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Meow!! 10:05, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi! You remember me? :) Thanks for thanking me for thanking you. lol Meow!! 10:05, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

And thanks for thanking me for thanking you for thanking me! :P Peter Sam Fan | talk 14:43, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

No problem! lolMeow!! 19:28, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Cool guy

You a cool & fun person!
You are a good person. Friends? Meow!! 19:30, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

Yeah. However, I think I'm going to be taking a semi-wikibreak for Lent (even though it doesn't seem like it.)Peter Sam Fan | talk 19:33, 12 February 2016 (UTC)

mmkay. Yeah.. I really hafta get off wikipedia and continue with my work. Anyway, good luck with your break and Happy Hunger games and Let The Force be Ever in Your Favor!Meow!! 19:47, 12 February 2016 (UTC)
Hey dood! Thanks for the Barnstar! :) Meow!! 02:38, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Ur welcome. Peter Sam Fan | talk 23:47, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Blocking Policy

Lol.. You gonna blow me up for editing/ modifying it. LOL Meow!! 01:39, 17 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
You're a good person. I love you man. Meow!! 02:40, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Peter Sam Fan | talk 17:57, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Civility Barnstar
For being a good friend to me. Meow!! 03:03, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
For being yourself and doing your share of edits in your Wikilife. Meow!! 03:02, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Woah, dude thanks! I really wasn't expecting this. My account is only 19 days old (as of February 22, 2016) and I have three barnstars? Thanks! Peter Sam Fan | talk 15:20, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Help me!

What on earth is the green template documentation doing on my page? I didn't add it there, and I have no clue how it got there. Would you please delete it, if you know how?

Peter Sam Fan | talk 20:22, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

You appear to have accidentally included {{documentation}}. I have removed it. ~ Matthewrbowker Drop me a note 22:34, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

Guestbook

Hey. Nice guestbook.I have a Guestbook now if you wanna check it out..Meow!! 23:15, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Cats

Thanks
Hey there! you earned these!The Barnstar of Civility btw how'd you like the music in there? Meow!! 02:44, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Erm, I didn't listen, since my speaker's on mute. Whoops. Peter Sam Fan | talk 03:03, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

No Problemo Oh.. ha, it's ok.Meow!! 03:08, 26 February 2016 (UTC)
Say hello to my little friend..PEO-cat face..Meow!! 22:11, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Hello, computer-generated picture. :P Peter Sam Fan | talk 18:22, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

lol.. it's mah kitteh!! I have a kitteh in real life too. Do u have a pet? Meow!! 22:26, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Yep! I have a very gentle cat. Peter Sam Fan | talk 22:48, 28 February 2016 (UTC)

Cool! mine thinks shes a tiger. It's black and white with green eyes. what's yours look likeMeow!! 00:45, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

Mine's gray with yellow eyes. She's a seven-toed cat, believe it or not. Peter Sam Fan | talk 20:46, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

7?!.. cool..i guess. I like gray cats. Meow!! 21:24, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

This looks alot like mine... but smaller, and mine has no orange. Meow!! 22:10, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

Thank you so much for the cookies! Hope you can enjoy a nice thank you cupcake!

I'm glad you offer to help! Wikipedia is feeling a bit overwhelming at the moment, with so much info to process at once. I've looked around but I can't seem to find a good biography template. Can you help?

Thank you! Josinemonalisa (talk) 18:03, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Erm, what do you mean by a good biography template? (You can join WikiProject Biography if you're interested in biography). Peter Sam Fan | talk 20:22, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Not sure if this invades your privacy...

