User talk:Zachary crimsonwolf/Archive 1

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Helpme
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Welcome to WikiProject Dragonlance!
Hi there! I noticed you became a member of our WikiProject and added the userbox! Welcome! I also noticed your message on the Dragonlance page. There are no "rules" neccessarily, as far as writing goes follow the |fiction guidelines and you'll be alright. As far as for what to do, you can check the tasklist on the the main WikiProject page or this broad tasklist. If you need help on editing or style or anything like that, ask me or ReyBrujo. ReyBrujo has been around a lot longer than I have so he's more experienced, but I can help too. See ya! Dooms Day34  9  20:18, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

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Hello!
Hi. There were a few problems with your userpage: A) You had fair use images on it. Basically, fair use is a copyrighted image applied on Wikipedia under very strict guidelines. I don't know much about it; you can talk to ReyBrujo about it, he's very knowledgable.  Also, the image you uploaded was uneccessary-simply copy the one that was on my userpage, which you can find at the Kitten article.  Just ignore the image, it should be deleted soon.  Since you're new, they'll let it slide.  As for the "logos" they are called userboxes, and you can find a whole bunch of them at the aforementioned link.  Finally, I am taking a short Wikibreak to relieve some stress, so don't bother replying for about a week.  Hope that clears some stuff up.  See ya!  Dooms  Day34  9  20:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza
Welcome, Zachary crimsonwolf, 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!

May the Force be with you! Shr e shth91 12:53, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: Confused
That must have been confusing! You did add yourself to the right list, but it looks like you accidentially got a welcome message sent your way even though you haven't joined yet. It shouldn't be anything to worry about, but maybe you'll get a second welcome when you actually join! Hope that clears things up, if not, feel free to ask more questions. :) -- Nataly a 17:13, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Technically, no. But you'll soon be able to be "official", so don't worry about it! -- Nataly a  20:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Arranging userboxes
HI, Zc. Try userboxtop and userboxbottom to help arrange your userboxes. Regards, Rfrisbietalk 18:41, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I fixed up the userboxes as it seemed you were having a little trouble. I also changed a little.  Hope you do not mind.  – Heav  e n's Wrath    Talk  05:17, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

RE:Userboxes
Let me clarify; do you want to upload a brand new image, or do you want to insert an existing image into the userbox? If you want to upload an image, I don't really know; ask ReyBrujo. If you want to put an existing one into the userbox, simply put into the "id" category of the userbox building. If there are any more problems, I'll help you figure them out.  Dooms Day349  21:21, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I've fixed it. Dunno what the problem was, but anyway, here it is:

The code is:

Hope that helps!  Dooms Day349  17:26, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Orphaned fair use image (Image:200px-Sasuke Uchiha.jpg)
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Admin coaching, etc.
Are you ready to get started?

The waiting time over at Admin coaching is long (some people have been waiting in line since July). I'm an admin coach with the project, and for my students I set up a group discussion page so that we could all learn from each other. The scope of this concept has expanded into the Virtual classroom, which is an open forum for the teaching and learning of advanced Wikipedia skills.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to participate, as a student, as a coach, or both. Every week or two a new major topic of discussion or classroom assignment is introduced, usually with a guest writer who presents his or her expertise on the current subject and who remains on hand to answer questions. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the discussions, such as sharing your expertise, asking and answering questions, etc.

The current topic of discussion is vandalism, and our guest writer is Budgiekiller.

All discussions are open-ended, so all previous discussion topics and classroom assignments are still there for viewing and further participation. There are also sections for posting miscellaneous topics and questions, requesting coaching assistance, etc.

In addition to inviting those who would like to learn, I routinely invite experts from all over Wikipedia to come and contribute for the benefit of all. The VC is rapidly turning into a clearing house of the best resources, methods, and techniques known for working on Wikipedia.

You are cordially invited to participate.

Here's an announcement box which you can place on your userpage or at the top of your talk page for keeping up to date with classroom assignments.

