User talk:Cytomat

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I accidentally posted a question with the helpme template on the page User:Cytomat. It's telling me to remove it, but I can't figure out how to edit it out?

Cytomat (talk) 15:47, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
 * All you have to do is, click "edit this page", delete everything, click "Show Preview" to be sure it's right, and then click "Save page". JohnCD (talk) 16:00, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't see an edit button on the User:Cytomat page. Also, what is that page for?
 * The edit button is at the top of the page, probably the third tab along the page. For more info on your user page, I recommend reading WP:USERPAGE. --A More Perfect Onion (talk) 16:05, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I found it and was able to delete it.

Cytomat (talk) 16:17, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

User page
Your user page is for anything that you like to put on it, basically about you, though it should preferably be mainly about you as a Wikipedian, that is, relevant to what you do or plan to do here. Some people choose not to put anything on it at all, others put a lot. You can look at my user page, or User:Iridescent, or User:SoWhy, or User:Tikiwont for some ideas, or click on any user's name to look at theirs. All those are established users and probably took some time to build up their userpages - you shouldn't feel under any pressure, I should start by putting as much or as little about yourself as you choose - but not personal contact details, especially not if you are a minor. WP:USERPAGE tells you some things you shouldn't put on it.

Another tip: when you leave a message on a talk page it helps to knwo who said what and when, so it is usual to end your message with four "tilde" characters ~, which the system turns into a "signature" with your username and time and date, like this: JohnCD (talk) 17:02, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the information. I'll try to remember to include a signature more often.

Cytomat (talk) 17:27, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Blowin' in the Wind
Because the words of the song are covered by copyright, we can't include them in the Wikipedia article so I have removed them. Adding copyright material is called "COPYVIO" and is not allowed! Please see more at WP:COPYVIO for more info. PamD (talk) 22:09, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. I'll be sure not to add any copyright materials to any other articles. Cytomat (talk) 01:34, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Stalag version and edit summaries
I'm not sure what you were trying to do by adding the unexplained link Stalag to this article, so I have removed it. You should add an "edit summary" to every edit you make, to explain to other editors why you are doing it. There's an option you can choose so that you are always reminded to add an edit summary: go to "My preferences" (top right), then choose "Editing", then tick "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary". Thanks. PamD (talk) 22:13, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

I linked it to Stalag because they were related. In the future, I will try to explain more in the edit summary. Thank you, and sorry to bother you. Cytomat (talk) 14:51, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Semi-Protected Pages
Who can edit semi-protected articles and how can I bring myself to this status?


 * Semi-protection, as explained in the protection policy, prevents editing by unregistered contributions and contributors with accounts which are not autoconfirmed. The precise requirements for autoconfirmed status vary according to circumstances, but for most users on en.wiki accounts that are more than four days old and have made at least 10 edits are considered autoconfirmed. Since you have well over 10 edits, you should become autoconfirmed in a day or so. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:09, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. Is there any way for me to see how many days my account has existed/how many edits I have done? Cytomat (talk) 15:23, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Both facts can be found using the "my preferences" link at the top. Regards  So Why  15:33, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * For a more detailed way to see how many edits you have made, you can use this tool. It will also show in which namespaces the edits were and if you are with us for some time, it will also be useful to show how many edits you have made each month. Regards  So Why  15:35, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for you help. Cytomat (talk) 17:51, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

This Article is a Stub
How do you get the picture of a tree stub when using the stub template?

Cytomat (talk) 18:04, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know where to find the actual image files used within templates, sorry - I'll leave the "Helpme" tag so that someone else will see it. JohnCD (talk) 18:13, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Also, what happened to the "Welcome" post at the top of this page?
 * It's still there; but a lot of inappropriate stuff had got in above it, which I have removed for you. JohnCD (talk) 18:18, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Cytomat (talk) 18:20, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Does anyone else know the answer?

Cytomat (talk) 18:27, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * If you're asking how to find what image is used on a stub template, then all you have to do is click on the image wherever you see it. For example, on Buttress root, there's a picture of a tree next to the stub message.  Click on it to find that File:Treestub.jpg is the image.  If that is not what you were asking about, please put the  tag back with more information, and I or someone will help you.  Thanks!  --Mysdaao talk 18:43, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * I think you are referring to how to get the image appear next to the stub message? Those images are created when using a specific stub template. For example, stub only adds "this is a stub", but if you use tree-stub instead, you get both the image and "this tree article is a stub" message. There are hundreds or even thousands of specialized templates for different stub types, you can find them at WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types.
 * On a side note, if you want to talk about a template in a message without including it (as you did with the template stub above), don't use  but instead use either
 *  template  (which creates a link to the template,
 *   or
 *    
 * (tnull and tl are special templates to link to templates in this way). Regards  So Why  20:34, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay, so it's a different template. Thank you very much.

Someone keeps reversing my edits.
In a certain article, I don't know who or how to find out who, but someone keeps reversing my edits for no reason. I made a perfectly good edit following all of the wikipedia rules. I also included why this edit should be made in the "edit summary". I just checked the article, and my edit was reversed. They didn't leave me any message or anything, it was just how it was before I edited.

Cytomat (talk) 20:52, 4 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Every page has a "history" tab next to the "edit" button at the top. You can use it to see the history of revisions (here for example) with all edits done by all users and their reasons (mostly). You can use the radio buttons to select to versions to compare two versions for what was changed. Regards  So Why  21:00, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

But should I try editing it back? My edit was perfectly legitimate and helpful.
 * You can, but I suggest you talk to the user who reverted your edit to discuss why. This is part of the bold, revert, discuss cycle.  You can find out who reverted your edit on the article's page history.  Please let me know if there are any more questions.  Thanks!  --Mysdaao talk 04:07, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you very much for your information.

Cytomat (talk) 04:09, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! --Mysdaao talk 04:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Editing First Section
How do you edit the first section of an article? I don't see an edit button above it. Please note that I am using beta.

Also, what's the difference between help and helpme? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cytomat (talk • contribs)


 * The software does not allow this but you can active a script to allow it using "My preferences" => "Gadgets" (it's in the "User interface gadgets: editing" section).
 * As for helpme and help, they are the same, the latter is only a redirect to the former. Regards  So Why  16:43, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't understand you're first answer. Can you please explain it?
 * Hello Cytomat. By default, you cannot edit just the first section of the article on its own. To be able to do this, you have to turn on a special option. To find this option, go to "my preferences" at the top right hand corner of the page, click the "gadgets" tab at the far right (it's the last one), scroll down to "User interface gadgets: editing", and click the box next to the option that says "Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page". When you've done this, you will have an edit button for the first section of every article. Does that help? Regards,  Skomorokh   15:37, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
 * ...but you don't have to do that in order to be able to edit the first part of an article: at the top of the screen you will see three tabs: Read, Edit, View history. Click on the Edit tab, and you can edit the whole article. JohnCD (talk) 15:39, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Jephthah
Greetings,

I have reverted your removal of the quotation from the article Jephthah, as brief quotations - even from unfree copyrighted works - are well covered by fair use, both legally and under Wikipedia policies and guidelines. - Mike Rosoft (talk) 16:16, 8 January 2010 (UTC)