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Welcome!
Welcome to Wikipedia, Fltyingpig! I am Gyrobo and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. Thank you for your contributions. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions check out Questions, or feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or type helpme at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! 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! Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post. Again, welcome! Gyrobo (talk) 03:30, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks!
Just wanted to say thanks for your contributions to the timing of Easter; it's a confusing business, and I'm glad that you know your way around it. Awickert (talk) 19:40, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome!
pluma (talk) 05:52, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

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Moving pages
Regarding this edit, pasting material to GB (disambiguation) that had been cut from GB: This is not an acceptable way to move a page, because it separates the page from its edit history. For information about moving pages, please see Moving a page. In any case, that disambiguation page should not have been moved, because it was already in the right place. Dab pages using the (disambiguation) clarifier are only used when a term has a primary topic, which GB does not.-- Shelf Skewed  Talk  17:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

I know
I'm sorry! I realized that after I moved two pages like that, then fixed one, but I couldn't remember which the other one was and hoped someone else would find it. Thank you so much for doing so! pluma (talk) 21:26, 19 June 2011 (UTC)


 * No problem. Wikipedia is huge, and even experienced editors don't know all the guidelines--I certainly don't. Welcome to the circus, and happy editing!-- Shelf Skewed  Talk  04:33, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Answers
Hi! In response to your questions on my user talk page: If you have any further questions, I'd be happy to help. --Gyrobo (talk) 22:08, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * 1) There is a large selection of userboxes available at Template:WP:UBS. All userboxes are templates, and are transcluded by putting the template name in double curly brackets. Something like User en will produce a userbox identifying you as a native English speaker.
 * 2) If you have images you own the copyright to, and you want to upload them under an open license, you'd want the Commons Upload form. If you want to upload a non-free, fair use image, you'd use the English Wikipedia's upload form. If you upload non-free content, you should be familiar with the restrictions on its use.
 * 3) WP:REDLINK describes the common practices surrounding links to articles that don't exist. In a nutshell, you should exercise common sense and only link nonexistent pages that are likely to become comprehensive articles at some point in the future. You were definitely heading in the right direction there.
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Question about moving pages
Hi! Was there any consensus for your move of the PJ&O characters title to a combination of the series? Not that I disagree with the move, but I would have moved it to "List of characters in the Camp Half-Blood series" or something less complicated. PrincessofLlyr royal court 03:19, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I probably should have gotten consensus, but I figured that the series is not called the Camp Half-Blood series, and so I thought that no one would mind if I corrected the name. If you want, you can change it back, but you'd need to fix all the redirect pages, and there are about fifty of those. Sorry for the inconvenience! pluma (talk) 04:22, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll do some research into a better name and see if there is any consensus. The pages needed to be moved; I don't question that, just the title choice, which I think could be simpler. Thanks for your work, especially on the PJ articles! PrincessofLlyr  royal court 16:04, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * What ideas do you have for a simpler title? I can't think of any that are shorter without sacrificing accuracy.  pluma  Ø  03:33, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The accepted combination is calling the two combined series the Camp Half-Blood series. For example, see Template:Camp Half-Blood. And that's simpler than running the two series titles together. PrincessofLlyr  royal court 23:14, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * My bad. I don't agree with that name, but if that's what's official, then feel free to change it back. Sorry!  pluma  Ø  23:42, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
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Don't mention it!
A lot of people who deserve barnstars don't get them. You should have gotten that Barnstar a while ago. Cheers ;), pluma (talk) 17:07, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

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adopt-a-typo
Dear Pig, I am  Majestic Pyre My Speech Bubble. I have, so far, spearheaded the adopt-a-typo project. I noticed your comment, sugestting that it might be best to double up on typos. However, at least in my opinion, and I am as new to this as you, it seems that it will be more effective to entrust specific typos to specific users who then, after defeating the backlog, merely check periodically. I would, though, love more discussion about the subject. Please feel free to contact me on my talk page. Majestic Pyre My Speech Bubble  20:41, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure! It was just an idea. It's just that I adopted a typo that has hundreds of uses on Wikipedia even though it's wrong. pluma    Ø  20:45, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Hmmm..... Maybe I will put in a "nannies wanted" section where people with a particularly large typo backlog can request help with particularly typos? P.S. Thanks for the Barnstar :) It is my first of many I hope.  Majestic Pyre My Speech Bubble  21:12, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * About the Barnstar: Don't mention it. A ton of people who deserve barnstars don't get them. I try to send WikiLove liberally. PS: the nanny thing is a great idea. pluma    Ø  21:19, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Let me know what you think of the new Nannies Wanted Section. Majestic Pyre My Speech Bubble  00:35, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * LOL (literally)I love it. I fixed some formatting. pluma    Ø  00:47, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks For the help and encouragement Pluma  Majestic Pyre My Speech Bubble  00:48, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't mention it! pluma    Ø  00:55, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Typo Nanny Userbox
Overkill? Majestic Pyre My Speech Bubble  00:50, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
 * A typo nanny userbox would be great! But maybe I'm not the one to ask, because I have a ton of userboxes. ;) There's no reason not to have one. pluma    Ø  00:54, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Haha! You should change the name to The Userpage Barnstar or something like that and submit it to the Barnstars talk page page! pluma   Ø  01:17, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Rollback
I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see New admin school/Rollback and Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. 08:34, 28 August 2011 (UTC)&mdash;An  optimist  on the run!
 * Thanks! I'm headed toward the Recent Changes page right now!  pluma  Ø  16:04, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Camp Half-Blood series-related
Remember when you had did a redirect for this series? It was originally called that so that it can cover both book series. Now the page is one of those Wikipedia articles that have very long names. Rtkat3 (talk) 7:22, 29 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I know and I'm sorry. If you really feel that strongly about it, please move it back.

