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Thanks!

Thank you for the birthday wishes! --Jordan Elder talk 02:06, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Happy birthday

Just a happy Birthday message to you, Hi878, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

Western Pines (talk) 23:40, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Your secret pages

It appears an admin deleted your secret pages. NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ message • changes) 19:13, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

Join the mob, um, I mean club. --mono 20:27, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

If you could help at the MfD, that would be great. Hi878 (talk) 20:02, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Hi878/Secret Page List

User:Hi878/Secret Page List, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Hi878/Secret Page List and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Hi878/Secret Page List during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Cunard (talk) 04:22, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Helped at MFD

Hi. I helped you at your Secret page MFD. I said "Strong keep them all per Wikipedia:Why do you care?." and then I put more stuff about how your contributions are good for Wikipedia:Why do you care?. Hopefully that helps the pages not be deleted. I just wanted to let you know that I voted in case there is some boom of people saying "keep" and you are wondering why (although I doubt that my comment would help that much). --Hadger 20:50, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Alrighty then. Thanks. :) Hi878 (talk) 22:22, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

That's an amazing essay, and I can't believe I never saw it before. I hate, hate, hate these secret page deletions that serve absolutely no purpose, and I couldn't ever put why down into print until I saw that. I really hope your secret page comes out okay, Hi. I don't want to see another one put down. ALI ^{nom nom} 01:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, I appreciate that a lot. :) Hi878 (talk) 03:14, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

I will admit to having blatantly set you up with that question, but I think it got the argument across. Well done. ALI ^{nom nom} 02:39, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I could tell that you set it up. Also, I know it won't work, because that was my original argument, and Cunard didn't exactly admit he was wrong and praise secret pages. :P Hi878 (talk) 03:17, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I knew it was your original argument. We've been delivering the same argument to Cunard and he's been delivering the same one to us. The trick is to get the essence of the argument to stand out: rather than embed it in a wall of text, if you can get it our short and sweet, it will have more of an impact. And the idea isn't that Cunard will see it, the idea is that the closing admin will. :D ALI ^{nom nom} 11:55, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I suppose I have been a bit wordy, haven't I? :P Have you noticed how long this is getting? Might be the longest Secret Page MfD ever. Except for this one, of course. Hi878 (talk) 17:56, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar! Sign My Guestbook! User:Sumsum2010 16:44, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Guestbook

I have tried to sign your guestbook but I think I'm doin' it wrong. In the edit page it shows my signature but on the normal page it dosen't show up. I don't know if I need to sign diffrent or something but I thought I should let you know something was wrong. Sign My Guestbook! User:Sumsum2010 23:02, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Fixed it. Thanks. Hi878 (talk) 23:12, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome.Sign My Guestbook! User:Sumsum2010 23:35, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Alleged "vandalism"

So you're promoting the far-right smear campaign that alleges that Malmö is the reincarnation of Nazi Germany? --83.249.68.220 (talk) 00:02, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

No, I have no opinion in the matter, in fact, I had no idea about it. However, something like that would be something to discuss on the discussion page, not just do yourself. Hi878 (talk) 00:05, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

And that's why this doesn't deserve its own section. Unless Jews are being beaten to death in the open streets by Nazis and other anti-Semites, Malmö doesn't deserve this FOX News-sponsored allegation of being an "anti-Semite city" that it's currently being labeled as. And certainly not when giving it its own section. I live in Malmö myself, I've lived here my entire life, and I think this story is way overblown. --83.249.68.220 (talk) 00:08, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Discuss it with other editors on the discussion page, don't let your personal bias get in the way. You may think that, but others may not. Don't just go ahead and remove the header without discussion. Hi878 (talk) 00:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help. Guys like you defening this smearing of my city make me ashamed of living in this country. --83.249.68.220 (talk) 00:14, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I apologize if what I am doing seems like I am supporting a smear of your city. All I am doing is asking you to make sure that other users agree with you before you make changes like that. The one you have made is fine for now, however, you still should discuss this with other editors here to see if they agree with even that page. Hi878 (talk) 00:46, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

I am not involved in these edits at all, but anyways, I'm sure that Hi878 thinks what they are doing to people in Malmö is wrong (in fact, I think it is, too). People editing an article about something that is wrong doesn't mean they support it. For example, articles on wars may be written by someone who experienced it and doesn't like it; they don't support it. I am sorry that you do not like that people are posting sections about that; I completely understand that, and I'm sure Hi878 does, too. --Hadger 03:23, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Exactly! I don't support it in any way. However, the section heading shouldn't just be removed like that. Discuss it with others, and if they agree, then there you go. And Hadger, does this mean I have a talk page stalker? :) Hi878 (talk) 03:31, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Ummm... I guess you do... I just usually check up on other people's talk pages sometimes. --Hadger 03:32, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, I think you need to get the Talk Page Stalker Userbox, then. :) It's on the page that the link in previous comment goes to. Now that you have admitted to being a talk page stalker, I'm going to expect you to answer everyone for me regularly, or I will be forced to whack you with this. Good luck with the stalking. :) Hi878 (talk) 03:36, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

....If I was inexperienced, you'd whack me with a minnow.... I'd rather be whacked with a minnow than be whacked with a trout, but since I'm experienced, you're going to have to use the trout (unless you count seven months as inexperienced). --Hadger 03:42, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I always use the trout. No minnows for me. :) Anyhoo, add this userbox so that the world can see who you really are. {{WP:TPS/userbox}} Happy stalking! :) Hi878 (talk) 03:45, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Secret Page

Hey um...did I like, win or something?

		The Secret Subpage Finder Barnstar
		This user has found [[User:Hi878|Hi878]]'s secret hidden sub page! Will you be the next one to find it? Try it here!

-Jakkinx|Talk|Sign! 23:08, 11 April 2010 (UTC) P.S. I cheated in a way no one ever thought to try...I bet you can't guess what I did... >D

Well, that's the wrong page, so no, you didn't find it. That's just the page for the barnstar, not the actual secret page. And just out of curiosity, how did you find it? Hi878 (talk) 00:16, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, I found all of your pages, I just didn't want to list my name because I knew most of them were wrong. Anyway, I went up to the search bar and typed in "User:Hi878/" and then got a dropdown menu of all your subpages. I just wandered through all your secret pages, and then found the Barnstar.-Jakkinx|Talk|Sign! 22:20, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, list your name on the right one, or no barnstar. :) Hi878 (talk) 23:13, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

Done. -Jakkinx|Talk|Sign! 03:10, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

The Wet Trout Award

You have earned this barnstar:

		The Wet Trout Award
		I, Hadger (talk), have the honor of presenting you the Wet Trout Award for the fact that you know I am a talk page stalker. Because of that, I am whacking you with this trout so you can forget! That way, you won't hit me with a trout if you catch that I am not stalking your page, and you won't know that I stalk your talk page (hopefully this trout makes you forget what a talk page stalker is...). I will now whack you with the wet trout! *Whack* There! Now you don't know I am a talk page stalker.... I mean.... This is a fish I am holding... *Whack again* Hi... I am holding a fish. --Hadger 03:57, 13 April 2010 (UTC).

Just in case that doesn't work....

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

There! It's a triple whack! --Hadger 03:57, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Oooh... Pretty fish... Hi878 (talk) 18:43, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Hadger's friend

Hello, I just recently saw that you are Hadger's friend, and I am too. So, I'd like to introduce myself. I am RSRC. But now since my 30 days expired, I am the guy with an IP address. But anyways, hi! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.231.219.50 (talk) 21:13, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi! :) Hi878 (talk) 23:34, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Do you wanna be my friend?

You can be my friend if you want. I'm about to make a friend section in my user page (98.231.219.50 (talk)) or RSRC —Preceding undated comment added 17:25, 17 April 2010 (UTC).