Hey, how old are you?Meow!! 22:12, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

My age is irrelevant to this site, but, I am younger than 45 years old. :) Peter Sam Fan | talk 02:53, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Okay lol.. I'm younger than 25 years old. ^-^Meow!! 06:10, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

What sexuality are you?Meow!! 08:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

I got in trouble for this already. So, I won't do it again. Peter Sam Fan | talk 15:14, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

k..fine..Meow!! 22:24, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

Can you keep an eye of the page? A user named Special:Contributions/WickedDreamMusic involved false songwriter repeatedly. 123.136.111.237 (talk) 01:43, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Sure. Peter Sam Fan | talk 03:23, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

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18:37, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

IP vandal

User:90.19.212.49 is making the same old hoaxes as Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Maelbros, if you hadn't encountered them before - feel free to go straight to a level 4 warning if it's coming from an IP address. --McGeddon (talk) 15:46, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks! --Peter Sam Fan | chat? 15:47, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

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Regarding "Intel Tick-Tock" page editing

I have seen that you reverted my edit. First of all there is no intention of vandalism. The Atom Roadmap table is incomplete and misleading. Hence I edited. Hope you understand my concern. 45.118.62.103 (talk) 20:28, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

Sorry, I made a mistake. Peter Sam Fan | chat? 01:24, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

WikiProject Thomas

Please do not add template to any disambig pages in which a Tomas item is only one for several options, e.g. Toby or Gordon. Thanks, DGtal (talk) 07:59, 20 March 2016 (UTC)

Okay. --Peter Sam Fan 15:32, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

16:04, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Because you thanked me

Peter SamFan, you thanked me for one of my recent edits, so here is a heart-felt...
 YOU'RE WELCOME!
It's a pleasure, and I hope you have a lot of fun while you edit this inspiring encyclopedia phenomenon! Marianna251TALK

19:21, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

@Marianna251: Thanks! (Again.) Peter Sam Fan 19:21, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Reverting my edit

I got a message from you regarding the edit I made in Lurkmore article. For almost 3 years I can't change my own name on this page. I go by both names, Dmitry and David, and have IDs for both of them (although in different countries). Any way, it's not "Dimitri", with three "i". Could we just put "David" there and forget about it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xtender (talkcontribs) 20:14, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

@Xtender: Um, okay, but you will have to prove that it is you. Peter Sam Fan 20:23, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
OK, here we go. I placed a temporary message for you near the footer of the main page of https://lurkmore.to/ — check it. Is that enough? Xtender (talk) 20:44, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
@Xtender: Yes, so add it. However, you might want to cite that as a primary source. Peter Sam Fan 23:59, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

Lurkmore article

Warning icon Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Lurkmore, you may be blocked from editing. Quis separabit? 00:37, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

@Rms125a@hotmail.com: Some IP user just posted the warning you gave to them on my talk page. What do you think I should do? (I am a relatively new user.) Peter Sam Fan 14:21, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
I warned the IP user (see [9]) again re vandalism. If it recurs go to ANI and report under "vandalism", and include the url I just provided you as well as the url of this (your) talk page. That should be sufficient for a block. Yours, Quis separabit? 14:27, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
Thanks! --Peter Sam Fan 14:28, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

A cup of tea for you!

Thanks for the thanks on antivandalism. Time for lunch! Winterysteppe (talk) 15:54, 23 March 2016 (UTC)
@Winterysteppe: Thanks! Peter Sam Fan 15:55, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

That 207.225.131.141 user...

I've reported them to AIV and asked for talk-page access to be temporarily revoked. Shearonink (talk) 18:34, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

@Shearonink: Thanks, bud! Peter Sam Fan 18:35, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Rollback granted

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  • If abused, rollback rights can be revoked.
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If you no longer want rollback, contact me and I'll remove it. Also, for some more information on how to use rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback (even though you're not an admin). I'm sure you'll do great with rollback, but feel free to leave me a message on my talk page if you run into troubles or have any questions about appropriate/inappropriate use of rollback. Thank you for helping to reduce vandalism. Happy editing! MusikAnimal talk 22:47, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

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March 2016

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Yes, and sorry. Peter Sam Fan | talk 22:59, 2 March 2016 (UTC)


