User talk:Sonia/Archive 1

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Archive 1 Archive 2 Archive 3 → Archive 5
Hello, Sonia! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Dave1185 (talk) 12:42, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Getting started
Getting help
Policies and guidelines
The community
Writing articles
Miscellaneous

{{tb}}

Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at La Pianista's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Thanks

Sorry for the late reply - it somehow slipped my mind. Thanks for your comment on my talk page! --WPholic(user)(talk) 08:00, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

An song for newcomers

You asked to La Pianista

To adopt you

If i can adopt i would adopt you

But now i can't

Welcome to Wikipedia

Having an welcomer is..

Great!

Well done


Now to the end

Off my song

All i have to do

Is wish you an Merry Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho! Chocodiles, Roger (talk) 21:25, 27 November 2008 (UTC)Rogerchocodiles

Adoption program

Hey, Sonia. Chamal, Ed, and I (well, really Chamal and I, since Ed is absent right now) are thinking of splitting your adoption lessons three ways. I'll give you the work for anti-vandalism, Ed will help with article building, and Chamal will teach you the policies. If that does or does not sound like a good idea to you, we'd like your input here. Cheers! —La Pianista (T•C•S) 01:54, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

December 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Wikipedia:Editing Under the Influence has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. \ / (⁂) 07:54, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

all good, I was being an idiot. whatever. and I am a newbie, but I doubt this message was hand written.... see WP:DTTR

thanks anyway.... sonia♫ (talk) 05:06, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

okaky. I just realized my above post didn't make sense:

because
1. I'm not a regular
2. I haven't been templated
3. the message couldn't have been handwritten, like hand typed...
4. I was high on cocaine
5. just kidding, I was high on nicotinamide and dihydrogen monoxide

sonia♫ (talk) 08:09, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry on behalf of BF. Huggle can be a very easy tool to flip up on - I myself have gotten about three warnings in the past. —La Pianista (T•C•S) 03:05, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

er... thanks. What does the edit summary do anyway? sonia♫ (talk) 07:06, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

I told BF about this, and it was a mistake on his part as he has acknowledged. I forgot to mention this earlier. Chamal talk 12:25, 22 December 2008 (UTC)


okay... I'm kinda embarrassed now, cause as I said, I was being a total idiot. So it wasn't actually a constructive edit anyway. sonia♫ (talk) 23:23, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Just checking

Hi, I'm just checking if you're planning to go ahead with the adoption with Ed, Pianista and me. I think you said something about having exams before, so when you are ready, let us know. Or if you've changed your mind, anyway let us know ;) Chamal talk 14:30, 7 December 2008 (UTC)


Yeah, sure. I can start doing whatever you like (just short of slavery)... I'll be online most days from now till February, except Jan 10- 18 when I'm on holiday. Ready to go! sonia♫ (talk) 05:03, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

OK, we made a kind of plan on what areas we are going to do it here. If you have any suggestions, want any changes to be made or just want to change it completely, tell us (after all, it's your training :)). Ed's away on holiday, but La Pianista and me are here. Cheers then. Chamal talk 10:48, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

{{tb}}

Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at La Pianista's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

WikiBirthday

I saw from here that it's been exactly one year since you joined the project. Happy WikiBirthday! Keep up the good work, rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 22:33, 18 October 2009 (UTC)

Aww... thanks :) I feel loved... sonia♫ (talk) 07:45, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
  • Harpy belated birdae~! From Uncle Dave... --Dave1185 talk 12:22, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
  • Sonia, I would like to award this wiki-badge below in recognition of your service to Wikipedia. Cheers~! (PS: Put it in your userbox!) --Dave1185 talk 13:57, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
This editor is a Novice Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.
Thanks :) Wow, I didn't even know I'd gotten to 200 edits! I feel really small now, though, seeing the list of other awards. I mean, I've been here for a year... and I have nowhere near 4,000. But oh well, thanks so much anyway, Uncle Dave :). Keep well in sunny Singapore! sonia♫ (talk) 05:23, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
  • Hohoho... Uncle's edit already went past the 7000th mark a few weeks back! --Dave1185 talk 14:24, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
:'( Now I feel really really really really small... sonia talk ♪♫ 08:44, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Blockhouse Bay Primary School