Philipines etc
Please can you update Lists of common misspellings/P with your adoption of the Philipines? Thanks. --Mirokado (talk) 00:35, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. I haven't been able to figure out how to do that yet. I'm going to go back and try again.  pluma  Ø  00:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I looked again, and I still can't figure it out. Could you help me?  pluma  Ø  00:42, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi! All you need to do is add your normal talk signature as you did here to each entry in the list which you are adopting. You can see the result of that by looking at the entry for pheonix which I have adopted. --Mirokado (talk) 01:29, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't see any edit link for the entries' section.  pluma  Ø  01:37, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Har. Well, you can just edit the page and add your signature to the Philipines etc lines. --Mirokado (talk) 01:40, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I tried that yesterday and it didn't work, it only showed the top section. But I tried again today and it worked. I installed a program that has been messing thing up a bit because I have to allow everything now. But anyway, it's working now! Cheers and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  19:15, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Re:Tanjore painting
Hello Flyingping, just wanted give you a heads-up. I have reverted the IP edits on the Tanjore painting article. They are copyvios from


 * travel-tamilnadu.com/thanjavur.htm
 * Thanjavur_workshop.pdf

The rest of the article was a self promotion of this individual, Mr.M.Muthukrishnan. — Ganeshk  ( talk ) 01:34, 8 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry about that. I looked at the edit history, and it showed me something else. I guess it messed up. I recently installed this software called noscript and it's really messing stuff up for reasons I can't explain. Sorry again and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  01:39, 8 September 2011 (UTC)


 * No problem Pluma. Happy editing to you as well. — Ganeshk  ( talk ) 03:27, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the barnstar! Because I've been inactive for quite a while, I really haven't had a chance to continue what I started so long ago.  bibliomaniac 1  5  06:12, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
 * That's fine: sometimes real life is more important than Wikipedia (but usually not).  pluma  Ø  06:16, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry!
It was by accident. I am new to Wikipedia and still learning! MichaelS 05:10, 14 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it! I've been editing Wikipedia for a while, and I'm still learning. Happy editing and remember to sign your talk page entries with four tildes ( ~ )!  pluma  Ø  05:13, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Pluma
If you want the username "pluma", you could probably usurp the name. Just putting that out there in case you're interested. Swarm u /  t 11:56, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for creating my user page.
Dear Pluma,

Yesterday I found your message: ''Hi! I know you have had troubles with creating pages, so I have created your userpage! You can design it as much as you like with instructions that can be found at the User page design center. Happy editing! pluma Ø 04:23, 9 September 2011 (UTC)''

Your kind gesture is highly appreciated! I had not logged in for a couple of days because I was not sure how to proceed. Now I can concentrate again on what I had imagined to do, i.e. drafting an article to Wikipedia on "Cochran's C test", see if I could contribute to other people's articles as well, and check if it would be appreciated if I would start translating some articles into Dutch. --Rtlam (talk) 19:35, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Recent edit to userpage
Although obviously meant to be in good faith, your recent edit to my userpage was unnecessary. The issue was resolved here a while ago. "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=446757699#User:Fly_by_Night_is_vandalising_people_user_pages"

Bryan.Wade (talk) 04:30, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I saw that what you were doing has been allowed, but I would strongly suggest that you remove that service award from your userpage, for displaying it is lying, and falls under the scope of WP:VAND for intentionally placing incorrect information. Fly by night was right about removing your incorrect service award. Do you want Wikipedia to be honest or not?  pluma  Ø  01:27, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not lying, I just like how it looks. Bryan.Wade (talk) 03:28, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Re:Battle of the Labyrinth
I'll see what I can do. I haven't worked on Percy Jackson pages in a long time. Is there anything specific you would like me to look for? Glimmer721 talk  18:06, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The problems that have not been addressed can be found in the Problems mentioned in the GA review that still have not been fixed section on the Battle of the Labyrinth talk page. Thanks!  pluma  Ø  01:55, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors!
Hello and welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors! I would be happy to mentor you. To become a member, there are 2 things to do. First, place this text: on your user page. This will create a user box and will automatically put you on the newsletter distribution list. The second is to add your name to the participant list.

To get started on copy editing, there are several ways to find articles to copy edit.
 * 1) Find the list of "Wikipedia articles needing copy edit" on the right side of the GOCE main page.
 * 2) Join the backlog elimination drive. There are directions on the page how to join. It's just a little friendly competition to encourage copy editing and there are barnstars that you can earn.
 * 3) Go to the Request page. Most of the articles listed are here are articles which are in pretty good shape already, but may need some special care to make them a little more professional-sounding. Generally, these articles are intended for Good article review or the like.
 * 4) Find new articles that have not yet been reviewed. You can go to Special:NewPages to find them. New articles often need copy editing, and it seems a lot of article reviewers just put a  tag on them. So, going through the new articles list is a way to prevent the backlog from growing.

