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Thanks!

Just wanted to say thanks for your contributions to the timing of Easter; it's a confusing business, and I'm glad that you know your way around it. Awickert (talk) 19:40, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome!

pluma (talk) 05:52, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

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Moving pages

Regarding this edit, pasting material to GB (disambiguation) that had been cut from GB: This is not an acceptable way to move a page, because it separates the page from its edit history. For information about moving pages, please see Wikipedia:Moving a page. In any case, that disambiguation page should not have been moved, because it was already in the right place. Dab pages using the (disambiguation) clarifier are only used when a term has a primary topic, which GB does not.--ShelfSkewed Talk 17:07, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

I know

I'm sorry! I realized that after I moved two pages like that, then fixed one, but I couldn't remember which the other one was and hoped someone else would find it. Thank you so much for doing so! pluma (talk) 21:26, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

No problem. Wikipedia is huge, and even experienced editors don't know all the guidelines--I certainly don't. Welcome to the circus, and happy editing!--ShelfSkewed Talk 04:33, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Answers

Hi! In response to your questions on my user talk page:

1. There is a large selection of userboxes available at Template:WP:UBS. All userboxes are templates, and are transcluded by putting the template name in double curly brackets. Something like {{User en}} will produce a userbox identifying you as a native English speaker.
2. If you have images you own the copyright to, and you want to upload them under an open license, you'd want the Commons Upload form. If you want to upload a non-free, fair use image, you'd use the English Wikipedia's upload form. If you upload non-free content, you should be familiar with the restrictions on its use.
3. WP:REDLINK describes the common practices surrounding links to articles that don't exist. In a nutshell, you should exercise common sense and only link nonexistent pages that are likely to become comprehensive articles at some point in the future. You were definitely heading in the right direction there.
4. Talk page discussions tend to have newer posts at the bottom, and older ones at the top, and you may want to avoid indenting new lines. The MediaWiki software interprets leading spaces as preformatted text. Help:Wiki markup will give you a pretty good idea of how to format text on Wikipedia.

If you have any further questions, I'd be happy to help. --Gyrobo (talk) 22:08, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Question about moving pages

Hi! Was there any consensus for your move of the PJ&O characters title to a combination of the series? Not that I disagree with the move, but I would have moved it to "List of characters in the Camp Half-Blood series" or something less complicated. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 03:19, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I probably should have gotten consensus, but I figured that the series is not called the Camp Half-Blood series, and so I thought that no one would mind if I corrected the name. If you want, you can change it back, but you'd need to fix all the redirect pages, and there are about fifty of those. Sorry for the inconvenience! pluma (talk) 04:22, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

I'll do some research into a better name and see if there is any consensus. The pages needed to be moved; I don't question that, just the title choice, which I think could be simpler. Thanks for your work, especially on the PJ articles! PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 16:04, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

What ideas do you have for a simpler title? I can't think of any that are shorter without sacrificing accuracy. pluma Ø 03:33, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

The accepted combination is calling the two combined series the Camp Half-Blood series. For example, see Template:Camp Half-Blood. And that's simpler than running the two series titles together. PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 23:14, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

My bad. I don't agree with that name, but if that's what's official, then feel free to change it back. Sorry! pluma Ø 23:42, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey, thanks so much for the barnstar, that was very kind of you, and I really appreciate it! SuggestBot should stop by in a few minutes with some new suggestions for you, enjoy! Cheers, Nettrom (talk) 18:03, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Don't mention it!

A lot of people who deserve barnstars don't get them. You should have gotten that Barnstar a while ago. Cheers ;), pluma (talk) 17:07, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

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adopt-a-typo

Dear Pig, I am Majestic Pyre^{My Speech Bubble} . I have, so far, spearheaded the adopt-a-typo project. I noticed your comment, sugestting that it might be best to double up on typos. However, at least in my opinion, and I am as new to this as you, it seems that it will be more effective to entrust specific typos to specific users who then, after defeating the backlog, merely check periodically. I would, though, love more discussion about the subject. Please feel free to contact me on my talk page. Majestic Pyre^{My Speech Bubble} 20:41, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Sure! It was just an idea. It's just that I adopted a typo that has hundreds of uses on Wikipedia even though it's wrong. pluma Ø 20:45, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm..... Maybe I will put in a "nannies wanted" section where people with a particularly large typo backlog can request help with particularly typos? P.S. Thanks for the Barnstar :) It is my first of many I hope. Majestic Pyre^{My Speech Bubble} 21:12, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

About the Barnstar: Don't mention it. A ton of people who deserve barnstars don't get them. I try to send WikiLove liberally. PS: the nanny thing is a great idea. pluma Ø 21:19, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Let me know what you think of the new Nannies Wanted Section. Majestic Pyre^{My Speech Bubble} 00:35, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

LOL (literally)I love it. I fixed some formatting. pluma Ø 00:47, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks For the help and encouragement Pluma Majestic Pyre^{My Speech Bubble} 00:48, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Don't mention it! pluma Ø 00:55, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Typo Nanny Userbox

Overkill? Majestic Pyre^{My Speech Bubble} 00:50, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

A typo nanny userbox would be great! But maybe I'm not the one to ask, because I have a ton of userboxes. ;) There's no reason not to have one. pluma Ø 00:54, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

		The Excellent User Page Award
		For Having The World's Best Collection of Userboxes Majestic PyreMy Speech Bubble 01:06, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Haha! You should change the name to The Userpage Barnstar or something like that and submit it to the Barnstars talk page page! pluma Ø 01:17, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Rollback

I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. 08:34, 28 August 2011 (UTC)—An  optimist on the run!

Thanks! I'm headed toward the Recent Changes page right now! pluma Ø 16:04, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Camp Half-Blood series-related

Remember when you had did a redirect for this series? It was originally called that so that it can cover both book series. Now the page is one of those Wikipedia articles that have very long names. Rtkat3 (talk) 7:22, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I know and I'm sorry. If you really feel that strongly about it, please move it back.

Philipines etc

Please can you update Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings/P with your adoption of the Philipines? Thanks. --Mirokado (talk) 00:35, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I haven't been able to figure out how to do that yet. I'm going to go back and try again. pluma Ø 00:39, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

I looked again, and I still can't figure it out. Could you help me? pluma Ø 00:42, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Hi! All you need to do is add your normal talk signature as you did here to each entry in the list which you are adopting. You can see the result of that by looking at the entry for pheonix which I have adopted. --Mirokado (talk) 01:29, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't see any edit link for the entries' section. pluma Ø 01:37, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Har. Well, you can just edit the page and add your signature to the Philipines etc lines. --Mirokado (talk) 01:40, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

I tried that yesterday and it didn't work, it only showed the top section. But I tried again today and it worked. I installed a program that has been messing thing up a bit because I have to allow everything now. But anyway, it's working now! Cheers and happy editing! pluma Ø 19:15, 5 September 2011 (UTC)

Re:Tanjore painting

Hello Flyingping, just wanted give you a heads-up. I have reverted the IP edits on the Tanjore painting article. They are copyvios from

• travel-tamilnadu.com/thanjavur.htm
• Thanjavur_workshop.pdf

The rest of the article was a self promotion of this individual, Mr.M.Muthukrishnan. — Ganeshk (talk) 01:34, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I looked at the edit history, and it showed me something else. I guess it messed up. I recently installed this software called noscript and it's really messing stuff up for reasons I can't explain. Sorry again and happy editing! pluma Ø 01:39, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

No problem Pluma. Happy editing to you as well. — Ganeshk (talk) 03:27, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar! Because I've been inactive for quite a while, I really haven't had a chance to continue what I started so long ago. bibliomaniac15 06:12, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

That's fine: sometimes real life is more important than Wikipedia (but usually not). pluma Ø 06:16, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Sorry!

