User talk:Ylime715

Advice

Hey mate! Here's some tools to help you on your journey:

Essential reading

WP:INUNIVERSE: How to write about Harry Potter without sounding like a Harry Potter fanatic.
WP:V and WP:NOR: Verifiability and No Original Research. This is what separates worthwhile edits from silly ones.
WP:NPOV: Neutral Point of View: As much as you love Harry Potter, you must learn to write about the article as neutrally as possible.
WP:IAR: Ignore All Rules: Rules and guidelines are meant to facilitate processes, not hinder them.
WP:BOLD: Be Bold! My favorite phrase. Don't ever let self-doubt stop you from doing something as an editor. When in doubt, just go for it.

Things to be aware of

WP:MOS: The Manual of Style. Not a very interesting read, but an excellent reference for any and all style questions you might have (links, numbers, sections, quotes, images, whatever).
WP:CITE: Citing source. Provides all the information you could ever need about where, why, and how to cite sources.
WP:CITET: Citation templates. Easily generate an accurate citation for any medium. It's like noodlebib, except not a pain in the ass!
WP:GA?: Good article criteria. May be useful soon.
WP:FA?: Featured article criteria. Don't hold your breath.

People to contact

User talk:Cryptic C62: my talk page.
User talk:Rmrfstar: Adam's talk page. Keep in mind that he brought Candide to FA, and that is a book. If anyone knows the pain and suffering of writing a plot summary, it's him.
WT:BOOKS: Talk page of WikiProject Books, for all your book-related questions.
WT:HP: Talk page of WikiProject Harry Potter, for all your Harry Potter-related questions.
User talk:Serendipodous: Serendipodous has written LOTS of featured content including Religious debates over the Harry Potter series and J. K. Rowling.

Enjoy. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 05:20, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cooperation?

Hi there. I've noticed all the editing you've been doing here and I think it's exciting that there are so many people working on these lists. We can use all the help we can get around here!

The only problem is that you and I seem to keep hitting the same spots at the same time and it's kind of confusing me. I've noticed that your usual method of working through a batch is to remove names from the list, a few at a time, as you edit them. My usual method, on the other hand, is to work my way through a whole batch, fixing what I can and making a note of the ones that are already fixed, and then when I get to the end of the batch I remove all of the fixed ones from the list. When someone else is working on the same batch at the same time, I sort of lose my place and it's hard for me to figure out what's done and what's not, and it's possible that the fact that I'm editing but not removing names is confusing you too. Nothing wrong with that; just different styles, that's all.

So I have a suggestion about how we could keep from getting in each other's way while we're working. How about when one of us chooses a batch to work on, we'll let the other know so that the other person can choose a different batch for that day? Then when we finish a batch, we can let each other know that too, and the other person can give it a pass. Two pairs of eyes and two brains is (are??) always better than one, in my opinion. If you want, I can even create a subpage from my talk page where we can keep track of what we're doing.

Again, different people are different, so if this doesn't work for you, please feel free to say so. I tend to be a lot more productive when I do things in an organized way, but if you prefer to keep going as we are, that's cool too. Not a problem at all. I just wanted to bounce the idea off of you and see what you think.

I'll look forward to hearing from you. Thanks again for all your hard work! -- edi(talk) 19:55, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, with only 1000 entries left, it hardly seems worth it to go through all that trouble. Why don't you just stick to list 2 and I'll just do list 3? Ylime715 (talk) 00:51, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

:) Another clear indication that your style is very different from mine: I can't imagine thinking of it as "only" 1000 entries. 1000 seems like a lot to me, but I know that my perception is far from the norm. You make a good point, and your idea is great. Thank you for simplifying things. -- edi(talk) 04:26, 8 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Got a Q for you

You recently reverted my updates to Axl Rose's page. His Wikipedia article clearly states that he is of Scottish, Irish, and German descent. I was merely adding those categories to the bottom of his page. Why is it appropriate to state his ethnicity in the text, but not in the Categories, as so many others have their ethnicities in the Categories section. 68.19.55.248 (talk) 03:48, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, thanks for pointing this out, to be honest im pretty new here and am still learning the ropes :/. I was just trying to fix one of the edits that I saw you made. The use of the word "slash" is generally not considered particularly encyclopedic. I will go back and put the categories back in, good call, sorry about that. Ylime715 (talk) 06:12, 6 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

S&G Article

Hey, great job keeping the project safe for endless reams of Family Guy and Simpsons references! Removing trivia is not vandalism. 75.119.224.158 (talk) 05:52, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Next time you want to remove an entire section, perhaps post your ideas on the discussion page first Ylime715 (talk) 16:45, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Altman Lighting Co.

On May 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Altman Lighting Co., which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 20:02, 9 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Borked code

Hey mate. I took a look at your monobook, and I think I see what the problem is. There are extraneous hyphens before "Dr Pda". It looks like this:

importScript('User:-Dr pda/prosesize.js'); //User:-Dr pda/prosesize.js

But it should look like this:

importScript('User:Dr pda/prosesize.js'); //User:Dr pda/prosesize.js

--Cryptic C62 · Talk 04:44, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Looking for Wikipedia Ambassadors

Hi! I'm leaving you this message because you are listed as a Wikipedian associated with Boston University. The Wikipedia Ambassador Program is currently looking for Campus Ambassadors to help with Wikipedia assignments at schools in Boston and Cambridge, which will be participating in the Public Policy Initiative for the Spring 2011 semester. The role of Campus Ambassadors will be to provide face-to-face training and support for students on Wikipedia-related skills (how to edit articles, how to add references, etc.). This includes doing in-class presentations, running workshops and labs, possibly holding office hours, and in general providing in-person mentorship for students.

Prior Wikipedia skills are not required for the role, as training will be provided for all Campus Ambassadors (although, of course, being an experienced editor is a plus).

If you live near Boston and you are interested in being a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador, or know someone else from the area who might be, please email me or leave a message on my talk page.

If you're an experienced and active Wikipedian, you might be interested alternatively in becoming an Online Ambassador. The role of Online Ambassadors is to serve as mentors for students; it doesn't require any in-person outreach. Take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors in the coming term. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:36, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed deletion of Altman Lighting Co.

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Npov would take a big rewrite of the whole article to fix the issue No notability

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