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Re: Red Sox Good Articles?

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I'm probably going to get adopted by an admin. oh, and have you noticed that the "+" sign turned to "new section"? I asked the person if they got a consensus on the village pump before they did it. What do you think? Should it be a plus sign or a "new section" sign? Nothing444 16:22, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

yea, me too. what do you think of Nousernamesleft adopting me? Oh, and did you ever hear of irc? Nothing444 16:28, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

i dont mind you adopting me, but I'd say I'm on the same level as you. I probably know the answers to all the minor questions. Nothing444 16:39, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

tell me if you disagree with me. Nothing444 16:41, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

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I will admit you are a better article writer than me. Okay, then it is settled. You are the co-adopter, and nousernamesleft is the main adopter. But please don't treat me like a newcomer, like most of your other adoptees. Nothing444 16:58, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

i guess so. Lots of time means your dedicated to the project, and lots of edits mean you don't mess up alot (see here) Nothing444 17:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Your new articles

I've looked at a couple of articles you've created, Ryan, and I just had a couple of suggestions, if you don't mind.

1. When you create an article for a retired baseball player, use {{Infobox MLB retired}} instead of {{Infobox MLB player}}. The retired template lets you list things like a player's final game. I saw in Steve Rodriguez (baseball player) that you tried to change the infobox, but couldn't. You can't just change "player" to "retired" and expect the template to autochange the required parameters. You have to replace the entire infobox. I made this change on Jim Wright (1970s pitcher) already if you want to see.
2. Per MOS:DATE, don't include a player's places of birth and death with their dates of birth and death, like: (b. January 1, 1900 in New York, New York). The place of birth is listed elsewhere.
3. I'd suggest using appropriate biographical stub tags on these articles instead of just {{Baseball-stub}}, such as {{Baseball-pitcher-stub}}.
4. Use the preview feature and make sure you get rid of as many formatting and typographical errors as possible; go look at Steve Rodriguez (baseball player) again -- I see two things you may want to fix. Go over your edits with a fine-tooth comb and use a spelling checker if you find you make a lot of typographical errors. Do you use Firefox? If you do, make sure your spelling checker is enabled (go to Tools > Options > Advanced and make sure "Check my spelling as I type" is checked).

Hope I'm not overstepping my bounds or anything; just some friendly suggestions from a fellow Wikipedian. I'm glad to see you're engaging more in article writing. I hope these suggestions help make your article writing a little easier. Good luck. Camanda (talk) 17:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

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Can you pleasee write co-adopted Nothing444 in you userbox. Sorry. You don't have to. Nothing444 17:37, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Easy just replace it with the following code.Nothing444 17:49, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

 Done

Nothing, please be careful about how you leave notes on talk pages. You keep adding them to the ends of other conversations and it kind of makes it confusing. For a second I thought you were saying something about what I wrote to RyRy, when you weren't. Use new headings for new conversations. Camanda (talk) 19:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Milestone Party

May I request a party on my talk page for your next milestone edit? ♥Shapiros10WuzHere♥ 17:47, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Once again, my apology. ♥Shapiros10WuzHere♥ 17:49, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

AFD for Albania, Colorado

Ryry, I noticed that you'd just done a bunch of edits on the Albania, Colorado article. I went to see if I could dredge up enough info to fill out a standard infobox (see Steamboat Springs, Colorado for an example) and found no evidence that this town actually exists, so I've nominated it for deletion. Perhaps while you were editing you found such evidence -- if so, please add what you can and note as such at the AFD. If it's a real place, I'm all for keeping it. — Lomn 18:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I'll crosspost this to the AFD. I'm inclined to call this one a hoax. I just checked the US Postal Service zip code list, the Colorado Election Board, Google Maps, and several variants of "City and Town" lists, and don't see any mention of it. I think we let the AFD run out, but unless someone comes up with proof, I'll delete the article. - Philippe 18:15, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I can, but by ethics, I shouldn't. Why? Nothing444 18:17, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