It was by accident. I am new to Wikipedia and still learning! MichaelS 05:10, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry about it! I've been editing Wikipedia for a while, and I'm still learning. Happy editing and remember to sign your talk page entries with four tildes (~~~~)! pluma Ø 05:13, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Sorry if I caused any trouble. Here's a Barnstar for my troubles. MichaelS 05:14, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Pluma

If you want the username "pluma", you could probably usurp the name. Just putting that out there in case you're interested. Swarm ^{u / t} 11:56, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for creating my user page.

Dear Pluma,

Yesterday I found your message: Hi! I know you have had troubles with creating pages, so I have created your userpage! You can design it as much as you like with instructions that can be found at the User page design center. Happy editing! pluma Ø 04:23, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

Your kind gesture is highly appreciated! I had not logged in for a couple of days because I was not sure how to proceed. Now I can concentrate again on what I had imagined to do, i.e. drafting an article to Wikipedia on "Cochran's C test", see if I could contribute to other people's articles as well, and check if it would be appreciated if I would start translating some articles into Dutch. --Rtlam (talk) 19:35, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Recent edit to userpage

Although obviously meant to be in good faith, your recent edit to my userpage was unnecessary. The issue was resolved here a while ago. "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=446757699#User:Fly_by_Night_is_vandalising_people_user_pages"

Bryan.Wade (talk) 04:30, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

I saw that what you were doing has been allowed, but I would strongly suggest that you remove that service award from your userpage, for displaying it is lying, and falls under the scope of WP:VAND for intentionally placing incorrect information. Fly by night was right about removing your incorrect service award. Do you want Wikipedia to be honest or not? pluma Ø 01:27, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

I'm not lying, I just like how it looks. Bryan.Wade (talk) 03:28, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Re:Battle of the Labyrinth

I'll see what I can do. I haven't worked on Percy Jackson pages in a long time. Is there anything specific you would like me to look for? Glimmer721 ^talk 18:06, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

The problems that have not been addressed can be found in the Problems mentioned in the GA review that still have not been fixed section on the Battle of the Labyrinth talk page. Thanks! pluma Ø 01:55, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors!

Hello and welcome to the Guild of Copy Editors! I would be happy to mentor you. To become a member, there are 2 things to do. First, place this text: {{User Copy Edit}} on your user page. This will create a user box and will automatically put you on the newsletter distribution list. The second is to add your name to the participant list.

To get started on copy editing, there are several ways to find articles to copy edit.

1. Find the list of "Wikipedia articles needing copy edit" on the right side of the GOCE main page.
2. Join the backlog elimination drive. There are directions on the page how to join. It's just a little friendly competition to encourage copy editing and there are barnstars that you can earn.
3. Go to the Request page. Most of the articles listed are here are articles which are in pretty good shape already, but may need some special care to make them a little more professional-sounding. Generally, these articles are intended for Good article review or the like.
4. Find new articles that have not yet been reviewed. You can go to Special:NewPages to find them. New articles often need copy editing, and it seems a lot of article reviewers just put a {{copy edit}} tag on them. So, going through the new articles list is a way to prevent the backlog from growing.

So, there are some things to get you started. Let me know if you need any help with the copy editing process. I'm generally busy during weekdays and I may not be able to respond right away, I'd be happy to help if you need it. Happy editing! --Tea with toast (話) 01:57, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

Answers to questions

It is up to you whether you do your copy editing in one edit or multiple edits. For me, it usually depends on how long the article is and how much work needs to be done. If is is a long article and I know it will take me a while, then I will put the "In use" tag up and edit section by section. One problem with trying to do everything in one edit is that on rare occasions, someone may edit the page before you save your edits. That can cause an edit conflict, and you might loose the changes you made. Is there any particular problem you are having with the backlog drive? Here is a link to the main drive page which has some more detailed instructions on how to get started. There is also a link to a FAQ page there. If you have any specific questions, let me know. Ciao! --Tea with toast (話) 04:00, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

The problem I am having with the backlog elimination drive is that on the current drive page, I cannot comprehend the Gold Star Letterboard in the Progress section. Could you help? Happy editing! pluma Ø 04:07, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

The Gold Star Letterboard is something that you update yourself. If you find that you have edited more articles than one of the other top 5 people on the board, go ahead and put your own name on there (and leave the last person off the board). There are 3 different categories: # of articles, # of words, and # of articles that contain 5000+ words (and if you edit an article that contains 10,000 or more words, than can count as 2 articles). It is an optional thing. You don't have to do it. Sometimes, even if you do not edit the board yourself, someone else may notice your totals and put you up on the board. Being on the board will earn you a special prize, but you can still earn prizes even if you don't make it on the board. --Tea with toast (話) 01:01, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Thank you again, but what does number of words mean, as in, how many you changed, how many you added, or how long the articles were? pluma Ø 01:04, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Oh yes, I was confused about that too when I first started! "Words" = How many words are in the article – make a note of this before you started editing the article. In order to find how many words are in an article, go to Instructions for participants, and there will be directions on how to add a script to your user account so that you can access this feature. --Tea with toast (話) 01:41, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

I have been using it and have been surprised at how few words articles have! Cheers and happy editing! pluma Ø 02:13, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Yes, it is surprising! I'm glad you've gotten it to work. If you have any more questions about the drive, let me know and I'll see you there! --Tea with toast (話) 03:02, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

For the November Drive can I put in my copy edits from October? I also entered my copy edits for the September drive too late, so am I allowed to enter those in too? Thanks, pluma Ø 02:09, 6 October 2011 (UTC)

Unfortunately, only edits made during the month of November can be applied to the November drive. I'm sorry the edits you made in September could not be added to the count. In the future, I find it is best to enter your list of copy-edited articles on to the drive page right after you have finished with an article. Well, I hope to see you at the next drive! --Tea with toast (話) 04:17, 7 October 2011 (UTC)

Beowulf

I see your good work at Beowulf. Just to mention something, you don't have to say when you're coming and going. Just edit when you edit and not edit when doing other things.

Also, when I started wkifying last year I used to make many small edits - a comma, a wikilink link etc for each save when someone told me it's better to get more things done in each save. It's up to you, when I work an article I try to get as much in a single save as possible - like this.

