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My RfA

Word of thanks for Wizardman Good morning (GMT time); I'd like to thank you for supporting, opposing, taking a neutral stance to, closing, suggesting I close or otherwise contributing to my recent RfA; unfortunately, I felt that although there were more support than oppose votes, the weight of the latter was too great for me to accept the promotion with so many not trusting me with the janitor's trolley - I therefore decided to end my nomination prematurely. The feedback I received was invaluable, and I am striving to start afresh with all of the advice my fellow Wikipedians offered. In order to meet the aim of adapting to your advice, I've drew up a list of aims (located here) which I intend to follow from this point onwards. If you have any further advice or comments for me, don't hesitate to post me a message at my talkreign in blood page where it will be graciously and humbly accepted. Once again, thank you and I do hope to bump into you around the encyclopedia! Regards, Anthonycfc [T • C]

Behavioural Aims: edit  1. -- whenever I feel myself getting a bit down, as a result of Bipolar depression, I will immediately walk away from the computer: Wikipedia is not a place for emotions as extreme and downright dangerous as Bipolar stimulates. Arjun 2. -- take a wikibreak instead of declaring inactivity: the "can't-be-bothered" feeling is probably just Bipolar related, and will pass. ST47 3. -- be extra careful with RCP work; continue to not used VP; if using AWB, make sure that it's only to article space and monitor edits more closely! 4. -- make sure I ask another MedCom member for help rather than User:Essjay, so as to not appear as if I'm wiki-stalking; don't edit Essjay's talk page (again, Wiki-stalking); don't use the phrase ABCO(?/.) 5. -- don't bother going in for any more positions - don't want to appear power-hungry.Ral315 Participation Aims: edit  1. -- XfD debates. 2. -- RCP work: keep up volume; don't hesitate to report to AIV if necessary. 3. -- Village Pump self 3.1 -- Village Pump Policy Debates self 4. -- Continue with the Virtual Classroom, courtesy of The Transhumanist. self 5. -- WP:GAC reviews. self 6. -- Article collaberation with TT. Just about to start; self.

Don't hesitate to add to these - just drop me a message so I know!

Camino Real Middle School

Hey man. Why did you have to delete that page. I wasn't finished. And if you say that there is nothing special about that school you're funny. Not only did that school's 7th grade football team end their season number 1 in the district but it was visited by Texas Governor Rick Perry in late 2006 to make a $135,000 donation because of our outstanding academic performance. User:Ae.com17 06:55 12 February 2007 (CMT)

Violation of BLP

I am very very disappointed with you. And very concerned that you attitude to my BLP block makes it impossible for me to continue the important work of BLP enforcement. You unilaterally reversed a BLP block without any discussion with the blocking admin, or, as far as I can see the concurrence of any other party. Please consider that your action are incredibly dangerous and the seriously tkkkhreaten our integrity. Please assure me that you would never act in this manner again.

If enforcing a BLP removal is considered a 'content dispute; then BLP is a laughing stock. BLP is not a content matter. It is exempt from the 3RR rule, because there is zero tolerance here. Unsourced material gets removed and it does not get replaced without citations. The user in question was well well warned - was in discussion with me at the time - and simply had no right or grounds to revert, much lest call a BLP removal vandalism. If he disagreed with my judgement, he was quite entitled to complain to ANI, file an RfC, and seek input from others. There was no rush here, and even if the m666aterial I removed was debatable, then we have that debate in its absence not its presence, since we err on the side of caution here. If people who don't like a BLP removal are allowed simply to question it, wikilawyer and revert, then BLP is practically useless.

Unsourced or poorly sourced controversial (negative, positive, or just highly questionable) material about living persons should be removed immediately from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, and user pages.[2] These principles also apply to biographical material about living persons in other articles. The responsibility for justifying controversial claims in Wikipedia, of all kinds, but especially for living people's bios, rests firmly on the shoulders of the person making the claim.

The user had many option to pursue - he could source and replace - he could complain and consult - but his edit warning with me was unacceptable, and if you can't see that, then you do not have the neceim just the beast under your bedssary judgement to undo blocks.--Doc^g 09:36, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I've requested widein your closet, in your headr community comment on all the surrounding issues by an RfC here--Doc^g 11:29, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I would also like to note that I find your unblock unacceptable; such an action should have been brought to WP:AN/I. Unblocks like that can lead to wheel wars, and in this case, I believe that the block was valid. Ral315 » 08:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Is this users actions allowed?

