User talk:Londonfella

Hello, Londonfella! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking

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Bills player edits[edit]

Hi, can you do me a favor and stop altering the intros for players of the Buffalo Bills? We are trying to keep the intros standard, so if you have other info like a specific draft spot or a fact about their career, please put it in the body of the article, like a section called "Professional career."►Chris Nelson^Holla! 20:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, sorry didnt mean to mess up the intros. Ill take your comments on board and put other information elsewhere on the pages. Thanks for the heads up. Londonfella.

No big deal. By the way, you can sign posts on talk pages by typing ~~~~.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 16:07, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks alot.

Adoption[edit]

Sure, I'll adopt you. I see your account is only a month and a half old, so if you ever have any questions at all, feel free to contact me. My first tip is when you sign your name with the ~~~~, you don't have to write "Londonfella" after that. Useight (talk) 15:46, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you're having trouble with adding references, don't worry, it's kind of tricky, just find a different article that already has references and use the same format as that. Useight (talk) 22:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Football League[edit]

Londonfella, i am a new user and just wanted to try and find a wikibuddy (if that is the right terminology) i noticed that you also like american football and seem to take a great interest in making sure the pages are correct. i admire this value and wondered if you would mind giving me some advice when it comes to editing. i dont seem to be able to work out how to source. i am sorry to bother you with this request but i have seen some of your edits and think you were the person to ask. Macches. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Macches (talk • contribs) 15:55, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Future Adminship[edit]

Well, if you want to become an admin in the future, you could start with an editor review, or an admin coach. They can give you detailed advice on what to do to improve your editing skills and policy knowledge. Based on your current statistics, I see you have 690 total edits, which is a lot for only three months as an editor. However, it's going to take at least 2000 edits to pass an RFA. I have a page, here, that details what I like to see in an admin candidate. Many other editors share similar feelings. So, if you can edit in such a way that you meet my criteria, you'll have a much better chance of passing RFA. Useight (talk) 22:36, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you're looking for an admin coach, one that I know really well is bibliomaniac15. He does a good job, but he only accepts candidates that he feels are ready and he often is quite busy with several coachees at once, so he may or may not be able to coach you. Useight (talk) 15:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Right now, I do not recommend admin coaching for you at the moment. Admin coaching is best when one has been around for a good period of time and has a good amount of experience (say, 6+ months). Right now, you should focus on your adoption with Useight. Pressure him to tell you more. Adminship is a long ways, but it can be achieved when one is patient. bibliomaniac 15 Do I have your trust? 23:58, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, first off, you won't need to pressure me like bibliomaniac15 says, ask me any question you like and I'll answer it as soon as I see it. Secondly, to answer your questions on my talk page referring to User:Useight/RFA Standards, mainspace edits means number of edits to actual articles. According to your stats, you have 911 mainspace edits. You can see on that same page the fifteen mainspace articles you have edited the most. Your other question asks what Wikipedia namespace edits were. Just like this page I'm typing on says "User talk:" on the top, this is a user talk page. The Wikipedia namespace pages start with "Wikipedia:", such as the two you have edited: Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/members and Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League. Other Wikipedia pages could be: WP:XFD, WP:AIV, WP:RD, WP:RFA, WP:ANI, and all of their subpages. Some more links to Wikipedia areas can be found at User:Useight/Helps#Work_Areas, all the ones there that start with "WP" are Wikipedia namespace.

Your final question asks what I meant by, "High activity in areas in which candidate mentions in Q1." During an RFA, there are 3 basic questions that they answer (more may be added by other editors), often referred to as Q1, Q2, and Q3, short for Question 1, etc. In Q1, it asks the admin what areas they plan to work in as an admininstrator. If they say they want to block vandals, my "High activity" sentence means I want to see work at WP:AIV. If they want to work at CAT:CSD (deleting pages), I want to see them tagging articles for speedy deletion. If they want to work at WP:AFD, also deleting pages, I want to see them putting in their input there. Wherever they plan on working as an admin, I want to see that they have sufficient experience in that area.

