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Archives Archive One (November 2006 - May 2007 Archive Two (May 2007 - July 2007) Archive Three (July 2007 - January 2008)

IMPORTANT Wii MESSAGES FROM ACC'S WII DISCUSSION!

Welcome to Wikipedia! We could really use your help to create new content, but your recent additions (such as IMPORTANT Wii MESSAGES FROM ACC'S WII DISCUSSION!) are considered nonsense. Please refrain from creating nonsense articles. If you want to test things out, edit the sandbox instead. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. :: Princess Tiswas 17:56, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Am I Allowed Contents And Sections Like On Wikipedia Articles (Know What I Mean?)

Do you mean a "contents" index at the top of an article? Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 20:50, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

yes! ACBest 20:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Help!

A Couple Of Questions...

Am I Allowed Contents And Sections Like On Wikipedia Articles (Know What I Mean?)

How do you get some of your name colored? (Like AC then Best in gold)

The way to get your name colored would be to go to your preferences, tick the "Raw signature" box, and in the "Signature box" enter:

[[User:ACBest|AC]]<font color="gold">[[User talk:ACBest|Best]]</font>

Which will produce:

AC Best

How do you mean when you say "Contents" and "Sections"? Cheers, Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 20:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

well you know like the ===SECTION TITLE=== code - that, am i allowed to use it? ACBest 20:58, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Of course! Template:Emot Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 20:59, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Ever So Much Template:Emot AC Best 21:01, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

It's my pleasure :). Please let me know if you need more help! Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 21:06, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Wow! My FIRST EVER BARNSTAR! Thank you! Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 21:12, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Help! (Again...)

Why arent my contents showing up?AC Best 07:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

They should appear after so many entries :) --Ali K 08:27, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

User page

Am I Allowed To Create A Version Of My User Page That You can Listen To?AC Best 18:53, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Sure, just upload it to Commons. Xiner (talk, email) 20:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Spoken!

This Article Is Now Spoken!

Please Comment On The Spoken Version Below :) AC Best 16:02, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Why?

Why is my section 'Stuff About Me' All Cramped Up, If You See What I Mean?

Sometimes when you have images and then start another second below them, the section will start to the side of the images, rather than right below. You can use the template {{-}} to be sure that whatever comes after the images starts below them. -- Natalya 16:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

You are most welcome, and thanks for the barnstar! -- Natalya 17:04, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Protect

Am I Allowed To Protect My User Page, As I Dont Like Other Pepole Editing It, Unless they Are Helping Me? AC Best 06:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Userpages are generally protected upon any good-faith request by their respective users -- I've gone ahead and protected your userpage, if you'd like me to look into protecting any sub-pages, feel free to let me know, or see WP:RFPP. Hope that helps! Luna Santin 07:49, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

isnt there supposed to be some kind of message sayiing 'protected'? AC Best 07:53, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

On articles, yes; if you like, you're more than welcome to add {{sprotect}} to the top of your userpage. You can also use {{sprotect2}}, which is a little less intrusive (just a lock icon in the corner). Either way, it's your option -- many users with protected pages choose to omit the template. You're still able to edit the page, and any established account will be able to do the same; the template's only there for notification when needed. If that makes sense. Luna Santin 08:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I Need My Sandbox Protecting, Thanks! AC Best My Contributions 14:25, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

If it is protected you can't edit it, so it won't be a very useful sandbox. Please do not post {{helpme}} for protection requests, as above visit WP:RFPP --pgk 14:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Sandbox

Am I Allowed To Create A User Subpage That I Cna Use As A Sandbox? AC Best My Contributions 14:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Just go to a page like User:ACBest/Sandbox and create it. --pgk 14:19, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Yay! Thanks! AC Best My Contributions 14:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

GAC

You nominated Cocker Spaniel for GAC and it's only a few sentences long and looks like a disambiguation page for American Cocker Spaniel and English Cocker Spaniel. I'm sure you meant to nominate one of those, so you should fix it to prevent it from being failed. --Nehrams2020 20:44, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Disambig Notice

Is The Disambiguation notice alright now, as it isnt proper - i have just typed it on

You can do whatever you want with your user page, but I would have put something of that sort on your User page :) GofG _|^|_| Contribs 16:17, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

What Links Here?

