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Need help to undo a redirect
Hi! Maybe you remember me: recently you closed a GA Review for an article of mine. Sorry for bothering you, but I need an admin because of the article János Vitéz. It's a very simple thing: I changed János Vitéz into János Vitéz (poem), but then a user in this discussion made me see the error of my ways, so now I need to change it back. But I can't undo the redirect unless an administrator deletes the empty page János Vitéz. I checked WP:AFD but I'm not sure which category it belongs to. Can you delete it? It's really not questionable at all. --Zmaj 10:28, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
Silly me. Thanks anyway. I'm sure you'll be an admin pretty soon (if you want the hassle, that is). --Zmaj 10:41, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
== Recent edit to T:TDYK ==
Hi, I'm sorry, but I had to place back your removal of the July 22 nom. July 22 has expired; it is 8 days old, and five days is the limit. Please pick articles from only the last five days. Please do not add this to the next update. regards, -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 15:00, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
- Gosh, you're right! I had multiple windows open and grabbed from the wrong spot. Thanks for the save! That's too bad though, the article would have been a good one for DYK. --JayHenry 15:09, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
== Request to Stop ==
I rewrote the article with the verifiable sources that Wikipedia requires. HoulihanLokey 16:25, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
- You introduce heavy POV to the article, it qualifies for speedy deletion under CSD criteria A7 as blatant advertising. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 16:34, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
When I wrote this, I tried to parallel the writing style of the other links on the page "List of Investment Banks" but please let me know if this is the type of edit you are looking for:
Today, Houlihan Lokey is a middle-market investment banking firm that consistently ranks among the top 10 U.S. M&A advisors as tracked by research firm Thomson Financial. The firm has led Mergers & Acquisitions Journal’s annual M&A fairness opinion advisory rankings for the past seven years. Houlihan Lokey was named IFR European Restructuring House in 2006 and has advised the creditors’ committees in three of the largest U.S. bankruptcies – Enron Corp., WorldCom Inc. and Conseco Inc.1
1 Berry, Kit (November 7, 2005). “Houlihan Officers Sell Shares as Part of Orix Takeover,” Los Angeles Business Journal.
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I placed the text with citations in the userspace. Let me know if you see anything that needs to be edited. Thank you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:HoulihanLokey/Houlihan_Lokey_Howard_%26_Zukin
If your name is Anonymous Dissident...
...doesn't that mean, at least technically, that you aren't anonymous anymore? HalfShadow 06:44, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- Oh damn. I was hoping that would create a logic loop and you'd short out and/or explode, like in Star Trek... HalfShadow 06:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
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wow, certianly backlogged. Could you get the suggestions put on the next update for me ?I could tak eit from there. Wizardman 23:50, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- Alright, done. I had to leave for about an hour, and was very disappointed to find otu that it STILL hadn't been updated. Needless to say, it's done now, lol. Hey, if you promise to update this every so often, I'll gladly nom you for adminship in a few weeks :P Wizardman 01:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Some advice:stop advertising that you are 12 years old
There is some nervousness about children under age 13 revealing their ages (Internet safety and all that).
Also, when you next go for your RFA, don't advertise your age. Let other people assume that you are an adult. If your edits don't give away your age, why should you.
--Richard 06:58, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
I agree with you, but I also disagree. I am not particularly bothered too heavily with internet safety - I have only revealed my first name, a very ambiguous approximation of where I am usually located, and the fact that I am 12. But, since you have provided some good advice about RFA in the past, I will do as you say and not 'advertise' it any more. Thanks for the insight. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 07:02, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Also, I wouldnt say that advertising is the best word; perhaps 'mentioning' is better - its not like I'm 'showing off' or anything - I used it to provide an example and some context at WT:RFA. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 07:16, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Understood. That's why I didn't mention it earlier although I considered doing so. The "Internet safety" thing is probably a non-issue. However, it's obvious that mentioning your age will hurt you more on RFA than help you. Why give people an excuse to be age-ist? --Richard 07:08, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- No reason, I suppose. I guess there are certain unchangeable details that will invariably prove 'hurtful' in certain situations, and where a non-mention will prove the better course of action. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 07:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- By the way, when are you going on adminship again? I've already got Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Anonymous Dissident 2 watchlisted, and it's still a red link... --Dark Falls talk 10:55, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Anything less than 2 months interval is a recipe for getting a boatload of opposes. 3 months is a better bet. Don't be in a hurry. --Richard 22:03, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'm inclined to agree with that. I'm always wearing of an RfA that comes hot on the heels of the previous one, as it shows a certain amount of over-eagerness that makes several people wary. Time is needed between RfAs to fully address any issues that may have come up in the previous attempt, and only time will show if those changes actually stick.
Also, as an aside, it never occurred to me that you might be 12. I would agree that there's no point in bringing this up; while you don't present yourself as a typical 12 year old, which is good, there's no reason to give people ammunition. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:11, 4 August 2007 (UTC)- I was suprised at your age too, but yea, seriously, when you bring out your age in the middle of an argument like you did, it either drops your credibility because people believe you, or drops your credibility because people think you are trolling. That being said, I have seen your work many times before, and I would support your next RfA. aliasd·U·T 17:20, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'm inclined to agree with that. I'm always wearing of an RfA that comes hot on the heels of the previous one, as it shows a certain amount of over-eagerness that makes several people wary. Time is needed between RfAs to fully address any issues that may have come up in the previous attempt, and only time will show if those changes actually stick.