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@A930913: That did not break the syntax. At all. Peter Sam Fan 15:17, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Congratulations on receiving rollback :) — Omni Flames (talk contribs) 23:47, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

@Omni Flames: Thanks! Peter Sam Fan 15:34, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

2.0 (film)

Please wait until I finish my edit before calling it disruptive. Thanks. 20:44, 29 March 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.119.34.44 (talk)

You should have mentioned that in your edit summary. Anyhow, everyone makes mistakes. Peter Sam Fan 18:48, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Rules for fools

See this. Kharkiv07 (T) 02:11, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Pratusha Banerjee died Today

Hey bro I updated her article. But I am blocked. Please help me. Indian news channels have confirmed this news. Sohanpandey (talk) 16:05, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

okay. Peter Sam Fan 16:09, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
@Sohanpandey: You are not blocked, liar! Otherwise, you couldn't edit my talk page. Peter Sam Fan 16:11, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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Reversion

Hi Peter SamFan: A recent edit you performed at MfD has been reverted. You may want to check it out. North America1000 23:44, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

@Northamerica1000: Why you little... :P (Fell for it.) Peter Sam Fan 13:55, 2 April 2016 (UTC)

22:13, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Hi there! keep it real. Gaio valerio catullo (talk) 20:52, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

I am sorry for my unruly attitude towards you and I send this appreciation message to you to say thank you for your helpful words of guidance.

Kiah6060 (talk) 23:40, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

Vandalism etc

Hi! I've semi-protected your user page and deleted those vandalised pages again. Wasn't very imaginative vandalism, was it?!  —SMALLJIM  15:22, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diligence
Thank you for the Barnstar! I really appreciate your effort in helping me have a better Wikipedia experience! Kiah6060 (talk) 18:58, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

20:45, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Need block (probable) troll keep positive vandalizing? Solarpunk page. Just for short time.

I had undo it again, Because there no references/connections to book version John Cater of Mars with "heavy" influncened by Solarpunk movement. I dont know if that attempted trolling/positive vandalized or that user is moron with keep connecting book to movement as "heavy influnced"? [26] and its previous edits edits (#2)... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.61.121.86 (talk) 13:39, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Fine. Ask someone else like MusikAnimal or Jimbo Wales (who by the way, founded Wikipedia) to help you because tumblr does not appear to be a reliable source. Peter Sam Fan 14:08, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
Ok, Its very cool you have connections with founder of site. Put still thanks anyway. :) 70.61.121.86 (talk) 14:19, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
I do? He's British and I'm Italian. Peter Sam Fan 14:24, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello Peter. Please undo your change of the protection template. Pp-dispute is generally used by administrators for other things, and there is no need to annoy the readers with a large template when a small one would do. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 16:17, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

@EdJohnston:  Done. Peter Sam Fan 16:19, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

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Nonsense indeed!

Template:Attached KML/Journal Square – 33rd Street and others were not nonsense you clumsy, over-hasty, uncomprehending newbie (taking example from this page's banner). Read the write-up at template:Attached KML and look for example at Hoboken – World Trade Center and click on the "Route map: Bing / Google" link at top-right. — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 18:06, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you RHaworth — Bluetram (talk) 18:22, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

20:40, 18 April 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For the infamous RhineSomethingOrOther incident of 2016! HappyValleyEditor (talk) 20:01, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! --Peter Sam Fan 20:03, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

AFD

Hi Peter, I've had to undo your AFD closure as you've used the incorrect template, You can either add importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD.js'); into your vector.js or if you wanted to do it manually then you could use template:afd top and template:afd bottom,
Thanks & Happy editing, –Davey2010Talk 19:33, 20 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that for blatant vandalism or articles such as "Mother and lesbian civil partner accused of murdering toddler 'made another young boy sleep naked with his hands and feet bound with cable ties in a locked cage'," speedy deletion may be more efficient. Anyway, keep up the good work! Regards, GABHello! 22:23, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
@GeneralizationsAreBad: Thanks! The problem is that I wasn't sure which criteria fit. Peter Sam Fan 22:45, 21 April 2016 (UTC)

A tag has been placed on Pippa taylor-hackett requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section R2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect from the article namespace to a different namespace except the Category, Template, Wikipedia, Help, or Portal namespaces.

