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Simiar information, but for the season, please do not create any season articles until the Chase the year prior. I was hoping no one would create it too soon. Also, a user has said that the above statement was canvassing, I left a note on the users talk page. Thanks and happy editing. Nascar1996 16:53, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Pure personal attacks, as I call them, are only made on user and user talk pages, except on a few rare occasions. In this case, the vandal changed the name of the person to "F**k the Utahraptor", so it was, indeed, both. But you at least identified it as a personal attack, so good job. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs19:58, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Okay, and it's going to start tomorrow. I didn't contribute much to the November backlog due to reverting vandalism and I want a barnstar for this drive. WAYNESLAM21:56, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
You only have to copy edit a few thousand words to get a barnstar. That may seem like a lot of words, but you have a month to get it done, so it should be easy. I got over 100,000 words in July, so anything's possible. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs22:00, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
I noticed that you started participating. However, I also noticed that you haven't added your word count for this drive, or your rollover words. Do you have the word count script installed? The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs04:13, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Before continuing, you need to install this script. Instructions can be found on the link. You are required to get the word count of an article before beginning copy editing.
So the number of words I had in the previous backlog will be rollover words in this backlog, correct? I installed the script here. WAYNESLAM04:31, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
It's the amount of words an article has before a copy edit is performed. In other words, you take the word count, put it on the drive page, then begin copy editing the article. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs04:43, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I think I get it a little bit. You mean all the words that were on that page at that time before the copy-edit was made. WAYNESLAM04:46, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Now I get it. I have problems copy-editing large articles. You know how to copy-edit articles by it taking section by section. WAYNESLAM04:50, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Would you like to try that method? Copy editing a section of a large article is almost like copy editing an entire small article. Plus you'll earn barnstars faster by copy editing larger articles. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs04:52, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I noticed that you put an estimate of the word count on the drive page. This is OK, but it's highly recommended that you put the exact number of words, not just an estimate. Also, don't add the words to your totals until you've finished copy editing. If you're still confused, watch the process by which I copy edit for the drives. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs14:53, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
If you installed the script correctly, you should be able to get the exact number of words by going to the toolbox on the side of your screen and selecting "page size". The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs17:14, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
I took a look at your monobook page and I don't see the script installed (probably the reason for not seeing the change to your tool box). If you add the following at the bottom of your current scripts, you should be fine.
I'm pretty sure it does work in Vector. I'm using its cousin prosesizebytes in Vector. Bypassing the cache (Ctrl + F5) on a mainspace article should do the trick for that page. If that doesn't work see here for an alternate way of using the script. Shubinator (talk) 15:32, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
(talk page stalker)You could try removing the other two scripts temporarily from your Vector skin, and run it with just the word count script installed. Some scripts interfere with each other. You could try this idea on both the monobook and vector skins --Diannaa(Talk)00:33, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Someone else can get the word counts for you if you can't get it working. That's what someone did for a user during the wikification drive. --Diannaa(Talk)01:22, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
I will. When you want to copy edit an article, send me a message on my talk page, and I'll get the word count and put it down on the drive page for you. You can then perform the copy edit. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs01:28, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
Maybe this script will work. We use it at Did You Know, but still would give you the word count that your needing and I believe it works well with both skins:
It will only show in your toolbox when on an article page. Let me try something. I'll see what happens when I remove and re-add it to mine. CalmerWaters02:12, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
When trouble shooting a problem, it is best to start from the bottom and work up. I removed the script and purge my computer's temp memory with (control +F5); then went to an article page and the script was removed from my toolbox, took about a minute. I then re-insterted it, and did the same thing, and about a minute later, it returned. If you can do this for me. Go to your preferences and switch to the regular mono skin if you are not already in it. Then Press and hold (control +F5) at the same time till your computer reloads the screen. Then, go to a random article and let me know if the DYK check is to your left hand side of the screen under tools. Hopefully that will work. CalmerWaters02:32, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
You recently copy edited the article Double layer (biospecific). It's good that you're participating in the drive, but I found a couple problems in the article that still need to be fixed.