- Anything less than 2 months interval is a recipe for getting a boatload of opposes. 3 months is a better bet. Don't be in a hurry. --Richard 22:03, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- By the way, when are you going on adminship again? I've already got Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Anonymous Dissident 2 watchlisted, and it's still a red link... --Dark Falls talk 10:55, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- No reason, I suppose. I guess there are certain unchangeable details that will invariably prove 'hurtful' in certain situations, and where a non-mention will prove the better course of action. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 07:14, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Understood. That's why I didn't mention it earlier although I considered doing so. The "Internet safety" thing is probably a non-issue. However, it's obvious that mentioning your age will hurt you more on RFA than help you. Why give people an excuse to be age-ist? --Richard 07:08, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Military history of Gibraltar during World War II
Hello again. I think I've got the article all ready and sorted now - the lead looks much better to me. If you have the time, have a look and let me know whether you see any other areas requiring improvement, perhaps there is some glaringly obvious flaw that I've overlooked. Otherwise I think I may nominate it for GA. Cheers, Chris.B 10:23, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Nah it's ok, I wouldn't mind if it fails. Nominating it is probably a better way of getting feedback anyway. I normally work with featured pictures candidates so this would be something new for me. Thanks again, Chris.B 10:40, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Shoessss
Good morning or evening (depending on your location) Anonymous DissidentTalk. I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for your comments on my Rfa application. I believe I now hold the record for the quickest closure! However, that does not negate the input and insight gained. Once again, thank you and have great day. Shoessss | Chat 12:33, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
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Thanks-Apple River
Thanks for the compliments and it was no problem, it still needs some work before I take it to GA but the basic expansion is done and the article gives a decent overview of the event. As always it needs copy edits and other tweaks but that's nothing too tough. Images might present a slight problem but I am confident that can be overcome with the wealth of resources available in my area, it'll just take a bit of legwork. I can understand being overwhelmed, the topic has a tendency to do that. What got you interested in it or did you just notice the red link? IvoShandor 10:11, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- Excellent. I have found a few discrepancies in some of the sources, I usually like to note those in their own section, so that's one way to expand the article. There are other sources out there, scour Google Books with searches like: Apple River Fort Black Hawk, and you will surely come up with some interesting sources, sometimes I get stuck reading 150 year old books for hours. In addition I have a book on order that is supposed to arrive this week and its a recent publication about the Black Hawk War so I am hoping it will help to clear up a lot of the discrepancies between some of the older histories. Good luck, I am sure you are up to the task. : )IvoShandor 10:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- You have Apple River email. IvoShandor 18:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Art
Sorry to have a go, but I thought it preferable here than slicing up your articles with fact tags (and I haven't got time either). Your recent painting articles are being turned out at fair old rate, but the quality is suffering as a result, which is a real shame as I've seen you turn out good work. The Delaroche article was inaccurate and the Brig "Mercury" and Wanderer Above a Sea of Fog appear to be both largely your own analysis unsupported by the sources you cite. Where are the "rocks" in the Brig "Mercury"? Do you mean the other ships on the horizon? Where is the water in the 'Sea of Fog? The foot note in the Brig "Mercury" is incomplete, the Wanderer has "Brig" in front of the title, and they both need a copy edit. The only "easily perceivable differance" is the colour of the flag? (That's the Turkish flag by the way). Really? Not the number of decks or masts? Link brig and you'll be able to tell which is the Brig "Mercury". You have the whole history of the attack in one of your references, yet hardly mention it (not even to place it in a specific "sea or ocean"). As to the paragraph about the ships being similar or perhaps identical...Yomanganitalk 10:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- I've just seen your message, and now I feel really bad, but I hope you take the comments in the spirit they were intended. You aren't doing yourself justice with these articles. Yomanganitalk 10:56, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- You could get them up to spec before they are due. The Delaroche one doesn't say much but I gave it a clean up yesterday. With a little work, the Brig could easily be a good article before it hits DYK. Yomanganitalk 11:10, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- OK, a bit more detail. I took out the inaccuracies in the Bonaparte article. Unfortunately I haven't got time to look up references (and they are probably packed away) so you'll have to try and dig these out of Google books or somewhere, but Delaroche was a stickler for historical accuracy, so what Nappy is wearing and the clothes of the guide were probably researched in some depth. Delaroche looked like Napoleon (or believed he did) which is one of the reasons he was sympathetic to him. His painting was produced on the back of a revival in interest in Napoleon after years of his name being a dirty word (that's why David's painting had been taken out of storage and rehung in the Louvre). Interestingly it was David's painting that broke the tradition of representing Napoleon realistically, so the reworking of that painting in a realistic setting brings the story full circle. The Brig would benefit tremendously just from having the info on the attack added. Your source gives enough detail to give some background, identify the ships, and perhaps even identify the point in the battle (if you can't find info on Aivazovsky then don't try padding it). Wanderer needs to be placed on a mountain top above a sea of fog rather than a next to the ocean, and your analysis needs cutting unless you can provided some sources. Yomanganitalk 11:25, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- I don't see any rocks (and judging from the source on the battle they were in open water). That's not to say that they aren't supposed to be rocks, but unless somebody else says so I wouldn't put it in. I hadn't even noticed the Archers. I'll try and have a look later. Yomanganitalk 11:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- OK, a bit more detail. I took out the inaccuracies in the Bonaparte article. Unfortunately I haven't got time to look up references (and they are probably packed away) so you'll have to try and dig these out of Google books or somewhere, but Delaroche was a stickler for historical accuracy, so what Nappy is wearing and the clothes of the guide were probably researched in some depth. Delaroche looked like Napoleon (or believed he did) which is one of the reasons he was sympathetic to him. His painting was produced on the back of a revival in interest in Napoleon after years of his name being a dirty word (that's why David's painting had been taken out of storage and rehung in the Louvre). Interestingly it was David's painting that broke the tradition of representing Napoleon realistically, so the reworking of that painting in a realistic setting brings the story full circle. The Brig would benefit tremendously just from having the info on the attack added. Your source gives enough detail to give some background, identify the ships, and perhaps even identify the point in the battle (if you can't find info on Aivazovsky then don't try padding it). Wanderer needs to be placed on a mountain top above a sea of fog rather than a next to the ocean, and your analysis needs cutting unless you can provided some sources. Yomanganitalk 11:25, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- You could get them up to spec before they are due. The Delaroche one doesn't say much but I gave it a clean up yesterday. With a little work, the Brig could easily be a good article before it hits DYK. Yomanganitalk 11:10, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
There are some excellent sources for the seemingly one-sided battle of the 18- or 20-gun Russian brig Mercury against two Turkish ships of the line - the 110-gun Selimie (flagship of the Kapudan Pasha) and and the 74-gun Real-bey - on 26 May 1829.
