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X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2 April 2009)

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If the material is available on a different site that satisfies one of the above conditions, link to that site instead. —Erik (talk • contrib) 01:06, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

No copyright laws have been violated. All that is shown on the external link are screencaps of the movie, which are deemed acceptable; and also a short 3 minute 18 second video hosted on Break.com which (as it is under 10% of the total length of 1 hour 46 minutes 48 seconds) is also deemed acceptable under the DMCA.

Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾contrib◾favs 03:31, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Do not restore the content to the article; follow one of the talk page options for consensus. The workprint is the property of the studio, and Wikipedia does not endorse the passing-along of content that is not meant to be publicized at this point, especially from the sources that are being cited. Screenshots from officially released trailers are acceptable, but these screenshots from the illegally released workprint are not. Please raise the matter on the talk page. —Erik (talk • contrib) 03:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I started discussion here. —Erik (talk • contrib) 03:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Your signature (4 April 2009)

Hey... not to burst your bubble, but the padding you've got set on your signature ends up making it sometimes overlap nearby lines of text. Can you change it? Zetawoof_(ζ) 07:10, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

Hey, could you link me to a page where it's overlapping? Which browser are you using?

Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾contrib◾favs 14:08, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Here, on Firefox. Screenshot. Zetawoof_(ζ) 21:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

The entry on that page was made by a template that inserted my signature automatically. Too bad it inserted it on the same line, it's not supposed to be put on the same line; it's meant have a line left between my entry and the sig itself. Anyway, I've edited that specific entry on WP:MFD so it should all be ok now :)

Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾contrib◾favs 21:44, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Er, another bit of bad news... templates aren't allowed in signatures. Zetawoof_(ζ) 23:54, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I must agree with Zeta, signatures cannot be template based and signatures are limited to 256 characters, yours is currently 460. MBisanz ^talk 00:18, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

That is right. If you do not limit your signature to these restrictions, your signature template will be deleted (within 24 hours), and you may incur further repercussions.—Ryūlóng (竜龙) 00:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

The only reason that I put it inside a template was because the contrib link is too long, even if I just have that one link, plus user and talk. Have a quick skim over User:Control-alt-delete/Creations#Signature (followup). No worries anyway, just means I can't have a contrib link. I'll update it now.

Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 00:31, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok I've updated my sig but I'd still like to keep /Sig in my userspace please.

Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 00:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Please make your signature 256 characters or less; it is currently around 460, which is totally excessive. Daniel (talk) 00:51, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

What they are all trying to tell you in a roundabout way is to choose a less stupidly large signature. It should not be taller than one line, nor that long.... Prodego ^talk 00:54, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

It isn't 460 characters any more, it is 256. I am no longer transcluding /Sig, and it is now exactly 250 characters long. This is what I am now using:

<span style="background:#e2fdfa;border:2px solid navy;color:navy;padding:7px;-moz-border-radius:10px">'''Control-alt-delete ★ [[User:Control-alt-delete|user]]◾[[User_talk:Control-alt-delete|talk]]◾[[User:Control-alt-delete/Favourites|favs]]'''</span>

Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 00:56, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

<deindent> It should not be taller than a normal line. Having it taller than a normal line disrupts the flow of text. Prodego ^talk 00:57, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Better? Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 01:03, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, much. Thanks. Prodego ^talk 01:04, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Yay! :D I don't mind changing stuff if it violates rules, just that I'm not too familiar with them. I created this account a while ago but haven't really contributed much with it... just used it to read with, not edit. But, can I ask why this suddenly got a lot of admin attention? Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 01:07, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

You posted to WP:MFD, which is patrolled by many admins, and it was probably noticed there. :) ∗ \ / (⁂) 11:40, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry (6 April 2009)

Sorry about the warning my mistake.--Cheers Kyle1278 01:15, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

No worries ;) Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 01:22, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Cunning linguist (6 April 2009)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to the page Cunnilingus. Such edits constitute vandalism and are reverted. Please do not continue to make unconstructive edits to pages; use the sandbox for testing. Thank you. Alansohn (talk) 03:49, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Are you being serious? A warning for my edit? There's a reason that cunning linguist redirects to Richard Lederer... Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 15:00, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

