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User:Ckatz

This user has administrator privileges on the English Wikipedia.
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Hello, and welcome to Ckatz's user page. I've been an editor on Wikipedia since January of 2006, and an administrator since February of 2008. Much of my work here involves proofreading, revising and updating pages as I find them, removing vandalism, and other such tasks. I'm particularly interested in articles relating to astronomy, science fiction, television, and Canadian issues. If you have any comments on my edits, or any questions about Wikipedia in general, please leave a note on my talk page. I'll try to respond as best I can. Thanks.

Frequently asked questions

  • Where can I learn more about editing Wikipedia?
  • Why was the link I added removed from an article?
    • Typically, links are removed because they fail the external links guideline. Although many links are deleted because they were placed by spammers, links to good sites are also removed on a regular basis. This is because Wikipedia isn't a directory service; the mere fact a site exists does not mean it warrants a link.
  • Why was my article deleted?
    • Pages can be deleted for many reasons; there are very specific criteria that govern the process. Please review this article for more information.
  • Why was information relating to my company or organization removed?
  • Why were my spelling changes reverted?
Wikipedia's Manual of Style recommends the use of regional varieties of English, based on the topic and the article's contribution history. Please avoid changing spellings unless they differ from the appropriate version. Most spell checking software can be configured to use British and American English; some extend this to include other varieties such as Canadian or Australian English.
Contents

Barnstars

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your continued diligence and hard work towards Greater Vancouver-related articles. :) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 03:54, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
The Surreal Barnstar
For your insighfull edit summaries, I proudly award you this barnstar. --Qyd 16:05, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
The E=mc² Barnstar
I've been meaning to give you one of these for ages, but I couldn't figure out where to put it :) Serendipodous 21:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
thanks for the corrections you made to the TARDIS article Ukt-zero (talk) 04:34, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Many thanks for the never ending, mostly thankless job of keeping articles clear of spam and other nonsense. Wikipedia is a better quality project because of hardworking Admin's like you! --Hu12 (talk) 16:03, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

Oddball

  • You get a cowstar for being SUPERGREAT!
    You get a cowstar for being SUPERGREAT!
  • Here are some "Wikibeans" for being a very GOOD VandalProof user!
    Here are some "Wikibeans" for being a very GOOD VandalProof user!

Cowstar (miscellaneous spammed talk page entry)
from 217.134.237.125 19:36, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Jelly Belly Award (from a persistent and odd vandal)

"This message is issued from Loop 101 Dead!. If you have any questions, send it to my talk page. 15:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)"


Undoing edits

Anyone can revert a page to fix vandalism. All revisions of a page back to the first one are stored in the page history. To revert to an earlier version, just select and copy the text from the history, open the article for editing, paste it back in, and save it. When not dealing with obvious vandalism, reverting often is a bad strategy. It alienates other users and provokes edit wars. Stay cool, talk to the user in question directly, or try to resolve issues on the article's Talk page.

Please do not revert the same page more than three times within 24-hours (the three-revert rule). Doing so can lead to a temporary ban against you. Administrators and Rollbackers have a handy rollback feature that allows them to instant-revert vandalism by going to a user's contributions page. To revert only the most recent edit there is an undo link on the article history page or on the article diff page.

Read more:
Become a Wikipedia tipster
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}

Tools

Useful links, templates, etc.