The second paragraph begins with "First of all, the surface of biological cells carry many different types..." Note how, throughout the rest of the paragraph, there is no "second of all", so the phrase "First of all" should be removed. Also, the word carry needs to be changed to carries, since the word surface is singular. The sentence should read "The surface of biological cells carries many different types..."
The third paragraph begins "A second biospecific feature is peculiar for biological cells." This should be removed, as the feature's peculiarity is not relevant to the article.
A sentence in the third paragraphs reads "This means that the notion of a surface charge is that it is located..." The phrase "that it is" should be removed.
Somewhere in the third paragraph, it says "...flat surfaces which does not apply. Instead, the cell surface..." This sentence does not make sense. The first sentence should end on "surfaces", so it would look like this: "...flat surfaces. This does not apply; instead, the cell surface..."
The final paragraph says "A third biospecific feature is peculiar for living biological cells only. The cells are not equilibrium with the fluid bulk, in the definition of life. There is a constant ion exchange between living cells and a fluid. Consequently, there is a difference in electric potentials between the cell interior and a fluid bulk, known as the transmembrane potential. This non-equilibrium potential affects the structure of the DL." This paragraph should be rewritten to say "In another feature, the cells are not in an equilibrium with the fluid bulk. There is a constant ion exchange between living cells and a fluid. Consequently, there is a difference in electric potentials between the cell interior and a fluid bulk, known as the transmembrane potential. This non-equilibrium potential affects the structure of the DL."
agf:Reverted good faith edits by [[Special:Contributions/$1|$1]]
However, it did not do as I imagine you intended it to do. As I understand it, that section is for warnings attached to templates. Since there is no AGF template, you could not attach one to your string. Also, it would not be appropriate to “warn” an editor for a good faith edit.
It could possibly work as an alternative edit summary that could be applied to the edit and page being reverted. I tried this by adding your string to my personal HG configuration in the section for such strings. It worked, but the [Special:Contributions/$1|$1]] section of the string returned not a link to the person being reverted, but rather to the person being reverted to. Thus, it reads as if one is reverting the person prior to the person being reverted (i.e., the penultimate edit).
Finally, since you do not have HG access, you would not have been able to test your string yourself and so could not have known whether it would work or not. I would like to suggest that you not make changes to the project configuration for HG until such time as you are able to test your changes. I reverted your edit to the project config. Thanks! — SpikeToronto02:27, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
I don’t really believe that that matters. HG2 is still not official, as far as I know. And, you added it to HG, which means you had an obligation to make sure that it worked on HG. If it works at HG2, it is most likely because that program is differently written. We should not make changes to configurations that affect every user on the project (i.e., Wikipedia) without testing them. If you had HG access, you could have tested it first by placing it in your personal HG configuration and checking it out. At the end of the day, whether or not that string works on HG2, it did not work on HG, and had not been tested. — SpikeToronto02:38, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Say Wayne, thanks for the holiday greeting of a few weeks back. Sorry I'm just now getting back to you. May your 2011 be filled with joyful edits and Good Fortunes! Jusdafax06:49, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Nascar's right. If you want, I could copy edit the article before you release it into the mainspace. By the way, are you ready to have the article moved to the mainspace? The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs14:59, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
It does. It doesn't need to be a large article in order for it to be a DYK article. I believe I can still nominate it for DYK even though Nascar1996 helped me. WAYNESLAM15:15, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I'll see if I can find more references to expand the article. I'm searching for some personal life information, but I haven't been able to fing any. Nascar1996 15:22, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I couldn't find any more of them, so I tried to expand the article based on the references. Sorry, that I couldn't do more. Nascar1996 15:37, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.
