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Hello, I'm Jc86035. An edit that you recently made to When the Pawn... seemed to be a test and has been removed. If you want more practice editing, please use the sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks! Jc86035 (talk) Use {{re|Jc86035}} to reply to me09:13, 3 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 7 years ago3 comments2 people in discussion
Hello. I am a new to Wikimedia. I am not sure how to message you directly (is this the page to do it?) You messaged me, and said that my username violated you. I don't understand why. Please, collaborate --Nigario.sss (talk) 08:55, 8 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
First, yes this is the place to do it, and second, I thought that just because "nigar" was in your username I thought it it meant That-who-must-not-be-said. Third, you wrote "violated you". I am not the policy, and I never made the policy.--Glaxp09:04, 8 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 7 years ago6 comments3 people in discussion
I have two issues with your signature, if you don't mind me sharing them with you.
Your signature must be visible well enough to be seen. Orange on yellow isn't exactly the best color combination, so I recommend you change the colors to a more "visible" combination.
Signatures cannot be longer than 255 characters long. Yours is over that, so I would recommend you shorten it (and if you decide to go around this limit and put it in a template, then you must substitute the template by using {{subst:template name}}).
First, your signature is still too long. Per WP:SIG it cannot be more than 255 characters. SkyWarrior is incorrect above; you cannot use a template to get a longer one. Every other user on the site manages to get by with 255 characters; you will too. Second, you cannot transclude your signature the way you've done on a few pages, you must substitute it. In fact, there is almost no reason to use a template at all. Because you claim to have fixed things above, but haven't (and because you appear to be a timesink) I've gone ahead and reverted your signature to the bog standard one and protected the page from editing. When you explicitly agree to follow the signature policy, an admin can unprotect it. --Floquenbeam (talk) 19:35, 11 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
Eh, Floquenbeam is right, and I was wrong. You can't go over 255 characters in your sig. Sorry 'bout that. Follow the rules outlined at WP:SIG and maybe you can use a custom signature again (at least with a template, but you don't really need to use one). SkyWarrior20:11, 11 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
Great; that's a much shorter sig. I've unprotected User:Glaxp/sig1, but there's really no benefit to you to use that once your signature is policy compliant. If for some reason you do anyway, make sure to remember to substitute it, rather than transclude it. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:17, 11 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
Just so you can't say you didn't know: I said the following at the ANI thread: "+/- 20 productive mainspace edits, +/- 20 unproductive mainspace edits, and +/- 400 edits to his userspace is not a sustainable ratio. If the ratio of productive mainspace edits to userspace edits doesn't increase dramatically, and the number of unproductive mainspace edits doesn't drop to zero, I'll be blocking indef as a timesink. Assuming for the moment he isn't a sock of someone. For starters I've reverted his signature page (that he made to get around the 255 character limit) to the standard signature and protected the page. I've also deleted a page he made, and reverted the remaining unproductive edits I could find. If I were in just a slightly crankier mood I'd just go ahead and indef block now. --Floquenbeam (talk) 20:04, 11 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
Well I cant change the ratio now because IM ENGAGED IN A DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW! But soon I will, but Dramatically? A bit impossible.--Glaxp(talk)22:36, 11 July 2017 (UTC)Reply
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