User talk:Mono/Archive 3

Speedy deletion declined: Products manufactured in australia

Hello IBen. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Products manufactured in australia, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: It's POV, OR etc, but not really covered by "Economy of Australia" - let the PROD take care of it. Thank you. JohnCD (talk) 12:05, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:28, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

My comment

My comment was not intended to be uncivil. My apologies if it came across that way. If you could explain to me in what manner it was uncivil it would help me to improve my etiquette. Chillum ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 22:46, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:17, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Keep

Keep : I have found information about this person on various internet sites. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.173.123.131 (talk) 01:32, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Not sure what you are talking about...--iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:02, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-01-25/Features and admins

I see you have begun writing this. Pretzels' advice made it seem as if you should write any of the pages which aren't already started, but he intended for you to write any that did not already have a steady writer (see here). It isn't a big problem, I suppose, and you can finish it for this week if you would like. But I will resume writing it next week. ÷seresin 18:55, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Didn't mean to step on your toes. As you said, User:Pretzels' advice seemed to say start on whatever you like.

Hey folks! Glad you want to get involved. You can start writing the articles listed in the table below straight away - how about News & Notes, or In the News? Try to stick to the same style as previous editions. Links for finding news to write about can be found on our Resources page. Good luck! — Pretzels Hii! 20:01, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Anyway, you can write it if you'd like. However, I'd be happy to help. -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 21:24, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

No worries; it was reasonable to infer from Pretzel's comment that you could jump in on any page. I have a somewhat large other page I am writing this week, so it's probably a plus that you can handle this page this week. I'll give it a look-over later to make sure all is in order if you would like, and if you have any other questions let me know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by seresin (talk • contribs)

I just finished a draft. Please take a look and tell me what you think!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:27, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ben, I looked it over. Just a couple of things: you didn't seem to use the templates when you listed the features. These templates link to the nomination, and are just easier to use. You can find them in the source code for last week's article—(actually, you may find it easier to copy and paste last week's code and use that as a starting point). You also seem to have omitted Today's Featured Article, the daily featured picture, all the de-features, as well as a featured sound (thought I don't know if you're finished). Also, there was a successful RfB, so you will need to list that this week as well. ÷seresin 00:27, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

 Doing...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:08, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I added the templates ( Done). I don't know what you mean by putting "Today's Featured Article" and the daily picture ( Not sure. Should I include the ones for the whole week? Also, where do I find the featured sound ( Not done)? I'm listing the RFB ( Doing...)... Not sure on those things, however, Thank you!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:15, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

If you look at the prior week's report, you will see how the list of TFAs and picture of the day are formatted. You can find them here and here, respectively. here is the featured sound. Don't worry too much about getting anything wrong; it's a wiki and nobody is going to get angry if you need some time to figure it out. ÷seresin 01:42, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Would you mind checking it over for spelling, grammar, etc.? Didn't really make the deadline, did it?-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 03:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Deadlines are only fun when you get to hear the whooooshing sound they make when they fly by. And yes, I'll go over it in a bit and make any fixes that need to be done. ÷seresin 04:17, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Haha!!!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 04:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Re:Image

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Talkback

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Carlos Alvarez (dancer)

Hello, just to let you know that this page, which you nominated for speedy deletion, is now being considered at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carlos Alvarez (dancer). Best wishes, Boleyn (talk) 18:01, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I voted on it!  Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:52, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Tail (horse)

Hi IBen, did you notice that you immediately slapped a bunch of tags on the new article only THREE MINUTES after it was created? Seems a bit hasty for a work in progress, it's a spinoff from a longer article and clearly needs some cleanup, but gosh, can't an editor have at least five minutes to take off the rough edges?? Trout slap! Montanabw^(talk) 04:59, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I just swallowed the trout.  :( In addition, the reason I tagged the page was so that the author know what they have to improve on.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:03, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Let's try that again. I have been editing wikipedia for almost four years. I have multiple GAs and have helped on a couple FAs. I know how to write an article. So how about you give me a bit of time to work up an article before tagging it. You are creating edit conflicts. If you've just let me work, I suspect most of your objections will be addressed. Give it an hour and check back. Montanabw^(talk) 05:11, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

I feel that it is always helpful to get constructive criticism so you can improve. I understand your concern; you feel I should have given you more time to work. In the future, if you don't want people to comment, tag, etc. you should userfy the page.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 22:49, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Obviously, but that's not the point here. I think that there is no need to tag something that is going to pass the deletionist criteria until it's clearly not going anywhere, which means not tagging it within three MINUTES of creation. I think there is a place to sandbox totally new articles, so I agree there, but here this was a spinoff from another article that has been relatively stable for over a year. Seemed silly to move it twice, and seemed not be be inviting massive tagging. I mean really, would it have hurt anything to wait a mere hour or so? You can always tag when things settle down a bit. I suppose there is something to be said for the {{underconstruction}} tag, but if I as an experienced editor with over 100 new articles (excluding disambigs and redirects) have felt rather discouraged in creating new articles in the past year, (I think I've started maybe three recently) imagine how a newcomer feels. I also recreated a previously deleted article a few weeks ago and was fighting prod tags for an hour and a half just trying to get the thing sourced! It now is accepted, but that was also a real gauntlet. I sympathize with the desire to make wiki better, but on the other hand, I wonder if we are getting too anal. (And I think of myself as REALLY anal, so if I think this is a problem, hmmm..) Well, food for thought. Montanabw^(talk) 05:18, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

