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Chzz ► 20:23, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
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Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>
== References == {{reflist}} (an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections) To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:MauchoEagle/reftest and try it out. Named referencesChzz was born in 1837, <ref name="MyBook"> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref> in Footown.<ref name="MyBook"/> Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result. Citation templatesYou can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look; Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation | last = Smith | first = John | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century | publication-date = 2001 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | page = 125 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4 }} </ref> Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result. For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs. |
Hullo
Hey, I left you a note of Demiurge1000's talk page but wanted to drop another one here :)
Firstly; is forensics you speciality/interest? If it is that is awesome... the topic of forensics is, in general, one of those that is pretty untamed at the moment. I've been plugging away at the digital forensics side of things, but the rest is out of my ball park. It'd be great to see some new blood in the area.
Secondly; I see you put your email address on your talk page - no issues with that, but for spam and privacy reasons you might want to remove it (and I can delete the history to hide it for you if need be). There is an option to enable an "email this user" link and specify an email address in the "My Preferences" screen. That lets people send you mail via the Wiki interface... but hides the actual address from spam bots and other nasties.
Fiber analysis looks like the makings of a decent article. :) --Errant (chat!) 21:26, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comments on my articles. And yes I would like it if you could remove the revisions that contained my email address. I originally used it on Wikia but its become more of a personal one that a wiki one. Thanks and cheers. mauchoeagle 21:31, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
- You would usually get "auto confirmed" after 10 edits and 4 days, but I don't see a reason not to you grant you the privilege a little early. Don't do anything crazy ;) BTW if you're planning to upload images take a look at WP:IMAGES, particularly the part about sources and licenses. Drop me a note if you need a hand. --Errant (chat!) 08:12, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
Hmph. Way to edit conflict me during a cleanup job. Cheers, FASTILY (TALK) 01:20, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
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You asked for comments, so I hope you don't mind constructive feedback :-)
- Don't worry about the first part - the WP:LEDE - until you've written the rest. The lede has to be a summary of the whole thing - and can't contain anything that isn't in the body. So, it's best done last.
- So, the part you have written about 'law' for example, probably belongs in a == Law == section.
- Don't use bold (except for the name at the start) - so remove it from e.g. "Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)"
- Be careful about vague terms, which can inadvertantly introduce a non-neutral viewpoint. For example, "most commonly used by law enforcement agencies" - we could probably remove 'most commonly' - and just state the neutral fact that it is used by them. Whether it is most commonly used by them...whilst probably true...it is, really, opinion.
Reviewer permission
Hello David, Could you please review my request for the reviewer permission. It should be right here. Thanks and cheers. mauchoeagle 23:41, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
- Hi! This isn't an area in which I'm active or knowledgeable. Is there a particular reason why you've brought this request to my attention? —David Levy 23:52, 11 April 2011 (UTC)
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- Once more. Baseball Watcher 02:27, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Re:Protection request
Thanks to you, I now have a defined set of guidelines for granting requests for administrative tasks. Userpage protection is now a standard request I will grant. Well done. Feezo (send a signal | watch the sky) 04:27, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
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Contacting crats Re: RFAs
Hi there. I noticed you contacted a number of crats to close an RFA that is pending closure. While you likely had good intentions doing so, you should know that the target closing date for RFAs is only a minimum time the RFA should be left open - not a fixed time after which the RFA has to be closed. A crat will take care of it when they are able to do it and contacting them separately will most likely fail to hasten this process. In the worst case, they might become annoyed by such requests. Regards SoWhy 16:40, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
Advice
Just some friendly advice — from many of your recent edits, you seem to be, how shall I say, enthusiastic about the idea of user permissions. Contacting bureaucrats about RfA closure so soon was entirely unnecessary, and while probably harmless, could be construed as trying to tell them how to do their jobs. Additionally, you didn't really have to "support" at Wikipedia talk:Edit filter#Request permission for Reaper Eternal. (Although I see now you were also the one who initially asked the question; this makes it slightly more reasonable.) The existing filter managers know enough about regex to judge the candidate's description for themselves. I don't intend by any means to discourage your participation on Wikipedia: you seem a bit of a WikiWolfcub, and your enthusiasm benefits the project. But I advise you to back down on permissions related discussions for a while. As a relatively new editor, you really shouldn't be worrying about these yet. Permissions convey very little real authority on Wikipedia; a history of constructive participation will serve you far better in the long run. Feezo (send a signal | watch the sky) 03:27, 14 April 2011 (UTC) — edited 06:11, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
For the revert of my user page. Looks like a carry over from a wave of IP attacks at Talk:Anilingus (not the article, because that's protected!). They keep trying, but they get nowhere... Ronhjones (Talk) 19:49, 14 April 2011 (UTC)
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Picture
Now moved. Couple of tips -
- . add a : before File stops the image showing File:LAs du Fallafel.jpg
- . I've added an information template (see Template:Information on what to add ) - then just fill in the fields. When done correctly - there's less chance of misunderstanding and it won't get deleted.
