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Contents 1 Barnstar 2 Wangi/RFA 3 Responded 4 Width 5 Kpjas' RFA 6 Wikipedia:Editor review/Ifnord 7 speedy criteria 8 User page 9 Hi 10 RE: My RfA 11 DRM redux 12 Deville's RfA 13 GIen's RfA: Thank you! 14 RFA thanks 15 Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award 16 WP:RfA/Consumed Crustacean 17 Editor review 18 Teke's RfA thanks 19 Unlucky... 20 Re:My RfA 21 Hang in there 22 Sorry 23 RfA thanks 24 Username change 25 Welcome 26 Welcome to Wikipedia! 27 Howdy 28 Long-Overdue RfA Thanks from Alphachimp 29 Editor review statistics request 30 User Blake911 and Good Faith 31 JPD's RfA 32 Redirect 33 Edit Summaries 34 Editor review 35 Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award 36 Thanks 37 Polls:

Barnstar

		The CVG Barnstar
		For your amazing contributions to CVG articles! Keep up the good work, jaco♫plane 21:41, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Wangi/RFA

Thanks for your support on my RfA. Give me shout if I can be of help. Thanks/wangi 00:16, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Responded

I responded to your query that you placed on my talk page. My response can be found here. Feel free to post any further comments on my talk page, and I'll respond to you as soon as possible. Cya round! Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 04:10, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Width

I managed to get your userpage to work when viewed in Firefox. I'm unsure how the others work, though. Daniel.Bryant 11:15, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

I reverted my edits, cos I'm not 100% sure how they'll work. See here. By the way, lets continue this conversation here - I've watched the page. Daniel.Bryant 11:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

This works on FireFox under OS X, and Camino - that's a damn good start. If you could test this under IE (I only have version 5.5 for the Mac, which is... less than ideal), that'd be a bonus. Safari and other WebKit browsers still render this page poorly (aside from displaying too-large bars when sections are hidden on the page, the left table doesn't maintain a proper width), but that's fine: I'll make an alternate page for them. Thanks very, very much for your help! RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 11:39, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

IE 6.0 doesn't like it :( - maybe just add it to the list of browsers which should view the alternative templates. Daniel.Bryant 07:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, I've updated it again, and I think I've fixed the problem. Aside from reducing the "busy-ness" of the page, I've inlined the text that was presented with the two barnstars - this should mean that the page will appear nicely up to resolutions of around 1280x1024 (the highest I have here is a dual 1024x768 setup, and it looks fine when I stretch it beyond the limits of my main screen). I've also fixed the border appearance under IE, Safari and OmniWeb (I think), leaving just the weird rendering errors under WebKit-based browsers to fix... and honestly, I'm too busy right now. What thinks you of its current state? RandyWang (^chat/_patch) 12:42, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Kpjas' RFA

Hi Randy!

On Kpjas' RFA, you have voted neutral based on his apparent lack of experience, ("I'm torn on this one, with your excellent long-term service on one hand but apparently limited contributions in important areas on the other. Sorry"). In fact, Kpjas is already an admin on the Polish Wikipedia, and has 37,000 edits there, including 2,600 to WP space over there. You have voted neutral based on inexperience, but these facts clearly indicate plenty of experience in the required areas. Randy, you want an experienced editor for admin. Kpjas is clearly experienced. Without badgering you, I urge you to reconsider your vote in this particular RfA. Happy editing! :)--Firsfron of Ronchester 01:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Randy,

Thanks for your note on Kpjas' RfA page. Whatever you decide, I appreciate that you will take a moment to review the facts in this RFA. Best wishes and good luck with your school debate! :) Firsfron of Ronchester 10:04, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the note, I'd never have noticed that he was an admin elsewhere if you hadn't pointed it out. I'll vote in a tick (I just got home), when I've made some tea. Unfortunately, it wasn't my debate, but one of a team of Year 7s that I happen to coach. Fortunately, they won (obviously because of my hard work ;) ). Woo. RandyWang (^chat/_patch) 10:08, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Randy,

I saw your change of vote on the RfA. Thanks for taking the time to reconsider your vote. Happy tea. :) Best, Firsfron of Ronchester 10:37, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for being awesome yourself. Not everyone will reconsider an RfA vote, as if RfA opinions are something set in stone, and can never be changed. Thanks for your flexibility. --Firsfron of Ronchester 10:58, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Editor review/Ifnord

Thank-you for your review, helpful and kind. I appreciate it. Ifnord 04:43, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

speedy criteria

Are you aware that admins can delete articles directly using the CSD criteria, without ever placing a tag/waiting for it to show up in CAT:CSD? Policy and precedent support this behavior, which may be one reason people are having reservations over giving you your own 'delete' button. By the way, if you don't pass this time, I'm sure you'll do fine in a few months. Good luck. -- nae'blis 16:43, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