A good tag would be {{underconstruction}} or {{inuse}}!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:49, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, that probably would do the trick. Well, onward through the fog! Montanabw^(talk) 00:52, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

YResolved...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:07, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Report

We'd love to have more writers for WikiProject Report. Spotlight looks to be inactive. Are you planning to revive it? I'm currently working on WP Dinosaurs for next week, although you can take over for me if you'd like. We're also planning on doing WP Olympics the week after to coincide with the start of the Winter Games in Vancouver, but we haven't decided who's writing it yet. After that article, it's pretty open. -Mabeenot (talk) 06:09, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm looking to revive it, yes. If you'd like to do it next week, go ahead, however, I would like to be the regular writer for the section. -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:52, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

RegentsPark and I were planning to take turns with the WikiProject Report and I thought you might like to be part of the rotation. It's a lot of work to do all the reports every week and the few editors who tried typically got burnt-out after just a couple months (see the archive). I was talking with RegentsPark earlier today and he was considering doing the WP Olympics report but he hasn't started it yet. If you'd like to take it be sure to talk to him about it. Otherwise, you could definitely do WP Spotlight for publication in the February 15 Signpost. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:08, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

A rotation sounds good. That means we each can have a couple of weeks to put our articles together. It might be good to have a generic (but customizable) {{WP:POST/INTERVIEW}} template for easier interviewing. I could work on this; I'm good at building templates. I don't represent WP Spotlight, just came across it and thought it might make a good article about real time collaboration.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

A template would be great! In case you haven't seen it yet, there is a backlog of WikiProject Report suggestions which includes someone requesting an article on Spotlight dating back to May 2008. Feel free to do an article on Spotlight and I hope you're successful in reviving it. Let me know if you need any help writing interview questions. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:18, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I just started a draft template (Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Newsroom/Interview). It'll end up being a ton more complex with ifs and stuff like that but it's a start. -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:28, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

If you could take the Olympics, that would be great. I'll find something else to do the week after. --RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 01:47, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I'll try!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:48, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

The template will be very helpful. Thanks for starting work on it so quickly. Be sure to take into account that the Report frequently involves multiple interviewees resulting in multiple answers to the same question. It's also great to hear that you and RegentsPark have got the next couple articles figured out. -Mabeenot (talk) 01:57, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I understand. I'll try to make it more customizable and work for multiple answers, sub-answers, sub-questions, notes, and stuff like that!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:52, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Spirit in action

Could you point me in the direction of people that can help me create the page on here for that program. I am getting a bit tired of getting deleted again and again and would love to get some help from someone.

--Zon Moy 01:50, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be happy to. One moment...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:51, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Okay, to get started please look at What Wikipedia is not. Many people come here to promote a cause, write about their new discovery, or state their opinion. Also, all content on Wikipedia should be verifiable. To quickly and easily create an article, please use the article wizard. This will help you find good sources and see if your subject is for Wikipedia. Don't be discouraged; not everything is for Wikipedia. There are many other wikis. You can even start your own at wikia.com! About copyright:

Material copied from sources that are not public domain or compatibly licensed without the permission of the copyright holder (unless brief quotation used in accordance with non-free content policy and guideline) is likely to be a copyright violation. Such a situation should be treated seriously, as copyright violations not only harm Wikipedia's redistributability, but also create legal issues.

For the manual of style, go to Wikipedia:Manual of Style. For a how-to on writing a great article, see here. If you have any questions, please contact me or add {{helpme}} to your talk page. Thanks!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:43, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Uh oh! Looks like you have a conflict of interest. It's therefore hard to write with a neutral point of view. Please look over Wikipedia:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion and try writing on a different subject. I can help you find info that you are interested in. If you think there should be an article on your subject, please place a request at the articles for creation page. Thanks!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:48, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Help

Whenever you are ready to help just contact me on my account.

http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User:Zonmoy/Spirit_in_action

That is the link for the work area though I am not sure if its done right. You can probably tell that I am completely new to working on this site. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zonmoy (talk • contribs) 02:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: HAPPI

Please see my response to your message. --EpochFail^(talk|work) 20:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

• again --EpochFail^(talk|work) 15:50, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Paithrukam

Hello IBen. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Paithrukam, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to movies. Thank you. NW (Talk) 03:41, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:51, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

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AFD discussion

Hello, i would like to add this comment on the discussion regarding the Article http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/Ekram_Alam but i'm not quite sure how to to it. I strongly believe that this page should be deleted, as i find it offensive that someone would make a page containing fraudulent claims.

Delete: I do not feel that there are enough reliable sources cited, meaning that this article is in breach of Wikipedia guidelines. It ought to be deleted so that Wikipedia doesn't lose it's status as a valuable source of information, because this article is little more than poppycock.

