User:Anthony cfc/Archive/16

[edit] Archive

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[edit] User talk:82.45.40.51

Of course. I'll wander on back in a few minutes and delete it again, once their attention span has gone past. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem. I added {{sprotected}} to it in the meanwhile. anthonycfc ^[talk] 22:11, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CFD 06/03/07 - Category:ASEAN

Re your strikethrough of User:132.205.44.134's vote. I'm afraid that you are mistaken, anonymous votes are permitted, although they (as indeed can 'logged-in' votes) may be discounted by the closing admin if circumstances dictate. cf. WP:CFD#Users without accounts and users with new accounts. I have reinstated the comment.

Xdamr^talk 23:54, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem; I'll bear that in mind - I'm not actually sure why I thought that :) anyway, thanks for bringing it to my attention. anthonycfc ^[talk] 07:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Antisemitic canards

When you close a CfD discussion as keep or no consensus, you have to remove the substed template from the category. Otherwise it leaves a mess for others to find and cleanup. Thanks. Vegaswikian 00:58, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Good morning; I'm not entirely sure what you mean by remove the subst't template - would you mind showing me? This is rather new too me, and I'd like to make sure I'm not leaving a trail of destruction behind :) anthonycfc ^[talk] 07:37, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Fox Broadcasting Company personalities

When you close a CfD as delete, it should be listed on Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Working for the bots to do the cleanup or so someone else can do the work knowing the result. Vegaswikian 01:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Good morning; I did initially try that, but found the page extremely confusing to use. Did my merge and re-categorisation with AWB, then request for speedy-deletion of the article not work? anthonycfc ^[talk] 07:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CFD

Anthony, you can see the steps in this series of diffs.

1. A keep or no consensus close.
   1. Close CFD like this. Note that the "cfd top" goes just below the section title rather than above it.
   2. For each nominated category, remove the CFD stuff from the category page.
   3. For each nominated category, add a cfdend tag to the category talk page, looks like this. The cfdend template is a bit of a nightmare. {{cfdend[|the name of the section at CFD only if it isn't the same as the category name]|date=2007 Never 12[|result=no consensus/merge this isn't needed for keep as that's the default]}}.
2. A delete close where you don't empty the category yourself.
   1. Close CFD as previous.
   2. Add the entry to WP:CFD/W in the "Empty then delete" section like this.
3. A delete close where you do empty the category yourself or where it is already empty.
   1. Close CFD as previous.
   2. Empty the category
   3. Add the entry to WP:CFD/W in the "Ready for deletion" section like this.

Merge is just same as delete, only it goes in the Merge/Rename section like this. When/if empty, it goes in the Ready to delete section. If you have a look through my recent edits to CFD/W, categories and category talk, there should be examples of every sort of close in there. Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:38, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Either/Or GA Nom

Hi Anthony. Got the suggestions for improvement regarding the Either/Or GA Nom. As per your suggestions regarding, well-referenced and images; I have added references to the opening paragraph and I have aligned the tables and images together in a nested table. I'd appreciate a re-evaluation of the GA nomination and any suggestions to further improve. Thank you for your review! Poor Yorick 13:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BLEU GA Nom

Hi, could you be more specific in your complaint about the "Jargon" quality of the article? I'm not sure what kind of image would be included, but I'll think about it. Any suggestions would be welcome. - Francis Tyers · 16:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your GA template

Apart from the width issue, which I tried to fix (revert me if you don't like others to edit your userspace), you probably don't want Talk:InterCityExpress to claim that you rated it on April 9, but on March 11. An easy way to make your template do that would be to subst the {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} and {{CURRENTDAY}} magic words. Happy editing, Kusma (talk) 17:32, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey; I'll have a look at the GA Template, but I always AGF so thanks very much in advance! I was sure that I subst'd the template, but if I never, my apologies - I'll be sure to do so in future!

Thanks a lot for your advice and edits!

Kind regards,
anthonycfc ^[talk] 17:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Red links

Hi, Anthony! I would like to ask you to please never remove the red links from disambiguation pages as you did here. First, there is nothing wrong with a disambiguation page having red links, as long as those links lead to valid encyclopedic topics, articles on which should (and will) be created eventually (see WP:MOSDAB#Redlinks for details). Second, these red links produce backlink references (example), which are an extremely useful tool and are vital in setting disambiguation schemes for ambiguous names. Thank you for understanding!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 18:10, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Good evening! Thanks for the heads up; I did have a nasty habit of doing that a while ago :) I've since learned my lesson from the community, and I am striving to adapt all advice given to me in my edits. I'll be sure to do the same for yours!

Kind regards,
anthonycfc ^[talk] 18:24, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the response! Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 19:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My Userpage

Hey Anthony! I was just wondering if you could do a revamp of my userpage and talk page? They just look a bit messy and I would like a simpler design (without loads of gaps) that looks more professional! If you haven't got time I fully understand, cheers Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 18:30, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Just as a followup to that, I'd like to keep all the content on my userpage, and maybe put the {{admin}} userbox on it (but thats the only userbox I want!) Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 18:32, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd love too! I'll draw something up in my sandbox, hopefully within the hour. Are you looking for a sort of minimalist look (such as mine and Arjun's) something elaborate (such as The Transhumanist's) or do you have something else in mind?

Regards,
anthonycfc ^[talk] 18:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Either, or! They both look good to me! Theres not loads of text, but at the minute, theres a lot of space. To be honest - its entirely upto you, because anything will be better than it is at the minute! Would quite like the log of my blocks, deletions like Arjun's if possible. Thanks so much for this, its really appreciated Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 18:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay then; I've got something in mind, I'll whip it up soon. Arjun's is basically a template of my userpage - except he uses the {{admin}} template, as oppose to {{user6}}. However, I've got something more graphical in mind... anthonycfc ^[talk] 20:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm getting excited now :) Let your imagination run wild. By all means take as long as you want with it as well Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 20:58, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BabyDweezil

Your WP:ADOPT summary states that you help out in dispute resolution. If you're ready for a challenging assignment you may want to touch base with BabyDweezil. This editor requested adoption several days ago but has not yet gotten a mentor and is restricted from posting direct solicitations to adopters' user pages due to a community ban. BabyDweezil has appealed the ban to ArbCom at WP:RFAR#Request_to_review_indefinite_block_of_User:BabyDweezil and at this time the Committee is 6-3 in favor of hearing the case.

I supported the community ban, noted that BabyDweezil raises some legitimate issues in the appeal request, and recommended that this editor seek a mentor. Now I am posting to several mentors who specialize in dispute resolution and are willing to take on adoptees in the hope that one of you can help this user. Regards, Durova^Charge! 02:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Good afternoon (GMT time); thank you for contacting me. Regretfully, I will have to decline the oppurtunity at this time. I currently have four charges, as well as numerous other responsibilities, and I'm a bit overloaded off-Wiki at the moment. I prefer to devote a lot of time to my adoptees, and taking on another isn't really an option under my present circumstances. If the Adopters summary misleaded you into my status being accepting, please accept my apologies for not updating it. I am always available for informal assistance or advice via my talk page or via email at any time, and the user is more than welcome to contact me at any time.

Kindest regards,
anthonycfc ^[talk] 14:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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