User talk:Trapolator

Welcome to the Wikipedia[edit]

Welcome, newcomer!

Here are some useful tips to ease you into the Wikipedia experience:

First, take a look at the Wikipedia Tutorial, and perhaps dabble a bit in the test area.
When you have some free time, take a look at the Manual of Style and Policies and Guidelines. They can come in very handy!
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Also, here are some odds and ends that I find useful from time to time:

Feel free to ask me anything the links and talk pages don't answer. You can most easily reach me by posting on my talk page.

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Best of luck, and have fun!

Clockwork Soul 04:08, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Graphics in two modes[edit]

Thanks for helping with Wikipedia:Graphics in two modes. If you're a Linux or Windows user, I'd really like to see you contribute an alternative workstation -- indeed, if I can talk you into any further contributions at all, I shall. — Xiong 熊 talk * 13:37, 2005 May 1 (UTC)

Bryce Harrington[edit]

Hi -- Since you've worked on the Inkscape article, I thought you might be interested in the fact that the Bryce Harrington article is up for deletion.--Bcrowell 03:41, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

New articles[edit]

Dear Trapolator, don't forget to announce new Russia-related articles here. Best wishes, Ghirlandajo 07:10, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

I would like to express my thanks to all the good people who spent their valuable time time and effort working on my (failed) RfA voting. Especially for those who actually voted to support me :). You put a great effort into it, it was me who mixed up everything. Lets move on and make together our Wikipedia an even greater place abakharev 09:40, 12 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your voting![edit]

Hi, thanks for your voting on my RFA. It has finished with the result 88/14/9, and I am promoted. I am really overwhelmed with the amount of support I have got. With some of you we have edited many articles as a team, with some I had bitter arguments in the past, some of you I consider to be living legends of Wikipedia and some nicks I in my ignorance never heard before. I love you all and I am really grateful to you.

If you feel I can help you or Wikipedia as a human, as an editor or with my newly acquired cleaning tools, then just ask and I will be happy to assist. If you will feel that I do not live up to your expectation and renegade on my promises, please contact me. Maybe it was not a malice but just ignorance or a short temper. Thank you very much, once more! abakharev 07:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In-Universe Perspective[edit]

If you look at the page linked to by the tag, it has a better explanation of the form that articles on fictional subjects should take than I can probably give on a talk page. Phil Sandifer 02:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Phil Sandifer[edit]

Hey there buddy - I noticed you got Philled recently. I think Phil is completely out of control. I've been following his recent trail of destruction - he seems to be waging a war on all things fictional. His opinion (as seen on the Wiki MoS) seems to be that "Wikipedia is about the real world, and things that happen in other worlds are of interest to Wikipedia only insofar as they provide context for things in the real world."

While I can see the point that some fan commentary can be obsessively detailed I would make two observations. First, I think the "in-universe perspective" is still a bit hazy. While it should be made clear when a plot summary is fictional, pretty much all book, television, and movie plot summaries are most easily presented from an in-universe perspective. Heck, I'd say 99% are (and the other 1% are rubbish). Second, Phil's aggressive way of trying to deal with his latest pet peeve is not particularly constructive.

Anyway, I just thought I'd drop you a line. Dr Aaron 13:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. You can count on me for providing my view of the matter if some discussion or arbitration ensues. Just drop me a note then. Trapolator 02:39, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weisshaupt[edit]

Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Weisshaupt, by Sgeureka, another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Weisshaupt fits the criteria for speedy deletion for the following reason:

Housekeeping - cleanup per WP:SU

To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Weisshaupt, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Please note, this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion, it did not nominate Weisshaupt itself. Feel free to leave a message on the bot operator's talk page if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot. --Android Mouse Bot 2 10:44, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open![edit]

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:56, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Marlboro Friday for deletion[edit]

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Marlboro Friday is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marlboro Friday until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Very Average Editor (talk) 08:03, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]