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Creating a user space.

Hello OKelly, I see you have had an article deleted which must be frustrating. I cannot locate a copy of the article therefore I cannot comment on it but I would have thought that the financial cost of the French and Indian war was an appropriate topic (see Financial cost of the Iraq War) providing it remains focussed on the financial cost of course. It is a good idea to create new articles in a user space and move them to the main space when they are ready. If they then get deleted, you still have a copy in your user space. It is bad form to edit another's user space so you are free to work on them without 'interruption'. You can create a user space by typing User:OKelly/insert article name here in the search box. When it tells you, no such article exists, do you wish to create it?, you say yes.--Ykraps (talk) 23:30, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. Next time I'll get some references and do what you said. OKelly (talk) 02:34, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reviving projects

Please do not blank project talk pages (ie archiving- you need to leave the last however many months for others to see whether its worth getting involved)
editor involvement on wp is down the drain - if you want to revive the project - you do it - dont expect much help - cheers Satu Suro 08:31, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Financial costs of the American Revolutionary War

Hello. Financial costs of the American Revolutionary War is a most worthwhile article; see my comment on it here.

Of course, the article can and should be improved. The thing to do is to [fanfare] improve it.

This is really not my territory, which is one reason I am reluctant to do much on the article. But I'm about to source one factoid within it. -- Hoary (talk) 08:56, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

NB The matter of financial costs of a war involving several nations (e.g. its effect on the revolution that soon came to one of them) is perhaps less notable than, say, a single restaurant (example). -- Hoary (talk) 09:34, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear! -- Hoary (talk) 12:41, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of British colonisation of Tasmania

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January 2012

Thanks for contributing new article Jeremiah Z. Brown. However, one of Wikipedia's core policies is that material must be verifiable, by being clearly attributed to reliable sources. Please help by adding more sources to the article you created, and/or by clarifying how the sources already given support the material (see here for how to do inline referencing). Many thanks! PS If you need any help, you can look at Help:Contents/Editing Wikipedia or ask at Wikipedia:New contributors' help page, or just ask me. Best regards, Cind.amuse (Cindy) 01:51, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done, added three references. OKelly (talk) 03:50, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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CHU/S

Your requested username is already registered; see Special:Listusers. Please choose another username, thanks. WilliamH (talk) 11:49, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for notifying me. OKelly (talk) 23:48, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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CHU

I see that you've been filed several requests at WP:CHU/S - you might want to try using the SUL tool to check if there are any unattached accounts or if a unified login already exists for the username you want. WilliamH (talk) 00:06, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yea I will do that next time, thanks. OKelly (talk) 00:12, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Which username is it you want, Uhlan? WilliamH (talk) 00:19, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes thats right. I have filed an userpation. OKelly (talk) 00:23, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Bugle: Issue LXX, January 2012

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{{helpme}} I need to know how to remove the writing on the infobox picture at: Massud Mirza. OKelly (talk) 00:09, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Image markup like "|thumb" etc. is for when you are placing an image in regular text. Infoboxes are templates that supply formatting for their parameters such as images so you don't supply the code for images like you would outside of the template, which just breaks them. When you are using a template, if you look at the template page it usually supplies explanation for its use. In this case, you would have looked at {{Infobox senator}}.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:26, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for that. OKelly (talk) 00:31, 24 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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RE: Rollback

Hey I'm opting for rollback rights too. OKelly (talk) 04:40, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Cool - Are you wanting rollback to use Huggle? Cimorcus talk 04:48, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, although I haven't made many vandalism reverts so I don't think I can get it. OKelly (talk) 04:51, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You may get it. Have you tried Twinkle? Cimorcus talk 04:55, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, Huggle seems to be better. OKelly (talk) 04:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

{{Helpme}} How do I get rid of the replication lag on my edit-counter? OKelly (talk) 23:10, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are some things that are beyond the control of mere mortals. In other words, barring starting an effective campaign for the developers to step in and fix the overarching issue, or Wikimedia to buy more hardware that speeds up matters, you don't. However, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject edit counters#Independent edit counters, unaffected by replication lag. Cheers.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:09, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheers OKelly (talk) 00:14, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Response

Apologies i didnt respond sooner , Just been pretty busy with college and work ^^ Thanks for taking the time to contact me and i would be more than happy to support the wikiproject , What part of history do you specialise in ? Thanks for reading my short bio too glad you found it intriguing (: User:Goldblooded ^{(Talk/Discuss)}^(Complain) 11:08, 25 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Copy-edit

Do you accept requests? Best, Jona yo! ^{Selena 4 ever} 03:55, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

To c/e an article? Best, Jona yo! ^{Selena 4 ever} 20:23, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yea sure, I can do that. Uhlan (talk) 20:24, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks :-) Do you mind only c/e the lead of this article? The prose is very very weak. Best, Jona yo! ^{Selena 4 ever} 20:29, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, not that article. I don't know anything about Mexican singers, nor do I care. No offense I hope. Thanks. P.S how did you hear about me? Uhlan (talk) 20:35, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

She's not Mexican she's American who comes from Mexican grandparents. But its okay. I found you on the GOCE page. Best, Jona yo! ^{Selena 4 ever} 20:55, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Right, well you seem to be a fan, so maybe you could do it? Uhlan (talk) 20:58, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yea I am but I don't have any Mexican in me. No hard feelings, Jona yo! ^{Selena 4 ever} 21:03, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, how did you get blocked? Uhlan (talk) 21:09, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I WP:SOCKed just to get one of my articles' to GA status. However, I apologized to everyone and now I have restrictions. Best, Jona yo! ^{Selena 4 ever} 21:15, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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