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[edit] Billhpike went to the same High School as me

Are you a student at LHS. I am to. What is your name?

[edit] Thanks for that edit:

Thanks for editting the link into my faulty "We are one tonight" "url" which didnt go anywhere. Much obliged! Goodness, seems like we both dig the "Feet," eh? Nice choice! --Teenwriter 05:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah I saw what you where trying...--T-rex 05:29, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Well...how do you make those link things the way YOU did it (so well)? --65.31.176.16 20:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Teenwriter is a fan of Switchfoot

• Hey, this is the infamous Teenwriter (who kept adding the album review for Nothing Is Sound! ;)). Anyways, apparently you are a big fan of the "feet." nice band choice! ;) --Teenwriter 04:24, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Deskana asks that you sign comments to avoid confusion

Please sign your comments on talk pages using ~~~~. Thanks! Deskana (talk page) 20:21, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Capital (magazine)

Just wondering if you're going to finish the AfD nomination process for Capital (magazine) as per Template:AfD_in_3_steps. Andy Saunders 01:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I think I have it taken care of now --T-rex 03:34, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Goo Goo Dolls

Please give a rationale as to why you keep switching the song "Better Days" from the album category of Single as opposed to Sounds of the Season – The NBC Holiday Collection? It doesn't matter if it's not a Goo Goo Dolls album. The fact is it came from a KNOWN album and was not released as a single from a Goo Goo Dolls album. This detail according to Wiki falls within verifiability whereas your edits don't. Please provide a valid reason without POV or I will be forced to revert it. --† Ðy§ep§ion † 03:03, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok, have done please read here. --T-rex 03:28, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] female third party US presidential candidates

Not sure if you get alerted that i reponded to your post on my talk page so - don't worry, I plan to expand them soon.Schizombie 05:50, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Don't know if you noticed, but I did make a list, and then changed it to tables: List of female United States presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Anyway, have to add more of the vote totals & references and work on expanding the stubs for the people. Schizombie 05:56, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] subst

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

Thanks! howcheng {chat} 22:37, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Umm, well thanks. Kindof wish someone had mentioned this before, I put these templates all over the place... but that won't mess things up too much (I hope) --T-rex 00:49, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] See the reply at Userbox_policy_poll

Just making sure you know. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:49, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks --T-rex 03:41, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tony Sidaway/Workshop

I have just done a massive refactoring of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tony Sidaway/Workshop, in order to

• remove personal attacks, irrelevant comments, and bickering
• make the page readable and usable for the arbcom, as at its previous size of 183KB, it was not.

As your words appear on that page, I'm letting you know so that you may review the changes. I have tried not to let any bias or POV I may have color my summaries; however, it's a wiki, so if you think I've misrepresented your words, please fix them. Wearily yours, Mindspillage (spill yours?) 08:11, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Best I can tell, everything I added to has been withdrawn anyways. Also after first making a handfull of remarks, I decided not to continue wasting my time on that disscussion, so I don't really care. Feel free to delete any comments that I have made on that page --T-rex 18:55, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Name (song)

Thank you for creating the article. Not only am I a fan, I couldn't stand that before, everything pointed to Name. I will try to find useful material to add. Robhmac 15:07, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stop it

Do that again and you will be blocked for inserting a personal attack into wikipedia! --Doc ^ask? 01:55, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

That isn't my comment. You have no right to censor other people opinions. I reverted your deletions nothing more --T-rex 02:00, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Doc's a fucking vandal with admin rights. See here where he removed an entire discussion, then when User:SPUI reverted the vandalism, Doc blocked him. --Analogdemon (talk) 18:26, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Search for Extant Contemporaneous False Prophets

