User talk:OrangeDog
Articles for deletion nomination of Open Watcom AssemblerI have nominated Open Watcom Assembler, 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/Open Watcom Assembler. 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. Pcap ping 08:47, 2 February 2010 (UTC) Hi, OrangeDog. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JWASM, a discussion in which you participated, was closed as redirect to Open Watcom Assembler. Open Watcom Assembler has now been nominated for deletion due to notability concerns. If you would like to participate in the discussion, please comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Open Watcom Assembler. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 09:09, 2 February 2010 (UTC) Wikipedia keeps all historyI was led to believe that all history is kept, but this is all rather strange. When I created the NavBox I looked at all the assemblers that were available before putting the NavBox in the article. Only the assemblers with no internal article missed out and ended up red-lettered. WASM wasn't one of them. I saw the article at that time (25th Jan) and there wasn't much there, but it was there and was there since at least August with the same name. Where is that, given that the current WASM (software) only got there on 28th Jan? -- spincontrol 21:22, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living peopleHello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:
Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 02:03, 24 February 2010 (UTC) Typeface list collaboration goalsCan we set some particular goals? Please answer at: Wikipedia talk:Typeface list collaboration#Particular goals--DThomsen8 (talk) 13:02, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
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For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:00, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
...today's Wikipedian 10 years ago --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:30, 9 April 2020 (UTC) I couldn't editI did look at the Help information stored on my computer but couldn't find anything related. I'll look at the site you suggested when I'm at a library. I don't go to unfamiliar sites at home.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:41, 12 April 2010 (UTC) Further information may be posted here. No one has responded, though for some reason the link I put there was wrong.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:43, 12 April 2010 (UTC) B-RixdorfHi and thanks for the hint on my page, I think I will make it this way. Regards, -jkb- (talk) 18:44, 19 April 2010 (UTC) RFCU CushHey you probaly missed the fact that RFCU was closed and Archived, so i reverted it. if you feel strongly about it you can bring it up again in new one but at this point that one is closed. Weaponbb7 (talk) 02:48, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
CSD discussionI'm taking a lot of offense at this comment, and I'm going to tell you why here rather than disrupt the discussion. I feel very much that you are not understanding what NPPs do. We act as the screen for every single article that passes through Special:Newpages. We are not deletion-obsessed. We improve the substandard articles we find. We add tags to the articles that need them. We search for references for articles that are unreferenced. We fix incorrectly-formatted templates and links, and spelling errors and broken refs. That's all we do for your standard "good" new article. Most of them, however, are not "good". These articles can be one of a variety of things. Some are pure vandalism and attack pages. Some are 11-year-old kids writing about themselves, what school they go to, what their dog's name is, etc. Some are articles by corporations about corporations. And some are essays and some are neologisms. Those are the most common kinds of problem articles. We deal with them there and then so that the rest of the wiki doesn't have to. If we're looking for references for an article and we can't find any, we tag it too. It is not a fun job. Some of the creators fight back. When you characterize us as "trying to prevent the creator from having any input", what you're really referring to is this and this and this and this. These creators are not young, bright-eyed little new users who are being stifled and driven away by our cold black hearts. We are not evil, and we do not get a kick out of this. We do an unglamourous, repetitive task that is constantly under fire from users who share your viewpoint. I would like very much to see you try new page patrolling for a week and emerge with the same opinion that you hold of us now. ALI nom nom 21:01, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Help:English to Latin TranslationHello! I need some help on English to Latin translation. Please help me to translate the following list of english words to Latin.