A tag has been placed on Blockhouse Bay Primary School requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, a rephrasing of the title, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content. You may wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Eeekster (talk) 07:54, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

  • Fair enough... I would totally make the worst sysop ever, with this kinda record with new articles... sonia talk ♪♫ 08:30, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at The Earwig's talk page.
Message added 17:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

— The Earwig @ 17:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Alexei Dymovsky

I moved it back per your move comment. Please see my comment in the submission. Tim Song (talk) 09:55, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Actually, perhaps it is better to let it take its chances at AfD, if someone wants to? Notability is established anyway. What do you think? Tim Song (talk) 10:01, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Looks like the issue's been solved, so yeah. My fault, I should have checked. Sorry. Sonia chat♫contribs♪ 06:06, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

Follow me to join the secret cabal!

Plip!

  • And for that Sonia gets a minnow! Ha! --Dave 1185 06:39, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
Yep, I guess I deserved that... yum, fish... xD Sonia chat♫contribs♪ 04:19, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
  • It's a good thing you got whacked by a minnow, could have been unimaginable if it was Yusheng... really really messy if you think about it. Ha! --Dave 1185 07:04, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Oooh boy... that would be bad... :) Sonia talk ♪♫ 08:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Shahida Azad Jamaludin

Seriously, what should i for this article to be approved?. You see, this is why Wikipedia loss their author much. I really have no time to waste here. Firstly, the source is reputable and to be "direct" she's my BF so i know all that is true. I hope people like you helped me in this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zuhdizuhdi (talk • contribs) 10:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

  • Actually, Zuhdizuhdi is the one having trouble reading and understanding the editing guidelines and policies of Wikipedia. IF indeed he/she had read through it or the Welcome section, I'm sure that he/she would know that Wikipedia isn't exactly the best place to put up a biography of a living person and even if Zuhdizuhdi is as he/she had claimed to be the "BF" of Shahida, it instantly becomes a Conflict of Interest problem. Note also that Wikipedia does not accept original research (per Wikipedia:Neutral point of view policy) as it is not a blog or social networking site. Zuhdizuhdi, you still have much to learn and understand about Wikipedia, learn also to see things from untainted eyes. Otherwise, we become no different from being a mouthpiece for other people. --Dave 1185 01:31, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Basically what Dave said is right. I'll reply you on your talk page though. Sonia chat♫contribs♪ 03:56, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Just some friendly advice

Hello! I noticed that you asked some factual questions on the War in Afghanistan talk page a few months ago, and I know you realized that that's not where you're supposed to ask questions. Did you know about the Reference Desk? It's the place on Wikipedia where you can ask factual questions and others will answer them, or help you find the answers. Just thought you might be interested in case you ever need such a thing in the future. Hopefully it can help. (Also, I realize this sounds like a template, but it's not)--Abusing (talk) 02:01, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

No, I don't think I knew about the Refdesk at that point... now I do :) I probably will need it in the future. Thanks for taking the time :) Sonia talk ♪♫ 23:05, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at Fallbaby11's talk page.
Message added 09:53, 23 December 2009 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Chris Rocen (talk) 09:53, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Seasons the greetings

Ho ho ho... here's wishing you a christmas happy and then hor, a new year merry~! (Ahem... uncle ate too much ham just now... burrrp! *sheepish grin*) -Dave 1185 04:45, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Aww...thanks :) (Are you sure it's too much ham and not *ahem* alcohol?) Merry Christmas too! Sonia talk ♪♫ 06:32, 25 December 2009 (UTC)


Featured redirects

Thank you for the vote, and have a happy year 2010! SamEV (talk) 22:20, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

