Free-encyclopedia

Hi Free - welcome to Wikipedia! I have to tell you that a user has raised concern that your username is inappropriate - specifically, it could imply that you have some official capacity with us. See the username policy for details. Please consider creating a new account with a more appropriate username. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 17:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

please keep the conversation here

I am the person with the user name "Free-encyclopedia." Just because this is the slogan of Wikipedia does not make it wrong. It is no way insulting Wikipedia, or violating any rules. I am not going to change my user name just because I took it from an aspect of Wikipedia's motto.

From Free-encyclopedia

I don't think your name is a particularly obvious violation, myself, but someone thought it was serious enough to ask for you to be blocked. I've left him a note that you don't want to change your name - if he's still concerned then he can post a request on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names and ask for more opinions.

By the way, please sign your name by putting four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your post, which produces your name and the date. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 11:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Brunei Darussalam and Colombia

Brunei Darussalam and Colombia will become a Major Non-NATO Ally Because they are Friends and Allied to the United States Brunei Darussalam is a US Ally Since 1845 via the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed by the Two Countries in 1850, also the Brunei Darussalam and the United States of America Have a Defence Relations Because of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Military and Defense Cooperation in 1994 Which the Two Countries resulted in joint exercises, training programs, and other forms of military cooperation between the Two Countries, and Also the Two Countries Have an Economic Relations Because It Is Part of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Colombia is Also a US Ally Because It Is the Only Latin American Country That Send Its Armed Forces Into the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4454:23F:ED00:950F:50B4:5B2E:2F6B (talk) 16:19, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Copied from User Talk:Samuel Blanning#Everybody is confused about Raymond

Do you watch the show Everybody Loves Raymond? It was one of the best shows during the time it was on. I recently created the page for the character Amy MacDougall-Barone. The problem is, most people know her as Amy Barone. I am not sure what her 'official' name is on the show. The title of the article was gotten from a link on the 'Everybody Loves Raymond' page. It had a link to the 'Amy Macdougall-Barone' page, but there was nothing there so I started it. Here's my problem. I want 'Amy Barone' to link to 'Amy Macdougall-Barone.' So if somebody types in the first phrase, they get the article with the ladder for a title. But right now, the first links to the 'Everybody Loves Raymond' page. I think what I have to do is create an 'Amy Barone' page, and then make the only part of the article a redirect to my original page. But there's got to be a better way. Is there?

Free-encyclopedia 19:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

You mean like this? Also, a similar redirect should probably be created from the wrong capitalization of MacDougall to the correct one. --tjstrf 20:49, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

OK. I thought that was what you were asking, but I was unsure which part you needed help with. I'd hoped my diff link would be explanation enough. But, it turns out I was wrong. Which is why I left the capitalization error redirect Amy Macdougall-Barone for use as a practice for you.

To make a redirect, simply go to the article (Article 1). We'll call the article you want to redirect to Article 2.

Click "edit" on article 1.

Delete all the existing text, and replace it with the following

#REDIRECT [[Article 2]]

Then, hit save.

Now, Article 1 will take you to Article 2 when you click on a link to Article 1

So, to create the capitalization error redirect you mentioned, you will need to do the following:

Go to Amy Macdougall-Barone and click edit.

Replace (or in this case create) the article with the line #REDIRECT [[Amy MacDougall-Barone]].

Hit save.

Tah-dah!

That should work for you. And I apologize for doing it for you earlier, but I couldn't understand what you were asking. --tjstrf 02:28, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Glad to see that worked for you. By the way, you can usually find most directions like that on Wikipedia's Help section, under the Editing Wikipedia category. Good luck, and happy editing! --tjstrf 18:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot

SuggestBot predicts that you will enjoy editing some of these articles. Have fun!

Stubs Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan) St. John the Baptist (Leonardo) Alex MacDougall Andrea del Castagno Domenico Veneziano Carlo Barone Sfumato Renée Cox Salt mine Madonna of the Yarnwinder When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops? Vik Muniz Bacchus (Leonardo) Anita Barone Baron of Bauvso Yo Mama's Last Supper Thai eggplant John MacDougall Hay Buzz (mascot)

Cleanup Christian worship Kenny Senior Newschool skiing Merge Ayurveda Mino da Fiesole Centre Georges Pompidou Add Sources FizzBuzz Fried chicken restaurants in the UK Saint Sarah Wikify Jacob Neusner Julien Green Sutjeska offensive Expand Demonstration Sandro Botticelli Red Rooster

SuggestBot picks articles in a number of ways based on other articles you've edited, including straight text similarity, following wikilinks, and matching your editing patterns against those of other Wikipedians. It tries to recommend only articles that other Wikipedians have marked as needing work. Your contributions make Wikipedia better -- thanks for helping.

