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{{helpme}} How do I add a reference to an article? I have big news about something, but I want to put my source up. Dunno how. Giving me a layout for it would be appreciated. Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:27, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

The easiest way is to generally put the citation in <ref></ref> tags. For more information, see here. NuclearWarfare _{My work} 03:30, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

References

Hi there. You did format the reference correctly--that's great for such a new editor! Unfortunately, web forums don't meet our standards on reliable sources. I've put a bunch of links below that will help, and please feel free to ask anything you like on my talk page. —   04:07, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

It's the show's official Forum, from one of the show's creators. :/ Jeremie Belpois (talk) 04:16, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Jeremie. Whether the forum is official or not doesn't really matter. Our policies on verifiability and reliable sources require that any sources we use be established, reliable, and reasonably well-known for checking their facts. Forums can't and don't check their facts, so we can't use them as reliable sources. Good examples of reliable sources are: newspapers, magazines, news websites, scholarly books, scientific and other journals. Good examples of unreliable sources are: web forums, fringe magazines, wikipedia (actually, any open wiki), and blog posts. Look on the bright side, though: you did a really, really good job of putting the citation in! That's a lot better than many brand-new editors, myself included. All you need to do is find a reliable source that has the information you want. It's a TV show--maybe a website like IMDB - The Internet Movie Database has the information you are looking for? imdb certainly counts as a reliable source for facts like that. —   04:27, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Seriously, stop. You're not providing any source at all, and as long as you don't you will be reverted. I cannot help you if you just complain that you don't know what you're doing. I know how it works, but I'm not psychic. Read WP:SOURCES and provide and actual source. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 07:59, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Warning

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Misplaced Pages:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. I've warned you enough in edit summaries and you haven't listened. Keep it up and you're getting blocked. Either provide a damn source for your claims or stop adding them. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 22:03, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

There will be no "Oban Star-Racers" on Disney XD.

Just so we're clear, there will be no Oban Star-Racers on Disney XD. That program is not on the Disney XD schedule. So stop adding that show on the page. AdamDeanHall (talk) 14:24, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Give me your proof. Jeremie Belpois (talk) 22:42, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

question

{{helpme}} How am I able to create infoboxeS?Jeremie Belpois (talk) 02:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

• It depends. What do you want to create an infobox for? It might already have one. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 03:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

well i just tried to make one but it said some sort of loop was detected...what is going on?Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:11, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

• Where did you try to make it at? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 03:38, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

• Never mind. I found it. There's no need for a separate Code Lyoko template, we already have {{infobox character}} which is supposed to be standard for all characters. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 03:41, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

there's templates for characters of other shows, thoughJeremie Belpois (talk) 03:45, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

• Only sometimes. Even those should generally be replaced with {{infobox character}} though. On second thought, I could just speedy delete this as a test page. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 03:46, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Reply

Well, that show isn't as well-known as Star Trek or Hannah Montana, for example, so the individual characters do not meet Misplaced Pages's notability requirements. In fact, this article and articles on other characters were the object of a deletion discussion back in 2007 in which it was decided to leave them as redirects. I'm not going to engage in an edit war over this, but I do have to tell you that most other editors here will probably concur with the decision that was made then. Thingg 03:25, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

yes it is, it's shown in nearly all of the countries in the world, and 2 years is quite some time, and the show and the characters in it have changed significantly since then, so the pages should stay Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:30, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Odd Della Robbia

REDIRECT List of primary characters in Code Lyoko#Odd Della Robbia  !-- This page was deleted and merged. See the talk page. Stop this now. --

Please, before edit warring, PLEASE, read the talk page. Thanks in advance.sinneed (talk) 03:32, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

i did..what was i supposed to see?Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:33, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

It says: oldafdfull|date= 13 Oct 2007 |result= Merge to Code Lyoko |page= The Code Lyoko characters

sinneed (talk)

i dont see anything relevant on the talk page Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:36, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

It says:

This user page was nominated for deletion on 13 Oct 2007. The result of the discussion was Merge to Code Lyoko.

How can the fact that the article was deleted and merged not be relevent? sinneed (talk) 03:37, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Please undo your edit. Now. You have generated a loop. This is a Bad Thing.sinneed (talk) 03:37, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

i dont even know what the whole "loop" thing means!!! Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:39, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Mainly it means "Stop That". May I please restore the page to working order?sinneed (talk) 03:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

what?Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

You have broken the page Odd Della Robbia. May I please fix it? sinneed (talk) 03:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

um no its not broken....its being worke don Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:45, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Please get a French speaker (I have not spoken French heavily in 26 years, I can't help) who has better English to help you understand:

- You have indeed broken the page, generating a loop.

