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The Signpost: 18 February 2015

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yeruham
Hi, Yes - I am talking with Norty Noth, the person who wrote to me that he created the page for the Yeruham. I was not happy to see that it was edited one day ago, as all the news stories were being made up about my town. As far as the pictures go, yes - I can take photos of the lake area and its very pretty. The problem now is that its winter - and the place is covered in snow and water and mud. It does not look like its "normal" self at this time in season. But yes, I can take photos better than like the aerial shot on here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amandalee222 (talk • contribs) 05:54, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

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Message from User:Joshua0228 about adoption
Hi there. I am a new Wikipedia user and I was wondering if you could adopt me? I am not even sure that I am creating the right subsection. I wish to create more articles, primarily songs, as I feel many vital albums need more individual articles on their songs. Contact me if you are willing to adopt me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshua0228 (talk • contribs).
 * I'd be happy to adopt you! The way I do adoption, at least, is I have a "school" page set up with lessons that I think will help you learn important aspects of Wikipedia editing. If that sounds good to you, you can follow the instructions at User:Howicus/Adoption school and create your own copy of the page to work on. There's no deadline or rush, you can work through the lessons in any order and at your own pace. Let me know if you're interested. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 03:23, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I will be very happy to learn from you and I hope to help make Wikipedia a better place. Thanks for taking me in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshua0228 (talk • contribs) 04:12, 19 February 2015 (UTC) I have a question. When you say post diffs of the results of the various tasks you have me do, what is a diff and how do I get it? I'm sorry for sounding like a noob — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joshua0228 (talk • contribs) 04:52, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
 * "Diff" (short for difference) is a term for a page that shows the difference between two versions of a specific Wikipedia page. You find it by clicking the "view history" tab at the top of the page, finding the versions you want to compare, and clicking "Compare Selected Revisions".  For example, this is the diff for your last edit to this page.
 * As an aside, whenever you post on a talk page, a noticeboard, or something similar (but not an article), you should sign your post with four tildes ~ . That will insert your username and the date, with links to your user page and user talk page. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 05:14, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Much appreciated. Sorry for all the dumb sounding questions, also do check out my user page for your adoption school. I have a couple of questions about you on there. I am reading the assigned articles and will start posting answers soon. Joshua0228 (talk) 14:48, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

I am so sorry on how long it has taken me to get to these assignments. i have been so busy recently in school. However, very soon I should be able to work on them, I apologize. Joshua0228 (talk) 04:23, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it. There's no deadline or anything, and it's good that you're putting school ahead of Wikipedia. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 06:05, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Problems with upload of File:ILAI Fund logo.png
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Editor of the Week
User:Lixxx235 submitted the following nomination for Editor of the Week:
 * I nominate to be Editor of the Week for his attitude and helpfulness at the  IRC channel. Howicus is one of the most friendly helpers on -help that I've seen in months of idling in the channel, while simultaneously actually helping the helpee instead of saying things to be rid of the helpee. Howicus is a wonderful editor to talk to and almost always cheers everyone up. In addition, he does excellent work on-wiki patrolling vandalism and is an unsung hero of the 'pedia.

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Thanks again for your efforts! This nomination also received four seconds, so a quadruple thanks from the encyclopedia for your efforts!  Go  Phightins  !  12:51, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your work, and congratulations! --L235 (t / c / ping in reply ) 16:27, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Wow...I'm speechless. Thanks so much!  Howicus (Did I mess up?) 17:36, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Howicus: you had a total of 5 supporters for this award, which is quite special and definitely highly unusual- see Special:Permalink/645400834. Cheers! :D --L235 (t / c / ping in reply ) 19:30, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * It might well have been six had I been editing while the nomination was being considered. You've earned this. John Carter (talk) 00:54, 2 March 2015 (UTC)


 * A token of appreciation for all you do for your fellow editors.. Buster Seven   Talk  19:33, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Uh, this is a mite embarrassing, but to date no one has officially graduated from my adoption school...except for my current adoptee, everyone who's set up an adoption school page has since gone inactive. So...I wouldn't call it notable work yet, though I have high hopes for the future! Howicus (Did I mess up?) 23:29, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I saw your request about clarifying the graduates. I tried to make the change on the template but it didn't work. And I'm not sure why it didn't work. Be sure of one thing ...the effort to have the school is notable and beyond the usual efforts of most editors. You may not have a grad yet but there is no doubt that you will. . Buster Seven   Talk  05:33, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I need someone to adopt me to show me how to write GAs :) --L235 (t / c / ping in reply ) 18:29, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

