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[edit] See Before You Die.net images

Regarding the images uploaded from See Before You Die.net. I approached the website, and told them of the Wikipedia uploads, and they noted that they had allowed the user to upload the images, and have sent an e-mail to permissions AT wikimedia DOT org. So it seems that it is legit. Just have to crop the images so that the ad doesn't appear at the bottom. Regards. -- Jeff3000 23:00, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Alright, I thought there was a possiblity that might happen so thats why I was waiting on the results of the first two images before cleaning out all of them. I think there should really be a link to that email on those image pages though, because this isn't readilly obvious --T-rex 01:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why'd you nominate Image:GirlsAloud Nadine.jpg for deletion?

Hi T-rex, I'm curious as to why you have nominated Image:GirlsAloud Nadine.jpg for deletion. It is properly sourced and licensed, of decent quality, and illustrates the subject in question on the page Nadine Coyle. I am aware that a free image of the person is available and displayed on the page, but it does not clearly show her face or make her distinguishable, so providing a clearer picture in addition to the free one enhances the quality and depth of the article in my opinion. Please give me a detailed explanation as to why you feel the image should be deleted, or else remove the tag and restore the image. Thanks. Fabricationary 04:06, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

The reason is that it isn't properly licensed. The fair use claim is dependent on there being "no freely avalible equivelent". As another free image does exsist the fair use claim is invalid, and as such the image should be deleted --T-rex 00:34, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

This discussion has now been continued at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2006 August 28, please leave any further comments there... --T-rex 01:50, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA message

		My RfA video message
		Image:RfA message.ogg Stephen B Streater 08:40, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

looks like i need to go download a codex... --T-rex 03:56, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I can give you help with this if you like. Stephen B Streater 15:31, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Is this in the vorbis codex? --T-rex 16:26, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

The audio uses Vorbis, the video uses Theora. Wikipedia:Media_help has instructions on it on how to install these. If this is difficult, let me know and I'll give you a shortcut to the player I use. Stephen B Streater 23:00, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

alright, thanks for the help. I'll see if I can get it going... --T-rex 23:10, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks! Thank you very much for your support on my recent Request for Adminship. The request was ultimately unsuccessful - which wasn't entirely surprising - and so I'll be taking special care to address the concerns raised by the opposing !voters before running again. If you have any feedback for me, please don't hesitate to leave it at my talk page. Thanks! -- RandyWang (chat/patch) 13:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[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] Artist's Lyrics External Links Deleted

Hi T-rex, I'm just wondering why you deleted the lyrics pages I listed for some of the artists I listed them for. I went through and added them at the end and it was relevant to the artist. Unlike some of the other links listed for lyrics we don't do popups or anything like that and for the artists we list currently we actually work with the artists within the industry. If I need to provide documentation or information from the artists I can. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LordStryfe (talk • contribs).

Please read wikipedia's policy on this. Most lyrics sites don't do popups so yours isn't anything special in that regard. --T-rex 01:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

So your saying relevent information on the bands lyrics isn't good for Wiki. May I then purpose that all external links that are not to articles such as band sites, other lyrics pages, fan sites etc be removed to be fair and impartial? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LordStryfe (talk • contribs).

No, that's not what I'm saying at all. What isn't good for the wiki is an endless promotion of your own website. Also you will find that most fan sites are removed for the articles. Also I don't know why you would want more then one lyric site in the external links anyhow. --T-rex 13:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

The reason why you would want to have more than one is #1 for accuracy. #2 I know for bands such as Kutless my site actually was the very first to have their new album lyrics because the management got them to me in advance. Like I said I am an actual industry member, but if Wiki isn't interested in relevant data I will be leaving because the point is relevant. Also, the bio you took down for Everlife was from their myspace. The girls actually talked about how their section wasn't really upto date and for awhile had their last names as rose, but I guess thats what you can expect from this place —The preceding unsigned comment was added by LordStryfe (talk • contribs).

Yes I know the bio was from mySpace, and that is why I removed it. To copy the text from their to here is a violation of international copyright laws and a big no no on wikipedia. We don't want you to leave, really we don't but we can't be allowing copyright problems and advertising to overrun the site. If you feel that the Everlife article isn't up to date you are more then welcome to make some changes to fix this problem, however, it must be done in your own orrigional prose. --T-rex 00:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:User Nogus

[1] John Reid 05:40, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

actually I support the Germen Userbox Solution. If you want me to get all mad over this, you are very mistaken. In fact if anything I'm annoyed that your spamming my talk page. And by the way WP:GUS calls for userboxes to not be created in the template space, put it as a user subpage and the admins will most likly leave it alone. --T-rex 13:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JPD's RfA

Thanks, T-rex, for your support at my RfA, which 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) 15:52, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RFBOT

Your bot task has been approved for testing, see Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/DinoBot for details. — xaosflux ^Talk 03:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the approval, I'll start the tests tomorrow... --T-rex 03:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

