User talk:Mcintireallen

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[edit] Welcome

Hello, Mcintireallen, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} and your question on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Speedy deletion of "Hyphenated dates"

A page you created, Hyphenated dates, has been tagged for deletion in accordance with our deletion policy. In particular, it meets one or more criteria for speedy deletion; the relevant criterion is:

No context. Very short articles with little or no context for their statements.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

If you have any questions, please contact an administrator for assistance. Thank you Alexfusco⁵ 01:55, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of "Dual dates"

A page you created, Dual dates, has been tagged for deletion in accordance with our deletion policy. In particular, it meets one or more criteria for speedy deletion; the relevant criterion is:

No context. Very short articles with little or no context for their statements.

You are welcome to contribute content which complies with our content policies and any applicable inclusion guidelines. However, please do not simply re-create the page with the same content. You may also wish to read our introduction to editing and guide to writing your first article.

If you have any questions, please contact an administrator for assistance. Thank you Alexfusco⁵ 01:56, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Please see Talk:Old Style and New Style dates#Mergefrom dual dating --Philip Baird Shearer (talk) 14:30, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "See" vs. "Redirect"

I noticed the pages you have been creating, which were tagged as speedy deletion articles providing little or no context. However, I ended up changing them to redirects, pages that automatically redirect the user to the article for which the redirect page provides an alternate name, a spelling correction, etc. Cheers, Kakofonous (talk) 02:01, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you sir!--S. McIntire Allen (talk) 09:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Format of redirects

The right format for a Redirect is #REDIRECT [[target]]. I've corrected the one you just entered for Double dated. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 11:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Assistance

I noticed you're requesting help at the top of your page. How may we be of assistance? Pumpmeup 03:02, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much. Do you know who I contact about requesting a title change for the 911 conspiracy theories page?--S. McIntire Allen (talk) 03:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I'd suggest you bring this issue up at Talk:9/11 conspiracy theories to see what other editors think of it. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 03:07, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it has already been discussed, and I think I have a very convincing reason for why it should be changed. To whom to I make an appeal? Thanks.

Take a look at WP:TINC. There is no heirachy and the only people you can discuss your opinions with are other editors. If there is a consensus against the name being changed, then the name will stay as it is. Pumpmeup 03:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Of course, if you have a new point, feel free to bring it up. Alternately, you could go to Wikipedia:Requested moves and follow the procedure there to get some discussion going. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 03:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] September 11th attakcs

September 11, 2001 attacks‎ is not the page to rename to "9/11 alternate theories". I have removed your comment on that talk page. Okiefromokla ^questions? 04:25, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I would bring it up at Wikipedia:Requested moves, as is suggested above. But remember that the page you mean to have renamed is 9/11 Conspiracy Theories. Thanks! :) Okiefromokla ^questions? 04:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I thought I was on the conspiracy page. Thank you for correcting that.--S. McIntire Allen (talk) 05:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested Move

Hey there, you need to add a "Requested Move" section to Talk:9/11 conspiracy theories. Ice Cold Beer (talk) 06:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, someone already added that section. You may add your opinion there. Ice Cold Beer (talk) 07:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Hi! Thanks for the tremendous work you did on the article Dual dating. I took the liberty of nominating the article for the "Did you know?" section of the main page, which lists the best recent articles, and I'm glad to say it was accepted on 4 February 2008. It should stay on the main page for a few hours and is also listed at Wikipedia:Recent additions. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. Thanks again! Pruneau^talk 09:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Pruneau, you are very kind, however, the credit should go to Josh Taylor for his help clearing up my confusion. In the interest of saving others time trying to uncover this info twice, I decided to make a listing. May I ask you a favor? Would you weigh in on the Merge discussion? Thanks.--S. McIntire Allen (talk) 07:54, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RFC

You didn't sign your comment!--Pokipsy76 (talk) 11:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

thanks--Mak Allen (talk) 10:43, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] internal link help

{{helpme}} I have two questions about internal links.