I am familiar with the old joke. Why does this belong in the lead of an encyclopedic article and what relevance does the fact that there is a redirect have to inclusion of the material in the article in question. Alansohn (talk) 15:46, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Because the article says "A person who performs cunnilingus may be referred to as a "cunnilinguist".", I simply changed that to "A person who performs cunnilingus may be referred to as a "cunnilinguist", or even a 'cunning linguist'." which is correct, as people who do can (and are) referred to (occasionally) as cunning linguists. Even if you don't agree with that, there's no need for a warning or claims of 'vandalism'. Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 19:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

There may be a place for the joke in the article. It is not labeled as a joke. It does not belong in the lead. On April 1st, I would have chuckled and deleted it. Any other day, a n addition like that placed in the lead is completely inappropriate. Alansohn (talk) 20:19, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Hardly vandalism, but if you say so, fair enough... Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 20:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Patrick Henry (7 April 2009)

Hey you a meani head who change my fun fact about Patrick Henry

WTF!!!
Methinks you are homoesexual too, ahyyyyyyyeeeeee RUNNNN

your momma would be ahamed, she told me last night ***DANG***

what now ho

69.76.107.187 (talk) 15:35, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

If you'd bothered to look, you'd see it wasn't me that reverted your vandalism, it was in fact Alansohn... idiot! Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 17:30, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Rail statistics bot (8 April 2009)

I saw you are working on such a bot. The numbers displayed for many UK stations fluctuate wildly from year to year. The source (ORR) says that the figures may be the best they could come up with but their counting, although imperfect, improves with time. Only yesterday I saw in passing that some one had "corrected" by one the least significant digits for some station. I hope you bot does not show figures with an unwarranted precision and always pumps out a warning about their inaccuracy.--SilasW (talk) 10:23, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'does not show figures with an unwarranted precision'. From what I have found so far, if the station has had less than 100,000 visits that year then it displays it as such:

|lowusage0708 = 12,345

Otherwise it shows as follows (for example, for 123,456 entrances and exits) and the word million is appended automatically:

|usage0708 = 0.123

The only exception seems to be stations in London, where the format is a little different:

|railexits0708 = 24.629

Or is this not what you meant? Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 15:32, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

After looking a little deeper, it seems there is no consensus on the standard usage format. For example, at Aberdour, the usage stats are:

|usage0405 = 0.113 |usage0506 = 0.110 |usage0607 = 0.120 |usage0708 = 0.122

Yet at Cogan, the usage stats are:

|lowusage0405 = 126,673 |lowusage0506 = 128,510 |lowusage0607 = 148,086 |lowusage0708 = 168,374

I'm seriously considering just putting the full numbers in, and editing the previous usage to be the same, regardless of whether it's been used 10,000 times, 100,000 times, 1m times, or 10m times.

Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 16:18, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Please see my talk--SilasW (talk) 16:59, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

For reference to anybody looking at this, discussion has continued at User_talk:SilasW#Unwarranted_precision Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 17:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Rebecca Ryan (29 April 2009)

Nudity *may* have been body double.. we need a verifiable source really :/ take a look at this forum thread: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1024819 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dvmedis (talk • contribs) 23:31, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I have to say, it was done quite well if that is the case, I didn't notice! Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 23:38, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Johnny Vegas (29 November 2009)

Was Nebuchadnezzar born in Babylon or Iraq? Rodhullandemu 22:49, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Difference being that Nebuchadnezzar has historical significance, Johnny Vegas doesn't. Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 22:53, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

I disagree. We are here to get things right, and notability is independent of historical significance. Also, "polluting the page history"?. Rodhullandemu 22:54, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Digital rights management (lairson) (01 December 2009)

Hi there. This is a bit confusing. I was nominating this article for deletion, but while I was concocting the explanation the article had been speedied, only to be re-created when I hit save. I tried to blank it and have it deleted per G7, but you reverted. Being in pretty good faith, I'll now do the {{db-author}} one more time, and hopefully the article will be all gone. Favonian (talk) 21:31, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey, fair enough, just saw the template being removed and the page being blanked so reverted. We'll leave it at that now then :P Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 21:36, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

CSD / Prod on Pokemon sprites (01 December 2009)

Have you seen recently an article more deserving of WP:Pokémon test? :) --A More Perfect Onion (talk) 22:00, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Haha, I love it! I can't say I even knew WP:Pokémon test existed! :P Control-alt-delete ★ user◾talk◾favs 22:04, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

TUSC token 9605fb96f1961f035d7fa2f8ebd7fc31 (05 December 2009)

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

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