Why Are A Lot Of Articles About The Simpsons On The What Links Here? Page On User:ACBest AC Best My Contributions 20:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

It's because your signature is on Template:The Simpsons to-do. They all use that template and, therefore, have that link to your user page. Metros232 20:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I Will Remove My Signature From there! AC Best My Contributions 20:23, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Nope, i done that, and they are still there AC Best My Contributions 20:26, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Looks gone to me. Most of what's left is Wikiprojects you're in and talk pages you've edited it appears. Metros232 20:32, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

3RR

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Kamope · talk · contributions 15:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:User:ACBest/SpokenOutOfDate

Template:User:ACBest/SpokenOutOfDate 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. --Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 03:04, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Signature

Hi there, on yours signature how you have ACBest Mycontributions, I would jsut like to tell you that you may wish to move the contribs bit up slightly so it displays ACBest ^{Mycontributions} or have it on the bottom bit so it displays ACBest _{Mycontributions} but this is optional I just though you may prefer that or to shorten it down so it jsut says contribs or contributions but this is just advice, its your signature and its totally optional.Telly addict 12:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Simpsons WikiProject

Greetings, The Simpsons WikiProect is currently trying to decide on five episode articles to classify as being high importance and as a member of the WikiProject, your input would be appreciated. You can vote here. Thanks for the time, Scorpion 07:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

To Do

Can i create a page to put to do lists on priority undefined to 9, for stuff i have to do on wikipedia and suff i have to do in real life? AC Best My Contributions 17:38, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

The to do lists are mostly for WikiProjects and that sort of thing, for everyone on Wikipedia to contribute to. To keep your own to do list, you could use your userpage (User:ACBest) or a user subpage such as User:ACBest/To do; however, you should only put Wikipedia-related things there (non-Wikipedia-related things are discouraged here). Hope that helps! --ais523 17:45, 2 March 2007 (U T C)

OkiDo! Thanks! AC Best My Contributions 17:47, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

For future reference

For future reference, and in response to Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2007 March 3#Image:Softcoated Wheaten Terrier Clio.JPG, "If you don't want your [contributions including images] to be edited mercilessly or redistributed by others, do not submit [them]." --Iamunknown 20:21, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Clio picture

Thanks for your understanding. I've changed the file page to read: photo taken by ACBest. Edited by Pharaoh Hound. If there's any other problems please feel free to contact me. Also, thank you for letting me upload the other cropped image (your version) to the commons. If I had known about your file when I made my crop I would have simply asked to upload yours and not make mine since they're so similar (my bad, oops). --Pharaoh Hound (talk) 13:39, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

BackgounD?

Is it possible to put a background on my userpage? thanks! AC Best My Contributions 16:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

You could try adding <div style="background-color: #e0e0ff; margin: 0px; padding: 3px;"> at the top of the page, and </div> at the bottom - that would just about do it. Other than that, I doubt you can - besides it might muck up the other skins or something. --h2g2bob 17:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Template:User:ACBest/SpokenOutOfDate

Per the TfD, I userfied the template. It is located at User:ACBest/SpokenOutOfDate. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 05:56, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Background

Is there anyway possible i can have http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Wikipe-tan_full_length.png as my background on Wikipedia? Thanks in advance AC Best My Contributions 17:00, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

No, I do not think their is a way for you too have this but I do not think their is a file there because when I clicked on it, it said the file cannot be found.Telly addict 17:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Article On User:ACBest/Sandbox 2

Would the article on my 2nd sandbox (link above) be big enough for creating yet? To The Helper : Feel free to touch up on my article, and feel free to replace the stub with a more fitting one Thanks AC Best My Contributions 06:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

No. The article needs an external link. However, be sure that the article falls under WP:CORP. Real96 06:47, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, I actually own Uti, so I know there are no links for it yet, however there are logos AC Best My Contributions 06:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Since the company hasn't opened yet, the article isn't ready for mainspace yet. And, if its for advertising the company, the company isn't ready for mainspace. Real96 07:04, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Clock and Category

2 things.