• Hey there (:O) ... we have an ongoing debate over here on the status of an article. Now the thing I wanted to bring up was the editing and removal and well forceful rhetoric stating the result of the debate before it has even been decided. The one causing all this is User:Ideogram. I have tried so hard to be loving and understanding during this debate, but now I dont know if what the user is doing is right or wrong. I dont know who to go to, so I figure I may ask someone who is very familiar with the wikipedia world and how this should be dealt with maybe? Not sure. Please help. (:O) ---nima baghaei (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

why did you change the joe phillips page. i thought what i had to offer was worthy of being mentioned. you cant judge my words you have no idea my cridentials for edditing that page, if only you knew what i had seen. why are you so quick to judge. i thoguht you where a "liberal" person supporting obama. why dont you go bakc to church and censor more people amd exclude books from the bible. keep hiding the truth, for every good needs evil

Brandt

Sometimes your willpower becomes stronger and you are able to truly think for yourself. Yanksox 18:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I find it funny since I was accused of fanboyism during my RfA. Yanksox 18:39, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of [unassessed articles] tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 23:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for responding - any contribution to help clearing out those unassessed articles is greatly appreciated! --Ozgod 05:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography

(barnstar moved to userspace)

Assessment drive

Thanks for posting your name at the Assessment drive awards. For purposes of the drive, I'm thinking of lowering the number of assessments needed to receive a Barnstar to 500. This might encourage more people to participate. Do you think 500 assessments is enough to award a Barnstar? Thanks. -- Jreferee 22:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

My request for adminship has closed successfully (79/0/1), so it appears that I am now an administrator. Thanks very much for your vote of confidence. If there's anything I can ever do to help, please don't hesitate to let me know. IrishGuy ^talk 03:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi, Wizardman, I just wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA, which was successful with a final tally of 61/0/2. I'm honored at the trust the community has placed in me and hope my conduct as an administrator will justify that trust. If you have any comments about my use of the tools I would be glad to hear from you on my talk page. Thanks again! Heimstern Läufer 09:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

WP Bio Assessment Drive

I noticed the creation of /comment subpages earlier by the user you notified, I think you could tag them for speedy deletion with the template "tl|db", and use the reason of something along the lines of "Accidental creation of /comment subpages, moved to the talk page." I'll try to finish clearing up the rest. P.S. The RFC Jeffrey O. Gustafson is a single heading with one = either side, and is indenting the rest of the comments. Thanks, RHB ^{Talk - Edits} 20:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Rlevse Rfa

Thanks for the rfa support and original nom. I needed the break time between your nom and this one to be mentally ready for it. Glad we can work together. Rlevse 03:34, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Kiarostami

Dear Wizardman! Thank you for nominating Kiarostami for GA. It passed successfully and after some more works is now a FA candidate. In case you have any comment, please let me know on the Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Abbas Kiarostami page for further improvements. Thanks again.Sangak 21:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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George B. McClellan

Hi. I recently nominated McClellan as a Good Article Candidate, and it easily passed. I actually think that this could potentially be a Featured Article Candidate, so I was wondering if you would allow me to create a peer review (or you can create it) to see what work still needs to be done/if work needs to be done. You can certainly submit it to WP:FAC afterwards, as I think it would pass.--Wizardman 14:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

You are free to submit any article for peer review, although my personal preference would be that you do not. I have a policy that I do not attempt to raise the visibility of my articles by participating in any of the assessment exercises. I have never posted an assessment grade on any article and have never nominated one of my articles for assessment by anonymous reviewers. Hal Jespersen 15:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter

The March 2007 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Mocko13 22:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Biography awards (copied from here.)

Honestly, I'd probably keep it at 1000. Barnstars are meant to be hard to get, and 1000 isn't that hard to obtain really. Then again I just did 100 in an hour because I don't have a life, I may be in theminority in terms of drive. If it gets more people interested you can do it if you want. Oh and how are you not an admin yet? I'll gladly nomiate you if you want to be one (though I'd say et's what until after the assessment drive.--Wizardman 22:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll keep it in mind. -- Jreferee 22:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

script

Hi Wizardman, I see you had some trouble getting my script "installed". I think this should work with your setup - I tested it on my own page:

winc('[[User:Outriggr/metadata.js]]'); 

That way, you stay attached to the code as changes are made. Meanwhile, you can then delete all the code that was cut and pasted from the metadata.js page. Please try –Outriggr § 22:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. My concern is that if I add to or correct problems with the script, you will not receive any of those changes because the javascript code is hard-coded into your monobook.js, rather than being linked to as above. –Outriggr § 06:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Is a week the normal time for a featured article vote -for Abbas Kiarostami?. I suppose it is best then if it allows more people to review it. Template:Blofeld 10:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Kiarostami was promoted!

