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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Wikirage-logo-long.jpg)

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[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Arnold Schwarzenegger

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[edit] Transportation in Europe template

Just to note i have moved things around so now it redirects to Template:Transport in Europe, which i just created to avoid many redirects and also adds some links. Simply south (talk) 13:48, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Flag of Europe

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[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Government of Europe

Template:Government of Europe has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 00:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. It appears I have made a mistake and have withdrawn the nomination. See also some comments as Template talk:Government of Europe. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 14:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
ok, no problem 16@r (talk) 14:52, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Europe topic

Is there any particualr reason your are trancluding this template by creating Template:Flag of Europe Template:Religion in Europe ect rather than linking the template direct in to the article as was the case previously ? . --Barryob (Contribs) (Talk) 12:26, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I would also like to know if there is any specific reason why you have created several templates having no content, except what was created with Template:Europe topic. --Jhattara (Talk · Contrib) 13:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Please read my answer on the Barryob talk page. 16@r (talk) 13:53, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Ok. So you are changing the template into a meta template, instead of just using the template in the articles by itself. Are you going to do this to every page that links to this template? --Jhattara (Talk · Contrib) 14:00, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
Yes 16@r (talk) 14:01, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Tourism in Europe

Hi, I notice you are adding Template:Tourism in Europe to multiple articles. But this template does not exist, indeed it was deleted last July. Could I ask you to stop adding this template to articles, please? Adding a non-existent template doesn't improve those articles. Are you planning to recreate the deleted template? It would likely be quickly submitted to a AfD discussion if you do. Thanks, Gwernol 12:50, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Technics.jpg

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[edit] Notability of Sing365.com

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For guidelines on specific types of articles, you may want to check out our criteria for biographies, for web sites, for bands, or for companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 18:18, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Excessive

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[edit] Internet in Ireland

Hi,

I noticed you reverted my edit to Internet in Ireland removing the price list. It's good to get some feedback from someone else, However I'd seek justification as to why such a list should be present in Wikipedia. I believe that the information in the list is not notable, and fails What Wikipedia is Not. Additionally, the list can be seen as listcruft: Unfortunately being 'interesting' does not warrant it's inclusion. Perhaps a better way to add this information would be to write a piece in more general terms about pricing of Internet in Ireland. Thoughts?

--gummAY (talk) 03:58, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Computer science tagging

Hi; you have tagged a lot of Unix-related pages with {{WikiProject Computer science}}, but note that computer science is about the theoretical aspects of computer programming, not about computer programs or Unix commands. So as far as I can tell, all these tags are out of place. WikiProject Computing is more appropriate. -- intgr [talk] 06:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Foundation date

Template:Foundation date is not a template. It's a redirect to a template which "returns a person's date of birth and optionally his/her age". It's obviously meant for people, not companies, websites, foundations or anything else that's not a person. Creating a redirect with an appropriate name doesn't automatically turn the template into one sutable for any of those things. --AussieLegend (talk) 00:01, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

You should check to see if there is a need for an additional template before creating one. If anything, it should probably be an addition to the existing templates. There's no reason why an age conversion can't be done within the template. For example, Template:Infobox Australian Place does a number of conversions such as distance, area etc within the template even though there are existing templates that already do the conversions, eg Template:Convert, because it avoids double processing. The first step would be to discuss the need for age on the various template's talk pages. --AussieLegend (talk) 00:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Welcome to

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[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:AboutUs screenshot.png

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[edit] RE:

I've created the page for you. Good luck! As long as you avoid the problems cited in the AfD, I think you'll do fine. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 20:24, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Simpsons by country

I'm sorry if I came off as being a bit of a dick there, but there have been several other attempts to recreate thaat page as of late. Anyway, if you would like to clean it up, I can try to help you. However, the first you need is sources. Unfortunately, I don't know of any lists of what language is broadcast in what country. -- Scorpion0422 21:11, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox Software

Hi! I was seeing that you was a big responsibility in the changes made in Template:Infobox Software. I'm from portuguese Wikipedia project and I'm making a new template Infobox Software based to our wiki. This is the template: pt:Predefinição:Info/Software2. Apparently all it's Ok, but as you see here, the template is on the front of the article headers, what isn't good. In addition, sometimes the button to edit the header doesn't appears. Excuse-me for the inconvenience, but I doesn't find solution to this problem.

