User:Brookie/Tecky Stuff



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 * THIS PAGE IS AN ALMIGHTY MESS SINCE I DUMPED A LOAD OF STUFF IN IT FROM MY OLD USER PAGE - IT WILL BE TIDIED ...

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 * Articles created or worked on
 * Nom de Wiki
 * Favourite Stuff
 * Tecky Stuff
 * Pictures
 * The bizarre
 * My connections to Wikipedia
 * Licence information
 * Tony's Pages
 * My Barnstars
 * Admin' Vote
 * Work In Progress
 * Tip of the day
 * User:Brookie/Welcome
 * User:Brookie/Warning
 * User:Brookie/Vandal alert
 * Sandbox
 * Dictionary of National Biography

Stuff

 * Example requests for permission
 * ~ : [[Image:Stop x nuvola with clock.svg|40px|left]] You have been blocked temporarily from editing for abuse of editing privileges. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you would like to be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the text   below this notice, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

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Counting thing

EASYy, AUTOMATED checking for copyright violations

Lets be honest, finding/proving a copyright vio is a complete bitch. You copy random strings from the article into Google, put some quotes around them, and spin the dice. No longer! Break free from your chains of boring grunt work!

I have come across many admins and users who don't know about this site, and I think they should.

Vio Finder

Copy in a wikipedia page's URL, hit search and in around 5 seconds it will find any copyright violations! Just a few minutes ago I used it here. Have fun, and lets get the copyrighted crap out of Wikipedia =D (remember that wikipedia mirrors are no violations, heh) --mboverload@ 08:07, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Useful Links

 * CAT:UW - User warning templates.
 * WP:3RR - Three revert rule.
 * WP:AGF - Assume good faith guideline.
 * WP:AIV - Administrator intervention against vandalism.
 * WP:ANI - The administrators' noticeboard.
 * WP:CITE - Citating sources.
 * WP:CIV - Civility policy.
 * WP:CONTEXT - Only make links that are relevant to the context.
 * WP:DP - Deletion policy.
 * WP:NOR - No original research.
 * WP:NPA - No personal attacks guideline.
 * WP:NPOV - Neutral point of view.
 * WP:RCP - Recent changes patrol.
 * WP:RFC - Requests for comment.
 * WP:RS - Reliable sources.
 * WP:SD - Speedy deletion.
 * WP:TC - Template messages/Cleanup.
 * WP:V - Verifiability.
 * WP:NFT - school work and tricks!

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Tecky Stuff
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Protected titles
Hi, I noticed that you were trying to protect the title of AlpInvest Partners, so I deleted the page again (CSD G6) and added it to the protected titles page. Since was TfD'd, we should be using the protected title cascade-protect solution now. There are instructions on the page at WP:PT, and if you need any further help just [ give me a call]. Cheers, Nihiltres ( t .l ) 15:40, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes. The way that it works is that the protected page lists are cascade-full-protected, so any page transcluded into them is automatically protected from editing, even though its nonexistence may prevent it from being directly protected. The template transcludes the empty page in a nice orderly way so that the list doesn't get messy. This is generally better than  was, because it means links to the page are red, the history is hidden, and all the usual advantages of deletion. :)  Nihiltres ( t .l ) 15:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Closing AfD
The templates are at and ab (or, "afd top" and "afd bottom"). They are used like this:

delete/keep/speedy delete... (possibly add an explanation here) ~

discussion

They are to be used at the very begin and end of the subpage. For RfD, MfD, etc. there are other templates with similar names. Tizio, Caio, Sempronio 12:14, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Brookie aide memoire
Tags for images link Votes for deletion [Boilerplate] [Barnstar] WP:CG Admin stuff

Stub types

<nowiki< The article you created at original article title was listed for deletion as An article about a real person that does not assert the importance or significance of its subject, criterion 7 in the criteria for speedy deletion, Articles section. Since it appears to be about you I've moved it to your user space instead, which was probably what you intended in the first place (a common mistake among newcomers!).

If you really did mean to create an article about yourself please be aware that this is often considered a bad idea, even if you do meet the guidelines for inclusion of biographies.

I know Wikipedia can be confusing for new editors, so you are welcome to ask for help at the help desk or on my talk page.

Tag
Brookie\talk
 * Brookie\talk =

Brookie\ talk

For preferences:

Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Talk!) Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Talk!)

New category

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Undelete
Deletion review

Byway
On Byway I have created a new category Rights of way - but having done that I don'tknow what to do to make it a useful category - the link shows as red and nneds a new page creating for it - what do I do now? Help! Brookie:the wind in the grass 19:19, 10 May 2005 (UTC)


 * To create the category page click the red link and create the category description page as you would an article.
 * If it is a subcategory of something else then just add it to that category as if it were an article (e.g. if it is a sub-category of Category:Streets and roads then just put at the end of the description.
 * Once you have save the category page, you can add other articles to it like you can to any other category. Thryduulf 20:53, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Searching:


 * Just in case you don't know already: a good tip for searching is to use google, restricting your hits to wikipedia by adding site:en.wikipedia.org to your search query. I'm sure you've noticed already that wikipedia's own search is rather slow and doesn't necessarily give you what you're looking for when searching for 'teh'. A disadvantage with google search is that your changes won't be visible immediately to the search engine, so you'll have to learn to ignore hits relating to mistakes that you've recently corrected.

Sample:

Pop-up Installation

You have to create (or edit) a file in your userspace. For most people, this file is called User:Brookie/monobook.js where you should replace USERNAME with your username. Note that the case is important here: it's monobook.js and not Monobook.js.

(People using the classic skin should edit standard.js instead, and people using other skins probably know which file to edit :-) Edit that page and paste in these lines:

// User:Lupin/popups.js - please include this line

document.write(' ');

Clear your browser's cache and when you hover the mouse over internal links, popups should appear.

To install the script on the commons or wiktionary, repeat this procedure on those wikis.

To uninstall the script, just delete those lines from your javascript file and clear your browser's cache.

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Other Stuff
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 * Show preview explains how to double-check your edits before saving.



How to provide a link to a specific Google Search

Especially on talk pages, and sometimes in External link sections, links to Google searches can be useful. The Wikimedia software that powers Wikipedia lets you make links to Google by including google: as the prefix for the link, like this:


 * Tipster.

Which looks like this:


 * google:Tipster

Note: It is important not to use spaces in the search. To add more parameters to the search, separate them by a plus sign, +. For a phrase search, use a hyphen (minus sign), -, between each word. E.g. to search for "Tip of the day", use Tip-of-the-day.

To provide a link to a Wikipedia-specific search, include in the google-link +site:en.wikipedia.org (no spaces before or after), like this:


 * google:Tip-of-the-day+site:en.wikipedia.org.

Which looks like this:


 * google:Tip-of-the-day+site:en.wikipedia.org

To clean up the link so that only the part you want to show is presented, use the pipe, like this:


 * "Tip of the day"

Which makes it look like this:


 * "Tip of the day"

Other watch
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