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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Xhantar, 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 name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome!  --ais523 16:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hey man

Hey man, I noticed you were new on the Wikifying WikiProject, and now I'm noticing that you're new to the entire place, so I'm just dropping a nice little personal welcome message (contrasting with the copy-pasted welcome message that you can see above). If you need help with anything, just add a little comment on my talk page, or call me on my phone (just kidding ^^). So, to make a long story short, welcome to Wikipedia, hope you're gonna have a lot of fun and contribute a lot! See you :)

Zouavman Le Zouave (Talk to me! • See my edits!) 02:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Zouavman Le Zouave, thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia. I wasn't sure whether it's customary to reply on my own talk page, or here...but anyway, here I am.
I've just finished wikifying Linux color management; lemme know if there's anything obvious that I've missed.
Cheers —XhantarTalk 14:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, generally it's more useful to reply on the other user's talk page, so that he/she is warned that a reply has been made. However, other users use different methods (such as replying on both talk pages, etc.). I'll also be working on some articles that have been tagged "to wikify" from August 2006, so we shall see each other again :p --Zouavman Le Zouave (Talk to me! • See my edits!) 07:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More hello

I'm saying hello as well - although I'm a fairly new at being a "serious" Wikipedian I've been getting a bit addicted lately and clocking some serious edits. Your work looks good to me - infoboxes rule! The only other thing I try and do if I can is add an image if I kind find a free use one or fair use if its a logo/album/movied etc... but that is an extra hassle Madmedea 14:07, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Madmedea. Nice to know I'm not the only newbie around! Thanks for the suggestion. I actually wanted to include an image, as one is available on their website and Template:Infobox_School does provide for an image to be included, but got a bit lost while reading about copyright/license tags, public domain, fair use, rationales and whatnot. I'll give it another shot though at a later stage—preferably after getting some sleep :-)
See you around! —XhantarTalk 14:46, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Yeah it took me a little bit of to-ing and fro-ing before the I got the hang of it - and knowing the different rules between Wikpedia and Wikipedia commons. The basics are:
  • if you took the photo/made the drawing and are happy for others to use it - uploaded it to Wikipedia commons, choose the license you want to release it under (or go public domain), and then link from the article to there.
  • If someone else has created it and posted it somewhere with a GNU or Creative Commons license or it is in the public domain the, that is allowable under the Wikipedia commons so upload it and link to it stating where you got it from and the licence it is under.
  • For everything else you can only upload it to Wikipedia and then its only allowable if you tag it "fair use" and provide an additional rationale. This is most commonly used for album covers, DVD covers, company logos etc. For examples see: Image:WIEGOlogo.gif and Image:BangDVDcover.jpg. Sorry for rambling... Madmedea 16:56, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Great, thanks. I borrowed your rationale from the examples you gave (hopefully it wasn't copyrighted), and uploaded Nsds_logo.png. I now feel less likely of being sued. —XhantarTalk 03:35, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

I'd advise against making seperate articles for minor characters in a manga. If there's little chance the article can evolve past a small stub, you might consider merging this content into the main article. Friday (talk) 17:40, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi Friday (wish it was!)
I'm afraid I've just finished doing so. A merge was proposed for the article Minor Characters of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, but it was felt that merging the two would make the article JoJo's Bizarre Adventure too cluttered (see the talk page). I do understand your reasoning though. In the end it was quite difficult to decide what to do, but I created separate pages since a lot of the sections on Minor Characters of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure already exist as separate pages anyway.
I've:
However, if any of this is a big problem, feel free to revert and speedy delete. I'll leave Minor Characters of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure as is for the time being. —XhantarTalk 18:07, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't see this as any kind of major problem- I was just makin a suggestion based on what I saw at the time. Thanks for the reply. Friday (talk) 18:30, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] List template

Love the create-list template, very nice -- and useful :) Thanks -- --Bookgrrl holler/looksee 02:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome :) —XhantarTalk 07:03, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Etheric Projection

