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Hi. Thanks again for noticing the issue. After replying, I noticed the benefit of a automatic signature with time stamp on a talk response in edit mode, or so it appeared. A much needed benefit which makes editing easier - thanks again for alerting me to the issue. Pasdecomplot (talk) 12:58, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for your kind and supportive Teahouse note. [1] (Not sure if this correct.) I have been pleased with the kind notes posted on my talk, over the years, and the memory of other thank you cmts, posted elsewhere. A badge is not needed...I believe that I contributed and have done some good work. Multiply my incremental edits, by hundreds or thousands of other editors, doing the same, and we have a body of good team work. Despite my incremental work, over the years, the thought of gaming the system, in order to “score” over 8000 edits, seems absurd, so I am not worrying about it!
Per the example of your own user page, I have posted a restrained Tutnum Userbox,, versus a Veteran Editor badge. Thanks for your good example and for your continuing helpfulness at the Teahouse, both to me, and to others. My best wishes to you, Tribe of Tiger Let's Purrfect! 02:27, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
Hello AlanM1. I noticed you were trying to make a "Comment" on my talk page. You also have done this various other times and ive saw you make these type of threads on other users talk pages. I can much appreciate that for your very relevant and helpful information and advice like you did on StarryGranda's "About editing", but sometimes you can post unnecessary and rather frustrating commentary. Im just kindly asking you to refrain from these actions on my page in the future, unless i ask a question there. i guess if you wanted to help you could add some facts in my "Random facts i just collect (feel free to add more)" section on my user page and let other people see some useful or probably not useful information. Thank you. - Regards, Wikimeedian | Discussion 13:58, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
I just came to say hey and see what you're up to, and I was looking at all the user boxes on your user page and started wondering how you get them to line up across the page like that--instead of all being in a pile on the right hand side like mine are. Computer programming is like magic isn't it? We just had a hurricane here–my first–but all is well. Hope things are not on fire anywhere close to you out there in LA. You know we refer to this area as LA too–but it stands for lower Alabama. I live about 30 minutes from the beach. This LA moseys along at a much slower pace than you do though – I imagine. Anyway, hi, hope you are well and staying away from fire. Jenhawk777 (talk) 02:47, 19 September 2020 (UTC)
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I ran the copyvio detector again and a new one has shown up just today [[3]] but this one say it is dated in 2010. It has almost my entire article, which has been repeatedly checked for copyright violations back into 2017 without this article ever appearing before. How is this possible? Is there some way to prove when this one came online? I am crying. I went to nominate for FA and this came up. What do I do Alan? Jenhawk777 (talk) 18:55, 23 September 2020 (UTC)
Dear AlanM1, thank you very much for correcting my formatting at the Vincent Namatjira-article. In the german wikipedia, where i mostly write, they don't want a reference-link directly after the birthdate, so i didn't know, where to put the reference. Thanks for helping out! Kind regards, --Gyanda (talk) 11:05, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
AlanM1: I tried to use the upload wizard image link on the page the upload wizard page but it does not take me anywhere.BigRed606 (talk)
How do I access it then? BigRed606 (talk) BigRed606 (talk) 00:07, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
Please use ((Unsigned IP)) when signing entries of anonymous users, instead of ((Unsigned)) as you did recently in Special:Diff/982335220. Those users do not have their User: pages, so a link [[User:XX.XXX.XX...]] created by the latter is useless. For a difference please see Special:Diff/982337619.
Happy editing! CiaPan (talk) 15:04, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
Cleavage (breasts) has a very large citation formatting problem. Care to lend a hand? Aditya(talk • contribs) 01:25, 11 October 2020 (UTC)
Do you know what a free flowchart generator is and where I could find instructions one making one? Jenhawk777 (talk) 04:12, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
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Hello AlanM1, thank you for your feedback on my page Sadas Db. I modified the references according to the suggested template. You can find all changed references here in my sandbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Giuseppe_Ardolino/sandbox I hope that they are ok because I would like to publish the page. I want to thank you again for your collaboration. Giuseppe Ardolino (talk) 15:36, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
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, which has some code in it to better handle different size screens. I also removed some extra spaces in front of refs, which should always immediately follow what they refer to like this.[1][2]Hi AlanM1, Thank you for pointing out my not unusual beginner mistakes. I have been making many.