So, there are some things to get you started. Let me know if you need any help with the copy editing process. I'm generally busy during weekdays and I may not be able to respond right away, I'd be happy to help if you need it. Happy editing! -- Tea with toast  (話)  01:57, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Answers to questions
It is up to you whether you do your copy editing in one edit or multiple edits. For me, it usually depends on how long the article is and how much work needs to be done. If is is a long article and I know it will take me a while, then I will put the "In use" tag up and edit section by section. One problem with trying to do everything in one edit is that on rare occasions, someone may edit the page before you save your edits. That can cause an edit conflict, and you might loose the changes you made. Is there any particular problem you are having with the backlog drive? Here is a link to the main drive page which has some more detailed instructions on how to get started. There is also a link to a FAQ page there. If you have any specific questions, let me know. Ciao! -- Tea with toast  (話)  04:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The problem I am having with the backlog elimination drive is that on the current drive page, I cannot comprehend the Gold Star Letterboard in the Progress section. Could you help? Happy editing!  pluma  Ø  04:07, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The Gold Star Letterboard is something that you update yourself. If you find that you have edited more articles than one of the other top 5 people on the board, go ahead and put your own name on there (and leave the last person off the board). There are 3 different categories: # of articles, # of words, and # of articles that contain 5000+ words (and if you edit an article that contains 10,000 or more words, than can count as 2 articles). It is an optional thing. You don't have to do it. Sometimes, even if you do not edit the board yourself, someone else may notice your totals and put you up on the board. Being on the board will earn you a special prize, but you can still earn prizes even if you don't make it on the board. -- Tea with toast  (話)  01:01, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you again, but what does number of words mean, as in, how many you changed, how many you added, or how long the articles were?  pluma  Ø  01:04, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, I was confused about that too when I first started! "Words" = How many words are in the article – make a note of this before you started editing the article. In order to find how many words are in an article, go to Instructions for participants, and there will be directions on how to add a script to your user account so that you can access this feature. -- Tea with toast   (話)  01:41, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I have been using it and have been surprised at how few words articles have! Cheers and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  02:13, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is surprising! I'm glad you've gotten it to work. If you have any more questions about the drive, let me know and I'll see you there! -- Tea with toast  (話)  03:02, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * For the November Drive can I put in my copy edits from October? I also entered my copy edits for the September drive too late, so am I allowed to enter those in too? Thanks,  pluma  Ø  02:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, only edits made during the month of November can be applied to the November drive. I'm sorry the edits you made in September could not be added to the count. In the future, I find it is best to enter your list of copy-edited articles on to the drive page right after you have finished with an article. Well, I hope to see you at the next drive! -- Tea with toast  (話)  04:17, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Beowulf
I see your good work at Beowulf. Just to mention something, you don't have to say when you're coming and going. Just edit when you edit and not edit when doing other things.

Also, when I started wkifying last year I used to make many small edits - a comma, a wikilink link etc for each save when someone told me it's better to get more things done in each save. It's up to you, when I work an article I try to get as much in a single save as possible - like this.

Like you I had trouble picking a user name. It seemed all the names were taken until the tenth or twentieth attempt. Slightsmile was not my first choice. Anyways nice to meet you, pluma. Slight Smile  23:57, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * I often try to make last minute revisions to what I write before I save, so I click the "stop loading" button, which, if done at the wrong time, makes an edit conflict, which sometimes makes me lose the work I had done on the last edit, so I want to make the smallest unit of change I can without damaging the flow of the article. Thanks for the advice, I won't tell people when I come or go any more. Cheers and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  00:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

President (title)
Perhaps you would care to explain why, after I addressed two of the issues you tagged on the above article (lead too long and no section headings), you reverted my edit without explanation. Or better still, instead of tagging articles and then leaving it up to other people to do the actual work, you could actually have a go at improving the article yourself if my effort wasn't good enough for you. Richard75 (talk) 17:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Sorry if I came across as impatient. Richard75 (talk) 21:29, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

EditorReviewArchiver: Automatic processing of your editor review
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 * I just added a note. HTH. --Trevj (talk) 08:29, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

ZappatoRomano
Thanks Pluma, I'll love to do some funny tasks in order to learn how Wikipedia works! d --Zappatoromano (talk) 08:47, 9 October 2011 (UTC) homeworks done! You can see it here--Zappatoromano (talk) 07:49, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Good job. I hope it didn't take too long. In my time zone, it's one in the morning, so we'll continue it tomorrow afternoon.  pluma  Ø  08:04, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

1966 batfan
I accept your offer.--1966batfan (talk) 21:45, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I did the task.--1966batfan (talk) 23:09, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That's good, but why don't you actually write down the markups with different text, instead of just copying and pasting them to you talkpage.  pluma  Ø  23:14, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * How about now?--1966batfan (talk) 23:17, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Did that.--1966batfan (talk) 23:19, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That's good. I'm making a new lesson for you and Zappatoromano (Another adoptee) right now. I will give it to you as soon as possible. By the way, when you are responding on a talk page, one usually indents their response with a colon at the beginning of the line. If one is responding to a response, they indent their text three times, and so on. Happy editing!  pluma   Ø  01:24, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Here are the five pages I cleaned up.

1. BBC- Removing content from page

2. Peer pressure- Removing content from page

3. Motion (physics)- Removing content from page

4. Balsas River (Panama)- Adding nonsense to page

5. Parthenon- Removing content from page

Reasons on right.--1966batfan (talk) 22:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Those were what type of vandalism occured. All were IP's. I warned all.--1966batfan (talk) 22:57, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Good job. Remember to indent on talk pages. I will give you your next assignment shortly.  pluma  Ø  01:07, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Total edits:1,127

Months on the wiki:7

Percentage of edits on talk pages:20.68 percent --1966batfan (talk) 03:46, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

I finished my WikiHomework.--1966batfan (talk) 02:39, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

The main reason I got adopted was for helping me fight vandalism, not learn about copyright rules.--1966batfan (talk) 04:19, 14 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for telling me! You need to know those rules, but I will try to direct more ant-vandalism oriented material towards you. Tomorrow I'll show you some anti-vandalsim tools. Is there anything else you want to know how to do in particular? By the way, try to remember to indent talk page responses. Happy editing!

 pluma  Ø  04:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Here are the three new pages I tagged:


 * 1: Brad Batchelor


 * 2: Childhood cancer awareness month


 * 3: AÑO KLAS-SAY BAKERY & GEN. MDSE


 * I'm not a new page patroller. I prefer patrolling existing articles.--1966batfan (talk) 02:39, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I generally don't agree with new page patrolling, but I was just showing you how it was done for the purpose of teaching you how to use tags. I'm writing your next task now. It's an anti-vandalism tool that is extremely powerful and efficient. pluma  Ø  01:31, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Did you mean to revert me?
I added this text as an update to the medical uses section...

