Reverse Gear

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How to warn users

I saw you warned User:58.162.63.211 about vandalism and suggested they check out the sandbox. Thank you for doing that. However, there are better ways to do so. They require less typing and help us get the problem users banned.

For that, please check out Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace. That page has a collections of templates you can use to warn users about all kinds of things. In the main table, the farther to the right you go, the more serious the warnings. The ones that state something like "You have been blocked" are for Admin use only. However, feel free to use the others.

Notes:

• Each template should be substituted with the "subst:" keyword. Instead of {{test}}, write {{subst:test}}.
• Also, most of these templates take a page name as a parameter. In the case mentioned above, you could have used {{subst:test|Page Name}}. (I don't know the page name you warned about.)
• Some of the templates add a section header for you. Preview the page if you aren't sure.
• If you see a user that has been warned with a "final warning" template several hours ago, but that user is still vandalizing pages, please list the user at the Admin vandal block request list.

Will (Talk - contribs) 05:10, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

72.49.107.14

No problem! I also semi-protected his talk page. Khoikhoi 06:23, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

BTW, in case you didn't know, when you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion, you should sign your posts by typing four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment. You may also click on the signature button located above the edit window. This will automatically insert a signature with your name and the time you posted the comment. Cheers, Khoikhoi 12:44, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

I thought that since your username wasn't wikified that you were writing it out manually...heh. Khoikhoi 13:26, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm, have you tried checking your preferences? Khoikhoi 13:34, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Egyptian dates

The dates I typed in are the traditional Egyptian dates and come mostly from page 390-391 of Nicholas Grimal's 1992 book "A History of Ancient Egypt." They derive from R. B. Parker's work on Sothic dates in the 1950's--see R. Parker, The Calendars of Egypt. Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 26. Chicago: The Oriental Institute, 1950. Some other Wikipedia monitors have already read Grimal's book and posted information from it for the chronology of the 12th Dynasty kings such as Senusert I before I came along. The dates are not "fixed in stone" since they depend on the Year 7 Sothic date of Senusert III being observed at the town of Lahun where it was found (which would date it to 1872 BC) and place this king's accession at 1878 BC. The dates also rely on a 19 year reign for Senusert II as the Turin Canon seems to indicate; however, some scholars prefer to limit his reign to only 10 years since no documents thus far give him Year 10+X dates. If so, the offered dates could be shifted forward in time by a decade. But basically, they can be relied upon within a +/- 10 year range thereabouts. 24.87.136.31 11:36, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Dj Disco Wiz

I concur on your edits. I came across his article Dj Disco Wiz while doing a random article check. It reads like a vanity puff written by a friend which he has begun to edit. I don't believe he has done anything notable because I have never seen him quoted in a published source or any Spanish TV programs I watch. And with an MS in Science, I split my time equally on American and Spanish TV. Ronbo76 01:35, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Reverse Gear! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to ensure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. If you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 312 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

1. Paul Morgan (journalist) - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
2. Nigel Starmer-Smith - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 10:59, 25 January 2010 (UTC)