User talk:Evan Robidoux/Archive1

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[edit] Welcome

[edit] A welcome from Sputnik

Hi, Evan Robidoux, Welcome to Wikipedia!

- СПУТНИК^{ССС Р} 00:37, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Answer:

How do I become better known on Wikipedia? How long does it take?

Well, that's a very tricky question; what do you mean by "better known"? I don't think the majority of users are "well-known"; I'm not that well known myself; there are some users who are a little more "famous" than others - off the top of my head I can think of User:Kate, User:Essjay, User:Curps, User:Fir0002, and of course User:Jimbo Wales... I assume the list would be different for other people. However, if you want to be better known, what you would have to do is be a good wikipedian. Here are some things you could do: write a lot of very good articles, make a lot of very good edits, revert a lot of vandalism, settle disputes, and generally be a kind, civil, generous, and courteous wikipedian. I can't tell you how much courtesy and civility are respected; rather, lack of courtesy and civility will be the first things to cause you to lose respect. It will take a long time; months at the least. I've been here 9 months, and do I think I'm well known? No; if you asked 20 random wikipedians who User:Sputnikcccp is, they would have no idea. The same with most users (with the exception of User:Jimbo Wales, whom I think pretty much everyone knows of). Of course, those people that I've worked with know me, and the same would I recommend to you: if you collaborate with other people, they will know you, and so your "fame" will grow. It will take time and patience though, and is not that good of a goal; we're really here to build an encyclopedia, not get better known. Better an unknown user who makes excellent edits than one that everyone knows but who does nothing. My advice is take it slow, help out with articles that you know about, check Special:Recent Changes for vandalism, go through random pages and correct typos, etc... If you want things to do, check out the link to the Community Portal I gave you in the welcome. It has lists of things you can do; work slow, steady, and hard, and I'm sure I'll be glad to have met you.

• By the way, you may want to add yourself to some user categories, such as Category:Teenage Wikipedians, Category:Wikipedians interested in computer and video games, or Category:Wikipedians in Connecticut. Just add a link to those categories on the bottom of your user page, with a link to your user name, like this: [[Category:Teenage Wikipedians|Evan Robidoux]].

Hope this answers your question! СПУТНИК^{ССС Р} 00:52, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

How did I know? Let's just say I'm psychic... Actually, I thought: "Evan Robidoux" is probably his real name; so I googled your name out of curiosity, and I found your name in a list of "Students of the Month" from your school newsletter, which was adressed from Bristol, Connecticut. Sneaky, eh... Don't worry, I'm not stalking you; I live in Canada! ; -) СПУТНИК^{ССС Р} 01:07, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Becoming well known

Hi evan, if you'd like to work together with a smaller group of people that you could get to know better, consider joining one of the WikiProjects. These projects can give you some guidelines into what you might edit, and many of them have some kind of community collaboration. See for example: WP:GCOTW. Cheers! Jacoplane 09:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Follow the link to WikiProjects I provided above to view a list of the different projects. Usually you just add yourself to the list of participants on the project homepage to join. It's a good idea to add the page to your watchlist so you can keep track of the discussion. Hope that helps. Jacoplane 02:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HI!

HI! Are you new to this site? I am to if you are and if you are not, can yyou help guide me around this place?

[edit] CVU

Hi, no there are no specific requirements to helping out in vandal fighting. See: Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol and WP:CVU. Everything you need to know is there ;) Jacoplane 01:30, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Question about vandalism

It depends on how you look at it. I find vandalism to my user page amusing, which is why I keep a counter of how many times vandals have decided to drop by (42!). :) It's not supposed to be stressful, really, since vandalism can always be reverted. You should view it as an honor, as it's a way of having your presence at Wikipedia acknowledged. :) This is why editors who combat vandalism often tend to have their user pages vandalized more frequently. Hope this answer helps. Regards, Sango123 (talk) 01:47, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No longer

That comment you made yesterday made me hurt. Look, I have not vandalized a page for 5 days and I'm not going to vandalize anymore pages, so why did you still think I was a vandal when I'm trying to get all the help I can get on making useful contributions on this site? 68.96.23.7 22:04, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I cannot see where the offense is. IMO Evan was just trying to be helpful. I don't see any need to apologise. Jacoplane 22:47, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Help- Expand Morrowind Stub

