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Self-nominations

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User:Lacrymology

Hello, I've been editing a little bit lately (namely reverted some pranks I found, and changed a pronounciation issue in Paz Lenchantin which is not solved yet). Anyways, I've been going through user pages, and I would like to know how to build a well-made user page, and moreover, learn to use the more advanced features of Wikipedia edition (for example the wikipedia babel box here), but the "HOWTOs" pages seem numberless and I have been overwhelmed by the volume before even starting writing. Isn't there some kind of resume of sorts?

to prove myself worthy of this, I've created the article  eBay in order to check if the capitalization problem fix I found around actually worked. It does, but now there's a blank article there, and it generated this question: why isn't that used for hP, x86 and eMOTIVe? and which would be the work implied in moving these articles (I am guessing changing all of the references to these articles, or maybe simply creating a redirect page?)

Responded on user talk page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:42, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

User:D-Day

• Hi, this quite an ego deflater to put myself on here, but I have two very important questions. How do I post images in an article?(Please explain to me in laymans terms if at all possible. And second, why is there a | between the words in some links? e.g Corvette|Corvette. Thanks.

D-Day 14:27, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Left note on talk page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:34, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

User:LarryMac

Hello. I'm not quite ready to start writing / editing too much; I'll get to that soon.... I was wondering if/where one reports an incipient Lamest Edit War, though. Cranky_Kong has got one going in full force. Plenty of 3RR violations for today too. LarryMac 22:33, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Left note on user page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 04:39, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

User:fallstorm

huh
?This user doesn't know what the hell they are doing.

• I'd really like to contribute, but I'm just not sure where to go to learn how and learn the rules/etiquite and such. Can anyone point me in the correct direction? :)

Actually added by User:68.118.219.86 I've added a note to the IPs talk page to explain how to get an account. Theresa Knott (a tenth stroke) 12:16, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Added note to Fallstorm's talk page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:29, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

User:dont have one

• i am sorry but i have deleted a whole page about 'The Pigs' on the animal farm article. i do not know my IP address but sorry. -User:dont know 12:44, 12 jul 2005 (UTC)
  • Worry not. It's been reverted back to normal; you didn't hurt anything. --Blu Aardvark | ^{(talk) | (contribs)} 11:53, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

(I'm reverting the removal of this entry; please leave entries so we can archive them. -- Essjay · Talk 11:16, July 13, 2005 (UTC))

User:Magicmonster

• I have very little experience in this whole matter and am not ashamed of it(maybe a little, but that's why I'm self nominating myself, so I can stop being ashamed). Anyone who has more experience than I will get my sincerest thanks if they decide to share some experience with me. -Magicmonster 05:05, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Responded on user's talk page. Welcome again, Magicmonster! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:38, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Me too there [1] AlMac 1 July 2005 04:02 (UTC)

User:Becca77

BS-NThis user is a native speaker of Bullshit.

I'm so clueless I don't even know how to nominate myself. Can someone help me? I'm afraid I will delete magicmonsters nomination of himself & don't know how to add my nomination. How do you get the time & date after your name? (Becca77 6/22/05 1:30 am)

• There, I took care of it for you! And you can get the time and date by typing four tildes ~~~~ . -- Essjay · Talk 06:26, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

User:NickBush24

Where do we go to report troublesome pages without having to do anything on that page itself, if possible? Thanks. NickBush24 July 2, 2005 09:30 (UTC)

Responded on user talk page, looking for clarification. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 2 July 2005 12:59 (UTC)

Answered! Welcome again, NickBush24! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 3 July 2005 23:49 (UTC)

User:KawaiiDragoness

I'm barely getting the hang of this...eep! And I'm trying to link to the Anime and Manga WikiProject on my userpage without any luck... ^^; Help? Kawa 23:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Left note on user talk page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:18, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

User:Hobbes000

Sorry. New and I have no idea how this stuff works, so please forgive me a few early mistakes. Also, Jayjg has shown me a few basic pages, but if anyone else wants to give me a hand and a few tips, it'd be greatly appreciated. Hobbes000 20:04, 23 August 2005 (UTC) Also, I nominated myself under the nominate others so I'm just moving that now. Sorry.

