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Faboost and Faboost wiki

Why is my Faboost Wiki up to be deleted please tell me so i can sort it out and stop what it is???

Thank you Arianinja —Preceding unsigned comment added by Arianinja (talk • contribs) 21:27, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rong Qiqi / List of Chinese military text

Hi Hongkongresident, nice work on these new articles - well done! I have a couple of comments though:

Rong Qiqi - I made some minor edits after I picked up the link at Did You Know? I'm not sure people will find it interesting enough for acceptance (hundreds of people probably met or claimes to have met Confucius). Don't be discouraged if it doesn't get through!
List of Chinese military texts - I'd recommend that you move this to Chinese military texts - anyone searching for "List of Chinese military texts" would still find the article (you will need to get an admin to delete the current redirect page and do the move). The first section could also do with a bit of "Wikification" (take a look at WP:Manual of Style (layout) to see what I mean).

All the best Philg88 (talk) 03:21, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! Your submission of Rong Qiqi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Philg88 (talk) 03:30, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback and reviewer granted

I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:44, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have also given you reviewer rights; please see WP:REVIEWER and Help:Pending changes for more information. Dabomb87 (talk) 12:44, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adoption request

Hello there, Xanchester! I'm Netalarm and I have been around for quite some time now. I'm messaging you because I've noticed that you've indicated that you want to be adopted on your user page. To get started, you can also find an adopter yourself. A complete list of adopters list available here. When choosing an adopter, please check their availability. You may also want to find an adopter that has similar interests, although it is not required you do so. Once you have found an adopter, you can message them on their talk page and ask to be adopted. If you have any questions about this process, feel free to message me on my talk page.

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Once again, welcome to Wikipedia! Netalarm^talk 23:08, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Confucian texts

Hi, this template is a nice addition to various articles but you should remove the Chinese characters following linked articles according to WP:MOS-ZH. This is to keep things looking tidy and easy to read for non Chinese speakers. If a user wants to know the Chinese characters they can find them in the linked article. Where an article doesn't exist it is OK to use hanzi but you should include both simplified and traditional forms where appropriate. Best Philg88 (talk) 00:40, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Bite Me (book) Deletion

In your keep message for Bite Me, you comment that the book was writen by "two notable authors." You might want to correct that since it was only written by Moore.Shsilver (talk) 12:25, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whoops, typo, has been fixed now. Thanks for notifying me. :)--Hongkongresident (talk) 19:06, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GPS

No, my edit at GPS was not vandalism.

If you had bothered to actually look at Error analysis for the Global Positioning System, you might have noticed that the entire deleted section also resides there. The GPS article is much longer than the guidelines recommend - that's why you get the "This page is 131 kilobytes long. It may be appropriate to split this article into smaller, more specific articles. See Wikipedia:Article size." notice when you edit it.

There's also a thing called an "Edit Summary" - if you had actually read my edit summary, or the my edit summary on the edit erroneously reverted by"ClueBot" this would have been obvious.

Next time you decide to make a vandalism accusation, at least have the courtesy to actually look at the work first. The GPS article will never get any smaller if we split it into smaller, more specific articles, but never delete the split material from the parent article.

Remembering why I closed my Wikipedia account...129.61.46.60 (talk) 13:10, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, that was an honest mistake, done in good faith. False positives do occur, and since the section that was blanked was a very large section, that had previously been reverted by other bots/users, a lot of red flags went off. Since your other edits after my reversion were also reverted by users, I've directly moved the section for you.--Hongkongresident (talk) 19:02, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MoS issues vs. content issues

This is admittedly a silly issue to take up space in the AFD discussing, so I won't go back and forth there. But for what it's worth, did you actually look at the pages within Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (content)? Just because that category has the word "content" in it doesn't mean those pages govern substantive content issues. The first is about presentational issues like use of color, alt-text, etc.; the second is about stuff like names to use for people and where to put their DOB in the lede; the third is about stuff like how to format links and when to link terms (note that WP:ELNO, about what links to include in the first place, is actually a content guideline and is not part of MoS); the fourth is mainly about terms and turns of phrase to avoid (although it does have a little bit of content guideline); the fifth is also that. (Yes, I know I am making a few oversimplifications for the sake of illustration, but you get the point.) These are much more issues of presentation than of content.

We both know this is a pretty nitpicky issue. But the reason I am bringing it up is, to be perfectly frank, I think it's a little unfair to try and pass off an article with serious content issue as "just MoS concerns". If I thought the article only had MoS concerns, I would not have nominated it for AfD; I have been here long enough to be familiar with WP:BEFORE. Re-read the statement I left there when I opened the AfD: I agree that it is probably an encyclopedic topic, but the current page needs to be totally re-written before being appropriate for Wikipedia, and that is not just an MoS concern. rʨanaɢ (talk) 05:24, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry about the whole silly argument, but you have to clarify what you mean by content issues. From what I've gleaned so far, your concerns seems to deal with Wikipedia:Manual of Style (layout) issues (which is ~~under [[:Category:Wikipedia Manual of Style (content)~~]], admittedly I should have linked to that page directly, instead of the more general WP:MOS). If you're not talking about layout, footnotes, formatting, notability, reliable sources... what's left?--hkr Laozi speak 05:32, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of List of Chinese military texts

Hello, your nomination of List of Chinese military texts at DYK was reviewed and comments provided. --NortyNort (Holla) 08:41, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Revision history of Eyes (cheese)

The consensus was clearly to merge, six out of 12 people suggested it, even a person who wanted to keep it suggested it could be merged with cheese ripening if such article existed and it was created. Michał Rosa (talk) 09:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I understand, I was one of the editors in favor of the merge. But the consensus, as determined by the admin, was to keep it separate.--hkr Laozi speak 10:37, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Binahian

I have declined your two speedies - though the tone is quite inappropriate, it isn't really an advertisement, and as for copyright we don't have any source and I suspect the poems are OR rather than copied from elsewhere. I can understand your wish to get rid of it asap, but let the AfD take care of it. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 09:12, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Rong Qiqi

On 25 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rong Qiqi, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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.

