User talk:Free-encyclopedia
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Hi Free - welcome to Wikipedia! I have to tell you that a user has raised concern that your username is inappropriate - specifically, it could imply that you have some official capacity with us. See the username policy for details. Please consider creating a new account with a more appropriate username. --Sam Blanning(talk) 17:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
please keep the conversation here
- I am the person with the user name "Free-encyclopedia." Just because this is the slogan of Wikipedia does not make it wrong. It is no way insulting Wikipedia, or violating any rules. I am not going to change my user name just because I took it from an aspect of Wikipedia's motto.
- From Free-encyclopedia
- I don't think your name is a particularly obvious violation, myself, but someone thought it was serious enough to ask for you to be blocked. I've left him a note that you don't want to change your name - if he's still concerned then he can post a request on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names and ask for more opinions.
- By the way, please sign your name by putting four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post, which produces your name and the date. --Sam Blanning(talk) 11:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Copied from User Talk:Samuel Blanning#Everybody is confused about Raymond
Do you watch the show Everybody Loves Raymond? It was one of the best shows during the time it was on. I recently created the page for the character Amy MacDougall-Barone. The problem is, most people know her as Amy Barone. I am not sure what her 'official' name is on the show. The title of the article was gotten from a link on the 'Everybody Loves Raymond' page. It had a link to the 'Amy Macdougall-Barone' page, but there was nothing there so I started it. Here's my problem. I want 'Amy Barone' to link to 'Amy Macdougall-Barone.' So if somebody types in the first phrase, they get the article with the ladder for a title. But right now, the first links to the 'Everybody Loves Raymond' page. I think what I have to do is create an 'Amy Barone' page, and then make the only part of the article a redirect to my original page. But there's got to be a better way. Is there?
Free-encyclopedia 19:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
- You mean like this? Also, a similar redirect should probably be created from the wrong capitalization of MacDougall to the correct one. --tjstrf 20:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
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- OK. I thought that was what you were asking, but I was unsure which part you needed help with. I'd hoped my diff link would be explanation enough. But, it turns out I was wrong. Which is why I left the capitalization error redirect Amy Macdougall-Barone for use as a practice for you.
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- To make a redirect, simply go to the article (Article 1). We'll call the article you want to redirect to Article 2.
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- Click "edit" on article 1.
- Delete all the existing text, and replace it with the following
- #REDIRECT [[Article 2]]
- Then, hit save.
- Now, Article 1 will take you to Article 2 when you click on a link to Article 1
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- So, to create the capitalization error redirect you mentioned, you will need to do the following:
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- Go to Amy Macdougall-Barone and click edit.
- Replace (or in this case create) the article with the line #REDIRECT [[Amy MacDougall-Barone]].
- Hit save.
- Tah-dah!
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- That should work for you. And I apologize for doing it for you earlier, but I couldn't understand what you were asking. --tjstrf 02:28, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
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- Glad to see that worked for you. By the way, you can usually find most directions like that on Wikipedia's Help section, under the Editing Wikipedia category. Good luck, and happy editing! --tjstrf 18:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Over your head
This is free-encyclopedia. I was the one who changed the disambiguation of 'Over My Head' to the song by The Fray 'Over My Head (Cable Car).' You claimed my reason for changing was because I liked one band more. Although I do like the song the best, it is only because I have not heard the other three. I made the change for two reasons. First, none of the other three songs have articles about them. Second, The Fray's song is a currently popular single. Most likely, if somebody is searching 'Over My Head' on Wikipedia, they want the article about The Fray song, not any of the other three. But, to be fair, I made a note about the other three songs at the top of the page. I thought I did the right thing. If you give permission, I would like to change it back. If you don't, I'm okay with that, too. Free-encyclopedia 19:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
- You don't need my permission to do anything. My reason for leaving Over My Head as a disambiguation page is because Over My Head (Cable Car) is the full name of the song by The Fray. If someone types in "Over My Head", they'll find what they're looking for, regardless of what that might be. And even if The Fray's song is a currently popular single and the others are not, what about in 10 years? Disambiguation pages are a way to help people find what they want and I believe that's what the current setup is acheiving.--Hraefen Talk 20:03, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Category:Cheyenne Kimball albums / The Day Has Come
From Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums#Categories: "Previous discussions have formed the consensus that a category for an artist's albums should be created even if they have only released one album (irrespective of whether they are likely to release more in the future)."
Additionally, a category for an artist's album(s) enables that artist to be listed in Category:Albums by artist, album genre categories (such as Category:Pop albums), and an albums by artist nationality category (such as Category:American albums). I hope this clears things up. -- Mattbrundage 01:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] coincidence?
"I was wondering if you made a similar change because you checked my history or something, or whether it was just coincidence..."
- Not a coincidence; I was reading your talk page. -- Mattbrundage 21:26, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me
Hi. You've recently posted a message to User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me on his userpage. I reverted and moved your message to this talk page: User talk:Can't sleep, clown will eat me for you. Just wanted to give you the heads up and remind you to make sure you post messages on the user's talk page. Peace out. -WarthogDemon 02:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Millionth Article
The history on the Jordanhill railway station page (the millionth article) shows that it was created on 18:09, 1 March 2006. I am glad that my redirect was able to help you find the page you were looking for. Manufracture 15:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
