Root2

hello

I'm Root2, a user of wikipedia. hum dee dum....yeah. Root2 05:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

January 17

well, i don't know how to chat with you in this forum, but i have a question. I collect all kinds of strange things, and i have an original of Robert Franklin Williams FBI Wanted flyer. I tried to JPEG the crinkly yellow thing, and it was rejected by Wikipedia. Maybe i did it wrong or maybe the issue is with the flyer's use.

I think the Jpeg of my flyer falls under "fair usage" because it's an historical document. (incidentally, i have 10 or 11 different FBI Wanted flyers of different "suspects" from the mid-1960's to mid-1970's.

They're fascinating, which is why i kept them--I am a poet, and when i happened upon them, i thought these flyers would make a nice creative project. I filed my collectable find for a while, but started researching the flyers tonight with my housemate, Paul. We were surprised and delighted to find information on two names thus far: John D. Slaton, a Most Wanted in 1966, apprehended in 1967, and this civil rights hero: Robert Franklin Williams. i would like to include the FBI flyer in William's Wikipedia page. Do you think it's (uhm) too much?

sarah daugherty  :) {{subst:Unsigned|

• don't forget to sign your posts! :)Root2 05:37, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Also, Wikipedia generally doesn't "reject" things; images are usually marked for deletion after a while if there aren't any sources... So I really don't know what might have happened. Please reply if you have any more questions! Root2 05:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the welcome! --Emevas 07:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

• No problem! Happy editing! Root2 07:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Question

what is the shortcut for the welcome message, if there is one??

eg: 'Welcome!

Hello, Root2, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  Yungur 07:24, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

• I will reply on your talk page. Root2 07:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey thanks for clearing that up. =)--Emevas 19:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

• No problem! :) --Root2 05:14, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Blanking *a section* of "Secure Shell"

I deleted that paragraph of "How ssh uses public-key cryptography (with analogy)" under the "Secure Shell" article, under the IP address of 64.203.216.146. Frankly, I think such a poorly-written and unnecessary paragraph was doing Wikipedia more of a disservice than my deletion of said paragraph. However, I have respected your revert.

Here's what I put under the Secure Shell talk page: "...I still think it should be trashed. Saying that SSH supports public-key authentication is enough - just provide a link to the main Public-Key Cryptography article - there's nothing too revolutionary about SSH's implementation of it, and this section is just a poor overview of public-key cryptography. My golden retriever can write better than this - poor grammar, too many colloquialisms, and what the hell is a "Padlock" (mind you, this links to the article about the physical padlock...)?!"

Feel free to leave a comment under my talk page... Alg8662 03:16, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation link fixing one-day contest

I have decided to put on a mini-contest within the November 2013 monthly disambiguation contest, on Saturday, November 23 (UTC). I will personally give a $20 Amazon.com gift card to the disambiguator who fixes the most links on that server-day (see the project page for details on scoring points). Since we are not geared up to do an automated count for that day, at 00:00, 23 November 2013 (UTC) (which is 7:00 PM on November 22, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the project page leaderboard. I will presume that anyone who is not already listed on the leaderboard has precisely nine edits. At 01:00, 24 November 2013 (UTC) (8:00 PM on November 23, EST), I'll take a screenshot of the leaderboard at that time (the extra hour is to give the board time to update), and I will determine from that who our winner is. I will credit links fixed by turning a WP:DABCONCEPT page into an article, but you'll have to let me know me that you did so. Here's to a fun contest. Note that according to the Daily Disambig, we currently have under 256,000 disambiguation links to be fixed. If everyone in the disambiguation link fixers category were to fix 500 links, we would have them all done - so aim high! Cheers! bd2412 T 02:32, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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