The first tests went perfect, so I'll get the bot up to full speads in a few hours --T-rex 16:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Second round of tests worked good as well, although a small error was discovered and has since been fixed --T-rex 02:59, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Testing is still going good, probably just one more run, before I sit on it to get full approval on the bot --T-rex 16:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Testing complete, awating approvals group responce --T-rex 01:33, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DinoBot

Just a little request can you change the Edit summary from (Bot: HTML Removal) to (Bot: converting HTML to wikimarkup) or something similar thanks Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 01:59, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Who said anything about the bot approval process being slow, I've gotten two responses in well under an hour. As to the summary, I do see how the term "removal" could be a bit misleading. I'll change it to something along the lines of "conversion" --T-rex 02:09, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

we just overhauled the process and added 3 members to the approval group, so before it was slower Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 02:38, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Human rights and Social justice

Please remove Human rights and Social justice category from the pro-choice article. Considering pro choice belonging to that is a matter of opinion, wikipedia is not a place for your opinion. The only sources which would back those statements up would be pro choice organizations, and to be unbias, if wikipedia uses pro choice organizations as sources, wikipedia should also have to use pro life organizations as sources, and then the Genocide category would have to be added to the Abortion article, so unless you add the Genocide category to the abortion article, do not put Social justice and Human rights back into the Pro Choice article. 75.3.50.41 02:38, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

wikipedia does have to use pro life organizations as sources, and it does. Also the abortion article probably should be put in the genocide catagory, but these are totaly unrelated topics to the removal you made and I reverted. The fact is that you have continually tried to remove these two catagories, despite no discussion on the talk page, and opposition from numerous other editors. Trust me plenty of discussion has gone in to that (and all related) articles. --T-rex 02:50, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh! Gravity. album cover

hey dude, i'm the one who took downn the oh gravity cover. thanks for putting it up but i think that EMICMG website made a mistake. cuz switchfoot.com is revealing a slice of it every day to fans, so i don't think the guys would like it all revealed here... maybe we should respect that, eh? take care man.

-.phil. 19:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree that that the ENICMG website made a mistake, but seeing that it's out now, I see no reason not to put it up. As such I also think any attempt to keep quiet about the cover at this point is rather futile. Actually the more I look at what is up at switchfoot.com the more I'm begining to feel that this is menat to be more of a layered thing. Maybe we could eventually create a gif to represent the album artwork for the page here? --T-rex 20:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Kindof looks like this is up for good this time, not by me, but I saw your comment on the talk page anyhow --T-rex 15:46, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Go raibh maith agat!

Hi there, T-rex!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!

hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 08:16, 13 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 03:37, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Halo's RfA

T-rex... Thank you very much for your support in my request for adminship. Ultimately, no consensus was reached, and I failed to be promoted, but I am very grateful for your support. T-rex, thank you for the support. As a user I admire, but have never really had contact with it was great to see your name up there. I hope that one day I can repay your trust in me be being a good admin. One day ;) Yours, Thε Halo Θ 22:17, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jim Kelly was born in Pittsburgh

Or the Hall of Fame must be wrong, please msg. the poster or check discussion before changing CORRECT information, thank you for your assistance. http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=112 Hholt01 19:46, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I've seen the link, but it is in error. If you really need a cite I can get you one, but his hometown is pretty common knowledge --T-rex 23:21, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Alright look at this article on nfl.com it indicates East Brady, Pa rather than Pittsburgh --T-rex 15:44, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CfD UDUIW

You might be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion#Category:Users_in_Defense_of_Userboxes_and_Individuality_on_Wikipedia_.28UDUIW.29. --NThurston 20:49, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks for the note, this is probably going to turn ugly, but lets hope not. I'm a bit busy now, but I'll comment on it later --T-rex 23:19, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

actually the discusion appeared to be rather civil, although it was a bit tainted by the nominatior --T-rex 17:26, 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] Thanks

For properly editing my link on the Tim Hortons page. Appreciate it. KsprayDad 15:14, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

no problem. however you should know that there has been some contraversy over the format of the contraversy section of that article, so I wouldn't be too suprised if your entire addition gets removed. As for the formating, I try to help when i can... --T-rex 15:21, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Switchfoot videos

I kind of thought other users would show me respect after I what I said about the Switchfoot music videos, and most of them did. I guess it doesn't matter to you if their videos are in the article or not. Hey, I'd gladly put up the links to their official site, they just don't have the video page back up yet. So try and work it out with someone before you delete everything they've put up on the article. And no one else seemed to have any issues with the use of YouTube. By the way, plenty of other band pages use YouTube, so the fans of those bands can easily find their favorite band's music videos. I have no intention of sounding mean, but I find it rude that you just delete what I post and call it spam.RoryS89 16:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)RoryS89

I'm not trying to be mean, but in my book excessive links do constitute as spam. However that was not the primary reason I removed the videos. First WP:EL strongly discourages the use of links to both media rich locations and unrightful use of copyrighted material. I don't remember where to find it but there has been a discussion justifying the idea that simply because something is not hosted on the wkipedia servers that we should not link to it in order to circumvent wikipedia's copyright policies. The other reason I removed it is that the list was largly incomplete, and had I instead completed it, the list would then be too long to comfortably fit within the article. Hope you understand --T-rex 17:22, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Besides the fact that there are more videos for Meant to Live, Dare You to Move, Stars, and We Are One Tonight, I don't see how it would expand it too much. But whatever, I guess I understand where you're going with this.RoryS89 18:33, 30 September 2006 (UTC)RoryS89