Well, I can be your friend, but not in the way you might think. I won't be your friend as in just talking to each other, I'll be your friend as in... Well, as in the way anyone is anyone's friend on here. Hi878 (talk) 23:58, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Secret page business

Would you consider limiting yourself to one secret page? That seems like the easiest way to safely "settle out" of the MFD, judging by the comments there. ALI ^{nom nom} 01:08, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I would have to agree. You should only keep the actual secret page, you know, the one it took me three tries to find. ~NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ message • changes) 04:16, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations, Hi878! Your secret pages were kept! --Hadger 21:16, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

GOOD LORD! It was a no consensus, so not quite perfect, but they weren't deleted, so that work, I suppose. However, this no doubt means that they will be relisted, so don't congratulate me too soon. :) Hi878 (talk) 23:58, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

To answer a question you asked me on the MfD of your secret pages: I don't think their number should be cut down, but I did point out to someone who did that the option of doing so makes outright deletion needless. Fair winds and following seas. --Kizor 01:03, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Question from RSRC

So, Hi, Hi878! I was wondering, how do you create a thingy on the top right corner of your user page that says that you are around or online? I just wanted to know that so bad. Thanks (98.231.219.50 (talk) 20:31, 19 April 2010 (UTC)) or RealityShowsRCool

{{Template:Statustop}} Hi878 (talk) 22:58, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

THANKS!!! =D —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.231.219.50 (talk) 20:18, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Read the documentation page, so you can figure out how to use it. You have to do it manually, you can't just put it up. :) And remember, sign your posts. Hi878 (talk) 00:31, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

H I T L E R37

Thanks! I hadn't even noticed.  :) I guess when they start shooting at you, you know you're doing something right. Thanks again! Wikipelli ^Talk 04:47, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Perfect way to look at it. :) Hi878 (talk) 04:48, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I see now that he's contesting the block claiming his brother was to blame Wikipelli ^Talk 04:50, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

So his brother logged on, made an account, vandalized ten times, and now the account is blocked. Even though that no doubt is a lie, why would he care? That obviously wasn't an account he made, so he can make another. Kind of ruins that argument, doesn't it? Hi878 (talk) 04:54, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations on getting rollback

Hi! I heard you received rollback privileges (I am a talk page stalker). Congratulations! Good luck with it! --Hadger 18:31, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Since we both made edits on this page at the same time, you probably didn't get the new messages notice, so I'm posting this comment just in case. --Hadger 18:40, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. :) Hi878 (talk) 21:14, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

igloo

Thanks for your interest in igloo. I've added you to the script whitelist, so if you now try and run the program it should allow you to connect. I'm very busy atm, but any feedback or suggestions are still welcome. Ale_Jrb^talk 21:34, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: MOTD Problem

“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.” — Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (1992)

Sorry, but I have not read your note about leaving that nomination on both places. I think it was better to move it to the Special nominations section. The motto has been showed on April 17, so we can not replace it. And, it is also scheduled for May 25. I think that the motto for the 25th of May must be replaced. I think we have two alternatives:

1. To replace the motto, which I think it is the correct choice.
2. To play dumb and leave it where it is.

I will not oppose the second option, but I would prefer to replace the motto with a new one. So, I searched the web for quotes by Douglas Adams and, in addition to the above quote that fits this situation perfectly, I found one that might be right for trying to replace the motto approved for May 25:

→ I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

An alternative for WP:? could be: WP:START. If you like this idea, the wlinks I used, and the quote, please post it in the Special nomination section. Cheers. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 09:08, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I like the first quote. We would need to come up with some links. Shall I just post it in the Specials section now, or wait for some revelation about what links to add? :) Hi878 (talk) 16:02, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I think it needs some links. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 16:17, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Ah, but where shall these links go? Hi878 (talk) 16:29, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I do not know what links to use for the first quote, but the second one IMHO it is good as it is. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 21:19, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the first one is probably better. I can't really think of any links for the first. So I have to relist this, right? And if it gets really close to May 25th, and hardly anyone has voted, what exactly would I do about that? Hi878 (talk) 01:26, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

One thing at a time. We can ask other participants to give their opinion about this nomination and briefly explain what happened. And then, we will decide what to do about it and whether to replace it or leave the approved motto where it is now. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:52, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

 Done ~ I added both quotes (1 and 2) to the Special nominations section (plus a note) and left a message inviting some MOTD contributors to express their opinion there. I believe that we can reach a solution over the next few days on this issue. Cheers –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:03, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Sorry for all of the trouble. Hi878 (talk) 18:31, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it's in the Special nominations section. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:24, 2 May 2010 (UTC) srry /o\ lol

It is not necessary to create a page for linking to an image ... anyway I personally do not like the idea of equating a temporary technical problem with something that it is impossible to repair. Also, it is not a great idea to link to an image, but sometimes it could be funny. –pjoef (talk • contribs) 22:08, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Now it's perfect! And, the last link is so much better than the image. For the moment, there is no need for me to make a new comment in that section, because I already expressed my opinion in support for that version (edit 3, which has good change to be approved for the Towel Day.) Now, I have got to go to approve some mottos from the "normal" nominations section, because there is not a "BEEP" motto approved for tomorrow /o\!!! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:45, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I've approved the motto for Towel Day (MOTD/May 25, 2010) and, of course, replaced the old quotes with the new one. Cheers –pjoef (talk • contribs) 10:25, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

hi

Hi, no problem. I was in the process of reverting the second bit of vandalism but I don't have rollback and I have to undo each individually. I hope this was the right place to leave my comment because it is only my second week on Wikipedia... EdEColbert⁰⁵⁸⁵ 01:10, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, this was the right place. :) I have a suggestion, that will make vandal fighting easier without rollback. Use Twinkle. You can activate it through the preferences page. With it, you can go to the history of any page, open the diff of the last good version, and then click the brown "restore this version" link. Saves a lot of time, only needing to click it once. Hope this helps! :) Hi878 (talk) 01:12, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh! You do use Twinkle! My mistake. :) Didn't see the userbox before. Anyhoo, you can use that link to undo a bunch of vandalism at once. Hi878 (talk) 01:14, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

I just heard about and starting using Twinkle about half an hour ago and have not used the "restore this version" yet. I will try it when appropriate. Thanks for the help. EdEColbert⁰⁵⁸⁵ 01:19, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Good luck fighting those vandals! :) Hi878 (talk) 01:29, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

May 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Bainite, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Hi878 (talk) 00:13, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Apparently, I accidentally rolled back myself. :) Hi878 (talk) 03:23, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Secret pin

Hi there! I´m glad you found my secret pages (3 & 4), which by the way do not violate the guidelines, since they´re all inside a page whose existence is ok (I mean that I didn´t created a whole page or subsection of mine just to have a secret page (which is discouraged)). Anyway, I do have a class-5, and to your other question, well, I´ll tell you what I think of yours when I find them. Sorry for the delay, I have been busy, and I just came out of a wikibreak. And here are your rewards:

		- The Super Hidden Barnstar
		This user has found Damërung's class-3 secret page, and therefore is entitled to display this barnstar. Do you think you can find it too?

		- The Ultra Hidden Barnstar
		This user was sharp enough to find Damërung's class-4 secret chamber, and therefore is entitled to display this barnstar. Do you think you can find it?

In other matters; I see that you have a nice "editing-the-talkpage-pre-message" just like me, and this one has some really nice features that I hope you don´t mind I steal (lololol). - ☩Damërung ☩. -- 15:58, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry, I stole it too. :) Thanks for the awards. I hope mine isn't too easy to find. :) Hi878 (talk) 18:29, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry

It was not my intention. It was just a little joke, and my intention was to make you laugh. I thought that a hidden signature was perfect for a hidden page. I'm sorry if I bothered you with those jokes. Best –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:18, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

I think you missed this, but I restored the last good version. Sorry again! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 07:37, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Account Creation Interface

I've requested an account on the ACC account creation interface. Hi878 (talk) 20:15, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for applying to access the account creation tool. I have approved your request so welcome to the team. You may now access the tool here. Before you do so, please read the tool's guide thoroughly to familiarize yourself with the process. You may also want to join #wikipedia-en-accounts on IRC where a bot informs us when new account requests come in and to get any advice on requests as well as the mailing list. Please note that we have implemented a policy of zero tolerance on mishandled requests, and that failure to assess correctly will result in suspension.

Currently you are allowed to create up to six accounts per day (a day being from 0:00 UTC to 23:59 UTC), although you won't be able to create an account with a similar name to that of another user; these requests are marked "Account Creator Needed". However, if you reach the limit frequently, you can request the account creator permission at WP:PERM.

Please keep in mind that the ACC tool is a powerful program, and misuse will result in your access being suspended by a tool administrator. Don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. Thank you for participating in the account creation process. Again welcome! ---- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 07:06, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Truce?

