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Image size

Olá Diego, I noticed you've been changing some images in articles to 400px. Personally, I think that's too big, and makes the article looks bad. I'd prefer if they'd just conform to other Wikipedia articles...you see what I'm saying? —Khoikhoi 21:01, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi Diego. I'm with Khoi on this: your re-sizing of the map of Troy seems out of keeping with the other illustrations and breaks the formatting on some browsers! Have another look, and see if you think it could be changed back. Regards. --Moonraker88 14:41, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Afterthought: the Phrygia page that you recently edited looks a lot neater, all the thumbs are at the same width (250pixels). --Moonraker88 14:48, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I hope it's not a problem just to randomly chime in. Unless there is a reason to specify a width, such as forcing an image to be big enough for certain details to show, you should not specify a size for thumbnails. Users can set their preferred thumbnail size in their preferences, and specifying a thumbnail width breaks this functionality. ~MDD4696 01:44, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Moving pages

Hi! When moving a page, be sure to check and correct any double redirects that may occur as a result. Paul C 07:06, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Please use edit summaries

Hello. Please be courteous to other editors and use edit summaries when updating articles. The Mathbot tool shows your usage of edit summaries to be very low:

Edit summary usage for DIEGO RICARDO PEREIRA: 2% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 5 minor edits in the article namespace.

Using edit summaries helps other editors quickly understand your edits, which is especially useful when you make changes to articles that are on others' watchlists. Thanks and happy editing! --Kralizec! (talk) 12:09, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I second the request for edit summaries. You summarize the reason for page moves, which is good, but not for other edits. It doesn't take long, especially when using abbreviations. TransUtopian 00:49, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Edits to Troy

Hi, Diego. I've reverted most of your edits to Troy, because frankly they didn't sound very good to a native speaker of English. (I assume you're not a native speaker?) For example, although some regions (such as "the Caucasus") take the definite article ("the"), in English we never use the definite article with most countries — we'd never say "the Italy", for example. Also, it's not necessary to link common words such as "myth" "clothes" or "port". You may want to check out Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links) to get an idea of how much linking is a good idea in an article.

I don't want to discourage you from editing Wikipedia, but you might want to make smaller edits and wait for a native speaker to double-check your edits. Thanks. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 03:16, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand! I insired several new interlinks in the page Troy, and even so I was accused to vandalism! WHY?! DIEGO RICARDO PEREIRA 13:24 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Diego, most of the links you added were to common words like walls or coast. That doesn't add much to the value of an article; we assume that most readers will know what those words mean. It's not necessary to link every word that could be linked — indeed, it's possible to have too many links in an article. That's why I pointed you to Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links). I didn't think that what you did was vandalism — I can tell that your intentions are good. Unfortunately, the end result isn't really an improvement to the article. Actually, some of the changes you made may have been improvements, but it's hard to tell when there are so many changes and so many of them are adding links to everyday words, or adding words in places a native speaker of English would never place them.

My advice to you is to keep your edits small — only one or two changes at a time — and then give other editors some time to evaluate whether they're improvements or not. When you make a large number of edits in a short time, and many of them are not improvements, it's easier for other editors to revert the entire edit than to keep only the useful changes. But if you make only a few changes, each one can be evaluated on its own merits.

I hope this answers your question. If you have other concerns, don't hesitate to ask — I'll try to help if I can. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 22:58, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:MOS!

Subscrevo todas as recomendações dos outros editores quanto à negligência do WP:MOS. Ainda agora tive de reverter algumas das tuas contribuições por serem manifestamente contra o manual. Por favor, atende às recomendações dos utilizadores da Wikipédia inglesa visto que esta situação é reincidente. Obrigado.--Húsönd 05:48, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Não foste acusado de vandalismo, apenas de não respeitar o manual de estilo. As tuas alterações às interlinks são prejudiciais e é apenas isso que queremos alertar. Obrigado.--Húsönd 18:17, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:FU violation

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Lisa Kudrow, you will be blocked from editing. --Yamla 16:39, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Link on Lucy Lawless

Hi, I'm removing the link you added to the above article per WP:EL - this doesn't seem to be an official site as you said, but some fan-made site. The official site would appear to be lucylawlessfanclub.com. Regards - Videmus Omnia ^Talk 16:12, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Links

Hi, Usually only the first occurrence of a word/name is linked, unless the article is very long. Johnbod 18:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

November 2007

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Welcome

Welcome to wikipedia I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. As I have discovered, there is a lot to learn especially about "style" ... you might like to look at wp:dab and mos:dab for example. Anyway good luck. Abtract (talk) 23:37, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, please do what Abstract says. And again, please use edit summaries. Your edits too often cause disruption that could be easily avoided. Thank you. Húsönd 23:59, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Xena episode list

Hello. I reverted your linking of the episodes' names a second time, with the repeated edit summary "discourage redlinks for articles that likely can't establish notability". If you can establish WP:NOTABILITY of an episode through inclusion of real-world information as outlined in WP:FICT/WP:EPISODE ("sales figures, critical and popular reception, development, cultural impact, and merchandise"), most likely the pilot episode, you should start that one article and see how far you achieve to establish notability. Please don't link the other episode names in the meantime, as they will likely be redirected for lacking notability. – sgeureka ^t•c 22:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

• bump* – sgeureka ^t•c 18:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

June 2008

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to Xena. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Contact me if you need assistance adding references. Thank you. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 19:33, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Cyrene (Xena). Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 16:11, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Please stop your disruptive editing, such as the edit you made to Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. If your vandalism continues, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 19:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Mount Vesuvius#Origin of the name

Hi, are you sure Alcmene was a queen? The article on her doesn't mention it. Do you have a link to an alternate telling of her myth? Jonathan Cardy (talk) 17:10, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Dab pages

Hi, please consider reading MOS:DAB before editing disambiguation pages. +mt 01:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

September 2008

Please stop. If you continue to blank out or delete portions of page content, templates or other materials from Wikipedia, as you did to List of minor characters in Xena: Warrior Princess ‎, you will be blocked from editing. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 16:08, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Charon's obol

Hello, Diego. I was looking over your recent edits to Charon's obol, and I'm not convinced they were all improvements. I don't like to undo someone's work without a reason and explanation, so please see the relevant talk page for my thinking. Cynwolfe (talk) 18:47, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

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This is the last warning you will receive for your disruptive edits, such as those you made to Template:Italian diaspora. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, you will be blocked from editing. cab (talk) 09:52, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of Paradise (Lil Suzy)

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A redirect page like that is completely unnecessary, as the article Paradise (Lil Suzy album) is named correctly vide MOS:ALBUM#Naming. Please read those rules for naming music-related articles before creating other redirect pages. – Mayast (talk) 09:29, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

I'd like to appologise for nominating that page for deletion. Although I don't agree with creating redirects like this, as I find them unnecessary, I asked about it on WT:CSD#Unnecessary redirect pages and I'm going to let it go. As far as Sting goes, I replied on his talk page: Talk:Sting (musician)#Sting's religion — Mayast (talk) 20:02, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Neil Armstrong's religion

Please read our guideline about what we consider WP:Reliable sources. I know, it stinks, but unfortunately Catholic Online is considered WP:BIASED, and apparently they don't consider Free Republic credible (probably for conservative political bias). You could go to WP:Reliable sources noticeboard and specifically ask about the citations, but I wouldn't be hopeful. You would need an unimpeachable journalist or scholar to say Armstrong converted to Catholicism. JustinTime55 (talk) 21:08, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

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