[edit] Open Proxies (re: Tor) and account creation

m:WM:NOP and http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-February/010659.html - in short allowing account creation on open proxies / tor exit notes would allow one to create vandalism accounts and circumvent the restriction. Sadly 99%+ of the edits from open / tor proxies are vandalism and hence the policy was decided. The bot's more so a policy following bot. -- Tawker 03:43, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

It looks as if this is just one of those instances where is disagree with Jimbo. I fail to see how editing wikipedia is not a valid use of anonymous proxies. Especially if they have a registered account. User accounts can be blocked easy enough, and if someone is willing to go the trouble to make an account I'm willing to give them the benifit of the doubt. --T-rex 05:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

It's not so much its not a valid use it's that tor proxies are used by pretty much every vandalbot around and pretty much create a pain in the ass for sysops and bots alike. Pretty much we've been doing the same thing manually, hopefully this will allow the non-open proxies to get unblocked faster. (We did a survey and something like 99.7% of edits from Tor nodes were vandalism... Tawkerbot only has so much capacity :) - there's a workaround (and probally a safer one) of having someone outside the GFOC create the account and then email the login info. -- Tawker 06:35, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Most IP edits are vandalism as well, but we don't block them, I'm really having a problem seeing why we should treat tor nodes any differentlly --T-rex 16:30, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

If one uses an IP and edits they're relatively easy to individually block. If a Tor user makes vandalism it's impossible to stop as they get a new IP every 15s or so. Think of it is the AOL issue of not being able to localize a block on a user but 10,000 times worse -- Tawker 17:52, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

But this is the aol issue, I see no difference at all. I'm ok with these being blocked, it is not allowing the creation of new accounts that bothers me --T-rex 19:51, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Talk to the consensus that decided that. Our advice to tor users is to find someone outside of Tor to create the account then email the credentials for tor login. Not perfect but a hell of a lot better. The bot solution ensures that non tor proxies (and they do change fequently) won't all be indef blocked... better than the current indef solution. -- Tawker 20:46, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Saint Vincent and Royal anthem

Hello there T-rex. I see that you had again reverted the change to St. Vincent and had originally cited that St. Vincent is not in the Commonwealth. I believe this stems from a misunderstanding about the nature of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and the Commonwealth and the former British Empire. I directed you to the pages on the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth Realm and Royal anthem to help clarify matters...I don't know if you actually looked at them. So quite simply, Queen Elizabeth II is legally Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with that country being ipso facto an independent kingdom (with a constitutional monarchy) separate from the United Kingdom (see personal union). As many monarchs have their own royal anthem and in this case, Queen Elizabeth II does, then that is why the royal anthem is being listed. Note that in some cases such as Spain and Jordan the royal anthem and the national anthem are one and the same (in Jordan's case this is because the country is an absolute monarchy). At some point in time many (but not all) royal anthems served as national anthems. 72.27.87.249 00:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Yes, i do know what a royal anthem is. However, I think you fail to understand how much St Vincent goes to distance itself from England. They do not recognize the queen as the head of anything, as much as england and some of the other former british colonies would like them too. Your mistake is in thinking that the monarchy is recognized within St Vincent. It simply is not... --T-rex 00:44, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 66/11/5. I learned quite a bit during the process, and I expect to be learning a lot more in the days ahead. As I stated in the request itself, I respect your decision to oppose me based on my short tour of duty, but I hope I can earn your trust. I will be taking things slowly (and doing a lot of re-reading), but please let me know if there is anything I can do to improve in my new capacity. -- Merope Talk 13:54, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images?

While you have every right to your opinion, I would encourage you to take a look at the contributions of ten or twenty randomly-chosen admins and see how much image work they do. For instance, myself, I have two image uploads and five edits to the image namespace despite having been an admin for over a year. The reason is simple: most people tend to pick a specialty and work in that area, and mine happens not to be images. Do you believe that a candidate must be good at everything? >Radiant< 14:46, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

If wikipedia's current admins arn't well versed in image policy it seems to me that it's then even more important that our future admins are. My standards for image experience arn't too increadbly high, but I feel that some experience on this topic should be required of our admins. Currently I feel as if with images is where knowledge of policy is the most important as it is where copyright concerns are the largest (although just wait until wikipedia starts using video). I do realize that this stance has left me as the odd vote on a number of rfa's, but if everyone had the same standards there wouldn't be anything except new page patrollers (or any other given sect of editers) as admins. It's not like I'm going to ask for you to be desysyoped because of your lack of edits in the image namespace or that I expect all new admins to start editing up a storm there. Personally I only have around 40 edits within the image namespace myself, and if Yomangani gets the admin bit anyways (looks as if it will happen) I'm not going to complain... --T-rex 15:05, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually check out The Halo's rfa (support vote #20) for an idea of what I'm looking for on rfa's --T-rex 15:09, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

