User talk:Thehelpfulone/Archive/August 2008

Harry Potter
It's good to know that someone else is helping out on the article! Thank you, Malinaccier (talk) 17:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Harry Potter
I think we can get this featured easily. I've made some changes but it's too late to do any more. I'll be on tomorrow though —— RyanLupin • (talk) 00:31, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm someone changed the infoxbox to something I've never seen before. Not sure whether this abides by the guidelines and the like but I'm not sure whether it should be reverted —— RyanLupin • (talk) 09:59, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

HP PR
I replied on the Harry Potter talk page - it is better, but still needs a lot of work before it seems like FA level to me. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I can help you overcome these, I knew the plot section needed thickening. I could probably help you find references too —— RyanLupin • (talk) 08:09, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry
Sorry earlier for deleting those Speedy Deletion tags on ...and One Classical I was trying to contest it but I still have much to learn about Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Oukselo (talk • contribs) 20:06, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Wee Bin and Notability
In trying to save history so I only research and record stuff about people long dead. The people I research are those in the Straits Settlements and Federated malay States and are ethnically Chinese. Very little is available on them in English-language literature compared to what you can find on the prominent British colonists of the time, and I do not read the Chinese language. Finding the facts in old English-language literature is a constant act of literary archeology and it takes time to gather everything. Posting a bit first may encourage others who might be interested, to also contribute to the entry. jefferyseow (talk) 00:50, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

In fact, what Wee Bin did, was to found a Shipping dynasty. The book "One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore" by Ong Siang Song, publised in 1923 covers Wee Bin, his son in law Lim Ho Puah and his grandson Lim Peng Siang. I have referenced this book. This book that I have referenced is a published third-party source about the subject. Given that I have referenced a published third-party source about the subject, a source I might add that has been quoted by historians, economists and other authors, please let me know which specific Wikipedia I am still in contravention regarding Notability.

Thank you. jefferyseow (talk) 01:08, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Image
Are you well-versed with images? I mean can you suggest if an image is fit for feature image criteria?  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 12:19, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, then I have to ask another editor.  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 12:23, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

Speedy delete tags
You've recent placed db-bio tags on two articles: Girlfriend (Film) and MDL (file format). Both of these are clearly not people so db-bio does not apply. Indeed none of A7 applies to either of these as "A7 applies only to articles about web content or articles on people and organizations themselves, not articles on their books, albums, software and so on". Therefore I've removed both the tags and prodded them instead. Can I ask that you be a bit more careful with speedy tagging in future. Thank you, Dpmuk (talk) 18:36, 22 August 2008 (UTC).
 * Not a problem. Although I'm still relatively new to wikipedia I've beocme quite into patrolling candidate for speedy deletes ever since I stuggled to save Engkanto which eventually got a DYK out of it.  Since then I've become a bit of a stickler for the rules when it comes to speedy deletes and I hope know them reasonably well.  Glad you took it the right way - I'm always nervous about approaching more experienced wikipedians on subjects like this. Dpmuk (talk) 18:42, 22 August 2008 (UTC)

My User Page
Would you be willing to help me redesign my user page? I wanted to change it to something much more dramatic. Leave me a message. Thankyou. The Bookkeeper  (of the Occult)  17:48, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Derry
Hi. Good work on the London article with the references. I was just wondering if you fancied helping out at Derry? Feel free to say no - there's a lot of work that needs doing - but it would be useful to share the load a bit. As you can see, the references need some work. Cordless Larry (talk) 22:31, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the work so far. It looks really good. Just one question: I noticed that you changed "per cent" to "%" in the text, but doesn't the Manual of Style suggest that "per cent" is better for main text sections? Cordless Larry (talk) 10:12, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia Assignment
Hey! My Bio class is working on a Wikipedia talk:WikiProject AP Biology 2008 and I was so glad to stumble across your user page. That navigation bar of yours is quite nifty (I'm still playing around with it a bit though)! Thanks for being so willing to share the code. --Yohmom (talk) 01:10, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

HP PR
I will review Harry Potter again in the next day or two - sorry not to have replied sooner. Ruhrfisch &gt;&lt;&gt; &deg; &deg; 03:10, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Test wiki reply
Aah, thanks for helping me out there (removing the rights).  jj137  ( talk )  03:46, 30 August 2008 (UTC)