There is a different painting of the same battle at Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829), for example, and there is a monument to the captain - Alexander Kazarsky - in Sevastopol![1]
As for The Archers, archery was undergoing a revival as a popular passtime at the time. There are lots of sources on the painting, its subjects - John Dyke Acland and the diplomat Dudley Alexander Sydney Cosby, later 1st Baron Sydney - and the battle to keep the painting in the UK.[2] -- !! ?? 13:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- [3] might be useful for The Archers. I'd never seen that painting before, the composition is wonderful, somebody must have written about that. I can see a potential FA hidden in this article, there's a good bit of background, lots to discuss in the painting and the fight to keep it in the UK will round it off nicely. The DYK hook says that Joshua Reynolds never achieved great success or recognition during his lifetime, which isn't in the article, and isn't really true. He was 1st President of the RA, was knighted and held in high regard by some of his contemporaries. He was vilified by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood but that was recognition in itself. Yomanganitalk 15:50, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- I know I haven't got anything on either of those paintings other than perhaps a paragraph in some general art books unless I have something that I've never looked at (which sounds shameful but isn't really). I'd never seen the Archers before. I'm sure there are a lot of sources out there for it though. The link I gave has a bibliography listed, you might try there. It's a lot more interesting than Bonaparte which really only has the comparison with David's version and the back story going for it (there's not a lot to talk about in the painting itself). Yomanganitalk 00:04, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
The Archers is good, but the back story to the Brig makes it the star for me. There is a good Russian page on the boat and the historical incident at: ru:Меркурий (бриг). -- !! ?? 09:51, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'd agree if you can find any commentary on the painting. The Archers has a lot more going for it in the picture itself, but there's probably less of a back story. Yomanganitalk 12:54, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Thankee! :)
Thank you so much for the kind words, dear Josh! Like I just told Riana, I can't believe it's been that long already... I swear, I feel old! :) Now, we must plan the appropriate time for you to get your own mop and join us, the past generation of admins at the trenches ;) Thanks again, my friend! Love, Phaedriel - 05:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
Re; DYK
Done. 11 hour backlog, et one of the shorter backlog I've done, sadly. Wizardman 17:10, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
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Military history of Gib
I thought you would be interested to hear that Military history of Gibraltar during World War II passed the GA nomination with some very positive feedback. So thank you for suggesting it in the first place. Cheers, Chris.B 09:58, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Chris.B 10:02, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
DYK - Bonaparte Crossing the Alps
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Thanks again AD. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:53, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swedish speedway 1950s
Hi, I'd like to ask you to reconsider your AFD nomination here, the page is not obvious vandalism, but clearly a recently begun page by an editor with no blocks, and minimal edits. I think you would have been better advised to ask them to improve the page rather than jump to AFD. It's not the only solution, and in this case comes across as a bit hasty if not hostile. FrozenPurpleCube 19:16, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
- I did apply forethought, when you consider the content of the first diff. I have now withdrawn the nomination, but I feel, after reading your comment on the AFD, the need to fully explain myself. It meets criteria A1 of the CSD as of the first diff, so it could almost fairly be deleted with the latter reasoning. It provided no context whatsoever, and consisted only of: a rephrasing of the title, and a large amount of wikitables with no explained content. I was not biting the user. He was new, but so are the other new good faith users who create articles that are removed all of the time. I hope you understand.
- I also took a look on the essay your recently wrote. I feel that you are strongly correct on many of the bases you covered there, but it was obviously inspired by me, and my noming of the article. I think that perhaps you created it without understanding my reasoning for nominating the article. It was not vandalism. I never even considered that. It was not solely because it was unreferenced, but that further brought to me the suspicion that it may not be good for the project. It was because it provided no context - I could not possibly divine what the article was talking about, what it was describing, as of the first diff. Thats why I nominated it. I did assume good faith, and I fully trust that the editor can become a great Wikipedia user. But, in the end, it all comes down to the article's original lack of context. Finally, I will say that no tag would have been appropriate for that article - cleanup tag would be inappropriate because messiness was not the issue. Wikify - perhaps, but again, not the main problem. There are no tags I know of dealing with absolutely no context, and thats why that particular criteria is part of Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion.
- Thanks for your message, and for expressing your concerns. I hope you have a nice day. Regards, -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 22:19, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
- I have sent a friendly message to the user further explaining the issue. I hope that this is to your liking, and satisfies your concern about my perceived hostility (by the way, the truth is that, while you wanted me to assume good faith, you were not assuming good faith for me, but labeling my nomination as a hostility. I do not edit with hostility, or I try not to. I try to operate with a clear head. I would never nominate an article, or do anything on Wikipedia, if it were fueled by a force of bad will) Thanks -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 22:27, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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- I see no evidence of forethought or examination on your part to the extent that would be appropriate. There is absolutely nothing in the article that speaks of vandalism, there's even a reference in the first diff. Those are things that tell me that more consideration needs to be given to the article than just rushing to the delete button. You need to learn to tell the difference between an article that is a problem by its very nature and one that's just developing. Only in the former case would I recommend the precipitous and hasty action you made. And I hope you don't find this offensive, but your protests only serve to convince me that you don't realize your mistake. There is little chance deletion would be appropriate here, let alone CSD. CSD is not to be used for things that are not obviously problems or that might be valid. While I'm glad you do recognize that your nomination was ill-considered, I think you're not truly recognizing your mistake, and are trying to defend yourself. That's not good. So you can't tell what the article is about. Did you try to ask the editor what they were trying to do? No, you didn't. Did you look up the subject at all? I can't see that you did. I don't even know if you performed a google search. I did. I got enough results that I was able to understand that there was something to do with motorcycle racing. Was it really so hard for you to go to news.google.com and search for "Swedish Speedway" ? Knowing that much, I'd have gone to the talk page of the editor and suggested they provide an explanation for this being a sport. You can say it's the burden of an editor to prove things, but I feel it's also the burden of any editors to take reasoned actions instead of automatic responses. (And it doesn't help you that there was a reference in the first edit).
