User talk:Kornfan71/Initial Talk Archive

Welcome!

Hello, Kornfan71, 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:

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User page

About that line saying you're too young to edit Wikipedia, I can tell you there are Wikipedians younger than 13 out there. Cheers to 2007! User:Sp3000 01:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

What type of userbox do you want? Usually I use these two links:

• WP:UBX
• Web colors

(BTW, personally I'm under 13 :) ) Cheers to 2007! User:Sp3000 01:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Preview

I would like to thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. However, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thanks again. Metros232 20:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Online

Okay, I went ahead and created these pages for you: User:Kornfan71/Status2 and User:Kornfan71/StatusChange2. StatusChange2 has all the identification stuff, and you can control your status with /Status2. At /Status2, where it currently reads "Online", change it to "Offline" or "Busy" and you can get the customized sign for that. To put it on your user/user talk page, just type {{User:Kornfan71/Status2}} and then it will show up. Hope that helps! Nishkid64 20:24, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Page histories

I'm not aware of it being possible to do this except perhaps in extreme cases involving libel and the like. It's the closest thing Wikipedia can have to a "paper trail" so I think it's considered important for accountability. You might be able to find out if it's possible by asking a question at the Helpdesk. It's possible higher-ups might be able to do this. 23skidoo 01:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Kornfan71! It's possible, but in your case, it might not be necessary. If you move the page to a subpage, for example, User:Kornfan71/Sandbox, and then go back to your original user page (it will redirect to the subpage, but just click the "Redirected from User:Kornfan71" link), you can restore your user page's code. This way, the history stays in the subpage instead of your main user page. If you want, you can ask a sysop to delete the subpage by adding {{db-userreq}} to it. Here's my explanation step-by-step:

1. Move User:Kornfan71 to User:Kornfan71/Sandbox by clicking the move page link and following the steps there.
2. The page history is moved.
3. Go back to your original page (directions stated above).
4. Restore the code there.

Happy editing! —S.D. ¿п? 13:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Happy Wikipedia Day!

Happy Wikipedia Day!

On January 15, 2007, Wikipedia turned six-years-old. According to statistics, Wikipedia has around 1,500,000 articles and Wikipedians have made 104,000,000 edits. The millionth article was Jordanhill railway station, created on March 2, 2006.

Wikipedia has moved from an Alexa rank of 20 to a rank of 12 having already briefly visited rank 8 (current rank).

Now you can use the experimental page for experimental purposes. ;) Happy editing!

—S.D. ¿п? 01:13, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Your edit to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll has been reverted - "spelt" is not disagreeable, nor were they spelling errors, they are standard British English. -- Arwel (talk) 19:06, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Sigs

To make these sigs, you might need to be able to use <span> (which gives the fancy colours). Also, in case you haven't, you need to set your signature preference to "raw." My signature, just as an example, is:

<small>--[[User:HagermanBot|The preceding comment was signed by]] [[User:Sp3000|<span style="color:#FF0000;">Us</span>]][[User:Sp3000/Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">e</span>]][[User:Sp3000|<span style="color:#FF0000;">r:Sp3000</span>]] ([[User talk:Sp3000|talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/User:Sp3000|contribs]])</small>.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean, so feel free to ask. (Also, don't delete talk page messages) --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 02:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that, you should put a link to your archive on your talk page. --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 02:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not yelling at you, it's just that it's easier for others. :)

That's quite good. :) --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 05:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Status.gif

Please note that Image:Status.gif which you use on your user and talk pages, has been nomianted for deletion on commons. In any case I ask that you consider not using it, as it can cause epileptic seziures in readers. Please note this WC3 draft reccomnedation and Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Avoid movement in pages. Thank you. DES ^(talk) 22:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

do you know where I can get another good status image?

