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A cupcake for you!

For finding my secret page! buffbills (talk) 17:20, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
Thank you! It's a great idea! Matty.007 17:21, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

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Help!

Hi, why has Cluebot put a list of articles down the side? Thanks, Matty.007 16:09, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I've just fixed a small error in the archiving instructions at the top of the page. I've no idea if that was the cause, though. I'll leave the "help me" active in case anyone has any better ideas. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:07, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
 Done - I've disabled the bot indexing, so you shouldn't have this issue any more. Mdann52 (talk) 17:35, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
OK, thanks! Matty.007 18:18, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Alexiad

Hi! I think the removal of most details in the Content section was somewhat aggressive. Don't you think that they might be useful for an "historiophile"? On the other hand, I am the one who had added them in the first place so there is a possibility of bias on my side :) Just my 2c. Best regards.--Dipa1965 (talk) 20:05, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

I only removed them as most of them were in note form, and were generally unclear if the reader wasen't an expert in the subject. Feel free to put them back in not in note form though, and apologies if you thought it was aggressive. Matty.007 20:09, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Matty and thank you for responding. There's no need to apologize, I wanted to hear your opinion. Could you elaborate a little on the alternative presentation form you suggested? Best regards.--Dipa1965 (talk) 20:32, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I was just saying that the content consisted of a few words, and then dashes, which may not be understood so well by readers who weren't experts. What I was suggesting is that you could expand it into full sentences. Matty.007 17:34, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

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Cameroonians in France

Hi! This is to let you know that i've declined your speedy deletion nomination for the article as this seems to be eligible per nom. If you wish you may take the article to AfD where we can discuss about it. Thanks!--Bisswajit (talk) 17:39, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

2061 or 2060

Hallo, When you create a page by basing it on a previous one, please take care to check it afterwards and make sure you've made all the necessary changes! 2061 had the wrong year in several places in the state you left it. Thanks. PamD 19:45, 22 June 2013 (UTC)

Sorry! Matty.007 19:50, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
See reply from me at User talk:Arthur Rubin for a possible way forward. PamD 08:26, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

June 2013

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A barnstar to you!

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Hip-Hop

from GiMiK-SuPReMe: you reverted an edit that i put in, dundee hip hop scene is boomin for once, dwellars are killing it, me and my boys have put in effort and time to finally have a recognized crew. ive revertedn it back to my edit, more will be added once a bodybad gbh in battle in perth, wreiting history as it happens,,, if you couls leave my contributions into scottish hiphop in dundee to someone who lives and stays here in tyh only crew! me! thanks bro peace!!

Twist AfD question

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Your DYK nomination of HMS Vestal (J215)

Hi, regarding Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Vestal (J215): DYK rules require a new article to be at least 1500 prose characters. Your article is only 628, so it will have to be expanded to be eligible for DYK. You can check prose size using a tool such as WP:DYKcheck. Good luck. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:05, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

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WP:GOCE June 2013 blitz award

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Thanks for participating in the Guild of Copy Editors June 2013 blitz! For copy editing over 15,000 words during the week, I hereby present you with this award on behalf of the GOCE. Also, congratulations on getting the highest word total of any participant. We appreciate it! —Torchiest talkedits 22:33, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Edit conflicts, part 2

I suggested a couple of things on the blitz talk page, but here's another: Don't (as I did) cook and eat supper without saving your edits (and coming back to find out that a maintenance tag inserted in the meantime knocks out an hour of patient plodding :-)). Have fun and all the best, Miniapolis 01:50, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the help. Matty.007 16:09, 25 June 2013 (UTC)

Clarity

I will post on the DYK nomination that the clarity looks fine to me, but I think that it is only fair to leave it to the editor who first brought up the issue to decide. SL93 (talk) 19:54, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

OK, thanks for that. Matty.007 19:56, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

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Spam? Really?

In what way does the article on Thq montreal promote this now-defunct entity? It is poorly written, about a company that was a mere blip on the radar and probably doesn't merit their own article anyway, but promotional? I don't see it. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 16:35, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Apologies. Matty.007 16:39, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion request.