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- So basically, while I might comprehend your actions, I believe they were highly mistaken. You chose the wrong actions. As for your protests that there was no appropriate template message to use, I'd consider that {{context}} would be appropriate, but um, since when were you limited to template messages anyway? Did you consider a message on the talk page? Or to the user? If you didn't, then that represents a mistake on your part. So next time you see a page like this, try at least one of the steps I suggested. Will they always be required? No, but you'll have to use your judgment. Just try to realize you have more options. I see you consider this a lack of assuming good faith on my part. I am making the good faith assumption that you made a mistake and didn't know there are other things you can do. I consider this to be a problem for you, but this doesn't mean you are a problem. It just means there's something you need to correct in yourself. Countering this concern with a lack of AGF on my part makes me think you're worrying way too much about defending your actions and not enough about correcting them. Trust me, I am not ascribing malice on your part, I am however, not sure there's sufficient awareness of the nature of your actions. FrozenPurpleCube 22:55, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
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- And actually, my inspirations predate your nomination by a considerable bit. In fact, you can look at the history and note that it was created BEFORE your nomination, as I first made the page at 02:10, your nomination was not until several hours later. And I can go back to oh say, the 23rd of July to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Civil marriage in Israel for an earlier example. Not to mention the more recent Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North China craton and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Western Block (North China Craton). Sorry if I'm deflating your vanity, but I've seen this problem before, and the only thing you're doing is reinforcing my belief that it is a problem. Which is why I do feel it's important to write the essay. Though it's not like there isn't existing material such as WP:AFD#Before nominating an AfD FrozenPurpleCube 22:55, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Hello Josh, I see you're 12 years old and, while your work on wikipedia is admirable, your youth means you have to be careful about nominating things for deletion simply because you haven't heard of them. If you'd Googled terms like 'speedway' or 'craton' you'd have seen they were notable things. Being too trigger happy creates a lot of work for other people and makes them doubt your competence. As Mr Manticore points out there are a lot of things it's suggested you can do about an article you have doubts about written up on the AfD page, before you nominate something for AfD. I'm sure you've got a lot to offer. I removed the AfD tag from the article in question seeing as you'd withdrawn the nomination but 'dearly wanted to see some clean up'. You're allowed to clean up an article yourself you know, even if you had nothing to do with its creation. If you want to be an admin then users will look for little incidents like this and maybe use them in discussions about your suitability so it's in your own best interests to think twice here. These were exactly the same concerns which meant your first RfA failed. For instance
- Oppose, user has nominated professional soccer players for speedy deletion as recently as a few hours ago. Wouldn't trust him with the delete button. —freak(talk) 20:32, Jun. 10, 2007 (UTC)
Could you provide an example of this? Anonymous Dissident Utter 20:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
[1]. —freak(talk) 21:23, Jun. 10, 2007 (UTC)
How could I have possibly known he was a professional? there was no indication of it in the article; I simply took that he was a normal person who happened to play football, thus failing WP:NOTABILITY. Anonymous Dissident Utter 21:27, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
The mistake is easily understood, given the state of the article at its creation (I would have done the same thing). Pot-shot edit summaries like yours [2] are worse, though (addressing freak). EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:32, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
The mistake is not that easily understood in my opinion. Its a stub, quite simply: he is listed as a player on the team Berwick Rangers F.C.. It would have taken less than 5 seconds to look and see if Berwick Rangers F.C. is a professional team or not. —Gaff ταλκ 21:35, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Gaff has made a fair point, and I will accept it. I was on a speedy tag run, I saw the article, read it quickly, it looked like WP:NOTABILITY vio, I placed the tag. Now I see that the player is professional, thus passing WP:NOTABILITY. Lesson learnt. Should most definitely read New pages more carefully and analyse more when on patrol. Anonymous Dissident Utter 21:43, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
"Should most definitely read New pages more carefully and analyse more when on patrol." You wrote that in June. Lesson learned? Nick mallory 00:26, 11 August 2007 (UTC) I understand your concern. I understand the time issue. But please do think about the first diff. It could almost fairly qualify for speedy deletion. Instead I nominated it for deletion, but not because I hadn't heard of it. Because it provided no context. It contained a rephrasing of the title, and a compilation of data that was unexplained. When the necessary improvements were made, I closed the debate. I did not opt to add more information because I myself had no information to give. I understand I can clean it up - i might just do that, when I finish my conversation with FrozenPurpleCube. I hope you understand, I nominated the article because, without context, it was a piece of text that was not understandable, and was not appropriate for Wikipedia as of the first edit. While I may have needed to wait longer before nomination, I don't think that I was unfairly trigger happy considering the content of the first edit. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 00:42, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, it obviously seems to you that no, the lesson hasn't been learnt. I will say that is has, because I understand the CSD now. i more carefully analyse new pages. And I did analyse this new page. I cannot be expected to analyse future edits of articles that quite clearly meet the criteria for deletion, though, and while I may have needed to wait longer, that can be said of any violative article, that could possibly be improved in a period as long as a year or two. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 00:50, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
I don't care about this article in particular, I'm just thinking about your desire for adminship. This is how you closed your first RfA
Ok. I'm now thinking of closing the rfa, per WP:SNOW. All of your advice has been good, and I hope that perhaps my second Rfa will pass. To sum up, what I have gathered from the critisism is that I need to more intensely study New pages before making a judgement on what tag to place, if any at all. Would that adequately sum up most of the opposes? Anonymous Dissident Utter 23:33, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
What's changed? You might not think you were trigger happy, the point is other people, the people who'll be deciding whether you'd make a good admin, did think that and obviously still do. You can keep acting the same way, and trying to defend it, or just slow down a bit and think twice and help people less experienced than you improve their articles rather than slapping them for deletion. You want your second RfA to pass right? It won't if you haven't taken on board what everyone told you. It's up to you isn't it? As for 'clean up' I really meant removing the AfD tag from the article, you nominated it, you withdrew it, you could remove the AfD tag. Nick mallory 00:53, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
- Adminship is a row of buttons. I do not have an overwhelming wanting of them, I just feel I could use them for the communities benefit. I have only withdrawn an AFD once or twice before. A review of my nominations will show most were deleted. I don't feel I move overly fast, else none of my AFD's would end up with a deletion closure. And I don't know if it is fair to say that this was a blatant mistake on my part - surely the reasoning behind the nomination is fairly easy to perceive. This particular nomination resulted in a keep, after good improvements, by you and another editor, were made while I was asleep. I was happily surprised when i found these great improvements, improvements i did not expect. I then closed the debate, content to do so. I'm not sure a great deal should be made of this - I might have made an error in not waiting for a bit, but, despite my statement on my last RFA, I cannot fairly strive to be perfect - even the most policy-wizened and skillful bureaucrats are not ineffable. I hope you understand. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 01:07, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
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DYK
Thanks for the updates. Made my life much easier :) --DarkFalls talk 01:27, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Your judgement has come
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Congrats
I am pleasantly surprised and happy to be proven wrong on my forecast of response at PR for lion - great to maintain the momentum. cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 07:25, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Go ahead and correct me, its okay :)
I thought the word was "Defense" in British spelling, according to Merriam Webster's it is: chiefly British variant of DEFENSE, So that's how I've always thought of the word, for um, well let's just say decades, shall we? 