I noticed that you took an interest in editing the EP section to the astral projection article.
I wanted to let youk know that I had to reverse some of your edits, not because they were incorrect, but because there was a very specific reason why I needed certain parts to be grouped together a certain way. You see, when they deleted the etheric projection article, they ignored all the evidence that it exists as a phenomenon (not to mention made many silly and subjective comments) not synonimous with astral projection-- the purpose of grouping some of the sources together a certain way, is to make the case blatently obvious. I hope to have the etheric projeciton article returned one day, so what is there is meant to build the case to people who are more willing to actually look at the evidence.
However, if your interest persists, I think we can work together to make that whole page look really good. Thank you. solstice 19:50, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi solstice. No problem! While I am interested in the subject matter, I am by no means an expert, and my edits were an attempt at tweaking the article's layout and making it "look better"—not changing its content. Apologies for any frustration caused, and thanks for letting me know. I'll be happy to help out if I can. —XhantarTalk 20:53, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
What would really help, is get other people to agree that the two kinds of psychic projection (astral and etheric, et al) are deserving of their own articles, or should be merged into one "OBE" entitled article. I think we can agree that it is incorrect to be lumping EP with the former, since there is evidence to indicate they are not alike, at least from a literary point of view. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Psychicbody (talk • contribs) 03:22, 29 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Anu Malik

Hi Your edit on the Anu Malik page is good. Earlier, I had structured this page from a single section, retaining much of what was there before. I did add some sections, like intial years and Alisha Chinoy, and stuff (hadnt used this login, I think). But in general, nice to see an improvement in the article. All the same, keep it up:) AJ-India 05:13, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Let me know if there is anything else I can help with. —XhantarTalk 13:48, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Printable Version "problem": Thanks again

Hi

Just want to mention that your explanation of the mechanics of what was actually going with the printable version of the topic, did make sense to me and I appreciate your effort.

My thanks are a poor return for the enlightenment you have given me, but I hope you will accept them all the same.

Twilght's End 23:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing :) —XhantarTalk 00:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

thank you for your help.however, it does not work I have question for you how can i make my page like your charming page? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eyas Hajeh (talk • contribs) 09:53, 6 February 2007 (UTC).

You are quite welcome. I assume you are referring to my user page, which is by no means charming, compared to some other prime examples. Thanks for the compliment, though! See this for extensive information regarding user page design. Hope this helps. —XhantarTalk 10:21, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
There is also Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_Page_Help/Help_Desk. —XhantarTalk 10:47, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gallery

Thank you very much!!! It really helped, however, the text doesn't move back up to the top. If you could help with that too, it would help a bunch! World of Springfield Supergeeky1 12:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I haven't gotten around to this yet. I now see what you mean, about the text not wrapping properly around the gallery. I'm pretty sure I can make this work, one way or another. I'll have a look at it soonest and let you know. —XhantarTalk 22:17, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Fixed, I think. Please see your talk page. —XhantarTalk 11:44, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD of Stylah

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Stylah. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. VictoryAfrika 16:48, 8 February 2007 (UTC) I was told to put this on the talkpage of the administrator who deleted my page named, Stylah. If I done something wrong, tell what it is, if not please go to deletion review and UNDELETE my page please. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by VictoryAfrika (talk • contribs)

Hi VictoryAfrika,
I think there is some confusion here. I am not an admin, nor did I delete the Stylah article. I simply responded to your request for help and explained that the article was deleted, pointing to the archived AfD. I see the article was deleted again on 12:47, 6 February 2007 by Jimfbleak (see [1] for the logs). The comment he used was: article about a person, group of people, band, club, company or website that does not assert the importance or significance of the subject. (CSD A7). I'll also post this message on Jimfbleak's talk page. You can contact him here. However, I see he is on a wikibreak for the rest of February, so it might be a better idea to contact the admin that deleted the article the first time around (Can't sleep, clown will eat me - contact him here).
Cheers. —XhantarTalk 18:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanx for the Advice

Thank you for the advice regarding age limits (0-infinity). Very useful! Andrew Marsden 08:35, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem! I'm always happy to help. —XhantarTalk 08:44, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for advice

Thanks for the advice on merging Billy Mandindini - much appreciated! DocDee 00:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the link to helpme template