1) I want to link the word "Seal" to "Seal (device)". Is there anyway to hide the "(device)" in the link?

2) I want to link to a listing in Japanese Wikipedia. Is that possible?

Thanks for all your help.

Mak

For the first the format would be [[Seal (device)|Seal]] which will show as the word seal. For the second the format would be [[ja:後]] replacing 後 with the valid article you want to link. -Optigan13 (talk) 05:16, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. However, for the Japanese link, is it possible to have it link to the English words? For instance: [[ja:役所|local administrative bureau]] --Mak Allen (talk) 05:29, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

You need to put a ':' at the front, otherwise interlanguage-wikipedia link will only appear in the side nav box as article in different language. Example : [[:ja:役所|local administrative bureau]] to get local administrative bureau. -- KTC (talk) 05:36, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] how-to content

this has been cut and pasted to the Japanese alias discussion page.--Mak Allen (talk) 03:06, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alias revisited

Well, I see another user has rather severely edited the page - and I expect you won't fully approve of their edits! But don't panic. You can always 'undo' what they did, if you think it's wrong.

However, it might be best to go into the history, get the version of the article before they edit, and copy it into your user space.

User space is your own personal area. If you go to 'User:Mcintireallen/anything' you'll create a new page in your user space called 'anything'. If you then copy the old article and pase it in there, you can play around with it as much as you like, until you get it into better shape.

Other people are very unlikely to mess with it.

Then you can put it back when you think it's acceptable enough.

OK, to answer your comments from above (some of which aren't relevent to the 'current' page because of parts edited out now, but still...)

Re. alias alias alias in the HEAD - yes, your edit was better. But perhaps;

• The same word, tsūshōmei, is used in Japanese to refer to a legally registered alias, or an alias that is just in common use by an individual.

Could be;

• The same word, tsūshōmei, is used in Japanese to refer to a legally registered alias, or one that is just in common use by an individual.

(picky, I know)

Re. Gaijin cards - there really really should be an article! It's such an important thing, and pretty damn confusing for new people to japan! Maybe I will write one...I'll add it to my ever-expanding 'to-do' list!

Re. links - kanji wasn't wikilinked.

Re. hanku - ah, yes, I didn't spot the link to seal, that's fine. Incidentally, in my own experience, hanku with katakana foreign names are very common in Tokyo.

Re. ARC - you defintely don't have to be in Japan for 3 months. I know from personal experience. Some phone companies require an AFC to get a mobile (even pre-pay), which is why my friends discovered the fact. If you're in Japan for 3 months, you *must* get an AFC. But you can get one, even if you're only there for a few weeks. And it's a damn good idea, 'coz then you don't have to carry your passport around. Obv you'd need to dig up a citation, but I personally know it's true. Unfortunately, I don't think you can cite me :-/

OK - that's it for now. You'd better not give up on it, after all that typing I've done :-) Don't worry about those edits. Just undo them if you like. But if they get put back again, DON'T undo them a second time - discuss it in the articles talk page. otherwise you'll get into an edit-war.

OK - good luck etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chzz (talk • contribs) 12:04, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Peer review limits

Hi Mcintireallen, I noticed you have two peer review requests in at WP:PR, which were entered on the same day. There is a new policy on limits for peer review at Wikipedia:Peer review/Request removal policy, which is summarized on the PR page. I am not going to remove either of the two requests made on the same day, but if this happens again, they will be removed in the future. Thanks, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:39, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

• It is a new limit and we are still figuring out how to enforce it, so I figured best to just let people know first. As for where to conduct talk, there is no set way to do it here. Most people that have a preference will note it at the top of their talk page. Many people will watch a new person's talk page for a few days to see if they respond there. Either way is OK with me - someone will review your PR requests in a few days, be patient and keep up the good work, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:23, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Chzz

Please see my recent comment at User_talk:Chzz#All - I'm pretty sure it still applies as I write. No need for a response. Cheers. Nortonius (talk) 09:46, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese alias & ARC

