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Barras, how long?

In length do the article stubs have to be? --TheSneakyRaccoon (talk) 13:06, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's not a matter of length, but a matter of establishing notability. You might look through Category:Stubs to get a feel for what stubs on Simple look like.···Katerenka (討論) 13:07, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 (change conflict)  A bit more then one sentence with only five words and little information. Otherwise the article is not helpful and will be deleted. Also not that it doesn't help to link nearly every word and number. Please tak more time when creating articles and make longer ones. It's better to have one good article then having 100 one-line stubs with little or no meaning. Regards --Barras talk 13:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nameless User's football stubs

Hey Barras. I saw you deleted a couple of these today. I think it would be a good idea to let NU know that you're starting to consider some of his stubs as quickly deletable. I'm not sure myself, as the articles you deleted had plenty of claims of notability and also existed on several other wikis... The Rambling Man (talk) 15:55, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will drop him a line. The couple were only two, namely Víctor Fernández and Miguel Ángel Lotina. His articles have normally some tables with some more information about the player. The two I deleted had a sentence that they're spanish manager and a small infobox. I've no problem when he's going to recreate them with the "standard" he uses on his other creastions (some tables). These two are not really worthwhile to keep them. And interwikis aren't (at least not for me) a sign of notability. Kind regards --Barras talk 16:01, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No but they provide an indicator that the article may be useful and probably doesn't qualify for speedy deletion - that's why we have RFD after all. As a recent manager of Real Zaragoza (Fernandez), that certainly does assert notability while not being able to verify it. You could ask for citations to prove the claims, but in my mind there's no doubt that particular article wasn't speediable... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:08, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
OK! Note on Nameless User's talk page removed, articles restored. Now we have two articles hanging around for the next years that are pretty useful. However, I go and do some other useful things and not trying to keep the wiki clean. Best --Barras talk 16:23, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry you feel that way, but you really need to consider what you mean by "does not assert notability" when the article clearly stated he was a manager of top-league European teams. Yes, it didn't verify the sources but that can be fixed, and all I'm suggesting is that I didn't agree with your speedy deletions. Adding a reference to each article will take a few moments, and I'll ensure they're not orphaned either. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:10, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You don't need to be sorry. I think you know that I hate such kinds of articles, especially because I know that even non-native speakers can do a good article work instead of putting up one liners with nearly no information. However, I know that I mostly disagree with other thoughts, but I respect it. If you want the articles back, so it's not a problem for me. --Barras talk 18:25, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, I fixed up the tags that you added, both are now referenced and neither are orphans. All good. I just felt that, even though you may not like NU's swathes of new pages, you could have done him the courtesy of telling him before speedily deleting a couple of his latest pages. Not that he communicates much, that is...! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:27, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Flood flag

Hello Barras,

Could you please give me the flood permission? I'm doing a lot of stub-sorting and I'm flooding the recent changes. Thanks! Megan McCarty|talkchanges 22:09, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Peter did it already. --Barras talk 22:12, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was also too slow in writing my message to you. ;) Peter had already given me the flag. Cheers! Megan McCarty|talkchanges 22:16, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. Could you please give me the flood flag? I'm going to be doing more stub sorting.

Also, the link you gave me on my talk page to the IRC website doesn't seem to work. When I try to open the link, an error message pops up and says that Firefox doesn't know how to open the link. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks, Megan McCarty|talkchanges 15:25, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Megan, an admin should be flagging you now, i've just pinged some on IRC. For the IRC link to work you need an IRC client. For Firefox you can download "ChatZilla", or you can used the web-based client at webchat.freenode.net - hope this helps. Regards, Goblin 15:51, 3 January 2010 (UTC) I ♥ GoblinBots![reply]
And you're flagged. Goblin 15:52, 3 January 2010 (UTC) I ♥ Juliancolton![reply]
Thanks Bluegoblin! Megan McCarty|talkchanges 16:04, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's all good.

I mostly just missed readding you. :) Too many things are just getting thrown on that list so I wanted to just start from fresh with the english list an add on our admins. -DJSasso (talk) 22:26, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No worries. I just readded the various RHMED vandalism-only accounts. I hope you don't mind. --Barras talk 22:39, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, was debating about readding him since we hadn't heard from him in a long time. -DJSasso (talk) 22:43, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Simple News Issue 16

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4th January 2010
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–Juliancolton | Talk 21:34, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, Barras please dont block me.

