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User info boxes

Hey, how's it going? I've been meaning to ask you about something. On many user profile pages I've noticed lots of interesting user info boxes, and I was wondering where people get those and if there might be some sort of a big collection of those for users to pick and choose from. I was also thinking of having one that says "This user is a padawan animator." This sort of thing seems like lots of fun! Happy editing,--Padawan Animator (talk) 23:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I don't have a link handy, but the templates on Misplaced Pages are organized into a browsable hierarchy, so you can see the ones that people tend to use on their pages. I put them in some time ago, and have forgotten exactly how I found them. --Zippy (talk) 09:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Albert L. Becker

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Hi, it's a stub-article, certainly. I've added some references to it, and will search for more. Becker was the commander of the sub during multiple notable wartime patrols (multiple battle stars) and is written up in several naval history publications. I think that, given some time, this stub article can be developed into a biography of a notable WWII military commander. --Zippy (talk) 18:50, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate your kind note regarding my modest contribution to this article.—Roman Spinner (talk) 11:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

WI Maritime Museum

Heya. Couldn't help but notice you've got a bit of interest in the Cobia; I'm currently one of the tour guides there. I'll see what I can do about the log book for the sub. I don't believe we have it...but I'll try. On a related note, Captain Becker commanded the Cobia from commissioning through the entire war, all six patrols, not just the first 5. If you have any more questions, leave them here or on my Talk page and I'll see what I can do about answering them! ArrowQuivershaft (talk) 21:32, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

I can definitely check into it. I don't know of the top of my head, other than some of the summaries we have in the quick answer manual. Also, I'm not sure if you're the person who added it to the article on the Cobia or not, but Gato-class submarines had a crew of 80 men, not 60. Crew of the Cobia was 72 enlisted and 8 officers. I'm looking for documentation to counter that in place on the article, because that's dead wrong according to the sub vets I have spoken with through the museum. (It seems that the Gato was originally designed for a crew of 60, but they ultimately staffed them with 80 men.)

Also, want to put this on one of our talk pages so we don't keep playing tag on each other's? I'm not using mine for anything else. ArrowQuivershaft (talk) 16:23, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:11-23gray.jpg

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Deletion?

Should this be deleted? http://en.wikipedia.org/User:The_SRS/Secret_Page --What does this button do? (talk) 04:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Chevrolet Impala Classification

FYI there is some (old) discussion on the Impala page regarding full versus mid size classification for it...looks like the discussion was never resolved and even with your edits Misplaced Pages still provides conflicting information about the same car. Might want to take a look and add your two cents Ayocee (talk) 05:43, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

External links

I have removed the internet discussion forum from Progressive bulbar palsy again. Please do not re-insert it. Instead, please read the information I posted on the Talk:Progressive bulbar palsy page about the guidelines for external links. WhatamIdoing (talk) 01:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Referenceforbusiness.com and Georgia Tech Alumni

Hi, Disavian. I saw that you undid my edit of Georgia Tech Alumni. Let's talk about it on the talk page for the article, OK? --Zippy (talk) 19:35, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Finally got around to replying. Link: Talk:List of Georgia Institute of Technology alumni#referenceforbusiness.com reference revert. —Disavian (/_contribs) 03:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Nick Savoy

Hi Zippy,

Not too long ago I created a page for "Nick Savoy", a notable member in the dating world, and it seems the page got deleted for no apparent reason by an administrator. The page conformed to the Misplaced Pages standards. Is there any way you could help with reviving the page?

Thanks in advance. Camera123456 (talk) 05:40, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Zippy! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 28 article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the article:

1. Carl Feynman - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 21:44, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

A question about rules of userboxes in Wiki

Hi dear adminstrator, I am a user in Persian Wiki and I have an on going discussion with a Persian adminstrator about the userboxes we can create or not in Wiki. The question is: Is making userboxes like: "This user supports independence of Tibet from China" or "This user supports independence of Azerbaijan from Iran" or "This user is against Hizbullah terorist group." illegal according to Wiki userbox rules or not? R these rules same in all Wikis or different from one Wiki to another? I'm waiting 4 ur answer a.s.a.p. Regards, Pournick (talk) 04:00, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your note. Honestly, I do not know the rules around userboxes on the Persian Wiki. I'm sorry that I can't tell you more. --Zippy (talk) 21:14, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Password

What is your password? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.238.135.165 (talk) 16:32, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

My password? It's the thing I type in order to sign in, but that's not important right now. --Zippy (talk) 21:16, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Waves

Good to see you Zippy, I think that gal came across a hibernating admin list or something. :P Cheers. --Wgfinley (talk) 05:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Release the Kraken! --Zippy (talk) 08:37, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

A request

I have a request, can you please delete everything I had worked here http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=File:The_Proposal.jpg&action=history and here http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=The_Proposal_(film)&action=history. I am Corey.7.11.1992. I admit that I was doing rubbish and you can delete if I'll be very grateful. I asked another administrator to delete, and he replied that there was no need. I know that was no need but I really can't watch that. Please delete. That's what I worked, not someone else. How much can be difficult. Thanks in advance. 6:42, 23 July 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Corey.7.11.1992 (talk • contribs)