User talk:OllieFury/Archive I

Latest comment: 15 years ago by John Maynard Friedman in topic Ceremonial Buckinghamshire
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Alright, take a look at User:the_ed17/Classroom/OllieFury! Cheers, —the_ed17— 16:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Of course! It's your classroom. =) —the_ed17— 17:06, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm gonna be off for awhile...have to get up, take a shower, eat lunch, etc....feel free to answer the Q's on the talk page, and I'll get back to this as soon as I can. Cheers! —the_ed17— 17:16, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

You signed my guestbook!

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Thank you for signing my guestbook. —the_ed17— 21:54, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
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Adopt

Hi, I just returned from a...vacation, as you can call it, so if my reply is rather late, I apologize. I was thinking of adopting you, but since ed is willing to take you, I'm fine with it. But if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask anyone! Cheers, Zacharycrimsonwolf 05:23, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the reversion on my talk page, much appreciated :) ——Possum (talk) 23:30, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome. I'm surprised that no one else got there sooner. OllieFury (talk) 23:32, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Guestbook

Would you like me to explain the steps needed to create your own guestbook? Blooded Edgeawards 20:31, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes please, I'd like that. Ollie Fury Contribs 22:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, I may ramble a bit, but I hope I get the basics across. Ok, here goes.

  • First, goto your userpage, and look at the address bar. It should say something like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:OllieFury.
  • Now, to the end of that, add /guestbook or /guest_book, something like that. Hit enter after that, and you should be presented with the options to create the page.
  • Start the page, and leave a message asking visiting users to sign, and hey presto! Your done!

If you need to clarify anything, drop me a note. Blooded Edgeawards 15:46, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

It's here. Could you sign it as well? Ollie Fury Contribs 19:07, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Signed, the directions I gave weren't too hard to follow, were they? Blooded Edgeawards 19:11, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Your directions were fine. I noticed that you were doing GCSE's. I hope you do very well in them (whenever you are taking them). Ollie Fury Contribs 19:16, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for your support, I'm going to take them this year in England. I must admit, we're at least a good 6-7 months away from the exams, and already the work is piling up XD. Anywho, I hope I do well also, otherwise my parents will kill me :O. Blooded Edgeawards 19:24, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Yeah I'm from near London. I didn't perform too wonderfully for my GCSE's but as long as you don't leave everything to the last minute like I did, you'll do fine. Ollie Fury Contribs 19:29, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Ouch, I'm trying my hardest not to leave everything to the last few weeks, but I don't have the best of attention spans. Nonetheless, I do as much as I can to keep up to date with HW, tasks and etc. Thanks for your advice and barnstar though :). Blooded Edgeawards 20:07, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for signing my guestbook

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Thank you for signing my guestbook. LAAFan
Great, a deleted barnstar! Ollie Fury Get ready for October 31 02:36, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
He retired. :) Copy the code from mine...I copied it from him. =) —Ed 17 for President Vote for Ed 02:57, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the discovery of my secret page

Well...technically not. You stumbled upon it by accident, so there really wasn't anything sinister about it.

So you get to keep the award. :D :D :D —La Pianista (TCS) 18:56, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

No worries

No worries. Hallowe'en means Hallows Eve(n). It is the night before Hallows or All Saints day. Or Holy night. Chubbennaitor 15:39, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for reverting the blanking of my user page. That came out of nowhere. Not sure who that is. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 21:31, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, you're welcome. Ollie Fury Contribs 21:33, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

  Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes.

Thanks for your support in my RFA!!
If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy
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Your barnstar

Award moved to user page.

