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Thargola's Sword

Title added for convenience on 02/08/2007

I've moved your article text from Thargola's sword to Nightfall (Asimov) and redirected the article. Although the text is good it could never be long enough for a complete article. Happy editing Peripitus 08:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm suprised it was that quick. I was considering placing that on the novel's page, but didn't know if it would go over. Thanks for deciding that. --Tuvok 08:57, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Userbox Policy

I asked in WP:MUPP about the new policy of userboxes. Please reply here about how existing boxes will be converted to the new policy. --Tuvok 04:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

If the proposal is accepted, existing userboxes will be moved to the new Userbox: space – for example, Template:User foo will be moved to Userbox:Foo. Userpages that include the existing userboxes as templates will then need to be edited to point the template links to the new location – for example, {{user foo}} will be changed to {{userbox:foo}}. Both these tasks could easily be carried out by a bot – Gurch 15:54, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I hope a bot does it, but editing would be simple using a text editor, as well. --Tuvok 05:58, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Supposed Vandalism to Israel

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing. However, unconstructive edits, such as those you made to [[:Israel]], are considered vandalism. If you continue in this manner you may be blocked from editing without further warning. Please stop, and consider improving rather than damaging the hard work of others. Thanks. --Maxasus 15:46, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

What vandalism? I removed an offensive image from the page. This is vandalism?! --Tuvok 23:48, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

• there was a problem with the program i am using to detect vandalism, it has been fixed, sorry for any inconvienience caused. --Maxasus 12:33, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

This user has been blocked for 24 hours for disruption. I'd ignore their previous edits for now. -- Longhair\^talk 14:36, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

OK, that's good to know, both of you. --Tuvok 20:03, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Their block has been extended to indefinite. - Longhair\^talk 23:13, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

More disruption? --Tuvok 04:22, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

You could say that. See my post and related replies at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive138#User:Maxasus -- Longhair\^talk 04:28, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, it's nice to know that I wasn't really vandalizing Wikipedia, and that Maxasus won't be bothering anybody anymore. --Tuvok 04:39, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

I thought I'd keep you in the loop. As you were one of his targets, I thought you'd appreciate the happy ending :) Sorry for the talk page intrusions over a non-event. I'm merely cleaning up the mess left behind and making sure all is well again. -- Longhair\^talk 04:48, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks! --Tuvok 04:51, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup Taskforce

I have added the article Front side bus about computer hardware to your desk. (I'm not sure the title shouldn't be changed.) Please look at it and accept, reject or let me know and I'll reassign it. Thank you. RJFJR 16:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Response added to your talk page. -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  23:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Blogger template & fair use images

Thanks for fixing up the text. While I prefer the Blogger logo as well, Wikipedia policy is that fair use images are only allowed in article space, not in templates (see item #9 in the policy). --Joe Sewell 17:21, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

So how can we use the Blogger logo? I think the template looks better with an image instead of an italic "B". -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  23:52, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Totally agree with you, Tuvok. --I80and 23:54, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree as well with the looks. Wikipedia policy, though, says we cannot use "fair use" images outside of articles, which would include user pages and templates. I linked to the policy above, and here. The userbox originally used the logo, but it was replaced with the plainer "B" for this reason. --Joe Sewell 16:34, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Is there any way to include this logo in the template? -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  06:57, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

No. That's the whole point. Because the logo is copyrighted, its usage on Wikipedia must fall in line with fair use policies. As I've already stated, Wikipedia policies indicate it cannot be used under fair use guidelines. Therefore, it cannot be used. --Joe Sewell 21:59, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: RealTitle

I really like your Real Title script, Interiot, and I've used it to replace a Greasemonkey script I used to have. However, I've noticed that when I visit a page like, say, my monobook.js, the title is not "User:Voyagerfan5761/monobook.js", but rather "User:title". Can you fix this? It would make a great script even better! -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  08:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Is User:Voyagerfan5761/monobook.js the specific page you see the problem on? What browser and operating system (windows, mac, linux) are you using? Does "User:Title" appear below the "user page" and "discussion" tabs, or does it only appear at the very top of your browser? --Interiot 08:06, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

It is the specific page I see it on. I have Firefox 1.5.0.6 on Windows XP. The "User:title" (that's an exact quote) thing appears in the window title and tab, but the title at the top of the page is untouched. Also, the script freezes my browser momentarily, making my computer switch to another application momentarily. The problem does not seem to occur on monobook.css (which actually doesn't exist). -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  08:12, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

