CKA3KA

Please help me out by following these guidelines when you post here.

I shamelessly stole this talk-page layout from Sango123. (Thank you, Sango123!) Mine, though, is a pale imitation of Sango123's far-superior model.

1. Click here to post a new message. Remember to use a relevant message heading, and always sign your messages using four tildes (~~~~).
2. I'll generally reply on your talk page, but to prevent fragmented discussions, please use this page for longer exchanges. (Add this page to your watchlist.)
3. Please comply with Wikipedia:Civility. Personal attacks will be removed as soon as I notice them (unless they're so lame that I can easily mock them). Vandalism will not be tolerated, though it may go unnoticed for some time.
4. I've never archived anything on this page, since I haven't been around long enough to accumulate that many posts. If this page starts getting too long, though, I'll steal Sango123's cool archive menu to keep myself organized.

Greetings

Hi, skazka, and welcome to Wikipedia! I saw your question at Wikipedia:Clueless newbies, and whoops, in the course of writing my response I see you've already figured out the answer you were looking for. I don't know too much about browser cookies but if I had to guess, I would say your login timeout issues are probably tied into a preference setting somewhere. I have mine (Mozilla Firefox) set to always save cookies from Wikipedia which keeps me pretty much permanently logged in (even after I quit my browser), although it does sometimes expire if I don't visit the site for long stretches. I'm sorry I can't give you a more technical answer — hopefully someone else who notices your question can — but in the meantime I thought I might offer a few helpful links that might make your contributing experience easier.

• For a good quick introduction to Wikipedia and how it's used, check out Wikipedia:Introduction and the Wikipedia:Tutorial. There are also some tips for avoiding common mistakes.
• Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia gives lots of good suggestions for things you can help out with around the encyclopedia, if you're looking for ideas!
• How to edit a page and the Manual of Style offer some tips and guidelines to formatting your work here on Wikipedia; if you're looking for more help, check out the Help:Contents.
• While Wikipedia is many things, there are also many things it cannot effectively be. Try and familiarize yourself with the policies regarding writing from a neutral point of view and what wikipedia is not.
• Hesitant to begin? Be bold! Wikipedia relies on editors like you to succeed, so if you see something you feel needs work, go for it!

If you've still got questions, the FAQ and the Help desk are good places to start. Listing yourself at the new user log will likely guarantee a response from friendly fellow editors as well. If there's anything I can help with, don't hestitate to drop me a note on my talk page -- just remember to sign your comments with four tildes (like this: ~~~~) and your signature will automatically be added.

Again, welcome!

— MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 08:25, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

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Hi there, and please accept my welcome as well. I just wanted to add a note to MasterChef's explanation below. While there are many reasons to become accidentally logged off, the most common one is not checking the "Remember me" checkbox when you login. If that box is not checked, you will log off as soon as you quit your browser (and yes, this has to do with the cookies). If you check that box when you log in, you should remain logged in even if you close the browser (or restart your computer). Hope this helps. Feel free to drop me a note if you have questions.—Ëzhiki (erinaceus amurensis) 21:22, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I too would like to welcome you to Wikipedia. Since three helpers are better than one, feel free to shout here if you need any help. --Master of Puppets 00:08, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Why not make it four? WELCOME!!!!!!--ViolinGirl^♪ 21:57, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Sandbox

You're welcome regarding the sandbox. I'm glad I could be of help.

I don't mean to be presumptuous, but I just wanted to give you the heads up that sometime you will have loads of comments here, and it might help if you created a header for the first comment, so that when others come to leave more, you can remind them at the top to sign their posts, etc...I use Sango123 as an example of this, although I have yet to get around to typing something up like that.

