User talk:Ashleyy osaurus

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Ashleyy osaurus is taking a long wikibreak and will be back on Wikipedia in August after she leaves the Big Apple for the middle of nowhere.
  • If I reverted your edit in error, let me say ahead of time that I'm sincerely sorry. I patrol edits using the Recent Changes page and, using this method, it can sometimes be easy to mistake constructive edits for vandalism if they are left unsourced or no edit summary is provided.
  • Similarly, if I have edited a page incorrectly according to Wikipedia's standards, please tell me! I'm still quite early in the stages of learning about all this and I do the best I can. Your kind-hearted advice and suggestions are appreciated.


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I will respond both here and on your talk page unless you specify otherwise. Thanks! [Ashleyy|osaurus]

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[edit] Hermione Granger

Hi! Just saw your edit and I thought I'd let you know that you're right, philosopher's is what we use. The general rule is go with the spelling variant of the country that the article is best associated with and if there is no particular association, e.g. Blue, just leave it as you find it. Happy editing! asyndeton talk 01:55, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Your note on my talk page

I'd be more than happy to help you out in any way you'd like! Just let me know if you have any questions. You can message me on my talk page, or email me (my address is on my user page). Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you; it's been kind of a wild week.  :-) Good to have you! =David(talk)(contribs) 02:22, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Whoops! Correction; I forgot that I'd removed my email address. I suppose my talk page will have to do.  :-) My apologies. =David(talk)(contribs) 02:24, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Die Fledermaus synopsis subheadings

While, in theory, I have no objection to your doing this, there has been an attempt by the Wiki Opera Group to create a standard of consistantacy across the board for all arricle (e.g. no boxes, layout of first performance casts, layout of selected recordings box, etc.

So, allowing your changes to stand, might mean that every opera article would need to be changed to match. I won't change anything now, but let's see what happens. Viva-Verdi (talk) 19:38, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I messed up the page or violated any standards that were being set concerning these articles. I looked up this operetta when I heard my university's choral department was putting on a show, and it seemed like an appropriate change to make.
I totally support your effort toward consistency and it will totally not hurt my feelings if my changes are reverted. You all know better than I do! (: Ashleyscripter 02:56, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2001 Census

Can you tell me why did you reverted the text to previous version without explaining what you were doing ? Though I admit I neglected to put in an edit summary for my revision, I had explained what I was doing on the discussion page (and my change was endorsed by zzuuuzz who also knows about UK censuses). Regards. Jonesey

I only reverted the edit because you did not post an edit summary; I am sorry if what looked like vandalism (since the information was not explicitly sourced in the article) was truly a constructive edit. Also, please do not forget to sign your posts, especially on talk pages. AshleyScripter [talkback|contribs] 21:15, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Your Note on my talk page

Please refrain from advising me on how to edit on Wikipedia unless you are an administrator or can provide evidence that your rule is more than an opinion. I am well aware of the differences between British English and American English. As I don't see a rule instructing me otherwise, I will continue to edit as I see fit. If, however, you are an official administrator or can provide evidence that your advice is Wikipedia standard, then I will of course submit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sblachly (talk • contribs) 17:45, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English and WP:ENGLISH might be helpful in this case. AshleyScripter [talkback|contribs] 21:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The British English standard for articles like Harry Potter

Where can I find a special Wikipedia page which explains what you told me a few days ago about how language differences (such as those between British and American English) should be kept in line with the country the article's subject is most closely affiliated with? (I need to share it with someone who thinks this is just my opinion.) (: Thanks! AshleyScripter [talkback|contribs] 20:36, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English and WP:ENGLISH are what you're looking for. Regards asyndeton talk 21:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks -- I really appreciate your help. AshleyScripter [talkback|contribs] 21:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Liberty University Online

I have made changes to the article. If you would like to look it over I would appreciate it. If I still have something that is not correct please edit it. Thank you Bill James TTCops —Preceding unsigned comment added by TTCops (talk • contribs) 19:01, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