Like you I had trouble picking a user name. It seemed all the names were taken until the tenth or twentieth attempt. Slightsmile was not my first choice. Anyways nice to meet you, pluma. SlightSmile 23:57, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

I often try to make last minute revisions to what I write before I save, so I click the "stop loading" button, which, if done at the wrong time, makes an edit conflict, which sometimes makes me lose the work I had done on the last edit, so I want to make the smallest unit of change I can without damaging the flow of the article. Thanks for the advice, I won't tell people when I come or go any more. Cheers and happy editing! pluma Ø 00:03, 22 September 2011 (UTC)

President (title)

Perhaps you would care to explain why, after I addressed two of the issues you tagged on the above article (lead too long and no section headings), you reverted my edit without explanation. Or better still, instead of tagging articles and then leaving it up to other people to do the actual work, you could actually have a go at improving the article yourself if my effort wasn't good enough for you. Richard75 (talk) 17:45, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry if I came across as impatient. Richard75 (talk) 21:29, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

EditorReviewArchiver: Automatic processing of your editor review

This is an automated message. Your editor review is scheduled to be closed on 2 October 2011 because it will have been open for more than 30 days and inactive for more than 7 days. You can keep it open longer by posting a comment to the review page requesting more input. Adding <!--noautoarchive--> to the review page will prevent further automated actions. AnomieBOT⚡ 21:22, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

I just added a note. HTH. --Trevj (talk) 08:29, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

ZappatoRomano

Thanks Pluma, I'll love to do some funny tasks in order to learn how Wikipedia works! d --Zappatoromano (talk) 08:47, 9 October 2011 (UTC) homeworks done! You can see it here--Zappatoromano (talk) 07:49, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Good job. I hope it didn't take too long. In my time zone, it's one in the morning, so we'll continue it tomorrow afternoon. pluma Ø 08:04, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

1966 batfan

I accept your offer.--1966batfan (talk) 21:45, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

I did the task.--1966batfan (talk) 23:09, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

That's good, but why don't you actually write down the markups with different text, instead of just copying and pasting them to you talkpage. pluma Ø 23:14, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

How about now?--1966batfan (talk) 23:17, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Did that.--1966batfan (talk) 23:19, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

That's good. I'm making a new lesson for you and Zappatoromano (Another adoptee) right now. I will give it to you as soon as possible. By the way, when you are responding on a talk page, one usually indents their response with a colon (:) at the beginning of the line. If one is responding to a response, they indent their text three times, and so on. Happy editing! pluma Ø 01:24, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Here are the five pages I cleaned up.

1. BBC- Removing content from page

2. Peer pressure- Removing content from page

3. Motion (physics)- Removing content from page

4. Balsas River (Panama)- Adding nonsense to page

5. Parthenon- Removing content from page

Reasons on right.--1966batfan (talk) 22:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Those were what type of vandalism occured. All were IP's. I warned all.--1966batfan (talk) 22:57, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Good job. Remember to indent on talk pages. I will give you your next assignment shortly. pluma Ø 01:07, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Total edits:1,127

Months on the wiki:7

Percentage of edits on talk pages:20.68 percent --1966batfan (talk) 03:46, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

I finished my WikiHomework.--1966batfan (talk) 02:39, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

The main reason I got adopted was for helping me fight vandalism, not learn about copyright rules.--1966batfan (talk) 04:19, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for telling me! You need to know those rules, but I will try to direct more ant-vandalism oriented material towards you. Tomorrow I'll show you some anti-vandalsim tools. Is there anything else you want to know how to do in particular? By the way, try to remember to indent talk page responses. Happy editing!

pluma Ø 04:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Here are the three new pages I tagged:

1: Brad Batchelor

2: Childhood cancer awareness month

3: AÑO KLAS-SAY BAKERY & GEN. MDSE

I'm not a new page patroller. I prefer patrolling existing articles.--1966batfan (talk) 02:39, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

I generally don't agree with new page patrolling, but I was just showing you how it was done for the purpose of teaching you how to use tags. I'm writing your next task now. It's an anti-vandalism tool that is extremely powerful and efficient.pluma Ø 01:31, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Did you mean to revert me?

I added this text as an update to the medical uses section...

Escitalopram is primarily used for the treatment of major depressive disorder and general anxiety disorder in adults. There is some evidence favouring escitalopram over the antidepressents citalopram and fluoxetine in the first two week of major depression. Concerns of sponsorship bias however is noted. In another review escitalopram and sertraline had the highest rate of efficacy and acceptability among adults receiving treatment for major depression with second-generation antidepressants.

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 02:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

No, I didn't. There was an edit that I thought was vandalism that I then removed, but I then realised it wasn't vandalism, so I tried to revert my own edit but it resulted in an edit conflict. My computer sometimes says I had an edit conflict when I didn't, so I just restored the version that I had reverted in the first place. I didn't realise it, but the edit conflict was actually real, so I reverted your edit without realising it was there. I'm sorry for the confusion and I'll be more careful in the future. Happy editing! pluma Ø 02:39, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

No worries happens to all of use. I was sort of at my limit for reverts thus though I would ask :-) Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 03:07, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

References

zaPatrollin'

Is Alan Fudge dead?

[[1]]I tried to see the news on the l.a.times, but there isn't...--Zappatoromano (talk) 06:06, 11 October 2011 (UTC) Now I sent a email to his agent to know what is the truth.--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:11, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
[[2]]the whole text was removed, leaving just some letters: how do I sign my undoing?--Zappatoromano (talk) 14:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
[[3]] The greatest actor of all time: perhaps itis true, but Wikipedia is written from a neutral point of view.--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
[[4]]silly vandalism--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:28, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
[[5]]this is a tricky one: the ip is the same on the last 3 version; the right one is Revision as of 19:15, 10 October 2011 , the successive 3 should be erased, how:undoing from the latest to the oldest?--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:50, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
[[6]]small vandalism:perhaps he's tryng to write arabic but it appears as a string of numbers/letters with no sense--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:29, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure whether Alan Fudge is dead. He's sort of obscure, so it's hard to know. What do you mean by signing your undoing? To undo an edit that wasn't the last edit, click on page history and click the "undo" button for the edit there. Is that what you were asking? By the way, new talk page entries are generally placed at the bottom of the page. I will give you your next assignment shortly. Happy editing! pluma Ø 01:04, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

alan fudgewe are still the unique source of the news of his death;no answer from the email--Zappatoromano (talk) 15:31, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

Thanks for the Barnstar. Here's another Barnstar :) MichealSousa

Thanks! This is probably the biggest exchange of barnstars in history. pluma Ø 06:04, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Great anti-vandalism work - keep it up! ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 17:33, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Careful, please

You accidentally reinstated the vandalism and warned the wrong user.—Kww(talk) 23:19, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about that. It seemed like Sneaky Vandalism, but its hard to tell with that. pluma Ø 23:27, 16 October 2011 (UTC)

zappatoRomanoUpdating

I'm not forgetting You or MY homework,it just need some time,and I don't have it enough... Two question : 1 how to merge editCount from different lands? the global ? need a careful hand 2 soccer logo are under fair use licence and therefore forbidden to userBox, what if I make my own? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zappatoromano (talk • contribs) 16:42, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry about having little time. I don't have much either. Never feel like you need to complete an assignment by any time limit; I don't want to stress you out. Here are the answers to your questions:

1. Merging edit counts from different accounts isn't possible as far as I know. Is that what you were asking?
2. Do you mean "what if you make your userbox", or "what if you make your own soccer logo". If the soccer logo is copyrighted, you can't use it without permission, even if you drew the logo itself. To make your own user box, there is a wizard for making them at User:Java7837/userboxcreator To pick colours you want to use, see List of colors. The colours' names for this are the texts in the Hex triplet column.