Sorry. i try to write more like 3 good short simple sentences. --Icek863 (talk) 20:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get why I should block you... I don't see a reason. -Barras talk 20:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ty --Icek863 (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandal alert.

just letting u know. hes consistantly vandalising everything. i call for a block. --Icek863 (talk) 21:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Take it to WP:VIP next time. You will get a faster response. Also, it helps if you specify who the vandal is. Griffinofwales (talk) 21:36, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

i will next time for sure. thank you very much. --Icek863 (talk) 21:37, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Can you import a page?

Can you import the cleanup template from here to the Simple English Wiktionary please? Thanks, Razorflame 14:42, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is no wikt:Template:Cleanup. Do you have a link for me? --Barras talk 14:43, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
To... sure. --Barras talk 14:44, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The cleanup template here imported into the Simple English Wiktionary :) Razorflame 14:45, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I imported several needed templates to wikt. I just wondered why you ask here and not on WT. I thought you need something from WT on WP. I think I've done all :) -Barras talk 14:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Finished!

I'm finished with fixing my articles! Thanks for all your help! I hope I got the code right. thanks again I-on 16:01, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I've done what I've said. -Barras talk 16:17, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

so sorry! i'll get right on it! I-on 18:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

OK! Thanks -Barras talk 18:00, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

about the wiktionary thing, i will do what you say, but in all do respect, isn't it better if the reader gets a definition of the word instead of worrying about which one looks nicer? I-on 18:27, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it's good when the reader gets information. The thing is, that we do so normally, because the definitions on simple are often easier. We are here on the simple Wikipedia and cooperate with the simple Wiktionary. An article that is proposed to become a good one, we get the articles created on WT. -Barras talk 18:31, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

lol! I was just going to change "Krusty Gets Busted" but you beat me to it! :) I can finish off the rest if you want me to I-on 19:01, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, please do it. This would help me a lot! -Barras talk 19:02, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

thanks

thanks for fix :-) --vector ^_^ (talk) 16:29, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! Nice to see you around here :) -Barras talk 16:30, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

en:WP

Thanks for the tip, I'll follow it in future. However, I wish you had not changed the title. We're not bound to use enWP titles, and in this case I made a deliberate decision to use the much more familiar title of nematocyst. Macdonald-ross (talk) 18:24, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, in our mainspace we use the same names as enwp uses. The probably more common name should then be a redirect. The move is just what we do normally, means use the names enwiki uses. Regards -Barras talk 18:26, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, categories

Hi barras, thank you for your advice in the article Morning Musume. I categorized it in two categories and removed the {{uncat}} sheet. You are welcome always helping me to improve my pages, --すけ Nya? 19:11, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well done :) I wasn't sure in which categories I could put the article in. You've done it well. Best -Barras talk 19:12, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Speer?

Hi there, ever thought about improving what we have about Albert Speer? - Just an idea though. --Eptalon (talk) 17:05, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, but not now... in three months I'll have some more time to take care about the "better" content. -Barras talk 17:07, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion request

Hi there! I request quick deletion for the article, Annika Väisänen, which I am the sole and main creator myself. I tried blanking it etc. but no help. Thank you. --Linnea78 (talk) 10:52, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but there is no such an article on this wiki. -Barras talk 16:57, 11 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

The Special Barnstar
For Barras, who has now completed more than 10,000 edits on the Simple English Wikipedia. This represents many hours of voluntary work. This 10,000 does not include his many edits on other wiki projects where he is also a major editor. Thankyou for your time and effort - Peterdownunder (talk) 22:01, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot for this barnstar! -Barras talk 13:53, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
16,765 edits foundation-wide, if you're interested. — μ 14:10, Wednesday January 13 2010 (UTC)

Hey

If you're around and feel like performing a rename, there's one open. ;) ···Lauryn 17:34, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Service awards

