User talk:Viridis

Welcome[edit]

Welcome!

Hello, Viridis, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Venom, chocolate and crisps.[edit]

Basically, the thing I removed said he needed to eat chocolate, crisps or brains.

At the very least, that would need some heavy-duty sourcing for me to leave it in. - SoM 23:10, 15 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Replied on your talk page, let's keep the discussion there for convience's sake.

Image copyright problem with Image:Punisher-Symbiote.jpg[edit]

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Venom (comics)[edit]

Thanks so much for your compromise effort on Venom. I had planned on eventually writing some sort of compromise, but I was holding off on being bold in the hope that some of the details could be hammered out. Nice job! --MikeJ9919 06:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image tagging for Image:Qwark.jpg[edit]

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WP:REDSPOILER[edit]

I think you wanted a template, so I moved this to {{redspoiler}}. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 04:52, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! It works now as {{REDSPOILER}}. I was going for something more noticable than the regular spoiler warning.--Viridis 05:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

helpme[edit]

Is there a way to see who's using a Template or Userbox, like how Image pages show what pages the image is used on?

There's the "What links here" link. Also, many userboxes are also categories, so viewing the category shows users who are using those userboxes. If that makes any sense. —K e akealani 06:41, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. How can I see "What links here?"? I do not see it as an option here:Template:REDSPOILER--Viridis 06:45, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, I found it in the toolbox--Viridis 06:45, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Userbox[edit]

Hey, thanks for the great userbox idea ("No Soup For You!"). I'll have to make one. 'J Klein ^{my talk my contributions} 16:10, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Coincidentally, I got the season seven (the one with the Soup Nazi and the Invitations among others) DVD for Christmas!

How about "Bosco!" or "This user got this userbox as a regift"?

....."Hello, Newman"?

My-Space Userbox[edit]

Hi there, I've seen your Userbox about My Space on the User box submissions Page Here and I believe it may go against Wikipedia Userbox Policy, if you want to be sure see about whether it's allowed see Here. I'm not saying that you should delete it, I am just saying that you should maybe ask the advice of an Administrator, you can choose an Category which best suits these Circumstances Here. Sorry and I don't want this to turn in to a dispute; I am just trying to help because somebody else may choose to delete it without Messaging you like I did. Cheers and I hope you had a Merry Christmas.

Respectfully.....Tellyaddict^Talk 14:11, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I'll ask around--Viridis 03:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The only potential problem I see is with the, "Userboxes must not be intentionally inflammatory or divisive" clause. Even that only becomes an issue if there are significant populations of 'people who hate MySpace' and 'people who are offended by hatred of MySpace'. Personally, I'm indifferent to/ignorant of MySpace (I've heard it is a social networking site) and can't imagine why anyone would either hate OR love it... so I'd assume there isn't a problem. If there are alot of strong feelings about MySpace such that this userbox might spawn arguments or cause 'MySpace lovers' to be less likely to work with you then it'd probably be a good idea to take it down. --CBD 11:32, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies to competely turn the conversation on its head, but i was wondering if there was a Bebo hating userbox along the lines of the one you have for Myspace....--SteelersFan UK06 08:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For now[edit]

No complaints so far, and a couple dozen users. I'll leave it for now.--Viridis 21:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

All Gone...[edit]

Just wondering why the userbox has recently disappeared from my page? I was counting on you Viridis....

SteelersFan UK06 04:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure. it was deleted. I'm asking the admin who deleted it now.--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 02:44, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

RE: House Box[edit]

You're welcome! -- Lima Golf ^Talk^|^{Contributions} 13:06, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

wikinews opinion tab[edit]

[this is a little belated. should of been from jan 18, 2007] Hi I saw your post. Its not exactly new, just very contreversal, and gets readded, and unadded a lot. If your curious, see n:Wikinews:Commentary pages on news events. Its supposed to be a space for people to rant about the article, as the talk namespace is supposed to be reserved for discussing making the article. happy editing. Bawolff 02:27, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I was very curious about that.--Viridis 02:35, 21 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Index[edit]

Say I want to find out what subpages exist for a user's space. Is there something to do that?--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 16:20, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There certainly is, just type the username into here and it will display all the subpages of that user. Kind Regards - Telly addict 16:54, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 19:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Spore[edit]

