User talk:Abluescarab

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Welcome!

Hello, Abluescarab, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ~~~~; this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome!

Looks like you may have already been around for a little while already, and in any event welcome to Wikipedia. I saw your query to Jeff Dahl‎ about Ancient Egypt in general. There are in fact a bunch of us interested in the subject, and our portal can be found at WP:KMT. Feel free to ask any questions on my talk page. Cheers, and I hope you decide to stick around and help with some articles on KMT! Captmondo 02:41, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Talk Page Guidelines

Just a reminder (though you probably know these already):

  • Communicate
  • Keep on topic
  • Be positive
  • Stay objective
  • Deal with facts
  • Share material
  • Discuss edits
  • Make Proposals
  • Sign your posts
  • Avoid excessive markup
  • Be concise
  • Keep the layout clear
  • Read the archives
  • Use English
  • Centralized discussion
  • Be welcoming to newcomers
  • No personal attacks
  • Don't misrepresent other people

Abluescarab (talk) 10:34, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Ancient Egypt

Hi, glad to see you are interested in ancient Egypt! We've been working hard to make the page better recently, hope you can help. In regards to your question, I checked the logs, and I don't see anything you added to ancient Egypt and I don't see that anything got deleted, so I'm not sure how to answer your question. Anyway, you can check out Portal:Egyptology for a good overview, and feel free to let me know if you have any other questions. Good to have you aboard. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 03:02, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I think I see what happened now. Because ancient Egypt is such a popular article and gets vandalized all the time, it has been semi-protected so that unregistered or new users can't edit it. Once your account is 4 days old, you will be able to edit it. If you don't want to wait that long, you can ask me or any established editor to put it in for you. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 03:10, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] License tagging for Image:Slinky 2.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Slinky 2.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.

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[edit] Re: "Did you know?" links

I see that you have been trying to add article listings to the Did you know? section on the WP:KMT portal. Since you are new you may not be aware that this in fact refers to a specific set of pages whose content appeared in a summarized format (typically one or two lines of text), and are noted as such on their talk page, like this one for the Reserve head article. It's not just any old article of interest (though they may well be interesting. Another quick point: spelling case matters when referring to a link page. Cheers! Captmondo 03:19, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Adding name to Ancient Egypt portal

I think what you are asking is how you add your name to the member's list? If so, go to Wikipedia:WikiProject_Ancient_Egypt/Members and edit the page there. Best thing to do would be to take the last entry (starting at the "*" and ending with "contribs]])") paste the copy one line below, and then substitute your own user name in place of the previous user. Click on the "Show preview" button to see if you have got it right, and if so, click "Save page".

It's late where I am -- signing off for now. Cheers! Captmondo 03:46, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Test of Date/Time

Abluescarab 01:03, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St. Helens

The watchlist is the only way. It's not necessarily that you did anything wrong, but the attitude came across as ownership, as the other editor pointed out. The regular editors really, really, really are annoyed by people who come around and act like they own an article. It makes things really difficult, see this for an example. I'm sorry if I came across as a bit harsh, but I'd rather get your attention to the own policy now, than spend a week going around in circles wasting everyone's time. As to the article, it needs some work, mainly third party media coverage of the school to show notability. By adding citations to the info, this will also ensure accuracy (which you said you were worried about) and others will tend to remove unsourced items from a well sourced article, thus ensuring integrity. I hope that answers all your questions, if not ask myself or on the artilce talk page. Aboutmovies 04:47, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:ORE

Click here and then scroll down to * [[User:PeteJacobsen|PeteJacobsen]] 18:38 7 October 2007 (PST) and then add: * ~~~~ Then you will be signed up. Then be sure to put that page on your watchlist so you can see any discussions on the WPORE talk page. Aboutmovies 03:16, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Some hints

You should not remove other people's comments from article talk pages. Also, did you know you can check an article's page history, where you can read edit summaries and check page diffs? Katr67 03:30, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User page

It's OK to keep a list on your user page, many people do. See Wikipedia:User page for guidelines concerning the user page. Also, with your user boxes, see this for some already made ones if you like, but you are free to keep the ones you have. Plus you can add {{User WikiProject Oregon}} if you haven't already. Plus Wikipedia:Userboxes has links to other ones that are already made. Aboutmovies 04:38, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SPAM ala COTW

Ladies and Gentlemen its time for another episode of Collaboration of the Week. Last week’s show starring Fort Vancouver National Historic Site & Eastern Oregon received high ratings. This week’s show star two more stubs, Johnny Kitzmiller & John Wesley Davis. As always, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Don’t delay, act today! Aboutmovies 18:29, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Section links

