User talk:Tennisuser123/Archive 3

Warning
This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, as you did to Bummer Vacation, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Squirepants101 18:11, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Monthly Message Test-October
Tennisuser123 22:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)- TEST MESSAGE -Tennisuser123 22:39, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * TEST ACKNOWLEDGED

-Wikiuser456 22:41, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Tips for new Users
New Users- Tennisuser123 14:17, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. There are several types of Articles. One type is the main articles, others are help, MediaWiki, Portal, Category, Image and User Page. Each and every one of these also have talk pages. For example, you can have Portal Talk, Category Talk, etcetra-all of the above types of articles have talk pages. All users can find someone in the welcoming comitee to teach them about Wikipedia. Some offhand people who also welcome new users are Drini, Luna Santin or Wangi. You should write them a message by clicking the "+" tab next to the "Edit this page" tab to write a subject and then, like an email, say the user's username, type  and then write your message requesting help. Then, write   and ~ and click "Save page." Then, a user will get back to you. Also, if you are looking for help, create a user page and type  and do the same on YOUR talk page. Once on your talk page, type   and then ~ . When leaving a message, always go  ~ to sign it properly. Always follow a user's talk page guidelines before editing if they have any.

Test Worked
The monthly check for October worked. Tennisuser123 14:22, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Edit Summaries
When editing an article on Wikipedia there is a small field labeled "Edit summary" under the main edit-box. It looks like this: The text written here will appear on the Recent changes page, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. See m:Help:Edit summary for full information on this feature.

Filling in the edit summary field greatly helps your fellow contributors in understanding what you changed, so please always fill in the edit summary field, especially for big edits or when you are making subtle but important changes, like changing dates or numbers. Thank you. --Alex (Talk) 18:45, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

NYCS Navbox
I removed those new templates you put into the box. There not necessary, so please don't put them in again. The Legendary Ranger 21:39, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

namespacevio
I have moved Tennisuser123/Concordia moved to User:Tennisuser123/Concordia. -- RHaworth 10:52, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Nantucket Airlines Schedule
I've added the "prod" template to the article [antucket Airlines Schedule, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also What Wikipedia is not and Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:Nantucket Airlines Schedule. If you remove the dated prod template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!
Welcome, Tennisuser123, to Esperanza! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is Stressbusters, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We will send you newsletters to keep you up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Proposals.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact our administrator general Natalya by email or talk page. Consider introducing yourself at the Esperanza talk page! Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). If you're new to IRC, you may find help at an IRC tutorial. I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

Acs4b 12:25, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikitravel
Hello Wikitravelman123!

Welcome to Wikitravel. If you want to specialize your experience you may want to consider editing your preferences. Please take a second to look at our copyleft and policies and guidelines, but feel free to plunge forward and edit some pages. Scanning the [[wikitravel:Wikitravel:Manual of style|Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you're new to the whole wiki community look at the Wiki markup to get an idea of how to use the wiki markup. If you need help, check out Wikiravel:Help, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub.

Please see Wikitravel: Links to Wikipedia for information about linking to Wikipedia, and welcome to Wikitravel! -- Ryan 19:45, 20 October 2006 (EDT)

Welcome to Wikiquote
Hi Wikiquoteman123. Welcome to English Wikiquote. Enjoy! —LrdChaos (talk) 04:43, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * For a quick overview of what Wikiquote is, read Wikiquote:Qikiquote.
 * To ask for help or to talk with another editor, visit our Village pump.
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 * To sign with a date, write four tildes (~&#126;) and save.
 * Before creating new articles, consult our guide. You may practice how to edit a page at Sandbox.
 * Be bold.

A request to protect your user page
I read your passage in requests for page protection, and I think you did fine requesting it. However, I assume you either forgot or ignore instructions there. So rather than re-editing it, I hope you could change it to make a message easier to read and link. --Gh87 01:49, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I went to requests for page protection, and your request was deleted. But that's okay because I hope you can request it the second time, but in better way of formatting it. Here are the instructions from that page:


 * 1) Either type (in bold) full protection, semi-protection, move protection, or request more than one.
 * 2) If you want to protect your user page, type.
 * 3) Then type whatever you wish in your passage.
 * 4) Also, you forgot to sign, so I hope you're familiar with typing your auto-sig, right?