If you have feedback on how to make SuggestBot better, please tell me on SuggestBot's talk page. Thanks from ForteTuba, SuggestBot's caretaker.

P.S. You received these suggestions because your name was listed on the SuggestBot request page. If this was in error, sorry about the confusion. -- SuggestBot 14:33, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Over your head

This is free-encyclopedia. I was the one who changed the disambiguation of 'Over My Head' to the song by The Fray 'Over My Head (Cable Car).' You claimed my reason for changing was because I liked one band more. Although I do like the song the best, it is only because I have not heard the other three. I made the change for two reasons. First, none of the other three songs have articles about them. Second, The Fray's song is a currently popular single. Most likely, if somebody is searching 'Over My Head' on Wikipedia, they want the article about The Fray song, not any of the other three. But, to be fair, I made a note about the other three songs at the top of the page. I thought I did the right thing. If you give permission, I would like to change it back. If you don't, I'm okay with that, too. Free-encyclopedia 19:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• You don't need my permission to do anything. My reason for leaving Over My Head as a disambiguation page is because Over My Head (Cable Car) is the full name of the song by The Fray. If someone types in "Over My Head", they'll find what they're looking for, regardless of what that might be. And even if The Fray's song is a currently popular single and the others are not, what about in 10 years? Disambiguation pages are a way to help people find what they want and I believe that's what the current setup is acheiving.--Hraefen ^Talk 20:03, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Category:Cheyenne Kimball albums / The Day Has Come

From Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums#Categories: "Previous discussions have formed the consensus that a category for an artist's albums should be created even if they have only released one album (irrespective of whether they are likely to release more in the future)."

Additionally, a category for an artist's album(s) enables that artist to be listed in Category:Albums by artist, album genre categories (such as Category:Pop albums), and an albums by artist nationality category (such as Category:American albums). I hope this clears things up. -- Mattbrundage 01:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

coincidence?

"I was wondering if you made a similar change because you checked my history or something, or whether it was just coincidence..."

Not a coincidence; I was reading your talk page. -- Mattbrundage 21:26, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me

Hi. You've recently posted a message to User:Can't sleep, clown will eat me on his userpage. I reverted and moved your message to this talk page: User talk:Can't sleep, clown will eat me for you. Just wanted to give you the heads up and remind you to make sure you post messages on the user's talk page. Peace out. -WarthogDemon 02:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Millionth Article

The history on the Jordanhill railway station page (the millionth article) shows that it was created on 18:09, 1 March 2006. I am glad that my redirect was able to help you find the page you were looking for. Manufracture 15:31, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Zyzzyx Road

Hi. You originated the Zyzzyx Road article on December 2, 2006. I read this article which discusses a Jan. 4, 2007 Daily Variety article on the movie. The article states that the Jan. 4, 2007 Daily Variety article neglected to credit a December 31, 2006 online article by Chud.com. Interestingly, neither Daily Variety nor Chud.com credited Wikipedia or your December 2, 2006 efforts for their later-in-time articles. Just thought that you would be interested. -- Jreferee 17:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Kenny Young and the Eggplants

The article Kenny Young and the Eggplants has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

A7 -- This article about a band does not indicate why its subject is important or significant.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Epeefleche (talk) 07:57, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bob Englehart

The article Bob Englehart has been proposed for deletion because it appears to have no references. Under Wikipedia policy, all newly created biographies of living persons must have at least one reference to a reliable source that directly supports material in the article.

If you created the article, please don't be offended. Instead, consider improving the article. For help on inserting references, see Referencing for beginners, or ask at the help desk. Once you have provided at least one reliable source, you may remove the {{prod blp}} tag. Please do not remove the tag unless the article is sourced. If you cannot provide such a source within ten days, the article may be deleted, but you can request that it be undeleted when you are ready to add one. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:52, 20 July 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for April 5

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. An automated process has detected that when you recently edited Jeremy Kagan, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page DGA (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are usually incorrect, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of unrelated topics with similar titles. (Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.)

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 15:14, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Tech Buzz

The article Tech Buzz has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Non-notable online game. All of the current sources are primary. Searching for additional sources turns up some mentions, but nothing that would pass the WP:GNG. There is one lengthy article that has been reprinted in multiple locations, but as that was written by the designers of the game, that would also fall into being a primary source.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Rorshacma (talk) 16:25, 12 May 2020 (UTC)

July 2021

Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, please note that there is a Manual of Style that should be followed to maintain a consistent, encyclopedic appearance. Deviating from this style, as you did in Kamala, disturbs uniformity among articles and may cause readability or accessibility problems. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Specifically per MOS:TOPRESENT, we use "(born 1964)" instead of "(1964–)" —Bagumba (talk) 07:26, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:13, 19 November 2024 (UTC)