User talk:Rosameliamartinez

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[edit] Il Divo Page

Hi Rosa! How are you? Check out the history of the page... some anonymous user put in "xxx i luv" next to one of the albums (I deleted it and put a message on their page about it). One other thing you should know is that I had put a tentative question about the classification "Italian group" on the talk page and somebody actually went in and changed it. I just wanted you to know that it wasn't me, I was going to wait and see what you had to say. Hope everything's going well! :-) Danypo 21:15, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Il Divo (again)

An edit-out... I went. I saw. I am in la-la land! :-) Danypo

[edit] Il Divo pictures now...

Hi Rosa! So glad you liked the report. I'm just volunteering... if you want to use any of my pictures (the non-blurry ones, *lol*) for the guys' individual pages, feel free to take 'em. :-) Danypo 21:39, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Can I ask what your scheme is with the pages about Dave Miller? I reverted one that looked like page blanking and want to make sure I know what's going on so I don't screw something up. Thanx 68.39.174.238 05:05, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

This message is regarding the page David Miller (singer). Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Please note that unexplained page moves and blanking are also considered vandalism. --Nlu 05:20, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Regarding the page David Miller (singer), and for any future RC-patrollers, I do not believe the edits in question were intended to be vandalism. See Rosameliamartinez's comment here. Cheers. --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 05:26, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WRT David Miller

When 2 or more people have the same name and the level of notability isn't drastically different (EG. George Washington will probably always be about the historical figure, and anyone new with that name whould get something like George Washington (playwright)) what ususally happens is the main page (David Miller) becomes a disambiguation page which then lists everyone with that name and who they are and the people themselves get pages like David Miller (singer) and David Miller (politician). 68.39.174.238 05:23, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

PS. Don't worry too much about the warning above. We get a little jumpy @ times. If you do get one, just ask the warn-er what looked suspiscious to them and why you think it was legitimate.

[edit] David Miller disambiguation page

If you want David Miller to be a disambiguation page, I suggest you move the page that's there now to David Miller (singer) and then change that page to redirect to David Miller (disambiguation). 68.39.174.238 05:32, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

PS. When you're talking on someones talk page, add 4 ~s at the end so people can easily see your username and talk page. It's also the second button from the left at the top of the window you type stuff in (Whatever its official name is).

[edit] David Miller page duplication

If the 2 pages (David Miller and David Miller (singer)) are the same, replace David Miller with "#REDIRECT David Miller (disambiguation)" and then edit the disambiguation page so that when someone clicks on the singer, they go to David Miller (singer). Hope that makes sense. 68.39.174.238 05:52, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry I was ambiguous there, I meant edit the articel David Miller and replace ALL its contents with "#REDIRCT David Miller (disambiguation), and then change David Miller to David Miller (singer) on the disambiguation page. 68.39.174.238 06:14, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

OK I didn't realize that [[]]s don't show up normally. If you want to redirect you have to use [[]]s to link to the page to go to. So it should be #REDIRECT [[David Miller (singer)]] to get it to work right. Also, when you've gotten the pages worked out, don't forget to check and make sure that all the "Talk" pages are set up correctly (EG. Not containing the comments for a different page or redirecting to some other page). Thanx again 68.39.174.238 06:21, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] One last thing

Whenever you're doing a major edit or especially a page move, I STRONGLY suggest you make some relevant comment in the "Edit summary:" area as to what you're doing and/or why. If someone sees an edit or move with a understandable, grammatical and clearly spelled edit summary that give it (And by extention you) a MUCH higher feeling legitimacy from the initial contact, as opposed to vandals who rarely make good comments. 68.39.174.238 06:43, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

 ;D! Don't worry, the whole point of User talk: pages is to talk! So long as whatever's there isn't egregious you can do about whatever (Just be carefull about deleting stuff on there to clear it up). Anyway, the time difference is atrocious here so I'm going to sleep. I'll be back on tomorrow or the day after @ the latest if you want to say something else ;D 68.39.174.238 07:20, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Il Divo

Hi there: sorry, I had no idea how to get in touch with you (just logged on by chance) and I hope this works and that you get it. Did you redo the Il Divo page? It looks great, and there's so much more information! Having the album pictures is wonderful too. My only question would be if we could possibly downsize them just a little so they don't stretch the page, but this is not a big deal at all.

As to the duplicate David Millers, *lol*, yes, this happened to me too. I went in and fixed it for you, I hope that's okay. If I put the code right here, it converts it, so you want 2 of these ([) and then put David Miller, |, (singer), David Miller, and then 2 more of these (]). Just take out the spaces and commas. Sorry about that.

