User talk:Sainsf/June 2010–December 2010


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Welcome!

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HIV

I've reverted your edits at HIV. BanLec is already mentioned in the current version of the article, and to the best of my knowledge, reliable medical research has not advanced this beyond the situation currently described in the article. Your text also had other issues, such as not being in the normal format for a WP article, not being fully referenced, and expressing particular point of view. If you still believe there are high quality reliable sources stating a position other than that in the article, please take it up at Talk:HIV. Regards, hamiltonstone (talk) 06:31, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Re: Hello

Hey, if you want to report ongoing vandalism, report the username and/or IP to WP:AIV, so an admin can check and handle the situation appropriately. With some new technology, most vandalism is almost always reverted within 1 or 2 minutes. If you need to revert, hit the undo button next to the specific edit. Hope this helps!Mitch32(Growing up with Wikipedia: 1 edit at a time.) 17:31, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Javier moro

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Reviewer

You should make this request at WP:Requests for permissions/Reviewer. Since you have a relatively short edit history at Wikipedia, you should make it clear in your request that you have read and understood WP:REVIEWING and WP:VANDAL. Also, since you seem to be having trouble with images, you should review WP:UPIMAGE for the guidelines on uploading, using and attributing images (although this has no significant relationship to the reviewer permission). Acroterion (talk) 17:10, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Acroterion! Finally I would like to ask you what barnstars are. How one gets them? I have no more questions. And if I become a reviewer, I need not upload images (this user has problem with images),isn't it? Regards,--Sainsf<^> (talk) 16:46, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Barnstars are tokens of appreciation given by other users to acknowledge good or helpful works. (Literally speaking, a real-life barnstar is a decoration applied to agricultural buildings in parts of North America). If you're helpful around the wiki, somebody will eventually express their appreciation by giving some form of award, of which a barnstar is but one kind. I wouldn't put too much emphasis on collecting or cherishing awards (or enhanced privileges), that's not the primary goal here, but it's nice when it happens.
You're right, image uploads and the review privilege have little in common, but an understanding of what is allowed for image files and uploads is evidence of understanding wiki-policies in general, which is desired in any instance in which additional privileges are granted. Acroterion (talk) 17:03, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Help

{{helpme}} What are barnstars? Who gives them to whom? How can I get one? Thanks.--Sainsf<^> (talk) 15:24, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

In Wikipedia, contributors reward each other with barnstars for hard work. Users may award you with one if in their opinion you have been a very diligent editor. To know more about barnstars see this.--Forty twoThanks for all the fish! 15:34, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
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Barnstar

Hi, since you asked me how to create a barnstar, you just basically make one and upload it to Wikimedia Commons (no big deal, eh?) then you drop a note at WT:WPWPA where people will say, 'ooh, your barnstar's awesome' or 'that barnstar's rubbish! I can do much better than that!' That's what it's all about. :P BTW: it's summer in my area. You should be active on weekdays, if it's also summer in yours. Kayau Voting IS evil 12:28, 13 July 2010 (UTC)

Help request

--Mysdaao talk 16:58, 6 July 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sainsf (talk • contribs)

Help recent changes

{{helpme}} Hello, anyone who can help me becoming a recent changes patroller? Thanks.--Sainsf<^> (talk) 15:50, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi. You don't need any special permission to help with that; you just go to Special:recentchanges, and look at some. Remove any nasty stuff, fix errors, and so on.
There is lots of info about it, in Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  15:59, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Help with history and archives

Hello, how can I know who has edited the article? Thank you. And what are archives, and how can I use them?--Sainsf<^> (talk) 17:06, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

You can view an article's page history by clicking the button "View history" at the top of the page. That will show a listing of every edit that has been made to the article, what user made each edit, and when.
Archives are old discussions from talk pages. Some users choose to archive talk pages in order to move old discussions onto separate pages and keep the page from growing too large. There are several ways to archive a talk page. If you want to archive your talk page, please read Help:Archiving a talk page.
Let me know if there are any more questions. Thanks! --Mysdaao talk 17:17, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Help, please!

Hello, 3 questions:

  1. I am still having problem with page history. Well, now I'm editing the article Mayra Verónica, and you may help me there.
  2. Can any user help me about decorating my user page? The WP:UPH couldn't satisfy me. I would also like to request a review of my user page.
  3. What is the Wikipedia Signpost and how can I edit it (the news stuffs and more)?

