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Use of non-free content on Wikipedia

Hi, Mono. User:Chzz brought to my attention that you may have some lingering uncertainty about how non-free content on Wikipedia is handled, and my own evaluation suggests that there is some clean-up work that you need to do to address some outstanding copyright concerns.

For instance, on February 20th, you created the article History of Google Docs. The content you used to create it seems to have come from this Wikipedia article: [1]. While many contributors do not realize this, content on Wikipedia is not public domain, but only licensed liberally for reuse. One of the conditions of that reuse is that you must give credit. See Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia for more. Please provide proper credit for History of Google Docs. You'll also need to provide credit for Chinatown, because with this edit you copied content from Chinatown, Brooklyn and/or Chinatowns in Canada and the United States. I'm not sure where you got Google buzz, but it's obvious you got it from somewhere else on Wikipedia by the "Cite error" at your foundation. You need to credit that, too. Even though this content was all copied from within Wikipedia, it's still a copyright problem if the source isn't given. Also, if you have copied other content within Wikipedia--even if it was a long time ago--please make sure you go back and attribute it.

Meanwhile, this edit is a little alarming, too. :) Translated from what? If you've translated it from another Wikipedia, that needs crediting (directions for that still under Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia). If you've translated it from somewhere else, where?

Based on this, I wanted also to expound on this passage from our copyright policy:

Note that copyright law governs the creative expression of ideas, not the ideas or information themselves. Therefore, it is legal to read an encyclopedia article or other work, reformulate the concepts in your own words, and submit it to Wikipedia, so long as you do not follow the source too closely. (See our Copyright FAQ for more on how much reformulation may be necessary as well as the distinction between summary and abridgment.) However, it would still be unethical (but not illegal) to do so without citing the original as a reference.

Reformulating the concept in your own words requires not only using different language, but also revising the structure of your original. This is an element of copyright protection that is not as commonly encountered: creativity not only exists in language, but also in the structure and organization of ideas of a source. If you change the language but not the structure, you run the risk of creating a "derivative work". (This is one of the reasons why you can't translate something from one language into another without permission, even though you may change every single word.) Rather than switching out a few words in a sentence, we really have to rewrite them completely (which is often quite a pain in the neck, unfortunately :/).

To avoid this, we recommend writing from scratch when you begin rather than copying elements from other sources and then trying to alter them as you go. It is very hard when you do it that way to escape copyright issues. The essay Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these problems. The article Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism".

Please let me know if you have any questions about this or if you need more information about how to correct unattributed Wikipedia copying. I'll be watching your talk page for a time. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:30, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Opinion

Hi, that word is kind of not sexy in a title for a SP page, I think. Can't it be made explicit at the opening, instead, and the word plus colon just dropped from the title? Tony (talk) 00:59, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See my comment there. Ncmvocalist (talk) 14:06, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your sig

Hi Mono, when you made this edit I noticed that your signature partly overlaps the text above and below the line on which it appears. Would you mind making the vertical dimension of the box slighly smaller? Cheers and tia - DVdm (talk) 21:03, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And, if you could, tell NSD the same thing, if you don't mind. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 21:07, 22 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Happy B-Day!

Hey, Mono. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!
Have a great day!-- シ 00:16, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This

was incorrect because the image is PD. Please read the copyright tags next time. Color alone does not make it original enough to be copyrighted. —fetch·comms 01:37, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Best wishes

Sorry to see that you're mostly retired. Hopefully you'll stick around and maybe reverse your retirement sometime soon . Regardless, best wishes in your real life endeavors, and I hope you return fully sometime in the future! Airplaneman ✈ 01:50, 23 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

^Ditto. Hopefully you'll return with a renewed passion before too long. Best wishes, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:11, 24 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 23 August 2010

NASCAR Newsletter August, 2010

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Wikify Drive

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Hi, your Userpage User:Mono/Sandbox/1 appears in this category, and two others too. Since this probably a mistake, I suggest you prevent the page from showing up there. (In case it might help you/no offence intended: you can put a semicolon before the category like [[:Category:Wikipedia image help]], or use <nowiki>). -DePiep (talk) 16:55, 27 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the invite. I'm not sure if this would have been better if you organized it so that it would not clash with the GOCE September drive. As it appears to be modeled on the GOCE drive, having it on the same month might be confusing. In addition, I'm not sure how many people you will get as we will all be busy with our own drive. For example, having it in October would have been much better. Just IMHO. – S Masters (talk) 04:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I agree. I'll contact AirplanePro.  ℳono  13:16, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Graphic lab

