User talk:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive04

Contents 1 Reply from me 1.1 Reply 2 2 Referencing 3 Culture of India 4 Monobook.js 5 User:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington 2 6 User:Ahwaz 7 Afd for manbeast 8 Sir Properly-Decapitated Podmore 9 Hey nearly headless 10 Hello 11 User:Anirudhsbh/IndianIRC 12 Invitation and Recommendations for writing articles on Hindi Wikipedia 13 Indic scripts 14 Ganeshk's Rfa 15 AN/I 16 Hindi wiki 17 Hey there 18 DA-IICT 19 Thank you 20 Thank You 21 Portal:Law selections 22 My RfA 23 Copyvio 24 RfA/Gurch 25 Ganeshk's RFA 26 CrazyRussian's RfA 27 Thank you 28 Thanks Sir Nick 29 Thanks for Supporting my RfA! 30 Thank you 31 Atlant says "Thanks!" 32 Talk: Aaron Brown 33 Re:culture of India... 34 RfA Thanks 35 Thanks a lot 36 Never said "went wrong" 37 A big thank you 38 Thanks again 39 Shared IP 40 Re:Block policies, etc. 41 RfA thanks 42 Network Ten 43 Hey... 44 Reply 45 My Edits to Khalistan article 46 Hi 47 I should be careful, shouldn't I? 48 Thank ye 49 RFA thanks 50 Wiki_Indians meet-up? 51 Howdy 52 Help me! 53 Esperanza Elections 54 Re: Khalistan 55 RFA 56 My RfA 57 Thanks! 58 My RfA thanks 59 Barnstar! 60 User:Misza13's pile! 61 My RfA 62 Hi! 63 Werdna648 64 E-mail 65 ta-da 66 Thanks from Yanksox! 67 Quick Question 68 Languages 69 Hey 70 My RfA 71 Hey 72 Wickethewok's RFA 73 USA PATRIOT Act 74 Congratulations! 75 To our newest admin 76 You've got a Thank you card! 77 Thank you 78 " its my userspace :P " 79 Tdxiang congratulates you! 80 WWE Roster 81 User:Ronmaier

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Reply from me

Other than the entry on external links that reads "UNIQ4f1498313 8725c4d-HTML CommentStrip25e4e39637 aef7eb00000004", everything looks fine. I don't understand the purpose behind that "UNIQ" code. Care to explain that?

You appear to have improved the article more considerably than the norm. I have the Asperger's Syndrome article on my watchlist so I noticed you when your name appeared ten times in a row. --Shultz IV 12:49, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Reply 2

The random jumble of text appears at the top of Asperger_syndrome#External_links in case you don't realize you put it there. To add an article to your watchlist, there is a "watch" tab to the far right of the other tabs on top of nearly every page on Wikipedia. Only registered users possess the "watch" feature; anon IP users will not see the watch tab. All you need to do is click on it and your watchlist will have that article. Alternately, you can press alt+w on the page you're reading at that moment and it'll also send that article (or userpage, and any type of page on WP) to your watchlist. --Shultz IV 13:06, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Referencing

Hi there. I noticed your copyediting and referencing on Culture of India. However, you needed to add:

 ==References==
<references/> 

...at the appropriate location in the article (if it isn't already there), so that it can send the references to that section and format them correctly. I've made the change to the article in question but I just wanted to let you know. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:04, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for your help, but I was in the process of adding that section to the article. --Nearly Headless Nick 13:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

No problem, but if it is a work in progress, perhaps you could keep it as a preview until you're happy with the changes - that way there isn't a chance of someone jumping the gun. Everyone is editing in real time, remember. :) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 13:18, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Culture of India

Hi. I looked up this article's history and found that you have been editing this article for a while now. The article looks highly unsourced and more of original research without proper citations and sources. Could you add the citations and sources to the article? Thanks. --Nearly Headless Nick 12:54, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi sir Nick, I will endevour to find references, thanks for your interest :-) Vastu 14:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Monobook.js

Those actually only work on my custom RC feed parser :) You can delete them if you like, though I don't remember exactly where they hide in the text. They're completely useless unless you're running the same system that I am. :) Jude (talk) 11:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

You have to tweak them slightly :-) I can't remember exactly where I got them... Perhaps WP:JS? Anyway, you need to have templates on subpages called /Status, and /StatusTemplate (like mine :-)), though you can always tweak these. :) Jude (talk) 14:03, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington 2