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

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DYK nomination of Cheese ripening

Hello, your nomination of Cheese ripening at DYK was reviewed and comments provided. --NortyNort (Holla) 10:41, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for List of Chinese military texts

On 28 October 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Chinese military texts, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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.

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:03, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jeopardy! Tenth Anniversary Tournament

Maybe I was not clear enough. I provided to you the example merge edit summary Merge content from [[Jeopardy! Tenth Anniversary Tournament]] but I did not specifically say this: the name should contain a link to the merge-from article. This is the proper form for copyright attribution when merging content. The bracketing around the title "[[ ]]" (which make it a link when saved) was not meant to be optional. Using a dummy edit I have fixed your merge summary here. If and when you merge the content from the Jeopardy! Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational, please do use an edit summary that links to the merge from article, as in my original example. Thanks.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:17, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great. Perfect merge. The issue is simply that people must be able to follow content back to its copyright holders, here, the users who wrote it, and a link provides better access which is why this is the form stated under Actions which must be performed for both merger types. Thanks!--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 13:34, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For rescuing Tamil Isai Sangam from deletion, by re-writing, referencing and cleaning up - and done to a high standard - I hereby award you this barnstar! Acather96 (talk) 14:35, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK nomination of Lai Pak-Hoi

Hello! Your submission of Lai Pak-Hoi at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Intelligentsium 19:21, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image

Hello ! The image of Liu Xiabo is too big. It should be reduced (150px). Thanks ! Thatdumisdum (talk) 19:24, 30 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your contributed article, Religion in San Marino

If this is the first article that you have created, you may want to read the guide to writing your first article.
You may want to consider using the Article Wizard to help you create articles.

Hello, I notice that you recently created a new page, Religion in San Marino. First, thank you for your contribution; Wikipedia relies solely on the efforts of volunteers such as you. Unfortunately, the page you created covers a topic on which we already have a page - San_marino#Religion. Because of the duplication, your article has been tagged for speedy deletion. Please note that this is not a comment on you personally and we hope you will to continue helping improve Wikipedia. If the topic of the article you created is one that interests you, then perhaps you would like to help out at San_marino#Religion - you might like to discuss new information at the article's talk page.

If you think that the article you created should remain separate, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hang on}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion, or "db", tag; if no such tag exists, then the page is no longer a speedy delete candidate and adding a hang-on tag is unnecessary), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion, it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. If the page is deleted, you can contact one of these administrators to request that the administrator userfy the page or email a copy to you. Additionally if you would like to have someone review articles you create before they go live so they are not nominated for deletion shortly after you post them, allow me to suggest the article creation process and using our search feature to find related information we already have in the encyclopedia. Try not to be discouraged. Wikipedia looks forward to your future contributions. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:28, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete tags

Per our deletion policy, and as it states in the tag itself and in the notice above, an editor can not remove a speedy tag from a page they've created themselves and instead should use the hangon template. Dpmuk (talk) 17:36, 1 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem - it was obviously unintentional and just something you were unaware of. Personally I'm unsure whether the A10 tag should have remained because now as it stands, it could get lost and never expanded. That said if the tag had remained it would likely have got deleted by now as not being improved enough. I believe that despite much discussion there has never been a consensus for speedy tags that only result in articles being deleted after x amount of time which leaves us with the choice of either tagging articles being worked on or possibly having them lost in the system while often being in a horrible state, neither of which is idea. It may be best, in future, to work on new articles in your user space and then move them into article space when at a more advanced stage. Dpmuk (talk) 00:59, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. Following your further edits the tag obviously should have been removed - I was referring to the state of the article when it was actually removed. Dpmuk (talk) 01:49, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Cheese ripening

On 2 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cheese ripening, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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.

-- Cirt (talk) 00:03, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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DYK for Cyberwarfare in the People's Republic of China

On 2 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cyberwarfare in the People's Republic of China, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the 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.

-- Cirt (talk) 06:03, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

DRN

Hey there. I've been flat out lately with fellow stuff, do you think you could take a look at the cases requiring a volunteer and see if you can do anything with them? Steven Zhang ^{Help resolve disputes!} 20:18, 20 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Incomplete DYK nomination

Hello! Your submission of Template:Did you know nominations/The Tragedy of Mister Morn at the Did You Know nominations page is not complete; see step 3 of the nomination procedure. If you do not want to continue with the nomination, tag the nomination page with {{db-g7}}, or ask a DYK admin. Thank you. DYKHousekeepingBot (talk) 03:10, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters

On 21 October 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the BBC documentary programme Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters speculates that the Cyclopes, the one-eyed giants of Greek mythology, may have been inspired by elephant skulls? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and it will be added 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.

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:04, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]