Hi there, I was hoping you could take a look at Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop#Lion and Sun and Wikipedia:Graphic Lab/Illustration workshop#CVU award when you have a moment to leave a status update on each. Thanks, §hepTalk 17:04, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Hey

The Excellent User Page Award
One of the most creative ones I've seen. :) Airplaneman ✈ 01:29, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I'm also looking at doing a Mahoo! one. :)  ℳono  01:31, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Lol, that'd be great :D. Airplaneman ✈ 01:32, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hah, I just saw your userpage - it's great! Shouldn't the result of the "search" and "I'm Feeling Lucky" buttons be switched around though? :) ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 01:35, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose, if you can make it do that. I can't find a way. :p @Airman- http://i34.tinypic.com/5a2e55.jpg  ℳono  01:36, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Airplaneman ✈ 01:38, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fascinating. You didn't add the "© 2010 - Privacy" (easy to add) and the "Advanced Search Language Tools" (harder a bit). Otherwise, very nice. —fetch·comms 01:40, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Try switching them around. "I'm Feeling Lucky" is for quick searches, and "Google Search" is for general ones. If you're interested, Google also has this on its front page. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 02:52, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that they can't be simply switched around - the inputbox extension makes the "I'm Feeling Lucky" function come first and the searching function come second, regardless of the order that they're placed in. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 02:56, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Tel, that's already gone where I am. It was to commemorate the victims of Hurricane Katrina.  ℳono  03:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The Excellent User Page Award
Awesome! I Agree. -- Crazysane (T/C\D) 17:55, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Pretty awesome from me as well. :) Connormah 01:14, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

KIS Article

Hey, sorry about that, I messed up my citation, just fixed it. PlantRunner (talk) 00:17, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's ok. :)  ʄlame  00:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas series

Sent to: Decision makers/archivists, and WikiCopter.

Please, do NOT approve mottoes for the period from 25 December (2010) to 5 January 2011. I think we have enough time to discuss the Christmas series. Thanks & Best! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:49, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 30 August 2010

WikiCup 2010 August newsletter

We have our final eight! The best of luck to those who remain. A bumper newsletter this week as we start our home straight.

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Signups for next year's competition are now open. Planning is ongoing, with a key discussion about judges for next year open. Discussion about how next year's scoring will work is ongoing, and thoughts are more than welcome at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. Also, TonyTheTiger is compiling some information and statistics on the finalists here- the final eight are encouraged to add themselves to the list.

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Userpage Barnstar

Hello Mono! About your Userpage Barnstar request. It is done. Please reply on my talk page. Antonu (talk) 06:35, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Great ad, Mono!

That was a great ad you created for our drive. Could you add it to Template:Wikipedia ads? WikiCopterRadioChecklistFormerly AirplanePro 16:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

October drive

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Would you mind...?

...listing the following at T:TDYK for me when you get the chance? I laptop broke, so I'm stuck using my ancient desktop computer and loading that long of a page crashes it.
{{subst:NewDYKnom | article=Your Coffee Cups| hook=...that '''[[Your Coffee Cups]]''' is the second sexually-themed [[coffee house]] to open in the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] of the [[US]] state of [[California]]?|status=new|author=QwerpQwertus|nominator=QwerpQwertus}}
:*<small>Note: If you comment or leave a tick, I'd appreciate it if you'd [[User talk:QwerpQwertus|leave me a note]] since I can't access this page. Thanks!</small>

Thanks! :) ~ QwerpQwertus Talk ツ 02:33, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I like your userpage - why didn't I think of that? ~ QwerpQwertus Talk ツ 02:38, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
" Done  ℳono  02:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! ~ QwerpQwertus Talk ツ 02:51, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WOW!!!

