User talk:The Arbiter/Archives/January 2010

Adoptee Question
Hey! I thought that I wrote on your guestbook yesterday, but I can't find it there. Maybe I didn't save it, idk.

Anyway, I wanted to thank you again for wiki-adopting me. I was just wondering how the whole mentorship program works? Also how am I supposed to ask you questions? Just via your talk page and stuff, or is there a way to send user-to-user messages on wiki? Thanks again! -- arm oren o10 21:31, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

could you check it again
Could you please check my article again? Click here. Please tell me where I need refs, and tell me what other info I might need. In other words, I'm almost done!! Yay!! Thanks for all your help!! *dream on*dance on* 03:09, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Arb, I found some images for Taylor's article, the one from Commons is not great, but it's free,so I put it in for her. I found better ones on Flickr, but they are not released for commercial use, so I know they are NOT OK for commons, but I'm not sure if there is a loophole in wikipedia that will allow them to be used -- the copyright is looser than fair use, but not a free license, so your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to help wade through Wiki's Byzantine image upload rules to see if they might work, and I'm making that YOUR way to help Taylor! (grin).  LInk is on her talk page.  Montanabw (talk) 07:46, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

ok, i went live on the article. go to it here. thanks so much for ur help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Taylor Lane (talk • contribs) 05:37, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Assessment of Articles
Yes u can assess and re-assess articles, Though there is little to do on that front as i pretty much assessed the 200 pages on the list some time ago and i check the list once a week. though i have no objections if you re-assess anything i stuffed up as i am sure there are a few. I would appreciate some help with the WikiProject Mammals assessments though, i got it down from 600 or so to 160 but it takes up alot of time. On the zoo members front i think we should develop a banner that goes in with the zoo talk page template, i will get onto that asap infact, ill bring it into my sandbox and if you have any ideas feel free to jump on in and change it. Cheers  Zoo Pro  02:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have copied the temp into the Zoo Project sandbox here  Zoo Pro  02:52, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I swear all this would be so much easier if one of us was an admin.  Zoo Pro  04:38, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I’ll see what I can do about the banner… Yeah, would be much easier if one of us was an admin, but I just haven’t been around long enough to go through RfA. Sure, I’d love to help with assessing WikiProject Mammals articles. Could I co-coordinate it with you to give some credibility to my assessments? Cheers! The Arbiter  ★★★  01:07, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

You are more then welcome to co-coordinate welcome to wikiproject mammals.  Zoo Pro  03:58, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I will give RfA a shot soon, dunno if i would get many votes though.  Zoo Pro  06:01, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

I have assessed every article for WikiProject Mammals so no need to worry about that anymore.  Zoo Pro  05:47, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have just discovered there is more articles in wikiproject zoo that need assessing, i will kindly palm this off to u as i have had enough of assessing for this month.  Zoo Pro  06:42, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'm busy assessing Zoo Articles... I'll keep an eye on Mammals, too. My question is, do we do importance scale for Zoo articles, just quality? The Arbiter  ★★★  18:10, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Re:Adoption
Hi and thanks! I accept be adopted by you. But please: take easy with me! I am not a english speaker, however I am an experient user of pt-Wiki. Best regards, Theus PR (talk) 19:40, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Need Help
Hello! Happy New Year.. Could you please take a look at my article[] and suggest me the things I need to work on? Do I need to work on the tone of my article? I have studied the wikipedia content development guidelines but still cant figure out what more needs to be done to get it live? Looking forward to your help. PCJain (talk) 06:29, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... much better, I would say. Although it still slightly sounds like an advertisement, it isn't really trying to sell the product. Maybe try making it slightly less listy, as most sections are kind of in list form. The Arbiter  ★★★  18:02, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! Will work on it and get back to you. PCJain (talk) 06:03, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Badword filter gone wild?
Hey, I noticed this strange edit of you and wondered if you were aware of it. My wild guess would be a badword filter behaving badly. Just wanted to notify you I've reverted it. --thommey (talk) 00:12, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ouch, Yeah, I think that's what happened... Thanks for telling me! The Arbiter  ★★★  18:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Userboxes
Hello, I was wondering how you create Userboxes to put on your user page. Can you show me how?

Thanks
 * Belugaboy535136 talk  03:49, 16 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, you can find pre-made userboxes in the Gallery of Userboxes here. To make your own, check the "How to make a Userbox" link on my user page. Currently, I am working on a tutorial to make userboxes, and I'll tell you when I'm done. The Arbiter  ★★★  18:05, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

How To
Hello! I was just wondering how you propose a deletion on Wikipedia. Thanks,  Belugaboy535136  talk  03:41, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi again! To propose a deletion, go to WP:AFD. Cheers, The Arbiter  ★★★  17:53, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

English Wikipedia Internal Account Creation Interface
Are you aware you have been "suspended" from the ACI Toolserver, you have been inactive for 45 days or something, just wondering.  Zoo Pro  07:47, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * how did you find out about that?!?! The Arbiter  ★★★  18:13, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Im an ACI User, i was looking through the logs and noticed your account had been suspended i checked to see if you had been notified and you hadn't so i decided to ask you. Sorry if you didnt want it known, the suspension is only because of inactivity so you can just ask for the access back and they will give it to you.  Zoo Pro  23:20, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Status
Hello, the Arbiter! I was wondering how you get the status on top of your userpage and usertalk. Can you help? Gracias, Belugaboy535136  talk  12:47, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You can do that same thing by looking at Template:Userstatus The Arbiter  ★★★  17:55, 18 January 2010 (UTC).

