User talk:WelpThatWorked/Archive 1

Confirming my account
Thank you again for the quick reply, Welp! Per my request on the Help Desk page, would you be able to speak or reach out to someone that can confirm my account before the four day mark? I'm kind of in the middle of helping out on something... Cheers! Ph000 (talk) 03:56, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Teahouse post
Hi there. I appreciate your eagerness to help out at the Teahouse, despite being a relatively new editor yourself. However, I would advise against posting single-word responses such as this. The Teahouse is described as "a friendly place to learn about editing Wikipedia", and it is good practice to welcome editors who ask questions. There are some guidelines on how to do this at Teahouse/Host lounge/Expectations. One-word responses can come across as rather pointed and unfriendly, so are best avoided. Cordless Larry (talk) 18:00, 4 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome
Thank you for welcoming me into the Wikipedia World, as I am new to this, if I am doing anything wrong or could do something better please can you advise me, many thanks Thameslinkrail (talk) 19:23, 9 January 2019 (UTC)
 * No problem, I just saw your edits so far, thought they were pretty good, so dropped a welcome. If you need anything feel free to drop me a message here. Hope you enjoy the place. Have a nice day! WelpThatWorked (talk) 19:31, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

TheLounge
Hey Welp! I am done with the updates so The Lounge is now back up.  LakesideMiners My Talk Page 15:50, 11 January 2019 (UTC)

Shneur Zalman of Liadi reversions
Hello, Welp, and thanks again for fixing that article caption for me. I notice that you subsequently reverted two of my edits. As there's no edit summary, I cannot deduce why that happened. Any clue? Thanks.--Quisqualis (talk) 19:58, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , wikipedia has a hover preview allowing readers to quickly find what the term means, making the explanation redundant. As for the null edit, that was just an unfortunate casualty of the rollback tool sorry. To be honest, I don't ever notice the names of the people I revert, sorry :P WelpThatWorked (talk) (talk) 22:00, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
 * That's OK as I wasn't offended.--Quisqualis (talk) 22:07, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for welcoming me! I will stay on Wikipedia, as I came here to really help this place. MineCart123 (talk) 04:21, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * No problem! If you need anything, feel free to ask here. I would also recommend the IRC #wikipedia-en, pretty fun there sometimes, if nothing else. Have fun! WelpThatWorked (talk) 04:32, 13 December 2018 (UTC)
 * That's OK as I wasn't offended.--Quisqualis (talk) 22:10, 12 January 2019 (UTC)

Is your sig supposed to be like that?
Your signature currently shows WelpThatWorked (talk) (talk), which is confusing since WelpThatWorked and the first (talk) links to your userpage, while the second one links to your talk page. I advise you to change the signature. Thanks, PorkchopGMX  ( talk with me  -  what i've done ) 07:56, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , That's weird, as I've never messed with my sig. should be fixed now, thx for heads up. WelpThatWorked (talk) 17:59, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

Pending changes reviewer granted
Hello. Your account has been granted the "pending changes reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on pages protected by pending changes. The list of articles awaiting review is located at Special:PendingChanges, while the list of articles that have pending changes protection turned on is located at Special:StablePages.

Being granted reviewer rights neither grants you status nor changes how you can edit articles. If you do not want this user right, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time.

See also: Swarm {talk}  02:26, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Reviewing pending changes, the guideline on reviewing
 * Pending changes, the summary of the use of pending changes
 * Protection policy, the policy determining which pages can be given pending changes protection by administrators.
 * , Thank you very much! WelpThatWorked (talk) 15:05, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Notice of Edit warring noticeboard discussion
Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. The thread is Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. Thank you. RhinosF1 (talk) 21:34, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

