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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)

Another Grammar Note

The episode intros don't need to be all mashed into one paragraph; in fact, it's better if they're not. Two or three short paragraphs are easier to read than one long one, especially if there's a change of topic. -- Mythigator 18:44, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

(Mythi again) Oh, and I like the new pic of Judge Harm. :-) -- Mythigator 18:46, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Hi, yeah - I like that picture too! About the intros - the only reason why I was mashing it into paragraphs was because they were lacking information and looked silly with just one sentance per line. If I can find some more information to add, then I will be happy to do paragraphs. P.S - I used to do paragraphs, but since the information was lacking on more than several episode pages, I decided to try the all-in-one. Thanks! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 18:53, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

It's a judgement call, and I can't say as I disagree with you in the cases of episodes where the info is scanty. It just depends on what kind of training you've had. I've had training in newspaper-style writing (among other things), and in the newspaper realm one-sentence grafs are the norm (in USA newspaper writing, anyway). Consequently, for me, paragraphs start looking long when they get to four sentences, and short ones don't bother me hardly at all. Anyway, it should not be that hard for episodes to end up with two sentences at the very beginning (airdate, writers, director, notable guests, etc.) and two more for a plot summary, thus ending up with two grafs of two sentences each. No big deal, though. -- Mythigator 20:50, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Well, I've re-edited the episode pages (keeping in mind your nitpick about the word "which") and they look great! I've found and added extra information, yet keeping the pages original. Thanks for contacting me about the grammer. And feel free to contact me again in the future - I'm always happy to chat to a fan about the show or the wiki! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 21:09, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Well, I am still in full time education where we are told that one sentence paragraphs are stupid. That a paragraph is usually about three to six lines long. That is what I have been brought up on learning. Also, i find it funny how you spelt grammar wrong when talking about bad grammar Effluvium. :) The Solar Dragon 21:17, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Oooops! Haha! Sorry about that :) Well, I've always been brought up with the rule that paragraphs being around 4+ lines. As Mythigator said - "It's a judgment call". Effluvium talk contributions email 21:23, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

And, in nitpicking about your spelling of grammar, I also did a grammar fail (that is what it should be called, great name). I used a lowercase i instead of an uppercase I. :( The Solar Dragon 21:25, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Haha! :) Thats a fab name - Grammar Fail! Effluvium talk contributions email 21:31, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Solar said: "I am still in full time education where we are told that one sentence paragraphs are stupid." I can relate. That was the first thing I had to unlearn in college journalism. -- Mythigator 23:36, June 2, 2010 (UTC)

Rollback Passed

You now have rollback rights. This will make it easier for you to deal with vandalism. Feel free to place {{User Rollback}} on your user page. The Solar Dragon 06:08, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much! :) Effluvium talk contributions email 08:14, June 3, 2010 (UTC)

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Dohayecarumbadoh 00:07, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

I'm very sorry about this, but it has to be done. Dohayecarumbadoh 00:07, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry but what? What article was this? The Solar Dragon 06:21, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

Something to do with the age of Homer --Smiley 12 was here at 06:45, June 4, 2010 (UTC)

I honestly don't know what you have done. I didn't sign it, it was Dohayecarumbadoh. I'm as confused as you are. The Solar Dragon 10:06, June 4, 2010 (UTC)