Thanks a lot. I seem to have a few guestbooks on my watchlist so whenever I see a new sig, off I go to sign theirs- you get to meet so many people! Thanks for the barnstar! Ollie Fury Contribs 00:49, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey OllieFury

Hey Ollie, if it wasn't for Flewis' help, i wouldn't have been able to get Twinkle to work. It doesn't seem to be disruptive yet but we'll see. Thanks. DJ MeXsTa (talk) 15:51, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, i've never signed a Guestbook before so i'm not used to that. Already spotted a few vandals :P They've had their warnings. DJ MeXsTa (talk) 15:59, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for supporting my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you in the future!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 17:56, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

RE: Edit Summary

Can you explain the warning you left on my talk page :/? I think you've made a mistake. Could you please remove it yourself? Thank you.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 21:45, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh no problem! My name pops out like that occasionally :P.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 21:47, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

My edits to David Ferguson Biography Page

I have discussed my changes with [User talk: KillionDude|KillionDude] and plan on adding them back with references and edit notes so that Huggle no longer considers them vandalism. I just wanted to let you know since you told me that you reverted my changes because they were a test. They are not a test. I plan to have them included in the article.

Cassandrar (talk) 04:40, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

I was confused as well. This user must've been the 76.252.217.243 before s/he registered for an account. Killiondude (talk) 10:11, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes. That was me. Can you tell me what mistake I made now?

Cassandrar (talk) 03:51, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I'm new here and got confused. I actually wasn't 76.252.217.243 before registering, at least I don't think I was. That's the person who was undoing my changes. I'm not a sock puppet.

Cassandrar (talk) 15:15, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

award moved to user page

Thnx but...

Hi, im the guy with the chess board and I am sorta still a starter so if you could show me how to accoplish this, I would appreciate it. (feel free to move for "World" if you could mannage to fix it.

--Ciscokid21 (talk) 22:33, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes I would appreciate it so that it is exactly the same
THNX
--Ciscokid21 (talk) 22:38, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
okay I just kinda freaked out when I made a move because it did not show it when I went back to my talk page but it did eventually update, thnx
P.S. its absolutly alright to make a move, heck you can make as many moves as you want (just not my pieces or more than one at a time ;-)
--Ciscokid21 (talk) 22:55, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Were you the one that was moving all the time on tuesday? (yesterday)

--Ciscokid21 (talk) 20:19, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Look at the history for your chess page and you will see that I did make three moves yesterday. Also can you please remember to always sign your posts on talk pages! Ollie Fury Contribs 20:27, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

okey dokey! (I was going to see if it was my turn and then realized that someone was playing me

P.S. I'll remember to sign from now on! and i figged out how to get it with the "Make a move..." without the anoying arrow of death that shows that it is a hyperlink to a seperate page!

--Ciscokid21 (talk) 20:30, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Sign

When you sign, you get this cool coloured letters. Can I get that aswell, or can't I? Maybe you could help me with that! Thanks in advance, J.B. (talk) 11:33, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Re.

 
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As I said on my page, thanks for your support :). Blooded Edge Contact 23:12, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

 
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Flobots

Hello. You are welcome to discuss the content of this article at its talk page. Please do not carry on editing the way you are doing so now. Ollie Fury Contribs 23:18, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

OK. I do not understand the messaging system Huggle uses. I meant to message a vandal, not myself! Ollie Fury Contribs 23:19, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Custom signatures

As you suggested, it is a custom signature I would like to have. You said you could help me with that, so I await your answer. J.B. (talk) 11:17, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

It does not work for somereason. {{subst:User:Jouke Bersma/sig}} 10:58, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

I added {{subst:User:Jouke Bersma/sig}} like you said, nothing happens though! {{subst:User:Jouke Bersma/sig}} 11:00, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

It worked!

The signature, it worked! Thank you so much for your help, it really was much easier then I feared it would be! I am very happy with my signature, it looks very professional this way - Bilby helped me to get it completely right, and now it looks almost as neat as yours. Jouke Bersma Contribs 11:26, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

There was just one error in my sig: I just fixed that aswell! Jouke Bersma Contributions 11:32, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

My concerns...

my chess board is not updating! I went to make a move over 5 hours ago, and it still has not updated! can you try and fix this???

--Ciscokid21 (talk) 22:21, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

It will update eventually. Check in the next half hour. It should work. Ollie Fury Contribs 22:26, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

okey dokey, I'll be sure to do that!

