User talk:Dbmag9/Archive 1

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Happy Wiki-ing. &mdash; Ilyan  e  p  (Talk)  03:36, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi Dan
user: tdmj here can u please make a Whitgiftian userbox. Reply to my talk page

Just a note.
Heyo, just noticed you around, and decided you seem interesting. I hope you find things nice and addicting. The people around here are usually nice, too, but mind some of the people that can get a bit cranky at times. Leave me a note on my talk page if you want, cos I'm a bored kid waiting to help anybody who wants it, if I can. Anyway, just leaving you a strange robot, cos I feel like it, and hope you have a good day. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 07:09, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Images of browser windows
In response to your question about the image in the Halfbakery article, I probably just have a bigger screen than the person who made the original screenshot. I was able to get the whole site into one Firefox window. I just used GIMP to crop off the browser controls. You could do it the sticking parts together way, too. At one point I used a Firefox extension that made a screenshot of the entire website without the browser controls and without having to scroll. However, I've forgotten which one it is. If anyone finds it, can you stick it on my talk page?

Cdmarcus 02:11, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Found that extension...
It's called "Screen grab!". You can Grab it :-) here.

The Game
I just lost the game.Sumthingweird 13:09, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Damn you. Now I've lost it too. Daniel 13:11, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Open letter to the "Whitgiftians"
Wikipedia welcomes contributors regardless of age, but it would be nice to see you actually contribute. So far most of you (with the exception of Dbmag9) seem to have been more interested in building and editing each other's userpages. If your interests go mainly in that direction, perhaps your needs would be better served by getting MySpace or LiveJournal accounts? Remember that Wikipedia is not a free host, blog, or webspace provider.

It is OK to have a Wikipedia account without editing (e.g., in order to keep a watchlist or a non-default skin). But to maintain an elaborate userpage without actually contributing to the actual encyclopedic borders on being a waste of project resources. (End of canned text. I can see from your contributions that you really do contribute to the encyclopedia, but I thought you should see what I'm sending to your classmates(?). Perhaps you could help direct their energies in a more constructive direction?) Henning Makholm 21:56, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the comment. I do try to encourage the others here to contribute, but often to no avail. The allure of posting rubbish on other people's userpages seems too great for them, I'm afraid. D aniel (☎) 23:21, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No sweat. Ultimately you're not responsible for what they do. By the way, I seem to have hit a wrong chord with "classmates", seing how you and Tristram both put it in scare quotes in your responses. As you all are the same age and go to the same school, I speculated that you probably had classes together. Apologies if my attempt (as a non-native speaker) to express this ended up sounding strange or offensive. Henning Makholm 21:17, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
 * No, no it is fine. To be honest, we don't share any classes, but it was a reasonable assumption. As a non-native speaker your English is wonderful (I wouldn't have thought it foreign in the slightest). I put it in scare quotes for no particular reason, they just seemed appropriate at the time. I'm sure Tristram was anxious to dissassociate himself with me. D aniel (☎) 21:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

userbox alignment
Hi, I got your name off the Esperanza user list. I was wondering if you could he lp me to get my userbox list and 'places ive visited' list onto my userpage, but over to right next to the text like you have. Cheers. -- Joe Talk!WorkEspMail 00:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The requested modification has been done. Glad to be able to help a fellow Wikipedian! I hope you don't mind if I copy your idea of having seperate subpages for userboxes. D aniel (☎) 11:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that! I sort of adapted what you'd done to get it how I wanted. Feel free to copy the subpage thing; I probably copied it off someone else originally :P. -- Joe Talk!WorkEspMail 15:36, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Bee Season
Hi Daniel! I have separated the film article from the book article, so if you would like to fill out the book article, feel free. Thanks - H e r P e g s h i p   00:51, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for telling me. I'm a bit busy at the moment, but I will add stuff gradually. D aniel (☎) 09:05, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I have added some more structure and an infobox - now just needs some more content input - so over to you - thanks. :: Kevinalewis  :  (Talk Page) / (Desk)  08:35, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Edit ranking
Yes there is, but I don't at the moment recall where it is. I will hunt around and see if I can find it. Adam 11:30, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. D aniel (☎) 11:32, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * See List of Wikipedians by number of edits -- Longhair 11:49, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah I see Longhair has saved me the effort, so thanks to him, and chag sameach to you. Adam 12:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you both. D aniel (☎) 12:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Old Skool Esperanzial note
Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Cel es tianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Whitgift School crest
You scanned the image: do you own the copyright? I think not.

I suggest you remove it before somebody at that school notices and takes this a stage further...

Spelling on my userpage
Wow, at least two people have actually read the thing. Thanks :) Quite a while back I did actually make a pretty obvious deliberate mistake to see if anyone would fix it. They didn't, but now I've made some non-deliberate ones people have noticed! Thanks, Petros471 20:15, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * You're welcome. Correcting spelling seems to be the only thing I'm qualified to do here. D  a niel (‽) 12:47, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update
As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, &mdash;Cel es tianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Test Wikipedia logo vote
Hi! Would you consider changing your vote to support C2 instead of E? It also doesn't put "TEST" in big letters through the logo, but makes it very clear that you're on the Test Wikipedia, while still being very elegant -- replacing "The Free Encyclopedia" with "Test Wiki", and in red, too, to make it more obvious. :) &mdash; Nightst a  llion  (?) 05:57, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Incubator logo
I've replied to your message on nl:User talk:NielsF at your meta talk page. NielsF Talk to me.. 11:51, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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Not quite at your IQ but would still like to be an Ifriend
Love the page my IQ is only 158 but hope you still will associate :)