A quick note, you realize that WP:RFA isn't a vote, right? We're trying to form a consensus, not snout-counting. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 00:39, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I do, but in many ways it does work like one though. But yes I've read the essays on this and regardless am more then happy with the current workings of the RfA process. I do realize that I have frustrated some editors by having stricter RfA criteria then most, but I really don't have a problem with this. --T-rex 01:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, we're not "upset by your stricter criteria", we're puzzled by what appear to be... well... silly criteria. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 03:26, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 91/1/4. I can't express how much it means to me to become an administrator. I'll work even more and harder to become useful for the community. If you need a helping hand, don't hesitate to contact me. NCurse work 15:28, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, as well as for understanding what I was saying with my answers to the questions!

Atlant 13:01, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Getting a thanks before the rfa closes, is a bit different. In some ways I kindof like it, but this struck me as being a bit odd regardless. --T-rex 16:21, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay, here's a more conventional thanks...

Well, it's been a week now that I've been an administrator and I'd like to take this moment to once again thank everyone who supported my RfA, and to let you all know that I don't think I've screwed anything up yet so I hope I'm living up to everyone's expectations for me. But if I ever fall short of those expectations, I'd certainly welcome folks telling me about it!

Atlant 14:31, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good catch at Switchfoot

Just a note saying "good catch" on the vandalism revert on Switchfoot. I should have known to look closer when I reverted the AVB. When I did, I saw you picked up and solved my bad revert. Thanks :) -- ShinmaWa^(talk) 22:02, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Well both another AWB user and AntiVandelBot had already messed it up before you added your edit, so I can see how that edit can go bad. --T-rex 22:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Announcement: It's an administrator!

---

T-rex, thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was a robust 62/1/1, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any questions about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thanks again, Chris Griswold

[edit] MER-C's RfA

I've just popped a quick query for you under your comment when you have a spare moment. Appreciated... Glen 17:02, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem, I honestly have nothing better to do right now --T-rex 17:05, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Lol, know the feeling! Thanks mate Glen 17:07, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Buffalo Sabres

Hey - I pulled your text regarding the start to the Sabres season. [2] They're still 2 wins short of matching the best start in team history.

However, the Sabres have equaled a club high with 11 straight regular season games dating back to the end last year if you want to add that. (Buffalo's last regular season loss was April 7, 2006 against Philadelphia.) Also don't forget to check your work, Sabres requires a capital "S". Thanks. Yankees76 21:12, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Huh? I never said that it was record (give it two days I think it will be), but I just added a single line indicating how the new season was going. As for the two season no-playoff record, I really don't see how that statistic is useful so I won't be the one adding it in. This isn't about records, this is about the 2006-2007 season. --T-rex 07:12, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

With all due respect, with the win tonight, 12 straight regular season wins is a new team record - just slightly more "useful" than posting about a "quick start" to the season. At least ESPN think so.[3]. Thanks for reverting your error back though, I'll do the edit - and fix your mistake. Yankees76 03:39, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Your recent contribution to the Wikipedia article Buffalo Sabres is very much appreciated. However, please take a moment to look over your contributions for spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors before submitting them in final. This will help lessen the amount of copy-editing work that fellow Wikipedians need to do, and will help improve the overall appearance of Wikipedia. This is not meant to be a disciplinary message, but merely a friendly request. Thank you!

Yankees76 03:42, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

First of all my spelling sucks, and as cool as the preview button is, I don't think thats going to help smarten up my brain cells any. Also, you might want to rething your current way of phrasing that article, as on first glance it seems to indicate that they have won 12 straight this season, (which we both know hasn't happend), thanks --T-rex 03:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

I know, it's just that in my first message to you I politely asked to you remember to put the "S" on Sabres in caps. Then you not only revert my edit, but you make the same mistake again. Not cool. I'm still working on the edits - bear with me. Yankees76 04:03, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Wait, I didn't even spell anything wrong? It's just a capitalizatin error? Well thats a first so I'll give myself a pat on the back --T-rex 07:12, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Muchas gracias

Hey T-rex, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, —Khoikhoi 04:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA!

T-rex, thank you for participating in my RfA. I passed with a vote tally of 61/0/1. I am honored that the consensus was to allow me the added privilege of the admin mop. Though I know my length of time prevented a support vote, I hope I am able to be a good admin regardless. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I make some mistakes! --plange 15:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Good, job! with no opposes at all you must be doing something right --T-rex 16:00, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Please accept my thanks for your support in my successful RfA, which I was gratified to learn passed without opposition on October 25, 2006. I am looking forward to serving as an administrator and hope that I prove worthy of your trust. With my best wishes, --MCB 01:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for supporting my RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA that I have passed with 73/2/1.--Jusjih 09:18, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greetings

Thank you for your recent contributions to one of Wikipedia's Uruguay-related articles. Given the interest you've expressed by your edits, have you considered joining the Uruguay WikiProject? It's a group dedicated to improving the overall quality of all Uruguay-related articles.