Is this your alternative account, because it seems to have edited a lot of your talk page and user page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 10:33, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, and of course I remember!--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| ŗ 3 $ |-| ţ |-|) 10:39, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Ahwaz

Thank you for the warning but the above user is inserting propaganda without a "verifiable" source and does not even look at the talk [6] and then reverts again to his version [7] without comment. I even called him "yakhi" (my brother) as a sign of friendship but I guess it didn't help. Khorshid 11:12, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I am not inserting "propaganda". I am writing on the changes in Khuzestan's demographics. Much of the information concerning land confiscations, etc, is contained within the main body of the article and is well-sourced, linking to UNHCR and Amnesty International reports. You are blanking the section without saying which particular parts of it you have an issue with.--الأهواز 11:23, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

That is not true. Your only source is Bani-Torof and others have even said that his information is propaganda and not "verifiable". Go read the talk. Also, to this admin, please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#User:Ahwaz. Khorshid 11:26, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Afd for manbeast

You created Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Manbeast, it that a DELETE vote at the top of the page. If so then this is 3-0 to delete, otherwise 2-0. Only the very start of this debate and the result seems clear. I informed the author of the voting but he hasn't yet added his own vote. This one is going to be DELETE for sure. MichaelBillington 11:36, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Sir Properly-Decapitated Podmore

I take it you like the bespectacled young boy from the eponymous book series, then? Will (^E_@) T 14:42, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey when did you get beheaded? and also became a ghost in Hogwarts?--Dwaipayan (talk) 15:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey nearly headless

Hi.. that was a great surprise.. i actually did not realise that it was you!! anyways i have written to the friends of mine.. he should be replying soon.. but it may take a few days as he is busy.. will let you know.. btw.. gr8 username! - Aksi_great (talk) 21:27, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello

--Bhadani 07:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

User:Anirudhsbh/IndianIRC

Please move this to your new name. Also, I dunno if the IRC is working or not. If it isn't please leave me a message on my talk page to delete it.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 09:39, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

If its working, then why delete it? It could be a good guide for users infamiliar with the process.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 11:01, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

It's done. (see User:Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/IndianIRC). BTW, even you can make the move by clicking on the "Move" tab on the top of the article and then typing out the changed name in the new title textbox.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 11:56, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't seem to be working on mine, even though the other IRC channels listed at WP:IRC work.--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 12:01, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I user mIRC, and that without proxy settings, and neither have I seen you :D --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 12:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, 2nd youngest admin maybe :D --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 08:07, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't really care... --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91^{(review me!)} 06:58, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

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Thank you,

Cygnus_hansa 23:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Indic scripts

hey thanks. --soum^সৌমোyasch 10:01, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

But it doesn't solve the problem of complex joint characters. Windows XP SP2 itself has a better support for it, provided u remember the keyboard layout. I got fed up with the phonetic IME. --soum^সৌমোyasch 10:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Ganeshk's Rfa

May I request you to keep your cool? Also, "stubborn", unlike "stupid" is not a personal attack. Please understand that being the nominator, I have the highest stake in the success of this RfA, next only to Ganeshk ;-). I personally feel that Anwar is suffering from a persecution complex, thanks to the chat we all had on my talkpage in the not so distant past. It is probably better to let him be. --Gurubrahma 11:35, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

My reply copied from his talk page-

Sir, you ask me to keep my cool. But, I have to wonder where I lost it? :) --Nearly Headless Nick 14:37, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Calling someone stubborn might not be a personal attack, but calling someone a stubborn POV warrior is definately an attack. But, if you insist I will keep myself from it. Regards, --Nearly Headless Nick 14:44, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

AN/I

Check this out. - Aksi_great (talk) 17:17, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hindi wiki

Welcome again. Khariboli is just the basis dialect of normal standard Hindi (as well as Urdu). Cygnus_hansa 17:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey there

Thanks for commenting on my RfA...it was greatly appreciated! --Osbus 21:42, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

DA-IICT

Hey, the institute is run by the non-profit Dhirubhai Ambani trust, that fall under ADAE. And AIEEE cut-off averages around 8k. And one thing that is very porly defined is the defn of ICT - nowhere is it specified that the emphasis is purely on digital systems. --soum^সৌমোyasch 10:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the welcome message on me "being back in action" - we all shall continue to be in action to make the Wikipedia the Best. --Bhadani 15:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