Thank you very much for your prompt advice to my inquiry on helpme code. If you would be so kind and patient to tell me how to install this template, I would be much obliged. I am sorry to bother you with such a basic questions. It is not that I am being lazy. I have been learning about MediaWiki and Wiki in general day and night in last month or so. But, there are so many new things, languages, codes, and rules to learn. I find deciphering codes faily easy but familiarizing with different jargons and different utilities very challenging. I can create or edit a template, but I get totally lost with where I put it and what I do with it. I assume you are a very busy person and I do not expect you to be able to pay attention to every new member's inadequacy. Yet, your kindness shall be much appreciated if and when you find a time and heart to help me with this at all. --Kohyin 07:48, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Kohyin: Not at all! I am glad that I could have been of help so far and am always willing to respond to kind and civil requests such as yours.
Not my intention to give you the run-around, but you might be able to find more specifics at the following resources as well as people that I am sure are more familiar with the MediaWiki software than myself:
I can, however, divulge the following information about the workings of Template:helpme, as known to me so far:
Basically, content on Wikipedia (and thus also the WikiMedia software) are divided up into different namespaces. For example, normal run-of-the-mill articles exist in the "main" namespace; that is, articles without a ':' in their name. In contrast with this, templates exist in the "Template" namespace. So, when looking at the helpme template, you would visit Template:helpme (note the "Template:" in front of the template name). Creating new templates works similar to creating new articles—just create a new article, as normal, but call it, for example: "Template:helpmeplease" (without the quotes). So, on your installation of MediaWiki, you would start a new page, and call it "Template:helpme" (without the quotes), and then copy and paste the code from here into your new article (template). You can, of course, customize the content as you see fit, and will probably need to change some of the links in the template code because they'll point to pages that might not exist on your installation of MediaWiki. Once done, save the page, and you would have created the new template.
What's important to understand is that the helpme template, apart from displaying the helpme notice when added to a user's talk page, also adds the username of the person on whose talk page the template was added, to a particular category—in the case of the helpme template on Wikipedia, to Category:Wikipedians looking for help. A "bot" (short for "robot", which is an automated program) then regularly checks that category and reports any users waiting for help in an IRC channel, monitored by volunteer helpers, such as myself. On Wikipedia, this is done by a bot called "helpmebot", in the #wikipedia-bootcamp channel on the Freenode IRC network. The bot keeps doing so, every 3 minutes, until the user requesting help has been responded to, and the {{helpme}} notice has been removed from his/her talk page.
So, to get the helpme template to work on your installation of MediaWiki, the way it does on Wikipedia, you would have to create a bot similar to "helpmebot". As far as I know, on Wikipedia, the "helpmebot" monitoring Category:Wikipedians looking for help was created by User:pgk—also an administrator on English Wikipedia. You might try asking him for permission to copy and use the source code of the bot he developed. Feel free to refer him to this message, if you want, for context.
Good luck! —XhantarTalk 18:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your detailed and caring response. It seems I have a lot more to learn. I will follow your directions and will see what I can do with my limited knowledge and experience. Just FYI, I bought a couple of books on PHP, MYSql, Java, and Apache today in hope to understand more about the basics. I am very thankful for your kindness. It is very encouraging and comforting to know that there are professionals like you who are ready to help. --Kohyin 02:27, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Personal attacks on me

Thank you for your reply to my query. I don't think talking to the other parties involved will be any helpful; I've already asked them not to attack me, and the results have been further attacks. They refuse to respond to my claims about source reliability on the grounds that I've done O.R. to check the sources. Here's a sample of what I've gotten:

"Aben, I'm sorry but I think it is time you cut your losses and stop arguing. It is beginning to sound like denial."

"Your claims are irrelevant, since they are ooriginal research. (...) I think its time to quit, bud."

"If you value your time, you'll give this silliness up."

"Abenyosef has created a username seemingly for the sole purpose of advancing this material, and other anti-Zionist propaganda, on this article (and apparently no other article). He keeps on referring to the presumpton of good faith, but that presumption is rebuttable. At this point, a consensus has spoken loud and clear, and yet he persists. I believe, at this point, that he has lost the presumption of good faith. At this point, he is merely troll pushing an ideology through the usual misinformation, propaganda, and outright lies."

And, finally, the most stunning attack was:

"Actually, WP:NOR applies quite explicitly to the way sources are chosen and used. It baffles me that you would imagine you understand Wikipedia's content policies better than I do. You've been editing Wikipedia for 2 weeks, almost all of it to this article and Talk: page; the hubris in imagining you have the content policies down pat is astonishing."

This is amazing because the author of this attack is an admin and is on the arbitration committee.

