User:Morton devonshire/WikiStuff
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My List of Words Misspelled on Wikipedia
List of Words Commonly Misspelled on Wikipedia
That 'breaky thing'
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List of Crayola crayon colors
List of Crayola crayon colors -- good source of html hex codes for colors.
Another cool page
User:Daniel Quinlan/gaming Yes, it's okay to use the "c" word again. And how to win an argument[1]
Huh?
Apparently non-admins can close discussions when the consensus is keep. See Wikipedia:Deletion process. Not sure I agree that that's what the policy says.
Interesting Formatting
At User talk:ST47. Like it.
Don't be a dick
The following is taken word-for-word from Wikimedia Don't be a dick. If Admins took this to heart, most of the disputes they find themselves in would go away, and Wikipedia would be a happier and more useful space.
Why is it a bad thing?
Generally speaking, if you are being a dick, the likelihood of whatever point you are trying to make (or whatever you're doing) reaching the ears of your intended audience dramatically (even exponentially) diminishes. Why? Simple: no one likes listening to dicks, no matter how correct or in the right they are.
Remedies
If you've been labeled as a dick, or if you suspect that you yourself may be one, there is hope. The first step is to realize that you are being a dick. Ask yourself what is causing you to be one. Change your behavior and your mode of presentation. If needed, apologize to anyone who you may have been a dick to. It's okay! People will take notice of your willingness to cooperate and will almost always meet your efforts with increased respect.
Iconography
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These templates should always be used with the subst: keyword, as suggested on Wikipedia:Template substitution. They are shown without subst: here to reduce the space occupied by this large table. For example, type {{subst:test}}, not {{test}}, to warn common first-time vandals.
| Category | Experimenting and vandalism | ||||||
| Level: | 0: New user, AGF | 1: Factual note | 2: Could be seen as vandalism | 3: Warning to stop | 4: Final warning | 5: Blocked | 6: Block & severe warning |
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| Generic Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents. |
{{warn}} {{uw-selfrevert}} |
{{test}} {{tests}} {{test0}} |
{{test2}} | {{vand3}} {{test3}} |
{{test4}} | {{test5}} {{test5i}} |
{{test6}} {{vblock}} {{Vbc}} {{genblock}} {{uw-voablock}} |
| Obvious vandalism Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents. | {{vw}} | {{blatantvandal}} {{longterm4im}} {{test4im}} {{anon vandal}} |
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| Removing content Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents. | {{test1a}} | {{test2del}} {{test2a}} |
{{uw-delete3}} {{test3a}} |
{{uw-delete4}} {{uw-vandalism4}} |
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| Blanking pages Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents. | {{blank}} | {{blank2}} | {{blank3}} | {{blank4}} | {{blank5}} | ||
| Page moves and naming conventions |
{{NC0}} | {{uw-move1}} | {{uw-move2}} | {{uw-move3}} | {{uw-move4}} | ||
| Anonymous vandals | {{sharedwelcome}} | {{sharedIP}} | {{test3ip}} {{Anon vandal}} |
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| Image vandalism | {{image1}} | {{image2}} | {{image3}} | {{image4}} | |||
| Use of multiple IPs | {{multipleIPs}} | {{MIPblock}} | |||||
| Vandalizing userpages | {{tpv0}} | {{tpv1}} | {{tpv2}} | {{tpv3}} | {{tpv4}} | {{tpv5}} | |
| Creating inappropriate pages | {{Test1article}} | {{Test2article}} | {{Test3article}} | {{Test4article}} | {{uw-block1}} | ||
| Category | Other problems with content | ||||||
| Level: | 0: Assuming good faith | 1: Factual note | 2: Possible rule violation | 3: Warning to stop | 4: Final warning | 5: Blocked | 6: Block & severe warning |
| Adding spam/advertising material | {{spam-warn}} {{spam-warn-deletion}} |
{{uw-advert1}} {{resume}} |
{{uw-advert2}} | {{advert3}} | {{uw-advert4}} | {{advert5}} | |
| Adding spam links | {{spam0}} {{Welcomespam}} {{Spam (good faith)}} |
{{spam}} {{spam note}} |
{{spam2}} {{spam2a}} |
{{spam3}} | {{spam4}} {{spam4im}} |
{{spam5}} {{spam5i}} |
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| Conflict of interest (Vanity)/user pages in article space |
