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Thank you

Thank you very much for the congratulations!!! Pretty Lydie (talk) 23:40, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Too Happy for Words

Thank you so much, Peterdownunder! How kind of you! The barnstar is more than I deserve or merit, and you do me but too much kindness - but too much merit - but I shall earnestly strive to deserve and merit it. Yours truly and thankfully, Classical Esther (talk) 02:20, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay.

Thank you for the helpful tip! I'll certainly use it. There are a really lots of stubs on Simple Wiki...it must be really hard to sort them out and expand them. It is admirable that you are on the Stub Eradication Team! It must be a very noble-minded, but difficult job. Well, thank you anyway! Classical Esther (talk) 06:08, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Dear Peterdownunder, because I didn't understand some of the things required in the template, I couldn't fill them in. Is this why the templates don't work?...
Oh yes! Sorry if I'm exhausting you with too many questions, but unfortunately, I have another query. Is it possible to link words to the English Wiktionary instead of the Simple Wiktionary? Because most of the difficult words in an article is not inside Simple Wikipedia, nor in the Simple Wiktionary. Yours truly, Classical Esther (talk) 08:32, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

Ohh. Thanks very much! Classical Esther (talk) 03:09, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much for the barnstar! I'm sorry it took me so long to thank you. Our internet has been down and we just got it back today. Megan McCarty|^talk_changes 19:59, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Hopefully..

Hi, Peterdownunder! Sorry for bothering you, but could you please look over a new article I made about the book The Brothers Karamazov, to check if I did any major mistakes? Thank you very much, and have a happy 2010! Classical Esther (talk) 06:13, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Classical Esther, this is a huge article, you have been very busy. It is looking very good. I did the readability test on it [1] to check how simple it is. These scores have it at a Flesch reading ease of 56%. This is still too low - magazines like the Reader's Digest aim for 70%. The year levels are high as well - some around the Year 10 level, you should aim for about Year 8. An article like this will be hard to use readability scores with because it has so many Russian names, so do not get worried if the scores seem high. I sometimes leave the article for a week or two, and come back to with fresh ideas.

I think if you are going to quote from the novel, you should reference the quote with a page number. Have a look at this template which might help. If you are not sure how to use, just put the page number at the end of the quote and I can add the template later. Peterdownunder (talk) 06:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

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A trembling Request

How unfortunate it is that you are so wonderfully good at helping me!--for your kindness is such that it must make you very weary of me soon, for it invites my questions and requests with your ready answers. I have just made an article on seed dispersal, and will you be so kind as to check to see if I did anything wrong on it, please? Thank you!
P.S. I tried the template out on the article The Brothers Karamazov, and it worked! 'Twas very helpful indeed. Thank you for suggesting it. Classical Esther (talk) 12:01, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

Ooh, thank you, that "trick" sounds wonderful. You are so helpful! Well, thank you very much. How happy I am that I met such a kind Wikipedian to adopt me. \(^o^)/ Classical Esther (talk) 05:39, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Hello, Peterdownunder. I thank you for correcting errors in Reina Tanaka. You noticed English is not my first language. I hope to improve editing in simple english and become a very good editor. I will accept all the help you can give and I will give all my progress to the wiki. Thank you, --すけ (talk) 10:59, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello again sir. I made a userpage and I would be very happy if you see it and say to me what can be improved. I borrowed the green color background from your userpage if you dont mind. I am open to any modification if you think it should be made. I hope you start a new and happy year 2010. --すけ (talk) 16:02, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Another Page >.<

Hi, Peterdownunder! Sorry, I just made a page on fleshy fruits, could you please just scan it quickly to see if it's okay? It's a page that's been deleted several times by other people: I hope I didn't do any mistakes. I used your wonderful "trick" of joining all my references together: it was very helpful indeed! Well, thank you, and in the meantime I am
Your ever-obliged
Classical Esther (talk) 06:39, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for proofreading it! Classical Esther (talk) 06:03, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Aussie words

Happy New Year!--- Now, locked in here in the North, I had time spare to check the reference for the Aussie words you sent over about a year ago (I didn't do it when you first sent it in, I do not know why. Sorry!).--- I think the WordList is SPLENDID. I just downloaded it and I'll play around a little, to see how we can get it into the SER (Simpler English Dictionary). Thanks, apologies, and cheers, Lwyx (talk) 20:20, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