I hope you found that helpful! If you have any more questions, let me know and happy editing as always! pluma Ø 01:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Hello Fltyingpig! I hope you enjoy this cookie as an amicable greeting from a fellow Wikipedian, SwisterTwister talk 02:56, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

You're very welcome and thanks for the barnstar. :) SwisterTwister talk 03:01, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

A pie for you!

I like pie. And I hope that you like pie too!! Thanks for all your contributions!!! :) Enjoy your virtual pie! :) Clubguppy (talk) 01:41, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Your adoption lessons

Hi, I notice you're posting adoption lessons saying things like this;

"What are the eight free use rationale? What happens to users who repeatedly uploads that do not meet the criteria?"

There are a number of problems here.

1. I think you mean fair use, not free use.
2. Are you talking about Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria?
3. If so, there are ten criteria, not eight.
4. Also, a fair use rationale, and the non-free content criteria, are two completely different things.
5. Shouldn't you be making clear that uploading free images is preferred?
6. Isn't your second question wrongly implying that users who repeatedly upload free images (which, by definition, don't meet the NFCC), will be blocked? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:44, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

I will go and fix those problems. Thank you for the information! Copyright isn't my strongest suit. Happy editing! pluma Ø 01:47, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar

Thanks for the barn star. Do you know if there is a way to link from the Igloo screen to the article itself so you can take a closer look in a regular window? Wknight94 ^talk 01:54, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

No, how? pluma Ø 01:49, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Oh, lol. I was actually hoping you knew. Maybe it's not possible. Wknight94 ^talk 02:03, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

There is a way, but it's inconvenient, and I was hoping that you were going to tell me an easier way. If you click on the page history button, then click "-full history-" it will bring you to the page's history, so to get to the page, just click on the on the "Read" tab. As I said, it is inconvenient, but still possible. Happy editing! pluma Ø 02:08, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

"Sexlog" Mistake

Hello - You deleted my post in a "Articles needing translation" page before you read the context. Please re-check the edits you have made. Thank you. Touch Of Light (talk) 03:15, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

My bad. I reverted myself. pluma Ø 03:17, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Realized that right after I posted this. Thanks for the barnstar, and keep up the great work! Touch Of Light (talk) 03:21, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

New user

While it is good to welcome and encourage a new user, you should ensure that they arer following the correct procedures for Wikiepedia. This edit [[7] replaced the framework of a properly formatted, referenced etc article with a chunk of unreferenced text in non wiki format which is probably copyvio and does not deserve a barnacle. Regards Motmit (talk) 22:18, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

I find it best to be a bit more liberal while giving newcomers barnstars, because it makes them feel like their contributions are good. Even if the contributions aren't in wiki format, it isn't all that bad, just fix it or add maintenance tags if you don't have time. One can't expect someone new to know all the rules and regulations of the wiki from the beginning. In my opinion, welcome messages are more of a way to make a new user feel accepted, and not a mentorship offering (that's what Adopt a user| is for). Thank you for your contributions and happy editing! pluma Ø 21:39, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Franz Beckenbauer

I would like to know what's wrong with the stats table. I think it's a far superior table. 174.93.24.202 (talk) 22:21, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

Nothings wrong with it. I was using an anti-vandal tool and made a mistake. I reverted my edits. Sorry and happy editing! pluma Ø 22:26, 20 October 2011 (UTC)

I am not a vandal

Hello, I realize I should have explained my edits instead of just pressing delete. What happened is I had started an article on Foundation Financial Group last year. It was rejected for lack of notability and I was told to revise it when I had more information. I revised it today, and deleted the old version, of which I am the author, but it was never on Wikipedia. I made my edits in draft and did not submit them yet. You told me to make my edits in Sandbox, which is an alternative, however, not permanent. In the draft guidelines, it states that I can take my time to create my draft page. However, now I cannot access my new draft - only my old draft that I don't want anymore. Can you put things back to the way they were? You also said I was vandalizing. I am not a vandal. A masochist would be a better word, I think, because you can't vandalize yourself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geis0099 (talk • contribs) 00:16, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Since the Wikipedia sandbox is not permantent, you can create your own sandbox here. That sandbox will not be blanked automatically as the public sandbox is. I hope that's helpful and happy editing! pluma Ø 00:23, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. I will do my edits in my own sandbox. Can I get my recent revision back? Otherwise, I have to do it all over again. Geis0099 (talk) 00:30, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

To get the revision that was undone, go to the page's history, then click on the date next to the revision you made. You can copy and paste the text into your sandbox, but it will not have all the formatting, so you will have to re-add that. Ask me if you have any more questions and ha and happy editing! pluma Ø 21:50, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Adopt a User

Thank you for your offer of Adopt a User. I think I can use the help. Geis0099 (talk) 02:01, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

I'd be glad to adopt you. I've completed the adoption and have sent you your first task. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please ask. pluma Ø 06:04, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

do what you like

I'm a scientist who works with exotic animals. hawk what you want on here. we don't like it. we won't fight you on it. It's futile. keep a macaw as a pet. keep a chimp. think what you like. we can't stop you realistically.

my edit was constructive in the following very real sense: we do not condone the keeping of these animals. you provided no citations to the contray (or any at all).

I will revert once more. you will revert again. then you can get back to your pictures of puppies my friend. I'm too busy. you cannot give a proper life to an animal like that. you're deluded.

or you could cite a zoologist who thinks military macaws are good pets. or evidence that most of them are bred. or evidence of anything you said.

welcome to wikipedia to you too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Duracell (talk • contribs) 06:24, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Adoption...

Im not exactly sure if I am supposed to post here or something else about adoption, but yes I am looking for adoption. I have some experience already, but may need a tutor to fully grasp the skills of wikipedian. Anyways. Thank you for taking the time to adopt me. I await my task(s)! Happymeal33 (talk) 08:35, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for adopting me! Should I still (I guess the word for it is post) post on your talk or on my talk?Happymeal33 (talk) 09:03, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

Why don't you write on your talk page and then type the following text on my talk page:

{{talkback|Happymeal33}}

pluma Ø 23:12, 10 October 2011 (UTC)

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190.163.3.204

Greetings -- Fltyingpig, please be careful that what you are reverting is actually vandalism. He was angry -- over-the-top angry, but nonetheless angry for a reason (I would have been in his position too), because his edits were in no way vandalism. Just please be careful. Wouldn't hurt if you said something to that effect. Wknight94 unblocked him. Thanks for your vandal patrolling, and all the best, Antandrus (talk) 03:26, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Sorry. I didn't now what to do, because he would get mad if I removed his angry remarks from my userpage, which I naturally don't want there. pluma Ø 03:57, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

I've given 190... a final warning for personal attacks. Please be sure to note that calling things vandalism when they are not can be considered a personal attack as well. Hopefully everyone can now go and discuss the issue on the talk page. Qwyrxian (talk) 06:01, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Archive to a subpage

You should archive to a subpage of the page being archived so people know where the archive is. See Help:Archiving a talk page#Subpage archive method. You can use archiveprefix= User talk:Fltyingpig/Archive. The initial letter of a username is automatically capitalized so User talk:fltyingpig/Archive 1 and User talk:Fltyingpig/Archive would be the same page. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:05, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

It appears you are still struggling to get a proper archiving procedure. ClueBot III refuses to follow your inappropriate direction to archive your user talk page to a subpage of your user (non-talk) page. Would you like me to make the suggested archiveprefix= User talk:Fltyingpig/Archive? I can also move the archive directions to the lead section where they belong. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:35, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnster fo your hardwork!

