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Thanks for your post, but your linking is excessive. As a new comer, you should first read WP:MOS, rather than frenetically linking everything in sight. All your edits on the India page and on Taj Mahal have now been reverted and the latter caused a lot of headache. If you persist, it will be considered vandalism. Also, please don't leave any more messages on my talk page; bring it up on the relevant article talk page(s). Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk»18:28, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for telling me. From now on, as I learn new rules on Wikipedia, I shall try to be more careful in what I wikilink. Thank you again; it is by the telling of others that I know my mistakes on Wikipedia. Universe=atom14:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Blanking Your Own Talk Page
Dear Universe=atom,
It is generally considered bad form to blank (or delete content from) your own talk page, unless there is offensive language in a post. The usual custom on WP is to archive post, when a large number has accumulated, not to delete them as you did here. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk»11:21, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dear Universe=atom: Based on your request to Fowler&Fowler above, I have restored your talk page and included later comments. I hope this is what you wanted to happen. Please excuse this intrusion in your talk page, which was done in good faith and with a good will on my part.--Nemonoman14:17, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi Universe=Atom, Can you please let us know if you are also using the Johnsmithcba account since, as Fowler&fowler pointed out [1] your edit patterns are suspiciously similar, and are reminiscent of sockpuppeteer Nikkul ? Also your previous blanking of your user page and recent archiving of the Talk:India page (upto and including F&F's query), do not raise confidence. So, I request you to clarify once and for all, if or if not you are Nikkul and/or Johnsmithcba. I apologize for this seeming assumption of bad faith, but the India page has recently had a bad experience with sock-puppets and no one wants to go through that again. Thanks. Abecedare18:09, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply. There is no need for you to prove that you are not a sock-puppet(eer), since your edits themselves will sooner or later establish that clearly. Your statement is sufficient for me at the moment. Happy editing. Abecedare18:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you for applying for VandalProof!(VP). As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this is that at this time you do not meet the minimum requirement of 250 edits to mainspace articles (see under mainhere). Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank you for your interest in VandalProof.Daniel04:49, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I got busy with other stuff and forgot to answer your post on my talk page. I don't have any prejudice against you. I only react to what people say or do on a page, not who they are (which in any case I don't know anything about). When you made the change on the India page which provided a link to all the names of India in different languages, I thought it was a good edit and I was quick to praise you. So, please don't think that I bear any ill-will against you (as a person). I don't. Regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk»21:48, 21 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I dont see where they accuse you of being a sock of KH. I dont think they're accusing you of being a sock of anybody else other than John. If you're innocent, dont worry about anything. I've been through baseless accusations myself. Several checkusers have been filed against me and several users have trolled on wikipedia including an admin have taken undue advantage of it in bad faith. You will just have to be thick-skinned about it and continue to edit in good faith and contribute to the project. Also dont be scared of anyone. Policies and guidelines govern all of us. So if somebody's being rude to you or if they're throwing around baseless accusations and calling you names etc., do not mince any words in pointing out to them that they are in violation of wiki policies. If they persist, report them to an admin or on WP:ANI, but avoid stooping to their levels and responding in kind. Ping me if you need any help. Sarvagnya18:37, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, where did they call you my SOCK but suspect John is your sock(won't comment on it). Don't they know I wear only branded stuff.
On a serious note, nobody can bully you by calling you a sock without proof. If they do report them to a neutral admin. Suspicious ppl suspect everything.....that doesn't imply you need to worry about them. Let them do their work(ie. suspect) and you do your work(ie. edit). Don't let these issues stop you.But after this comment I am afraid they not further suspect 'I am Nikkul's sock' or 'he is my sock' or 'we are both socks of u' or 'you are a sock of both of us both' or 'you are a sock of me and i m a sock of Nikkul' 'or maybe I am a sock you and you are a sock of Nikkul' or 'we all our socks of someone else'.
But now I will have to keep distance from you and Nikkul especially. Man what am I saying. I am contradicting whatever I have just said above.
The China article is a civilizational article focusing mostly on Chinese historical and cultural themes leading up to the modern nation-states. For the infobox and the modern nation-state commonly called China, see the People's Republic of China article. --JakeLM06:18, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Universe=atom. As you may know, VP is a very powerful program, and in fact the just released 1.3 version has even more power. Because of this we must uphold strict protocols before approving a new applicant. Regretfully, I have chosen to decline your application at this time. The reason for this you have little experience vandalfighting.
Please note it is nothing personal by any means, and we certainly welcome you to apply again soon. Thank again for your interest in VandalProof. «SnowolfHow can I help?»10:45, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Style edits
Hi U=A, I noticed that you often spell out centuries (eg. 18th-> eighteenth with edit summary "18th should be eighteenth"). Can you please clarify which wikipedia style guide you are following, since WP:DATE contains no such injunction, or even specify a preference, and gives examples for both uses ? Furthermore, you'll note that Eighteenth century is in fact a redirect to 18th century!
Note too that not using a serial comma is not a grammatical error and the wikipedia MoS allows its use/non-use as long as ambiguity is avoided. That aside, in this edit
you changed the punctuation within quoted text, which is a no-no unless there is a strong justification for doing so (and even in that case the reader needs to be told that the quoted text has been tampered).
Finally note that according to WP:NUM#Numbers_in_words, "Whole numbers from zero to ten should be spelled out", while, "Numbers above ten may be written out if they are expressed in two or fewer words" (emphasis added). I point this out simply because your edit summary here was incorrect, even though the edit itself was fine.