The page Harry I. Thornton does not meet the criteria for speedy deletion. This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because it meets the notability requirement under WP:POLITICIAN and according to the discussions in notability, any politician elected to a state position is presumed notable and not subject to review. If you disagree, jump in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Notability (people) The Ukulele Guy - Aggie80 (talk) 16:43, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

Sorry! Matty.007 16:44, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

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Great North 10K

Hi, I had a look at your DKY nomination this morning with a view to doing the review for it. However, it appears to me that the article was new on 26 May, so would be too old for the DYK new article criteria. I know you expanded it on 25 June but to meet the expansion criteria, the version of 29 May would have to be expanded fivefold - that is the readable prose (excluding lists, tables etc) needs to be over 3,000 characters, which it isn't at present. Are you hoping to expand the article over the next few days?

I have taken the liberty of adding a non free logo image into the article. I have also rather cheekily been playing around with it in my sandbox but obviously will not make any amendments to the article if you are working on expanding it - I hope I haven't made you cross by me overstepping the mark but the article caught my eye sufficiently for me to want to help, which is why I haven't marked anything on the nomination. SagaciousPhil - Chat 19:48, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Sagaciousphil,
I was unaware about the expansion rule, I will try and expand it soon, but go ahead and put it in the mainspace, it looks great! Is it enough for the expansion rule? Thanks, Matty.007 08:13, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the response (I was beginning to get anxious as there is a five day expansion deadline as well - there are lots of rules at DYK!). I will start moving it across to the article today. I think the hook will also need tweaking as it's really the second biggest behind the Great North Run, isn't it? What about a hook along the lines of DYK ... "that competitors in the Great North 10K crossed the finishing line at Gateshead International Stadium before Mo Farrah?" or words something like that? I think the article as I have it in my sandbox does meet the x5 expansion now. SagaciousPhil - Chat 08:25, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
I've moved everything across and suggested an alternative hook on the nomination page - have a look when you get the chance to make sure it's all OK for you. Hopefully others agree with my arithmetic. SagaciousPhil - Chat 11:41, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of 2005–06 in Italian football

Howdy - just read this note on my talk page from you. I had indeed created a page in the wrong location, now resolved. Not sure if it's the Page Curation script you're using but the talk-page message was a bit garbled, referring to a duplicate article [[:{{{article}}}]]. Cheers. - TB (talk) 19:51, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

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Hi Editor,

Seems I'm lost!!! Help me out..Couldn't find the link you posted...it's deleted from my talk page :/

cheers Skord 14:25, 28 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dansong22 (talk • contribs)

Hi Dansong,
What link were you looking for? Matty.007 07:39, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Your colo(u)ring Scheme

Hi Matty, I'm here because I just visited your talk page to check up on the teahouse badge thing, then I saw your colour scheme. I would recommend changing the background colo(u)r as I'm pretty sure I breaches some sort of contrast rule (I'll search it up for you later). Why don't you change the shade of blue to something like I've got here and the code for that is here! Also, I hate Comic Sans MS, but that's my opinion and you don't have to change it. Thanks, jcc (tea and biscuits) 19:11, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

Hi Jcc, I got this off Pratyya Ghosh, see here. Thanks, Matty.007 19:16, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Still though, I would appreciate it if you could change it since it is quite hard on the eye, and it would only be one little change in the code (which I could do for you, if you wanted). jcc (tea and biscuits) 19:22, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
I still don't fully understand this colouring stuff, so it would be great if you could change it to any other shade of blue that works... Thanks, Matty.007 20:04, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
If you want to change your color then go ahead. I have no rights on your userpage. For your help visit this, this and this. Cheers and Happy editing.--Pratyya (Hello!) 12:20, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
Changed your background colo(u)r, now editors can actually see the .007 at the end of your name! Enjoy, jcc (tea and biscuits) 15:49, 1 July 2013 (UTC)
OK, thanks both of you! Matty.007 17:57, 1 July 2013 (UTC)

INES (TV service)

Hi Matty.007 I have made my edits to this article and left a summary on the article's talk page. Please let me know if you have any further problems and do not hesitate to ask me for help in future. best wishes Flat Out let's discuss it 02:28, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Little Chapel

Harrias talk 08:03, 4 July 2013 (UTC)

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DYK?

