User talk:Faithlessthewonderboy/Archive 12

The Beatles Newsletter

Beatles editor, Dendodge, wants to start sending out The Beatles Newsletter again. If you would like to receive it, please leave a message on this page. All the best, --andreasegde (talk) 17:27, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your !vote at my RFA

Thanks!

Thank you, Faithlessthewonderboy, for your support !vote at my RFA. I will be doing my best to make sure that your confidence has not been misplaced. --lifebaka (Talk - Contribs) 18:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Action buttons

It seems that I can't find the reply (as posted on the talkback template)...perhaps you could direct me to it? Graham (talk, contrib) 05:38, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh wait, nevermind! It seems that you've archived it in archive 11 (my message is the last one!) I'll consider the help desk. Thank you, Graham (talk, contrib) 05:40, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh yeah, sorry about that - I archive every month. I hope you get a better answer to your question; as always, I'm here if you need help with anything. :-) faithless (^speak) 06:37, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

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No source was given, but now that a reliable source was found, it can stay. -- iMatthew _T.C. 01:50, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh jeez, my bad! I read the edit summary wrong the whole time, I read it as "I'll add the source properly" and I undid that edit, because there was no source to begin with, and I got a little confused, Sorry about that. Cheers! -- iMatthew _T.C. 01:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

As you may know, the StatusBot responsible for maintaining the status of the Highly Active Users was taken offline. We now have a replacement in the Qui status system. This semi-automatic system will allow you to easily update your status page found at Special:Mypage/Status which the HAU page code is now designed to read from. If you are already using Qui (or a compatible system) - great! - no action is needed (other than remembering to update your status as necessary). If not, consider installing Qui. You can also manually update this status by changing the page text to online, offline, or busy. While it is not mandatory, the nature of HAU is that people are often seeking a quick answer from someone who is online and keeping our statuses up-to-date will assist with this. Note if you were previously using your /Status page as something other than a one-word status indicator, your HAU entry may have been set to "status=n" to correct display issues. Please clear this parameter if you change things to be "HAU compatible". Further questions can be raised at WT:HAU. This message was delivered by xenobot 22:53, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Jim Morrison and the Australian Broadcast Co. date changes

Hi. I noticed that you had left a strong warning in June at User talk:203.2.218.145 about the persistent changing of the date formats by this IP. They have continued to make this change since, and twice in the last two days. I was hoping you might watchlist this and intervene if this continues. Thanks!! Wildhartlivie (talk) 09:55, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Happy Beatles Day!

Happy Beatles Day! Just a message from the Beatles WikiProject! Have a great day, Faithlessthewonderboy/Archive 12!

...... Densock .. Talk^{(Dendodge on a public network)} 11:23, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

HP template

Hi Faithless. I see you added the List of characters as an article under the "Universe" section in the HP template. However, the List of characters already appears as the title of the "Characters" section, which is a link to the list itself. Also the title of the "Universe" section is a link to the Harry Potter universe article. I hope it's ok with you if I remove it, just let me know and I shall do it. Cheers! --LøЯd ۞pεth 17:19, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Oops! I didn't notice this message before; I actually asked Chandler why he removed it, and he explained it to me. But yeah, when I make a mistake, please do correct it! We all slip up occasionally. :-) Cheers, faithless (^speak) 07:58, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Baseball Newsletter

The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter Issue I – July 2008

"A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it's home or on the road." - Yogi Berra News and announcements Welcome to the first Baseball WikiProject Newsletter, dated Tuesday, July 15, 2008. The Article Improvement Drive has been revived. Check it out! The Outreach department is in the works, please contribute your ideas! Featured content In the past month, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to Featured Article status: Art Houtteman 1926 World Series St. Louis Cardinals seasons Philadelphia Phillies seasons List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Blackngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

News from the diamond The 79th MLB All-star Game is scheduled for this evening. The 2008 Home Run Derby took place yesterday. Justin Morneau defeated Josh Hamilton in the final round, 5 home runs to 3, although Hamilton broke a record with 28 home runs hit in the first round. From the Editors Baseball has a history unlike any other sport. It has been played in countless countries throughout the decades, and it will undoubtedly continue play for many more. On this eve, some the finest players the sport has to offer will take the field at the Yankee Stadium. Four popes spoke there, Pelé scored goals there, "The Greatest [football] Game Ever Played" was battled out there, John Philip Sousa lead a band there, George Costanza worked there; but what do all these events have in common? They fail to reach the level of greatness that the baseball that was played there did. In 1923, a man named Babe Ruth decided to build a new house, and over the years, that house was a home to some of the greatest baseball ever played. If I were to list out all of these great moments, it would be longer than the bill for the New Yankee Stadium. So I'll sum it up by saying that we can remember these great moments by adding them to this place we've gathered at for future generations to read about, to learn about, to dream about; but more importantly we can watch tonight and we can remember how baseball is unlike anything else that we will encounter in our lives. — Blackngold29

--  jj137 (talk) 03:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Albus Dumbledore

Exactly why did you remove my previous edit? What was wrong with it? -A Prodigiy

Please don't take offense if your edits are reverted. No offense is meant, and as a new user it may happen fairly frequently until you get the hang of things. Writing about fictional subjects is a tad tricky in an encyclopedia. I'd recommend giving this guideline a thorough reading. A couple of important things to remember: 1. plot synopses should be kept as short as possible, excessive detail avoided at all costs and 2. we must not write original research. The latter can be especially irksome, as we might think of certain things as being "obvious."

