User talk:Ikiroid/Archive 6

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Alternation (linguistics) is on your desk. An article that says "warning: this is a bad example" is not in good shape. RJFJR 20:54, 3 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Just to let you know, the MfD on this is now formally closed as a keep. Best wishes, Xoloz 15:11, 4 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

• Great work--adding the Picture of the book!!!
• I have just bought,

from a rare book dealer/company a copy of the First Edirion of the "Compiled and Edited" Protocols of Zion of 1934, which was published by THE PATRIOTIC PUBLISHING CO. But I do not know how to import an image. Can you tell me how? Or can I send you the PDF color image(s)? Thanks.

Ludvikus 14:14, 7 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi again Ludvikus! Make sure the picture is a GIF, JPG, or PNG file. I don't think it's a good idea to use PDF files, they are only used as external links at the moment on wikipedia. Once you have the picture as one of those three formats on your computer, you can upload the picture.

First, you go to the "Upload file" link on the left of the screen. It's in that box of links below the search box. It should take you to a screen with a purple box all about images, with some text boxes below. The top one has you locate the image on your computer. The next one has you pick the image's name for wikipedia.

The large box has you describe the image. You should write that you took the picture yourself and that the book was published originally before 1923. This will clear up any doubt that the image is public domain.

The last box on the bottom, "licensing," is the most important one. If you fail to correctly license the image, it will probably be deleted. Because the book was originally published before 1923, you can select "First published in the United States before 1923" under "Copyright expired."

Once you have filled out everything above, you can upload the image. For further information, you can check out Wikipedia:Image use policy, Wikipedia:Uploading images and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags. Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 22:48, 7 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

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I'm not sure what to say, except... thanks! My second humor barnstar, and it's just as sweet as the first. Yeah, it would make sense for me to go for a cheap laugh right now, but really, that's far too predictable. I truly do appreciate it- it's a cool honor. There are so many high-strung editors on WP, and I'd like to think that we can use this great resource for both reference and fun. -- Kicking222 04:39, 12 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Yes, humor does deserve a spot here—a few laughs a day is often the saving grace of a situation. Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 19:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

I've been gone for a while, preoccupied with stupid ol' real life. Now I've got things under a bit of control, and I've finally checked up on things. HighwayCello has changed signatures yet again? Phaedriel's pregnant? Jimbo watches Lost? Wow, I have been gone. Oh well. So, just to let you know, I'm back.

...was that really necessary? Maybe I'm just craving the human Wikipedian contact.--the ninth bright shiner ^talk 04:05, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Nice to see you back again, Orannis. I wasn't sure if you were bonked or busy, but in any case, I'm happy you didn't leave. On another note, I wasn't aware that Jimbo Wales watches Lost......to tell you the truth, I've never watched the show, but people tell me good things about it. By the way, have you thought of joining a wikiproject that appeals to you? It makes editing a lot easier—instead of wandering by the ebb and flow of your own mind, you have a definite goal, and it helps keep an editor on track. I know that my first five months on wikipedia were very low rates of editing....only after I committed myself did I start doing things. Perhaps it'll help you, maybe not; you are probably busy enough right now outside of wikipedia. Anyway, cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 20:03, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Oh, by the way, I wrote an essay here. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 20:19, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Nice essay. I've only briefly thought about a WikiProject...I'll look into it more closely in a bit. Thanks for all the info and whatnot.--the ninth bright shiner ^talk 18:43, 21 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi Gavin, I'd like to apologize about the way I was acting yesterday. I shouldn't have been editing wikipedia, there was/is a lot on my mind right now, and I caught myself acting incivil. I didn't want to be short with you, but I was being confrontational, and I realized it could create some hard feelings. I didn't want to start an argument. It wasn't your fault, you were ok. Please accept my apology. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 20:12, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hey man, I thought nothing of it so don't worry. I wondered the exact same thing not so long ago.  freshofftheufoΓΛĿЌ  00:28, 16 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Haha, you beat me to tagging it. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 22:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

I'm damn fast. :-) Pascal.Tesson 22:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Je peux y voir ;-) For being here for only 3 months, you are doing quite well. Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 22:42, 17 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Awhile back I create {{Chinese mythology}}, although I haven't seen its usage exactly take off. Which wikiproject about China would benefit the most from this template? Can you help me categorize it, and alert the right people about it? The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:09, 15 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

I think you could grab all the articles within the Category:Chinese mythology category and subcategories using AWB to stick the template on them. I doubt you need to be very careful about stepping on others' toes; with certain exceptions (like Buddhism?) of course. -- Миборовский 01:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I'll start to add it in. I want to tell the right wikiproject about it, but I don't see any chinese wikiproject about culture or history........should I just add it to Wikipedia:WikiProject_China#Other_templates? The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 01:24, 18 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

There isn't. So listing it on WP:CHINA would probably be the best. -- Миборовский 03:01, 18 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

谢谢！我那儿加上它了.(I hope I wrote that right :-S) The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:11, 18 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

I was wondering why you created Andrew Sylvia (talk · contribs). A Karmafist doppelganger? The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 17:32, 22 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Just a heads up, he's now been blocked. --Mr. Lefty (talk) 17:48, 22 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