--138.37.202.73 (talk) 16:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Please see here!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:49, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

User:IBen/header               --iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

PJTF talk

Just a note, it's generally not considered acceptable to remove another editor's comments, even if they are misinformed, outdated, or otherwise something you disagree with. Even the editor himself is encouraged to strike through instead of removing his comments. Cheers! PrincessofLlyr (talk) 02:26, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

I understand that. Please link to a diff where I did this.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:54, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Here: [1]. Also, why did you tag Percy Jackson & the Olympians with a fansite tag? PrincessofLlyr (talk) 14:18, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Why :(? Airplaneman ^talk 23:58, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, I'm just making sure you read and understand the linked article so you won't do it again. Thanks, Airplaneman ^talk 21:56, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Fair Use Licence for File:IPad_Screenshot.jpg

Firstly, I found this template for adding a message to your userpage quite cumbersome. I don't want to inflame nerves, but perhaps a more standardized approach would be nice. However, this isn't really mine to determine. I am really here because I noted that you uploaded the file File:IPad_Screenshot.jpg which although had fair use rationale did not have a fair use template. I added one, but when uploading an image be sure to select a licence from the drop down menu. Thanks :)

--NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 00:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I am thinking of a "normal way." It is mainly for new users so I think I'll add a link "Do it the regular way." I did select a license for the menu, however, it didn't seem to show up as I am looking at the image. I'll check in to that!  Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:38, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Got it. You might note that a tag was placed telling you to shrink the image. I can do it if you give me the OK :) NativeForeigner ^Talk/_Contribs 00:42, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Go ahead!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:44, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Non-free image

Because it is a copyright violation. That image has been tagged for speedy deletion by another editor and I agree. Yworo (talk) 04:07, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

OK, well where's the free image?-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 04:11, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm sure it will exist as soon as your iPad is delivered. Yworo (talk) 04:13, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes it will... (I ordered one)-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 04:15, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Sure you did. Apple isn't taking advance orders yet. Yworo (talk) 04:16, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Must you ruin my fun? -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 04:17, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

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Soulbender

I've added External Links and a few references to the Soulbender page. The reason why it looked the way it did when I initially saved it was because I'm at a library computer and there is a time limit. I will continue to work on this article to make sure it meets Wiki standards. Shaneymike (talk) 01:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

See Talk:Soulbender.  Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:47, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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Airplaneman ^talk 23:03, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

YDealt with...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

User:IBen/QuiFriends

Hello, iBen. May you kindly tell me what this is? Please don't ignore this as you did my other comment. It's quite irritating when I'm trying to communicate. Regards, Airplaneman ^talk 05:40, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to invite you to try QUI which is a script and system that helps you keep track of the online/offline status of you and your friends. It is meant to help you and your friends edit and communicate on Wikipedia more efficiently.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 00:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Sounds cool. I'll take a look this weekend. Regards, Airplaneman ^talk 04:04, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 02:05, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Hey, how do you get your status to show up in the upper right hand corner? Does it only show for users other than yourself? Thanks, Airplaneman ^talk 04:55, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Using the {{Statustop}} template. I was having trouble using it with the {{rollbacker}} template, however. You could build your own template if you like.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:17, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Try using {{-}} to separate the two. Airplaneman ^talk 05:30, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks :). I found the solution! Use {{Statustop|offset=30}} (or whatever number). Airplaneman ^talk 05:35, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Good solution. I love that {{outdent}}! I actually got that from you, way back when... -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:32, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Not workin'... I don't care that much. Have you tried my new interface for adding a message? It's the big plus (+) at the top of this page. Tell me what you think.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:38, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for that solution!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:39, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Will try. I'm NPPing right now :). Airplaneman ^talk 05:42, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I NPP too. Whoa, there's a lot! I use this script to help.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yea, everyone messes up. I even got 2 articles deleted back in the day. Nice interface! Really cool and easy to use. Airplaneman ^talk 05:44, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Mainly for newcomers to help them get better results! Glad to hear you like it! It's not quite done yet, but it's coming along. I'll be NPPing and writing for the signpost here soon.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:47, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Just patrolled like 5 in about 45 seconds. Combining Twinkle and this script I am really efficient.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:49, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Just remember, it's not about speed but accuracy. I tend to wikify every article as much as I can by Bolding the title and whatnot. It's far more rewarding (IMO) than just tagging, etc. I use User:J.delanoy/newpage.js. Airplaneman ^talk 05:54, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yep, usually I try to help out with that. See my signpost article to be published next week about drive-by tagging! Unfortunately, most of the articles that are created I have to tag for speedy deletion.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:57, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

By the way, that's the same script I use... That user just copied it...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 05:58, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yup, but it's got a couple mods that I liked better :). Airplaneman ^talk 06:01, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Me too... I just switched!-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 06:02, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Cool! There's a poll going on here you might be interested in about the WPNOVELS template. Airplaneman ^talk 06:07, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookie! Airplaneman ^talk 06:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

YVoted at the poll. By the way, polls violate WP:CONSENSUS. Anyways, Thank you. See the discussion below; there are new comments there too.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 19:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Take a look at user:js/patroller. It's a cool script I found today for NPPing. It reorganizes Special:NewPages and allows for faster (Ajax) patrolling.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:18, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

My new page

Did you happen to notice that I have a rhodium star at the top of my talk page?
Why are you ignoring it?
Why are you ignoring my Under Construction sign?

