User talk:Obli/archive2

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BBC - HTML entities

Hi,

Something to do with whatever you use to edit the Wiki is seriously screwing up the pages you edit - on the BBC, ampersands and triangular brackets were converted to HTML entities - when the triangular brackets were being used for HTML comments and the ampersands being used for HTML entities themselves!

You may be using a browser that isn't up to the task, or have something else unusual installed. Could you try to get this fixed? --Kiand 00:03, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page

Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page. --Ugur Basak 18:27, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism to London page.

I have noticed that user 80.1.224.12 has vandalised this page today, at 01:24. Best wishes, Lion King 14:02, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Roger wilco! Lion King 14:17, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Deleted article Haley Delgado

Hi Obli,

The correct place to nominate these for deletion would be WP:IFD, where you can cite "OR" and "UE" (orphan and unencyclopedic) as the reasons for these images. If you have any problems, just let me know and I can nominate these images myself. I'm still a newbie admin, and I know deleting images is much harder to undo, so I'd rather not speedy delete them right now. --Deathphoenix 01:48, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

my contribution

so random that you would have read the artical. i would like to let u know I attended the school and know alot about its legends and culture.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.114.203.76 (talk • contribs) .

Use subst for user warning templates.

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 18:42, Jan. 25, 2006

Yeah, that doesn't mean use subst for everything, basically for anything that takes the place of a manually written talk page message. That way the content won't change when somebody edits the template, which could be confusing to newbs. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:04, Jan. 25, 2006

links

i was merely providing a link to a website that has info about podcasting and that offer the services

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.163.108.170 (talk • contribs) .

Capalaba

I have left comments on Capalaba's AfD page. SM247 08:20, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for you help. I'll do better in the future. I'm havein trouble with templates, I don't know how to use them. kshanks

query abt spam links

hi,i recently saw u deleting a spam link in Edgar Cayce, the link was Edgar Cayce - The Sleeping Prophet , i just wanted to know how can i detect these spam links? can u pls let me know, thanks, --vineeth 06:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

User:Kshanks, Feb 2

Thanks again. I think I may be getting the hang of this thing. I noticed you put the Fink album up for me, thanks. I couldn't figure out how to redirect. I may lose some pictures due to copyright issues, I'll understand sooner or later. Kevin 21:49, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

User 217.207.35.178, Feb 3

I noticed that this user added nonsense to The London page yesterday, and left a polite note on the page. Nonsense has again been added today from the same IP. Will you please issue a sterner warning before it becomes habitual please? Best wishes, Lion King 20:02, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks Obli. Lion King 22:49, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Cameronwerner, Feb 5

Should i get someone else to write it then?

I would also like to inform you that i am a registered Baron of The Peerage of Britain to hm the Queen.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cameronwerner (talk • contribs) .

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Obli/archive2, 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 FireFox, Flcelloguy, Titoxd, and Karmafist. 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!

Random articles

I suspect you're right about the Random Articles idea - it doesn't seem to have any community-building aspect to it, so it probably doesn't fit Esperanza's remit (although you could drop Celestianpower a note about it).

It would make a good WikiProject, though. I know I and quite a few others already do Random Article cleaning, so a WikiProject, which would give people the opportunity to boast about each article they've done, maybe add a nice template to put on the talk page of a cleaned article, you know: "This article was cleaned and wikified for the benefit of everyone by a member of WikiProject: Random Articles", that type of thing, would probably work. Although I'd be reluctant to sign up to do it every day! ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 21:05, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Linnaeus and Celsius

Hej - I removed your entry on in the article on Linnaeus connecting him with the inversion of the Celsius scale. See the article on Celsius for why. Jer ome 00:27, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Happy FE Day; it's my FE day too! Essjay ^{Talk • Contact} 04:14, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Obli/archive2 - HAPPY FIRST EDIT DAY!

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On this anniversary of your first edit here at Wikipedia, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to contribute so much to this revolutionary encyclopedia. I hope you have a wonderful experience with the community here and that you keep your spirits up.

Happy Editing!

- Pureblade | ^Θ (ESP)

Happy/congrats/enjoy your first edit day! -- Natalya 19:46, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, all ;0 Obli (Talk) 22:05, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Scouting DYK

The source of my fact was an amicus brief submitted to the Department of Justice by the BSA. It is official BSA material, so I believe it can be trusted to be factual. It can be found here. (See page 22) - Pureblade | ^Θ 17:17, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

subst

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

• Oh crap, forgot about that... Again... Just tell me one more time and third time's the charm :) I'll try to better on the second time, though Obli (Talk) 19:23, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

FireFox imposters

Hehe yeah I saw... Pretty amusing - take a look at Category:Imposters of FireFox. — FireFox • T • 14:10, 12 February 2006

User:Leahcimnoswerk, Feb 12

IT was a quote....

I am working on three different articles....they will be cleaned up over time.

THe origin was referenced.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leahcimnoswerk (talk • contribs) .