Can you check this for me? I'll be happy if you leave a feedback on my discussion page.

Grateful,

Paulo Ricardo. --201.82.37.240 (talk) 07:10, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Non-English versions of The Simpsons

The previous article had a similar table to what I have deleted. It was the main reason why the article got deleted. That is why I removed it. --Maitch (talk) 13:12, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:LogoISO.gif)

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Template:Mid/doc

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[edit] Re: Comments on Talk:Main Page

Talk:Main Page is for discussion of the main page only- perhaps try the reference desk, if there's nothing on Nupedia. J Milburn (talk) 00:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Removing code

Hi. Re: this edit, please bring up code changes on the talkpage first in cases like this. Whilst it may not be obviously defined anywhere here, css is often used outside of wikipedia, or during database dumps, to remove/change things (in this case, to remove selfrefs). Being bold is good for article content, but in the case of code changes, it's often best to ask first. Thanks :) -- Quiddity (talk) 03:10, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison of screencasting software

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[edit] Help me

Hi! Thanks for updating the page! I still have a concern though, that someone may come to Help me when they really want Crisis hotline -- perhaps we should have a link to that page mentioned somewhere in the disambig page? I'll leave it to you more experienced folks to decide. Glad to see you're still editting! Simesa (talk) 13:34, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Meta-wiki.png

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Template:U.S. state disambig

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[edit] category renaming

I have nominated Category:Television in the United Kingdom to be renamed back to Category:British television and I would ask you do not manually rename any further categories without discussion at WP:CFD. Tim! (talk) 17:35, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Such moves should be made through CFD and not your whim as not everyone will agree with your naming scheme. Tim! (talk) 17:44, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Zh-cn

Were you trying to redirect this to something, cause you just redirected it to itself. Which is crazy paradoxical. --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk | Contribs) 17:39, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] List of websites by Alexa rank

List of websites by Alexa rank nominated for deletion. --- RockMFR 07:07, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of websites by Alexa rank

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[edit] Category:Template disambiguation

Hi - What are your intentions as regards this category? I'm not quite sure how it'd be used... Do you mean Category:Disambiguation and redirection templates...? Sardanaphalus (talk) 14:55, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Internet in Latvia

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[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Diplomatic missions of Europe

Template:Diplomatic missions of Europe has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Kransky (talk) 12:33, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:Capitals by continent (template)

Template:Capitals by continent (template) has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. AllynJ (talk | contribs) 01:11, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Almost every one you created is redundant. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 07:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Entries in Template:Computer-mediated communication

Hi, I really like this template, I think it connects related topics and guides interested readers. I would like to suggest renaming text Web chat site to simply Web chat, also see Talk:Web_chat_site. Cheers - 83.254.215.235 (talk) 01:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Template disambiguation"

Your continual restoration of this unproposed (and utterly useless) setup is disruptive. Please stop. Thank you. —David Levy 23:51, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Wikipedia (terminology)

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[edit] Notability of Searchme

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[edit] Article importance scale for WikiProject Equine

Hello. WikiProject Equine is discussing an article importance scale here. Your POV would be appreciated. --Una Smith (talk) 17:17, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:YouTube.png)

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[edit] Doc pages

Regarding the editprotected category on Category:Templates needing documentation pages: are you simply saying you wish that all those templates had documentation pages? It seems like a make-work project to me; we have traditionally just created the doc pages when there is an actual request for them, rather than creating them out of principle. And it's hard to see why templates like Template:Taxobox_group_v_entry and Template:Turkey-bio-stub need a doc page.