I can't say that I do, as I have never wantged such a thing, but how hard would it be to create a simple circle of red, greeen, or yellow in a paint tool, upload it and use that? why the need for flashing? DES ^(talk) 00:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hello, Kornfan71, 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
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• Tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  -Will Beback · † · 23:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

User page

About that line saying you're too young to edit Wikipedia, I can tell you there are Wikipedians younger than 13 out there. Cheers to 2007! User:Sp3000 01:42, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

What type of userbox do you want? Usually I use these two links:

• WP:UBX
• Web colors

(BTW, personally I'm under 13 :) ) Cheers to 2007! User:Sp3000 01:48, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Preview

I would like to thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. However, it is recommended that you use the preview button before you save; this helps you find any errors you have made, and prevents clogging up recent changes and the page history. Thanks again. Metros232 20:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Online

Okay, I went ahead and created these pages for you: User:Kornfan71/Status2 and User:Kornfan71/StatusChange2. StatusChange2 has all the identification stuff, and you can control your status with /Status2. At /Status2, where it currently reads "Online", change it to "Offline" or "Busy" and you can get the customized sign for that. To put it on your user/user talk page, just type {{User:Kornfan71/Status2}} and then it will show up. Hope that helps! Nishkid64 20:24, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Page histories

I'm not aware of it being possible to do this except perhaps in extreme cases involving libel and the like. It's the closest thing Wikipedia can have to a "paper trail" so I think it's considered important for accountability. You might be able to find out if it's possible by asking a question at the Helpdesk. It's possible higher-ups might be able to do this. 23skidoo 01:13, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello, Kornfan71! It's possible, but in your case, it might not be necessary. If you move the page to a subpage, for example, User:Kornfan71/Sandbox, and then go back to your original user page (it will redirect to the subpage, but just click the "Redirected from User:Kornfan71" link), you can restore your user page's code. This way, the history stays in the subpage instead of your main user page. If you want, you can ask a sysop to delete the subpage by adding {{db-userreq}} to it. Here's my explanation step-by-step:

1. Move User:Kornfan71 to User:Kornfan71/Sandbox by clicking the move page link and following the steps there.
2. The page history is moved.
3. Go back to your original page (directions stated above).
4. Restore the code there.

Happy editing! —S.D. ¿п? 13:04, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Happy Wikipedia Day!

Happy Wikipedia Day!

On January 15, 2007, Wikipedia turned six-years-old. According to statistics, Wikipedia has around 1,500,000 articles and Wikipedians have made 104,000,000 edits. The millionth article was Jordanhill railway station, created on March 2, 2006.

Wikipedia has moved from an Alexa rank of 20 to a rank of 12 having already briefly visited rank 8 (current rank).

Now you can use the experimental page for experimental purposes. ;) Happy editing!

—S.D. ¿п? 01:13, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Llanfairpwllgwyngyll

Your edit to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll has been reverted - "spelt" is not disagreeable, nor were they spelling errors, they are standard British English. -- Arwel (talk) 19:06, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Sigs

To make these sigs, you might need to be able to use <span> (which gives the fancy colours). Also, in case you haven't, you need to set your signature preference to "raw." My signature, just as an example, is:

<small>--[[User:HagermanBot|The preceding comment was signed by]] [[User:Sp3000|<span style="color:#FF0000;">Us</span>]][[User:Sp3000/Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">e</span>]][[User:Sp3000|<span style="color:#FF0000;">r:Sp3000</span>]] ([[User talk:Sp3000|talk]]•[[Special:Contributions/User:Sp3000|contribs]])</small>.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean, so feel free to ask. (Also, don't delete talk page messages) --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 02:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about that, you should put a link to your archive on your talk page. --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 02:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not yelling at you, it's just that it's easier for others. :)

That's quite good. :) --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 05:00, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Status.gif

Please note that Image:Status.gif which you use on your user and talk pages, has been nomianted for deletion on commons. In any case I ask that you consider not using it, as it can cause epileptic seziures in readers. Please note this WC3 draft reccomnedation and Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Avoid movement in pages. Thank you. DES ^(talk) 22:13, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

do you know where I can get another good status image?

