User talk:MeisMyself

Hi, I would like to help Wikipedia and i am not sure how, what can I do to help? MeisMyself and no one else  15:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Here to do my homework...not sure if it will get done. (talk) 19:04, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Welcome...

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Thank You MeisMyself (talk) 18:51, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

About wanting to do something
If you want something to do, I would suggest asking for adoption. There are some great adopters on here. I have one myself :). They will provide you with PLENTY to keep you busy. Homework2  pass a note sign!  15:54, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok, how do I do that? MeisMyself and no one else  16:02, 13 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Add that template to your userpage. Someone will stop by and eventually offer their services. Homework2  pass a note sign!  16:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Adoption offer
I would be glad to adopt you if you like. I am Hereforhomework's adopter and you can look at some of our discussions for an idea of the way I work. I've been editing on Wikipedia for a year now and have ~5,500 edits. I work with Percy Jackson task force, WikiProject Warriors, Recent changes patrol, and Editor review primarily. Even if you choose another adopter, feel free to come to me with any questions. PrincessofLlyr royal court 20:50, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

The Percy Jackson Task Force Roll Call
Hey ! Thanks for being a part of the Percy Jackson Task Force here on Wikipedia. We're cleaning up our list of members; the project would like to make sure all members listed are participating. Therefore, we're holding a roll call for the members of the Percy Jackson Task Force and appreciate your help by acting quickly. Before you confirm your membership, you'll want to look over the obligations for members. In order to remain a member, you must: Additionally, consider adding and  to your userpage for project updates and to show off your membership. We hope you're still active and interested, as the Percy Jackson Task Force is looking for more contributions from members. Also, check out ways to help the project. Thanks!
 * Contribute to the current PJTF collaboration and Percy Jackson articles constructively. A minimum of 10 (constructive) edits on Percy Jackson topics per month is required for members.
 * Be generally active in the affairs of the WikiProject (watchlist and participate in the General Forums, vote at AfDs, keep up with vandalism, and more).

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Adoption
If you still want to be adopted, I'd be glad to help. I should explain that you will be be my first adoptee and if that is a problem I will understand --Jubilee♫ clipman 23:10, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I am good with it. I have never had adopter so it will be a first experience for both of us. MeisMyself Contact Me  16:00, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. (Though you nearly adopted me...!) You sig looks good now, BTW.  Anything else you would like help with?  Perhaps I should suggest you start with Five pillars and What Wikipedia is not.  Taken together, they almost explain everything you might want to know about how Wikipedia works  --Jubilee♫ clipman  16:25, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Opps. MeisMyself Contact Me  17:17, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Non-free files in your user space
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Your Signature
Hey. I don't think you realize this, but your signature does not lead to your user page or anything remotely related to it. As other editors will want to contact you, you might want to change it. Under my preferences, there is a place to change it. Type 2 of these " and then type whatever text you want. That should help. Make sure it isn't too long. [[User:Hereforhomework2| Homework2 pass a note sign!  14:11, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Also if you want to link to your talk page, type 2 more of the brackets and then type User talk:MeisMyself, a "|", and then whatever text you want. It's a little difficult but it should get easier! Happy editing, Homework2  pass a note sign!  14:14, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah I am bothering you again...but if you want to make yours colorful, you should check out Smurrayinchester's signature tutorial. Have fun. Homework2  pass a note sign!  14:24, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Is this better? I cant get it to do anything else MeisMyself  15:24, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Try this: MeisMyself  and no one else  which comes out as  MeisMyself  and no one else  The second half won't appear to do anything because you are already on your talkpage but try it out elsewhere and you will find the link back here  --Jubilee♫ clipman  14:36, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * See my sandbox, for example --Jubilee♫ clipman  14:40, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That's absolutely fine. It goes to your userpage and people can get to your talk page from there.  You can play around with it more as you learn more  --Jubilee♫ clipman  15:42, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Never Mind, I fixed it MeisMyself  Contact Me  15:50, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
You can Watchlist my talkpage, BTW, and click the "My Watchlist" link above to find out if I have answered. That way, the questions and answers will appear on the same page. Or we can talk on your talkpage if you prefer? Some editors do hop back and forth between talkpages but I would not recommend that as it becomes very confusing! Jubilee♫ clipman 17:30, 17 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Answered you on my talkpage. I think I have figured it out, though I am waiting to see what other users have to say about it over at User talk:TheDJ/Qui  --Jubilee♫ clipman  18:08, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * And again. Sorry I took so long to get back to you this time: I had RL (Real Life) stuff to sort out and then I had to investigate the issue, of course.  I also messed up my post... several times!  Ah the joys of being human!  BTW, would you prefer we discussed things on your talkpage?  Make no difference to me but it might help you get my reply more quickly.  No problem either way, though  --Jubilee♫ clipman  20:55, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't care, whatever is easier for you MeisMyself  Contact Me  00:26, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * OK. I have moved our conversations over here (below).  We can then carry on over here so that you can find out what I said more quickly in the future rather than your having to wade through my archives!  No luck with Qui yet, BTW, and it won't work for me (nor for others I have asked) in IE8 either --Jubilee♫ clipman  00:45, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh. I am glad it is not my fault, though it stinks that I can't use it MeisMyself  Contact Me  14:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. :( BTW, be WP:BOLD and throw yourself in to any article.  The best way to learn on WP is to do, IMO.  Yes, you'll make mistakes (as we all do, even Jimbo, BTW!) but as long as you learn from those mistakes then you are progressing.  Hit the Random Article button (see the side bar) or search for your favourite pop-group or sports-person and just correct minor mistakes like spelling, for now.  (Correction of spelling, grammar etc is called copyediting and you will often see it abbreviated as "ce".  It is one of the most important processes on WP, IMO.)  One other thing: use the box underneath the edit window to explain your edit.  It says "edit summary" above it: read Help:Edit summary for more on this.  In essence, this text can be seen in the aticle's history and other automatically generated lists such as Recent Changes (see the side bar again).  Any more questions?  I'll try to find out what's going on with Qui but don't hold your breath for a quick answer... these things often take months to sort out, I'm afraid  --Jubilee♫ clipman  15:18, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