--Ciscokid21 (talk) 22:31, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

It's updated. Ollie Fury Contribs 22:39, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

thnx Ciscokid21 (talk) 22:41, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Adopt - A - User

Will you adopt me then? Sailor_Moon (talk) 21:50, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Yep, I'll get things started in a minute. Ollie Fury Contribs 21:52, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Vandilism on Sandbox

"use the sandbox for testing". I was using the sandbox The sanbox page on wikipedia is meant for editing and changing

What you wrote on the sandbox was not testing. It has been reverted for a good reason. Do not post offensive text on it again. Ollie Fury Contribs 00:06, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

just curious, are you going to explain yourself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:69.129.170.102 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.129.170.102 (talk) 01:46, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

A little late, but...

  This user is friends with OllieFury.

Added to my page. :) —La Pianista (TCS) 02:19, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Question

It was a question for La pianista. I know about WW1 etc. Well the beginning anyway. Chubbennaitor 17:29, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my talk page. :) Willking1979 (talk) 19:30, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Ollie Fury Contribs 19:32, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm angry.

You've beaten me three times to vandalism so far..."last revision was made by OllieFury, stopping reversion".... :D Good work, pal. —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 19:56, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

 
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RfA

We can nominate ourself to be an admin? ROGERCHOCODILES 20:19, 4 December 2008 (UTC)Rogerchocodiles

Yes you can- but it's nice to get someone to nominate you, especially a well-trusted admin. Ollie Fury Contribs 20:22, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!


 
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WP:CUP?

Join? :D —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 23:09, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

hey...

I guess I just have not been on wikipedia lately...

P.S. have you seen my wikiprogect that I posted?

P.P.S. (you should make a move on my chess board...)

--Ciscokid21 (talk) 21:54, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

srry, no

i do not how to do that :(

--Ciscokid21 (talk) 22:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

I did right b4 you posted that :P

--TheCiscoKid 21:48, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

yes (once again :P) I noticed it right b4 u (its all fixed and everything!)

P.S. yes, your new sig is nice (but i think i preferred the other one)

--TheCiscoKid Talk to me 22:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I alredy knew that (it just keeps slipping my mind)
--TheCiscoKid Talk to me 22:17, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I thought that they were ok, (but mine was by far the best (J.K.)) but I just was bored one day and signed up and didn't really use it until recently (like the :(colon) thing, I learned that like a month ago) Cherrs!
--TheCiscoKid Talk to me 22:23, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
If you ever forget any Wikimarkup, go to WP:CHEAT to remind you. :) Cheers! —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 22:40, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

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For beating me several times to reverting vandalism. Call me Bubba (talk) 23:09, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, thanks for the welcome temp, and the cookies! Yum! If you look at my user page, you would've realized that this isn't my first account. :-) --Call me Bubba (talk) 23:12, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
I did take a look, but then I thought, 'It's still a new account' so why not welcome! What happened to your other accounts? Did you get very far with them (several hundred edits?). Should I treat you as an experienced editor when I talk to you? (I deal with lots of newbies!) Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 23:16, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
You should treat like an editor who, at one point, was starting to become experienced, but isn't anymore. --Call me Bubba (talk) 23:19, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I've just seen you get Twinkle- good luck with your reverting! Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 23:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 
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Barnstar!

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For being the 30th person to sign my guestbook, I, Alberto García, hereby present OllieFury with this award. Cheers! -- MISTER ALCOHOL T C 04:15, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
 
Also, have some cookies amigo!

Have a kitty cat

I'm autoconfirmed, but...

there's a problem. I can't find twinkle. I'm not sure if it's just not working on my computer or if I just don't know what to look for. --Call me Bubba (talk) 04:54, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

 
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Merry Christmas!