If you have any questions, see the help pages, ask at the Uruguay project talk page, or feel free to ask me on my talk page. Wesborland 20:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not really much of an expert on Uruguay, (although I do think they have a really sweet flag), so I doubt that I'd join. I'm not quite sure what recent contribution you are refering to, but I hope they were a help to your wiki-project --T-rex 22:14, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Inappropriate Interference with a Wikiproject

May I ask why you removed the Wikiproject Indonesia collaboration notice from the Java page? Normally, such an action from an editor who has had nothing to do with it would be insignificant and just reverted, however, it is particularly inappropriate given not just your opposition to it being the first/prime meaning, but also given the nature of your comments (somewhat sarcastic, and mocking, almost uncivil even?) on the discussion page. I suggest it is not done in error, but more out of spite. It's nomination for this fornight is not unusual, in recent weeks we have had Suharto, Indonesia, and only last week Bali - like Java, each of these is of the highest significance to Indonesia. Is this a fair assessment? On the other hand, any constructive contributions from anyone are always most welcome ;) regards --Merbabu 03:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Inappropriate? This is just standard policy. I didn't mention this at all on the talk page (apparentlly I needed to). I understand collaberations of the week, and despite not participating in many myself, think that they are great projects. As for the actuall edit, it comes down to wikipedia's policy of not having maintaince notices on the main article page, but leaving them on the talk page instead (more of the editors arena then the readers, if you will). In fact, just for you I've found a disussion on this specific to collabarations even. Just because we disagree on a trivial page move, doesn't mean that I'm trying to implode the project --T-rex 05:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments. Although i still disagree with you, you do approach the issue with more reason than I initially expected - my apologies. The discussion you link to is hardly conclusive, and given that it is not a permanent label I am still inclined to think that it should there for the brief period (another 8 days). We have used this method on a number of collabs now and to my (good) knowledge, you are the first to object. regards --Merbabu 07:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

PS, i have just been shown a list of the collabs here [4]. Almost all have the tag on the front page. --Merbabu 09:42, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I admit, the discussion was a bit inconclusive, but I could swear to you this was official policy at one time or the other. I actually was looking for a policy page to point you to but I couldn't find it. Around June/July a bunch of these polcies were all merged and or moved to WikiMedia, and I'm starting to think this one may have gotten lost in the mix as well. From looking at the list of collabs of the week it looks as if around half of them use the template, so I guess I'll drop the issue (still think it's ugly and unprofessional though), I'm tempted to write up a policy proposal against them, but such minor policies have a tendency to never gain support... --T-rex 15:30, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

I've posted a formal request to this extent on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Indonesia/Collaboration, lets see if anything comes of this --T-rex 22:58, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Small favor

Hey T-rex, I was wondering of you could help me out with getting votes for expanding an article I started a while back. My old US Australia relations article is currently being considered for expansion by the Wikipedia:Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight. To vote, go here and scroll to the bottom.

Thanks man! Sharkface217 05:05, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Your article looks a bit stubish, so I would actually imagine that it isn't the best one to choose, although of course I'm not really sure. For the record, this request is the third straight on this talk page asking for help on a national wikiproject I know only a little about. Nothing wrong with all of wikipedia assuming that I am really smart, but the question is why? --T-rex 07:20, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA discussion! I appreciate you contributing your voice to the debate and its outcome. I hope how I wield the mop makes you proud. Thanks!

— Saxifrage

[edit] Assumptions

Decided to take the time to post here as well, you're probably not watching the talk page for some random ip. My edit was not intended as a test and was a valid edit for a minor error. If you'd bother to review the edit and my edit note you might have noticed that. 24.50.118.245 02:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I'll reply here as I'm not sure if your ip will change. The fact is the team name is the Buffalo Sabres not the Buffalo Swords I'm not sure how your edit would be considered to be a spelling fix --T-rex 02:24, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Once again, if you would have paid attention, you would have seen that I changed it /to/ Sabres /from/ Swords 24.50.118.245 02:32, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that. Apparently I read the page dif wrong. My appologies. --T-rex 02:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Hi T-rex, I am very thankful to you for supporting and comments on my succesful RfA. Shyam ^(T/C) 06:45, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hello T-rex. I wanted to thank you with flowers (well, flower) for taking the time to participate in my RfA, which was successful. I'm very grateful for your support and kind words. I assure you I'll continue to serve the project to the very best of my ability and strive to use the admin tools in a wise and fair manner. Please do let me know if I can be of assistance and especially if you spot me making an error in future. Many thanks once again. Yours, Rockpocket 07:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks!