Portal:Law selections

Greetings, fellow WikiProject Law member! One of our tasks on this WikiProject is the upkeep of Portal:Law, where we have set up a four week cycle wherein each week one of four key features - the selected article, biography, case, or image - is rotated out. Previous selections can be found at Portal:Law/former selections. Please contribute your thoughts at Portal talk:Law as to likely candidates for future rotations in each of these categories. Cheers! BD2412 T 04:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello, Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive04, and thank you for voting on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 84/1/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months, but welcome any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! Kukini 15:06, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio

I feel so, but run it through AFD to be certain. =Nichalp «Talk»= 15:52, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch

Thanks for your support; you didn't say much, but your long username makes up for that – Gurch 16:17, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Ganeshk's RFA

Hi Andy, Thanks so much for your (beat the nom) support on my RFA! Will see you sometime on messenger. - Ganeshk (talk) 03:57, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

CrazyRussian's RfA

Hello Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, and thank you for your support at my request for adminship, which ended with an awe-inspiring 86/1/2 result. I plan to do much with my shiny new tools - but I'll start slow and learn the ropes at first. Please deluge me with assignments and requests - I enjoy helping out. For Mother Russia!! - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 04:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks Sir Nick

Dear Nearly Headless Nick, thanks so much for your support during my recent successful request for adminship. I really appreciate it. Let me know if you need any administrative support -- just leave me a message on my talk page or send me an e-mail if it's urgent. Take care man, and hope you're enjoying your new moniker! -- Samir धर्म 05:10, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for Supporting my RfA!

Thank you for supporting my Request for Adminship, which I am pleased to report that it passed by a margin of 54/6/1. Hopefully I will be a "good user" in the future with regards to my admin duties. If I slip up somewhere, please let me know! Thanks again for your support, Ian Manka Talk to me! 23:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

thanks for reverting vandalism to my userpage. It's much appreciated. MichaelBillington 12:48, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Are you the adam123 on IRC? MichaelBillington 13:02, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Atlant says "Thanks!"

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page!

Atlant 14:55, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Talk: Aaron Brown

I reverted the Talk: Aaron Brown page. The junk I deleted has nothing to do with the content of the article. I figured I'd let you know that, so you wouldn't think I'm a vandal or someone that has no clue what Wikipedia is about. OsFan 21:10, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:culture of India...

Where exactly did you get that there was a "capitalised sense"? I see nothing in Wikipedia policy to support your claim, nor in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, nor on thefreedictionary.com. elvenscout742 17:22, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Hey Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, thanks for your support and congratulations! I've decided not to spam people with "thanks" messages, so please get yourself a piece of my RfA thanks to eat at your own leisure :) Cheers, Tangotango 13:52, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot

Hi Sir Nicholas.. Thanks a lot for the prompt help!!! - Lost 08:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Never said "went wrong"

You're jumping to conclusion and making statements based upon them that are rather annoying. Read carefully the full text of what I said. I even did like yourself and explained that the proper review of what has been occurring is needed. Netscott 13:58, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your apology, as I just wrote on User:Ste4k's talk page it probably was just a question of a lack of explicitness in my commentary... I suppose such a lack can make it a bit difficult to understand. Netscott 14:36, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

A big thank you

Thanks Nick for reverting my page from vandalism. Q 17:01, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again

Hey, thanks for the appreciation. Have some cake on me:)) -- Lost 13:44, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Boy, this cake looks so yummy. I am out to get one for myself! --Nearly Headless Nick 08:00, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Shared IP

Saw your comments, I tend to go for nuclear warning with a shared IP, and a much shorter block of 15 mins or something like that. IMHO, once they get binned they get bored and usually move on to something else. Also it hopefully get their sysadmins aware of them messing around. I hope the blocking policy vote gets sorted soon. Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 07:56, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

And they continued, so reported AIV. Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 07:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, the blocking policy will definately make our days better. :) --Nearly Headless Nick 08:00, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Block policies, etc.

Hello. I feel nice coming to your page. I also thank you for your input as regards above on my talk page. We shall surely interact more. Regards. --Bhadani 16:20, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thanks so much for the support on my recent RfA, which I'm quite happy to announce has passed with a consensus of 67 supporting, 0 opposed and 0 neutral. I'm glad you considered me to be a good candidate, and I'll be working hard to justify the vote of confidence you've placed in me. Let me know at my talk page any time if I can help you with any admin-related tasks, or just if you have any comments on how I'm doing as an admin. Thanks! TheProject 21:51, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Network Ten

You're welcome. It's easily done. Those two are complete morons—Lil maz vandalised the featured article of the day, which upset me as I found it more interesting than usual today. One doesn't expect vandalism from logged-in users as much. RupertMillard (Talk) 10:42, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey...