"Escitalopram is primarily used for the treatment of major depressive disorder and general anxiety disorder in adults. There is some evidence favouring escitalopram over the antidepressents citalopram and fluoxetine in the first two week of major depression. Concerns of sponsorship bias however is noted. In another review escitalopram and sertraline had the highest rate of efficacy and acceptability among adults receiving treatment for major depression with second-generation antidepressants." Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No, I didn't. There was an edit that I thought was vandalism that I then removed, but I then realised it wasn't vandalism, so I tried to revert my own edit but it resulted in an edit conflict. My computer sometimes says I had an edit conflict when I didn't, so I just restored the version that I had reverted in the first place. I didn't realise it, but the edit conflict was actually real, so I reverted your edit without realising it was there. I'm sorry for the confusion and I'll be more careful in the future. Happy editing!  pluma  Ø  02:39, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No worries happens to all of use. I was sort of at my limit for reverts thus though I would ask :-) Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 03:07, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

zaPatrollin'

 * Is Alan Fudge dead?

[]I tried to see the news on the l.a.times, but there isn't...--Zappatoromano (talk) 06:06, 11 October 2011 (UTC) Now I sent a email to his agent to know what is the truth.--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:11, 11 October 2011 (UTC) []the whole text was removed, leaving just some letters: how do I sign my undoing?--Zappatoromano (talk) 14:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC) [] The greatest actor of all time: perhaps itis true, but Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view.--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC) []silly vandalism--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC) []this is a tricky one: the ip is the same on the last 3 version; the right one is Revision as of 19:15, 10 October 2011, the successive 3 should be erased, how:undoing from the latest to the oldest?--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:50, 11 October 2011 (UTC) []small vandalism:perhaps he's tryng to write arabic but it appears as a string of numbers/letters with no sense--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:29, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure whether Alan Fudge is dead. He's sort of obscure, so it's hard to know. What do you mean by signing your undoing? To undo an edit that wasn't the last edit, click on page history and click the "undo" button for the edit there. Is that what you were asking? By the way, new talk page entries are generally placed at the bottom of the page. I will give you your next assignment shortly. Happy editing!  pluma  Ø  01:04, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * alan fudgewe are still the unique source of the news of his death;no answer from the email--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:31, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks! This is probably the biggest exchange of barnstars in history.  pluma  Ø  06:04, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Careful, please
You accidentally reinstated the vandalism and warned the wrong user.&mdash;Kww(talk) 23:19, 16 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. It seemed like Sneaky Vandalism, but its hard to tell with that.  pluma  Ø  23:27, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

zappatoRomanoUpdating
I'm not forgetting You or MY homework,it just need some time,and I don't have it enough... Two question : 1 how to merge editCount from different lands? the global ? need a careful hand 2 soccer logo are under fair use licence and therefore forbidden to userBox, what if I make my own? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zappatoromano (talk • contribs) 16:42, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about having little time. I don't have much either. Never feel like you need to complete an assignment by any time limit; I don't want to stress you out. Here are the answers to your questions:


 * 1) Merging edit counts from different accounts isn't possible as far as I know. Is that what you were asking?
 * 2) Do you mean "what if you make your userbox", or "what if you make your own soccer logo". If the soccer logo is copyrighted, you can't use it without permission, even if you drew the logo itself. To make your own user box, there is a wizard for making them at User:Java7837/userboxcreator To pick colours you want to use, see List of colors. The colours' names for this are the texts in the Hex triplet column.
 * I hope you found that helpful! If you have any more questions, let me know and happy editing as always!  pluma  Ø  01:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

 * You're very welcome and thanks for the barnstar. :) SwisterTwister   talk  03:01, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Your adoption lessons
Hi, I notice you're posting adoption lessons saying things like this;

"What are the eight free use rationale? What happens to users who repeatedly uploads that do not meet the criteria?"

There are a number of problems here.


 * 1) I think you mean fair use, not free use.
 * 2) Are you talking about Non-free content criteria?
 * 3) If so, there are ten criteria, not eight.
 * 4) Also, a fair use rationale, and the non-free content criteria, are two completely different things.
 * 5) Shouldn't you be making clear that uploading free images is preferred?
 * 6) Isn't your second question wrongly implying that users who repeatedly upload free images (which, by definition, don't meet the NFCC), will be blocked? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:44, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I will go and fix those problems. Thank you for the information! Copyright isn't my strongest suit. Happy editing!  pluma  Ø  01:47, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar
Thanks for the barn star. Do you know if there is a way to link from the Igloo screen to the article itself so you can take a closer look in a regular window? Wknight94 talk 01:54, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * No, how?  pluma  Ø  01:49, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh, lol. I was actually hoping you knew.  Maybe it's not possible.  Wknight94 talk 02:03, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * There is a way, but it's inconvenient, and I was hoping that you were going to tell me an easier way. If you click on the page history button, then click "-full history-" it will bring you to the page's history, so to get to the page, just click on the on the "Read" tab. As I said, it is inconvenient, but still possible. Happy editing!  pluma  Ø  02:08, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