No, Glen created the account, so it's not a sockpuppet. I justed wanted to know why. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 18:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Just created it so he couldn't more than anything - we were talking about it in #wikipedia-en-admins, so I grabbed it ensuring I did it from my account so it was all transparent. Thought that would be fairly obvious... but obviously not? Glen 19:04, 22 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Well, I'm not an admin, so I didn't know about the idea. I figured you did it for that reason, but there was an edit to their monobook. I was wondering if it was a bot, or something along those lines. I knew it wasn't a malicious account, which is why I didn't like the fact that it was blocked. I guess I was just curious. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Actually I'll delete the monobook now. I did that as my monobook is highly customised and I cant stand the look of the "standard" one. To be honest I dont know why Nick did that, as he was right there in the channel with me at the time! Odd. As I said, not worried as I only grabbed it to fuck Karmafist off so he couldnt have it :) Blocked is blocked. Thanks for the reply Glen 21:54, 22 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

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I have added your first law of wikipedia to Wikipedia:Motto of the day/October 27, 2006. I hope you don't mind, I thought it was quite profound. You can remove it if you dislike being quoted. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 02:13, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

  Hello. I feel nice to meet you. Have we met earlier? Perhaps not. I also thank you for adding "my words" to this page. In fact, I had borrowed these words from someone - I saw them somewhere. Anyway, I feel great that you love the spirit behind these words. My intentions are simple: to make the Wikipedia more reliable. Thank you friend. --Bhadani 02:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Your welcome, and thank you for the kind words. I don't believe we've run into each other before—I found your quote on Raul's laws of wikipedia. If you have any other enlightening/clever/deep quotes, feel free to add them here. Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 02:33, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

OMG! Bhadaniji... your words have appeared on today's motto. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 16:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

How are you, ikiroid,

I wonder if you might tell me how to recover an article I wrote that others have mangled...(copying prior versions from "history" ?!?)...

Much thanks, Res q68 22:59, 27 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

I believe you are thinking of reverting back to an earlier version of a page. Here's how to go about it. First, you must find which revision you want it to be. You can click on the dates (7 in the picture) to view the article at that time, or you can click "last" (5 in the picuture) to see the differences made between the two revisions (informally called diffs). Once you have clicked on the version you want, you should see a date below "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Click "edit this page." There should be a red notice that says You are editing a prior version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be removed. Ignore it, write "reverting" in the edit summary, and save it. It should work. Tell me if you have any trouble. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Also where you had "Ummm" linked to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Agquarx&oldid=65282494 the page is deleted. What did it used to say? Anomo 22:41, 29 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you for the compliment! Well Anomo, it's a bit hard to explain the page. The editor wrote a 4 page unintelligible dissertation on love, oppression, and existentialism, and then they implicitly threatened to kill some editors on a talkpage. You can ask an admin to temporarily restore the page for you if you want, it's quite trippy. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 01:49, 30 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Just saw this edit of yours. Which administrator was it? — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 12:09, 31 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Glen S. With User:Andrew Sylvia, the log is blank (see?), so someone must've created it while logged in. See the above thread #Andrew Sylvia. Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 20:31, 31 October 2006 (UTC)Reply

Ah, yes. I remembered that just after I logged off. I have not seen that template used before. Is it disposable? — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 11:52, 1 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

No, I made the code on the fly, but I just created the template as Template:Adminpuppet. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 23:38, 1 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Oh goody. Nice work. :) — Nearly Headless Nick ^{L} 15:52, 2 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thank you! This is actually the first one I've gotten, and it feels great to have one. I agree with your assertion that there aren't enough barnstars given out these days....I try to give them out to the hard-working editors I run into on talkpages, or people who go out of their way to give me a hand. Anyway, good luck with the barnstar brigade, and cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 03:55, 2 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

You have a reply waiting for you at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Admin coaching  The Transhumanist   18:59, 1 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Since the article was closed as a keep, shouldn't there be a template on the talk page stating such? ColourBurst 05:50, 3 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

It isn't necessary, but I'll go ahead and do it anyway. I've seen the templates before, but I couldn't find a policy about it on any of the deletion pages. Do you know the place where they mention it? The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 18:01, 4 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Please see the talk page. -- Evertype·✆ 18:12, 7 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

I'll take a look, but I'm really busy right now. I'm sorry, I wish I could be of more help. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your post on the article talk. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 12:50, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

Please see the Talk page at N'Ko language. Thank you. I know you are busy. -- Evertype·✆ 10:36, 9 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

It is now worse. We now have N'Ko language and N'Ko and N'Ko alphabet. The proponant of this split does not know enough about the N'Ko language to make this in any way meaningful. I am at my wit's end. -- Evertype·✆ 16:32, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

I have posted another response on Talk:ISO 15924, I will discuss this next. Hang in there! There is usually a mutually benefiting solution to every problem on Wikipedia. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 23:14, 10 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

