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--60.231.200.190 07:25, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

TOTD lightbulb

--Keycard ^(talk) 17:10, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Or, maybe I should say, Hot! Now all it needs is for the black outline on the bulb (the glass part) to be replaced by yellow, the pic's background made "transparent", and then saved in PNG format. Then it'll be a bonafide icon. --Go for it! 18:11, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your new one is the best so far. The only thing I can think of to make it more realistic, not that a smiling light bulb is in any way based in reality, is to recolor the screw-in portion of the base to silver or gray (with black lines where the grooves are). Not the bottom cap though, those are usually black. Very good job. --Go for it! 10:49, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to being a cool emoticon for email, Larry the Lightbulb (or you could name him, if you like) is also a cool icon. Template:User tipster3. --Go for it! 11:35, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And, in answer to your question...

Tip of the day...

What are dummy edits good for?

A dummy edit is a slight change in an article's wikitext that has no effect on the rendered page but allows you to save a useful edit summary. This is like a SMS (Short Message Service).

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Anubis (cipher)

Can you provide a citation for "the designers claim that a misuser of the cipher will be cursed"? That's the oddball sort of trivia that ought to be backed up to prevent its removal as casual vandalism. Thanks! — Lomn Talk 15:51, 10 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note. The Anubis site was inaccessible when I first saw the article, thus my confusion. — Lomn Talk 18:52, 13 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edit summary

Hello. Please remember to always provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy editing. Jesushaces 17:23, 15 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Hello, i've noticed you welcome new users that haven't edited anything, perhaps you want to check this out? Cheers, Jesushaces

== well, ==

Hi, Keycard, Late welcome to Wikipedia!

I'm sure you like this place — I sure do — and want to stay. Before getting too in-depth, you may want to read about the Five pillars of Wikipedia and simplified ruleset. If you need help on how to title new articles check out the naming conventions, and for help on formatting the pages visit the manual of style. If you need help look at Wikipedia:Help and the FAQ , plus if you can't find your answer there, check the Village Pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the Reference Desk (for general questions)! There's still more help at the Tutorial and Policy Library. Plus, don't forget to visit the Community Portal. And if you have any more questions after that, feel free to post them on my user talk page or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will be by to help you shortly.

Happy Wiki-ing, and sorry for the late welcome ;)

And I also think that a welcome message is nice, just wanted to point that section to you, since, unfortunately, many users don't edit anything, they just create accounts... On the other hand, perhaps a welcome message will be the thing they need to start editing ;) Anyhow, don't think I'm stalking you or anything, it's just that i'm using cryptoderk's VF and you showed up quite a lot, and since you didn't provide edit summs I decided to drop you a note. See you around, Jesushaces

Statistically Improbable Phrases

Keycard, I made many changes to Statistically Improbable Phrases in one go, and you summarily reversed my edit. Did you deem all of the work unsatisfactory - or just one aspect? Care to explain your actions? - the.crazy.russian (T) (C) (E) 03:54, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

But the stuff that was in the article before I came was even more inept! How does it make sense to restore it? Why not just So-Fix-It as you see it instead of reverting? And why did you take out the stub sort and other non-example-related changes? - the.crazy.russian (T) (C) (E) 15:42, 28 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Werewolf

Mmm? I switched the position of the "the" in "the Glen of Saint Catherine monastery". It previously read "Glen of the Saint Catherine monastery." --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 07:18, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Empty Child notes

Hello, just thought I had better explain why I removed the note (my edit summary may not have been terribly clear). I believe that the note I removed is of little merit as the two phones mentioned are different. As best as I can tell, and I admit I am far from an expert on Doctor Who trivia, the phone he used in World War III is a regular workable phone, whereas the one used in The Empty Child is not - it is implied to be part of the TARDIS's cloaking device. My problem with the note is that it appears to suggest to the layman that there is some form of continuity error, which I do not believe is the case. If my understanding of the matter is correct, the fact that he is surprised to hear a non-functioning phone ring, and is happy to use a functioning phone, makes sense. I also felt that the previous note dealt with the situation is sufficient detail.

I hope this clears up why I made the change, I'll leave it up to you to decide whether the note should be kept or not. Yours, Rje 15:28, 25 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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1984 article (George Orwell)

You gonna fill in those merged articles or remove them from the template? --SGCommand (talk • contribs) 17:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Both Eurasia (1984) and Eastasia (1984) link to Nineteen Eighty-Four, It's not good having a redirect in a template. --SGCommand (talk • contribs) 17:19, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In my Opinion, they should each link to seperate articles. --SGCommand (talk • contribs) 17:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Then they should be removed --SGCommand (talk • contribs) 17:33, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jimbo cartoon

The basic story is that I traced a photograph of Jimbo (this one) in Adobe Illustrator, but you could also do the same thing in Inkscape if one wanted to (Inkscape is free -- I didn't have it at the time I made that one). It's a lot easier than it looks -- conceptually it just means you have to break an image into its bare minimum of conceptual elements, and then tracing them by hand (in a very abstract style) over the original. There are some tutorials floating around the web but I can't seem to find any great ones at just this moment. If you google "raster to vector illustrator tutorial" you'll get some results, though many of them are for auto-trace tools (which produce a different effect -- much more details, less abstract, and frankly not as good looking). I could also send you the original file (in whatever format will work for you) if you want to take a look at it and the different elements that went into it. --Fastfission 14:13, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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If You put Your name as a source then that is easy to verify (this talk page), for me to go and search the beeb site is a huge task. Also I don't think You can just upload an image and put: "microsoft" as source. The Upload page says: "If the file is available online, include a link." Best, feydey 16:51, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Keycard! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. - Gl e n ^T_C (Stollery) 19:25, 7 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

VP probs

VP runs on an Internet Explorer based platform so try this; load Internet Explorer and log into wikipedia before booting VP up Let me know how ya go, look forward to your reply - Gl e n ^T_C (Stollery) 17:43, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Fear Her" working titles

Could you transcribe the section of DWM discussing the working titles? They kind of interest me. Thanks very much indeed.--Keycard ^(talk) 16:42, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly. It's in the "TV Preview" section:

"This episode's original title was Chloe Webber Destroys the Earth!" laughs Matthew Graham, Fear Her scribe and co-creator/lead writer of BBC One's popular Life on Mars. "Russell [T Davies, Doctor Who's executive producer] thought it was the funniest thing he'd ever heard! He e-mails like he talks, so every now and then I'd get a message saying, 'Chloe Webber Destroys the Earth. Marvellous! Hooray! Bless you!' "

Perhaps because it wouldn't fit across TV screens, Chloe Webber Destroys the Earth didn't last. "Suddenly, out of the blue, Russell said it was a bit of a mouthful," says Matthew. "So then it became You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber — but of course that was still too long! I'd keep suggesting things and he'd say, 'No, that's not a Doctor Who title'. When I suggested Fear Her, he said he liked it, but it still wasn't quite a Doctor Who title. He said, 'Let's leave it, and see whether we forget about it or it still bugs us.' Because we then forgot about it, we decided it must work!"

Hope that sates your curiosity. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 20:39, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Tip of the day project update

Just trying to get things better organized around there. Toward that end, I've created a task list template for the project. If all the contributors to the project placed it on their user page, we could all keep in touch more easily (with announcements, alerts, etc.). It, and the latest announcements can be found at:

totd task list template

--Go for it! 17:29, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]