WikiProject Zoo Banner
I like the addition of the banner to your page, i was thinking we need a new one that actually links to the project.  Zoo Pro  02:53, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Mine links now…you need to use the Wikipedia ads template. The Arbiter  ★★★  17:48, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

BR Class 152
Hello, you placed a !vote on Articles for deletion/BR Class 152, a deletion discussion which I closed because the nominator had blanked the redirect minutes before listing the page at RfD. I have created a new RfD discussion at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2010_January_18; however, I have not copied your !vote from the AfD because it appears that the article's blank state was a significant factor in your !vote. If you are so inclined, please opine again at the new discussion page. Thanks! &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 18:45, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thanks for the heads-up! The Arbiter  ★★★  19:30, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Congrats

 * Wow, thank you so much! The Arbiter  ★★★  02:01, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Your Opinion
Hello, Mr. The Arbiter! I was wondering if you could take a look at this and give me your opinion. Thank you very much, Belugaboy535136  talk 20:16, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how an elementary school is notable, so I would lean towards delete. I think you did the right thing by sending it to Afd. The Arbiter  ★★★  02:38, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Glad to know I've been of help. Belugaboy535136  talk 02:59, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
Hello. I just happened to notice, my page was vandalized. And, I checked the IP Address, and it was yours!! Can you explain?? Thank you very much, Belugaboy535136  talk 20:53, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The problem has been explained to me and i accept it without question, Its answered on my talk page if u are interested.  Zoo Pro  23:28, 23 January 2010 (UTC)
 * sigh...this is going to follow me a long time... The Arbiter  ★★★  02:22, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, this discussion should be dropped. I know what happened after I took a look. It's all good, man. Belugaboy535136  talk 03:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Userbox Renaming
Hello!! I've just made my first userbox! I was wondering how you can make the content box brown in background color, and how to rename (ie. User WikiProject Mammals) a userbox you have created. Thank you, Belugaboy535136  talk 00:44, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I may be of some assistance here, where have you created the userbox?  Zoo Pro  01:55, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, where is it? The Arbiter  ★★★  02:37, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * It is right here. Thank you very much, Belugaboy535136  talk 02:56, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Nice. :) So, the HTML codes for colors can be found in the article Web colors. To rename it, move it to the template namespace. So, I moved a userbox to Template:User WPZOO, for example. Then, I can just put it on a page with . Only the template namespace works for this. I hope this helped,  The Arbiter  ★★★  02:59, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, man! Belugaboy535136  contribs 17:19, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Article Amaris
Hi, I juste wanted to know if you had time recently to take a look to the articel I wrote about the company Amaris. In an hold message, I told you that I have create an article, wich is juste a traduction of the article on the french wikipedia ; and I do not understand why my article has been deleted from english wikipedia, but not from the french version. Moreover, Alten or Altran have an article about their company on the enslish wikipedia, and we both work on the same market, so I don't understand. Thank you in advance. --Amaris2010 (talk) 10:07, 19 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi again! In case you didn't know, your Amaris article got deleted. So, I can't exactly look at it. If you would be so kind as to paste it here, I'll look at it! Cheers, The Arbiter  ★★★  01:42, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I have just past my article on the page you indicated to me. Could you look and tell me what's the problem please? Thank you very much in advance. Bye --Amaris2010 (talk) 08:42, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, so I read the the article. First of all, I don’t understand what “Sysun Technologies” has to do with ”Amaris”. Besides that, the entire article is written as if you are advertising yourselves. The “group vision” is there, and there are the names of all the staff members. I’m guessing from your username that you work for Amaris. Remember that Wikipedia is not a means of promotion. If you really think that the company Amaris is notable, you should rewrite the article from a neutral point of view. Try to make the article not sound like you are advertising yourself. Essentially, don’t put the group vision, names of head employees, numbers of employees, and things like that. I recommend that you rewrite the article as if you were an outsider writing about what Amaris is, not as if you were an employee trying to spread the word about Amaris. Tell me if you need any more help!  Cheers,  The Arbiter  ★★★  01:53, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Question!
Can you just join a wiki project, or do you need permission? I wanted to join the Lady Gaga Wiki Project.--Diforeverf (talk) 22:13, 24 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Diforeverf! First of all, when you start a new conversation on someone's talk page, make sure to click the "new section" button at the top of the page. That way, I can keep my messages organized. And as for your question, generally, you do not need permission to join a wikiproject. I'm sure the Lady Gaga wikiproject would be happy to have a new member. Look for their list of participants to add your name on. If you need any more help, don't hesitate to ask! Cheers, The Arbiter  ★★★  02:42, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Coordinator Vote
I think its time our position as Coordinators on WikiProject Zoo come up for review, Time to see if the Project still wants us in the Job, Most projects have a refresh every year, some every six months. Im happy with a year, I will announce it on the Bulletin Board.  Zoo Pro  11:24, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * WHAT'S WRONG?!?!?! ARE YOU TIRED OF ME?!?! *pant* *pant* Just kidding. :) Hahaha, it looks like we are running mates. No one else seems to have been nominated...Is anyone else actually active on the project? The Arbiter  ★★★  00:23, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I have my own agenda because I have articles outside this project that I track and work on (which is why I'm listed as semi-active). However, I have made changes to the Denver Zoo (just this past weekend) to update the site, and a few things in the Phoenix Zoo, and I got Red Panda up to GA (yeah, I know, that's mammals, where I don't claim to be a member yet). I would love to know what either of you think would be required to push the Denver Zoo at least to GA status (I'm just doing things as I think of them, but I think it's past "start-class" which is where it's rated now).Donlammers (talk) 02:03, 27 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I really think you guys should stay as coordinators, I've seen the Project's history and it's gotten a lot better since you guys came along!! Regards, Belugaboy535136  contribs 01:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