Toolbox 1

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Welcome: {{subst:welcome}} • {{subst:welcomeip}} • {{thanks}} Unsigned: {{subst:Unsigned|User| ~~~~~}}
List of Rules: • WP:5P • WP:LOP • WP:RULES • WP:SR
Official Policies: WP:CSD • WP:BIO • WP:TEMP • WP:MOS • WP:MWS • WP:MWA • WP:NOT • WP:CB • WP:CR • WP:HD •
WP:CP • WP:DPL •WP:NPOV • WP:VERIFY • WP:NOR • WP:NOT • WP:CI • New Cpydt •Prefix • MyEdits • Edits • Interiot's •
GSearch • Correct • CProd • Hme • VIL • WP:DR • WP:COPY • WP:VAN
Guidelines: WP:FAITH • WP:EQ • WP:DISRUPT • WP:BOLD     Style Guides: WP:STYLE • WP:CITE • WP:EL
Warn:
Vandalism: {{uw-vandalism1}} {{uw-vandalism2}} {{uw-vandalism3}} {{blatantvandal-n}}
Content removal: {{uw-delete1}} {{uw-delete2}} {{uw-delete3}}
Testing: {{selftest}} {{uw-test1}} {{uw-test2}} {{uw-test3}}
Spam linking: {{uw-spam1}}, {{uw-spam2}}, {{uw-spam3}}, {{uw-spam4}}
NPOV: {{uw-npov1}} {{uw-npov2}} {{uw-npov3}}
Unsourced info: {{uw-unsourced1}} {{uw-unsourced2}} {{uw-unsourced3}}
False info: {{uw-error1}} {{uw-error2}} {{uw-error3}}
DNR Afd: {{uw-afd1}} {{uw-afd2}} {{uw-afd3}}
DNR Speedy: {{uw-speedy1}} {{uw-speedy2}} {{uw-speedy3}}
Misc warnings {{verror2}} {{blanking}} {{mess2}} {{comment2}} {{summary}} {{uw-lang}} {{uw-c&pmove}}
Other behavior: see Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace.
Delete: {{delete}} • {{db|...}} • {{db-nonsense}} • {{db-empty}} • {{db-attack}} • {{db-bio}} • {{db-test}} • {{db-notenglish}} • {{db-repost}} •
{{db-band}} • {{db-club}} • {{db-copyvio|url=url of source}} {{db-vand}}{{db-redirtypo}} • {{db-redirnone}} • {{db-blanked}} •
{{db-talk}} • DLog
Check: {{Copyvio|url=*source}}--~~~~ • {{delete}} • {{db-bio}} • {{db-attack}} • {{db|...}} • {{no source}} • {{no license}}
Move: {{Move|...}} • {{Split|...}} • {{splitsection|...}} • {{Merge|...}} • {{mergefrom|...}} {{mergeto|...}}
Dispute: {{POV}} • {{disputed}} • {{TotallyDisputed}} • {{controversial}} Delete {{afd}} • {{cfd}} • {{ifd}} • {{tfd}} • {{rfd}} • {{mfd}}
Article tags: {{advert}} • {{Citations missing}} • {{Citation needed}} • {{Cleanup}} • {{Confusing}} • {{Context}} • {{Debate}} • {{disputed}} • {{Diagram needed}} •
{{Expert}} • {{Hoax}} • {{Notability}} • {{Inappropriate person}} • {{Inappropriate tone}} • {{Inuse}} • {{Intro length}} • {{Notability}} •
{{Not verified}} • {{POV}} • {{tone}} • {{TotallyDisputed}} • {{Unreferenced}} • {{verify}} • {{Wikify}}
Category and stub: categories • Stubcats • Stubs • Templates
External: Alexa • Google • Google Images • IMDB • Dictionary • OneLook • World Maps • Music • ConvertRef •
MetaTable • Unlinkspam
Cite: Cite • CiteEx • {{Cite web}} • {{Cite journal}} • {{Cite book}} • CITET
{{cite web |url= |title= |accessdate= |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}
{{cite book |last = |first = |authorlink = |coauthors = |title = |publisher = |date = |location = |pages = |url = |doi = |id = |isbn = }}
{{cite journal |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |month= |title= |journal= |volume= |issue= |pages= |id= |url= |accessdate= |quote= }}
<ref name="shortname">reference.</ref>
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Help Editing: Editing • Template • Magic words
Requests: adminship • arbitration • checkuser • comment • de-adminship • deletion • expansion • investigation • mediation •
move • protection • translation • undeletion • Block • FAC • CSurvey • PLib • SpTrans