I have edited that Japanese alias article, split the 'how-to' stuff into a non-WP article, and put the Alien registration card info into a separate WP article. I have applied for a peer review. If you would like to contribute to either article, please do so. If you need to discuss the article, pleased do it on the article discussion page, and not my talk page. Thanks.--Mak Allen (talk) 02:42, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Japanese alias

I'm curious as to why you asked me for help on this page. I don't remember ever doing anything with it. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 10:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

That's right, now that I recall, you just gave me some general guidance on my talk page about eliminating 'how to' content. Perhaps you never even saw the article. In any case, if you are not too busy, you may want to take a look and critique whether I have followed your advice. Thanks again.--Mak Allen (talk) 10:43, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

It still reads a little how-to-ish, but I'm not sure how to fix it. I don't know very much about the subject. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 10:47, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] glitches

{{helpme}}1) Every time I try to edit a page, I have to first type a character before I can edit anything.

2) Also, I am unable to start any edits in an entirely empty edit box. I am using a Firefox browser on OSX.

3) Also, I never receive email notification for pages on my watchlist, although I have enabled that function.Thanks.--Mak Allen (talk) 06:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Hold on, 1) you mean that you cannot save an edit without making changes? That is by design. 2) On the second thing, did you enter your email and confirm it in your preferences box? On 3, what exactly do you mean? ffm 11:33, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your response.

1) No, I do not mean I cannot save an unedited page. I mean cannot make an edit until I enter a character. For instance, I cannot open the edit box and then just delete a word. I have to type something, and then I can delete a word. However, the problem does not arise in my Safari browser. Other than the glitch, the functionality is better in Firefox, so I prefer to use that.

2) Yes, My preferences page reads: "Your e-mail address was confirmed on 2007-03-28T18:49:08." If I click on New Section, or Create New Page, I cannot enter anything in the edit box. Instead, what I have to do is either click on Edit Page and add a new section to the entire page of edits, or for creating a new page, I open my Safari browser and that works.

3) As per 3.2 E-mail notification, My preferences in Wikimedia reads: "Your e-mail address was authenticated on 2007-03-28T18:49:08." Also, the toggle box "E-mail me when a page on my watchlist is changed." is checked just below that, and " E-mail notification is enabled." appears on my WM Watchlist. Can anyone tell me how to determine if if $wgEnotifWatchlisthttp://www.mediawiki.org../../../../articles/%24/w/g/Manual%7E%24wgEnotifWatchlist_44ae.html is set to true?

However, I do not receive notifications. Do you think the problem is that my Wikimedia Watchlist does not show these pages? I have them watched under my WP watchlist, but now I have just copied and pasted most of my WP Watchlist to WM. Perhaps that will do it.

Thanks.--Mak Allen (talk) 04:20, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Maybe re-installing FireFox would solve the 1st one... maybe maybe. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 07:21, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Do you use wikEd? If so thats whats causing 1) and 2). – TWG 08:26, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Just to add further thoughts, you mention having had a better experience with Safari. Being an OS X user myself, and having tried FireFox/Mozilla, I'd say forget FireFox! I know FireFox has its loyal adherents, but from my experience actually Safari is much faster, as well as being smoother to use and easier on the eye, and there hasn't been anything that I wanted to do with FireFox that I couldn't do with Safari, only the reverse - which is what could be relevant here...? So, QED! HTH. Nortonius (talk) 09:19, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, but Firefox supports more scripts then Safari. Maybe he/she uses a script that don't work on Safari. – TWG 16:56, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

ThatWikiGuy: you da man! Thanks. That fixed 1 &2. Now what about 3, Mr. Smartie Pants?--Mak Allen (talk) 02:54, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

There's no email notification on watched pages for en.wikipedia.org - it's been disabled because of the sheer number of users and pages here (as far as I know, that's the reason). Hope this helps, Alex Muller 10:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

If that is true, why does 3.2 E-mail notification not reflect that? Thanks.--Mak Allen (talk) 03:00, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Email watchlist notification

Replied. Dismas|^(talk) 14:56, 7 June 2008 (UTC)