I am glad the list is useful. L will be interested in what you can do with it. --Peterdownunder (talk) 20:23, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Just a question

Hi again! I have a question for you. While in other wikipedia sites I always talk back to other people in THEIR talk page, I am watching here people respond it in their OWN talk page. Where should I respond when someone talks to me in my talk page? --すけ Nya? 06:50, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

There does not seem to be any correct way to do it. People use either way, so it can make following a conversation difficult. Lately I have been replying under the question like this, so that it easy to follow. I then put a message template on their page so that they know I have replied. The template looks like {{Talkback|Peterdownunder}}, but put in your user name instead. --Peterdownunder (talk) 07:11, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I award you this Barnstar for being one of the best and most dedicated SEWP has ever had. I really believe this. Yottie =talk= 11:32, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Welcome

G'day, thanks for the welcome :) '''[[User:Aaroncrick|<span style="font-family: Tempus Sans ITC;color: #E49B0F">Aaroncrick</span>]]''' (''[[User_talk:Aaroncrick|<font color="#FE2712">talk</font>]]'') (talk) 01:20, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For welcoming new users, working on articles, and being a great person, I give you the Original Barnstar. Griffinofwales (talk) 14:22, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

New article

Hi Peterdownunder, I verey much appreciate your work and It would be very nice if you check my last articles for spelling.

• Ai Takahashi
• Pink salon

If there is anything I could do to improve say so. By the way, are the images of CD covers usable in this wikipedia? --すけ Nya? 16:17, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The only images used on the Simple English wikipedia come from Wikimedia. They have very strict rules for what types of images can be used. They do not allow "fair use" images, which is how most CD covers could be used. But you may find photos of the band to use instead. I'll check your two pages this morning, --Peterdownunder (talk) 22:12, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

HI, I saw your edits in the pages mentioned up here and I thank you. Am I doing it right? I see you are making lots of mini edits changing words and expressions. Am I doing it wrong or are they small problems? --すけ Nya? 23:19, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

You are doing it right, they are only small problems. In most cases what you have written is "correct", but native English speakers would not write it that way. Other things are just getting the correct use of the small words; like "by" or "on". This can be very tricky, for example the auto-translate programs never get it right. In other parts, what you had written was correct, but I have made it simpler. Great work so far. --Peterdownunder (talk) 23:29, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Okay thanks. I am not using any translation programs, I am just typing words and phrases as simple as I can. I Never use that kind of "program/programs?" because I really want to learn more English. A question:

• This kind of place.
• This kind of places.
• These kind of places.

Which ones are correct? Thank you for all. --すけ Nya? 23:43, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

• This kind of place - is correct for talking about one place
• This kind of places - always wrong, "this" means single/one, and "places" is many
• These kind of places - correct, for talking about more than one place.

In the Pink salon article, you wrote: "This kind of place started in the early 1960's. This is an improved version..." It would be better to write "These kind of places started in the early 1960s" and "They were an improved..." If they were called pink salons back in the 1960s it would be best to write "Pink salons started in the early 1960's. They were an improved version..." Hope this is helpful. Peterdownunder (talk) 01:16, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

If you google "This kind of places" and "These kind of places" you see it is used the 1º one. Am I still wrong with this? --すけ Nya? 19:04, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

I think "this kind of places" is still wrong. Peterdownunder (talk) 04:40, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello..^ㅅ^

Hi, Peterdownunder! Thank you so much for all your help so far. How proud I am that I have been "adopted" by a Wikipedian so inviolably civil and helpful to everybody. I have just written an article on Renaissance medicine: could you please tell me if I did everything okay there? And in the meantime, I have been so pleased to see your helpfulness to everyone that I could not resist showing you that your merits are not wholly unappreciated, if you think it worthy of your acceptance.