"Sexlog" Mistake
Hello - You deleted my post in a "Articles needing translation" page before you read the context. Please re-check the edits you have made. Thank you. Touch Of Light (talk) 03:15, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * My bad. I reverted myself.  pluma  Ø  03:17, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Realized that right after I posted this. Thanks for the barnstar, and keep up the great work! Touch Of Light (talk) 03:21, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

New user
While it is good to welcome and encourage a new user, you should ensure that they arer following the correct procedures for Wikiepedia. This edit [ replaced the framework of a properly formatted, referenced etc article with a chunk of unreferenced text in non wiki format which is probably copyvio and does not deserve a barnacle. Regards [[User:Motmit|Motmit]] (talk) 22:18, 18 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I find it best to be a bit more liberal while giving newcomers barnstars, because it makes them feel like their contributions are good. Even if the contributions aren't in wiki format, it isn't all that bad, just fix it or add maintenance tags if you don't have time. One can't expect someone new to know all the rules and regulations of the wiki from the beginning. In my opinion, welcome messages are more of a way to make a new user feel accepted, and not a mentorship offering (that's what Adopt a user| is for). Thank you for your contributions and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  21:39, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Franz Beckenbauer
I would like to know what's wrong with the stats table. I think it's a far superior table. 174.93.24.202 (talk) 22:21, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Nothings wrong with it. I was using an anti-vandal tool and made a mistake. I reverted my edits. Sorry and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  22:26, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

I am not a vandal
Hello, I realize I should have explained my edits instead of just pressing delete. What happened is I had started an article on Foundation Financial Group last year. It was rejected for lack of notability and I was told to revise it when I had more information. I revised it today, and deleted the old version, of which I am the author, but it was never on Wikipedia. I made my edits in draft and did not submit them yet. You told me to make my edits in Sandbox, which is an alternative, however, not permanent. In the draft guidelines, it states that I can take my time to create my draft page. However, now I cannot access my new draft - only my old draft that I don't want anymore. Can you put things back to the way they were? You also said I was vandalizing. I am not a vandal. A masochist would be a better word, I think, because you can't vandalize yourself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geis0099 (talk • contribs) 00:16, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Since the Wikipedia sandbox is not permantent, you can create your own sandbox here. That sandbox will not be blanked automatically as the public sandbox is. I hope that's helpful and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  00:23, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I will do my edits in my own sandbox. Can I get my recent revision back? Otherwise, I have to do it all over again. Geis0099 (talk) 00:30, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * To get the revision that was undone, go to the page's history, then click on the date next to the revision you made. You can copy and paste the text into your sandbox, but it will not have all the formatting, so you will have to re-add that. Ask me if you have any more questions and ha and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  21:50, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Adopt a User
Thank you for your offer of Adopt a User. I think I can use the help. Geis0099 (talk) 02:01, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'd be glad to adopt you. I've completed the adoption and have sent you your first task. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please ask.  pluma  Ø  06:04, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

do what you like
I'm a scientist who works with exotic animals. hawk what you want on here. we don't like it. we won't fight you on it. It's futile. keep a macaw as a pet. keep a chimp. think what you like. we can't stop you realistically.

my edit was constructive in the following very real sense: we do not condone the keeping of these animals. you provided no citations to the contray (or any at all).

I will revert once more. you will revert again. then you can get back to your pictures of puppies my friend. I'm too busy. you cannot give a proper life to an animal like that. you're deluded.

or you could cite a zoologist who thinks military macaws are good pets. or evidence that most of them are bred. or evidence of anything you said.

welcome to wikipedia to you too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duracell (talk • contribs) 06:24, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Adoption...
Im not exactly sure if I am supposed to post here or something else about adoption, but yes I am looking for adoption. I have some experience already, but may need a tutor to fully grasp the skills of wikipedian. Anyways. Thank you for taking the time to adopt me. I await my task(s)! Happymeal33 (talk) 08:35, 10 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you for adopting me! Should I still (I guess the word for it is post) post on your talk or on my talk?Happymeal33 (talk) 09:03, 10 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Why don't you write on your talk page and then type the following text on my talk page:

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190.163.3.204
Greetings -- Fltyingpig, please be careful that what you are reverting is actually vandalism. He was angry -- over-the-top angry, but nonetheless angry for a reason (I would have been in his position too), because his edits were in no way vandalism. Just please be careful. Wouldn't hurt if you said something to that effect. Wknight94 unblocked him. Thanks for your vandal patrolling, and all the best, Antandrus (talk) 03:26, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I didn't now what to do, because he would get mad if I removed his angry remarks from my userpage, which I naturally don't want there.  pluma  Ø  03:57, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I've given 190... a final warning for personal attacks. Please be sure to note that calling things vandalism when they are not can be considered a personal attack as well. Hopefully everyone can now go and discuss the issue on the talk page. Qwyrxian (talk) 06:01, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Archive to a subpage
You should archive to a subpage of the page being archived so people know where the archive is. See Help:Archiving a talk page. You can use. The initial letter of a username is automatically capitalized so User talk:fltyingpig/Archive 1 and User talk:Fltyingpig/Archive would be the same page. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:05, 25 October 2011 (UTC)


 * It appears you are still struggling to get a proper archiving procedure. ClueBot III refuses to follow your inappropriate direction to archive your user talk page to a subpage of your user (non-talk) page. Would you like me to make the suggested ? I can also move the archive directions to the lead section where they belong. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnster fo your hardwork!

