User talk:Jeffwang/Archive 0

Archive 0 is a secret archive for SELECT embarrassing/plain stupid things AFTER Archive 1. Userpage

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elen of the Roads

Hi. I know you're...Spanish, yes? And a student of English. Just thought I'd let you know, for your English studies, you've made a comment that doesn't really make sense in English. I used to mod on a forum that had several Spanish members, and there were certain idiomatic English language constructions that seemed to give them grief. I suspect Spanish doesn't feature idioms in the same way. The contributor using the term 'jerk' was talking about himself - saying he was a jerk to oppose. That is, a lot of people had !voted support, so he thought people would think he was a jerk. I was saying he should not think that of himself, as he was quite entitled to his opinion. Let me know if this makes no sense. By the way, this is not an attempt to get you to change your !vote: I understand that what you are saying is that you hear people expressing different opinions, so you thought you would remain neutral. --Elen of the Roads (talk) 20:40, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Signature

Please ensure your signature remains 255 characters or less; see WP:SIG#Length. Thanks, –xeno^talk 17:55, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

In particular see "If substitution of templates or another page is used, please be careful to verify that you are not violating the length limit, as the software will not do this automatically." Please amend your signature page to be 255 characters or less. Thanks, –xeno^talk 18:08, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Please fix your signature

Your signature is too long; please amend your signature subpage so your signature is 255 characters or less per WP:SIG#Length: "If substitution of templates or another page is used, please be careful to verify that you are not violating the length limit, as the software will not do this automatically." –xeno^talk 01:06, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

What do you mean, Xeno on an iPhone? My signature is not long! --Jeff (talk)·(contribs)· (email) 08:01, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

The signature you just used has 311 characters, not counting the timestamp:
--'''[[User:Jeffwang|<span style="color:blue; border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="An editor">Jeff</span>]] [[User_talk:Jeffwang|<font color=green>(talk)</font>]]·[[Special:Contributions/Jeffwang|<font color=green>(contribs)</font>]]· [[Special:EmailUser/Jeffwang|<font color=green>(email)</font>]]'''
As per community consensus, 255 characters is the upper limit (see the guideline mentioned above, WP:SIG#Length). Amalthea 08:59, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Yes, the character limit applies to the length in the edit window. –xeno^talk 12:53, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Jeff, you don't need to 'destroy' your sig to make it compliant - simply removing the email link will bring it down enough. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Jeffwang/sig&oldid=434850642 for example. –xeno^talk 23:21, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

<sarcasm>I didn't mean to do that! Wikipedia's policy is so awesome!</sarcasm> --J (t) 23:24, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Editnotice

Hi; do you think I could ask you to slightly tone down your Editnotice for this talkpage: the SHOUTING CAPITALS and OTHER DEMANDS come across as rather incivil, and you should be aware that since you do not 'own' the page, people are perfectly entitled to post 'negative comments' and criticisms if they wish. Best, ╟─TreasuryTag►Africa, Asia and the UN─╢ 09:52, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

...Negative comments = incivil... What a hypocrite. --J (t) 09:58, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

OK. If you mean "no incivil comments" then could I suggest that you say that? Because I assumed that 'negative comments' included constructive criticism, and I'm sure that you wouldn't want to stop people providing you with that sort of advice. (Also, do you think you could REMOVE THE SHOUTING CAPITAL LETTERS when you get a moment?) Thanks. ╟─TreasuryTag►Counsellor of State─╢ 09:59, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

I meant totally negative comments, and please stop being a smartaleck. --J (t) 10:14, 21 June 2011 (UTC)