User talk:Witchzilla

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Hello, Witchzilla! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! LittleOldMe 14:29, 19 April 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] adoption?

Hi! First, welcome to wikipedia. Second, if you need some help, feel free to ask me. I wouldnt call it as an adoption, but ill be glad to help you out. I specialize in comic books, though not entirely masterful in every topics. Happy wikiying! †Bloodpack† 17:17, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] reverting an edit

hi! actually reverting an edit is very easy, but first you should read WP:3RR. Okay, as for reverting, in every article, there's a history right on top of the page, just beside the "edit this page" tab and "move tab. Click the history, then compare the edit changes from your edit to the latest version. After comparing, choose the revision you want and click "edit" of that revision. Then thats it! Hope it helps =] †Bloodpack† 14:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey!

I'm happy to help with any questions, and am equally happy to adopt you, show you the roped and pass on a slice of my (very limited) wisdom!

As for reverting edits, you may like to consider using a script like Twinkle or Popups. Twinkle, the script I personally use, allows you to easily roll-back vandalism to the last good edit, and even opens up the talk page of the user who committed the vandalism, ready for you to place appropriate warnings.

It's always nice to see another wikipedian dedicating to making Wikipedia a better place!

Aiyda 18:21, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Whoops!

I've just realised that I cant officially adopt, as I have not edited enough. Still, I'm happy to show you the ropes on a less formal basis! :)

Is there anything you'd particularly like help on to start with? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aiyda (talk • contribs) 15:48, 26 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Reverting

Hey - good work on the recent changes and warning vandals! I just noticed that you wanted more information about reverting and I thought I'd point you in the direction of a few things you might be interested in (if you didn't know about them yet). Firstly, there's Twinkle which gives you a button to rollback edits by a particular user, as well as giving buttons to make warning users quicker and lots of other handy things. Also, if you're interested, I personally use VandalFighter which is a program that automatically gives a list of the recent changes. Hope that's helpful. Cya. Will (aka Wimt) 18:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption

Hello! If you have chosen an adopter or no longer wish to be adopted please remove the adoptee's userbox from your userpage. If you still need to be adopted, please contact me on my talk page! Hope to hear from you soon, Matthew Yeager 03:54, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption Program

Hello again and welcome to the adoption program!

Please take some time to think about what you would like out of this program and what you can devote to it. After you have thought about this please message me on my talk page about which areas you would like to focus on. As well, if you are completely new or you are not sure, you can let me know that and I can give you a general overview. You will get as much as you put in with this program. If you would like me to be someone that you can ask questions to every once and a while, then thats who i'll be. Yet, if you wish to be in constant contact with me and have me go over your work with you each day or so, then thats who i will be. This is your choice, just please let me know :P

Also if you could please remove the adoptee userbox from your userpage so that others know you have been adopted. If you like you can replace it with this user box:

This user has been adopted by Matthew Yeager.

Thank you for your time, Matthew Yeager 16:47, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

I am more then happy to answer any question that you have not matter how little or large it is. to place the userbox on your userpage... go to your userpage... edit the page... and type " { { adoptee | Matthew_Yeager } } " Just without the spaces in it. then save and you will see! let me know if you ahve any other questions... i'll have you up and contributing to Wikipedia in no time! Matthew Yeager 01:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] questions ?

welcome and where abouts in NJ are you from ?
anyways, let me know what interests you have and maybe we can go through some of those pages and see if you have any contributions you wanna make... that way we can test it out and work on things... then start making some edits! if you have any questions just let me know buddy, Matthew Yeager 06:24, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] more help

Just wanted to let you know a brought in an awesome adopter to help you out as well!!! this way you have twice as many people to always help you out. To make it easy for you, only post questions on his talk page and i'll check that. the other adopter is Karrmann. He will be able to answer most any question, and i'll be here to help look over your edits and review any work you would like us to look at. i figure the more people you have checking your work out the faster you can learn and grow! if you have any questions just let Evilclown93 know and he'll be more then happy to get back to you. Matthew Yeager 23:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hello, I am your new adopter Matthew Yeager has told you about. I am Karrmann, and I have been editing about two years with about 5,000 edits. But numbers dob't really matter. I am here to help you for whatever you need. If you have any question about editing or the mechanics of WIkipedia, please feel free to ask, No question is a stupid question unless you intend it to be that way. Remember, I am here to help! :) Karrmann 23:22, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

You are very welcome. I am happy to help you get acquainted here. As for your userpage, I helped you out a bit, and got your userboxes nice and neat. When adding new ones, just add them above the {{Boxboxbottom}} tag and they will stay neat. Karrmann 20:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Reporting vandals to WP:AIV

Hi Witchzilla, thanks for your report! In future, please format reports like this: * {{IPvandal|IP Address}} below the User reported section. If you format it otherwise, the bot which removes blocked users from the list gets confused. Don't add new sections - it's all done for you already :) Thanks, and keep fighting the good fight. – Riana_ऋ 14:24, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Subst User Warnings

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. When using certain templates on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:uw-test1}} instead of {{uw-test1}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Thank you. -- pb30<c.t> 00:25, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Don't worry

Don't worry about it. What he was pretty much saying was that when adding a warnign template, instead of just putting the template name, put {{subst:templatename}} That was all he was saying, there is nothing to worry about. Karrmann 19:03, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding this IP (64.56.141.163)

