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Thanks for signing my autograph book. I really appreciate it. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:32, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

The Novels WikiProject Newsletter - Issue XXII - March 2008
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The Talkpage Barnstar
It is with some trepidation that I thank you for awarding me the Talkpage Barnstar with regards to my activity on the 'Ignore all rules' talk page. Having subsequently read about these Barnstars, and mulled the notion over, I feel that it was a very kind and encouraging gesture, for which I thank you unreservedly. However, I can see an element of peril in the award; having received one Barnstar, there arises, in the murkiest chambers of my heart (specifically the right ventricle), the seeds of a ruthless and manic ambition to collect them all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sixtyninefourtyninefourtyfoureleven (talk • contribs) 19:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Secret pages game: reply
As requested, my reply to your message at User talk:AGK: "It's a pretty easy case of noting down the missing letters and appending it to User:Microchip08/ in the URL bar. No, it's probably not easy, I just get quite addicted to games."

- User talk:AGK

AGK (contact) 21:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Your edits
In the past three days, you have solely been working on the massive amount of pages in your userspace and not a single article. Please edit more articles than your personal subpages, or they may face deletion and you may be blocked from editing.— Ryūlóng ( 竜龙 ) 22:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Signature
I would really rather you didn't. If you would like me to make you a signature, I'd be happy to, though. I just don't want people to steal the ones that I created. If you do want me to make you one, let me know :) Fusion Mix 22:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

microchip08 (find my secret page!) 17:49, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Secret page
Is the secret page the one with the green template that says "well done!"? STYROFOAM1994 Don't age bias me! 17:52, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not fair. No. Not fair in the slightest. Grrr. At least use the proper barnstar award.... that one's there so that I can easily reply to messages.... DO LEVEL TWO!microchip08 (find my secret page!) 17:57, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Secret Page
I'm on Level II but confused on what to do --Juthani1 (talk) 21:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Found it without cheating. You should at least have a barnstar added to it.--Juthani1 (talk) 16:51, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Which list should I add it to? The cheater list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Juthani1 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

go ahead
it's just standard CSS code. I think I copied it from someone else. —Random832 19:27, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but no thanks. (I actually had that code at one point, I think) There was a lot of debate (much more than it's worth) back in 2007 about this, and one point of contention was that having the actual CSS class there can cause technical problems for some bots. Plus, the fnord  only works with the orange color scheme. —Random832 19:48, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Sig
Sure! What do you want it to look like? Fusion Mix 13:52, 11 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Alright. I'll try to have it done by this evening. Fusion Mix

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Redirect
You redirected the IAR/Workshop to WP:Ignore all rules. What was your reasoning for doing this, I cant find any discussion of this redirect, or why you think it is a good idea. Thanks --Newbyguesses - Talk 20:09, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Take a look at the actual IAR/Workshop page; I've not deleted any posts. I felt that it would be better, and more centralized, if everything was on the one page.  microchip08 Find my secret page!   Talk to me! I feel lonely!  20:17, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Well, I am very muchly in favour of centralized discussion also, but the /Workshop was in use as a place to try out possible drafts of IAR. I will have a look as you say. Not sure if there is a problem here, or maybe a solution, things are a bit confused, though that is not unusual. --Newbyguesses - Talk 20:32, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:
Hi there, thanks for correcting the mistake on my talkheader hadn't noticed it until you've corrected it. Terra What do you want? 20:42, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Glad I could help.  microchip08 Find my secret page!   Talk to me! I feel lonely!  20:44, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

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Done
I had these done last night, but neglected to give them to you, sorry about that. Here we are.

Because the whole 'my preferences' thing never tends to work properly, my chosen method of using a sig is to create a subpage called 'sig', paste the code to the sig you want there, and then type " " in the little signature box. Then, when you want to change your sig, merely exchange the code in the 'sig' subpage to something else. Fusion Mix 19:36, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

<b style="color:#D3D3D3">Mi</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">cro</b><b style="color:#808080">ch</b><b style="color:#696969">ip</b><b style="color:#000">08</b>

<font face="Verdana><font color="#30F">micro <font color="#900">chip 08

<font face="Courier New"><font color="#008080">Micro <font face="Courier New"><font color="#B22222">chip  08


 * You're very welcome! :) <font style="color:white;background:#191970;">Fusion <font style="color:#191970;background:white;">Mix 19:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

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Hidden Page Reward
--DestructoTalk to me 02:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

National Amateur Light Heavyweight Champions
Care to explain your revert rather than the moronic - "erm no!"--Gueracuco (talk) 19:11, 21 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Apologies. It looked, on my screen, to redirect to a redlinked page. Therefore, I reverted it. <font face="Courier New"> Micro <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#B22222">c h i p   <font color="#00880">08 21:09, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Re Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Joan of Arc Statue
Hi Microchip08,

I noticed you 'Speedy closed' Featured picture candidates/Joan of Arc Statue.

Other than exceptional circumstances, for a speedy close to occur one user should vote for a Speedy close, and if there are no objections within approx. one day then it can be closed early. In the Joan of Arc nom, no one had nominated for speedy close (one user had mentioned it in their oppose vote), and you then closed it just over an hour afterwards.

Sure it wasn't going to pass FPC, but it didn't obviously fail all criteria, and was providing the nominator with valuable feedback, so was doing no harm in being there.

