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User talk:PFHLai/Archive 2This page is an archive and its contents should be preserved in their current form;
Cowboy Up!Hi, just to let you know that a user who was rather rude to you has a new name just in case you run into him again! He's a real piece of work - good luck. Here's where you met:User:RJSampson Dwain 23:28, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC) Ya...... I know... I gotta take a wikibreak I think. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:24, 3 August 2005 (UTC) New York TimesActually the New York Times is free online, you just have to register. It's not free for older articles, though.--Pharos 07:02, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
Featured PictureThanks for your help with the FeaturedPicture on the MainPage this morning. Do you know what the problem was? I assumed I must have forgotten to protect the template, but the Protection log suggests that I had protected the page on the 5th. Did I miss something else, or do protections just go AWOL occaisionally. -- Solipsist 19:15, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Template:In the newsBased on your recent edit [1], I am curious: where does it say that the image on Template:In the news has to be a PD one and not a fair use one? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:26, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
Mistakemy pleasure =) it happenes every now and then, after all, we're editors and not robots! happy editing! Sasquatch↔讲↔看 05:10, August 10, 2005 (UTC) Some time ago, you supported the nomination of American Old West at the COTW. I have now renominated it at the new US Collaboration. If you are still interested, you can support the article with your vote there!--Fenice 08:57, 10 August 2005 (UTC) Please don't remove this template when an image is off the Main Page. Instead, speedy delete it per instructions (which is the whole point), provided it isn't likely it could go back on the main page soon.--Pharos 17:31, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Today's second featureHi PFH, If you get a chance, can you check the trail of protected items in Wikipedia:Today's second feature for the 13th and 14th. I've the first time I've handled the protection on the Commons items too, so I will ask someone over there to check that part. Thanks -- Solipsist 20:13, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
C-uploadedUm, surely the c-uploaded template should remain until the image is deleted by an admin (as I have now done). Why did you revert? ed g2s • talk 20:17, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
Response to your post on my talk page (User talk:67.122.75.222)The article was Wikipedia, and I was offering a suggestion on how to improve Wikipedia in general, and even though the comments may have been in the wrong place, not everyone spends have of their life learning every little tool and function in this Encyclopedia. As for the personal attacks? Yes, I admit it my my wrong doing and against the rules. However, I would not call it vandalism like you decided to portray it as being, because my intent was not to cause chaos, but merely to offer a suggestion to make this Encyclopedia more desirable, which is why I made my comments in the "Discussion" section rather than in the article simply for other people to see which would go against the neutral point of view policy.
PNG -> pngYes, that's a annoying bug and it's confused me terribly every one of the several times I've encountered it. It's too bad the software doesn't recognize ".png" and ".PNG" or ".jpg" and ".JPG" files as the same; we're rather vulnerable whenever someone makes a small mistake on this.--Pharos 17:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC) Current eventsI think I understand why you blanked out the Robertson item added by an anon. user on Current events, but I don't think it's helpful to newbies who don't know enough to read your edit summaries. Don't bite the newbies while they are still typing. They wouldn't even know what they did wrong. I added the "Newslink Missing" tag to help out, hoping to show the way. Now, I've restored the news item added a newslink, too. However, I do suggest blanking out unsourced item clearly left unattended on Current events. -- PFHLai 23:38, 2005 August 24 (UTC)
JanmashtamiHi, thanks for your post. Its this saturday, 27th of August. I'll be trying to obtain a photo for WP on the celebrations. =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:54, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
Btw, the link in Hinduism is to Krishna Janmaashtami which is the same thing, while we also have Janmashtami Tintin 07:40, 25 August 2005 (UTC) Both are about the same festival. Very interestingly, Krishna Janmaashtami gives a South Indian version. 'little feet drawn with flour paste' afaik, is done only in the South. Likewise Gokulashtami, Sreekrishna jayanti (incorrectly mentioned in the article as Sree jayanti are terms used in the South. Janmashtami gives a northern perspective and how it is celebrated there. Sounds confusing ? :-) Tintin
