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Line 1: − [[File:200px-Ancapflag.svg.png|200px|right]] − [[File:Anarchy-symbol.svg.png|thumbnail|250px|left|The symbol of Anarchism]] − == Something you may not know... == − − In the English language, the names of countries, such as "Egypt," are what are known as "proper nouns," and are thus spelled with the first letter in upper case. The same goes with adjectives based on country names or religions, such as "Estonian," or "Islamist." [[User:EddyJ|EddyJ]] 09:46, 23 June 2013 (EDT) − − :OK I will note it in future --[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 10:51, 23 June 2013 (EDT) − − == Idi Amin == − − "In 1971 he coup in power..." What does that mean? Do you mean he "staged a coup"? Also, what does "tenue" mean? You've used that word several times in your edits. I don't think I've ever seen it before. [[User:EddyJ|EddyJ]] 13:12, 23 June 2013 (EDT) − − :Yes I mean staged the coup. --[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 13:14, 23 June 2013 (EDT) − − ==Cats== − Hi, Joey. Thanks for [http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Get_rich_quick&curid=129666&diff=1066739&oldid=1066736&rcid=1415354 categorizing] my [[Get rich quick schemes]] article, even though it's just a stub.[ − :No matter.--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 13:27, 15 September 2013 (EDT) − − == Account promoted == − − Your account has been promoted. Congratulations!--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 13:45, 8 October 2013 (EDT) − − What does it mean? Am I a administator now?--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 08:58, 9 October 2013 (EDT) − :No, it means that you now are trusted enough to block vandals and spammers. [[User:Brenden|brenden]] 19:47, 9 October 2013 (EDT) − ::Thank you!--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 09:14, 10 October 2013 (EDT) − − == Int'l Democratic Union == − − I have made the [[International Democratic Union]] page a redirect rather than a deletion candidate. If you'd still rather it be deleted, feel free to revert. [[User:WesleyS|WesleyS]] 13:37, 22 November 2013 (EST) − :I prefer the deletion because International DemocratIC Union is wrong spelled.--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 14:39, 22 November 2013 (EST) − − == Great work on Mandela == − − Great edits to Mandela; I just got back from California which is why I only saw them now; I spruced up the presentation of the references a little bit (just throwing in some templates), but I think that section is perfect so far.--<small>[[User:Iduan|<span style="color: #FFCCCC; background: #660000">I]][[User_talk:Iduan|<span style="color:#CCCCFF; background:#000033">Duan]]</span></span></small> 19:44, 17 December 2013 (EST) − − ==Reverting vandalism== − I'm not an expert, and maybe there are spiffier ways to do this, but the method I use is this: Go to the history listing. The last (top) item will list the vandalized version. The one before it (or two before it, or whatever you want to revert to; pay close attention) will be the one you want to revert to. Click on the date/time stamp for that item. It will bring up that version and say "This is an old revision" blah blah blah. Click edit. You will see big warnings that you are editing the wrong version, and that if you save from there, later edits will be lost!!! That is, of course, exactly what you want. Click save. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 12:58, 1 February 2014 (EST) − − == Pat Robertson == − − Why was my edit reverted on this page? It was not parody. If you check the reference I provided, he really did say those things and he really does believe in evolution. Thanks, --[[User:JonY|JonY]] 17:18, 30 May 2014 (EDT) − :*But if you compare Pat Robertson to Hitler, it really looks like a parody.--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 04:45, 31 May 2014 (EDT) − − == 5 maintenance tasks that need to be done - some of which could be automated == − − Some editors like to do wiki maintenance tasks. I started on two of these maintenance task, but I don't have the time to do it all myself. − − There are 5 maintenance task that need to be done: − − '''1.''' De-orphan pages which have no category tags or links to them from other pages. − − '''2.''' Remove about 8% of the wiki pages which are ex-editors' user pages and user talk pages who have not edited in the last 3 years.''' And this task could probably be automated, but it could be done manually too.''' − − There is a list of editors/users here: http://conservapedia.com/Special:ListUsers − − If you go through the list and put delete page tags on the user pages and user talk pages of users who have been inactive for 3 years, then those pages can be deleted. − − ::You can also find the pages that need to be deleted by looking at the pages that have these templates on them and then see if the users have been active in the last 3 years: http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere&target=Template%3AUseful+links and http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere&target=Template%3AWelcome − − '''3.''' Delete the templates that are never being used. − − '''4.''' Build up the 2 sentence stub articles so they have at least 500 words. Using the random page search function, I estimate the stub articles are at least 30-40% of the wiki articles. − − '''5.''' Within 10 years, about 50% of links become broken links. Xenu's Link Sleuth can crawl your website and find these dead links plus make a report: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html − − Alternatively, using this Firefox tool https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/linkchecker/ or this chrome tool https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/link-checker/aibjbgmpmnidnmagaefhmcjhadpffaoi?hl=en these dead links can be found. − − I did this link maintenance already for the atheism, evolution and homosexuality articles. − − I think these 5 maintenance tasks being done would enhance the user experience for the readers plus these are maintenance tasks that need to be done. