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If you have a message for me please click here to leave it!! [edit] WelcomeWelcome! Hello, Glacious, 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:
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[edit] Request for AdminshipI have closed your request for adminship; you cannot make a request on this wiki to be adminned on another wiki. Requests to become an admin on another wiki must follow that wiki's adminship process, and if it does not have one, then they must be made at m:Requests for permissions on the Meta-Wiki. English Wikipedia bureaucrats are not able to grant adminship on any project but the English Wikipedia. Essjay (Talk) 08:09, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] HelloHello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Sorry for not answering earlier but I was busy for a couple of weeks. Anyway, as for your question about uploading and copyrights I'll give you some links that will help you: Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Image use policy. Cheers. CG 14:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC) [edit] can u delete the page spongebob....hey... i have a lil prob.. i made this article spongebob squarepants. but its not interconnected with the english article.. can u delete the spongebob page in the dhivehi wiki so i can make a new one..??? thnx for ur tym.. Mohamed Ishan 00:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC) [edit] Image copyright tags.When you upload a screenshot on a tv show, please use the television screenshot copyright tag, not a public domain one. Regardless of who took the shot, the copyright still belongs to the owners of the show.--Fyre2387 (talk • contribs) 06:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC) [edit] Re: Bot requestI've written a few bots and am fairly competent with python and the pywikipedia framework - what specific function(s) do you need this bot to perform? ShakingSpirittalk 22:33, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re: dv.wpHi. Regarding your inquiry on Meta: Yes, if you are an admin on that project, you will be able to edit the relevant MediaWiki page normally. I don't know the nature of the changes you want to make, but if they might be controverted, or extensive, you might consider consulting with the other admins, or the community in general before making them. If you want to fix grammar, typos, etc, then you can probably go right ahead with it.
[edit] Re:BlockHi. That means you've been autoblocked. That is easily fixed. What is the message you're getting when you attempt to edit? With this information, I will be able to identify which autoblock refers to you (there's a few on the list, and usernames for collateral damage are not given, only a number ID) and unblock you. Ideally, you may e-mail the admin who issued to original block, inform him that you've been affected, and he will unblock you asap. You should first, however, check the logs to see the length of the block issued to the original blockee. If it is a short, 24-hour block, you would be unblocked automatically just as soon (and depending on the timeline, it could probably happen sooner than it would take the admin to respond, or maybe by the time you read this, you could be already unblocked). If the original block is longer (especially if it is indefinite), then you will need to be unblocked specifically, which is really easily done, once we know which autoblock on the list refers to you. Cheers, Redux 12:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hi Right Back!Hi Glacious, I have been contributing to Wikipedia since August 2005 and yeah, ފިޒާން user at Dhivehi Wikipedia is me. I used to write quite a lot for the English Wikipedia but at one point, got fed up with the lack of online research material relating to the Maldives so just gave up until there is more visible expansion of the "Dhivehi Web". I did check out the Div Wikipedia a while back and was impressed by your efforts to expand it. Great work...keep it up. As for helping you out there, I have extremely poor Divehi writing skills (as attested by my SSC results - a C in case you were wondering) but I am willing to help you out in any other way including rudimentary translation work and other stuff. Keep in contact. --Fizan 03:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC) [edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:BlindBandit Pro.jpg)Thanks for uploading Image:BlindBandit Pro.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy). 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. This is an automated message from BJBot 14:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC) [edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Avatar-TLAlogo.gif)Thanks for uploading Image:Avatar-TLAlogo.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy). 