What can I do? Especially taking into account that one incident involves an admin.--Abenyosef 16:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, complaints about admins are primarily dealt with by other admins. Given my non-involvement in this dispute and lack of knowledge about the specifics, I would suggest taking your complaint to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents first. That is the correct place to post an open, informal complaint over the behaviour of an admin.
From Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct#Dealing with grievances: If you think an administrator has acted improperly against you or another editor, you should express your concerns directly to the administrator responsible. Try to come to a resolution in an orderly and civil manner. However, if the matter is not resolved between the two parties, you can take further action according to Wikipedia:Resolving disputes. For more possibilities, see Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_conduct#Use_of_administrator_privileges. —XhantarTalk 17:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the feedback on Still Pending

Thanks for the constructive feedback on my first page. To be honest, I removed the page from the feedback section because I was a bit intimidated. I am also a bit concerned that my page might be deleted due to not meeting the minimum requirements for notability. I hope not, because I think that the band is notable. I have incorporated most of your comments - they were quite helpful. Thanks again. Stampsations 19:32, 12 February 2007 (UTC)Stampsations

You're welcome! I've added a "References" section to the page with a few of the most-likely-to-be-accepted-as-reliable sources that I could find, which should increase its chances of meeting the notability criteria for bands. As it stands now, I am fairly certain that it does. —XhantarTalk 01:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Very nice. I appreciate that. It looks good! Stampsations 04:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Do you know what's going on with my entry for Still Pending? It has been flagged for deletion. But it also looks like it has been the subject of some spam? I believe that it meets the notability requirements, as you have stated. I don't exactly understand how to read the revision history. I could also use some help defending the notability of the group. Thanks Stampsations 05:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
It appears that this issue has been resolved and the entry has been reverted to its original state. Stampsations 15:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
There has been a recent influx of interest in the article, it would seem. I've reverted two seemingly bad-faith edits, one by 124.178.210.158 (talk), who almost completely blanked the page, and another by 138.217.209.191 (talk). They have both been warned.
As for the rest, Wikieditor07 seems to feel that the article lacks notability and is being used for promotional purposes. He completely blanked the article, twice, but both edits were reverted, the first time by Ryulong, and the second time by an automated bot, VoABot II (see here). After that, he tagged the article for speedy deletion with {{db-spam}} and removed all External Links. The nomination for speedy deletion was reviewed by an administrator, NawlinWiki (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights), and declined, because it "asserts notability w/indep. sources" (edit summary). As such, it looks like the article will be taken to AfD instead, if it's nominated again, where its deletion can be debated instead of simply speedy deleting.
You can view the revision history by clicking on the "History" tab at the top of the article's page, or by going here. Let me know if there's anything else I can help with. I'm continuously watching the article and its talk page and will provide input where I can. —XhantarTalk 19:38, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Space indent block thingies

Hi. I left an answer on my talk page - probably best to keep it in one place. This is just to let you know. -- zzuuzz(talk) 02:35, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I appreciate your efforts! —XhantarTalk 11:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newbie?

Hey, Xhantar! Last night you helped me with problems regarding "Musical Notation". (I am afraid I am a bit of a computer illiterate, and should have considered a simple cache cleanup.) I am also a relative "newbie" at Wikipedia (since last summer). I looked at your edit count. Why don't you add another "box" to your user page, i.e.,

500+ This user has made over 500 contributions to Wikipedia.

. I am nearing 1,000 edits, and can't wait to "step up"! It's amazing how quickly the edits add up!

What truly surprises me is your ability to help me, when you are a newbie yourself. I suppose you simply understand computers better than I do! I want to express my appreciation of not only your helpfulness, but your politeness. (Although I rarely call for help, I know some "helpers" can be be slightly insulting, in contradiction of the most simple Wiki policy, "be nice". You were nice!)

I agree, we need a MALE term for "Wikifairy". I've hesitated to add this tag to my user page for such reasons. Despite the fact that fairies are NOT defined by gender or sexual orientation, the colloquial usage of the word "fairy" (a derogatory expression for homosexual) can hardly be changed, even through the might of Wikipedia. In fact, I taught a "piano major" a couple of years ago (a most masculine fellow) whose hero and role-model was Peter Pan (a fairy)...he simply wanted, more than anything, to be able to fly! Might I suggest the term Wiki-Wizard?