I have asked you guys before to please give it a rest. I am trying to add content, and you are blowing my page away.
Why don't you wait 1 minute after the creation of the page before you nuke it? Eh?
Why is 1 minute so much?
Varlaam (talk) 06:12, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Before you create an article, please draft it in your user space. For example, you would draft at Special:Mypage/NewArticle. Also, instead of using the text "under contraction", please use {{under construction}}. Please try to assume good faith and be civil. -- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 18:37, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, wasn't that a great big waste of my time. Look before you act. Someone who has 24k edits doesn't need interference when he is working. Does that seem reasonable? Good night, Varlaam (talk) 06:18, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

As I said earlier, before you create an article, please draft in your userspace.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 18:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

iBen, be careful. I've received stuff like this as well. Just patrol from the bottom of the log, obey all tags, and wait unless the page says something like "pie" (thanks for tagging that one). Airplaneman ^talk 06:23, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice. I did assume good faith and used the standard Twinkle notification. Not the first person I've dealt with like this... I'm thinking of creating User:iBen/Moans so I can reference policies better.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 18:41, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

I think it just irritates people sometimes when you tag "their" page before they've had much of a chance to work on it. Here you go:

MalnadachBot has eaten your {{subst:cookie}}! The cookie made them happy and they'd like to give you a great big hug for donating it. Spread the WikiLove by giving out more {{subst:cookie}}s, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Thanks again! {{subst:if||| {{{message}}} ||subst=subst:}} Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat a cookie with {{subst:munch}}!

Airplaneman ^talk 21:03, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes... For the Signpost next week, I am writing an article about ownership of articles. This week, I am writing about Drive-by tagging and the Sister Projects Report.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 22:10, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: Protection

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 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 19:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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Can you call on an ipod touch

I declined speedy on this article because it's not vandalism as such. I have taken it to AfD instead. I42 (talk) 19:32, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

YOK! (Violates WP:NOTHOWTO)-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 19:35, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever

You nominated this article for deletion as having almost no content. I have added content and references to verify notability, and I have voted Keep at your AFD nomination. Just letting you know. --MelanieN (talk) 19:52, 31 January 2010 (UTC)MelanieN

Perhaps you should add content to the article, not just the infobox.-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 20:03, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Dang it! I had added content and four references, and they must have gotten lost as a conflict when somebody else posted the infobox. I have reconstructed the information I added. I think this information (including two different reviews in the NYT) clearly establishes the book as notable. It could still be regarded as a stub, but being a stub is not grounds for deletion. --MelanieN (talk) 20:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)Melanie

I'll take a look...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 20:31, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:19, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Are you still of the opinion that the article should be deleted? If so could you clarify on what grounds (at the AFD page)? Thanks. --MelanieN (talk) 00:56, 1 February 2010 (UTC)MelanieN

 Doing...-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 01:18, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikiout

WuhWuzDat 23:21, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you-- iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 23:23, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Mohammad Ataul Karim

Hello IBen. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Mohammad Ataul Karim, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: The article makes a credible assertion of importance or significance, sufficient to pass A7. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 05:35, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

re: speedy delettion of Felix Zandman

Hi. I am replying to your message about speedy deletion of article about Felix Zandman. Someone already cleaned it up - please see if this is sufficient?

Thanks

--Wikilogin123 (talk) 10:41, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

They are different

--DoNotTellDoNotAsk (talk) 11:48, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Archival Issue

{{helpme}}Look's like something is wrong with my ClueBot archival. Not sure why my page isn't being archived.

--iBen^talk/_contribsIf you reply here, please place a talkback notification on my page. 03:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

It is, but I think you hit the min threads limit, since ClueBot just archived a thread after you added this. BTW, those comments are creepy and makes the wikitext really hard to read. Tim Song (talk) 04:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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 Done--iBen^talk/_contribs 18:55, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

PJTF

Hey, are you still considering featuring our project in the Signpost? I'm up to an interview if you would like to conduct one! Airplaneman ^talk 07:43, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Yep, see Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom#New.2Fcurrent!--iBen^talk/_contribs 18:34, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Cool! I commented on Talk:Stygian Iron as well. Airplaneman ^talk 19:22, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Y Saw it!--iBen^talk/_contribs 20:35, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

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Martín Madrigal

I've changed your gibberish tag to a Spanish tag... Looks possibly notable, even. Peridon (talk) 20:34, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Y Translated it.--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:11, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

February 2010

Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit that you made has been reverted or removed because it was a misuse of a warning or blocking template. Please use the user warnings sandbox for any tests you may want to do, or take a look at our introduction page to learn more about contributing to the encyclopedia. Thank you. iBen^talk/_contribs 21:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikitravel

I was wondering, can info from wikitravel be copy-pasted? Reply--Theologiae (talk) 21:41, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Just because it says it is "wiki" doesn't mean it can be copied. Please read this section fully and ask me if you have any questions. I'd look (maybe at the bottom) for a copyright notice. Update:

If you want to import text that you have found elsewhere or that you have co-authored with others, you can only do so if it is available under terms that are compatible with the CC-BY-SA license. You do not need to ensure or guarantee that the imported text is available under the GNU Free Documentation License, unless you are its sole author. Furthermore, please note that you cannot import information which is available only under the GFDL. In other words, you may only import text that is (a) single-licensed under terms compatible with the CC-BY-SA license or (b) dual-licensed with the GFDL and another license with terms compatible with the CC-BY-SA license. If you are the sole author of the material, you must license it under both CC-BY-SA and GFDL. (from WP:COPYRIGHT)

Looks like WikiTravel is under a Creative CommonsAttribution ShareAlike license (see Wikitravel). --iBen^talk/_contribs 21:49, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Hey there! Would you please explain what all that means, 'cause I have no idea!--Theologiae (talk) 21:52, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I know, it's wikipedia instruction creep. Basically, it's ok to copy the info as long as you cite sources.--iBen^talk/_contribs 21:55, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

So, does that mean if I say in a section that it's wikitravel, that's fine...?--Theologiae (talk) 21:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

No. See this page and use the <ref> tags. If you want an easy way to cite stuff add importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/refToolbar.js'); to this page.--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:00, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Your addition has been removed, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of article content such as sentences or images. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. iBen^talk/_contribs 22:02, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

What? reply...--Theologiae (talk) 22:04, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

{{helpme}}See above.--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:06, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Will reply on their talk page. Blurpeace 22:56, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

YGreat!--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Tagging of 7th INTERNATIONAL ADILIA ALIEVA PIANO COMPETITION

I recently removed a speedy delete tag that you had placed on 7th INTERNATIONAL ADILIA ALIEVA PIANO COMPETITION. I do not think that 7th INTERNATIONAL ADILIA ALIEVA PIANO COMPETITION fits any of the speedy deletion criteria because It is not patent nonsense, it is written in French. WP:CSD#G1 says "This excludes poor writing, partisan screeds, obscene remarks, implausible theories, vandalism and hoaxes, fictional material, coherent non-English material, and poorly translated material." Please be more careful in the use of CSD tags, particularly "Patent nonsense" which is actually fairly rare in my experience. Thank you. I request that you consider not re-tagging 7th INTERNATIONAL ADILIA ALIEVA PIANO COMPETITION for speedy deletion without discussing the matter on the appropriate talk page. DES ^(talk) 20:16, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

What should I have tagged it with?--iBen^talk/_contribs 21:22, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

translate|French in this case (in curly brackets {{ ) or if you're not sure, use notenglish Peridon (talk) 21:48, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Y Thank you That wasn't in the Twinkle menu, could you recommend a tool?--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:09, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't use any! I do the ones the tools miss, like vandals, spammy user pages/talk pages, foreign languages (I can translate French if no-one else seems likely to), AfDs, etc. I keep meaning to investigate the tools, but I seem to get enough as it is. (The admins probably regard me as a pain...) Peridon (talk) 22:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Google Translate works well for translating but really can mess up.--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:15, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Best to just tag it. Do a Google or Babelfish if you're deciding notability or spam level. Mind you, I've tagged things in Indonesian and Russian as spam - you get a feel for it. Usually someone who does know the language will spot it and know what to do. Machine translators can't cope with idiom - 'going hell for leather' is meaningless when translated literally into any other language. 'Vous êtes orfèvre, M. Josse' literally means 'you are a goldsmith, M Josse', but translates as 'there is nothing like leather', and means the person addressed is thinking particularly in his own special trade. See what I mean? Peridon (talk) 22:28, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Look at this: Google Transalte.--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:31, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Pretty good?--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:36, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

As I said, literally it does. If you were actually talking to a M Josse, who had forgotten that he was a goldsmith, OK. If you're talking to M Desgranges, who is a policeman, then no. The standard translation (by humans) is 'there is nothing like leather', but that itself is virtually meaningless now, as English has moved on and that idiom isn't used much, if at all. (It was very dated when I was doing my French at 'A' level, just after we'd got off the ark. (We stowed away - that's why you won't find Peridon in the Bible...)) Peridon (talk) 23:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

The "tag" option of the "friendly" gadget includes the {{notenglish}} tag. But i would say tha the tool is to assist the editor, not to be the editor. If you don't know the meanign of a tag that your tool will issue you should not use it. If you don't know the limits of the WPL:CSD -- and most of them have quite strict limits -- you shouild learn them before doing CSD tagging. in particualr, A1 "Patent nonsense" means one of two things: a) random keystrokes like "dshshewofen fwej"; b) words that make no sense at all "mission the jackhammer harp over all igloos absit omen notwithstanding catnaps". If you can figure out what it is intended to mean, whether it is poor writing or a bad article or not, it isn't patent nonsense. A7 is also over used - any plausible claim of importance, whether supported by refs or not, and whether it rises to notability or not, is enough to avoid an A7. Text not in english should be tagged as described above, unless you are sure enough of the translation top tag as spam or whatever. if you used a machine translation to tag, I would post it to the talk page. DES ^(talk) 01:48, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Just had a good one. I tried 'inter alia' on an English to German translator, and got 'Beerdigen Sie alia' (= 'bury alia'!). (Adding some basic info to my German Wiki user page. Discovered that I had contribs over there that I couldn't remember.) Beware the machine... Peridon (talk) 21:25, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Signpost

