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Barnstar
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The Editor's Barnstar | |
| I award you the Editors barnstar for your recent work on Misplaced Pages.Quartet 14:05, 30 December 2008 (UTC) |
- Dammit, beat me to it. Ah, but! This was given on the 30th of 2008, and mine is for work done Jan 1-3 . VICTORY IS MINE!!!!!
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The Running Man Barnstar | |
| For the fantastic expansion of progression of the bench press world record, you get a Running Man barnstar. Now put it on your user page and get rid of that red link! WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 02:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC) |
- On a purely curious level, are you aware of citation templates? How 'bout the ref name tag? I used the former twice and the latter thrice in this edit. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 02:05, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Somewhat aware of them. To be honest, I got lazy when putting those references in. I wanted to get the work done quickly while I was motivated to do so. Thanks for cleaning those up!--Yankees76 (talk) 14:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- BTW, I had my user page locked to avoid some vandals awhile back - if you want to unlock it, I'll add these and my other barnstar to that page. --Yankees76 (talk) 14:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Sorry, not an admin, can't help there. You could probably ask an admin to paste both in then re-lock it (or put them on a sub-page linked from your talk page). {{helpme}} or {{Editprotected}} would work (or WP:ANI, which arguably is the actual purpose of the page rather than just creating drama). I'm a big fan of citation templates, it means you always get a standard looking/formatted reference irrespective of contents. They're easy to use, and there's some tools to generate them from pubmed numbers, ISBNs and even websites (diberri is my fav). Ref name is also ridiculously easy to use, and saves you typing a lengthy template twice. Once you memorize both, which really isn't difficult since they're pretty self-explanatory), you save yourself a fair bit of work (and anyone using a print copy of the page has a much better job of it). And there's also a way to link to a specific page from google books if you adjust the url properly. I'm a referencing nerd. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 15:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- I asked the admin who locked it for me. I'll try to do a better job of referencing next time. I was on a roll with regards to gathering sources for World Records, but I only had a small window of time to get the edits done before real life got in the way, so I dashed them off. Thanks again for the barnstars!
- That works too. If you tap some of the tools for citation templates, that can make it much easier to use 'em if you're on limited time but no matter what, even an author-year citation is better than nothing. One of my problems is the constant need to finish what I'm doing for a whole page (witness the history of satanic ritual abuse today - and this is despite my protestations of being busy). If I were a smarter man, I'd settle for half-assed and spare myself real-life grief. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 18:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- I asked the admin who locked it for me. I'll try to do a better job of referencing next time. I was on a roll with regards to gathering sources for World Records, but I only had a small window of time to get the edits done before real life got in the way, so I dashed them off. Thanks again for the barnstars!
- Sorry, not an admin, can't help there. You could probably ask an admin to paste both in then re-lock it (or put them on a sub-page linked from your talk page). {{helpme}} or {{Editprotected}} would work (or WP:ANI, which arguably is the actual purpose of the page rather than just creating drama). I'm a big fan of citation templates, it means you always get a standard looking/formatted reference irrespective of contents. They're easy to use, and there's some tools to generate them from pubmed numbers, ISBNs and even websites (diberri is my fav). Ref name is also ridiculously easy to use, and saves you typing a lengthy template twice. Once you memorize both, which really isn't difficult since they're pretty self-explanatory), you save yourself a fair bit of work (and anyone using a print copy of the page has a much better job of it). And there's also a way to link to a specific page from google books if you adjust the url properly. I'm a referencing nerd. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 15:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- BTW, I had my user page locked to avoid some vandals awhile back - if you want to unlock it, I'll add these and my other barnstar to that page. --Yankees76 (talk) 14:07, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Somewhat aware of them. To be honest, I got lazy when putting those references in. I wanted to get the work done quickly while I was motivated to do so. Thanks for cleaning those up!--Yankees76 (talk) 14:01, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
LOL-barnstar
You really made me smile with your comment. In my case, the answer would be no, however. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 00:06, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Re:Edit to Natural bodybuilding
Hi Yankees76. Wow - My bad! I appreciate you letting me know. That was quite the error. -FASTILY 20:53, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
When did...