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. This is an automated message from BJBot 14:38, 4 February 2007 (UTC) [edit] Re: Bot requestBJBot for the moment is tagging orphaned (not used in any pages) fair use (copyrighted but we in the U.S. can still use them) for deletion. Just tell me what you want a bot to do and I will see what I can do. BJTalk 21:50, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] You messageSorry I have to log out now. Either contact me later or get one of the others - sorry. Dbuckner 15:41, 12 February 2007 (UTC) [edit] Re:font change on dvwikiHi. Humm, this one is tricky for me. I don't think I can get this one done myself. But I can tell you where to find the people who will know how to help. The best option, and the quickest, would be to go to IRC, if you have access to it. On the channel #mediawiki you should find people skilled in this kind of code adaptations, including the developers. Redux 18:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC) [edit] Re:Questions on MetaHi. First, about the people who can help you with the changes you want to make on dvwiki: you might contact the developers, or more specifically, Brion VIBBER or Werdna, who are the devs who are usually more active — even though Werdna is not listed on listusers as a dev, he is one, and I assume he would know how to do the procedure you want. [edit] Re: Creating a redirect buttonHi. Curiously, someone asked a similar question a while back, on the Babel forum. We asked the question to a more knowledgeable user on the English Wikipedia, which he replied on the original requester's talk page on that Wikipedia. here is the thread with Cesarb's (that's the user we asked the question to) answer (he reposted the question and added his answer). A similar procedure should be what it takes to enable the redirect button on any project. I hope this helps. Cheers, Redux 19:53, 25 May 2007 (UTC) [edit] Creating a REDIRECT link on a local Wikihello CesarB, I'm an Admin of dv.Wiki. Ihave been told that you are the person who can help me. Wat i would like to know is how to create a REDIRECT button on edit pages. I have been shown this conversation. But i couldnt figure out how to check out the extra buttons currently added on the Dhivehi Wikipedia. Please give me ur help. Thanks for ur valuable time, Best and Kind regards --~GlaCiouS~ 12:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
if (mwCustomEditButtons) { mwCustomEditButtons[mwCustomEditButtons.length] = { "imageFile": "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Button_redirect.png", "speedTip": "Redirect", "tagOpen": "#REDIRECT [[", "tagClose": "]]", "sampleText": "Insert text"}; }
[edit] Re: matter on Dhivehi WikipediaHi Glacious. There's no need to worry. Shanel is a Steward. What happened is that she granted herself admin status on the Dhivehi Wikipedia using her Steward access on Meta. As to why she did it, notice that the page she deleted is in the MediaWiki namespace. All pages in that namespace are editable only by admins, and while it is possible, and indeed the required measure, to contact local admins when something on those pages needs to be changed (or removed, in the case of deletion), there are basically two accepted exceptions: a) the more obvious one, when there's an emergency and quick action is needed; b) which is probably why Shanel granted herself admin access this time, is when Stewards are asked to edit some aspect of the software accros the projects. In cases like this, it is sometimes necessary to perform similar actions on MediaWiki pages on tens of projects, so Stewards are asked to do that because they can grant themselves admin access and take care of everything more efficiently (and sometimes, we need to create an account to do it, because we didn't already have it). Notice in the Meta logs that on June 7 Shanel changed rights for her accounts in a number of projects, including the Dhivehi Wikipedia. [edit] Dhivehi WikiSorry about that; I probably sysopped myself there while I was clearing out the multilingual speedy deletion requests, an I must have forgotten to desysop myself.--§hanel 16:53, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Re:Templates on Dhivehi WikipediaHi Glacious. Notice that the articles you linked are using different templates. They are both transclusion templates, that is, templates that have a raw code on a separate page, so that users can link easily, filling in the "blanks" with the specific information. Now, the article on Coca-Cola on dv.wiki is using the Infobox Beverage, whereas the article on the Maldive Islands seems to be using this template. As you can see, two completely different codes, which will, obviously, yield different results. In order to get similar results, you can try to copy the code from the template you prefer, adapting the default settings to fit the specific needs, or you could try to use the templates existing on the en.wiki, by simply copying and pasting, and translating only the text where needed. Cheers, Redux (talk) 22:17, 16 December 2007 (UTC) [edit] Re:inactive admins on dv.wikiHi Glacious. Happy 2008 for you too :). Well, regarding the admins, the first step is to verify if dv.wiki has a policy regarding inactive admins (some projects stipulate that if an admin remains inactive for a period of time — usually around 6 months — they are removed due to inactivity). If dv.wiki has a similar policy, then all you need to do is post a request at the Request for Permissions page on the Meta-Wiki requesting the removal of the admins with an explanation regarding the policy and, perhaps, a link to the local policy page. [edit] Re: blocked IP on dv.wikiHi Glacious. I noticed from the image you provided that the block you imposed was a 24-hour block (1 day). The first step would be for you to check the logs and see if the IP edited after the block had expired, which is what probably happened. If the edit happened in less than 24 hours, it could be that it wasn't the exact same IP, which would mean that the person could be vandalizing using a rotating IP (someone with access to an entire IP class, for instance), which would mean that you would need to block the entire IP class in order to actually stop that person. But it is definitely not possible for any IP blocked to edit while it is still blocked. So something like the above would have to have happened. You should also check if another admin had lifted the block you had imposed, thus freeing the IP to edit again. Cheers, Redux (talk) 17:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC) |