Thanks, --Sainsf<^> (talk) 15:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


  • So far as I know, there is no actual Feedback mechanism within Wikipedia for reviewing 'User pages'. While many editors get very creative with their user pages :-), it might be useful for you to take a look at User pages, especially perhaps the section Ownership and editing. (Nice job on the layout & use of images though.)
  • I'm afraid I don't quite understand your question about Mayra Veronica page history. Are you referring to the Plagiarism/Vandalism/Edits that have been occurring?

Cheers, Shearonink (talk) 17:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

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Re: Query

It's primarily dependant on the facts; each one would go into its repective article. i.e. if you have a fact on Pablo Picasso it would go in that one. That being said, adding "weird facts" may be overly trivial in some cases, and as a result would not fit into the excyclopedia. Do you have any examples? Wizardman Operation Big Bear 18:54, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hello there! I replied to your question about images in userboxes. Hope it helps! :) Pianotech 12:10, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Fonts

Please can anyone help me with font size, font type (Comic Sans, Lucida Console etc)? Can anyone help me with giving a nice background to my user page? Thanks,--Sainsf<^> (talk) 13:05, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

The User page design center may prove of use. Regards, Ironholds (talk) 14:42, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

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Hello!

Are you from en.Wikinews? I edit there occasionally. It's pretty easy to get DYKs. All you have to do is create a new article and get it to a decent size, then go to T:TDYK and nominate it. It needs to have 1500 characters of prose to qualify- there's a handy tool you can use to measure that. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:56, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

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Though I was once guilty of this myself, I advise that you please remove the faux 'new messages' banner; I mistook it for a real banner and clicked on it. Although only a brief distraction to me, it might be a serious annoyance to a user with a slower internet connection. The community thus tend to discourage them. Intelligentsock 01:56, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Hello Intelligentsium. I know you felt guilty of the new message template, I have removed it. I too take interest in your userpage- so tricky! Don't take it as a revenge, please. Now, leave all that see below!


Sainsf is wishing you a Happy Purim! This greeting promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy Purim, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person.

Hope it helps, thanks, --Sainsf<^> (talk) 12:48, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Yoga

Hello. I need help to search for Hindi quotes on yoga. Please tell me where I can get appropriate Hindi quotes on yoga in Wikipedia. Thanks,--Sainsf<^> (talk) 14:38, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Good question. You might check at the Humanities Reference Desk; they might also find some good quotes from elsewhere. Good luck, UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 15:03, 4 August 2010 (UTC)


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Oriya Wikipedia

Hi, we are wondering if there is any chance you could come help us on the Oriya Wikipedia. It is currently very undeveloped and would be well-served by anybody else who knows Oriya, even the creation of several small articles is appreciated.149.169.59.104 (talk) 18:20, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Altered speedy deletion rationale: H c slingsby

Hello Sainsf, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I deleted H c slingsby, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided. The speedy deletion criteria are extremely narrow and specific, and the process is more effective if the correct criterion is used. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Courcelles 14:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

New pages patrolling

Hi Sainsf! Thanks for your note on my talk page.

I found that the summaries at Wikipedia:Speedy#Criteria give a very good explanation about which speedy code to use. Don't worry if you make a mistake, I find the admins are very forgiving when you are trying to help the project. Don't try to decide whether someone is writing about themselves ... they are allowed to, although it's not a good idea. Just judge the article on the quality and notability of the content. I find that many people love to write their own biographical article. It's often quite easy to tell, as they try to make insignificant details seem important ("he is an accounts executive") or there are no references from reliable independent sources. Remember, you are not the only editor patrolling. If you are not sure whether an article is worthy or not, just pass it by and another editor will also be checking it. Regards, WWGB (talk) 09:11, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

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Mysdaao talk 00:45, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Camellia × williamsii

Hi! I've noticed some of your recent contributions on new plant articles and wanted to leave a few helpful hints. First, I see you're using HotCat to add categories to some pages. Be careful with that and choose categories judiciously. For example, you added Category:Angiosperms to the Camellia × williamsii. I placed this article in Category:Camellia, which is under the Angiosperms category tree. Category:Angiosperms is also a top-level category and isn't intended for species, only articles most important to Angiosperms, e.g. Basal angiosperms or ABC model of flower development. The same applies to Category:Botany, which I've seen you place on a different article. I hope the above is cogent. Also, I had to remove the references you had on this article; neither were reliable sources (one was just a website with no indication of the author's expertise and the other was trying to sell something; neither had citations or references to where they got their information). Google Books and Google Scholar are often good places to start looking for reliable sources. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 12:13, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for your tips! Well, will you give me some more tips? You've only helped me about references and categories.

