User talk:Meeeeeeee39/Archive 1

Stub tags

Hallo Meee...

I see that you added a {{stub}} tag to XISAP.

Please remember that stub tags go at the end of the article, not the top - see WP:ORDER - and that they don't have a date parameter. It's also helpful to add them as "stub", small "s", not "Stub" - someone will come along to edit it into a "sorted" stub tag such as {[tl|software-stub}} and it saves a few keystrokes each time if the s is already small. Thanks, and Happy Editing. PamD 14:38, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

Over-tagging Alert

I just wanted to let you know that it's best to provide the fewest number of the most specific possible tags. Placing too many tags on an article (like you did here, here) is occasionally referred to as "tag-bombing", and it is also sometimes seen to be disruptive.

One might say, although it's not a blatant violation of any policy, short articles like Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - The Legend of Dead Kel (this version) don't really need as many as 8 tags.

Anyone who sees a tag, but does not see the purported problem with the article and does not see any detailed complaint on the talk page, may remove the tag. The essay Wikipedia:Responsible tagging includes a list of many commonly used tags as well as advice on when they may be appropriate.

Don't place a tag merely because it's technically permitted. Not every article needs a tag, even if the article could be expanded or improved. Use your best judgment and consider all of the facts and circumstances. If it's unclear, then skip it. I hope this helps. Mr T^{(Talk?) (New thread?)} 09:09, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

German Help

Can some one who speacks German, or uses the German wiki, tell me if there is a german version of this?

LE-1This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

Meeeeeeee39 (talk) 12:47, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I don't speak German, however I do know that a lot of templates are en.wiki specific. I'll leave this request open so if anyone on de.wiki sees it they can help. :) gwickwire^talk_edits 23:22, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

That template is enwiki specific. I checked Template:User de-L-1 de:Template:User en-L-1 and de:Template:User de-L-1 and none of those exist. If you want to create your own userbox, Wikipedia:UBX#Constructing_a_userbox gives a simple explanation how to. Legoktm (talk) 03:50, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

Martin Freeman

Hi. Welcome to Wikipedia, and thanks for working to improve the site with your edit to Martin Freeman, as we really appreciate your participation. However, the edit had to be reverted, because Wikipedia cannot accept unsourced material or original research. This includes material lacking cited sources, or obtained through personal knowledge or unpublished synthesis of previously published material. Wikipedia requires that the material in its articles be accompanied by reliable, verifiable (usually secondary) sources explicitly cited in the text in the form of an inline citation, which you can learn to make here. If you ever have any other questions about editing, or need help regarding the site's policies, just let me know by leaving a message for me in a new section at the bottom of my talk page. Thanks. :-) Nightscream (talk) 04:10, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

There's a full table of citation templates for different types of sources (book, film, newspaper/magazine/ TV episode, comic book, etc.) at WP:Citation templates. If you click on the blue-linked template name in the "template (required)" cell, it'll show you in greater detail how that template is used. For example, this is the cite news template, which is for news articles in print, video, audio or web.

The "first" and "last" values refer to the author of the piece that you're citing. The first and last names are in separate values so that when you add them in, the template will automatically display the author's name with their surname first. However, I personally never use those, as I find it simpler to just the author value, and write the entire name in myself, surname first. For example, look at Citation #111 in the Fear Itself (comics) article. It displays the author's name with the surname first. But if you view that footnote in the article text and click on that section to view it in the editing field, you'll notice it uses just one value, "author", instead of "first" and "last". I just find it easier. Hope this makes sense. Let me know if you need any other help. Nightscream (talk) 13:45, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Flag articles

I had the same thought, except I was thinking that they should be merged into Flag_of_United_Arab_Emirates#Flag_of_each_emirate, tough I need to figure out how to recognize the target to be able to accept the flag articles. In my experience we almost never have a section for the flag/CoA in the main country/territory article, even if the flag/CoA article is a stub , compare Flag and coat of arms of Mayotte to Mayotte for example. I was surprised to find Fujairah#Flag, it seams to go against the common practice of the other country/territory articles. Fujairah#Flag should probably also be merged to Flag of United Arab Emirates.

I'm removing the PROD from them because what your really proposing is a merge, not a deletion, and one that target aside I agree with. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 17:15, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Merged to Flag_of_United_Arab_Emirates#Flag_of_each_emirate. Those new sections for the emirate flags, with the possible exception of Fujairah, are all stubs. Hopefully they will be expanded. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 22:40, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping me informed Meeeeeeee39 (talk) 11:49, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Ed Miracle

Not eligible for CSD - the article was created before the user was blocked (and so there has been no violation). GiantSnowman 12:19, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

I didn't know this, all I saw was that the user is blocked, thanks. Meeeeeeee39 (talk) 12:21, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Ed Miracle

I have removed the speedy deletion tag and the maintenance tags you added from Ed Miracle. Canoe1967 is serving a short term, 48 hours, block and this was created long before that block was imposed. The only time we deleted using the blocked/banned creator criterion is when an editor who has been blocked/banned and later comes back and creates an article, usually as a sockpuppet. Also there is no evidence that Canoe1967 is Ed Miracle so the autobiography tag does not make sense. The hoax tag did not make sense either since the information in the article is also in a CNN article, the article just paraphrases the information there. You also tagged it for needing additional citations, for an article with 3 sentences, 4 citations appears to be enough. GB fan 12:23, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