Hi Barras, thanks for your input on the talk page. I have come up with a modified proposal that includes most suggestions. Would you like to have another look and leave a comment on Wikipedia talk:Service awards - Peterdownunder (talk) 11:42, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have finished adapting the Service Awards and adapting all the templates. Can you have a look at them before we start using them? I also thought about your comments about rewarding quality work. There were a number of awards on enwiki which covered Good Articles, Featured articles, DYK and other things. I have imported and adapted these, Other awards so can you have a look at these as well. This should give us a much bigger range of suitable awards. --Peterdownunder (talk) 06:22, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I still think it is fine. I've no worries as I already said. The other awards are a good thing, too. -Barras talk 13:29, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Testing/vandalising

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia by creating the page User:Barras/Books/Germany on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and the page is now gone. Please use the sandbox if you want to do any more tests, and see the welcome page if you want to learn about helping Simple English Wikipedia. :p Lauryn Ashby (d) 21:10, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I know that I'm a vandal :D And this is not my first warning here, how cool :P -Barras talk 21:16, 23 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

barnstar!

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Great job with reverting the Darfur conflict changes. You beat me to it twice. Good speed! And good job blocking 169.150.128.50 quickly as well. Keep it up! I-on talk sign! 14:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, dude :) -Barras talk 14:45, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Change Me Username

Can you change me username to ILoveWikipedia? (Hellothereyousuck (talk) 02:58, 5 February 2010 (UTC))[reply]

Renaming

The Admin's Barnstar
Thanks for renaming my account! Quantum4alt (talk) 20:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No problem! That's for what I'm a crat here, to help people with such things. But anyway, thanks! -Barras talk 20:25, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. P.S. You spelt February wrong in your Archive Overview. Quantum4alt (talk) 20:27, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the info :) I've fixed it. -Barras talk 20:29, 5 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Re: welcome

Thanks for your welcome. I come from Thai wikipedia with the same username, if you would like to know. --Horus (talk) 13:06, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Barras. You have new messages at Pretty Lydie's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Thankyou!! Miss Tilney (talk) 02:58, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Leonardo da Vinci

There seems to be a concensus that it should be promoted, but someone needs to stick the tag on it. It doesn't have any red links. Amandajm (talk) 12:47, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'd wait a few more days. I'll reread it later again and look for some issues. There is no rush and the three weeks waiting doesn't hurt :) Best -Barras talk 13:15, 12 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thankyou

Hello, Barras. You have new messages at Belinda's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Okay, thankyou for informing me :) Belle (talk) 02:58, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

block

I am currently fighting over the Iraq War page with a Nick-D, I have tried to contact him and nothing. I have put up 5 sources and he keeps changing the information back to the original (which is wrong) can you step in? If you go to history you can see all the changes I made and he has deleted (129.21.70.171 (talk) 03:49, 13 February 2010 (UTC))[reply]

I don't see recent edits to this page: [1] -Barras talk 10:50, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

da Vinci

You have some notes on the talkpage. The Rambling Man (talk) 15:43, 13 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

You around? Lauryn☆ 16:36, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Yup :) Barras talk 17:03, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Special:MakeSysop/Lauryn_Ashby? Lauryn☆ 17:06, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done - welcome back! Barras talk 17:09, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yay, thanks. :) Lauryn☆ 17:10, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Curiosity kills the cat.... or the Belinda? :P

Sorry for the corny joke. I just got curious... because remember the WP:PGOOD article I proposed, The Brothers Karamazov? Well, how come the result of the proposal doesn't come out? I've waited much longer than two weeks, and now I'm starting to smell something raw. Okay, sorry for being so impudent :)! Just trying to try out my humor on such a goodnatured person like you. Well, you can decide to have mercy on my impertinent curiosity, or let me "die" like the cat in the title of this section :)(heehee!). BTW, please reply on my talk page. Thanks!

Hoping for a kind reply,
Belle (talk) 11:06, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it should be closed, the time is over...but I mostly try to ignore long threads and hope for someone else who closes this. I will do it this evening, I think (with a glass of wine... ;) Barras talk 12:03, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
O, thankyou, Barras! :) You're the best! (But by the way, I don't think wine is very good for your health... try not to eat too much!) Best wishes, Belle (talk) 03:23, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, didn't got the time last night. We merged two channels on IRC and we had some problems there. Will close it soon. Barras talk 10:41, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Main Page Redesign

Hello,

Sorry for the late response! I may be able to redesign the main page in my free time soon. Is there a specific design or way that you'd like the main page to look like?