... nice username! They even have an article on you ;-) --Tēlex 11:14, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I know; and I have a lot of fans too. ;) --Nearly Headless Nick 11:15, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Right! How's things going? Give my regards to the Fat Lady and the Bloody Baron, will you? Scabbers the Rat 13:43, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Reply

Hi,I am protecting cited third party sources and have added nothing to the article. Moreover, I hope you have sent same guideline reminder to Wiki AnwarA- otherwise it may be seen a not neutral against wikipedia code of ethics. - Thanks, Thomas

My Edits to Khalistan article

Hi! appreciate your concern on the edits. However the edits are in utmost good faith with high regard to to wikipedia NPOV policy. The so called references on the basis of which my edits are being reverted are blatantly biased and therfore highlyl disputed. The article presents part truth in a highly twisted manner that is completely derogatory of the Indian establishment. Many thanks! AnwarA 12:01, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Your edits might not have been actually vandalism, but they were in the violation of the three revert rule on Wikipedia. Constant edit-warring is not considered to be good for the project. --Nearly Headless Nick 12:04, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hello and thank you for giving me a chance to come to your talk page and talk with you. I agree with your comments, My inputs re there: [8]. Regards. --Bhadani 17:51, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I should be careful, shouldn't I?

Yeah I noticed I got mentioned in the 3RR report on reverts by Sultanali in Hamas. Thanks for that. I need to be careful about things that I counted on being vandalism. Kevin_b_er 20:34, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

They are not actually vandalism. Constant reversions by users is considered to be edit-warring and a violation of the three revert rule on Wikipedia. --Nearly Headless Nick 12:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank ye

Thanks for reverting my userpage from the recent vandalism. It's highly appreciated. I have a good idea who did it (one of my colleagues at school)... huntersquid 17:43, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Wiki_Indians meet-up?

Idea sounds good, but I couldn't even make it to a meet-up in Bangalore recently (Kannada wp). As most of us are from different places, I'd think that it'd be difficult to pull it off. Also, real life has been catching up with me of late ;). We should probly have a straw poll on WT:INWNB on this issue - wrt date, time, venue etc. Funding wd be another issue - Wikimedia foundation would be more interested in sponsoring meet-ups for Indian languages' Wikipedias. --Gurubrahma 13:05, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Howdy

I've not run into you recently, almost missed the name change. You can run, but you can't hide. Hope all is well. - Taxman ^Talk 02:28, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow! Looks like some important people do remember me. /me grins broadly --Nearly Headless Nick 11:01, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Help me!

How do "der loewe schlaft nie"? ON WIKIPEDIA torchwood it is all rong dont bbe bling bnling chavvy! Help me! --Torchwood 11:47, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Re: Khalistan

Hi! I would request you to view of a history of the edits on the Khalistan. I had earnestly set about to rid the article of POV and unnecessary and irrelevant anti-India, anti-Hindu statements. Where as Zafarnama is constantly re-introducing these edits. Statements like:

"Mary Anne Weaver of the Christian Science Monitor reports that the army operation was followed by killings of Sikh males between the ages of 15 and 35 in Punjab’s villages..."

"Punjab's current water levels ..." (these have nothing to do with the article.

"State Terror followed by Militant Response by Sikhs..."

I, user:sukh and a lot of other editors have tried to reason with but to no avail. Please see talk page. If I were to insert my POV, I could make a mention of countless acts of atrocities committed by sikh militants led by Bhindrawale. But apparently, whoever does not subsribe to Zafarnama's views is either a criminal or a liar. (He calls Khushwant Singh a liar too). He has called me a bigoted Hindu. Please see his uncivility on the talk page.

I don't care if you just delete the article, but as long as it is there, I will not allow it to be used for propogating hate against any community and in particular any country. AnwarA 04:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

I deeply appreciate the way that you have taken up the subject. Its always good to get a consensus before making a big change in any article. However, you can be bold if you like. Wikipedia has a three revert rule which you violated on the article. In case, some other user reverts to version which other users do not agree to, you can derieve consesus about the subject on the talk page of the article. Keep the rules in mind and be flexible, that'll do the trick. Warm regards, --Nearly Headless Nick 13:59, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

RFA

You have just recently voted in Micoolio101's RFA and though I believe you meant oppose, you typed support. I do not want to change it, due to fear of going against policy, but please look over it and change it if you need to. --WillMak050389 15:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Egad, you can check the edit summary, for I definately meant oppose. ;) --Nearly Headless Nick 15:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, thats perfectly OK, because I've done that before, too. Just wanted to inform you. --WillMak050389 15:39, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks!