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 * What‽ You expect me to associate myself with an individual of mere centiquinquagental intelligence? How could you presume such a thing? Disgraceful. Sure - thanks for asking :). &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 19:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

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Logo contests
Could you take care of informing the Board of the ongoing three logo contests at meta? It seems they're likely to overlook it the same way they overlooked the Incubator logo vote (despite the fact it was advertised quite clearly in the information thread, Signpost, Wikizine...) Thanks! &mdash; Nightst a  llion  (?) 10:55, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Of course- don't assume that I have some special influence with the Board, however - the best I can do is to post it on the foundation-l mailing list. &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 20:01, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

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Ancient Greek wikisource
Hi Daniel, I noticed that you [ deleted incubator:Test-ws/grc]. Do you know where the Ancient Greek wikisource project can currently be found? I looked at http://grc.wikisource.org/ and at Request for new languages/grc but I did not find a link anywhere. Greetings, --la:Usor:UV 06:33, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if it has a location at the moment. I deleted it because Wikisource tests should not be placed on Incubator at the moment (Wikisource has its own place for that). Ask at the discussion on Meta, where I'm sure that people will be more informed than me. &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 09:23, 16 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the info, I followed your advice. Greetings, --la:Usor:UV 22:04, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

More Whitgift Trouble
I think it's time you administer some beatdowns... E. Sn0 =31337= 01:31, 19 September 2006 (UTC) :)

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Nice page
Hi, I'm a long-time user, first time contributor. :) Your page looked very interesting, and I'm extremely bored, and I have Latin homework which I'm avoiding doing, so I said to myself, "Myself, why don't I leave this stranger a comment?" And there was no compelling reason not to, so here it is.--Stercus.caput 03:55, 28 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you. I know that feeling myself very well. &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 09:14, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Hello
Hi. Do you wear boxers or briefs? Or perhaps boxer-briefs?
 * LOL!!! E. Sn0 =31337= 00:04, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually I'm wearing a thong. E. Sn0 =31337= 19:50, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Um, why are you replying to my messages, E? &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 19:51, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm simply being silly. Feel free to delete this section. Good day sir :) E. Sn0 =31337= 01:32, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 09:58, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I asked Daniel the question.
 * But why? &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 20:00, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * How about we put this spam to bed, ok User:200.119.236.81? E. Sn0 =31337= 23:26, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

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About being an administrator
Hi.

The [| Pangasinan wikipedia] is now a full pledge wikipedia. I was the main contributor and administrator for the Test-wp/pag, I was wondering how can I become a bureaucrat of the Pangasinan wiki. Thanks.

| Arikasikis


 * I suggest you contact Timichal, as he seems to be helping sort out the newly created languages. He should be able to get you sysoped on the new language quite soon. &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 21:09, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

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Whitgift School Vandalism
Daniel, (I'm Bhaveer) I have reconsidered my views on the continous vandalising incidents at Whitgift, and now agree with you in your proposal to permanently ban the priveledge of editing for the IP. I shall back you up, and please leave a reply on my user page User:Bhaveer

Thanks Daniel!!!

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Ferdinand II's plaque in Florence
Hello Daniel,

I see that you have both Latin and Hebrew interests. If you can read this inscription, would you like to edit the description of this wiki Commons image? (Image:Firenze-Ferdinando-II-plaque-1116.jpg; just click on the image to get there)

I took the picture in Florence, where this plaque is mounted next to the entry to some kind of institution (Istituto San Salvatore, probably very Catholic), and would love to put it to good use in an appropriate wiki article. But as I don't know either of the two languages involved, I don't know what Duke Ferdinand II (one of Medici rulers of Tuscany), and his Mom the regent, wanted to say there -- though if it was something about the Jews, it is probably nothing good. They sounds really angry in their last sentence :-)

Please just ignore this note if you don't have time.

Thanks in advance. --Vladimir ( Vmenkov 09:09, 4 November 2006 (UTC) )


 * I tried, but to be honest I don't have the skill in either language to translate it properly for you. I can tell you that the Hebrew is almost certainly a Biblical quote, beginning approximately "In the name of God have mercy". I'll put it up on the Languages Reference Desk to see if anyone there knows, as it seems intriguing. Sorry. &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 16:30, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I've listed it there now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Language#Perplexing_Plaque . &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 16:34, 4 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, this is still helpful. Vmenkov 21:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

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Hello there Daniel!
Hello, i'm jewish and it is so great to find other Jews my age, great! I just wanted to ask you how do you all your userboxes in a neat line like that? mine are all over the place! I'm quite new here, so that might explain it! Thanks, Shalom

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Two Weeks Notice
I just added a comment to Talk:Two Weeks Notice about the grammar thing. Your comment on that page is totally wrong, referring as it does to "Two Week's Notice" (instead of "Two Weeks' Notice"). I'm guessing that was a typo, and maybe you'd like a heads-up so you could fix it. You know, for posterity. :) --Quuxplusone 04:10, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

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Happy B-day!
I hope you have a very good day! Jam 01 05:47, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

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 * Thank you, all! :) &mdash; D a  niel  (‽) 19:02, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

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