Your suggestion in sister projects is good, I was thinking about doing it every other week, then the next week, every other, so forth and so on. Let me know if you have any questions regarding the signpost at my talk page. Happy editing! Belugaboy535136 ^contribs 13:38, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Yes, see here.--iBen^talk/_contribs 18:33, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Can I have a space for the Signpost's April 19 issue for the WikiProject report? I'm trying to get in WikiProject Mammals in. Belugaboy535136 ^contribs 00:25, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

I'll look in a minute. I have 5 vandals to deal with.--iBen^talk/_contribs 00:26, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure! Just add yourself to the table.--iBen^talk/_contribs 00:34, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

First I gotta get through to the coordinators, but I'll get my spot! P.S., You're big on talkback templates aren't you? Belugaboy535136 ^contribs 00:35, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Watchlists are so clunky.--iBen^talk/_contribs 00:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Plus, using Friendly it's quick.--iBen^talk/_contribs 00:37, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

If you didn't understand my first message, here's what I meant:

• Week 1:Sister Projects
• Week 2:No Sister Projects
• Week 3:Sister Projects
• Week 4:Sister Projects
• Week 5:No Sister Projects
• Week 6:Sister Projects

And so the pattern goes. Belugaboy535136 ^contribs 00:48, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Got it.--iBen^talk/_contribs 00:50, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Nine Tripod Cauldrons

Hi, you translated Nine Tripod Cauldrons from Chinese. I think you used some automatic tool to do that. Because I encountered several anonymous editors that (probably accidentally) translated sections of English Wikipedia into foreign languages and their edits were in some aspects similar to yours (e.g. using ((template)) instead of {{template}}), can you tell me what tool you used? Thanks. Svick (talk) 21:42, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

I used Google Translate. --iBen^talk/_contribs 22:21, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Svick (talk) 22:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Y'welcome.--iBen^talk/_contribs 22:24, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Faith Church Move

You moved the article "Faith Church St. Louis" to "Faith Church (St. Louis)". What was your rationale? The church's full name is "Faith Church St. Louis". Please move it back if you did not have a proper rationale for moving that article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agil314 (talk • contribs) 21:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

YI thought it was the "Faith Church" in St. Louis.--iBen^talk/_contribs 00:14, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Arthur Edward Imperatore, Sr.

I removed your speedy deletion tag. It has been since improved and sourced. He clearly meets WP:GNG and WP:RS. Bearian (talk) 00:12, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done--iBen^talk/_contribs 00:13, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

igloo

Hi IBen, and thanks for your interest in igloo. Before using the program, please read the following information carefully - failure to do so may result in your test access being revoked.

igloo is a JavaScript-powered, browser-based anti-vandalism tool, which means you do not have to download or install anything on your computer and it will work on multiple operating systems. However, it does mean that the performance relies on that of your browser and it may operate more slowly than downloaded programs. You must have either Mozilla Firefox 3+ or Google Chrome to use igloo, as it is currently incompatible with other browsers.

igloo relies on a system called iglooNet to assist you in finding and reverting vandalism. It is this system that transforms the program from a pretty version of recent changes to an actual anti-vandalism tool. Naturally, this is beyond the power of a client-side program, and igloo will regularly communicate with an external, non-Wikimedia server. Because of things like server logs, and the iglooNet abuse tracker, this may allow your IP address to be attached to your username - something which is otherwise impossible on Wikipedia. If you do not want this to happen, you MUST NOT USE IGLOO.

If you decide that you do want to test igloo, please keep in mind that it not wholly stable, and you may experience problems where it performs an invalid edit, or other unwanted action. If this happens, fix any mistakes you've made, apologise to anyone you've offended, and let me know. I don't take any responsibility for your use of the program - if you aren't willing to fix any errors, don't use it.

igloo is already quite powerful. The following is a simple guide to using the program:

• The igloo interface is similar to that of other software, including huggle. Recent changes appear on the left, and diffs appear on the right.
• igloo sorts diffs based on iglooNet data so that edits most likely to be vandalism are displayed first. You can press spacebar to view the top diff, or click on any diff to view it directly.
• When you find vandalism, press 'Q' or click the revert button to revert the change, and issue a warning to the user. igloo automatically issues the correct warning. It will ignore existing warnings that are more than 5 days old, and restart from the beginning.
• The iglooNet assertion system tags clean and dirty edits with colour coding - if it suspects an edit is vandalism, it will be flagged as red, and if it believes it to be clean, it will tag it green.
• At any time, you can re-review diffs you have already seen by pressing backspace or using the icons to move through the diff history.