(the title is an inside joke from Talk:Jesus). Thanks for the invitation. At this time, I think I'll wait for the field of candidates to narrow before I register a vote. On Talk:Jesus there has been a LOT of voting, to the point that it's gone beyond "voting is evil" to a hypersphere of hell that only Georg Cantor could help me escape (by leading me to the Absolute Infinite). Sorry, at this point I'm just all voted out. Arch O. La 04:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, there is a reason that I have yet to make an edit to the Jesus page. Or abortion, palastine, kashmier, and scientollogy for that matter. I just sent you the message due to a low number of voters and the fact that you had previouslly contributed to the disscussion --T-rex 04:45, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Very little. I just said "stop moving the page" and "LOL." Arch O. La 04:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, all contributions are appretiated --T-rex 04:52, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Medal Box Template

A bunch of us have been working on a medals box template for Olympic medallists. While there is a bunch of debate going on about the look of it, we are trying to implement it on athletes pages. I noticed you added a medal box to Hasna Benhassi and wanted to make you aware of the template. It's at Template:MedalTop. Sue Anne 22:57, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Well even after looking at that page I can't see which box you are pushing. I have just been using the one that I think looks the best, and for now will continue to do so --T-rex 19:13, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your comments requested

I'd like your thoughts on a brainstorm I've tried to articulate here: User:Leifern/Adminwatch idea. And feel free to spread the word. --Leifern 16:54, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

A good idea, but you need support first --T-rex 19:13, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hey

its phil from the switchfoot page, good suggestion, i'll have an account asap, promise. gonna be super busy until friday. and yup, thats the only page i edit. peace out. PS: gonna see SF live for the first time ever in 38 days! i'm so stoked man..

well, I'm going to see them live for the first time in 23 days (or so), looking forward to it --T-rex 17:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

hey, thanks for the welcomes!! hope you have a mighty awesome concert, man. --.phil. 07:36, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

and, i would appreciate some feedback on my fine-tuning of the "christian rock?" paragraph, and my write-up on "influences". peace. .phil. 07:38, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

I actually don't know much on influences besides with Tim and Paul McCartney, I'll try to look into the christian thing --T-rex 15:02, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Tex: since you're going to see them for the first time in a few days, why not arrange with their managemant to pose the "are you a Christian band" question to them at the concert? I don't know if writing for Wikipedia makes you a journalist, but I think it's important for you to try and to hear their answer. --Walter Görlitz 02:38, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

dude, you don't think this would be a nice addition to that paragraph?...

In his book "Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock", Spin writer Andrew Beaujon finds Switchfoot "interesting" because, according to him, "their lyrics often have two different meanings, one meaning for a Christian audience and one meaning for the rest of us. They try to relate to two different groups of people at once." [1]

.phil. 22:50, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Well it would fit with the theme of the phargraph, but I'm not sure how well known the book is. Also i'm not really convinced that Beaujon did too much reaserch, but if you think it should go, add it in --T-rex 23:05, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

alright, i've thought about it for a while, and i find myself thinking it might be a good idea to add that to the paragraph. i don't know if beaujon's research cred needs to be taken into consideration, since i just wanna reflect a common opinion regarding the subject... beaujon's words reflect one way of looking at SF's music.. and what i consider to be a truth, at least in part: that jon writes so people can connect on different levels- so nonbelievers can relate to his songs more easily than they relate with other christian music. besides, beaujon's words might help desensitize people to stereotypes and biases that affect the perception of SF's music, and help them have an honest look at this great band's work... how they smartly, effectively, and with good intentions, walk the thin line between the sacred and the secular.

-.phil. 10:02, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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)

this section is due to be archived soon, so I've moved this discussion down and placed my responce at the bottom of this page --T-rex 20:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Switchfoot

Reverting your uncalled-for reverts. Please do not turn this into an edit war. --Walter Görlitz 19:49, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

If you are going to continue to incorrectlly refer to switchfoot as being a christian band, please at least refrain from adding uncorrect content to the article --T-rex 20:24, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I do not incorrectly refer to them as a Christian rock band. The information aI have posted is true and verifiable.

Switchfoot is also known as a Christian band by many of their fans

CCM magazine, Cornerstone magazine and other Christian music magazines continue to write about the band.

mostly due to their involvement with the Christian rock scene during their early years.

There is no disputing this statement. It was part of the original article.

Their first albums were distributed exclusively through stores that sold Bibles and other Christian materials.