		The Original Barnstar
		Thanks for your hard work on wiki!Happymeal33 (talk) 12:51, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks! When I said to give someone a barnstar, I wasn't talking about myself, but I guess that works. Thanks again and happy editing! pluma Ø 23:11, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

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False accusations of vandalism

I'm still annoyed about your behaviour here. You said "I'm sorry for sending the vandalism warning for your first edit", which offers no explanation for why you failed to see that my edit was obviously not vandalism, nor why you spammed me with 7 further templates, each one accusing me of non-existent vandalism. You said "any editor can be reached through calm discussion" but you reverted not only my comment to you [8] but also my comment to the other user [9]. You didn't try any calm discussion yourself, with your only non-template message to me being this, which made no sense anyway. I would like to know - exactly what kind of message from me would have got through to you, or would nothing have worked? 201.215.55.131 (talk) 06:59, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

This may not be the proper space to complain, but you practically instantly reverted sound changes I made to Austin Rivers's page in which I deleted extraneous and biased information about his verbal commitment to the University of Florida before ultimately choosing Duke. It never should have been in a section about his college career, and it isn't significant enough to be in his relatively short entry. Mostly, it is apparent sour grapes from Florida fans. Subsequent Wikipedia editors have apparently agreed with me, as that information is no longer on Rivers's page. As an apparent self-appointed guardian of Wikipedia, you should be more thoughtful. The near-instantaneous reversal suggests you didn't even think before reverting. I have only made a handful of changes in my life; when I take the time, it's because I know the changes are correct. Wikipedia would be a better resource if the changes from its readers and occasional contributors were better respected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.218.20.75 (talk) 06:49, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

I'm sorry if I reverted something I shouldn't have. I do my best, but, being human, I make mistakes. pluma♫ ♯ 05:07, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks flytyingpig

Thanks for your editing suggestions on my article. I am not quite done with it yet. Do I get more homework? Not that I like homework, but it makes life interesting.Geis0099 (talk) 14:08, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Oops. I thought I had given that to you for some reason. I'll give it. Just a sec. pluma Ø 19:27, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

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A cookie for you!

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Review

Can you give me any more suggestions on my article in my sandbox or can I submit it for review? Geis0099 (talk) 16:38, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

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A bowl of strawberries for you!

Here are some strawberries as a thank-you gift for the barnstar. WikiPuppies! (bark) 20:51, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Vandal Patrol

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bay&action=edit This wasn't really vandalism, but there was no need to add a silly meaningless first line. I undid it. Still looking. Everyone seems to be behaving. Will continue my vandal patrol later.Geis0099 (talk) 16:01, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Sometimes there is a lot of vandalism going on and sometimes not. By the way, when you tried to show me an edit, making a link to the editing window doesn't let me see the edit you mentioned. In order to show someone a particular edit, go to the page's history, and select the edit before the edit you want to show me, and the edit you want to show me, then click Compare selected revisions. To show me the edit, go to the URL and copy and paste it to where you want to show it. pluma Ø 04:21, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Hope I am doing this correctly now. Here is edit #2. =Background== lol jk hahahhahahahahahaha It is from Messiah (Handel). I did not put a tag on it. Just presed "undo", signed it, and commented that it did not appear to me a constructive edit.Geis0099 (talk) 14:13, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit #3. AAa The former edit was AA guns. As with the previous, I did not tag it, undid the edit, signed it, and commented that is did not appear to be a constructive edit. It was from Commandos: Strike Force — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geis0099 (talk • contribs) 14:23, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Edit #4 Ever since Adil KAmel te Chinese civilization was founded, organized military . Someone added that to the sentence, and I noted once again that it did not appear to be constructive and undid it. The site was Chinese History. It appears the person was cited for possible vandalism before. I will move on to my next assignment. I will continue to look for vandalism, but won't report any to you.Geis0099 (talk) 14:44, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Those all appear to be vandalism. Tell me when you finish the next assignment. pluma Ø 22:43, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Rollback

I won't request rollback for a while, due to my recent blocks and the fact that I've had it removed once from me. I nearly got blocked for 6 months 3 days ago, but it was a bad block and lasted only 10 minutes. I'm being effective with Twinkle, and have become a bit of a new page patroller.--1966batfan (talk) 23:40, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Great. I see you are editing in good faith, but I just think you will have to be more careful. Why don't you do the regulations assignment, then you'll be done with all the required tasks and get a barnstar. Happy editing! pluma Ø 04:24, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Tell me when you finish the last assignment so I know when to give the barnstar. Thank you and happy editing!pluma Ø 22:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

I dont know

	The ass hole titile
	Why did you change my edits to baseball they were both true Dethhunter87 (talk) 00:48, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

I reverted them because they were unsourced and didn't comply with WP:NPOV pluma Ø 00:51, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Please help me

Please put all templates on User:Arnon Chaffin/Anti-Vandalism Center on my userpage. Do not add the article part to the template, please. It will help me in my war against vandalism.--1966batfan (talk) 22:56, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Okay... I will, but why must I do it instead of you doing it yourself? By the way, you can get the same exact thing with Twinkle. pluma Ø 23:08, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

"Teabagger" vandalism

If one more user pops up doing this, don't bother with 4 warnings, report it to me and I'll block. – Connormah (talk) 18:54, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Okay, but is one incidence of vandalism enough to report someone even if the account is being used purely for vandalism? pluma Ø 18:59, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, got the wrong user, but do take note... – Connormah (talk) 18:55, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

You got the right user. pluma Ø 18:59, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

In this case, yes. Don't need to waste your time with reverting 4 instances of the same childish vandalism from sockpuppets. Some admins would require 4 warnings, but I will block on sight if the account appears to be only used for vandalism. – Connormah (talk) 19:03, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I didn't realise it was a sockpuppet. If I had, I would have reported him sooner. pluma Ø 21:08, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

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Thanks for the barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar you have given me - it's really appreciated. As a sign of my appreciation, here is a cupcake. Oddbodz (talk) 21:05, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Yum. Thank you! pluma Ø 21:06, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

hello plz tell me how to make a signature

Larissa.Chilton (talk) 00:51, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

To make a signature type four tildes at the end of you message. 23:12, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Article Review

Hello. It has been about 4 days since I submitted my article for review and it has not been reviewed yet. Did I put it in the wrong spot? It says it's up for review on the template on my user page. Please help... Geis0099 (talk) 22:28, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

You did submit it to the right place, it's just that there are 376 articles waiting to be reviewed, so you might not get a review for quite some time. If you want, though, you can skip the reviewing process and just copy and paste the article at Foundation Financial Group. Just click on the link and paste the text in. However, if you do this, I would suggest that you keep the text on you sandbox page for a few days as well just in case someone decides to delete it. I don't think it should be deleted, but some wikipedians are quick to delete articles. Good luck and happy editing! 23:11, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Feedback Dashboard task force

Hi Fltyingpig,

I noticed you replied to some feedback from the new Feedback Dashboard feature – you might be interested in the task force Steven Walling and I just created for this purpose: Wikipedia:Feedback Dashboard. Thanks for diving in on your own and helping the newbies, and I hope you'll sign up! Maryana (WMF) (talk) 23:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

A tool for you!