 * Wow! Thanks! When I said to give someone a barnstar, I wasn't talking about myself, but I guess that works. Thanks again and happy editing!  pluma  Ø  23:11, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

False accusations of vandalism
I'm still annoyed about your behaviour here. You said "I'm sorry for sending the vandalism warning for your first edit", which offers no explanation for why you failed to see that my edit was obviously not vandalism, nor why you spammed me with 7 further templates, each one accusing me of non-existent vandalism. You said "any editor can be reached through calm discussion" but you reverted not only my comment to you but also my comment to the other user. You didn't try any calm discussion yourself, with your only non-template message to me being this, which made no sense anyway. I would like to know - exactly what kind of message from me would have got through to you, or would nothing have worked? 201.215.55.131 (talk) 06:59, 26 October 2011 (UTC)


 * This may not be the proper space to complain, but you practically instantly reverted sound changes I made to Austin Rivers's page in which I deleted extraneous and biased information about his verbal commitment to the University of Florida before ultimately choosing Duke. It never should have been in a section about his college career, and it isn't significant enough to be in his relatively short entry. Mostly, it is apparent sour grapes from Florida fans. Subsequent Wikipedia editors have apparently agreed with me, as that information is no longer on Rivers's page. As an apparent self-appointed guardian of Wikipedia, you should be more thoughtful. The near-instantaneous reversal suggests you didn't even think before reverting. I have only made a handful of changes in my life; when I take the time, it's because I know the changes are correct. Wikipedia would be a better resource if the changes from its readers and occasional contributors were better respected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.218.20.75 (talk) 06:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry if I reverted something I shouldn't have. I do my best, but, being human, I make mistakes.  pluma  ♫ '''♯ 05:07, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks flytyingpig
Thanks for your editing suggestions on my article. I am not quite done with it yet. Do I get more homework? Not that I like homework, but it makes life interesting.Geis0099 (talk) 14:08, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Oops. I thought I had given that to you for some reason. I'll give it. Just a sec.  pluma  Ø  19:27, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

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Can you give me any more suggestions on my article in my sandbox or can I submit it for review? Geis0099 (talk) 16:38, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
WikiPuppies! (bark) 20:49, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Vandal Patrol
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bay&action=edit This wasn't really vandalism, but there was no need to add a silly meaningless first line. I undid it. Still looking. Everyone seems to be behaving. Will continue my vandal patrol later.Geis0099 (talk) 16:01, 31 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sometimes there is a lot of vandalism going on and sometimes not. By the way, when you tried to show me an edit, making a link to the editing window doesn't let me see the edit you mentioned. In order to show someone a particular edit, go to the page's history, and select the edit before the edit you want to show me, and the edit you want to show me, then click Compare selected revisions. To show me the edit, go to the URL and copy and paste it to where you want to show it.  pluma  Ø  04:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Hope I am doing this correctly now. Here is edit #2. =Background== lol jk hahahhahahahahahaha It is from Messiah (Handel). I did not put a tag on it. Just presed "undo", signed it, and commented that it did not appear to me a constructive edit.Geis0099 (talk) 14:13, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit #3. AAa The former edit was AA guns. As with the previous, I did not tag it, undid the edit, signed it, and commented that is did not appear to be a constructive edit. It was from Commandos: Strike Force — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geis0099 (talk • contribs) 14:23, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit #4 Ever since Adil KAmel te Chinese civilization was founded, organized military. Someone added that to the sentence, and I noted once again that it did not appear to be constructive and undid it. The site was Chinese History. It appears the person was cited for possible vandalism before. I will move on to my next assignment. I will continue to look for vandalism, but won't report any to you.Geis0099 (talk) 14:44, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Those all appear to be vandalism. Tell me when you finish the next assignment.  pluma  Ø  22:43, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Rollback
I won't request rollback for a while, due to my recent blocks and the fact that I've had it removed once from me. I nearly got blocked for 6 months 3 days ago, but it was a bad block and lasted only 10 minutes. I'm being effective with Twinkle, and have become a bit of a new page patroller.--1966batfan (talk) 23:40, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Great. I see you are editing in good faith, but I just think you will have to be more careful. Why don't you do the regulations assignment, then you'll be done with all the required tasks and get a barnstar. Happy editing!  pluma  Ø  04:24, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Tell me when you finish the last assignment so I know when to give the barnstar. Thank you and happy editing! pluma  Ø  22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

I dont know

 * I reverted them because they were unsourced and didn't comply with WP:NPOV  pluma  Ø  00:51, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Please help me
Please put all templates on User:Arnon Chaffin/Anti-Vandalism Center on my userpage. Do not add the article part to the template, please. It will help me in my war against vandalism.--1966batfan (talk) 22:56, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay... I will, but why must I do it instead of you doing it yourself? By the way, you can get the same exact thing with Twinkle.  pluma  Ø  23:08, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

"Teabagger" vandalism
If one more user pops up doing this, don't bother with 4 warnings, report it to me and I'll block. – Connormah (talk) 18:54, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay, but is one incidence of vandalism enough to report someone even if the account is being used purely for vandalism?  pluma  Ø  18:59, 5 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, got the wrong user, but do take note... – Connormah (talk) 18:55, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You got the right user.  pluma  Ø  18:59, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * In this case, yes. Don't need to waste your time with reverting 4 instances of the same childish vandalism from sockpuppets. Some admins would require 4 warnings, but I will block on sight if the account appears to be only used for vandalism. – Connormah (talk) 19:03, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I didn't realise it was a sockpuppet. If I had, I would have reported him sooner.  pluma  Ø  21:08, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

