User talk:Zalgo/Archive March 2008

monobook.js problem
Hey, I got your message just now, and copied your monobook.js into mine, but I don't see any difference? Am I just being stupid or is this hard to find. Please help me. MalwareSmarts (talk) 20:25, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Ah, never mind, I'm getting it to work. MalwareSmarts (talk) 20:28, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello!
Thanks for the barnstar! I am Lolipod but i changed it to Cream trough a username ursupation. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me and i'll reply :) --Cream (talk) 23:55, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

I do have a question in fact! I had a feed of the newest articles, but now I can't find it. I was allowed to open and close it if I wanted to see the feed, but now I can't find the button anywhere! Did you edit your monobook.js? I used yours like you said. MalwareSmarts (talk) 00:10, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Renames and Usurpations
If you would like to help out on these pages, feel free to do so. Unlike the ArbCom, there is no formalized corps of clerks, or anything official. If you would like to help out on these pages, please be sure you know what you're doing. The people who help on these pages are there to make the process easier for the bureaucrats. If an editor's assistance is not useful, or creates more work for a bureaucrat, then they aren't helping. Please read this page for a pretty good understand of what the requirements are for each process. For a rough outline of what is expected, see WP:CHU/A. But there is more to it than that. I'll start with usurpations, as that is where I am more familiar.

The usurpations page has different requirements for a rename to be performed than the regular page. The requested username must be notified of the request and have seven days to respond, and have no edits or log entries; the requesting editor must have a signficant amount of edits, and no recent blocks. Use the with parameters when noting things; simply  goes under the request when everything is good. When commenting, make note of these things: 1) Edits by the requested username 2) Number of edits by the requesting editor 3) Creation date of the requested name 4) Logs of the requested name (including block) 5) Blocklog of the requesting editor 6)Talk page of requested name 7) E-mail. I generally check them in that order, in order of decreasing importance. For the first one, edits by the requested name is generally a bar for usurpation. If there are edits by the name, add |contributions=yes parameter. If there is a chance the edits might not be a bar to usurpation, (e.g. very few edits only to user or talk space) make note of this below the template. If the editor requesting usurpation has few edits, generally it will not be performed. I personally note less than ~400 edits; there are largely varying ideas by different bureaucrats on how many edits are required, however. If the requested name was created less than six months ago, add |new=yes. If the requested username has log entries, make note of them below the template; you can add |logs=yes, but IMO opinion it's better to make note of what the logs are below the template. If the requesting editor has blocks, it is often appropriate to note this, but not always; just note what you might consider salient. If the requested username has not been notified, just go ahead and do it for them; add {{subst:usurpation requested}} to the talk page, I often make note of whom the request was made for. Finally, check the e-mail link. The majority of the time, there will be no e-mail address set. If there is, however, send the account a copy of the e-mail on this page. Also, make sure that the request is filed under the correct date header. (The correct date is whenever the target account was notified.)

The normal page is much less complicated. Click on the requested username link to see if the account exists. If it does, but it qualifies for usurpation, add. Please be sure when doing this to check the requesting editor's contributions &mdash; if they would not qualify for usurpation (i.e. too few edits), I suggest either making note that he will probably not be able to usurp for this reason, or what I personally do, not make note at all. If the account already exists but does not qualify for usurpation, then add. Another thing to note is the requesting editor's blocklog. Unlike the usurpations page, there is no number of edits requirement; it is not needed to make note of it on this page. There are myriad paramters of the template; see the documentation for a full list of other things to note. An important one is if the editor who requested a rename (this applies to usurpations as well) is not the one who will be renamed. If you want further guidance on the normal page, ask Jéské Couriano; he's the most active there.

When commenting, be sure to remember to make all relevant notes at once, and try not to have useless conversation. Doing so clutters up the page, and a bureaucrat has asked it to be kept to a minium. On the normal page, there does not need to be a note for fine requests, only ones that have issues. I think that the above is a rather thorough explination of how to comment. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask. I personally suggest looking over the pages, and perhaps an archive or two to see how things should be done before starting. seresin ( ¡? ) 07:41, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Newpages.PNG)
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