You mentioned you use GreaseMonkey... is there a chance you could try disabling all your greasemonkey scripts, and see if it still happens? If that doesn't work, you might try temporarily blanking your monobook.js (and ctrl+r'ing, of course), and see if it still occurs then. Though I tried to load your monobook.js from my monobook.js (I'm using Firefox 2.0 in Windows XP), and I didn't see the issue. --Interiot 08:17, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

I tried loading other users' monobook.js files, but mine was the only one with a problem. Disabling Greasemonkey had no effect. Maybe I'll have to try blanking monobook.js. I'll just back it up to a text file. I'll post again within a few minutes. -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  08:25, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Nope, same problem. -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  08:28, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Hrm, I think I'm a bit stumped. I haven't heard of any reports of it, and I've done a lot of testing in Firefox 2.0 on XP, and I don't see it on my side. --Interiot 08:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

It might be a bug in FF 1.5 or something. I'll see if the problem persists into my upgrade to Firefox 2.0, whenever that might be. Thanks for checking this out! -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  08:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Re: sigContract isn't working for me

Sadly, I do not have time to investigate this error now, but hopefully will be able to do so late next week. Sorry, -- Where 20:45, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. Thanks for the response; talk to you next week then. -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  20:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed response! I tried your monobook and it did not work, as you described. However, it appears that your monobook is using an out-of-date version of sigContract. I tried putting the latest version of sigContract from here into your monobook and it worked.

Happy editing, and thanks for contacting me! -- Where 19:38, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

That means I can use sigContract now? Cool! Thanks!

Wait a minute, who added the special comments to my sig? I thought I deleted those. -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  23:04, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Anyway, it works. Thanks again! -- Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs}  23:12, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem! :) -- Where 23:44, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Review Comments

Replying to comments is completely acceptible in reviews, no worries. I'm sorry but I'm not quite sure how to shorten the code of your signature if you are interested in preserving it like that. All I could recommend would be to implement less color or span codes.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 17:11, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Seconded, please read WP:SIG#Length. Thanks. MER-C 10:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I've trimmed it down, and it's not so obvious now. However, I'm having trouble putting in spaces; they just don't look right when I insert them. --Tuvok^{^Talk|Desk|Contribs} 10:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Kalanidhi Maran

I added some references to Kalanidhi Maran, which I think demonstrate notability. --Eastmain 02:37, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Signature

See my talk page.  Armando.O  ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Check it again.  Armando.O  ^{(talk|contribs)} 04:03, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Check talk page.  Armando.O  ^{(talk|contribs)} 14:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Semiautomatic edit to my talk page

Hi! I noticed that you made this edit to my talk page, which unfortunately had a lot of side effects apart from adding an {{unsigned}} template. These include reformatting and breaking javascript code snippets and inappropriately changing [[...]] to [[...]] and vice versa, as well as unnecessary whitespace changes which I happen to dislike. Please don't do that! Thanks, Lupin|talk|popups 08:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Oops! Sorry, I'll be more careful with that tool in the future. Thanks for bringing that to my attention. —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  10:11, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Voyagerfan5761! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 16:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I hope I can be even more efficient at removing vandalism with this, and I think I will once I get used to it and figure out how to get rid of the JavaScript error dialogs. —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  03:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Signature

Hi, Just out of curiosity, would you consider altering your signature in a way that makes it readable? Is it just my browser? I assume it is the way it is on purpose? Thanks!-Dmz5*Edits* *Talk* 06:18, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't know what browser you're using, but in Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, at least, it looks fine. Could you post a screenshot of what you see, or perhaps describe it? Thanks! —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  06:29, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I just see a large, thick black bar with a white carat and two white lines inside it - no text. I have to hover over it and look at my navigation bar in IE to see where the "talk" and "edits" bits are. -Dmz5*Edits* *Talk* 06:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Odd. I've seen that before a couple of times, but usually as a result of a JavaScript render, like wikEd or InstaView. There is supposed to be a lot of colored text. Can you see my sig if you go to User:Voyagerfan5761/signature, which has only my sig on it? (I know, another big empty black bar... ;) ) —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  06:35, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

At that page, I only see the black bar as well. Strange! I usually don't have any such problems. I did see your signature somewhere else, on a previous post, and I could read it and see all the colors. Maybe my browser is acting up tonight.-Dmz5*Edits* *Talk* 06:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