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21:02, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Weird choice of tag

You have added a tag stating that the translation I'm working on is a rough translation of the German entry. How can I put this politely? It really isn't. Did you look at the German entry? Did you look at the source links? Looking at how many different tasks you managed to squeeze into your available time, I think maybe you did not look at very much. For better or worse or both, the entry in its current state owes a lot more to the sources cited than to the entry in German wikipedia. The German entry DOES give a basic chronology, but once you start googling around to find live source links, there really is a whole lot more.

I may be being dumb, but I've no idea what you are trying to achieve with this. These tags may only take five seconds to apply, but you really do need to think a little longer than ten seconds when selecting them. There are wiki policies and guidelines to that effect, but ultimately I think such things are best treated as matters of common sense.

Dear Peter Sam Fan, I should like to remove your tag, but I have no wish to get into a pissing context over something which is not very important with someone about whom I know nothing. Therefore, I ask first. Would you mind if I were to remove this strange tag?

Regards Charles01 (talk) 16:17, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

@Charles01: No, I don't mind, but please remove the German first. Peter Sam Fan 16:19, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
The German - assuming you mean what I think you probably mean - is concealed I mean like this. It helps me to progress the entry. The reader does not see it. Wikipedia exists, in the first instance, for it's readers, not for nerdy wiki-contributors such as thee and me.
What, exactly, is your own problem with this? Regards Charles01 (talk) 16:24, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
@Charles01: If you are working on the article, I have no problem with it. Just add {{Under Construction}} to the top of the article. Peter Sam Fan 19:22, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

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20:09, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

Speedy tagging

This was too hasty. An author should be allowed at least a few minutes (I generally use 15 minutes of idle time) to flesh out an article. Authors often create the article with the bare minimum content just to "reserve" the page. (Not necessary, but a common error among new editors.) Tagging such an article immediately (in under 1 minute in this case) is very WP:BITEy, and discourages new editors from trying to create any content. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:58, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

@WikiDan61: I should really learn not to do that. Thanks anyway! Peter Sam Fan 14:58, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Rick Scott article

I tried to make a point. I didn't do it right, I understand that. But that article on Governor Rick Scott -- mainly the last half -- is very biased and only focuses on supposed mistakes, failures or controversies. There is little to no discussion of his accomplishments. I STRONGLY feel you should mark it with a warning that it may be biased. I would appreciate you taking a look at it and considering my suggestion. I am sure you would not let whatever political opinions you personally hold to influence your decision. I don't think the author was fair and balanced in their approach. Thanks. Daniel Shumway (danielshumway@yahoo.com). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.162.111.139 (talk) 04:37, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

I don't think Wikipedia marks to see if it's "biased" or not. I didn't even know he existed before. Peter Sam Fan 13:43, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Because you deserve it! 7&6=thirteen () 22:03, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. Peter Sam Fan 14:55, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for this edit. JumpiMaus (talk) 15:34, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

@JumpiMaus: Thanks! Peter Sam Fan 15:35, 5 May 2016 (UTC)

23:23, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Talk page comments

Hi Peter,

Thank you for your honest feedback. How did it all get started? The original author, Fredrick (and the children and staff at Jabes Orphanage School in Nairobi, Kenya) really liked the work I was doing. He wanted to help out. That's it. Unfortunately, there were issues on how he had typed in the info, that Wikipedia needed corrected -- so myself and other Wikipedia community members tried to assist (multiple times). His computer is not functioning as well as ours, where he can do the corrections -- his computer is very slow.

