Welcome!
Hello, Mientkiewicz5508, 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
Wikipedia Boot Camp, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}}
on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.
Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me or a helper Commander Keane on our talk page. Again, welcome!
Anonymous anonymous 09:20, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
Hi Mientkiewicz5508! To place the image you would use code like:
[[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg|thumb|right|100px|A logo]]
Which looks like (the image should appear below on the right):
There is more about placing images at Wikipedia:Extended image syntax.-- Commander Keane 01:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
Remember to sign your name and date by putting four tildes ( ~ ) after your message, so people dont have to scroll through the history to reply to you. Adam the atom 05:40, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
The article Pony Posse has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This happened because the article seems to be about a person or group of persons but it does not indicate how or why that person or group is notable. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. You might also want to read our criteria for speedy deletion, particularly item 7 under Articles. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 19:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
Or something spelt like that...You sent a message to my IP account, (I apparently forgot to log in) that I had changed something on the "Cool" page...Unless it was my brother which is highly unlikely, I don't think it was I who changed it, as I have never visited that page on Wikipedia. And this edit appears under a page Stillwater Area High School. What cool has anything to do with it, I'm not sure. Hi. I'm assuming your IP address is 71.215.253.129 - if not, I'm afraid I don't know what the above relates to. I don't know what you might have written about Stillwater Area High School, but if you check the history of Cool (aesthetic), someone at your address made two changes on 26 June (both about some bloke called Ryan Aldridge). For obvious reasons, they count as vandalism (and the article gets a lot of that). Hope that helps in working out what all this is about! garik 09:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
No problem. It must be your IP though, or how would you have read the message about Cool? I didn't post it on this page. It might be worth checking who's been using your PC, or doing a virus scan for Trojan Horses and stuff (though I don't know if that's really a possibility). Anyway, all the best! garik 21:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC) (PS Please sign your messages with ~~~~ ! Thanks)
in the future, please use {{mergeto|target}} - CrazyRussian talk/ email 14:17, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
Hi Mientiewicz,
I noticed your comment on Chavez and Venezuela on the North Korea Bomb test page, and I have to say, you have a fairly distorted view of the situation in Venezuela. You might be interested in watching this video: Chavez:Inside the coup. Lord Seabhcán of Baloney 09:51, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you've got a Userbox for single Wikipedians, but what about those in a relationship? Is there somewhere I could find other userboxes of that sort? Feel free to reply on my Userpage (if you'd be so kind =]), as I won't remember to check here. Mientkiewicz5508 21:49, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Please start headings in pages with two equal signs (== Heading ==) and add more equal signs as needed for subheadings. Thank you.-- Midnightcomm 01:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
EDIT (Boardndave): Mientkiewicz5508, let's face it: In school activities have far more importance than extra-curricular events. A school's main purpose in operating is to provide education to the students which attend that school. Therefore, categories regarding in-school academia take precedence over athletics and other extra-curricular events such as sports. Now that I have explained myself, I should see no further edits to the location of the Music Program section of Stillwater Area High School page. I suppose I can leave the Theatre program info below the sports section since, while they do have a class dedicated to theatre, they're a bunch of weird kids anyways. Hopefully you can come to a realization that in an article about school, academia takes precedence over athletics. Regarding the music article: While I do not currently have time to commit to completing the rest of the info regarding the music program section (due to AP homework, etc...) I will fill the rest of the section out completely. -You should also note that the Alumni area is reserved for people who have done things above and beyond as ALUMNI. You may want to look at other schools for examples of how to properly use this section.
Sorry about that... Never had to talk directly to somebody on Wiki. You may be surprised, but there ACTUALLY is a drama class at SAHS, therefore it technically has more importance than sports... I'm not a big fan of drama though, so I could care less where it goes.
