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Thanks for dropping me a note! Don't be shy about asking questions, I'm always glad to help. I will reply to messages here, so you may want to watchlist this page.

If you'd like to undo an action of mine and can't get a hold of me within a reasonable time, go ahead. If I disagree, we can discuss it when I'm back. This applies to admin actions too.

Looking for a message I left you here? Check User talk:Delldot/Archive 9. delldot talk 18:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

First new post!

Response.--Padawan Animator (talk) 18:16, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

For handling this unblock request. :) Acalamari 03:01, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha! You're welcome. Got yourself a little friend there, huh? ;) delldot talk 09:49, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, heh, it seems so! Acalamari 18:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Images

Do i need permission from the website to use a image?— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pkwildy69 (talk • contribs)

Thanks for the note. Yeah, unfortunately, it's worse than that: the site has to actually release the image under a copyright license compatible with the GFDL, so pretty much anyone can use it (i.e., just allowing Wikipedia to use it isn't enough). You can request permission by following the directions at Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission#For images. Under very limited conditions, a picture may qualify as fair use, but you have to be pretty familiar with that policy to get that to work. Let me know how I can help with any of this! Peace, delldot talk 06:48, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

NBN

Why did you revert back the article.. I just updated it with the new info. You may contact me at edisongotan@nbni.tv for more info.

NBN

Sorry.. Did some mistakes...

Hi Edison, thanks for the note! I'm pretty sure I didn't revert anything by you, at any rate nothing that I saw in the history of the article you mentioned. If I did, it was a mistake (which I make a fair number of!) so sorry about that. Let me know if you need any help or advice about Wikipedia! Peace, Delldot on a public computer (talk) 23:51, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Happy holidays!

I am just popping in to wish you and yours a very Happy & Healthy holiday season. May 2008 bring wonderful things for you. I also want to thank you for being my mentor and being so patient and kind to me. You have helped me when I was in need and your unwaivering support has been wonderful to help me keep trying even when I felt I couldn't go on. Thank you very much for excepting me and helping me through out my time here. It is really appreciated by me. Happy editing, --CrohnieGal^Talk 17:26, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vic Railways C Class

Thank you so much for what you've done!

I really aprechieate it, but there are some other things we need to do.

Firstly, I would like to add on my behalf half that I have edited the article slightly so that it makes more. It's more like a 'fill in the gaps' thing.

Secondly, If you look at the external links you will see that I have added a photo. Could you please put in on top of the specifications table so that it looks more like the other articles?

Thirdly, If you look at the other related articles you will see that there are tables explaining about each of the locomotives. I will try to have a go at it my self but if it is unsuccsesfull can you make one?

Finally, can you make other articles like G class, X class S class etc. because they need as much attention as the other ones. By the way can you permadently delete the M and W class articles because they dont exsist, though there is one that is missing the V class, can you add it to the list?

I strongly suggest to reply back to me ASAP to discuss this furthur.

See Ya!!!!!

WikiSandbox1 (talk) 23:56, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

By the way can you reply on the Replys/Responses section of my talk page if thats okay? thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WikiSandbox1 (talk • contribs) 00:03, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, WS, really excellent work. You've turned Victorian Railways C class (diesel) into a very respectable article. I'll work on the suggestions you made. My main recommendation for the article is that it should have references for every assertion, so you should be including the info of the sources from which you got the material.

The photo looks good, but I'm not sure Wikipedia will be allowed to use it; do you know who owns the copyright? If you do, you can Upload it to commons if you agree to release it under the GFDL so pretty much anyone can use it for more or less anything. If you don't own the copyright, you'll have to get permission from whoever does, which I can help with if you like.

About the templates, I've made an empty one at User:Delldot/Box of sand. You can fill in the values yourself (feel free to edit my sandbox), or you can tell me what you want them to be and I can add them.

I don't know anything about the subjects, so I'd be uncomfortable creating the articles myself. But I'm glad to help you fix them up when you make them! :)

What list were you asking me to add the V class to? And from what do I delete the M and W class?

Thanks for all your hard work WS, I'm really impressed. Peace, delldot talk 06:26, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reply on Victorian Railways

Gee, Im suprised! Thanks for the reply!

When I saw the article, I made some slight modifications to it using my own knoledge, I then saved it, only to find some else do that! It dosent matter who edits it, as long as it makes sense, which is most important. and What do you mean by references? I can remember where some of the info came from. I dont know if thats handy or not.

When you metioned something about the template, I was confused because when you edit them, its hard to find where everything is, so now that I found it, I what your talking about. By the way, someone has already put something similar to that, only half done!