 * EDIT: I forgot to sign. --Gh87 04:17, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the B-Star
Thanks alot that really made me happy.-- Sea dog  .M.S  02:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar
Thanks Wikipedianman for the barnstar. I really appreciate it. -- Szvest 22:34, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for the Barnstar! I would give you one, but I don't know if I'm allowed. By the way, why are they called barnstars? I'm still new here so please think I'm being stupid right now. Randfan 14:47, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
For the two barnstars! I'm glad that I am appreciated! --Alex (Talk) 19:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Featured Article for the Week of October 22, 2006
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A practical joke or prank is a situation set up usually to produce what the perpetrator imagines to be a humorous physical outcome at the expense of the target. Since the set-up or deception is generally eventually revealed to the victim, the butt of the joke is thereby made to feel foolish or victimized. It can be argued, therefore, that there is an inherent strain of cruelty in most practical jokes.

Practical jokes are distinct from slapstick comedy or knockabout, in which the goal is to make physical events appear miscalculated, inept, or accidental. The term practical refers to the fact that the joke consists of someone doing something (a 'practice'), rather than a word joke. Well-known practical jokers include the illustrator Hugh Troy and the publicist Jim Moran.

Types of practical jokes

 * False signalling, such as a 'kick me' note stuck on someone's back, an 'automatic door' sign on a normal swinging door, or dropping an empty carton on someone's foot after pretending it is heavy.
 * Removing someone's clothing so that it exposes a private body part or their undergarments, particularly in public.
 * Surprise disruption, employing (for example) trip-wires, whoopee cushions or other practical joke devices, peanut butter on the inside of a car door handle, punctured ketchup packets under the toilet seat, or a three-legged lectern for a public speaker.
 * Dipping someones hand in hot water while they're sleeping will make them wet their bed.
 * Visual deception; such as water-filled balloons, plastic wrap on a toilet seat, 'apple-pie beds' which have had the top blanket artfully folded back so the victim cannot get all the way in, loosening the tops of salt shakers, causing its entire contents to spill on one's meal, fake flowers in the lapel which squirt water, rubber fruit, and guns which unfurl a flag saying 'bang'.
 * Fool's errands such as sending someone to buy striped paint, water-proof towels, or read-only CD blanks (see also: snipe hunt).
 * Hoax stories or situations perpetrated on or by the media such as fabricated UFO landings and fake celebrity interviews involving rude or ludicrous questions (see also: culture jamming).
 * Spontaneous impersonations, such as taking an order for takeaway food from someone who has actually dialed a wrong number.
 * Verbal and typographical pranks, such as printing a block of text so that the first letters of every line spell out an irreverent message (see also Acrostic), or teaching someone a purportedly useful phrase in another language which transpires to be an insult (such as "(Tú) eres una vaca", which means "You are a cow" in Spanish.)
 * Internet Jokes - Fooling to be thought playing a game, and midway throught the game be interupted by a scary or obscene animation or photograph.

Holiday jokes
Practical jokes are features of various kinds of holidays, such as April Fool's Day, Halloween, and (in Spanish-speaking cultures) the Day of the Holy Innocents. They also feature in various rites of passage, such as stag nights and hen nights.

The Trapezium of Xenophanes was cited by Aristotle as a notable compendium of practical jokes, but only a few fragments of this work have survived.

The American humorist H. Allen Smith wrote a 320-page book in 1953 called The Complete Practical Joker that contains many examples of practical jokes. A typical one, recalled as his favorite by the playwright Charles MacArthur, concerns the American painter and bohemian character Waldo Peirce. Peirce was living in Paris in the 1920s and made a gift of a very small turtle to the woman who was the concierge of his building. The woman doted on the turtle and lavished it with care and affection. A few days later Peirce substituted a somewhat larger turtle for the original one. This continued for some time, with larger and larger turtles being surreptitiously introduced into the woman's apartment. The concierge was beside herself with happiness and displayed her miraculous turtle to the entire neighborhood. Peirce then began to sneak in and replace the turtle with smaller and smaller ones, to her bewildered distress. This was the storyline behind Esio Trot, by Roald Dahl.

Related television shows

 * Punk'd
 * ''Just For Laughs Gags

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October Check
This user likes to test their talk page, and is doing so now. CYCLE=OCTOBER