What browser is it? If you can, try a different browser. I know I'm using <font> tags, but those are supported by all major browsers still, I think. —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  06:41, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Just good old internet explorer.-Dmz5*Edits* *Talk* 06:54, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't know if you've looked at my userpage, but you should know I don't like IE. That said, I do use it sometimes. If you have IE7, I can't confirm what you're seeing. If you have IE6, I can... Whoops! I knew I'd seen your problem somewhere. Seems I mis-remembered what I see in IE6. If you've got version 7, let me know if the problem is there. I'm working on a fix now. Check back a minute or so after I post this and let me know if you can see my sigs. I have a hunch it's an issue with unsupported color markup. Hold on... —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  06:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Just as I suspected. I can't use those short, handy "#fc0"-type colors. I have to use "#ffcc00". Sigh One more reason to hate IE... —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  07:08, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Ahhhh beautiful. -Dmz5*Edits* *Talk* 07:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

They work now? Yes! Thanks for bringing that to my attention, by the way. —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  07:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Signature hard to read

Heading added for archival convenience on 02/09/07

I came here to ask the same thing; the signature is difficult for me to read, and would be impossible for anyone with visual difficulties. I understand that you've changed it somehow to the satisfaction of Dmz5, but my problem is with the way you intend it to look. Also I'm pretty sure that using a template for a signature is at best frowned upon, possibly forbidden, but I'll check that. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 18:06, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Checking Wikipedia:Signature#Transclusion of templates, it looks as though it's merely disapproved of. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 18:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm confused a little. Are you seeing colors or black text on a black background? —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  23:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

No. Template calls in signatures are very bad and thus forbidden. Don't do this. --Ligulem 23:50, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I've removed the template call. I thought it might be a way to shorten my signature. I guess not... Though my sig is most certainly too long now. Does MediaWiki provide quick ways of changing the color of text? —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  23:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for removing the template call from your sig. For the question about changing color in sigs: I suggest not wasting too much time with your sig. Per my taste, your current sig is far too long and ugly, but as it is, it is technically acceptable. --Ligulem 00:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Your signature is indeed now six lines long, as well as being difficult to read (colours against a black background are difficult anyway, and very difficult for people with visual impairments; please do something about it. With regard to the length, there's surely no need for five links. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 00:06, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I've been using this same type of sig since I joined, pretty much. I suppose you could tell I'm a Trekker? :D I'll fool around with it, shorten the links if I can, and try to make it work with the normal MediaWiki Monobook skin. I'll be fooling with my old template page, User:Voyagerfan5761/signature, before putting it into my preferences. Check back whenever you like, maybe even make suggestions. I hope I can find a good solution... —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  00:12, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Better than being a Trekkie. I'm probably the next level down — above a casual watcher but below a Trekker. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 00:42, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I'm working on shortening my sig at its former template page, User:Voyagerfan5761/signature. You're welcome to help change what bothers you. I hope I can fix it soon; all these comments are exhausting to deal with. —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  00:45, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Three Hex digits

Re: HighInBC: Thanks for the help, but if you check my earlier revisions to this page, you'll see that I had done that before. IE displays black text. I wish that had worked. I'm working on changing my sig to be shorter now. —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  00:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, IE, sorry about that. I use firefox. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 00:44, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, me, too. Above this on the page, Dmz5 commented that it didn't show up in IE. I initially tried this, and screwed things up royally for him. Of course, now even I am getting tired of my loooooooooong signature. I wish I could change colors more easily... —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Desk|Contribs|Review}  00:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Another version of your sig

Did a bit more HTML pruning:

—  Tuvok^T|D|C|R 

399 characters, versus the former refined one with 496, and the original with 526.

(I happen to have HighInBC's talk page on my watchlist, so this isn't quite as random as it may seem) EVula // talk // ☯ // 00:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Perhaps you'd like to post it at my, um, signature improvement project? User:Voyagerfan5761/signature I'm accepting suggestions for improvements... Wait a sec, I've seen this before. Those three-digit hex codes don't work in IE. You said you were watching HighInBC's Talk...? —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Sig Help}  01:56, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, if they aren't showing up, it's probably because it is cheating a bit (technically, the three-digit colors are a CSS thing, which doesn't use font tags). I'll post a (hopefully working) version to the /signature page.

