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Welcome to my talk page! Feel free to leave any comments, criticisms, opinions, suggestions, disagreements, or anything else you feel like saying. However, please be aware that I reserve the right to alter my talk page, in part or in whole, should the need arise. Usually this would be limited to the archiving of older discussions, the removal of disruptive content, and the reformatting of the page layout.

I strongly prefer to avoid fragmented conversations. Typically, I will reply to postings at the place where I find them (be it this talk page, the article talk page, or the other editor's talk page). If you request me to reply on your talk page, I will readily do so, provided that you allow me to quote the previous parts of the discussion.

Generally, I will watch talk pages to which I have posted for five days after my last contribution. (This excludes warnings posted on vandals' talk pages, which I do not watch.) If you wish to draw my attention to some activity on a talk page (be it your own, another editor's, or an article's) which lies outside this time-window, just drop me a note under the "To check" section. A link to the talk page (plus signature) would suffice.

I occasionally sign autograph books I happen to come across. Following the consensus reached in the MfD debate on autograph books, I am no longer responding to requests for autographs unless I am already acquainted with the editor from an earlier discussion.

Finally, please do not forget to sign your posts. Happy editing!

[edit] To check

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[edit] Discussions

[edit] How come you haven't got a welcome message yet?

Hello CounterFX! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already loving Wikipedia you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Happy editing! PeaceNT 19:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC) Getting Started Wikipedia Tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload an image Getting Help Frequently Asked Questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and Guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The Community Community Portal • Adopt-a-user program Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • Resolving disputes Build consensus • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] First self-post

Thanks PeaceNT! Although I have been using Wikipedia for several years, so far I have only contributed intermittently, and typically limited my edits to corrections, redirections or disambiguations. It is for this reason that I am somewhat reluctant to request for adoption or join a WikiProject. I tend to consult Wikipedia policies and guidelines and the Manual of Style on the fly, as the need arises.

Concerning my current editing experience, I have two questions. Firstly, is there a Wikipedia API available for editors to interface with should they attempt to develop an assisting editing tool? I am aware that a number of tools are already in existence; however, I was wondering whether the API is available to the general public or whether tool developers need to have some form of privileged access.

Secondly, I sometimes encounter a minor disagreement with another editor, such as, for example, the inclusion of the disambiguation link to Papua New Guinea (single) on the Papua New Guinea article, which Normanby appears intent on removing despite my requesting him not to. I believe that this matter is too trivial to be considered a dispute; should I nonetheless request for a third opinion? Or should I go ahead and ask for adoption to get assistance during such (remote) disagreements?

Thanks for visiting!

CounterFX 18:30, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Howdy, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php for the wikipedia api. Though if you are going to be building an assistant tool, you might want to check to make sure that WP:AWB does not already do the task! (Save you some work and all). As far as the minor disagreement, if you can't resolve it with the editor in question, getting a third opinion is certainly the best way to go. This is especially the case if there are only 2 people editing that article. I hope I have been of assistance, if you have any questions, just post the {{helpme}} tag, or contact me on my talk page. Best of Luck! —— Eagle101 ^{Need help?} 19:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks Eagle 101 for your assistance. I hadn't been aware that the API was already in place (I must have been reading some out-dated blogs). I shall try getting a third opinion as recommended. CounterFX 19:59, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lasallian universities and colleges

I have recently been performing some clean-up on the Lasallian universities and colleges article, as well as the La Salle, De La Salle, De La Salle College and De La Salle High School disambiguation pages. However, I am getting the impression that maintaining all these separate listings is making consistent editing problematic, since several of the schools are included under three or even four of the lists. I was thinking of merging the duplicated content into the Lasallian universities and colleges article, and leave the disambiguation pages only with a link to this article (and schools which are not affiliated with Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools). Do you think this is a good idea, or is it a controversial alteration? CounterFX 15:19, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

• Have you considered placing a merge proposal tag to receive input from the community? Alan.ca 16:46, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

• Yes, but I had never encountered merges being performed on disambiguation pages. I will try putting up the merge proposal tag anyway and see the community input. CounterFX 17:50, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Favor...

Hello, CounterFX! I think that you're a really great editor, so, do you think that you could sign my autograph book, maybe? It would be an honor if you did! See ya later, CounterFX! Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 23:35, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Guess it won't do any harm... Signed. CounterFX 00:41, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much! My goal is to have the largest autograph book in world history!! Cremepuff222 (talk, sign book) 00:51, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

That is one ambitious goal. Still, this is potentially the world's largest encyclopaedia we're working on, so you can never tell ;-) Good luck! CounterFX 00:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please sign my autograph page

Please sign my autograph page. A•N•N•Afoxlover PLEASE SIGN, ANYONE!!! 13:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Done! Hope you get your wish of having Jimbo Wales's signature fulfilled! CounterFX 14:20, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for signing my autograph book! Lucky 101. :) · AO ^Talk 10:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I noticed that the next entry would be 101 and couldn't resist. Pity about the MfD though... CounterFX 11:41, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Editor Review

Note: This discussion refers to posts made at Wikipedia:Editor review/Cremepuff222.

Hey, all I want to do is become a better editor. I regret having editted my userpage so often, yet there's still hope if I edit about 2000 mainspace articles! Thanks for your tip on my signature, and happy editting! --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 01:26, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

I passed the recommendation about the signature because I remembered that it had been a specific point of contention during the MfD debate on autograph books, and would most likely have lost you the support of a few editors if you did not change it. As others have already told you before me, the easiest way to increase your edit count is through RC patrolling - although I would also advise you to beware of Editcountitis! Good luck! CounterFX 01:36, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inadvertant content removal at WT:AIV

Note: This discussion refers to posts made at User talk:Flyguy649#Accident.

Wow. My sincere apologies. I thought I started my comments by using the plus tab, but that shouldn't have affected any other existing comments. Assuming I started my comments manually, perhaps I didn't have the page all the way down. I don't know how that happened. I'm on anti-vandal patrol all the time here. I'll definitely ensure that doesn't happen again. Thanks for pointing it out. Humbly, Flyguy649^talk_contribs 00:26, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

reply on my talk page. Flyguy649^talk_contribs 12:34, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My userpage

Thanks for the revert! I didn't notice that, since I was still RC patrolling. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 21:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem! Glad to be of help. The vandalism number has already been updated. CounterFX 21:44, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] St. or St

Thanks for your comments. I will consider them the next time. --Damifb 18:59, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Serious question: what about Mr or Mr. for "Mister"?

--Damifb 19:07, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. My doubt comes from the fact that in Spanish any abbreviation ends in a full stop.

--Damifb 22:06, 29 March 2007 (UTC)