- You have restored a page which has been deleted as a result of an AfD.

- You are vandalizing Misplaced Pages by doing so.

- Revert your edit, retoring the page to working order.

- If you feel you must recreate the page, please do so in a Sandbox.

- While you are doing that, update the talk page to explain that you are going to restore the article.  Note!  It will be deleted again.

sinneed (talk) 03:49, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

congrats, you just got reported for incivility Jeremie Belpois (talk) 03:51, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I am sorry that you feel that was incivil. That was not my intent.sinneed (talk) 03:54, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

May I impose upon you to tell me what was incivil? If I can understand, I will attempt to correct the matter.sinneed (talk) 04:00, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Ah, I wish you had answered me when I asked why you felt I was incivil. I would have explained. I make many typographical errors, and would have made no such assumption. You seem to not be able to understand 2 key points: you have broken a page (it now has errors on it), and you have restored a page that was deleted by AfD. I do appologize for not explaining why I thought you spoke French. You use a French name, and we are discussing a French cartoon. Nothing else. I do understand how the remark could have seemed offensive, and I apoligize apologize even for the seeming. As I once spoke French, I attributed the problem to the one I was familiar with.sinneed (talk) 04:30, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Code Lyoko character

Template:Code Lyoko character has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 03:40, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

its not listed thereJeremie Belpois (talk) 03:42, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

No, it isn't, yet. I would guess that the database servers are chewing their way through a lot of work.sinneed (talk) 03:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Template:Code Lyoko character

Thank you for experimenting with Misplaced Pages. Your test worked, and the page that you created has been or soon will be deleted. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on ] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the article or have a copy emailed to you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • 03:47, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

January 2009

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Odd Della Robbia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. You have reverted the page 4 times today, to a nonworking state. sinneed (talk) 04:16, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Welcome, and thank you for experimenting with Misplaced Pages. Your test on the page Odd Della Robbia worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Please create a wp:sandbox or use one of the existing ones, for your edit tests. Your edit test at Odd Della Robbia has not succeeded, and is on a page that in 2007 was put through the AfD process, and merged into another page. Please restore the page to working order, and do your tests in another area. sinneed (talk) 04:18, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

that was not a test..Jeremie Belpois (talk) 04:20, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

The error message "Template loop detected: Template:Code Lyoko character" would tend to disagree with that interpretation.sinneed (talk) 04:23, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

omg you still havent told me what that means Jeremie Belpois (talk) 04:26, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I am very sorry, but I truly know only that it means it is broken. The only way I know to fix it is to remove the broken template. I am truly sorry I don't know more.sinneed (talk) 04:31, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

If you restore the page again I will report you for 3RR. This is your last warning. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 07:43, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

you need to calm down, you're really irate.. Jeremie Belpois (talk) 07:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

I warned you. Now you've been reported. You've been told why the page is a redirect and refuse to listen. You've been pointed to the proper avenues to learn what you're doing and refuse to. You need to stop and pay attention to what people are saying, especially when multiple people are telling you the same thing. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 07:54, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

its been nearly 2 years since that merge thing, i think it can be given another chance, as you can see, it's rather large already. there are character pages for much less popular shows, and those are fine Jeremie Belpois (talk) 07:56, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

This does not change the fact that what you are adding does not change anything about why it was merged in the first place. All you are doing is making an alternate version of the old content. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 07:59, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

it might seem like that at the moment, but i'm extending it as i go along, not everything can be made in one edit. the list of characters page is too long either way. Jeremie Belpois (talk) 08:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

It doesn't matter how much you add, because you're not adding anything substantial, just redundant details from the show. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 08:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

again, there exist character pages that appear to be fine to exist with a lot elss info and whatnot, like Jen Masterson. Jeremie Belpois (talk) 08:07, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Just because that exists doesn't mean you can repeat it here. You have added nothing that wasn't in the article when it was merged, and thuis the result of the original AfD still applies. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 08:13, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

again, i am still working on it, chill. Jeremie Belpois (talk) 08:14, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

You're just using that as an excuse. It's clear from the tone in your writing that you aren't going to add anything more than details from the show. The article needs more than that. It needs character analysis from third-party sources, reception information, and stuff like that. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 08:19, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

no, i'm giving you the truth, i'm in the process of making it, a page cannot be fully completed in one dayJeremie Belpois (talk) 08:21, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

not to get in the middle of this, but if you really think you can make it better make it in a subpage of your userpage, then move it over. --Ender3989 (talk) 08:37, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Yumi Ishiyama. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. prashanthns (talk) 09:02, 7 January 2009 (UTC)