User:Deiz/archive4

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[edit] Congratulations

You're an admin now. I recommend using the admin tools conservatively — especially at first. Re-read the relevant sections of the policy before taking any actions and post anything potentially controversial on the administrator's noticeboard. Have fun using your tools to help the place out. Also, see if you can't self assess the comments in your RfA to see if there is anything you could improve on. - Taxman ^Talk 17:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Syrthiss 17:46, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! You deserve this! --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 19:42, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to the janitorial staff... your blue jumper and mop are in the closet. ;) RadioKirk talk to me 22:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats from me also. --Tone 22:24, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

(de-indenting a bit) Well done. I'm very glad you've been be-janitored. Gwernol 22:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I consider communication is extremely important, and I've noticed it's something you take time to do. Congrats. Tyrenius 22:47, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Congradulations! No problem. (Wikimachine 23:34, 17 May 2006 (UTC))

Congrats. Although I didn't add a support vote tyour RfA, I'm more than willing to sit back see how you do (as the community seems to have a lot of faith in you). Congrats again! --→Buchanan-Hermit™..Talk to Big Brother 01:01, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Mr. Turcotte^talk 01:24, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats, I'm glad one of my favorite users made admin (especially when I vote for 'em!) ... just so ya know, though, the message you left on my talk page, while lovely...er, points at the wrong RfA. It's pointing at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dustimagic instead of Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Deiz :D

Looks like even Admins make mistakes from time to time! Kylu (talk • contribs • count)(Static IP:206.246.160.221, not logged in!) 04:45, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations and good luck with the mop. Good to know you plan on getting involved in updating DYK, more hands are always welcome. The details on the talk and guide pages make the process pretty clear, but if you want to ask me any questions about the process please feel free to do so. The important thing is to be methodical and preview the template thoroughly before saving. You'll develop your own routine pretty quickly. Cheers. --Cactus.man ✍ 06:49, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats... Ah, Hugh Deasy... I'd forgotten about that! Well, anyway, nice to know my efforts are valued in some way, I appreciated the message very much - cheers. --kingboyk 08:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats and you are welcome. :) Dlohcierekim 12:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Best wish for your adminship.--Jusjih 13:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Well deserved! I see you've started with good use of the mop already! All the best -- Samir धर्म 14:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Removing Speedy template applied to Mammern

Thanks for doing so. Umm ... should I have been bold and have done so myself, or should this be left to admins? Thanks, Colonel Tom 12:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:

Fair reasoning but still not enough to hold claim toward almost every single song from that album holding/deserving an article of its own. The articles that exist regarding songs by bands long since established like The Beatles, Metallica and other bands and individuals that have been around long enough to have had their material pondered over and discussed enough to make the discussions basis for encyclopedic articles are fairly justifiable and have enough merit to stand as articles. There is little I can do other than taking it to AfD all by piecemeal and I simply do not wish to waste the effort. 75.2.22.134 20:35, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Stifle, thanks for your comments on my RfA. I appreciate that going on 5 months is fairly quick for adminship, but I wouldn't have nominated myself if I didn't feel ready. FWIW I've always been a fan of your work and had been hoping for your support, if you ever have any pointers / notes / feedback on my performance then please give me a shout... Deizio talk 20:48, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. Congratulations on becoming a sysop. Stifle (talk) 21:58, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thanks for the Original Barnstar :) Stifle (talk) 08:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Parabéns

Parabéns por seres agora um administrador. Sei que posso contar contigo! De momento estou com acesso limitado à internet~e não posso editar como antes, mas se precisares do que quer que seja, conta comigo também. Continua o bom trabalho. Parabéns! Afonso Silva 17:30, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ropshitz

Hey! You had the misfortune to be last admin to offer me his services :) so - please help out on Ropshitz. The user, who is doing great work improving the article, moved it improperly to Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty). Would you please move the old revisions to the new article to complete to move? Thanks so much. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 18:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Hm... Do I need to ask another admin - or are you keeping this request in mind? Let me know how I should proceed. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 03:15, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:RfA

