User talk:Barkjon/Archive 1

Please don't deltee anything at my user page!!--Barkjon 21:50, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome, and info on signatures

Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Barkjon, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask your question and then place {{helpme}} before the question on your talk page. Again, welcome!  -- John Broughton (♫♫) 22:38, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Signatures

You'll find general info about signatures at Wikipedia:Signatures. If you want to change yours, see Wikipedia:How to fix your signature for general info. A nice selection of signatures is at User:Athaenara/Gallery. For real customization, see Wikipedia:Smurrayinchester's signature tutorial and User:NikoSilver/Signature shop.

To answer your question about how I did my signature, I basically combined the script font from a signature that I saw (which I liked) with the superscript that's found in a lot of signatures, but I chose a different character for the superscript.

Or, to answer your question even more basically: if you go into edit mode for this page, you can see the underlying code.

P.S. Please do focus on editing Wikipedia, not just creating the fanciest signature that you possibly can. We don't discourage individuality here, but per WP:NOT, this isn't a social networking site. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 22:38, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the info! I just made a new signature!(Well, I tried to:-()--[[User:Barkjon|<font color="black">Barkjon</font>]] [[User talk:Barkjon|<font color="red">talk</font>]] (talk) 23:24, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Now I got it workin'!--Barkjon talk 23:26, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

--[[User:Barkjon|Barkjon]] talk 23:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

--Barkjon talk 23:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

--Barkjon talk 23:44, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

----"Barkjon" talk 20:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

--'"Barkjon"' talk 20:30, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

For bolding, you just put three apostrophes before and after what you want bolded. To be specific:

--[[User:Barkjon|<font color="black">Barkjon</font>]] '''[[User talk:Barkjon|<font color="red">talk</font>]]'''

That would bold the word "talk" but not the front half of the signature.

You'll find more about wikimarkup/wikicode at Wikipedia:How to edit a page#Wiki markup. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 00:49, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

P.S. I strongly advise against making your talk page link red, as it is now. A red link normally means that a page doesn't exist, and an editor who doesn't have a talk page is normally a complete newbie. Editors like me tend (sometimes wrongly) to consider comments by complete newbies to be less useful or less likely to be right. Plus you going to confuse someone who clicks on the red link, expecting to see a "create this page" option, and who might be prepared to put a welcome message on the new page, only to discover that the page already exists. (In short, try green or yellow or gray or violet or something other than red; blue isn't a bad color either.) -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Userbox

Could someone put the Christian user box on my page?--Barkjon 15:58, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

hey

I think you should stop spamming the Club Penguin talk page to promote your own crappy wiki. 05:02, 2 August 2007 (UTC)65.11.85.163

It ain't my wiki!--Barkjon 14:26, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Hello Barkjon. I just wanted to let you know I stood up for you and the Club Penguin Wiki. If you want to see what I said, click here!

TurtleShroom! :) ^†Jesus Loves You and Died for you!^† 01:44, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I need help!!

I want to put userboxes on my page, but I can't find how to. Plz tell me how.--Barkjon 14:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Re: Adoption Request

I might consider it, but I am not currently adopting... Out of curiosity, why do you require your adopter to be Christian? --GorillaWarfare ^talk 21:05, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and I saw the question about userboxes. Just click on any link in the box I put below (also found at the bottom of WP:UBX and copy-and-paste the code of the userbox you want into your user page. And in the future if you need help, type {{helpme}} on your user page and it will notify a helper of your request. You can also ask Wikipedia-related questions here. --GorillaWarfare ^talk 21:08, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Actually I don't want to be adopted. Sorry.--Barkjon 22:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject RedWall

Hey! I noticed that you're a big fan of the Redwall series. Would you like to come join our Redwall WikiProject? If you're interested, add your name to the Participants list. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions! GlassCobra 00:30, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Redwall Roll-Call

Hey there! Your username is listed on the WikiProject Redwall participants list, but we are unsure as to which editors are still active on the project. Your name has therefore been moved to a "Potentially Active" list. If you still consider yourself an active WikiProject Redwall editor, please move your name from the "Potentially Active" list to the "Active Participants" list. You may also wish to add {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Redwall/Userbox}} to your userpage, if you haven't done so already. Conversely, if you do not wish to be considered a member of the WikiProject, leave your name where it is and it will be moved to the "Inactive" list. If you wish to make a clean break with the Project, however, you may move your name to the "Inactive" list. Thanks! ~~~~

Smile!