You too :) sonia talk ♪♫ 23:14, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at La Pianista's talk page.
Message added 06:47, 7 January 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

—Ed (talk • majestic titan) 06:47, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Rollback

I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 06:25, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Oh wow! Thanks! sonia talk ♪♫ 06:31, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
  • With great power comes great responsibility... (sounds so corny coming from a movie, huh?) use it wisely, yeah? BTW, uncle just got back from North Island and what a vacation it was~! --Dave 1185 05:49, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
You should have visited me! Did you come to Auckland? sonia talk ♪♫ 05:58, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
  • And yep, I'll try to be careful. :)
  • Oh yeah, Auckland (hehehe...) and Christchurch has nice weather at this time of the year... and we were in Queenstown too, who can miss the jet boats~?! Also, we went for a couple of days farm staying... it was so nice, no Wikipedia! *lol* Anyhoo, have fun during your vacation! --Dave 1185 18:33, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
Well, I'm back! I just discovered you can't edit Wikipedia from a cellphone :P... but I didn't miss broadband as much as I missed my bed and piano. Friends and I had a picnic on the wrong side of a waterfall, hanging our feet off the edge (some tourists did a doubletake seeing us crossing the falls from rock to rock with our food!). sonia talk ♪♫ 05:29, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at The ed17's talk page.
Message added 08:21, 29 January 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

—Ed (talk • majestic titan) 08:21, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

confirmation edit (ACC)

"...note that you requested an account on the ACC account creation interface..." Yep :) Sonia✞talk 02:39, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for applying to access the account creation tool. I have approved your request. You may now access the tool here. Before you do so, please read the tool's guide to familiarize yourself with the process. You may also want to join #wikipedia-en-accounts on irc and the mailing list. Keep in mind that the ACC tool is a powerful program, and misuse may result in your access being suspended by a tool administrator. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Prodego talk 02:40, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
That was really fast. wow. Thanks! Sonia✞talk 02:42, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Not normal, I just was bored. :) Prodego talk 06:38, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
Well, it was still scarily impressive... I reloaded the page and the reply was there. But then our broadband is running out, so...Sonia✞talk 05:08, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I think I might be the confused one here...

... I noticed that the reasoning for a speedy deletion was to do an article move, but I rather suspect that the confusion is on my side. What were you trying to achieve? - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 07:37, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

I wanted to move an article from the Wikipedia talk namespace to Keisha, so I moved the article already there to Keisha (pornographic actress). Then I realised that now there was a redirect that stopped me from moving Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Keisha (name) to Keisha, and an IP suggested CSD to remove the redirect. Did I do something wrong? Actually, with Keisha this and that, now I'm even more confused than before... Sonia✞(ping) 07:46, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Ah, I see. Well... I've moved the article and deleted the redirect. Try creating the article now. - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 07:59, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Okay, thanks! :) Sonia✞(ping) 08:05, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
  • It's a good thing you're not back here in Singapore or the new year market at Chinatown is going to tempt you silly with so much Chinese New Year goodies... want some egg-rolls? Or perhaps, you would like to have some pineapple tarts instead? \(^_^)/ --Dave ♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 10:01, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Pineapple tarts! Yum! I found a Malaysian supermarket near our house, so mostly I'm happy... even got frozen durian leh. But some things can only make yourself, like char siew and wontons and stuff like that. But only thing, mooncakes are so expensive, like $6 each...Anyway, 新年快乐! Sonia✞(ping) 19:58, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
DURIAN LOG CAKE~!
  • 恭喜发财! 新年快乐! 学业进步! 万事如意! Mooncakes? You mean like... it still cost you $6 for a piece right now? It's really cheap back in Singapore, I found a stall here in Chinatown selling them for between $1 to $2 a piece now. BTW, did you know that you could find Durian-flavoured ice-cream in NZ (not far from Wellington Airport) during my vacation? But we gave it a pass because we already had some Durian yule-log cakes before we took off for NZ. --Dave ♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 07:05, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Really? Wellington? Durian ice-cream? Now I'm hungry... :'( And mooncakes still cost $6 apiece now... pretty sad, huh? I haven't had one in years... (or chwee kueh for that matter, I've had chee cheong fun, but...) Looking forward to a great year, and I hope you have one too :) Sonia✞(ping) 08:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

ACC: Graphics7wp

Hi Sonia. I noticed that you had a problem with creating the above account.

