User talk:Skteosk

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Hello, Skteosk, 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:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! RJFJR (talk) 14:23, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

{{helpme}} What exactly is the official line on the "Home and Away" pages? Ironically just as I was thinking you need some more someone seems to have decided you need less, creating an environment when it seems any page can be deleted on a whim.I acknowledge the current set-up is far from perfect:there is a clear bias towards recent characters and events, many pages are in need of updating and there's a tendency to create character pages for people who were always intended as short term.(My recent edit(s) of the character list reflects those who were confirmed as regulars and there's at least a couple there I'm reserving judgement on.)But you're in danger of throwing the baby out with the bath water here.If being a major character in a long-running and popular series doesn't qualify you for inclusion you need to lose hundreds of pages and if you don't like pages that recite a character's fictional history you need to lose thousands. It's got to the point where I find them so necessary I'm having to write them myself.Am I on the wrong side of a battle that's already been lost here?

Hi there! I believe you are referring to the page Home and Away. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anybody can edit and, thus, there are greatly varied opinions of what does and what does not belong in an article. This is why each article on wikipedia has a discussion page. The discussion page for this specific article is located at Talk:Home and Away. On this page you can discuss and collaborate with other editors on what should or shouldn't be added to an article. As always, if you feel something should be added to an article, please be bold and update it! If you have any other questions, feel free to post here or on my talk page. Ohh, and one more thing: when posting on a talk page (like this one) always remember to sign your posts using four tildes (like this:~~~~). Hope this helped! --omtay38 01:18, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

{{helpme}}Is there an easy way to insert a character infobox?At the moment I seem to have to type out every heading by hand.Is there a way for them to appear automatically?Skteosk (talk) 17:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Why not just copy and paste, for example from the documentation at {{Infobox soap character}}? Algebraist 20:56, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Brad Armstrong

A tag has been placed on Brad Armstrong (Home and Away), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as articles for deletion. If you can indicate how Brad Armstrong (Home and Away) is different from the previously posted material, or if you can indicate why this article should not be deleted, I advise you to place the template {{hangon}} underneath the other template on the article, and also put a note on Talk:Brad Armstrong (Home and Away) saying why this article should stay. An admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 4 under General criteria. If you believe the original discussion was unjustified, please feel free to use deletion review, but do not continue to repost the article if it is deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. We welcome your help in trying to improve Wikipedia, and we request you to follow these instructions. One Night In Hackney303 08:21, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Teams, navboxes, cats, and lists

The problem is that there have been issues with the non-article member lists.

One of the biggies is that with the articles there is room for supporting cites to be presented for why a character is included. Categories and navboxes don't allow for that.

There's also to potential for clutter at the bottoms of the character pages due to characters dropping in and out of multiple teams.

That being said, and this is my bad, there is room for "Opponents", but they should be limited to Avenger's centric ones. Characters like Zemo and the Enchantress are primarily foes for one character that happens to be a member of the Avengers. So at least part of the section is going to need to be put back...

- J Greb (talk) 19:28, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


A tag has been placed on Peter Baker (Home and away), requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as articles for deletion. If you can indicate how Peter Baker (Home and away) is different from the previously posted material, or if you can indicate why this article should not be deleted, I advise you to place the template {{hangon}} underneath the other template on the article, and also put a note on Talk:Peter Baker (Home and away) saying why this article should stay. An admin should check for such edits before deleting the article. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Please read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 4 under General criteria. If you believe the original discussion was unjustified, please feel free to use deletion review, but do not continue to repost the article if it is deleted. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself. We welcome your help in trying to improve Wikipedia, and we request you to follow these instructions. Printer222 (talk) 05:22, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Morag Bellingham

A tag has been placed on Morag Bellingham, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G4 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be a repost of material that was previously deleted following a deletion debate, such as at articles for deletion. Under the specified criteria, where an article has substantially identical content to that of an article deleted after debate, and any changes in the content do not address the reasons for which the material was previously deleted, it may be deleted at any time.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. nancy (talk) 10:00, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shauna Bradley

Hello. I have deleted Shauna Bradley, because it has previously been decided in this deletion debate that the subject of the article, in the lack of any verifiable sources, could not be said to have real-world notability. Please take note of the other articles which were part of that deletion debate. If you wish to create any of these articles, I recommend going to Deletion Review and show which sources you can point to as proving the notability of these characters. - Mark 09:23, 5 April 2008 (UTC)