I changed LU's page back to including the Liberty Way. If sports, entertainment, and extracurricular activities can be listed on the page, so can the policies. I am an LU alumni and feel that it is important for people to know the schools policies. ~

As far as I remember, I only removed information which was word-for-one listed from the Liberty Way handbook, such as the number of fines for each individual offense. This is NOT RELEVANT to an encyclopedia; if a reader is curious, he can go to the document online and see for himself. Also, please don't forget to sign your posts; this topic should also have been put under its own heading as it is not relevant to LUO. AshleyScripter {talkback} 03:10, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: to the note on my IP

Thanks a lot AshleyScripter for your encouragement you sent on my IP on 21:34, 6 March 2008. I have created an id here with which I am responding now. I'm fan of the series myself (I was actually trying editing on Deatheaters page when I saw the message) and I'll try my best in the future also to make any contribution which I might feel helpful and reasonable. Thanks again.September88 (talk) 23:42, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

(: Glad to see you made the move to a username! I thought you might be interested in the Harry Potter WikiProject. It's a good place to go looking for ways you can help the series' articles. The project is part of the Harry Potter portal. You can follow this link to sign up to make contributions to the project, and from there you can add a Potter-related userbox to start your userpage!
Sorry if that was a lot all at once -- you can message me back with any questions. I'll respond both here and on my userpage. See you around! AshleyScripter {talkback} 03:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting edits to my talk page

Hi, at first I thought you were a bot thinking I was a vandal – but now I see you reverted me on a deletion of a bunch of text from MY OWN TALK PAGE. Unless it violates policy, we can edit our user & talk pages the way we see fit. I understand you might have done it error, but I ask that you please look at what you're about to delete before you hit that UNDO button. Thanks. Cyberia23 (talk) 06:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I apologize for reverting your edits. As soon as I did it, I realized it probably wasn't legitimate, but figured it would be silly to revert my own edit; I decided to leave it up to you. Sorry again. Ashley {talkback} 14:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
No problem. Cyberia23 (talk) 15:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] re: "a unanimous"

Hi and thanks for fixing it. I did a google search and "an unanimous" is quite common occurance on Wikipedia. In case you want something to do, there's a task for you.

Fred-J 13:56, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Folkartmarket

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[edit] In reguards to my removal from the adoption list.

Hello, my name is Kyle Hardin and this message is in reference to your removal of my name form the adoption list. I am an active user (or, rather, would like to learn how to be) and I've been watching my name on the adoption list for some time now. I requested adoption because I'm very new at editing web content, such as Wikipedia, and need instruction on how to do so, before I attempt anything. Quite honestly, I don't even know where to begin. I had hoped to be adopted by an experienced user, so that I may learn the basics of how to edit and maintain the Wikipedia content. I realize you meant well, and I hope that I haven't done anything faux pas in putting my name on the adoption list to begin with. I would appreciate any instruction as to what to do in this situation, and any help you can give would be appreciated. Thank you for your time Specter (talk) 18:46, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Kyle! I'm sorry if I caused you any grief in removing your name. I did a sweep of the list that day and removed any username which didn't appear to be "active" (there was no specification in the header on what qualified as such). I removed about a dozen names linked to accounts which had very few edits or hadn't edited for more than three months.
The adoption project certainly appears to be ideal for you and for me, although we are obviously at different stages of experience. I am glad to see your account is still active on some level and I'm proud of you for wanting to learn more!! I'm pretty eager to be adopted as well, but in the meantime, if you have any questions about the basics of editing, I will answer them to the best of my ability, or find an answer for you. I'm also willing to re-add your name to the list myself. (It will take a bit of tweaking of the numbers because the list is organized according to how long the userbox has been on a userpage). Let me know what you think! (: Ashley {talkback} 18:58, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much for understanding :D I just want to be helpful to the site, and do something with my free time that is productive. I don't feel nearly qualified to edit large articles, but I'm most interested in doing little "clean-up" or maintenance projects that other people would find mundane. Thanks for your time Specter (talk) 17:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi again. I just wanted to let you know I re-added the adoption userbox to your userpage. I also tweaked the numbers so that you would regain your position on the list of adoptees. (: Hopefully, adopters will come by soon and pick you up. Don't forget, though, that I'm willing to help you in the meantime. Happy editing! [Ashleyy|osaurus] 18:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much :D the gesture is very much appreciated. I have a simple question about editing for you: am I formatting my talk messages correctly? Because I know that I'm doing at least a few things wrong, so don't be too shy to tell me what I should be doing differently. Thanks again, and I hope you're having a wonderful day! :D Specter (talk) 21:25, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Good Morning