Don't ask me why because I have no idea, but this will link you to the Il Divo guy instead of the other one.

As to pictures, I'm afraid I can't help you. I'm new to Wikipedia myself and the only thing I could suggest is using a picture that you yourself have taken? Is that violating copyrights? I wouldn't think so, but then again I'm new.

Danypo 15:55, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] You _do_ have an account

Account is what you get when you register. --tyomitch 19:53, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Vandalism is generally associated with any counterproductive action on a page, despite its actuall definition (Connotation v. Denotation). Also, some vandals will try and sneak their attacks through as newbie-tests to see what happens. Also, page moves (Which is what you got "caught" with) are extremely closely watched, thanx to this dude. User tests (Adding minor text in non-sandboxes) generally gets warned with {{test1}} which tries to convey a sense that the first "infraction" was just a possible misunderstanding and there are places to do test edits. However some edits that are borderline (EG. Section-blanking with no edit comment) generally depend on the user reverting/warning and the page's history (EG. A possibly vandalistic edit to Vincente Fox is generally less likely to be purposeful vandalism then one to Hugo Chavez (Which is surprisingly rarely vandalised though) or George W. Bush (Which is under constant attack)).

My "vandalism" warnings were mostly mistakes, I reverted another IPs' vandalisms and the warn-er got the two mistaken (Which is very easy to do if the vandal was using Comcast also).

I don't entirely understand people's asking me to get an account either. There are advantages, however the precise reason seems to vary from person to person and I occasionally get snatches and glimpses of the individual reasons.

The other 2 got answered above.

The "barnstars" are generally randomly given, although some require certain circumstances (IE. You have to do major work on getting an articel to "Featured" (IE. Really good) status to get that award. Other then that if someone thinks you're doing a really good job @ something they'll give it to you. If you see something that someone did that you really really like you can find the appropraite one and slap it on their usr(talk) page(s) with a comment. Unless you really go wild with them I don't think you can get censured for awarding them. Full infos: Wikipedia:Barnstars.

I whouldn't make too concerted an effort to guess, it's not a too terribly common name (Except possibly for my middle name).

68.39.174.238 21:50, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] WRT the smilie-barnstar

I return with the "Excellent newbie award" for your quickly getting up to speed on wide issues 68.39.174.238 07:28, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] PLs image vandalisms

It got reverted. I have to say, MSpaint is NOT subtle @ all... 68.39.174.238 06:35, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Administrators, like all people of power, make enemies without really trying, ∴ people who try (By reverting vandalisms, which is what he does) get enemies like crazzy. Some go far enough to do that. That particular usr has been blocked for about a day for doing crap like that. I suspect he'll be blocked indefinately within the week for nothing but vandalisms. 68.39.174.238 06:53, 1 December 2005 (UTC) (Glad you remembered to sign ;D)

Admin? Who's an admin? But "person of power", I like the sound of that. Mmm... I'd like to self-nominate for RfPoP, please! But yes, the vandals tend to get cranky when you revert their cleverness, like "LOLOMGZ PWNT!!!1" or "George Bush is a dick!!", or what have you. But such is the beauty of a Wiki; that no matter how nasty, no matter how determined, and no matter how angry the vandals, all of it can always be undone. --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 07:06, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ¡Hola Peruvianllama!

I was just visiting and I saw someone had vandalized your head shot and had written something nasty so I deleted the image since I don't know how to return it to the original...Rosameliamartinez 06:33, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Rosa! I really appreciate it - and yeah, a couple people let me know (through outside-the-Wiki channels) that it had been vandalized, so I reverted the image to its rightful state shortly thereafter. To turn this into a learning experience.. (*grin*) .. you can revert images in much the same way that you revert articles. Check out the history for my "head shot" here [1], and by clicking on one of the "rev" links next to each version, you can revert the image to that older copy. To preview an older copy, click on the date/time (same as with an article when looking at its edit history). And while I'm here, thanks for the wikithanks/flower the other day! 'Twas very kind of you. If I can ever be of any other assistance, do leave me a message. Cheers! --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 07:02, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Hola, thanks for the advice. I do need your assistance with this little strange question. How many people does it take to revert a vandalized pic to its original?Rosameliamartinez 07:20, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Is this like "How many Wikipedians does it take to screw in a light bulb"?  ;) --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 07:33, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

No, it wasn't meant to be a joke lol it was just something I noticed...BTW, is there really a comic answer to how many wikipedians does it take to screw a lightbulb? Rosameliamartinez 07:37, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