My RfA done I hope to wield my mop well (Her name is Vera) I appreciate The support you have shown me (I hope I don't suck) Anyway, I just wanted to drop you a line (damn, haikus are hard)

EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:04, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Hi T-rex, and thanks very much for your support during my recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 64/0/0. I am grateful for the overwhelming support I received from the community, and hope I will continue to earn your trust as a expand my participation on Wikipedia. It goes without saying that if you ever need anything and I can help, please let me know. Wait, I guess it does go with saying. ; ) --cholmes75 (chit chat) 15:27, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA Thanks

		Mike's RfA Thanks
		T-rex: Thanks very much for your support at my RfA. Unfortunately, it was clear that no consensus was going to be reached, and I have withdrawn the request at a final tally of 31/17/4. Regardless, I really appreciate your confidence in me. Despite the failure, rest assured that I will continue to edit Wikipedia as before. If all goes well, I think that I will re-apply in January or February. - Mike | Talk 04:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dalbury's RfA

My RfA passed with a tally of 71/1/0. Thank you very much for your support. I hope that my performance as an admin will not disappoint you. Please let me know if you see me doing anything inappropriate. -- Donald Albury 02:37, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shiny new buttons

Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired special powers, and there's even a feature to roll back time. With such awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to tread lightly to avoid causing irreversible damage and getting into any wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be of use. ~ trialsanderrors 05:57, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

[edit] STOP VANDALIZING the List of keytar players page

Sir, you have -0- right to eliminate one of the players from that page because they are a "Red Link". Fact is the player in question is a 1.VERY well known keytarist 2. An Wikipedia admin has already committed to scribing an article. Your childish ploy of locking out a future article being scribed has not gone unnoticed and you well be dealt with accordingly. Again stop your childish behavior! A copy of this thread will also be sent directly to Jimmy Wales.

In order to eliminate self promotion and to create verifablity most lists on wikipedia to not accept red links. Your pet page has already been deleted multiple times independent of me, and you are now setting yourself up to be blocked as well. Go ahead and tell Jimbo, perhaps he will make me and admin so I can block you quicker next time. --T-rex 18:06, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support!

A week ago I nominated myself, hoping to be able to help Wikipedia as an administrator as much as a WikiGnome. I am very glad many others shared my thoughts, including you. Thank you for your trust! Be sure I will use these tools to protect and prevent and not to harass or punish. Should you feel I am overreacting, pat me so that I can correct myself. Thanks again! ReyBrujo 21:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] nn Schools

I came across your prod of Evans Elementary School. I have no strong feelings one way or the other on WP:SCHOOL in general or this page in particular. I did a little digging, and it appears that the creator of the article (User:Wakemp) created a number of others that aren't any better and haven't had any edits since they left Wikipedia in September. I thought that since you prodded the one, you might want to work through the Special:Contributions/Wakemp page and prod the rest. ~ BigrTex 04:08, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm usally pretty ok with school's myself, but that article lacked anything besides an address. I think I'll wait to see if anyone removes the prod before looking through the rest, alhough I should probably drop a note to the author if I do that. Actually on second look it appears that there have been some pretty nasty arguments over some of these, I think I'll play it safe at first. Thanks for the info though... --T-rex 04:29, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

It got de-proded (although with a suggestion to merge rather then a reason to keep). I might list another one on the list, but it looks as if the prods won't go through, and I don't want to take the time to either merge or AfD them all --T-rex 19:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] dongducheon

Hi - I noticed that you removed a link to the Galbijim Wiki page on Dongducheon a few days ago - was this done automatically by the bot you run? I hope it hasn't been running around removing links willy-nilly as I doubt I could keep up considering the number of town articles. Mithridates 17:24, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh no, I just noticed that you have removed the links to each and every one of them. You are aware that our wiki uses the same license and has much more detail on Korea-related topics than the pages here? Please restore them. Thanks. Mithridates 17:28, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

No this wasn't done by a bot. I noticed the links when I was fixing the templates on all of those pages, and figured I may as well remove the links as well, seeing as I already was editing all of those pages. This has nothing to do with GFDL license issues but that your site is simply a wikipedia mirror and as such there is no need to link to it. Please see WP:EL for more details --T-rex 17:42, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

The site is most certainly not a Wikipedia mirror. All the links you removed were pages created by our users, and are much more detailed than the pages you find here on Wikipedia. Dongducheon, Gunpo and Icheon are three of numerous examples where you have removed a link to a page much more detailed than the one here. The only time links are added are when the Galbijim Wiki page is much more detailed than the ones here, and when we use content straight from Wikipedia we have a template indicating the source and do not link from the Wikipedia page. Please restore the links you have removed and be more careful in the future. Mithridates 17:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Please do not spam your site all over wikipedia in the future. As you seem unable to click the link yourself let me reitterate something from WP:EL Except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article or is an official page of the subject of the article, one should avoid any site that does not provide a unique resource beyond what the article would contain once it becomes a Featured article. One should avoid Links that are added to promote a site. One should avoid Links to wikis. Your site fails on all three counts. Regardless if the page is actually a "mirror" or a "fork" these pages are mostly just content from wikipedia with a few images thrown in. --T-rex 18:12, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Missed the first sentence? - Except for a link to a page that is the subject of the article - which is exactly what they are. You are still stuck on your unfounded assertion that the site is a Wikipedia mirror, which it is not, and you have left a large number of stub articles on small towns with little to no English information where they could have used information from the Galbijim Wiki. A large amount of the info on towns was created by myself over an entire month, translated directly from Korean sites, and some users here have even taken our pages, copied them verbatim on Wikipedia to make new articles and have claimed them as their own. See this page compared to this one - the article was created by me in November and copied onto Wikipedia the next year. This is but one example of many. Now once more, please restore the links or I will be forced to bring the matter up elsewhere. Mithridates 18:28, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