Cheers, --jjron (talk) 03:23, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

BAH!
<font face="Courier New"> Micro <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#B22222">c h i p   <font color="#00880">08 16:00, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

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Comment
I will leave a comment idea on the hidden page. Spencer T♦C 19:48, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Ribbons
I'm still having errors..the ribbons aren't appearing at all :( There's something still coming for you, I have't forgotten :) <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="green">Steve Crossin (talk to me) 20:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Fixed. <font face="Courier New"> Micro <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#B22222">c h i p   <font color="#00880">08 20:48, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Err, could you have another quick look? Sorry, I'm useless with codings/templates :( <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="green">Steve Crossin (talk to me) 20:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar
There is no doubt you have earned this one:

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Saskatchewan Highway 16
Thanks for the answer to my help me....To try to explain further. I have used the citation, but using it a bizillion times makes the text hard to read, and every time I say a town is ...this big...population I state as of 2006...which is also breaking up the reading...and then the footnote. Is there anyway to say the whole entire article populations are from the 2006 census and the citation once at the bottom of the article or paragraph or whathaveyou. I notice if one states town blah is 126,493 people (2006) with no citation and no (2006) it gets a tag, but when an article has many many places, the (2006) and citation get wearisome to the prose. SriMesh | talk  21:20, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I've referred this to another user. <font face="Courier New"> Micro <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#B22222">c h i p   <font color="#00880">08 21:30, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

42nd cabal
sorry it took so long to get back to you, I've been of on some adventures

-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 20:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I noticed a barnstar on your home page which leads me to ask, do you fix up user pages?-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 16:26, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Secret page
"Go to heaven or ell and win". What does that mean?? Gaia Octavia Agrippa (talk) 09:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

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Searching for your hidden page...
Well, I found the Shakespeare page, and I believe that I decoded the sonnet (i.e. "go to heaven or hell and win"), but I'm not sure what to do next. What I have tried is typing a new address in the address bar (e.g., "...User:Microchip08/heaven", "...User:Microchip08/hell", "...User:Microchip08/heavenorhell", "...User:Microchip08/heavenorhellandwin", etc.), but that didn't work. Any additional clues? =} -- Beleg Strongbow (talk) 13:38, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, I tried "...User:Microchip08/heaven or hell", and that worked, but now I am totally stumped with the instructions I have found on the resulting two pages... =\ -- Beleg Strongbow (talk) 14:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

What Are You Talking About
What are you talking about here <font color="#0000CD">SimpsonsFan08  <font color="#FF0000"> talk contribs 21:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

User talk:NumbNull
Does this count as refactoring? ;-) GBT/C 19:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nah. Was just pulling your leg. Is the text on your talk page deliberately centered, incidentally? GBT/C 20:05, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You learn something new everyday. Thanks for that! The public face of GBT/C 11:41, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar Microchip, I appreciate it :) — Huntster (t • @ • c) 15:57, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

user page
If you would, that would be great, I just request you leave the Committed identity in there somewhere. Thank you very much-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 16:41, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

any thing but red really, my personal favorite is green-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 18:26, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

One could hope-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 20:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

don't worry, nothing to be sorry about-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 21:57, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

User name
Hey i really want to lift the "2" in my name like you have with your "08". How do you do it. Cheers. Realist 2 ( 'Come Speak To Me' ) 22:11, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ❌ as user found it out himself and reverted his message. <font face="Courier New"> Micro <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#B22222">c h i p   <font color="#00880">08 10:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

RE secret page
I found it in like 20 seconds. :) But I really don't know if I cheated! How do you cheat? And what, exactly, are your rules for this? mathwhiz <font color="DarkRed">29  02:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar Microchip, I appreciate it :) — Huntster (t • @ • c) 15:57, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

user page
If you would, that would be great, I just request you leave the Committed identity in there somewhere. Thank you very much-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 16:41, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

any thing but red really, my personal favorite is green-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 18:26, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

One could hope-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 20:26, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

don't worry, nothing to be sorry about-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 21:57, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

User name
Hey i really want to lift the "2" in my name like you have with your "08". How do you do it. Cheers. Realist 2 ( 'Come Speak To Me' ) 22:11, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * ❌ as user found it out himself and reverted his message. <font face="Courier New"> Micro <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#B22222">c h i p   <font color="#00880">08 10:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

RE secret page
I found it in like 20 seconds. :) But I really don't know if I cheated! How do you cheat? And what, exactly, are your rules for this? mathwhiz <font color="DarkRed">29  02:26, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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RE: WP:ACC
Hi, I noticed that you (or someone pretending to be you) made a request for access to the ACC tool located here. For security, would you mind confirming that it was you that made the request? If you could leave a note here or on my talk page, and thanks for volunteering! <small style="font:bold 12px Trebuchet MS;display:inline;"><font color="#630">RichardΩ612  Ɣ ɸ 16:27, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yup, that's me. <font face="Courier New"> Micro <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#B22222">c h i p   <font color="#00880">08 16:44, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅, make sure to read the guidance at WP:ACC/G, and thanks again for helping out. <small style="font:bold 12px Trebuchet MS;display:inline;"><font color="#630">RichardΩ612  Ɣ ɸ 16:48, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Woah, that was quick. Thanks. <font face="Courier New"> Micro <font face="Lucida Console"><font color="#B22222">c h i p   <font color="#00880">08 16:49, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Status template
I've moved things over for you (see simple:User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate), but it's not all working as well as it does here. I've got a full explanation at my talk page. You should be able to use it, but the status will not semi-automatically update until things get fixed. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 22:23, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

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Microchip80 appears to have been compromised. Paypwip (talk) 12:16, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

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