Of course if someone wants to go through and make doc pages I won't discourage them. But I am going to remove the protected edit request category, since it's not a simple, immediate edit to a particular page, but a multi-hour project. Perhaps User:Od Mishehu is interesting in helping, since he is the one who populated the category. — Carl (CBM · talk) 21:43, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

I took care of the grading scheme templates, as well, which should have their talk pages redirect to Template talk:Grading scheme. A positive consequence of the category was to show which ones still had individual talk pages. — Carl (CBM · talk) 22:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Craigslist.png)

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[edit] Category - Criticism vs. Criticisms

It has been suggested to keep "Criticism" as a main term for critics. Can you please take this into account when categorising critic pages? Thank you!--Kozuch (talk) 15:09, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Writing bump

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[edit] Europe topic

Hi 16@r,

I noticed that you replaced the explicit list of countries on the Europe topic navbox with ISO country codes. What was your reasoning behind doing this? My concern with the new format regards Russia. By the ISO country code, the proper term is "Russian Federation", but the vast majority of articles about Russia (including the Russia article itself) uses only the term "Russia" in the title, not "Russian Federation". Even if the majority of Russian articles used the term "Russian Federation" in the title instead of "Russia", the way the navbox currently works, the links lack the word "the" (ex. "History of Russian Fedration" instead of "History of the Russian Federation"). You seem to know more MediaWiki language than I do, so any help on addressing this issue would be much appreciated.

Neelix (talk) 00:18, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Wixi

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Quite

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[edit] Demographic map of Internet Users

Hello. In this edit, you add a demographic map to WikiProject: Countering Systemic Bias. I presume this is to point out racial imbalance in world Internet users, as support for that project's stated goals of removing from Wikipedia all perceived racial bias in favour of white people. In that spirit, you may wish also to present this report on how women outnumber men as U.S. Internet users. Perhaps this can similarly be of assistance to WP:CSB in renewing and strengthening their action plan to remove from Wikipedia all perceived gender bias in favour of male people. The WikiProject may find that its call for editors to recruit Wikipedians from women's studies programs in universities may be answered more easily by directing recruiting efforts toward the U.S., given there is such a pool of Internet-savvy women. Blackworm (talk) 01:40, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Revision to "Surname" template

Could you please say something at Template talk:Surname to explain the reasoning and impact of your recent revision to this template? --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:37, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Lang-xx

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[edit] New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 06:07, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of Internet service providers

I have nominated List of Internet service providers, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Internet service providers. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? LegoKontribsTalkM 03:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Topic/country

Template:Topic/country doesn't do what you probably think it would do - the article parameter cannot be conditionally passed using that syntax. I was about to fix it, but then I realized that I'm not sure what the expected output should be for some cases. Can you explain what this template is supposed to do? --- RockMFR 01:12, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] American English

I can't say I've seen it elsewhere, but it does seem to serve a purpose as the article does seem to be at odds with the rest of the world, with regards to the English that it uses.Londo06 18:50, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

The new template is great, thanks. The other article I know of that has something like this, and so could use your new template, is motorcycle, for the same reasons, to minimize edit warring and help editors comply with Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#National_varieties_of_English. -AndrewDressel (talk) 20:35, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:AmEng notice

Template:AmEng notice has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. –Black Falcon (Talk) 05:47, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Are you available to carry on a voluntary English to French translation?

Hi,

This may seem to come out of nowhere, but I'm wondering if you could help translating a few pages of English text to French on an online project called Spread Open Media. Though it's not under the Wikimedia Foundation, it shares the same goals towards a world of free culture.

The project has launched this year a German and Spanish counter-parts, and two volunteers were helping to get the French side up, but they have since gone away, leaving the project unfinished. If you'd like to help out, you'll be properly credited for your work.

Regardless of your answer, thank you for your attention.--Ivo talk / contribs (join Project Portugal) 14:57, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:RapidShare screenshot.png

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[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:RapidShare screenshot.png)

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[edit] Speedy deletion of Dash Command

A tag has been placed on Dash Command requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article 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 article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. PseudoChron (talk) 18:13, 5 June 2008 (UTC)