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		To Peterdownunder, who was very kind to many inexperienced Wikipedians and unerringly helpful and civil. He is probably one of the only people who have so many barnstars as to probably be bored with this one, yet have so much civility as to accept it. Your ever obliged,Classical Esther (talk) 09:53, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the Barnstar, I am never bored when someone wants to give a Barnstar. I really appreciate the nice things you have said. I looked at the Renaissance medicine article - well done again. It did make me glad that I am alive now, and not back in those days. You are becoming a very good and very useful editor. --Peterdownunder (talk) 12:18, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

It was my pleasure and honor to do so. Thank you for looking over my article! Classical Esther (talk) 23:45, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi again ! New page !

Wikipe-tan says arigato

Hi sir, I made another article about a character. The article is Wikipedia:Wikipe-tan. Would you be so kind of revising it and check for any mistakes? I thank you. --すけ Nya? 17:46, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi すけ, not many mistakes in this article at all. Just remember that countries are proper nouns, and should have a capital letter, so Japan not japan, and Japanese not japanese. With making links, you only need to link to a word the first time you use it, and for some reason I do not understand, we do not normally link to dates or years. Well done. --Peterdownunder (talk) 22:41, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much, and for your support I give you this cutie ! --すけ Nya? 00:36, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

*^^* Could you help me, please?

Hello, ever-honored Peterdownunder! If it is not inconvenient, could you please look over my new article on Solomon's temple? I hope it's okay. Please tell me if it's not neutral enough (it's a very touchy subject, I know), and if I made any mistakes. Thank you!
With the most humble respect,
Your sincerely obliged,
···Classical Esther (혜란) 05:15, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Classical Esther, a nice new signature too! I moved the article to Solomon's Temple, proper noun, so it should be in capitals. Reformatted the subheads at the bottom of the article with === this will then make them appear as subsections in the Table of Contents. Found one typing mistake. Well done. You need to put in where the Temple is in the opening paragraph, Jerusalem is only mentioned in the caption. Possibly some dates too. I think you have kept it neutral, except maybe when you use "...very, very much", one is probably enough. Excellent work once again, my friend. Peterdownunder (talk) 06:01, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

(Beaming with happiness) Thank you very, very much (here I can say it with safety, since your goodness cannot be doubted) for your kind help, Peterownunder! ···Classical Esther 03:18, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi.

Hello, Peterdownunder! I made an article on the Fiddler crab; if it is not inconvenient, would you be so kind as to tell me if it's okay? O, and maybe you should look over the new article on Peter Schwartz. I didn't make it, but I don't think it's neutral, I'm not sure if it's notable, and it doesn't exactly have good references. I would have told the administrator's noticeboard, but I wasn't sure if it was okay to do so, since I'm not an administrator. :) Thank you and God bless! With respectful admiration, Your ever-obliged Classical Esther 10:29, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

E-mail

You have some. Cheers, Lauryn Ashby (d) 02:35, 18 January 2010 (UTC)  Done --Peterdownunder (talk) 04:39, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Enquiry

Hello, ever-honored Peterdownunder! I have a question. How do you delete articles? Sometimes I come across an article that really is nonsense, and needs speedy deletion. Is it okay for Wikipedians who are not admins to delete articles, and how? Thank you very much. God bless you! Yours, very respectfully, Classical Esther 08:49, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Non admins can't delete articles, sorry. But you might care to install Twinkle for QD tags to your Special:MyPage/monobook.js by adding importScript ('User:EhJJ/twinkle.js'); or via Settings --> Gadget. Regards, Pmlineditor ∞ 08:52, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Classical Esther, for information about deleting pages, you should read the official guide Wikipedia:Deletion policy. This sets out the two ways that pages can be deleted. There is quick deletion (QD) and Requests for deletion (rfd). The guidelines will tell you which one is suitable. You can always check which pages other editors have marked for QD or rfd by clicking on the links in the info box at the top of the Recent Changes page. You are able to take part in the rfd if you want to, this will help understand why some pages are deleted and others are not. --Peterdownunder (talk) 11:37, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Thank you very much! ^^ Yours truly, Classical Esther 02:35, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

Prepare yourself for great weariness once again..

