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Chris Agee

Thanks very much for your help with the references. I'm afraid I'm pretty useless with them, I tend to concentrate on battling with the text, so I really do appreciate that helpful follow-up.Opbeith (talk) 09:12, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for that hint - just what I need, something to help me get halfway there! Opbeith (talk) 18:06, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Haruth

Just wanted to stop by to thank you, Fetchcomms. Info gratefully received. And I loved the irony that it's a category! ;-) --Haruth (talk) 20:44, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Your alternate user page

Don't you think people would be freaked out to see a big red X on their own user page? I must admit, that might make an interesting idea for a template. mechamind90 23:49, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Pardon? I'm not catching what you mean...  fetchcomms 00:12, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
Okay, maybe I was leaning away from what I initially meant. Perhaps the Stop Sign style box that I included with my first message (the original one) is a little big compared to the "power button". It could easily be mistaken for vandalism, so I suggest putting it in a template "window" (any color) to make it look less scary. ...As for the template that I mentioned, a little off topic from the talk page, but it would probably work for the "Only Warning" messages in place of the current stop sign with a hand on it. mechamind90 02:41, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
I see what you mean now.  fetchcomms 02:47, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

In regards to the Alchemy Gothic logo I suggested, no I guess I can't say that I am the original author of the logo. But then how can company's logos get posted for their pages here?


206.113.156.30 (talk) 13:21, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Question

Why aren't you an admin? Can I nominate you for adminship? NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talkmy editssign) 02:19, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Similar to Marek69's response. I have relatively little experience to what is desired, do not participate in many discussions (particularly those concerning policy, etc.), have been active only a short time, and have no real need for the tools currently. It's kind of you to offer, but I doubt I would pass, and I wouldn't have much use with the extra buttons even if I did pass. Regards,  fetchcomms 02:25, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
In addition, after seeing your offer to Coldplay Expert, you might want to read over WP:ADMIN. Administrators need more than just a few DYKs and some Huggle work. (Please don't misunderstand—Coldplay Expert is starting to become really a better user, but an RfA is not just "Oh, this user has done some nice work".)  fetchcomms 05:23, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

re: John Morris in Vancouver 2010.jpg

Thanks very much for your help!

TCNPhotoEditor (talk) 01:25, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

thanks with the pink panther logo!

thanks with the pink panther logo reduction!


Mrseiya02 (talk) 02:16, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

User:IBen/TB mono (talk) 04:10, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

IFU or FFU

Hi Fetchcomms, it is great that you are working on files for upload. A few weeks back I seemed to be the only one working here! When you create a file, can you add the project tagging to the talk page: {{WPAFC}} this will tag to the afc project. Hopefully the bot will come along and and the user and date to keep track of what is happening with the AFC project. There are some extra parameters, but too hard for me to remember, but the bot may fix up. Also if there is a free image that succeeds, there is a box up the top that you can add the successful uploads too. Don't add in the fair use ones, only the free images. Keep on plugging away at the FFU, you are doing a good job here! Thankyou! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:59, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah, thanks for telling me. Actually, I think The Earwig dislikes having to run his bot for that, but he does it because he's nice anyhow ;). I'll try to remember about adding the banners and the images into the gallery, but hopefully Tim Song can add FFU to his great script and let it add them automatically! Thanks again,  fetchcomms 19:54, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Strange unicode

Hi again

On your user page you have ⚐ and ⏎ which do not display on my machine, what do you do do to get these unicodes? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 12:18, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure, I know Google Chrome does not support the symbols though, but I use Firefox. I found them while looking a list of unicode symbols somewhere on-wiki, actually. There's probably some way to get them, but I'm not sure.  fetchcomms 19:54, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Main page FP

Thanks for getting the protected version up so fast, I'm not an admin so i couldn't do that part :P  fetchcomms 00:33, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

No problem. And thanks for stepping up to select a picture and write a blurb. Although I see empty POTDs quite frequently nowadays, I'm always hesitant to write a blurb myself. I'll stick to ITN. -- tariqabjotu 00:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Academy Awards

Thank you for your input on my List of Academy Award winning families page. It was suggested to me that I add references to the page to substantiate the award counts. Since there's no standard template for citing these awards in Wikipedia, I couldn't construct standardized links there, so I chose IMDB. I would have preferred the Oscars.Org database, but that page is a dynamic interface - you can't set a web address for an individual. --Klantry01 (talk) 17:43, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