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Prompt and Helpful
Howicus promptly helped me while I was in an editing conundrum. Thanks for the help on the Kiwi help chat. --Edward Versaii (talk) 01:44, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Reintroduction page
Hello! I was editing this page, but I am new to editing so thank you for telling me to put the reason why under the edit discussion page. I will do this from now on. Thank you. crastatter86 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crastatter86 (talk • contribs) 23:07, 8 March 2015 (UTC)

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Naval battle of Casablanca
I see your point about the transport losses. From your editing history, I assume you realize battle damage control and salvage appraisal takes time; and it is fairly common for ships to sink hours to days after they receive battle damage. I considered the final actions section the appropriate place to summarize the fate of the torpedo damaged American ships. I encourage you to summarize in a less confusing manner if you wish. In the absence of reference citations for time of sinking, please take care not to imply sinkings were on the day of damage. Thewellman (talk) 02:34, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Harry McDonald (footballer, born 1926)
Hello Howicus, Thanks for trying to help me out with this problem. I'm not sure how to go about doing what you suggest... I can find no other Harry McDonald on Wiki nor have I yet been able to find a link in any of the articles shown... how/why do the links keep appearing if they are not in the articles listed? Thanks. Regards, Eagleash (talk) 01:20, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah! I've figured it out.  Every one of those pages that linked to Harry McDonald have the template Template:Footer US NC long jump Men on them, at the bottom.  Apparently the 1900-1901 men's US national long jump champion was a man named Harry McDonald.  I have changed the link on the template so it points to Harry McDonald (long jumper), so the links should be gone now.  They may persist for a bit unless you clear your browser's cache. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 01:40, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Superb stuff...I thought it might have been a coach or something...but couldn't find anything. That's a sneaky one!! Thanks for your help! Regards. Eagleash (talk) 02:30, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

824767
Hi Howicus r U a mathematician ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by C824767 (talk • contribs) 02:50, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I am not, no. Why do you ask? Howicus (Did I mess up?) 03:05, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

asking because I gave this mathematician Gordie something my email address last year when I first met him and he sent me an email (c824767@hotmail.com) saying that it is an unusually impenetrable number resilient to mathematical break down or math speak to that effect. I am an artist so not much math speak from me haha. maybe he is on drugs ? I will try to send him an email and ask which tests he ran with this number. meanwhile, maybe you have a mathematician in your circle of friends who would like to take a look ? C824767 (talk) 14:49, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I don't know of anyone like that who I could easily contact. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 14:50, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

K i put a question about it into the tea house since host bot invited me. haha C824767 (talk) 02:08, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 18 March 2015
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Reply To Your Post
Howicus:

Thank you for the post; I am sure it will help me in the future. That being so, May I ask what prompted you to post the message concerning editing etiquette on my profile? I would like to know if there is something specific which I am doing incorrectly.

TheDevLee (talk) 14:59, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * The message I posted is just a general welcome message. I saw that you were new here, and that you hadn't been welcomed yet.  That's all. :) Howicus (Did I mess up?) 15:03, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015
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Talkback
Jay Σεβαστός discuss  16:19, 28 March 2015 (UTC)

Percy Schmeiser
Hi Howicus!

Thanks for letting me know you undid my change on Percy Schmeiser. After reading the source more closely I realized I had made a mistake but found that you had already fixed it, nice work! Thank you for your professionalism. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208s (talk • contribs) 04:52, 29 March 2015 (UTC)

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Adoption
Hi! I am looking to be adopted. I have some random edits under my belt, but want more experience with adding photos to Wikicommons and then adding them to pages. Do you have time to help me out? Thanks for reading!