Following further checks, it was decided that the account was not in fact a username violation, so I have created it, and e-mailed the editor to let them know that the account was created.

Although the email address is connected with a blog (graphics7.wordpress.com), this is itself is not a reason for a decline. If the user starts making promotional edits, they can be blocked from editing (and I have them on my watchlist, so I'll keep an eye on it).

I don't know if you have access to IRC, but if you do, you are welcome to join us in the #wikipedia-en-accounts channel, where other members of the ACC team can give advice and help.

The only other advise I would give is to suggest that for a while, whenever you deal with an ACC request, re-read the documentation. I did that for my first dozen or so, and even now, if I'm not sure of something, I'll re-read it!

By the way, don't be put off by this - most of us make mistakes to begin with (my first two were both mistakes!), but you have people to chat with (on IRC) if you want advice and assistance!

Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 11:07, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Okay, Steve, thanks :) IRC doesn't work, sorry... How did you manage to create the username? The form just wouldn't let me... Sonia✞(ping) 21:12, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
When you've done all your checks, and think the account should be created:
  1. Click on the blue Create! button - a new window will open
  2. Do not fill in the password fields. Just make sure that the user name and e-mail addresses are filled in (do not change them!) and untick the "Remember me on this computer" box - and make sure that 'Ignore spoofing checks' is unticked (you can't use that at the moment anyway).
  3. Click on by e-mail - Do not click on Create account - which is what I think you did wrong before.

Also, do not take a request if it's in the Flagged user needed section, only if it's in the top Open requests section. Flagged users are those who have a bit of experience and have asked for (and received) the account creator user right.

With regard to IRC, see if you can access it through java.freenode.net - you just go there, choose a Nickname (using the one you use on ACC might be useful, but it can be anything you like, including your user name here) - and then type wikipedia-en-accounts for the channel - then just click on connect. That should work for you.

Anyway, we look forward to seeing you in IRC when you can get it sorted!

Regards, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 22:56, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

No, the form said "username blocked for promotional reasons" or something like that, after I clicked "by email". So I went back and closed it as violating policy, because that's what the form said... Now I"m really confused.
Sonia✞(ping) 23:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
I've never seen that message before - and it allowed me to create the account with no problems. If it happens the next time you try to create an account, don't click on "Upolicy". Instead, leave a comment (further down the page, type it into the space and click on 'Quick Reply' and then either click on 'Break reservation' (in which case someone else will deal with it), or 'Defer to flagged users'. If you manage to get access to IRC, then you can ask there instead!
In IRC, we see when a request is made, when it is reserved (or dropped), when a comment is added to the request, and when the request is created/refuse. If you break the reservation (or defer to flagged users), then someone in IRC will take up the reservation - reading any comment you may have left!
Let me know if there's anything else I can do to help. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 23:56, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Okay, thank you so much! I'll keep that in mind :) Sonia✞(ping) 23:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

February 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to M, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. -NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits) 00:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Oops :P. My bad, sorry; flipped up on Huggle. Sonia✞(ping) 00:35, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Diminished sixth

Huh thats funny. As I came across this article on new page patrol I idly had my Stratocaster on my lap and was unconsciously tapping the first and second strings in diminshed sixths!! A flat diminished intervals actually! ‡ Himalayan ‡ ΨMonastery 02:03, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Lol :D... wait, what's a Stratocaster? Is it like a guitar? Nvm, I just found the article on it. (and from the sound of things, you know more about intervals than I do... could you perhaps fill in the rest of the infobox that I couldn't? That'd be great :) Sonia✞(ping) 06:33, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