Since their first two albums were on re:thing and distributed exclusively through Sparrow, this statement is 100% true.

They have played many Christian music festivals even after signing with Columbia.

Creationfest, where I personally a saw them along with 30000 others, and other festivals.

They obviously do not shy away from the sub-culture that Contemporary Christian Music as they continue to be distributed on the Christian label.

again true.

I don't know what your problem with the Christian label is, but all taht I have written is verifiable and factual and I resent your hostility towards those edits simply because you don't like the term Christian being associated with the band. I have re-reverted my additions on the grounds that you are biased against that term and have gone on record to that end. --Walter Görlitz 20:46, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I would have no problems with the Christian label if it were true. In fact I even do listen to some Christian music, and have nothing against CCM. I am only biased towards the truth. Just because you want them to be a Christian band doesn't mean that they are. Your claims are not factual, (and as a result neither verifiable). Sorry. You can not re-write histroy --T-rex 22:02, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Then you don't know the truth. The truth will set you free Tex. They are a Christian band. They do not wish to be restricted to that label. It's not that I want them to be a Christian band, I am stating that they are a Christian band. These are they facts. None of your quotes say "We do not want to be considered a Christian band." They say "we don't want to only be considered a Christian band". That one word alone makes all the difference. The facts are verifiable. Every one of them. Sorry. You cannot re-write the facts. Re-adding the facts. --Walter Görlitz 00:56, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I have a page full of direct quotes from the band... Honestlly I think they are being truthfull, and don't see why they would lie about something like this --T-rex 02:42, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I love those quotes, they do not support your point. They all say that they don't want to be contained to the Christian label. They do not say don't attache that label to us at all. I don't think you're lying either. I do think that you don't understand that small point.

To answer an earlier comment: No I really don't want them to be Christian rock musicians. I wish they had done what U2, and Brent Bourgesois, Bruce Cockburn, John Coltrane all have done: be Christians who are musicians. They decided to be Christian musicians. Probably not intentionally, particularly knowing the kind of latitude that Charlie Peacock was giving the re:think artists, but it was inevitable. They have also not done what Sam Phillips did by completely turning her back on the CCM industry. They are happy to have their feet in both the mainstream industry and the Christian one.

I have an [audio interview] that I would like you to listen to. First as a fan I'm sure you would like to hear it. Second, it's from the promo material that was sent out in 1999 for the New Way To Be Human album. It says two things to me. The first is that they are serious about their Christian faith. The second is that they don't want to be constrined to the Christian market place. It is what has always bothered me about them as a band. As a serious fan of Christian rock, and as a DJ of Christian rock, I had to decide who and what to listen to and what to play. I don't have time to fence-sitters. After the interview, they give station ID liners for every known Christian radio station in 1999. I have included the interview only. It's hard to suggest that they were not willing participants in the CCM machine when they did stuff like this. Sure, they were starting out, but there are plenty of artists who know that they don't have to do this, but their careers will be limited in CCM if they don't.

As I said, I don't want to get into an edit war with you. I'd like you to acknowledge that their past was steeped in the Christian music industry and return those comments—which do not detract from the remainder of the article—to the sub-section that I created. Thanks. Please post your comments on the audio article.

I'll try to find time to listen to the interview later, as for asking them myself, I would love to have the chance, but somehow don't think that my wikipedia credientials are going to be much help to that end (although I might try asking on their website) --T-rex 15:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I've now listened to the audio, and it doesn't really address your topic. If you were simply trying to show that Jon, Tim, and Chad are Christians then yes, but there is nothing that says that their music is CCM. Intresting fact about the water polo though --T-rex 04:54, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

This was never released to the mainstream market, only the CCM ones--by Sparrow. Maybe not conclusive, yes, but a serious link. I'm glad you listened to it. I hope you enjoyed it.

