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Hello there ContiE, welcome to Misplaced Pages! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. If you ever need editing help visit Misplaced Pages:How does one edit a page and experiment at Misplaced Pages:Sandbox. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit Misplaced Pages:Naming conventions. If you have any other questions about the project then check out Misplaced Pages:Help or add a question to the Village pump. MB 13:59 15 May 2003 (UTC)

I have removed Conti from VfD as an article having a name similar to your user name is not a reason to delete it. Please read the Deletion policy for information on what may be listed. You can always change your user name. Angela

I didn't put it into VfD because it was similiar to my name. A friend of mine wanted to "prove" that wikipedia isn't perfect (or something like that) and made that article with silly informations about me. I put that page into VfD. He (his IP was 213.208.90.27) then changed my entry (in VfD) from "nonsense" to "too similar to my name, don't like it" and added information to Conti so it won't be deleted. I just want the information about me removed from the article because it is clearly not of public interest. Conti, 10 Nov 2003

Well, there doesn't seem to be any information in it about you now, so hopefully you are happy for it to be kept. I didn't realise your words on VfD had been changed. Don't worry, there are lots of people looking out for vandalism, so I'm sure 213.208.90.27 won't cause any permanent damage. Angela 03:25, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)

I removed the information about me now. I don't have a problem with the article, as long as it's not about me ;-) Thank you for your help! Conti, 03:40, 10 Nov 2003 (UTC)

*hugs a foxie* hey there... I never knew you were on Misplaced Pages, too. ^_^ -- Schnee 18:55, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC)

We alphabetize articles according to surname. East Asian surnames are listed first. For example, Chiang Kai-shek's family name is Chiang, not Kai-shek. He should therefore be listed under C. I've reverted some of your edits accordingly. --Jiang 23:45, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the advise! I already stopped sorting some names because I don't know how to sort them (Nguyen Cao Ky for example). I hope the other edits I made are ok :-) --Conti 23:50, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Yep, it's confusing. Some of the articles, like Mizoguchi Kenji, have the surname in call caps so it is easily distinguishable. Then, we have Koizumi Junichiro, whose surname is Koizumi but listed under Junichiro Koizumi because the western media chooses to use the western convention for him.--Jiang 23:58, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

hmm, that's why the esperanto wiki has all surnames in caps maybe? I already wondered about that.. I have the same problem with arab names, so I won't touch them either. Someone who knows more about non-western names can do that part. :-) --Conti 00:10, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I noticed you put Survivor Rudy Boesch under "Vietnam War people". I don't think he's notable enough for that category.

Nice interests, BTW. :) Mike H 23:54, Jun 23, 2004 (UTC) (Edited because it logged me out! Gomen-nasai!)

I didn't. I just went through Category:Vietnam War people to sort the people by their surname, and not their first name. As far as I know he belongs in that category, as long as he has/had something to do with the vietnam war, but I might be wrong with this. --Conti 23:56, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I understand that he had something to do with the war, but isn't that a bit vague? He was a soldier, and he's listed with Richard Nixon and whatnot. Mike H 23:59, Jun 23, 2004 (UTC)

I'm not sure about the policy of categories in that point.. I just sorted his name for that category, not thinking about if he belongs in that category at all or not, so feel free to remove that catgory from his article. :-) --Conti 00:10, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I know this'll make me sound whiny and for no reason...but I'll leave it there unless someone else makes the judgment call. ;) Mike H 00:14, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)

Hehe.. I think technically the category in his article is right, otherwise it should be named "Important Vientman War people", so I let it stay there. --Conti 00:19, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Indeed. Good job, me! :D Mike H 00:20, Jun 24, 2004 (UTC)

I have deleted the page you requested for deletion. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 22:18, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thank you very much :-) --Conti|✉ 22:20, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Regarding Pearl video

You made this edit a while ago. was the "<" just a little mistake of yours or is it really in the video? --Conti|✉ 16:21, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Yes, those capitalization and spelling mistakes really were in the video. (Hence, the words "sic" comes up - those say that it was not the author that made the spelling mistakes!) WhisperToMe 16:56, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I'm not speaking about the spelling mistakes, but about the symbol "<":

- The delivery of F-16 planes that pakistan had paid for and never recieved .<

In earlier versions of the article there wasn't a "<" in the text, so it looked to me like a mistake.. also, this site doesn't have the "<" as well.. --Conti|✉ 17:07, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Oh, now I think the symbol is a mistake. Lemme take it out. WhisperToMe 17:11, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hehe, I guessed so, but I rather asked here at first, seeing all the other mistakes in the text.. :-) --Conti|✉ 17:22, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Renaming your account

Hello,

Renaming your account to Conti is not possible, that name is already taken by someone else. -- JeLuF 20:24, Jul 4, 2004 (UTC)

TY for the help on Ambulance chaser

Thanks for the help on . I am new. I was wondering how to do the stub thing. Thanks again. --ozzy 03:54, 2004 Jul 16 (UTC)

You're welcome. Misplaced Pages:Template namespace might be helpful to learn more about templates (like Template:Stub). :) --Conti|✉ 12:14, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Requests for comment

You removed Talk:The Lord of the Rings from Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment, saying "seems to be resolved", but no explanation of the resolution appeared on Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Article content disputes archive. It would be nice if you could add an explanation there. Gdr 20:41, 2004 Jul 24 (UTC)

Whoops. Done now. --Conti|✉ 21:13, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. Gdr 21:48, 2004 Jul 24 (UTC)

Thich Quang Duc

In Thich Quang Duc you updated the layout, but you also changed the quote in the article. Is that really what you intended to do? I checked all google results for "I was to see that sight again, but once was enough." (including the quotes) and some have . where you put ?. ; others have ... there. Tinus 20:56, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I didn't noticed that. My browser seems to have some problems with the "..." and changed it to a quotation mark without telling me so. I changed that back now, thanks for telling me that! --Conti|✉ 13:32, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Sneaky vandalism

I'm curious. I've looked at the diffs for List of unseen characters and I can't see what the anon changed that you reverted, yet it comes up as a change in the coloured diff. What's going on? Marnanel 19:10, 1 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hmm, works for me. (). Or do you mean the first highlighted paragraph? He changed something there too, and I simply reverted all of his edits, because I couldn't find out what he has done on that paragraph as well, maybe some spacing. --Conti|✉ 22:53, Aug 1, 2004 (UTC)

Continuum article

Thanks for all the help with Continuum. :) As the other major author, would you be in agreement with placing it into peer review? I'd like to get it up to featured article status. --Slowking Man 08:18, Aug 10, 2004 (UTC)

You're welcome! (Although I think that you've done alot more work to the article than I did ;-) ) I think putting the article on peer review is a good idea, so yes, I agree! --Conti|✉ 15:12, Aug 10, 2004 (UTC)

Adminship

Sorry to bug you again, but would you accept a nomination for adminship? I think you would make an excellent admin. You've been a member for over a year, and have taken on some of the more grueling tasks at Misplaced Pages, such as moving articles around, Wikifying, etc. --Slowking Man 22:26, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)

After thinking about it for a while, I accept the nomination. :-) --Conti|✉ 02:38, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)

You've been nominated at Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship#Current nominations. --Slowking Man 03:12, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)

Congratulations! PMcM 14:06, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Sysop

Congratulations! You are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the administrators' how-to guide helpful. Good luck. Angela. 02:42, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)

Thank you very much. :-) --Conti|✉ 08:56, Aug 20, 2004 (UTC)