Dotsonti

Introduction

Hello fellow Wikipedians!

This is my very first contribution to Wikipedia, after having used the information available for many years.
Hopefully I can give something back by contributing notable efforts.
Please leave a comment here if you'd like to have a chat.

Dotsonti Let's Talk! 13:19, 18 February 2019 (UTC)

Dotsonti is a fictional abbreviation for dotting the i's! (and crossing the t's)

Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. Y
— Rudi

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Welcome!

Hello, Dotsonti, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

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@Teb728: Hi Teb728! Thanks for the useful links. I have already read most of them but will definitely walk through the interactive tour. Regarding my question in the Teahouse, do you know how I can fix my issues with formatting and styling text on my user page and talk page? Dotsonti (talk) 10:44, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Did you see my reply at the Teahouse? Your only saved edits are your reply above. What did you try to write that didn't work, and what happened when you tried? —teb728 t c 11:59, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

I didn't see your reply yet. I had a look at the Teahouse but can't find my question anymore. How should I navigate there? What I wrote disappeared but I re-wrote and now it's displaying fine. Dotsonti (talk) 13:51, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

It looks like someone changed the section header of your Teahouse post: it is presently at WP:Teahouse#Template on my userpage, but it will be archived in a few days. One way you could have found it is to do a browser search for your username to find it in your signature and in the ping of my reply.

Thanks for the suggestion. I used the search box and selected Discussion and General Help. This turned out the correct results. I then used CTRL + F to search again on the page itself to find my signature. Dotsonti (talk) 11:56, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

If what you wrote disappeared, probably you didn't click the "Publish changes" button. —teb728 t c 21:18, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

Yep, no other explanation. I found a user page template with box that includes useful links to Wikipedia pages which I lost, maybe I'll find it again... Dotsonti (talk) 11:56, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

Dotsonti, I added a page with useful links below -- is that what you were looking for? valereee (talk) 15:13, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Valeree, that's indeed the type of box with links I was looking for. Not sure whether it's the same as I initially added but it shows enough interesting reads and references for now. Thanks :) Dotsonti Let's Talk! 15:16, 25 February 2019 (UTC)

Your thread has been archived

Hi Dotsonti! You created a thread called Template on my userpage at Wikipedia:Teahouse, but it has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please create a new thread. Archival by Lowercase sigmabot III, notification delivery by Muninnbot, both automated accounts. You can opt out of future notifications by placing {{bots|deny=Muninnbot}} (ban this bot) or {{nobots}} (ban all bots) on your user talk page. Muninnbot (talk) 19:03, 15 February 2019 (UTC)

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March 2019

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Wikipedia:Teahouse, appears to have been inappropriate, and has been reverted. Please feel free to use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. You apparently edited an old version of the page, so you lost all the more recent changes. David Biddulph (talk) 15:19, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

Your thread has been archived

Hi Dotsonti! You created a thread called My first edit in mainspace at Wikipedia:Teahouse, but it has been archived because there was no discussion for a few days. You can still find the archived discussion here. If you have any additional questions that weren't answered then, please create a new thread. Archival by Lowercase sigmabot III, notification delivery by Muninnbot, both automated accounts. You can opt out of future notifications by placing {{bots|deny=Muninnbot}} (ban this bot) or {{nobots}} (ban all bots) on your user talk page. Muninnbot (talk) 19:01, 4 March 2019 (UTC)

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Meyn Food Processing Technology has been accepted

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Missvain (talk) 18:26, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

@Missvain: Thanks for notifying me about the article being accepted. It feels like a huge reward for all the effort I put into it and I look forward to keep contributing to the Wikipedia community! Dotsonti Let's Talk! 14:12, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Custom signature fix needed

Hi there! You have a custom signature set in your account preferences. Changes to Wikipedia's software have made your current custom signature invalid.

The problem: Your signature contains a syntax error or obsolete HTML tags.

The solutions: You can reset your signature to the default, you can fix your signature, or you can do nothing.

Solution 1: Reset your signature to the default:

1. Find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences.
2. Uncheck the box (☑︎→☐) that says "Treat the above as wiki markup."
3. Remove anything in the Signature: text box.
4. Click the blue "Save" button at the bottom of the page. (Do not click the red "Restore all default settings" button, which will reset all of your preference settings, not just the signature.)

Solution 2: Fix your custom signature:

1. Find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences.
2. Click the Learn more button next to the error to learn how to fix the error.
3. Update your signature to fix the error.
4. Click Save to update to your newly fixed signature.

Solution 3: Do nothing:

1. In accordance with a recent request for comment, all invalid signatures will be changed to the default, which looks like "Example (talk)", one month from now.

If you have followed these instructions and still want help, please leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Signatures. Thank you! MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:05, 2 February 2024 (UTC)