Thank you for leaving me a message. I am pretty new to editing Wikipedia, but I have been reading it for several years. I "stole" two of your userboxes that I thought were funny. Hope you don't mind! --Andrew from NC (talk) 00:47, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, you're welcome! And of course I don't mind your "thievery" of my userboxes; I was considering snagging one or two of yours myself. (: [Ashleyy|osaurus] 01:10, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption

Hi there. You seem to be learning the ropes pretty well. Would you still like to be adopted by an experienced editor? --Gimme danger (talk) 19:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, yes I would, and thank you for offering! (: Have you adopted users in the past? [Ashleyy|osaurus] 19:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
I read your user page a little closer and wanted to let you know that my aim is lovelynepenthe. That's generally a good way to get a hold of me and can be nicer than talk page communication. We're pretty close in time zone, thank goodness. One of my other adoptees is a Kiwi!--Gimme danger (talk) 20:22, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Okay! (: I don't normally load AIM because I rarely talk to anyone on it anymore, but I've logged back on and I will probably get on at least anytime I need to talk to you about something. (: And I'm glad you specified what you meant by "a Kiwi," because I wouldn't have known otherwise. [Ashleyy|osaurus] 21:03, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
Sorry that I didn't catch you when you messaged me. I'm not sure why my computer refuses to put up my away messages. I don't know if you were being facetious in that last sentence; in any case, I didn't mean to insult your intelligence. --Gimme danger (talk) 02:52, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Message Response

I did not know how else to respond to your message; with that said, I apologize, in advance, if I am not using this page by its correct guidelines.

Honestly, I do not know how it is "vandalism" when anyone is able to legally change anything they want on this website. I also did not write anything that was even remotely untrue, nor did I intend for it to be anything more than a simple joke. It is pretty sad that you spend so much time on Wikipedia- an untrustworthy site which is not even considered to be a proper educational source- don't you have a few better things to do? Honestly?!

Jekaufman, none of your continuous edits (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) on 28 March to the article about Liberty University were constructive or beneficial to this encyclopedia. You repeatedly vandalized a page to which many users have taken the time and patience to contribute. You say your edits were intended to be "a simple joke," but Wikipedia is a serious encyclopedia and "joke edits" are not tolerated. All edits should be constructive, factual, and neutral. In addition, part of your response could be considered a personal attack, which is not tolerated on this website. If you do not agree with any of these policies or you continue to feel that Wikipedia is an "untrustworthy site," there are many other informational sources on the World Wide Web. Finally, please do not forget to sign your talk page messages with four tildes (~~~~). [Ashleyy|osaurus] 21:44, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Everyone loves Barnstars

Award of First Success
For a determined and thorough copyedit of The Hobbit, I bestow upon my adoptee User:Ashleyy osaurus this Award of First Success. May many more follow! Gimme danger (talk) 01:02, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dates

Hey, quick fyi on date formatting. Only wikilink complete dates (day month and year) and not individual years. The purpose of linking dates is not for cross-reference, but rather so that readers can view dates according to their preferences. For more info, see MOS:UNLINKYEARS. (Arg, I'm not even supposed to be here, but I wanted to see how you are doing. Great anti-vandal work and bravo for wading into regional English styles messes.) --Gimme danger (talk) 05:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, okay. That totally makes sense. And, thanks. (: [Ashleyy|osaurus] 13:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Neighbor Rosicky