That said, you'd be best off ditching IE entirely, but I say that more because I'm a web developer, and you'll never find a coder who doesn't hate IE with every fiber of his being. ;-) EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:25, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I use Firefox. I absolutely hate IE, with every fiber of my being (I'm a coder, can you tell? :D). In fact, I designed a totally standards-compliant CSS layout (minus the Firefox- and KHTML-specific CSS properties, and those from CSS3) that pretty much destroys itself in IE. You can see it here. I think it's rather funny what happens.

I kind of figured the three-digit stuff was kind of cheating. I figured there was a good IE-ish reason for its failure.

PS: How's my new shortened sig? — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 03:29, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I dig the plain signature, but that's a general preference of mine. When making my sig (I didn't bother with a custom sig until my RfA passed), I wanted to go with something fairly distinctive, yet very simple. Quite happy with the result.

And, while we're comparing CSS websites, I happened to launch one just today.[1] :-) EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Comparative websites

Section split for topical convenience on 02/10/07

That's funny! It also breaks in IE. Micro$loth doesn't have a very good method of displaying Web pages at their disposal... — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 03:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, how exactly does it break? I'm on a Mac, so I can't actually see it in IE... could you take a screenshot and email it to me (my username @ my username .com)? Sorry to go so off-topic. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't mind; I love seeing what happens when IE messes up. I've sent the screenshot to evula[REMOVETHIS]@evula[RMV].com; is that right?

Re: Going off topic, I'll just split/copy this into a new section. Glad you like the new signature! — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 04:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Moved from WT:SIG

I realize I'm going to clutter this page a little, but I haven't seen another issue someone raised to me: The use of names in signatures other than Usernames or Real names, like mine. What would happen if I changed my name now? Wouldn't it be confusing if someone is called both "Tuvok" and "Voyagerfan5761" in discussions? Also, I'm working on shortening my sig again. I have a link in the current version (down to four lines from six) to a page where I welcome suggestions for interesting, link-featured, short sigs. I'd like to get this resolved, as much as everyone else here. —  Tuvok^^{Talk|Sig Help}  01:51, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Why is it so important that you have that custom signature? It seems a lot of time that should be put toward the encyclopedia is wasted on signatures. You could always create a new account and redirect User:Voyagerfan5761 and User talk:Voyagerfan5761 to the new account. John Reaves (talk) 02:03, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't see how that would solve the signature problem. I actually spent about two minutes designing my original signature, with the colors. I've spent more time dealing with complaints about it than I did designing it. However, I have taken another one of the options I developed at my signature page; please let me know if it is acceptable. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 02:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

If you don't want your signature to say "Voyagerfan5761" yo shouldn't have picked that account name. My question was why is it important to you to have a flashy signature? John Reaves (talk) 02:16, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't mind having my sig say "Voyagerfan5761", but I just think it might be confusing, since I'm pretty established as Tuvok. Unless you think I should go around WP searching for and replacing my name to avoid confusion... Plus, it would be made longer. However, if it's your opinion that I should change it regardless of the possible confusion (for newbies...), I'll be happy to.

Ugh, I keep forgetting. I just like the colors I picked; they're straight out of the color specifications for the LCARS interface from Star Trek. Me=Major Trekker. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 02:23, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

(I've moved our conversation here to keep that page guideline specific). Oh, now I understand. I thought you were a new user, I hadn't realized you were established. Sorry about that. John Reaves (talk) 02:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, heh, I thought it would have been obvious that I was established. My bad! Anyway, is my current sig better than the old one? — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 02:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

It's certainly better than the old one, but I think it should be up to you to decide what is best. John Reaves (talk) 03:41, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

You might want to look at the discussion that's going on at Wikipedia talk:Signatures‎. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 11:31, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Popups.

Thanks for the tip on popups and the monobook. Acalamari 20:30, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 21:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Bobby Sue & 'Tool' for speedy deletions

Haha, thanks for the comment. Sadly I don't believe I meet the requirements for any tools and as such... I'm reading and refreshing the 'new pages' area and tracking down vandals and misc. other bad articles manually. At least for tonight, it is tiring work trying to remember which tag to tag bad articles with. Thanks for the compliment and I'm pretty sure I've made a few mistakes in a few speedy deletions so if you see any -- please feel free to tell me so i can do a little better in the future :D. MrMacMan 07:06, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Can you help me with Philjendo