I am a multi-media writer, specializing in writing, NOT a specific media, as is currently being debated.

Fredrick, as he had written, he liked the message that was being sent, through the work that I had done and am doing. Seeing no one currently debating the article is really getting that point: that the focus of the work was to encourage and create a better world -- I was sad to see, that it became a debate on whether or not it had extensive publicity or noteability, etc. It was hoped that through Wikipedia, we would connect with like minds, who care -- like Fredrick (an amazing man, whose story no one will know, because this man does alot of work behind the scenes saving young lives -- however, there has been no support material, such as, no media coverage of his activities, nothing, to prove the role model that he is (only his community knows and friends on FB). We have done alot of work together in the Community of Jabes (even, starting an agricultural program, where none existed, selling hen eggs to one of the top grocery stores in Nairobi) -- bringing hope to a impoverished community that had so very little -- but, again, there was no media coverage or such.

Hence, could you please assist us in having the "Stella Constance" profile removed, as soon as possible? We thank you for your assistance and guidance in this matter. You are much more experienced in this, than we are. Sorry, that I had to connect with you this way. I could not find a way to email you. Wikipedia has a very different set-up, than with what I am familiar.

Wishing you, and the members of the Wikipedia Community, all the very best, Stella — Preceding unsigned comment added by StellaConstance (talkcontribs) 16:25, 12 May 2016 (UTC)


Hi there,

This is really a minor thing, but just a heads up that new talk page comments, votes, etc. almost always go at the bottom of the thread rather than the top. (re: Wikipedia talk:Page mover). :) — Rhododendrites talk \\ 21:17, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

AfC comment

I noticed your comment on Draft:Dennis Hopeless. I'm a little surprised; a lack of a birthdate is not a reason to not accept a draft, particularly for a living person where such information may not be widely available. In fact, WP:BLPPRIVACY argues that adding a birthdate may be inappropriate. If that was the only objection, the draft should be accepted as-is. Huon (talk) 21:37, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

MSTA

I removed those tags because they were added by a member of the MSTA who disputed the neutrality of the article on the basis that the article presented a neutral point-of-view, rather than pushing what the MSTA calls the truth.

The article is fine.142.105.159.60 (talk) 23:47, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Talk page for "Death of Kendrick Johnson" where person who made edits is not talking.

The subject page was locked to prevent further the edit warring. I reported what appears to be vandalism of the Death of Kendrick Johnson page and made some suggestions. The person who apparently did the editing/vandalism is not talking. It's been over a week. Is there a way that my suggestions can be considered so we can remove the vandalism and get that page back to verifiable references and content that supports verifiable references? VSkolnick (talk) 14:43, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

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Request on 21:24:14, 16 May 2016 for assistance on AfC submission by Jesupelumi W


Hi PeterSamFan,

Thank you for taking out time to review my recently created article. I do appreciate your genuine feedback. The reason I am requesting assistance is so that I can be guided on how to get this article created properly. When I saw materials about the concept of Geonetics, it caught my attention because of it's potential possibilities to bring about improvements in the society. Improving the status-quo is something I have a passion for. That is why, with the few materials I found on the web i swung into action to seek collaboration with other in exploring this concept. I had to challenge myself to learn how to create and edit articles on Wikipedia. The fact is that, I alone cannot unravel and describe this concept by myself because, a lot would be left out. So, in order to have more brilliant minds explore this concept with me in a holistic way, I am kindly requesting your assistance in getting this article created in the right way. Thank you for your time.

