User talk:MackSalmon
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Hello, Scarybot, and welcome to Wikipedia. Unfortunately, you have chosen a username that is forbidden by Wikipedia's username policy. Wikipedia reserves usernames with the word "bot" or "robot" in them for bot accounts. Normally, obviously unacceptable usernames are blocked immediately, and the user is invited to create a new account. Since you have made some edits since registering, I decided to ask you to change your name instead of blocking immediately. You may request a name change at Wikipedia: Changing username. Please do this as soon as you can. Thanks, and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Natalie 01:59, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you! When you get a new account I will leave you a welcome template, which has a bunch of handy links. Natalie 02:01, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
- Hey, I see you filed your request! The only problem is, you filed it one the wrong page. The page you filed it one is for "usurpations", which is where someone has registered the username, but never used it, and someone else comes along and wants that username. The username you want, MackSalmon, has never been registered. So you can file on the regular page, Wikipedia:Changing username. This will also be much faster and you will have your new username sooner. If you'd like help, don't hesitate to ask. Natalie 02:15, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Welcome!
Welcome!
Hello, MackSalmon, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} after the question on your talk page. Again, welcome! Natalie 14:49, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] spelling
There is, in fact, consensus about spelling, because this has definitely come up before. The general rule of thumb is this: if the subject of an article has a tie to one nation, then that nation's variety of spelling should be used. So, for example, the article about George Bush uses American English, whereas the article about Tony Blair uses British Englsih. If the subject of the article does not have a specific tie to a nation (concepts like orange, color blindness, etc.) then the rule is to stay with the variety used by the first significant contributor and to remain consistent throughout the article. So Orange (colour) uses British English, because the first major contributor used British English, whereas purple uses American English, because the first major contributor used American English. The Manual of Style has a section that explains this in greater detail.
Similarly, dates are expressed differently in different countries. Some nations use month day year (i.e. April 6, 2007) whereas other nations use day month year (i.e. 6 April 2007). The MediaWiki software that runs Wikipedia can change the format depending on a user's preferences, as long as the date is linked. The default is month day year, but if you prefer to write dates different, you can change it in your preferences. Natalie 17:22, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hey Mack, I'm innocent of the shitty weather vandalism, it was 68.97.100.160 - check the history. --Crispyinstilly 20:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC) OK, I just re-read the thing identitying 68.97.100.160 as the culprit who editing the last revision by me - sorry, that statement doesn't read very well at first glance. --Crispyinstilly 20:16, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The 1985
Just wanted to let you know that I removed the speedy tag. I had originally deleted the article some days ago. However, after review and some links provided by the creator I think that there might be a slight claim to notability. The members (or some of them) went on to form a notable band (Zombi (band)), they released two albums and toured. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 20:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Thomas Secunda
Works for me. Do I need to remove the SD template, or can you? --Prewitt81 08:58, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, and same to you! --Prewitt81 09:05, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!
Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, MackSalmon! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Ale_Jrbtalk 12:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