Leaving note on page. Redwolf24 23:31, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Prep

I would like to contact the person who uploaded some images, but the user link brings up a page that says that the User: page does not exist. How can I contact them? 203.4.162.32 22:55, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Left note on anon IP talk page. User:Prep does not exist (no Wikipedia contributions). Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:51, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Update: responded on IP address and on user talk page after User:Prep contacted me. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:03, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Mannyrdo

I would like to participate in the chess area. Perhaps start a game with another member. I don't want to screw the page up with my newbie mistakes. Can anyone walk me through starting a game and making moves? Thanks Mannyrdo 19:04, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Responded on user talk page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:18, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Nominations

User:Sundevil4life

Sundevil4life (talk · contribs)

• Created Larry H. Parker, what appears to be a self-promotion article, and then launched personal attacks against those who nominated it for VfD and voted for deletion. He has been treated harshly by a couple of editors, who may not have been aware that he is a newbie. He needs some coaching (and monitoring). Ground Zero 21:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

-For your information Zero, I didn't post the article, I just supported it. Get your facts straight before you accuse someone. Keep an eye on me if you want to, but I've contributed a lot since then. Get off your high horse. My record is clean.Sundevil4life 23:34, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Note left. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:33, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Ddespie@san.rr.com

Ddespie@san.rr.com (talk · contribs)

• User's talk page describes several issues. My main reason for listing the user here is pertaining to WP:CFD. This user is tagging many categories for deletion with {{cfd}}, but not listing the category at CFD for discussion. I have attempted to explain this on the talk page, but have not received a response. Any help would be appreciated. --Kbdank71 20:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Note left. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:30, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

User:DavidsCrusader

DavidsCrusader (talk · contribs)

• Seems to be going around VfDing articles about women with big breasts because he finds them morally repugnant. --Ryan Delaney ^talk 13:22, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Left message on user talk page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:51, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Jordan45

Jordan45 (talk · contribs); 204.52.215.23 (talk · contribs); 209.101.82.166 (talk · contribs); 24.225.203.61 (talk · contribs);

• On Christian denominations, user persists in posting a graphic portraying the truth of Eastern Orthodoxy and how other groups have departed from original Christianity, inviting readers to send email to learn the proofs of this view. User is very distressed that this edit is reverted , and under various IP addresses has spent the day pleading that others would stop making changes.

Hasn't edited since the 15th. If he comes back, then I'll leave a message. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:21, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Honestly

Honestly (talk · contribs)

• Seems a bit confused as to what's going on with wikipedia, and how to edit pages or communicate with others. I'm basing this on the ramblings on his/her talk and user pages. I've given the {{welcome}} message, but noting this here. --Blu Aardvark | ^{(talk) | (contribs)} 08:02, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Note left on user talk page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:06, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Viperch

Viperch (talk · contribs)

• Doesn't seem to speak English well. Have a look at his latest contribs to Swiss franc to see what I mean. Seems to need a nudge in the right direction. AlbertR 17:40, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Quite frankly, I think he's fine. Many people are not native-English speakers- it seems so in this case- and there is nothing that we can really do. We appreciate such contributions from people such as Viperch. Is there anything else that you thinks he needs guidance on? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:45, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

He added a table to Swiss franc, problem was, the dates were all in German. AlbertR 23:39, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Hmm... don't really know what else to do. I don't think he should be a problem; dates are easily corrected, right? Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:08, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Gabriel Simon

Gabrielsimon (talk · contribs · block log)

• Atrocious spelling, POV pushing at wolf hunting, but seems like a nice enough guy. Someone needs to mentor him. Uncle Ed 15:29, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

Will leave message, pending on the result of a Request for Arbitration filed against him by Uninvited Company. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 04:48, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Case declined. To quote from the arbcom case- "This user is no newbie" (or something like that); Gabrielsimon has 1500+ edits and a few months here at Wikipedia. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:09, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

