SeaFox

Welcome!

Hello SeaFox, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Editing, policy, conduct, and structure tutorial
• Picture tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Naming conventions
• Manual of Style
• Merging, redirecting, and renaming pages
• If you're ready for the complete list of Wikipedia documentation, there's also Wikipedia:Topical index.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, please be sure to sign your name on Talk and vote pages using four tildes (~~~~) to produce your name and the current date, or three tildes (~~~) for just your name. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!

-Poli (talk • contribs) 05:24, 2005 July 25 (UTC)

Wessex sboxes

Hi -- I see you've added a couple of succession boxes to Wessex kings. I reverted the one at Ine of Wessex with what I hope was an explanatory note; when I saw you'd done others I thought I'd say something here and get your opinion. I think the Monarch template covers the sbox and makes it a bit redundant. Do you think it's really worth adding? Mike Christie (talk) 01:56, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

I was simply completing the set as the articles on the later kings all seem to have them. --SeaFox (talk) 01:58, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, fair enough. Wouldn't it also be possible to remove the later ones, if the argument for removing them is reasonable? I'll delete the one on Caedwalla, unless you object; I don't think it's really necessary. Thanks for the explanation. Mike Christie (talk) 09:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

That would be something to bring up with the editors who regularly maintain those pages (is there a Wikiproject Monarchs and Kings? ^^) I was actually just trying to trace back to see who the earliest known "King of England" was that there was information on for my own amusement/scholarly interest. Of course, I eventually found I was no longer in a time period "England' existed in and was looking at Kingdoms of the British Isles instead. I decided to follow the path of Wessex, then the Succession boxes I'd been following vanished. --SeaFox (talk) 10:58, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

You might be interested in Template:English_Monarchs in that case, though what it contains is subject to a good deal of debate. The earliest king listed there is Ælle of Sussex, who may not even have existed, and who, even if he did exist, definitely did not rule all of what's now called England. He's listed as a bretwalda in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, though, which is why he was added to that template. As usual it depends what you mean. If you want the earliest king who ruled over all the English in England who weren't under foreign rule, that would be Alfred the Great. If you want the first king who ruled all of what's now England as a direct ruler, without subkings, that would be one of Alfred's descendants (my post-Alfred history is hazy but it might have been his son Edward the Elder).

I went ahead and removed the succession box on Cædwalla, but I'll leave the others unless I get interested in editing them directly. I don't think it's necessary to be a regular editor of an article to make a change like that, though of course it's always sensible to check with them since they'll know the subject matter. Mike Christie (talk) 11:50, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Mgx-tsubaki-akira.png

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Mgx-tsubaki-akira.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. —Farix (t | c) 12:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Mgx-urabe-mikoto.png

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Mgx-urabe-mikoto.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. —Farix (t | c) 12:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Mgx-oka-ayuko.png

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Mgx-oka-ayuko.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. —Farix (t | c) 12:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Mgx-ueno.png

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:Mgx-ueno.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. —Farix (t | c) 12:14, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Notification: changes to "Mark my edits as minor by default" preference

Hello there. This is an automated message to tell you about the gradual phasing out of the preference entitled "Mark all edits minor by default", which you currently have (or very recently had) enabled.

On 13 March 2011, this preference was hidden from the user preferences screen as part of efforts to prevent its accidental misuse (consensus discussion). This had the effect of locking users in to their existing preference, which, in your case, was true. To complete the process, your preference will automatically be changed to false in the next few days. This does not require any intervention on your part and you will still be able to manually mark your edits as being 'minor'. The only thing that's changed is that you will no longer have them marked as minor by default.

For established users such as yourself there is a workaround available involving custom JavaScript. If you are familiar with the contents of WP:MINOR, and believe that it is still beneficial to the encyclopedia to have all your edits marked as such by default, then this discussion will give you the details you need to continue with this functionality indefinitely. If you have any problems, feel free to drop me a note.

Thank you for your understanding and happy editing :) Editing on behalf of User:Jarry1250, LivingBot (talk) 19:44, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability 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, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:08, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability 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, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:32, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Nomination of Virgin Night for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Virgin Night is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Virgin Night until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Skeletor3000 (talk) 01:39, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:MLGK-vol1cover.png

⚠

Thanks for uploading File:MLGK-vol1cover.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in section F5 of the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. --B-bot (talk) 17:33, 4 May 2022 (UTC)