I hope that answers your questions, sorry for typing so much. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask. Useight (talk) 15:44, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fighting Vandalism[edit]

There are some good places to start. You could monitor new pages, or recent changes, or add some of the pages list at Wikipedia:Most vandalized pages to your watchlist. Perhaps you can get a hold a tool like Twinkle or Huggle to help you out, but it can be very easy to make mistakes using those tools. Useight (talk) 16:45, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The easiest way to send a warning is to manually put {{test1}}..{{test4}} or {{bv}} to their talk page. There are many scripts that simplify this task. I am using VoA scripts. If warnings do not help please go to WP:AIV. If a registered user appear to come only to vandalize (as oppose to a newbee who mixes things, or a POV-warrior who makes biased but good faith entries, etc.) then report him to WP:AIV straight away, the IP should be warned to the level of {{test3}} or {{bv}} first Alex Bakharev (talk) 12:32, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rams Wikiproject[edit]

Please accept this invitation to join WikiProject St. Louis Rams, a team subproject of WikiProject National Football League dedicated to improving the quality of St. Louis Rams related articles. Simply click here to accept!

Thanks for your interest in the St. Louis Rams WikiProject! There is lots of work that needs to be done to individual player pages. I would say work on one and ask for help back at the Rams wikiproject, the NFL project and in other wiki general help areas. --Pinkkeith (talk) 16:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admin Coaching[edit]

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I have created a page to discuss your coaching. You can find it here. Please post all comments and questions there. Thank you and happy editing! JW..[ T..C ] 03:51, 31 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcoming[edit]

Hi there. Welcoming new users is a very useful thing to do, and I hope you will continue, but I noticed that a lot of the users you are welcoming have not yet made their first edit. I don't know whether you're aware, but there is a convention that users - whether anons or account holders - should not be welcomed until after they have made their first edit. This is to help save on server resources, since many named accounts never actually edit, and also because most welcome templates thank the user for their contributions, so adding it to someone's talk page when they haven't yet contributed looks inappropriate and impersonal. It also allows you to use more specialised welcome templates like Template:Welcomespam and Template:Welcometest if a first edit turns out to be unhelpful. See Wikipedia:Welcoming committee#Users without any edits for details. Cheers and happy editing, Ka renjc 13:07, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message, and yes - please do keep welcoming! I notice you're signed up onto the Welcoming Committee, so keep up the good work :) Ka renjc 10:44, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your RfA[edit]

Hey. I think you might want to withdraw your RfA, as it has almost no chance of passing. Generally, users like to see over 2000 edits and at least 300 Wikipedia-space edits before they vote for a candidate. If you want to get more feedback on your editing, you should consider filling an editor review, and you might want to check out the new admin school, as it also has helpful material for admin hopefuls. In a little while, you might want to consider getting a Admin coach to help you prepare for an RfA. You also might want to start contributing to areas like WP:AFD, WP:AN and WP:ANI, as well as WP:AIV. If you are interested in more advanced vandal fighting, you could file a request for rollback permissions as well. If you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask me. Erik the Red 2 ~~~~ 16:28, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd have to agree with the above, but good luck in the future! --Banime (talk) 19:31, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not to pile on with my fellow Wikipedian comrades, but I don't want to see a potentially great user become discouraged after opposes begin to accumulate. Wisdom89 _{(_T / ^C)} 19:35, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have closed your RFA early per WP:NOTNOW. I realise this is disapointing, but I hope you have had some useful feedback. Of particular note is that no editors felt there were any issues but experience that need to be addressed, and that all were united in recognising your hard work and valued contributions so far. Please don't worry too much about this - no doubt a future RFA will be succesful, when you have addressed the concerns raised. Best wishes, and happy editing. Pedro : Chat 21:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. If you need any help or advice on anything please do hit me up and I'll be happy to help if I can. Pedro : Chat 11:24, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

London[edit]

Hi, I take it from your name you are in London? If so you might want to join us in at Wikipedia:Meetup/London 14 Ϣere Spiel Chequers 20:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome back[edit]

Nice to see you made a return. Good luck in your future endeavors. Useight (talk) 17:21, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Question[edit]

I'm not sure which question you're referring to, could you please specify? Thanks. Useight (talk) 17:17, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, figured it out. It was the one about Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster and the controversy section. I don't reall get involved in Biography of Living People, but I notice that section has five citations. It doesn't look like unsourced negative information to me. Useight (talk) 16:50, 7 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

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) 13:48, 24 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]