Between our two cabals? I'll join yours if you join mine and not mess with my conquered pages :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:35, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

:) Hi878 (talk) 01:36, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

What does that mean?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:37, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Earth cabal should take over the world! ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 01:39, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

The Austro-Hungarians are evil. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 01:40, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I see how it is. Fine then...My GA's are better than yours anyways!--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 01:52, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Thanks

Re your message: Not a problem. =) With two editors vandalizing, it is very easy to mess the reverting up. I've made big messes when there is tag team vandalizing going on. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:27, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

I will take that cabal , but now I am on a hurry up. By. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 04:10, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean that you will join it? If so, good choice. :) Hi878 (talk) 04:12, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Can you please sign my guestbook. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 08:12, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Earth Cabal

Might want to consider subst'ing templates, as this just happened as I attempted to respond :). Airplaneman ✈ 04:46, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Oops! Thanks for telling me. :) Hi878 (talk) 04:48, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Why are you assigning editors such as PrincessofLlyr and me roles (ruler of the seas, Australia)? I wouldn't mind if you hadn't been copying our sigs, which makes it look like we were the ones doing it. I'm not against this cabal or anything, just the usage of others' sigs. Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 23:51, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Regarding User:Hi878/Earth Cabal

Out of fairness, I would like to make you aware of the following discussions:

• User_talk:White_Shadows#Is_this_really_a_good_idea.3F. -- Discussion of a very similar page. White Shadows requested deletion himself under CSD:U1 after I raised my concerns.
• User_talk:HJ_Mitchell#Talkback_.28.22cabals.22.29. -- Related discussion with a user I requested an outside view/opinion from.

Please do note that I am not advocating deletion here, nor was I in the case of White Shadow's cabal page. However, I thought you would benefit from being aware of my concerns and the resultant discussions that occured from them. Personally I think I may have over-reacted, but it is useful to view what others may see/think the first time they view their watchlist and see lots of such content. Hope this helps, --Taelus (Talk) 11:34, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

See reply at my talkpage for my own opinion as well. —fetch·comms 01:44, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Question

May I join your new found cabal, as a merger between my dead one and this one (like the merger between Exon and Mobile, we can keep your name and such) Thanks.--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:40, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes. Do you want to be a continental ruler, ambassador, or do you want Australia? :) Hi878 (talk) 23:42, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I guess this falls under ambassador, can I formally take Chancellor of the German Confederation (I'm representing them in the Wikicup this year) Thanks :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 23:53, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

That would make me under the jusristiction of User:I dream of horses considering that the German Confederation was inside of Europe. And as for the enemies section, how about vandals and trolls as enemies. Afterall, this cabal should have a wiki-related pourpose right?--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:01, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

It already does. Read the goals section. Glad you came to your senses. :) Hi878 (talk) 00:08, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Ah whatever, just sign me up for what I asked and I'll help out ect....--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:09, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

By the way, you can't be ambassador to somewhere on Earth, it has to be somewhere else. If you want to lead a country, or group of countries that are all in one continent, be in the continental leaders section. Or you can rule Australia. :) Hi878 (talk) 00:10, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

And you need to sign up, I won't do it for you. :) Hi878 (talk) 00:18, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok then :)--White Shadows ^{you're breaking up} 00:21, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

I found it, I think...

		The Secret Subpage Finder Barnstar
		This user has found [[User:Hi878|Hi878]]'s secret hidden sub page! Will you be the next one to find it? Try it here!

See? :) ♥ NEON ^{speaks. what? mark it.} 21:17, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

I meant sign both the secret page, and the secret page list. :) I'll move your sig back to the page. This one is just for the barnstar. :) You can have the award now, I suppose. Hi878 (talk) 01:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack!

You have been trouted for acting a little too MySpacey. :) ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 03:17, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I think I needed that. :) Don't worry, I promise to stop that. I'll focus on fighting vandals, now. Except, of course, my secret page, which takes up almost no time, anyways. Hi878 (talk) 03:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Did you put that text for the link in? :) Hi878 (talk) 03:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I did not add that myself. It was automatically added when I clicked on the trout icon on the top of your talk page. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 03:35, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, that's pretty funny, then. :) Very fitting. Hi878 (talk) 03:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:

I figured something went wrong. I was all set to give you a vandalism warning, and then I realized you were an established user, and I realized it was probably a mistake. No problem. The Blade of the Northern Lights (talk) 03:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I've talked to the Igloo creator, he may be able to implement something to stop this from happening, it seems to be happening a lot. Hi878 (talk) 03:43, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Earth Cabal tag

Hey, don't forget to remove the tag from everyone's tagged pages (list of them here) as it is creating a red link at the top of their talk pages. (Alternately, I guess, they could do it themselves... just giving you a friendly poke). Airplaneman ✈ 02:14, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

I think I've gotten rid of most of them for you. Might want to check, though. —fetch·comms 00:43, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Wow

So the WP:NOTMYSPACE people finally got to you, eh? --I dream of horses @ 06:19, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, they didn't get to me. I still am keeping the secret pages. However, if you looked over the talk page, you would see that I was going way to far with it. I'm actually embarrassed, now. :) Hi878 (talk) 22:23, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Ah, okay, gotcha. --I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 01:51, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Alden J. Blethen

You could start by expanding it from the essay at HistoryLink, as well as Google Books results: this genealogy, this, mentioning his involvement in the Minneapolis Tribune, this blurb about his early work in Seattle, and something here about lawsuit in which he was the defendant. Also, this excellent bio piece (if you can't access it through your library, I can send you a copy of the whole thing, just drop me a note), this image from the Tribune, and a little something about the company and his family today. Cheers, —fetch·comms 00:27, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

My problem isn't finding information (although I hadn't seen a few of those, so thank you). My problem is actually writing the article, I just have no idea where to go. Hi878 (talk) 02:32, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack!

You have been trouted for making igloo think Tommy2010 is a vandal. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 21:59, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

STALKER! Does it do that for you, too? Or is it just me? Hi878 (talk) 22:47, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

It highlighted all of Tommy2010's edits in red. I was telling this to Tommy2010 when I noticed you reverted him. So yes, you apparently blacklisted Tommy2010 on igloo. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 22:59, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

I've done that to at least two more people. :) Hi878 (talk) 23:01, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

LOL I just saw this. You guys are funny. Tommy2010 01:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

150.101.158.69

I'm using Huggle, which is semi-automated and will place a warning on the vandal's talk page when I press a button. It will look at what other warnings have been placed on that day and then add the appropriate level. I guess since the vandal had not been warned yet today, Huggle just went with level 1. I don't know if it's the same person that was warned three days ago, so I couldn't necessarily say that I would have blocked if I were doing it manually. (Because of the report on AIV, Huggle offered me the chance to block, and I just went with it.) Anyway, it's only a short block so it's no big deal. ... discospinster _talk 02:06, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 99 support, 9 oppose, and 2 neutral. Your support was much appreciated.

Regards -- Александр Дмитрий (Alexandr Dmitri) (talk) 17:02, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

You're very welcome! Good luck with the mop! Hi878 (talk) 19:47, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Reply from Userbox message you sent to me

Oh, okay. I didn't know I added the admin userbox! Thank you for your concerns and suggestions of help or problems. Thank you! Beamer103 (talk) 20:46, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Hi878 (talk) 04:00, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Support MOTD

Hello, Motto of the Day is currently running out of mottos and therefore we would appreciate your support in this project. Please suggest new mottos or support for others at Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/In review. If you have any ideas for mottos on a special date or anniversary, or you are interested in what other ones of thdse there are please see Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/Specials. Thank you for your time. Simply south (talk) 22:02, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Well, I already comment on every one that goes through, but I could try nominating a few. Maybe some more Douglas Adams quotes? Hi878 (talk) 00:40, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the happy birthday message! :D --FastLizard4 (Talk•Index•Sign) 02:14, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for joining WikiProject Talk pages! Don't forget, your thoughts and ideas for the group are always welcome on our talk page.
-Garrett W. {☎ ✍} 03:45, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: About my user page

Wow, I forgot about that page, but hey I have a lot of free time on my hands, and would be glad to help you. If their is any particular style you like please tell me, or if your stuck you could have look at these: Wikipedia:User page design center/User page Hall of Fame to inspire you. -- [[ axg ◉ talk ]] 09:43, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I don't have anything in particular in mind, I just want what is on my page to look good, instead of a random jumble of stuff. And if you can make some sense out of my userboxes, putting them on my page would be nice, too. I'll let you decide what it will look like, and I'll tell you afterwards what I think. From your page, I think I can probably trust your judgement. :) Thanks in advance. Hi878 (talk) 17:41, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and if you can think of anything else that would be good to have, let me know. Hi878 (talk) 17:48, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

And a good editnotice would be nice. :P Hi878 (talk) 18:29, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

One final thing: If you could make some sense out of the navbar, archive box, and shoutbox on my talk page, that would be great too. I'll leave the specifics for everything to you. :) If there is anything you think my userpage could use, just add it, and if I don't like it, I'll tell you after. Hi878 (talk) 18:30, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I hope I'm not asking too much. :) Hi878 (talk) 00:55, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

You seem to have disappeared. Hi878 (talk) 00:05, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Huh. Hi878 (talk) 22:33, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Since I'm going to keep posting stuff until you get back, so that this isn't archived, I'm going to summarize what I want.