I'll see what I can do. I can't think of too much about them, but I should be able to come up with something. Niroht 22:21, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Part of it is that I spend a lot of the time in the game walking around, talking to people, things like that. I play the Xbox version so I'm not distracted by mods to the program. Another part is that I remember stuff like that really easily, and the third part is that some of these facts are trains of logic, which upon study can be verified, but are not immediately obvious. Niroht 12:55, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for getting me unblocked! Now I can focus on getting rid of vandalism- as long as you help me.68.96.23.7 22:20, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm really sorry about vandalizing your user page. I know you are not mad, but I am really sorry about it.68.96.23.7 21:35, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tip

How do you post warnings on vandal's talk pages? Oh yeah, can I be blocked for angering a vandal?68.96.23.7 21:50, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Currently I am checking histories of pages that have been vandalized in the past. Oh, can I give my own personal warnings to vandals? I think that can work too. I have done that to a couple pages already.68.96.23.7 22:09, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help

Admins have "rollback" links beside edits on user contribution and diff pages. According to Wikipedia:Revert, "clicking on the link reverts to the previous edit not authored by the last editor, with an automatic edit summary of 'Reverted edits by X to last version by Y'." Currently, the quickest summary for you to manually type would be rvv, which stands for revert vandalism, but you might find godmode-light.js on http://sam.zoy.org/wikipedia/ of interest. :) Regards, Sango123 (talk) 01:46, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Evan. Here's what a double redirect is and how to fix it: Page X redirects to page Y, which, in turn, redirects to page Z. You can fix it by editing page X so it redirects straight to Z, with an edit summary of "fix double redirect". Thanks, Sango123 (talk) 22:13, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signature

If you want to create a custom signature, like this: СПУТНИК^{ССС Р}, then you click on "my preferences", and where it says "nickname"under your user profile, you type in what you want to appear as your signature. As for making your signature; I'll tell you a secret: I can't program or anything, and even wiki code confuses heck out of me, so what i did was i found someone else's signature that i liked, copied the code, and played with it in my sandbox until i liked it. Then once you have it in your nickname, enable "raw signature" and then click "save". If that explanation made no sense, see Customizing your signature. Hope this helps! СПУТНИК^{ССС Р} 02:06, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kwama Queen

Done and done. I'm sure there's more that can be written about it but unless your userboxes lie then you know it's 11:00 and I'm too tired to do too much. Niroht 03:56, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Our first single...........

Hii..

I am in band called "Cosa Nostra"..... We have only 3 members and we are still looking for a drummer..... We just recently recorded our first single....we had to record in my house on a comp..... we only had a single mic so sorry about the sound quality......i would really appreciate it if u could download the song and tell us your opinion on it....heres the link to the song....

[[1]]

And please dont hesitate to ask for the lyrics if you want them..... and please pass the song around to your friends if you can....

Thanks a lot....

Jayant, 17 Years, India|^(Talk) 06:30, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

P.S. By the way...i played the bass..;)

[edit] Header

It's sorta hard to explain but... I guess I could help you make one if you want and then after I'm done you can see. Wanna do that? Moe ε 00:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Im more than happy to do it for you. What links do you want in the header? A small list will help... Moe ε 01:02, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Could you? Then I'll create it. :-D Moe ε 01:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Finished it. I'll add it to your pages now. :-D Moe ε 01:35, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Your welcome. If wish to view the header itself see: User:Evan Robidoux/Header. If you need anything else in the form of user page creation you can always send me a message. :-D Moe ε 01:43, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Barnstar

Basically, if you feel that you've NPOV'D the whole of the English Wikipedia, reverted all the vandalism, freed us of all trolls, and you haven't gotten a barnstar for it, you place that (the barnstar) up. It's kinda like a hint. Or you can give it to somebody who you feel is working extremely hard but isn't being recognized. --MasTer of Puppets ^Peek! 20:45, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Yep, you've got it nailed :). However, just because a Missing Barnstar is on your page doesn't mean people will come flying to give you one; it's just a hint, as I said, not an obligation. --MasTer of Puppets ^Peek! 20:58, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem ^_^ And sorry for leeching off of Sango's talk page, I don't know why I do it; trying to help out, I guess :P --MasTer of Puppets ^Peek! 21:01, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Looks like you've got it. (Thanks for being a leech, Master of Puppets. :P) By the way, the green toolbox on your user page looks familiar... :) Sango123 (e) 21:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Question about "biting newcomers"