I see. I guess I post using a messy method.

I have always hoped for more help in cleaning up which usually does occur before long.

I imagine there are many more interested in this technology as well.

I will just put down more links to other webpages on those pages.

Thanks for the advice.

Michael

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leahcimnoswerk (talk • contribs) .

Thanks.

It is a little above my head as well.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Leahcimnoswerk (talk • contribs) .

Benutzer:Guido Flohr -> User:Guido Flohr

Oops, sorry, I shouldn't edit URLs in the browser address bar. Thanks!

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by GFlohr (talk • contribs) .

regarding refid removal

hi, i am using the the google search hack (e.g., "site:en.wikipedia.org refid") to search all the refid links on wikipedia, but i am still not sure about the ill effects of such links or how this will affect wikipedia. pls clarify --vineeth 17:09, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Google to the rescue , "site:en.wikipedia.org amazon.com ref" returns serveral such links. --vineeth 17:19, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you Hello Obli, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 63/4/3. I am honoured by the community support and pledge to serve the project as best as I can. Thank you, too, for being the only one to use RfA cliche #1. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 17:14, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower ^háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

User Raul The Conqueror

This user added a disgusting "Shock link" to The Beatles page at 00:15 today Lion King 00:46, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

iTunes referals

Hi Obli,

thanks for the referal suggestions. I had a look for iTunes music store URLs with referrer IDs in them, and I found a grand total of 6! Excitement! I'll add a check for iTMS to my script anyhow. I saw your message about Barnes and Noble and Newegg, and I'll check those in a little bit. Cheers, Cmdrjameson 22:07, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Obli, just following up on my earlier post. It turns out the &originStoreFront *isn't* a referral. It defines which version of the iTMS to look in (eg the Australian, UK, French store etc). It's also written as &s=... sometimes. Cmdrjameson 23:42, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

IB Cat

Thanks! zellin t / c 23:10, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from me too, but I think the category should probably use proper capitalisation, so International Baccalaureate Wikipedians instead of International baccalaureate wikipedians. - ulayiti (talk) 11:12, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Ditto that. I didn't even notice the capitalisation issue. Gemtiger 01:08, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Ricardo Carneiro Pires, Feb 18

Thanks a lot. --Ricardo Carneiro Pires 10:32, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Zaara cleanup

Hi -- you've put a cleanup blurb on Zaara. I'd be happy to do the work, if you could be a little more specific about what needs fixing. Or does placement of the blurb begin some sort of automated clean-up process? Thanks! -- Lisasmall 10:33, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism Warning Templates

Oh I just use my own set, for example User:FireFox/2. And I blocked that vandal! — FireFox • T • 17:19, 18 February 2006

My RfA

Hi Obli/archive2. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on my recent RfA. It ended with a final tally of (73/2/2) and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to forward them to my talkpage. Once again, thanks for your support. SoothingR 20:27, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

User:Jwalte04, Feb 23

OKay, I will work on it! Thank you for your help. Jwalte04 00:48, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article Scleroderris canker, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for killing Craigpod

goons helping goons ;) Smitz 10:59, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

IB

Thanks! --StevenL 17:38, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

bodacious boogers

bodacious boogers are cute! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.163.196.179 (talk • contribs) .

Only Red Necks Say y'all

Its Really True! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.163.196.179 (talk • contribs) .

re Drug images

Thanks for the appreciation of lymecycline.png - I have been knocking into some shape the various articles on tetracycline antibiotics. I mirror-inverted some of the pictures to give some consistancy. The particular picture you identified was a by-hand modification of the existing images in wikipedia, using as a guide the picture I found in DrugBank. I think DrugBank is copyrighted, so I do not use their pictures directly (theirs would have needed inverting and adding in the missing Hydrogens (ie.e where as a group -O shown, vs =O). So no sorry, I do not have any molecule drawing program, but I'm sure if you put a request at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Drugs, someone might be abe to advice you.David Ruben ^Talk 03:15, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: User namespace templates

Thanks for the advice. I try to use subs as much as possible, but forgot to in that case. I thought that maybe the user in question was trying to create a User page and I saw that you had already added a welcome message so I decided to add the style template to give him/her some more pointers. Thanks again! (Arundhati Bakshi (talk • contribs)) 21:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Hear ya go

Minor Barnstar awarded to Obli. Moe ε 22:29, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

I saw your entry at this AFD and I have to say that was one of the best researches I have seen just to put up an AFD, you desereve this barnstar. :-) Moe ε 22:29, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Now look at my haha page, I added all the disappointed users from my it's talk page. :-) Moe ε 22:42, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski

I have recorded the polish pronunciation of the name Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, in the ogg format using the audiocity programm. The file needs some work like cutting out white noise, and since I am unfamilliar with the audiocity programm I was unable to do that. Send me an email at [mail address edited out] and I will send you the ogg. file I have created. Mieciu K 13:17, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

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