First Question as your adoptee
moved from User talk:Jubileeclipman I would like to use the Qui, but I can't get it to work. I followed the insructions carefully. Does it have anything to do with using Internet Explorer 8? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MeisMyself (talk • contribs) 16:51, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Possibly: I'll look into it for you --Jubilee♫ clipman  16:56, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * You have cleared your cache as explained here? Quick version for IE8 (and most others, actually): Hold Ctrl and press F5 while IE8 is open on your user page  --Jubilee♫ clipman  17:20, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I followed all the intructions MeisMyself  Contact Me  17:37, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * AH! OK: you added the script to your Moonbook.js page.  I think you have to add it to your Vector.js page now (unless you are actually using monobook?)  They probably forgot to update the instructions so I just updated them myself  --Jubilee♫ clipman  17:45, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh... refresh etc again --Jubilee♫ clipman  17:50, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I will try it now, thank you for helping me  MeisMyself  Contact Me  19:08, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Any time! Good luck.  Oh... and don't forget those squiggles (though I frequently forget!) --Jubilee♫ clipman  19:11, 17 May 2010 (UTC)]
 * It didn't work. :( MeisMyself  Contact Me  19:36, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Meh... I'll look into it further and get back to you.  Might be something to do with the new look WikiPedia has been given.  Or it might still be because you are using IE.  Do you have any other browser to try out?  I'll try IE8 my end, in the meantime, and see what happens with my Qui  --Jubilee♫ clipman  20:24, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * O...K...Do you get an exclamation mark in the corner of IE? And get this message or similar when you click it:
 * "Message: 'null' is null or not an object Line: 175 Char: 5 Code: 0 URI: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TheDJ/qui.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript"


 * I particularly like the "'null' is null" thing! I think it is to do with the Javascript functionality, e.g. it isn't properly enabled in our version of IE or needs updating or something.  I'll have to investigate further.  Sorry about that.  I wouldn't worry too much though: Qui is useful in a way but people forget to change their status so they appear online when offline and vice versa!  --Jubilee♫ clipman  20:39, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Work
You were asking your sister about what you could do. I think I have found something: Percy Jackson's page needs a lot of work. Oddly, it is listed as only "Start" class which means that it has a lot of words but not much else, basically. Rewriting some of it to make more sense or whatever would be a good start. Avoid the highest level articles for now BTW, those marked on their talkpages as "FA", for example, have been on the front page of WP: Main Page. They are generally considered to be the best articles we have. Start-class articles, OTOH, are at the other end... "Stubs" are just very short articles e.g. Cat Spectacular! These can be expanded. You can find a load of pop album stubs here, for example. Wouldn't hurt to play around with those and if they sit around doing nothing they might deleted anyway! Have fun! --Jubilee♫ clipman 03:56, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Warriors
Hello, MeisMyself! I'd like to invite you to join the WikiProject Warriors. We work on improving Warriors articles and would appreciate your help. To join, just add your name to the bottom of the list of active participants. Cheers!  Bramble  claw  x   19:38, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: text messaging
I definately do not want to be 'defensive' about my edits; if you honestly think the reversion should have been made, then I'm okay with that. However, I'm interesting in knowing your reasoning. Although it is essentially a minor edit (and, now I think of it, I should have labeled it as such), I still believe it is important. North America is a region, and so is Europe. To fit in with the pattern, Australasia is much more appropriate. Furthermore, the comments made about Australasia equally apply to all parts of Australasia, including New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. What are your thoughts? Also, I want to thank you for taking the time to review my edit; it's nice to know other people can correct my mistakes (if they are that). Sintau.tayua (talk) 04:41, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I am sorry if I offended you. I think that many people are not familiar with the word Australasia, (In fact this is the first time I have heard of it), so I thought it might be better to keep it just as Australia. You could also use the word Oceania if you are talking about the diffrent continents MeisMyself  Contact Me  15:03, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, you have a valid point there. Coming from australasia myself (new zealand, exactly, so I am a bit biased!), the word is reasonably common. But I can see how it wouldn't be obvious to other people. I'm happy to keep it as Australia then. I think Oceania more refers to the islands of the pacific than to Australia, although I read the article just now and noticed that Australia was technically part of it. Thanks for replying! Sintau.tayua (talk) 21:16, 12 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi MeisMyself. I happened to see this discussion, and thought it might be useful to point out that Australasia is a part of Oceania, as indicated by Template:Regions of the world. Happy editing,  Bramble  claw  x   23:02, 12 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I changed it to link to Australia (continent). That might be a good compromise, though it excludes New Zealand (part of Zealandia, apparently)!  Better still might be to write "Australia and New Zealand" (just linking to the countries).  Good work, BTW, reverting the deletion of material at Power Rangers: Super Legends  --Jubilee♫ clipman  23:19, 12 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank You MeisMyself Contact Me  17:21, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