You're right. That's why I hesitated before posting my standards as in reality, it varies from user to user. I'm actually going to remove it now because the expectations are just too user-specific to sum up in a few lines. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 00:34, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you, Deiz, for voting in my RFA. It closed with a final result of 75/1/0. Now that I am an administrator here, I will continue to improve this encyclopedia, using my new tools to revert vandalism, block persistent vandals, protect pages that have been vandalized intensively, and close AFD discussions. Any questions? Please contact me by adding a new section on my talk page. Again, thanks to all of you who participated!!! -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank-you

The count is in, and now I join the crew who wield the mops and pails. Thanks for your support! I pledge to serve both you and Jimbo Wales. If you have anything you need, then please don't think to hesitate. For I am the very model of a grateful admin designate! ♫Bucketsofg✐♪

[edit] Moo

You get a cowstar for being SUPERGREAT!

--217.134.237.125 19:55, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] [Karla Finnegan]

You deleted the article on Karla Finnegan, which I had tried to clean up. I left a message for the original author, asking him or her to add sources. Could you please consider undeleting the artcile so that the original author or some other person could fix it? TruthbringerToronto 23:09, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rob Van Dam

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia; it is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. McPhail 23:30, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

• note - My sole edit to this article was to remove a redlink to a band. Vandalism? Wow... ;) This is going in the trophy section when the page gets archived. Deizio talk 23:54, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Van Dam used versions of the song as performed by both Kilgore and Pantera, with Kilgore performing the version that was featured on the ECW CD release. If your intent was simply to "remove a redlink to a band", this could have been accomplished by delinking the word "Kilgore" rather than removing all mention of Kilgore from the article. Whether this vandalism originated from malice or ignorance is none of my concern, provided the integrity of the article is not compromised again. Thank you. McPhail 01:00, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image talk:AdolfHitlerliberty.jpg

Thats the point. I know talk pages tend to be less subject to deletion, but what is the point in keeping a talk page to an Image thats about to be deleted, says one meaningless comment that didn't start a conversation, and doesn't have any point to being there. Personally, I don't see that as a bad joke anyways. Point is, theres just no valid reason to keep it there, is there? DGX 01:33, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I readded the tag one more time and will wait to see what another administator thinks. I ask for you to wait before removing it again before another admin gets to see it. If the next admin decides it's worth keeping, then I wont readd the tag again. If you happen to not like the outcome feel free to contact me or the other admin who makes that descision. And, I apoligize for being dickish with my edits to this pointless page ;-) Cheers! DGX 02:40, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Alright fine, but I still don't see the point in saving a page when all it says is "public domain?", a comment made 3 years ago, had no response and is just sitting there. Do what you like.. DGX 15:32, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Audra Williams again

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Audra Williams (2nd nomination) Homey 03:55, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Prematurely deceased entertainer categories

Hi. FYI, folks are trying again to delete the prematurely deceased entertainer categories at this link. I noticed you voted to save them in the past and thought you might want to know.  :) —Wknight94 (talk) 14:44, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List, cont.

Hello, I didn't mean to presumptuously re-create the page. I hadn't gotten your message back and I did it just so I could recover the work that I had done. If you want to go ahead with the discussion of the article's deletion that's fine but I'm okay with building up the list on my user page to be at least substantial. You can delete or I can, but I'm fine with waiting. --Friendship hurricane 00:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

"Sock puppet"

Actually, that's my roommate. While I did ask him to vote, he has written seperate article, namely the ngugi. He hadn't created an account until I suggested he do so, but he is a seperate person. If that isn't convincing I can't offer up any more evidence to support what I'm saying, but if it's still too suspicious or if my suggesting was unethical I wouldn't argue against the removal of his vote.

[edit] Father Guiao AfD

I added an AfD on the choir. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/"Cat-o'-Tonics". Thx. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 01:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I'll ask someone else to deal with the history merge on Ropshitz. Thx. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 01:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, Thanks. Nice one! lol... - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 01:19, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Looks awesome! Congrats on your moppery once again! - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 01:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re speedy deletion

Thanks for the comment sorry its taken me so long the full article is at Bård Faust see it has one of those foriegn letters in it, thats why i got confused, i actually think that all articles in the english wikipedia should be written with only english letters as this would make it more easy to find certain things. Perhaps there should be some sort of disscussion around that. Unregistered text offender 12:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merci beaucoup!