I like the way the section reads now and will take no further actions to emphasize their ties to CCM as they, like others before them, are gaining much more of a hold in the mainstream marketplace, and CCM is going to become a much smaller part of their future than it has been as part of their past. Ignoring their start in CCM is somewhat like forgetting that the Beatles had some major ties to the German music scene. When looking back at their entire career it was a minor part, but I have their two German singles and I have Switchfoot's three Christian albums. ;) --Walter Görlitz 04:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Switchfoot - second run

You are so very biased against the CCM industry nothing will convince you so I have made one further effort to remove some of the anti-CCM POV in your article. I call is yours because if the article doesn't address your anti-CCM POV, you remove it. If that doesn't satisfy your distaste, I will go to arbitration.

The fact that they were involved in CCM in any fashion seems to argue that they were a CCM band. They could have reached 1 billion people if they decided to record for a bollywood label, but they decided to sign their first contract to a label that, at the time, only had distribution to the Christian marketplace. Other bands who have had Christians in them such as King's-X, Bourgeious-Tagg, Sam Phillips, U2, Galactic Cowboys, and Stryper, signed to mainstream labels and never looked back. Switchfoot willingly stepped into the CCM marketplace so stop suggesting that they were fooled, duped, or ignorant of re:think's marketing or goals and thereby minimizing their willing participation in the "Christian" music industry.

What I changed in the section was

• the heading: moving it down level up seems to suggest that CCM was sub-influence. It wasn't. Its' an entirely different topic and I've left it where I think it should be.
• the label that they were connected to, re:think, was Nashville-based and distributed internationally so they were not only part of California CCM "scene". Removed the suggestion that they were only locally involved.
• the "We try to make music for thinking people," quote suggested that Christians are not thinking and is inflammatory and demeaning in that sense, so I moved it up to the influences section.
• clarified the labels and where they are distributed.
• re-added the band of the year dove award. Will get some verification for that award if you have problem with it.

--Walter Görlitz 02:29, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

I am not biased against CCM and am actually a fan of a number of CCM bands. Switchfoot has always been more involved (and far more popular) in California then Nashville, as you noted this is because they are from San Diago (please don't debate that). Having it as a section heading does not make more sense as a subsection, as God is clearlly an influence on this band. I saw that you moved the quote, and despite that I wouldn't have moved it myself, I did not move it back. I think the thing about the dove award has been there all along, and I have never had a problem with it. I you feel arbitration is nesseccary then go ahead, but it is my understanding that they don't accept content disputes --T-rex 02:40, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

San Diego maybe, but their sales have been strong all across the US and Canada. Agreed, but the sub-heading isn't about Switchfoot and God, it's about CCM. The section doesn't really talk about how CCM or God have influenced them, but rather their role in CCM. I like the page the way it reads now. Arbitration not required. Abitration is usually required after the three revert rule has been breached. Others can easily step in and try to help. --Walter Görlitz 04:39, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Are you now accusing me not listening to music? anyways the article seems pretty settled now, although you may want to look at WP:V --T-rex 07:16, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for voting for me at my RFA. I am thankful for your kind words and confidence in me. Even though it failed, constructive criticism was received. In the next few months, I intend to work on expanding my involvement in other namespaces and try a few different subjects than in the past. - CTSWynekenTalk

[edit] rfa

I wanted to stop by and thank you for your constructive criticism of my RFA. It's helped, and is helping, to improve me as a wikipedian and an editor. I look forward to gaining your support in the future. Until then, keep on keepin on. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 19:37, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] May the Force be with you.

Dear T-rex/archive,

Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your faith in me, and was overwhelmed by the positive response to my RFA; for it shows that at least I'm doing something right. :) I've started working to improve myself already, and I hope that next time, things run better, and maybe, just maybe, one day we can bask on the shores of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M o P-_ 21:48, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the support on my RfA!

[edit] Regarding my RFA...

