User talk:Zebraic

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Welcome!

Hello, Zebraic, 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 someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  HighInBC 17:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Mistaken test1 template removed[1], my mistake. HighInBC 20:06, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Turnov

Hi. I have done a very small amount of searching on Turnov. It seems that these sites: [2] [3] [4] and [5] all show the city's founding around the 13th century.

I was still wrong in saying that your edit was a test or vandalism. But it appears the article was accurate before your edit. I will readily admit I did very little research to find this information(a brief google search), so if you have a source that contradicts this I would gladly read it.

I am not trying to battle you in any way, I sincerely wish the article to reflect the correct value. Please provide any contrary source you have to help me find the truth. Thanks for bringing this up. HighInBC 22:41, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] questions

You asked some very good questions on my talk page, it is late now, but in the morning I will answer. HighInBC 06:03, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, for citing sources these pages are full of stuff: Wikipedia:Citation templates or Wikipedia:Template_messages/Sources_of_articles. As for notices on articles of inacurracies or disuputes look here: Wikipedia:Template messages/Disputes.

For all the templates, here: Wikipedia:Template messages. Enjoy! HighInBC 14:57, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moveing Hevstäf

I notice you are writing an article, excellent. Instead of writing it on your own userpage you should put it here: User:Zebraic/Hevstäf

By giving it it's own page you can later use the move command to put it into the article namespace when it is done. All of your revision history will come with it.

If you make it on your main page you can only move it with copy and paste which does not preserve the revision history. HighInBC 16:21, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

I should have explained better. First thing, it is not up yet, it is still in your userspace.

Now, your questions:

  1. I moved it by copying the wiki text and pasting it, that is all that can be done for moving part of a page. All of your revision history for that article from before the move is still on your main userpage.
  2. Now, to create a subsection in your userspace just make a link like this: [[User:Zebraic/Pagename]] which will give you a button like this: User:Zebraic/Pagename. Then all you have to do is follow the link to your new blank page.

Now, when you want to release the article you simple click the move button and remove the User:Zebriac/ from the begining and it will go the the article namespace with revision history intact. Hope that explained it all. HighInBC 16:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

If you ever want to get rid of an old subpage you are not using anymore, blank it and put {{db-author}} there and some admin will delete it for you. HighInBC 16:39, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hevstäf

It is looking great. I reworded it a little, I also changed the referencing style a bit, this system works very well, please make sure I have the ref tags in the right spot. I also used html comment tags to hide editor comments and the empty header, it is visible in edit mode but not when viewing the article. HighInBC 23:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. I was wondering how to make those references more clean, and if I had done them right. So basically you're using a footnote system, right? That completely works for me. I shall do all my articles this way! -Zebraic 23:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Original research

When working on the etymology of the name, or anything else it is important to take the WP:OR policy into account. Any information you put forth needs to come from an existing, published, third party source(Third party to both you and the subject). It also needs to meet Wikipedia:Reliable sources. Also, Wikipedia cannot use itself as a reference as the point of a reference is to confirm the encyclopedia's credibility with an outside source. The two citations you have given seem to meet reliable sources so that helps the article alot.

This may all seem like alot, but once you have it in the article namespace other editors will help. They will help now if you let them know about it and invite them. It is already better than alot of articles we keep. Doing great. HighInBC 23:47, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Yep, again, thanks. The 'etymology' needs my notes, which are over at my friend's house (wrote down some linguistic stuff, 'though I am no linguist.). Keep in mind that as this article is in the works, I throw in reminders and notes to myself, and continual reformat them. Those reminders will be removed, of course, when I throw it into Wikipedia proper. I will definetely look at the WP:OR policy! -Zebraic 23:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Excellent, keep it up. HighInBC 01:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Czech Rep.

Hello. Yes, I have written the article about Šumava National Park. How do you like the Czech Rep. as a foreigner? Due to diacritics issue I would like to ask you if you can always notice me when you will create a new Czech Rep.-related article. - Darwinek 17:02, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fair use image (Image:Hevstaf_CoatofArms.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Hevstaf_CoatofArms.png. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image is unlicensed for use on Wikipedia and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable under fair use (see our fair use policy).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any fair use images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. MECU≈talk 01:31, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Hevstaf Coatofarms.png

Hello, Zebraic. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image (Image:Hevstaf Coatofarms.png) was found at the following location: User:Zebraic/Hevstäf. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 07:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free image (Image:Hevstaf Coatofarms.png)

Thanks for uploading Image:Hevstaf Coatofarms.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 08:15, 21 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Liberec District

Hello. There should be only a list of municipalities in Liberec District in this article, according to official Czech Statistical Office [6]. Hevstaf is not in there so I suppose it is currently a district of some larger town and thus the article itself should be clarified. I am currently researching this with my colleague. Another thing is for sure, it is not certainly named "Hevstäf" currently, as "ä" is not a Czech character and settlements in Sudetes with German characters were Czechized in the past. - Darwinek 15:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Hevstäf

An article that you have been involved in editing, Hevstäf, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hevstäf. Thank you. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 16:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I have access to the Dubs article, but I don't see the town listed anywhere. Are you sure that's the correct source? Zagalejo^^^ 19:57, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm... It seems strange that the JSTOR version would be different from the print one. I've never encountered any similar problems. Do you happen to remember anything more about what the article said about Hevstaf? Zagalejo^^^ 20:47, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I will not send it to you. You know very good you have made a hoax, so I am not considering you as "interested party". And don't call me "kiddo". - Darwinek 21:35, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Nobody blames you that you are a hoax-maker, everyone could be mislead by wrong sources, you should know that. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 21:57, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Those seources you posted to Darwinek are not sources but Wikipedia's mirrors. That's all they are nothing more nothing less. ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 22:23, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
The problem is that there is not any proof that the village exists, please see my post about the evidence at the talk page or in the AfD debate. Unfortunately it looks like a hoax and that you were mislead by the hevstaf.info ≈Tulkolahten≈≈talk≈ 22:33, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Various points

Firstly, don't leave messages on the userpage. Leave messages on the talk page. That's what it's for, and it triggers an automatic "YOU HAVE NEW MESSAGES" signal which doesn't happen when the userpage is edited. That's why I didn't even notice your message until today.

Secondly, no. I'm not a part of any Wikiproject.

Thirdly, as for your request to continue hosting your lies on Wikipedia: absolutely not. If you had admitted that you were a liar when you were caught instead of arguing at great length in the AfD, lying about how you'd actually been there, and lying about the journal references, and lying about the book references, and lying about the online references, and lying about the coat of arms, and lying about the map, and lying about the official site...

...then maybe I'd consider allowing you to host your lies in a subpage of your userspace, provided that you clearly and openly indicated that the village did not actually exist anywhere outside of your ASS (which is where you pulled it out of).

As it is, however, you're a liar. Your "art project" is a failure. Don't try it again. DS 23:17, 21 October 2007 (UTC)