Thank you. Amit6 (talk) 18:27, 6 June 2010 (UTC)
Reviewer permissionHello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, is currently undergoing a two-month trial scheduled to end 15 August 2010. Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under pending changes. Pending changes is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial. The list of articles with pending changes awaiting review is located at Special:OldReviewedPages. For the guideline on reviewing, see Wikipedia:Reviewing. Being granted reviewer rights doesn't change how you can edit articles even with pending changes. The general help page on pending changes can be found here, and the general policy for the trial can be found here. If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:50, 9 July 2010 (UTC) BigsHi OrangeDoc, I noticed that you undid my removal of this external link. I hadn't really checked whether the link provided useful information to the article. My removal was part of reverting a string of spam link edits made by C.Bluck (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), who seems to be a single purpose account on a mission to advertise this site. If you look at their home page, you can easily see that it is a commercial site, which i.m.o. does not qualify as a WP:EL, although, perhaps, like you say, in this case it might provide useful information. I checked a few other entries which clearly added nothing to the article in which they were inserted. Also note that some of this user's edits where nothing more than stressing the fact that "this is a Bigs animation". So, I have removed that particular advertising phrase from the links section entry but kept the entry. I'll leave it to your discretion to keep or decide to remove the link itself after all, if/when you might find a suitable alternative on some non-commercial site. Cheers - DVdm (talk) 09:51, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
What does Facepalm mean?Referring to this.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:45, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
Meetup Cambridge 8Wikipedia:Meetup/Cambridge 8 will be on Saturday 24 July. As you may have seen. Hope to see you there. Charles Matthews (talk) 20:53, 21 July 2010 (UTC) Courtesy noteYou are receiving this message because of your participation in this discussion, now continued at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Microformats. –xenotalk 13:44, 10 August 2010 (UTC) UnacceptableIn invite you to remove this ad hominem, personal attack. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 14:03, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
Re: RfC on MicroformatsNo, they don't affect the output of screen readers. Graham87 00:08, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. As you recently commented in the straw poll regarding the ongoing usage and trial of Pending changes, this is to notify you that there is an interim straw poll with regard to keeping the tool switched on or switching it off while improvements are worked on and due for release on November 9, 2010. This new poll is only in regard to this issue and sets no precedent for any future usage. Your input on this issue is greatly appreciated. Off2riorob (talk) 23:43, 20 September 2010 (UTC) No problem (with me)At VP/T, it was not difficult to get your question right at second glance. No problem. I thought your assertion was good. -DePiep (talk) 10:59, 13 October 2010 (UTC) Noel Fielding's WikiHello, I see that you have reversed my edit on the Noel Fielding page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Fielding). I took out the stuff about his relationship with Dee Plume because it's incorrect. He has been dating xfm presenter Lliana Bird for well over a year now. They were already dating at the time the Sunday Times article was published. She is the woman in the middle in this picture: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/104364510/Getty-Images-Entertainment Although this hasn't really been mentioned in the press, most fans know that Lliana is his girlfriend now. And also, the breakup mentioned by both the News Of The World and the Sunday Times was his breakup with Pixie Geldof: "This last comment is an oblique, and slightly sad reference to Fielding’s love life, involving a break-up with Pixie Geldof much reported in the tabloids this summer." - The Sunday Times, November 28 2009. (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article6933657.ece) Dee and Noel haven't been trying to "fix up" their relationship because it's over. I apologise in advance if this violates the talk page guidelines. I'm new. :) ScarletMasquerade (talk) 01:59, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online AmbassadorsHi OrangeDog! Since you've been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, I wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes. If that sounds like you and you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors during the current term, which started in January and goes through early May. If that's something you want to do, please apply! You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones). I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:35, 3 February 2011 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:UK Space Agency.pngThanks for uploading File:UK Space Agency.png. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). PLEASE NOTE:
Category:Blocked historical usersDear OrangeDog. I just nominated Category:Blocked historical users for discussion, see here. While scrolling through the edit history of the page, I noticed you already put it on CfD once, two years ago. I can't seem to find the entry where I should find it though. Perhaps you could tell us something about it? Thanks in advance, theFace 21:05, 2 April 2011 (UTC) If Wikipedia does something scary I'd like to know about itWell excuse me for thinking someone had done something scary to Wikipedia. Besides, they get tired of me asking questions on the Computing Reference Desk.Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 19:15, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
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