Just thought you might like to know.--ViolinGirl^♪ 23:22, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I know, I trailed around today and saw. Glad everything worked out for you. Now I've got to get around to typing mine up!--ViolinGirl^♪ 02:07, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Page layout

No problem, and I'm quite flattered by the kind credit you gave for several sentences and a plain <div> tag. ;-) In time, you'll most likely find more convenient and aesthetically appealing arrangements, but thanks for choosing my layout as a start! Please let me know if you need anything else. Happy editing, Sango123 (talk) 02:10, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, CKA3KA! Hope it's a wonderful one! (happy New Year, too!)--ViolinGirl^♪ 13:13, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Beer project

Absolutely, you're welcome to sign on and help out where you see fit, no permission requierd! I'm sure we'll benefit considerably from your contributions, especially with your background in homebrewing and copy editing. You should add your name to the project page, under the Participants heading, and you may wish to post an introduction on the project's discussion page. Feel free to edit anything beer-related that you want to, and you can also keep up with what other people are doing and learn some of the tricks and approaches that other people use by browsing through the project and project talk pages.

I'm glad to hear of your interest and look forward to coming across your future contributions, and feel free to drop me a note at any time, whether you need help or not!

Cheers,

Daniel11 08:45, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Crosslinking to Wikipages in other languages

Hi, Skazka! Glad to see you stayed around and are now actively involved! Sure hope you are having fun here.

As for your question: if you want to add links to your account in Wikipedias in other languages, it is actually pretty simple. For example, if you had an account under the same user name (CKA3KA) in Russian Wikipedia, you would need to add this to your user page:

[[ru:User:CKA3KA]].

This will effectively add an interwiki link (located in the left part of the screen) to your Russian account. For other languages, just replace "ru" with a different language code.

If you need to link to an article in another Wikipedia, it's very similar. For example, if you wanted to add a link to the Beer article on German wiki, you'd write this:

[[:de:Bier]]

which will look like this: de:Bier. First semicolon is optional on user pages and user talk pages, but in the article space it prevents the link to show as an interwiki instead of a regular link.

If you don't want the "de:" portion to show up, just use the standard pipe trick:

[[:de:Bier|Bier]]

which'll show up like this: Bier.

I see that Alex already answered your question on my talk page, but I thought I'd provide a bit more details in case it still was not clear.

Hope this helps. If you happen to have any more questions in the future, feel free to contact me again. I'm always glad to help.—Ëzhiki (ërinacëus amurënsis) 01:52, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Pixar in Spanish

I took a look at that issue with the Pixar thing. Hope I was helpful. Charles Dexter Ward 01:43, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

:) Indeed I chose the name based on "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". Guess I did it because one of the things I have been editing the most are Lovecraft-related articles since I created my account. Anyway, glad I could help and hope to "see" you around soon. Charles Dexter Ward 11:46, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello, Anthony — and falconry

Anglo-Saxon

• ... I took Paul Remley's Old English classes at the University of Washington and heard your name mentioned favorably more than once in that context, as well. —CKA3KA (Skazka) 08:39, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• Please, as near to verbatim as you can remember what did they say about me? Thanks. Anthony Appleyard 10:15, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Falconry

• ... If falconry is a topic you know something about, would you mind popping on over to the article and giving it a look-see? Thanks! —CKA3KA (Skazka) 08:39, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• I have put the deleted training matter back, as a pointer to a page Falconry (training), which includes a boldface warning that the page is not a training manual. Anthony Appleyard 10:15, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Don Harlow

See the dif from when I added it -- it not realy encyclopedic, and had 2 images that were deleted shortly after I tagged it.

I think it is safe to remove it, and you can go ahead and do it; I am at work :p Admrb♉ltz (T | C) 22:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey there!

Hey there, old friend! I don't know if you remember me, but I greeted you back when I was a newbie. Was just checking out how my old acquaintances are holding up (I hope well). Cheers! M ^o P 06:02, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh well, it shows you're modest enough to be a useful contributor without stirring up the bee's nest. Oh, and these time constraints; are they because of Real Life? Because who cares about a job when you have Wikipedia? :P M ^o P 21:03, 29 March 2006 (UTC)