The issue is, IMDB is an unreliable source. It is almost like a wiki that anyone can edit and change information. If possible, could you find a book about the awards, or a magazine/news article? That would probably be best.  fetchcomms 22:26, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Would a catch-all reference to the Oscars.org database - maintained by the academy itself - be acceptable? The info is definitive, it just isn't maintained in a way that lends itself to automatically bringing up the awards list for each individual. --Klantry01 (talk) 04:48, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism

"Please do not vandalize pages, as you did with this edit to Men of Power : Court intrigue in the life of Catherine Howard (book). If you continue to do so, you will be blocked from editing." I understand your concern; but how then does one entirely remove a page your editors obviously aren't going to allow to be published? Puzzled, of Glastonbury —Preceding unsigned comment added by MartinWheeler (talkcontribs) 17:59, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

RE:Account

This is how I deal with it :) Keegan (talk) 18:35, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

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link to license from creative commons for photo for Jarrett Hoffpauir.

Soonhair (talk) 19:04, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

You're Too Fast!!

Argh!! You beat me to this. Keep up the good work :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 28° 31' 45" NET 01:54, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Heh, thanks.  fetchcomms 02:03, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
No problem! It's good to help out! :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 2° 48' 45" NET 00:11, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your help on Rove Formation article.

I did put the two large illustrations as 'thumb'. I was shocked to see my captions appear!!! lol I had studied and studied and studied my notations and couldn't see the problem. Now I know that I need thumb-sized illustrations, if readers are interested in them they'll have to click to enlarge them.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.

Currently I'm SLOWLY working on the citation notation. I'll get there. Bettymnz4 (talk) 02:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Adminship

Dear Fetchcomms, I think it is high time you were made administrator. You seem ready and experienced, so do you want me to nominate you? I'd be happy to do it. Regards, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:05, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

I actually asked Fetchcomms tha same question a few days ago. He says he's not ready. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talkmy editssign) 04:25, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
As NSD said, I don't think I'm ready, and I think the community would feel similarly after only several months of active editing. In any case, I don't have any real need for the tools now, but if you want, feel free to make the offer at the end of the year, perhaps.  fetchcomms 00:59, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

T.U.K. Creepers Information

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I fixed the T.U.K. Creepers copyright information and public domain release so it's set to be posted under the T.U.K. article. Thank you Fetchcomms!

206.113.156.30 (talk) 14:58, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for West Virginia Governor's Mansion

Updated DYK query On March 13, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article West Virginia Governor's Mansion, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Materialscientist (talk) 12:09, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Nice work! youngamerican (wtf?) 17:53, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

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But see, deathcore is now a popular genre. Can't Sumeriancore wait until it gets notable enough as well? If it never gets enough significant coverage in reliable sources, then it doesn't meet our notability guidelines. fetchcomms☛ 00:04, 14 March 2010 (UTC) I think it is popular enough, and I have another version of the Sumeriancore article to submit as soon as the review closes on the current one.


Musicfan0011 (talk) 01:42, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

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Its not just me that thinks that, but that's fine of you to say so. Musicfan0011 (talk) 02:03, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Sumeriancore

But see, deathcore is now a popular genre. Can't Sumeriancore wait until it gets notable enough as well? If it never gets enough significant coverage in reliable sources, then it doesn't meet our notability guidelines. fetchcomms☛ 00:04, 14 March 2010 (UTC) I think it is popular enough, and I have another version of the Sumeriancore article to submit as soon as the review closes on the current one.


Musicfan0011 (talk) 01:42, 14 March 2010 (UTC)


Well as stated, I have another version to submit but the article is under review so I can't edit it as such. I don't know what you mean by continuing under one heading or giving it a title, I am brand new to Wikipedia and have only gotten as far as I have from the help of MWOAP. They seem to offer helpful advice in areas I'm very unfamiliar with, instead of just negatively shooting me down. If you would be so kind as to explain what you mean I'd be more than willing to oblige. Thanks

Musicfan0011 (talk) 02:11, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for creating User:NSD. NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talkmy editssign) 03:00, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Please coach the user to change his user name and not to add info about his company directly, but use the "Request an article" function. He has been unblocked, and I'll be watching for the mentor's input. Thanks! CobaltBlueTony™ talk 17:44, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

regarding the Armenian Family Tree Project username

Hello, I'm the owner of Armenian Family Tree Project account. You told the username violated the guidelines, so I'm interested if it's possible to move all the pages from Armenian Family Tree Project user under the Hayk Ghazaryan user.