1. My original title was Gosset Experiment Design. The preferred title is Gosset Design of Experiments. How do I change to new preferred title?
2. When building the wikipage about this Gosset computer language, which is widely used in industry, I used copyrighted material from its user manual. I have contacted the owner of the copyright using the Wikipedia formal form to get permission. He granted it to me and is willing to fill out the Wikipedia form: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA)
He has not done this yet because I do not know how to get him access to verify his permission, since the draft page is not yet published. For this wikipage (with new title) How can I link copyright owner author to Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) ?
3. The copyrighted material appears to have been deleted by a wiki administrator, since Wikipedia did not know permission is forthcoming. Have the deleted sentences vanished? May I retrieve the deleted material? How?
I appreciate in advance your help and answers to above 3 items. Thank you, Henkuoui (talk) 21:13, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
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template documentation, it means you should insert the code on the following line:Hi this Bhumi2tandon Link to my page Ram Setu Controversy on which you left a comment supporting merger of the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Ram_Setu_Controversy
Thanks a lot for your suggestion to merge the article 'Ram Setu Dispute' with the existing two pages on the topic. Subsequent to your suggestions and having gone through the proposed articles I would like to bring to your notice that my page traces the time lines of a "Media Controversy" and different aspects of various disputes that have been raised with respect to the Ram Setu at different points of time. My page is not about the academic angle as much as it is about the controversies and at that, the page covers not just academic controversies but legal as well. That's why it's been named Ram Setu 'Controversy'.
To give an example we have several TV shows that for example have episodes that update viewers about the controversy and the history of the entire dispute over the Berlin Wall or an episode that would cover the entire political history of tension between any two nations.
Being a native of India I know that this topic is hotly debated here and if you check the wiki search history the term "Ram Setu" is searched hundreds of thousands of times, this is because that is the term we use for the bridge in this part of the world and basically whole of South Asia. Wikipedia does not have a single page that covers the entire controversy from every angle.
The page is unique because the entire dispute pertaining to the Ram Setu from all the various angles, academic as well as legal and chronological has not been brought together by any other single page on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhumi2tandon (talk • contribs) 04:33, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
Hello, AlanM1. You recently commented on my topic on the Hatnotes, and I couldn't read it through the TeaHouse. (in the end, I had to read it here) Anyhow, that said, Thanks for the info, and i'll keep that in mind for the next time! Shadowblade08 (talk) 13:53, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
Contacting recent editors (not CANVAS) about a request for move [4] that needs comments, in case you're interested. Thanks. Pasdecomplot (talk) 21:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
I do as you told and I really appreciate it. you are so helpful. نارا دلجو (talk) 14:37, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
Regarding your comment here, I was correct that the problem (creating an article with quotes after the search function gave a red link) probably wasn't a serious enough problem to deal with. I asked how to get this problem fixed and was told, "I don't think that software complexity (and maintenance costs) should be introduced to either outsmart or confuse the user what they meant to enter though did not enter here, and strip random quotation marks, so I am going to boldly decline this."— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 19:13, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
Hello mate! Good to be here! I didnt know how to us this so now I do. ≥≥§Bedant Dahal (talk) 04:11, 13 November 2020 (UTC)
In reply to this, I must admit all the 'Question' headers at the Teahouse are probably my fault. Over the last few months there has been a surge in the number of new posts to the Teahouse completely lacking any subject header, so a new question gets lost in an the older reply. When I spot this I've tended to hurriedly insert one (i.e. 'Question'), and make a note of 'adding missing header' in the edit summary, to allow me to come back later and see how many times this has happened. I think this came about because of this edit by Sdkb. I've been thinking about either raising it at WT:TH or tweaking the wording again, but simply haven't got around to either as yet. Your question at WP:TH has successfully drawn my attention to it again. Nick Moyes (talk) 10:45, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