Thank you,Deiz/archive4! Thank you for voting for my recent RfA, which passed (to my extreme surprise and shock) with a total tally of 66/15/2. Although you didn't give me a support vote, I would nevertheless like to thank you for your helpful comments and offer a helping hand in any admin-related tasks that may be required -- it's as simple as leaving a message on my talkpage. Thanks again! -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 22:44, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not THAT evil... although my Wikipedia namespace editcount reads 666 on my RfA... ;) -→Buchanan-Hermit™/!? 22:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Talk:List of frequently misused English words

You deleted Talk:List of frequently misused English words a couple days ago with the comment "article deleted". List of frequently misused English words was not in fact deleted, nor as far as I can tell has the deletion of that article been suggested since 2004. Did you simply delete the talk page by accidentally or was there some other reason that I've been unable to determine? I have restored the talk page, but if you think it needs to be deleted, I'm interested to hear why. Nohat 05:20, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Porto

Portugese is what I want to learn!-PresidentGangstaEB-14:34, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Could I have my hokum back again?

I just noticed that you deleted the article "hokum" on May 22nd. You may have deleted it because it was an article on an unremarkable British band. However, in a previous lifetime, it was a serious article on the "hokum" blues, which I wrote. Could you, as an admin, restore the original, non-self-promoting article from the history? There were some minor additions later on, some of which were useful, but at some point the whole article must have gotten replaced with what is now on the Talk:Hokum page. Regards, --Brianyoumans 22:29, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick action! --Brianyoumans 22:39, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar! I'm very humoured by it. - Richardcavell 23:31, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CorbinSimpson's Request for Adminship

Thanks for voting in my request for administrator rights, even though it failed (13/30/4). Sadly, work has forced me to respond to you all using a substituted message rather than a personalized response. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that administrators, to me, should be chosen and approved by the community, and I will continue working to become a better editor and Wikipedian. No matter what the alignment of your vote was, I will take your comments seriously and use them to improve myself. If you wish to discuss your comments personally with me, I would be more than glad to talk about things since the RfA is now over; just leave your concern on my talk page and we will sort things out. Thanks again for voting, and happy editing! - Corbin ^{Be excellent}

[edit] Re: Well done

Jordan, I think you've done really well this week and I'm glad I offered my support. Having just been through a non "dead-cert" RfA myself I know what it was like to get even a few opposes, so to get so many and deal with them all must have been very hard and at times very demoralising. I personally don't hold any strong views on religion but if I did, and if I chose to write about those views and experiences therein I like to think they wouldn't affect my ability to be an effective contributor and admin. I also don't know why it didn't end on time? Anyway, I hope you continue to edit, to answer your critics and to maintain the dignity you've shown this week. Looking forward to a strong RFA #3 if / when you feel up to it. Deizio talk 23:14, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the uplifting remarks. It's simply so hard to guage community consensus. Perhaps the community as a whole thinks that I was attempting to lawyer my way to adminship. Perhaps they think I'm more concerned about promoting Islam than creating an encyclopedia. Perhaps they think my every action is part of a plot to gain adminship. Ngb stated that Certainly the behaviour you have exhibited during this RFA is beginning to convince me that, without a fundamental change of attitude, you should never become an administrator. I thought I handled the situation as best I could, responding to comments in reasoned defense rather than attacking oppose voters. But perhaps the Wikipedia community agrees with Ngb. I simply don't know. From here, I don't know what I'll do. I'm sure I'll be back to my regular editing, but I'll most certainly take a break for a day to rebound from this and possibly be a bit less active for a couple more weeks so I can focus on ending this school year. I don't want this RfA to bring me down, but I'm afraid the community now has a less than desirable image of me. An image that will never be erased. And I don't say that because that image may dash my chances to become an admin in the future, but rather I say that because that image may dash my chances at being seen as a credible editor. It's simply unfortunate.

Winston Churchill once said, Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm. I hope I still have a bit of that courage remaining. joturner 00:44, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Verbal contract

Any objection to just redirecting this to oral contract? ScottW 02:24, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your comments in Lar's RfA!

We are here to build an encyclopedia!

