User talk:NovaDog/Archive

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Hello, NovaDog, 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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Hello, Zepp

		Hello, NovaDog
		Congratulations for finding my hidden User page! ≈ The Haunted Angel Review Me! 21:47, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

From Homsar773

Thanks for answering the help request. I guess my problem has changed since I wrote the help request, but no worries. I'm currently editing some tables on the MCHA page, but I haven't figured out how to put thicker borders (like in a spreadsheet) in places like between conference and overall records. Would you know how to do that? 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) has an example of what I'm talking about; there's a horizontal border on each side of the #5 position, but I'm trying to make a vertical border and don't know how to do that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Homsar773 (talk • contribs) 23:44, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Restoring VfD notice

No worry; wanton removal of a deletion notice from an article constitutes vandalism; anybody can revert vandalism, regardless of the three revert rule. - Mike Rosoft 22:59, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

;o

yea, haithere (second time wins) Readem 00:42, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Mixture

Hey, thanks a lot for your work on that article. You really did a good job; the article really needed it :) — NovaDog — (contribs) 01:27, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, everything that's there now was there before. It was just a case of finding the right old revision. Every revision of the article since about 2005 has been vandalised in some way – Gurch 04:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Question

I have moved your question that you posted on the computing reference desk to the Help Desk. -- Г^edʃtǁcɭ 23:47, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Hello NovaDog! I noticed that you're interested in having a user adopt you. I'm an administrator who has been here for over 6 months, and I have over 5,000 edits. Depending on what areas you're looking for assistance with, I think I could help you out. Please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page if you're interested. Thanks! GlassCobra 02:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing! If you want to formally accept it, go ahead and add {{Adoptee|GlassCobra}} to your page where you used to have the {{Adoptme}} template. Then we can go from there! GlassCobra 02:57, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello there! I saw your shiny new userbox. :) Looks good! So, where would you like to start? Do you have any questions that you'd like to ask me? GlassCobra 21:41, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

:) Well, I was wondering how I should get started at Wikipedia. If you've looked over my contributions, and I'm sure you have, you can see that I've mostly been reverting vandalism with Twinkle... but that's about all I can think of at the moment :p So do you have any advice as to how I should get started, and what else I can do? Thanks, by the way :D (Also, do you want me to reply on your talk page, instead of on here? I know different Wikipedians have different preferences.) — NovaDog — (contribs) 22:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely correct, and to be honest, reverting vandalism is and always will be a constant task for everyone. There's no getting around it. I prefer old-school reversion (though the rollback function that admins get speeds things up), but Twinkle will really help you. Fighting vandalism is always great; do you know about reporting vandals to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism (shortcut: WP:AIV) so they get blocked? When you revert a vandal, go over to their talk page and leave them a warning. If they keep vandalizing, leave them higher warnings. If they go past a Level 4 warning, which is the final one, go ahead and report them. You can report inappropriate usernames to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention (shortcut: WP:UAA). These don't need to have any contributions to be reported, though.

These are more of the behind-the-scenes aspects of Wikipedia, and there are lots of people that contribute a lot in these areas. However, Wikipedia is also always in need of people to contribute to the actual articles; lots of editors are content to tag an article for cleanup or referencing, and not do anything themselves. If you're interested in helping out here, you should check out my What You Can Do page; this lists a lot of ways that you can help out on articles. WikiProjects are a great way to collaborate with other editors to improve content; I see that you've already joined one of those, which is great.