• Sense made out of the navbar, archive box, and shoutbox on my talk page.

• All of the stuff on my userpage put into some sort of order, maybe putting the userboxes in, if you can, and maybe a section for the one I made. :) And some sort of setup like the one you have wouldn't hurt. I'll leave it mostly to your best judgement, though.

Instead of just editing my userpage, use my sandbox, creating any subpages that are needed if you decide on something related to how yours is set up. Thanks in advance! Hi878 (talk) 00:21, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

Actually, you can pretty much do what you want with all of my subpages, just make sure that you try everything out in the sandbox, creating subpages in it and whatnot as needed. You better hurry up, or my requests will get larger. :) So basically: Do whatever with all of my userpages, including the navbar and secret pages and whatnot, trying everything out in the sandbox and whatever subpages may be needed. Thank you in advance. Hi878 (talk) 16:48, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

*Jeopardy music starts playing* Hi878 (talk) 18:24, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

*Jeopardy music starts playing LOUDER* Hi878 (talk) 20:02, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok, this is just annoying... Hi878 (talk) 04:08, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

BLARGH Hi878 (talk) 19:15, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Don't worry, I've had plenty of assignments to do and mostly been taking a quick gander at the web. Sorry about all this time and will stick to my word! By the way what's you favourite colour/s. :) -- [[ axg ◉ talk ]] 18:55, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Blue! Thank you. :) Use my sandbox, and create subpages of it if needed. Something related to yours would be nice. :) You can choose how far you want to go with this, but a complete overhaul of my entire userspace, meaning all of the subpages included, would be fantastic. :) Once you make stuff in the sandbox(es), I'll just look at it and say if I like it or not. Thank you in advance! Hi878 (talk) 19:01, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Are you disappearing again? Hi878 (talk) 00:13, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

User:Department of Redundancy Department

Sorry, I didn't mean to tag your revert, however mistaken, as vandalism. ThemFromSpace 01:33, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, anyone who sees that will probably be able to tell that it was an accident. My edit, that is. I was trying to revert the same edit, and I accidentally reverted him. :) Hi878 (talk) 01:35, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

re:Department of Redundancy Department

No problem. I did the exact same thing by accident yesterday to another user. Traxs7 01:36, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I feel better now. :) Hi878 (talk) 01:37, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you!

Hi878 - Thank for your participation and support in my RfA.

I can honestly say that your comments and your trust in me are greatly appreciated.

Please let me know if you ever have any suggestions for me as an editor, or comments based on my admin actions.

Thank you!  7  23:26, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Re: Holy Cross Regional High School

Just wanted to say Thank You for watching out for vandalism on Holy Cross Regional High School. Job well done. --Iota 9 (talk) 18:13, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

You are very welcome. :) ~~ Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 19:01, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: i don't know —Preceding unsigned comment added by DJO CODY (talk • contribs) 12:00, June 9, 2010

Huh. Whatever. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 22:29, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

That's an odd reason to get trouted. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:08, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 01:50, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Trouted (2)

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for having a "Trout this user" button. mono 03:02, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm starting to get bruises... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 03:12, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Well at least there was a reason this time. Wouldn't want you to be getting bruises for no reason.
-Garrett W. {☎ ✍} 05:21, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Revert of my good faith edits.

Thank you for the "Welcome to Wikipedia" canned talk page response, but I would actually prefer a real justification for reverting my edits. I'm working on a clean up project of all Notable People sections for all US towns and cities. I recently made such improvements to the Durham, Maine Notable People section and you reverted them. Please see List of people from Bangor, Maine for an example of a good Notable People list. The List of Dartmouth College alumni is a better reference and is rated as a Featured lists. The boxing used with Dartmouth is not recommended for such a small embedded list like Durham, Maine Notable People. Thank you for your time: Dkriegls (talk) 04:39, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I apologize for that. With the Steven King part, it looked as though you were removing information, and the way that you worded the Frank Sandford part made me think that it was vandalism. I apologize for reverting it. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 04:43, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Not vandalism, just simplifying to the most basic info necessary to highlight their Notability. No need to restate Steven Kings connection to the town since inclusion in the list already establishes that. It may seam unnecessary to simplify a list of two, but these lists get unruly with bigger numbers as editors try to include tons of bibliographic info. Do you mind if I reinstate my edits? Dkriegls (talk) 04:59, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Please, reinstate it. I just misinterpreted the edits, but I see that I was wrong about that now, and I apologize for reverting you. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:01, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

No problem, and I should have stated from the start that I was watching your talk page so you didn't have to keep posting on mine :). Dkriegls (talk) 05:08, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, whatever. The talkback wasn't that hard to post. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:10, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and about the "canned talk page response" comment; I use Igloo for vandal-fighting, and when I revert an edit, it automatically uses a warning template on the user's talk page. As you can probably tell, it would get very tedious to revert the edit, and then manually type out a warning. Just thought I'd let you know. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:04, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Just pointing out that I was looking for more justification than the canned response. I am all about automation. Dkriegls (talk) 05:08, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah. Alrighty then. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:10, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

It's all right

Everyone makes very small mistakes, and you've certianly worked hard enough to make up for all of them :) Old Al (Talk) 05:17, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Grab some glory, and a barnstar

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:53, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

those hidden delights

Hi Am I right in guessing there won't be a hall of fame entry as it seems the pages have been deleted ? Chaosdruid (talk) 08:50, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but what are you talking about? None of the pages have been deleted... Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 14:33, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

There ws a notice on one of the pages taht said "result of AfD was no consensus to delete"

It was on my watch list but I don't recall which one it was - when I looked further I saw the discussion on "hidden pages - WP:notagame"

Im glad if they weren't deleted :¬)

Chaosdruid (talk) 07:37, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

the MoTD award

		The MOTD Barnstar
		(For your great contributions to the "Motto of the Day" project and for always being enthusiastic during the nominations, I hearby give you the MoTD Barnstar. Keep up the good work!)( Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 01:24, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 23:12, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

Re your request for a deletion

You can edit the file and at its top put/copy this:

{{db-u1}}

That is a WP:CSD self-request for deletion. ----moreno oso (talk) 05:03, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I know what that is, believe it or not. :) CSD tagging doesn't work on script pages; I have to actually ask someone to do it, apparently. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:34, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

same for you!

		The MOTD Barnstar
		Since you joined the project, you have been very active and have nominated lots of good ones. Keep up the good work! Kayau Voting IS evil 05:57, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

You do know that I just got one of these, right? :) I feel so special... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 06:01, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Reviewer granted

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. –xeno^talk 16:48, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm... Not sure where you found me, but this looks interesting, and I would love to help with it, so what the heck. Thank You. :) Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 00:41, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh, could you give it to my alternate account, too? The one that commented above. Thanks. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 02:34, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

I gave it to many people who already had rollback or other rights. Sure, your alt has it now. –xeno^talk 02:37, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Hopefully, I won't mess up too badly with this. Never thought of asking for it, but I'm glad to help. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 02:39, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

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MOTD

In case you wanted to know, I joined MOTD. I also created a MOTD template that looks less like a new messages bar. It looks the same with the exception of the color. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 02:52, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

First: I could tell by the motto that you nominated. :) Second: I like having it look like a "new messages" bar, personally. People will notice it more, and then investigate, and perhaps join, eventually? If it's green, people won't suddenly check to see if it is the new messages bar. Just my thoughts on the matter. Oh, and I believe it would be "an MOTD template". :) Not to be the grammar police, or anything.~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 02:55, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about that with the improper grammar. By the way, in response to a comment on User talk:Ale jrb, my icons on my user page aren't a mess if you use vector. *hint, hint* ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:35, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Not worth it. :) I hate vector, I think that it is unbelievably ugly. Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 17:51, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Heathen! You will die before uttering those words again! (jk)

Ugly? What school of graphic design did you go to? It's purty. Much more up-to-date looking than monobook. Or are you just resistant to change?
-Garrett W. {☎ ✍} 19:27, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't know, vector is just... Too fake looking. Not sure how to describe it. Kind of funny, because I like Macintoshes, but whatever... I don't know if too fake looking is the right way to describe it, I just don't like the feeling that I have when I use it. Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 21:29, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Hey, NSD, I just looked at your userpage in vector, and the icons are still messed up. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 02:41, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

