User talk:Jatkins/Archive 01

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Welcome!

Hi there, Jatkins, and welcome to Wikipedia! I'm a regular contributor here, and when I notice on the recent changes log that a new editor has registered, I like to send them a welcome message - that's how I ended up on your talk page.

If you've never edited here before, there are a few useful links that you might want to look at, designed to help newcomers learn the ropes:

Here are a few features of Wikipedia that I find particularly helpful:

If you leave a message on a talk page, you can sign it with four tildes (Jatkins 17:00, 10 August 2006 (UTC)), which will automatically produce your name and a date stamp when you save the page[reply]
The "Show preview" button allows you to look at what your post will look like before you save it - that way, you can proofread what you've written and not have to back and correct spelling mistakes, failed links, etc.
You can create a watchlist for yourself that will keep a record of any changes made to a page that interests you.

There are plenty of other features and facets of Wikipedia, many of which I probably haven't even discovered myself, so have fun looking around and finding them.

If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

Again, welcome! - Tapir Terrific, 18:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC) (UTC)[reply]

Original response:

Thanks for the welcome message - I've only been registered for two days and it's the first message on my talk page! --Jatkins 15:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: your message: You bet! Good to have you around. - Tapir Terrific 16:01, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Level Up

Thanks! You did all the hard work, I just tidied it up a bit. Re: Next Levels -- at the moment I don't think I can add anything to the list you have already given. :) Jud 22:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, sorry... I cannot help you. I went through a phase where I didn't have time to watch in the morning so I missed a lot of The Next Levels. :( Sorry mate. -Mikay 10:49, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. --Jatkins 17:15, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned fair use image (Image:W3schools-favicon.png)

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Orphaned fair use image (Image:Tmi logo.gif)

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Icons

I noticed that you weren't sure what license to choose for Image:W3schools-favicon.png. Even though this image is probably going to be deleted, I wanted to tell you that {{icon}} is what to tag icons with. I usually select "Logo" in the drop-down and then change {{logo}} to {{icon}} once the image has been uploaded. —Remember the dot (t) 23:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Original response

Hi, I just wanted to say thanks for the advice you gave me about using the Template:Icon licence instead of Template:Logo. If this image is deleted, it may come in useful in the future. Thanks. --Jatkins 10:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Regarding edits made to W3Schools

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updated Shaun the Sheep

...sort of a lot. Have a look --Lexein 21:19, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summaries

Hello Jatkins, I have noticed that you often edit without an edit summary. Please do your best to always fill in the summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary. An edit summary is even more important if you delete any text; otherwise, people may think you're being sneaky. Also, mentioning one change but not another one can be misleading to someone who finds the other one more important; add "and misc." to cover the other change(s). Thanks! matt br 16:03, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In response to your message about always using edit summaries when I edit, -- you're right, I should. I sometimes don't know what to put but understand the need to do so – I'll try and make it a habit when editing. Thanks for helping keep Wikipedia a better place for us all. --J. Atkins (talk) 16:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Just explain what you have done to the page so others can see easily what you have done. It makes it much easier to find who's done what and when they did it in the page history rather than viewing every diff! Doesn't have to be long, just enough to describe what you have done. Happy editing, matt br 16:22, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oversight done.

I'm going to remove your question on my talk page too. In future, you may wish to send your requests to the oversight email list - thanks! Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 16:30, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation pages

Thank you for your work on PC World. Unfortunately, disambiguation pages do not follow the same stylistic rules as normal pages. In particular,

there should be only one live link per entry.

Please see the disambiguation style guide for more information. If you have any questions not answered there, drop me a note or try the help desk. By the way, I have already brought PC World (disambiguation) into line with the guidelines.

Fourohfour 17:05, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, sorry, and thanks for the advice. --J. Atkins (talk | contribs) 18:22, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Your speedy of Evan Cushion

I think prompt action by admins under CSD is very valuable, and i appreciate your willingness to be part of that process. However, please see User talk:Evancushion#Speedy deletion of Evan Cushion, and try to be more accurate in justifying your speedies in the future. Such poorly reasoned deletions undermine user confidence in the whole admin corps, even when the actions in the particular case are justifiable.
--Jerzy•t 05:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May 2007

(messages below from May 2007)

Citing sources

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Wikipedia has a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Using different styles throughout the encyclopedia, as you did to Ségolène Royal, makes it harder to read. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Cite articles using <ref> text here </ref> instead of citing it as an external link. Thanks! T_{Talk to me} 20:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Sorry, I usually do add proper references with the <ref> wikitag and on some articles go looking for sources, but I was watching the result on BBC News and I wanted to add in the link quickly. --J. Atkins (talk | contribs) 07:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem. I just wanted to inform you in case you didn't know! Thanks! T_{Talk to me} 20:01, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

37signals

Nice tweaks to the article. It looks like it's constantly getting better. Thanks. -DjD- 12:31, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and your contributions are great too. --J. Atkins (talk | contribs) 15:58, 19 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please use edit summaries

Hello. Please be courteous to other editors and use edit summaries when updating articles. The Mathbot tool shows your usage of edit summaries to be somewhat low:

Edit summary usage for Jatkins: 45% for major edits and 61% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace.

Using edit summaries helps other editors quickly understand your edits, which is especially useful when you make changes to articles that are on others' watchlists. Thanks and happy editing! --Kralizec! (talk) 11:22, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. And this is the second time in two months -- I'll try to always add edit summaries from now on. --J. Atkins (talk | contribs) 15:40, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's better now. Edit summary usage for Jatkins: 99% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace. --J. Atkins ^{(talk - contribs)} 21:55, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Small cleanup icon

I noticed your comments over on Why tags are evil from some time ago. I thought you might be interested in a new, unobtrusive clean-up icon created by User:Notmyhandle, which I think would be another good step in the same spirit as that taken by the small sp icon that has become so prominent, such as on White House. You can take a look at the new, smaller, cleanup icon here, and if you like what you see, please leave a comment here. I think that tags, though they serve some purpose, have really become visual pollution, and we need more of these smaller icons. Cheers. Unschool 08:04, 26 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Totally. --J. Atkins (talk | contribs) 14:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Barnstar

Thanks for my first barnstar. :) I've always seen them here and there but will have to read up a bit more on their use. Thanks much. -DjD- 11:49, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]