Thank you for your help!

Regards, Hayk Ghazaryan

Armenian Family Tree Project (talk) 19:25, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I moved the page as you told

I moved the User:Armenian_Family_Tree_Project/Armenian_Family_Tree_Project content under my personal account (User:Hayk.ghazaryan/Armenian_Family_Tree_Project)

what should I do next?

Hayk

Armenian Family Tree Project (talk) 19:36, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Barnstar

The Helping Hand Barnstar
Dear fetchcomms, i have noticed that you've seemed to help new users on the English Wikipedia and your help is greatly appreciated! I herby award you with The Helping Hand Barnstar! Written by GeneralCheese 00:55, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


welcome bot

Hi Fetch, it looks like SQLBot-Hello is messing up your signature; see here. From what I understand, you can't have html mark-up in your signature on ACC, it needs to be restricted to wikicode. Sorry! Maedin\talk 09:39, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I knew about this before but didn't realize it hasn't been fixed. I'll change my signature now :P  fetchcomms 15:32, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mighty Mite (food product)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mighty Mite (food product)

Thanks for reviewing this request for creation. What is an example of a "reputable source" for a currently-sold food product? I provided a link to the vendor's page for the product; I have the product in my hand. What more is required?

150.101.214.82 (talk) 00:34, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Happy St.Patrick's Day!


Written by GeneralCheese 22:43, 17 March 2010 (UTC)


Proper protocol

Sorry to trouble you, but I wonder if you could tell me what one does when coming across something like this? I'm pretty sure there's a protocol, but I don't know what it is. --Andreas Philopater (talk) 14:51, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

The page has been deleted, so I can't see what it said. However, it was deleted on the premise that it was not notable. For a page that you feel does not establish its notability, you can nominate it for deletion. This particular article was nominated for speedy deletion, in fact. Other deletion processes for non-obvious cases include proposed deletion and articles for deletion.  fetchcomms 15:45, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
It was a "biography" that contained a name and the statement that the person in question plays hockey and Doom 2. Thanks for the links. It seems spoil-sportish to take exception to it, but I can just imagine how quickly wikipedia would be clogged up with this stuff if things like that stayed up. --Andreas Philopater (talk) 21:21, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Yep, speedy deletion.  fetchcomms 21:26, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi :)

Hi Fetchcomms, I'll take your help in the coming days to understand how to use the AC Tool Interface... Thanks ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 16:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

ACC, you mean? You should join us on IRC at #wikipedia-en-accounts, that is the best way to learn and ask for advice when dealing with requests. If you have never used IRC before or do not have an IRC application, you can use the webchat at this link. Regards,  fetchcomms 17:09, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
Great. Will do that. Thanks ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 17:16, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Fetchcomms. You have new messages at Skater's talk page.
Message added 00:19, 19 March 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

SKATER Speak. 00:19, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

{{Help}}Capitalization of title needs fixing but I don't know how.
The page "Glass art" re-directs to the article Studio Glass which is under discussion and due for a major overhaul.
The redirect is incorrect because "Glass art" does NOT equal "Studio Glass". The two are distinct and separate.
Thanks Morrisque (talk) 16:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

As I said, please go to requested moves. Also, please do not put the {{help}} template on any page except your own user talk page.  fetchcomms 16:33, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry but obviously I was just confused. I did edit out the "help" thing but you got here first. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek ! Morrisque (talk) 16:41, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

I have gone ahead and done it for you. Please be sure to keep an eye on Talk:Glass Art.  fetchcomms 17:02, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I will have the same problem with other pages, where re-directs have been done inappropriately and indiscriminately, so I'll try to learn from this one.--Morrisque (talk) 11:33, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Looking for history on law firms in Grand Rapids, MI

I was looking for some history of this law firm in Grand Rapids MI. I wanted to get some information on it to see if it was the one I wanted to contact. Their was no page so I decided to create one. I am a student at Calvin College in Grand Rapids MI so I have access to some good data bases. How would you go about getting the right information so other peopel do not have the same problem I had?

Visdog


Visdog (talk) 19:40, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Could you please elaborate? I am not sure what you mean...  fetchcomms 19:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

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I was wondering why some of the lawfirms located in Grand Rapids are not listed or dont have pages. I am going to create pages for them. I am a student so I can get just about any data base I want. I guess my question was what is the best way to source it if we cant use their website.