No, definitely not. If someone adds those types comments to articles, issue as many {{test}} warnings as needed. Sango123 (e) 00:33, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citing from a book

The format for citing from a book, is quite simple. An example below:

• Hees, Peter, Indian Religions: A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience, (2002) p359. NYU Press, ISBN 0-81473-650-5

Last name, first name, Complete name of the book, (year of publication), page number, publisher name, ISBN number

The ISBN number and publisher are usually in the front matter of the book. You can also find out that information in Amazon.com. For the above example, see: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814736505/

Now, if you want to add a citation inline with the text, what you do is a s follows:

<ref>Hees, Peter, ''Indian Religions: A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience'', (2002) p359. NYU Press, ISBN 0-81473-650-5</ref>

And then, add a section called References and place this:

<references />

And you will get this:

What is known is that Ramananda accepted students of all castes, a fact that was contested by the ortodox Hindus of that time, and that his students formed the first generation of Sants.^[1]

References

1. ^ Hees, Peter, Indian Religions: A Historical Reader of Spiritual Expression and Experience, (2002) p359. NYU Press, ISBN 0-81473-650-5

Hope this helps. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 04:45, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you....

Hii....

Just dropped in to say thanks a lot for your comments on our song...Sorry i couldn't reply earlier....i have my exams in 3 days.... :-( anyways... Thanks a lot again.....

Jayant, 17 Years, India|^{(My Talk)} 15:40, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox

Ah, it's just a fancy calculation I use involving edit counts, articles, that sort of thing. I had a draft posted a while ago, and I plan on resposting the system pretty soon. Deckiller 21:06, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] header

Hi, is it alright if I use your header code for my userpage? I think it looks awesome. Let me know. :) Westfall 02:17, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:Userbox 9,000 edits

Of course, you can change this userbox slightly to a more lighter colour. Thank You for your feedback! --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 07:47, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

It looks satisfactory. However, I feel that adding a bit more colour to the userbox would make it more striking to look at. Nevertheless, if you feel that there is no need to change the colouring of the template, let's leave it as it is. Anyway, thanks for your feedback. This is not such a big deal after all! --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 15:10, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My first Single...!!!!

Hii...

Hows everything going..?? I just recorded my first solo song...!!! its instrumental actually.... It'd be cool if you can listen to it and tell me what you think of it.....Heres the link......

Jayant's Solo

I still haven't named the song or written the lyrics yet.....so any suggestions are welcome.. :-D.....

Thanks a lot...!!!

[edit] Thanks for the quick help

I'm not sure why a search didn't find the page, but now that I know how to go straight to a Template page I don't have to worry about that anymore. Oh, and if you do get that paper route, save your $$ for a Nintendo Revolution. : ) Vijay 03:42, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your support is needed..!!!

Hii...

Sorry about this....but a page Spawn Man had created and put as a sub-page on his user page has been put up on AfD.... i really see nothing wrong in the page but still people are fighting over it.... and SpawnMan has lost all faith in Wikipedia.... It'd really be nice of you if you could lend your support to Keep the page....as it does not violate any rules of user pages... any kind of support would be truly appreciated...... Thanks a lot!!! Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs 17:49, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks a lot...!!

Hii....

Glad you liked my song... :-D.... and if you are interested we also recorded a cover of Nirvana's Rape me.... Listen to it if you can.... I played the bass in it too.... ;-).... Thanks a lot!!! Jayant,17 Years, India • contribs 06:41, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S. about the support thing..its totally ok.... See ya....!!

[edit] Check this out

I've started a little project in my sandbox.....I think you'll like it. That or you'll hate me for it. It helps if you have the article for Morrowind open at the same time so you can compare them. Feel free to edit it if you want. Niroht 18:43, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-vandal tool

I've edited your user javascript file to install this tool for you. Clear your cache and you should see extra links in your toolbox on the left. Lupin|talk|popups 21:38, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Easter!