Willa Cather was American; she used the American spelling. I have reverted your edit, as per [1].Zigzig20s (talk) 01:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

I changed the link because the article exists as Neighbour Rosicky; nothing exists under the title Neighbor Rosicky. I'm not sure why, but every literature book and anthology in which I have referenced this story has spelled it according to British English. Maybe a move is necessary regarding the article; it's probably a good discussion to be made. Ashleyy osaurus (talk) 03:32, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Task for you from sponsion

Please edit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microstructure the word "crstals" is misspelled. Thank you, Sponsion (talk) 11:40, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

No offense, but why don't you edit it yourself? (: Ashleyy osaurus (talk) 23:40, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
No ego to bruise. But, [sic] my ability to edit was interrupted:
Hi (: I just thought I would let you know that I am removing the adoption template from your userpage. The category's requirements suggest that someone deletes the userbox from the page of an inactive contributor. Your contributions page indicates that your few edits were made two months ago. The category exists to organize users seeking adoption and lists them in the order that they have been waiting to be adopted. It is more beneficial for the project to keep active users at the top of the list. Feel free to re-add the template if you choose to become active in the encyclopedia again. Thank you and happy editing! Ashley {talkback} 20:48, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Therefore, I figured I'd task you with the little problems I see on Wiki' pages.
Sponsion (talk) 15:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
No no, I only removed you from the Adopt-a-User list because your account appeared inactive. You can re-add yourself at any time, and you are, of course, free to edit as you see fit. Did that clear anything up? Ashleyy osaurus (talk) 17:21, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I will fix the "crystals", but how do I put myself up for adoption again? Will you kindergarten [sic] me through the process? Sponsion (talk) 19:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
You can re-add the adoptme template by typing this code on your userpage: {{subst:dated adoptme}}. Your username should appear on C:ADOPT. If you have any more questions, I'm more than happy to answer them. Ashleyy osaurus (talk) 20:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I don't know.

I saw the warnings you placed on the talk page of 204.69.139.16. It seems that the edits you refer to are restructuring, rather than vandalism. I really lack the expertise to judge whether it's better before or after. If it is your considered opinion that the edits in question are unconstructive, then please discuss in more detail. In any case I agree with you that it's really important to get this article right, because of this. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 00:33, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I was having a very hard time judging 204.69.139.16's edits to Suicide when they came in such close succession. I reverted some edits because 1) they only appeared to be removing content, not relocating it, 2) the editor didn't provide an edit summary clarifying his motives, and 3) articles on such a sensitive topic are highly susceptible to vandalism and other forms of unconstructive edits. These edits could have appeared less confusing if the user had made one bulk edit rearranging content and entered reasoning in the edit summary field. Thanks, and happy editing! (Also, may I suggest creating an account? Wikipedia appreciates concerned and involved editors.) Ashleyy osaurus (talk) 02:18, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I have the habit of making edits in close succession too. But I realize that it might be a bad habit (:-) I still think, though, the {{uw-delete3}} on User talk:204.69.139.16 should probably be removed. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 02:28, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Hmm... I see now 204.69.139.16's "response" on his talk page. You can see what I added; I hope it's okay that I also referred him to you with further questions (haha). I think my message may help. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Ashleyy osaurus (talk) 02:44, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
May I please remove "Please remember as well to be civil to users; I am aware of the 'rules of Wikipedia'" from your reply to their reply? And also I'd like to suggest removing one of your two mentions of my IP – although I thank you for your favorable mention of me, my involvement in Wikipedia is intermittent; even though one month I may write 2 whole new articles, another month I may not edit at all. [And I am not the best user to ask for advice on edit summaries. (You ideally want somebody with no visible red on this page).] Anyway, thanks again for the compliment, but for assistance with editing a sensitive subject it might be best to just put one's questions on the article talk page. 69.140.152.55 (talk) 03:03, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I wondered whether I needed to mention civility or not; however, I don't think it hurts anything in that message. I removed your IP though. Have a nice day... Ashleyy osaurus (talk) 13:21, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] The Hobbit at FAC

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