How are you holding up? — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 00:14, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

It may have been a whole-hearted support, but Crzrussian is generally pretty enthusiastic in his supports, so I feel that some fair concerns may have been raised. Oh well, most people seem to think that you would do well with a few more months under your belt, so I wouldn't worry excessively. Chin up, matie :) Uni is horrendous, in fact I should probably go off now to study for a Maths test tomorrow Aren't you looking forward to it next year? :) Well, I'm glad you're doing well. By the way, is that your old pal Xino way up there? (User:DA MAN) Bah, if you need some muscle power, you know where to find me ;) Later! — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 09:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, that's so nice of her! Um, you can if you want to... but have you seen some of the other pages? Like... wow! Mine's just pretty colours. I'd be pretty embarrassed if I was up for something like that, I think. So... errr... hehe, I'm trying to politely decline. Plus, not to sound like a cynic, but I feel it's nigh impossible to win something like that if you're not in 'the clique'. I'm sure you know what I mean. But thanks for the thought :) And Lex gets a cookie. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 05:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Ack! You went and did it anyway! :p Ah well, there's not a snowball's chance in hell, but thanks heaps for the thought :) — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 09:09, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, in the very distant future :p So you saw The Tempest, eh? That musta been amazing. The Boy From Oz is in Adelaide, so we're going to see it on Sunday night – that should be pretty exciting. Hopefully exciting enough to improve the article on it I've signed my soul away to Wikipedia... oh dear. I'm off to have an argument with my printer, I'll be back when we've sorted our problems out. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 09:55, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

It refuses to do anything but flash lights at me angrily. We're watching each other right now... wind whistling in our ears... tumbleweed rolling across our path... all because I didn't feed it paper quick enough. What's a girl gotta do to keep everyone happy? :( — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 10:25, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

... man, that was kinda terrifying. Too many exclamation marks... I think my eyes just crossed over... — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 10:38, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Hahaha! (sorry about the late reply, by the way, I was busy). — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 11:35, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

User page

Hey; regarding [1], just letting you know for accuracy that you dropped the reference from your user page a couple of days ago in your rewrite. Just a slip. ~ PseudoSudo 22:56, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, damn. Thanks for this, I've noted it at the RfA. :) RandyWang (^chat/_patch) 00:07, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi

YO DAVID WAS UP!

How's it going DAVE!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DA MAN (talk • contribs).

So it IS one of the guys you teach at school? Or just happened to call him? :P Anyway, okay. But since they are so incredibly similar, I'm keeping him on the same short leash. Maybe not needed, since he hasn't edited since. --Golbez 16:42, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

RE: My RfA

Sure thing! I just responded on your RfA page. Also, I wouldn't lose hope yet as RfA's remain open for a week and yours has only been active for about 24 hours; plus, you seem to have a lot of support from the community so far. My opposition is firm, but if the community continues their support, then I'm sure they will have made the right decision. Cheers and good luck! hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 10:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I ought to apologize for the excessive amount of suffering you've endured in your RfA with me and hoopydink snooping around and stirring up arguments. Well, mostly hoopydink - you have struck the Irish nerve... :) Anyway, I wanted you to know, I think you're a great user, and the concerns, though serious enough to preclude supporting you at this time, are certainly rectifiable and, from my knowledge of you, I expect them to be rectified. Do NPP right for a couple of months and you will have my enthusiastic support. I am offering you the same thing I did with Yanksox for a month before his adminship: discussing interesting cases from Special:Newspages and CAT:CSD in gmail chat in real time, if/when we're both online (which could be a problem, since you're in Australia). - CrazyRussian talk/email 12:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

DRM redux

RW, I can't agree with your edit summary in your recent edit at DRM. The dispute is not, aso far as I can see, settled, but rather in abeyance for fear of an edit war. So your comment that "we've been here before", implying that it's been settled is not accurate. This article is not bad, if disorganized and not up to some ideal standard of presentation. Butwith Vista containing a bunch of DRM, it's about to become a major issue -- much more htan it has been, and it's hardly been small potatoes thus far.

So, to the extent you're the neutral cleanup taskforce agent here, you should, in my view, walk that fine line between the three sides of 1) DRMs just fine and is fully justified 2) DRM is never justified as it fails to recognize logn-standing and not repealed user rights (copies for archival purposes or on other media, for instance) 3) both sides should be equally mentioned to avoid taking any 4) the construal of the term should be, at least most prominently, left to those who claim to have invented it (more or less on the grounds that it's theirs to construe as they wish -- a kind of ownership position as it were). How you can do so is less clear to me, but this edit summary does not contribute well to such an end.