MOTD: Opposing in favour of another edit

I don't think it is good to oppose a motto just because another version is better. You should 'weak support' the other one. It makes consensus clearer. Thanks Kayau Voting IS evil 05:45, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry. but I think that we will have to disagree on this one. I prefer opposing, I think it works better. Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 15:54, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Take this as an example. I wanted to snowball close it, but couldn't as you were opposed. Kayau Voting IS evil 00:47, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Well, I don't want to support the one that I don't like, so I want it to be harder to close in favor of that one. :) Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 05:15, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

But you said that 'both are good' - in other words, you like both, only you prefer the second, so the consensus is blurry. Your reply makes you sound a little selfish. :) Kayau Voting IS evil 10:35, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

I did sound a bit selfish, didn't I? But I would think that picking between then would make more sense, rather than supporting them all. How about this:From now on, if I actually don't like one idea for linking, I will oppose, but if I think it works, but another is better, I will conditional support (which apparently I started, because nobody said "conditional support" before I did, as far as I know). Does that work? Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 14:32, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Sure, that's a lot better. Kayau Voting IS evil 04:44, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

In arbitration decisions, we sometimes vote "first choice" and "second choice" to make the preferences clear. Maybe that would help? Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:07, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

RfA

Thank you very much for your contribution to my Rfa. I have made a comment about it at User talk:JamesBWatson#Your Request for Adminship which you are, of course, very welcome to read if you wish to. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:37, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Being bold

I've altered your new template by adding a purge button; feel free to revert it if you disagree. Kayau Voting IS evil 06:12, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

No, no, that's a good idea. I'm glad you thought of it. I added it to the other one I made. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 06:16, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Damn you egotistical maniac! :)

I can't change the MOTD script now! I want to remove the newlines in the updating of the edit section, but I can't :( --Smaug123 (talk) 19:56, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

...What? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 20:01, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

I can't edit scripts in your userspace, only ones in mine. I wanted to get rid of the "\n" in all the functions, as I only have to get rid of them afterwards! --Smaug123 (talk) 20:09, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Two things: First, isn't having it in a new line a good thing? Second: Did you notice the banner at the top of my talk page and the editnotice? :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 20:11, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi878, voting is evil. Comment is better. A support or oppose is just one form of a comment; a comment is an original form. Consider tweaking the script. Kayau Voting IS evil 04:23, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

I was using !vote, but that doesn't work with the script. I forgot about changing it... :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 04:25, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Um, apparently you took the whole thing away... Kayau Voting IS evil 05:17, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

I fixed it. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 17:48, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Your script

Foolish fool :) You need to change the code:

addOnloadHook(
  function() {
    if ((document.title.indexOf("Editing Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations") != -1) && (document.title.indexOf("\(section\)") != -1))
    {
      addOnloadHook(closeapprovednomtab);
      addOnloadHook(closedeclinednomtab);
      addOnloadHook(reopenednomtab);
      addOnloadHook(closethrownnomtab);
      addOnloadHook(supportnomtab);
      addOnloadHook(opposenomtab);
    }
});

to:

addOnloadHook(
  function() {
    if ((document.title.indexOf("Editing Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations") != -1) && (document.title.indexOf("\(section\)") != -1))
    {
      addOnloadHook(closeapprovednomtab);
      addOnloadHook(closedeclinednomtab);
      addOnloadHook(reopenednomtab);
      addOnloadHook(closethrownnomtab);
      addOnloadHook(commenttab); //You forgot to remove the old tabs and put the new ones in!
    }
});

I would prefer that it's not called a !vote, too, since it so evidently is a vote :) But that's down to your opinion. --Smaug123 (talk) 08:30, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Oops! :) I'l leave it at !vote, just so nobody is annoyed. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 17:47, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Problem

The shoutbox covers part of the navbar. Could you please fix it? Thanks. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐ • ✍) 00:46, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I know that it does. I like it that way. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 00:49, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Only kidding. On my computer, it doesn't cover it very much, just the outside. But if it actually covers up things, then I'll just lower it. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 00:49, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

How does it look now? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 00:53, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

In my computer, it's nearly in the middle of the nav box. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 00:56, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

And now it looks that it half part is touching. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 00:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

And now it looks what? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 00:59, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Anyways, how does it look now? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 01:04, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Uh...at the top of the page, your shoutbox covers your online status. Is it really necessary to have it floating? Though that recycle icon in the corner is cool, and I doubt it would cover much (maybe the last bit of text). CycloneGU (talk) 02:01, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I can;t make it perfect for everyone; it looks different on each computer. I figured having it floating would be best, because then you can move it out of the way. There is no perfect solution, though. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 02:02, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I do not see how to move it. Just show and hide. CycloneGU (talk) 02:06, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

At least it'll catch more attention, since it floats. :) ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐ • ✍) 02:41, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I hate scrolling just to read a paragraph. =P CycloneGU (talk) 13:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh, will you all leave me alone? :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 16:06, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Only if I may make one more suggestion first. Navbar, on left, all the way to the bottom. There's nothing useful at the bottom of that page in the mavbar. That is, if you insist on having it floating; personally, I say stick it at the top and leave it there. =) CycloneGU (talk) 16:09, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Looking for a second opinion

Hi there. I was checking recent changes done to user pages by IP editors and noticed this userpage. It's pretty innocuous, but it looked a bit like one of those gaming pool pages, so I checked out the user contributions and saw that there seem to be a series of IPs who are the main "contributors" to that page and to the userpages for User:LemonZebras and User:MelonaWarren. What do you make of those? I was going to hit User:MelonaWarren as being a promotional page, but check out all the weird wikilinks. There have been hundreds of edits by various IPs and it seems clear that the three registered users are in fact sockpuppets, but I can't fathom what the point is. Can you make any sense of this? There's a lot of nonconstructive stuff going on, but it's such a mess I can't tell whether it's vandalism or self-promotion. :-) Matt Deres (talk) 03:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

On User:MelonaWarren, all three of them have contributed, in addition to the IPs. On User:LemonZebras, ApprenticeUK has also edited. Not sure what to take out of that. Same person, perhaps? And the IP might also be them... But I'm not going to worry about that. Erm...Yes, User:MelonaWarren has some weird wikilinks... Wow. Um. Vandalism? Maybe? I think User:MelonaWarren is definitely vandalism. Oh, hey, look at that... User:LemonZebras has an entire section about Melona Warren. That user never edited the page, so... An IP added that? Or something? Wow, this is a rather large mess, isn't it? It doesn't look like said Melona Warren exists... So vandalism for that page. For User:ApprenticeUK, I think that is vandalism too, I can't even tell what the bottom part is supposed to be. And User:LemonZebras, well, it doesn't look like there is much point,and it has the whole non-existant Melona Warren, so... So there we go. I was writing all of this as I looked at them, so that's why this all sounded so weird. :) Hope this helps. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 16:28, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay, so it's not just me. :) I was looking at them all and found myself pondering what the hell was going on. By the time I got to the third one, I thought perhaps I was looking too closely and getting confused by something good-faith that I just didn't understand. I've seen your name on a lot of the recent stuff at MfD and figured you would either recognize something I didn't or at least get a laugh. Rather than MfD, maybe BJAODN would be a more suitable place. :) Matt Deres (talk) 16:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

That might be a good idea... :) I've started trying to become more active at MfD lately; I used to more, but then I stopped for quite a while. I've just started being active there again. Those pages were pretty weird. :) The User:MelonaWarren one was pretty funny, I thoguht, considering that this person doesn't exist... They had a lot of fun with the links, I can tell. :) But sadly, they still should be MfDed. I'll do it, if you don't. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 17:02, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I flagged the MelonaWarren one for CSD as patent nonsense (someone beat us to ApprenticeUK). I'm at work right now and can't take up too much time, but will MfD the LemonZebras later today unless you beat me to it. All those hundreds of edits... just imagine if they'd been used constructively; you can get a couple of GAs or even an FA or two with that kind of edit count. Shame. Matt Deres (talk) 17:39, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

But it gave me an entertaining couple of minutes while I was reading it. :) I'll MfD LemonZebras. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 17:45, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Never mind; it was CSDed under G3. So this discussion was pretty much useless. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 18:14, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Jimboship

We do need that Requests for Jimboship page. Maybe for April Fool's 2011? I want in on it. =D CycloneGU (talk) 06:12, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree. Let's remember this, it would be pretty funny. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 18:18, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

In case I forget, please yell at me about it and remind me. =) CycloneGU (talk) 04:36, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

I will create the Wikipedia:Requests for jimboship page then. I'm making it so that this won't archive, so I'll remember. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:03, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Problem with MOTD script

I have seen a problem! You need to change

"Editing Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations"

to

"Editing Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Nominations/"

Otherwise you can do all the tools stuff at WP:MOTD/N, even though it doesn't actually contain any nominations. --Smaug123 (talk) 22:06, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Hey, look at that. :) Fixing. By the way, read this and tell me what you think. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 22:08, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Waaaay ahead of you! :) --Smaug123 (talk) 22:13, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Pending changes

Hello. Just a note, in response to your feedback. An administrator applied pending changes to the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse article. It is receiving high traffic and IP users are adding contenting. We can see whether or not if pending changes is useful in this situation.  Davtra  ^(talk) 04:33, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Alright. I'll try to watch it and see what happens. Thanks for the notice. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:13, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Although I probably won't remember... :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:17, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Just so you know...

