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Well, I know about Wikipedia:WikiProject User Page Help/Trading Spaces, a former Esperanza project that renovates user pages, which is where I got my lovely page done. Enjoy, and happy editing, Highway Grammar Enforcer! 20:44, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Floramage!
I saw your interest in having your userpage redone. If you would like me to redo the page, simply leave a message on my usertalk and I'll get working on it! Regards, lovelaughterlife♥talk? 03:47, 27 November 2006 (UTC)\
Wishing you a very happy holidays, full of laughter and good times! Hope you have an awesome beginning to 2007 as well! |
About this edit... note where you say “Its legs are like those of Roselia's as well”. NO. To make the Roselia possessive, say “like those of [a] Roselia”, or, preferably just “like Roselia’s”. Saying “like that/those of _______’s” is redundant. In other words: WRONGVERYBADDON’TDOIT. EVER. This particular grammatical atrocity pervades the Pokémon articles. I am NOT blaming you for its prevalence, but in the article in question it was easy to find the perpetrator. I beseech you, strike this hideous anomaly from your composition. If you see it anywhere, wrought by yourself or another, eliminate it. And if it springs from another’s hand, please pass along this lecture, that we may eradicate this horror for all time. --WikidSmaht (talk) 07:39, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Um, what the fuck are you talking about in this edit? It is NOT fine, “that/those of (a) ______’s” is redundant. Saying “those of ______” already makes the noun( which I have left blank in this case) possessive. Adding the apostrophe and letter s, then, is unnecessary, and, more to the point, completely wrong. To be explicit:
Please do not encourage bad grammar. --WikidSmaht (talk) on Urutapu’s talk page 02:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
ARRRRGH You guys are really trying my patience on this issue. OK, let me attempt another way of explaining it. Please do not mistake this as condescending, I am merely trying to teach, and in this case attempting to be as clear as possible since I utterly failed to convey the lesson in my previous comments.
Let us examine the sentence “Its legs are like those of Roselia’s.”. This sentence contains several ambiguities - all of which are perfectly acceptable in English, but for clarity in this lesson, it is best to eliminate them. We will begin by replacing pronouns with the nouns they represent, specifically: the posessive pronoun “Its” is standing in for “Roserade’s”, and the pronoun “those” is standing in for “the legs”.
So, making those changes, the sentence becomes “Roserade’s legs are like the legs of Roselia’s.”. Roselia’s what? Because it is implied, it is not necessary to spell it out when writing, but, again, for the purpose of this lesson, it is better to be explicit. So, “Roselia’s” becomes “Roselia’s legs.”
And there we have it. When you fully spell out all the abbreviated and omitted elements, “Its legs are like those of Roselia’s.” actually means “Roserade’s legs are like the legs of Roselia’s legs.”. As you can see, this is incorrect, because you are trying to make a comparison to the legs of a Roselia, not to its legs’ legs, and, in fact, the legs of a Roselia do not have legs of their own.
Applying the same rules to the correct versions, we can say “Its legs are like those of Roselia.”, which would mean “Roserade’s legs are like the legs of Roselia.”, or we can say “Its legs are like Roselia’s.” which would mean “Roserade’s legs are like Roselia’s legs.”. But we can NOT combine the two, as that results in redundancy, and a fallacy as well.
I hope that this time I have finally been successful in helping you to understand. --WikidSmaht (talk) 04:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
P.S.: I know my punctuation is non-standard, that is conscious and intentional. Note that I only use my personal punctuation rules on talk pages, in articles I use standard punctuation. If I do use non-standard punctuation in an article, it is usually a typo, so you should feel free to correct it. --WikidSmaht (talk)
Hi, sorry that i had to remove your picture of Image:Gardevoir.png from your user page, but the criteria for legal usage of fair-use images, prohibits them being used outside of the main article space. I realize that you prolly weren't the one who put it in there, since you had someone else do it for you, so this is just a friendly note :D Hope to see you in the discussions at the project or on the edit histories. -ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 23:17, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
well, that's a tricky subject. You see, it's fine to upload images only so long as they are used for something that contributes to the encyclopedia. However that could include images that get used for barnstars, userboxes, and templates - not just articles themselves. If you're going to upload an image, just click on thelink at the left which says Upload file. And follow the directions for releasing it under a free liscense. Now the thing about fan art (of say, Gardevoir) is why it gets so tricky. Corporations have no problem with fans making their own drawings of their characters, so long as they don't attempt to make any commerical gains off of it - this counteracts the free license which you would be required to release your drawing. The only other alternatative is a fair-use image, but then there's no reason for you to upload it in the first place because it becomes redundant to the Gardevoir image we already have. I hope that clears it up for you :) -ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 01:11, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Why did you change the Lumineon page?--Tempest115 19:07, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I didn't use Serebii,net, I used bulbapedia--72.75.99.253 21:48, 14 March 2007 (UTC) A s for the ip address, I can't logon where I am right now. Though at least we agree Serebii's awesome.--Tempest115 21:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Please stop. You are edit warring against the entire Pokémon Wikiproject, and Wikipedia is not the place for unconfirmed rumors. If you continue in this way, you will be blocked. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 00:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey!
Sorry for the VERY late response; I've been on Wikibreak for a couple of months, trying to get healthier :) During this time, Springeragh posted a response to your question on my talk page. It answers your questions precisely! Here it is:
WP:STAR may help you some. Actually, #s 1 and 3 are rather easy: with #1, all you have to do is keep making good-quality edits to anything. With #3, all you have to do is put up an image of a barnstar on someone's userpage, →
usually with a message. #2 is tricky, however. Apart from making your own from an existing design, you need to submit it at Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals, where it may or may not get accepted. Hope this helps.— $PЯINGrαgђ 04:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Toodles! lovelaughterlife♥talk? 23:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to know how to get the hearts after your text, I also need some help costomizing my user page.......Gametimegirl***8*** 23:11, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the help I'll see if I can get lovelaughterlife to do it for me. Gametimegirl***8*** 23:12, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
The New SVG Barnstar | ||
I noticd you have done some great contributions, yet you have no awards! Well, I'll change that. Congradulations on your first Award, and it's an svg, too! Keep up all the great work. Ryan Got something to say? 17:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC) |
Disist from defacing his birth name. Read the section on the talkpage which contains a sentence where Havok himself says he was born as "Passaro". - The Daddy 21:51, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Why, thanks again for the barnstar! It's beautiful :) And I see that you now have one for yourself! Congratulations, and keep working hard! --Lovelaughterlife 18:38, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
This notice is to inform you that because many people have added their names to Wikipedia:WikiProject Pokémon#Participants but do not seem to be active, all names are being deleted in an effort to find out who is still truly interested in the project. All you have to do is re-add your name if you'd still like to be considered a member of WP:POKE. Any questions, you can contact me on my talk page. -ΖαππερΝαππερ BabelAlexandria 17:39, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
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