You asked if I would withdraw the VfD on N'Ko alphabet so you would mark it speedy keep. I do not want to keep the article. I want the relevant articles merged into N'Ko. That is why I have the VfD. See Talk:N'Ko and the same comment on the VfD page. Please advise. -- Evertype·✆ 09:37, 11 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

I am, apparently, a newbie at this kind of dispute resolution. I have no idea what to do, but ask you, since you have dealt with Mr Conradi before, to please see [1] and advise me what the correct procedure is. I have endeavoured to correct material errors in his edits, as well as to remove inappropriate references to myself, and he simply reverts every time. He is well over the three-reverts rule. I am probably also over the rule, but my reverts have in every case attempted to correct and improve the article, while his have simply been gainsaying. Please help. Thank you. -- Evertype·✆ 13:34, 11 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

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I added Pāli to your desk. I'm sorry about giving you so much work but you are the only active memebr who listed an interest in linguistics. Please take a look at it and accept, reject or let me know and I'll reassign. How is the work on Paramount Canada's Wonderland going? is it ready to be closed? Thank you. RJFJR 20:53, 18 November 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Are you ready to get started?

The waiting time over at Admin coaching is long (some people have been waiting in line since July). I'm an admin coach with the project, and for my students I set up a group discussion page so that we could all learn from each other. The scope of this concept has expanded into the Virtual classroom, which is an open forum for the teaching and learning of advanced Wikipedia skills.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to participate, as a student, as a coach, or both. Every week or two a new major topic of discussion or classroom assignment is introduced, usually with a guest writer who presents his or her expertise on the current subject and who remains on hand to answer questions. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussions, such as sharing your expertise, asking and answering questions, etc.

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In addition to inviting those who would like to learn, I routinely invite experts from all over Wikipedia to come and contribute for the benefit of all. The VC is rapidly turning into a clearing house of the best resources, methods, and techniques known for working on Wikipedia.

You are cordially invited to participate.

Here's an announcement box which you can place on your userpage or at the top of your talk page for keeping up to date with classroom assignments.

I hope to see you there. Sincerely,  The Transhumanist    08:27, 12 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ikiroid. You're at or near the top of the requests list. Would you still like an admin coach? If so I will match you up with one. Thanks, Fang Aili ^talk 19:01, 12 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi Ikiroid. Just asking one more time before I take you off the list. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 15:24, 21 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hello Fang! I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you as quickly as I wanted. I basically started editing again today. I did some RC patrolling in order to get back in the swing of things. Yes, I would like an admin coach! I've looked forward to it, and it seems I could use one now. I apologize for not addressing the issue earlier. Happy holidays, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 17:33, 21 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Cool. You're next on the list, so as soon as there's an available coach, you'll get one. Cheers, Fang Aili ^talk 17:37, 21 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hey, thanks for getting me there. Cheers, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 17:42, 21 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

On the WP:WS talk page there is discussion about using script vs alphabet in certain article titles. Mostly script gets through but Latin script and Greek script may get pushback, unless we can really do what the numismatic folk have done in terms of terminology and consensus. -- Evertype·✆ 12:05, 13 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

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Hello Ikiroid, as it came to know that you are interested to get admin coaching, I will try to help you in this. Please make a seperate page for admin coaching, e.g. User:Ikiroid/Admin coaching to avoid the discussions on several pages. Please inform me if you are interested. Shyam ^(T/C) 19:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi Shyam! You left a message on my talkpage regarding admin coaching. I went ahead and created a subpage where you suggested, so I'm reporting back. How do you want to go about this? Do I ask a series of questions, and then have you answer them? Or do you begin with the questions? The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 02:23, 27 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hello, Ikiroid. Just thought that I'd let you know that when you nominate an article for speedy deletion, you need to specify which part of the deletion criteria the article falls under. After all, even if the article looks like complete rubbish, you still have to specify why it qualifies for speedy deletion. Happy editing! -- P.B. Pilhet / Talk 04:12, 27 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Hi P.B. Thanks for the note, I'm familiar with the 11 General and 7 article speedy deletion criteria. Because the article fell somewhere between A1, A7, and possibly G12, I decided to explain it a bit ;-) The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 04:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

Yeah, that article was full of rule violations. Basically what I was getting at is that I like it when people list at least one rule in the deletion tag that specifies why the article qualifies for a speedy (like, This article is about a non-notable person (Article 7)). Notice the Article 7 in the description. I guess it doesn't matter much, though. I simply think it makes it easier for admins to identify the exact rule that was broken :-) -- P.B. Pilhet / Talk 04:26, 27 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

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You are ignorant of the problems in America tody. You are unaware of the disease that is spreading. This disease, as you may already know, is political correctness. Political correctness is the practice of appeasing people for some made up greviance towards this particular person. Homosexuals, Blacks, Chinese, and Islamics are the most common of the appeased. We put these people on a pedistal above other people; when we do this we break the "equal rights for all" rule. My friend, perhaps you know realize what a mistake you make when reffering to Blacks as African Aericans (Because not all blacks are from Africa), Homosexuals Gays, Islamics Middle-esterners, and midgets little people.

Political Correctness is Rascism with two words. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Data-files (talk • contribs)