CSD Declined for C.W Davis Middle School

Resolved
 – 19:39, 17 February 2010 Tbsdy lives (talk · contribs) deleted "C.W Davis Middle School" ‎(A3: Article has no meaningful, substantive content)

Hi! Just to let you know that I have declined speedy deletion for C.W Davis Middle School as the criteria for WP:CSD#A7 specifically does not include schools. I woiuld suggest PROD/AFD/Improve. Stephen! Coming... 10:20, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

  • Sonia, you should have tag it as WP:CSD#A3 instead since it has no content whatsoever. BTW, I've done it for you already. *grin* --Dave ♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 11:18, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Yeesh. Thanks. Oops. I was pretty nervous, because I'd tagged a whole bunch for CSD and none were getting deleted... I was pretty much expecting a block for misuse of CSD tags when I logged on just now. :) Sonia✞(ping) 21:53, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
  • Well, we were all newbie once, take this as a learning experience and you should do just fine. Do drop uncle a note the next time you are unsure about such CSD issues, okay? (PS: How did the CNY celebration go for you?) --Dave ♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 02:13, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Okay, I will. New Year? Well, I went to see the lion dancing but couldn't go visiting because there's no relatives here to visit :(. Sonia✞(ping) 05:43, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Smile!

Hello Sonia, Thesevenseas has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I like this text, very patriotic! :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 338° 6' 0" NET 22:32, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Aww... thanks! I was kinda drawing on the idea behind WP:MOTD. (and I'm on a very insecure computer that keeps crashing, so I better log off now.) Sonia✞(ping) 23:13, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
The true spirit of Wikipedia comes out in that text, just like in the various mottos. It's good to see Wikipedia shine. After all, it's only as good as it's editors! :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 279° 23' 30" NET 18:37, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Danke :) (Oh, and thanks for adding the parameter to my userbox as well). Sonia✞(ping) 02:03, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
No problem! The editor who created the template forgot to add the gender parameter, which has been fixed here. Got to use that pronoun, especially as it made Word of the Millennium! :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 332° 43' 45" NET 22:10, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
Heh, well I learnt something new today :) (Oh, and out of curiosity: Do you change your signature every day, and is it manually or is there some clever way to do it?) Sonia✞(ping) 06:30, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
Ah yes, my chameleonic signature. Well, the font and text stays the same, only the colour changes. I use the switch parser function to change the colour each time I sign. It's quite crafty. It's based on various colour changers I've seen on userpages. Come to think of it, you could use in just about anything that uses colour. I can show you how to use it if you want. :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 231° 24' 59" NET 15:25, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

But your coordinates change too... anyways, yes please! Even if I never use it, it's pretty cool :) Sonia✞(ping) 22:20, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh yes, I forgot about that! This part gives the time in NET and uses the time parser function to give the correct signing time. It shows the same time as the time stamp. Anyway, the switch function takes an expression that outputs a number, finds the parameter that matches the number and then uses the parameter value as the output. If it doesn't find anything, it outputs the default value. This is what it looks like.
{{#switch: {{#expr:{{NUMBEROFEDITS:R}} mod 10}}|0=|1=|2=|3=|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|9=|#default=}}
Here it is set with mod 10, so it will values from 0-9, but this can be changed. In my case I use mod 68, giving me 68 different colours for my signature and that's pretty much it. You can use it for just about anything. Have fun! :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 313° 42' 30" NET 20:54, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
So awesome :)... I'm gonna try that somewhere where I won't break the 'pedia by doing it. Sonia✞(ping) 20:36, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Indeed! It is good stuff. Another example is the auto updating service awards template. This one has parser functions pouring out the ears! Here, the switch function changes the award style through the format option. There are probably some wacky ways of using it. In fact, one editor even made a spinner and a magic eight ball out of it! :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 342° 35' 0" NET 22:50, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
I was wondering how the service awards one worked... now I have slightly more clue. :) Still don't really understand all the codeyness, but yeah :) I put the colour one in my sandbox and it works fine. Thanks! Sonia✞(ping) 05:28, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
I see you've now put the colour changer on your userpage. It does make it a lot more colourful now. However, you will need to purge the page in order to see another colour. This can be done by adding a purge link. I guess I should know how the auto updating service award template works since I created it. I made it to go alongside the service awards revamp and got the idea after discussions about auto updating the awards. It looks like it's catching on amongst those who display edit awards. However, no one yet has used the template's pièce de résistance, the option to add your own text. Oh well, at least I tried :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 0° 4' 45" NET 00:00, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Yep, I figured you have to purge it, but didn't know there was a specific templatey thing for that.

