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aligning images

how do you align Images to sides of userbox type thingys, xeno isn't responding to anything, and he hasn't since before March the 6,th =(! Thanks =) 'The Ninjalemming'' 21:24, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

within an inforbox, I think it's just going to be centered (that's the way most infoboxes are coded)... but within the article, you can add the left or right parameter to the image code... see WP:IMAGES or WP:INFOBOX for more info... - Adolphus79 (talk) 21:34, 9 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

DYK for Jonathan Alder

Updated DYK query On March 10, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jonathan Alder, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Royalbroil 02:59, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Explain

Explain what you're on about. Chubbennaitor 07:43, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Your "The Exemplary Adoptee Barnstar" here... at the bottom says "courtesy of Adolphus79"... just trying to remember what I did to garner the courtesy... LOL - Adolphus79 (talk) 14:17, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think you had one and I copied the idea. Chubbennaitor 21:03, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Aha... that would make sense... - Adolphus79 (talk) 21:13, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan Alder reassessment

I'll do a review tomorrow. Hekerui (talk) 21:44, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you... - Adolphus79 (talk) 22:03, 10 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan Alder passed GA

Congratulations, the article has passed GA. Certainly do add the new pictures when you get them. I'm not sure much more could be added/expand on the article, so I don't personally see this as a possible FA unless you come across more sources. You may consider changing from the person infobox to the military person infobox {{Infobox Military Person}}, as that would allow for it to have his brief military career added. Lastly, if you feel up to it and have good grasp of the GA criteria, people are encouraged to review other GA articles. Good job. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:48, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I do not believe that it would ever make it to FA, due to the fact that all resources have been completely expended now... I added a couple image just now, of his gravestone and marker, and hope to get a pic of his cabin soon... I may change the infobox, thank you for the recommendation... I think I have a basic understanding of the criteria, but think I only have the assessment skills yet to cover stubs, starts and C's... again, thank you for the review and the help... - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:51, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Congratulations! The photos really bring this article to live! Hekerui (talk) 00:34, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you... and thanks again for the copyedits... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:44, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for the welcome to Wiki. Much appreciated. :P BritneysBetch (talk) 01:34, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, let me know if you ever need help with anything... - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:39, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion

... is where I'll put the autobiography by this woman. Hekerui (talk) 18:31, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

LOL... I was considering it myself, but thought I would give her a chance to prove notability... - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:00, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I like your pinhead

Very chic. Snort Barfly (talk) 00:42, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Uh... not sure if that's supposed to mean something, or just be an insult, but thanks... - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:20, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers

For this - much appreciated! Gonzonoir (talk) 10:57, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem... - Adolphus79 (talk) 13:25, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not Appreciated

Excuse me, but accusing me of adding "nonsense" to the page List of Micronations was an unfounded and entirely unappreciated claim. North Mexicorea is a new micronation founded by a friend of mine who took the title Supreme Leader Ken Jong-Il. It is not imaginary. It is not nonsense. Constructive criticism is one thing, but picking on the new guy? That's just cold. dorigod (talk) 22:21, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

With absolutely no mention of references, your friend's new micronation does not pass notability or verifiability concerns... your attempting to add it to Wikipedia also appears to be a breach of our conflict of interest policy... please read the above pages, and you will know why your edits have been reverted... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:25, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Enoch Kelly Haney Article

Thank you for your assessment of the Enoch Kelly Haney article, which I created. With respect to your question on the article's reference formatting, I am not very familiar with in-line reference formatting procedures and will need assistance from my fellow Wikipedians such as yourself. --TommyBoy (talk) 04:59, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The most basic way of doing inline refs is to use the <ref> - </ref> tags... for example, at the end of a sentence, add <ref>Lastname, Firstname, ''Book or article title'', publication, date</ref>, and that would add a footnote down in the references section... Check out WP:FOOT for more info... if you get lost, just let me know, and I'll help you with it... - Adolphus79 (talk) 05:10, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for explaining the process of reference formatting. I have converted the references in the Enoch Kelly Haney article to the in-line format. --TommyBoy (talk) 23:27, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, but you could probably use a couple extra references... his personal website is a primary source, and therefore not a reliable source... try to find a few newspaper articles written about him, that would help a lot... also, if you notice, I added a ref name to the seminole ref, making it easier to use multiple times (and not clogging up the references section)... see WP:REFNAME for more info on that... - Adolphus79 (talk) 23:42, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mannfield

Here are some references. I don't know how to add to page.

