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ITN

On 1 July, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--BanyanTree 02:22, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

ITN again

On 17 July, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) World Youth Day 2008, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--BanyanTree 23:43, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

On 22 July, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Zimbabwean dollar, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--BanyanTree 03:52, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

On 1 August, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--BanyanTree 21:48, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Rolf Bae

I have nominated Rolf Bae, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Rolf Bae. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? -Lilac Soul 19:45, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Just wanted to encourage you to keep up the good work on the Rolf Bae article. I think you're engaging Misplaced Pages as it should be engaged. Think of deletion efforts as honest evaluations by other editors, and I'd say your improvements to the article are the appropriate response. Good job! --Quartermaster (talk) 00:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

		The Resilient Barnstar
		Keep up the good work! Quartermaster (talk) 00:09, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

John McCain archiving

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary, which wasn't included with your recent edit to Talk: John McCain. Thank you. -- Comandante {Talk} 20:55, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem. Just making sure protocols and whatnot are being followed. I didn't want the archive thing going away in case one of the users who actively edit the article didn't want to use an auto-archive (I've been a bit wary of them as well, since when I tried to use the same thing for my talk page, it kept taking the most recent comment on it and posting it repeatedly to the same archive). It might be a good idea to bring the archive suggestion up as I don't have the final say. Again, just erring on the side of caution. -- Comandante {Talk} 21:10, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi, and thank you for your contributions to Misplaced Pages. It appears that you recently tried to give a page a different title by copying its content and pasting it into another page with a different name. This is known as a "cut and paste move", and it is considered undesirable because it splits the page history which is needed for attribution and various other purposes. Instead, the software used by Misplaced Pages has a feature that allows pages to be moved to a new title together with their edit history.

In most cases, you should be able to move an article yourself using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. This both preserves the page history intact and automatically creates a redirect from the old title to the new. If you cannot perform a particular page move yourself this way (e.g. because a page already exists at the target title), please follow the instructions at requested moves to have it moved by someone else. Also, if there are any other articles that you moved by copying and pasting, even if it was a long time ago, please list them at Misplaced Pages:Cut and paste move repair holding pen. Thank you. StaticGull  Talk  13:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Palin

Sorry, where's the link to the archive? Kaisershatner (talk) 16:28, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

You'll find the link at the top of talk (in the talk header). Thanks again. --Hapsala (talk) 21:41, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

September 2008

Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Thank you. --StuffOfInterest (talk) 14:03, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

ITN

On 20 September, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Thabo Mbeki, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer 00:47, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

On 8 October, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer 11:09, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

On 7 October, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Nobel Prize in Physics, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer 11:10, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

On 6 October, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Nobel Prize in Medicine, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer 11:10, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

On 9 October, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Nobel Prize in Literature, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer 18:24, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

On 14 October, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item involving the article(s) Paul Krugman, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently updated or created article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer 20:28, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

On 7 December, 2008, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Patriarch Alexy II of Russia, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--Spencer 01:41, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

On 24 January, 2009, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Ecône consecrations, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the In the news candidates page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 16:05, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Image:Herman Simm.jpg

hallo, please provide exact source url for image File:Herman Simm.jpg. Also note that PD-EE exemptions are quite narrow. Under which exemption does this image fall exactly? --WikedKentaur (talk) 18:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Gaza conflict

No need to get personal and throw f-words around. If the bot is not able to keep the page accessible there is no rule preventing editors to create archives. The page is continously getting way too large (>200 kb, once even >500kb). This excludes users with no high speed connection from editing (or even reading). With the highest respect to the sensitive topic, threads become dead horses much earlier on high traffic sites than elsewhere. If you feel a discussion was archived that was not yet dead please extract this one from the archive, but don't do wholesale reverts. The large size already led to a situation where new threads are added on top instead of the bottom with the older stuff stuck in the middle of an unloadable mess. Skäpperöd (talk) 16:15, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Request for comments

Hi there,

Is a bit long, but can you comment at Template_talk:Euro_adoption_future#I_propose_to_change_the_name_and_the_structure? It will be very much appreciated.

Thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 15:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Sven Inge

I've just reviewed the DYK nomination and there's a problem. The hook hasn't got an inline citation. Please fix it and let me know when you've done so, so I can review it again. - Mgm| 13:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Sven Inge

On January 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sven Inge, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 00:41, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

Please don't accuse editors of being sockpuppets, as you did . Suspected sockpuppets should be reported at WP:SSP. Thanks! Gerardw (talk) 21:48, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Talk archive search form

Thanks for adding this talk archive search form below to Talk:2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict:

Where, if anywhere, are the search form parameters explained? --Timeshifter (talk) 04:08, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
That is awesome, thank you :) Nableezy (talk) 04:39, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Category:People from Tourcoing

For every category you create, you should specify parent categories to which it belongs. You do this by listing the parents near the bottom of the page, each enclosed in double brackets like so:

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Contact me if you have questions about this. Best regards,--Stepheng3 (talk) 20:37, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

Linking dates

Please read MOS:UNLINKDATES, the one you referred to. It says "Linking: Dates (years, months, day and month, full dates) should not be linked, unless there is a reason to do so." --Skizzik 12:16, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

That page is about Template:Persondata! Where do you see any rules or guidelines that one should link the birthdate (or any date that do not contribute to the readers' understanding of the topic)??? --Skizzik 12:29, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I will revert it a second time now, please provide a link that really support your agenda before adding it again. Thanks. --Skizzik 12:50, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes I know that rule and therefore I'll not revert it again after the second one, the only person who has already reverted it 3 times is You. And You have still not provided a link that back up your vision. Where in MoS do you se anything that backup linking birthdate?? How do you interpret "Linking: Dates (years, months, day and month, full dates) should not be linked, unless there is a reason to do so."??? Please answer, and you should have done that before reverting! --Skizzik 15:35, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Sigh... Why not reconsider your very personal interpretation of "unless there is a reason" before continuing making, I'd say, destructive edits. --Hapsala (talk) 15:44, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I just happened to be here by coincidence, and decided to give my opinion since I have been in this type of fights in the past. Per MOS:UNLINKDATES dates should not be linked "...unless there is a reason to do so...". My personal interpretation of this sentence is "... unless there is also a link back in the respective year and month-day articles ...". So if Carl Lundström is so notable that you can add a link to his article in 1960 and/or April 13 articles respectively, then a link on the dates of in his birth date is justified.

The other valid reason that I can think of is explaining in the article of Carl Lundström why his birthdate is important (for example, "he was born a few days after the United States launches the first weather satellite, TIROS-1.") but obviously there should be a link between this fact and the person. Just my opinion to help to solve the situation.

Thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 00:59, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

AfD Process

I noticed that you have nominated 2 articles for AfD today. Unfortunately, you have not completed the process. Please review WP:Articles for deletion-How to list pages for deletion for instructions on how to successfully complete the process. Thanks... ttonyb1 (talk) 00:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

DYK for René Lefebvre

On February 21, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article René Lefebvre, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 05:01, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

Category:People from Filipstad

For every category you create, you should specify parent categories to which it belongs. You can do this by listing the parents near the bottom of the page, each enclosed in double brackets like so:

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]

Contact me if you have questions about this. Best regards, --Stepheng3 (talk) 18:06, 21 February 2009 (UTC)

POTD scheduling

Hi and thanks for your efforts in scheduling the Picture of the day. However, the image you selected, File:Lutheran Cathedral Helsinki.jpg is not a Featured Picture. The Pictures of the day are selected from the existing Featured pictures in a roughly FIFO order. If you are interested in nominating this image for Featured status, please do so at Misplaced Pages:Featured picture candidates. If you would like to help out with the POTD, please be sure to read Misplaced Pages:Picture of the day/Guidelines. Thank you and let me know if you have any questions. howcheng {chat} 07:32, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Proposed new policy

As a recent contributor to Deaths in 2009, you may be able to help decide on a proposed new policy. It is proposed that:

A month should be deleted from the "Deaths in " page ONE WEEK after the month ends.

Please opine at Talk:Deaths_in_2009#Proposed new policy. Don't just say

• Support.

or

• Oppose.

Also state your reasons and participate in the discussion. Michael Hardy (talk) 16:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

DYK nom: Jan Lindblad

Hi. I've nominated Jan Lindblad, an article you worked on, for consideration to appear on the Main Page as part of Misplaced Pages:Did you know. You can see the hook for the article here, where you can improve it if you see fit. decltype (talk) 13:00, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Admin intervention has been requested

I have requested admin intervention at Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Users_continually_re-inserting_LINKVIO_links, in relation to your continued insertion of WP:LINKVIOs at We Don't Wanna Put In. The reasons for their removal was clearly explained on their talk page, and you have ignored this. Your claims of "political" reasons for removal is ridiculous if had read the talk page. Surely you have better things to do than ignore policies such as that, because I sure as hell have better things to do than to request admin intervention because of a user who should know better. Instead of violating policies such as that, there is nothing stopping you from expanding the article, and including the contentious verse of lyrics in the article, as they have received critical commentary in the press, and the inclusion in the article can be justified under fair use. --Russavia 07:47, 15 March 2009 (UTC)