On another subject, have you finished the books I suggested? Want more? ww 06:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Deville's RfA

Hello, Randy, and thank you for the strong support on my recent RfA. The final tally was 72/1/0, and I have now been entrusted with the mop. I'll be tentative with the new buttons for a while, and certainly welcome any and all feedback on how I might be able to use them to help the project. All the best, and thanks again! — Deville (Talk) 02:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

GIen's RfA: Thank you!

RandyWang for your Support! II feel truly humbled & honored by your support in my RfA, which closed at 90 / 5 / 0. Thank you! If you need me for anything, just say the word. For now however, just like Mr Potter here: My mop & I shall thwart all evil :) IThank you once again my friend. GIen

PS: YES YOU'RE RIGHT HARRY POTTER USES A BROOM! (BUT GOOD MOPS ARE HARD TO FIND!!)

RFA thanks

Thanks so much for your support on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (64/3/3). I will be stepping lightly at first trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! NawlinWiki 11:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC) talk contribs

Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award

WP:RfA/Consumed Crustacean

Thanks for the supporting vote, as well as the kind words. It was a success. :) -- Consumed Crustacean | Talk | 04:16, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Editor review

I've added my comment, have a look now! Most of my article writing is adding obscure facts to articles etc... --TheM62Manchester 10:45, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

See the editor review, I've asked a new question! --TheM62Manchester 10:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Teke's RfA thanks

Thank you for your support of my RfA, which has passed with a final tally of 76/1/1. With this overwhelming show of support and approval I am honored to serve Wikipedia in the task charged to me and as outlined in my nomination. Happy editing to you! Teke^(talk) 17:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Unlucky...

You should pass easily next time. I actually thought you were an admin, and was quite surprised to see your name on the RFA list! Good luck for next time. --Alex ^{talk here} 13:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Hear hear. I did also wonder about your name; although I've noted your many positive contributions for a while, I did wonder if it was a deliberate double entendre. Anyway, good luck the next time. --Guinnog 13:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. You'll pass easily next time. It was a bit of a shame that that one specific incident occured right before your RfA, but it's pretty clear you learned from that (well, I hope it's clear - I changed my !vote on it...). I also really disagree with opposing based on the fact that a name could have an alternate sexual meaning, but each to his own. I'll go watchlist Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/RandyWang 2 right now (providing you don't change your username before that...). Cheers. --james^(talk) 13:52, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Indeed. Good luck next time. Michael 13:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry you did not make it. I expect to support again next time Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 13:53, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Awww, I'm so sorry your RFA failed. :( I really do think you deserve the extra buttons. I guess the only advice I have is be more careful about tagging speedies - we've all made the mistake but at RFA your record is on prominent display. I think you'll do great next time, though. The username thing is unfortunate; I'm sure it was unintentional. I doubt it'll be enough to hold you back next time, though. Good luck next time; keep me updated! =) Srose (talk) 14:01, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

After seeing your intent to change your name, I was researching your record this morning to decide where to move my position when the discussion closed. As someone there said, you should get the CHU in before some joker decides to register the new name. Keep up the good work, and best of luck in the future. ×Meegs 14:09, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, don't let em get ya down, kiddo :) You'll fly through the next one, I'd bet a million Wikibucks on that. The username thing was a bit dodgy too, hopefully that won't continue to be a concern. But I thought we needed more lustful penises on Wikipedia Push on with it, kid, you'll get there, I'm positive about it. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 23:42, 29 August 2006

Try again at a later date. :)--Andeh 14:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

It's too bad your RfA didn't pass. Here's to better luck next time! --Merovingian - Talk 15:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to see it didn't pass, I was confident enough to remove my oppose before the end. I'd be happy to vote next time if you'll drop me a line (especially if you change names, something I don't personally think is necessary in your case, but..) -- nae'blis 16:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm wishing you all the best too and hope you are not saddened or pissed off by your unsuccessful RFA ;-). Going through an RfA is a hard thing these days. Requirements on admins are constantly increasing (admins must "walk on water", be ambassadors, whatever - oh noes!). However, the important thing is to be a Wikipedian - adminship is no big deal. Admins are not more valuable or more important than anbody else. They have to act on behalf of consensus. Nothing else. --Ligulem 08:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Re:My RfA