User_Talk:Philjendo seems to have good intentions about trying to flesh out articles about his martial arts style, Jendo. He seems to start with a small article and contributes many small edits to making articles better. I see that you tagged Jendo Martial Arts Heads and Instructors and it was deleted. It seems like he was taking the advice of Peter Rehse who said on Phil's talk page that he should "Giv(e) an idea of how many places practice it (through a list of instructors) would go a long way to fixing that problem". Phil seems to be a student of or knowledgeable about this martial arts form and I would appreciate if you could give him advice or help me help him... or whatever other necessities. Thanks, MrMacMan 20:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I'd be happy to help. I'll work up some suggestions and post them sometime in the next day or two. (I've got homework to do now, so I'll work it out soon.) I think Peter's suggestions were pretty accurate, though. The information provided wasn't enough for a whole article. Actually, I just gave myself an idea :). — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 21:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks MrMacMan 22:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Augustus Pablo link

I figure this is not the correct way to do it, but I couldn't figure out any other way to get back to you. I saw your message about the removal of a link I posted on Augustus Pablo article. I disagree with the decision, because I do think the documentary has relevant information on dub, wich was what Pablo is best know for. I've done some editing here and there at Wikipedia, but always small stuff, and was unaware of this whole managing net and, therefore, quite lost. Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 201.51.216.213 (talk) 20:19, 16 February 2007 (UTC).

Actually, this is the perfect way to contact other users; it's what the User talk: namespace is for. As for the link you added, I just reviewed it (again), and I found no mention of Mr. Pablo (or Mr. Swaby, if you like). I think that link would be more appropriate on the Dub music article, since it talks about the music, not Augustus. Hope this clears up the reasoning for you; if you have any other comments, feel free to reply here. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 03:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

User talk:67.161.84.193

I noticed you removed a notice I posted to this user's talk page. Might I ask why? In all my experience with Wikipedia (almost a year now), I have always been told/always read that talk pages were not to have content removed, so they could serve as archives. I have added back the comment. I'll be watching this page. Thanks! — Tuvok [^{T @ lk}/_{Improve me}] 20:33, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi there! I didn't mean to remove your comment I must have just clicked the wrong but on VandalProof, When I warned the user it must of removed your warning, thats all I can think of what must of happened. Anyway my mistake you are meant to archive discussions - you were right! Anyway sorry about that, it wasn't intentional, I just warned the user for blanking his talk page vandalism warnings and it must of accidentaly wiped yours somehow. My utmost apologies. Apologies and happy edting!! Telly addict^{Editor review!} 20:40, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Ok, cool. Glad that's cleared up. I should have known it wasn't intentional; the replacement pattern was really weird. Thanks for the quick response! Maybe this should be reported to AmiDaniel? — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 04:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

User:Walter Humala's sig template

Hi, Mr. Humala. I realize you're already getting a lot of attention you may not like, but it's brought another issue to my attention. You use a template for your signature. If you read WP:SIG#Transclusion of templates, you'll see that this has been prohibited. I will freely admit that I had experience with this, and I agree with the reasoning (at the time I used a sig template, transclusion was merely "frowned upon"). Please substitute your template if you feel the need to use one, or just paste the wikicode you have into the signature box on your preferences page. Thanks! — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 06:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I've just read the rules related to sig templates, I justified its use because many users still gign in that way. Anyway my sig can't be deleted, if so all my older comments since December will be "orphaned", but from now I'll just copy sig code from notepad to comment. Thanks.look here! --Walter Humala - King one! 14:12, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I see you've changed. On the page Special:Preferences there should be a text box above a checkbox labeled "Raw signature" or something like that (can't check, composing offline). You should be able to put your signature text in there, where I assume you placed code for your template, and it will be inserted automatically with the date and time when you type four tildes (~~~~). Make sure you check the "Raw signature" option. Other than that, just copy and paste your signature into that textbox and save your changes. As for deleting your signature template, you don't have to. Just don't use it anymore. I turned my template page into a collaboration for improving my signature (after Ligulem replaced all my template sigs with an automated tool, which I had to re-fix...long story).

My advice would be to refer to your template page's "What links here" page and just subst: the templates, a few pages a day. It will take a little time, but just don't overdo it and it won't get tedious. When Ligulem replaced my templates using his tool, I dragged out wikEd (see User:Cacycle/wikEd) and used its find-and-replace feature to search for and substitute for the templates he'd changed. If you don't want wikEd (which is, by JS standards, a behemoth; no offense, Cacycle), you can use

importScript('User:Zocky/SearchBox.js');

to get a stand-alone find-and-replace app, but that one doesn't remember your search/replace strings.