User:62.163.35.236

62.163.35.236 (talk · contribs)

• Systematically deletes all references to Kievan Rus or replaces them with references to self-devised appellation Old Ruthenia, without consulting anyone. I'm really tired of reverting him. Please help. --Ghirlandajo 13:55, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Left note on talk page. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:25, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

User:Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm

Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm (talk · contribs)

• Seems to keep adding content to Pac-Man something to the effect of "Today is the 25th year of Pac-Man!." I've informed the user that this content is unsuitable for an encylopedia, but someone else should keep an eye on the user. Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 15:58, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

I think what he means is that Pac-Man was developed in 1980; now it is 25 years later. I'll drop him a note and keep an eye out. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:32, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

User:216.213.99.100

216.213.99.100 (talk · contribs)

• This person did cut-n-paste moves of Washing machine and Washing Machine, without updating the ~100 links to Washing machine. I undid the moves and left a note at Talk:Washing Machine, pointing to Wikipedia:How to rename (move) a page, but now the user has cut-n-pasted the pages again. I'm not sure what to do next, being new here myself. --PrologFan 17:55, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Taken care of, but there is a 3RR violation in the works. -- Essjay · Talk 19:29, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

User:64.34.96.54

64.34.96.54 (talk · contribs)

• This person has been posting advertising links, mostly on Caribbean related sites. I don't really know what to make of it, they may very well be trying to advertise their business, or they may just be clueless. User has been asked to stop multiple times, but still continues and doesn't reply to warnings. --Gpyoung ^talk 04:43, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Left message on user talk page. Will continue to monitor. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 01:48, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

User:24.30.157.246

24.30.157.246 (talk · contribs)

• Doesn't quite seem to grasp some of the more intricate details of Wikipedia despite repeated pleading from registered users. Has a long, LONG history of questionable edits primarily to popular culture...and food brands, thus earning the nickname "The Cartoon Bandit." Refuses to reply to any statement left on his/her talk page. Can someone with a bit of leverage please try and get through to this person? - Lucky 6.9 5 July 2005 21:37 (UTC)
  • It's not really a newbie; I've been trailing this user for way too long. This user does not respond to messages or any actions other than blocking (and even then, usually just connects from another IP address). Whether willfully ignorant or not, this user should really be blocked on sight, as he/she is impossible to deal with. tregoweth July 5, 2005 21:51 (UTC)
    • Yes, this is "User:MascotGuy" Dunc|☺ 13:29, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

User:Ashida Kim

Ashida Kim (talk · contribs)

• Doesn't quite seems to get that comments should not be added in the middle of articles. --cesarb 2 July 2005 23:45 (UTC)

Left message on user page. However, I strongly suspect this is IP 152.163.100.12 (talk · contribs), who posted this at the help desk. May be someone of the same name. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 3 July 2005 01:48 (UTC)

Responded angrily to my comments. Per his request, I have contacted several non-involved admins to take a look at the issue (involving the factual accuracy of the article Ashida Kim. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 3 July 2005 23:47 (UTC)

User:Sumnakay

Sumnakay (talk · contribs)

• The user lacks famimiliarity with wikiquette (e.g. it is considered rude to edit others comment on talkpage). I now lack the good mood to explain all this politely. --Wikimol 28 June 2005 11:29 (UTC)
  • Welcomed on user page, left warm comment/suggestion. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 28 June 2005 20:34 (UTC)

User:ConeyCyclone

ConeyCyclone (talk · contribs)

• Adding in non-pertinent information to many articles, including Quarter (U.S. coin), George Washington, George Washington Bridge, Parking meter, and Frank Field. I don't think I'm the one to contact him/her on it, since I'm not much better than a clueless newbie myself. Jpers36 05:01, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Has not edited since June 19. I'll keep an eye out, and if he comes back, then I'll be happy to help him by leaving him a message. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 02:52, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) Has stayed and (hopefully) joined us in Wikipedia! I don't think now is the time to damper his enthusiasm; I'll wait to see if more reports of non-pertinent information-addition come in. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 2 July 2005 21:38 (UTC)

User:64.213.188.94

64.213.188.94 (talk · contribs)

• Keeps removing the VFD notice from Doyle Farr, despite being asked not to, and has vandalised Donutz's user page.