If there is I'd say 3...one to screw the light bulb, one to vandalize the light bulb and one to revert it to its original lolRosameliamartinez 07:38, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

LOL! Nicely put!  ;) I don't think there was a joke before, but there certainly is now! To answer your question then, it only takes one person. If you wanted to revert the image right now to the previously vandalized version, you could (but don't :P ). Changing content on Wikipedia can always be done by anyone; the only actions that are limited to admins are those that involve removing content, like deleting an article or blocking another user. --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 08:35, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I saw you said something about being a "RfPoP" in my talk...what's that?Rosameliamartinez 07:33, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Ah, that was a bit of a joke as well. To become an administrator on Wikipedia, you have to go through this process called "Requests for Adminship" (commonly abbreviated as RfA). You can either nominate yourself, or someone else nominates you (often with your permission), and then the community at large can vote Support or Oppose. The process lasts a week (I think), and then at the end if you have a majority of Support votes (75%-80%, or greater) you are made an admin, with all the rights and priveleges thereof. So when 68.39.174.238 mentioned "Person of Power" alongside adminship, I was changing RfA to RfPoP. --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 08:35, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Ohhh...RfPOP lol. When you say 70% or 80% in support that's a total of how many people more or less? I mean, I know a lot of people browse through wikipedia, but how many have to vote for you to become an administrator?

Also...are people allowed to publish stuff in wikipedia that can be found elsewhere?...news etc...I think I found an article about a colombian festival and I recognized where it came from...does it matter if the author has copyright or not?Rosameliamartinez 08:50, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

No, sorry, not 75-80% of the entire population - just 75-80% out of the people who voted (either Support, Neutral/Comment or Oppose). I'm not sure if there is a minimum number of people that are required to vote, but I haven't seen many with fewer than 20ish people, and some will get 30, 40, a very few even up to 100. How it all works is outlined in the intro section on the RfA page.

As for publishing stuff that can be found elsewhere, well, yes and no. You can't copy something verbatim from another copyrighted source. You can however, rewrite the content in your own words, and submit that to Wikipedia, so long as you credit your source. If you think you've found an article that violates copyrighted content, you can read what to do about it here. If you need a hand, let me know! Cheers. --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 04:39, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vallenato Legend Festival article

About the colombian festival ( Vallenato Legend Festival is the name of the article), the person had just taken what it said in the official website in spanish and translated it; what tipped me off was the fact that some fairly complex phrases (normally used by spanish speaking journalists) were used but the translation was soooo moronic...it obviously had to be an unskilled writer translating something done by a skilled one...and trust me, it wasn't rewriten, it was (or tried to be) word by word, the result being pretty awkward. I just deleted it and explained in the edit summary and the discussion, giving the link to where exactly to find the article...Rosameliamartinez 08:53, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, you "blanked" the article, as opposed to "deleting" it (only admins can do the latter). And blank pages are almost always discouraged on Wikipedia. I'm not exactly sure on the policy for copyright across languages, but I don't think they hold - so whoever holds the copyright, probably only holds it for the original (Spanish) version. In the future, if you find copyrighted text (copied verbatim from a website, for example) you can follow the procedures outlined here. But for this specific article, since you clearly speak both, why not re-translate it yourself? It certainly won't be any worse off than it was before! :) The main thing is that the article isn't left blank; if you feel it needs to be cleaned up, but don't have the time to do it youself, you can add this tag to the top of the page:

{{cleanup-date|December 2005}}

That will flag it as needing attention from an editor, and hopefully someone will get to it before too long. Cheers! --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 09:04, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Really odd

Depends on your definition of "odd". I have some strange/unusuall things, but they're crap like the Alabama State Constitution or the Pennsylvania State Board of Censors. There's a page for things that some people think are odd (Wikipedia:Unusual articles), what exactly were you wanting with "odd" ? 68.39.174.238 02:35, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Do you have any infos on the city? Some cursory Googling didn't turn anything up but LaRouche crap! Anyway, it sounds like Berwick-upon-Tweed, except that's in England not Colombia. I suspect there's a list of strange wars out there/here somewhere, and I'll try and find it. 68.39.174.238 03:05, 3 December 2005 (UTC) PS. Minor English note, the phrase is "declared war ON [Whatever country])" although occasionally you'll see "declared war against [them]".