What? You can actually add your own text? Whoa! Awesome! *runs to the page and reads it ravenously*. :) Sonia✞(ping) 03:31, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Indeed you can. In fact, all the service award templates have caption customisation. It's one of those little known secrets of the service awards. Also, if you wanted to create a self updating banner, barnstar or other item, you can use this template with image, editor or award as the first parameter to get the self updating part. However, getting the text on the service awards template to self update with a custom caption was really tough, but it was extremely satisfying when I finally got it working as can be seen from the edit summaries. The purge template isn't the only one. There are: edit, history, watch, talk, oldid, 2 show diffs, 2 link pages, 2 edit sections and probably a whole lot more! So many templates, maybe one day Wikipedia may end up more templates than articles! :) Set Sail For The Seven Seas 254° 38' 30" NET 16:58, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
Well, I used the caption thing on my service awards userbox, but it won't update for another month or so, if I keep my current rate of editing (which is all I can manage, given life gets in the way). Thanks :) Sonia✞(ping) 22:46, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
And I found the 8-ball. Great fun, now I don't have to actually buy one to have a laugh. :) Sonia✞(ping) 01:04, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
Unfortunately, due to the lack of an edit count parser function, it can only update with time. However, it will be added as soon as it becomes available. Good to hear you found the 8 ball! There is also a wikiblame spinner by the same editor, it's quite amusing! Set Sail For The Seven Seas 5° 30' 15" NET 00:22, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Userpage Link Fix

Just wanted to say thanks for fixing the broken link on my userpage - I had no idea it was there. (Obviously.) Also, I "stole" and modified your editnotice, since it looked nifty and I didn't have one yet. I also looked through a few of your contributions, and I must say you do some good work. Thanks for your hand in making Wikipedia better! -Avicennasis @ @ 08:24, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Hey, no problem :) And I kind of borrowed the skeleton code of La_Pianista's editnotice, and made mine out of it, so feel free. Thanks for letting me know, though :) Sonia✞(ping) 20:36, 18 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at JamesBWatson's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Speedy deletion nomination of James murphree

Hi, Sonia. I axed the notification here, but left the header as a placeholder. I think your move and my edit were kind of weirdly timed. I do stuff manually, so when I linked out from page history it went to you on the moved page rather than the original author. I was decidedly confused when I saw the page here and it was obvious you were an experienced editor, and that article didn't fit! Idiosyncracy of the web, I suppose.

Cheers! Bagheera (talk) 06:04, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks for clarifying. Not a problem; thanks for patrolling! I rarely create articles, I wish I did, but... Sonia✞(ping) 06:10, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Heads up

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index™ (PCI) has already been created at Ceridian-UCLA Pulse of Commerce Index (PCI). I didn't know what you wanted to do with it so I left it. -- /MWOAP|Notify Me\ 21:45, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the note. What would your advice be? I still don't think the article is quite ready, but since it's already there... (Actually, feel free to take some kind of action if you like; I'm busy right now.) Sonia✞(ping) 22:02, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

G. D. Agrawal

Sonia, Regarding your {afd} of G. D. Agrawal, you still haven't explained yourself. Regardless of unspecified copyright issues, at your prompting, I have gone through the article to tighten up the english and include more citations.here