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Thank you for your support.
Although my nomination failed, I would like to extend my gratitude to you for supporting. I hope to try again at a later date and if you have any question let me know. –BuickCenturyDriver 11:20, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
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Position on Pending Changes RFC
The pending changes motion is to remove pending changes temporarily, given your comments have you put your !vote in the correct section? -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 21:25, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
That RfA reform thing
Kudpung has asked me to 'nudge' some people .. as I'm an idle get, I'm just going through the entire Task Force list so my apologies if you didn't need a nudge! You can slap me about over on WP:EfD if you like :o) Straw polling various options: over here - please add views, agree with views, all that usual stuff. Pesky (talk) 12:49, 18 April 2011 (UTC)
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Clerks RfC
Isn't this a little premature? I thought the task force was still working out which proposals to offer... you seem to have short-circuited that process. 28bytes (talk) 00:40, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- Dont mean to short circuit I just am tired of the load of crap I hear about initiating the clerks idea immediately and just wanted sort it out. mauchoeagle 00:42, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'm probably the biggest champion of this proposal you'll find, but we still have some minor details to work out. Would you mind withdrawing the RfC for a little longer? Trust me, I'm totally anxious to move forward with this but I would like to make sure everything's perfect before putting it to the community. Swarm X 00:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- MauchoEagle, you didn't even explain on the RfC page what the proposal is. Seems like you would have wanted the task force to help draft that RfC instead of doing it unilaterally. I agree with Swarm, you should probably withdraw this until it can be done properly. 28bytes (talk) 00:47, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- I appreciate your enthusiasm but there is a project and a task force that has been formed with a lot of hard work by some experienced Wikipedians. An RfC at this stage on any item of the suggewstions will set the project back at least 12 months, and cause withdrawal from the task force, and possible retirement from Wikipedia of task force membersif not indefinitely. Please withdaw this RfC immediately. Thanks. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:18, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- I thought you would have noticed the redlink. I have already withdrawn. mauchoeagle 01:19, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- I just woke up and switched my computer on - the first thing I saw was the 'You've got new messages' banner. Thank you for withdrawing this RfC already and please remove any links to it. The project and it elements are still very much at the conceptual development stage, and you are most welcome to join the task force, and collaborate with the others to help move the project along. If you do not favour the principle of reform, that's fine too, you will be able to voice your disapproval when the proposals are releaed by the task force for debate by the broader community. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:30, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- I thought you would have noticed the redlink. I have already withdrawn. mauchoeagle 01:19, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- I appreciate your enthusiasm but there is a project and a task force that has been formed with a lot of hard work by some experienced Wikipedians. An RfC at this stage on any item of the suggewstions will set the project back at least 12 months, and cause withdrawal from the task force, and possible retirement from Wikipedia of task force membersif not indefinitely. Please withdaw this RfC immediately. Thanks. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:18, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- MauchoEagle, you didn't even explain on the RfC page what the proposal is. Seems like you would have wanted the task force to help draft that RfC instead of doing it unilaterally. I agree with Swarm, you should probably withdraw this until it can be done properly. 28bytes (talk) 00:47, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
- I'm probably the biggest champion of this proposal you'll find, but we still have some minor details to work out. Would you mind withdrawing the RfC for a little longer? Trust me, I'm totally anxious to move forward with this but I would like to make sure everything's perfect before putting it to the community. Swarm X 00:46, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
I have nominated this article for reassessment against the good article criteria following its review. The discussion is at Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Dreamlover (song)/1. Jezhotwells (talk) 03:45, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Speedy deletion declined: Dohwa
Hello MauchoEagle, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Dohwa, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Fæ (talk) 07:37, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
SS Aurora
I've reverted your edit to this set index page. It works in a similar way to a dab page, and therefore should not have many incoming links. It doesn't need any more outgoing links, unless new articles are created or more ships with this name become known. For more information about set index articles for ships, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Guidelines#Index pages. Mjroots (talk) 16:44, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
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Tagging on my article category.