Statistique (talk) 16:12, 2 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Statistique, if you're looking for help in a specific area like images, I'd suggest you check out the Co-op, a new place designed to help people who have questions about specific areas. Adoption would be the best option if you wanted to learn some of everything, whereas the Co-Op is better if you are looking for focused help. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 21:25, 2 April 2015 (UTC)

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VisualEditor News #2—2015
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ULTRASAT
ULTRASAT is a planned space project, so there are as yet no articles on what it has done – only on what it will do if implemented and what needs to be done. Ref. 1 says it is important to have an instrument to explore this spectral region, the article by Prof. Crawford says that the transient astronomical events which ULTRASAT will detect are very important to understanding the universe, Ref. 3 says that a wide field telescope will discover many more transient events than present existing instruments having small fields of view can detect, Ref. 5 quantifies the expected results from ULTRASAT, etc. Future space telescopes are notable and worthy of being covered by Wikipedia – the future James Webb telescope is larger than ULTRASAT and will cost more, but the latter has a much larger field of view and will detect more transients. I do not see how we can find more definitive citations until the satellite is actually launched. Skyfan31 20:45, 9 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Railfan31 (talk • contribs)
 * An article about ULTRASAT would have to be based off of sources that talk about ULTRASAT specifically in depth. Not the area that it will work in, or the need for instruments of that type.  It may be best to wait until there's more coverage, perhaps when the satellite launches. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 22:28, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

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Mentor needed
Hey Howicus. Is there any chance you might be able to mentor this editor? They were matched with, but he does not appear to be active right now. Let me know if you can. Thanks, <b style="font-family:Candara;color:green">I, JethroBT</b> drop me a line 20:35, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Gladly! Er...should I drop jrtorerenuiarua a message then? Howicus (Did I mess up?) 21:21, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks! And yes, I think a good way to start is simply to ask them what they need help with.  Looking through their recent contributions can also help you understand what they're working on too.  Mentors have generally been using either the talk page associated with the learner's profile in the Co-op (i.e. Wikipedia talk:Co-op/jrtorerenuiarua or their user talk page (i.e. User talk:jrtorerenuiarua). Thanks, <b style="font-family:Candara;color:green">I, JethroBT</b> drop me a line 21:32, 13 April 2015 (UTC)

Clarification need on fair use of image
Thank you for responding so promptly to my question. However, I would appreciate clarification for a particular instance of Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

Specifically, I am asking about the use of the gorilla image on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_gorilla_sleeping.jpg I know that with this license, "You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work)." However, it seems this author has not specified any manner in which the work must be attributed. (If so, please point out where this instruction occurs.)

Does that mean the work does not need to be attributed?Saenger (talk) 02:29, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, the full text of the license, section 4c specifies that you must give the original author credit in "any reasonable manner". I think the usual way is a hyperlink to the image source, if you're going to be using the photo online, or just crediting the photographer somehow if it's offline. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 02:41, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I am still confused. The license says, "You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work)." Doesn't that mean the author or copyright holder would specify the manner in which the attribution is made? For example, The New Yorker once gave me permission to reprint a cartoon in a non-profit newsletter. It specified exactly (and I mean EXACTLY) how I should make the attribution, and even how I should reproduce the cartoon. It seems there is a conflict between what I read and the information you are citing.

Can you clarify this, or suggest a way to do so? It feels to me like we've reached a dead end.

Thanks.Saenger (talk) 02:31, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Since the author of the image did not specify any particular way of attributing, it seems that providing a link should be enough. This page has some samples of what good attribution is. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 02:42, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for the samples. I can't help feeling that the author didn't care whether he received attribution, which is why he didn't specify it. At any rate, I can't afford to pay extra to include links and/or attributions in what I'm doing, which is set up for images only, so I think I will just forget about using this image.Saenger (talk) 00:12, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Marching For Liberty (Wisdom album)
Hi,

could you make a quick review on this draft again? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Deligabi/Marching_For_Liberty

I've added a lot of references, and made some changes.

Thanks!

Deligabi (talk) 21:54, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Deligabi. You need to source every part of the draft to reliable, independent sources.  What are your sources for the sections on the songs?  Also, blogs are not reliable sources, and you should take those out of the article. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 00:33, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

Yasar Kemal.jpg
Hi Howicus. Regarding File:Yasar Kemal.jpg, please be aware that photos from press agencies (like Getty) are strictly prohibited, unless we are using the image for sourced commentary about the photo itself. (For example, iconic historic photos like Kent State shootings or Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima are okay.) Please see the second bullet of WP:CSD. --B (talk) 01:19, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I see. I was not aware of that.  Thank you.  Howicus (Did I mess up?) 01:29, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 15 April 2015
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Hiding edit
Thank you! that magic word has successfully fulfilled what I wanted! And sorry due to network error, I was disconnected from chat. But thank you foe introducing me to Magic Words! aGastya   &#9993; Dicere Aliquid :) 18:19, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