Hopefully this will give you some ideas as to where you want to help out most. As for replying to me, it doesn't really matter. If you have a question, posting on my talk page is the best way to reach me; that way, the orange bar pops up, and I'll see it more quickly. I'll respond here so that you get the orange bar too. After that, you can respond back wherever you like. Good luck! GlassCobra 22:38, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Haha, thanks! I hope this big wall of text here doesn't discourage you from anything. Happy editing! GlassCobra 02:27, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Vandals

Yeah, definitely, I do that all the time. If a vandal is especially offensive or harmful, I will skip warning levels. It's not something to do really often, but it can get people that need to be blocked taken care of more quickly. How are things going other than that? GlassCobra 00:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I do also. The first level assumes good faith. Sometimes it is possible to tell that the edit was made in bad faith, and then I go straight to the level 2 or even level 3 warning. That would be in the case where a vandal blanked an entire page and replaced it with profanity or inane comments. Also, once a level 4 warning or a block has been issued, you should issue a level 4 at the first instance of vandalism. The vandal knows what he is doing, and has already been through this process. HTH. -- Elaich ^talk 03:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely right. If a vandal messes around for a bit and accrues some warnings, and then disappears for a while, when they return, you should start at the same level of warning that they had last received. The only exception to this is if it's been a long time since they last vandalized, as in more than a few months. Good luck! GlassCobra 03:28, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Busy life

Hey man, no worries! We want you in tip-top shape. :) I'm supposed to be busy as well, but instead I'm screwing around on here. Oh well. Anyway, come back soon! GlassCobra 02:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

For the congratulations. :) Acalamari 00:53, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Prose

Hello again! Good to see you're back. :) Prose is fairly simple; it basically just deals with the flow of the article text; for example, making sure that it has proper spelling, grammar, and clear language throughout. You should take a look at Wikipedia:Manual of Style; that has all the guidelines for article writing. Let me know if I can help you with anything else! GlassCobra 01:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Schools

Hello NovaDog! It's funny that you should ask, actually; the notability of schools in particular has always been tough for Wikipedia to nail down. Similar to towns, which are automatically notable just by existing, some (including myself) argued that all schools should automatically get their own article. However, the general trend at AfD, according to WP:OUTCOMES, tended to be getting rid of early schools like elementary and junior high, while keeping high schools and their equivalents. The reason that I say it's funny you should ask is because we have, at this very moment, a proposal for a school notability guidelines, which can be found at Wikipedia:Notability (schools). This, of course, follows the same vein as Notability (music), Notability (people), etc. Actually, you can see all the proposed guidelines and "hot" debates all in one place, which I find quite useful: Wikipedia:Centralized discussion. There's even a template that is a mini version of it, which I keep on one of my pages. Hope this helps! Keep up the good work, buddy. :) GlassCobra 15:26, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Template transclusion

It's really minor: What I did was make sure the template shows up properly, after a recently added feature of the site. See the old version of your talk page to see that it appeared as a red link rather than the actual template. –Pomte 22:44, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

After a random click on my talk page, I noticed that your signature links to Special:Contributions/Nova and not Special:Contributions/NovaDog. Is this intentional? –Pomte 19:01, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

My talk page

Please read WP:UP#Removal of comments, warnings. I shall do as I wish considering the attitude and history of the user. Charles 00:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

BRC

You've been invited. GlassCobra 07:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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BRC, etc

Hey there NovaDog! Wikifying actually involves more than simply wikilinking a word; rather, it's the formatting of an article so that it complies with our Manual of Style, using Wiki markup rather than HTML and using internal links. See wikify. In general, we wikilink the first appearance of each relevant word, but if the article is long, it may be useful to do it every few paragraphs. For infoboxes, the general reference is Wikipedia:List of infoboxes, but I find that it's pretty incomplete. You'll probably have better luck trying to dig through Category:Infobox templates or looking at the infobox in an article similar to the one you need an infobox for.

The BRC waived the admin requirement just yesterday, so I went out and dropped a line on the talk pages of all the WP badasses, which of course included yourself. :P You going to join? GlassCobra 00:09, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey again! When a user removes a warning from their talk page, that is generally considered to be acknowledgment, and you are allowed to progress as if the warning had not been removed. As an extension of that, it's generally frowned upon to restore comments that have been removed. Check out WP:BLANKING and Wikipedia:Don't restore removed comments for more info.