...you should suggest user script additions for Wikipedia:WikiProject User Scripts/Scripts at WT:US. That way, members of the project can provide suggestions, bug fixes, and feedback. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐ • ✍) 21:13, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Do I really need to bother? :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 21:26, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

For the MOTD one, it isn't necessary to do so. This would be a good idea when you make your next script, however. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐ • ✍) 21:48, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

There won't be a "next script". I know absolutely nothing about JS; I was just guessing with most of it, and User:Smaug123 had to fix up all of the mess that I made. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 21:52, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

In speaking of JS, you might want to see this. Don't worry; vector isn't required. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐ • ✍) 21:55, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

I like the extra buttons one; I just added it. Thank you for pointing those out. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 01:41, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

Yelling!

Yelling at you as requested!!!!!! (from your sig, which always catches my eye) Seriously, keep up the good work! PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 01:17, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

That Was Me

Don't ask me what happened there. I somehow edited as an anon. I wish we got a prompt to log in! =) CycloneGU (talk) 03:06, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

:) Whatever. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:08, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

=) I also somehow deleted your reply while correcting my name into the post. Again, don't know what happened, but I put it back in. CycloneGU (talk) 03:10, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

I would recommend asking that an admin delete the revisions that have your IP address, and delete the username from the edit you made while under the IP address. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:15, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

My Article

I have done some editing due to a few biasly-toned phrases on my first article (a work in progress). I will use the "Show Preview" more in the future. I hit "Save Page" too much... as I was consistantly being pulled from any learning and writing on this article. Please look at it again, and let me know what you think. OmniMaster (talk) 08:48, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

It appears that I got back too late... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:59, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

MfD - June 30, 2010

I have edited my first project (I'm new) to address concerns posted by Matt Deres. Please review my Active Discussion. I am hoping that you could re-consider your vote based upon on my changes. In all cases, take care. OmniMaster (talk) 18:55, 4 July 2010 (UTC)

It would seem that I have returned from my vacation too late to do anything about this. :) Sorry. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:58, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

MOTD random generator

Hi, I'm using the random MOTD generator you made and I got a motto set to be used on July 8th, two days from now.(It was July 6th) I don't think that we should be able to see future mottos though we can if we view the schedule. Is this intentional?Derild4921☼ 17:31, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

It wasn't intentional, but I think it is fine to have it this way. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:50, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Script

About script - can you make it so all templates are WP:substed? it seems bizarre to have them transcluded. --Smaug123 (talk) 11:52, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

MOTD Barnstar

		The MOTD Barnstar
		This award is given to you for helping out Motto of the day. Thanks to your effort, MOTD has brilliantly and successfully passed the most difficult period of the year. In fact, there are mottoes scheduled until the end of the summer. For this reason MOTD would like to express heartfelt thanks to you for your support. We appreciate your efforts in further helping the project! – delivered by Simply south on behalf of Wikipedia:Motto of the day 22:59, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:33, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Your Secret page deserves a reward

		Cookies!
		Here are some cookies for you. Thanks for the enjoyable secret page challenge and for the secret page icon. It was fun - Hydroxonium (talk | contribs) 02:35, 23 July 2010 (UTC) has given you some cookies! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the "WikiLove" by giving someone else some cookies, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookies}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:58, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

White hole resolved

There is now an open discussion at WT:RFA, so your white hole is resolved. It is not, however, any less hilarious! Thanks for the laugh, PrincessofLlyr ^{royal court} 03:43, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

I'm glad you liked it! :) It was just such a perfect idea, I had to. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:58, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

terribly sorry

about that abomination I released on the reference desk. I was trying to edit with my phone browser and welp let's just say it didn't go as planned. This browser sux big-time and can't edit large text fields. Which also meant I couldn't use rollback on nmysekf (jvascript I think) or manual revert due to size of field... again sorry... also no tildes on this crap keyboard so -- ziggy sawdust

Not a problem. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:08, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Delete

Sorry about that page ("Retard"), I was just experimenting. Delete it if you like. -- User:Henkt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Henkt (talk • contribs) 17:49, July 23, 2010

Thank you for apologizing. It's been tagged, so an administrator will delete it soon. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:03, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

collapsable box

Hi, Hi878. Can you tell me how you made your shoutbox because I want to create something like that, except it'll be like a to-do list. Thanks in advance. Secret Saturdays (talk to me) 18:34, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

I didn't create it, I'm just using it. :) You can see where it came from at {{shoutbox}} ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:38, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Greetings!

Hello Hi878, Wilhelmina Will has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Greetings, Hi878! Hope you're having a good day! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 22:31, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:33, 24 July 2010 (UTC)

Really?

You clearly saw my message posted yesterday, I would really appreciate a response from you regarding my query. Besides, deleting the entire comment and saying "oops," is just plain rude. Thanks! Daton (talk) 00:54, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, I looked at the schools website after you posted that. The motto was right on the top of the page, and it was not what you changed it to, so I assumed (no doubt correctly) that it was vandalism. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:57, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Fair enough, I can see why you would assume the motto was vandalism. I apologize for saying you were rude, it frustrated me that you hadn't responded. Could you answer my question about sourcing the material? I don't have a web based source to back up the edits to the Chaminade article, does that mean that the information doesn't belong on Wikipedia at all? Is there a proper channel for my questions? I will likely have more as time goes on.

Thank you!

Daton (talk) 02:18, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Well, unsourced facts don't stay on Wikipedia long. As for where to go, I would say the Village Pump. The people there usually know what they are doing. :) I don't do too much article writing, so I'm not the best person to go to with stuff like that. I hope this helps! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:21, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

That helps tremendously.

As always, thanks!

Daton (talk) 02:34, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Welcome

Your welcome is now listed at Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates. Cheers Kayau Voting IS evil 11:53, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for telling me. Maybe we'll get more contributors now? :P ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:07, 26 July 2010 (UTC)

request

Mind if you update WP:MOTD/G with motto shop? Yes, I know, I created the guidelines, but I'm not confident that I understand it thoroughly. BTW, I'm asking you because I'm sure you're online at this time of the day. :) Kayau Voting IS evil 01:50, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

And there is the fact that it says "Online" in the corner of my userpage... :) Sure, I'll look what you wrote over, and make changes. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:52, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Oh, wait, you didn't write anything... I misread that. :) And anyways, now that I think about it, I don't think that is necessary to have Motto Shop stuff on the guidelines page; the instructions are very simple, and are all on the requests page, which will be the first place that people look for them. If you look at the navbar, "Guidelines" is in the "Motto of the Day" section, and there isn't one in the "Motto Shop" section, so the first place people will think to look will be either the requests page, or the ain one, which has a link saying that instructions are on the requests page. So there we go; that's what I think. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 01:56, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

My bad, my use of the personal pronouns is confusing. When I first created WP:MOTD/G what I had in mind was that every single matter that a newbie to the MOTD might want to know would be covered. As motto shop, although separate from the main MOTD project in a way, still remains part of the project. Not to mention that the format of mottos from the motto shop is actually the same as the regular ones. So, I insist on putting MS-related stuff on WP:MOTD/G. Kayau Voting IS evil 02:15, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

I still don't see why it would be necessary; I could just add in an instruction that all mottos follow the same format as those listed at WP:MOTD/G. Would that be good enough? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:18, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Let's get some community consensus at WT:MOTD/MS, OK? For now, I've just watched your user talk so I'm officially your talk page stalker. So, please stop putting talkbacks on my page. :) Thanks Kayau Voting IS evil 02:25, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Good idea, and thank goodness, I was tired of all of those. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:27, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Mwahahahaha

My motto to live by on Wikipedia...The five pillars of Wikipedianism:
1) Wikipedians must state that there is no other founder than Jimbo
2) Wikipedians must say out the prayers in meta:Really Reformed Church of Wikipedia every day
3) Wikipedians must not do any drama during dramaouts
4) Wikipedians must donate to WMF to show their loyalty
5) Wikipedians must make a pilgrimage to Jimbo's birthplace

---

Today's motto: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

---

November 3's motto of the day: () Wikipedia:Motto of the day/November 3, 2024

Don't have to rate - I know you're gonna give me the lowest possible rating: -1. :D Kayau Voting IS evil 09:34, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Hah! I love it! Great job! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 19:47, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

No offence intended

[1] Just made me giggle. Pedro :  Chat  20:26, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

I liked your reply. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:09, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

<TPS>LOL! I'll see if I can comment on that RfA. Kayau Voting IS evil 00:43, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Whattaya mean?