Somebody liked my work on the Apple Inc. hardware enough to roll it out! I still have some changes in mind. But now that it’s live, I’ll make them on the actual navbox. Thanks again! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Infodriveway (talk • contribs) 04:53, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! :)

Sunshine!
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Yi-Jen Lai

My assessment was correct at the time it was applied. The article consisted of no more than a line or two at that time, and my tagging for speedy delete was wholly appropriate. I am very familiar with speedy-delete policies, having applied them hundreds, perhaps thousands of times over the years. Thank you. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 02:39, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that my wait time was about 10 minutes. Where is this "current consensus" discussed? - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 04:35, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Your wait time seems to be 1 min; the article was created at :57 and you tagged it at :58.  ʄlame  14:19, 31 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm Removing Your Warning

You warned me about my edits for edits on minimum wage, and I'm kind of offended. As you can see Dashbot reverted the VANDALISM one second before my revert went through. It's obviously a timing issue and I don't appreciate you slapping a vandal warning against me for it. Thank you for undoing it, but I'm going to remove those warnings from my talk page.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 14:38, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Also, can you please explain why the vandalism warnings that I placed on user 123pizza were marked as vandalism? I'm considering taking this to ANI--Torchwood Who? (talk) 14:40, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You haven't responded so I've taken this to WP:ANI at the thread "Overzealous Warnings by Dripping Flame". Please comment there if you wish to discuss.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 14:50, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Torchwood Who, it's very possible DF made an honest mistake here. Please give him some time to respond. ceranthor 15:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Considered the ANI resolved for now, but would like some discussion to happen on talk.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 15:13, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • You reverted a revert, which is your problem. You are responsible for any edits you make with a tool.
  • I reverted your revert of a revert, because it reinstated vandalism.
  • Is that clear?

 ℳono  15:51, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it's not because you followed me to the VANDAL's page and reverted my valid warnings, then WARNED ME for writing them on the user's page. Is THAT clear?--Torchwood Who? (talk) 15:56, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please don't shout. It's only an edit.
  • The tool I was using "weights" edits, so if you are reverted, it turns bright red and flashes PROBABLE VANDALISM.
  • You were weighted before I reverted you, so someone must've reverted you before me.
  • I'm ready to move on.

 ʄlame  16:00, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Please do and make it in a direction far away from me. I'll do the same.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 16:03, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No Angels

I removed it because there is no need in it! They don't have enough singles to have that, so i just added it with the "no angels" template. So is it possible to delete that? AtomicMarcusKitten (talk) 16:09, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Did you create it? Otherwise, you have to bring it to Templates for Deletion.  ʄlame  16:10, 3 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A thought

Why don't you add a direct link to Dripping Flame's bad revert page in the account's signature, like I do with Whisky drinker? I've found the "victims" of bad reverts to be generally less hostile since I added it. Just a thought. :) Whisky drinker | HJ's sock (Mistake? let me know) 01:19, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds good.  ℳono  14:04, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 6 September 2010

Your motto

{{User:Secret Saturdays/Motto Shop Template 11|[[William H. Taft|→]] The welfare of [[WP:USERS|the farmer]] is vital to that of the [[Wikipedia|whole country]].}} So, what do you think? Don't forget to rate the motto! Secret Saturdays (talk to me)what's new? 01:10, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Kosovic

I see you proposed Kosovic for deletion. The deletion was contested, but the article has now gone to AfD. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Motto Shop

Why did you rate it with a zero? He obviously isn't done yet. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 00:17, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's the point! :) lol  ʄlame (report mistake) 00:46, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have a letter for you about your unreasonable posting on my talkpage and refusal to understand a joke. Please familiarize yourself with this letter that I wrote.  ℳono  01:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The link doesn't work, my good sir. ~~ Hi878 (Come shout at me!) 02:54, 8 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Resolved

Did you use a bot to capitalize words on Women's rights in Saudi Arabia? It capitalized terms in URLs, which broke the links. Noloop (talk) 05:21, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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GOCE newsletter

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Sharing buttons

Hey Mono - just making sure you're aware of the discussion here, in which I note that these links haven't been approved by consensus or tested yet, so they're deliberately being kept subtle for now. — Pretzels Hii! 01:46, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mono, I wish you had taken Pretzels' caution a bit more seriously; it could have avoided the reaction at WT:POST. In the future, please try being more circumspect when editing widely-used Signpost templates. Regards, HaeB (talk) 09:45, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 20 September 2010

Resolved
 – Yes, I read it  ℳono  03:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Pending changes/Straw poll on interim usage