What? Please elaborate. — Lomn 18:29, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I can edit userspace, but I have a warning that I shouldn't. And I agree I shouldn't. Nothing444 18:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Is this in any way relevant to the AFD? You may be posting to the wrong section. — Lomn 18:32, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

User:Nothing444 is not talking about Albania, Colorado. He is talking about the comment I left him. Please do not add comments to a topic like this and instead, start a new one. We are clearly talking about the Afd nomination.--RyRy5 (talk) 18:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

<-- OK, I'm satisfied that it's a hoax. I speedy-deleted it under G-3. - Philippe 18:38, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: WP:AWB

Right here... Milk’s Favorite Cookie 20:25, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

New Article

How do you like my new article, We Haz Jazz? Nothing444 20:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

How goes the vandal warnings?

Just wondering how the vandal warnings are going. Also, what tool do you use to combat vandalism? --Sharkface/_C 20:52, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

That's good to hear. Keep up with the vandal fighting. As for AutoWikiBrowser, I am not familiar with the program, as the only tool I use is WP:HUGGLE. Sorry I can't help you out. --Sharkface/_C 21:01, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Articles I've created

I've created the following articles

• Something Upstairs
• Comedy rap
• Aureliano in Palmira
  

Nothing444 20:50, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:AWB

I've never used it before, so I couldn't help. Try here if you haven't already. Also you should know that AWB only works with the Internet Explorer browser. Malinaccier (talk) 21:26, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't use it myself, so I can't really help. You could drop a note on its author's page if the AWB page itself doesn't help. I assume you are using IE? --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:47, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

OK, I don't so I can't check it out. Suggest a note on the user page and that should get you sorted. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 21:55, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello! I think you may be looking for the User Manual of AWB. --SMS 23:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Yea. I asked him. He said he'll see what he can do. Nothing444 00:11, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

New Section

Sorry --Nothing444 00:16, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Anything? Not at all?

Anything interesting happen while I was gone? I heard that User:Pewwer42/42 we restored. Basketball110 (talk · contribs · count) 00:18, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

All of you keep up the good work. I think I'm going to start a review. Basketball110 (talk · contribs · count) 00:23, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Would you please review me? Basketball110 (talk · contribs · count) 00:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

How many arms does he have? Basketball110 (talk · contribs · count) 00:49, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

I was asking because the image is rather blurred (he's pitching), and I couldn't see if had that hand or not. Basketball110 (talk · contribs · count) 00:52, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

WP:UPLOAD. Not just images, but nearly everything! Just make sure you have the right copyright template. Basketball110 (talk · contribs · count) 00:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Re:Image

If I did it would soon be deleted. It fails criteria # 1 here Milk’s Favorite Cookie 01:45, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Sure, just hold on, I gotta do a GA review. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:30, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Cool, thanks for understanding. ;) And, yeah I noticed that you added Jackie Robinson's article to the GA candidate page. I would review it, but since I'm a member at WP:Baseball, I'm not qualified to review it, so... Thanks for the comments on me reviewing articles, I really appreciate the feedback. Hey, do you think you can do me a favor? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:35, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Do you think you can review Jeff Hardy's article, as it happens to be an old nomination and stuff? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:38, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

True, but didn't I leave a friendly notice/message? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 02:42, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, its cool, I know how living in Nevada can put someone at ease and stuff. ;) And, thanks for taking your time for reviewing the article. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Like I said, I can't give the article a GA review, since I'm part of WP:Baseball, but I can make changes and stuff. The article needs a little fixing and a "citation is needed" template is added to the article and its not good to have for a GA candidate. My advice to you would be to look at other GA baseball articles and see if you can get stuff from them to add to Jackie Robinson's article. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:17, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Cool. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, hey at least you tried. ;) And per here. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:41, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Alright, the second paragraph of the lead needs to be put under "Early life" section, a good article example would be Matthew LaPorta. And, the references need to be fixed, see here for fixing the ref. settings. --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)