User talk:FinnsDeal

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Thank you so much Odiabot for giving me a warm welcome here. I will do my best to contribute to the articles here and will definitely be sure to check out my account every now and then. We're all against vandalisms and it's what I am going to avoid, and to fight. I will "clean" the articles containing vandalisms, or reports that did not indicate any sources but comes in a suspicious tone. You know what I mean. Again, a lot of thanks. FinnsDeal (talk) 00:51, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Countdown

Hi. How did you know about this? ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 16:33, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry for putting my own comments in that article. Now that the video is released, I think there's nothing more to ask. It's just awesome! And I'm glad I saw your comment on her website. What a dedicated fan! She's gotta be proud of you. Have you seen "Love On Top" already? FinnsDeal (talk) 11:03, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Awww thanks so much. So were you the one to whom i replied there? Yes, i love her a lot. I cannot say how much. Lol. Yes, i saw the preview and i like it. Beyonce looks beautiful, like in the DIL era but the preview looked like a rehearsal. Are you also a big fan? If yes, you can join this. ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 17:53, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nope, I didn't sign up on her site. Lost my account's password and I haven't got the chance to create a new one. This era's music videos may be low-budgeted and simple, but look how much she wows the critics! It has quality, and her videos doesn't need such gimmicks (talk about Rihanna and Lady Gaga) just to show how much a legend she is now. I mean, it's the music that matters anyway! I'm a big fan since I was in my elementary years! Hehe, sounds great anyways. I was sad when I saw on your page that you're retired and won't be posting anything until December 2011, so this message's a surprise. FinnsDeal (talk) 08:37, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Awww you do not have to be sad. Lol. I would have come back. Actually, i had to come today because of this. I am very happy to know that you are such a big fan. But why don't you edit her articles more frequently. I see, through your contributions that most of the time, you do not edit music-related articles. If you ever need help, do let me know. I am always happy to help those who care fro Beyonce. Concerning the legend status of Ms. Knowles, i totally agree but there are many here that will simply not agree. Well they cannot be blamed. Not everyone recognizes true talent especially when their faves are... I prefer not to tell it to avoid a huge wave of arguments. Did you see my talk-page. I just told "You better show her some respect because your own fave is a STAN.". Lol. ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 08:52, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with it all! Do you think Beyoncé plagiarized Anne's work? I think she was just inspired to do the same thing. I don't see anything wrong with that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there'll be no lawsuits, whatsoever. I don't want "Countdown" to be banned or be removed from her (upcoming or rumored) video anthology. About my edits, I keep my music-related posts minimal. It changes so fast, and I can't keep up with the sources. I only reconstruct sentences when needed, or add missing information. Hehe. Sorry for the short reply, I'm on my way to school! Chat later. BTW, do you really think she faked her pregnancy? FinnsDeal (talk) 13:54, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Some tips to help you out!

Hi FinnsDeal, I thought I'd drop a few notes on your talk page with some help on writing articles :o)

First of all, it may be best for you to do a bit of reading, starting with the Wikipedia manual of style, which will give you a lot of information about how Wikipedia prefers its articles to be written. It's not as hard to follow as it might look; quite a bit of the information there probably won't be vital for you at first.

Second, I recommend you make a user sandbox - which is just an area you can use to practise in, and to make notes in, and to get things ready in. If you click this red link: user:FinnsDeal/Sandbox, that will let you create that page (it gives you an edit window to start work in). Anything, anywhere, on the help and information pages which gives you an example, try it out in your sandbox until you're familiar with it.

For your article, the next thing you want to do is start collecting as much information as you can about it. Google searches (particularly in Books and Scholar) will be your best friend for this! Once you've found the information, the next most important thing is to start writing up each fact in your own words (very important, this), and make a note at the same time of exactly where that information came from. Build in the references as you go along; I'm going to copy in, down below this, a whole heap of help on doing references, which was produced by one of our best teachers (Chzz).

Here's another place that you'll find incredibly useful - citation templates which you can copy and paste into your sandbox, between <ref></ref> tags; you just fill in the blanks from your sources into the template, and you'll end up with nicely formatted inline citations :o) It all helps. Remember to add a references section to your sandbox (make a new line, and put ==References== on it, and type {{reflist}} on the next line, so that you can see how your citations look as you do them. Remember to save your page often! You don't want to lose your work.

Hopefully this will give you a good start and make life easier for you.

One last thing to keep as a motto: "It's better to write one good, well-referenced, nicely-presented article than it is to create fifty unreferenced one-line stubs!" Pesky (talk …stalk!) 09:03, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How references work

Simple references

These require two parts;

a)

Chzz is 98 years old.<ref> "The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. </ref>

He likes tea. <ref> [http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com Tea website] </ref>

b) A section called "References" with the special code "{{reflist}}";

== References ==
{{reflist}}

(an existing article is likely to already have one of these sections)

To see the result of that, please look at user:chzz/demo/simpleref. Edit it, and check the code; perhaps make a test page of your own, such as user:FinnsDeal/reftest and try it out.