The page is not the subject of the article, that means like Google should have a link to google.com Regardless to if your site is a mirror or not it still qualfies for half of the list of things not to link to. I'd be carefull about bringing this up elsewhere as I think that you'll just end up getting yourself blocked --T-rex 19:44, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

As you wish. I'm disappointed you have decided to assume such bad faith, but having no alternative have first brought the matter up here. You can continue to make your case there as you see fit. Mithridates 00:14, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Korea? This isn't really as much about the content of the articles but of the appropriatness of the links. WP:EL or WikiProject Spam would probably be more appropriate. Here is another idea though. You said that your site is GFDL licenssed, as such I see no reason why you couldn't just transfer any important information of off your site and onto the appropriate wikipedia page. This would have the duel benifits of both improving wikipedia and removing any remote need for the links --T-rex 01:14, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

A lot of the information on our wiki isn't appropriate for here - hours of operation of shops, how to get from A to B, Korean language tips etc. Think of the wiki as the Wookiepedia of Korea-related content. Some crossovers occur but in general we allow much more detail than you would find here. I'll consider taking the subject up at WP:EL in a day or so if the Korean-related users don't give their opinion. Mithridates 05:21, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

So you make a template to better spam your site? Your links to your site still are in violation of our WP:EL policy. I don't want this to get ugly, but this is about what is best for wikipedia, not your fork of the site --T-rex 23:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I've left a note about this with WikiProject Spam, we'll see where it goes --T-rex 21:14, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DinoBot

Your bot is changing articles with HTML like <i>italics</i> to ''italics''. Which is usually fine, but in articles with "<i>Shipname</i>'s" twice in a paragraph, it changes "Shipname's [stuff stuff stuff] Shipname's [stuff]" into "Shipnames [stuff stuff stuff] Shipnames [stuff]", as the triple apostrophes get treated as bold markup. See, e.g. [5] [6] [7]. You've got to replace the third apostrophe with a single-close-quote "’" or with "<nowiki>'</nowiki>".

Yikes! I think the bot changed around 20 of those. I'll go revert them, and I'll try to see if I can get the bot to just skip any pages that have the ship infoboxes or something to try and avoid this from happening in the future. Thanks for the heads up. --T-rex 03:16, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I think I just fixed all the ones where the problem occurred. :-)

Can you set your bot to look for "<i>Ship name</i>'s" first, and change it to "''Ship name''’s", and then go through again, changing "<i>what ever</i>" to "''what ever''"?

—wwoods 03:31, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I think I've fixed them all. Do you know if the {{ship table header 02}} template is included in all of these? If so it should be easy enough to put that in as an exception to the pages that the bot fixes. --T-rex 03:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

(now after seeing your note) I should be able to do that on second thought that won't quite work, because if someone has '''<i>something</i>''' then it wouldn't read this as bold and italic, but as something else. I may be able to do it if I include the "s" as part of the string though that complicates things. However I don't have much to do tomorrow so I think I may give it a try --T-rex 03:41, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I think I've fixed it. Everything looks right but if you open the page to edit, it still looks like it did before. As such the odds are these may be messed up again, but it is just as easy to re run the bot --T-rex 21:40, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

I ran the bot and it turned out to be rather hit and miss. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't so I cut the run short. Don't know what quite is going wrong, as I didn't see anything different with the ones that didn't work but I'll hope the bot just dosen't pick these up often. --T-rex 01:28, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

I would like to express my appreciation of the time you spent considering my successful RfA. Thankyou Gnangarra 12:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

OK, thank you. Comments and clarification noted.--Anthony.bradbury 01:22, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

no problem --T-rex 19:48, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support at RFA

I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me, and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. Cheers! -- nae'blis 21:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The List

The above is a now deleted template to cronicle the crazy life of the GNAA on wikipedia, that I asked tawker to drop off for me as it is (for now at least) finally deleted --T-rex 04:20, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Oh, the humanity! I had my doubts about a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the way it caught fire and inexorably drifted to the ground in flames, causing quite a stir on its way down. Still, it was encouraging to see the level of support and confidence. Thank you for yours, and I hope I'll still have it the next time around. Kafziel Talk 13:24, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Extra RFA question

Hi. Thank you for asking the additional RFA question regarding my nomination. Just to let you know that I have answered your question and others asked by other users. Thank you for taking such an interest in my nomination. Wikiwoohoo 15:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for takeing the time to do that --T-rex 16:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal Information

[8] This was unnecessary, I think you should keep in mind that privacy is an important aspect of Wikipedia. Yanksox 20:51, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Having a false sence of privacy is an even bigger mistake. You will notice that I neither revealed his former username nor how to find it in that message. Also in seeing the potential privacy issue that this could be, I weant out of my way to remind him that the question was optional. Actually in terms of privacy I really don't know anything about him besides a second username, I know nothing about his real name or where he lives or what computer he is useing or anything. That said I'll leave the comment to what you left it as. --T-rex 22:05, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