Hello, dear Peterdownunder! I'm sorry for repeatedly being so annoying & bothersome, I am sure you are already busy enough on Simple Wiki. Could you just quickly check on my article on Isaac Watts and tell me if it's neutral enough? Thank you ever so much! And I am always,
Your ever grateful and faithful pest,
Classical Esther 12:52, 20 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting my typo! Classical Esther 02:03, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

It was my typo! I was putting in a wikt link and used : instead of |. I have also added the Births/Deaths template, this means that in a list, Isaac Watts will be in the "W"s not the "I"s. I have also added a category:Christian hymns. And dear Esther, you are never annoying or bothersome, I always smile when I see a message from you. Fiddler crab was good too.Peterdownunder (talk) 02:08, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

^w^ Thank you ever so much. You are so kind! Classical Esther 02:10, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK

Mind reviewing the Obama hook so that I can update DYK today? Also, I have Muse (band) at PGA, and it'll be great if you can do a review. Regards, Pmlineditor ∞ 11:10, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Obama looks OK for the DYK. --Peterdownunder (talk) 11:14, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

I failed: I meant Green Day. ;) Pmlineditor ∞ 11:19, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Minor difference :) Looking at Muse at the moment, --Peterdownunder (talk) 11:32, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

A question

Hi, Peterdownunder! I have a question. Can anybody suggest an article for Did you know - people who aren't fantastic adminstrators like you, and just clumsy beginners like me, I mean..? :) Thank you ever so much! And I am,
Your faithful and very grateful
Classical Esther 02:19, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Sure. Anyone is more than welcome, and encouraged to suggest/review articles for Did you know. :) Lauryn Ashby (d) 02:21, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Lauryn. ^_^ Classical Esther 10:59, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Me again!

Hello, dear Peterdownunder! I am afraid, I am a very ungrateful creature; there is no stopping me by such gentle delicacy and kind generosity as you have shown me hitherto: for scarcely a day has passed before I am back to ask another silly article to have the unspeakable honor of passing under the refining influence of your eyes! Sigh. And yet the most helpful support of your advice is so delightful I cannot resist thrusting myself upon your goodness once again. Will you please be so kind, so very kind, as to review my article on Piracy in the Caribbean, and tell me if it may be spared deletion? Thank you, Peterdownunder, very much; and believe me to always be,
Your inviolably and gratefully respectful,
Classical Esther 11:43, 22 January 2010 (UTC) Hi Classical Esther, I am always happy to check your work. Once again you have written another good article. I struggle to find ways to make it better. Well done. --Peterdownunder (talk) 11:58, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very, very much, dear Peterdownunder!Classical Esther 11:59, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you very much for saying so: your approval is most precious to me, and how joyful I am when I thus happily earn it! If I could write as I feel, how eloquent I would be on this subject! Thank you once more! Classical Esther 12:32, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Happy, happy day, which beheld the rising of such sweet fresh proofs of your kindness! I shall remember it whenever I go on Wikipedia. O, Peterdownunder, thank you so, so much! I love the reward, which is beautiful, and I shall earnestly strive to deserve it. Thank you soo much! Yours rapturously, Classical Esther 12:39, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Another question..

