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Vick

I think it's in pretty good shape now; I made some edits and commented at the review page, but I think the only major thing that needs to be addressed now is sourcing in the financial troubles and dogfighting sections. I don't think it should be tough to address, given how heavily these things were covered. Happy holidays! --Batard0 (talk) 06:34, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Terrific. I should have some time to find a few sources, and then we'll be good to go. Also, I finished the Lou Rymkus review that was started in November that I completely forgot about. Merry Christmas to you as well! Go Phightins! 15:10, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks. Are you ready to proceed in adoption? Go Phightins! 15:48, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Substing User Talk Templates

Hi there! When using certain templates on talk pages, such as welcome templates and user warnings, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:welcome}} instead of {{welcome}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template. If you need any further help on the matter just ask me on my talk page. Cheers. ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 17:57, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Hi. I usually use Twinkle for templates. Is there an instance in which I did something manually, but incorrectly? Go Phightins! 17:59, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

You popped up in one of my reports of welcome templates posted but not substed :) It showed a few instances of various welcome templates that were placed but not substed. This is just a quick reminder really! ·Add§hore· ^{Talk To Me!} 18:18, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Go Phightins! 18:27, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

You have mail!

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Regarding a t-shirt nomination :) Jalexander--WMF 22:29, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

I didn't get the email yet...Go Phightins! 22:30, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Nvmd. Got it. Thanks. Go Phightins! 22:31, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

Tone of an answer at Teahouse

Hi! I was wondering if I was alone in feeling that this is really not an appropriate response to a question at Teahouse? If you agree, I will be happy to correspond with the editor involved, but I wanted to check myself before I did. Thanks! Gtwfan52 (talk) 20:40, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree...that's pretty crass. Do you want to follow-up with one and I'll take the other? Go Phightins! 20:44, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

I'll talk to Prime. Gtwfan52 (talk) 20:59, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

OK, I'll see how that goes, and then talk to the newcomer. Go Phightins! 21:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

RE: Football

Thanks a lot for the info, I was unaware of that page, I was just going through earlier bowls from this year trying to find templates. Again thanks a lot. Eh Oh Canada (talk) 22:54, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I figured if you were going to update, you should know. Go Phightins! 22:59, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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Teahouse

Hello,

I just joined the teahouse as a host. Mind breezing me through there, telling me where I can help?

TheOriginalSoni (talk) 20:34, 29 December 2012 (UTC) (I prefer TBs)

Outstanding! We can always use more hosts. Basically, you need to welcome the user whose question you're answering to the Teahouse, answer their question concisely in "Plain English" avoiding linking to too many policies, and then leave a Teahouse Talkback Template on their talk page by clicking the subscript "TB" next to their signature. There are guidelines, I believe on the Teahouse Host Expectations page with some more specific direction, but that's the general gist of it. Let me know if you have any questions. Go Phightins! 20:42, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Nopes. No questions. Just that we have way more hosts than guests trying to find help. How about sneaking hijacking help requests away from the help desk ;) ? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 20:49, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome to answer questions there too, but don't transclude them to the Teahouse. Go Phightins! 20:50, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Umm "transclude"? Whats that?

I was thinking more like answering the request on the talk page and inviting to the Teahouse for further questions TheOriginalSoni (talk) 20:54, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) I am not sure that is such a good idea. It might create badwill between the two projects.Gtwfan52 (talk) 21:05, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

But literally dozens of requests there go unanswered. Not to forget that almost all answers there are not friendly, something that new users will benefit from the most. WP:JARGON or Technical words does little to help them understand the small little things. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:11, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I am not in disagreement with you. My concern stems from a regular at help desk who came to Teahouse a few days ago and answered a question in a rather bitey way. I called him on it and I am afraid if we start answering their questions, a turf war may result. He was less than happy with me, I think. There is a message a little further up this page about it; you are welcome to look for yourself. Gtwfan52 (talk) 21:22, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

The reason people go to the help desk is because a place by the name of "help desk" seems to be the most obvious place to search for help. Maybe if we could figure out ways to get the Teahouse displayed in common places(Like pages where you get links on what to find where(esp where to find help) and other such stuff) or broadening the scope/quantity of our invitations, it could do the trick. All we need is to get to the correct places where new users would look for help. TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:34, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I always use the WER project welcome templates. They include a Teahouse link. So does the Welcoming commitee's templates. But I agree, it should be mentioned in other places. I don't have a clue as to how to make that happen. Gtwfan52 (talk) 21:45, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I found out that the mood feedback tool contains more 'help' questions than the help desk or the teahouse. Many go unanswered or badly answered though. Maybe if that could be a part of the hosts' agenda - Keep an eye out there; then we might be able to connect better perhaps? TheOriginalSoni (talk) 21:53, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Never got to read your talkback paragraph

Can you re-post it. You know the talkback with the no more Wiki and stuff? Can you re-post your answer? I never got to read it. RaidenRules! (talk) 23:20, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Sure. Here it is. Go Phightins! 23:22, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Hey. Saw your message. I was hoping no one would send that message 'cuase I made sort of a promise that if anyone told me to edit something, that I would leave Wikipedia because over 3 people had told me that and I said if that discussion had to happen again, that I would quit being in Wikipedia. And a promise is a promise, sorry. I'm too scared to make any edits. So I guess no more Wikipedia if that whole discussion starts again. No more Wikipedia for me. RaidenRules!^RaidenRules! 23:37, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