You have been trouted for not reading the note in the nomination of Gimmie danger's RFA. (You used the word him instead of they) Keep up the good copy-editing work though! :) →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 00:15, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Wayne, keep in mind that you probably won't get rollback or Twinkle back for a while, even if you do well fighting vandalism with the undo button. When that time does come, however, I will continue to help you. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs00:11, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
My feelings against the reference is that it is correct, and reliable. I would have chose other references if they were available. Sorry. Also, I will see if you can yet create another article that will have more references. Nascar1996 00:18, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I found two references that I'm sure that will work for the article, along with two others that I have yet to read. To respond for Utahraptor's idea, I never go to the library. I'm too busy. Nascar1996 00:30, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I go to the library every once in a while. Like I said, books are usually more reliable than Internet sources. You might want to ask your parents if you can go to the library. However, it's your choice. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs00:35, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I thought references were always links. I don't have time to go to library. I only go if it's important such as a project that my parents don't understand or homework that my parents don't understand. WAYNESLAM00:38, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Article will be referenced by three sources. However, one of them this might not be notable. Any suggestions? The article will mostly be sourced by [2], with some information sourced by [3]. The other reference, I am worried it will expire. Nascar1996 02:23, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
No it shouldn't. He was never a NASCAR driver, only driving go-karts. Spike, I haven;t run REFLINKS yet, but it could have still be created. Nascar1996 12:23, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Nascar1996, the documentation suggests that {{Infobox racing driver}} is not just for NASCAR racers. If you scroll down, there are variations for non-NASCAR racers, etc. For instance:
For active drivers without current employment, especially if they have no participations in a notable championship:
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = <!-- leave empty if it is below another infobox -->
| image =
| pixels = <!-- defaults to 180px unless a value is entered -->
| caption =
| nationality =
| date of birth = {{Birth date and age|yyyy|m|d}}
| place of birth =
| related to = <!-- list of notable relatives with line breaks -->
| prev series = <!-- previous series with line breaks -->
| prev series years =
| titles = <!-- championship titles -->
| title years =
| awards =
| award years =
}}
This infobox is used for any drivers with significant current or recent participations outside Formula One, the WRC, or NASCAR as part of an effort to streamline the range of infobox templates for motorsport articles. It is flexible enough to allow use with other templates for drivers with multi-discipline careers. See WikiProject Motorsport for more templates.
There is a variation for currently active drivers and another one for retired, deceased or otherwise inactive drivers, especially those who lately participated in a notable championship. Is WP:MOTOR no longer following this “protocol”? Thanks! — SpikeToronto23:22, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Also, I would appreciate it if I would get some credit if you nominated it for DYK, such as created by Wayne Slam, expanded by Nascar1996, nominated by The Utahraptor. Nascar1996 23:47, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi, did you tested the changes in config you made? I am not sure if they may work. I think it use the default template for new reasons you added. Anyway I will make several improvements so it would more changeable. Petrb (talk) 09:20, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
No, I did not since I do not have rollback. Huggle2 requires rollback just like Huggle does. I think you should put the settings like Huggle's, if not better. WAYNESLAM14:32, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
There was a discussion at WP:ANI recently, and Wayne's rollback was revoked. I was chosen to be his mentor, and I am the one that decides when Wayne is ready for rollback again. He's not ready yet, but he may be ready sometime in the future. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs14:58, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
Like does all the links at the right hand corner appear red, or will it let you edit? If they are red is because they haven't been created. Nascar1996 17:17, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
It doesn't exist on test.wiki and it doesn't let log in with this account. It says check your spelling or create a new account. WAYNESLAM17:21, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
(talk page stalker) You could unify your account so that you can log in to any WMF project without having to create a new username (see here and here). Not sure how long it will take for you to unify to TestWP, though it took me ~3 months to do that... I'd try unification first anyway, though if it looks to take that long for you to unify to TestWP, you might want to go ahead and create an account there manually. --Dylan620(t • c • r)17:51, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
It's now successfully unified. I tried logging in and it still didn't let me. Why do you have to create an account and start from scratch instead of using your WP account? WAYNESLAM17:53, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
I tried to unify my account twice and I don't know what's wrong. Now it's ready. What do I do now that I'm ready? WAYNESLAM18:09, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Huggle2
The new version of Huggle seems peppier than the old one; the pages load faster and it did not crash at all. Some of the edit summaries were not so good, so I customised them. --Diannaa(Talk)00:34, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
It’ll be great if it’s faster! As for edit summaries, I already have a slew of customized ones that I use in Huggle 0.9.11. So long as I can still use them in Huggle2, I’ll be happy. Actually, there has been some talk over at the HG2 talk page to get HG and HG2 merged, rather than having two separate projects. I had been hoping for this. — SpikeToronto06:39, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
If you are doing work on the test.wiki, and that leads to a change that you think needs to be made on the main project, you should contact either User:Petrb or User:Addshore and let one of them make whatever changes may be necessary, instead of making them yourself (especially since you are unable to test them on en.wiki.). And, since you are not having much luck getting into the test.wiki (see above), I suspect that the changes you’re making here you haven’t tested there either.
