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[edit] editprotected

Hey there. Just wanted to ask you whether I should put the {{editprotected}} with {{tl}} ( {{tl|editprotected}} ) or without ( {{editprotected}} ) when requesting a change. Thanks in advance. iNkubusse^? 20:58, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

To request a change, you need to use the {{editprotected}} template (no {{tl}}) as it adds the page to Category:Wikipedia protected edit requests so that admins can see that an edit has been requested. I added {{tl}} after I made the change to disable the {{editprotected}} template so that the page no longer appears in the category. mattbr 22:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TfD

Thanks for the reminder - I rarely close those since I'm one of the few "consensus builders" on that page! SkierRMH (talk) 16:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion

Sorry, but you deleted my content and it was credible content. By deleting the communities work you damage Wikipedia's reputation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.2.217.34 (talk) 19:21, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

What content was it? Without knowing I cannot comment further on why the content was deleted, but the deletion summary should inform you as to why and it should contain a link to a page providing further information. If you let me know which page it was I'll explain further. Thanks, mattbr 20:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:AWB Bug "Disambig tab weirdness"

Hi, Finally fixed - rev 1907

this.groupBox12.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.ButtonHighlight;

Thats all that was needed..

Good to see its fixed at least =)

—Reedy Boy 19:41, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] defaultsort

yes - I took a mistake in using a pipe rather than a colon - I had used the magic word previously and simply forgot which to use ... and using the pipe did not return a redlink and appeared to work properly. Shall I replace the instances I placed or have you already done so? --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 16:00, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I will try to remember to use ":" next time around. Regards --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 16:09, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: AWB

Sorry about the white space and stub template parts, but these links ([1] and [2]) were definitely beneficial, as I removed underscores and also cleaned unnecessary baggage on the links. Once again, I apologise. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{round of applause} 19:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok then, my sincere apologies. Won't happen again. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN} ^{round of applause} 20:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DEFAULTSORT

Thanks for the heads-up. y'am'can (wtf?) 00:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WarCry

PLEASE, leave the page the way it was, do not revert the changes please.Rockk3r talk to me

I understand what you are ssaying, but you don't need to worry about the article's history if it's going to be splitted beacuse I'm fixing everything, please let me get done and then check it out, you'll see that what I'm saying it's better, I would appreciate if you could help me, instead of reverting, don't take this the wrong way, I just want to ask your help. thanks

I'm new here and don't know too much about talking to an admin or something, I'd appreciate if you help me with this, by talking to any admin you may know or something or by telling me how to do all that and finally merge the article into 'WarCry'. thanks

[edit] AWB

See reply on my talk page —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 19:41, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Calling my edit vandalism

I got Special:NewPages and User:Lupin/Live spellcheck confused on which I was directed to it from, so I believed it was newpages. I was wrong, but this was most certainly not vandalism. Please read WP:VANDALISM. asenine ^{say what?} 18:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I assume you are talking about Luis A. Márquez? Sorry, it was not your edit I was identifying as vandalism but the previous edit. As you can see I restored the non-vandalised page, reverting the vandalism that had occurred by the IP. Apologies again, mattbr 19:08, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, right. Sorry for bothering you, and have a nice evening. :) asenine ^{say what?} 19:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Schulze-Kossens

You did some work on this. Do you perhaps know enough German to translate the rest, even roughly? (I moved it to the name used in deWP, accepting their authority. It seems to be the one he used in his published books.) DGG (talk) 07:24, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry DGG, my German is very limited. Perhaps you could try someone over at Wikipedia:Translation? mattbr 19:41, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I'd Do Anything (BBC TV series)