Is there a different use for the word, that would change the context? I'm happy for you to tell me, I don't use British English and never have, so I'd have no idea, so no worries that I'd be upset, plus now I'm curious! lol. Ariel♥Gold 11:35, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, that's right, right? lol. rite? write? omg, AG needs sleep, methinks. But yeah, Defense is US, Defence is British... write?
Ahh well it is past my bedtime, drop me a line if you're around when a decision is made, makes no real nevermind to me lol. Ariel♥Gold 11:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Status
Hi; clearly the entry at WP:EFDP is a light-hearted whimsy, but I was concerned at your request (which I have honoured) for the deletion of a number of your subpages. I really do hope that you are not thinking of leaving wikipedia, are you? --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 12:35, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
- See my response to your post on my talk. With that and the above, your clearly have the whole "Brad" cabal looking out for you now. Regards, Newyorkbrad 15:26, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
- I did recognise, and said, that the WP:EFDP was not a serious page. It was, as you say to Newyorkbrad, just a strange coincidence. --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 16:13, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Barnstar
Thanks for the Barnstar. I can be funny sometimes :). --(Review Me) R ParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 18:45, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your comment
Thank you for your comment on my RfA, which was successful. LyrlTalk C 01:11, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Raine Island
Please do not remove the tags on the pages - rather, swap them over so that the merge is proposed from RI (Q) to RI. -Malkinann 21:22, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
RFCUN
Good job on your reports here. However, generally it is expected that you discuss your concern with the user in question before bringing it for comment. Sometimes users are perfectly willing to change their username, and if so there is no need for the RFCUN filing. You can use {{subst:UsernameConcern}} for this purpose, or you can write a personal note outlining your specific concerns. Thanks! i said 15:40, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
- Ahhh. I didn't know that part of the story. I will remember to do that in future. Thanks for letting me know. :) -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 15:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
Hawk-eagle
Good luck with your nomination for main-page mention of this article. It seems to me that what would be interesting is to compare the weight of the eagle with the weight of its prey. Steve Dufour 16:34, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
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Re: Inappropriate ANI posting template
This is re: WT:AN#Improper use of the WP:ANI forum. Thanks for offering to create the template. It could be named template:uw-ani to fit with the other warnings at WP:UTM. Here's an idea of what it could say,
- "Thank you for your recent post to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Because that noticeboard is meant for issues that require the urgent attention of administrators, your post has been moved to (linked forum name here), which is a more appropriate forum for your issue."
Anyway, just a thought. Cheers, Flyguy649 talk contribs 03:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
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- I assume the way you've written it would require substing, then manually changing the required fields. May I suggest using "if" coding, such as in {{uw-vandalism3}} so that piping could be used. Also a third piping could be used for an optional statement, eg. {{uw-ani|WP:AN|Flyguy649|I have already moved your query}}~~~~ to give:
Thank you for your recent post at Wikipedia:Administrators' Noticeboard/Incidents. However, it has been determined that this is the wrong venue for your particular issue, for any number of reasons. WP:AN would most likely prove more helpful. I have already moved your query. If you require further assistance, I can be contacted on my talk page. Best regards, Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:21, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- Flyguy649 talk contribs 15:19, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
- I ham-fistedly added some "if" functionality. I've never tried to make a template before, so it's not too elegant. Revert it if you dislike it or improve it if you can (which I'm sure you can!) Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:30, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
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- I'm glad it seems ok! I just asked User:Wikihermit to comment on it since he is a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject user warnings, the group that developed all the new harmonized warnings, and he seems to be online. As for a template for the ANI itself, I imagine that most users would just add something like "comment moved to WP:whereever, user warned" and either mark it as archived, resolved, or delete the thread entirely. Cheers, Flyguy649 talk contribs 02:32, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- I assume the way you've written it would require substing, then manually changing the required fields. May I suggest using "if" coding, such as in {{uw-vandalism3}} so that piping could be used. Also a third piping could be used for an optional statement, eg. {{uw-ani|WP:AN|Flyguy649|I have already moved your query}}~~~~ to give:
I've also left a note at User talk:R. Flyguy649 talk contribs 19:24, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
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Ouch... *Giggle*
Thanks for reverting the vandalisms
on the article for the Great Wall of China. I live in Australia myself and there is a Telstra Bigpond Broadband advertisement on TV showing a dumb father telling his son that the Great Wall is built to "keep the rabbits out". This is very stupid and people always comes on wikipedia to put that into the article. Anyway thanks for reverting the vandalisms! Oidia 06:19, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Military history WikiProject coordinator election
The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will be selecting nine coordinators from a pool of fourteen candidates to serve for the next six months. Please vote here by August 28! Wandalstouring 08:52, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Your comment
Your comment on Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Campbells56 is actually wrong I am afraid. There is evidence that this nonsense religion does not exsist, as it has no mention on google, and the only one is a wikipedia talk page with a warning about the page that was cached. Nothing else comes up, and the user in question has violated WP:BLP into the articles of famous people by saying that they followed the religion in particular when they never. The sunder king 09:42, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not sure I would say it was wrong; you mentioned only that it was "nonsense", not a "nonsense religion". How could I have known? -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 09:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Oh Sorry, just check on google for proof no such thing exsists, and if it does. It obviously isn't notable enough. The sunder king 10:32, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