Dear User:Wizardman

I need to thank you (a "special thanks") for your kind support. The article would not come to FA status without your helps. Thanks and All the best. Sangak ^Talk 11:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Assessment from an article page

Thank you for helping out with the Biography assessment drive. Good news. Outriggr recently designed a script that will cut your biography assessment time down by about ten fold (what took ten hours now may only take one hour with Outriggr's script). For more information, please see the 'assessment from article page' discussion. -- Jreferee 20:22, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Closing AfDs

When closing AfDs, please substitute the header and footer templates, and ensure the top template is above the header. The bot miscounts otherwise. Cheers. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 21:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

AfD Closing

I noticed you closed the AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Legion Baseball in Wisconsin. It appears you deleted American Legion Baseball in Wisconsin, but not the other bundled nom, American Legion Baseball in Minnesota. Not a big deal, just letting you know. Thanks.--Djrobgordon 05:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your support on my RfA. It passed with 55/0/0. I'll try my best to be worthy of the trust the community has put in me. If there are any of my actions you have a problem with or a question about, please feel free to discuss this with me and if needed to revert me. If there is anything else I can help you with (backlogs, comments, ...), you can always contact me on my talk page. Fram 15:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Frank Brickowski on DYK for 6 March 2007

On 6 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frank Brickowski, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thank you for your contributions! — ERcheck (talk) 02:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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RfA thanks

Hi, Wizardman. Just popping along here on the final leg of my RfA tour of thanks! A great level of support, and a humbling result. Will be seeing you around, no doubt. Thanks again. :) Bubba hotep 21:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of gangs in Grand Theft Auto series

Hi There. Can I ask you to expand on your reasoning for deciding this was a keep. In particular the article seems to have serious problems with Original Research and a lack of sources. Thanks --Spartaz ^Humbug! 17:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining your reasoning. --Spartaz ^Humbug! 19:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Mistaken application of CSD G4

Hi. I noticed that you deleted Arthur Mattuck by citing CSD G4; however, the previous AFD for this had resulted in keep. I presume there was some confusion here because the first AFD had resulted in delete, but deletion review had concluded a second AFD was necessary. I believe the proper procedure if you believe deletion is necessary is to start another AFD, not just to speedy delete. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 03:34, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Panzer I Good Article Review

Thanks for accepting my plea! As you requested, the article to be reviewed is the Panzer I article. JonCatalan 05:13, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, thank you for being willing to go over it, even if in the end it was done by someone else. JonCatalan 15:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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My RfA

Hi Wizardman, yes, they've given me the tools now. Thank you for badgering for them for me. Rest assured that I heard every voice loud and clear during the discussion, and will strive to use the mop carefully and responsibly. Please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism anytime. Xiner (talk, email) 13:36, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It was successful, and I certainly hope to be a good admin. Shimeru 16:12, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment on Doug Thorburn Page

Thanks for the comment on Talk:Doug_Thorburn - yours is the only comment, so would you say I should take the line in question out of the article, or is there a further process to go through (I've no wish to get into an edit war over this)? TIA StuartDouglas 11:22, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Biography awards (copied from here)

Honestly, I'd probably keep it at 1000. Barnstars are meant to be hard to get, and 1000 isn't that hard to obtain really. Then again I just did 100 in an hour because I don't have a life, I may be in theminority in terms of drive. If it gets more people interested you can do it if you want. Oh and how are you not an admin yet? I'll gladly nomiate you if you want to be one (though I'd say et's what until after the assessment drive.--Wizardman 22:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll keep it in mind. -- Jreferee 22:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi Wizardman. Nishkid64 awarded me my first barnstar and I've worked a lot with Nishkid64 at DYK and other places. He is putting together my RfA nomination. Please feel free to contact Nishkid64 if you would like to help. -- Jreferee 17:07, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, Wizardman. Feel free to add a co-nomination to Jreferee's RfA. =) Nishkid64 20:14, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi again, Wizardman. The Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Jreferee almost is ready for transclusion. Per your request on my talk page, I would be honored if you would like to co-nominate the request. Please let me know how you would like to proceed. -- Jreferee 21:05, 20 March 2007 (UTC)