Robbsi has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Adoption

Hello, Barkjon! Couldn't help but notice you wish to be adopted. I have been here for six months, and if you'd like, I can adopt you. Please drop me a line if you'd like that. Thanks. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 23:07, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure! If you have any questions, just ask me on my talk page. I'll also monitor you contributions and give you tips. Oh, and I'd like to note that when you want to start a new topic on a talk page, press the + button next to the edit button. Thanks! Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 22:28, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok. I now other ways to start a new subject.--Barkjon (talk) 20:04, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Multiple WikiProjects

Sure, you can be in as many WikiProjects as you want to be. Don't spread yourself too thin. And don't join just to collect a userbox and get a welcome notice (I'm sure you won't). Remember, also, that the difference between an editor who is a "member" of a WikiProject and an editor who is not is (a) the first editor put his/her name on the WikiProject page, the second did not, and (b) the first editor will get a newsletter, if/when the WikiProject puts one out, the second won't. In other words, no big deal. You can participate all you want in all the collaborations and other activities of a WikiProject without ever signing up. So just enjoy yourself, and please contribute to Wikipedia, in whatever way you prefer. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 01:47, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

OK! Thanks for the info. Just today, I realized that being in multiple WikiProjects sorta gets, hmmm, how should I phrase it... "out of hand"? --~Barkjon- talk 01:49, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

It's easier to think of things to do, than to grind through the work of doing them. But there is no deadline, so as long as you participate in each WikiProject that you join, eventually, then it's all good. When you are ready to contribute to a WikiProject, work will be waiting for you. You may also find that if you dabble in many places now, then later when you gain more editing experience, you will learn new things and remember some articles you worked on earlier, which can benefit from the new feature you learned. --Teratornis 03:34, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry, but I don't want to be in the Christianity WikiProject. I don't feel I know enough about that to join it.--~Barkjon- talk 01:59, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Editor Review

Hello, Barkjon. I noticed in your editor review, you said your best contribution to Wikipedia was your signature. You might want to change that, a signature isn't a contribution. Thanks! Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 00:04, 5 December 2007 (UTC) Oh. i'll fix that.--~Barkjon- talk 16:38, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Userpage design

Hello, Barkjon! You know, there's this really nice place to go if you want to design your own userpage. It's called the userpage design center. It's got thousands of possible combinations, and each one is super-easy to create. You ought to try it out. --Gp75motorsports (talk) 00:28, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

And also...

...you said you were new here? I'd be glad to show you around the place. Respond on my talk page. Best, --Gp75motorsports (talk) 00:30, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I have adopted him already. Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 00:34, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh. Sorry. --Gp75motorsports (talk) 01:00, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Well thanks anyway!--~Barkjon- talk 16:37, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Signature

Hi Barkjon. I noticed you had posted a request at the Signature shop. Sorry for being away and not noticing. I see you have a very attractive signature right now, probably self-made. I can help if you wish, but I really like the one you use now, so here's a small tweak in your code:

Before Preview --~Barkjon- talk Code --~[[User:Barkjon|<font color=" grey">Barkjon</font><sup></sup>]]- [[User talk:Barkjon|<font color="red">talk</font>]] Length 118 characters

After Preview --~Barkjon- talk Code --~[[User:Barkjon|<font color="grey">Barkjon</font>]]- [[User talk:Barkjon|<font color="red">talk</font>]] Length 106 characters

I removed the redundant superscript codes () and cropped redundant spaces. They look exactly the same. Hope that helps. Cheers! NikoSilver 09:22, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

I really like it better, but I'd still ike it if you made me one like the sig I requessted, so I can choose which is better. And yes, it is handmade.--~Barkjon- talk 16:43, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok, then step in the shop please. I need some feedback. NikoSilver 22:34, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Beanie Baby list

Hi, I noticed you have made some contributions to the page List of Ty Beanie Babies. I don't know if you are the same person who has made all those anonymous edits to this page, but I noticed, you have worked on it.