I made the change to make it look similar to the HG summary. I'm just trying to make it better for the people who do have Huggle. There's not a lot of vandalism on the test.wiki. I won't let it distract me. I will. I won't get back into Hugglediction. Do you mind if I could still use test.wiki's Huggle? WAYNESLAM23:52, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
It’s not really whether I mind, it’s whether your mentor minds. But remember, the more time you spend over on the test.wiki working with Huggle, reverting vandalism on articles that don’t really exist, the less time you spend over here creating content and working on real articles that require your copy editing attention. You might want to give the essay, Wikipedia:Vandalism does not matter (shortcut → WP:SIEGE) a read. In a nushell, it says:
Thanks to the efforts of vandal-fighters, blatant vandalism is less of a hindrance to the project than it once was. We should be wary of giving it too much importance to the neglect of other concerns.
Those other concerns are the very things you have been doing with your mentor: content creation and copy editing. Any work on the test wiki regarding Huggle development takes you away from those and other tasks. Once one is a recovering Huggleaholic, it’s easy to fall off the wagon again. Thanks! — SpikeToronto00:23, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
@SpikeToronto:Oh, I see. So I must stay doing what I got to do is create articles which is something I can't do on my own because it could be deleted and new page patrolling. One of the articles I created I want it to be my DYK. Please see this section for more details. @Nascar1996: He told me to revert vandalism using the undo button. WAYNESLAM00:28, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Wayne, you need to be more confident in your articles. As long as they are well-sourced, you don't have to worry about CSDers tagging the page for speedy deletion. And for now, I think you should return to article creation. I'll let you know when I think you're ready to resume your testing on the test wiki. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs01:05, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Utahraptor, I'll be confident in my articles. I don't know what references I should use. One of my articles were PRODed at one time but it wasn't deleted. Also, my current article hasn't been nominated for DYK. WAYNESLAM01:08, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Let me teach you how to nominate an article for DYK. First, you go to T:TDYK. Go to the section entitled "How to list a new nomination," and pick the appropriate template. Next, you choose what day your article was created or expanded in the table of contents. Finally, you add the nomination, think of a hook that will interest readers, and click "save page." Once you get the hang of it, it's not very difficult. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs01:16, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks. I don't know what the hook would be. One time, I tried to nominate an article for a DYK but it wasn't close to a DYK. I just nominated an article for DYK. WAYNESLAM01:18, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
(edit conflict) The article that you provided a link to is too short. That's probably why it was not accepted. An article has to be at least 1,500 characters long to qualify for DYK. This is a tool that is used to find out how many characters are in an article. The UtahraptorTalk/Contribs01:30, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
Addshore, it’s not whether the edit was fine; I could see that it was okay from the revision history. It’s that at ANI Wayne agreed to stay away from Huggle on the English Wikipedia until his mentor decides he’s ready again for rollback. Since he lost rollback, Wayne has been working in all sorts of new areas here at WP, learning about content creation, copy editing, DYK, categories, welcoming new members, etc., and progressing quite well. This string was never about the correctness of the edit. Thanks! — SpikeToronto19:26, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
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GOCE January 2011 backlog elimination drive progress graphs
So far, 43 people have signed up for this drive. Of these, 25 have participated. If you signed up for the drive but haven't participated yet, it's not too late! Try to copy edit at least a few articles. Remember, if you have rollover words from the last drive, you will lose them if you do not participate in this drive. If you haven't signed up for the drive yet, you can sign up now.