I don't mind RfA spam, personally; I left a note on the talk pages of everyone that voted in my RfA, whether it was Support, Oppose, or Neutral. What I do find a little irritating are the impersonal ones addressed to {{PAGENAME}} that have obviously just been copied and pasted. See User talk:GlassCobra#RFA on my talk page as an example; check the code by hitting edit and you'll see. What makes me angrier, though, is people who only thank the users who supported them; I find that very petty, and would be even less likely to support a user in anything if I had left constructive criticism at their RfA and they failed to thank me. Anyways, feel free to ask me if you have any more questions! GlassCobra 03:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Okay

I understand. I just edited a little too quickly. Besides, by the time I got your message, the page was gone. Parent5446^{(Murder me for my actions)} 01:17, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

And maybe the page was not gone and the link was just gone. Anyway, as you said, it will be gone soon. Parent5446^{(Murder me for my actions)} 01:17, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

I was running around trying to delete it. 01:33, 10 February 2008 (UTC) BTW what happened to my name?

RFA thanks

.: RFA thanks :.

Thanks for supporting me! My RfA passed with a final tally of 5 neutrals, 1 oppose and 148 supports, a turnout I couldn't have dreamed of. I'm going to do everything I can to help out the community, help with sysop tasks, and of course, contribute to the encyclopedia. If you ever need a hand with something, feel free to give a shout! Cheers! Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 17:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Hey

Rawr. Good to see you. Aye, been around for a while. I alternate between mass edit sprees on a series of related artcles/anti vandalism/month long breaks. xD.
I took the liberty of adding some Blue to your userpage =). --BlueNovember (talk) 15:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Bahn

Thanks for the heads-up. I think I will PROD this, because it is extremely hard to figure out just what the heck the subject is. I think it is software that either controls model trains or virtual trains, but I can't figure it out for sure (and I'm a railfan). We'll see how the PROD goes and work from there. Thanks! - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 02:08, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Hello Nova

Hi =). Readem (talk) 04:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Adoption status

Effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve as your mentor. Apologies for any inconvenience, and good luck. GlassCobra 22:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Blind pilot

Hi, NovaDog! Welcome! Yes, Blindpilot0 recreated the deleted article about Blind pilot. There is a speedy deletion tag for recreating a deleted article, but it's only for articles that have been deleted after discussion on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion. Otherwise, yeah, just put the same old db-band or whatever on there. The template I used to leave the message on his talk page was Template:uw-recreate, but often in this situation I just type in a brief note saying "Please don't recreate the article whatever. You might want to look at our guide to your first article for suggestions on what kind of articles we are looking for." Cheers! FreplySpang 03:23, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, I've never paid much attention to WP:AIV, so I can't say for sure what they do or don't do, but I would imagine that you could report someone for repeated recreation of unsuitable material. And, although I never looked that closely before now, it does appear that albums by non-notable bands are not speedyable. Surprising! So it looks like your options are WP:PROD or WP:AFD. Or, I suppose, {{db|Album by non-notable band}}. Sorry that I can't give you more solid answers here. Best, FreplySpang 23:23, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Ohai

Nova RT | Talk 17:01, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

<3

Heh, thanks. --BlueNovember (talk) 11:47, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Stupid evil Bastard

A tag has been placed on Stupid evil Bastard, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.

If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Jordan Timmins (talk) 18:08, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Userbox suggestions

This user can solve a Pocket Cube without cheating.

This user can solve a Rubik's Cube without cheating.

This user can solve Rubik's Revenge without cheating.

Saw this and thought of you. I'll have to make a userbox page myself. Do you have a 4x4x4? I forget. I included more stolen userboxes for the v-cubes and the professor cube as comments.

--BlueNovember (talk) 19:40, 6 October 2008 (UTC), who really wants his v-cubes. =(.

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Proposed deletion of Moon-beast

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