Thank you for youre help and guidance on the above article. To be honest before you mentioned about it eventually possibly being a "Good article" I hadn't really thought about that possibility too much. It would though be great (excuse the pun) if eventually it could qualify for that status. So, what would you suggest could be done with the article to achieve that standard (I realise it is for the future, just so that we are aware what we need to do!). With the weekly show information, it has been mentioned that once the series finishes then all the info can be "collated" (for want of a better word) and then changed in the same way that Any Dream Will Do lists the songs. However, I also thought that maybe another article could be created which would then be a copy of the weekly shows as they are listed now and that could then be linked to on the main article page. I know I haven't explained that too well, but hope you know what I mean?! I could use one of my sandboxes and try it out. The show has only three weeks left now (Q/F this weekend). One more question before I stop, just each week IP users come along and add info about the Sunday show before it airs. Mostly it has ended up being correct, but when it is added there is no way of verifying the info, plus last week someone added that Jessie Buckley had been eliminated and entered a totally made up song, and also totally made up comments attributed to Andrew Lloyd Webber. Would it be worth asking for the article to be semi-protected until after the results show tomorrow? I ask as with it being Q/F stage this week and the S/F next week it is highly likely that this will happen again. Thanks and apologies for such a long message.♦Tangerines♦·Talk 16:45, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

The best place to start is probably Wikipedia:Good article criteria as these are what the reviewer checks against. It may also help to look at other comparable existing good articles, such as The Apprentice (UK Series Three), or featured articles to see how they go about things. Probably most of the info is there at the moment that can be, it's mainly the layout of the content and how it is written that is the probably the hardest part, making sure the article is logical and goes somewhere rather than getting really into detail on one point and skating over another and then jumping around. I think the content that needs adding includes a section on what happens to the contestants after the series, and probably expand the criticism section into a reception section, which gives some other info on how critics received the series, detail any awards or nominations, and maybe a bit on viewing figures, such as those at the start, any mid-series lows/highs and the final, and any trends there might be. Maybe you could try with Any Dream Will Do first as all that sort of information is available?

I think the weekly information as it is now is fine, and I don't think it needs collating as it is easier to see what happened each week in the current format. I don't think any content needs moving anywhere as the page isn't really that long.

As for protection, it probably won't happen unless the adding is persistent and disruptive (I haven't looked over it), as protection isn't used as a pre-emptive measure, but you can try. Otherwise you might just have to keep reverting as unverifiable, unreliable information, maybe leaving a quick note with the adder to explain why you have removed it. Hope all that helps and let me know if I can help with anything else. Cheers, mattbr 09:32, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply, much appreciated. With regard to the weekly information, someone suggested that once the series finishes that it is reformatted in the same way as Any Dream Will Do. Do you think though that it would be best to retain it as it appears now (ie weekly format)? I will change the "criticism" heading to "reception" so that it can eventually contain all the info you mentioned. With regard to protection, I have added a hidden message where the Sing-off information goes for tonights show saying that any edits will be removed (because they are unsourced and can only be so until the show airs). Hopefully that might help prevent it, though someone has today instead used one of the contestants articles to add the information instead (which I have removed with it being unverifiable at present and left a message on the user talk page). Thanks again for your help.♦Tangerines♦·Talk 15:19, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

As I mentioned above, I think the weekly format is probably the better layout as it provides a summary for each show as the series progresses, rather than just listing the information, and fits in much better with the overall layout of the article (ie lead section and infobox, format and pre-series, the contestants, weekly results, post-series, and reception). mattbr 15:35, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Joseph Driscoll disambiguation

Hi Matt - a few questions (which should be taken as honest questions from a guy who's done very little disambig work and would like to learn more, rather than as criticism, express or implied, of your activities):

• What made you decide to make Joseph Driscoll into a disambig page, rather than leaving it as a redirect towards Joseph R. Driscoll, the more notable of the two Joseph Driscolls?
• You added a hatnote redirect to the disambig page from Joseph Driscoll (Canadian politician). Under what circumstances can you see somebody arriving at that article when they were looking for the other Joseph Driscoll?

Again, this is just curiosity on my part, and I don't intend to imply that your actions were inappropriate. Cheers, Sarcasticidealist (talk) 21:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Sarcasticidealist (talk) 22:22, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SUL

Here is the page in pt-wiki, for SUL requests:

• [3]

Sorry for being so late, but I don't visit en-wiki very often. Belanidia^Hey! 13:54, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Renaming of account on fr.wp

You have successfully usurped the account fr:Utilisateur:Mattbr. Regards, Blinking Spirit (talk) 19:38, 28 May 2008 (UTC)