Most of the article is paraphrased from the references. Many of the sentences are bound to be similar to their source. If they weren't, the meaning, facts and citations would be inaccurate. The article is now nominated for DYK Template_talk:Did_you_know#Loharinag_Pala_Hydro_Power_Project_.26_G._D._Agrawal. Thank you for your interest.-Marcus334 (talk) 01:45, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Okay, I'll try to clarify. Technical difficulties meant I couldn't actually go and check the sources, but a cursory google search led me to believe several sentences were directly identical to the top few results. This concerned me, but because I could not verify a complete copyright violation, I decided not to do CSD. It is a well written article, I was just doing my usual check and it happened to alarm me. Thanks for the polite, clear response. Sonia✞(ping) 05:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

The MOTD Needs You!

April Fool's Day is round the corner, but alas! We have reached no consensus, yet. Only yours truly and pjoef have commented, and that is not fast enough at all! Please go to Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Specials to comment about the April Fool's Day mottos. We cannot leave a redlink on the MOTD templates, especially on such an important day! All the best, Kayau Voting IS evil 01:47, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Badly behaved new user Zimzam9191

I note you picked up on the new page, Hmmm, created by this vandal. I've cleaned up a few other misdemeanours of his, but note that he has also created Category:Doodle berry pie. It's rubbish. As a less experienced user I'm not sure what to do about such a creation. Over to you. HiLo48 (talk) 07:43, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello, thanks for cleaning up after [him/her]. I wouldn't really say you're any less experienced, given you've got nearly as many edits as me. But I'll report them to AIV. Thanks for the heads-up. Sonia✞(ping) 07:48, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Whoops. May have posted a bit but I messed up that post. I tried to tell you that Zimzam9191 has also created a new category - Doodle berry pie. But I note you've now already been there too. :-) HiLo48 (talk) 07:55, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Oh, right... you added my talk page to the category :P Next time you link to a category, do add a : at the front, like so: [[:Category:People who eat fish]]. (I only learnt that pretty recently...) Sonia✞(ping) 07:58, 8 April 2010 (UTC)
Ah. Sorry. I learn something new every day here! HiLo48 (talk) 07:59, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Snø (Artist)

Hello Sonia. Thanks for your kind help here. Have a good day :)) --Vejvančický (talk) 10:04, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

No problem :) Sonia✞(ping) 04:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Your nomination at Articles for Creation was declined, and Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Noah Lott was not created. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer, and please feel free to request article creation again once the issues have been addressed. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia!  Chzz  ►  11:42, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Sure. AfC helper flip-up, I assume. Sonia✞(ping) 04:40, 14 April 2010 (UTC)


AfC

Sonia, we don't have to hold submissions like Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Melodie and Sarah- no sources is grounds for a quick-fail. In this case, I went ahead and declined it because after reading it's either a joke or a hoax (or written by The Doctor- note the part about being released in 3000). Good work, but there was nothing to be gained holding onto this one waiting for sources. Courcelles (talk) 08:56, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Okay, sorry. I was about to leave a thanks note at your userpage, but you beat me to it. I feel kind of stupid now- I just saw "Oh, very short, I'll hold it." without actually reading it. Lesson for next time, I guess. Thanks again. Question- what about Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Kayla Whale? I wasn't entirely sure if it was a hoax, so I held it. Sonia✞(ping) 09:01, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
That one's trickier. The only information I cna find about a Kayla Whale is actually covered, right here at Wikipedia, at Kayla_(whale)#Kayla, but it is about an individual animal, not a species. In this case, all the sources given I'm able to resolve talk about Killer whales, and not about a "Kayla Whale"... whatever that is. I'd let this one sit for now, but would be ready to decline it at the 24 hour mark- I'm 65% sure it's deeply problematic. (Given the biology specialists on Wikipedia, imagining a species of whale we don't have an article on somewhere is rather difficult.) Courcelles (talk) 09:14, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for confirming. Sonia✞(ping) 09:19, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
Anytime. :) Courcelles (talk) 09:28, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Userpage revert

