User talk:zombiefan

A tag has been placed on Zombietime, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article seems to be blatant advertising which only promotes a company, product, group or service and which would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article. Please read the general criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 11, as well as the guidelines on spam.

If you can indicate why the subject of this article is not blatant advertising, you may contest the tagging. To do this, please add {{hangon}} on the top of the page and leave a note on the article's talk page explaining your position. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would help make it encyclopedic, as well as adding any citations from reliable sources to ensure that the article will be verifiable. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 19:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hello, Zombiefan, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! -- Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 19:54, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Tag on your own user page?[edit]

Hi, I just wanted to point out that the speedy deletion tag you placed on your own page here is causing that page to automatically show up in the deletion category. You only need that tag on the page that is under consideration for deletion, not your own user page. Thanks. Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 22:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I guess! I'm a total newbie at Wikipedia, as if that isn't too obvious :-) The page has been updated throughout the day and more update info is in the pipeline. I hope that the updates have caused the "speedy deletion" process to be negated, as this is not a spam or advertising entry. I'm at a complete loss to understand how anyone could've come to that conclusion - doing so within minutes of the first posting to boot. Whatever, I hope that the entry now meets the standards of Wikipedia and its administrators. Thanks. `--Zombiefan 08:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Zombietime vandalism[edit]

There are several strategies for dealing with vandalism. One is to put the page on your watchlist (look at the links on the upper right part of your screen) and simply revert to an older, better version each time it happens. Reverting is done by going into the page history and viewing that version, then clicking on edit and saving it. Be sure to include the word "revert" in your edit summary. Also, watch what the vandal does. If the vandal (or, for that matter, anyone, including you) reverts the same article more than three times in a day, an administrator can be contacted to block that user (see Wikipedia:Edit war). If the vandal is not reverting but doing other types of edits, then they have to become pretty obnoxious before an administrator will block them. An administrator will probably just tell you to use your watchlist to combat the vandalism personally. You can also place a warning template on the talk page of the vandal (see Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace) each time it happens, starting with the nicest templates and gradually moving to the sterner ones. A repeatedly warned vandal who persists for long enough can be blocked by an administrator. If it is happening constantly from different users, you can request protection or semi-protection for the page (although this might lock it into a bad version and thus reflect badly on the AfD debate).Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 17:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Additional question from my talk page[edit]

You said:

This just showed up on my related changes page: (diff) (hist) . . Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion‎; 10:55 . . (+148) . . Tjstrf (Talk | contribs) (If it were a normal short-lived proposal I'd agree, but this one happens to have been the basis for a massive amount of arguing. It's also necessary for the context of Wikipedia:T1 and T2 debates)
What I seem to smell here is someone's personal politics getting ready to play heavy-handed, a sort of "Free speech for me but not for thee" type of ideology. Thanks. Zombiefan 12:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. It sounds as if the user quoted by you is arguing that your article is not a candidate for Wikipedia:Speedy deletions, which is a good thing for you. Also, I don't see an AfD debate (one would normally show up on the "what links here" page) so I don't think your article is currently in danger of being deleted.Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 17:52, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Signature[edit]

You are not supposed to put your signature on the article pages, as they are communal work by many editors, only on your messages on the comment pages. In any case, hang in there. We can always use some more Anti-Idiotarian Rune X2 22:09, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rune X2: Old (and apparently now a bad) habit from my HTML3 days :-) This is the first time I've done any markup of any kind in 4 or 5 years, so I will 'get it' eventually. How eventual, I haven't a clue. lol One thing about us Anti-Idiotarians, though, we're a persistent lot. Doing a Wiki for zombietime was my brainstorm, so I have no choice but to hang tough and pick up the helpful hints all of you have been so kind to make. They're most certainly appreciated! Thanks again! Zombiefan 07:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is a very minor, nearly insignificant question. Is it possible for you to amend the zombietime wiki url so it has a lowercase "z" rather than the current uppercase? If so, could you also do the same for the zombietiming wiki and amend the "z" in the title to lowercase?

As always, your assistance is greatly appreciated. Zombiefan 16:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The URL always has an initial uppercase letter (see iPod, for instance); this is a limitation of the software. You can put a lowercase letter in the page title by placing {{lowercase}} at the top of the page. Hope that helps; feel free to put {{helpme}} back up if you have any further questions. --ais523 16:34, 15 February 2007 (U T C)

Thank you, ais523! Zombiefan 16:49, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of Zombietime[edit]

I have nominated Zombietime, an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zombietime. 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.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. DreamGuy (talk) 15:03, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]