User talk:Aurumdog

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Welcome![edit]

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Pictures[edit]

I like your user name, "Gold Dog" ^^, here are some pics if you want to spruce up your crib here at the Wiki. Best, w.carter-Talk 10:35, 26 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hey cart User:W.carter, nice try but this would be more accurate -

what do ya reckon? c ya, aurum

Aurumdog (talk) 23:02, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The Code[edit]

	Welcome to the Matrix
	You now know the first part of The CODE. w.carter*-Talk* 19:58, 27 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    ...Why? Oh, why? did I ever take the blue pill ???...

Adventures found upon the journey[edit]

.... sorry technical diffs

Welcome to The Thunderdom[edit]

thanks, but no thanks... my mind is still young and impressionable

New trick[edit]

Hi again Aurum sorry to bother you, but you might be interested in this: Instead of writing cart W.carter, you can add one more | and put the nickname inside the brackets, and then the nickname becomes the blue thing instead. Like this: cart. Cool huh? :) I did the same with your name at the beginning of this post. Happy wanderings, w.carter-Talk 13:40, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hey cart, cool trick! I should of checked the red box thingy. anyway, live and learn, aurum Aurumdog (talk) 16:39, 29 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How to insert a pic in an edit[edit]

hey cart, still working on it - hope you don't mind the streamlining, it was a preemptive strike -

hey cart, no mate - I like streamlining stuff - it can be real fun as long as no one gets offended. Plus I like the idea of taking the fun away from an auto. arch. prog. -

Hi Aurum! If you want to get hold of a pic that you know the name of, most of the times you can just put that name in the searchbox at the Commons and it pops up. Like this. The pic is this:

"Sankt Olofs kyrka i Gamla hamn" translates to "Saint Olof's church in Old Harbor", the church is now demolished.

hey cart, bumber about Saint Olof's church, would of loved a nice pic of it in autumn.

So, the pics. First of all you have to get hold of the proper name for the file. With the dogs that was easy since that was the last part of the https: "Tesem_couple.png". I entered that in the searchbox at the Commons and came to this page. Then I click on the picture and come to this page. On that page is the "real" name of the file that you need to turn it into a pic: File:Tesem couple.png . If you take that name and put it into double brackets it becomes a pic, BUT you also have to add |thumb| otherwise the pic will be in the original size which is often way too big for the page. Like this:

If you want some text you add it like this:

The pic of the sun was a bit tricky since the place that you found it had converted part of the File-name to machine-code. But I found it for you. It is here, and I'm taking the File-name and make a "pic-name" for it the same way as with the dogs, but I am making it show up on the left side of the page just to show you how it's done. Best, w.carter-Talk 17:22, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hey cart, sorry mate - it is not just "an imperfect site," but an imperfect world; that is

its very perfection - which means that imperfection is included under perfection - and if we could understand this there would be more peace in the world - also, it says something about humanity. - ok, let's c if I can make the pics work - thxs mate, aurum Aurumdog (talk) 23:14, 1 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Aurumdog, you are of course right about the imperfect world. :) I see that you are getting

Some more rules...[edit]

Hi Aurum! Just me bothering you again. I saw that you have managed to upload a pic yourself. Just one thing: Since you did not draw all of the pic yourself, you have to give credit to the page where you found it, otherwise it may be deleted from the Commons as a copyright violation. I have added the creds at the pic of the two dogs, look here. Be sure to do so with other pics in the furure also.

try resizing by this: or or whatever. This can be combined with the "thumb"-thing. See below. :) All the best, W.carter 17:50, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hey cart, no bother & u don't have to be sorry unless you did something wrong - you might of missed one pic - so keep your nose to the grind stone - flip it hard - aurum Aurumdog (talk) 18:13, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again Aurumdog. So, I've fixed the text on the other pic as well. Would you be so kind as to repeat the question here. And also, unfortunately, since English is not my native language I sometimes don't quite understand your dialect and what you write and I may have misunderstood you. I apologize for that. Where are you from? If you don't mind me asking that. :) Best, w.carter-Talk 19:24, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hey cart, the question is right there in the middle of the page - better get your eyes checked - txt streamlined - sorry if streamlining is confusing ! - I'll try to be more clear, aurum - ps : i'm a kiwi but I live in Oz now ! Don't worry about your English it is better than my any other language + better than a lot of English speaking people I know Aurumdog (talk) 04:05, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Aurumdog, "better get your eyes checked"? That is not a very nice thing to say to someone who is offering you help. You can only upload free pics or some that you have made or taken yourself. And please, use the cart combined with the four squiggles otherwise I do not get your notification since this is not my page. I am checking your page now and then, but not all the time since I have other things to do as well. Best, w.carter-Talk 09:18, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hey cart, I think the substance of what we are both saying is coming across fine. "I better get my eyes checked too." sitting in front of this screen 4 too long - question 4 u: who decides how to take what another writes? who decides what to write? - mistakes are bound to happen - but as we discussed somewhere else: imperfection is part of perfection. therefore the world is perfect because it contains imperfection - it is a utopian dream to think that perfection is all pristine and good without anything even hinting that mistakes are a big part of life. No mistakes = no life ---> that is perfection, therefore perfection is already here and now all we have to do is open our eyes.... sorry, about rambling - as always thxs 4 all your help -aurum

4 squiggles 4 uAurumdog (talk) 04:05, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Aurumdog I'm now handing over to Graeme Bartlett to be your guide. You are quite fortunate to have such a guide. :) I only asked if someone from Australia could help me and I had no idea the one to answer would be one of their very best editors. This editor has been here far longer that I have and can answer your questions lot better than I can, especially you last ones here (above). Such questions are a bit beyond me. And please try to use regular letters and words when you write, much easier to understand. :) All the best luck in the future, w.carter-Talk 12:43, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi from another Australian[edit]

Hello Aurumdog,

w.carter has asked me to help you out, since I am more likely to understand your writings here! I'm from Australia too. You can ask me questions too, as I have been on Wikipedia for about 10 years. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 23:02, 3 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

thxs Graeme your help will not go amiss. where are u in Oz? I'll check your page- see ya mate, aurum Aurumdog (talk) 04:10, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm in Canberra. What are you going to do on Wikipedia? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:10, 4 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

hey Graem, Canberra... which side u on ? or u not in to politics? ... i'm here to post on a entry I like but it is going 2 take along time and I'll have 2 do a stack of re-reading... maybe people are better off not knowing ?... gotta go, aurum Aurumdog (talk) 20:12, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

thxs cart... those were some good pics...

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