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 12:37, 20 June 2014 (EDT) − − Alright I will focus on the "Orphaned Pages".--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 04:44, 22 June 2014 (EDT) − − === Automating some of these tasks === − − I mentioned Xenu's Link Sleuth above in order to help automate spotting the dead links. I think that deleting the the inactive editors who have not edited for 3 years could be automated as well. Maybe using something like [[User:EdBot]]. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 13:36, 20 June 2014 (EDT) − − Mate I'll help out if ya want. − − == re: removing User pages and User talk pages for editors who have been inactive for 3 years == − − If you identify the User pages and User talk pages for editors who have been inactive for 3 years via speedy deletion tags, a Conservapedian who has done professional programming in the past, will create a bot to delete those pages. − − Via the newly created bot, other pages which have those speedy deletion tags would be removed at the same time. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:29, 21 June 2014 (EDT) − − == About pages needing deletion == − − JoeyJ, thank you for marking those pages for deletion at CP as you know I wanted to delete extraneous pages. And I was happy to delete them for you. I have increased demands on my time so I regret to say that I won't be able to assist you as far as deleting pages for the foreseeable future. I am sorry about this. I wish there were more hours in the day so I could do it, but I cannot. − − Maybe another Admin or the owner of the website can assist you. − − Again, thank for your previous help in this matter. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 23:53, 29 July 2014 (EDT) − − No problem. There are enough other administrators. Thank you for deleting the pages.--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 06:58, 30 July 2014 (EDT) − − == Please '''don't''' delete user pages == − This is not meant as a criticism of your work. I fully respect what you are doing in many areas. However, I don't think you should be deleting (that is, marking for deletion) anyone's user and user talk pages. Well, pages that were vandalism or spam right from the start should be deleted. But other than that, they should be kept. Even those of users that have left a long time ago. − − Some of the users whose pages have recently been deleted are pretty much "founding" or "charter" members of Conservapedia. Well, not literally, but they were there nearly at the start. Some of them were Andy's original home-school students! Others were contributing during the "glory days" of 2008 or so. Many of those people have gone on to college and the rest of their lives, but they deserve to have their work kept. During the "glory days" era, there were good-natured contests to see which team could make the most contributions. There seem to have been 5 of them; see [http://www.conservapedia.com/Category:Conservapedia_Contest Category:Conservapedia_Contest]. (I was around during that era, but did not participate in the contests.) I wish those days would come back, but I am not optimistic. − − Aside from the contests, those days saw a lot of contributions by a lot of dedicated people, in many subjects. − − Among the pages that were deleted in 2014, I see that, just off the top of my head, these people made constructive contributions, and should have their history preserved: − − Deborah, Foxtrot, BethanyS, Tash, Jallen, Jaques, Crocoite, Fantasia, WilliamBeason, Tims, Jinxmchue, DeanS, JerryCa. I forget Bethany's sister's name. − − Some of these were prolific contributors in the subject I was interested in, mathematics: Fantasia, WilliamBeason, Foxtrot. − − Any large wiki project should have its history preserved, so that newcomers can see it. − − When I have more time to go over people's contributions, I'm going to ask Andy to restore these pages. − − But other than that, keep up the good work. I mean it. − − [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 23:45, 30 July 2014 (EDT) − − :*Sorry. I only performed ''Conservative''´s request. He asked me to remove user pages of contributors, who are not active for 3 years. (See [http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:JoeyJ#5_maintenance_tasks_that_need_to_be_done_-_some_of_which_could_be_automated]).--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 03:45, 31 July 2014 (EDT) − − :Please please please don't be offended, but I have undone your marking of user box templates to be deleted. Most of those were rather dumb, but they illustrate a time when people had a little fun on their user pages, rather than all the fighting, vaping, and blocking that goes on today. The one about fish reminded me of the great donut war. That was before my time, but when I came to CP and did a lot of looking around, I found that all the "kool kids" were arguing about whether they like donuts, and whether cows are tasty. That innocent era will probably never come back, and it's too bad. − − :I remembered who BethanyS's sister is. She's [[User:SharonS]] and [[User_talk:SharonS]]. Both sisters are long gone, of course, but Sharon's pages are still around. You ought to take a look at them, to get a glimpse of what that era was like. Before it gets vaped too. I