Also, I, too, notice that a lot of users still sign with templates. I'll just say that they shouldn't be; if you notice someone else with a template sig, let them know and point them to the WP:SIG#Transclusion of templates page, as I did you. If you have any other questions, please let me know; I'm always watching this page. Responses might be a little delayed 'til the end of the week, but after that I'll be back to my normal routine. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 20:32, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Sig template

Response [[User_talk:<ando12#Signature_templates_again|here]].  Armando.O  ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:05, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Check again.  Armando.O  ^{(talk|contribs)} 23:28, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Walter Humala...lol?

Hey...I was checking that stuff of the sub-pages and templates of Humala...and I still don't understand why he must delete everything? I dunno If you can explain..I have many templates and sub-pages too, but I don't think it's wrong..so?? Armando.O^{talk • Ev} 18:25, 22 February 2007 (UTC) << Look I changed my sig but it sucks now :S

Wow!

Wow! While I was reading El Tigre, I wasn't looking at that typo! Cheers! Groupempty 04:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, you mean this edit? I sometimes use Lupin's Anti Vandal Tool, which includes a checker for common misspellings. That's how I caught it. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 23:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

RE: Talkpage warning removals?

Copied from User talk:Persian Poet Gal

I've had a run-in with MrDarcy (MrDarcy) over reverting warning removals on User talk:Liist. MrDarcy says users have a right to remove warnings as "acknowledgment that they have read them." I80and, JRSpriggs, and I all agree that warnings should stay, or at least be archived to a visible page. What's your take? — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 02:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• I think I know why he may be blanking the page. It seems that this editor is now indefinitely blocked according to the block log. In such cases I believe it ok to remove the warnings to deny the vandal/troll recognition. If the vandal were still active I would believe it to be very inappropriate to remove the warnings (especially when it is not the user themself) and I would recommend archiving.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 02:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Checking his talk page's history, he is the one who blanked the page in question, which is what I initially reverted. MrDarcy reverted that, twice. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 02:29, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Hmmm I see. As I said before, if the vandal were still active I would generally be very concerned if the warnings were blanked. However, since the user was indefinitely blocked, I think that it does not hurt for them to be removed. Remember to not feed trolls attention. Reverting a blanking of their talk page numerous times even when they are indefinitely blocked is unnecessary. I do value your good intentions though. Allow that vandal/troll to stomp along now.¤~Persian Poet Gal ^(talk) 02:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• If I may be of any help here: users must not blank warnings from their talk pages, even if they've been indefinitely blocked. Users who have continually blanked their talk pages have had their talk pages fully protected. Acalamari 02:45, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I think blanking should be allowed in minor Circumstance such as the warning is atleast 6 months old and that the user was never blocked meaning that if the user had been blocked in the last six months he cannot blank his page but if he has recieved warnings for vandalising certain pages but no final ultimatum(only or last warning) then the user may blank the pages but all of these shouldnt apply to IP Addresses but only to logged in users..--Cometstyles 10:38, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Aha, he's been blocked. Last time I checked the block log (March 4?), I did not see that the user had been blocked (perhaps I checked the log incorrectly...). However, the log says MrDarcy blocked "anon. only, account creation blocked"? This would lead me to believe that Liist is still able to edit, given "anon. only". Am I misinterpreting something...? — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 02:45, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Actually, it was already on this page. I have removed my version of it; otherwise it would have looked like I posted twice. Acalamari 03:44, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks for that! — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 03:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Banner

Please remove your practical joke banner. Such things are obnoxious and detract from the user experience. Also, spoofing the user interface is officially discouraged per WP:USER. For an example of a fun and far more palettable alternative, see the orange box at User talk:Bishonen. If you feel a need to keep the orange box, please consider using a distinctive message not easily confused with the new messages announcement. Dragons flight 08:00, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Let me see, I got the idea from someone... I just wish I could remember who... Anyway, I just put it there to get the code up (so I wouldn't forget); I was planning to replace the message with something less MediaWiki-ish once I could think of something. I'll give it more thought, and comment it out for now (I actually fooled myself with it; I clicked the New messages banner on the login successful page and was confronted with my own banner, which led me to become momentarily confused, as I had gotten to my talk page [which should clear the notice] through another such banner...until I remembered that I had done it intentionally.). I'll try to think of a better alternative message, something funny, witty, or perhaps practical. Sorry if I caused you any trouble.