Hope you'll treat the above comments as friendly pointers rather than admonishments. I just thought it would be better to explain my reasoning for undoing some of your edits in detail here, rather than in a 4-5 word edit summary. Cheers. Abecedare19:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply and understanding. I should have also clarified in my earlier post that none of your edits (except the one that changed quoted text) are fundamentally "wrong" and I could see your good-faith reasoning behind each edit. However since wikipedia is edited by so many editors, following different grammatical conventions/traditions, it is usually best to follow the wikipedia manual of style whenever possible - else every editor trying to "correct" wikipedia articles according to their (justifiable) preference will only lead to revert wars, bruised egos and anarchy (as if, we don't have enough of those already! :-) ). Abecedare15:35, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Taj FPC and Wonders of the World
Hi, I noticed that someone had queried, "What wonders might that be?" in reference to the Taj Mahal (in the WP:FPC section). Although it is commonly said that the Taj (or the Great Wall of China) is one of the Seven Wonders, the more common Seven Wonders are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (i.e. the seven wonders of classical antiquity), a list that did not include the Taj. You might want to change your post to one of the lists on the "Seven Wonders" page above to which the Taj does belong (Medieval, or Tourist). No big deal though. Fowler&fowler«Talk»19:39, 4 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I am a recent edits' patroller. While patrolling, I obviously come upon vandals, the edits of whom I of course revert. I was wondering, though, if I am allowed to give a warning to a vandal (such as the ones in Wp:vandal#Warnings) even though I am not an administrator. I was wondering this because on the warnings, it states that "...if you continue, you will be blocked..." Obviously, since I am not an admin, I do not have the ability to block users, but on the warnings, it looks that I can do so. So, am I allowed to give out these warnings? Also, please reply on my talk page instead of here. Thank you. Universe=atom•Talk•Contributions•16:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And what happens after the final warning is given away (after which the vandal is supposed to be blocked)? Obviously, I can not block users. As before, please reply on my talk page instead of here. Thank you. Universe=atom•Talk•Contributions•17:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I like very much your username, and I read its explanation on your userpage, which is very true! Happy editing, ♠Tom@sBat22:12, 8 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, i came across your page via FPC, and i thought i should point out a flaw in the 'Etymology' section of your user page. According to the law of conservation of matter, atoms are only preserved for basic chemical reactions. Once you get into nuclear reactions ( which i thought you guys would be familiar with ;), see India_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction ), this does not apply and atoms are split all the time. Anyway i just though i'd let you know.
Would you please remove the html code from your signature? It is quite distracting, and per WP:SIG, this type of signature is not acceptable. Please remove the colors and html codes, to make your signature less distracting. Thank you. --Ragib19:22, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, this one works just fine ... :)
Don't get me wrong, I'm not nitpicking ... just that the overwhelming consensus has been to discourage such distracting signatures as they distract the attention in a talk page, and also, takes up two lines :). The new sig looks just fine. Thanks for your cooperation. --Ragib15:56, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've read you good suggestions at the Erie FAC page. I'm not really sure how to right out numbers with decimals (eg. 56.9=?). So, please tell what is the proper way to right out numbers with decimals. Thanks super for your comments, --trey00:22, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've noticed on many FACs that you advise the addition of a See also section, which goes against the WP:MOS, specifically WP:LAYOUT#See also. Ideally, any links worth having should be incorporated into the text, and many well-written articles have no See also section for that reason; your advice to add a See also section is confusing and often incorrect. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 14:44, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Zhou Tong article FA stuff
I have finished reformatting the references and corrected other problems voiced by you and other editors on the Zhou Tong (archer) page. Please review it once more and tell me what other changes are to be made before it can pass FA. Thanks. (Ghostexorcist07:20, 29 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]
What exactly do you mean by classifying some of the references as Chinese? I know a couple of notes are in chinese, but the english versions are in the main article. I just moved the chinese versions to the notes to cut down on space. I removed the chinese formatting (Chinese: EXAMPLE) because it seemed that some editors had problems with it taking up too much space.(Ghostexorcist02:25, 30 June 2007 (UTC))[reply]
{{helpme}}
Within the last few edits that I did to the Saturn article, something went wrong, and the last three sections are not showing even though they are in the edit box when you are editing the article. Please visit the article ASAP and help me fix it. Thank you. Universe=atomTalk•Contributions14:32, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
oops sorry Smokizzy, I didn't see your message. The only problem is you didn't end the ref with the closing brace and closing "ref". That's all. RaNdOm2614:45, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, since you've been working hard in improving the article, I have a little request. I have been working really hard on this same article on Simple wiki, and a few bits of information in this article are unsourced, particularly the section about the Rings and I'm having trouble finding sources for that. Maybe if you could be able to find references here and maybe at simple wiki too, that will be great. Thank you. RaNdOm2614:53, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
may i know the good reason why did you reverted the edits i made on the page? the factual source was reliable and the statement i wrote was just to make the section more comprehensive. please justify your comments. Sushant gupta10:47, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Re:Saturn FAC
Thanks for the notification, and yes I'll use the new refs well in Simple. Keep up the great work on the article. RaNdOm2616:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
UA, could you have a look at ref 7 in Saturn?
Your most recent referencing put most of the material in the article in the reference section. I've put a fix on it, but its left ref 7 with no information. Serendipodous15:19, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Great job getting the topic one step closer to where it should be. I would suggest you reword your congratulations messages though- they read like you're congratulating yourself. Serendipodous16:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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