Since this page will take so long to complete, I am looking for others to help in its construction. Any help is appreciated. This can mean making major additions to the current list, or else adding even one beanie at a time that you know about. Or it can be fixing a red link so it links to an article that describes that beanie in further detail, or contributing additional information about one that is on the list already. Any help is appreciated.

I have tried to get a WikiProject Beanie Babies started, and to increase existing writing on Wikipedia about Beanie Babies, since they are notable, and many facts about particular beanies are encyclopedic. So far, I have shyed away from having article about single beanies, but rather, made articles about groups of beanies that have common notability. You can look under to see what is there already, and add anything you think may be suitable to these articles.Xyz7890 (talk) 22:45, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Ok. I love stuffed animals, especially Beanie Babies, and I'll try to help you get a WikiProject beanie babies started. P.S. You know where to request WikiProjects? I was trying to start a Club Penguin one.-- Barkjon  15:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Here it isXyz7890 (talk) 15:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Ahh. Thanks.-- Barkjon  19:01, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 3

Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate, that landed on WP:100! I paid close attention to everything that was said, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holiday season and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, and have a great new year, --Elonka 07:30, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi!

Dunklebug has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Ok my Wikipedia account is Candyman 53 Well Hi! Candyman 53 (talk) 09:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC) Candyman 53

Reply

Hello, Barkjon. You can graduate from the adoption program if you feel confident editing without me being your mentor. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 03:21, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh.-- Barkjon  17:02, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

User talk pages

Hello, Barkjon. When contacting someone using his/her user talk page, please only discuss things related to Wikipedia. Thanks. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 01:07, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Bjtitus

Hello, Barkjon. Please note that Wikipedia is not censored. Thanks. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 02:03, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh ok sorry. I was used to the Club Penguin Wiki(where I'm a bureacrat) where anythign mentioning swear words is OUT!-- Barkjon  18:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for reverting vandalism to my userpage! JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 22:46, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome.-- Barkjon  22:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Your rollback request

Hi! I regret that I must inform you that your request for the rollback permission has been denied. You can discover why by checking the archives at Wikipedia:Requests for rollback/Denied/February 2008#Barkjon. RFRBot (talk) 02:30, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I've granted rollback to you. I can't for the life of me figure out why people are denying rollback on grounds that aren't the consensus opinion. ⇒SWATJester ^{Son of the Defender} 06:12, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

You've been loved by Robbsi

Hey there! Robbsi has loved you by placing a heart icon in the top-right corner of your userpage. Don't worry, it's not vandalism, but simply a small way to spread the WikiLove. If you don't really like it, feel free to revert it and make it go away, and no hard feelings; after all, it's just a small token of appreciation. If you like it, just add your name here, but again, there's no need to feel upset if you don't. Love and best wishes, Robbsi (talk) 07:46, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. How's the Wiki going? Are you and TurtleShroom doing a good job of keeping it in order? I'm sure you are! I want to consider coming back, but I still need to think about. Plus, even if I decide to come back, I would only have time to edit in the weekends. Robbsi (talk) 07:46, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

WikiCup

You have entered as the USA for this tournament, someone is already entered as the USA, could you please change your country. // F9T 07:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok I changed to Switzerland-- Barkjon  18:57, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you - very much appreciated. // F9T 19:32, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Challenge

Hello, Barkjon. Congratulations on your rollback status! I have an idea for a challenge for you.

Because you edit the article Club Penguin quite a bit, I would suggest creating Club Penguin on the Simple English Wikipedia. See simple:Main Page. I have an account there, so you may want to contact me there if you need help. Thanks. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 22:30, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Keyla

I have nominated Keyla, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keyla. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Captain panda 00:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Otters

Oh cool, another WikiOtter! I'm not sure of what kind of otter theme you could take, but I'm sure you'll think of something. (Incidentally, as far as Redwall is concerned, I'm reading Taggerung right now.) Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 19:28, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Ya, I love Taggerung too. Ya, I bet I'll make a WikiOtter. Ya, you have river otters, so I'll have a sea otter clan!-- Barkjon  20:20, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

hi!