 * Yum. Thank you!  pluma  Ø  21:06, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
hello plz tell me how to make a signature

Larissa.Chilton (talk) 00:51, 6 November 2011 (UTC) 
 * To make a signature type four tildes at the end of you message. 23:12, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Article Review
Hello. It has been about 4 days since I submitted my article for review and it has not been reviewed yet. Did I put it in the wrong spot? It says it's up for review on the template on my user page. Please help... Geis0099 (talk) 22:28, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You did submit it to the right place, it's just that there are 376 articles waiting to be reviewed, so you might not get a review for quite some time. If you want, though, you can skip the reviewing process and just copy and paste the article at Foundation Financial Group. Just click on the link and paste the text in. However, if you do this, I would suggest that you keep the text on you sandbox page for a few days as well just in case someone decides to delete it. I don't think it should be deleted, but some wikipedians are quick to delete articles. Good luck and happy editing! 23:11, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Feedback Dashboard task force
Hi Fltyingpig,

I noticed you replied to some feedback from the new Feedback Dashboard feature – you might be interested in the task force Steven Walling and I just created for this purpose: Feedback Dashboard. Thanks for diving in on your own and helping the newbies, and I hope you'll sign up! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 23:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

A tool for you!
Hi ! I see that you are an copyeditor, and thought that you might appreciate some help with finding and eliminating multiple links (or wikification) from the article on which you are working.

I case you're not aware, all you do is install the script: importScript('User:Ucucha/duplinks.js'); onto Special:MyPage/skin.js, and you'll find a clickable link called "Highlight duplicate links" in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). It can be found both in normal view mode and edit mode. Press on it, and away you go! Have fun! --Sp33dyphil © • © 06:47, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Fun Staff
Hello. I love your puppy. I am doing the Fun Stuff edits. I thought I only had to tell you when I was done with all the fun stuff. I have been going through them one by one. I added a language template and a welcome template. Next, I think I'll add a picture of my dog, although it is not as cute as yours. I will tell you when I'm done. Geis0099 (talk) 21:12, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
 * No, I was only asking you to tell me when you were all done. Do you know how to upload an image?  pluma  Ø  22:30, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

 * Just realized both our usernames deal with pigs...strange The little green pig (talk) 00:53, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Astonishing coincidence! Happy editing! pluma  Ø  00:55, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * by the way... you could probably WP:USURP the username Pluma, if you want. The little green pig (talk) 05:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know, I've been meaning to do that for a while but have never gotten around to it.  pluma  Ø  01:12, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

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Riot - reverted edit
I love how quickly correct edits get reverted, whereas Beast from da East's erroneous edits stand. The character he added back to the page has never been called Riot. Beast from da East went and undid all the name changes done to the various Symbiotes, completely ignoring the discussions on their talk pages which clarified the names he reverted them to were utter fancruft. These errors on his part stood unchallenged for the last week. If you check the main Symbiote (comics) talk page, you'll see repeated discussions over several years about the names, all of which reach the same conclusion. If you check the histories, you'll see that following these discussions the various Symbiotes get shifted away from the unofficial fan-made names, but every time some uninformed individual who didn't take part in the discussion and hasn't bothered to check the talk pages changes it back. So, to summarise: there are two characters called Riot in Marvel comics, not three, and the one I removed and you reinstated is not called Riot and never has been. 109.145.21.188 (talk) 19:08, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. Usually when a user removes a large amount of content, it's vandalism, so I reverted it, but as you can see, I made a mistake, since I know nothing about that subject. I have reverted my edit.  pluma   Ø  19:14, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. 109.145.21.188 (talk) 19:59, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Usurpation
Hey there, don't worry! I didn't forget you. Users with SUL requests often get expedited usurpation because they already have the claim to the username. ("In order to reduce the frequency of SUL conflicts as well as enhance collaboration and foster good will across the various Wikimedia projects, English Wikipedia bureaucrats will typically process requests to "usurp" unused or inactive local accounts made by SUL owners expediently and with relaxed consideration.") Your time is coming, so don't worry.  bibliomaniac 1  5  08:32, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * So I will usurp Pluma's name later? If I am being expedited to usurpation, why is it taking longer, because expedite means to speed up, not to delay? And is there anything I need to do on the Spanish and Slovak Wikipedias (the only other Wikipedias I have edited) in order to complete the usurpations? Pluma is my signature not my username, so I applied for usurpation so as to avoid possible confusion. Thank you for your time and happy editing! pluma   Ø  17:59, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Just did the usurpation. You will have to request usurpation on each individual wiki you have edited in in order to link your accounts in an SUL.  bibliomaniac 1  5  01:07, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I edit so infrequently on the other wikipedias that it isn't worth bothering. I saw that the fltyingpig account has 500 edits. Why is that?  pluma  Ø  01:58, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Because you've made quite a few edits, it takes time for the servers to reattribute your edits to your new username. With your ~5k-6k edits it shouldn't take that long (give it a day or two).  bibliomaniac 1  5  02:17, 28 November 2011 (UTC)
 * It has been a few days and it still shows 500 hundred in the edit counter. Is there any way to fix it?  pluma  Ø  01:18, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!
Make sure you join this month's wikification drive. See you there ;) --Sp33dyphil © • © 05:16, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Why thank you! I'm not sure if I'm going to join the Wikification drive, though: I usually use odd-numbered months for copy editing and even-numbered months for anti-vandalism. I might join it, though!  pluma  Ø  18:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!
Here kitty, kitty, kitty.