Resolved
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Volcanoes again

Stuck
 – Kept here so Mabeenot can see this.  ℳono  03:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I missed your response to my earlier question. Would you be willing to move the WP:Volcanoes report up to the empty slot on Oct 4? -Mabeenot (talk) 01:44, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure! By the way, a bot archives anything marked with {{resolved}}, so that may have done it. You can always find stuff at User:Mono/Archive Index.  ℳono  03:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Associate Director Article

Hi. I have tried to follow your suggestions to improve this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Catherine_Fitzgerald#Catherine_Fitzgerald. There are abundant news article sources for this director. A complete resume can be accessed here AusStage I hope that helps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.96.234.165 (talk) 02:36, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! It looks better; the more references the better. The next step is to format your article using footnotes; this page will show you how.  ℳono  03:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. Thanks for your help. I have added references. Hope this is an improvement. Thanks. (129.96.234.165 (talk) 02:41, 24 September 2010 (UTC))[reply]

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DYK nomination for Robert Twycross

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Thurber - Wonderful O

Am somewhat at a loss as to why this article is not 'notable' when three of the other 4 Thurber Children's books do already have a valid article and yet the books are less well known than Wonderful O + 13 Clocks. I have (tried) to revise the article - please advise where it is still incompetent and invalid. I am puzzled. 86.166.107.13 (talk) 19:52, 27 September 2010 (UTC) JK[reply]

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WikiCup 2010 September newsletter

We are half-way through our final round, entering the home straight. New Orleans TonyTheTiger (submissions) leads at the time of writing with 1180 points, immediately followed by Hungary Sasata (submissions) with 1175 points. Colorado Sturmvogel_66 (submissions) closely follows in third place with 1100 points. For those who are interested, data about the finalists has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/finalists, while a list of content submitted by all WikiCup contestants prior to this round has been compiled at Wikipedia:WikiCup/History/2010/Submissions. As ever, anything contestants 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.

Despite controversy, the WikiCup remains open. Signups for next year's competition are more than welcome, and suggestions for how next year's competition will work are appreciated at Wikipedia talk:WikiCup/Scoring. More general comments and discussions should be directed at the WikiCup talk page. One month remains in the 2010 WikiCup, after which we will know our champion. Good luck everyone! 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 and The ed17 23:04, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Mono, I'm probably going to be offline a lot during October. Could you monitor the talkpage, create a progress graph and send out reports to start, at the midpoint and end of the drive? Thanks a lot! WikiCopterRadioChecklistFormerly AirplanePro 20:52, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. I'll do my best, and likely ask someone else to help.  Ⓢock  03:09, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks. WikiCopter Formerly AirplanePro 17:17, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Can you kindly take care of the progress table for me also? I will track the individual user progress and update the leaderboard. WikiCopter (radio • sorties • images • shot down) 00:30, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Will try to. THENEWMONO 23:24, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

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GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close.

Stats

  • Out of 76 registered editors, 45 actively participated.
  • We nearly wiped out the 2008 articles from the backlog—there were only 13 remaining when the drive closed.
  • We reduced the backlog by 725 articles (11.5%), so it was another successful drive.
  • A total of 59 barnstars will be awarded to 40 editors—well done, and congratulations to all.

Barnstars
If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the July 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, you may have earned rollover words, which counted towards this month's barnstars (except for the leaderboard awards). Any unused word credits will be held over for the next drive, as long as you participated in the September drive. Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. Click here to see a list of barnstar winners.

  • We will be holding our next drive in November. You can sign up here.

A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing!

Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa (Talk) and S Masters (talk). Newsletter by Diannaa (Talk) and The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions.

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Greetings

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Hello, Mono. You have new messages at Jamesontai's talk page.
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Truly random pick

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 – Be bold. THENEWMONO 23:48, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In respect to the Wikification drive, randomarticle.php might be better =) ResMar 21:46, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The New Mono

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Let me guess, up next is The New Sock and The New Flame. ~NerdyScienceDude 23:22, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

We'll see, TheNewScienceDude... THENEWMONO 23:23, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User:Mono/Banner

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You requested User:Mono/Banner be deleted, which I did, however it is in use on this talk page. I'd be happy to help fix the formatting and such, but if you're keen to redo it yourself, I don't want to interfere. Thanks, --TeaDrinker (talk) 23:46, 3 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