Hi Pluma/Archives! I see that you are an copyeditor, and thought that you might appreciate some help with finding and eliminating multiple links (or wikification) from the article on which you are working.

I case you're not aware, all you do is install the script:

importScript('User:Ucucha/duplinks.js');

onto Special:MyPage/skin.js, and you'll find a clickable link called "Highlight duplicate links" in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). It can be found both in normal view mode and edit mode. Press on it, and away you go! Have fun! --Sp33dyphil © • © 06:47, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Fun Staff

Hello. I love your puppy. I am doing the Fun Stuff edits. I thought I only had to tell you when I was done with all the fun stuff. I have been going through them one by one. I added a language template and a welcome template. Next, I think I'll add a picture of my dog, although it is not as cute as yours. I will tell you when I'm done. Geis0099 (talk) 21:12, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

No, I was only asking you to tell me when you were all done. Do you know how to upload an image? pluma Ø 22:30, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

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Just realized both our usernames deal with pigs...strange The little green pig (talk) 00:53, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Astonishing coincidence! Happy editing!pluma Ø 00:55, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

by the way... you could probably WP:USURP the username Pluma, if you want. The little green pig (talk) 05:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, I know, I've been meaning to do that for a while but have never gotten around to it. pluma Ø 01:12, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

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Riot - reverted edit

I love how quickly correct edits get reverted, whereas Beast from da East's erroneous edits stand. The character he added back to the page has never been called Riot. Beast from da East went and undid all the name changes done to the various Symbiotes, completely ignoring the discussions on their talk pages which clarified the names he reverted them to were utter fancruft. These errors on his part stood unchallenged for the last week. If you check the main Symbiote (comics) talk page, you'll see repeated discussions over several years about the names, all of which reach the same conclusion. If you check the histories, you'll see that following these discussions the various Symbiotes get shifted away from the unofficial fan-made names, but every time some uninformed individual who didn't take part in the discussion and hasn't bothered to check the talk pages changes it back. So, to summarise: there are two characters called Riot in Marvel comics, not three, and the one I removed and you reinstated is not called Riot and never has been. 109.145.21.188 (talk) 19:08, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about that. Usually when a user removes a large amount of content, it's vandalism, so I reverted it, but as you can see, I made a mistake, since I know nothing about that subject. I have reverted my edit. pluma Ø 19:14, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. 109.145.21.188 (talk) 19:59, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Usurpation

Hey there, don't worry! I didn't forget you. Users with SUL requests often get expedited usurpation because they already have the claim to the username. ("In order to reduce the frequency of SUL conflicts as well as enhance collaboration and foster good will across the various Wikimedia projects, English Wikipedia bureaucrats will typically process requests to "usurp" unused or inactive local accounts made by SUL owners expediently and with relaxed consideration.") Your time is coming, so don't worry. bibliomaniac15 08:32, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

So I will usurp Pluma's name later? If I am being expedited to usurpation, why is it taking longer, because expedite means to speed up, not to delay? And is there anything I need to do on the Spanish and Slovak Wikipedias (the only other Wikipedias I have edited) in order to complete the usurpations? Pluma is my signature not my username, so I applied for usurpation so as to avoid possible confusion. Thank you for your time and happy editing!pluma Ø 17:59, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Just did the usurpation. You will have to request usurpation on each individual wiki you have edited in in order to link your accounts in an SUL. bibliomaniac15 01:07, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I edit so infrequently on the other wikipedias that it isn't worth bothering. I saw that the fltyingpig account has 500 edits. Why is that? pluma Ø 01:58, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Because you've made quite a few edits, it takes time for the servers to reattribute your edits to your new username. With your ~5k-6k edits it shouldn't take that long (give it a day or two). bibliomaniac15 02:17, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

It has been a few days and it still shows 500 hundred in the edit counter. Is there any way to fix it? pluma Ø 01:18, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Although we may not have directly worked together, you and I (and heaps of others) have helped to minimise the backlog of articles that need copy-edit. And thanks for the barnstars. --Sp33dyphil © • © 05:15, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

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Why thank you! I'm not sure if I'm going to join the Wikification drive, though: I usually use odd-numbered months for copy editing and even-numbered months for anti-vandalism. I might join it, though! pluma Ø 18:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

GOCE November barnstars

		Copy Editor's Barnstar
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		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Pluma for copy editing two articles of 5000 words or more during the GOCE November copy edit drive. Thank you for your efforts. -- Dianna (talk)

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A kitten for you!

Here kitty, kitty, kitty.

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Thanks

Thanks for the barnstar! I have moved it to the proper page. I was about to give one to you! I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 01:37, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

More barnstars than I deserve?

Hello, it seems like that you have awarded me barnstars which I don't think I deserve because Diannaa, in her role as WIKIFYGOCE's (I'm doing wikification ATM, so got confused) coordinator, had just given me five new barnstars for the November drive. If that bugs you, you can remove it. Cheers --Sp33dyphil ©^hat_ontributions 05:12, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

I think she just didn't notice that I had already given you some. Besides, I was giving you barnstars for copy editing, not wikifying. You can keep any extras. pluma Ø 05:15, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

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Keep it up

good vandal-fighting here. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 02:11, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. Since you revert vandalism a lot, you should request rollback rights. Once you have rollback rights, you can use powerful anti-vandal tools like Igloo and Huggle, which allow you to revert vandalism within a second of it being published. pluma Ø 02:18, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

That's not my problem. I currently use a notebook which is slow (5–10 seconds for a page). Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 02:22, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm not saying you're slow, I'm just suggesting you apply for rollback. Happy editing! pluma Ø 02:23, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

barnstarring it up

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		for always beating me to reverting vandalism :D Glacialfox (talk) 02:24, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Happy editing! pluma Ø 02:26, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors November 2011 backlog elimination drive report GOCE November 2011 Backlog elimination drive progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors November 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We would like to thank all who participated in this drive. Here is the end-of-drive report. Participation There were 48 editors who signed-up for this drive, of which 35 participated. Thank you to everyone who helped reduce the size of the backlog! Progress report During the drive, we reduced the backlog by 232 articles, or by about 6%. This is a two percent increase from our September drive, when we copy edited 4% of the backlog. We were successful in our primary goal of clearing the oldest three months—March, April, and May 2010—from the queue. Thanks to all who helped copy edit these difficult articles. Thus far we have reduced the copy edit backlog by 5086 articles, or by about 61%. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. Coordinator election The term of our second tranche of coordinators has run out, and we will be accepting nominations from December 5, 00:01 UTC to December 15, 23:59 UTC. If you or any other member of the Guild of Copy Editors wishes to be a coordinator, add your name to this page along with a statement describing why you believe you should be a coordinator for the Guild. You must be able to commit to a six month term. Thanks! Once again, thank you for participating in the Guild's November 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Our next drive will be in January, and we hope to see you there! Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters

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Sorry. I try not to do that, but sometimes I goof. pluma Ø 21:40, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

"a personal attack should not be included in the example"

Regarding this edit:

• Is it even possible to issue a "personal attack" on Wikipedia against a non-contributor who has been dead for over 200 years?
• "a great lover, but a lousy painter" doesn't seem to rise to the level of animus of a "personal attack"
• Did it occur to you that the original editor might have made that edit with tongue firmly planted in cheek?