Progress report
We have eliminated two months from the backlog – January and February 2009. One of our goals is to eliminate as many months as possible from the 2009 backlog. Please help us reduce the size of this part of the backlog if you haven't already. Another goal is to reduce the entire backlog by 10%, or by 515 articles. Currently, we have eliminated 375 articles from the queue, so if each participant copy edits four more articles, we will reach that goal.
Thank you for participating in the January 2011 drive. We anticipate it will be another big success!
I have internet explorer. You may want to contact someone else if you would like to use email. Also, on your DYK nomination, you need to write his full name out, and bold it. Nascar1996 02:10, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
I've now fixed that part on the DYK nomination but I don't know who else to contact if I would like to use email. WAYNESLAM02:15, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
So you want to create ALL of them? If so, thats fine. We will just have to create them right before the race. Also, do you mind if I create some to? Nascar1996 20:33, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Have you considered making a new email account? All types of emails should have a spam folder, but which email provider do you have? (MSN, Yahoo!, Google?) Nascar1996 21:04, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
Create a second email address exclusively for wikipedia. If you are using Yahoo!, under MAIL OPTIONS, you can create a Disposable Email Address in which you make it something like wayneslam-wikipedia@yahoo.com or just wayneslam@yahoo.com. Whatever company you are using for your email, you can probably create a second account just for Wikipedia. Good luck! — SpikeToronto21:56, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
That is an email address. Were you looking on Facebook for the confirmation code? If so, you have to login to your email address (it says email when you log on....thats your email address. Nascar1996 03:36, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
You still might want to have a separate email address for Wikipedia to protect both your indentity and your privacy. And, it does not have to be at the same place. While you are currently using Facebook email (who knew they had such a thing?! I didn’t!), you can use any other provider for your Wikipedia email (e.g., Yahoo, Google, MSN, Hotmail, etc.). It does not have to be at the same place as your regular email. — SpikeToronto06:13, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Of course, my Facebook name is my real name which I can't tell anybody which is because of WP:CHILD and I have to protect my privacy. So, when I use my email on Yahoo! will any one of you guys even send me a message on there if I make an account there? WAYNESLAM15:55, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
When you sign with Yahoo, its farely easy. First you have to go to your mail, click on it, then there should be a reply button to reply. The log on method is similar to how you log on to Facebook. Do you know how to create a Yahoo account? Nascar1996 16:36, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Is that the email address you sent the confirmation to? If so, log in to that. (If you forgot your password they should have a code or something to go in to it. Nascar1996 17:17, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Okay...is that the email address in your preferences? If so, go to AIM, and log on to it, try your facebook password to log on. If that doesn't work, try to figure out your other password. If you sent it to that email, it would say confirmation, click it, then click on the first link. It will say it has been confirmed. Just remember you have to log on to that, not facebook to get your email. Nascar1996 17:44, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
You can remove it like I did. Now my old one just says Nascar1996. I forgot about it, and the people who sent me emails, they knew it, but I trusted them. Nascar1996 17:58, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I don't. Inside the email address, you can put a name, I changed the name. I also have my email hidden from Facebook. Nascar1996 18:03, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Wayne, follow this link. It will take you to a page at Yahoo! where you can create a brand spanking new Yahoo! account for your Wikipedia e-mail. Let me know if you have any problems. By the way, do you IRC? Thanks! — SpikeToronto23:43, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
Yes, you would have to put your birthdate in there. Is that a problem? Only the Yahoo! system will know your birthdate; the Wikipedia system will not get that info.
Also, where it says First name, enter Wayne. Where is says Last name, enter Slam. Where it says Yahoo! ID and Email, type wayneslam. The rest you should be able to do okay on your own.