Hi, Peterdownunder! Sorry to bother you. I've just installed WP:TWINKLE in my monobook, but I don't know anything about using these kinds of gadgets..ㅠㅠ I tried reading about it, but limited as my faculties are, I still don't understand it. Could you please deign to drop the sweet influence of your experienced wisdom onto me and tell me how it works? Thank you! Yours respectfully, Classical Esther 09:12, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Classical Esther, I do not know very much about twinkle at all. I tried it for a couple of days, but it kept confusing me. I might have a go at using it again. Have you read this page: Wikipedia:Twinkle/doc ? It is a bit technical but it is probably the best. The other suggestion is to ask for help on Wikipedia:Simple talk as their are a number of editors who use Twinkle. --Peterdownunder (talk) 11:04, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thank you very much , I'll certainly use your kind suggestions. I already tried looking at Wikipedia:Twinkle/doc, but I didn't understand, but I'll try asking at Simple Talk. I also installed Vandal Warner, but I am so dumb, I don't get how that works, either. Could you please be so kind as to tell me how I can use it? I tried reading about it, but I don't understand. Gadgets are very confusing...!^^Thank you.. Classical Esther 03:29, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Classical Esther, I think Vandal Warner and Twinkle will not work together, so for the moment turn Vandal Warner off on the Gadgets page. I will give you some ideas soon for Twinkle. --Peterdownunder (talk) 03:43, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Peterdownunder, for your infinitely useful advice. I've always wanted to make a sandbox and play in it, but I just didn't know exactly how. Thank you also for putting that reference tool in my monobook...but how do I use it? @.@ With all your clear explanations, instead of instantly knowing, as any rational creature would have done, what to do, I clicked on everything under my toolbox like a true novice at computers, stared eagerly at the computer screen at every change I did, and finally, in despair, rushed back to you with my shameful questions. When I click "change" to a page...what do I do after that, please? Under the toolbox there are things like "What links here" and "Logs" and "Special Pages", but nothing new...and I can't see anything else to click on. ??? Please help! Thank you ever so much! Classical Esther 05:00, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Ooops. Toolbar, not toolbox!*Slaps myself on forehead*. Thank you soo much. But (now comes the part when your patience shall snap) I can't see any new blue button on the toolbar. I tried refreshing my monobook, but there still isn't a blue button on the toolbar. There's bold, italic, a globe-ish symbol, an internal link thingy, a file, a pencil...but no blue button...Classical Esther 05:37, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Ohh, I see. I've been using Beta, you see. I went out of it and now I see the new cite button! Yay!...Oh no, but it doesn't work, it says something's wrong with my page. Well I'll go try refreshing my monobook page again and see if it works this time. Anyway, thank you for bearing so kindly with my obtuseness! ;)Classical Esther 05:42, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you so much for the barnstar! :D I'm glad I could help with creating the articles. Megan McCarty|^talk_changes 23:39, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Cool..

Wow, Peterdownunder, thank you so much for having the trust in me to honor me with such a kind suggestion...especially after I showed clearly my clumsiness with gadgets, my bothersome volley of questions when I am confused, etc...:) You really are too good! Thank you so much. Since you're an administrator, is it possible for you to simply give me rollback? O wonderful! I am sure it'll be extremely helpful (if I figure out how to use it - that's the hard part ㅠ,ㅠ), and I shall always glow with joy when I look at it. I shall do my best not to abuse the trust you have given me. Thank you again! Suffer me to ask, how do I use it? Is there a new button, or just something like "undo" comes out for me to click...? Classical Esther 08:37, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you ever so much! I'll do my best to show that unable as I am to repay, yet I feel, deeply feel, your kindness!
Your infinitely obliged,
Classical Esther 02:12, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Feedback

Hello, dear Peterdownunder! Thank you for rollback, it really is so satisfying and so much quicker. It is delightful indeed! and the more delightful perhaps, as every time I click it, I think joyfully of your kind trust in letting me have it. Oh, and would you please be so very kind as to see if my new article, Drosera, can go through the "refining influence" of your eyes? Thank you so much, and I am forever your,
Respectfully and sincerely grateful,
Classical Esther 12:42, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

I beg your pardon for but too eagerly seizing the pleasure of writing to you again, but I had a query...A user, ScienceApologist, said to me on my talk page that I shouldn't use creationist books for contributing to Wikipedia, because it is not accepted as science. Do you agree? Most of my contributions relating to science depend on these books, as my residence in Korea gives me a very limited supply of English books. I try to contribute neutrally, and I don't think I ever mentioned God or anything about creationism in my articles on science...? Please give me your ever-honored opinion, and I shall strictly abide by it. Thank you, dear Peterdownunder! Classical Esther 02:52, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Classical Esther, I have kept an eye on the references that you have used, but I have not seen a problem. The citations you have made are in the scientific fact area, and are quite neutral. You have shown good judgement on this. I know that you take care in what you write, so you have my support. Keep up the good work, --Peterdownunder (talk) 08:27, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much, Peterdownunder ;)!Classical Esther 11:10, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Request

Hi peter, could you please read trough the Death of Tina Watson article that I started and then give your thought on the articles GA review. Its about a crime committed in Australia so it might interest you, i believe its GA ready. First written here on Simple Wikipedia and then used to make a English Wikipedia article, so nice that we could help English wikipedia for once instead of the opposit which also is a plus.--Sinbad (talk) 21:27, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Hello, Peterdownunder!