This may interest you.
This may interest you.  Zoo Pro  02:14, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've posted a reply there. Cheers, The Arbiter  ★★★  02:38, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Adoption
Hi Arbiter, i would like to take up your offer of Adoption as i think you would be the ideal person to show me the ropes on Wikipedia (i can see this from your great profile page) Thanks Zakey (talk) 21:12, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey Zakey! Great to hear from you. So, just feel free to ask me anything you want to know about Wikipedia. I'll add you to my list of adoptees. The Arbiter  ★★★  00:53, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Guestbook
Thanks for signing my guestbook! I really appreciate it!! Regards, Belugaboy535136  contribs 00:59, 30 January 2010 (UTC) P.S.:If you want a picture of Kayavak the beluga whale, don't hesitate to ask me! I'm going to the Shedd this weekend.

Honor Roll
Congratulations! YOU have been selected for Belugaboy535136's Honor Roll! Please sign your signature next to your name. Please erase the timestamp. Once again, congratulations! Belugaboy535136 contribs 03:51, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh yes congrats seems you made it into second place whilst im stuck in third, must be all my arguments on the WikiProject Council pages :) hehehehe. Zoo  Pro  08:15, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey thanks Belugaboy...Maybe a Belugaboy's Honor Roll barnstar? Hehe. The Arbiter  ★★★  17:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the idea, I'll give you credit for it. *yawn* It's ten at night here in Chicago, so I'm signing out for the night. Toodaloo! Belugaboy535136  contribs 04:03, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I doubt twelve people know who I am...

Maybe a certificate instead of a Barnstar, as I don't think it would be fair for people who don't know me (about 11,956,098). Hehe! -- Belugaboy535136 contribs 16:58, 31 January 2010 (UTC) You know, maybe I could make a barnstar. Just how is the tough part... Could you show me, or direct me to somebody who knows how to create a barnstar?? Thank you, Belugaboy535136  contribs 21:27, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I am so sorry!
I just forgot the adoption thing... I want to know if I already can vote in en.Wiki You know, in articles for deletion and similar stuff. Best regards, Theus PR (talk) 17:55, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Check under the "My Preferences" tab at the top of the screen. If you are under the group "autoconfirmed users" or "confirmed", then you should be fine. You can go ahead and vote. Cheers, The Arbiter  ★★★  19:08, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

RfA
Hey, just to let you know, you seem to have left your support for Calmer Waters on my RfA instead. Requests_for_adminship/Taelus, link for your convenience. Hope this helps, --Taelus (talk) 20:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Diff Oh and the diff, if you wish to use the undo function. Again, hope this helps. --Taelus (talk) 20:01, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Taelus
Did you mean to place your support for Taleus? – if so, you might have mixed up the name with Calmer Waters (who is also running). Just a heads-up :) --RexxS (talk) 20:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I did. I supported both. Oops..hehe. The Arbiter  ★★★  17:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Could You Please Take a Look at This?
Hello! Sorry I've been so busy on your talk page. I'm wondering if you could leave a comment on this AfD page. Regards, Belugaboy535136  contribs 22:55, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Ummm..What page? The Arbiter  ★★★  22:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Did you mean Huggle, Sweden? Looks to me like it deserves to be deleted, as there is virtually no content. (sorry to jump in) Donlammers (talk) 23:13, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sorry. I tried and it wouldn't work. Did I mention I have short-term memory loss? Regards, Belugaboy535136  contribs 23:18, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I've fixed the link. You might find my comment interesting. The Arbiter  ★★★  23:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)