<barging in> I think you mean the city of Huéscar, which as it happens is Spanish, not Colombian.</barging out>--Pharos 05:01, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't know, did they? My Spanish is extremely limited so I can't tell if that page says they did. As to Uncyclopedia, I've done some stuff awhile ago. Anything from Comcast's IP block (68.) is possibly mine. Uncyclopedia:Zork I seem to recall doing some stuff for back when you couldn't get beyond the teleporter and it didn't have that black background (Wow that place has changed...). 68.39.174.238 02:34, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Carlosbellaybestia.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Carlosbellaybestia.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images on Wikipedia is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. You can get help on image copyright tagging from Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags. --OrphanBot 08:56, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

¡Hola! Please delete the image. The thing is I uploaded some images to Wikipedia before being aware of the copyright regulations here.Rosameliamartinez 02:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Something strange with Urs's page

Hi Rosa... Danielle here... can you get in touch with me? There's something funny going on over at Urs's page. ??? :-) Danypo 19:49, 9 March 2006 (UTC) Hey Rosa! How are you? Yes, I don't know what's up with the board. It was cutting in and out yesterday and is completely unreachable today. :-(, I don't know when it's getting back up. Actually, my bad, the blurb was on the Il Divo main page and was "urs would like to thank his girlfriend Monique Wuttunee for all her support. Much love". I took a look at the person's other edits and I think it was just a gag but interesting all the same...

Danielle xo Danypo 18:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Rosa... I don't know if you got my PM (it may have dropped) but wanted to thank you SOOOO much for the userbox/barnstar (also I've joined Esperanza and we'll see what happens there...). They are so much appreciated. Take care of yURSelf! :-) xoxo Danypo 21:01, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: ¡Hola!

I wish I could help you, but I don't have any experience with userboxes, so I don't really have any idea how to make one. But you could try looking at the userbox guide or ask someone whos more familiar with userboxes. --Y.Ichiro (会話|+|投稿記録|メール) 06:37, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ¡Hola!

I just saw you were editing now and you seem to have a bit more experience than me here...so I was wondering if you could help me with a problem I have while creating a userbox...Rosameliamartinez 06:28, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Glad to be of any help...what problems do you have while creating a userbox? I'll try to guide you in any way. =D Jumping cheese 06:38, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I've never created a custom userbox, but I found this article: Wikipedia:Template substitution. If that can't help, then I have no other ideas! Sorry for the weak advice... =/ Jumping cheese 06:56, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

You could ask me (on my talk page) if you wish and I'll see what I can do. I can also help you rearrange your userboxes (on your userpage) if you'd like (unless you prefer them like that) :) - nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 00:22, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Weeee!

You're back! I'd wondered where you went. Glad to have (indirectly) helped build a better pagegroup (On something I know nothing about, amazzingly) and thanx for the barnstar ;D! 68.39.174.238 13:34, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Most of it's been minor and maintenence, also helping another newbie-mistaken-for-a-vandal get up and going. 68.39.174.238 14:01, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

That was because someone moved a number of pages many people had linked to on my talk page. They then decided to delete all the redirects (¡!) and go through and fix the links. It took soo many times that I would get bombarded with "You have new messages" and it would just be that... 68.39.174.238 14:09, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixed

English Stanzas III and on had spurious "|"'s at their beginning. 68.39.174.238 23:34, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Rosameliamartinez, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. Redwolf24 runs the spam to keep members up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of KnowledgeOfSelf, JoanneB, FireFox and Titoxd. The next set of elections will be in February, and I would be glad to see you vote, or even consider running for a position.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Celestianpower by email or talk page or the Esperanza talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

You're right! I didn't notice that it had drifted! I'll get on to changing it. Thanks v much for letting me know! ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 20:02, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to welcome you as well. - nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 00:21, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How to stop vandals

"Hola, I figure this is a common question but, asides from treating vandals nicely and reverting vandalism...is there any coercitive way from stopping a user from vandalizing? I mean, see all of user's 217.127.192.219 "contributions"."

Administrators have the ability to block a user or IP from editing, which makes them unable to edit pages. However blocked users can still read pages and edit their talk page. If a registered user is blocked the IP address of that user will be automatically blocked for 24 hours. There is a log of blocks here. Adminstrators can also protect or semiprotect a page, to prevent all users(if the page is protected) or only users who have been registered a while ago(if the page is semi-protected). Happy editing!

Prodego ^talk 01:15, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

HEY! Talk page spies! Anyway, yea the most common method of coercion is to just block them if they don't stop. Most will get bored. A few are persistant. Occasionally they get so bad they get referred to their ISP (Which usually goes nowhere because ISPs listen to about 1 * 10^-6 complaints and investigate and respond to even fewer. As to that IP, I left a note on their talk page. 68.39.174.238 03:39, 18 March 2006 (UTC) (PS. You have to add a "User:" space prefix to IPs when linking to them)

[edit] Barnstar thanks

Wow, my retinas might not recover from the colour of this talk page.. ;) I stopped by to thank you for the barnstar, it was very thoughtful of you! I took a week or two off from the Wiki, so when I got back your message had been pushed back a bit; hence my late reply. As for the ro: thing that people are writing in articles, I assume that they are linking to the article's translation on a different language Wiki. And as for the "llama" name, no, it has nothing to do with Mr. Neutron - I had the name long before he was around! Cheers. --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 09:39, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Colombia

¡Hola!