Visdog (talk) 20:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

A reliable source is by a reputable publisher/group/author and is independent of the subject. For example, books, news articles, magazines. If a subject has not received significant coverage in reliable, third-party sources, it is not considered notable, and therefore probably should not have an article.  fetchcomms 20:06, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

How!

Hi Fetchcomms, I'm still not giving too much time to the ACC Interface because I'm slowly gaining the comfort level and don't want to take up a wrong user name request. But wanted one query clarified which has been foxing me for a couple of days. How do you and some other users manage to latch on to user name requests so fast? Is it because you're active on the IRC and see the bot giving out the request? And do you further on reserve the request from the IRC itself (if so, what's the command?) or do you -- after seeing the request on the IRC -- log on to the ACC and then reserve the request? Sorry for questions that might sound amateurish :) Thanks in advance. Tc ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 06:05, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Usually, we are logged in already, and we use IRC clients that allow us to "stalk", or be notified, when someone says a certain word. In this case, I stalk "[Live]:", which is what the bot says every time a request or action occurs on the tool itself. I suggest using a client like Pidgin, Chatzilla, Xchat, or mIRC which should allow you do to the same. There is no connection from IRC to the tool itself, however. Whenever we get notified by the bot, we just reload the page and click reserve. (And these aren't amateurish questions at all!)  fetchcomms 19:16, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks :) ▒ ♪ ♫ Wifione ♫ ♪ ▒ ―Œ ♣Łeave Ξ мessage♣ 11:22, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

User page design

I found your name as the most recent person to sign up on the user page redesign team page. I was wondering if you would be willing to redesign the page for The Bathrobe Cabal. It's never looked good. Basically, if you are interested, I just want a simple design based off of the colors in this image, which I would like centered at the top. I would like all the text on the page to remain the same, but boxed differently. However you think looks good. The current image on the page should be centered at the bottom. Also, I'd like tabs (like on your user page). One for the main BRC page, one for its talk, and one for Meetups. I haven't created that page yet, but I will. Please let me know either way regarding your interest in taking this on. Lara 16:10, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll give it a go.  fetchcomms 19:44, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
Is there a specific font preference?  fetchcomms 00:11, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Bruna Caram picture 3.17

I can't find our Questions and Answers anymore of my Bruna Caram picture upload request. The request still exitst in the index "3.17 Bruna Caram reveillon-meno" but where is the content? Couldn't find it in archives of March.--Jeand99 (talk) 08:13, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, someone mixed up the code, it's now fixed.  fetchcomms 19:22, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. I'll try to take care for a "correct" public domain permission. --Jeand99 (talk) 06:44, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey Fletcher, I was wondering if one of my WikiProjects (WP:SFG) is suitable for a Wikipedia Ad. One of our members (AnemoneProjectors) is quite experienced but he hasn't heard of them so I've had to turn to you; my questions are

  1. Is it suitable for an ad?
  2. Can you make or help me make one?

Thanks again for all of your help, Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 13:45, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

  1. Yes.
  2. Sure, if you give me an idea of what you want on it.

Regards,  fetchcomms 19:19, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Right, thanks. I was thinking of something like this:
  • Image 1: Enjoy listening to Scouting for Girls' music?
  • Image 2: Want to improve Wikipedia's coverage of them?
  • Image 3: Then join the Scouting for Girls WikiProject today!
Due to the fact that I've never created an advert like this before I don't even know if this is good wording. If it's not please feel free to tell me. Cheers, Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 16:39, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
It's fine, I'll work on it today.  fetchcomms 20:48, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
How is the image going? Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 17:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
I'll try to have it finished by tomorrow, hopefully. I didn't feel well yesterday or I could have gotten it done then.  fetchcomms 00:37, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
File:Qxz-ad206.gif.  fetchcomms 23:14, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
Wow, that's really good. It draws on their new album artwork in a way. Well done! You've done a great job! Rock drum (talk·contribs·guestbook) 16:10, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

New User

Thanks for your welcome. This is the first time I put up a page. Would you be able to review it for me? Did I do anything incorrectly? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_World_2010:_Transforming_Cultures:_From_Consumerism_to_Sustainability Vanessadam 09:33, 22 March 2010

Firstly, welcome again! A few things: Don't quote the overview, summarize the book in your own words. Quotes should be used only when needed, really. Also, you don't need to include the whole table of contents--Wikipedia is not a directory. it's probably best to just add a short summary of what each major section covers. You should also format your external links at the bottom like: [http://google.com Google home page], which creates Google home page.I must say, good work with the image uploading and fair use rationales! One last thing, leave new message sections at the bottom of a talk page. In any case, good work for a first article. Regards,  fetchcomms 15:47, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the suggestions. I just changed the external links formatting and will work on replacements for the quotes and table of contents and hope to have that done this afternoon. I appreciate your guidance! Vanessadam 10:57 MST, 22 March 2010 —Preceding undated comment added 16:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC).