Left notice on user page. However, he has been doing personal attacks on all who have edited his "user page". Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 23:01, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

who is Doyle Farr?

I believe the article in question has already been deleted; thus, I doubt that s/he was an encyclopedic figure. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:43, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Doyle_Farr. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:44, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

User:129.44.238.198

129.44.238.198 (talk · contribs)

• Creating articles about their school in good faith, created a vastly detailled list of courses at DeSales_High_School. Could be a staff member or student; doesn't understand why the pages about teachers at the school are getting deleted. Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Jeff_Henderson and Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Bob_Burns I really don't know what to say to them. They seem to have gotten frustrated and stopped contributing at the moment anyway. Robojames 20:16, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Created dozens of articles about teachers at his school... whew! A lot of cleanup work. Anyways, I've left the following comment on all his discussion pages (he created one for every article) and on his talk page. However, he has been blocked by an admin for two hours- I'll monitor him after that. If I've left out the following explanations on any of his articles, could you please post it for me? I think I've posted it on all, but in case I left out any... Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:02, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Wikipedia is a free-content encyclopedia where anyone can edit or create articles, and we would like to thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia so far- we hope you stay! However, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia- all article topics must reach a level of notability or encyclopedia-lity in order to be listed. Thus, that's why some members of the community feel that the articles you created on teachers at DeSalle High School are not notable enough to be in an encyclopedia. If you disagree with that, you may state your reasons at the respective Votes For Deletion page, where the community is voting and trying to come to a consensus regarding whether these articles are encyclopedic or not. Here's a tip (just a handy rule of thumb): if you create an article that you think Encarta would not accept, it's probable not suitable for Wikipedia. However, I do encourage you to be bold and enjoy your time editing! If you have any questions at all, feel free to contact me by clicking the "A note?" link at the end of this paragraph and leave a note on that page. Thank you very much, and again, welcome! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:02, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Comment by AlMac Perhaps what this user needs is to learn about blogging. Different kinds of content belong on different kinds of communities. Material a person is interested in, but is not notable, might fit better on a Blog. AlMac 29 June 2005 02:20 (UTC)

User:Angelokeyes

Angelokeyes (talk · contribs)

• User "hijacked" the following photo: Image:PBSamanthaFox11-88.JPG. (Basically, he uploaded a PUI over a {{fair use}} Playboy magazine cover of Ms. Fox -- and he didn't change the image tags.) As I've been unable to find any other edits via Angelokeyes contrib page, I can only assume that this was a one time edit. I warned the user using {{Test}}, referencing the hijacked image page. Otherwise, were it a common thing, I would report on WP:VIP. -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. ^{Think out loud} 18:38, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

I see no contribs on his contributions page; however, I will monitor his account for a while. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:55, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

User:Sthatting

Not sure if I'm doing this right. I have no clue whatsoever what I'm doing. I began posting for a friend of mine named David Ashkenazi to suprise him. I thought you could post anything on here, but I guess not? I had no copyrighted images or inappropriate content. In my editing of it; it was deleted and had the comment CSD A7. I have no idea what that means and I'm very confused. I then tried to create my own user page and that didn't even work. I keep getting User Examples. Are those the pages I'm supposed to put the user info on? I'm just so confused. So someone, please... HELP!!!

CSD A7 means WP:CSD, section Articles, item 7. --cesarb 00:55, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Dvirgueza

His entire user page is screenshots and/or potential copyvio pics, most of which are broken or non-existing. Also, his talk page makes it look like he's had some problems. Karmafist 02:12, 5 September 2005 (UTC)