...you have your userpage deleted? GoodDay (talk) 20:28, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- January 2009. It was deleted before for about a year then and 10 minutes after I undeleted it, it was vandalised by my long-time Misplaced Pages stalker User:Messenger2010. So I had it re-deleted and locked. It makes me look like a noob, but it's better than having to remove vandalism from it everyday. --Yankees76 (talk) 20:29, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- Why not get it permantely protected? GoodDay (talk) 20:31, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah I guess there is that possibility - it is protected right now though. Or I can just have it re-directed to my talk page...--Yankees76 (talk) 20:32, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- It's just strange to see ya in 'red'. GoodDay (talk) 20:41, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- Haha yeah I know. Maybe someday soon I'll think of some permanent content for my user page and then bug an admin to unlock it so I can edit it and then re-lock it again afterwards. --Yankees76 (talk) 20:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- Okie Dokie. GoodDay (talk) 20:47, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- Haha yeah I know. Maybe someday soon I'll think of some permanent content for my user page and then bug an admin to unlock it so I can edit it and then re-lock it again afterwards. --Yankees76 (talk) 20:43, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- It's just strange to see ya in 'red'. GoodDay (talk) 20:41, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah I guess there is that possibility - it is protected right now though. Or I can just have it re-directed to my talk page...--Yankees76 (talk) 20:32, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
- Why not get it permantely protected? GoodDay (talk) 20:31, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Yankees always has been popular with the vandals! BTW Yankees, thanks for reverting the vandalism on my own page. Copying and pasting my own "Final Warning" was pretty funny. --Quartet 20:56, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
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Hey TY for the Barnstar
CKG Billings was an easy article to improve - lotsa good pics - thank you for the barnstar - my first - Saa weet. Mark 19:47, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
- No problem - easy or not, it still took the time to do! Nice job. --Yankees76 14:22, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| For looking more closely than others and helping avoid the lazy route than I'd suggested at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet_investigations/WebHamster. Glad to know there are critical minds out there to correct me when I'm wrong. Thanks. causa sui (talk) 20:42, 23 November 2011 (UTC) |
- Thanks! Most of the time the lazy route works, and it did quack loud enough to be a duck, just a different duck. --Yankees76 20:53, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
Kudos
I admit that I have a difficult time being patient with SPA spammers, especially after they start making ridiculous accusations. Nice work with your patient and informative responses to this user. I'd give you a barnstar, but seeing that you just got one I don't want your head to get too big. :) OhNoitsJamie 15:59, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
- No problem bud - you get alot of flak for dealing with these guys day in and day out - I was just trying to help out. Cheers. --Yankees76 02:38, 29 January 2012 (UTC)
Northside
Please understand I am only correcting the facts. Northside as Dermo, Tim, Cliff and Wol have not played together since 1992. I am not trying to make problems for you or anybody else, it's just that the band means a great deal to me. I'm sorry if it seems like I am changing information just to disrupt the page but my only concern is putting the facts right. I was the singer in the band and know exactly what happened. Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inthearea (talk • contribs) 14:25, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for nothing. Your information regarding Northside is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Inthearea (talk • contribs) 14:32, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
- You might have noticed that this is an encyclopedia, and that all material added to it needs to be referenced using reliable sources. It's not "my" information - I'm merely preventing the deletion of information that is referenced. If you believe that that information is incorrect, discuss it on the articles talk page before simply removing it without a valid reason. If you can cite a source that says the band in 2006 was merely Dermo and some session musicians, change the article to say that, don't simply delete the info because clearly a band billed as Northside played in Leeds in December 2006.--Yankees76 14:44, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Like I said, Northside split up in 1992. The information on the page about Northside playing in 2006 isn't true, it was the singer and some session men. The original classic line up of Dermo, Cliff, Tim and Wol have not played together since 1992.
- So you have a reliable source that says this? Good, add it to the page. If not, I'm not sure why you're here. By the way, it's not uncommon for bands to "reform" with one or two original members years after the original lineup has broken up, or for one band member to carry on using the bands name. Either way, material related to that band, full lineup or not, is still added to the article on the band. You might have heard of a band called Guns n' Roses who've done this? Well, Axl Rose hasn't gone on the Misplaced Pages page and removed all the material from 1994 onwards because it isn't about the original lineup. Work with me here ok? --Yankees76 15:11, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
Sarnia
Hi, Yankees76,
I've worked hard on the Sarnia article the last two days and feel it's at least B-Class now, with only small mods needed to be a GA Article like London, Ontaro. London is five times the size of Sarnia so it will have correspondingly more stuff in its article than we will. Any more suggestions you have are always welcome...Thanks much for the help so far!TheKurgan (talk) 19:41, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
- Looks good! Sorry I've been away from Misplaced Pages for a couple days. I just read it quickly. I guess my only critque is that you don't have to refer to other sections of the article (things like "The companies referenced above in the Development section") as sections headers and the location of text is often changed or moved by editors who haven't read the rest of the article, and your sentence could confuse readers. I fixed this one, but I'm not sure if it's elsewhere in the article. I'll look through again when I have some more time and tweak anything else. Nice work :) --Yankees76 17:40, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
Our discussion
OK, just so I don't upset you needlessly, you edited your talk page with " (→Vandalism: go away)." I take that to mean you telling me to go away. If this is so, I won't bother you anymore. If I misread it, tell me. Otherwise, you won't hear from me again.TheKurgan (talk) 21:07, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
- Nah we're good. I actually "watched" your talk page (and I rarely do that) and saw your reply to my post there, so the double post here threw me off.
- I guess to respond, yeah the guy changed the article to make (presumably) himself mayor. Again, please read and use WP:AGF. Maybe he really thinks that the mayor is "Mike Sawczuk " or he made an error, or a test and didn't know how to undo it. Alot of people make edits and instead of hitting preview, they click "Save Page" and can't fix it. Just revert the edit. If you want, send him a friendly "warning" on this talk page and move on. If he comes back and does it again, warn him again. If he becomes disruptive, tell an admin and he/she will decide if they need to be blocked. My point is, we don't call out people as vandals or keep running tallies. It just encourages more vandalism. Most test edits just get reverted and that's the end of it. Hope that helps. --Yankees76 21:18, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
- Quite a bit, actually. Thanks, Yankees76! You're right, of course. Glad we're all right...:) BTW, how does the article look now, IYHO?TheKurgan (talk) 01:23, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Fake block
I hope your a admin. if not you can get banned for posting fake warnings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Golfballz (talk • contribs) 21:12, 31 July 2012 (UTC) If you are an admin then you should read this http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:BLOCK#NOTPUNITIVE --Golfballz (talk) 21:14, 31 July 2012 (UTC)