Toolbox 2

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Delete: {{db|...}} • {{db-nonsense}} • {{db-empty}} • {{db-userreq}}
{{db-attack}} • {{db-bio}} • {{db-test}} • {{db-notenglish}} • {{db-repost}}
{{db-band}} • {{db-club}} • {{db-copyvio|url=url of source}} • {{db-vand}}
{{db-redirtypo}} • {{db-redirnone}} • {{db-blanked}} • {{db-talk}} • DLog
AfD: {{subst:afd1}}
{{subst:afd2 | pg=PageName | cat= | text=Reason for deletion--~~~~}}
{{subst:afd3 | pg=PageName}} AfDCat • Precedents • AfD
NOTE ~ Bio • Books • CB • Corp • Fict • Music • Neo • NFT • Prof • Web
CV: {{copyvio | url=insert URL}}--~~~~
{{subst:article-cv | PageName}} from [insert URL]--~~~~ CP
{{nothanks}} • {{nothanks-drm}} • {{nothanks-sd}} • {{nothanks-add}}
Warn (old): {{test0}} • {{test}} • {{test2}} • {{test2a}} • {{blatantvandal}}
{{verror2}} • {{verror3}} • {{spam}} • {{drmafd2}} • {{drmafd3}} • {{selftest}}
{{blank}} • {{ConflictOfInterest}} • {{mess2}} • {{nn-warn}} • {{nn-test}}
{{comment2}} • {{RPA}} • {{defwarn}} • {{drmspeedy}} • {{PRODWarning}}
{{polite-afd}} • {{Edit summary personal}} • {{summary}} • {{nn-notice}}
Warn (new): • {{uw-vandal1}} • {{uw-delete1}} • {{uw-test1}} • {{uw-upv1}}
{{uw-tpv1}} • {{uw-error1}} • {{uw-npa1}} • {{uw-joke1}} • {{uw-biog1}}
{{uw-defamatory1}} • {{uw-npov1}} • {{uw-spam1}} • {{uw-copyright1}}
{{uw-creation1}} • {{uw-3rr1}} • {{uw-image1}} • {{uw-move1}} • {{uw-agf1}}
{{uw-mos1}} • {{uw-notcensored1}} • {{uw-unsourced1}} • {{uw-afd1}}
{{uw-speedy1}} • {{empty-warn}} • {{spam-warn}} • {{nn-warn}}
{{recreated}} • {{test1article}} • {{test-self}} ∞ testtemplates↔WP:UTM
Article tags: {{advert}} • {{tone}} • {{verify}} • {{Citation needed}} • {{Cleanup}}
{{Confusing}} • {{Context}} • {{disputed}} • {{TotallyDisputed}} • {{POV}}
{{Wikify}} • {{Diagram needed}} • {{Expert}} • {{Hoax}} • {{Inappropriate person}} • {{Notability}} • {{Inappropriate tone}} • {{Inuse}}
{{Intro length}} • {{Not verified}} • {{Unreferenced}}
Category and stub: categories • Stubcats • Stubs • Templates
Policy/useful: WP:CSD • WP:TEMP • WP:MOS • WP:MWS • WP:MWA
WP:NOT • WP:CB • WP:CR • WP:HD • WP:CP • New • Cpydt • Prefix
MyEdits • Edits • Interiot's • GSearch • Correct • CProd • Hme • WP:DPL
External: Alexa • Google • GoogleWiki • Google Images • IMDB • Dictionary
OneLook • World Maps • Music • ConvertRef • MetaTable • Unlinkspam
Cite: Cite • CiteEx • {{Cite web}} • {{Cite journal}} • {{Cite book}} • CITET
Requests: adminship • arbitration • checkuser • comment • de-adminship
deletion • expansion • investigation • mediation • move • protection
translation • undeletion • Block • FAC • GAC • CSurvey • PLib • SpTrans

Inline templates

‡ = Only part of it is superscripted.
‡‡ = Has a non-superscripted mode as well.
‡‡‡ = Only part of it is inline.
Superscripted

Meta-templates:

  • {{fix}}‡ — used to create other such templates, consistently
  • {{inline warning}} — used manually to provide a custom cleanup note

Deprecated:

  • {{ref num}}
  • {{footnote}}
  • {{dlw}} (redundant with and being merged into {{wayback}})
  • {{dlw-inline}} (redundant with and being merged into {{dead link}})

Noteworthy for features:

  • {{vague}} — has feature where optional parameter becomes the mouseover/tooltip message

Other tools

(courtesy User:BillCJ)

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