TFD

Heh, thanks. Next time, could you at least tell me? I remember adding a rationale (speedy per WP:G7 per author request), but it somehow didn't register. Anyways, thanks for catching that. Airplaneman ✈ 01:55, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, love the gradient. Airplaneman ✈ 01:55, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. BTW, the color changes based on my status. THENEWMONO 02:07, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

What is "yuck"

You have me worried. Tony (talk) 03:44, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The image, not the article. THENEWMONO 03:45, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It will look like a generalised "yuck" at the whole article. You mean that the octopus is a little creepy. Tony (talk) 07:17, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Robert Twycross

— Rlevse • Talk • 06:03, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Signpost: 4 October 2010

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THANK YOU! Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 01:38, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Airplaneman ✈ 01:54, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BLPPROD of Kevin Haslam (American football)

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Hi Mono,

I have removed the BLPPROD you placed on Kevin Haslam (American football) because the discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people#Are_external_links_.22sources.22 indicates that an external link verifying some of the information in the article is enough to make an article ineligible for BLPPROD. In the case of Kevin Haslam, the link to his Jacksonville Jaguars page does verify some of the information in the article and is sufficient to make the article ineligible for deletion by BLPPROD. Calathan (talk) 23:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for alerting me of this. THENEWMONO 00:58, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi.

Hey. Can you give me a good thing to research? It's not homework, it's just that I'm bored. Ian 06:55, 5 October 2010 (UTC) Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ian.bjorn (talk • contribs)

You can help improve the articles listed below! This list updates frequently, so check back here for more tasks to try. (See Wikipedia:Maintenance or the Task Center for further information.)

Expand short articles

Help counter systemic bias by creating new articles on important women.

Help improve popular pages, especially those of low quality. 

THENEWMONO 01:05, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Check your inbox

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Hello, Mono. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

Airplaneman ✈ 02:36, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Odd. I thought I disabled email. THENEWMONO 02:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Re'd. THENEWMONO 03:05, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Userpage design

Hi there. You indicated that you wanted your userpage to be redesigned. I would be happy to do so, but I charge a fee for my services:

  • 25 constructive mainspace edits. This means adding verifiably sourced content, not just spelling fixes, vandal reverts, that sort of thing.

or

  • 15 new pages patrolled. See here for quick instructions on how to get started. The most important thing is to start at the back of the log, with the oldest pages.

or

If you would like me to design a userpage for you, please do one of the above, and leave a message on my talkpage with the relevant diffs (or a link to your patrol log), as well as any notes about colours or whatnot.→ ROUX ₪ 03:04, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ah; I knew I would be hearing from you soon. Will do, but quick question: does patrolling the CSD category count? THENEWMONO 03:11, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Unless you are an admin, you cannot remove or approve CSDs, so I'm not really sure what you mean by that? No need for talkbacks, I have your page on my watchlist. → ROUX ₪ 03:15, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
[3] THENEWMONO 03:17, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Except you did the wrong thing there. Only admins can review CSDs. What you should have done was placed the hangon tag in the right place. In any case, I would like to see content building, really. → ROUX ₪ 03:20, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Many non-admins do it, and it is not specifically forbidden, but that is beside the point. I like your system! Anyway, I'll get the diffs to you. THENEWMONO 03:27, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, not working for me in Google Chrome on Vector. Looks all jumbled, and the talk page text floats off my screen to the left. If you want, I can take some screenshots. From what I can tell though, nice design! Airplaneman ✈ 23:53, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah I just looked at it in (shudder) IE. Vector seems to break a lot of stuff. The interesting thing is that only the talkpage breaks in Vector, not the userpage. Yet they both use tables in exactly the same way? Very odd. Set your prefs to monobook and you'll see what it should look like :P → ROUX ₪ 23:58, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, mostly fixed, one minor issue to fix now. → ROUX ₪ 00:02, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Looks the same for me in monobook and vector now :). Airplaneman ✈ 00:04, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I use Vector full-time, and it looks good. The only thing I can figure out is how to get the + icon's box to be the same size as the box to the right of it. THENEWMONO 02:15, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think it's just an artifact of hacking -moz-border-radius to make circles. I think. I'll fiddle. (you still owe me a bunch of edits :P) → ROUX ₪ 02:33, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Mono, I'm ready!