They were laid by a chocolate bunny. Go on, take them! :P _-M ^o P-_ 04:42, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter! :D _-M ^o P-_ 04:42, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Easter

Moe is here to say Happy Easter! -- Moe ε 18:27, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

No problem. ;-) Moe ε 23:38, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Multi-language Wikipedias

Well, you wouldn't need a different keyboard to type in other languages with the Latin alphabet, like French, Phillipino, etc... I have, on my e-Mac, a little menu on top where I can change the letters from US, Canadian, or international where I can add stuff like Hebrew. The keyboard itself doesn't change, but the symbols represented by the keys change; i.e. when I press the "a" key when in the Hebrew mode, I get the Hebrew letter ’א’. I can type in pretty much any language by selecting "Open International". Hope this helps! СПУТНИК^{ССС Р} 02:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Uploading Images

Well, the first step is going to Special:Upload to upload the actual picture. However, the hardest part is in deciding what the license is; usually, don't use images from Google Image search. After entering the desired file name, click save; then, when the page reloads, you have your image on Wikipedia. Now, all you have to do is insert the image's filename into any area, like this; Image:Filename.fileformat (where fileformat is, insert the image format, i.e. jpg, png, etc.). Optionally, you can extend the code by typing [[Image:Filename.fileformat|70px|thumb|right|.text.]]. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask! _-M ^o P-_ 02:03, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Kinda like a copyright; it is a copyright, in fact (see Wikipedia:Image copyright tags). Basically, you need to have permission to use the image. If you made it yourself say so; if you got it from somewhere else, then state where and pick a license. I can't describe it as well as the Copyright tags page, but generally try not to upload images you don't know the license of. _-M ^o P-_ 02:09, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, {{pd-self}}. _-M ^o P-_ 02:16, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Yep, all good. If you want, go in there and delete one of the PD-self templates to prevent clutter. _-M ^o P-_ 02:30, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CVU

You Dont have to join the CVU or the Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol to fight vandalism Just look on my user page for Vandal Fighter. I also have a few javascripts that you would like. Vandal Hunting Is a wikipedia sport, you dont have to join jusk Kill the vandal (be nice and assume good faith and if there is a content dispute get mediation, unless of course it is blaint vandalism then just revert, warn, and report See:[2] for an example). And a reminder be nice to n00bs :) Betacommand 03:08, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A tiny favour.

Hi there Evan R, I hope I'm not bothering you too much; I was just wondering, if you have any spare time in your busy schedule, could you look at the Editor review page and try to maybe review me? I'm trying to find out how I can improve and how I'm viewed on Wikipedia. Much thanks! _-M ^o P-_ 04:33, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Our New Song..

Hii..

We recorded a new song.... You can download the song from here..sorry,i haven't put it up for streaming yet... i'll put that in a little while.. Hope you like it! Jayant,17 Years,India • contribs 06:53, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Javascripts

• Lupins Popups

a buch of neat stuf you just need to try them

• Godmode-lite

same as above

• Our nice Revert functions

alows admin roolback function

• auto rollback buttons

alows admin roolback function

• Warning templates

automaticly adds {{test?}} where ? is 1-4 and supplys a page for the warning

• AutoCopyvio

automaticly allows you to report a copyright violation (copyvio) just give a link and it will go the rest

• Purge

clears you Browser chache

• AVR

Auto vandal report just give a reson and it will report it to AIV

Betacommand 20:57, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

just copy this to User:Evan Robidoux\monobook.js

[edit] Re: Assuming Good Faith

Well, first try to confirm if it is random gibberish. Of course, if it details the mating patterns of a type of pink yeti, then feel free to tag it with a {{db}} tag. You can also {{prod}} it. However, for trickier issues where you have a small suspicion that it is a hoax or vanity, submit it to WP:AFD. For the random gibberish, inform the author that created the page about the situation, so that nobody is shut out of the loop. But basically in any case there are 2 basic steps; talk to the author and put up some kind of tag. If you get into an edit war with someone who keeps removing your warnings, however, inform an administrator (Note: If a {{prod}} warning is removed by anyone at all, do not readd it, as it is only allowed to be added once. If deleted, proceed to add an {{afd}} tag. _-M ^o P-_ 21:28, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! To get reviewed, just use the template on the page ({{Editor-review}}; Username is {{{1}}}, statement is {{{2}}}), add it to the top-most section of reviews, and there you have it. I'm not sure if there is a limit, but try not to depend on the word of others too much (called back-seat driving). Just use it for a friendly nudge or some advice. Good luck! (note:be sure to add subst: in front of the template.) _-M ^o P-_ 22:07, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry for confusion

The comment you refer to was unrelated to the point before, the one you were discussing. I added text, but no carriage return between my added text and end of yours, not sure why. I've fixed it. Pete.Hurd 02:51, 20 April 2006 (UTC)