Well, I require to know a little about DYKs. Since I've many weird facts, I may contribute them to the encyclopedia. Thanks--Sainsf<^> (talk) 05:27, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

I see User:Melburnian shared some links with you below. DYKs are fun to create; all you need to know is that the new article has to be a minimum size and they have to be well-sourced. You can also expand existing small articles with 5 times the text. You can read the specific guidelines at WP:WIADYK. If you have any specific questions, I'd be more than happy to help. Cheers, Rkitko (talk) 01:38, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello again. I am satisfied with your help. Thank you so much for your guidance. Well, you must take a look through your barnstars I say...;). Cheers!!!!--Sainsf<^> (talk) 15:13, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Tips

Hi, Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/Template will give you some guidance on the contents of a plant article. It is worth having a look through Category:FA-Class plant articles and Category:GA-Class plant articles to see how others have approached the task. Wikipedia:WikiProject Plants/Resources has some useful links for veryfing plant names and other information. Melburnian (talk) 09:59, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks again for the barnstar! It was a very nice surprise! Mysdaao talk 15:20, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Oriya

Hi Sainsf,

Greetings.

I am Shiju Alex from Malayalam wikipedia.

Hope your mother tongue is Oriya (Odiya). I would like to discuss few things with you regarding the Oriya (Odiya) wiki projects. Could you please send me a mail to shijualexonline@gmail.com so that we can move forward.

Thank you--Shijualex (talk) 14:21, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I have left a note on your meta talk page. Please contact me in meta or irc. --Jyothis (talk) 16:07, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Ok. If you are talking about getting your own translit tool and such, I would recommend that you contact Shiju (see the message above) and Junaid from ml wiki, as they are working on indic wiki tools and developments. --Jyothis (talk) 16:18, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Start by translating all the mediawiki messages in Translatewiki first. Then, be active locally and get a temp adminship if needed in the future. For css and js help, work with Junaid and Shiju itself. They are already working on other Indic wikis. --Jyothis (talk) 16:45, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
In the time being, I can help you with any sysop related activities. --Jyothis (talk) 16:46, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
Block, protect/unprotect, delete/restore, edit interface (including Mediawiki items) etc etc. --16:48, 16 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jyothis (talk • contribs)

Welcome

Hi Sainsf, welcome to the Fungi wikiproject! Thanks for joining, and feel free to leave a note at the talk page (or at my talk page), if you have any questions about fungi or lichens. I've cleaned up your contribution Miriquidica deusta a little bit so that it better conforms to other article on fungal species. Cheers, Sasata (talk) 16:56, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Picking an article to start with should be easy... there's about 100,000 known species of fungi :) Maybe start with what is growing in your backyard? Sasata (talk) 14:56, 26 November 2010 (UTC)
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re: Oriya wikipedia

Hi, I can read it without problems. Your talkpage is messed up, please close the div tags or whatever you used, writing here is a pain. I am using Code2000 or Code2001, I don't remember, however it workds. Best regards, --birdy (:> )=| 06:05, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Hello!

Are you from en.Wikinews? I edit there occasionally. It's pretty easy to get DYKs. All you have to do is create a new article and get it to a decent size, then go to T:TDYK and nominate it. It needs to have 1500 characters of prose to qualify- there's a handy tool you can use to measure that. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:56, 7 July 2010 (UTC)


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New ubox and top-icon for WikiGryphons

Oriya Wikipedia

Hi, we are wondering if there is any chance you could come help us on the Oriya Wikipedia. It is currently very undeveloped and would be well-served by anybody else who knows Oriya, even the creation of several small articles is appreciated.149.169.59.104 (talk) 18:20, 5 August 2010 (UTC)


Whisperback

You have new message/s Hello. You have a new message at Armbrust's talk page. Armbrust Talk Contribs 18:02, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Excellent User Page Award
I award you this barnstar for your excellent userpage. It's very organized, artistic, and well done. Sweet xxTalk 01:17, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

Altered speedy deletion rationale: H c slingsby

Hello Sainsf, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I deleted H c slingsby, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, under a different criterion from the one you provided. The speedy deletion criteria are extremely narrow and specific, and the process is more effective if the correct criterion is used. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Courcelles 14:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC)