Hope Has Wings

Yep. Hedwig dies too. It is sad :-(. Have a look at WP:WELCOME, and see what you can do to help us! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 03:34, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

NO WAY! That is sad. Have you read the whole series already? --Daniella95 03:39, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Hope Has Wings, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• Tutorial
• How to edit a page
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! --TeaDrinker 21:38, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Images

Sure, the steps are

1. Find a picture you like (there are a lot on Wikimedia commons or Featured images worth checking out). Be sure to note the image name. For instance, suppose you select Image:SnowflakesWilsonBentley.jpg.
2. Verify the image is not being used as "fair use" (look over the license on the image page, if it says "public domain," "GFDL," or "Creative Commons," you're good to go; if it has a copyright logo, then it probably can't be used). Feel free to ask if you have any questions.
3. On your userpage, put in the code [[Image:SnowflakesWilsonBentley.jpg | thumb | right | 250px | caption]] (you can play around with these options, including removing them, to get variations in size and location).
4. You can also check out my (simple) userpage design by going to User:TeaDrinker and clicking edit this page. The image I used is contained in the first line of text: [[Image:Haeckel Actiniae.jpg|right|185px]]

You may also be interested in Wikipedia:Images. If you run into any difficulties, or you have any other questions, feel free to ask! Thanks and welcome to Wikipedia! --TeaDrinker 21:38, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks great, you can shrink it in two ways:

1. Use the code [[Image:Siberischer tiger de edit02.jpg|250px]] (which sets the size to 250 pixels), or
2. Use the code [[Image:Siberischer tiger de edit02.jpg|thumb]] (which makes the image a thumbnail, of a size defined by the reader).

I use the first method on my userpage, although the second method is almost always preferred in the main article space. Looks like a great picture! --TeaDrinker 22:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh my gosh,i t worked so well. Thanks a lot!--Daniella95 22:55, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

And to you too! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 02:56, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes - I've got an English accent though, not British! Britain is Scotland, Wales and England - Scotland and Wales have different accents to England! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 03:16, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I do live in the UK - in Dartmouth. I'm at the BRNC. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 03:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

It's a lifelong thing - I'll probably be 40 or 50 when I leave my job. I don't do much at the moment - I'm still technically in training as a Warfare officer. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 03:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Twenty-two! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 03:53, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Cavalry! Not Calvary... Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 03:59, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Why not? Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 04:07, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

No, I have a house. I'm off to bed now, too. Night! Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry 04:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Signatures

Sure, thanks, I'd be happy to help. Adding some flair to your signature is pretty straightforward. Rules, rules, everything starts with some rules. Wikipedia rules on signatures are here. To create a new signature,

1. click my preferences at the top of the screen. It should open to your user preferences tab.
2. Check the "raw signature" box and
3. enter the code you want into the signature box.

The code is html, usually, and is the only tricky part of the process. Some examples are below.

An unmodified signature (ignoring the color) looks like [[User:Daniella95|Daniella95]] ([[User talk:Daniella95|talk]]). This is what is generated automatically. By changing the parts highlighted in red (either changing the words that are there or by adding some code), the appearance is easily modified.

Code	Resulting display
[[User:Daniella95|Daniella95]] ([[User talk:Daniella95|talk]])	Daniella95 (talk) 00:47, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
[[User:Daniella95| <font color="green">Daniella95</font> ]] ([[User talk:Daniella95|<font color="#7E2217">talk</font>]])	Daniella95 (talk)00:47, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

A very simple change might be the color or font. To do this, use the second example above. The only difference between this and the standard signature is I wrapped the parts in red in <font> </font> tags. By themselves the font tags don't do much, but you can put options in, like color= or face=. Colors can be referenced either by name (like green, aquamarine, etc.) or by hexidecimal RGB code. A handy reference is here. We could also change the font by using the <font face="fontname"></font> option. And of course, you can modify both at the same time. Different people will have different fonts on their computer, so calling obscure fonts is probably going to look odd on other computers. A safer bet is to use the options from standard html, found in Font family (HTML).

You can also use  tags to elevate (or  to depress), and you can user more than one color or font:

Code	Resulting display
[[User:Daniella95| <font color="green" face=broadway>Daniella</font><sup><font face="impact" color="black">''95''</font></sup>]] [[User talk:Daniella95|<small><font color="green">Talk to me</font></small>]]	Daniella95 Talk to me00:47, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
[[User:Daniella95| <font color="#4C7D7E" face="cursive">Danilla</font><font color="firebrick" face="Courier">95</font>]] [[User talk:Daniella95|<font color="#4C7D7E" face="fantasy" >(talk)</font>]]	Danilla95 (talk)00:47, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

Hopefully this will get you started. There are many many other modifications that can be made; let me know if you had something more specific in mind, or if something here doesn't work or make sense. Cheers, --TeaDrinker (talk) 10:22, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Talk pages