Ok then very well. The sunder king 10:42, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
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- There's a small snag in the referencing. The von Albrecht reference had an incorrect ISBN, and since it,s a two-volumes work, you might want to be a bit more specific with it. Circeus 19:29, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
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Knud Olsen
Re the Afd[4] for Knud Olsen. I have reduced the article to a stub to remove the copyvio. The article can now be carefully rebuilt with care, avoiding any copyvio issues. Could I invite to reconsider your nomination and withdraw it please? Thanks. --Malcolmxl5 08:06, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
- Sure, but there is no getting around the fact that it was a fair and good nomination to begin with. Wikipedia's copyright policy is very strict, and it is quite severe that this content had been there since 05. Copyright violations cannot be tolerated, but thank you for fixing the content. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 08:47, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
- Hi there. Yes, I understand why you nominated it and you were quite right to do so. Thanks for closing the Afd, hopefully the author will now rebuild the article using his own words. All the best now. --Malcolmxl5 22:55, 17 August 2007 (UTC)
Admin
I would like to nominate you for admin. What do you say? I have briefly scanned your contribs and I see lots of great work. you are already involved in admin stuff like th enoticeboard, rfcn etc and you arev even a great article writer. You are the perfect candidate and should satisfy everyone. ViridaeTalk 01:59, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Europe Proposal
Hi, I see you're a member of the European Microstates project. I was wondering if you would be interested in participating in a new "WikiProject:Europe"? It would cover non-EU pan European elements and more national elements where there isn't a project to cover it (e.g. there is no project for Slovenia). Microstates might also want to become a taskforce of the project to keep down overheads etc as there are just a few members. I am just trying to get an idea of numbers before I propose it but if you have comments on the idea please see the Discussion on WPEU. Thanks for your time! - J Logan t: 08:43, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations!
Congrats on the new changes to your monobook.css!! Like the new message bar! Dissident's Scribe 10:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
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GAC Reviews
Hey Epbr, can you collect numbers attached to each of the top 5, so we have an idea how many reviews the top had? That'd be great. Cheers -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 00:25, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- It's worked out by a points system, where each review gets between 1 and 3 points depending on its thoroughness. I'm not keen on displaying the points gained by each reviewer as I don't want to keep getting complaints from reviewers who think their reviews should have had more points. Twenty points is usually enough to win the award each week, and eight points is usually enough to get into the top five. Epbr123 11:22, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Ping!
You've got mail :-) --Boricuaeddie 16:07, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
- Got it. Thanks Eddie. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 21:58, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Nappy
I think there's a lot more to do on Bonaparte Crossing the Alps before you can consider FAC.
Random comments: Why is there a history of his Egyptian campaign in there? I'm all for a little background, but this has nothing to do with the picture at all. You might want to mention Delaroche's earlier portrait of Napoleon at Fontainebleau (3 versions, at least one of which has the hand tucked in the waistcoat in the same iconic pose as in Crossing the Alps) and Napoleon in his Study from 1838 (which makes another interesting contrast with David's 1812 picture of the same name). The analysis of the painting and the comparison to David's work are patchy at the moment (looks like mostly your own opinion rather than reporting what others have to say). Try to find out which version of David's painting Delaroche saw in the Louvre. It must be one of the two Versaille's versions: Image:Napoleon-david.jpg, or Image:Napoleonpic.jpg as these were the only two in the country, but I don't know which (if either) of them were exhibited in the Louvre. The different versions have different colouring, so saying he is on a white horse is possibly incorrect, and a gold cape definitely is. There needs to be some history of the painting's ownership. There are at least two versions extant: Onslow's was bought by the Walker Gallery and there is one in the Louvre. How did it get to the Louvre? Was that Queen Victoria's copy, or is was there a third version (or more versions)? Any differences between the versions? The "hat" is a bicorne. I'd mention the connection between David and Delaroche through Antoine-Jean Gros (Gros was a pupil of David and the teacher of Delaroche). You might also mention that while the was a resurgence of interest in Napoleon a portrait in the mould of David's still probably wouldn't have gone down well (though you'll need to find somebody else saying that). Bonaparte died in 1821, so you might want to put that in as well as the date of his exile (at the moment it doesn't mention it is a posthumous picture). Any modern commentary on the painting? Yomanganitalk 12:51, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
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Counts of Galicia and Poland
I declined speedy on this article that you tagged. It had been deleted as copyvio before and the author claimed to be the author of the source page as well. I've put links on the article's talk page if you would like to review them. In any event, the admin who deleted the article as copyvio restored it and it would be probably better if there are remaining concerns to contact him/her directly. Thanks for helping to keep WP clean. Carlossuarez46 21:41, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
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Tiny and inconspicuous canvassing. Remember, if your eyes are tainted, not my problem. --DarkFalls talk 11:11, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Already replied before you even posted me a talkpage message. Maxim(talk) 17:32, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Break and School
Hello, I just wanted to wish you a good, restful break and a good school year! Cheers, Neranei (talk) 20:33, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
RfA?