First, is it me, or is the wikipedia server time a hour slow, as the clocks changed 1 hr forward?

secondly, can i create [[Category:Talk pages belonging to ACBest]] or [[Category:ACBest's Talk Pages]] Thanks, and happy april fools day (no this isnt a joke!) AC Best My Contributions 11:26, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

The Wikipedia servers run on UTC, which is the same as the UK wintertime time zone. During summertime in the UK, the UK clocks go an hour forwards but Wikipedia remains in the original time zone. (The UTC timezone is used by Wikipedia to show times for people anywhere in the world; in the USA, where the time can be somewhat different from UK time, Wikipedia still displays times in UTC.)
Categories generally aren't used for individual users. Special:Prefixindex/User talk:ACBest should find all your talkpages (likewise, Special:Prefixindex/User:ACBest should find all your userpages), as long as you've named them in the conventional way with User:ACBest at the start.

Hope that helps! --ais523 11:40, 1 April 2007 (U T C)

Thanks! AC Best My Contributions 11:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

The commons to wikipedia

How do i import a picture from the commons to wikipedia, like Image:91118 'Bradford Film Festival' at Peterborough.JPG has been? Many thanks AC Best My Contributions 17:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

You can just link an image as if you would in Wikipedia - e.g [[Image:Smile.png|200px|right|thumb]] , but you can change the sieze etc but you can just link them from commons. That should help - Telly addict 17:59, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

sound like im stupid, but how do you link from the commons? thanks AC Best My Contributions 18:02, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

I just told you above, please do not just place {{helpme}} for the sake of it, it alerts IRC users and categorises you into Category:Wikipedians looking for help and causes confusion, please leave a note on my talk page with any more problems,Telly addict 18:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Edit Summary usage

When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this:

The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. Telly addict 11:42, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyright tag

Hi! I want to upload a scan from a magazine, and dont know what licence to use. It is a scan with a picture and a comment to go with it. It says who took the picture.What would the licence be? Many Thanks AC Best My Contributions 06:47, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

You don't want to upload that picture. It's copyrighted, and doesn't fall under fair use. {Slash -|-Talk} 07:08, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh :( OK, Thanks anyway! AC Best My Contributions 07:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Image policy

Oh, and you should read up on Wikipedia:Images. Wikipedians don't get to upload pictures unless they're notable, like User:Adrian. I'll let yours pass for now. {Slash -|-Talk} 07:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Wait, what? Yes Wikipedians do get to upload images of themselves, that's why we have the Wikipedia:Facebook. What policy are you referring to when you say that? --Iamunknown 00:54, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:HPIM0038.JPG)

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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Iamunknown 00:58, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

MfD

I would just like to inform you that User:ACBest/Sandbox 2 has been nominated for deletion at Miscellany for deletion as it seems to be an irrelevant duplicate of User:ACBest/Sandbox and the one nominated for deletion seems to contain irrelevant info. You are free to voice your opinion their but please do not remove the {{md1}} tag on the nominated page. Thank you. Tellyaddict^Talk 16:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Hey there - just happened to notice in passing that it says here on your talk page "please leave all messages for me here, not at User talk:ACBest/Main". However your sig currently links to User talk:ACBest/Main which could make people accidentally post there. I don't know whether that's intentional for some reason, but I thought I'd point it out in case it wasn't! Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 09:17, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Vista Theme

I have made a userpage theme that looks a bit like vista User:RedSpike101/vista RedSpike101 08:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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