Thanks for bringing it to my notice. The anon was right in a way, so I fixed his copy/paste and redirected. I've clarified that Janmashtami is today 26th. Krishna was born at midnight (yet to come) and today is celebrated as Janmashtami. Tomorrow (27th) is the what is celebrated as Dahi Handi, where pots of curd are broken... (I'll try and get an explanatory photo :) ). I've also corrected the Anniveraries template for the 26th. =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:37, August 26, 2005 (UTC) The images are in place. Thought it might interest you. =Nichalp «Talk»= 08:14, August 27, 2005 (UTC) Actually, the pots are filled with water these days. Competing teams are usually sponsored by local political parties, hence most teams would sport the party's colours. (in this case the red team was the BJP). The boy who cracks the handi is the lightest of them all and so often the youngest. This year's youngest was just 3, and scaled a seven layered pyramid! =Nichalp «Talk»= 18:19, August 27, 2005 (UTC) My own true loveWell, yes – I am rather fond of them. Thanks for catching the one I missed. Truth be told, though, the selected anniversaries listings would look a whole lot more professional (i.e. – less like a high-school newspaper) if they used colons instead. Maybe I'll try that some time, see if I get lynched or not. Cheers, –Hajor 12:41, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
katrina is five not fourHave it say this:
Current events has references
What am I ? Your Secretary ? No. Your line is too long. Please add these details to the article. And please sign your posts on talk pages. -- PFHLai 12:00, 2005 August 28 (UTC) No, you are obviously not my secretary but you are an administrator and I thought it would be helpful to point out that you incorrectly said it was only a cat four storm. :) I am a weather enthusiast, what do you expect with the second most powerful storm since 1851. lol Hellohowareyou 12:04, 28 August 2005 (UTC) Barnstar Thanks for the photographer's barnstar. :) Keep up the good work with the daily events. (PS 7th is Ganesh Chaturti, but I'll be able to get photos only 10 days later during the immersions.) =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:44, August 30, 2005 (UTC) France and State terrorismThe Reign of Terror sounds appropo. Sorry about the inuse mistake; I had thought I had removed it. freestylefrappe 04:03, September 4, 2005 (UTC) GW on the Main PageI don't think it matters that much. Lots of people watch that article, and any vandalism is reverted almost instantly. I'll keep an eye on the article this evening just in case, but I don't think we should let vandals affect our normal operations in any way. — Dan | Talk 23:31, 5 September 2005 (UTC) I am unclear what you mean by "calendrical order" - I assumed you meant this would be "month of the year", which it is not. Can you clarify what you mean? Thanks. Guettarda 21:34, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi, The Great Fire of Moscow started on September 14 New Style (September 2 Old Style) [3] (can't find better English source). As I know, namely New Style dates are used for Anniversaries (see e.g. Aleksandr Pushkin). Cmapm 14:30, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
El GritoGood question. Fuller reply for you at Talk:Grito de Dolores. –Hajor 13:24, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I approve fully of what you did to the anniversary listing, and look forward to seeing my statue pic on the front page -- probably this evening some time, before I go out and experience the hysterical nationalist crush in the square surrounding it. Regarding what Hidalgo actually did & said: I'm sure it's all been mythologised out of all recognition (Paul Revere syndrome?). Besides el Grito itself, legend has it that upon being told that the conspirators had been discovered, he replied, Pues no hay más remedio que ir a coger gachupines -- "So, our only option is to go out and catch us some Spaniards". Let's hear it for posterity... Cheers, –Hajor 19:39, 15 September 2005 (UTC) Re:Re: Great RetreatSorry about leaving the "Great Retreat" article unattended for ages. I have been really unwell the past few days. I hope you'll be able to forgive me for incompetence... I promise to try & not get sick (Cries) just forgive me..................................................... (Cries again) Spawn Man 08:58, 16 September 2005 (UTC) 19 Sep anniversariesHi there. Tomorrow's the 20th anniversary of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. It was obviously a major event, but I'm too close to it to make an informed decision about its relevance for front-page featuring and (were that to happen) what should be bumped off. It doesn't help that the article isn't all that impressive a piece of writing either; I was hoping to expand it in the weeks leading up, but it doesn't seem to have happened. Oh well. Cheers, –Hajor 15:42, 18 September 2005 (UTC) Great; thanks for that. Let's hope we do manage to attract some attention to this rather woeful little article. Leave it there for next year? No, wouldn't have thought so (unless a major improvement takes place): it was the "20 years ago" (gulp) thing that spurred me on to bothering you with it. Cheers, –Hajor 22:00, 18 September 2005 (UTC) CapitalsHello. Please note that in External links, the "l should not be capitalized; see Wikipedia:Manual of Style on section headings. The first letter of a section heading is capitalized; the others are not unless there is a reason to do so. I've fixed this in vernal equinox. Michael Hardy 17:56, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
The Photo of Miki YeungThe license has been added. Please remove the nosources tag. Itsmine 10:45, 24 September 2005 (UTC)