{{uw-coi}} | {{userfy warning}} | |||||
| Adding non-notable material | {{nn-test}} | {{nn-warn}} {{nn-warn-deletion}} {{empty-warn}} |
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| Not adhering to NPOV Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents. (Up to level 2.) |
{{welcomenpov}} {{NPOV0a}} {{talkinarticle}} |
{{NPOV0}} | {{comment2}} | {{comment3}} | {{comment4}} | {{uw-block1}} | |
| Introducing material without proper citations |
{{needsource}} {{OR-note}} |
{{needsource2}} | {{speculationwarning}} | ||||
| Adding unreferenced negative information to biographies of living persons | {{blp0}} | {{blp1}} | {{blp2}} | {{blp3}} | |||
| Introducing factual errors |
{{verror}} | {{verror2}} | {{verror3}} | {{verror4}} | |||
| Adding copyrighted text | {{nothanks}} {{nothanks-add}} {{nothanks-drm}} {{nothanks-sd}} |
{{uw-copyright}} {{uw-recreated}} {{Usrcvtext}} |
{{uw-copyright}} | ||||
| Posting off-topic messages |
{{talkinarticle}} | {{mess1}} | {{mess2}} | ||||
| Using improper humor | {{behave}} {{uw-joke1}} |
{{Silly}} | {{funnybut}} | {{uw-vandalism4}} | |||
| Category | Other editing issues | ||||||
| Level: | 0: Assuming good faith | 1: Factual note | 2: Possible rule violation | 3: Warning to stop | 4: Final warning | 5: Blocked | 6: Block & severe warning |
| Violating three-revert rule |
{{3RR4}} | {{3RR}} | {{uw-3block}} | ||||
| Removing/censoring explicit material |
{{Not censored}} | {{Not censored 2}} | |||||
| Introducing stylistic problems | {{Mos0}} {{uw-italicize}} {{uw-spellcheck}} {{lang0}} |
{{Grammar1}} | {{Mos2}} {{dates2}} {{lang2}} |
{{Mos3}} {{dates3}} {{lang3}} |
{{lang4}} | {{uw-block1}} | |
| Royalty stylistic problems | {{rn2}} {{styles2}} |
{{rn3}} {{styles3}} |
{{rn4}} {{styles4}} |
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| Edit summaries Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents. |
{{uw-minor}} {{uw-preview}} {{summary}} |
{{Edit summary personal}} {{editsummary}} {{summary2}} {{uw-wrongsummary}} |
{{wrongsummary2}} | {{Edit summary personal 3}} {{wrongsummary3}} |
{{Edit summary personal 4}} | ||
| Other editing-related warnings |
{{tilde}} {{Google bug}} {{cutpastemove}} {{Moving pages}} {{seelink}} {{notyours}} {{badcat}} {{pagemove}} {{c&pmove}} |
{{Notenglish0}} | {{mcn2}} {{attack}} |
{{TestTalk}} {{TestTalk-edit}} |
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| Category | Behaviour messages | ||||||
| Level: | 0: Assuming good faith | 1: Factual note | 2: Possible rule violation | 3: Warning to stop | 4: Final warning | 5: Blocked | 6: Block & severe warning |
| Personal attacks | {{uw-npa2}} | {{npa3}} | {{npa4}} {{npa4im}} |
{{uw-block1}} | {{uw-block2}} | ||
| Defamation of other users |
{{ladnav}} | {{defwarn}} | {{defban}} | ||||
| Assuming bad faith | {{agf1}} | {{uw-agf3}} | |||||
| Posting other users' personal information |
{{uw-pinfo}} | {{pinfo5}} | |||||
| Threatening legal action against other users |
{{threat2}} | {{uw-lblock}} | |||||
| Inappropriate username | {{UsernameWarn}} | {{uw-ublock}} | |||||
| Other | {{canvass}} | {{sockblockdodge}} | |||||
| Category | Process-related and clerical messages | ||||||
| Level: | 0: Informative | 1: Factual note | 2: Possible rule violation | 3: Warning to stop | 4: Final warning | 5: Blocked | 6: Block & severe warning |
| Removing {{afd}} templates | {{uw-afd1}} | {{uw-afd2}} | {{uw-afd3}} | {{uw-afd4}} | {{uw-block1}} | ||
| Removing speedy deletion templates |
{{drmspeedy}} | {{drmspeedy2}} | {{drmspeedy3}} | {{drmspeedy4}} | {{uw-block1}} | ||
| Recreating deleted articles |
{{repost}} | {{uw-recreated}} | |||||
| 'Block clerical' tags | {{vandalism watch}} {{blocknumbers}} {{Request accepted}} {{request denied}} |
{{repeat vandal}} | {{arbcom}} {{block}} {{blocked user}} {{sockblock}} {{indefblockeduser}} |
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| Category | Miscellaneous | ||||||
| Level: | 0: Assuming good faith | 1: Factual note | 2: Possible rule violation | 3: Warning to stop | 4: Final warning | 5: Blocked | 6: Block & severe warning |
| Image, fair use and tagging (see also image vandalism) |
{{badfairuse}} {{image copyright request}} {{image source}} {{name your images}} {{nothanks}} {{nothanks-sd}} |
{{Image no source last warning}} {{insertimage4}} |
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| Sandbox | {{Off-sandbox}} | {{Sandbox-head}} | |||||
