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Hello, Stottle00. You have new messages at Ebe123's talk page.
Message added 18:15, 13 June 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Also, please immediately change your username here. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 18:15, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

June 2011

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. However, I noticed that your username (Unichal) may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it gives the impression that you're editing on behalf of a group or organisation, whereas you username should only represent you as an individual. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may ask for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 18:56, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; you are welcome to create a new account with a username that represents only you. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you.

--Orange Mike | Talk 21:08, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Unichal → stottle00

• Current name: Unichal (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google) (ping user)
• Requested name: Stottle00 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · target logs · block log · list user · global contribs · central auth · Google)
• Previous renames: current user, target user, Queue: open req, closed req
• For global renamer: rename user
• Datestamp: 00:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
• Reason: blocked for violating username policy

Unichal (talk) 00:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC) --Unichal (talk) 00:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC) Unichal (talk) 00:10, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

[User talk:Orangemike]] Salvio I am trying to change my name to Stottle00. Please advise so I may do this. Unichal (talk) 00:20, 14 June 2011 (UTC) --Unichal (talk) 00:20, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Please someone change my name from Unichal to Stottle00.Unichal (talk) 04:40, 14 June 2011 (UTC)--Unichal (talk) 04:40, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

This user's request to be unblocked to request a change in username has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

Stottle00 (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Requested username:

Stottle00 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Request reason:

want to change name to Stottle00 Unichal (talk) 04:42, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Accept reason:

Allowing username change to Stottle00. Please put this request in at Wikipedia:Changing username as soon as possible to avoid re-blocking.  Sandstein  04:53, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

Greetings!

I see that you changed your username! Thanks to Sandstein and Xeno to have helped you. I am here to inform you that I just cannot find any good references so I cannot make your requested article. You may put it up at WP:RA. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 21:58, 14 June 2011 (UTC)

ebe123, Thank you for your efforting!--Unichal (talk) 01:12, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

And thank you to Sandstein and Xeno for helping change my name!--Unichal (talk) 01:13, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Article

Hi - if you want to see an article about Unichal, I suggest you write a draft in your userspace - e.g. if you become Stottle00, then make a page at User:Stottle00/Unichal. Make it as good as you can, and make sure you have suitable sources - WP:RS. Don't add categories yet, but list them in plain text at the bottom.

If it meets Wikipedia standards it can be moved or copied to article space later. I'm probably not the best person to advise, but you could ask advice somewhere on the community portal when you get to that stage.

The biggest challenge is usually finding sources - e.g. articles in mainstream media about the product. Good luck. --Chriswaterguy talk 02:21, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Dead links

I'm new to Wikipedia, so I am very nervous out screwing something up! I found some broken links, and if you want to fix them, go for it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Language_Initiative

3 of 5 links/sources (all from the State Department's website) at the bottom of the page are broken:

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/58733.htm http://exchanges.state.gov/NSLI/ http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/58733.htm

Is the protocol to simply delete the links, or try to find the page archived somewhere, or find a new source altogether? Please advise.

--Unichal (talk) 00:01, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for finding those! I'm not exactly sure - I'm guessing delete, if it's in the external links section, and probably deserves more work if it's a reference within the article. But I've learnt one useful thing - you can put {{helpme}} on your talk page like I've done at the top of this section and a helpful person will answer your question. --Chriswaterguy talk 11:30, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

It can be tricky, sometimes - if a link is used as a reference, we certainly don't want to delete it. There are a few ways to handle this - you can read all about it at Wikipedia:Link rot. In the meantime, I've fixed the links at National Security Language Initiative. :-) Hope that helps. ^Avic_ennasis @ 12:25, 21 Sivan 5771 / 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Maybe these links were archived by the WayBack Machine. (check the article for more information and a link to it!) mabdul 12:37, 23 June 2011 (UTC)