User talk:Robertvan1

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[edit] Hello, Robertvan1!

Hello, Robertvan1! I'm Clamster5. While creating new and interesting articles is extremely helpful to the Wikipedia project, there are more than 19,000 articles that need to cleaned up. These articles could use your knowledge and time. There are so many pages currently needing clean-up that there is guaranteed to be something that you find interesting. Even fixing up just one is a huge help. If every editor on wikipedia edited just one article each, the backlog would be cleared in no time.

Thanks! Clamster5.


[edit] A welcome from Sputnik

Hi, Robertvan1, Welcome to Wikipedia!
Hello, bonjour, salut, privyet, konichiwa, shalom, hola, salve, sala'am, bonjourno, and hi! I'm Sputnik. I noticed that you were new and/or have yet to receive any messages so I just thought I'd pop in to say "hello". We're glad to have you in our community! I hope you like this place — I sure do — and want to stay. Wikipedia can be a little intimidating at first, since it's so big but we won't bite so Be Bold and get what you know down in microchips! If you do make a mistake, that's fine, we'll assume good faith and just correct you: it'll take a few seconds maximum! I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Though we all make goofy mistakes, here is what Wikipedia is not. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to see the help pages or add a question to the village pump. The Community Portal can also be very useful. If you want to play around with your new Wiki skills the Sandbox is for you. Here are a few links to get you started:
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Happy Wiki-ing!


- СПУТНИКССС Р 13:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Robertvan1! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. AmiDaniel (talk) 08:07, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

How can you accuse 213.100.54.167 of vandalism - I know that user and he has only made good contributions to Wikipedia!! Camptown 18:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Clearly not, as you can see here link. It is irrelevant rubbish tacked on the end.

  • If you read the log a little more carfully, you'll see that 213.100.54.167 REMOVED vandalism!! The vandalism was created by 68.225.143.73 [18:05, 28 June 2006]. Tell 213.100.54.167 you're sorry - or I'll report you for vandalism!
  • Yea ok, I read it from the wrong side, I will apologise. Don't, however, think that it is because of your empty threats, I made a mistake not vandalism.
    • Very well.... don't forget, though, that some people get pretty upset when other people are wrongfully accused of e.g. vandalism.

[edit] Blatant vandalism

You might find {{subst:bv}} useful. --GraemeL (talk) 19:22, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Ok, I'll add it to my custom list and use it. Thanks.

[edit] Vandalism?

What? You just reverted my reversion of vandalism. Sarge Baldy 19:30, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Sorry, the bot I was using reverts the latest edit even if it shows me the previous one. I'll remove my "warning".
I already had. It's not a problem, I was just confused by it. Sarge Baldy 19:32, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zay

I believe Zay's page should not have been reverted. Many users on Totse will be able to back me up when I say the information I contributed was accurate.

  • It will probably get deleted soon any way, but if you want to add that info then discuss it on the talk first. As soon as I see reference to "gay" or "penis", I think vandalism. --robertvan1 21:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Warnings?

You should be more careful with your semi-bot program. Multiple times, you have warned for an edit that someone else already warned about, and you also put a warning on a user talk page which the user had blanked, making the admin's task much more difficult. (ESkog)(Talk) 21:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

  • The double warnings happen when I "rollback" an article, but it has already been done by another user. The program goes ahead and warns the user anyway. The warnings are also from the bot, but I can rollback with no warning in this case if it will make jobs easier. --robertvan1 21:57, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neil Goldschmidt

Hi Robert, My name is David and I happened to see your reverts on the Neil Goldschmidt article. The vandalism that you reverted happened again. I left yet another message on their talk page. I'm not sure if you want to report him at this point or not. Please keep me updated in terms of what you see. Thanks.. Davidpdx 23:44, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

  • I'll keep an eye on that article and if he vandalises it again I will report him. Thanks for your help keeping Wikipedia vandal free! (By the way, have you conisdered VandalProof?)

[edit] Vandalism

Check you're history. I was restoring the article :). --Fractions 21:22, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Yea, I noticed straight away and corrected my mistake.
That's quite alright :). --Fractions 21:26, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Careful

Here, "notorious Ideot" was correct. See google books. And be very careful "correcting" quoted text. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 00:28, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Ok, I won't correct quotes...

[edit] Re: Kennet.jpeg

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Kennet.jpeg

Warning sign This file may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Kennet.jpeg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the file also doesn't have a copyright tag, then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Note that any unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 12:58, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Do not "Unicodify" mathematics articles

The Wikipedia mathematics community has repeatedly and firmly opposed "Unicodifying" mathematics articles. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics for our reasons. You did this to (at least) “Boolean algebras canonically defined”. Please stop immediately, and revert any others. --KSmrqT 22:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes please. :) Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 03:59, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

The necessary reverts have been made, sorry about that. I had no idea people were opposed to Unicode, and will watch my future edits. robertvan1 16:25, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. The bad news is, you are just the latest in a series of "fixers". The good news is, we may be getting a top-level change to the bot so the problem goes away. On the whole, mathematicians are enthusiastic supporters of Unicode, which has more code points for us than for most non-Asian languages combined. We like our special characters! But we have unusual needs given the current state of MediaWiki mathematics markup support, so wish to avoid automatic conversion for now. Your prompt response is very considerate, and much appreciated. --KSmrqT 03:26, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] don't replace HTML entities by unicode

Please, what's the use of replacing "portable", everywhere-readable HTML entities like in this edit by unicode characters ? Please notice the following from WP:AWB :

Rules of use
   (...)
   * Don't do anything controversial with it.
   * Avoid making insignificant minor edits such as only adding or removing some
white space, moving a stub tag, converting some HTML to Unicode, (...),
or something equally trivial. This is because it wastes resources and clogs up watch lists.

Thank you in advance ! — MFH:Talk 12:53, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

There is a function in AWB that lets me skip articles if no Unicoding change is made, and I like this mode as I don't need to check the program very often. I think it simplifys the coding of articles if unicode is used, and should be done to as many articles as possible. robertvan1 16:12, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Genpact

Hi Robertvan1 you had tagged category stub for Genpact. I do want to remove it shall I go forward with it. Though I might as well ask you before I catogrize it. Thanks. .rencin24 rencin24 07:08, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is no longer a stub as it is over 500 words. Go ahead with whatever you need to do, and remember to be bold.

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