Hello MauchoEagle.I am just here to explain to you about my first article that I made and placed three tags.You are saying that I need additional categories.However, there is nothing else related to my article.I couldn't find any categories that is related to my article.It would be kind of me to remove the category tag.Thank you.--Damirgraffiti ☺Say Yo to Me!☺ 20:45, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
- My sincere apologies. I was not suppose to ad the {{catimprove}} template. mauchoeagle 20:51, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
- Thanks.Now, there's just two tags that you added to my article that you said that I need to fix.Thanks again.--Damirgraffiti ☺Say Yo to Me!☺ 20:53, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
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L'As du Fallafel Afd
Given your useful contributions to the L'As du Fallafel article, you may be interested that it has been nominated for Afd here: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/L'As du Fallafel. Cheers. Plot Spoiler (talk) 22:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Articles for creation/Capacity Theory
Hi MauchoEagle; I noticed you're having to clean up after me on this article, which I tried to get right for this chappie. Can you teach me where I didn't get it right, please? I know I didn;'t actually turn the refs into proper citations (template type) - I thought I could leave that for the creator to do - is that all that was left? Or did I miss something else too? (I set up the refs to be Harvard-style so that as and when the author got around to doing 'proper format citation-wossnames', they would work OK with the ref=Harv line in them.) My aim was to get his article OK before his deadline .... but I'd like to learn more about what else I should have done, lol! Cheers, Pesky (talk) 17:31, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- Well, the thing that stood out to me the most was the overview section. I thought that should have been moved to the top of the page so it could be the lead section; see WP:MOS (lead) and references that are books should always be bulleted so that is what I did. I have some further cleanup before I accept the article which will probably not be today. mauchoeagle 17:35, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- OK, I was brain-dead and forgot I could just check the diffs ...... lol! Pesky (talk) 17:36, 25 April 2011 (UTC)...Is there anything more I can do to help (without knowing anything about the subject)? Pesky (talk) 17:37, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- Well that external links section has got to go or there has to be an external link, not a link to example.com. mauchoeagle 17:39, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- OK, I'll fix that, Pesky (talk) 17:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- Well that external links section has got to go or there has to be an external link, not a link to example.com. mauchoeagle 17:39, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- OK, I was brain-dead and forgot I could just check the diffs ...... lol! Pesky (talk) 17:36, 25 April 2011 (UTC)...Is there anything more I can do to help (without knowing anything about the subject)? Pesky (talk) 17:37, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Done :o) Pesky (talk) 17:47, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- Do you think anything else needs to be done to it
- I'm not sure that my brain is up to making that decision yet, lol! I did this as a break in the middle of a GA review on something else, which I was getting blunt on. I think it probably could go live now; probably not perfect (but what is?), but I would say probably acceptable. What do you think? Pesky (talk) 18:00, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
P.S. Jeeze, I actually just said 'probably' three times in one sentence .....lol! Pesky (talk) 18:02, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
- Lol is wright, I was wondering about that...grammar Pesky, Any way I am sending it into the mainspace so that the cats can "have at it" :D. mauchoeagle 18:04, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
I think that's the right decision :o) Pesky (talk) 18:05, 25 April 2011 (UTC)