Mira esta vaina que me llegó a mi página de discusión en es:

Desde hace un tiempo he venido cabilando con la idea de fundar un capítulo Colombiano de la Wikimedia Foundation, y para esto necesito de los comentarios y de la ayuda de los posibles interesados.

La idea del capítulo es formar una organización sin ánimo de lucro dentro de la legislación colombiana.

Muy probablemente una Fundación sea el tipo de entidad más acorde a los objetivos planteados.

La invitación es para inscribir su nombre en la página de la propuesta sin ningún compromiso.

También recibo comenentarios allá o en mi página de discusión sobre cualquier inquietud que tenga lugar.

En la página de la propuesta también se podrá encontrar un borrador de los posibles estatutos de la Fundación, los objetivos planteados, etc. y está abierta a cualquier tipo de contribuciones e inquietudes.

Las ideas incluyen desde la canalización de fondos para la Wikimedia Foundation (los found raisings) hasta varios proyectos de promoción del conocimiento libre en Colombia (tanto por medio de los proyectos de Wikimedia, como por otros proyectos basados o no en tecnologías Wiki).

Sin duda un objetivo interesante será la promoción de las lenguas indígenas colombianas con el objetivo adicional de empoderar a las culturas que las hablan de herramientas informáticas que no sean percibidas como alienantes.

Si conoce de algún otro colombiano que pueda estar interesado, no sólo wikipedistas o colaboradores de Wikimedia, agradezco la difución de este mensaje.

Gracias por la atención.

— Carlos Th 19:02 9 mar 2006 (CET)

Pensé que te podría interesar.

Saludos, --Fibonacci 21:34, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Bien, te reitero la invitación que te hace Fibo. Esperamos que puedas colaborar con el proyecto.

— Carlos Th (talk) 17:22, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Health hazard.

Please go to this page and tell me what shade you want.

Re vandalism, I wouldn't even try to vandalize someone's page because I know what would happen. — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 00:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes.

In my opinion, you should consider rearranging your userboxes as they're crushing your "Il Divo" text on your userpage.

Your page really needs to be tidied up. Are you absolutely sure you like it that way? Let me see what I can do with it, then you can tell me if you hate my changes (I'll make a seperate page in my userspace, I won't touch your page unless you like my changes) — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:10, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

• Try this and tell me what you think. I removed nothing from your page, I just rearranged it. Userboxes are set up in such a way that you have to put a hard linebreak (<br clear="all">) after every paragraph that has userbox(es) plus text or the next paragraph won't align correctly. — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:40, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
• Yeah, I forgot about the recent userbox changes. Bad me. — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 00:29, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Columbia and Illegal drug trade vandalism

Okay, I'll keep an eye out for any further vandalism from said user, and I've added both those pages to my watchlist. If another spurt of vandalism happens and needs immediate attention, then you can alert other anti-vandal-minded admins by posting on the Administrator Intervention against Vandalism page. Cheers! --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 23:13, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox barnstar

Thank you! I'll move that to my user page. I agree that the original image was better but unfortunately it was only a fairuse image (I'll have to find a better image if I can). Thanks for the good wishes about the exhibition, too (it's going well so far - a good review in the local newspaper and several sales :) Grutness...wha? 01:18, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JustPhil

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will display my first barnstar ever with my other userboxes! But first, I must tell my birds! (yes, I'm a big fan of that film). Again, thank you.- JustPhil 02:11, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

It works! Thanks for pointing that out and telling me how to fix it.- JustPhil 02:41, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Ich weiß nicht ob JustPhil da etwas vorschnell war, aber eigentlich braucht Doco am dringendsten jemanden, der Konstruktion übersetzt, weil es Doco da etwas an der englischen Fachterminologie mangelt - wenn du aber z.B. bei Dingen wie History:Class 628.2 oder History:Class 628.4 in die Bresche springen könntest, würde Doco das auch schon sehr helfen.

If you can't understand any of that German text, would you (please) put {{User de-0}} on your userpage becuase if you have the right translation capabilites Doco needs your help here.Myrtone@Rosameliamartinez.com.au

[edit] Talk page spies!