About CategorizationYes, but can you give me the page that show all categories? thx! I come from Chinese Wikipedia, so i only know the Chinese categories. Itsmine 10:58, 24 September 2005 (UTC) jerioholic ?All of this -Wikiholic- and -resistance futile-, reminds me of Jery Ryan. Are you maybe a jerioholic too? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.110.67.114 (talk • contribs) 08:39, 2005 September 27
Sorry, gramatical error. Try this: Jeri Ryan. She is my favourite Hollywood actress. Don't be angry, I was just asking. Regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.110.67.114 (talk • contribs) 08:52, 2005 September 27
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Subst:Hey mate. Just saw you on RC patrol, and noticed that you didn't use subst: in your templates. It's best to do that: what happens is the text is automatically converted onto the page, so if the template is altered, the text templated in remains as it was, and it's also more personal. Just, instead of typing {{test}}, type {{subst:test}}. Take care, --Blackcap | talk 12:20, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Pox PartyHello. I deleted Pox party because it appears to be a senseless stub with two sentences created by an anon. user. The entire text was: Party organised by parents who's kids have the chicken pox. In this way, the other kids can be infected by the virus, since it's much safer to have this disease during childhood then when being an adult. Interested in fixing it ? I can undelete it. If not, I'll delete Talk:Pox party, too. Please let me know. Thanks. -- PFHLai 13:42, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Vandalism Clearup - Note of ThanksThanks for clearing up the senseless vandalism on my user page. Your help is very much appreciated. Andrew 23:21, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
Ha! brilliant.. Thanks! --Irishpunktom\talk 10:17, 3 October 2005 (UTC) Semicolon to colonAnd that was there all day? Sorry. I clearly need to bang up my font size. –Hajor 21:57, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
Brain Teasers:Hi, I'm just posting a friendly notice stating that I have got Brain Teasers on my user page that you're welcome to have a go at. Will post new questions one day after they have been answered. Thanks... Spawn Man 05:09, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
Dead horse (sports franchises and their Wikiarticle)Hello, RedirectingWhen you redirect please don't delete the redirected articvle but merge it with the article being directed to, otherwise you are deleting valuable infornmation without reason. Thankyou, SqueakBox 16:37, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
Happy Diwali
ÚbedaPlease do not get involved in reverting the article Úbeda. Doing so only gives fuel to the vandal. --Gareth Hughes 16:32, 2 November 2005 (UTC) Italics and parenthesesHi there. Our Manual of Style has nothing on combining italics and parentheses, so I went to check what the Chicago Manual of Style has to say. Its guideline is that (i) a parenthetical that is entirely in italics or that ends and starts in italics should get italicized parens, too, and that (ii) roman parentheses should be used for a parenthetical that only (one of) ends or starts with italics or only contains (e.g.) one italicized word among roman. According to that, our anniversaries' (pictured) should be rendered like that, not as (pictured). One of the reasons it gives is to avoid squashing. But if you say you're getting squashing with the first format, not the second, maybe that pulls it into the realm of personal preferences. I don't know; maybe it's more a browser/font rendering issue. Very minor point in any case. Any thoughts? –Hajor 15:44, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
Just a note...
Main Page image protection (sorry)Hi PFHLai, I just wanted to say I'm sorry for the images you had to unprotect again - I had the Main Page open and didn't reload it on 0:00 UTC (duh, timezones), and since this was the first time I did it I had to look for the templates, and that took a while (I guess the Angela Merkel picture would still be unprotected though if it wasn't for me... or did I mess that matter up too?) -- grm_wnr Esc 00:26, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
kenya referendum/kibaki news itemHi,I updated the Mwai Kibaki page earlier with info on the his dissolving of the cabinet, should that be moved to the referendum page, since it's obviously part of the fallout?--Gozar 04:44, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
WikiThanksHi PFHLai, Every time I've checked Talk:Main Page recently, I see you leaving helpful and polite responses and responding to users who point out issues on the protected templates. I just wanted to let you know that it has not gone unnoticed. Cheers, BanyanTree 03:20, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the save!Hey, thanks for the save with regards to Malaysian lock-up detainee abuse scandal. I'm kind of relatively new at this, so it was kind of nerve-wracking for me to go through the whole vandalism procedure. Don't know if I did the right thing, but I added our mutual acquaintance into a nice little niche in the Low Vandalism in Progress Page. Again, thanks! :-)--T-Boy 05:23, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
ThanksThanks for the b'day greetings. :) =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:52, 6 December 2005 (UTC) |
