User talk:Mike 7/Archive5

Contents 1 RfA thanks 2 Even bether! 3 Logan O'Brien 4 Milena Govich 5 Citations 6 Milena Govich 7 Greek 8 yay! 9 Thank you!!!!! 10 A RfA thank you from en:User:Xyrael 11 Thanks! 12 Thanks 13 Exceptional Newcomer Award 14 Long-Overdue RfA Thanks from Alphachimp 15 Adam LaVorgna 16 RE: Template use 17 Winhunter's RfA thanks 18 Re: Happy Birthday 19 JPD's RfA 20 Thanks! 21 Birthday greeting 22 Sockpuppet categories at DRV 23 Thanks 24 Thank you for barnstar 25 Hola :) 26 RfA 27 Say, Mike... 28 Biography Newsletter September 2006 29 My RFA 30 BARNSTAR FOR YOU! 31 I left you a barnstar 32 Konstable's RfA thanks 33 Belated thanks 34 Your RfA 35 Hurray! 36 Congratulations 37 Oh hell YES! 38 IP Ban Warning??? 39 Helping out with the backlog 40 Thanks Michael 41 September Esperanza Newsletter 42 The Halo's RfA 43 Sorry, thanks! 44 Talk:Sean Hayes 45 Removing protected broken redirects 46 Mr. Lefty's RfA thanks 47 Nishkid64's RfA thanks 48 Italian Americans 49 Re: Happy Birthday 50 False request 51 Show me the policy

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you very much for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully today with a result of (62/18/3). I will go very carefully at first, trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools, and will begin by re-reading all the high-quality feedback I received during the process, not least from those who opposed me. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! Guinnog 14:04, 30 August 2006 (UTC)}

[edit] Even bether!

Thank you! Yardena 21:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Logan O'Brien

I found an answer to an old question of yours over at Talk:Logan O'Brien. Feel free to add the info to the article, I'm too lazy to do so myself... :) Mad Jack 07:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, nice work. I wish we could have this level of detail with everyone we were curious about... Mad Jack 08:12, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Really? I heard Mr. John Roberts was setting one up expressly for that purpose Mad Jack 08:14, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Milena Govich

Thought you might be interested. http://www.newsok.com/article/2839371/

[edit] Citations

I noticed that, when you cite something, you add in a whole quote and a link in these - []. The MLA style we should usually use is like the one used in Mandy Moore, without a quote at all, just info on the source. I know I've been using nothing but quotes on the X-whatevers lists, but I just thought that'd be better for the lists and informative to the reader. In the case of regular articles, though... Mad Jack 19:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually, that's exactly why we should cite it the MLA style. So anyone can look up exactly where the info came from the in the first place (i.e., random example, one of the articles at Sara Paxton (the one regarding her father's part Irish ancestry) is no longer online, but we have the name of the newspaper and title of the article, which would be helpful in looking it up again, off line) Mad Jack 19:38, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you saying including these large quotes is better? I'm pretty sure the MLA/Mandy Moore thing is under Wikipedia:Citing sources. Mad Jack 19:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Milena Govich

Thought you might be interested. http://www.newsok.com/article/2839371/

Wow-you got right on that one, didn't you!

I should also point out, that article will only be available for 5 days online, so you might not want to link to it, just cite the print edition 8/31/2006, page 1A

[edit] Greek

I just noticed that! The Greeks attack again! Mothers, lock up your celebrities! Mad Jack 05:36, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

GASP! You're right. It would take me hours to convince these people that I am not a reliable source. Mad Jack 05:56, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] yay!

Thanks Michael! Made my Wikiday :) — riana_dzasta _{wreak havoc|damage report} 06:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!!!!!

Your smile is truly appreciated, especially today - it's been quite rough. The timing couldn't be better!! Have a great day! Srose (talk) 19:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A RfA thank you from en:User:Xyrael

I'd like to thank you Mike 7 for either supporting, opposing, commenting, nominating, reading, editing, promoting and/or anything else that you may have done for my successful request for adminship (I've broken the one thousand sysop barrier!); I'm thanking you for getting involved, and for this I am very grateful. I hope to be able to serve Wikipedia more effectively with my new tools and that we can continue to build our free encyclopedia, for knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty. Please do feel free to get in touch if you feel you can improve me in any way; I will be glad to listen to all comments. Again, thanks 8)             —Xyrael / 11:58, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the mop, it'll be very useful :) —Xyrael / 08:49, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thank you for the smile. Good timing -- I'm in the process of moving (with a wedding in between) so I'll be away for awhile, and I'm rather stressed... Your smile cheered me up ! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Editor at Large (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Thanks

Hey, thanks for the barnstar. It was a nice little surprise, logging seeing the "new messages" bar pop up, then seeing that on my talk page. --WHSTalk 00:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Exceptional Newcomer Award

Mike, thanks for the award. I am almost on the way to finishing reading Orpheus Emerged and should be able to start work on the plot summary within the week.Kerojack, Argenta 02:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Long-Overdue RfA Thanks from Alphachimp

Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which was successful with a an overwhelmingly flattering and deeply humbling total of 138/2/2 (putting me #10 on the RfA WP:100). I guess infinite monkey theorem has been officially proven. Chimps really can get somewhere on Wikipedia. With new buttons come great responsibility, and I'll try my best to live up to your expectations. If you need assistance with something, don't hesitate to swing by my talk page or email me (trust me, I do respond :)). The same goes for any complaints or comments in regard to my administrative actions. Remember, I'm here for you. (Thanks go to Blnguyen for the incredible photo to the right.) alphaChimp laudare 05:20, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adam LaVorgna

I noticed you added the Italain cat to that three months ago - did you have a source I could cite or just a guess? Cheers, Mad Jack 05:33, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

It must've flown south with the rest of the summer birds Mad Jack 05:38, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Template use

Thanks for the heads up. -- Underneath-it-All 03:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Winhunter's RfA thanks

Hi Mike_7, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful today with a finaly tally of (56/0/3). I will be very careful at first to avoid any mistakes. Please feel free to leave a message in my talk page if you have any comments/suggestions about me in the future. Once again, thank you! --WinHunter (talk) 09:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Happy Birthday

Thanks, I love cookies :D °≈§→ Robomæyhem: T/←§≈° 14:26, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JPD's RfA

Thanks, Mike, for your support at my RfA, although you didn't have to comment twice ;-) It finished with a tally of 94/1/0. I hope I live up to the confidence you have shown in me in my activities as an administrator. JPD (talk) 15:41, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Greetings and thanks! It's always nice to reload my talk page and see *nice* messages. :-) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:04, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

And thank you again. :-) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 05:48, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birthday greeting

Thank you so much for the Birthday Greeting! --Kf4bdy ^{talk contribs} 19:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppet categories at DRV

My apologies for the impersonal nature of this message, but since you participated in the recent Sockpuppets of Outoftuneviolin discussion, I thought you might like to know that the categories are now at Deletion Review. This is not a solicitation of a specific response, as all participating users were notified, but your input would be appreciated. Thanks! - EurekaLott 00:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the birthday message :) Viridae^Talk 00:35, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for barnstar

Thank you for barnstar. I don't consider myself to be tireless, but if I have convinced others, that's fine by me ;). And I like animated stuff too (just look at my user page). Thank you :-). NoSeptember 21:15, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for my barnstar as well, Michael! I really appreciate it. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you in the future. Cheers, EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 21:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hola :)

[edit] RfA

That's good. I'll just add it now.  Jorcoga  07:45, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I guess I accidentally edited an old version. TimBentley (talk) 03:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Say, Mike...

When you added the Italian-Americans category to Ann Prentiss 3 months ago, did you notice the outrageous claims that this woman was convicted for some horrible crimes and is serving a prison sentence? They were introduced with the creation of the page.... Are they true? Because, if they're not, Wikipedia is very, very lucky to not have gotten sued.... Mad Jack 08:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Ahem.... no, I don't. So, like, I'll remove it so she won't sue us for $20 mil, right? Mad Jack 23:38, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biography Newsletter September 2006

The September 2006 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. plange 23:56, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you, Mike 7, for voting on my RFA, which passed 95 to 1. Now that I have the mop, I hope I can live up to the standard, and be a good administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. —this is messedrocker (talk) 17:09, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BARNSTAR FOR YOU!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I hereby award Mike 7 the Tireless Contributor Barnstar for his 8500 edits! Auroranorth 13:03, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I left you a barnstar

Well done! Auroranorth 13:04, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Konstable's RfA thanks

Hi Mike 7, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful last Wednesday with a unanimous support of (47/0/0). I will do my best to help keep Wikipedia clean, green and vandal free. Once again, thank you! --Konstable 14:37, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Belated thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA. Consensus to promote was reached, and I am now an administrator. I'll be using the tools cautiously at first, and everyone should feel welcome to peer over my shoulder and make sure I'm not doing anything foolish. --Robth^Talk 03:27, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your RfA

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

• Administrators' reading list
• Administrators' how-to guide
• Administrators' Noticeboard

• Administrators' Noticeboard for Incidents
• Administrators' Noticeboard for Three-revert rule violations

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 13:44, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hurray!

[edit] Congratulations

You can block me anytime :-) Mad Jack 01:37, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh hell YES!

CONGRATS MAN!!!!!!! good luck! Æon ^{Insanity Now!}_EA! 02:08, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!! I know you'll do a great job! BaseballBaby 02:18, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Block a vandal for me! :-D CaptainVindaloo ^{t c e} 02:19, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! Enjoy your new responsibilities. — riana_dzasta _{wreak havoc|damage report} 02:27, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Well done- Have fun! Downunda 02:54, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations sir - all the best. Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 02:58, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your promotion, and you're very welcome! --Merovingian - Talk 03:21, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Well done on your promotion! Please ask if you have any questions about being an admin! (aeropagitica) 04:37, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

GOOD LUCK.--Andeh 14:16, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

All the best! --Bhadani 19:38, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Enjoy your new vandal fighting weapons. Be safe out there, and CONGRATS! JungleCat talk/contrib 19:42, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IP Ban Warning???