Hey Barkjon! LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 12:08, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey, man!-- Barkjon  16:31, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi!

Secret Page

Found yours. Can I get a barnstar, please? THE KC (talk) 21:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC).

Uh, sure, It's on my secret page.-- Barkjon  20:16, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the barnstar! I hadn't noticed it till today. Thanks again. LB22 (talk to me!)Email me! 20:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiCup

STORMTRACKER 94 ^{Go Irish!} 22:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Very good!

You are doing a great job reverting vandalism! You may also want to warn users, using (without the nowiki tags):

{{subst:uw-v1}} {{subst:uw-v2}} {{subst:uw-v3}} {{subst:uw-v4}}

You can warn vandals with these templates. If a user vandalizes after a level four warning, you can go to WP:AIV. Happy editing! JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 00:16, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm trying harder to become a valuable part of Wikipedia.-- Barkjon  16:45, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for signing my guestbook. I will now award you with this barnstar. User:Wwesocks/Guestbook/barnstar Have a great day. wwesocks^sign 08:30, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the first barnstar!-- Barkjon  14:07, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Reverting anon edits

Hello Barkjon, I noticed that you have been reverting a lot of edits by anonymous editors. Some of your reverts seem unreasonable. In future, please can you give a reason for your reverts in the edit summaries? Thank you. Sam Staton (talk) 15:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to add that the use of the rollback tool is restricted to only reverting blatant obvious vandalism. I've gone through your contribs list, and I'm seeing some use of the tool that's questionable. Please don't revert anything but blatant vandalism using the rollback tool. The tool can be removed in that case. - Philippe | Talk 16:04, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I was coming here to issue a warning concerning inappropriate rollback usage, but it appears the matter has already been addressed. I would like to reiterate the above cautions: rollback is only to be used for blatant vandalism. Rollbacking such as this does not fall under this remit. If an editor makes a good-faith contribution (such as tweaking the code of an article, even if it doesn't fall in line with the other articles), use undo, rather than rollback, and hence give them the courtesy of an explanation in the edit summary.

I look forward to observing your co-operation in this matter: if that is not forthcoming, it is likely that your rollback access will be removed. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any further queries. Kind regards, Anthøny 16:11, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I shall only revert obvious vandalism now. Thanks for the tip, anyway.-- Barkjon  17:52, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem, and thank you for understanding. All the best, Anthøny 18:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Long Island

Hello, Barkjon, and welcome to WikiProject Long Island. Thank you for chosing our wikiproject to join. You may want to do some work at the newsletter. If you join, it is reccomended you get a status bar so we know when to recruit you. Thanks for joining, Nothing444 16:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC).

Adoption

Hey Barkjon! Yes i accept your adoption, not ENTIRELY sure what it entails, but it's all good i guess. So what i sadoption all about? As the help pages are normally in jargon Halowithhorns89 (talk) 12:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC) One thing i'd love to know how to do, if someone does vandalise, can i revert to a previous edit, or do i have to just delete it? Secondly, how do i rename (or propose renaming) an article? Regards Halowithhorns89 (talk) 08:30, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Teacher

I think we need to organize a plan, to where one person teaches at RyRy's page on one day, another the next. What do you think? Basketbal110  Talk  22:15, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Uh, sure. I've already made the newest lesson, if you want to know.-- Barkjon  22:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

&nbsp;?

What's the point of Template:Barky? John Reaves 03:50, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, it's just an expirement. Please don't delete it.-- Barkjon  18:11, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For welcoming 1000 new members. Congrats! Luksuh 22:38, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll keep trying!-- Barkjon  00:34, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Guestbook?

Where's your Guestbook? Chubbennaitor 14:02, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

At the "Sign Here" part on my page.-- Barkjon  18:33, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

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