Hi I noticed when you voted for my RFA you said that I have under 1000 edits I have more than a 1000 Mahogany

You wrote that you have around 900? For now I think I'll keep my comment unchanged... --T-rex 16:26, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not asking you to remove the comment just see my contributions Mahogany

[edit] My RFA

Hello T-rex/archive, and thanks for supporting me on my recent request for adminship! It has succeeded with an unanimous support of 67 votes, so that I am now an administrator. Please feel free to leave a note on my talk page should you wish to leave any comments or ask for any help. Again, thanks a lot, AndyZ t 22:06, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] oh

I thought that you would have liked the t-rex accident one, but it dosen't matter---it's been deleted! the_ed17^{(talk)Use these!} 17:28, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I actually left it up utill it got deleted... --T-rex 17:33, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

maybe I should have.... ah, oh well, it's not like it was a big deal. the_ed17^{(talk)Use these!} 19:09, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for voting on my RfA

Thanks so much for voting! Thanks so much for voting on my request for adminship. I have decided to withdraw my nomination as it seems that consensus will not be reached. If you voted in support, thanks for putting your trust in me to be a good admin. If you voted in opposition, thank you as well for your constructive criticism as it will only help me be a better Wikipedian and perhaps help if/when I apply for adminship again sometime in the future.

Mahogany

[edit] My RFA

Hi T-rex/archive,

Thank you for any constructive criticism you may have given in my recent unsuccesful RFA. I will strive to overcome any shortcomings you may have mentioned & will try & prove myself worthy of your vote in the future.

Cheers

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 09:43, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Highway's RfA

[edit] Userboxes: A New Proposal

Hey, I've noticed that you've been active on the Userbox deletion page, either strongly FOR or AGAINST the use of the new T2 for deleting userboxes. I have noticed that most of the community is strong in their opinions on this issue; for that reason, I created my own proposal which attempts to create a middle ground for the two groups, and finally get this debate settled once and for all. I welcome your input into the proposal, as well as your (non-binding) vote on the straw poll. Thanks! // ^The True _Sora 01:31, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Israeli_apartheid_%28phrase%29

I have no idea why someone left the above comment, but I don't really see the point in deleting it either... --T-rex 19:18, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image Tagging for Image:Switchfoot.jpg

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Not that I was the one who uploaded this but i think it should be taken care of for now... --T-rex 14:58, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA Thank you

Thank you! Thank you, Terrible Lizard King, for your support in my RfA. I appreciate your trust and support, and I will do my best to further help this great encyclopædia and community of ours. If there is anything that you feel I can do to help, please let me know. -- Avi 01:39, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Oh boy

Hahaha...have fun with Hasek boy. I've dealt with him for 3 days along with about 3 other people trying to control him...I quit. He's been requested for blocking, but it hasn't happened. scsgoal31 03:52, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, I removed a ton of photos he had posted on that page. You should know that his other user name and ip address both came close to getting blocked, because of that issue. --T-rex 02:48, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Mouthing NFTA's Metrorail

On the discussion page for NFTA's Metrorail you called it "a pathetic system". The truth is far from that however, it is a fine system that serves the region well. I would appreciate a response at my talk page.-User:Railmogul

Well I stand by my statement, as the rail lacks any practality. However, I'm not going to make a debate out of this, as I don't really care... --T-rex 02:44, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GHe's RfA

Hi T-rex! Thank you for taking part in my RfA! Ultimately, it ended with a final result of (62/23/7), and with only 73% support, no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I will definitely look into Jaranda's and Themindset's comments and improve for the future.  G.He 21:38, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

better luck next time, and thanks for the note --T-rex 01:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Thanks so much for voting, T-rex! Thanks so much for your support vote on my request for adminship! With a final vote count of (82/5/0), it succeeded, and I'm now an administrator! I am thrilled with the overwhelming positive support from the community, and sincerely thank you once again for taking your time to voice your opinion. Feel free to contact me with any comments/suggestions in the future! —Mets501 (talk) 03:52, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deville's RfA

Hello, Tyrannosaur, and thank you for the 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. And, I'll watch my Caribbean island redirects in the future! All the best, and thanks again! — Deville (Talk) 02:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GIen's RfA: Thank you!

T-rex 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!!)

[edit] RFA

Thank you for voting on my RFA, which closed successfully this morning with a result of (64/3/3). Any advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. NawlinWiki 12:06, 26 August 2006 (UTC) talk contribs

[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

[2] 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)