User talk:MichaelXX2

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Revision as of 01:53, 18 May 2008

Sorry for the weirdo thing

Tags on your userpage

Hi, i noticed that you have a lot of tags such as {{stub}} and {{cleanup}} on your userpage. It's usually fine to have things that LOOK like those templates, but the problem is that now your page is appearing in many of the important categories that the community monitors. Please remove the tags, or if you still want them there but are unsure of how to make it look like they're there without including the category, feel free to ask me for help. Talk atcha later! — Defender1031*Talk 21:38, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, man. I have no idea how to change these templet things. I didn't think they were killing anyone. Thanks 4 the info ;)

Yup, DeFender's right — I went ahead and removed them to take your page out of the mainspace categories. As he said, you're welcome to put boxes that look like these templates on your user page as long as they don't include the categories. Best, Trey56 21:43, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, i put them there without the categories for you. — Defender1031*Talk 21:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, man. I have no idea on how to do dat stuff. Plus I never wrote these down =S

No problem, also, we generally tend to keep discussions in one place, like i did here, and if you put 4 tildas after a talk post (~~~~) you'll put your name and a link to your page with a timestamp. It helps keep track of who said what when. Like this right here: — Defender1031*Talk 21:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, they're called tildes. Just wanted to clarify. =] OptimisticFool 23:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I removed some more templates from your user page that were putting your page into categories. Remember, if you're going to put these on your page, make sure to copy and paste the code minus the categories rather than including the templates directly. Best, Trey56 22:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Insults

Hey, just to let you know, the wiki standards don't permit this. Please don't throw out insults at other users, even if they don't know what something is, and you do. That's what the wiki is for. DevonM(talk·cont-ribs) 21:44, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Using Show Preview

That one

Hello MichaelXX2, I see that you have made several consecutive edits to the same page. I want to point out the Show Preview button. It's right next to the Save Page button when you edit. You should use it whenever you are making a lot of experimental edits, for example when you are trying to get formatting right. Using the Show Preview button is quicker and easier than saving and clicking "edit" again, and will keep recent changes and page histories from being flooded. Thanks, — Defender1031*Talk 15:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I'll use it, but I thought it was lame at first.

Ha Ha

• The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

Really, please use Show Preview. All of your edits are just flooding recent changes, which doesn't help anyone. OptimisticFool 16:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I added the image, for your convenience. — Elcool ^(talk)_(contribs) 16:26, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Observations

Hey man. A couple things I've got to bring up to you. First, I wanted to say that, looking at your contributions, that you've made some good edits. For example, I think that {{commentary}} is a good idea, and it's great when you clean up errors around the wiki (e.g., [1]).

That said, there are a few things you need to be aware of.

1. Personal attacks such as [2] are completely unacceptable.
2. Random testing in articles (e.g. [3]) and moving articles to random titles ([4]) is considered vandalism.
3. You seriously need to stop including templates with categories on your user page. Right now, for example, your user page is listed among the mainspace pages people see when they want to read articles about SBCG4AP. If you didn't understand my instructions about how to include them on your page without the categories, then you should take them off altogether.

I'm going through the trouble of mentioning these things because I see that you've made some good edits and I'd like to see you contribute positively to the wiki. If you choose to ignore these things, however, please understand that your account may be blocked. Thanks for understanding, Trey56 22:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC) p

Flooding

Please stop flooding recent changes. OptimisticFool 01:52, 18 May 2008 (UTC)