Also, one more thing... I removed lots of the details from the Table of Contents (and will add descriptions once I have a chance to write them). I also replaced the Overview text. Should I do something specific to have the "new unreviewed article" tag removed? Thank you again. Vanessadam —Preceding undated comment added 15:54, 23 March 2010 (UTC).

Nope, I've just removed it ("reviewed it", I guess) for you, and fixed a few other minor things. Keep up the good work!  fetchcomms 20:36, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for List of National Historic Landmarks in Missouri

Updated DYK query On March 22, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of National Historic Landmarks in Missouri, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
Materialscientist (talk) 18:03, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Permission to use an adapted form of your signature

Hello fetchcomms, I am leaving this message to ask your permission to use an adapted form of your signature for myself. If you don’t want me to I respect your decision and I will not. The signature is below and so is the source code.

clarince63 ǀ talk ǀ contribs☛

<span style="border:1px solid;">[[User:clarince63|'''clarince63 ''']][[User talk:clarince63|'''<span style="color:black;">ǀ talk </span>''']][[Special:Contributions/clarince63|'''<span style="color:black;">ǀ contribs☛</span>''']]</span>

As I can't stop you from copying it anyhow (it's freely licensed, at least), thank you very much for asking me regardless. I've fixed it a bit, with non-breaking spaces to avoid line breaks in the middle of it, but this raises the character count to just one over the max, so I removed the ☛. Would that be OK? Otherwise, I don't care if you use the design. clarince63 ǀ talk ǀ contribs

 fetchcomms 14:45, 24 March 2010 (UTC)


Run for Administrator or Beurecrat

I suggest you run for one of these two because you would be good at this. --Thebirdlover (talk) 01:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Not close to enough experience.  fetchcomms 01:07, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Adoption

I have decided I would really like you to help me learn more than I know about wikipedia. Do you have more room?

--Thebirdlover (talk) 01:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Not at the moment, unfortunately. I suggest you try User:Chzz.  fetchcomms 01:12, 26 March 2010 (UTC)


I didn't see him on the list of adopters.

--Thebirdlover (talk) 01:15, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Doesn't mean you can't ask him, does it?  fetchcomms 01:16, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

I took your advice and asked him.

--Thebirdlover (talk) 02:32, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Chizz dosen't adopt so I asked someone else.

--Thebirdlover (talk) 20:22, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

That's fine.  fetchcomms 20:30, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

STiki Anti-Vandalism Tool

Hello, Fetchcomms. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:STiki.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

STiki Anti-Vandalism Tool (again)

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Yummy Yummy Cookies

About this

I asked Darrell Smith to send his permission to the wiki staff days ago; could I upload a picture now? I'm a little confused. :/ Thanks!

(Your user and talk page are damn great -do you work on other wikis as well?) Jargon ๏̯͡๏) 00:05, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

They should email you back, I do not know what they are doing because I am not one of the team members. On another note, please do not use a template as your signature. Signatures should only go in the preferences, they should not be substituted or transcluded through a template.  fetchcomms 00:10, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Oops. The sig rule seems to change depending on the wiki(a).. I usually use a subst template because I find the code of signatures to be quite annoying. Anyhow, this is how it should look like, right?
About the team, I think I'll have to contact it myself.. --Jargon ๏̯͡๏) 00:20, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Yes, just copy the code you currently use over into the preferences window and make sure the check the little box below as well.  fetchcomms 00:23, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks again. --Jargon ๏̯͡๏) 00:38, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for MyTwoCensus

Updated DYK query On 27 March, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article MyTwoCensus, which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
-- Cirt (talk) 15:27, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Re archiving

Hi. I still have a question about how archiving is done (I find the help page unhelpful), and wonder if you could be to me at User talk:J. Johnson#Need assistance archiving. Thanks. - J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 20:26, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah! The light of understanding now gleams through the murk! Thanks for your kind assistance. - J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 22:25, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

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Yes?  fetchcomms 18:26, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

3D Custom Girl article for deletion

Hey, it's about me, about my article that was proposed for deletion. And the reason you wrote was because you didn't find significant coverage for the game and on Google, there are lots of torrents and downloads. Well, I think it's kinda unfair, because if you do search almost any game on Google, earlier or later, you will find a torrent download link or a download related site. And I guess that there are game articles on Wikipedia that, maybe, people find even less coverage for it. So, I think that it's a bit unfair.