Hey, Mono! I just got unblocked! Let's do this thing! Ian (talk) 22:02, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wonderful. Your progress will be logged at User:Ian.bjorn/Adoption; start at User:Mono/Classroom/Crash_Course_in_Procedure. THENEWMONO 22:46, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

For the Vandalism classes, I think you should know that I've got Twinkle. I just changed my settings. Ian (talk) 23:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And my progress is not logged at the Adoption thing! Ian (talk) 01:28, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Take a deep breath. Mono has other things to do as well, you know. → ROUX ₪ 02:02, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot read minds (sadly), and I was offline for a bit. I'll try to be better with my status. THENEWMONO 02:04, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jayfeather can. Ian (talk) 06:51, 8 October 2010 (UTC) (For some reason I like to compare things with Warriors)[reply]

Assignment answers

Ok, Mono. I should sign my posts with 4 tildes (~ ~ ~ ~) 23:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC)). I have to write down an edit summary so that people know why I edited or added that post. Also, I should do on Wiki what I would do in real life, like asking for help or not vandalizing. I should be civil so I don't get blocked(again), such as discussing whether or not I should delete another editor's additions, and also I should assume that everyone is trying to help Wiki unless there is evidence that they are vandalizing. I should be bold because we're human and we make mistakes. I should not do any original research, which means I should be using sourced facts. Finally, I should make sure that my articles merit Wiki's standards.

So how did I do? Ian (talk) 23:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You should try to do these in normal editing; just saying it won't help as much, IMHO. Airplaneman ✈ 00:06, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh. Anyway, what is IMHO? (I'll add the tildes with spaces so I don't get mistaken.) Ian (talk) 01:26, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It means In My Humble Opinion. Please also read WP:INDENT to learn how to format talkpage comments properly. → ROUX ₪ 02:01, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oh. Any way, I can do my Warriors thing as well as my second assignment! Sweet! Ian (talk) 02:31, 8 October 2010 (UTC) (There's a cleanup part on it)[reply]

The Signpost: 18 October 2010

November copy edit drive

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors Backlog Elimination Drive!

The Wikipedia Guild of Copy-Editors invites you to participate in the November 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, a month-long effort to reduce the backlog of articles that require copy-editing. The drive will begin on 1 November at 00:00 (UTC) and will end on 30 November at 23:59 (UTC). The goal for this drive is to reduce the backlog by 10% (approximately 500 articles). We hope to focus our efforts on the oldest three months (January, February, and March 2009) and the newest three months (September, October, and November 2010) of articles in the queue.

Sign-up has already begun at the November drive page, and will be open throughout the drive. If you have any questions or concerns, please leave a message on the drive's talk page.

Before you begin copy-editing, please carefully read the instructions on the main drive page. Please make sure that you know how to copy-edit, and be familiar with the Wikipedia Manual of Style.

Awards and barnstars

A range of barnstars will be awarded to active participants, some of which are exclusive to GOCE drives. More information on awards can be found on the main drive page.

Thank you; we look forward to meeting you on the drive!
— The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions, S Masters (talk), and Diannaa (Talk)

What the...

What was this about? Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 03:34, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm trying to keep Ian from socializing and myspacing. THENEWMONO™ 23:07, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
He should at least be able to sign my guestbook. Also, Igloo is for blatant vandalism only, and I don't call that vandalism. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 23:10, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I think Mono was actually on the right track there, AD. Ian needs to be completely forbidden from this social networking nonsense, and then we'll see if he's actually here to write an encyclopedia. → ROUX ₪ 23:50, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Mono, was quitting your job as an adopter an accident? Ian (talk) 22:10, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nice design!

Your pages look cool! Where did you learn such an amount of advanced code? I am a violinist ♫ talk to me here! 13:12, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Roux (talk · contribs) designed it . ⅊™ 22:34, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Auto Wiki Browser

Hi Mono, I noticed on several of the articles you are editing you are leaving two of the same type tag. Example [6]. I assume it might be by accident so I removed one of the two tags. Best, --Alpha Quadrant talk 04:34, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Those are different tags - they look the same though. Thanks, THEMONO™ 00:24, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"My userspace" sidebar

The links in your "My userspace" sidebar don't work, and it appears under my toolbox links. Would you please place it where the links can actually be clicked on? Thanks. ~NerdyScienceDude 01:48, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The links all work for me. I suspect the problem is the positioning; it doesn't take into account individual user prefs in terms of what is displayed in the toolbox. For me, it covers up half the toolbox. → ROUX ₪ 01:51, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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