User talk:Millelacs/Archive 1

November 2008

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia!

I hope not to seem unfriendly or make you feel unwelcome, but I noticed your username, and I am concerned that it might not meet Wikipedia's username policy for the following reason: it resembles an IP address. After you look over that policy, could we discuss that concern here?

I'd appreciate learning your own views, for instance your reasons for wanting this particular name, and what alternative username you might accept that avoids raising this concern.

You have several options freely available to you:

• If you can relieve my concern through discussing it here, I can stop worrying about it.
• If the two of us can't agree here, we can ask for help through Wikipedia's dispute resolution process, such as requesting comments from other Wikipedians. Wikipedia administrators usually abide by agreements reached through this process.
• You can keep your contributions history under a new username. Visit Wikipedia:Changing username and follow the guidelines there.

Thank you. Blueboy96 00:04, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

From 6.202.005.439.T: Hi! Thanks for letting me know. My parents didn't want me to put any personal identification on my User Name, so I picked some numbers that have to do with my school number and my class number.

That's understandable ... you can pick a username that doesn't contain any personal information ... it's really easy, a lot of users have usernames that don't contain any personal information at all. As it stands now, your current username looks too much like an IP address, and in any event makes it difficult for other users to communicate with you. Blueboy96 01:52, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Your DYK nomination still needs to be formatted correctly. The name "Jean Touzet du Vigier" needs to be linked and in bold, other relevant article names also need to be linked, and the "hook" needs to begin with an ellipsis (...), not with "Did you know". There are very clear instructions for this.

Also, please do not edit the template instructions when you are nominating a DYK, as you did here. There is a clear message at the top of that page saying not to edit it. rʨanaɢ (talk) 00:05, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Jean Touzet du Vigier

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:02, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination for Pierre-Augustin Hulin

Hello, your nomination of Pierre-Augustin Hulin at DYK was reviewed and comments provided. --NortyNort (Holla) 10:11, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 1689 Boston revolt

Hello! Your submission of 1689 Boston revolt at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Thelmadatter (talk) 16:04, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

• Everything looks good for 1689 Boston revolt except for the bare urls. Fix those, and then you are all set for DYK.4meter4 (talk) 18:29, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 1689 Boston revolt

TheDYKUpdateBot 18:03, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination for 1757 Berlin raid

Hello, your nomination of 1757 Berlin raid at DYK was reviewed and comments provided. --NortyNort (Holla) 13:45, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

See also: Events of 1807-08.--NortyNort (Holla) 21:46, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for French Royal Army (1652–1830)

— Rlevse • Talk • 00:05, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 1757 Berlin raid

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Stand of the Swiss Guard

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:03, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Medieval invasions of Britain

Hello! Your submission of Medieval invasions of Britain at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BabelStone (talk) 13:45, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Medieval invasions of Britain

— Rlevse • Talk • 18:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation

Your article submission has been declined, and Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Battle of Mount Tabor was not created. Please view your submission to see the comments left by the reviewer, and please feel free to resubmit once the issues have been addressed. (You can do this by adding the text {{subst:AFC submission/submit}} to the top of the article.) Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia! Smoozle (talk) 00:48, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Sulla's civil wars

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Battle of Mount Tabor (biblical)

— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

DYK update

Hello! Your submission of Khedivate of Egypt at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! The Interior(Talk) 22:45, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Just as a comment, you shouldn't nominate something at DYK and then just abandon the nomination, particularly when so many issues have been left outstanding (one reviewer commented "For a long-time Wikipedian with many DYKs to his name the nominator is highly slapdash about references (and wikilinks). You know what I'm talking about - just dropping URLs and calling them references, and linking to a boxing champ instead of a self-proclaimed khedive... I just did some cleaning up, but with both the main hook (my definite #1 choice) and ALT2 lacking any references I can see, and ALT1 citing a Wikipedia mirror of all things, it still has to be a no"). Your enthusiasm is admirable, and it's good that you're working on some of the more out-of-the-way articles, but you won't make yourself popular by leaving so much tidying up for others to do. Making useful contributions to Wikipedia is not just about scoring DYKs. Don't take this the wrong way, it's meant as constructive criticism, but it might be helpful for you to have a go at taking an article to WP:GA or even WP:FA, just to see the final destination, to get an idea of where your articles should be heading - it'll save you a lot of grief in the long run. For instance it's a lot easier to sort out things like referencing as you go along, you really ought to be using the {{cite}} system (see WP:Citation templates) and be a lot more stringent on sources. For pre-WWI history you should be able to ref most of the basic facts via Google Books, in general I'd avoid searching Google in web mode altogether and when you do so, you really need to think hard about the quality of the websites you use (see WP:RELIABLE). Wikipedia mirrors such as Nations Encyclopaedia not only fail that guideline but circular references like that are positively harmful, creating an alternate wikiality. You may also want to check out the links towards the bottom of WP:WIAFA, in particular User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a. Hope this is helpful, keep up the good work. Le Deluge (talk) 09:10, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

November 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Please do not replace pages with blank content, as you did with this edit to Category:Leech Lake, as this is confusing to readers. The page's content has been restored for now. If there is a problem with the page, it should be edited or reverted to a previous version if possible; if you think the page should be removed entirely, see further information. Thank you.   — Jeff G.  ツ 02:12, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Sorry for deleting it; I want to keep the article intact. DCI2026 (talk) 02:16, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Malet coup of 1812

Hello! Your submission of Malet coup of 1812 at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Clarityfiend (talk) 08:39, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Marquis of Barbacena

Could you explain me why did you change the title of the Marquis of Barbacena's article? José Paranhos, Viscount of Rio Branco, Honório Carneiro Leão, Marquis of Paraná, etc... You don't spell "Barão" but "Baron", or "Duque", but "Duke". --Lecen (talk) 14:40, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

I apologize for any mistakes I may have made while changing the article name. I thought it would be correct to change it to the Portuguese version of the title. I had thought it best to follow the example of an article such as Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau. This article name includes a French title, "vicomte," rather than the English "viscount." After reading your post, I realized that most, if not all, articles about Portuguese nobles use the "English" version of their titles. I am going to change the name back to the one I created the article under, if it has not been changed back already. DCI2026 (talk) 01:26, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Dynasties of Early Brittany

I have posted a question on the reference page about an early Breton dynasty of rulers that may have controlled parts of Cornouaille and Domnonee. Any answers to the question would be greatly appreciated. DCI2026 (talk) 00:56, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Fall of the Roman Empire

Hello! I think you will find this very useful for your article. It is one of the best recent works on the subject. Cheers, Constantine ✍ 12:46, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! DCI2026 13:29, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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DYK: Final dissolution of the Western Roman Empire

Hello! Your submission of Final dissolution of the Western Roman Empire at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know!

Odoacer's deposition of Romulus Augustulus

Hi. I noticed that it's been a few days since you've added to this article. Please let me know if I can help in anyway with refs, since you've made such a great start and I'm currently researching this for exams anyway. Best, The Cardiff Chestnut (talk) 01:33, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

If you would like to help with finding extra books, that'd be great - I've been without internet access and will be for a few days. Sorry, and thanks for the help. DCI2026 19:54, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Featured Article review

Feel free to help review 1689 Boston revolt for FA-class. DCItalk 18:06, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

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King Siharas

Thank you for your help. My new article is King Siharas, end of campaign Siharas was captured but i am unabale to provide ref.if you can help.Bhavinkundaliya (talk) 16:31, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

I'll check for references, but will add the info in anyway. DCItalk 17:04, 12 November 2011 (UTC)