I seriously wonder how many ppl continually spy on my talk page ;D. Anyway glad it got fixed. 68.39.174.238 03:55, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

*sneaks about* Damn you've noticed! *runs fast* — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 02:31, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gee!

Gee! Thanks for the barnstar! :"> Velho 03:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Likewise! Thankyou for awarding me my first barnstar. I'm glad you like the userboxes I have made. Blarneytherinosaur 04:19, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Rosa ... Many thanks for the userbox barnstar. It's probably the only barnstar I'll ever receive. --Aquarius Rising 04:26, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Ditto on thanks for the barnstar... Although it appears "The Man" has been repeatedly deleting the template. Just remember, If God had not intended us as people to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?! Check-Six 17:28, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar, OTR & PUA Review

FYI. You may want to look and comment here: Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals/Proposed Changes. For your reference, the guidelines are referenced here: Barnstar Proposal Guidelines. Thanks -- evrik 18:36, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beer and Pizza

Had an exhausting day in school, for the children didn't want to listen and didn't even think about sitting at their desks and learning german, speaking Spanish and Portuguese and Chinese and French instead - which they're not supposed to do in class - , and their teacher was all upset and frustrated and ... but then I was awarded a Barnstar. I had a pizza and beer to celebrate. Everything's fine now. Thanks, Rosa. Nouly 23:06, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Much appreciated! Just doing my job, though. :) – ClockworkSoul 20:59, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The IQ test thinger on your userpage.

My results were 111. I highly dispute that :) — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 02:30, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] So you want a cookie, you say?

Well, I don't think you deserve one!

Instead, you may have..

Enjoy a plate of cookies

...with some milk!

Also, I like your userpage now. It looks good. Also, I'm one of those hopefulless romantics also, doesn't really get me anywhere :|

Apparently in the personality test department, I'm an ISTJ. — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 07:04, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chips Yoha.

Arr, swashbuckling swabbie (I don't know any pirate lingo :(). M ^o P 15:49, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] userboxen

Arrr this be a present for ye:

This user is a pirate. Arrr!

— natha(?)nrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:08, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Il Divo topic

Hi Rosa. I really like what you have done with the Il Divo article. I just wanted to say that i'm willing to help (i'm a fan myself), but I have not idea where to get new info (in the forum the did not seem to be much interest). If you have any ideas please let me know.Nnfolz 13:19, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Se que no exageras al decir que las biografias de los muchachos escritas aqui estan entre las mejores, por eso es que no he encontrado nada que añadir por que son bien completas. He visto que posteas regularmente en el foro y se que mantienes los articulos a dia. Nada, solo queria que supieras que estoy dispuesto a colaborar en todo lo que me sea posible para mejorar esos articulos. Cualquier cosita me avisas.Nnfolz 00:47, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Muchas gracias por le reconocimiento que pusiste en my pagina de usuario. Me siento un poco mal pq realmente no he contribuido nada sustancial al articulo todavia :-( ¡todo lo que encuentro ya lo habias puesto tu! Ahora estoy por ahi bajando los videos que pueda a ver si recojo alguna dato para ponerla en la pagina. Saludos.Nnfolz 12:05, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Usrpage

It got {{db-author}}'d (They just copied all the stuff from the talk page). I see you got a non-default sig ;D! 68.39.174.238 21:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Easter!

Please put all tasty Easter wishes here!

Happy Easter! These special Easter eggs were laid just for you by an evil bunny! — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:22, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

For the PSW E-Barnstar. It's always nice to be appreciated :) What brought you into the PSW arena, if I may ask?--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus ^Talk 06:00, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hola Rosa!

Te quieria decir 'Que tal.' Me parece que no hay montones de latinos en Wikipidia Ingles. I am glad to be in BB with you and the rest. Keep up the great work. Kukini 15:31, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Motivation ribbon

Missed your request before, I have added one now. _→AzaToth 14:48, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Userbox Award

And what's so hilarious about the "User Sublime" userbox? Mike Garcia 23:23, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colombian Demographics

You don't need to try and convince me, I'm not going to get into a revert war over it. I felt that the statement might be incorrect when I read it because I know that Haiti has been cited many times to be the nation with the highest number (perhaps it was percentage) of people of African Descent. Since the statement was also unsourced, I figured that it could be misleading to readers since if someone else read it and felt the same way I did there'd be no way to prove if this was correct or not due to the bit of trivia on Haiti. Also, I thought it seemed out of place in the article, and sounded as if someone had just added it on without really knowing if it were accurate, maybe because of the wording. Of course, if you added it, don't take that as an insult. I wouldn't mind if it was added back, but if it were sourced in some way, I'd feel better about it. By the way, I grew up in Miami but was also born in Cartagena. ;-) -- SmthManly / ^ManlyTalk / ^{ManlyContribs} 04:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ow my eyes

Your talk page is to bright, I can't see. Thanks for the supporting me in the AC elections. ILovEPlankton 17:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to CJ!