Hello, I receved a message via userTalk about some reported vadalism on a page I have never visited and did not tamper with. I just want to make sure that if there is someone on the same IP as me, that I do not lose the ability to add to the Wikipedia resources. I think the whole site is great and use it regularly for site material and research. although I have not become an active member in modifying or adding information to topics, I know in the future I will at some point and would be more than disapointed if I was unable to help the Wikipedia community.

The following is the message I received from the user Æon:

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User talk:209.79.208.46 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search

This is the only warning you will receive. Your recent vandalism to Oceanography will not be tolerated. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Æon Insane Ward 22:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC) ________________________________________________________________

I just weant to ensure I do not get caught up in whatever vandalism issues are going on as an innocent by-stander.

Thank you for your time & thanks for the work on this great online resource! I have taken a minute to create an account in the hopes that this will not happen again.

~poz

[edit] Helping out with the backlog

Hi there and congratulations on your brand new sysop flag. Now that you are an admin, you might want to help the community in a way you weren't able to before. The obvious example is clearing out the Category:Administrative backlog :-) You might want to start with Wikipedia:Requested moves which I find the easiest to deal with. If you have any questions, just drop me a note! Enjoy! :-) --Dijxtra 09:04, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks Michael

Hey Michael, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. And congrats on your own RfA! Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 07:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors! What's New? September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves! Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there! The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] The Halo's RfA

Hey Mike, thank you for the encouragement. There's always a next time :) Thε Halo ^Θ 19:58, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry, thanks!

Thanks for the tip! Winner4600 18:35, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Sean Hayes

Is there any reason why you added a controversial tag to Talk:Sean Hayes (actor)? The article doesn't seem all that controversial to me. Orpheus 19:55, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

The debate on the talk page is ancient, and the additions to the page itself can be categorised as either "uncontroversially reverted childish comments" or "non-sexuality related changes". There seems to be no current controversy. Orpheus 22:47, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

At the time you added the template, the last relevant talk comment was already 3 months old, and an unspoken consensus seems to have been reached on the page itself. I don't think it is relevant, so I'll remove the tag.

[edit] Removing protected broken redirects

Hello, I noticed that you worked with removing pages marked for speedy deletion. I have one that needs to be deleted due to a bad redirect, but it is protected. The page is The primary colours of disgracefulness. Thanks for your help. --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 23:46, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Here is another one that needs to be removed: The Knunder Challenge. Thank you again for taking care of this. --Willy No1lakersfan (Talk - Contribs) 00:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mr. Lefty's RfA thanks

Hi, Mike, and thanks for supporting me in my recent request for adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of 70/4/4. I hope I can live up to your expectations, and if there's ever anything you need, you know where to find me! --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 00:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nishkid64's RfA thanks

Thank you very much for participating in my RfA, which closed successfully earlier today with a result of (60/9/4). Although, I encountered a few problems in my RfA, I have peacefully resolved my conflicts and made amends with the people involved. If you have any further questions or suggestions, feel free talk to me. I hope I will live up to your expectations. --Nishkid64 22:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Italian Americans

You may want to take a look at my reply here to the renaming discussion. I'm pretty sure that if the rename goes through they'll be deleted by that one user again Mad Jack 19:47, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Ummmm... don't change the name? (Back to the deleted name) Mad Jack 21:27, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Happy Birthday

Thanks for the birthday wishes, dear Mike. :) Cheers, Sango123 22:34, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] False request

I did not make this request. [1] I assume this was a case of vandalism. Will you please restore it? Rfrisbie^talk 04:14, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the restore. Actually, now that you told me how you saw it, that's about the fourth time it has happened. Whenever someone puts one of those particular userbox language group templates up for deletion, any page that displays them shows up in the speedy deletion category too. I've seen three or four directory pages at a time show up that way. Other folks have just let me know about it and I track down the offending template. I usually can spot the other directory pages and fix them too. Another wikiday in the life. Thanks again. Rfrisbie^talk 22:28, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Show me the policy

You deleted my comment on Nancy Grace's discussion page citing NPOV. Why? Not only that but you deleted it saying that I shouldn't put content as "fact" when it is not. Yet if you read the passage I wrote there, it was discussing the nature of if it was fact or not. Since when does NPOV apply to the discussion pages? I just looked and couldn't find it. Where is it? Jason Quinn 18:53, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your reply on my talk page. However I remain unconvinced of your points. I asked for you to show me any policy that says NPOV applies to the discussion pages. The NPOV policy refers to the ARTICLE. The closest Wikipedia's policy comes is that it says NPOV also applies to "user-facing content" (whatever that is because I have not yet found a defintion for it). My comments were not "soapbox" orientated but were designed to discuss the very nature of NPOV and what its intent is. In any case, I have reworded my points and eliminated the material that I think you forsaw as objectionable. I see nothing left that should warrent any sort of revert. Jason Quinn 03:54, 1 October 2006 (UTC)