Hey! Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my userpage! I hope I can do something to repay the favor! :) -Steve-o 03:34, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA thanks

Hello Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington/Archive/Archive04, and thank you for your support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with an overwhelming final count of (105/2/0). I was very pleased with the outpouring of kind words from the community that has now entrusted me with these tools, from the classroom, the lesson in human psychology and the international resource known as Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. Please feel free to leave me plenty of requests, monitor my actions (through the admin desk on my userpage) and, if you find yourself in the mood, listen to some of what I do in real life. In any case, keep up the great work and have a fabulous day. Grandmasterka 06:53, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Ooh, me too! :D

		Thanks for contributing to my successful RfA!
		To the people who have supported my request: I appreciate the show of confidence in me and I hope I live up to your expectations! To the people who opposed the request: I'm certainly not ignoring the constructive criticism and advice you've offered. I thank you as well! ♥! ~Kylu (u|t) 01:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Stop by Gryffindor Tower later, I've got this cloak I need you to take a look at.... 01:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

--Bhadani 14:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Minor Barnstar
		I notice that you work tirelessly to help Wikipedia out by making small corrections mainly. I hereby award you this minor barnstar for all the minor contributions you have made to improving Wikipedia. Killfest2 (Talk) 08:09, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Gee. Thanks. :) — Nearly Headless Nick 08:12, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

My RfA

I have accepted and transcluded it here. Thank you.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 15:15, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi!

Thanks for the welcome. 219.91.203.71 18:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Werdna648

I saw the announcement of extended wikibreak on his userpage and I know you are active at Werdnawiki. Does someone have the sourcecode for the bot? Does someone have the job of making adjustments and so forth? I'm just curious, knowing nothing about bots, but I see the requests and comments about the bot are continuing to come in. NoSeptember 19:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I am only active as to experimenting with the wiki as an administrator. I wanted to learn about admin interface, and so I asked Werdna to make me a system operator on his wiki. As for the bot, I do not have any idea. You could ask User:Bookofjude though. I have seen him around. :) --Nearly Headless Nick 11:35, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

E-mail

Hi NHN. It's been activated for a few months, try it again. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 16:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

ta-da

—freak(talk) 15:12, Jul. 27, 2006 (UTC)

Drat, I came here to do just the same! Oh well, I'll just vote Strong Support when the time comes ;P Thε Halo ^Θ 16:59, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

All the best my friend. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 13:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. :) --Nearly Headless Nick 13:05, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

From me too -- Lost 13:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I just dropped in to say a big hello. --Bhadani 16:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Yanksox!

Hey Andy/Nick/Headless, thanks for supporting my RfA, which registered a tally of 104/4/7. Which means... I am now an admin!!! I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox 04:05, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Quick Question

Hi, I just have a quick Wikipedia protocal question.

I want to turn this page: List of guest stars on The Simpsons into something like this page: List of South Park episodes with the charts and images of each various thing. However, this would involve somewhere in the neighborhood of 400 images on one page. So, I was wondering what Wikipedias protocal on the matter is. Thanks! ~Scorpion0422

I think having 400 images on a single page wouldn't be advisable. You could rather put up images of prominent episodes of the programme. I have to admit that I am not an expert in this matter, you would be better off asking this on the help desk or the administrator notice-board. Regards, --Nearly Headless Nick 09:35, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Languages

Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 18:58, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I am proficient in English and Hindi. Your name has already been transcripted into Hindi on the concerned page. --Nearly Headless Nick 10:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey

Now running at 69 translations in total, with 34 of those confirmed. Still waiting confirmation on which Hindi one is the correct. Recently got Tagalog, Persian and Pashto, along with confirmed Bengali. I wanted to get 100 before making the tshirt, in which case I'm over a third of the way there :) And don't worry, your name is down on the list :) - FrancisTyers · 10:56, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you again for nominating me. Your kind words in the nomination mean a lot to me. I was surprised by how many people ending up participating, even if ~50 of them are in the RfA Cabal. :) I'm not doing a big, inspired, markup heavy spam thank you to everyone who !voted as I feel they clutter and is against policy—I know not very rougish of me–but I am sending out a few thank yous. Please accept my first one and this small flower as a token of my appreciation.—WAvegetarian•(talk) 17:25, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Yay! --Nearly Headless Nick 17:31, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey

Hi there, this is Ashay.