Hi Daniella! I happened to notice this large removal to Cavalry's talk page, and I thought perhaps you may not be aware, but it is generally good practice to not remove comments from other editor's talk pages, even if they're comments you made. I realize you had a conversation going, but normally editors prefer to archive their own talk pages, and removing comments like that doesn't allow them to do so. It may be best if you replace them by undoing your edit, so that Cavalry can choose to archive them when he wishes. Thanks so much for understanding, and have a wonderful weekend! Ariel♥Gold 04:15, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about it dear! I can let Cavalry know about it and he can take care of it tomorrow! Have a great night! Ariel♥Gold 04:30, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, sorry! I'm like that too, so I fully understand! You did it perfectly! You simply go to the edit diff (the one I linked above), and you click the "undo" link at the top, then in the edit summary box, you just write why you're undoing the edit. You did it absolutely perfectly, no worries! And feel free to ask me anything if you have any questions, I'm more than happy to help! Ariel♥Gold 04:37, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Userpage

Thanks so much for the compliment, Daniella! I'm sure you'd want something original. I've done many editor's userpages, if you'd like to take a look through some of them, User:Eliz81, User:Jakew, User:NancyHeise, User:Timotab, User:Marci Bowers Helper, User:Jreferee, User:Tiddly Tom, User:Dreadstar, User:Kaeso Dio, User talk:SQL, and of course, Calvary's pages, for just a few. Let me know what your favorite colors are, which layout you like best, what some of your favorite things are, to pick some pictures out, what editing interests you have, and I can look at creating a page of your own. I'll be heading to bed soon, so no rush, but feel free to drop me a line to let me know what you'd like. Cheers! Ariel♥Gold 04:49, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Signatures

No problem, I'm happy to help. The codes used in the signatures are almost always HTML (or sometimes CSS), which is the language web-browsers read. There are a large number of online sources for tutorials and such, but I suspect the easiest way to make a new signature is look for someone else's signature looks and copy their code (with suitable modification). Code should be visible if you click "edit this page" on a page with someone's signature. As far as the length, unfortunately, there is no good way to make the signature code shorter (without, say, removing a link to either your user or talk page). Templates, which are used elsewhere on Wikipedia for this purpose, are not allowed for signatures since it is a strain on the servers (and really slows down talk page load times, if there are a lot of signatures on a page). I'd be happy to help with making a signature look a certain way if you have something particular in mind. --TeaDrinker (talk) 20:58, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks nice! About the date and time, it should appear automatically if you use four tildes (three will put just your name). If you are using four tildes, what happens when you put five? This should make the signature appear as just the date with no name (like 08:02, 26 December 2007 (UTC)). Let me know if you're still having trouble. --TeaDrinker (talk) 08:02, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Curiouser and curiouser! That I have not seen before. What was the code you were trying to add? (If it changes when you save the page, you can put ... tags around the code so it displays the code as text.) Playing around with the feature, I discovered unbalanced tags (that is, opening a <font> but not closing it with </font>) will cause that sort of error, so it may be a good idea to check if the tags are all closed. Let me know if I can help. --TeaDrinker (talk) 19:26, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, is the code you're putting in my preferences [[User:Daniella95|<font color= "teal">Daniella95</font>]] [[User Talk:Daniella95| <font color= "darkred">(talk)</font>]]? It seems to work for me, but perhaps I am missing something (or there is a bug in the software...). --TeaDrinker (talk) 19:37, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Fantastic, the signature looks great! Let me know if anything else comes up. --TeaDrinker (talk) 19:42, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Mom?!?

Hey :) Thanks a lot you made my day ^^ Happy holidays to you, too! -- lucasbfr ^{ho ho ho} 21:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Nah no worries I know you're not my mom ;). -- lucasbfr ^{ho ho ho} 11:34, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Signature

