. Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- That helps, thanks. But can another editor repeatedly press 'E-mail this user'? --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 22:02, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- Actually, I don't know what would happen; I assume there's a method of preventing that, but I'm not sure. I'm positive that you'll know who that editor is, and you can just report them for harassment. Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:21, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks. I was just concerned cause I got that strange message earlier. --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 22:31, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- Most likely a WP:TROLL or someone trying to pull a joke. If you feel uncomfortable, try to involve someone else before anything gets out of hand. Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:35, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
- Alright, thanks. --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 23:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
Christmas card
My sig
Heh, must be something unconscious. --Slartibartfast1992 19:55, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
And, on a more trivial note... tomorrow is my birthday! So I probably won't be editing. --Slartibartfast1992 19:58, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks and thanks! (: .--Slartibartfast1992 22:59, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Happy holidays!
Hope you get a well-deserved break from the Wiki-life. :D Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share? 02:55, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, you too! (one day vacation!) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 03:01, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, and I got you a gift! I looked really hard, and I managed to buy and send you... a billion electrons! I hope they get to you ok. I've used that joke once before, so I hope this isn't recycling horribly... Cheers! Master of Puppets Care to share? 03:03, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, wow, they're awsome! Now I can do that experiment with electrons! I've decided to get you antimatter, but just make sure it doesn't come in contact with air (or anything else), otherwise something bad will happen. BOOM! </sarcasm> ;) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 03:15, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
- Aww, how sweet! I wonder what happens when I open this -
Wikipedia servers are down due to the destruction of the universe. We are sorry for this inconvenience.
- Darn...well, at least the vandals are gone. :) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 07:40, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
RfA thanks
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Thank you
Thank you for your message. I want help you about 漢字
P.S 漢字 means kanji -Imuzak (talk) 02:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
AfD nomination of Webling Elementary
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- General reminder for me: Read WP:NN more thoroughly! --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 23:35, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
RfA thanks
Dear -Midorihana-, here is a little note to say thank you for your kind support on my request for adminship which succeeded with a final result of (72/19/6).
Now that I am a sysop, do not hesitate to contact me with any queries you have. I would be glad to help you along with the other group of kind and helpful administrators.
Thank you again and I look forward to editing alongside you in the future. — E talk 12:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for your support in my successful RFA. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 07:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Re: A barnstar for your hard work!
Wow! Many thanks; it's always nice when someone notices :-) TerriersFan (talk) 22:33, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
- You're welcome :) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 22:34, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Question about WikiProjects/Taskforce
I was taking a quick look at the articles in the template {{yesbands}}{{Yesband}}, and I thought several articles needed some help in a form of references or something (especially the article Jon Anderson). I think creating a WikiProject for this might be too narrow (topic-wise), but I'd like to ask you first. --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 08:17, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm, {{yesbands}} turns up a redlink for me... you mean {{Yesband}}? Well, a WikiProject may be overdoing it, you're right; however, if all of those lack references, then you can if you'd like to. If it's only a few, I'd suggest tagging the sections with {{refimprove}} templates. If you'd like, I can help too. Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share? 20:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Whoops, sorry! You're right, it is {{Yesband}}...Okay. I'll go through the list and mark them. If possible I'll find a resource or two for them. There are several uncreated (is that a word?) articles on the template, would it be okay (in terms of notablity) to create them? (I would think so, seeing as Yes is a notable band, but I'm sure others would disagree with me) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 21:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well, remember that though Yes may be popular, everything and anything Yes is not necessarily notable (Notability is not inherited, blah blah). If you think that the redlinks (what I call them; also, seem only to be video releases) could use stubs, and you could reference them adequately so that they are notable, then sure, go ahead and create. Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:19, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- I'll abstain from creating the article(s) (although from Wikipedia:Notability_(music)#Albums_and_songs it seems to say it's okay). It would probably get deleted anyway per what you said. In any case, I'll go ahead and source the other articles. --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 22:27, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I'll keep checking back here, though I may be away for a day or two due to New Years parties and such, so don't worry if I take a while on questions. Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- That's right, it's New Year's tomorrow. :) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 23:08, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Sounds good. I'll keep checking back here, though I may be away for a day or two due to New Years parties and such, so don't worry if I take a while on questions. Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- I'll abstain from creating the article(s) (although from Wikipedia:Notability_(music)#Albums_and_songs it seems to say it's okay). It would probably get deleted anyway per what you said. In any case, I'll go ahead and source the other articles. --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 22:27, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Well, remember that though Yes may be popular, everything and anything Yes is not necessarily notable (Notability is not inherited, blah blah). If you think that the redlinks (what I call them; also, seem only to be video releases) could use stubs, and you could reference them adequately so that they are notable, then sure, go ahead and create. Master of Puppets Care to share? 22:19, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Whoops, sorry! You're right, it is {{Yesband}}...Okay. I'll go through the list and mark them. If possible I'll find a resource or two for them. There are several uncreated (is that a word?) articles on the template, would it be okay (in terms of notablity) to create them? (I would think so, seeing as Yes is a notable band, but I'm sure others would disagree with me) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 21:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
Happy New Year!