Welcome to Community Justice (and thanks for supporting me)! — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 08:43, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Civil Team Re: RfC Woggly

I am presently coordinating a team of civil advocates for my RfC addressing personal attacks and harassment by user:woggly. I welcome you to be a member. Simply read the RFC lodged against me by user:woggly and the RFC which I have filed against her. It's really simple stuff when all of her personal attacks and my (and others) various attempts to resolve any issues are in black and white Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Woggly. Please also view the talks pages where Woggly admits to harassment and infers that she will not cease. Thank you for your time and consideration. Best wishes, IsraelBeach 10:12, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You're Welcome

Hey there, you're welcome for the reverting of the vandalism. I'm actually not an admin, so I don't have the power to delete pages. However, I have nominated the vandalized page for Speedy Deletion, so it will likely be deleted in the next hour or so once an admin reviews it. Hope all's well. --Ataricodfish 17:35, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A smile for you!

nathanrdotcom has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}} or {{subst:smile2}} to their talk pages. Happy editing! — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 03:02, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ZOMG! stalking

Just thought I'd stalk you with a plate of cookies. That is all. -- Nathan 01:01, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  :)

I commented on both vandals talkpages and told them both not to be dicks. — Nathan ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 03:56, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You've been truffled by Charlie

Charlie has given you some of his famous Solid chocolate truffles! Chocolate truffles taste good, help moods, promote WikiLove and hopefully make your day better. Charlie also wanted to give you this message: I came across your page through Nathan's talk page. I like giving out truffles & recently developed this template so please let me know what you think! Thanks

Hope you find the truffles to be tasty, and make sure you enjoy them with a nice tall glass of milk (they're rich)! --Charlie^{( @CIRL | talk | email )} 04:51, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar! Good job keeping your cool when the person who moved your userpage was saying such nasty things about you. Best, FreplySpang 22:25, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar

I, The Halo, hereby give you this Defender of the Wiki Barnstar, in recognition of your hard work keeping musical artist's articles free from commercial links.

Yours, The Halo (talk) 11:42, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gracias, Rosita

Eres tan amable en darme el regalito del barnstar. Gracias por hacerlo. Tambíen, para que sepas, solo soy parte latino. Una división de mi familia es Mexicana. Tambien quiero decire que es un honor trabajar en el Barnstar Brigade contigo y nuestros amigos. Kukini 03:26, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Protected user page

Hey. I've protected your user page from editing by non-admins. There is also a level of protection for 'new and unregistered users': I could set that as the protection level if you want? That would be useful if your vandals either don't have an account, or have opened their account recently. Plus, you'd be able to edit your own page! I've also protected your talk page against moves by "new and unregistered users". The JPS^{talk to me} 09:49, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Yay, a stop to all this crazy moving. — Nathan ^(talk) 21:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WikiLove!

Here's a pizza for you! Pizzas promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others using Template:smile! Happy editing! ~Linuxerist (talk • contribs)

I'm glad you liked it! Happy editing, ~Linuxerist E/L/T 11:47, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar!!

Hey, sorry for getting back to you so slowly.

You really deserved that Barnstar, and it was an honour to give it to you ;)

BTW, which is your favourite Shakespeare play? I guess from the quote on your user page that it's Romeo And Juliet, but I might be wrong. (Mine's Hamlet. You just can't be those Soliloquies :p)

Talk to you later!

The Halo (talk) 11:33, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ¡Gracias!

Gracias por el WikiAmor en español. LINUXERIST@ 00:10, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re. Hey!

Page moves aren't jokes, and can conflict with other users. By moving the page, you broke links like "user contributions", "block user", "e-mail this user", etc. Ral315 (talk) 00:28, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

See Nathan, what kind of trouble I get in just to amuse you? ;)Rosa 01:01, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 666

Hey, thanks for the evil day template! I couldn't get to my computer most of yesterday, so I missed all the fun! Oh well, I'm sure I'll make up for it....*laughs evilly under his breath*. Anyway, thanks again! The Halo (talk) 10:04, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help!

Hello, i'm not a new wikipedian but also i'm not very old here... i'm also colombian (writing in english ^^; ) and I've noticed you have contributed with colombian articles.