-- DanielPenfield (talk) 14:56, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

Sorry. I thought it might have offended someone, such as maybe the painter's descendents, and besides, Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. pluma Ø 21:39, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

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GOCE 2011 Year-End Report

Guild of Copy Editors 2011 Year-End Report We have reached the end of the year, and what a year it has been! The Guild of Copy Editors was full of activity, and we achieved numerous important milestones in 2011. Read all about these in the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report. Highlights Membership grows to 764 editors, an increase of 261 Report on coordinators' elections Around 1,000 articles removed through six Backlog elimination drives Guild Plans for 2012 Requests page report Sign up for the January 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Get your copy of the Guild's 2011 Year-End Report here On behalf of the Guild, we take this opportunity to wish you Season's Greetings and Happy New Year. We look forward to your support in 2012! – Your 2011 Coordinators: Diannaa (lead), The Utahraptor, and Slon02 and SMasters (emeritus).

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plumamenu

Hi, I spotted your menu template at template:Plumamenu. This should really go in your userspace, as it is not a template for every one to use. eg User:Pluma/menu. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:51, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's Day!

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GOCE March copy edit drive

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WikiProject Wikify March Mini Drive

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GOCE March drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive update GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! Here's the mid-drive newsletter. Participation: We have had 58 people sign up for this drive so far, which compares favorably with our last drive, and 27 have copy-edited at least one article. If you have signed up but have not yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: Our target of completing the 2010 articles has almost been reached, with only 56 remaining of the 194 we had at the start of the drive. The last ones are always the most difficult, so thank you if you are able to help copy-edit any of the remaining articles. We have reduced the total backlog by 163 articles so far. Special thanks: Special thanks to Stfg, who has been going through the backlog and doing some preliminary vetting of the articles—removing copyright violations, doing initial clean-up, and nominating some for deletion. This work has helped make the drive a more pleasant experience for all our volunteers. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (talk), Stfg (talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list.

Archiving

I noticed that your auto-archiving had gone bonkers because the code was placed at the end of the talk page instead of the start. As such, the bot kept creating new archives which including the archiving template, thus causing it to "archive" the new archive every few days. I fixed it for you and cleaned up the bot's mess. If you no longer want auto-archiving you can remove the {{User:ClueBot III/ArchiveThis}} template at the top of this page. --ThaddeusB (talk) 20:12, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! I noticed something was wrong but never got around to fixing it. Happy editing! pluma♫ ♯ 00:22, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

GOCE March drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 backlog elimination drive GOCE March 2012 Backlog Elimination progress graph Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors March 2012 Backlog elimination drive! This is the most successful drive we have had for quite a while. Here is your end-of-drive wrap-up newsletter. Participation Of the 70 people who signed up for this drive, 40 copy-edited at least one article. Thanks to all who participated! Special acknowledgement goes out to Lfstevens, who did over 200 articles, most of them in the last third of the drive, and topped all three leaderboard categories. You're a superstar! Stfg and others have been pre-checking the articles for quality and conformance to Wikipedia guidelines; some have been nominated for deletion or had some preliminary clean-up done to help make the copy-edit process more fun and appealing. Thanks to all who helped get those nasty last few articles out of the target months. Progress report During this drive we were successful in eliminating our target months—October, November, and December 2010—from the queue, and have now eliminated all the 2010 articles from our list. We were able to complete 500 articles this month! End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. When working on the backlog, please keep in mind that there are options other than copy-editing available; some articles may be candidates for deletion, or may not be suitable for copy-editing at this time for other reasons. The {{GOCEreviewed}} tag can be placed on any article you find to be totally uneditable, and you can nominate for deletion any that you discover to be copyright violations or completely unintelligible. If you need help deciding what to do, please contact any of the coordinators. Thank you for participating in the March 2012 drive! All contributions are appreciated. Our next copy-edit drive will be in May. Your drive coordinators – Dianna (Talk), Stfg (Talk), and Dank (talk) To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. EdwardsBot (talk) 22:16, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Disabling archive index

ClueBot III keeps making the strange list of articles at User:ClueBot III/Indices/User talk:Pluma. I have not received a reply at User talk:ClueBot Commons/Archives/2012/April#Strange archive index by ClueBot III so I'm disabling the index. The archiving will still take place. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:57, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! pluma♫ ♯ 22:42, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

GOCE May copy edit drive

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Adoption

Hi Pluma, I left a message on your adoption talk page, I don't know if you receive messages if something is posted on a special page like that so I am placing this here just to make sure that you got it. ( Lunashy _{Friendship letters.}^{write a friendship letter} 06:37, 10 May 2012 (UTC))

GOCE May mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 49 people signed up for this drive so far, 26 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, please consider doing so. Every bit helps! If you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're on track to meet our targets for the drive, largely due to the efforts of Lfstevens and the others on the leaderboard. Thanks to all. We have reduced our target group of articles—January, February, and March 2011—by over half, and it looks like we will achieve that goal. Good progress is being made on the overall backlog as well, with over 500 articles copy-edited during the drive so far. The total backlog currently sits at around 3200 articles. Hall of Fame: GOCE coordinator Diannaa was awarded a spot in the GOCE Hall of Fame this month! She has copy-edited over 1567 articles during these drives, and surpassed the 1,000,000-word mark on May 5. On to the second million! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 14:42, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

mentorship

I am looking for a mentor who will help me edit articles and do other things. Could you possibly help?drt2012 (talk) 18:40, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

June Wikification Drive!

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wikimarkup 101

I have completed first task at User:1966batfan/sandbox. I like your style of teaching Orschstaffer (talk) 06:41, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
Notice: at the beginning of wikimarkups 101 we are instructed to use "User:1966batfan/sandbox", then at end of page you tell us to use "your sandbox page" which is "Special:MyPage/sandbox". Question: Do you want us to use both pages? also, I see the redirect from Fltyingpig/sandbox to User:1966batfan/sandbox.--Orschstaffer (talk) 13:54, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

Don't do it on 1966batfan's sandbox. That's another user's sandbox. Sorry I haven;t been the most active mentor. I don't have much time.