I have unreviewed a page you curated
Hi, I'm NHCLS. I wanted to let you know that I saw the page you reviewed, 2018 AFC Autism Championship, and have un-reviewed it again. If you have any questions, please ask them on my talk page. Thank you. NHCLS (talk) 01:20, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
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changes to Roaches Illinois
I noticed you immediately removed my addition to my home (Roaches). I own the property and the deed to the town, How do I "prove" these facts to you so I may edit the information on the page? Brad Reynolds — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gtnby2 (talk • contribs) 22:47, 29 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, is this information published anywhere? See, Wikipedia content needs to be based off of verifiable published sources so that anyone who reads the article can check the sources used to support the content. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 22:53, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

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deOrphaning script
Hello everyone! I was just working on responding to a couple bug reports for a script that I worked up as part of a request from this project, and I noticed that only a couple people (who weren't even on this mailing list) are actually using the script. A little history on the script: In March of 2014, came to my user talk page and said he needed some help in acquiring a script for a backlog drive that he was working on that could keep track of and score deOrphanings for a scored backlog drive. I took that request to the project's talk page (BackLog Drive "DO" (De-Orphaning) script proposal) and there was near unanimous support for this. I thought about the proposal and decided the best way to do it was to build a new script (which is still no where near as comprehensive as 's OrphanTabs) and build into it a mechanism that will make BLD scoring easy.

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Request
Next week is finals week for me. I need to focus on my academics, and I want to make sure I stay away from Wikipedia until the finals are over. To that end, if I make any edits between 01:30 UTC 2 May 2015 and 17:00 UTC 7 May 2015 I would like to request that I be blocked for one week starting at the time I made the edits. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 01:15, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm not an admin, so I cant block you. But I wanted to say, that I really admire such people as you :) All my efforts to stay out of Wikipedia (whether I'm blocked or not) are unsuccessful (i'm mainly aediting at Latvian Wikipedia). Anyway, good look with the finals :) -- Edgars2007  (talk/contribs) 02:14, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Probably too late, but consider the Wikibreak enforcer. You can also specifically request blocks from admins in Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks, but judging from the rules of two admins, they prefer you use the Wikibreak enforcer before contacting them. Good luck on finals! Rotideypoc41352 (talk) 02:48, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * The Wikibreak Enforcer is a better idea, but if you really want to be blocked, just ask. I'm closing the help template as it really is't going to do what you want - you're basically asking administrators to patrol your edits, and unless you're planning a spree of vandalism, we won't wikistalk you just to make sure you're doing your homework. To put it bluntly, what you do in the real world is none of our concern; editing Wikipedia when you're meant to be doing something else isn't a valid reason to block you (if it was, half the editing population would be indeffed by now). If you actually want to be blocked until the 7th, then I or another admin will be happy to do so if you ask, but I'd still recommend Rotideypoc's suggestion above. Yunshui <sup style="font-size:90%">雲 <sub style="font-size:90%">水 10:39, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm back! Thank you both for the advice, the Wikibreak enforcer is what I'll use from now on. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 17:13, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

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Farm Shop
Sorted! --Hash Tag 444 (talk) 17:48, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Permission to enroll in your adoption school
Really appreciated your assistance in the IRC channel earlier, and was as hoping there might be an open spot in your adoption school. Assuming a reasonable rate of tuition, I'd love to enroll.

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 * There's definitely room :). The way I do it is, I have an adoption school page set up, which adoptees create their own version of.  The page contains lessons which I think help users gain a good basic knowledge of how Wikipedia works.  If that sounds good to you, then go to User:Howicus/Adoption school and follow the instructions there to create your own copy of the page.  You can work through the parts in any order and at your own pace.  Tuition is zero :). Howicus (Did I mess up?) 01:08, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Just completed my first section in adoption school. Just out of curiosity, how i officially enroll on the Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters page and reflect it in a banner on my user page?
 * Well, I updated the page, there. As for your user page, you can add Template:User Adoptee to the page, in the format  . Howicus (Did I mess up?) 03:16, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

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Sir Matthew Edward
Dear Howicus,

I noticed that you had the page for Sir Matthew Edward removed due to you thinking it was a hoax. Sir Matthew Edward is indeed a real person who is related to each of the people listed. He is the youngest president to serve The Southern Social Register and is a founding member. He has modeled, acted, and preformed at William Morris Talent Agency in California. If you have any further reasons to prevent this page to dye your ignorance of affluent people in the United States please let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MPerez1922 (talk • contribs)
 * Well, the version of your article provided no sources, no proof that Sir Matthew Edward is both real and notable enough for a Wikipedia article. Wikipedia articles need to be based on reliable, independent sources such as newspapers, magazines, or books.  If you wish to try again I'd suggest using the article wizard at WP:WIZARD to write a draft. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 00:28, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