I hope to see you there. Sincerely,   Th  e Tr ans hu  man  ist    07:36, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Newsletter
No worries, Zachary, you're never bothering me. Whenever an Esperanza newsletter goes out, everyone who is a member of Esperanza (and who hasn't put him or herself on the opt out list will get it. Let me know if you have any other questions! -- Nataly a  16:20, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Re:Rebuilding
Thanks for the message. It would be a good idea to have the rebuilding page not be on an Esperanza subpage, because the MfD includes all subpages. I am glad to see that other users are interested in keeping Esperanza alive. G e  o. 01:08, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

See User:Geo.plrd/Phoenix, G  e  o. 05:35, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Feel free to work on it. Esperanza was meant to foster community. A place for the community to relax seems to me to be part of that ideal. I have been contacting Esperanza members. G e  o. 18:12, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I read about your concerns on Esperanza. Perhaps you'd liket o add this userbox to your userpage? ~ Feureau 08:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:Userbox
Hi, Zachary, The userbox was deleted moments after it's creation. Only when another admin notified me of it's reason did the one who deleted it came up to me and says so. I recreated with an offer of compromise to reach a concensus only to have another admin blank it. It was then when I reluctantly obliged to have it blanked for a week. So, don't worry, if you add the code now, the userbox won't appear for a week. (13th jan. to be exact) If you like to see what it looks like, I had it subst-ed on my userpage and you can see what it looks like. You read about the concensus here here. 

has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing! ~ Feureau E.S.P. 17:18, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

About the Reach Out Message
Hey Zachary, I saw your reply to ClockworkSoul's message on Reach Out; if you go to his user page, you'll see the main reason for all his stress.

See you around (obviously just a figure of speech :-]), --  P.B. Pilhet  /  Talk   15:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:your message(phoenix)
We need to get more people, Culverin had the idea of a petition to Jimbo. If that works then we can recreate Phoenix. G e  o. 19:16, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

No
Please stop these secretive efforts to recreate Esperanza. Any conversation should be done either on the Esperanza talk page, currently protected, or at the MFD talk page. This is not the way to be going about these things. Please note that these efforts are unlikely to get anything done because of the means attempted. Please stop.  Dooms Day349  23:15, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: Edit number
Yep - you can use Essjay's edit counter. Just remember not to get editcountitis! :) -- Nataly a 14:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I thought about defining it - guess I should have! :) You can read about it at Editcountitis, it's kind of a silly joke, but basically it says don't get wrapped up in your edit count, becaues it's not as important as everyone makes it seem.  And don't worry, I never mind questions. -- Nataly a  13:26, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Many people who vote in RfAs likely want to see a lot more than 1,000 edits, so in some ways, edit count does matter, but only to mirror and editor's experience on Wikipedia. As for archiving talk pages, there are a couple of different ways to do it - How to archive a talk page spells it out pretty well, but let me know if you have any questions. :) -- Nataly a  13:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

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Def of Phoenix
Due to the fact that Phoenix was deleted, I lost the membership list. These were the users I remember supporting us. There were a few more.


 * Why1991
 * Culverin

I chose Phoenix because it was supposed to rise from the ashes of Esperanza's failures. G e  o. 20:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Let us wait awhile until everthing cools down. G  e  o . 20:26, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Re:Picture of the day, etc., etc.
Let me have a go at each of these questions individually: I hope that was a good explanation of all your questions, but I'm glad to explain anything better if it's not clear. -- Nataly a 01:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Anyone can put the picture of the day on the user page by using the template POTD. If you ever want to know how someone got something on their user page, remember you can also just click "edit this page", and see what got it there!  That's always a good way to see how someone put something interesting on their page.
 * Fair Use is a pretty convoluted subject, so don't feel bad about not getting it. What it is, in a nutshell, is giving rationale to allow copyrighted images to be used in Wikipedia.  Almost all of the images used on Wikipedia must be under a Free license or in the Public domain, but there are certain criteria that allow copyrighted images to be used under "Fair Use".  To determine if an image can be used under Fair Use, you must make sure it fits all of the criteria in the Fair_use section.  That is an important part to read, and should be pretty clear.  Once you've determined that an image fits all of the fair use criteria, you need to determine how to tag the image, which you do using one of the tags at Image copyright tags/Fair use.  When tagging an image as Fair Use, you must also detail the reasons for fair use, as explained at Help:Image_page.
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Re: Admin coaching
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Re: Essjay's edit counter
You can find a wide range of edit counters avaliable at WikiProject edit counters. Just remember, don't get too attatched to your edit count! -- Nataly a 21:58, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thank you. Th e Tr ans hu man ist   01:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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Re: Admin coaching
I'm honored that you'd ask me to coach you. I'm always happy to answer your questions, but due to the fact that I'm not on Wikipedia as much as I would like, and that I already seem to be neglecting my current coachee, I'm going to have to respectfully decline; I hope you understand. You are always welcome to stop by and ask questions, though! Good luck finding a coach, I'm sure you will do great. -- Nataly a 14:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

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Barnstar
Dude, you deserve a barnstar.

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