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Thanks
I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a message on my talk page. @ 01:37, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

More barnstars than I deserve?
Hello, it seems like that you have awarded me barnstars which I don't think I deserve because Diannaa, in her role as WIKIFY GOCE's (I'm doing wikification ATM, so got confused) coordinator, had just given me five new barnstars for the November drive. If that bugs you, you can remove it. Cheers --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 05:12, 5 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I think she just didn't notice that I had already given you some. Besides, I was giving you barnstars for copy editing, not wikifying. You can keep any extras.  pluma  Ø  05:15, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

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good vandal-fighting here. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 02:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Since you revert vandalism a lot, you should request rollback rights. Once you have rollback rights, you can use powerful anti-vandal tools like Igloo and Huggle, which allow you to revert vandalism within a second of it being published.  pluma  Ø  02:18, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * That's not my problem. I currently use a notebook which is slow (5–10 seconds for a page). Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 02:22, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
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barnstarring it up

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"a personal attack should not be included in the example"
Regarding this edit:
 * Is it even possible to issue a "personal attack" on Wikipedia against a non-contributor who has been dead for over 200 years?
 * "a great lover, but a lousy painter" doesn't seem to rise to the level of animus of a "personal attack"
 * Did it occur to you that the original editor might have made that edit with tongue firmly planted in cheek?
 * -- DanielPenfield (talk) 14:56, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I thought it might have offended someone, such as maybe the painter's descendents, and besides, Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought.  pluma    Ø  21:39, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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Archiving
I noticed that your auto-archiving had gone bonkers because the code was placed at the end of the talk page instead of the start. As such, the bot kept creating new archives which including the archiving template, thus causing it to "archive" the new archive every few days. I fixed it for you and cleaned up the bot's mess. If you no longer want auto-archiving you can remove the User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis template at the top of this page. --ThaddeusB (talk) 20:12, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
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Disabling archive index
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Adoption
Hi Pluma, I left a message on your adoption talk page, I don't know if you receive messages if something is posted on a special page like that so I am placing this here just to make sure that you got it. ( Lunashy Friendship letters. write a friendship letter 06:37, 10 May 2012 (UTC))

mentorship
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wikimarkup 101
I have completed first task at User:1966batfan/sandbox. I like your style of teaching Orschstaffer (talk) 06:41, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Notice: at the beginning of wikimarkups 101 we are instructed to use "User:1966batfan/sandbox", then at end of page you tell us to use "your sandbox page" which is "Special:MyPage/sandbox". Question: Do you want us to use both pages? also, I see the redirect from Fltyingpig/sandbox to User:1966batfan/sandbox.--Orschstaffer (talk) 13:54, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't do it on 1966batfan's sandbox. That's another user's sandbox. Sorry I haven;t been the most active mentor. I don't have much time.

List of discography by Fabolous
I have requested that your move be reverted. A discography is a list. Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 11:02, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Instead of reverting it, why don't we change it to something else, because Fabulous Discography is not a complete title. How about Discography by Fabulous or something like that?  pluma  ♫ '''♯ 02:51, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
 * It may be incomplete, but so is WP and nearly every article. Are you saying Category:Hip hop discographies members ALL need renaming? Also you have misunderstood the language - a discography is specifically a "list of records" so the word "list" is totally redundant in the first place. If you want to object to the proposed move here is not the place. --Richhoncho (talk) 08:08, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Merger proposal
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It depends how you  look  at  it. Under the Nazis it was a Gau  (district) consisting of three political districts: Eger (with Karlsbad as capital), Aussig (Aussig) and Troppau (Troppau). In other times, Sudetenland  has more vague borders, but  always considered to be the German speaking  parts or ethnic German  parts of what  was Czechoslovakia even well before 1939. Anyway, that's what our Wikipedia tells us, and none of it  seems to  be disputed, so  I  guess it's reliable. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:10, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

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Please cite a source for musical genres rather than thinking about it and coming up with an answer. We need to hold to WP:V for all facts, including genres. Binksternet (talk) 09:14, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Almost no genres are sourced on music articles, and I figured that having an accurate unsourced genre is better than having an inaccurate unsourced drama. Besides, removing all genres that aren't cited is a big waste of time and certainly does not contribute to the wiki.  pluma  ♫ '''♯ 02:35, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

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Did you accidentally have the Drumpf extension on?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_presidential_election,_2016&diff=prev&oldid=748624978

I'm not sure if you had that browser extension to change all the Drumpfs to Drumpfs - I thought you were a vandal and then realised you're a rollbacker! Lol, was that an accident? --  numbermaniac  ( talk ) 07:56, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * yeah, that was a mistake. I didn't realize the Drumpf extension would do that. Thanks for assuming good faith and taking the time to think that maybe I wasn't a vandal. I appreciate that.

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Escape of Charles II
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Hey, wanted to let you know I partially undid your edit to the intro of Teutonic Order. You'd generalised the correct claim that the Teutonic Order did forced converting in the Baltic to the incorrect claim they did the same in the Middle East. That crusaders did this in Outremer is a common belief, but it isn't what historians think. Not that they were tolerant or enlightened, but their normal practice there mirrored Muslim treatment of dhimmis mostly with a couple differences. Some references for this are Jaspert, Die Kreuzzüge, there's an English translation The Crusades too but I haven't read that, and Davis, "Life for Muslims in the crusader states" in Andrew Holt, Religion and World Civilizations. JaikeV (talk) 12:02, 15 August 2023 (UTC)
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