| voting related | {{newvoterip}} | ||||||
| IP bots | {{NoIPbots}} | {{IPbotblock}} | |||||
Miscellaneous Please do not add a template here unless it does not match any other category above. |
{{uw-subst}} {{Sofixit}} |
{{Nothere}} | |||||
To coordinate numbers, the previous blanking 2, 3, and 4 templates have been moved because they were out of sync with the numbering usage with other templates. The old templates, though not listed, can still be used as they redirect to the new name and number.
The numbering system being used across the templates is simple:
- 0. Good faith edit
- 1. General note
- 2. Could be seen as vandalism
- 3. Warning to stop
- 4. Final warning
- 5. Blocked
- 6. Blocked plus severe warning
If you are creating new templates, please follow the numbers above, even if you are not creating templates using all the numbers. That way, by using the right number, users will be able to know automatically what category of message the template refers to.
Morton Links
Speriment
See User:Athaenara/Gallery for suggestions.
test 
Morton DevonshireYo 22:04, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
test Morton DevonshireYo 22:00, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
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First Deletion Reason: Pursuant to WP:BLP regarding Non-Public Figures: “Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid. It is not our job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives.”[2] Subject of the article is non-notable, except for a flurry of speculation in 2001 regarding Joe Scarborough’s involvement in her death, and mention in a local Florida newspaper, and that time has long passed. Article seems to be created for the sole purpose of disparaging Joe Scarborough. I don’t care for Scarborough, but having this article gives undue weight to a story which has been thoroughly discredited, and as such violates WP:NPOV#Undue weight -- there is no investigation of Scarborough, and the Coroner said Klausutis did not die under suspicious circumstances – its inclusion here is sensationalist and tabloidic, not encyclopedic. This article was deleted once before. Only 842 hits on google, most of which are blogs. If this information is notable at all, put it in the Scarborough article, and leave sensationalism to The National Enquirer. Wikipedia is not a battleground
Useful link: [3]
First Deletion Reason: Subject is non-notable, with few sources other than to WP:FRINGE web sites like Prisonplanet.com, Truthdig.com and Information Clearinghouse (which has already been deleted as non-notable). Merge into the questionably notable Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
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I Hereby Award You The Tin-Foil Hat of Comeuppance | |
| For service in the endless war to rid Wikipedia of Conspiracy Theory Vanispamcruftisement MortonDevonshire Yo · 06:25, 2 May 2007 (UTC) |
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For offering your opinion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lori Klausutis (third nomination). The article was deleted. "The quality of mercy is not strain'd . . . It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice." ~ Wm. Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV Scene 1. Morton devonshire 22:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC) |
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Insert sample text here. Say it with me: "Morty". Now that wasn't too hard, was it? Morton DevonshireYo 23:30, 12 November 2006 (UTC) |
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Insert sample text here. Feeling funky? Let's turn up the heat, Baby! Morton DevonshireYo 23:30, 12 November 2006 (UTC) |
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| Insert sample text here. Say it with me: "Morty". Now that wasn't too hard, was it? Morton DevonshireYo 23:30, 12 November 2006 (UTC) |
They huffed, and puffed, . . .
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Thank you for offering your opinion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard (2nd mfd). Look forward to seeing you around in 2007 at Conspiracy Central! For a little fun, check out Brad Greux's video blog at The Most Brilliant and Flawlessly Executed Plan, Ever, Ever. Good cheer from The Mad Dog, Morton devonshire 20:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC) |