looked up to those two for their good-natured behavior. − − :Yes, you were simply responding to a request from Cons. He should not have made that request, and you should not honor it. I would complain to him about it directly, but (a) his talk page is locked, and (b) he never listens. I think I know at least part of why he is doing this. One is to erase the memory of that kinder, gentler time, and another is to dilute his vaping of things that he finds personally uncomfortable. Those being, among other things, all references to the "book for middle school students" about evolution, and some stuff about statistics (possibly the [[Generalized linear model]]) that I called him out on and challenged him to a debate on. Can't find the refs right now, but he's sensitive about the subject, and perhaps about math in general. So be aware of that when he asks you to mark things for deletion. − − :Otherwise, keep up the good work. − − :[[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 21:58, 4 August 2014 (EDT) − ::JoeyJ, great job helping to get rid of the extraneous web pages. Keep up the good work. Pay no attention to SamHB's verbose, wrongheaded and quarrelsome speculations. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 22:40, 4 August 2014 (EDT) − − ==Reverts== − Sorry I couldn't help more there Joey. I am in the middle of getting my wife off to work. (Coffee, breakfast, cut lunch etc.,) It's early morning here. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 16:25, 9 August 2014 (EDT) − − == Please '''don't''' delete user pages == − − SharonS was practically a founding member of CP. It's true that the last edit to her talk page was made by someone who later turned out to be ''persona non grata'', but that edit was a reversion of clear vandalism. − − TimS (Svendsen, if memory serves) was an extremely respected administrator of CP. He stuck his neck out for me when I was being harassed. − − Please show some respect for your forefathers and foremothers. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 16:56, 18 August 2014 (EDT) − − :Sorry but you have to talk with ''Conservative'' about that. It is not my idea, but he asked me to do this. You can contact him at [[User:Conservative/mail]].--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 17:37, 18 August 2014 (EDT) − − : I let the user pages by influence users stay, but I continue to delete user pages by unimportant users and unused templates. Is that ok for you?--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 17:46, 18 August 2014 (EDT) − ::JoeyJ, the owner of the website is in agreement with me that significantly old user pages and user talk pages, should be deleted. Keep the user pages and user talk pages of people who have edited in the last 4 years. − − ::You can keep the SharonS user page and talk page since she is a Bureaucrat which is the highest rank of Admin plus she was a founding member. Get rid of the rest though as she is an exception to the rule of removing the user pages and user talk pages of people who have not edited in 4 years. − − ::Also, after you put the tags on the pages for the deletion, then a campaign can be launched to do the deleting. − − ::Should someone return after 4 years of inactivity, their user page and user talk page can easily be restored. An admin can easily do this. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 18:48, 18 August 2014 (EDT) − − == re: deleting superfluous pages == − − I think you may soon receive some good news about your ability to delete superfluous pages. If you are given the ability to do this, please remove superfluous user pages and user talk pages. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] 15:25, 26 August 2014 (EDT) − − :Oh, thank you for expanding my abilities. Of course I will delete the old user pages.--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 15:28, 26 August 2014 (EDT) − − == re: deleting historic pages == − − Let me see if I've got this: You '''deleted the user and talk pages of renowned sysops, who were almost-founding-members, Crocoite/DeanS and MountainDew/DanH?''' (Well, Crocoite/DeanS was done, at your request, by someone else, before you got delete rights.) In case you're wondering, the "first-name-and-last-initial" rule was not enforced in the early days, so people could choose handles like Crocoite and MountainDew. When the rules started to be enforced, these people changed their names so they wouldn't be guilty of hypocrisy when they blocked people. − − What next? Deleting all the [http://www.conservapedia.com/Category:Conservapedia_Contest contest] pages? They no longer make much sense when it isn't possible to see who those people were. Math articles? They've been a disaster for years, and no one works on them. Same for physics and chemistry. (Except relativity, of course :-) − − Please do not aid, abet, enable, or do the bidding of people who are engaged in questionable and possibly destructive activities. These people (Cons and Andy) ''are perfectly capable of deleting pages themselves'', and they have enough historical perspective to know what they are doing. With all due respect, you do not. You do not have a good feel for which users were unimportant. − − There are plenty of other, constructive, things you can do, and you have been doing them. Please continue with that. − − [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 00:01, 28 August 2014 (EDT) − − :OK, I will stop deleting them. ''Conservative'', if you read this: You can take my right to delete articles. I came here to write articles about politics and not to have problems with other users.--[[User:JoeyJ|JoeyJ]] 06:10, 28 August 2014 (EDT)
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