User talk:Coolhandscot/arch

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Welcome to Wikipedia!
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We hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please always sign your name on talk pages (but not articles!) using four tildes (~&#126;); this will automatically produce your name and the time and date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place  on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! — Mets 501 (talk) 15:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

cost of cent
Hi,

I appreciate your effort on the cent coin. But I have one thing to ask from you. Could you move what you added to Efforts to eliminate the penny and merge with what's already there? A link is provided from Cent (United States coin) already (although not on Lincoln cent). Thanks. --Chochopk 23:19, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:Premiere Devolopment Bank logox.gif)
Thanks for uploading Image:Premiere Devolopment Bank logox.gif. I notice the 'image' page currently specifies that the image can be used under a fair use license. 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.

If you have uploaded other fair use 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. Jusjih 01:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove others' talks to you without archiving them
Please do not remove others' talks to you without archiving them. You may find many other users archiving their talks instrad of simply removing them. Please visit Help:Talk page for further details.--Jusjih 01:32, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for linking Image:Premiere Devolopment Bank logox.gif to an article, but once again, please do not remove others' talks to you without archiving them. You may archive by adding User talk:Coolhandscot/Archives and moving older talks therein, but simply removing them is not considered archiving and Help:Talk page says "Actively erasing non-harassing personal messages without replying (if a reply would be appropriate or polite) will probably be interpreted as hostile."--Jusjih 01:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It is generally unnecessary to archive talks so soon. I have to go now.--Jusjih 02:24, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Request for edit summary
When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this: The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. – Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 08:25, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

IPA
I have no specialised knowledge of IPA, and assumed that the person who added the pronunciation had simply failed to remove the tag. Feel free to re-add it. Bluap 01:57, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

School stubs
Hey, I see you've added a number of school stubs lately. It would be useful to other editors if you added a more relevant stub to them than just. I use this list to help me. Feel free to contact me if you wish to discuss this, or anything Wikipedia-related! Budgiekiller 11:43, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Blanking your user talk
Can I refer you to this which states that removal of warnings (such as the ones you received for uploading images) from your talk page is considered vandalism. Archiving your talk page really only needs to be done when it's too large to load quickly. Why can't you be civil enough to reply to people here? Most folks are only trying to help you. Budgiekiller 07:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

School stubs
Hey, thanks for your very informative reply. The reason the bot added the template to all the pages you created was because you hadn't added any stub whatsoever, nor any categorisation. While I understand you don't 'feel comfortable' mislabelling articles, it is typical that should an editor add a new page, he or she should at least have a broad idea of the categorisation of such new pages.

Hence, the bot was acting perfectly correctly by alerting other users to the fact that the new pages you had added were, in fact, stubs. If you knew you were adding schools, it wouldn't have been a problem to add the template to each article since, as you said, you are familiar with 'the various stub sections'.

My original post was not intended to 'irk' anyone, nor did I claim your actions to be an 'attack' or 'provocative'. I simply wanted to bring your attention to the fact that by adding stubs without a relevant stub category, you make work for others, especially if you know what type of stub you're adding.

While not actively requesting a response, it is usual and polite to respond to comments left on your User page.

I apologise unreservedly for 'irking' you. Good luck in future edits, I hope you continue to edit successfully and thoughtfully. Budgiekiller 16:12, 24 August 2006 (UTC)