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yeah i saw the post saying i wasn't replying

I'm not sure what country you live in but it must be an English one but i live on USA's ease coast which to solar dragon my middle of the day patrol of a wiki is an almost nighttime wiki patrol. i am on almost all day during the summer which is a month from now so feel free to ask me anything. i saw it trying to find a message is sent to solar dragon but saw my name so i checked it out. ScarletScarabX (Talk) 13:29, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Well, I live in the U.K (same as User:Solar Dragon) and I was a little confused on why I didn't see you editing for a while. Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 13:47, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

oh yeah i took a two day break a few weeks back whenever i wasn't active was then i got addicted to this game called Roblox. Very very addictive when i came back i saw it was about the tabs and told you solar would know. ScarletScarabX (Talk) 13:59, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Well, thanks for getting back to me! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 14:01, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

yeah i will get back to you mlre often now. My email inbox is empty and so im checking every 5 mins no mail 5 more minutes nope still empty ScarletScarabX (Talk) 17:45, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Featured Cleanup

Hi, when you complete a task from the list, please could you add another to keep it at 5 per section. The list of wanted articles is at Special:WantedPages, available through Special Pages. Thanks, ☆The Solar Dragon ^{(Talk - Contribs.)}☆ 14:15, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, yeah OK. Sorry about that! Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 14:17, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Signature

Got it. See User:Solar Dragon/Signature 2. I put {{User:Solar Dragon/Signature}} in that and in Preferences, I put {{User:Solar Dragon/Signature 2}}. This should work. The Solar Dragon 15:21, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Any news from Wikia about the SUBST bit on the signature - or is that what your talking about? I'm confused now! :P Effluvium talk contributions email 15:26, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Yes, done it for you though. Put This: {{User:Effluvium/sig 2}} in the signature box in preferences now and it should work. The Solar Dragon 15:28, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for that, Solar Dragon! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 15:30, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

It worked. :) The Solar Dragon 15:31, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Haha, yeah! Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 15:33, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Credits

In the future, when you make a credits page, could you please add {{Incomplete}} inside the credits tab above the credits if you don't write all the credits for the episode. Thank you, Dohayecarumbadoh 19:54, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

Sure. Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 20:05, May 31, 2010 (UTC)

☆The Silver Homer Award☆

The Silver Homer AwardCongratulations! For your outstanding service to articles you have been awarded the Silver Homer Award for May 2010!

Feel free to put {{User Silver Homer|Month and Year}} on your user page.

The Solar Dragon 09:18, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 09:15, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Messed that up. Just fixed the template. The Solar Dragon 09:18, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Oh, the new system is up now. Link in the Sitenotice. The Solar Dragon 09:21, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Umm, that is not the user box on your user page. That is the notification. Please use {{User Silver Homer|Month and Year}} instead. The Solar Dragon 09:22, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Sorted that out now! Thanks! Effluvium talk contributions email 09:25, June 1, 2010 (UTC)

Grammar Nitpick -- "Which"

Please stop using the following construction in episode summaries: [episode title] is the [ordinal number - 1st, 2nd, etc.] episode of Season [number], which originally aired on [date]. That construction makes it sound like the whole season aired on the particular date. Better is to leave it (or write it) as two sentences: have the first sentence end with the season number, and then begin a new sentence saying what the airdate was. For example, consider the episode Bart Gets an F:

Original summary (with "which" error): "Bart Gets an F" is the first episode of Season 2, which aired on October 11, 1990.
Corrected: "Bart Gets an F" is the first episode of Season 2. It originally aired on October 11, 1990.

There are a few options for the second sentence: "It first aired on," "It originally aired on," "Its original airdate was," and so on. I personally would avoid using "it first aired" with the first episode of a season to avoid two close occurrences of the word "first," but other than that, go with whatever tickles your fancy.

I'm leaving you this message because I know you've done a least a few -- but definitely not all -- of the "which" goofs. Also, as one of the busiest people on the wiki at this time, you're in a pretty good position to fix them as you find them. That particular grammar goof has been on the site longer than either of us has, and I'm trying to fix it wherever I find it.

If you have any questions about the "which" thing, just reply here. Any other grammar questions, feel free to drop me a line on my talk page. Rock on!! -- Mythigator 13:21, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, sure. I'll try and sort that out for you! Thanks for that! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 13:24, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome and thanks to you as well. Also, because I want to be sure and leave you a compliment: I love the quotes you've been putting in the episode introductions, especially the "unexplained bacon" on THOH 12. I made that episode a personal project of mine (as you might have noticed), and I thought the bacon quote was an excellent touch. Once again, you rock! -- Mythigator 13:31, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed that you were editing that page quite often - it looks great now!. And I voted for it to be a featured article! Thanks for your compliments! Effluvium talk contributions email 13:34, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

(Moving Over) It looks like you're doing fine with the "which" issue. I personally wouldn't worry about trying to fix all of them at one go, but if you're so inclined, have at it! -- Mythigator 13:44, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

OK. Actually, I'm trying my best to do most of them - I have nothing better to do today! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 13:46, June 2, 2010 (UTC)