The reason I asked if you used IRC was that I could help you do it live where you would have one window open at the Yahoo! registration screen and another window open in IRC with me there to answer any questions. But, if you fill in the fields as I suggest above, you should be okay. If you have any more questions before you fill in the form, just ask them here and I’ll answer them. Okay? Thanks! — SpikeToronto01:19, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I don't want to people to see it. Another problem is, Wayne Slam is not my real name. It's my Wikipedian name, Spike. WAYNESLAM01:22, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
They can't due to it's private. Why would I use my Wikipedian name A.K.A. username on my Yahoo! account away from Wikipedia? If I was able to email, this wouldn't happen. I don't Wikipedia users would email me on Yahoo! WAYNESLAM01:29, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Also, don't get too crazy over the WP:CHILD. Email is outside Wikipedia....it doesn't really matter anyway, as long as the information IS NOT on here. Nascar1996 02:29, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
I think you are misunderstanding this entire discourse, Wayne. We are not advising you on how to set up an email account to handle all of your electronic correspondence. You can do that on your own using whatever email name/address you want. What we are tying to do is help you to set up an email account that is for Wikipedia correspondence only. Then, for example, Wikipedians can communicate with you privately on things of a sensitive nature, or whatever, and leave you a you’ve-got-mail notification here on your talk page. You’ll recall that your mentor said above that it might, sometimes, be best for him to communicate with you offwiki on mentorship matters. Also, others of us only started trying to help you on this because above (way above!) you said you couldn’t get it to work. I, for one, am not encouraging, nor discouraging, you to make yourself email accessible to other Wikipedians. That’s up to you.
Anyway, I think that the reason that Yahoo! wants your birthdate, is that they have their own equivalent to a WP:CHILD policy. By filling out the field truthfully it adds extra safeguards to your account until you turn 18 … or at least I think it does. Also, I am almost certain that your birthdate is hidden from others. However, if you want to be 100% certain, once you create the account, you can go into your preferences/options at Yahoo! and make sure that everything is kept hidden. — SpikeToronto03:54, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Okay, I know how to do that but I concerned whether I should use my real name or my username as my name on Yahoo! for Wikipedia usage. I don't want people to think that I changed my name. I understand what you're saying, Spike. WAYNESLAM16:03, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Okay. So in the name columns where it says first name, can I put Wayne, and in the second column where it says last name, can I add Slam instead of my real first name and last name? WAYNESLAM16:35, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
It probably said postal code because I’m here in Canada and it probably detected that from my IP address, and I am the one that gave you the URL. Be sure to change the country to United States! — SpikeToronto20:24, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
At E-mail (optional), enter your new email address (for example: wayneslam@yahoo.com).
the box labelled Enable e-mail from other users
the box labelled Send me copies of e-mails I send to other users
Press the Save button
Confirmation:
You should receive an email at the email address that you entered in your Wikipedia preferences.
There will most likely be a link contained within the email that you must click on. This responds to Wikipedia and confirms that the email address is correct.
If all goes to plan, you should now be set up. If not,
In addition to the Spam folder, check the Inbox. At Yahoo there’s also a Check Mail button that takes you into your inbox. — SpikeToronto23:43, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Well your not doing something correctly. Just a couple days ago I created my brand new Yahoo account for this. Once I logged on it was already there. Nascar1996 23:53, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Furthermore, you can resend it by clicking reconfirm at the first page of your preferences. Make sure that your email address it in the slot above it, and that you enabled users to send you emails. Once reconfirming it, you should recieve a confirmation email that says the following:
Title: Wikipedia e-mail address confirmation
Someone from the IP address (your IP address) has registered the account "Wayne Slam" with this e-mail address on the English Wikipedia.