What do you mean by "reading all of the instructions?" Where are these so-called "instructions?" gimme some info, dude! Belugaboy^{how's my driving?} 22:46, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

The top of the requests page. :) And you need to add a source when you use a quote, just like in MotD mottos. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:09, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

I forgot the reference in Mono's quoted, alright. But why on Fridae's Doom's one? I don't understand that. ??? Belugaboy^{how's my driving?} 23:12, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

You didn't ask them to rate it. :) Now, add the source, in the format of an MotD motto, to mono's motto, on the request page, and in his userspace. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:39, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Belugaboy, please, do it soon. Fix it in the request form, and then notify him on his talk page, with the new wikitext, so that he can add it to wherever he hid his motto template. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:48, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I didn't ask for all of this when I bought the idea up! Jeez louise!!! Gimme two seconds of rest and I'll do it, I was SLEEPING, FOR PETE'S SAKE! Belugaboy^{how's my driving?} 11:40, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

If you didn't want all of this, you shouldn't have brought it to MotD. :) We're very picky about motto format. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 16:58, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

email

When you've changed it, ping me and I'll send it over. (Alternatively, I could attach a password-protected document, though I'm not sure how much that would help...) sonia^♫♪ 09:35, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

You know, you could probably just send an e-mail. Just don't ask any personal questions, or anything. :) I'm sure you can figure out what kind of stuff not to say... :P ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 17:01, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

LOL

http://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/User:Raktoner/The_Word_Alive&action=historysubmit&diff=376020317&oldid=375885714 Kayau Voting IS evil 02:37, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

I would say that it is almost redundant. Although they could have said exactly the same; I didn't read all of what the nom said. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:50, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Excuse me. Nom = JamesBWatson: I think you misunderstood. Kayau Voting IS evil 09:16, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Plip!

lol, and for that you get a minnow. (by the way, could you send me an email (whatever content's fine), I just need your address as Special:EmailUser doesn't allow embedded links.) sonia^♫♪ 09:27, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Sonia, minnows are for newbies, and Hi878 is not a newbie at he MfD. Kayau Voting IS evil 09:30, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I know. I just didn't want to hurt him too much- his head's probably deflating already and I don't want to cause concussion ;) sonia^♫♪ 09:35, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Wow... I deserved a trout, I think. :) How did I miss that? :P Sonia, just don't use an embedded link. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:07, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

But I want to use embedded links! </tantrum> Anyway:

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

This is for the above silliness, for making me ec three times in trying to !vote on mottos just now, and for the omglolwtf archive mess below. sonia^♫♪ 04:43, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Huh. I guess I deserved that. :P Does this mean you are stalking me too? :P ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:18, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Of course. I have that "add every page I edit to my watchlist" thing enabled, and I check my watchlist obsessively. And I'm not the only one. Anyway, how hard is it for you to send me an email...? Unless you don't want me to know your addy, which is also fine. sonia^♫♪ 05:27, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes! I've hit thirty watchers! Now I can have an accurate centijimbo template. :P Second, I don't mind you finding my e-mail, you'll get it anyways when (if... :P) I reply to whatever e-mail you happen to send. :) I'm just too lazy to send you one. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:30, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

By the way, popping in to IRC wouldn't hurt... The ACC channel, of course. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:31, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

A centjimbo! Congrats, Hi878! I never thought you'd get 30 watchers! (Then again, maybe a few of them are vandals keeping an eye on your page wondering when it's the best to vandalise it.) Kayau Voting IS evil 05:32, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

If they were, the period when he was away would have been the best time. Can't go on IRC, sorry, my modem doesn't like freenode for some reason and my internet crashes every time I try to connect. I have access to IRC only at the library and at college... :P Please. Click this link and hit send. Send me a blank email. It's not that hard. sonia^♫♪ 05:35, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes it is. It's a matter of pride now. :) And by the way, it is 1.4 centijimbos. :) That tool just doesn't say the number if it is below thirty. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:36, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

All right then. :P I give up, you win. And by the way: I've got a tidy two. sonia^♫♪ 05:41, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Why don't you just do something useful and take the open request at the motto shop? :P ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:45, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Grrrrrrr! Darn you, Sonia! I bet the majority of those 46 are either vandals or people from simple. Kayau Voting IS evil 06:05, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Nah, most of them are admins... Wait, there's an open request? Is it still there? *rushes over* sonia^♫♪ 06:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

What?!? HJ, TFOWR, Courcelles, and Tide Rolls watch you userpage?!? But wait. I know HJ is not active on simple, but the others might be... Kayau Voting IS evil 06:30, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm glad someone is finally taking the request... I would, but I hate original ones. :) Anyhoo, Sonia, are you refusing to e-mail me, too? :P ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 06:33, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

@Kayau: Remember, we can't know for sure who's watching any given page. I'm just naming people I know have shown up at random discussions on my talk that they were completely uninvolved in, ergo, probably have it watchlisted. Also see here.

@Hi878: I'm sulking now. I'll email you when I've gotten over defeat. And when I've thought of a motto. sonia^♫♪ 06:38, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Well, it seems as though you haven't reserved the request yet... :P ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 06:40, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Sonia, that's not fair. The only long discussion that's ever happened on my talk page is a series of personal attacks from an IP vandal. In case it hasn't reached you as you're in NZ, Jiong. Kayau Voting IS evil 09:34, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

My Submission

Hi, You declined my contribution twice. I asked help via live chat and they couldn't help me with it. They said it didn't read like an essay. Please tell me how I can get the contribution better. Thanks! Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Michiel van Vugt —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michiel010 (talk • contribs) 00:38, July 30, 2010

What have you done?!?

Wikipedia:Motto of the day/Motto Shop/Requests CTuesday201045UTC27 RUTCq000000UTC453145 1 Kayau Voting IS evil 01:37, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

...wow. That's some archive title. Anyway, have fun at camp and I'm sorry I couldn't catch you beforehand  do remember to email me when you get back :) sonia^♫♪ 01:54, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

While you're sorting out ClueBot, you may want to look at this discussion. And don't forget to read the section above. :) Kayau Voting IS evil 12:57, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

Wow... I think I fixed it. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 04:06, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Edit counter

What do I put on the page? ~EDDY ^{(talk/contribs/editor review)}~ 02:20, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Anything; the page just needs to exist. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:24, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Name

What is your name mean and why do you have a recycle thing?199.126.224.156 (talk) 10:31, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

My name means nothing, and I have the recycle thing because it looks cool. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:37, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Trouted

Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

You have been trouted for: just for the fun of it! :-) Access Denied^(t|c|g|d|s) 21:05, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

Alrighty, whatever... ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 21:08, 4 August 2010 (UTC)

....again?

again?? Derild4921☼ 14:36, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

What the heck???!!! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 16:09, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Hopiakuta/Racism

I added three other subpages to this MFD. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 02:24, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Alrighty. Thank you. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 05:01, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Phoenicia Hotel Malta

I think the hotel might be notable. I've found a few independent sources, one of which is this. I'm not sure why the govt press release wasn't okay. Plus. it was built by the old Prime Minister of Malta. I'm new to AfC, so please advise. I'd like to learn. Thanks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:54, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Actually, I think it was AJCham who said it wasn't notable. I will post this message there too. Tks. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 13:58, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

MOTD Script

Could you re-code it to work with morebits.js or the dazzle framework?  ℳono  20:14, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

I haven't got a clue how. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:50, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Christmas motto series

Hi! As a contributor to the MOTD, I thought I would draw your attention to a discussion for a possible Christmas Motto series. If you get a chance, could you please pop in and give your thoughts? Thanks! Stephen! ^Coming... 15:59, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

I will take a look. Thank you. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:51, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Pending changes/Vote comment

As you commented in the pending closure discussion I am notifying you that the Wikipedia:Pending changes/Vote comment is now open and will be for two weeks, discussion as required can continue on the talkpage. Thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 23:59, 21 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for letting me know. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:03, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank semi-spam

Thanks for your support in my RfA, which was closed as successful. Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 15:32, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 16:54, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

My defense

Hi there HI (pardon the redundancy :), VASCO from Portugal here,

Please note that in no way will the following be a justification of my actions, merely shedding some light on why i do what i do, at Wikipedia:

about this message you sent to my standard IP (please see here http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:217.129.65.5#WP:BATTLE), i'll say that yes, my summaries are sometimes very exaggerated, and hysterical. However, how many times have i crossed the line, threatening - legally or otherwise - well-intended users and/or insulting them? NEVER! Unless you consider that saying "this article is in very poor display" (OK sometimes i use the word "horrible", and i should not) or urging people to stop using bar-like conversations whilst writing in an encyclopedia is a personal attack (consulting my last edits as anon, i could not see anything else that was more over-the-top than those two types, and you sent the message to my anon IP). If it is, i sincerely apologize for my behaviour, although i beg to differ. I will also try to significantly improve on my summaries from now on, honestly. Ah, and i have been already severed insulted myself at the site ("cu*t", "f*ck off").