It would be interesting to know, however, how you came to my page? I don't think I've ever seen you anywhere... — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 22:09, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Canada Time Zones

Hello,

I'm writing in response to the tag for removal of the maps for time zones of Canada, I'm new here and would appreciate any help to correct things, I provided the wording from the site, the link and I feel it's also fair use as I'm a Canadian and the Government website clearly states how the maps can be used.

One thing I would like to ask or suggest is maybe it would be more helpful to advise a person on how to fix things and adapt to this setting, it just seems to easy to just tag it and bag it.

Any constructive advice in how to improve would be great, Thank You, Everything Is Relative 05:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I don't know why this went out in this format, I'm sorry.

Your message came out as code because you started each line with a space; the software that runs Wikipedia interprets that as code.

Regarding the images you uploaded, I had nothing to do with tagging those for deletion; they were probably deleted because they contained no licensing tag and were unused. You stated they were Fair Use; Fair Use images that are unused get deleted, it's just Wikipedia policy. Am I correct in interpreting the disclaimer (you say you copied it from a government website?) if I say the Canadian Government retains copyright of the images? Here in the U.S., any works created by the government are public domain, as I understand it. Please feel free to address any other concerns right here.

Now to address article improvement. First, one of the things I saw that marked your article as a candidate for deletion was the fact that you signed it; that sometimes indicates an editor making a test. I then examined the rest of the article. It was really nothing but a list of time zones, which can be had at List of time zones. That would be why BigDT (I believe) redirected the article instead of deleting it. Also, your title was improperly capitalized (proper title would have been "Canadian time zones"). That could have been corrected with a simple page move, though. Since Wikipedia is not a repository of indiscriminate information, I concluded that the article was either addressed somewhere else in a broader sense or was just more indiscriminate info.

Now, to improve images, you first have to tag them as Fair Use when you upload them (in this case, according to the license you posted). Try just leaving the default license selection and tagging it with an appropriate tag from Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Fair use after it's uploaded. Also, make sure the images are used somewhere; they won't be deleted if they're used (exceptions are copyright violations). Hope this helps you, and any response is welcome, especially if you have more questions. I'll answer you, if you respond, tomorrow. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 05:56, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

The Images I was trying to tie into the list of time zones, this request was originally in the request for articles page, I'm sorry I made the assumption that the info was wanted and the requester had been unable to find any info they were requesting there on here, what was suposed to happen that I was attempting to do was for the maps to be shown along with the timezone listings therefore helping the orginal requester of the article. The Images were fine for use and I did not know the requirement for tags, what I recall is it asks for info on where you got the image url and so on I had thought I had met those critera.Everything Is Relative 07:29, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Can you point me to the website where you got the images? In the mean time, you can experiment at the Wikipedia sandbox to figure out image syntax. [[Image:Example.jpg]] should display the image Example.jpg, if it's been uploaded (this one has; try on the sandbox page). — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 23:41, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

the information was here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Canada_Winter_Time_Zones.jpg and this along with the website url here is what was written, to be frank I did not think trying to be helpful would be such a pain, do whatever you want with the images.

Canada Winter Time Zones Fair Use Canada Time zone map Summer Fair use Government Of Canada Non-commercial Reproduction Information on this site has been posted with the intent that it be readily available for personal and public non-commercial use and may be reproduced, in part or in whole and by any means, without charge or further permission from the National Research Council. We ask only that:

Users exercise due diligence in ensuring the accuracy of the materials reproduced; The National Research Council be identified as the source department; and, The reproduction is not represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made, in affiliation with or with the endorsement of the National Research Council. http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/notices_e.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Invictus Solis (talk • contribs) 23:48, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

The website you pointed to first is a deleted file on Wikipedia. It would appear that the images do fall under lawful use, according to your second link (http://.../notices_e.html). However, they will probably be deleted again if you re-upload them unless they are used in an article or other page. Helping out is not supposed to be any trouble (unless you elect to take major cleanup/wikification projects under your wing...); I'm sorry if you've gone through any inconvenience regarding this article.

You are welcome to add relevant information to the List of time zones article if you like, including the images (just upload them again, crediting the government agency and URL where you got them). It would still be useful to know the URL of the page that actually has the images. — Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 20:34, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

PS: Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages; I had to check the history to see if it was indeed you. Thanks!