I hate to put you on the spot but I am in real need. I put Biblical criticism up for FA review a month ago. It is its second time being nominated. I failed to complete the process the first time because of leaving WP so suddenly, and now it is getting little response. I am putting out a call to everyone I know because the coordinator has said if it doesn't get more interest he will archive it. It needs a source review - someone willing to randomly check sources to be sure they actually say what the text says. There are too many for anyone to do alone, but doing any at all, even just one, would be deeply appreciated. Post it here. If it fails again I'm afraid that will be the end of it. Please help if you can.Jenhawk777 (talk) 19:30, 14 November 2020 (UTC)
I have benefited more than once, by reading your intelligent and helpful Teahouse posts. I appreciate your assistance with the "Page tab" conundrum. The holiday of Thanksgiving is tomorrow (US), so I want to "give thanks" for your kindness. Respectfully, Tribe of Tiger Let's Purrfect! 02:38, 26 November 2020 (UTC)
Replying to your message, the Newspapers.com subscriptions are given in 1-year increments, but can be renewed. Take a look at the instructions at the top of WT:Newspapers.com for how to submit a renewal activation. -- Netoholic @ 18:21, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
Hell-o ! This is EOLE Du Soixante-Dix-Neuf !, da help for making a font for my signature ! — Preceding undated comment added 18:01, 8 December 2020 (UTC)
This year, many people had COVID to fear,
The holidays are getting near,
One thing that will be clear,
We will still have holiday cheer,
Happy holidays and happy new year!!
From Interstellarity (talk) 13:49, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
Hello Alan -
Happy in-between Christmas and New Year to you. I've heard 2020 referred to as "The dumpster fire of years". I am just now seeing your post and kind offer.
(Me) I am writing a Wikipedia entry about a movie I made in 1983 called "Music in Monk Time". I want to quote movie reviews from the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers, but the articles are only available through a paid website, newspapers.com. I can cite the date and page in the newspapers, but I believe any link I create will require the viewer to subscribe to the archival service. Thedevoutcatalyst (talk) 20:35, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
(You) @Thedevoutcatalyst: Additionally, if you have access to newspapers.com, you can "clip" the articles on their site to get a publicly-shareable link that will be readable without a subscription. If you don't have access, and it's a reasonable number of clippings, give me the details (date, page, title) at User talk:AlanM1 and I can clip them for you. I assume this is for the draft in your sandbox? —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 23:25, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
Yes, this is to accompany the draft in my sandbox regarding the movie I made years ago about Thelonious Monk. I would very much appreciate taking you up on your generous offer. Here are the the three articles I reference in the draft, without any attachable links. This is the information as listed in newspapers.com.
1. Feather, Leonard (May 12, 1983). "Affectionate Tribute to Monk". Los Angeles Times. p. 125.
2. Liska, James (May 13, 1983). "Monk Time Shows as a Masterpiece". Daily News, Los Angeles. (didn't get page # for this one)
3. Elwood, Philip (March 7, 1985) "Rare Footage Captures Monk's Music, Times". San Francisco Examiner. p. 59.
I thank you for your assistance, Wikipedia is a bit intimidating for newcomers.
Appreciatively, Stephen Rice (aka: The Devout Catalyst)Thedevoutcatalyst (talk) 23:16, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
<ref name="Feather-19830512">((Cite news |last1=Feather |first1=Leonard |title=Thelonius Monk Tribute Friday at Country Club |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66279603 |access-date=December 29, 2020 |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |issue=160 |volume=CII |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=May 12, 1983 |page=VI-5 (archive p. 125)))</ref>
<ref name="Elwood-19850307">((Cite news |last1=Elwood |first1=Philip |title=Rare footage captures Monk's music, times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66279912 |access-date=December 29, 2020 |work=[[San Francisco Examiner]] |issue=231 |volume=120 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |date=March 7, 1985 |page=E5 (archive p. 59)))</ref>
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