To confirm that this user account really does belong to you and to activate e-mail features on Wikipedia, please open this URL in your browser:
If you did not recently register for Wikipedia (or if you registered with a different e-mail address), click the following link to cancel the confirmation:
I might have put in the wrong email address in my preferences. I have changed that and sent the email confirmation. WAYNESLAM00:40, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
The only way, is to let someone else try to send it to you. Such as you send them (by their emails above) your password, and email address with your account and see if we can figure whats wrong. Nascar1996 01:19, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
After I sent a couple which includes the new one. I still didn't receive anything after the times I sent a confimation. I look once. Nothing still appeared all the time I sent a confirmation. WAYNESLAM01:29, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Wayne, do you have any friends at school who edit on Wikipedia? If so, one of them may have already done this and could sit down at a computer and take you through the process. Would that be possible? Thanks! — SpikeToronto01:30, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Someone on #wikipedia-en-helpconnect may be able to help but I doubt it. Click the connect button to enter the channel. (I'm already there) →♠Gƒoley↔Four♣← 02:31, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
If you cannot get it done with one of us in IRC, I have only one more suggestion, and it’s essentially what Nascar said above. Choose one of us that you trust, perhaps your mentor (Special:EmailUser/The Utahraptor), email the chosen person through the Wikipedia system, and provide them the following:
Wikipedia password
Yahoo account ID
Yahoo password.
As soon as the chosen one finishes setting it all up, s/he will leave a message here on your talk page, having logged out of both systems (i.e., Wikipedia and Yahoo!). You will log into each one and immediately change your password, being sure to carefully note down the new password on both systems. How does that sound? Thanks! — SpikeToronto05:46, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
NOTE:It just occurred to me that, because you are not set up on Wikipedia to receive email, the Wikipedia system may not let you send email since it will have no email address to provide the recipient for responding. If that turns out to be the case, then you will have to use your new Yahoo! email address to send the chosen person the information directly to his email address. If you scroll back up, you’ll see that your mentor already gave you his email address (theutahraptorwiki@gmail.com), as did Nascar (nascar1996wiki@yahoo.com). Good luck! — SpikeToronto06:00, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey Wayne! Apparently, even I can make a mistake reverting vandalism, albeit it rare, of course! ( ← He says tongue planted firmly in cheek …) Who would’ve thunk it?! (See here.) — SpikeToronto21:11, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
I see another non-admin who sometimes uses block templates but he uses a custom template which means you put a reason for the block. WAYNESLAM17:19, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
I think HJM has a point. I myself would not have put a block template on that IP’s talk page. I have, rarely, put a notice on a registered account that had been blocked indefinitely, say a sockpuppeting block notice where no signature is required to be appended to the notice, and I indicate in the edit summary the blocking admin, block log, and SPI (example) and/or sock list (example).
Generally, it would be a good idea just to leave a note on the blocking admin’s talk page asking him/her to do it. I only left the note that started this string because I assumed that someone you were working with had told you it was okay. However, when a non-admin places the block notice, his/her signature appended to the notice makes it look as if s/he were the blocking admin, which, of course, was not the case. It could be confusing for the editor blocked. Thanks! — SpikeToronto19:10, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
Neil Riordan's Wikipedia Article
I do not believe it is vandalism to preface Neil Riordan's title as inventor and entrepreneur with unverified and illegitimate, because he has not been legitimized, and his practices have not been verified. This is most evident by the fact that his daughter wrote his entry, and MOST information lacks citations, and the citations that ARE offered are marked UNVERIFIED.
I'm simply reiterating on his page what Wikipedia editors have already stated behind the scenes. Please allow this edit to be made. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.191.58 (talk) 22:37, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
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Pole position driver Kasey Kahne maintained his lead on the first lap to begin the race, as Edwards, who started in the second position on the grid, remained behind him. On the fourth lap, Edwards became the leader of the race. Hamlin, the points leader, before the race, spun sideways early in the race, resulting with damage to his splitter. Afterward on lap 73, Martin Truex, Jr. became the leader, but after the final pit stops Edwards was first. He maintained the lead to win the race, after leading 192 laps.
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Right. I was dealing with a whole string of vandals, so it wasn't clear. Of course, it doesn't really matter which one it was: thanks anyway for showing appreciation. JamesBWatson (talk) 21:22, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I notice that you added the photo that I added of his race car to the infobox. I've had several people complain that he is not a race car but a person. I actually agreed when I heard this suggestion. I'll leave it alone, you can change it back if you want. Royalbroil07:18, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
