User talk:Karen Nutini

Welcome
Welcome!

Hello, Karen Nutini, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for Hughes H-4 Hercules. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:42, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
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Re: Thanks for your watch
Well, don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions, or you can take them to the Help desk. Happy editing, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 01:24, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
APK whisper in my ear  20:47, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: ? for you
Those numbers mean how many characters were added or removed in an edit. For instance, if someone replaces 'the' with 'them', it will say. If someone blanks a section with 1,000 characters, it will say  (-1,000) . This feature is useful, especially when patrolling for vandals (if you see a huge blanking without an edit summary, it's most likely a vandal). Best, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 16:47, 9 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, something else you should, know, if the number of characters changed is more then 500, it will appear in bold. So if you add 499 characters, it will be, but if you add 500, it will say . Cheers, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 22:33, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Signing
Hi Karen, noticed your question on Cgoodwin's talk page (I lurk on a few pages for other people and sometimes dive in to answer something). To make your signature appear, you type FOUR tildes. It looks like this: ~ and then when you hit "save page," it uploads as your signature. The default is just your name and talk page, each linked. If you want something fancier, you can customize it in your preferences. Good luck! Montanabw (talk) 20:50, 1 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Hmmm. You did have a signature that appended the date, it just didn't link.    I did a few experiments and here is what I did that made my signature act like yours.  At the top of the page, you can see the "My Preferences" link.  I suspect you have already found it. Click it and the page that opens has a section titled "Signature."  If the little box is checked that says "Treat the above as wiki markup" AND there is something in the box right above that says "Signature:'  Then uncheck the checkbox AND delete anything that's in the Signature box.  Then scroll to the bottom and hit "save."  Then test on my page to see if your basic signature with a link returns.  If that does the trick, then what happened is that you probably tried to fancy up your signature, or just put your name in without any formatting and that's what went wrong.  If that ISN'T what's going on, then go to My Preferences, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on " Restore all default settings"  It will take you to another page where you can click a button to reset everything.  This means you will lose any customizations you have put into your preferences, but it will also fix your signature.  Good luck!  Montanabw (talk) 22:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for contributing the photo and I hope that the above suggestions work~, as I cannot offer any further advice on signatures. Best wishes.Cgoodwin (talk) 00:52, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Images
Have fun photographing things for wikipedia? However, if you found the signature thing a pain in the behind, images are also a challenge...but there IS an easy way to manage them...upload them in wikimedia commons, not on wikipedia, and then release them under a free license, either their "recommended" GDFL-CC license (where they at least have to acknowledge your name) or public domain (where they are free to use without attribution). I got real frustrated finding images that were "legal" to use on wikipedia, and started to take my own for illustrating some of the articles I was working on. So if you want an example of that, here's an article I just finished and one where I took all the photos, too. Sheila Varian. You can click on the images, then when that page opens, click on the link to the image in Commons and see how I uploaded and licensed them. I'm only over at Commons when I have photos to upload, so if you have any questions, pop a message to me on my talk page here. Good luck! Montanabw (talk) 21:17, 2 July 2010 (UTC)