User:Will Beback/Useful stuff

Admin tools

 * Block user
 * List of blocked users; users can be unblocked from here.
 * Recent changes
 * New pages
 * Candidates for speedy deletion
 * Logs, combined display of upload, deletion, protection, blocking, and sysop logs.
 * Administrators' reading list
 * Administrators' how-to guide
 * Special:Log

Template
Category:User warning templates
 * Template messages
 * Template messages/User talk namespace
 * Template messages/Deletion
 * Template messages/Cleanup

Thanks to User:Ambi (and, by extension, User:Angela).

Helpful pages

 * Barnstars
 * Policies and guidelines
 * Criteria for speedy deletion
 * Deletion of vanity articles


 * Image copyright tags
 * Confirmation of permission


 * Interwikimedia link
 * WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types


 * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Toolserver/Projects
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Interiot/Tool2/code.js

Reviews

 * User:Ealdgyth/GA review cheatsheet

Two column code
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<font color="#3333ff">Goings-on | <font color="#3333ff">Village pump  | <font color="#3333ff">Help desk

Variables

 * Today is Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - August/28/2024
 * It is now (UTC)
 * Wikipedia currently has articles
 * You are currently looking at : on


 * Current month's hits
 * Current month's webalizer
 * Autoupdating link to the mailing list

Useful Pages
Requests for Adminship | Featured article candidates | Requests for comment | Requests for mediation | Nooks and corners of Wikipedia that should be frequented | Requests for arbitration

Copyright violation
Put this on a page with possible copyright violation; ~

New users
Hello, welcome to Wikipedia. You might like to start by reading the tutorial and introducing yourself at the new users page. If you have any questions, you can ask at the help desk or on my talk page. Two useful tips are that you can sign your name using four tildes (&lt;nowiki>~&lt;/nowiki>) and you can preview your changes before you save using the show preview button. You can regularly find new tips on the Community Portal. I look forward to reading your great articles and I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. :) ~

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Unregistered users
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Thanks for all your contributions. Why not create an account so your user name will be attributed to your articles?

Here are some useful links in case you haven't already found them: *How to edit a page *show preview *How to write a great article *Naming conventions *Help *Village pump

I hope you continue to enjoy editing here. ~

Users adding interlanguage links
Hello, welcome to the English Wikipedia. Thanks for the interlanguage links you are adding.

Here are some pages you might find useful during your visit here: *Village pump (to ask questions) *Community Portal (community links) *Goings-on (recent events on the English Wikipedia)

There is also a vote on which order interlanguage links should be in that might interest you at Language order poll.

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Warnings
Some of the following are based on User:Sj/boiler and Mediawiki:test

Tests
Your test worked. It has now been deleted. Future tests should be done in the Sandbox. Please see the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing here. Thanks. ~

Unhelpful
The contributions you are making are not helpful. Please bear this in mind before making further edits. If you would like to experiment, please use the Sandbox. ~

Vandalism
Please stop vandalising PAGE NAME or you may be blocked from editing. Please read the welcome page if you are interested in contributing here. Thanks. ~

NPOV
Welcome to Wikipedia. Your contributions are very welcome. Your contribution to, however, fell outside the bounds of a neutral point of view and was removed. Please bear this in mind while making further contributions. ~

More malicious NPOV
You are disrupting the peaceful operation of several Wikipedia articles. Those who purposefully and maliciously engage in edit wars are not welcome at Wikipedia. If you do not desist, you will be blocked from editing. ~

Copyright
Hello, welcome to Wikipedia. The article you created at ARTICLE NAME appears to be copied from WEBSITE. Unless you are the author of the original information and you are able to release it under the GFDL then the page will need to be deleted. Please see Copyrights for further information. Even if this is a copyright violation, we would still welcome any original contributions from you. See the instructions on how to edit a page for more info. Thanks. ~

Copyvio

 * thanks to Duk

Processing copyvios
I'd like to help with the workload of clearing the Copyright problems page. Leaving aside for now the ones with complications, is there anything special to know? Here's what I'm assuming: Entries older than 7 days (and no clarifying discussion) should be removed. Double check to make sure the copyright claim seems correct. Create new article with /Temp version if there is one. Leave redlinks in other articles to encourage re-creation (hopefully not copyvio). Anything else? Thanks, -21:17, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

Hi, your assumptions are mostly correct (also, see the instructions at the top of WP:CP);
 * 1) verify the copyvio
 * 2) revert to the oldest version of the article with no copyright violation -or- if the article started as a copyvio then delete. Most listings get deleted

We can leave copyvios in history if it's possible to revert to an earlier, copyvio-free version. However, we will remove the offending history if the copyright owner requests it (by deleting the article and restoring only the clean versions of history). This is very difficult for articles with long edit histories.

I find that a significant number of listings are mistakes, probably more than one percent; entries from the 1911 EB (PD), or the Catholic Encyclopedia (PD), or mirrors that don't credit us (they are violating our copyrights), etc.

When an author gives permission for Wikipedia to use their work- I usually ask that they reply to an email, sent to the contact address on the copied website, acknowledging a GFDL license. I include links to Wikipedia's copyright information. Legitimated claims are almost always replied to promptly. If the author is a registered wikipedian with some history I'll take their word for it.

What helps me the most is Firefox browser. I open a few listed articles in their own windows. And then, in each new window open the talk, history, referred url... in tabs. This keeps all the information for a listing together.

I haven't been doing much here for about two months (due to work) but am starting to get some free time again. We definitely need more admins working this page and I'm sure your efforts there will be appreciated. --Duk 23:02, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

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