Deidra, why are you scared to make article edits? Be bold, not apprehensive! Why don't you take a look at one of the video games you mentioned on your userpage, and look at its article, and see if there's any way you can improve it. Perhaps you could take a look at The Legend of Zelda. It's setting section is tagged as needing more citations. Based on what I've seen from you, I think you know how to cite sources, so perhaps you could find one or two and add it to the article. Whatever you do, don't leave the project. We need more people with enthusiasm like you! Merry Christmas. Go Phightins! 13:29, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for re-posting that. Appreciate it. Well I'm about to edit Siberian Husky because it has no citing and I double checked, and most of the information is wrong. I'm going to redo most of that page. It really needs citing, and most importantly- correct information! PS-I got Black Ops 2. I can take a look at that page later. RaidenRules! (talk) 23:27, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Outstanding! Go Phightins! 23:27, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Hoping that most of your Christmas wishes came true. I'm going to go get my encyclopedia about dogs book and head off to the article. Thanks for the support. For me, it seems as if the only thing I'll be editing is dog articles because I don't know what happened to my game informers magazines......hopefully their not in the garbage. Well, I heard that I can cite from websites as well so I'll see if I can find a trusted website. Thanks. :) RaidenRules! (talk) 23:33, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

I fixed the intelligence section. All the information in that section is correct and has a cite. RaidenRules! (talk) 00:12, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

It looks better! Just remember that you need to write from a neutral point of view. Be careful; some of what you wrote sounds a little too positive, but you're definitely on the right track to becoming an outstanding content contributor. Go Phightins! 00:15, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

To me it sounds okay, but I'll see what I can do. Thanks. RaidenRules! (talk) 00:31, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

I edited Skye Terrier. I edited "history." I'm so proud of it. RaidenRules! (talk) 01:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Happy new year!

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Lets spread the holiday cheer!!! Cheers! TheOriginalSoni (talk) 05:48, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

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Happy New Year

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One hour and fifty-five minutes! Go Phightins! 03:05, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

Happy New Year

	It's 2013!
	The clock just hit midnight here in California, so I'm wishing you a Happy 2013! ZappaOMati 08:11, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

ANI thread

Hi! Just so you know, if you ever see anything like that again, go ahead and pull it right off AN or ANI, and flag down an oversighter. (Since the edits were suppressed, it's probably best not to discuss what the thread contained). Thanks! --Rschen7754 08:28, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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I've changed your flag for you. J Milburn (talk) 11:24, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

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Happy New Year!

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Hey Go Phightins!! Wishing you a very happy New Year :) CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 23:16, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. We need some cheer around here. Go Phightins! 01:07, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I did hear some cheer... lol =p CURTAINTOAD! ^TALK! 10:48, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Talk:John_Philip_Sousa/GA1

Hey! Happy new year. I've given the possible issues that I found there. Cheers! — Yash ^[talk] 15:54, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

2012 New Mexico Bowl

I've left a few comments at the GAN. Nice article. Buggie111 (talk) 18:32, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

RE: Help

I think your message on my talk page may have been meant for someone else, since i dont really need any help with YFA. Thanks anyway though- Ryan shell (talk) 21:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Did you leave a {{helpme}} template on your talk? Go Phightins! 21:58, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

sorry for not answering in a while but it hadn't occurred to me to check back here. and no: i did not leave the helpme template on any of my pages. Ryan shell (talk) 01:34, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Oh well. My apologies. Go Phightins! 01:35, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Venric Mark/GA1

Can you strike issues at Talk:Venric Mark/GA1 as they are resolved.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:01, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I think you struck one that you didn't mean to.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:12, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

That one wasn't a huge deal. I don't know if you read my last edit summary, but I'm headed to bed for now, so I'll check back tomorrow (probably afternoon) to see how it's going. Go Phightins! 03:13, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

AfD

I just recently started working at AfD. I just reviewed Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Arun Panchariya. It is very frustrating, as I took the time to thoroughly review the article and the sources and took the time out to write out exactly what i found to be the problems with the article, something I have noticed is usually not done. Not 2 minutes after I posted the review, the article's creator began adding unreliable sources. I am guessing it is somewhat an ESL problem. My question is this: When and how do you tell an author that their article isn't going anywhere? Gtwfan52 (talk) 08:04, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

The point is moot here, the article is copyvio. I might write an article on the person though. Ryan Vesey 08:23, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Well this plot thickens. The writer of this article has been emailing me constantly ever since I answered her question at the Teahouse (during which I told her the sources were unreliable) and she seems like a good faith contributor (though undoubtedly working for some company). I don't know what to tell you, as AfC can be frustrating. At this point I agree with Ryan that the point is relatively moot as the article is a copyright violation, but in the future, I'm not really sure how you tell someone their article is a dead-end without driving them off the project (though in this case she's probably a corporate contributor, so it's not like she'd have stuck around afterward). Good luck though. Go Phightins! 11:39, 2 January 2013 (UTC)