Hey! So what is this DYK all about anyway, Matty? And thanks, btw. OscarLake (talk) 20:51, 5 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK stands for Did You Know, a feature on the main page. It features articles created within around 5 days of the nomination, and a hook is proposed. If you look above, you will see HMS Vestal, a proposal of mine, was rejected for the sources. However, the Little Chapel was accepted, and was on the main page yesterday, getting 5,195 views. I will explain a bit better tomorrow, thanks, Matty.007 21:09, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
You need not create a new article for a DYK though. Yoou may as well increase (smaller) articles by about 5 times to make it a DYK. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:40, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
Hmm, interesting. But how does one check how many bytes an article currently has? OscarLake (talk) 00:37, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
You do what it says on this script, which then appears in the toolbox on the left hand margin, at the bottom under page size. The article's bytes are under prose (text only). Or, as TOS said, increase an article's size fivefold, see my attempt with Sagaciousphil here. (OscarLake, don't assume Sagaciousphil is male-she isn't!) Matty.007 07:15, 6 July 2013 (UTC)
I installed it and unfortunately, none of my recent articles have enough bytes. And I don't think I can expand them that much. But I'll consider this for the future! OscarLake (talk) 10:46, 6 July 2013 (UTC)

Did you know Nomination

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Circular references

Hello, I noticed that in several of the "X year in Scotland" pages you created, that used wiki pages as references, among them 1596 in Scotland, 1597 in Scotland, and 1599 in Scotland. Please be aware that wiki pages cannot be used as reliable sources, see WP:CIRC. I have removed the circular references and added citation needed tags. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best. JanetteDoe (talk) 17:06, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Roberto Pannunzi

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A barnstar for you!

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Thank you for writing Roberto Pannunzi! Your work in this area is greatly appreciated. ComputerJA-public (talk) 00:42, 8 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks! Matty.007 17:13, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Great North 10K

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Well done!

Hi, Matty, thank you for the barnstar! I see you have a few DYK credits now, so well done! SagaciousPhil - Chat 08:43, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! Matty.007 11:41, 10 July 2013 (UTC)

Watching this DYK

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Barnstar

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I am giving you this barnstar for constantly improving your use of references. When editors raise concerns about your sourcing, you don't get angry, but try to learn why the sourcing is wrong. You have been learning things on your own as well without other editors raising concerns. SL93 (talk) 18:05, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Thank you! I found ProveIt to help me with my referencing, which has improved the standard of my referencing massively. Matty.007 18:12, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Welcome Template

Hi, I have created this welcome template. However, I am not sure if it ends at the bottom of the page, or, as desired, at the bottom of the section. Please can someone fix it or tell me how? Thanks, Matty.007 19:55, 12 July 2013 (UTC)


  • I think it is fixed. will look over again and tweak some more... Technical 13 (talk) 20:43, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks Technical 13, I found it:as I wasn't copying the signature, I was putting four tildes on the end each time, without the closing </div>. I think I've fixed all the places where I put the template... Thanks, Matty.007 08:33, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

AfD nomination - courtesy notification

As you are the creator of the article entitled Ћ, I thought you should be notified that I have nominated the article for deletion. The deletion discussion can be found at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ћ. You are, of course, welcome and encouraged to participate in that discussion. Blueboar (talk) 00:58, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
I've noticed that you have contributed to Wikipedia consistently for the past 17 days, been kind to other users by allotting them barnstars, and doing a lot of independent work in contributing to Wikipedia, including writing and making userboxes. Well done! P.S. The pun generator on your userpage is cool! JustBerry (talk) 23:18, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
Thanks JustBerry,
I try and contribute regularly, in whatever way possible. The pun generator is from EWikist, but I can't remember where I found it...
Thanks for the barnstar, Matty.007 09:58, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
No problem! --JustBerry (talk) 20:46, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Thank you for your recent submission to Articles for Creation. Your article submission has been reviewed. Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer. You are welcome to edit the submission to address the issues raised, and resubmit if you feel they have been resolved.

Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! LionMans Account (talk) 13:28, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
That wasn't mine, I submitted it as a request from the help channel, as an article someone had written, but couldn't figure out how to submit it! Anyway, thanks for the feedbac, LionMan's Account. Matty.007 13:30, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation

Spinomantis brunae, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Your submission at Articles for creation

Javier Garay, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.
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Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:10, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Ritchie333: I didn't write it, I submitted it as a request from the IRC help channel, where I help out (see this), but thanks for the feedback. Matty.007 09:16, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Ah yes, I meant to uncheck "notify page creator" on the script, as it always notifies the last submitter, not the creator. Anyway, the submission was declined despite containing five reliable sources (which I assume were the ones you added after the creator asked on IRC), I had a look and decided the best course was to accept it and set up a proposed merge, which is now done. In my view, just declining the submission and telling the creator that it should go in another article without saying how to do it is a bit bitey to be honest. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 09:22, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
OK, thanks for the reply. Matty.007 09:27, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
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