User talk:SkagitRiverQueen/Archive

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Jimmy Swaggart again
Hiya, it would be super awesome if we could get some vites on some of the new Jimmy Swaggart material. Need any help with that? Artw 20:49, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Comments on user page
Hi there - just to let you know that I've moved your comment on User:Artw to User_talk:Artw. Incidentally, is there any reason why you sign your comments "SkagitRiverQueen", rather than using your username? Giles Bennett (Talk, Contribs) 07:34, 6 July 2007 (UTC)


 * No special reason. :SkagitRiverQueen 07:36, 6 July 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelly A. Siebecke (talk • contribs)


 * Could I point you in the direction of this page, and in particular the section on Customizing your signature. It is common practice (although not an absolute requirement) that your signature reflects the username represents, as it makes it much easier for other users to follow discussions and contributions to pages. In particular, with a discussion such as this one, signing two posts in two different ways would potentially leave room for confusion. Thanks! Giles Bennett (Talk, Contribs) 07:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

User talk pages and user pages
Regarding user talk pages, it is preferred to not delete notices, but instead, to archive them. You will find how to do this here, under "When pages get too long." Your talk page is intended to serve as a place to discuss your contributions. It ends up being a sort of a history of the work you've done and the conflicts you've been in, or the praise you've received. It's alright to archive comments or warnings, but blanking your talk page is relatively less appropriate, as it is not actually yours but instead belongs to us all. Please read WP:USERPAGE and WP:TALK. When you desire to keep the "clutter" down on your user talk page, I suggest that you create archives for these messages. I would be happy to assist you in doing just that if you ask me to. You can see a sample of archives (mine) here. As for your user page, most users seem to use it as a place to describe themselves as people and/or editing entities. Many collect links to pages they are working on and/or have been working on. You user page is more "yours," in a way, than anywhere else on wikipedia, but is not intended to serve as a personal webpage either. Once again, read here to learn more about this. --  K u k i ni  hablame aqui 15:54, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Please understand that blanking your talk page in NO WAY hides your edit history. Please focus primarily on adding to wikipedia in a constructive manner.  K u k i ni  hablame aqui 16:32, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Please also sign your posts with four tildes "~", as this greatly assists other editors in communicating with you. -- K u k i ni  hablame aqui 17:13, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps Signatures is a helpful read on preferred signature design. - Keith D. Tyler &para; 17:26, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * An excellent suggestion, Keith!  K u k i ni  hablame aqui 17:28, 6 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, let's reread the second paragraph of Signatures, shall we -- emphasis mine:
 * "'...it also facilitates discussion by helping other users to identify the author of a particular comment, to navigate talk pages, and to address specific comments to the relevant user(s), among other things.'"
 * By deliberately obscuring your real username and not linking to your user page or talk page, it makes it unnecessarily difficult to determine who you are or to get to your user page or talk page. A custom sig should retain these features (see, for example, mine, or Kukini's for that matter). I'm guessing you know already how to make a link to your user and talk pages; just add them to your custom sig. - Keith D. Tyler &para; 17:53, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Your notion that I am an administrator is an assumption, and a false one at that. When I say deliberately obscuring your username, I mean that your username is User:Kelly A. Siebecke, but you do not show this or anything like it in your sig, instead using the completely different name SkagitRiverQueen, which is not an actual WP username. This wouldn't be a problem, if you linked your pseudo-username to your real user page, to provide a direct connection to your actual user page and etc. - Keith D. Tyler &para; 18:45, 6 July 2007 (UTC)