Hello, Peterdownunder! I am almost ashamed to again intrude myself upon your unfailing kindness, but I have just made a page on Wikipedia:WikiLove, and as it is the first project page I have ever made, could you please tell me if it's okay? Thank you so much! Ever yours gratefully, Classical Esther 04:18, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for looking over WikiLove and for your kind wishes concerning my health! ^ㅅ^ You are always so nice! Classical Esther 12:42, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

By the way, Peterdownunder, may I ask you a question please? Pretty Lydie, now Belinda, nominated my article The Brothers Karamazov for good article, but I am afraid it will not meet the requirements because I do not know how to cite webs. How is it possible to find out the author of something inside a website? And what is url? And is it possible to know the publisher of a website...? Could you please help me clean up my website references? I am quite at a loss what to do. Thank you! Classical Esther 02:23, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi Classical Esther, citing webs is not as hard as a book most of the time.

• URL is the address of the site http://www.thesite.com, copy this from the page itself
• Title is the name at the top of the page you are citing
• There may or may not be an author - look at the bottom of the page, or the site's home page
• The work means is the page part of a larger website
• Publisher is the person/group/organization who have put the page on the internet
• Publication date is usually at the bottom of the page with the copyright information.

For example I have to cite a web page for Dan Kelly. I want to use this page [2]. It has a huge URL: http://www2.visitvictoria.com.au/displayObject.cfm/objectid.00069136-45E9-1E5C-BF8280C476A90000/vvt.vhtml, there is no author, the title of the page is the Ned Kelly Touring Route, the work is Visit Victoria, if I go to the sites home page, at the bottom is a link to "Contact Us" and I can see that the page is published by Tourism Victoria, there is no date, the language is English, I am not going to worry about the page info, I put in the date that I went to the page (access), and I may give it a reference name like tourvic so I can cite it again in the same article using the ref name short cut.

Even if you only get the very basic info such as URL and date accessed, this will be enough. Hope all this helps. I will have a look at your page this evening. Peterdownunder (talk) 03:28, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

What a thoroughly beautiful, kind, detailed explanation! This makes everything much clearer, thank you ever, ever so much! Yours very truly and happily, Classical Esther 04:46, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

You have a valentine!

		Happy Valentine's Day!
		For dear Peterdownunder, who has always been a most helpful and flatteringly kind “adopter” to me,& has made my experience at Wikipedia far richer, and far more efficient! God bless you! Have a very happy Valentine's day!Classical Esther 06:46, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

My only Valentine! Recieved with thanks, --Peterdownunder (talk) 07:15, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Happy Valentine's day!!

Hello, and have a happy valentines day!!

I'm afraid I can't make a pretty, neat box like Esther's :), but I want to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day anyway! (To prove that it is not your only Valentine :P)!!

Well, have a happy, nice valentine's day, and I hope you'll have alot of good chocolates! Thankyou for always being so kind and helpful to Wikipedia and to us (me and my sister, I mean). I hope you'll enjoy this day!

Yours joyfully,
Belle (talk) 08:36, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Query

Dear Peterdownunder, I beg your pardon for again coming with another annoying, WikiPuppy-ish question. Do you know how to make templates? For instance, when you just write {{unsimple}} or {{complex}} a box pops up immediately. Could you please tell me? It would be very helpful in making project pages. Thank you! And I am,

Yours gratefully,
And with the most humble respect,

Classical Esther 04:18, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Templates are too complex for me, ask on simpletalk for help because there are some very clever people who would be able to help. Then you can teach me. --Peterdownunder (talk) 10:31, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

^^ Thanks for answering anyway. Lauryn wrote a very nice, detailed explanation of templates on my talk page so maybe you can check it out...>w^ Yours sincerely, Classical Esther 06:48, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Eggs

You know, I did not know this. Good fact addition. :) NonvocalScream (talk) 20:48, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I was thinking I should add it to DYK. --Peterdownunder (talk) 20:49, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, be interesting. I confess I've not seen the DYK criteria in some time. I'll go read. NonvocalScream (talk) 20:51, 26 February 2010 (UTC)