Best, Prof.rick 04:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, wow! I didn't even notice! It probably would have been much harder figuring out exactly what that 500th edit was if I wasn't told, so thanks for letting me know. Incidentally, it was an edit I made in one of my sandboxes—go figure. Userbox added :-)
I really need some more mainspace edits, actually, as it's required by a few of the more advanced editing tools, like AutoWikiBrowser, which I'd love to play around with. Maybe I'll start reverting some vandalism; I suppose reverts count towards mainspace edits?
Wiki-Wizard - I like that, but I guess I'm stuck with the "official" term and article it links to. There is actually some discussion here about exactly that, and I agree with the comments made by Ugliness Man and WikiSlasher. Go, Peter! :) —XhantarTalk 10:56, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

Yeah, WOW! There are several edit counters. My favourite is Interiot's [2]. It gives a breakdown of your kinds of edits, articles you've worked on, talk edits, etc. I think editing to any Article probably counts as "mainspace", which would include reverting vandalism, and probably even improvements in spelling, grammar, wording, etc. You'll love it!

I'll check out those links you mentioned regarding "fairy". In the name of Peter Pan, Prof.rick 05:32, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My template

Although the template seems to work on Wikipedia, it does not on other wikis...is #if Wikipedia-only? Thanks for the help, though. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by VDZ (talk • contribs) 20:53, 15 February 2007 (UTC).

In MediaWiki 1.7 and up, it looks to be part of the "ParserFunctions (extended)" extension. See here, here, here and here. —XhantarTalk 11:46, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh. Apart from installing ParserFunctions, you'll also need to create Template:!, which will allow you to encode a pipe (|) character within template parameters. More at Wikipedia:Qif_conditionals. —XhantarTalk 11:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cute little boxes!

Thought you might enjoy this one too!

This user reserves the right to completely screw up his or her edits.

. Prof.rick 05:40, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Thanks

Thanks for creating Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Bangladesh/to do page. I am new at this, and with all the good intentions, I might need enormous amount of help. Aditya Kabir 12:13, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I replied on your talk page. —XhantarTalk 12:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Of course, you can delete those. In fact I was about to ask you - how do I delete them. Man, you're an angel. Aditya Kabir 12:41, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wow! Thanx

I've been to the bootcamp; no one answered anything I said, including "Hello!" haha I'm familiar with IRC, it's cool. So I went to #wikipedia, didn't know anyone, and left. But now I know they are there, and I'm learning to communicate. I learn best by observing, so I learned how to put in numbered references, except at the bottom where they match the [1] in the text. I had to just manually add the numbers [1], [2], etc. Wiki is addicting. I have neglected my personal writing for two days. Got to get back to work one of these days! lol CurtisEdward 18:51, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks very much for looking!

Thanks very much for coming by to look at the Cars image problem, it's appreciated, I had no idea where to even start trying to fix it. One Elephant went out to play... 20:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Whatever works is fine by me, really, I just wanted to report it and was happy someone who knew more was able to look at it. I understand probably the bare minimum of how to do stuff on here. One Elephant went out to play... 21:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Your last edit seems to have worked, it looks right on my computer too, thanks for the help again! One Elephant went out to play... 21:51, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] moving content

Xhantar, I didnot realize the factual numbers of references to the subject pretensions of perceptions would be for discussion. It was meant to support the idea that the subject "pretensions of perceptions" was important enough not to delete completely. Would it be different if my own comment did not addend the info? Thanks CurtisEdward 19:18, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Pretensions_of_perceptions"

[edit] welcome - witaj

I'm from Poland and I can't speak English! I'm not begginer user! Please see - [3]

Konradr 09:27, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IRC cloak request

I am Xhantar on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/Xhantar. Thanks. --XhantarTalk 13:02, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your assistance. That was really frustrating. Never have thought of putting the right inside of the table. --Darkest Hour|DarkeBot 18:35, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome :) —XhantarTalk 18:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks again

Thanks again for helping me with my technical problem, I was really becoming frustrated. Another day or two and my laptop might have ended up getting "booted up" by a pair of size 15 Rockports. Quadzilla99 18:55, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Haha, no problem :)
Funny enough, someone else asked the exact same question right below yours at the Village pump, and it's starting to show up semi-regularly at the Help Desk as well. I'll see how it goes, but it might become a good candidate for including in the list of FAQs on those pages.
Another idea I had was to simply have a little explanatory note appear as part of that blue-tinted popup, with a link to the already-existing FAQ about the "issue" on the NavPopups page. Maybe I'll go bug Lupin about that...
Anyway, happy editing! —XhantarTalk 19:13, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Noni

