User talk:Terminator50
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. Thank you. HawkerTyphoon 02:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, a few Americans were involved, but as a rule we don't change words from Englsh to American or vice versa - it sort of splits the community, and believe me, if an American spots you doing it you'll have an edit war the size of the battle of Britain on your hands;-) I see your point though, make the change, my mistake! HawkerTyphoon 17:55, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for catching my typos. I appreciate it! ➨ ЯEDVERS 21:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
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Adoption Offer
[edit]Hello, Terminator50! You have placed a message on your userpage saying that you want to be adopted! I have come with an offer to adopt you. If you would like to know anything about me, go to my userpage or leave me a message on my talk page asking me a question about myself. You may respond here or on my talk page. Captain panda In vino veritas 01:15, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
How to add pictures
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The way to upload pictures requires a few things first. If you click on the "edit this page" icon and scroll down to the image, you will notice that there is a special code for the picture with the name of the picture and a period and jpg at the end of the first section. To upload a picture, you must use the code for the picture you wish to load. The other things in the code are things you can change. I do not know what the "thumb" means in the code, but I will make sure to figure it out! The 130px in the next section means 130 pixels. You can change the number to make the picture bigger or smaller. The last section is the caption. Changing the caption will change the word or words it says under the picture. I hope this helps! Captain panda In vino veritas 02:40, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem! Hey, that's why I adopted you! :) Captain panda In vino veritas 03:51, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Preventing Confusion
[edit]Hi! This is Captain panda again! Just wanted to let you know that the userbox saying you are requesting adoption is still on your userpage. Since you have been adopted, you should remove the userbox requesting adoption and replace it with this {{Adoptee|Captain panda}} so you won't get any other offers. Just wanted to prevent you from getting another adoption offer from someone else since you are already adopted. :) Captain panda In vino veritas 21:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. Thanks for taking care of that. Captain panda In vino veritas 21:39, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Userpage Help
[edit]Ok, Terminator50, here goes. To make a userbox holding area, use this: {{Userboxtop|Caption goes here}} {{userbox}} {{another userbox}} {{continue until you have all your userboxes in order}} {{Userboxbottom}}
To make categories or captions in the userbox rows, type '''Sample Category''' except replace Sample Category with your category name. To see an example of this, click here to see my list of userboxes and see how I do it.
If you have any other questions, please ask!
Captain panda In vino veritas 02:51, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
- Am I good with computers? Well, I am pretty good, but I don't know everything about them. If you give me a question, I will see if I can answer it. Sorry, but I really can't give you a more specific answer. Captain panda In vino veritas 01:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Process for moving parts of articles to other articles
[edit]The process needed depends on what you are doing. If you are just going to duplicate information to another article, you only need to copy, paste, and word the section so that it makes sense in the article. If you are going to delete an entire page and move it to another article, you should go to WP:AFD and submit this article to be deleted and merged. You will need to make an explanation as to where and why it should merged. If you are going to delete a section of a page and move it to another article, then you should make sure there is still reason for the article to exist after this information is deleted. If the article can still exist and should not be deleted, then post a message on the article talk page saying what you did and why you did it. Also, make sure to note what you did and provide a link to the article you moved it to. If you don't leave an explanation, people may think you deleted the information as vandalism! Hope this helps! Captain panda In vino veritas 03:45, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Suggestions to improve userpage
[edit]The first thing I would suggest is that you look at other user's userpages and take ideas from them. Some I would suggest are User:AndonicO and User:Why1991 to start. However, any pages you find are acceptable. Ideas to take are visual links, portals, and that sort of thing, userboxes you like, images, or anything else you see that you would like to see on your userpage. Also, adding more text about yourself and what you like to do on Wikipedia is useful as well. Whatever you want to have on your userpage you can get! Also, you don't need to rush development on your userpage. Mine took about 3 months and is still being worked on. :) Captain panda 13:59, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi
[edit]Yes... I'm back! Just keeping a low profile... :P Hawker Typhoon 18:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
How to make an awards page
[edit]You simply make a subpage of your user page. Example: User:Terminator50/Awards or User:Terminator50/My Awards. The name of the page doesn't really matter. You just need to make sure it describes the content of the page (your awards) and that it is written with your userpage, the slash, and then the name of the article. Captain panda 20:57, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
HTML help
[edit]Well, I would like to help, but can you please specify what you need help with? I am a bit confused it what you are asking in that question. Captain panda 02:22, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
- Ok. To get a portal with links like my userpage, you can get it in two ways. You can copy the idea of someone else's userpage and just change the links so that it will link to your pages (instead of to the pages of the person that you took the idea from). Also, you can design your own big portal with links to the pages. A suggestion is to go to a userpage that you want to take an idea from and click "edit this page". Don't edit anything, but you can see the code to use in order to get that image on your userpage. Then, you can copy and paste it onto your userpage. I am not sure how to design your own portal or cool picture. Sorry, but all the stuff on my userpage was taken from other userpages. :/ Captain panda 20:51, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
How to put pictures on Microsoft Word
[edit]The method I use when doing something like what you are doing is first find a picture that I want to use on the Internet (Google Image Search is good for this). Next, select the entire picture and click "copy". Then go to your Word document and right-click the spot you want to have the picture. Go down on the window to where it says "paste" and paste the picture. If the picture is too big or too small, you can select the edge of the picture and eight squares will appear. Click and drag the squares to make the picture bigger or smaller. This is what I do to get pictures on Microsoft Word. If you have any questions, you may ask me. Captain panda 03:22, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
How to Stop people from vandalising your article
[edit]The process for getting an article protected (so that it won't be vandalised) is to first contact an admin. Clicking this will give you the full list so you will have plenty to chose from. Write a note on the talk page of the admin giving the article name and explain why you think it should be protected. Also, make sure to note whether you want it to be semi-protected or full protected. Semi-protection means that only registered users that have had their accounts for more than 2 weeks can edit the article. Full protection means that only administrators may edit your article. After you do this, the admin will read the request and will decide whether or not to protect your page. This is how to stop vandalism on an article that is being heavily vandalised. Captain panda 01:33, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Process for Deletion of an Article
[edit]To delete an article, there are two things you can do. If the deletion of the article would not be controversial, then go to WP:SD and follow the instructions there to speedy delete the page. If the deletion of the article would be controversial, then go to WP:AFD and follow the instructions there to set up a deletion debate and vote. If you are wondering whether the deletion of an article would be controversial or not, then this should help. If a page is something ridiculous such as Joe sucks. or Bill Jones is the coolest guy ever!!!!!, then that page should be speedy deleted. If the article makes some sense, but the topic may be bad for an encyclopedia or something along those lines then set up an AfD. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Captain panda 21:29, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
Utilities
[edit]I only use one although maybe I should use some more. Wikipedia:AWB is the one I use. It is useful for doing repeating simple tasks like adding or removing a category. Captain panda 13:10, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
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Fair use rationale for File:A shipyard picture.jpg
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