Anonymous Dissident,
I have seen your name on various projects, and making significant contributions to Wikipedia, and the community at large. I would be happy to co-nom you for an RfA with anyone else (any takers?). contact me when you're ready in September.
Cheers,
Perfect Proposal Speak out loud! 01:13, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
- I would also be pleased to nominate you in September or whenever you're ready. Please email me about a nomination. Is it too tacky to talk about this here?Neranei (talk) 01:35, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
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Since we've had zero feedback on the template, I've posted to Wikipedia_talk:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace#Proposed_new_template:_template:uw-ani. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 04:13, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Rfa
Hi, as you can see I have withdrawn my rfa as to be honest looking at it now I probably wouldn't have supported it if I was on the judging, first of all i would like to thank you for you comments and although you did not support I was glad to have a sort of "neutralness" from you, as for the future I will try to address any concerns raised. I will continue most of my regular actives but I am also going to try to get many Linux articles up to GA status as well as trying to get some previous Linux FA back up to FA. As for future rfas i am pretty sure I will try again but I am not going to put a date on it. --Chris G 12:30, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
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- How the heck do you do that? You are amazing! Congrats! Neranei (talk) 19:46, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Adminship
Hey, your userpage says you would like to become an administrator sometime around september. I'd be happy to nominate you if you are keen :) You have a much better chance of passing now. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 04:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Template sweep
I'm sweeping around Special:Uncategorizedtemplates and Category:Uncategorized templates. Anything specific I might as well nuke? Circeus 23:52, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
Re: E-mail
Alright. Just let me know when Maxim creates the page, and I'll take care of my part. My break should only be another day of two, it felt refreshing not editing though :) Wizardman 03:12, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Re: Faile (artist collective)
Thanks for taking the time to read the page and advising on what I should do to improve the article. It's often difficult to see where something is failing when you're so caught up in it! I will act on your suggestions in the coming months. I do still have a couple of problems though:
1) When I initally made the page, I emailed a link to the artists concerned. They emailed me back and corrected one or two points that I'd put in. However I can't direct people to my email inbox for verification - what would you suggest in this situation?
2) Also a user has been putting a link to a commercial website that basically just sells prints of this artist (and a few others). First I undid it with an explanation. Then when it returned I undid it and left an explanation on the users talk page Wikipedia states that links to sites which exist primarily to sell products or sevices should be avoided. Sorry. However they've just reinstated it with the words online gallery next to their link. It is just a commercial website selling prints. Have you any thoughts?
Robertlondon 11:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Are you around? hrmmm?
Lemme know, I have something I want to ask your opinion on. Ariel♥Gold 12:48, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Okay
Before taking any kind of action (notice on the talk page), I'd like your opinion on this name. I respect your opinion, and you've been around RFCN longer than I, so you know the history with relation to religious figures in user names. One edit, but I cannot identify if the information is true or not, so I can't tell if it was put there with good faith. I assumed it was. Ariel♥Gold 14:54, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, all those things I considered too. But it has been pretty adamantly requested that the user be notified first, and after a time, then take it to RFCN. So I'm not sure how long, exactly, is "enough time" between leaving the user a notice, and asking for comments at RFCN. I guess I'd like your input on how to do that, or if you'd prefer to take care of it, feel free. I'm not sure really what the name is supposed to mean either, unless I take some big "leaps" assuming intention, which I don't do. But up to you. I think that I'd probably do nothing, and just AGF for a while, but if you think discussion is in order (again I defer to you because you have been around RFCN more than I) then I would be happy to see the input there. Ariel♥Gold 15:10, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Okay, completely unrelated
Your talk page uses a font I love, but I looked at the source and can't figure out what you did to override whatever default font WP uses (they're both sans-serif, but I just like the "clean" look of whatever font you're using). So spill your secrets, please! Ariel♥Gold 15:23, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
UK Portal
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RfA
Would you like to be nominated for adminship? I believe you are ready. WaltonOne 16:33, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- I've been working a nomination out with him since July. And it so happens you ask him about an hour before I post the nomination. Feel free to co-nom, or whatever you wish to do. Maxim(talk) 18:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
You have been nominated for adminship
- 1 co-nom is now in place as well. Who knows how many are coming up, I lost count. Good luck :) Wizardman 20:03, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'm already wikignoming your RfA. ;) EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:29, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, I didn't think of substing the notice, so I decided to use moves, but then that didn't work. Maxim(talk) 21:25, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- DarkWizard has, Melsaran hasn't but it's O.K. to go live early, that the usual way of unorganized co-noms (organized means that the co-noms have discussed best times, etc.) Do you want me to post it or will you do the honors? Maxim(talk) 21:36, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- No worries. It was a minor thing anyway. I almost beat you to the first support, too, if I hadn't bothered to add it to the main RfA page instead. *shakes fist* :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:39, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, I didn't think of substing the notice, so I decided to use moves, but then that didn't work. Maxim(talk) 21:25, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
- Good luck from here too. Although it appears you won't need it :-). ~ Wikihermit 22:52, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Good luck; I hope you don't wreck your nerves! I've put in my two cents. Neranei (talk) 01:23, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
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Oops, you're right. Didn't notice the notable movies in there - I've added wikilinks to help rectify that. Good luck in RfA! — Giggy 07:40, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Barry Azzopardi
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RFA
I supported your request for admin. Good Luck! King Lopez Contribs 08:41, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Donatia gallery
Greetings! Re: this edit. I'd have to disagree. I generally dislike galleries, especially when the images they contain are available on Commons or can be moved to commons (see Second Empire for such a mess). It's also not much of a gallery when there's only one image. I think leaving the image you moved to a gallery in text is more aesthetically pleasing and allows for a much better flow of the text. I'm also actively creating/expanding all of the Stylidiaceae articles and will eventually return to this genus and its two species. Your thoughts? --Rkitko (talk) 12:11, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
- Hi - I don't mind either way. I just thought it was cluttering text up, but I will leave it up to you. Whatever you think is best :) -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 13:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
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- It's on my list to expand, anyway, once I finish working my way through Levenhookia, so I'll wait until there's more text to work with. Cheers, --Rkitko (talk) 13:54, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
Re: Hey - the RFA aside...
