User talk:NetRolller 3D

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[edit] g'day!

Welcome!

Hello NetRolller 3D, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!  fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 14:55, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Fixes in the Admin section.

Thanks for sorting that out. — FireFox (talk) 13:49, 03 August '06

[edit] Concordia Newsletter

NEWSLETTER

Concordia is currently trying to relaunch. I, and all the members of the ex-council, wish to welcome new members to the group. We are a group who aim to promote remaining civil, in an environment where messages can easily be interpretated wrongly.

[edit] Help out now!

  • Try and help people remain civil! Talk to them, and help them in any way possible. Do not be afraid to use the talk page.
  • Give people the Civility Barnstar.
  • Make and spread some Wikitokens so people know there are people to help if they want assistance.
  • Add banners or logos to your userpage to show your support.
  • Suggest some ideas! Add 'em to the talk page.

We are a community, so can only work though community contributions and support. It's the helping that counts.

[edit] Decision Making

The council expired one month ago, but due to the current position of the group the current council will remain until the position of the group can be assessed, and whether it would be sensible to keep Concordia going. For most decisions, however, it will be decided by all who choose to partake in discussions. I am trying to relaunch because of the vast amounts of new members we have received, demonstrating that the aims are supported.

If you wish to opt of of further talk-page communications, just let us know here.

- Ian¹³/t 20:29, 13 December 2006 (UTC). Kindly delivered by MiszaBot.

[edit] Autoblocked because of attempting to create a doppelganger for Jimbo Wales

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Your request to be unblocked has been granted for the following reason(s):

Autoblock of 81.183.3.196 lifted or expired.

Request handled by: Yamla 15:43, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Djimbo WhaIes

Sorry about that! I just happened to catch the creation in the new users log, before you tagged it as a doppleganger account. Natalie 15:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, there is an option when blocking to either disable or enable account creation, and to disable or enable autoblock. There has been some discussion in the past about whether autoblock should be disabled everytime someone is blocked purely for username, only some of the time, etc. My feeling has been that unless the username appears to be bad faith, that autoblock should not be enabled. I must admit, though, that when I saw the username in the account creation log I assumed it was a vandal account or a deliberate breach of the username policy. When I saw it was a doppelganger account, I went to unblock, only to see that User:Yamla had already done so. Natalie 21:10, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] P*ntium

Believe it or not, the website used to have that title. Perhaps he had to deal with lawyers at some point. At any rate, I'm glad Nicely's changed it, and I'm glad you noticed he had. --Steven Fisher 18:50, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pith Helmet: ligatures

Dear User:NetRolller 3D: you changed my ligatures "Æ" -> "AE", and "Æ" -> "Ae" - with a remark about Britannica. Why, for the love of Mike? My source for these was the "Shorter Oxford Dictionary", not Britannica. What's wrong with ligatures (note: not diphthongs) anyway? I use them whenever appropriate - they're there in the "edit box" to use ... so: why not? (And: why should I not change it back again? - Whatever else I may be, I'm not a vandal!) Hair Commodore 20:56, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Well, now you have me in two minds as to whether to change the (disconnected) ligatures back again or not. I suppose there is the (recent) saw: "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". I'll think about it for a while before deciding. And, naturally: no offence intended, and none taken, either. Hair Commodore 17:47, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Warning, re: spelling changes.

In a recent edit, you changed one or more words from one international variety of English to another. Because Wikipedia has readers from all over the world, our policy is to respect other forms of English in Wikipedia articles.

For subjects exclusively related to Britain (for example, a famous British person), use British English. For something related to the United States in the same way, use American English. If it is an international topic, use the same form of English the original author used.

In view of that, please don't change articles from one version of English to the other, even if you don't normally use the version the article is written in. Respect other people's versions of English. They in turn should respect yours. Other general guidelines on how Wikipedia articles are written can be found in the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. If you have any queries about all this, just ask anyone on Wikipedia and they will help you. Thank you. Matthew 10:19, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Spelling & why.

Because I'm British, and that's how we spell it over here, generally. As the template is an international topic we defer to the creators use of English (which is Br-Eng in this case), as per the MoS. Matthew 10:28, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Just because a lot of Americans have created templates that doesn't mean there's a consensus to use encyclopedia everywhere. The fact is the MoS agrees with me, not you. Matthew 11:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Minefield-icon.png

Hello, NetRolller 3D. An automated process has found and will an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that is in your userspace. The image (Image:Minefield-icon.png) was found at the following location: User:NetRolller 3D/Mozilla Firefox (April Fools 2007). This image or media will be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. This does not necessarily mean that the image is being deleted, or that the image is being removed from other pages. It is only being removed from the page mentioned above. All mainspace instances of this image will not be affected Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 22:29, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Gnome! Your bot was in error, but it isn't his fault. The logo is MPL/GPL/LGPL-ed, and not used under fair-use, only someone has incorrectly tagged it. I'm going to restore the image on my page. Also, it isn't an userpage, it's a backup of an April Fools joke I found on the Mozilla Firefox article. --NetRolller 3D 19:23, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re:Green E

I took the green E off my signature, so it's highly unlikely to get any traffic. I'll probably just redirect it to my userpage. — Deckiller 19:30, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CVU status

The Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit project is under consideration to be moved to {{inactive}} and/or {{historical}} status. Another proposal is to delete or redirect the project. You have been identified as a project member and your input as to this matter would be welcomed at WT:CVU#Inactive.3F and at the deletion debate. Thank you! Delivered on behalf of xaosflux 17:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Note on use of brackets in quotes

You said:

"Remove strange quote formatting. If you think the quotes are needed, also add an inline "says XXX". Also, don't simulate calligraphic initials with brackets."

Wikipedia uses many methods of quoting. Use of ""[ref]. is one of them. "" says XXX[ref]. is another. We use many more, such as above where I quote you. Brackets are used within a quote for content not part of the quote. For example:

"[Y]ou think the quotes are needed", Note that "y" was not capitalized in the actual quote, so here it is in brackets so as to not misquote. WAS 4.250 (talk) 01:23, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Global spread of H5N1

I reverted your edit [1] -- the text correctly quotes the cited ref —G716 <T·C> 03:54, 3 January 2008 (UTC)