Jesupelumi W (talk) 21:24, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, you shouldn't make articles that just promote things, and you shouldn't say things like "this type of lotion is better than Aveeno lotion" in articles. You can ask questions at the TEAHOUSE if you need more help. --Peter Sam Fan 21:43, 16 May 2016 (UTC)

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Hello Peter SamFan I am a student at Marinette Catholic Central. I am writing you because I am working on a school project and that project is to create a Wikipedia page for my school. My edits to the page I created have recently been undone. I believe this is due to a misunderstanding. My school's name has been changed from Marinette Catholic Central to Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy in recent years. We have a Wikipedia page for Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy but we are trying to make a wikipedia page for Marinette Catholic Central High School. I want to do this because the history of Marinette Catholic Central goes all the way back to 1876 and the Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy Page doesn't represent this history accurately. So long story short the Marinette Catholic Central High Scool page keeps getting redirected to Saint Thomas Aquinas Academy. I would greatly appreciate any help or advice you could offer so that I could create an accurate Wikipedia page on Marinette Catholic Central High School.174.102.205.87 (talk) 14:02, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Considering the fact that it keeps getting undone by long-standing editors, what you should do is tell your teachers that you can't create a Wikipedia page for your school. Tell them to see WP:NOTABLE. Peter Sam Fan 14:35, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

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report me and user:akocsg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.41.78.40 (talk) 15:04, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

I won't report User:Akocsg because he reverted your malicious edits. I have reported you though. Peter Sam Fan 15:06, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
he changed the article. he is the one u have to report. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.41.78.40 (talk) 15:07, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
read this https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fenerbah%C3%A7e%E2%80%93Galatasaray_rivalry&diff=720719408&oldid=719477283 where is the source????? No source — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.41.78.40 (talk) 15:13, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

May 2016

Information icon Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, articles should not be moved, as you did to Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present), without good reason. They need to have a name that is both accurate and intuitive. Wikipedia has some guidelines in place to help with this. Generally, a page should only be moved to a new title if the current name doesn't follow these guidelines. Also, if a page move is being discussed, consensus needs to be reached before anybody moves the page. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. RGloucester 15:38, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

@RGloucester: Is having it as an uncontroversial technical move at WP:RM not a good reason? That didn't make a whole lot of sense. Peter Sam Fan 15:43, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
That was not an "uncontroversial technical move" by any definition. An "uncontroversial technical move" is something that fixes a minor error, grammatical mistake, &c. RGloucester 15:44, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
@RGloucester:  Comment. Oh. Peter Sam Fan 15:47, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
In future, I'd suggest that you leave answering requests at WP:RM/TR to administrators, as they are the ones meant to administrate them. I apologise if I seemed a bit harsh, but I hadn't comprehended the nature of the error. RGloucester 15:59, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
I've speedy-deleted the redirects you created here under WP:G3; it's possibly out-of-process, but I think leaving them in place does more potential damage to Wikipedia (by making it appear that we implicitly endorse an ultra-fringe view) than strict compliance to policy. To echo RGloucester, I don't see how you could possibly think a move which claims in Wikipedia's voice that two countries are at war could possibly be "an uncontroversial technical move". ‑ Iridescent 20:36, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
@RGloucester and Iridescent: Thank you all for helping me. I moved that in good faith, and I didn't think I would get in trouble. Thank you all, and enjoy Wikipedia while you last. (I love saying that.) Peter Sam Fan 01:16, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Which part you don't understand? --Tobias B. Besemer (talk) 15:29, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Codename_Lisa#https:.2F.2Fen.wikipedia.org.2Fwiki.2FMicrosoft_Windows --Tobias B. Besemer (talk) 15:32, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
You will keep this obsolete update-requests on the page ??? --Tobias B. Besemer (talk) 15:50, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
You don't understand. Removing ANY talk page comments without the users' permission is not allowed. Peter Sam Fan 15:50, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
Past answer in the German Wikipedia about cleaning-up talk pages was: "If it's obsolete, you can remove it!"
So is there a option to move obsolete requests to the archive ???
--Tobias B. Besemer (talk) 15:53, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
@Tobias B. Besemer and Codename Lisa: I really don't know. However, what's the matter with just leaving it? This is not German Wikipedia. --Peter Sam Fan 15:55, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
How long do you want to keep this section on your talk-page if we finished the talk ??? --Tobias B. Besemer (talk) 15:58, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
The bot archived yesterday on this page some sections from 2016-04-18...
If you tell me how, I do this with the talk page of the article and tell the bot to remove the two finished sections from 2015-11-13 and 2016-02-14.
--Tobias B. Besemer (talk) 16:22, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
@Tobias B. Besemer: Hi. In English Wikipedia, we keep discussions permanently. Also, the archival bot no longer accepts human command. It archives the discussions according to its configuration. If you don't want to participate in a discussion, just leave it alone. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 16:45, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
I fixed it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Archiving_a_talk_page#Cut_and_paste_procedure -> Done!
--Tobias B. Besemer (talk) 16:46, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