I don't want you to get the wrong idea, your edits are very much welcome and appreciated, and you certainly seem to have what it takes to be a valuable editor. But there are going to be some growing pains while you learn the ropes - don't worry, we've all been there! If you have any questions or concerns, I'll be more than happy to answer them for you. Oh, and when writing on a talk page, you should sign your posts with four tildes (~~~~). Cheers, faithless (^speak) 18:46, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

OK thanks for clearing that up. No offense taken :-) A Prodigy (talk) 18:51, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Beatles newsletter July 2008

WikiProject The Beatles Newsletter Issue 013 – July 2008
Beatles News A nine-minute interview with Paul McCartney and John Lennon has surfaced that had been lost since 30 April 1964, after they returned from their first American tour. Paul Weller played an unexpected cover of The Beatles' "All You Need Is Love" during a gig being staged as part of London's iTunes Festival. "Beatles Day – Imagine The Concert" will be a part of this year’s Summer Pops Festival. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has revealed his favourite Beatles song - "All My Loving" - because he played it on the piano as a young upstart. McCartney and Starr will be among the stars to honour Sir George Martin at USC Representatives for The Beatles, Activision Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), and MTV Games are in talks about developing a Beatles-themed video game versions of Guitar Hero (series) and Rock Band (video game). McCartney talked about his last moments with Harrison, just days before his death. Rare photos of The Beatles are to go on display in Little Chalfont next week. Yoko Ono plans to appeal a failed lawsuit against a filmmaker who used a piece of footage from the Imagine (film) without permission. US District Judge Sidney Stein found in favour of the filmmakers based on Fair use. (Interesting for Wikipedia editors...) Ringo Starr's new album, Liverpool 8, only sold 7,000 copies in its first week of release. Project News As you may have seen, the talk page banner changed a bit. It has a couple of bugs (most notably the categorisation problems), but the {{WPBannerMeta}} standardisation was long overdue. Thank you to Dendodge for sorting it. The newsletter's back after a very positive reaction, and thanks are again due to Dendodge. Article adoptions: Heather Mills will be a hot topic next month, as the truth will be referenced. The hottest Project page this month has been The Quarrymen (now a GA). It reveals the most accurate history of their early days, because so many other web pages tell a completely untrue story (one web page said they lost a Carroll Levis competition to a woman who played the spoons :) Other Project news The project now has 5 FA articles, and 33 GA articles. George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Klaus Voormann are still B-class articles, as is Yoko Ono (will she ever get a GA rating?) Member News New members to the project (since the last issue, which was a long time ago) include a lot of names, which can be found here.... Project member news:	Issue of the Month Apart from the usual vandals, there is an ongoing problem with Wikipedia editors deleting free and fair-use photos because they don't think they are of any value to articles, even though this sometimes leaves articles with no photos at all. These editors do not leave notes on talk pages, so if you see that a photo has vanished, check the talk page and the history log. From the Editors It's been a while, but the newsletter's back! After a short discussion on the project talk page, seemingly unanimous consensus to bring it back was reached. This issue, and subsequent ones, will probably be shorter - as we kept running out of things to say before! There's a lot to say this month, purely due to the long absence of a newsletter, but we'll keep it as brief as possible. In order to get delivery by Denbot sorted, the special delivery interface has been changed slightly - but existing delivery options still stand. Inactive participants who want delivery should place their names on this list. If you've just joined, add your name to the Participants section of Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles. You'll get a mention in the next issue of the Newsletter and get it delivered as desired. Also, please include your own promotions and awards in future issues. Don't be shy! Lastly, this is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue (Issue 014 – August 2008). Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned, or just start editing! Contributors to this Issue Dendodge (Lead Editor & Distributor) andreasegde (Gossip and lie-detector editor)
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User talk:Faithlessthewonderboy/Issue-nav...... Densock .. Talk^{(Dendodge on a public network)} 11:40, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

SLR

I apologise for being so stupid about writing about something that I am associated with. I assure you I'm not going to be so reckless with my article making/editing. You seem like a responsible Wikipedia user so I'm going to ask you for some help and advice. What I would like to ask is if it is possibly for you to help me on a page I'm making about a singer/songwriter called Gin Wigmore. My reasons for making the page are listed on the article's talkpage. Also, I would like to ask if SLR's album 'A Mystery In Its Own Right' would be relevant to include in the near future in Wikipedia. The album is on mini-disc. Many people, including me, have researched to see if any other band has used mini-discs and so far we have found none. This may be a world first. A Mystery In Its Own Right is about to be reviewed in a local magazine. Do you think it could possibly be included in Wikipedia then? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rmnm (talk • contribs) 04:28, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposal for standard infobox for History of [country] templates

Hi there! You're a member of WikiProject History, so I'm just informing you about a proposal I've made about standardizing History of [country] templates (like Template:History of France). The discussion is located at the talk page for WikiProject History—your comments and criticism are welcome. Thank you. Mr. Absurd (talk) 05:05, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, Faithlessthewonderboy!

I am grateful for your confidence: My RfA passed by a count of 64/3/3, so I am now an administrator! Of course, I plan to conduct my adminship in service of the community, so I believe the community has a right to revoke that privilege at any time. Thus, I will be open for recall under reasonable circumstances. If you have any advice, complaints, or concerns for me, please let me know. Again, Thanks! Okiefromokla questions? 21:08, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Protection for HP template

Hi Faithless. I come here to request protection for the HP template, as one user with sock puppets is continuosly adding the "Deathly Hallows 2" stuff in a vandalizing manner. Greetings! --LøЯd ۞pεth 03:17, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey Opeth, sorry, I thought I had already replied to this. :P Anyway, yeah I considered protecting the template even before you posted this, but unfortunately there hasn't been "enough" disruption to justify protection per this essay which, though it is just an essay, is often viewed as gospel by admins when it comes to semi-protection. However, it does seem that the vandalism has died down on the template, so hopefully that's that. :-) faithless (^speak) 09:18, 31 July 2008 (UTC)