--Ashu|(talk) 13:56, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi. --Nearly Headless Nick 09:07, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Wickethewok's RFA

Thanks for your support on my RFA. The final vote count was (61/9/3), so I am now an administrator. Feel free to let me know how I'm doing at any point in time or if you need anything. Once again, thank you. Wickethewok 16:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

USA PATRIOT Act

USA PATRIOT Act Titles
Title I: Enhancing Domestic Security against Terrorism
Title II: Enhanced Surveillance Procedures
Title III: International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-terrorist Financing Act of 2001
Title IV: Protecting the border
Title V: Removing obstacles to investigating terrorism
Title VI: Providing for victims of terrorism, public safety officers and their families
Title VII: Increased information sharing for critical infrastructure protection
Title VIII: Strengthening the criminal laws against terrorism
Title IX: Improved intelligence
Title X: Miscellaneous

The one I'm going to get started on sometime is USA PATRIOT Act, Title VI, but if you want to help grab any of the uncompleted articles in the template to the right. I'm currently summarising them, later I will see about going to the UNSW to find sources that comment on the Titles or the Act itself. It's slow going and lonely work, though! - Ta bu shi da yu 12:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll try my best, though I find law to be a very painful subject. --Nearly Headless Nick 15:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations!
It is my great pleasure to inform you that your Request for Adminship has closed successfully and you are now an administrator! Useful Links: • Administrators' reading list • Administrators' how-to guide • • Administrator's Noticeboard • Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents • Administrator's Noticeboard for 3RR • Your admin logs: • blocks • deletions • moves • protects • uploads •

If you have questions, feel free to leave a talk page message for me or any other admin. Again, congratulations! Essjay (Talk) 12:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations for making it to WP:100-1. You deserve it. Enjoy the mop. - Aksi_great (talk - review me) 12:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats from me 2 -- Lost^(talk) 12:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! alphaChimp ^laudare 13:03, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations, though it's unfortunate that Stifle jinxed it. Oh well. You can find the union hall of the Wikipedia Janitor's Union, a technically unaffiliated internet-based international branch of the SEIU, across town on Freenode Tube at #wikipedia-en-admins. You may pay your dues here. Before you can get into the union hall you will need to get your name on the access list by talking to one of the membership secretaries like Shanel or Essjay. :) —WAvegetarian•(talk) 19:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

To our newest admin

Congrats! Killfest2—Daniel.Bryant 13:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations Sir! - Ganeshk (talk) 20:26, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes Sir. Congrats. --Bhadani 10:35, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Belated congrats from me too! -- thunderboltz^{a.k.a.Deepu Joseph |TALK}11:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Tack on congrats. Welcome to the shiny button club! Yanksox 05:22, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Belated congrats!!! Do well with the mop! -- Samir धर्म 01:19, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

You've got a Thank you card!

Thank you

Hello Sir Nic. The barnstar came as a great surprise to me, particularly so as to-day only I had presented one to Ambuj.Saxena: [9]. I am not sure of myself to deserve the one for me. I thank you, and accept the barnstar on behalf of the community of wikipedians. Thank you my dear. May you continue to excel in real life as well as here as a wikipedian. --Bhadani 13:47, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes, and please see that Ambuj should again become active here. Wikipedia should not lose him. --Bhadani 13:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

" its my userspace :P "

I was alphabetizing dozens of users (mostly in the main admin category), but hey, if you want to be the only user listed under U (other than the guy whose username actually starts with a U) that's OK with me ;). ps, does the removal of the red button mean that I can't block you anymore? Cheers, NoSeptember 12:53, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Ooh. That edit summary wasn't intended for you at all. --Nearly Headless Nick 08:56, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

I considered that possibility, considering the major change to the page in that edit, but it was more fun to assume it was directed at me ;). I hope the removal of the list of articles you worked on doesn't indicate that you plan to become an admin-only admin, as opposed to a article-contributor admin. NoSeptember 09:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Tdxiang congratulates you!

--Fantastic! Here's wishing you good luck!--Tdxiang Jimbo's 40th Birthday! 07:19, 7 August 2006 (UTC) Expect to receive ANOTHER message of congratulations anytime soon, Anirudh...

Congratulations Nick, well deserved.Blnguyen | rant-line 23:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

WWE Roster

Why did you revert that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.250.23.204 (talk • contribs).

User:Ronmaier

User Ronmaier does exist. Please do not delete the page again. Ronmaier 21:28, 8 August 2006 (UTC)