Hi Deiz, and thank you for your supportive comments in my request for adminship! Thanks to your help I'm gonna go get 'em! With a final tally of (109/5/1), I have been entrusted with adminship. It's been several weeks since the conclusion of the process, so hopefully you've had a chance to see me in action. Please let me know what you think! Thanks again, and I will do everything I can to justify the trust you've placed in me! ++Lar: t/c 03:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Blnguyen's RfA

Hello Deiz. Thank you for your support at request for adminship which ended at the overwhelming and flattering result of (160/1/0), and leaves me in a position of having to live up to a high standard of community expectation. Naturally, if I make any procedural mistakes, feel free to point them out and I look forward to working with you in the future, Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 07:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to VandalProof!

Hi Deiz/archive4, thank you for your interest in VandalProof. I am happy to announce that you are now one of our authorized users, so if you haven't already simply download VandalProof from our main page, install and you're all set!

Warning to Vandals: This user is armed with VandalProof

Please join the VandalProof user category by adding either: {{User VandalProof}} (this also places the user box attached) or, [[Category:Wikipedians using VandalProof|{{PAGENAME}}]] to your user page.

If you have any problems please feel free to contact me or post a message on VandalProof's talk page. Welcome to our team! - Glen ^T_C (Stollery) 03:07, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Feels like harassment

RK, you have been blocked for 72 hours following contravention of the 1RR aspect of your arbitration ruling. I appreciate the reversions were close to 24 hours apart, but you know the rules and you broke them. I appreciate you have a difference of opinion on this issue, but the arbitration ruling stands. Naturally, you are welcome to contact me by email or talk page to discuss this

You make it clear that I know the rules and that I did not break them. So to effectively falsely accuse me of a crime you admit that I didn't commit (engaging in a revert war, or even reverting an article more than once a day), feels like harassment. You know the facts: that the rules against multiple reverts a day were made to stop revert wars. You also knew that none were occuring here, that I was not making more than one revert a day. It seems to me that you misused your authority as an administrator by refusing to look at the context, and by refusing to even speak to me first. Aren't such actions, taken without warning or discussion, a violation of the principles upon which such rules were made in the first place? You seem to admit that I was banned not for breaking a rule, but for not looking closely enough at the clock. Is it any wonder why I spent many months away from Wikipedia, and why I and many other science professionals view Wikipedia with great mistrust? Do I take it that you wish the same treatment be applied to you? Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. That's the first rule for anyone with any kind of power, no matter how small it may seem. If you disregard this rule, you are no longer a part of the solution. RK 01:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Deiz/archive4, thank you for participating in my RfA. Unfortunately, a great number of oppose voters felt that I lacked experience, and a consensus was not reached (the final tally was 30/28/10). Perhaps I will try again in another few months when I have a few more edits under my belt. If I do, I hope I can count on your support. Thanks again! Cool3 talk 20:56, 2 June 2006 (UTC) (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 06:38, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE:rfa

Thank you for your comments on the reasons on why you opposed me in my RfA. It looks like it would most likely end up in consensus not reached again! Anyway, I will work harder to improve the quality of my edits and not give up hope. There is always tomorrow to look forward to. Thanks for the encouraging reassuarance. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 19:57, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Deiz/archive4, thank you for participating in my RfA. It passed with an amazingly unopposed 77/0/1. Thanks for the support everybody! If you see me doing anything wrong, want to ask me something, or just want to yell in my general direction, leave me a note on my talk page. I promise to try and knock out Wikipedia's problems wherever I may find them!

Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:35, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Enquiry

Hello! I have a minor enquiry to ask from you. I am wondering what is the correct format of numbering to use in Wikipedia titles. For example in the title heading Category:Wikipedians with 4000-5000 edits, is it necessary to add a comma after a 4 digit number? Thus another version of the title would be Category:Wikipedians with 4,000-5,000 edits. What is the official view in this on Wikipedia? Thank You for helping me out. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 03:12, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

So, is a redirect page necessary for the above titles? A user might create another title containing the same subject matter thus creating redundancy. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 19:20, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Long Way Round

Read the book but haven't had suffiecient internet access to get around to changing it back to mosquito bite. - Diceman 07:50, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Friendly smile

Bhadani sends his greetings and friendly smile to you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing! And, all the best!

<! -- Template:smile2 --> --Bhadani 13:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hello, Deiz/archive4, and thank you for voting on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 84/1/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months, but welcome any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! Kukini 15:15, 10 June 2006 (UTC)