The real issue is asking what exactly you are desiring to get out of this question. It's fairly apparent in the statement that MrDarcy made, that it had to do with his privacy. I'm really befuddled by why you are asking the question, and what you seek to accomplish. Yanksox 01:43, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

I wanted to know the reason that he wanted a username change. I see nothing about the former username that would cause a privacy issue, especially when comapared to his current username. Changing a username seemed a bit odd and out of place in this instance, note that I'm not asking for personal information, but a reson to why he felt a username change was needed --T-rex 03:35, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

T-rex, you are perplexing me. MrDarcy (which is a charcter from Pride and Prejudice), has a statement that expresses the fact that he changed his name due to concerns about his privacy. What more could this be? I understand you have concerns, but the level that you seem so dedicated to chase it down is worrying. I hope I am wrong. Yanksox 04:26, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

First of all don't be worried. I havn't looked into this any further then the same quick check I give to all AfD cannidates. As for pride and prejudice I actually have read that, but it was a few years ago and I don't remember it really being any good. I don't feel as if I've been pushing this that hard, all I did was ask an optional question, he doesn't have to address it any further if he doesn't want to. He appears to have taken a half week break in the middle of his RfA, but lets see --T-rex 04:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Note: Apparentlly he posted a responce to my question seconds after my post here yesterday --T-rex 14:00, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Just a short note to say thank you for participating in my RfA. My nomination succeeded. You are correct that I use popups to do my vandalism reverts. I hope my future activities on Wikipedia will change your opinion of me. Thanks again for your input. =) -- Gogo Dodo 04:23, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Change you opinion of you? Now why would you want me to do that? I already think highly of you as it is... but if you want it to change I guess that can be done --T-rex 04:52, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Ah, my mistake. Let me rephrase that... I hope that my future activities on Wikipedia will continue your good opinion of me. -- Gogo Dodo 21:20, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Switchfoot

Why the hell did you revert my changes on the 'Switchfoot' page? I made it look a lot better... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cubfan789 (talk • contribs) 00:29, 5 December 2006 (UTC).

Removing info and changing formating that has been there forever, made no sense so I reverted. If there to add to the page go for it, but pointless reformating makes no sence --T-rex 02:14, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

I didn't remove any info.....I just organized it. It looked alot better how I had it.

[edit] Numerical standards?

That's not at all what I'm doing: I don't want you to have namespace-editcount "standards" of any sort. However, if you're going to oppose people with about four image edits, and support those with about forty such, you might want to put a bit more effort into justifying same, lest it seem wholly arbitrary. Alai 02:34, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Even if I did have numerical standards I don't think anyone would expect them to be less then four. Additionally there is no problem with it being wholly arbitrary, it isn't, but there is no reason why it couldn't be. --T-rex 02:46, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christian metal

T-rex, I reverted your edit to Christian metal. I'm assuming your revert to a month-old copy of the article was accidental. Jpers36 19:52, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Yea that's not at all what I meant to do, not sure what I clicked there. I was simply trying to remove tooth and nail as their metal sub label solid state was already listed --T-rex 20:13, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk:Buffalo Sabres

I've made same edits to other NHL team pages (that didn't have them). Got a feeling though, anon-user 'Darthflyer' will revert it (on the Flyers page, without discussion). 'Darthflyer' never post's on his IP adress talk page (therefore, can't contact him/her). Even more stressful, 'Dartflyer's preferred list is an exact copy (copyright violation?) off the Philadelphia Flyers official website. GoodDay 20:28, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Well Darthflyer doesn't look to be an ip, but he doesn't seem to be talking most anywhere either, he appears to be mostly a philly fan so he will probably leave the Sabres page alone. A list of this style doesn't actually have much of a copyright on it, so that shouldn't be an issue, but I don't see why your changes should need to be reverted --T-rex 21:57, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Philadelphia Flyers

(Continued from Buffalo Sabres discussion). As for the Philadelphia Flyers page; I hope you're right (about DF's revertings). In the past 'Darthflyer' usually reverted my edits. He is indeed a Flyers fan. Sometimes though, I get unconfortable with his ('Darthflyers' way) attitude on that page. GoodDay 23:16, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, it happend 'Darthflyer' reverted the list (back to 'by season'), an exact copy of the Flyers official website. GoodDay 20:03, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Ruben RfA

T-rex, thank you for your support in my RfA which passed on 13th December 2006 with a tally of 49/10/5. I am delighted by the result and a little daunted by the scope of additional responsibilities; I appreciate your comments re lack of experience in some aspects and I shall be cautious in my use of the new tools. I am well aware that becoming an Admin is not just about a successful nomination, but a continuing process of gaining further experience; for this I shall welcome your feedback. Again, many thanks for supporting my RfA, feel free to contact me if you need any assistance. :-) David Ruben 04:21, 16 December 2006 (UTC)