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Whale


Smash!

You've been squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something really silly.

Striking a vote based on an essay that says that votes with no rationale are unhelpful (but not forbidden), even though a rationale has been provided? I hope you like whales! The Quixotic Potato (talk) 18:49, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

@The Quixotic Potato: LOL. I reversed my edit seconds before you gave me the message though. Peter Sam Fan 18:52, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! I am happy I was just in time, because I rarely get to throw whales around, they are quite heavy! Ciao ciao, The Quixotic Potato (talk) 18:55, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
@The Quixotic Potato: Would this be village-stocks-worthy? I'm thinking of adding myself. Peter Sam Fan 19:43, 23 May 2016 (UTC)
No, I think your heart was in the right place on this one, and it did turn out to be a problematic !vote, although not for the reason you gave. Striking !votes on RfAs is generally reserved for extreme cases and happens only a handful of times a year, even though I myself have done it twice within the past month. Regards, Newyorkbrad (talk) 00:46, 24 May 2016 (UTC)
Sorry for responding so slowly. I totally agree with Newyorkbrad's comment above, even though we have a different point of view. Have a nice day, The Quixotic Potato (talk) 00:26, 25 May 2016 (UTC)

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@Kvng: It looked inactive to me, but I have changed it. Thanks for the message! --Peter Sam Fan 19:11, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks in the help against this IP. It is the Telstra-vandal, see User:Huldra/Telstra-socks. He normally ends up "promising" to rape (if you female) or kill (both female and male editors) after a few reverts. Thanks again for you help! Huldra (talk) 14:40, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

@Huldra: No problemo. That's what I love about vandals. Peter Sam Fan 14:55, 16 June 2016 (UTC)

Talk page editing

Hi Peter. I don't know where you read this but unobjectionable talk page content is not removed for indefinitely blocked users. --NeilN talk to me 14:06, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

@NeilN: I honestly can't remember myself. Feel free to revert it. Cheers, Peter Sam Fan 14:31, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

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Editing News #2—2016

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Place the cursor where you want to display the references list (usually at the bottom of the page). Open the "Insert" menu and click the "References list" icon (three books).

If you are using several groups of references, which is relatively rare, you will have the opportunity to specify the group. If you do that, then only the references that belong to the specified group will be displayed in this list of references.

Finally, click "Insert" in the dialog to insert the References list. This list will change as you add more footnotes to the page.

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I don't know how to talk to you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.71.207 (talk) 19:38, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Erm, you just did. Also, I do not have an email account. I'm not exactly sure what you want, but feel free to ask questions at the Teahouse if you have any! Cheers, Peter Sam Fan 22:02, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

Before you delete edits to the Sherrie Rose page, READ THE PAGE. It has no references and is clearly a PR piece written by Rose herself. There are no facts at all, just pure hyperbole about how fantastic she is at everything and how everyone she works with loves her and what a big successful Hollywood celebrity she is. She is in fact someone who has been a background extra on a few tv shows, and that's it. This is NOT how Wikipedia is supposed to work - it is supposed to contain factual articles about important subjects, not self-published, hyperbolic PR for nobodies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.244.62.198 (talk) 14:58, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

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