Thanks, obentomusubi 22:41, 20 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. I think every new design would be nice. We just talked about this when I mailed you on IRC. The best would be to create it in a sandbox. We first will have to discuss the chance on ST then. Thanks a lot Barras talk 11:21, 21 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

E-mail

You have some, when you have a chance. Cheers, Lauryn☆ 16:31, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Yup Barras talk 16:38, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Good times, thanks. :) Give me a couple of minutes and you'll have another one. IRC would be quicker but my connection is being all wonky today. Lauryn☆ 16:39, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Sent Lauryn☆ 16:41, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Barras talk 16:43, 22 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Simple News: Issue Seventeen

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Pmlineditor ∞ 12:45, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

User categories

Hi Barras. Quick query - what are the criteria (if any) for creating categories for users? There must be some, otherwise we could have Category:Wikipedians who cannot spell triskadecaphobiac. :) Thanks in advance, Lauryn (u • t • c) 17:03, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think we have a single or special criterion for user categories. In this case, I'd say the normal criteria for categories apply which means a category should have at least three article or in this case users in it. And I doubt the usefulness of the mentioned category. I could've a category for all English words I use on my userpage that say I can't spell it correctly. ;) Barras talk 17:09, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the speedy response. I asked for two reasons, namely I just deleted Category:Arachnophobic users as empty and incorrectly named and I've been wanting to create Category:LGBT Wikipedians for awhile, but there are only two users in that category, so I suppose I'll have to wait. :) Thanks again. Lauryn (u • t • c) 17:12, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, in some cases it might be OK to have a category with two users in it. May I ask what LGBT means? Sorry, but I'm not always the best in knowing English short cuts. Barras talk 17:14, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No problem. LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, so all Wikipedians that are comfortable and fall into any of those four groups would be welcome to add themselves. Lauryn (u • t • c) 17:17, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, ok. Thanks for clarification. If you really want it and know another person who would use the category, so feel free to use it. No objections from me. Barras talk 17:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Since I noticed this on RC. I agree that we don't have any specific criteria. But I would note that fairly often anything that hasn't had to do with editing the wiki has tended to fall at rfd. Mostly I have only seen categories or locations people live survive, and even some of those have been deleted or merged in the past. So things like Category:Wikipedian ice hockey fans or whatever get deleted. -DJSasso (talk) 17:22, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, of course people can request the deletion. Then it is up t the community to decide. By the way, a link for Lauryn. Barras talk 17:24, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I know, I was just pointing out there has been a history of user categories getting deleted. Especially if there is only one in the category. I personally have no problem with them. Some people just red link them from their pages until they see 3 people in them, which I suppose might be gaming the system but works for me. -DJSasso (talk) 17:38, 1 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

/me sighs

Thanks, Barras. :) Lauryn (u • t • c) 21:21, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Simple News: Issue Eighteen

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Pmlineditor talks about P(V)GA and WikiProjects in his fifth Simple News article.
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Chloroform

Hello Barras, I have extended the article on Chloroform a little. Could you perhaps proofread it, and add some references (esp. for the Problems section)? - As you know, I am not into chemistry, and probably have more trouble finding refs than you do....--Eptalon (talk) 11:56, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Simple News: Issue Nineteen

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Pmlineditor talks about This Week in History and Simple News itself in his sixth Simple News article.
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PmlineditorBot (report errors) 11:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rename help

Just wondering what to do as my Liverpoolfan567 account on en has not been renamed to Quantum4. Do I need to request rename on all the Wikipedia projects? Or is there a quicker way? Thanks, Quantum4 Send me a message 12:13, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, you need to request renames on all projects since Global Rename doesn't exist. Cheers, Pmlineditor ∞ 12:14, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Quantum4 Send me a message 12:43, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Epping Ongar Railway

Hey Barras,

You reviewed Epping Ongar Railway as a PVGA candidate for me the other day. I've now fixed your concerns and wondered if you would be able to take another look over the article.

Thanks!

Goblin 11:17, 29 March 2010 (UTC) I ♥ Yotty![reply]

Simple News Issue 20

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Yottie talks about the new Stub Cup to try and eradicate them from SEWP.
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This week our interview is with Jamesofur.

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GoblinBot3 (talk) 15:32, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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