I just added one to your user page so you can see how it works. Just include the full page name, then "#" then the section heading. Aboutmovies 23:41, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St. Helens reminder

Since this may have been lost in the original set of communications, the current school district article still needs reliable sources as outlined by WikiPedia from independent sources. That is newspapers or magazines, such as The Oregonian, Willamette Week, even coverage from a TV station, etc. See WP:CITE on how to add any info or ask. Aboutmovies 18:33, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New COTW

Hello again from WikiProject Oregon. A round of applause for the project in October when we added three GAs, one FA, plus 10 DYKs! Next, thanks to all those who participated in last week’s Collaboration of the Week, John Wesley Davis & Johnny Kitzmiller. This week we have the Cayuse War, and in honor of the home opener, the Portland Trail Blazers. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies 18:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WPOR's newest COTW

Thank you to all those editors who helped improve Cayuse War and Portland Trail Blazers last week as part of the Collaboration of the Week. They are looking much better. This week, with the election season over, we’ll tackle a request for Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004), which should have plenty of WP:RS available to work with on improvement. Our other article is another Stub in the High category, our only Miss America, Katie Harman. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Legal disclaimer: WikiProject Oregon and its affiliates are not liable for any personal injuries acquired while editing on the COTW including but not limited to carpel tunnel syndrome, Wikistress, alcoholism, anxiety attacks, or extreme emotional distress. Aboutmovies 20:14, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request to add your opinion/vote to renaming of KV62 -> Tomb of Tutankhamen

As someone who's opinion I value, I am asking if you would take a peek at Talk:KV62, and voice your opinion on the suggested move. I am not trying to solicit an Oppose vote, but instead am trying am asking people who have an active interest in things Ancient Egyptian to contribute to the talk as well. Cheers! Captmondo 17:26, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for adding your opinion/vote to the Talk:KV62 re: KV62 -> Tomb of Tutankhamen. I wanted to solicit opinions/votes from those I thought might have a real interest in the issue. Ultimately the main thrust of the argument for centers around WP:NC, which I think is being too broadly applied in this instance (but that's my opinion). Though I read more oppose votes than for, in the end there was no consensus (a simple majority may not apply in this case) to move, so there's every chance the debate will continue sometime in the future. I may not agree with your opinion in this case, but I do respect it. Cheers! Captmondo 11:02, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oregon COTW version 11.20

Welcome to the jungle folks. Thanks to those who helped out with Katie Harman and Oregon Ballot Measure 37 (2004) last week. This week, we have two high priority stubs, one of the two major hospitals in Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, and Oregon Department of Education. Enjoy your turkeys, or for some enjoy your tofurkeys. As always, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 09:04, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WPORE Civil War COTW

Hello again to WikiProject Oregon members, time for this week’s Collaboration of the Week. Thank you to those who helped out improving Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center and Oregon Department of Education last week. This week, in honor of the annual Civil War, we have the University of Oregon Ducks and the Oregon State University Beavers. Or if you attended some other school, feel free to improve your alma mater’s article. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:10, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FA for WPORE COTW

Greetings boys and girls from the fine folks at The Wettest Place on Earth! A thank you to those who helped last week make some good improvements on the U of O and OSU OS articles. For this week, the next stub on the list is Fortune 1000 company Lithia Motors, Inc. way down south in Dixie, which only needs a little added to make it to Start. The other is a bit more of a challenge, but Linus Pauling I believe is our only Nobel Prize winning Oregonian, and a former FA. So hopefully we can get it back to FA, check the talk page’s article history template for comments. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies 21:02, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oregon COTW #25 (or so)

Hello again from the COTW of WikiProject Oregon. We thank ye who went forth through the rain and mud and helped out with last week’s articles Lithia Motors and Linus Pauling. Hopefully Linus can return to FA status early next year. This week we have the request of Oregon Ballot Measure 5 (1990) and High importance article Portland Rose Festival. Whatever work you can contribute would be greatly appreciated by our master. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here.[citation needed] Aboutmovies (talk) 08:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Holidays from WP:ORE

Hello again from the Collaboration of the Week for WikiProject Oregon. This week are two more stubs, the Oregon Garden and former Congressman Robert B. Duncan. Both are close to moving up to Start class, so only a little work is needed. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 00:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Holiday COTW