I noticed you messaged this IP just now. This is a school IP, and thus, over 2,000 views happen. We can try to control the spam by blocking editing, but as long as we can still access pages. If this is possible, thanks! 64.56.141.163 18:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Welcome Home

Witchzilla, thank you for the kind words. It's always nice when you receive such nice words from someone you've never interacted with. Take care. Tony the Marine 18:18, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article

It depends on what the subject is going to be on. There are many different standards that apply to articles of different subjects. Let me know what subject it is on and then I will be able to tell you what you need to do/look out for. Karrmann 00:37, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the wait, I just got caught up on some things with the project. Anyways, I think that what you should do is a normal sized paragraph about the subject, maybe a single picture, and then put {{stub}} on the bottom. Also, don't forget to catagorize it! When you are done, let me know and I will look it over if you want. Karrmann 23:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thank You

No worries. Sorry for labelling them "bad" reports, that was a bit mean of me. Waggers 14:28, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

"do we have a phrase on here for "this user is a well intentioned idiot"." - I think that comes under WP:AGF and particularly WP:BELLY. We're all well intentioned idiots. :) Waggers 14:57, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for the help on the Kingsland Explosion. It was my first article and as you can see, I am not very good at this yet. Any advice or assistance is appreciated. --Witchzilla 18:37, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

• My pleasure! The main point I would make is to start providing sources for specific portions of the article. The sources you have added cover the whole article, but not specific items or claims in the article. Each paragraph or section should refer to a specific source to document the statements made. Just point to a link, book or article, and I will be happy to start showing you how to format the references. Be very careful of cutting and pasting text from other websites, which can result in articles being deleted as copyright violations, which are absolutely verboten. Welcome aboard! Alansohn 18:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nozzlehog

No problem; actually, another admin blocked him (though I'd have done the same), and I just put the template on his userpage. By the way, when reporting someone at WP:AIV, it's often useful to include a brief description (e.g. "Vandalism after last warning" or "Apparent vandalism-only account"). I'm not a stickler about it, but sometimes reports get denied in high-traffic areas like AIV for formatting reasons. Anyhoo, glad to be of some service. Keep up the good work. MastCell ^Talk 18:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A notice

Hello Witchzilla, I just seen you give an anon a level 3 warning which is the wrong 1 I think you should put a level 1 or level 2 warning not a level 3 for the first vandalism edit,Regards-Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 18:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

The anon has got the warnings 24 hours ago and every 24 hours you start over with the warning template, please be sure to ask your adopter User:Karrmann I sure he will explain it to you too if you don't trust me, Regards-Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 18:40, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't forget you also have an been adopted, your adopter is User:Karrmann right? So you could ask him any questions to, and you can also ask me:),Take Care-Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 19:00, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Happy birthday! :)

On your day, I wish for you Favorite people to embrace, Loving smiles and caring looks That earthly gifts cannot replace. I wish you fine and simple pleasures. I wish you many years of laughter. I wish you all of life's best treasures. I wish you happily ever after! Happy birthday, dear Witchzilla! Love, Phaedriel 14:00, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Birthday Committee is proud to wish you a very happy birthday. May all your wishes come true! Thank you for all of your contributions to this wonderful encyclopedia. Yours truly, Eddie 17:14, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday, Witchzilla! From you adopter, Karrmann 00:41, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Joining the birthday committee

Welcome, Witchzilla, to the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! You have met all of the membership requirements. Any concerns should be directed to Steveo2. See the Birthday Committee Project Page to see our userbox and the Birthday Message Templates. Go to the bulletin board to see any new announcements concerning the committee. Remember, Be Bold!

P.S. Happy belated birthday!=)

[edit] The Wizard of Oz edits

Hi, Witchzilla! I replied to your question on my talk page. TK421 19:21, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thanks

Thanks for the revert on my talk, much appreciated. —AldeBaer (c) 16:10, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

I'd also like to send my thanks for the revert on my userpage. --健次(derumi)^talk 19:51, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey there

Hey there! I just wanted to check in, as I haven't heard from you from a while. Is everything going OK? Karrmann 19:54, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, no! I don't dislike you. Heck, I even left you a birthday notice with that large WIkipe-tan. I admit that I have been a bit busy lately, but I don't dislike you at all. I think you are a great editor. Keep at the vandal fighting, that Barnstar will come soon enough! ;) Karrmann 21:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shopanonymously

I've properly formatted the AfD listings for this article. I wouldn't have bothered with the AfD, though. If the article creator keeps removing speedy tags, I would just keep slapping them back on, issuing successive uw-speedy2, 3, 4 warnings, and simply reporting him to WP:AIV if he persists past the final warning. The article should get speedied soon enough, with the AfD getting a speedy close as a result. --Finngall ^talk 16:21, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Extreme belated thanks for birthday greetings

You added a little light to my day with your birthday wishes, so here is a little light for yous. - LA @ 14:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
Ribbon

Thank you so much for your birthday wishes that you gave me back in July. I was on an unannounced wiki break. I am sorry that I did not thank you sooner. - LA @ 14:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

ay, just wanted to see how you were doing and if you had any questions. been a while since we've talked, making sure you are doing well about wiki : ) MatthewYeager 08:29, 6 November 2007 (UTC)