I can't say that I do, as I have never wantged such a thing, but how hard would it be to create a simple circle of red, greeen, or yellow in a paint tool, upload it and use that? why the need for flashing? DES ^(talk) 00:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Time

I see you've just removed the section asking about why the time wasn't updating, so you might have found out already. On the off chance you hadn't though, I thought I would point it out. The reason that the time wasn't updating every time you refreshed is because you are loading a cached version of the page. This caching is done to reduce server load, but means that things like time do not update until the cache is purged. To purge the cache, you can just add ?action=purge after any URL. So this link will produce a version of your userpage which is up-to-date with the current time. Hope that helps. Regards. Will (aka Wimt) 01:10, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Time

The problem is that {{time}} is not realy well suited for being a current clock. Because of server cacheing the timestamp may not be updated until your page's cache is purged, which happens when it is edited, and which you can force manually if you like (there is a script at WP:US for adding a "purge" tab to your wikipedia dispaly). In't not sure what a good solution to this is, you might try asking at the pump's technical section. DES ^(talk) 01:10, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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Neither of my user pages (I have 2) were my original idea anyway. Go ahead. ;) --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 10:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Nope - but the name was ;) --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 06:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Sandbox header

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. You may make test edits in the sandbox, but for the convenience of others, please leave the sandbox heading alone. [[User:SuperBall53|SuperBall53 / [[user talk:SuperBall53|Talk]]]] 01:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure just add {{Please leave this line alone (sandbox heading)}} to the top of the page.

Anti Vandalism tools

On the VandalProof Approval page you posted a message saying that it is hard to get into Anti-Vandalism without a tool. May I recommend to you TWINKLE? -007bond aka Matthew G aka codingmasters 09:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

User Page guidelines

Hello, I noticed you have recently discouraged User talk:65.101.36.19 from removing warnings from his talk page, threatening that such action may result in a block. While it is perfectly understandable to be frustrated with this behavior, Wikipedia:User_page#Removal_of_warnings states that, "Policy does not prohibit users from removing comments from their own talk pages, although archiving is preferred. The removal of a warning is taken as evidence that the warning has been read by the user. Deleted warnings can still be found in the page history." Although there may be some nuance in the policy I'm not aware of, it seems that Wikipedia policy does not prohibit the removal of warnings on talk pages. --Ybbor^Talk 22:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Ybbor's right about the guideline, but I think you did the right thing in the situtation, Kornfan. 65.101.36.19 was clearly trolling and his removal of the warnings was part of that. Your apology was also very courteous. Canderson7 ^(talk) 23:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocking

Hey buddy. Just a head's up that you posted a supposed "block" on User:24.57.44.48. This blocking privilege is for admins only, and simply posting a notice does nothing. Please keep that in mind, as well as impersonating an admin isn't exactly smiled upon around here. Otherwise, keep your head up, as I notice you are pretty new around here. Good luck, and happy editing! Jmlk17 00:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

May have come across a bit accusingly...I apologize. If you'd like, you can read our blocking policy. Jmlk17 00:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I experienced/still experience the same thing since I started working heavily in anti-vandal work. Someone always seems to disagree or get upset. I wasn't trying to come across as yelling at you or anything. Vandalism is probably the most heavily contentious issue around Wikipedia, and it boils up quite a bit. Don't be discouraged; you seem to be a great anti-vandal fighter, and you can only get better with time :). Jmlk17 00:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Lol just take a look around. I mean, my userpage has been vandalized 12 times, all from people upset about my anti-vandal work. I've seen one's with like 200+! Anyway, keep up the good fight, and I am always here to help if you need it bud :). Jmlk17 00:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Your VandalProof Application

Dear Kornfan71,

Thank you for applying for VandalProof! (VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that at this time you do not meet the minimum requirement of 250 edits to mainspace articles (see under main here). Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof.

Dear Kornfan71,

I am hoping you can help me...I recently cleaned up an article I did on Arden Wohl, and I want the scheduled for deletion to be removed...can you help me??

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