User talk:Samsboss

Why do you keep creating a redirect from "Hominoidae"? This is a misspelling, and not at all a common one. - UtherSRG (talk) 21:18, 3 June 2007 (UTC)


 * For some reason the page was deleted yesterday. I simply reinstated it as-was. Hominoidae produces over 200 hits if you search for it, including pages from the likes of the EU.Samsboss 22:51, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Regardless, it is an incorrect spelling. - UtherSRG (talk) 23:05, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but according to my sources, it is not. http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scah/out83_en.pdf http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/CLAS/CLAS.Linn.html http://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/Taxonomy.html And those are just the first three I found. I have reinstated the link and request that you leave it alone this time. Samsboss 13:24, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Adoption
Are you still looking to be adopted? I offer my services. WLU 01:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes please, I could really do with some help. I have to admit to being totally overwhelmed by this system. Even this method of talking seems so strange and clumsy.

Samsboss 22:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Ah, my apologies for not replying sooner. Best way to get anyone's attention is to post a message on their talk page. In my case, it's User talk:WLU. Everyone else, it is User talk:Username, obviously where Username is the person's name. You will get a much quicker response if you post on a talk page, because of the banner that pops up when the person moves in.

Do you have any specific questions? You can post them here, or on my talk page, or send me an e-mail. If you do post a question on this page, make sure you post a message like "There is a message for you on my talk page", then sign it with four tildes ( ~ ), which the wikisystem will automatically turn into a name and time/date stamp. That way you can get my attention, but the questions and responses stay together on your talk page (easier to read).

Lots of questions can be answered with policy by the way. For instance, WP:TALK would tell you that when you write a reply on a talk page, you start it with a colon, which will automatically indent your comment from the left margin. More colons indent your comments further. Generally everyone assumes a unique level of indent for their messages on each talk page section, or users indent every time they reply. This allows comments to be read more easily.

No colon
 * one colon
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Please post your questions on my talk page or here. If you do post on my talk page, make sure to watch the page (last tab on the top) so you know when someone makes a change.

WLU 23:26, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I took the liberty of making a few changes to your user page, hope you don't mind. Feel free to change it back if you'd like. WLU

Hominoidae
A typo - what you are looking for is Hominidae which is still there. Guy (Help!) 22:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, no. The Hominoidae page was (as far as I can tell) there for some time. It just contained a redirect to Apes, which is what I would expect it to contain. I've been unable to find an explanation as to why it was removed, except that is may be linked to a thread on the talk.origins newsgroup. Samsboss 18:14, 10 June 2007 (UTC)