2008 will be the year Google conquers the earth, I'm sure of it! But, to avoid being weird, I'll leave it at that and just say; Happy New Year! Cheers, Master of Puppets Care to share? 23:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Go Google Go! Google owns Yahoo :) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 23:32, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- 2008 is only 10 hours away! For me that is :) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 23:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Six hours for me. Thanks for this, by the way. Master of Puppets Care to share? 23:58, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- Welcome, just checked the editor review page and noticed it was off. Cheers, --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 00:00, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
- Six hours for me. Thanks for this, by the way. Master of Puppets Care to share? 23:58, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
- 2008 is only 10 hours away! For me that is :) --Midorihana(talk)(contribs) 23:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
RfA thanks
- Thanks for taking the time to look through my contributions. Cheers Kbthompson (talk) 16:23, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
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- Yes, I signed up for this :P The '?!?' was in response to what I got :) Midorihana~いいですね? 02:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- I, for one, see a clear connection between Yes (band) and Halo 3. /sarcasm Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 02:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure that Jon Anderson plays Halo 3, yes. (:P) Midorihana~いいですね? 02:47, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Chocola article
Hi! I am the director of the Chocola Archaeological Project. All and any valid, legitimate and up-to-date information about this important Preclassic Maya site derives from my project, as this project is the sole investigator, with a long-term permit from the Guatemalan cultural ministry. I reviewed the entry as it had been sourced to FAMSI, and found several errors and poor syntax. Please advise me on how to create a proper bibliographical addition, as what I have included does not seem to adhere to the style of bibliographies on Wikipedia. Also, please let me know what else I need to to make the article adhere to any other conventions. Thanks! Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D. Director, Chocola Archaeological Project —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan Kaplan1938 (talk • contribs) 09:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not too familiar with the article topic, but I'll try my best to help.
- You probably should include some references from independent sources, like newspaper articles, to establish notability.
- I think you could probably change some of the titles in the further reading into footnotes. To see how to do that, look at Wikipedia:Inline citation and Wikipedia:Footnotes. Wikipedia:Citation templates is also a good place to look for how to cite things. In your case, you probably would want to take a look at {{cite book}}. The Manual of style states how an article is supposed to look.
- If you have any other questions (or if you need me to clarify something) contact me on my talk page and I'll see what I can do.
Happy editing, Midorihana~いいですね? 21:45, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
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- I...haven't ever edited that article. ?!? Midorihana~いいですね? 02:30, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Jeez, stop reverting vandalism then! Just kidding. :P Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 02:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Wow, how'd you find that? I thought I might have reverted vandalism somewhere... (:P) Midorihana~いいですね? 04:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Searched the page history; yours was the first edit on the second page of 500. :) Strange that the bot took that as a major contribution, though... Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 13:40, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- I placed a notice on the bot's talk page and made a suggestion, I'm sure it's a minor thing.
- I just noticed that SuggestBot suggested Naruto. O.O Maybe these bots are talking to each other... :P Midorihana~いいですね? 17:46, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Don't make too many jokes... User:Skynet might be watching. But don't worry, he isn't self-aware. P.S. you're a girl? On the internets? Noes! :P Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 05:41, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm still kinda surprised that people haven't figured out I'm a girl. Well, I've been wrong about other peoples' genders before. Midorihana~いいですね? 06:36, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Chocola
Thanks. I had to spend a bit of time attempting to bring the entry into adherence with Wikipedia conventions. I still have not been able to figure out to insert a citation and have it appear once I save everything as a numbered footnote. As for independent (scholarly) references on Chocola, this I can certainly do and will do, as soon as I recover some of my books, currently in storage. I am back in the USA only recently after several years in Guatemala. Please continue to help me with formatting. I appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan Kaplan1938 (talk • contribs) 05:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- To make the footnotes display, type in the following:
== Footnotes == - {{reflist}}
- That should work. Good luck with the article! Happy editing, Midorihana~いいですね? 05:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- I fixed up the references on the article, just to let you know, so the above isn't necessary. Midorihana~いいですね? 05:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Chocola
Thank you for your help. Konichiwa. I will continue working on the entry in coming days. May I ask are you male or female? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan Kaplan1938 (talk • contribs) 00:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, and please sign your comments using ~~~~, thanks. Midorihana~いいですね? 00:47, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
←(unindent) Female, on my user page now Midorihana~いいですね? 01:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Sarcasticidealist
You've !voted twice there. --John (talk) 06:16, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- No problem at all. --John (talk) 06:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- Both of them were greatly appreciated, though - it passed 52/0/0, and I'm now in possession of a shiny new mop. If I can ever help you with anything, please don't hesitate to contact me. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 09:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Rudget!
Chocola
Do you have any interest in Mesoamerica and the Maya? What are you studying? Are you in university? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan Kaplan1938 (talk • contribs) 00:10, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry, but I'm not going to answer those questions. I just don't want too much personal information floating around on the Internet, so don't worry, it's not your fault. Midorihana~いいですね? 05:31, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
My RfA
My request for adminship was successful at 64/1/2! Many thanks for your participation and I will endeavor to meet your expectations. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 09:18, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Chocola
Not to worry. Thanks so much for your help. I will expand the article and fine-tune it soon. So please continue with your help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonathan Kaplan1938 (talk • contribs) 01:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)