If Nintendo DS is definite, put a reference there. And keep the 'possibly all current handhelds and consoles'. Mrmoocow 09:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I feel uneasy about the wording of 'possibly all current handhelds and consoles'. It feels a little too uncertain for Wikipedia.--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 10:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, without realizing I already replied here, I talked about a source for the DS statement on your talk page... which you probably already know, hehe.--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 11:32, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Viridis/Sandbox[edit]

See my comments on the page. — D e on555^talk_desk^{sign here!} 01:22, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A new supply of glass was discovered today as a sandbox was destroyed- the molten sand raining down over surrounding namespaces. No injuries have been reported and the namespaces have reported as "shinier".--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 04:28, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Symbiote (comics)[edit]

This is the dude who asked about the symbiotes weakness and expanding lengths I didnt want to start another title so I just put it under Venom [moved by Viridis]. Anyways Thanks for helping but if you look back there is one more question I had so if you could look at it on the discussion page and help me i would appreciate it alot!

Replied to on the talk page.--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 17:34, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

My userpage[edit]

Thanks. :3 If you're just talking about the navframes, I used Misza13's NavFrame, and used her example here for a base. For the main title thing, I actually used an example I found on another page, and changed around the colours. If you'd like to use it, I've created a template for my header here. Just replace all instances of Blast_san to Viridis. :) Bl a st 06.04.07 0441 (UTC)

Jack Thompson photo[edit]

The real person to thank is GuardianV, who was willing to release the photo under the GFDL. I found the photo on Flickr and realized it would be perfect. --Maxa megalon 2000 01:22, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:Scenery.jpg[edit]

Hello Viridis, an automated process has found an image or media file tagged as nonfree media, such as fair use. The image (Image:Scenery.jpg) was found at the following location: User:Viridis/Images. This image or media will be removed per statement number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image or media will be replaced with Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg , so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. The image that was replaced will not be automatically deleted, but it could be deleted at a later date. Articles using the same image should not be affected by my edits. I ask you to please not readd the image to your userpage and could consider finding a replacement image licensed under either the Creative Commons or GFDL license or released to the public domain. Thanks for your attention and cooperation. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 08:30, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

myspacehate[edit]

A userbox of yours which I very much liked got deleted by Jc37. Just wanted to let you know.--eskimospy (talk • contribs) 05:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Thank you. I wish he would have discussed this with me first...--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 02:38, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Viridis/MySpaceHate[edit]

Could you elaborate on why it was deleted? This was discussed before (see my talk page) with me saying I would remove it if there was any complaint, of which I received none. It had many people using it and I wish you would have discussed this with me first.

Please respond promptly.--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 02:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Whether "it had many people using it" doesn't matter in this case.

As noted in one of the discussions about this above, it can be considered divisive and inflammatory. See Wikipedia:Userboxes#Content restrictions and Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion#T1.

For future reference, please avoid using the word "hate" in naming or content of your userboxes.

I hope this helps clarify. - jc37 17:52, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thanks for explaining. Have a happy Towel Day.--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 06:12, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Non-free use disputed for Image:Chunky_Kong.jpg[edit]

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Fair use rationale[edit]

Hi there. To provide rationale, use the template {{Non-free media rationale}}. Copy this onto the talk page of the article concerned, and complete the relevant sections showing the origin of the image, the nature of the image, etc. I hope this helps, but if you have any questions don't hesitate to leave a message for me on my talk page. Giles Bennett ^{(Talk, Contribs)} 10:27, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd probably put "whole" down for portion used, as you're using the whole image and not just a part of it. Giles Bennett ^{(Talk, Contribs)} 14:12, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Smile[edit]

Pokemon Buffy Titan (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

I hope this brightens up your day! About that vandal, whatever happened to him? Pokemon Buffy Titan (talk) 06:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't seen him in a while, but I doubt he'll stop. Thanks for the smile!--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 20:48, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sigh, I was right, he's back http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ULL&diff=prev&oldid=175665536. Luckily someone reverted it.--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 16:24, 4 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Help Request[edit]

{{help}} What would I do on the page to correct it? I've never quite understood rationale.--Viridis^{talk|contributions} 18:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! To save these images from being deleted, you need to add a fair use rationale for each article the image is used on. There should be some pretty good instructions on that page. If you need any more help, feel free to let me know on my talk page. Hope this helps! --omtay 38 18:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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