Named references

Chzz was born in 1837. <ref name=MyBook>
"The book of Chzz", Aardvark Books, 2009. 
</ref> 

Chzz lives in Footown.<ref name=MyBook/>

Note that the second usage has a / (and no closing ref tag). This needs a reference section as above; please see user:chzz/demo/namedref to see the result.

Citation templates

You can put anything you like between <ref> and </ref>, but using citation templates makes for a neat, consistent look;

Chzz has 37 Olympic medals. <ref> {{Citation
 | last = Smith
 | first = John
 | title = Olympic medal winners of the 20th century
 | publication-date = 2001
 | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]]
 | page = 125
 | isbn = 0-521-37169-4
}}
</ref>

Please see user:chzz/demo/citeref to see the result.

For more help and tips on that subject, see user:chzz/help/refs.

Something to make your life easier!

Hi there FinnsDeal! I've just come across one of your articles, and noticed that you had to create titles for your url links manually, or were using bare urls as references.

You might want to consider using this tool - it makes your life a whole heap easier, by filling in complete citation templates for your links. All you do is install the script on Special:MyPage/common.js, or or Special:MyPage/vector.js, then paste the bare url (without [...] brackets) between your <ref></ref> tabs, and you'll find a clickable link called Reflinks in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). Then click that tool. It does all the rest of the work (provided that you remember to save the page! It doesn't work for everything (particularly often not for pdf documents), but for pretty much anything ending in "htm" or "html" (and with a title) it will do really, really well. Happy editing! Pesky (talk …stalk!) 09:03, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Google Chrome complete version history

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I don't believe any of my contributions infriged one's copyright. I tried re-phrasing most of the texts found on my references, if possible. And I did use my own words. On the other hand, the page was redirected to Google Chrome already, so I guess it's settled then. FinnsDeal (talk) 16:43, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Google Chrome complete version history for deletion

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The article is now redirected to a section in Google Chrome. I am glad to contribute to the site, but I wish I have completed the whole article. Time did not allow me, but now I've learned my lesson. FinnsDeal (talk) 16:38, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My Sincere Wishes For This Festive Season

		★★★★★★★★ Merry Christmas And Happy New Year 2012 ★★★★★★★★
		I Wish You And Your Family A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year 2012. May The New Year Bring Much Happiness, Prosperity, Peace, And Success In Your Life. I Am Very Happy To be Part of Wikipedia And To Have Great Friends Like You. Cheers. - From A Big Fan of ----> Jivesh1205 (Talk) 16:12, 21 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much Jivesh, I did appreciate the effort! Keep doing what you do best, especially the Beyoncé Knowles-related articles. Have yourself a merry little Christmas and have a happy New Year! Enjoy the festive season. FinnsDeal (talk) 15:08, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You are welcome and thanks. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 15:09, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

And because it's the season of sharing, I would like to reveal something. I signed up on ATRL over a month ago, and has been silently participating in threads under the BeyoncéFlicks name. FinnsDeal (talk) 15:21, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I suspected that. I like the drama there. And those stan fights. So ridiculous but funny. I am Sasha Fierce. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 15:50, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The way I construct my sentences, that is. I'm really not doing anything on the site just yet. I just like browsing each page to see what else is new, but most of the time, like what you said, they fight (especially on "I Care" vs. "End of Time," two great tracks). Now I guess they're fighting over Beyoncé's success whether it is built by Mathew or not. Any upcoming articles on Wikipedia? FinnsDeal (talk) 16:33, 27 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That's so true. I feel like beating some of them. Lol. Yes, I have created articles for every song on 4 recently except "Lay Up Under Me". Jivesh1205 (Talk) 10:22, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad that Korea's downloading songs from 4 and it's charting, so there's a reason to create an article without the administrators deleting it. Anyways, is there a possibility that "Lay Up Under Me" will get its article treatment soon? FinnsDeal (talk) 10:25, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It reached number one in Korea. I am happy for the treatment the songs are getting there. But there is not enough information for composition and critical reception. So, it will be difficult. Are you from Korea? Jivesh1205 (Talk) 10:34, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm not from Korea. I just noticed the chart positions on your articles. FinnsDeal (talk) 10:37, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lol. From where are you then? I am from Mauritius. Jivesh1205 (Talk) 10:41, 28 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

April 2012

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June 2012

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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at James Wan, you may be blocked from editing. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:45, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

But James Wan is really ugly and is Asian. FinnsDeal (talk) 07:27, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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March 2018

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April 2018

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You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did with this edit to Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. -★- PlyrStar93. _{→Message me. ←} 05:00, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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You've made stuff up, you've denigrated BLP's, and then you vandalized AIV. I've seen more clear cut cases of WP:NOTHERE, but I've no doubt in my mind that you fit the document well. Courcelles (talk) 14:14, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]