DRAFT:ULTRASAT
Hi Howicus, Thank you for reviewing the draft of ULTRASAT. you rejected it because it is lacking relevant sources that cover ULTRASAT specifically in depth. I was trying to help Railfan31 and I have found the lectures given in the Ilan Ramon International annual Space Conference in 2013: two specific lectures about ULTRASAT - one about the payload in minute 52:16- ULTRASAT even if the lecture is in HEBREW all the slides are in English, and I also have the English transcript of the lecture published by the Fisher Institute in hard copy. in This lecture minute 1:11:04 you can see they call it still LIMSAT. In the 2015 conference minute 34:13 the head of IAI MBT mentions the changes in concept and aiming now for the GEO orbit. On the ISA website there is also a dedicated page for ULTRASAT. Are these sufficiant sources? if so, I will update the draft accordingly. Thanks Golan&#39;s mom (talk) 07:03, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, the ISA page is a usable source. Wikipedia doesn't consider YouTube a reliable source, however, so YouTube links wouldn't work.  If those videos are posted elsewhere, say on the Fisher Institute's websites, you could link to them there. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:51, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hi Howicus, Thank you for your answer. I got to the youtTube videos from the Fisher Institute website (through a link), since they posted the videos of the conference lectures on their official channel. They provide videos for all their conferences. Is it not considered an "official" conference video? Golan&#39;s mom (talk) 05:53, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

A new user who you might be able to help
Hello! My name is Howicus, I believe we may have talked on IRC. Today I ran into the user Denizeryuruk. They keep creating pages on the English Wikipedia, in the Turkish language, about subjects that already have English language articles. Since you have Turkish in your Wikipedia Babel box, I was wondering if you could perhaps leave them a message in Turkish, and try to point them to tr.wikipedia.org instead of here. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:29, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Hello Howicus, I suggested to the user that it would be better to put that content to Turkish wikipedia on their talk page. -- A Certain White Cat chi? 09:08, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, I really appreciate it. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 15:28, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Goggles accidental removal.
I think that was an incidental removal by one of my students. I am checking. Thanks for the revert. HullIntegrity \ talk / 17:47, 19 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I figured that was it, but since they left no Edit summary and it didn't seem obviously an improvement I thought it best to revert. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 17:51, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Template:Guggenheim Museum
Nice idea, but did you realize that there is more than one Guggenheim Museum? Ten to be exact. So could you solve the link to the disambiguation page? <span style="font-family:'Old English Text MT',serif;color:green">The Banner <i style="color:maroon">talk</i> 19:20, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, I did not know that. Fixed! Howicus (Did I mess up?) 19:26, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
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Adoption
I'm fascinated in military history. I'd like to enroll. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spikesjb (talk • contribs) 00:19, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'd be glad to adopt you. The way I do adoption, at least, is I have series of "lessons" that I feel help new editors understand various important aspects of editing.  If that sounds good to you, you can go to User:Howicus/Adoption school and follow the instructions there to make your own copy of the page.  You can work through the lessons in any order and at your own pace. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 16:15, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Adoption Request
Hey ,

I'm seeking adoption and you were recommended to me from user, and i was wondering if you would consider adopting me! I deal with naval/military articles, and i'm a member of:
 * Ships WikiProject
 * Military History WikiProject
 * World War Two Task Force

So how about it? Take all the time you need though, i aint tryna rush anyone haha!

Thanks for any help you can provide, --Luis Santos24 (talk) 11:42, 27 May 2015 (UTC) :-)
 * Hi, I'd be glad to adopt you! The way I do adoption, at least, is that I have a set of lessons that I feel give new editors a good idea of how various important areas of Wikipedia work.  If that sounds good to you, you can go to User:Howicus/Adoption school, and follow the instructions there to create your own version of the page. You can work on the lessons at your own pace, and in any order. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 16:20, 27 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh, by the way, the code to use to ping other users is, not just  . Howicus (Did I mess up?) 16:20, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Didn't knew about it, sorry won't add more links
I also added the links here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_cashback with other links and other pages. Won't do it again ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nik007hik (talk • contribs) 16:57, 27 May 2015 (UTC)