Greetings to all the WikiProject Oregon crew. Happy holidays to those who celebrate holidays. Thanks to those who helped out with last week’s articles Oregon Garden and Robert B. Duncan. Due to the holidays and people likely to be spending less time on Wikipedia, the new Collaboration of the Week will run for two weeks (OK actually I’ll be out of the country, but same difference). The first item will be a general Reference Improvement Drive. So find an article, source an tagged sentence or bring all the citations up to WP:CITE standards. The other item is a Tagging Drive, looking for those random articles about Oregon that do not yet have a {{WikiProject Oregon}} tag on the talk page. In the past I’ve found the Category:People from Oregon and its sub cats fertile ground for the lost Oregon souls. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 06:08, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Duck Soup peer review

What a coincidence! I like the Looney Tunes, too! By the way, I've now submitted Duck Soup for peer review in order to find out some better ways to improve the article's (and other Marx Brothers articles) quality. If you're interested in leaving feedback, you can go to the article's talk page and follow the link. Thanks. — Cinemaniac (talk • contribs) 22:15, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Year COTW from WP:ORE

Happy New Year to all the Oregon WikiProject People. A big round of applause for everyone last year, we got a lot done. A thank you to everyone who helped with the last Collaboration of the Week, I saw a large number of articles in the unassessed section and our total number of articles is over 5000 (we were around 4000 in June when the assessment program finished the initial run) so I know at one person was busy tagging. This week we are back to a High importance Stub article the one and only max security prison, first prison, and only one with a death row in the state, the Oregon State Penitentiary. Then, by request we have one of the most prolific ballot measure sponsors in Mr. Bill Sizemore. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Aboutmovies (talk) 16:56, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oregon GA COTW

Howdy to WikiProject Oregon members, time for another edition of the Collaboration of the Week. As you may have already noticed, our flagship article Oregon is up for the third time as we make a push to get WP:GA status before going for WP:FA. Since this will take some time to get where it needs to be, this will be the COTW for more than just a week. Also, so we hopefully don’t trip over ourselves, try to coordinate on the article’s talk page. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here.

On another note, just a general good job/pat on the back to the project for a great 2007, the first full year of the project. We had 83 DYKs about Oregon, improved one article to FA, and went from around 4 GAs to 17 GAs. Plus numerous new articles, improvements to existing, the introduction of the COTW, and the introduction of article assessment at the project. Again, great job and here’s to a new year. Aboutmovies (talk) 17:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Snowy COTW from WPOR

Hello again from WP:ORE. Please note the Collaboration of the Week is running two hours late, no morning kindergarten, and routers are on snow routes. Thank you to those who helped improve Oregon, we are inching towards GA quality. This week we have another High importance Stub in our official state insect (who knew?) with the Oregon Swallowtail, and then a new article I came across, Biglow Canyon Wind Farm. Help if you can get out of the snow. Once again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, click here. Good day! Aboutmovies (talk) 16:12, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Peterson says it time for Oregon COTW

Wake up! Wake up to a happy day! Says Tom Peterson. Greetings to the gang at WP:ORE, its time for another round of Collaboration of the Week. Last week was a very successful endeavor with great improvement to Oregon Swallowtail and Deuce Biglow Canyon Wind Farm. OK, so there’s no “e” but it makes me laugh. The Biglow production was so successful we got our first DYK out of it. So, let’s try for a second with the tallest building in the state, the Wells Fargo Center. Then by request we have the former governor (among other things) Neil Goldschmidt. Again, to opt out or suggest future collaborative efforts, visit here. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Clown COTW

Greetings once again to members of the best encyclopedia online about Oregon (aka WP:ORE)! Last week we improved Neil Goldschmidt to close to GA level, and moved the Wells Fargo Center from Stub to Start for the Collaboration of the Week. This week we’re clowning around with some bozo from Oregon, Pinto Colvig, and then in an attempt to garner another DYK, the rather stubby Cooper Spur. As always, any contribution is appreciated, and to opt out of these messages visit here.

As we have quite a few new members over the last six months, I’ll make another pitch for our various subprojects. Listed here, you will find a variety of groups focused on specific areas of Oregon from transportation to culture. Not only can you sign up and coordinate work there, but each often has useful sources and templates related to that topic. No pressure, just an introduction to those new to the project. Adios. Aboutmovies (talk) 17:16, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Eftekasat

Hi there, what's up?! Look, i wanted to ask you if you can state your opinion on this matter. Also please do visit those two pages, Eftekasat and Mouled Sidi El-Latini, to obtain a better understanding of the band! Thanks for your help. :) Maged M. Mahfouz (talk) 19:48, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Link

I appriciate you putting a link to my userbox creator there! Any features that you are looking for? --The UserboxerComplain/ubx 01:00, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that is right. Sorry for the confusion. The UserboxerComplain/ubx 21:54, 30 May 2008 (UTC)