If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or other feedback, I'd love to know. If you hate it, and won't be using it again, please let me know why - and I'll remove you from the test whitelist. If you now try and use igloo, you should find that it will allow you to use the program. Thanks, and good luck! Ale_Jrb^talk 10:02, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

What server address does it go to?--iBen^talk/_contribs 18:31, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

My account with x10hosting. Ale_Jrb^talk 18:33, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Apology

I am very sorry. I thought the tags were someone trying to vandilize wikipedia! Can you please edit this article (BestOnlineGamesEver) to make it not nominated for speedy deletion. Can you make it some important signifiagance? I made this article because i saw a article called addictinggames so i wanted to make a article just like it. Should this article be nominated for speedy deletion because it has no important signifigance? Dragonox488 (talk) 01:12, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Unfortunately, as you know, this article has been deleted multiple times. Usually, you shouldn't recreate an article more than once or an administrator will lock it. If you would like to "testify" against a speedy deletion claim, add {{hangon}} below the speedy deletion notice and explain why on the talk page. If you have any questions, please ask me!-- iBen^talk/_contribs 18:08, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Your speedy deletion nomination of Portuguese foods

I have declined your recent speedy deletion nomination of Portuguese foods (for which you gave criterion A10) because "Portuguese foods" is an entirely plausible search term and has now been redirected to the most relevant article, Portuguese cuisine. The article Portuguese foods did not satisfy criterion A10 because it was not a substantial duplicate of the page "Portuguese cuisine" (by "substantial duplicate", copy-paste is what is generally meant). In addition, the page title was not an implausible redirect, as is also required for A10 deletion. An example of a page that would be eligible for A10 deletion, just to give you an idea, would be a page with a title something like "My article" or "What is the sun?", containing a complete copy-paste of the article "Sun". Thank you for trying to help in New Pages Patrol—please be a bit more careful in the future, so as to avoid mistaken taggings such as this one. Cheers, Intelligentsium 02:09, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done --iBen^talk/_contribs 17:49, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Tenure

Good afternoon. I was reviewing your userpage and noticed that you have a userbox stating that you have been on Wikipedia for over 4 years; however, your log indicates that you created your account on August 18, 2009, which is less than seven months ago. Would you mind clarifying? GlassCobra 17:08, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

That's odd. --iBen^talk/_contribs 17:45, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

I see. I didn't set the date that I started so the userbox defaulted to the "4 years". See below:--iBen^talk/_contribs 17:48, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

This user has been on Wikipedia for 0 days.

Alrighty, no problem. Just curious. You don't have to remove it entirely, unless you wish to. GlassCobra 18:39, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Curiosity is good and I'm glad that someone actually looked at my userpage!-- iBen^talk/_contribs 18:40, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Desk

Hi iBen. Pretzels set up a new workspace for us at the Signpost called the WikiProject Desk. The suggestions section, schedule chart, and discussions have all been relocated there. When you're finished with the interview template, we can create a reusable subpage for conducting interviews. Cheers! -Mabeenot (talk) 18:59, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Great! I'm about to start interviewing someone, so I'll get working on the template. -- iBen^talk/_contribs 19:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Advocacy Resource Exchange

I removed this speedy tag on this one, too, as it generates 137,000 Ghits. I'm working on sorting out the backlog at CAT:CSD, and keep running into you, but not on purpose, LOL. Thanks for trying to get rid of the cruft here. Bearian (talk) 21:48, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribs 00:19, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Hidden

There's no point to hidden pages. Every subpage of your userspace is listed via Special:PrefixIndex/User:IBen/, and I spotted yours in the newpages log.

We're not here to be a playground. You can do a lot of stuff with your userspace, but not absolutely anything.

And the whole idea to Wikipedia is to make information easier to find.

Understand now? DS (talk) 22:07, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

However, what about the other users who have hidden pages? In addition, "As of January 2010, there is no policy expressly allowing or forbidding users to have secret page challenges, nor to attempt the challenge or collect a reward." This is the official policy at Wikipedia:Secret pages. Please don't delete it in the future, especially without notifying me. Thank you!-- iBen^talk/_contribs 23:37, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

No, it's a user essay. Read the top please. "Please remember not to cite essays or proposals as if they were policy." And you realize that Wikipedia is not MySpace, right? Forget the secret pages and go write an article. Btw, "Possible" is not a valid rationale in File:Google Buzz Screenshot.png. If it is replaceable, then it should not be used under fair use. Otherwise, say that it is not.  fetchcomms☛ 01:29, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

And another note, I moved back List of number-one blues albums because one only capitalizes in article names that have proper nouns in them, and "Number-one Blues Albums" is not a proper noun.  fetchcomms☛ 01:38, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

"What about the others" - I haven't gotten to 'em yet. Want to point 'em out to me? DS (talk) 01:47, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

OK, I'll let you make other people angry. While you're at it, how about eliminating guestbooks? List is below:--iBen^talk/_contribs 03:10, 10 February 2010 (UTC)*User:Airplaneman/secretpage*User:Thedeadmanandphenom/Am_i_an_athiest*User:Chubbennaitor/HAHA

There are so many more (just search for "secret page") While you're at it, delete User:Spittlespat/games

