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Userpage template
I want to add the userpage template to the bottom of my userpage, but when I put it at the bottom of my page when editing, it ends up next to my userboxes. Please help.  MMS  2013  23:45, 11 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I have added extra lines for you, they will hold until you change the content on the page. Then you will need to add or remove some. -- &#47; MWOAP &#124; Notify Me &#92; 00:03, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you :)  MMS  2013  00:05, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed: clear.  fetch  comms  ☛ 00:06, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

My review of your work
Hello MMS2013,

At Editor review's page, I founded your request. Doing a lot of vandalism recovery myself, I'm happy to answer your call.

In brief, you are doing great. I searched a lot in your last days before finding anything not already perfect. Congratulation.

Of course, no body is perfect, so here is what I founded and my suggestion for improving your already good job.

First is [| this]. See around line 53. It has not been clean yet and I let you do it.

Once vandalism is hidden under anti-vandalism recovery and / or good faith edits, it becomes more and more difficult to find. When doing a recovery, it is important to go back long enough for finding all of it. My trick is to compare my edit and the history twice. The first time, I compare it against 3 - 5 unreverted edits. Sometime, you can have to go down 20 edits before finding 3 unreverted actions. After that, I go deeper and look for what looks like 3 - 5 good faith edits. These people doing edits in good faith have more chance to leave a clean article behind them.

Fortunately, you are already doing great here and this example is the only vandalism I founded remaining in your edits of the last few days.

My second suggestion is about this warning. The guy already received 2 warnings for the very same article. You could have gave him an L2 or even L3 warning. You are assuming good faith, as required by Wikipedia, and this is good. But when the same guy is doing damage over and over again in the same article, you can be more persuasive.

Again, this is really not a major point.

Oops... my 3rd example is not good : it was fixed by someone else earlier... Let me see if I find another one :-)

Ok, here is one : []. It's another case where you left something behind you. But again, I insist that your cleaning is already very good, better than the one done by most.

Overall, your work is very good : The cleaning you do is complete, You warn the user when you found them, You report them to the admin after their final warning.

That's how effective counter-vandalism has to be done.

Congratulation,

Heracles31 (talk) 23:26, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Claiming rewards
How do you claim a reward on the Reward Board?  MMS  2013  13:11, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You contact the offerer ... they will let you know if you met the requirements. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 13:15, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Finatik N Zac
I believe I have added enough information to make them relevant and notable per the Wikipedia standards. I am still compiling sources but request that the revised version be removed from speedy deletion. Thanks! TheSonj (talk) 23:17, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You have definitely improved the article, but according to Wikipedia's policy on bands/music groups, The links you have added do not yet prove the band's notability. A music group is only considered notable on Wikipedia if it:


 * 1) Has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician or ensemble itself and reliable.
 * 2) Has had a single or album on any country's national music chart.
 * 3) Has had a record certified gold or higher in at least one country.
 * 4) Has received non-trivial coverage in a reliable source of an international concert tour, or a national concert tour in at least one sovereign country.
 * 5) Has released two or more albums on a major label or one of the more important indie labels (i.e., an independent label with a history of more than a few years and a roster of performers, many of which are notable).
 * 6) Is an ensemble which contains two or more independently notable musicians, or is a musician who has been a member of two or more independently notable ensembles.
 * 7) Has become the most prominent representative of a notable style or of the local scene of a city; note that the subject must still meet all ordinary Wikipedia standards, including verifiability.
 * 8) Has won or been nominated for a major music award, such as a Grammy, Juno, Mercury, Choice or Grammis award.
 * 9) Has won or placed in a major music competition.
 * 10) Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a notable compilation album, etc. (But if this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that article.)
 * 11) Has been placed in rotation nationally by any major radio network.
 * 12) Has been the subject of a half hour or longer broadcast across a national radio or TV network.

If you have any further questions on this matter, feel free to ask me, or view the Wikipedia policies on music notability here. Thank you!  MMS  2013  01:37, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Tram
Please do not delete a large section of text from ANY article without prior discussion on the talk page and obtaining consensus. Bhtpbank (talk) 07:46, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Most sincere apologies, I wrongly believed that the indicated consensus.  MMS  2013  13:17, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Auto Archiving
helpme Do I have my automated archive code set up correctly?  MMS  2013  14:40, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, it'll auto archive threads older than 10 days, kind regards SpitfireTally-ho! 14:44, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Archive box help
I have tried to automatically provide links to my talk archives, but I am having a lot of trouble. Please help.  MMS  2013  14:20, 19 February 2010 (UTC)


 * You can't set it to add your archive pages automatically.  and other similar templates only work automatically if the archive pages are named "Archive 1", "Archive 2", etc.  Because you set it to archive by year and date (e.g. User talk:MMS2013/Archives/2009/November), the template won't recognize the archive pages automatically.  However, you can add them yourself, with this:


 * You would have to add new archive pages when they're created in order to display them. Please let me know if there are any more questions.  Thanks!  --Mysdaao talk 14:41, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you! :D  MMS  2013  17:42, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! --Mysdaao talk 23:26, 20 February 2010 (UTC)