No problem with me at all. I feel it is ok to tag articles that editors question. This results in articles improved and issues resolved. I am not Ed Miracle and never had contact with him. I did contact his agent to verify authenticity of a painting of his that our family owns. I did not discuss his wikipedia article with her although I think his people did contact WMF to have my image of it removed from commons.--Canoe1967 (talk) 17:47, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

Please stop

You are adding many incorrect tags to many pages. An article with multiple cites to a variety of sources and documented uses, such as Explainer video, are not hoaxes and (again by those variety of sources) not primary-sourced. And just looking at it, I see bluelinks, so it's not no-wikilinks. You appear to be making *many* mistakes like this. I recommend you slow down and do things manually and with greater care for a while--maybe the ease of a tagging tool is letting you be too hasty? DMacks (talk) 13:15, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Also please do not tag articles for G5 unless they were "created in violation of a block or ban", as the G5 criterion states. Having been created by an editor who is now banned is not a G5 eligibility - the user must have been a sockpuppeting/block-evading editor at the time the article was created. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 15:03, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

If you would be willing to accept some more advice from one of your peers, who received a world of help from the advice he is offering you, perhaps adoption will help you. see here : WP:ADOPT. Good luck! Gtwfan52 (talk) 19:18, 15 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, I guess I'll take more care, and read over reviewed articles, and try to learn what other users have tagged them with. Oh, and thanks for the WP:ADOPT advice, there's still a lot I don't know about Wikipedia, and I didn't know that this existed. Meeeeeeee39 (talk) 06:56, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

You are more than welcome. One note...The adoption template should be on your userpage, not your talk page. I am not sure it will get transcluded to the list it calls otherwise. Wikipedia is anything but userfriendly, and it takes a while to get the hang of it. Until you get adopted, I will be more than happy to help you with issues you may have, and just remember, if you are confronted with a situation that can be handled with a pleasant conversation that you initiate, that is always better than either harsh words or an impersonal template. Remember that Wikipedia is a collaborative project, and the guy you tick off today may be the guy you need to have on your side somewhere down the road. Good luck on finding an adoptor, and happy editing! PS, when you are posting to an editor's talk page on a new subject, which a talkback is pretty much always, please put it at the bottom of the page. I am guessing that you are using twinkle, and although I agree with the above editor that suggested you shy away from its warning and tagging functions until you are more experienced, it has a tab labeled "TB" witch will automate the placement of a talkback message. Just go to the talkpage you want to leave the talkback at and click it. there will be some blanks to fill in, but twinkle will handle it from there and place it in the proper place. If you are trying to reply to an existing comment at a talk page, be sure to indent your conversation one more level than the previous comment. You do this by placing colons (:) in front of yout comment, as many as needed to get it one more indent in than the previous. If you are starting a new thread, just click the "new section" button at the top of the page, rather than "edit this page". that will both give you a chance to title it and automatically place it at tne bottom of the page where it belongs. Gtwfan52 (talk) 07:32, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I'm sorry but seeing the section above it may be best if you do not add any more PROD tags to articles in the near future, until you've found an adopter at least. Of the two you added today one had just been through an AfD. Best regards. In ictu oculi (talk) 14:09, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Stelios Ioannou

Hello, I noticed that you proposed the article Stelios Ioannou for deletion on the grounds that it was "far too short to be an article of a living person." Please note that article length is not by itself a valid rationale for deletion. There is no minimum length for any Wikipedia article, so long as the content on the article establishes how and why the subject meets the notability criteria and its content is verifiable. Additionally, the Ioannou article was discussed at Articles for deletion (AfD) two months ago, which means that it is permanently ineligible for deletion under the proposed deletion policy (it may still go back to AfD).

I see that another user above has advised you to refrain from nominating articles for deletion in the near future. I agree with that counsel. Please have a look over the deletion policy and the alternatives to deletion. Deleting articles should be a last resort after other options such as merging, redirecting, or reverting are considered. Also please look over the criteria for speedy deletion, as well as the policy on proposed deletion and the 3-step process at Articles for deletion.

I realize I've just asked you to look over a lot of information. I've been nominating articles and pages for deletion on Wikipedia for several years now and I still don't get it right 100% of the time, so don't fret too much. If you ever have a question about whether an article merits deletion feel free to ask me. Cheers, —KuyaBriBri^Talk 16:58, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

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Badges British Army ranks

I think this article should include images of the badges of rank (ie. ^ for Lance Corpral, etc.) Meeeeeeee39 (talk) 13:57, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

Unless it's the U.S. Marines, a cicumflex is the wrong way round for a Lance Corporal. The insignia are already featured at British Army officer rank insignia and [[British Army other ranks rank insignia. Much of the information in this article could be placed in those and then this article changed to a Redirect. Although before doing this a quick check on reliable source on structure would make sense as some of the material looks plain wrong. The typical length of service to reach certain ranks seem ridiculous. 50 years to become a Field Marshal. C'mon Really? Perhaps the last no Royal, Bernard Inge receiving the promotion (on retirement) was headed for that, but it would be atypical Dainamo (talk) 18:10, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

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