Thanks for the revert on my talk page. Cheers, Intelligentsium 01:29, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Anytime. :) Regards, Sonia✞(ping) 07:11, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkbacky

Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at RandomStringOfCharacters's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Another reply. RandomStringOfCharacters [T] 06:39, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

Award

As an incentive, here's an award for you. Note that Uncle's edit count just went past the 10,000th mark yesterday. Toodles~! --Dave ♠♣♥♦1185♪♫™ 13:03, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

This editor is a
Journeyman Editor
and is entitled to display this Service Badge.
This editor is a Journeyman Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.
Hey, that means you're not that far away from the top 2000, right? :) Sonia✞(ping) 02:19, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

RfA

Hey, thanks for your support- not to worry that it was a bit early! It's up now, though. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:39, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism warning

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you.

--Pegasusbot 01:17, 23 March 2006 (UTC) —The preceding comment signed as by Pegasusbot (talk • contribs) was actually added by Rockyman512 (talk • contribs) - .

I see no evidence of adding nonsense. Presumably the above message is a false positive by the bot. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:14, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
No, it's a user impersonating the bot. I'm about to report the user for a lot of other weird, but not policy-breaching, stuff. Where should I do this? (see special:contributions/Rockyman512)

This was done using a plugin for Firefox, under the CVU page tools... Rockyman512 09:33, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh, okay. Sorry. I guess you should put that on AN/I under my comments. It's a pretty broken plugin... :P Sonia✞(ping) 09:35, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

MOTD Problem

Please read this when you get a moment. Thanks! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:46, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Links have been added, your comments would be greatly appreciated. Hi878 (talk) 04:53, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost: 26 April 2010

Read this Signpost in full · Single-page · Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 13:19, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Rockyman512

I saw your post at User talk:Rockyman512 and thought it was very good. Just the sort of sympathetic guidance that may be useful to an inexperienced user. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:43, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Your thoughtful and even-handed conclusion at AN/I prompted me to leave the note. So I should really be thanking you. (btw, have you thought of running for admin? I don't see lack of article content as a show-stopper, because some people are just better at meta-type things, and admins have to be.) {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 10:54, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

{{subst:REVISIONUSER}} has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. {{subst:if||| {{{message}}} ||subst=subst:}} To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

I messed up with Lupin's vandal tool when I first started with it, so I double appreciated that note you left for Rocky. Millahnna (mouse)talk 11:07, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Enochlophobia

Hello Sonia. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Enochlophobia. It was deleted a month ago. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 07:32, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your notification. I was just undoing the G3- because it wasn't just vandalism. And that deletion discussion- really, two for delete and one for keep? An article I would have liked to have kept, just because documenting it would have been useful. {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 07:37, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Agreed, it isn't vandalism. As for the deletion, you can ask User:Altenmann, who deleted the article 3x since 2007. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 07:47, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Actually, you can't ask, as Altenmann is blocked indefinitely. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 07:48, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for finding that out- that's interesting... In any case, I've put a hangon on it, as it's still valid for speedy deletion. {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 07:50, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
FYI, I left some comments at Talk:Enochlophobia. --Vejvančický (talk | contribs) 08:03, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Noted. Thanks. {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 08:04, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Sonia. You have new messages at Reconsider the static's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

"Junior Sysop"

Re. Wikipedia_talk:Rfa#Junior.2FSenior_Sysop - closed before I had a chance to respond to you;

Yes - 'probationary period' is, IMHO, absolutely the way to go; if SysOp were granted more readily, without so much drama, and the newly-approved were carefully monitored, and DeSysOp became no big deal, then we could make some serious progress.  Chzz  ►  15:42, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

I think so too. It's gotten ridiculously hard to run for admin now; I can think of several users who would make good sysops but won't try, because it's just too difficult. It's only "no big deal" in words now, no one actually follows that any more. But the junior sysop thing was just... strange. {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 22:52, 30 April 2010 (UTC)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sonia/Archive_1&oldid=1147949405"