←Why not go to RfA and then delete them yourself? :)  fetchcomms☛ 03:20, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Are you implying that I should nominate myself to be an admin?-- iBen^talk/_contribs 03:24, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm implying that, instead of complaining about secret pages, you should either go contribute to an article or nom yourself for adminship so you can delete those pages and stop wasting your time with finding them and others' time with deleting them.  fetchcomms☛ 03:31, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

I plan on someday doing an rfa, however, I have a goal to work on more mainspace edits. Looking at my edit count today did not make me happy.-- iBen^talk/_contribs 03:32, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

I noticed there are a lot of dyk notices on talk pages and people seem to "want" them in rfas. How do you write one or what is the criteria?-- iBen^talk/_contribs 03:33, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

They're pretty much interesting facts from new articles; you nominate them. Check out the guidelines at WP:DYK. Airplaneman ^talk 05:01, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Wait, wait. Are you saying that you're concerned about your edit count? Is that all? DS (talk) 00:26, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Please explain in greater detail while being civil and assuming good faith.-- iBen^talk/_contribs 00:29, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, er... I don't see a lot of ABFing (assuming bad faith) going on here... Anyway, iBen wanted me to chime in about my secret page. To be honest, I don't really care one way or another; it's not the end of the world. It was fun while it lasted, but seeing that some think it is detrimental to the prosperity of this encyclopedia, I'm OK with them making the page (at least mine) "more secret". Airplaneman ^talk 01:16, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I was a little frustrated that DS didn't notify me.-- iBen^talk/_contribs 01:17, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)I think DragonflySixtyseven was asking why you weren't happy about your editcount. My take on it is that you did not like the percentage of Mainspace edits versus the percentage of Talk space edits. Airplaneman ^talk 01:19, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Yes... I am happy to see that the percentage is going up already, however.-- iBen 01:21, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Like my new sig? (iBen)-- iBen 01:22, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I created an article, Conversation threading, today!-- iBen 01:22, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Cool; I learned something new today! Yea, your new sig is better than the old one :). I like it. Airplaneman ^talk 03:49, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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 Done-- iBen^talk/_contribs 00:28, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a Million

iBen, thank you SO much for the Signpost barnstar. I wish I could repay you in some way. Regards, Belugaboy535136 ^contribs 12:36, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Feel free to give any barnstar to anyone (including me)!--iBen^talk/_contribs 23:34, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

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 Done-- iBen 01:40, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Stygian Iron

I'm curious about why you would revert this article being redirected. I can't say that there's much chance of that article every being properly sourced or even notable enough to warrant a stand alone article. Seeing as how the majority of articles related to Percy Jackson only use primary sources, perhaps a better use of your time would be sourcing them because they'll likely be redirected as well. I note that there are only about 2500 google hits for stygian iron, zero on google news, zero from the google news archive, five on google books (none related to the Percy Jackson series), and two on google scholar. Do you really think you'll be able to source this article? If not, let the redirect stand. AniMate 02:14, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

You were saying? (Stygain Iron)-- iBen 02:40, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Mammals

Hello, iBen. You told me to take a look at the archives for the WikiProject reports. Why? Was mammals already covered? I'm just wondering. Regards, Belugaboy535136 ^contribs 12:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I asked you to look at some questions so you know "where to start"!-- iBen 23:44, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Possibly unfree File:Google Buzz Screenshot.png

A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Google Buzz Screenshot.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. -- fetchcomms☛ 23:32, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done-- iBen 23:50, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

 Not done Wrong template. If you keep changing this around, how do I know which is correct?  fetchcomms☛ 00:51, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

WHat template should it be?-- iBen 01:08, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Nonfree screenshot. That is, if it is a nonfree image. I don't know what Buzz is released under. Just see WP:ICT/FU next time.  fetchcomms☛ 01:12, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

It's a promotional image from buzz.google.com-- iBen 01:23, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

The Tea Leaf - Issue One - Recent news from the Teahouse

Hi! Welcome to the first edition of The Tea Leaf, the official newsletter of the Teahouse!

Spring has sprung! Stop by the Teahouse for a cup of tea under the cherry blossoms.

• Metrics are out from week one. Week one showed that the need for Teahouse hosts to invite new editors to the Teahouse is urgent for this pilot period. It also showed that emailing new users invitations is a powerful tool, with new editors responding more to emails than to talk page templates. We also learned that the customized database reports created for the Teahouse have the highest return rate of participation by invitees. Check out the metrics here and see how you can help with inviting in our Invitation Guide.
• A refreshed "Your hosts" page encourages experienced Wikipedians to learn about the Teahouse and participate. With community input, the Teahouse has updated the Your hosts page which details the host roles within the Teahouse pilot and the importance that hosts play in providing a friendly, special experience not always found on other welcome/help spaces on Wikipedia. It also explains how Teahouse hosts are important regarding metrics reporting during this pilot. Are you an experienced editor who wants to help out? Take a look at the new page today and start learning about the hosts tasks and how you can participate!
• Introduce yourself and meet new guests at the Teahouse. Take the time to welcome and get to know the latest guests at the Teahouse. New & experienced editors to Wikipedia can add a brief infobox about themselves and get to know one another with direct links to userpages. Drop off some wikilove to these editors today, they'll surely be happy to feel the wikilove!

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