DohCam

Hey, thanks for contributing Michael Conway Baker! Melchoir 18:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi!

There's a lot to learn, and I wouldn't worry about the occasional screw up (to be honest, when I first moved the page to the correct capitalization, I actually messed up and had to move it again.) Your questions:

• Yes, users normally talk back and forth on their user talk pages. Some users prefer to have the conversation all in the place where it started, some respond back on the talk page of the user who contacted them (as I've done here.) It doesn't really matter, you can do it however you'd like. What you did correctly (and a lot of people don't do this the first time) is put your message at the bottom. For some reason that's standard. You can sign your name to talk pages by putting four "tildes" (~ that little squiggly thing). It will automatically sign and timestamp any comment you make like this : Dina 18:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
• I found your article because I was doing new pages patrol. There's a variety of ways to do it (sometimes I use an application called VandalProof to roll back vandalous changes to pages.) Today I was just using the recent changes list. To the left of the screem under the globe, there's a link for recent changes. On that page, there's a link for "New". It gives you an up to the minute list of new pages as they are created. Check it out some time, it can be pretty funny.
• I fixed your caps by moving your article to a page with the correct name. I didn't really start moving articles until after I'd been editing for a while, because screwing it up can be a pain, so don't worry about how to do it so much. Get used to editing for a while, and if you make a mistake, you can always just ask another editor to move it for you.
• The pages linking to your article are because the name is so common, but there wasn't an article yet. So somebody wrote an article, linked the name Bob McLean (it would have appeared as a redlink) and then you wrote the article and bam!. One way to fix them would be to go back to those article and either remove the links, or probably better, disambiguate the link, something like Bob McLean (actor) -- or whatever. It might be a good idea to rename your article Bob McLean (racecar driver) or something, since its a pretty common name.

Cheers! Feel free to drop me a line anytime you have a question, I like helping ;) Dina 18:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome

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• Moving a page creates a redirect to the new page. Links in should work the same. There's a note about double redirects on WP:MOVE that I'm hoping I didn't screw up when I moved it twice. But since it's such a new page, its unlikely there will be any issues. "Moving" is actually a little misleading, it's really just "renaming".
• I don't think it needs a disambig, as there aren't any other articles with the same name. However, you could create one if you wanted to, and leave the other Bob McLean's as redlinks until someone came along and wrote an article about them. A redirect from Bobby McLean would be okay -- I might concentrate more on looking for references to him, lists that might include him, etc. and creating some links into the page.
• Image issues are tough. I would not upload an image if you don't know its copyright status -- it'll get deleted immediately.
• By tool bar do you mean the symbol thing at the bottom of the edit window? I find it terribly frustrating for anything complicated. I occasionally have the need to type in Cyrillic and using the character list is nearly impossible for that. I usually edit directly in the edit window, I've had way too may annoying moments trying to edit in word using wiki markup. I think there may be some kind of freeware that makes that easier though -- check WP:TOOLS. People are always coming up with clever things like that. The four tildes thing just becomes second nature after a while...Cheers Dina 23:03, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Login/logout without knowing

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On a few recent edits, I was logged out without knowing - I've had some internet irregularities. As a result, my edits were logged by IP. I am assuming that there is absolutely no way to correct that after the fact, but I had to ask anyhow. Cam Finnigan 15:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

No, nobody but a developer can change edit history like that (and the developers won't do it so there isn't any point asking). If you aren't on a public computer you might want to consider using the 'remember me' box when logging in, which will automatically log you in each time your browser logs you out, avoiding the problem. (You can still log out manually, which cancels the remember-me status). --ais523 15:36, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Public domain image use

{{helpme}} I have two images that I want to add to a bio that I added a month or so back. The images are both older than 40 years and the photographer is presumably unknown. It is my understanding that the local club whose archives hold the original images will not have an issue with their use. I have approached them to verify their status and expect to get a reply. What exactly do I need from them? I have read that "images which are for non-commercial only use and by permission only are not acceptable for Wikipedia". How exactly do we differentiate these from public for such old works?--Cam Finnigan 14:23, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission will be of some assistance, as far as it describes how to ask people and what specifically to ask. Also, being "just" 40 years old, as typically the copyright lasts longer than that. But specifically, the image would need to be released into the public domain by any free license. You might be able to get more help at Wikipedia talk:Copyrights/Can I use... as well. Sorry I can't be of more help. If you want to add back the helpme tag for someone else to come along and try and help you better, please feel free. Good luck! --MECU≈talk 15:29, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

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Disambiguation and redirect for CBC Radio Take Five

{{helpme}} I want to add Take Five (CBC) to the Take Five disambiguation, add the entry, but have it redirect to the Here's to You page. A bit of guidance would probably help me actually make this possible. There are several references to Take Five that could point to the redirect - Shelagh Rogers, for example. Cam Finnigan (talk) 04:10, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

• Done. Take Five (CBC) isn't a very good name , so I made it Take Five (TV show). Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 04:23, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
• {{helpme}}Great. Thanks for jumping in and taking care of that. The only problem is that this is actually a radio program on CBC Radio Two, not a TV show. I fixed the text in the disambiguation but I'm not sure about renaming the target page Take Five (TV Show). I've never handled redirects, so it's not clear to me whether my actions might actually rename the Here's to You page, and of course I don't want to mess things up. I'll wait until the dust settles on this before I go off and add any links for Take Five. Cam Finnigan (talk) 02:58, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Fixed. Moving the page didn't affect the target (H2U) page. xenocidic (talk) 03:04, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Age in a Biography Vassy Kapelos

Sorry, I've been away for a few years. Forgive me if I make any errors. Out of practice. I was looking at the biography for the Canadian journalist Vassy Kapelos and noticed that her age is posted as age 42 even though her stated birth date is May 6, 1981. To me, it looks as though it should be 43 since it's now May 18 and you just subtract the years. I've always assumed this is taken care of by a template so it's automatically updated. I had a look at the markup and couldn't make sense of it as it's too advanced, so left it alone. I don't see '42' entered manually, so I'm guessing it's auto-generated. I'd like to understand this and fix it if it's within my scope once I have guidance. Otherwise, I'll leave it for the experts. Thanks! DohCam (talk) 02:47, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

@DohCam welcome back after 11 years! The age in the infobox is taken care of by {{Birth date and age}}, which automatically calculates the age based on the birth date given. It looks like the template fixed itself, so no need to worry about that. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:19, 19 May 2024 (UTC)