Nytrogod (talk) 23:39, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Many games are covered by independent reliable sources. That is what is needed, a lot of games have been featured in professional reviews or major gaming magazines. Also, if you see a game article on Wikipedia that you think is not notable, feel free to nominate it for deletion as well.  fetchcomms 00:21, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

POTD scheduling

Thanks for your recent help with the POTD scheduling. A small request: Please try not to jump the queue. I was still in the middle of Wikipedia:Featured pictures thumbs 17 and the one you just picked was in group 19, so it's a little early. Thanks. howcheng {chat} 16:18, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah, sorry! I was trying to figure out exactly which one it was in and I saw a few before that seemed to have been around there. I'll try to keep up better, thanks.  fetchcomms 19:04, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

No content :) --Jargon ๏̯͡๏) 16:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry, I check the page often ;)  fetchcomms 19:04, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Grazie! --Jargon ๏̯͡๏) 21:14, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Photo uploads

I sent the original email to the permissions-en@wikipedia.org. Is there anything else that needs to be done? {Cmguy777 (talk) 03:03, 30 March 2010 (UTC)}

You still need to specify the license (Creative Commons, public domain, etc.), and tag it as {{otrs pending}} to avoid further confusion. Thanks,  fetchcomms 14:39, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Pictures

Hey, so you have just flagged like all of the pics I've ever uploaded. I own the copyright and know the author of each pic ect. and really don't know what else to do. Can you please help me out and tell me exactly what seems to be the problem. Thanks. Dsgschwaeder (talk) 17:09, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Because all the work is "copyright by Dubelyoo, LLC", you need to provide proof that you own the copyright and agree to license it under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. To do so, please email our OTRS team with instructions at this example. Please add the code {{otrs pending}} to all the images you uploaded as well, and when permission is confirmed, these will be changed by the OTRS team member handling it.  fetchcomms 20:33, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Goats

Re. Talk:William_Windsor_(goat)/GA1#Comments

I've added stuff; please check back. Sorry for delay.

Lawks, your talk page is a bit huge. Want me to set up auto-archiving? Let me know if so. If you want to do it your own way, manually, that's fine though. Just a thought.  Chzz  ►  18:40, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, taking a look at it. I prefer manual archiving (I do it once a month) because... I don't know, heh. Also means I don't get the new messages banner after a bot archive! Regards,  fetchcomms 20:35, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Yup, fair enough. Mine is just so insane. Misza archives on 200 hours; I cleared almost all manually, yesterday, and as of now, it's back to hugeness. Meh. Speak later?  Chzz  ►  20:40, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, also check the GA page, left a few more notes there.  fetchcomms 20:50, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Onto it; should fix in next few hours, cheers.  Chzz  ►  20:53, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
I've re-worked it quite a bit, hopefully addressing the GAR concerns. Let me know what you think.  Chzz  ►  13:27, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

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what

why did you do that!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.224.201 (talk) 20:08, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Do what?  fetchcomms 21:33, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

remove my thing

What "thing"? Can you be very specific please?  fetchcomms 21:53, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

ALEJANDROO!!

Why not actually look: never touched that page.  fetchcomms 01:48, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 March newsletter

We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. Pennsylvania Hunter Kahn (submissions) leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions) currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

Although unrelated to the WikiCup, April sees a Good Article Nominations backlog elimination drive, formulated as a friendly competition with small awards, as the Cup is. Several WikiCup contestants and judges have already signed up, but regular reviewers and those who hope to do more reviewing are more than welcome to join at the drive page. If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn, Fox, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) 22:13, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

proposed entry for Boston Camerata

Hello I added footnotes as requested, is there something else I need to do? Thank you.