Just to ask, how to do keep administrators quiet, by that I mean, why do they bother you about speedy deletion, and how do you become one?

Dont worry about the V class, M class and W class thing because Ive got that under control already, though there are some problems with creation articles.

With the photo(s), I dont know what your talking about, so Im partly relying on you do something. But dont worry because I will put the photo under this reply with the website underneath it so that you know all the sources of the photo. By the way, how come theres a chance it wont be used?

Is my new nickname WS, if so, just state why. is it because its easier for you rather than WikiSandbox1!

If so, reply again. Its good to keep in touch! Also how come it took you so long to answer my reply!

I appreicheate it, and I hope you dont mind but I will use that template for all articles, also I have started on 2 other ones, H and S, and they have been fixed up propaly by other users and finally, theres some other user that wants to join in as well and his user is --Dan027 (talk) Im going to reply to him as well

Thank you, your Amazing!!!!!! Plus look at all the info i left at the bottom.

WikiSandbox1 (talk) 05:34, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi WikiSandbox1,

Your references question: references are reliable sources that you get your information from. All information on wikipedia must be already published in sources, and you have to be able to cite these sources if any of your info is challenged. You should write where you got each piece of information from as a reference, I can help you with this. Info that's not already published is considered original research and is not allowed in articles. It is handy that you remember where you got the info, you can write that in the article (or tell me, and I'll help).

Templates: Oh, sorry, I should explain my terms better. Read Wikipedia:Template namespace for a better explanation of what they are and do.

Administrators: The way to keep us quiet is to understand the rules for inclusion of articles, for example, read WP:CSD#Articles so you'll understand what not to do with your article. If your article doesn't meet those criteria, it shouldn't be "speedied" (deleted without discussion). In general, if someone bothers you about something, ask them for an explanation, and try to fix whatever it is they're concerned about. You did a great job with that in my case!

How to become an administrator: You request adminship at RFA and the members of the community discuss whether you are trusted enough to become an admin. You really can't pass an RfA until after you've spent enough time (say, 6 months to a year) and made a significant number of contributions to the project (say, 3,000+ edits). This is because administrators are very trusted members of the community, so people won't support you becoming one until you've demonstrated a very solid understanding of the project and its policies and made a significant contribution. But you're doing great, carry on like this for a while and you can become one if you decide you want to!

Photos: Did you take the picture yourself, or did someone else take it? Wikipedia can only use photos if they're released under a certain license, the GFDL, or a license compatible with it. If you took it, you own the copyright and can release it under the GFDL. If someone else took it, they own the copyright and we can't use it unless they release it under the GFDL, which it can be difficult to do. Since the picture is already on a website, we'd have to get that site to write something saying it releases the picture under the GFDL, which might be a pain.

I was just calling you WS for short (heh, too lazy to type the whole thing out). I'll call you WikiSandbox1 if you like.

Sure, you can use the table for the other articles. If I change my sandbox and it's not still there, just look in the page history for the revision where it's there (presumably the one with yesterday's date).

Sorry to take so long to reply, I get distracted easily :)

Hope this answers your questions, let me know if you have more! Peace, delldot talk 08:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel

If you look a tthe top of the page on the Daniel article, you will see the disambig message
This article is about the Biblical figure called Daniel. For other uses, see Daniel (disambiguation).

Since most other Daniels are named after this Daniel, you will need to set up a a new article about your particular individual. -- mrg3105 mrg3105 10:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

An error? delldot talk 10:30, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean?-- mrg3105 mrg3105 10:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I mean I wasn't the one who changed the article - I just changed it back to how it was before they did that. :) delldot talk 21:54, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SPSU Edit

Thank you so much for your comments on my talk page, I will work hard (soon) to provide a worthy page. I'm trying to fix my universities WikiProject page, but half the tables and info is now missing, but shows up on the talk page for Southern Polytechnic State University. I was not logged on when I first started, but I eventually logged on. Please view the page for me and let me know why 70% of my work is now missing, including original items I did not put on.

sirkevinalot 11:14, 27 December 2007 (Sirkevinalot (talk) 16:14, 27 December 2007 (UTC))[reply]

Finally

Thanks for this. Per Wikipedia:User_page#Removal_of_comments.2C_warnings, I know I can do that. 124.197.7.160 (talk) 22:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Slant revisions

sorry about that. i actually do have an account but i didn't realize i wasn't logged in. i added some outside sources that mention Slant Magazine. hope that helps! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prufrock79 (talk • contribs) 22:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]