I'll probably still call you Wang... sadly, that's what I'm calling you in my head... as in, when I see a message from you pop up I go 'there's that Wang again'. Ah, dear, the 18-year old in me finds that funny, so I see no reason why the 8-year old in you, shouldn't :p Well, I'm off to do homework bed now, probably won't get to spend much time here 'til next week or so, so I'll see you round :) Have a good one! — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 14:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi Randy, I'm sorry to hear that you're RfA did not pass. Don't be too upset, please, you're a really good editor, and I think that you'll do a lot of good with the tools one day :) All the best, Thε Halo ^Θ 22:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Hang in there

Nice message on the Admin results. Hang in there. You have what it takes but are still relatively new. With a few more miles (and some thoughts about the negative votes) you'll make it & be awarded the awesome power to delete things so that they're invisible to us run of the mill peasants and do all the other mysterious things those of us in the trenches don't know about (I hear rumors that the Admins hold wild parties & the like—why else would people want the job). Cheers mate - Williamborg (Bill) 02:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Wild admin parties eh? *prepares Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Riana_dzasta* Bring out the Wikibeer! — riana_dzasta _{wreak havoc|damage report} 07:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Damnit!.. my wiki-mum won't let me stay out any later than 22:00 UTC, and certainly won't like the scent of digital booze on my breath. Such oppression. :( RandyWang (^chat/_patch) 11:21, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

So sorry to here that your RfA didn't go through. The oppose reasons are easily remediable, and (with some more mainspace), you'll be a shoo-in for go #2. Ok if we still call you Randy? -- Samir धर्म 03:33, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

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 15:03, 30 August 2006 (UTC)}

Username change

Hi there, David. I've changed your username to "Daveydweeb", as you requested. Remember to move your user page and talk page. Enjoy your new username :) ! Cheers, Redux 17:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Welcome

New user (name) = new welcome!

Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Gack! New user! *reloads smiles pleasantly in welcome* — riana_dzasta _{wreak havoc|damage report} 16:50, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Howdy

Hello, Davey (:P). I was wondering if you wanted those CSD examples from your RfA for the heck of it. Yanksox 15:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I've moved them to your userspace. Have fun. =D Yanksox 22:18, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

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 05:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Editor review statistics request

I have noticed that you run edit statistics for many of the editor review requests. Would you mind running statistics for my review? You can find it at Wikipedia:Editor review/Erechtheus. Erechtheus 03:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

User Blake911 and Good Faith

I fail to see how I don't assume good faith when User:Blake911 calls me a "super geek" and I correct him for personal attack using the standard warning. Doesn't make too much sense to me if you read what has been said. Shazbot85^Talk 12:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

JPD's RfA

Thanks, Davey, for your support at my RfA, which finished with a tally of 94/1/0. I hope I live up to the confidence you and the other smiling people have shown in me in my activities as an administrator. JPD (talk) 16:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Redirect

Just letting you know that I redirected your old user talk page (User talk:RandyWang) to this page. I noticed a few red links when you linked to your old talk page, and in case someone follows it, it would be best if they ended up here. Cheers, Daniel.Bryant 06:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and one more thing - make sure you move your talk archives! Daniel.Bryant 07:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I had completely forgotten to do that! :) Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 07:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Edit Summaries

Funny you should've mentioned that on my Editor Review. I only recently found that lovely little option to have the software remind me when I needed to write one. BigHaz - Schreit mich an (Review me) 09:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Editor review

Thanks for your response on my editor review :-). I have been using edit summaries more lately than I did in the past, but I will take extra care to make sure I'm doing them from now on. For the most part, I usually do make an edit summary for article edits, but not when I'm editing my userpage or a talk page. And, yes, lately I have been getting more involved in the Wikipedia namespace and it is great experience. I'm not sure that I'm planning of running for admin, but if I ever decide to do so I think I'll wait until I have at least 2,000 edits or more. - Mike 19:27, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award

Thanks

I found use of and image you uploaded: . Thanks, I just wanted to know, what program did you use? I've tried to make 3d images, but couldn't do any better than a pear. Very sad. Thank you,  Daniel_123  ►  20:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, my sister's husband showed me one of his programs, but he works for the navy as a computer program, and therefore seems to need a million little things noone wants in any computer program. Daniel_123  ►  21:11, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Polls:

Hi. I'm just sending out a message for a new study I will be undertaking soon. It will involve surveys & polls to gather information & trends of editors on Wikipedia & other subjects. The data gathering will involve yourself recieving a questionaire on your talk page for you to fill out. I will then collect your questionaire & combine it with data from other editors. If you would like to be a part of this experiment, or know of someone who does, place a "Yes" or "No" below this message. Remember, it's only for fun & you can choose not to fill out all or parts of your questionaire once they arrive. Have a nice day... -- Spawn Man 06:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)