BTW, the proof was there all along. *Gonzales, Suzannah (2003-10-12). "County seat hits road again". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2003/10/12/Citrus/County_seat_hits_road.shtml. Retrieved on 2008-03-16. *

You can make Wikipedia more enjoyable by reading what is presented to you first before making assumptions on what is correct and not correct - got it? --12.108.255.76 (talk) 22:14, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/fl/mansfield.html http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/florida/maps/galleries/county/citrus/index.php http://www.keywaves.com/default.asp —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.108.255.76 (talk) 19:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I had reverted what I thought was vandalism because the title says "Mansfield", while the article says "Mannfield". It appears that you moved the article from "Mannsfield, Florida" to its current "Mansfield, Florida" in February, but the sources I see show "Mannfield". Do you have a confident explanation for these discrepancies? Alansohn (talk) 22:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The reference that I used for the footnotes said Mansfield, and when I searched Mannsfield, Manfield, or Mannfield online, I couldn't find anything... I am not debating any name change, so long as it's properly cited... if there are more reliable sources that say it's Mannfield instead of Mansfield (or any other spelling), then that's how the article should be spelled... - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:49, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

follow up: Mannfield, Florida

NOTE: I've moved it. Tricky one: the Google hits are misleading on this one, and the original "ref" has town misspelled. (See notes on the talk page.) Cheers! Proofreader77 (talk) 00:53, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, so I noticed... the article had originally been moved because of the discrepencies in the refs provided (and what could be found online)... I was originally half tempted to redirect to Lecanto, Florida and merge what little info there was on this page, but decided against it at the time... - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:59, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse the presumption — I was making amends for my own patroller semi-sins. As for split-second decisions of how to handle such ... we patrollers do the best that can be done, in the moment, amidst the infinite noise. (Or something like that.) Cheers. Proofreader77 (talk) 01:22, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moe's

The menu is a valid entry and it is your opinion calling it "nonsense". In no way am I vandalizing Wikipedia. --12.108.255.76 (talk) 00:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The menu of a restaurant is unencyclopedic... there is no need for it on the restaurant's article... why do you think make the menu would notable or encyclopedic? - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:14, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know what a Joey Bag of Donuts is? How about a Puff The Magic Dragon? The Moe's article could tell you that if you would stop erasing it because you believe it is "nonsense" and "unencyclopedic". I'm sure Wikipedia appreciates what you do, however, this is a matter of opinion and needs to be handled in a dispute forum since we can't agree. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.108.255.76 (talk) 00:30, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, I don't know what they are... and unless those specific menu items have been mentioned in a newspaper or are notable on their own, they should not be included in the article... please discuss this on the article's talk page... - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:34, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Here is 1 article - several others out there about Moe's. http://charlotte.citysearch.com/review/35469537?reviewId=21011481

Would you know what a Triple Lindy was after reading link?--12.108.255.76 (talk) 00:55, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That is not a newspaper article, that is an online review/blog... that does not pass notability or reliable sources concerns... please read the above, and explain to me why the menu is notable... - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:30, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Moe's Southwest Grill

Hi. I removed your third opinion request because several editors are involved. 3O is typically used when there is a dispute between 2 editors. You might want to consider a request for comment instead. Thanks. --RegentsPark (My narrowboat) 02:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK... thanks... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:20, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Micronations page

in response to your message about me "vandalising" the list of micronations page. What defines a notable micronation? (Astgenator (talk) 04:52, 28 March 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Please read the message I left on your talk page... feel free to ask me any questions... - Adolphus79 (talk) 04:57, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This reminds me of Jscarr (talk · contribs); he was making up micronation pages. I'm loath to call this guy a sockpuppet (AGF and all that), but he seems to know a lot for someone an hour old...HalfShadow 05:07, 28 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chat

what did i say--Nascar09 (talk) 03:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article talk pages are for discussing the article itself, entries like this, this, or any of your other contributions are not useful to the project... - Adolphus79 (talk) 03:13, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rebecca Love

Just wanted to stop by and thank you for your help on the new Rebecca Love entry. Hopefully, if I keep contributing I'll get a little better at this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Attybjm (talk • contribs) 22:59, 29 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That's fine... feel free to leave me a message any time if you need help... - Adolphus79 (talk) 00:05, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