Thanks a lot! I am just a little but of a fan. Just a little. :) Do you like the books too? ~ Bella Swan 03:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Eclipse is the last book in the series. You'll want to start out with Twilight, or else you'll be completly lost. :) I do almost the same thing daily, I got my friends into it too, and we're all freaks together. There was an Eclipse books signing about 5 minutes away from me, and all my friends and I dressed up and had a huge party at the B&N where it was at. Crazy fun. ~ Bella Swan 03:56, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I know, it was pretty awesome. I got all my books signed except for one. And yes, I am waiting for the latest book to come out, called Breaking Dawn. I'm also waiting for another book to caome out, called Midnight Sun, which is the book Twilight written from a different character's point of view. ~ Bella Swan 04:06, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah, about Cedric and Edward...personally, I think that he isn't going to make a great Edward. Apperently the rest of the world agrees with me. A lot of people are upset about Patterson playing Edward, but really, I think they could have done better but I really don't care as long as he does a decent job. ~ Bella Swan 04:08, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I LOVE Edward. But, I must say in terms of most fascinating charcters, Alice is just under Edward. I actually find Jacob annoying and stupid. ~ Bella Swan 04:19, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Tell your friend Tiffany that she rocks and she's got the right idea. ^_^ ~ Bella Swan 04:28, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, yeah. That's a whole different story. HP's right up there wiht Twilight. Loved it since I was 8. ~ Bella Swan 04:31, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I AM! There isn't a set date yet, but their going to start filming in 2008. I didn't like HP5; did you? I thought they left way too much out, and they made the whole movie dark and evil. ~ Bella Swan 04:36, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Really?! I always thought Cho was so shallow, I never got the Harry-Cho connection. Actually, my brothers & sisters are watching that movie right now. I do think it was dumb of them to blame it on Cho though. I also thought it was dumb for them to have made Ginny seem so young in the other movies, and then have to take a huge leap to make her look old enough to actually date Harry. I mean, if you look at Ginny's dress for the Yule Ball in HP4, she looks like she's 6! ~ Bella Swan 04:46, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the warning, I have read them all though. I cried too when Tonks and Lupin dies, and I heard about the Mr. Weasley thing. She wanted Harry to fell upset that someone died, but not too upset. I wouldn't blame Harry if he committed suicide if Mr. Weasley died. Did you hear about Dumbledore being gay? I got really upset about that. To me it all seemed like just a big publicity stunt. ~ Bella Swan 21:15, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I know, I cried at that part too. I think that Kristen Stewart looks like a Bella, and she'll be excellent in the movie if she can act like her. As for who plays Edward, (the Cedric Diggory guy), I was really disapointed. He doesn't look pale at all, not that hot, and just not an Edward. My only hope is that he can at least play him really well.... ~ Bella Swan 20:35, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks! You have made my day! --TeaDrinker (talk) 23:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Band

Hey! Sorry about not noticing the comment on my page, I accidentally skipped it among all the newsletters, haha. In any case, believe it or not, I haven't played in my band in quite a while, I started playing solo. I tend to play an acoustic/soft rock genre, I suppose you could call it. AdaManiac 07:34, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

hey thanks a lot

Just wanted to thank you for the birthday wishes ^_^ When I saw that I had a message, I totally thought it was just another fair-use image complaint. There should be more wikipedians like you.

So thanks for making my day!!Evaunit♥666♥ 00:58, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

makes me want to join the birthday committee ^_^

looks very complicated tho xD Evaunit♥666♥ 03:11, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

i have to thank you again xD youre too kind! this might seem bothersome (and if it is, i apologize), but where would one (me) find a list of birthdays? i vaguely recall putting my name on such a list, but that was quite awhile ago... Evaunit♥666♥ 01:46, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

aha! so obvious, yet it still confused me. thank you again, Hope Has Wings.

• this user wants to be your friend*

Evaunit♥666♥ 02:17, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Twilight Saga

Hello! I just wanted to let you know that a Twilight Saga Wikia has been started, and we need maximum participation! Twilight fans untie! :) ~ Bella Swan 21:24, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Anything possible. I've created a new main page, and I'm going to put it up soon. I know the article of Stephenie Meyer needs a lot of work, so that's something specific you could do. Btw, did you change your username? ~ Bella Swan 23:13, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Cool. Has your friend read New Moon and fallen for Jacob instead of Edward? Personally, I think Jacob's just a pain in the butt. He just gets in the way of Edward and Bella. But, he turns out alright in the end. I guess. ~ Bella Swan 22:12, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Survey

Hi Hope Has Wings!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

Just click this link to participate in this survey, via Google!

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. Also, feel free to share this any other female Wikimedians you may know. It is in English, but any language Wikimedia participants are encouraged to participate. I appreciate your contributions - to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 02:40, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative

WikiWomen Unite!

Hi Hope Has Wings! Women around the world who edit and contribute to Wikipedia are coming together to celebrate each other's work, support one another, and engage new women to also join in on the empowering experience of shaping the sum of all the world's knowledge - through the WikiWomen's Collaborative. As a WikiWoman, we'd love to have you involved! You can do this by: Liking the WikiWomen's Collaborative on Facebook and share your tips, projects, and connect with other WikiWomen Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel We can't wait to have you involved, and feel free to drop by our meta page (under construction) to see how else you can get involved! Can't wait to have you involved! SarahStierch (talk) 04:23, 9 October 2012 (UTC)

WikiWomen's Collaborative: Come join us (and check out our new website)!

WikiWomen - We need you!

Hi Hope Has Wings! The WikiWomen's Collaborative is a group of women from around the world who edit Wikipedia, contribute to its sister projects, and support the mission of free knowledge. We recently updated our website, created new volunteer positions, and more! Get involved by: Visiting our website for resources, events, and more Meet other women and share your story in our profile space Participate at and "like" our Facebook group Join the conversation on our Twitter feed Reading and writing for our blog channel Volunteer to write for our blog, recruit blog writers, translate content, and co-run our Facebook and receive perks for volunteering Already participating? Take our survey and share your experience! Thanks for editing Wikipedia, and we look forward to you being a part of the Collaborative! -- EdwardsBot (talk) 01:28, 10 January 2013 (UTC)