RE: help!
CLick on view history and check out the last clean version of that page. then undo the damage. Homework2 Talk What I do!  16:35, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Re this: what would you like to do with the beginning of your user page? You can leave some info about yourself if you like, e.g. "I am a shinty player.  I like playing the bagpipes but am not very good yet.  I believe in the Loch Ness Monster but not in the Abominable Snowman... etc."  (Yeah, that's not you I know!!!)  This type of information often helps other editors to understand what type of article you are likely to be working on.  Or you could directly describe the type of articles you'd like to work on e.g. "I am interested in the works of James Joyce so will probably be editing articles related to the man and his works".  You could actually move the My Info section up there, in fact.  I'd leave out personal stuff like where you live, your age, and real name for now.  Given that I am a male 30something it probably isn't as much of a problem for me to add that info.  BTW, I pinched the cryptic style on my userpage from User:GuillaumeTell's userpage and the collapsible boxes from someone else.  When deciding how to create your own page, looking at other user pages is a good idea but every editor has a different way of doing things.  Some people have nothing on the "front page": see User:MSGJ (who has a "user page" with nothing more that useful resources to help him with the type of edits he likes to make).  Others have tons on there: see User:SlimVirgin.  Yet others basically write an article about themselves: see User:Tony1 and User:Jerome Kohl.  Others actually redirect the entire page to their talk page: see User:Folantin, if you can!  (Hit the "(Redirected from User:Folantin)" link near the top to see the redirect page itself.)  Hope this helps!  --Jubilee♫ clipman  20:47, 14 June 2010 (UTC)


 * "I am not very good at spelling (so please fix it if you find any), or finding/reverting vandalism." I would disagree with the last bit: you are very good at reverting vandalism!  The rest is good, though.  Brambleclawx and I have made some spelling corrections: hope that's OK?    --Jubilee♫ clipman  00:42, 17 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Definitely! MeisMyself  Contact Me  14:06, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

oops... :)
You got this the wrong way round! You actually restored the IPs gibberish! Good work on the other reverts, though --Jubilee♫ clipman  00:16, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Major Ooops! MeisMyself  Contact Me  22:05, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Tracker Task Force
I would love to join but I have not read the books and my library dosent have them :( MeisMyself  Contact Me  02:44, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

bothering you
heyyy your userpage is black and some of the text is invisible. It may be a good idea to change it. Homework2 Talk What I do!  00:34, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Smile!
 Hello MeisMyself, Thesevenseas has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.  Set Sail For The Seven Seas   286° 53' 45" NET   19:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Use of flag icons
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MeisMyself, I thought you might want to weigh in on this topic: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Swimming. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 13:47, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Secret Pages
Hey, I have seen these Barnstars for finding Secret Pages, I was wondering how they worked, where you can find them, and how you make them. Any information on this topic would be greatly appreciated. MeisMyself Contact Me  20:29, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Some users like to make a "secret page" for fun. They create a page, then hide a link to it somewhere on their userpage. Usually, a secret page has some place to sign a name. When a secret page is found its owner sometimes gives a barnstar. On a side note, "secret pages" have caused some controversy in the past, because some users think they are a waste of time and lead to Myspacing.  Bramble  claw  x   21:45, 23 December 2010 (UTC)

Percy Jackson Task-force
Hi, I'm looking to help re-activate the Percy Jackson Task-force. I know you haven't edited Wikipedia actively for a while, but I wanted to extend an invitation for you to work with me to do this anyway. If you are no longer interested, I'd appreciate your taking the time to move your username to the "inactive" list here. And thanks for all you did before!

If you are interested, firstly I'd like to invite you to come back into full membership, as the requirements for membership are going to be lowered in the near future (I know they scared me away on the first try) -- or be just a "supporter", if that's more your speed. I would also ask you to consider a proposal I have, which is that this task-force become the "Rick Riordan" task-force. I've suggested this because I think it would help keep the project active and also help stop some pretty widespread vandalism in articles referring to that author. My proposal in brief. I'm a relatively new Wikipedian, so I'd appreciate the advice and expertise of a more experienced user. Thanks again in advance, and feel free to contact me on my Talk page. 2ReinreB2 (talk) 06:50, 23 July 2015 (UTC)