Please see Portal_talk:Sports_and_games/Sports_and_games_news-- Nitsansh 02:15, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Can you explain why you have insisted on replacing a number of changes, none of which was explained or sourced, and the re-inclusion of a piece of micro-trivia that has been thoroughly discussed on the Talk page? -- Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης) 21:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
First, please familiarise yourself with WP:MOS. Secondly, if someone doesn't warrant a Wikipedia article, why do you insist that she's notable? Thirdly, a list of rehearsal times, etc., is not acceptable use of an article; it's not a noticeboard for schools but an encyclopædia article. -- Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης) 23:09, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
This is an encyclopædia, not your school's yearbook; an article here isn't the place for detailed accounts of the performances of its sports teams. You seem to prefer to take my editing as personally aimed at you. There is, of course, no basis for that. -- Mel Etitis ( Talk) 10:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
How can you interpret "Mention the sports team(s) of the school and what is notable about them" as "Give full details, in gushing, school-journalism language, of the performances of the teams year by year"? -- Mel Etitis ( Talk) 23:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
--- It apears that, being unable to defend your edits, you're simply and dumbly making them, with no explanation, no attempt at justification, not even edit summaries. This is simply disruptive editing. -- Mel Etitis ( Talk) 20:11, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
You seem (unsurprisingly, perhaps, given the weakness of your position) unwilling to respond to what I said about Wikipedia guidelines; instead you choose to make personal attacks. When you choose to discuss the issues, I'll respond. -- Mel Etitis ( Talk) 21:28, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
As a courtesy to other editors, it is a Wikipedia guideline to sign your posts on talk pages, user talk pages, and WikiProject pages. To do so, simply add four tildes (~~~~) at the end of your comments and your user name or IP address and the date will be automatically added along with a timestamp. Signing your comments helps people to find out who said something and provides them with a link to your user/talk page (for further discussion). For further info, read Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Thank you. -- Mel Etitis ( Talk) 10:13, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Could you comment on Talk:Sanjaya_Malakar about your reason for adding the NPOV tag to that article? (I've started a discussion topic there.) I'd like to get the POV issues resolved quickly so we can remove the tag. Thanks. Gnixon 14:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
I made a few changes based on your comments, and others have responded to them on the talk page. Could you look over the article and their comments? It would be great if we can remove the tag ASAP. Gnixon 14:55, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! Gnixon 22:26, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
You still don't seem to have grasped our policy: saying "those edits were correct" isn't justification for including them — we need citations. -- Mel Etitis ( Talk) 10:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
A table of contents is copyrighted. It is not fair use, and Wikipedia policy has long been to delete them. Corvus cornix 01:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello, Mientkiewicz5508. An automated process has found and removed an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, and thus is being used under fair use that was in your userspace. The image ( Image:GoPonies.gif) was found at the following location: User talk:Mientkiewicz5508. This image or media was attempted to be removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media was replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image or media to replace it with, and or remove the image from your userspace. User:Gnome (Bot) -talk 06:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
This file may be deleted. |
Thanks for uploading Image:GoPonies.gif. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read carefully the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content and then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it will be deleted within a couple of days according to our Criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. BetacommandBot 04:19, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi... It's generally frowned upon to add your own website to a Wikipedia article. Other fan sites have been removed as linkspam in the past. Generally I'm not opposed to a few popular cites being added to an article. Your site looks great, and I wish you luck with it. But it's only a week or two old and has hardly any content yet. As such, it's going to be hard to call it "the number one fansite", etc. when you have no history to back that up... I wish you luck with your website, but please don't add it back to the article without first discussing it on the article's talk page. Thanks! -- Rehcsif 22:23, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:Pony.gif. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.
As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{ GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{ non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 17:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Jusjih 17:11, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, you're totally right, many apologies. I'm gonna delete the convo and just leave the images. Thanks,
An article that you have been involved in editing, Oaks Christian High School, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Oaks Christian High School. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Eastmain ( talk) 23:06, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter Issue I – July 2008 | |
This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Black ngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept. |
Baseball has a history unlike any other sport. It has been played in countless countries throughout the decades, and it will undoubtedly continue play for many more. On this eve, some the finest players the sport has to offer will take the field at the Yankee Stadium. Four popes spoke there, Pelé scored goals there, " The Greatest [football] Game Ever Played" was battled out there, John Philip Sousa lead a band there, George Costanza worked there; but what do all these events have in common? They fail to reach the level of greatness that the baseball that was played there did. In 1923, a man named Babe Ruth decided to build a new house, and over the years, that house was a home to some of the greatest baseball ever played. If I were to list out all of these great moments, it would be longer than the bill for the New Yankee Stadium. So I'll sum it up by saying that we can remember these great moments by adding them to this place we've gathered at for future generations to read about, to learn about, to dream about; but more importantly we can watch tonight and we can remember how baseball is unlike anything else that we will encounter in our lives. — Black ngold29 |
-- jj137 (talk) 03:13, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter Issue III – October 2008 | |
List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers, Nashville Sounds seasons, List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers, New York Yankees seasons
All the Way (Eddie Vedder song), Cy Young, Dan Brouthers, Harmon Killebrew, Rickey Henderson, Billy Pierce, Kinston Indians, Three Rivers Stadium, Bill Lange, Calgary Cannons, Hugh Daily, Homer at the Bat This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Black ngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept. |
We apologize for not sending out our August newsletter, we have tried to cover some events of the month in this issue. The playoffs have started! The Dodgers and Phillies have won their respective Division Series and will face off in the NL Championship Series. Both series in the American League have yet to be finished. Show your support for your favorite teams by keeping up with their season pages! |
-- jj137 (talk) 00:22, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Kevin Gullikson requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{
hangon}}
to the top of
the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on
the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact
one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you.
A new name 2008 (
talk)
00:39, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current
Arbitration Committee election. The
Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia
arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose
site bans,
topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The
arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to
review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on
the voting page. For the Election committee,
MediaWiki message delivery (
talk)
13:52, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading File:PonyMascot.gif. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.
If you are the copyright holder for this media entirely yourself but have previously published it elsewhere (especially online), please either
If you did not create it entirely yourself, please ask the person who created the file to take one of the two steps listed above, or if the owner of the file has already given their permission to you via email, please forward that email to permissions-en@wikimedia.org.
If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Non-free content, use a tag such as {{ non-free fair use}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:File copyright tags#Fair use, and add a rationale justifying the file's use on the article or articles where it is included. See Wikipedia:File copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Kelly hi! 15:23, 5 December 2015 (UTC)