On a related note, about the insults: yes i have insulted in my four years as an editor. Who? The vandals and lowlifes who have nothing better to do than come here and ruin other people's work, then take offense if we protect pages/block. Don't worry, not provoking you, just being fair and square with you, adding that user/admin Nuclear Warfare is well aware of my behaviour, and he has not ever issued one single warning.

Yes i know that it is wrong, yes i know it is against site policy, but i just lose it with vandalism, i can't help it really (every time i make such a summary, i have the intention of it being my last)...

Sorry for any incovenience(s), keep up the good work - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 20:51, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining this to me. However, you still sohuld try to rein in your comments; they aren't at the point of threats, but they still could be considered offensive. You should try to not leave such comments, because even if they aren't at the point of threats, they do not help the encyclopedia in any way. Also, insulting vandals is something you should refrain from as well, because while they are vandalizing Wikipedia, losing it when you deal with them gives them more to work with, which is most certainly not a good thing. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:58, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

...for catching the vandalism on my talk page :) HistoryStudent113^{(talk to me)} 21:55, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) He put the same thing on mine, believe it or not. Wasn't very creative, was it? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 21:56, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Tunica people

1st, I apologize. I haven't looked at the edit history, yet, but i will, next. No vandalism is ever intended in my editing. When i edit, i sometimes inadvertantly delete something: in Evelyn Waugh, almost 25 kbytes. I would have reverted my own edit, but another editor beat me to it. I'm assuming that's what happened this time, also. I corrected a run-on sentence, not more than 10 bytes of text, but i know an experienced editor would not have thought that vandalism.

It seems that at certain times of the day, i will have to refrain from editing. I'll just make notes.

When i hit save after previewing, everything looked fine. The "save" never went thru, and i immediately got your message. Once again, so sorry, will try not to inconvenience you again. Ragityman (talk) 23:33, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for apologizing. In case you haven't seen it, you almost completely blanked the page that you were editing. I do have one question, though. What do you mean by "but i know an experienced editor would not have thought that vandalism"? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:37, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Whoops! I'll resist the urge to edit my previous message. I was trying to be brief in case my battery gives out. In the process i came across badly.

What i intended to say was that when i saw the word vandalism again, i assumed that i had once again devastated a page i was trying only to improve.  ::Before looking at the damage, i wanted to send my apology, and one look at your userpage told me you are no rookie, therefore confirming my suspicions that i had "done it again."

In rereading my 1st message, i see that it sounds like i might be taking a cheap shot at you. I assure you, that was not my intent. I'm just glad it's so easy to revert an edit.

Hope i can figure out how i'm deleting. It seems to hinge on either low battery, signal strength/interference or both. This editing is addictive, and i don't want to wait to go to the library every time i see a typo or misspelled word.

By the way, one of your banners on this page has an error: i can't remember specifically, but you'll see it.

Ragityman (talk) 00:50, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

All right, thank you for the explanation. I'm glad that isn't what you meant. :) By the way, I don't see any errors with banners on this page... Could you tell me what you are talking about? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 17:59, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

My RFA

I changed my answer to question 1, please reconsider your vote.--William S. Saturn (talk) 20:11, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry to see that you decided to withdraw it; when you have more experience in the areas that oyu wanted to work in, I will be happy to support. Good luck with editing! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 23:02, 27 August 2010 (UTC)

YOU AGAIN

Hey friend, it's RealityShowsRCool, and I've made a new account, RealityShowsRock. Message me on my talk page (RealityShowsRock (talk) 14:24, 28 August 2010 (UTC))

Thanks for letting me know. If I ever need to contact you, that will be good to know. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:55, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

:)

[2] You beat me to it! Thanks :D Airplaneman ✈ 14:36, 28 August 2010 (UTC)

Not sure how I even noticed that. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:54, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Happy Hi878's Day!

User:Hi878 has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Hi878's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Hi878! Peace, Rlevse 01:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:00, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

Wow. I don't even know what to say. Wow. I didn't think I was doing that good of job. :) Thank you very much. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 03:57, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

your userpage

I'm too busy to do a real redesign, but I rearranged the top bit to make it tight. You may find it a bit too cluttered, though. Do you want anything done to the bottom? sonia♫ 07:00, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

No, I like it. Thank you! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 16:37, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Christmas series

Sent to: Decision makers/archivists and WikiCopter.

Please, do NOT approve mottoes for the period from 25 December (2010) to 5 January 2011. I think we have enough time to discuss the Christmas series. Thanks & Best! –pjoef (talk • contribs) 08:47, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Will, er... Won't do! ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 16:36, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Against Pending Changes

Add this userbox to your userpage to advertise your opposition to WP:Pending Changes--Gniniv (talk) 07:17, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

This user is against the implementation of flagged revisions in the form of pending changes.

Absolutely not. I'm not going to have userboxes like that; they are just divisive. Also, I would recommend pointing out the userbox to people, instead of demanding that they use it. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:40, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Trading card game/Action plan/Phase 1:Rules/Rules approval

Good idea on moving that page, I'll do that now. Glad to hear my efforts are appreciated-- I've been tired of it not moving forward myself ever since I originally submitted proposal number...6? Last year? I forget. And on a side note, amen, Brother, on taking a stand in the comment above this one...the nerve of some people, lol. Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 03:29, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Your efferts most certainly are appreciated. :) I'm glad you agree with me on the above comment. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 22:45, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

HELP! Archive alert

I can't get it to work :( Cluebot III doesn't do it - I know it has some sort of index page to refer to (I found it on the search) but I changed my archive structure and it's not working :( Help would be much appreciated! Thanks, --Smaug123 (talk) 21:34, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

I think I fixed it. It looked like you had the template name wrong; if it doesn't work now, come bother me again. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 00:55, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

I think the problem isn't ArchiveThis/ArchiveNow, I think it's that there already is an archive page structure in Cluebot III's 'memory', at, for example, here. --Smaug123 (talk) 09:25, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The problem is that ClueBot III is currently down. It hasn't edited in a week. ~NerdyScienceDude 13:24, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

That would do it. And Smaug, that index page thing doesn't matter; it is always changing. Every time I decide to go through and reorganize my archives, it messes with those pages until they are organized correctly. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 20:58, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Ah, thanks! --Smaug123 (talk) 08:20, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

Custom welcome template for WelcomerBot

Hi! You told me on IRC that there was a problem with your custom welcome template for WelcomerBot. I'm sorry I wasn't there to talk to you directly, and since you're offline now, I'll answer here. The template definitely has worked in the past, I even used it myself once or twice to make sure it was working (see here). However, I did recently change the way the database stores the welcome templates. It is possible that, in this transition, your custom settings got lost. Could you try changing your template to one of the other ones, and saving your settings, and then changing it back to yours and saving again? Then, the next time you close a request, let me know in whichever way you prefer (here, my talk page, IRC, email), and if the problem occurred again I'll look into it further. Thanks. - EdoDodo ^talk 14:48, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind, it looks like this affecting all custom signatures. Looking into it further, but unfortunately I don't have database access, so I'll have to wait for stwalkerster to investigate. I believe he is currently away but will be back some time next week. - EdoDodo ^talk 16:31, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Aha! I've managed to find what was wrong, and it is fixed. However, it won't be going live until someone else makes it live. Unfortunately nobody can at the moment, I'll keep you updated. - EdoDodo ^talk 19:32, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for fixing it; I'm glad that it wasn't something that I did wrong. :) Hopefuly, this will be the last of the problems (as if...). Thanks again. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 02:52, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

RfA thanks spam

Hello Hi878, thank you for supporting my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 65/4/3.
I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations, do my best for Wikipedia, and take to heart the constructive criticism. Always feel free to message me if I'm around.

Magog the Ogre (talk) 11:20, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

I'm sure that you will do a fantastic job. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come shout at me!)} 18:28, 11 September 2010 (UTC)