I ask you for help because I've noticed that someone has been vandalizing the List of Colombians article putting rude comentaries, prank names and others.

If you could help this article, it would be nice...since the past article (with the rude comentaries, I took them away) made Colombia look bad as a country.

Thank you. Minako-Chan* 02:52, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unspecified source for Image:Ancoracover.JPG

Thanks for uploading Image:Ancoracover.JPG. 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. 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. User:Angr 16:15, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] THANK YOU!!!

My favourite KISS character is The Fox.

It looks great, thank you for including it! Darwin's Bulldog 01:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ancora Image

Someone removed the image from the Ancora cover of the Il Divo article, something about the source of the picture. I was wondering if u knew it and if u could fix it. If not, tell me what to no (as I have no idea) and ill fix it. C-u around. Nnfolz 07:42, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Could you please stop using netspeak? As this is an encyclopedia - and it will eventually see print - it's more professional to use proper English. Your use of the english language is horrendous. Thank you. — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 05:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC)}

That's because Nnfolz isn't a native english speaker...

[edit] Ayuda en Idiomas

Buenos tardes Rosa! ¿Que-tal? Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 17:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sombrero

Gracias por el sombrero!!! Perdon que no te habia dicho antes..

y tengo una pregunta.. podrias ayudar con la pagina de Cucuta? hay un usuario apoderado de la pagina y no acepta consejos de nadie. Trate de ayudarle pero insiste en colocar informacion de su parecer. thanxs--F3rn4nd0 20:09, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Idiomas

Buenas dias!! Rosa I transalted my name in Spanish as I am an advanced speaker of Spanish because I am currently learning it at school. It is nice to see you around and gosh you have been on a long long long holiday!!. Hasta luego!! Abdullah Geelah 12:46, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For you:

Michael has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

Thanks for the smile. Michael 19:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder

There is no need for you to shout (or use all caps) in your edit summaries [2] [3] [4] [5] [6], not even when you remove spam links. Scobell302 14:53, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congrats!

I hereby award Rosa the Esperanza Barnstar for such great work in the Barnstar Brigade! NauticaShades^(talk) 19:30, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gracias

Si, estoy tratando aprender el español, asi que no lo hablo muy bien. Gracias por el "Barnstar". Thanks - and yes, I'm not a bot. Okay, maybe just a little... :-)

[edit] I love you

Because of the star. I totally appreciate it. Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 02:33, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hola

Oye... gracias por aclararle a Fernando que Cúcuta es una ciudad bastante tránquila.

Por otro lado te escribo para pedirte que me ayudes a "wikificar" unos artículo que escribi de Cúcuta...

• Cúcuta
• Political division of Cúcuta

Por cierto... quiero contarte que Cúcuta va a ser una de las ciudades mejor documentadas de Colombia en la Wiki Inglesa -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:C%C3%BAcuta

Muchas gracias...

Ricardoramirezj ✍ 22:19, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gracias for the barnstar!

Thanks!

Since you like pirates, I have to ask... have you ever heard of Captain Bogg and Salty? Gotta push the local lads every chance I get.  :)

--EngineerScotty 23:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For being nice to everyone...

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For your great work in the Barnstar Brigade giving out lots of awards to many deserving people, I proudly award you this barnstar! Jam01 02:41, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

-Thanks for all your work giving out awards to other users, it is greatly appreciated by the whole community! Once again, nice work! Jam01 02:41, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad you enjoyed it, you certainly deserve it! Happy Editing! - Jam01 23:39, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] If you haven't already

listen to these CBoS tunes: [7] [8]. --EngineerScotty 01:04, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you so much for the Barnstar! I think I'll go and give out more myself... NauticaShades 07:24, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mmmm, cookies

That's all. *munch* -- nae'blis 03:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

For your reading pleasure, the newest Esperanza newsletter (November '06 edition) can be found at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter. —Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello, 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Hi, due to your Il Divo expertise, I would like to know if you can relate the name "Quinteros Goldmann" to any of the Il Divo members. Just out of personal curiosity.KeNNy 03:32, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Muchisimas gracias por responder. Es por curiosidad, sobre un apellido que me sonaba de alguen que conoci y que lo relacionaba con Il Divo, aunque no se si los cantantes. No sabes si la orquesta o los instrumentistas son fijos o van variando?KeNNy 01:43, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lo encontre!!

Aparentemente , el apellido del padre de Sébastien Izambard es Quinteros Goldmann, Izambard es el apellido de la madre. KeNNy 02:48, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: apellido

Ninguna web page

que hay de Urs Bühler?