GOCE May drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors May 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 54 people who signed up this drive, 32 copy-edited at least one article. Last drive's superstar, Lfstevens, again stood out, topping the leader board in all three categories and copy-editing over 700 articles. Thanks to all who participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, are available here. Progress report: We were once again successful in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog—while removing 1166 articles from the queue, the second-most in our history. The total backlog currently sits at around 2600 articles, down from 8323 when we started out just over two years ago. Coodinator election: The six-month term for our third tranche of Guild coordinators will be expiring at the end of June. We will be accepting nominations for the fourth tranche of coordinators, who will also serve a six-month term. Nominations will open starting on June 5. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa, and Stfg To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 15:52, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 Copy Edit Drive

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in their July 2012 Backlog elimination drive, a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on July 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on July 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to eliminate the articles tagged in April, May and June 2011 from the queue and to complete all requests placed before the end of June. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits more than 4,000 words, and special awards will be given to the top 6 in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in April–June 2011", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Dank, Diannaa and Stfg. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:10, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July 2012 mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 25 have copy-edited at least one article. It's a smaller group than last drive, but we're making good progress. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—May, June, and July 2011—by about 40%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 264 articles so far, to around 2500 articles. Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, your best copy-editing work of the month will be eligible for fabulous prizes! See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:50, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

GOCE July drive wrap-up

Guild of Copy Editors July 2012 backlog elimination drive wrap-up Participation: Out of 45 people who signed up this drive, 31 have copy-edited at least one article. Lfstevens continues to carry most of the weight, having edited 360 articles and over a quarter of a million words already. Thanks to all who have participated! Final results, including barnstars awarded, will be available early in August here. Progress report: We are once again very close to achieving in our primary goal—removing the oldest three months from the backlog. Only 35 such articles remain at press time. The total backlog currently sits at under 2400 articles, down from 8323 when we started out over two years ago. We are just two articles away from completing all requests made before July 2012 (both are in progress). Copy Edit of the Month: Starting in August, you'll be able to submit your best copy-editing work for palaver, praise, and prizes. See here for details. – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 00:14, 28 July 2012 (UTC)

GOCE news and September drive invitation

Invitation from the Guild of Copy Editors The Guild of Copy Editors invites you to participate in its events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is currently in the submissions stage. Submit your best August copy edit there before the end of the month. Submissions end, and discussion and voting begin, on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC). September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on September 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on September 30 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit the articles tagged longest ago and to complete all requests placed before the end of August. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top six in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". This drive features a much easier signup process. We hope to see you there! – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 19:04, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September activities

Reminders from the Guild of Copy Editors A quick reminder of our current events: The August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 14 (UTC). The September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. The September 2012 Backlog elimination drive is now underway! The event runs until midnight September 30 (UTC). The goal is to copy edit articles with the oldest tags and complete all requests placed before September. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who participates, with special awards given to the top five in the following categories: "Total articles", "Total words", "Total articles over 5,000 words", "Total articles tagged longest ago", and "Longest article". – Your drive coordinators: Stfg, Allens, and Torchiest. To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 04:28, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE mid-drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2012 backlog elimination drive mid-drive newsletter Participation: Out of 37 people signed up for this drive so far, 19 have copy-edited at least one article, about the same as the last drive. If you've signed up but haven't yet copy-edited any articles, every bit helps; if you haven't signed up yet, it's not too late. Join us! Progress report: We're almost on track to meet our targets for the drive. Great work, guys. We have reduced our target group of articles—August, September, and October 2011—by about 44%, and the overall backlog has been reduced by 58 articles so far, to around 2600 articles. The biggest difference between this drive and the previous one is a stronger focus on large articles, so total word counts are still comparable. Don't forget about the Copy Edit of the Month contests! Voting for the August contest has been extended through the end of the month. You don't have to make a submission to vote! August 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the discussion and voting stage until midnight September 30 (UTC). September 2012 Copy Edit of the Month Contest is in the submissions stage until midnight September 30 (UTC), when discussion and voting begin. >>> Sign up now <<< To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Newsletter delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:16, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

GOCE September 2012 drive wrap-up

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List of discography by Fabolous

I have requested that your move be reverted. A discography is a list. Cheers. --Richhoncho (talk) 11:02, 24 October 2012 (UTC)

Instead of reverting it, why don't we change it to something else, because Fabulous Discography is not a complete title. How about Discography by Fabulous or something like that? pluma♫ ♯ 02:51, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

It may be incomplete, but so is WP and nearly every article. Are you saying Category:Hip hop discographies members ALL need renaming? Also you have misunderstood the language - a discography is specifically a "list of records" so the word "list" is totally redundant in the first place. If you want to object to the proposed move here is not the place. --Richhoncho (talk) 08:08, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

Merger proposal

You may be interested in the discussion at Talk:List of Presidents of the Congress under the Articles of Confederation#Merger proposal. -Rrius (talk) 06:05, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Sudetenland

It depends how you look at it. Under the Nazis it was a Gau (district) consisting of three political districts: Eger (with Karlsbad as capital), Aussig (Aussig) and Troppau (Troppau). In other times, Sudetenland has more vague borders, but always considered to be the German speaking parts or ethnic German parts of what was Czechoslovakia even well before 1939. Anyway, that's what our Wikipedia tells us, and none of it seems to be disputed, so I guess it's reliable. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:10, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

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Genres

Please cite a source for musical genres rather than thinking about it and coming up with an answer. We need to hold to WP:V for all facts, including genres. Binksternet (talk) 09:14, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Almost no genres are sourced on music articles, and I figured that having an accurate unsourced genre is better than having an inaccurate unsourced drama. Besides, removing all genres that aren't cited is a big waste of time and certainly does not contribute to the wiki. pluma♫ ♯ 02:35, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

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Did you accidentally have the Drumpf extension on?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_presidential_election,_2016&diff=prev&oldid=748624978

I'm not sure if you had that browser extension to change all the Drumpfs to Drumpfs - I thought you were a vandal and then realised you're a rollbacker! Lol, was that an accident? -- numbermaniac (talk) 07:56, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

yeah, that was a mistake. I didn't realize the Drumpf extension would do that. Thanks for assuming good faith and taking the time to think that maybe I wasn't a vandal. I appreciate that.

Best wishes, pluma♫ ♯ 08:58, 9 November 2016 (UTC)

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Killing of Harambe ‎

If you feel the mention of the memes is worthy of inclusion in the lede please take it to the talk page and see if there is consensus for this. Meters (talk) 05:18, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

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Escape of Charles II

Can you please justify your recent 'bannering' of the above article. It looks a little like overkill; certainly there are sections that require more in the way of citations, but what specifically makes you come to the conclusion that it contains substantial amounts of OR? Urselius (talk) 08:33, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

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Hey, wanted to let you know I partially undid your edit to the intro of Teutonic Order. You'd generalised the correct claim that the Teutonic Order did forced converting in the Baltic to the incorrect claim they did the same in the Middle East. That crusaders did this in Outremer is a common belief, but it isn't what historians think. Not that they were tolerant or enlightened, but their normal practice there mirrored Muslim treatment of dhimmis mostly with a couple differences. Some references for this are Jaspert, Die Kreuzzüge, there's an English translation The Crusades too but I haven't read that, and Davis, "Life for Muslims in the crusader states" in Andrew Holt, Religion and World Civilizations. JaikeV (talk) 12:02, 15 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks so much for the correction and the clarification! pluma♫ ♯ 04:02, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

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