OK sources made as per your request into footnotes. Wow, this is pretty technical and not easy :-) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.163.173.56 (talk) 03:46, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

68.163.173.56 (talk) 01:19, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

You still have a list of sources at the bottom, can you make all of them footnotes please?  fetchcomms 02:03, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Created! At Boston Camerata. I know it is a bit technical, but it looks very nice and if you have additional sources, please do not hesitate to expand it with the info using the same citing method. Regards,  fetchcomms 17:08, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

help needed in verification

Hi Fetchcomms, I've been trying to write an article on Juha Hemánus, a Finnish theater and opera director, and I'd love to meet your requirements, but to get inline citations from (other) reliable sources than just the director himself and his own files and memory seems to be impossible at this stage cause most of the shows are already a bit older and there just isn't data banks from all these theaters and operas online from which to verify. However, in the Finnish wiki there is a Finnish version of the same article, http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juha_Hemanus - perhaps the Finnish wiki editors know how to help and verify (they did help edit that version and it passed and was published)? Do you know how to contact them? I don't. Please let me know what I can do to help. All best, nanook190 at ningboyz@gmail.com

Unfortunately, all articles on the English Wikipedia require significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. If this is not online, is there coverage in print material as well? This is needed to establish his notability and verify the information. not sure how the Finnish Wikipedia works, but all articles really should be sourced well. I do not know Finnish, so I am afraid I cannot help with contacting them, although if you know the language, you should ask at their user talk page like you did here. In addition, no need to give out emails, as I respond directly here.  fetchcomms 16:31, 1 April 2010 (UTC)


Thanks. I've deleted the article and when I get time will revisit it.Ngatimozart (talk) 22:40, 1 April 2010 (UTC)ngatimozrt

Help!

Hi. I'm Brian Overton. Everyone keeps saying that Mr. Mischief's from 1978, not 1972. I don't know why. I could get some proof by uploading a picture of the page after the final illustration and the Are your sure? page, but i'm not allowed to. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.119.71 (talk) 15:10, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

What exactly are you talking about? I'm not sure what/who Mr. Mischief is. In any case, you need a reliable source to verify--books, magazines, news articles, etc.  fetchcomms 16:33, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, Mr. Mischief is a Mr. Men. There's more Mr. Men and there's a spinoff, named Little Miss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.119.71 (talk) 22:18, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I really have no clue what you are talking about. Proof should be made with a reliable source, as mentioned above.  fetchcomms 22:20, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the revert on my user page. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:06, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

476, my, my ;)  fetchcomms 22:08, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, I should probably just stop counting. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:11, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Type message title here

Well, the artwork has photos on both www.myspace.com/colinfrangicetto and at http://theunconsciouscollective.bigcartel.com.

Furthermore, this photo comes from a public video.

Will that work? It's a shame that his page doesn't have a picture.

Reply to:

Subject/headline: Colin Frangicetto with Painting.jpg

Description: This image was taken from Circa Survive's YouTube video, Sequence 17, where guitarist Colin Frangicetto can be seen painting in the studio. The painting displayed is one of many what have been offered for sale on his webpage, http://theunconsciouscollective.bigcartel.com/

URL: http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4960/screenshot20100329at939.png

License: Public Domain {{PD-author}}

Link To License Information: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quf5EeiDF1U

Author/Copyright Holder's Name: Circa Survive

Article To Be Used On/Reason For Upload: Colin Frangicetto, because there is currently no image in the profile.

RO'Connor 14:54, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Is there an image of the painting by itself? That might be better to claim fair use for, unless he has explicitly released his work into the public domain. fetchcomms☛ 14:42, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

RO'Connor 23:16, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Next time, reply on that page. The issue is, the artwork is copyrighted, unless you show me proof it is in the public domain. The YouTube video is copyrighted as well, but I think if you were trying to show that he makes videos, that you should try to find one not featuring the art as well.  fetchcomms 23:31, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

GA Reviews

Hello, this is just a friendly reminder that if you plan to review an article at WP:GAC, make sure to add the #:{{GAReview}} ~~~~ tag under the nomination, as it is instructed at the top of the page. I added my name to William Windsor (goat) without realizing that you were in the process of reviewing it, which caused some frustration on my part, as I had already started drafting my comments. I've since changed my name to yours here; just make sure to do this yourself in the future. María (habla conmigo) 14:31, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh! Sorry! I had told the user I would review it on IRC and completely forgot to mark the page. Thanks for doing it for me, and I'm so sorry for wasting some of your time.  fetchcomms 20:24, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

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