Thanks for your help. I've posted to AIV before, and I was going to put it there, but this seemed like a different issue, so decided to just ask for help. The WP:3RR page mentions posting to administrator noticeboard, and the noticeboard says to post at AIV, so I eventually posted it there, even though AIV says that unless you're using a particular template, it might get skipped. So I'm not so confident, because there's a lot more information I needed to put in. In any case, I think that whatever gets done, the documentation for such issues should be more clear. McKay 20:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response

In Response to:

[edit] Red Links

{{helpme}}

I looked at WP:RED But still don't know when to leave a redlink. Please help —Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiMan53 (talk • contribs)

Hi, WikiMan53. I might have a few pointers if you would be willing to let me know which words/phrases in which article(s) you are referring to? —XhantarTalk 20:14, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

If you look at my editor reveiw you will see. Thanks Please respond on my talk WikiMan53 (talk • contribs • count) Review Me! 04:42, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Thanks!

It worked great. Thanks much! --ktoonen 23:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktoonen (talk • contribs)

[edit] How to join project?

[moved from User page] How can I be on the project AJ 19:46, 26 February 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agwin12193 (talk • contribs)

Hi there! If you meant WikiProject Wikify, just read its project page at WP:WWF. It has all the details you need about how to join. Thanks for your interest! —XhantarTalk 18:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] How do I complain about Harassment?

A user 1Canuck2 / Peeldog / Al Macloed has successfully removed my company from Wikipedia. I created over a dozen articles about motion capture and listed my company. Several other manufacturers also listed their products and all I did was to make sure their claims were reasonable. This user removed my company and then created several sock puppets to make me look bad and stupid (ok I helped with the making me look stupid by over reacting a few times, but I at least took that in stride and tried to fix my mistakes.) Now he's continuing the charade externally using wikipedia to show that several users here (which I think are all him) are fighting against me on my own talk page. http://forums.mocap.ca/viewtopic.php?t=92. I admit defeat in trying to promote my company, but I object to being singled out and our competition and 1Canuck2/Peeldog/Alastair Macleod being allowed to promote his company. Go ahead and ban me from being here for blanking my page (which doesn't matter since they can just look at the history), but at least keep the playing field level. He is making money by promoting himself as an expert here, and denying our existence. Tmcsheery 05:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Please note that I am not an administrator. To answer your question, though: please read WP:HARASS. For reporting suspected sock puppets, please see Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets. If you feel you are being harassed, please post to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. For disputes or arguments about article content, please use the dispute resolution process. —XhantarTalk 10:47, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help?

Xhantar: If you are so inclined, could you please visit this discussion and offer your opinion to the debate there? Thanks. Labyrinth13 03:55, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GR promoted to FA

I don't know whether you've looked at Gwoyeu Romatzyh recently, but it was promoted to FA earlier today. Many thanks indeed for your thoughtful comments on the article, which have helped us bring it up to FA standard. All the best, --NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 11:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please join a deletion review

Hi there. You were kind enough to edit and work with me on the Still_Pending article a few months back. You asserted that the article seemed to have proper references and notability. The article was the subject of an AfD and was subsequently deleted. I never had a chance to participate in the discussion. Would you like to join the deletion review discussion? I would appreciate it. The deletion review is here: WP:DRV#Still_Pending. Stampsations 04:22, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania 2007

Hi Xhantar

Wikimania 2007, which is being held in Taipei, Taiwan on August 3-5, is offering opportunities for travel scholarships to Wikimania for active users of Wikimedia projects from the continent of Africa. Although the original scholarship deadline has passed, please, if you are interested, you may still apply at http://wm07schols.wikimedia.org/apply.php. Sincerely yours, Cary Bass 21:27, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Still Pending AFD Discussion

Hello Xhantar. You have been helpful in my understanding of Wiki in the past, so I look to you again for assistance. An article which I originally created for Still Pending was recently the subject of a speedy delete. The delete was subsequently overturned Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2007_April_17. It has now been nominated again (less than a month since the overturn), this time in AFD Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Still_Pending_(2nd). I don't really understand how an article that failed to be deleted due to notability is now the subject of deletion review yet again. Can anyone nominate an article for AFD any time they wish, even if the article hasn't substantially changed since the previous overturn? Perhaps you can shed some light on how this works. Also, please feel free to join the discussion, if you wish. Thank you. Stampsations 22:24, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Afrikaans

I noticed on your userpage that you are a native speaker of Afrikaans. Could you help me make one template? Please translate the following text into Afrikaans:

This user is able to contribute with a professional level of Afrikaans.

Thank you. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson 16:38, 2 July 2007 (UTC)