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Hi

It might help you to appear as more of a serious Wikipedia editor if you have at least something on your User page so that it doesn't show up in red everywhere you edit :) DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 06:17, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Oh, please call me Dale. Yes -- your name shows up in red because there is essentially no page that exists (because it is empty) -- just like any other nonexistent article is shown in red if it doesn't exist. Check out my user page and that of others to see what you can do. Make it fun, make it nice -- if you like something, just copy and paste. If you don't mind, I can put an edit counter, which I saw somewhere else and pasted onto my page. You can put your favorite joke, pictures of your kid or your pet cat or whatever. Have a great day! DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 04:37, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

OK -- check your userpage out for the edit count, etc. -- click on them to see your stats. I expect you to put some info on your userpage in the next few days, like whatever portion of your name/pseudonym you consider fit for public consumption, your city of residence, perhaps, etc. Anything that you don't mind letting people know about you to increase people's likelihood of saying "hmm...this guy is a serious individual, intent on helping Wikipedia" and perhaps even "Wow, VincenzoMc and I live in the same city, maybe I'll help him or protect him from crazy editors" :) DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 16:47, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I wikilinked some of the words in your short bio -- check out the HTML (by clicking on the 'edit page' to see some convention of applying wikilinks to words, such as leaving out the plural 's' from the brackets so that the word will link properly but the entire word still shows up underlined. Another way of doing it is to include two words in the brackets, separated by a '|' (this vertical line is found above the 'Enter' button as a shift application). By placing this vertical line within brackets, you can write one word and have it link to an article of a different name, such as this or this great new game (or for you name above, which will not link to your page unless 'User:' is placed before it).

Notice how I indent (you can check out the HTML for this too) with these colons, each additional colon indents one further than the last indent -- this is the convention for replying on any talk page to make the next entry stand out more. I also recommend putting some categories on your page, like including everything you have so far under a heading like...

==Biographical data==

and then putting something in about the articles that you are most interested in. Everyone's page is different, so a good way to see what is available is to check out a well entrenched article, say, George W. Bush or Toyota, then check out the article talk pages (or I can link you to them here and here to find lots of editors names. Some of them will have really cool fonts and formats and colors for their user name, rather than what some might feel is the boring standard blue. You can embolden or italicize your name, or add colors or ^superscripts or _subscripts or any other crazy thing you can findor discover by yourself. I would recommend copying someone's color scheme (if you would like to) by going into 'edit the page' and copying the HTML. I'm a dentist -- not a computer guy, but I've learned all of the editing shorthand from copying, pasting and checking wacky things out when I see them. You can check out the article on milk and meat to see how I utilized a quote box to place ancillary information that is necessary to understanding what the article is about but what I felt hesitant to make a new article for because of its short length and better placement within (yet, sort of 'with-out') the article itself. Crazy things become uncrazy when someone else says -- "Wow, that's a great idea." So be bold and get involved in things like giving third opinions in debates if you thing you can understand Wikipedia convention well enough or in something I recently became involved in because I think it's fun to try to save articles at Today's deletion log. Check where buttons lead you in the backroads of Wikipedia, and it will be a much more fulfilling thing for you. Please ask me if you would like any more help. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 17:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

I added a UK userbox to your page, but refrained from putting one for Roman Catholicism because I saw more than 5 and didn't know which one you'd like, if any. If you're not interested in any userboxes, you can delete the one I put up, and if you'd like more, check out this for one on RC and any other one --> here. Also, what kind of a teacher are you? DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 19:54, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Not at all -- another great way to learn is to start an article from scratch and absorb all that goes along with it, such as how other's help build it up or try to rip it down for lack of proper citation, notability, etc. The main thing is to remain civil at all times and keep a cool head -- check out the note someone left me on my user page about reliable sources and my response to him on his talk page, referencing all of the things he forgot to think of when placing the message that he did. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 18:24, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

It looks like you are a fan of the British actors! :) DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 20:50, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely! DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 14:03, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Dave Morris

Thanks for bringing Dave Morris to my attention. I fixed up the link and in the process realized that Middlesbrough had a star of music hall, radio and TV in its past. Of course he had to leave to get anywhere....but didn't we all? Djdaedalus (talk) 01:48, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Haywire

Mine was fine 2 days ago, but now that I check it it looks just like yours. I'd say the server or whatever it is called is down -- if it doesn't work I won't know how to fix it. Basically, what I'll do (similar to how I got it in the first place) is visit background Wikipedia pages (like project pages or administrator voting pages) to find old and respected editors names, and when I check their pages, they will sometimes have these cool tools and you can lift it off their page with just a little knowledge of how the HTML works. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 00:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)

Okey dokey -- check out your edit counter now. DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 04:35, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

In the nice new method of edit count breakdown, one can very easily see how each type of edit contributes to one's overall count -- and I see that you haven't ever even made a single edit to an article's discussion page, whereas roughly 10% of my edits exist on article talk pages. Now I don't know what's an average percentage, but surely 0 article talk page edits means that you're not really taking full advantage of Wikipedia. People think it's just a source of information, but we both know it is way more than that, so I'd like to see you start getting more involved. Pick around, look at your favorite articles and start debating on their talk pages. In addition to grasping a more profound understanding of what Wikipedia is and how it gets to be the way that it is, it also helps to fine-tune one's argument skills. I'll check on you in a few months to see how you've been getting along -- have a great night! (oh, and I almost forgot -- start uploading pictures too!) DRosenbach ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 03:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Linda Thorson

I noticed you expanded Linda Thorson's biography. If you have a citation for what you added, it would be much appreciated. The article needs more citations than it currently has. --Dan Dassow (talk) 22:46, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Although, online citable resources are preferred, old print versions are still acceptable when fully cited. By the way, I've been a fan of Linda Thorson since she played Hillary Stonehill on Marblehead Manor. I did not see her in The Avengers (TV series) until later. I have been trying to expand her article, but I have not found much citable information. --Dan Dassow (talk) 19:32, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Thought you'd want to know

I thought you'd want to know that I edited your user page to link to an identical edit counter to the one you had linked, as it (the soxred93 one) has expired (Tparis has taken over the tools). Hope you don't mind. :-) --Gilderien Talk|Contribs 20:32, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

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