Question
Can you explain why you are not letting my edit through? There is no explanation anywhere what "pending changes" are supposed to be. Am I doing something wrong with my edit that you are putting back in (obviously) controversial content that has no citation?Karkanxholl (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:07, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , As others have reverted, I also reverted. As put it, "I see no given reason to delete the image, but the caption could be clearer". You can try changing the caption if incorrect, but the image itself has no issues, and thus should remain. What controversy are you referring to? Pending changes is explained here. That page is accessible by clicking the padlock icon. It simply is a protection measure that lets us catch vandalism before it goes live, without impacting IP and new editors too much. WelpThatWorked (talk) 15:12, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think it is really fair that you are preventing me from editing the article and don't need to engage in discussion or give a reason for it. My edit isn't vandalism. said I didn't give a reason for removing the image, but I posted the explanation on the article talk page. Is that the right place to discuss this? The addition of this image was most likely vandalism to begin with (or just a joke about how little you guys seem to know about ballet) but collectively you guys have restored it four times. The punch line is: it's a grand jete. A pirouette or arabesque does not become a "modern, non-classical form" because it is performed in a contemporary ballet. The caption can be changed to something like "A grand jete performed in a contemporary ballet" but we don't even know which ballet it is.
 * If the Caption is incorrect, change it, don't delete the image. Do you need help changing the caption? WelpThatWorked (talk) 20:20, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Are you sure it is a contemporary ballet? How do you know? Can you please explain why you are restoring this or add a citation? The costume looks a lot like it could be Midsummer Night's Dream. How does adding content without a citation prevent vandalism? I know it just ballet, not a very important topic like politics, but I think we can do better.
 * You can change it if you want to. The image description page identifies it as contemporary from "Grace in Winter" You likely know more than I do about it. If you don't know how to change the caption, tell me what you want it changed to. WelpThatWorked (talk) 20:29, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I will try to ask the uploader, but without proof it is contemporary ballet the image should not be in section about contemporary ballet. Maybe move to grand jete article? I can write one if we don't already have it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karkanxholl (talk • contribs) 20:34, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Your edit review from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Hi, I note you reviewed an edit from an IP here, however what the IP added was unsourced and quite clearly not useful for the page. I have undone your review. Might I ask you to be a bit more careful in future, I note you have only had the right for a few weeks so willing to let this go if you take note. Thanks. Nightfury 15:39, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * , Hi, I just didn't see the characters defined anywhere else, so thought maybe it would be fine. Thanks for telling me, I'll try not to accept anything like it again. WelpThatWorked (talk) 15:44, 8 February 2019 (UTC)

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Jargon at the Teahouse.
Hi, Welp. You may have seen that I just responded to WP:TH essentially agreeing with you, but explaining a bit more. I don't think that your reply was very welcoming - or even very comprehensible - to a new user, do you? (I see has now restored it anyway.) --ColinFine (talk) 15:59, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * , Sorry, I thought I was in the Help Desk. I seem to be making a large number of mistakes in Both the Help Desk and the Teahouse, I think I'm going to stay away from them for a few days or more. Sorry. WelpThatWorked (talk) 16:02, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
 * That's your choice, of course. I hope I haven't driven you away! But even on the Help Desk, many questions are from new editors: if you look at their contributions you can get some idea how much work they've done in WP. --ColinFine (talk) 18:48, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

 * , Thanks! I'm glad I could help. WelpThatWorked (talk) 14:36, 26 March 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of M3 half-track
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article M3 half-track you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 03:00, 28 July 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of M3 half-track
The article M3 half-track you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needing to be addressed. If these are fixed within 7 days, the article will pass; otherwise it may fail. See Talk:M3 half-track for issues which need to be addressed. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 10:00, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

252nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)
Hi WelpThatWorked. I have noticed that it is four months since you contributed to 's GAN Talk:252nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)/GA1, so I am going to pick it up and finish the review. I hope that this is OK with you. Cheers. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:14, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of M3 half-track
The article M3 half-track you nominated as a good article has failed ; see Talk:M3 half-track for reasons why the nomination failed. If or when these points have been taken care of, you may apply for a new nomination of the article. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of AustralianRupert -- AustralianRupert (talk) 11:02, 18 August 2019 (UTC)