I've taken another look at the beginning of the article and it has improved a little, but I still believe there's a problem. I know it's difficult to write an article essentially based on a single source without there being some resemblances. However, I believe the onus is on the writer to chop things around sufficiently that the resemblance isn't immediately apparent. Regards, Espresso Addict 13:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
- Not meaning to be sarcastic or anything, but if you feel ready for adminship, you shouldn't be asking a lowly editor like me something like this ;) Espresso Addict 18:18, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
- Not to but in or anything, but that's not true. : ) Collaboration is always good. IvoShandor 06:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- I've had another very quick look and the article doesn't look very much changed. To be honest, I don't think a succession of cosmetic edits is going to make much of a difference. What's really needed is a major rewriting and reorganisation of the material to make it clearly distinct from the source, or -- preferably -- finding another source to use in addition. Espresso Addict 18:11, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Hey, your RfA
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I just discovered that you are nominated for RfA (see RfA Report to the right). Best-O-Luck! -- Jreferee (Talk) 18:30, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
- Just 11 more supports to WP:100! Unfortunately, I was too late to nom you. bibliomaniac15 Prepare to be deleted! 00:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
DYK August 28
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--Andrew c [talk] 20:32, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
RfA- Goin' Good
Guess what, man? Your RfA is goin' really well. It'll soon be in the WP:100 list for sure (six supports away!) and you don't have a lot of opposition. You'll be an admin in no time! Seriously, I thought you were already an admin, and I'm sure lots of others feel that way, too. AR Argon 06:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks, man! Wikipedia's sweet, and I've been wantin' to join here for a good, long while. But thanks to a certain user, my IP address was blocked {don't read too much into that, my IP's shared}. —Preceding unsigned comment added by AR Argon (talk • contribs) 06:45, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
- WP:100 a few minutes ago. You might break WP:200 at the rate you're going, <vanity>all thanks to me...</vanity> pizzaboy. --DarkFalls talk 10:54, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- On the contrary, DF. The massive piles of support obviously stems from the fact that I was the second person to !vote on it, and everyone realizes that I rarely participate in RfAs. They're obviously thinking that, if I'm willing to step out of the shadows for a candidate, they must definitely be worth it, so everyone supports. EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- Ahh DF! What can you say?! I mean - EVula is never wrong! :P -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 14:41, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- On the contrary, DF. The massive piles of support obviously stems from the fact that I was the second person to !vote on it, and everyone realizes that I rarely participate in RfAs. They're obviously thinking that, if I'm willing to step out of the shadows for a candidate, they must definitely be worth it, so everyone supports. EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:37, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
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In typical Ariel fashion, I have added my verbose enthusiastic endorsement of your promotion, and I look forward to being able to give you congratulations! Ariel♥Gold 15:12, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- Your particular comment was excellent and detailed. Thanks again. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 15:14, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- Currently, you are number
4240 in WP:100 for RFA's. bibliomaniac15 Tea anyone? 20:44, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
- Currently, you are number
- Your particular comment was excellent and detailed. Thanks again. -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 15:14, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Thomas Luny
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--JayHenry 18:55, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks will not be necessary
Ya know how everyone does the obligatory thank yous after an RfA? If nothing else, to decrease your workload (how many supports is that now? :) ), I will not require a thank you, it's no big deal anyway. Let me offer my early congrats, unless the anti-dissident crew plans on coming out in droves I think ya got the bits. IvoShandor 02:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
You have
rather urgent e-mail. Please read it carefully. It should a very high priority. Cheers! Maxim(talk) 19:39, 30 August 2007 (UTC)
AOM list
Oh, please do! I've actually never played the game for more than half an hour so I hardly know what's going on, in particular, with the unit types, etc, but I know a heap about AOE, and they aren't that different, are they? ;) Oh, and if you want something to do, like, right about now, is try and expand the whole lead section, and include a bit more about the game, then try and cover some units and buildings aspect of the game, etc. –sebi 06:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- And good luck with your RFA! :) –sebi 06:39, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Congrats On 10K Edits!
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| Well done on your 10,000th edit! Keep Up The Good Work. andrewrox424 Bleep 11:21, 31 August 2007 (UTC) |
- Yeah, will do. Being a weekend, I have some social events on, but will be back to editing a bit on sunday, but being fathers day and all, apparently we are meant to 'worship' our father on that day. andrewrox424 Bleep 11:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- For the sake of maintaining healthy conversation, I'm going to kill Bibliomaniac... :) --DarkFalls talk 11:32, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- LOL. This is becoming a funny contest... -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 11:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- Please let me archive your talk page... *groans at slow Internet speeds*... –sebi 11:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry - I do it on a monthly basis. I know it is annoying, but it helps things to be organised by a set rule, if you will. Dont worry - tomorrow it is all gone :) -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 11:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- You might want to consider using MiszaBot III, which archives each thread after a few days of inactivity, but organizes the archives into labelled monthly pages as you want. User:R was kind enough to set it up on my page as an improvement from my earlier system and it's working very well. Newyorkbrad 13:28, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- Sorry - I do it on a monthly basis. I know it is annoying, but it helps things to be organised by a set rule, if you will. Dont worry - tomorrow it is all gone :) -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 11:53, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- Please let me archive your talk page... *groans at slow Internet speeds*... –sebi 11:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- LOL. This is becoming a funny contest... -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 11:48, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
- For the sake of maintaining healthy conversation, I'm going to kill Bibliomaniac... :) --DarkFalls talk 11:32, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Adminship
Wow! What an awesome compliment! Thank you very much. I've been considering giving it a try, and I really appreciate your support! I was recently working with Fang Aili, who has been acting as my admin coach...so this is a perfect suggestion from you. Let me check with Fang first, to see if she thinks I'm really ready, and thanks so much for this wonderful offer..! Dreadstar † 17:52, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
Time
You're up early :) Daniel 21:34, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