More Moe's Silliness

You wanted to take it to the discussion page - well here it is. I suppose you are going to tell me there are rules to be followed here as well - that's fine. You may win and get your way, gives you bragging rights and your next D & D game, but someday, someone, somewhere will come across all this and see the light. You and others can claim that the menu section of Moe's is unencyclopedic all you want, however, there will be times in life when you have to look outside the box and make a judgement call. I think it is better to have something there instead of nothing. Given that Moe's hasn't been around that long, there is not much to right about it. Yet, a very small majority of the Wikipedia community has to do everything they can in their power to keep information out of an information website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.108.255.76 (talk) 15:18, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No... I asked you to discuss it on the talk page, not continue to paste a copy of the old version on the talk page without discussing anything... And I think you are still missing the point slightly... first, assuming good faith and civility... and secondly, just because Wikipedia is online and paperless, does not mean you can add whatever you want to it, it is still an encyclopedia... I don't know why you are crying about this, it's not exactly like anyone said it's your fault, and you are a bad person (unlike the claims you've made)... we just said the information you added was not needed... get over it and move on... try being production and useful to the cause instead of just sitting on one page and whining that you didn't get your way... If you keep up this nonsense, you are probably going to get blocked, and that wouldn't help your cause much at all... - Adolphus79 (talk) 15:28, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What are you like the owner of this site?

Really. I always here you talkin' like know-it-all on Hip hop articles. It's getting annoying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Flo Rida's Biggest Fan (talk • contribs) (Since CHU'd to User:HipHopfan4life (talk · contribs))

Wow... the, what, 4 or 5 hip hop related articles that I've edited? What is annoying, my use and knowledge of Wikipedia policies and guidelines? Or my reversion of vandalism on said articles? Either way, thank you for the compliment... - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:50, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. Let me guess your IP is 76.171.60.119 (talk · contribs) (the IP that said basically the same thing to me this morning)... - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:57, 5 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia SignpostWikipedia Signpost: 6 April 2009

Delievered by SoxBot II (talk) at 18:37, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

because you nothing about the music charts. acharts.us, chartsinfrance.net, charly1300.com and billboard.com are reliable music charts. now please get away with these citation needed, troll.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.248.246 (talk • contribs)

Please provide citations, and the tags can be removed... as I've told you a couple times now, all information must be verifiable, using reliable sources... and as for the troll comment... please stop making personal attacks against me and harassing me... - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:31, 7 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

lmao! Trolling is not a harassment, its a definition of a person who keeps posting non-sense on websites and that's what you are exactly doing. FYI: I will continue to keep on "harassing" you until you leave Flo Rida, Soulja Boy and GS Boyz articles, stan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.171.248.246 (talk • contribs)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:HeavensCorner.gif)

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Fact Checking

WHOIS is still incorrect, I don't care what it says. If you are so worried about it, go to the company website and get the current information. Until then, please do not edit pages that you do not know about. I can see from your talk page that you have a history of doing this and annoying other users with it. Medication is available for your condition. Any warnings posted to this IP will also be posted to you as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.50.173.206 (talk) 01:02, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What you are discussing is called original research, and should not be used... we will use whatever information is stated on the WHOIS listing, until that information is changed... I'm not sure what you are trying to do, using 2 different IPs to remove warnings from another IP's talk page... I'll assume (based on your contributions on these two IPs) that this is the same user who was using the IP 12.108.255.76... do you have any point in editing this page, or is it just to waste the rest of our time? - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:07, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any point to putting out of date info on talk page or just wasting our time? WHOIS is not a "know it all", just like you. If you are too lazy to fact check, leave it alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.50.173.206 (talk) 01:10, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'd rather use reliable out of date information, than original research from a sock of the user who was blocked for 3RR and incivility... why not just give up and go play on MySpace, you obviously can't understand (or follow) the rules around here... - Adolphus79 (talk) 01:17, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

M98 Article Reply

Sorry I took so long in responding, but the rifle that I wrote about, the M98Bravo is different from the rifle that had already been written about. The M98 Bravo in my article is a bolt-action rifle. In the first article, the M98B is a semiautomatic weapon firing the same round at a different velocity. I understand if you don't consider these valid reasons for keeping my article, I will continue to write for wikipedia as I love the challenge of finding new weapons and military technology, old and, new to write about. --Bismarck43 (talk) 12:11, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah... the 98 bravo is a bolt action... the original design was the M98, which was semi (and never went into production... the 98 Bravo is the new one... maybe I didn't link you to the correct article, it's Barrett M98B... - Adolphus79 (talk) 12:16, 11 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Puzzled

Do you know why two messages from you, dated 14 Oct 2008, concerning [[The Simpsons]project has turned up on my User Talk page? The last two times I came to my Wikipedia site (I'm working on a entry on Gerald Epstein), I had a message that I had a message -- and on both occasions the messages were from you, dated 14 Oct 08, etc. Why doesn't my looking at them make them an "old" message? David Hollidays (talk) 14:50, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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