TheCiscoKid Talk to me 21:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I started this page of a chess tounament Here! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ciscokid21 (talkcontribs) 22:48, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

thnx!

at least someone joined! TheCiscoKid Talk to me 22:30, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

(Like the new sig?)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas. Chubbennaitor 17:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

sweet!

its not an epic fail!

today completely sucks! its snowing like there's no tomarrow and I have to wait for a few hours for a damn bus! TheCiscoKid Talk to me 19:03, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Ceremonial Buckinghamshire

To not use the word "ceremonial" when referring to places in Milton Keynes is misleading. This is because there is still an administrative county called Buckinghamshire, and that doesn't include Milton Keynes or any of the places in Milton Keynes District. Comparing it to Berkshire is not the same thing, as there is no administrative county of Berkshire any more, and thus a distinction between administrative and ceremonial is unnecessary. -- roleplayer 21:43, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

OK I get that. Maybe a better example would be Luton in Bedfordshire or Swindon in Wiltshire. I do still like to think that Buckinghamshire exists in its entirety for more than purely political reasons- to split MK off and just pretend that it's not Buckinghamshire doesn't sound right. However I'm in a minority- so call it ceremonial. I reserve the right to say MK is in Buckinghamhire in real life though! Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 16:51, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
But you are still doing it. Milton Keynes is not in the area described by the current Buckinghamshire article and it is misleading to readers to send them there. Either omit the [[ ]]s or use Buckinghamshire#Ceremonial county. It's a lot easier for you to do it when making the edit than for others to tidy up after you. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 20:57, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
I called it vandalism, a lttle tongue-cheek, to get your attention since - despite your favourable response to Roleplayer's request - you continued to make inappropriate wlinks. On the scale of vandalism, it is barely 1 out of 10. The issue is not that somebody from North Bucks might continue to say that they are from Buckinghamshire (quite reasonably, if only to give a sense of where in GB they live). The issue is that the Buckinghamshire article as it stands is about the administrative entity that stops (roughly) at the Varsity Line. So a reader from another part of the world will be very confused if a link from Olney takes him/her to an admin county that is as irrelevant as Beds or Northants. Of course the alternative would be to rewrite the Buckinghamshire article so that the admin elements are secondary, but there is an eastablished precedent (see talk:traditional counties of England) that we don't do that. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 19:13, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
You may be surprised, but I agree with you. The problem arises only because the current Buckinghamshire is about the admin county. By wlinkinking to #Ceremonial county, we make the best of a bad job. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 13:34, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

WikiCup notice

The 2009 WikiCup will begin on January 1, 2009. The first round will run through March 31, 2009. For more information on this tournament, read the "about" section on the main WikiCup page.

This year, we have a different system in calculating points. At User:Garden/WikiCup/Submissions, you will find information about submitting your article (and other) work to earn points. Each contestant will have their own individual subpage for submitting completed work to us.

This year, User:ST47 will also be running one of his bots to calculate mainspace edits and read your submission subpages to calculate the point values you receive based on our scoring chart.

Questions or comment? Ask at the talk page or go directly to Garden or IMatthew's talk page. Good luck and Happy Holidays! -- ayematthew and Garden. 13:52, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the warm welcome and informing me that I will have to wait to use twinkle. Merry christmas!

--Habbouser (talk) 17:16, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

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Happy Holidays, OllieFury!


Signed, Dylan620 Contribs Sign! 17:38, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, Ollie. :-) One thing though; I don't celebrate Boxing Day.   :P --Dylan620 Contribs Sign! 18:10, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
 
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STOP TOUCHING MY PAGE

its my old page. why are you reverting it back to an old vandalized version? my page is user:taylorr. you have no right to touch it. 68.196.82.106 (talk) 23:36, 27 December 2008 (UTC)

Cookie!

AshbeyHappy Holidays Ӝ 02:27, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Nice page!

You seem like a great Photographer —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigpoophead11 (talkcontribs) 18:59, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't know what you're talking about. Since you're going to be blocked in a few minutes anyway I'll let this stay. Oliver Fury, Esq. message • contributions 19:02, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
LOL! —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 18:41, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

WikiCup

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Have a pint

A cab ride and a pint for the first (well, close enough) person who talked to me on wikipedia. Happy new year! --Call me Bubba (talk) 22:18, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

AUGH! Ollie, you're too young! Be strong, resist the alcohol! :P —Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 23:05, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

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