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[edit] stuff I should remember when Wiki-ing

Must remember to use the ~~~ when I need to sign my name on talk pages (Ta, Jim).

[edit] experiments

Just playing in a sandbox (sheridan 04:30, 2004 Sep 1 (UTC)) Just playing a bit more (at the same time (sheridan)

[edit] the bit where I invite you to comment on whatever I've done, or just to say 'hi'

Hi, and welcome. Please see my comment at sunbird, but thanks for the interest anyway. If you want to sign your comments, you can do so by typing three tildes ~~~. A fourth tilde adds the date and time. Thanks, jimfbleak 06:43, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Interesting that you found my sunbird/hummingbird comment USA-centric, since I'm a Brit who regularly lambasts the Americans for that fault! jimfbleak 08:22, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Well, I took it as assuming everyone will know what a Hummingbird was, and that the Sunbird was the European version of this, which (in my view) make the article look like it was aimed at 'mericans only (rather than anyone who speaks English, which I think is the only bais that is meant to be inherent in en.wikipedia.org). Some interesting points have been raised about the use of the word 'American' (think it was on List of Americans) which points out (amongst other things) that Spanish use of the term America refers to both North and South America (and presumably the people who live in both continents), while in many (won't say all) English-speaking countries the term is practically analogous to those from the USA (much to the chagrin of Canadians, Mexicans, et al). Perhaps a case of those who shout loudest getting there way? - Sheridan

[1] [2] silsor 03:12, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)

To elaborate "it's" expands to "it is" which makes your sentence complete gibberish, that is "and used in the same way as it's source words." means "and used in the same way as it is source words." -- Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 03:15, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC)
Oops, Bob doesn't actually cover "its" and "it's". "its" is always the possessive and "it's" is always a contraction of "it is". silsor 03:19, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)
I didn't say that "it's" was a contraction though, I said it was a possessive, as is backed up by Bob sheridan 03:44, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC)
"It's" isn't a possessive. "Its" is a possessive. Fnord. -- Cyrius|✎ 23:23, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] anything else

[edit] MainPage

Hello. Any admin can fix typos on the MainPage. Where is it ? Please tell us on Talk:Main Page. Thanks. -- PFHLai 10:13, 2005 Feb 15 (UTC)

Found it & fixed it.  :-) -- PFHLai 10:17, 2005 Feb 15 (UTC)

[edit] Category:UK Wikipedians

Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 20:47 (UTC)

[edit] Gormenghast

I've been working on the Gormenghast article, and related articles. I saw your name on that article's talk page, in the edit history, and you mention here its your favourite book (good taste!). Maybe you'd like to have a look and improve my work? Uberisaac 10:56, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Wheel of Time Merge

Since you worked on this page recently, I wanted to let you know that Lowellian (talk) has reverted all the articles involved in the merge. Please join the discussion and see if we can all come to an agreement. This note is to alert you -- I hope that future discussion of this can mostly take place at talk:The Wheel of Time#Book Merge. I will be following that page. DES 16:35, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Here's a tasty Birthday cake. Best wishes to you! Hope you enjoy your day. Now, get on out there and have some fun! ;)

--Jen Moakler 01:12, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Trouble with Tracy

Just a minor comment re: an edit you did in April which I only just noticed today. "Flubbed" isn't actually a typo for "fluffed" — it's just a usage difference between Canadian and British English. "Flubbed" is actually more normative on this side of the Atlantic, so this would have to fall under Wikipedia's policy of permitting the usage that prevails in the country most directly pertaining to the article. Bearcat 01:08, 29 October 2005 (UTC)


[edit] Userboxes

Is there a list of userboxes? I have not been able to find one, and am very interested in doing so. --Akako|☎ 02:05, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

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