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Speedy Delete

Wikipedia, by and large, is a dictionary. Maybe the rule should be restricted to one liners and non linkers but regardless, the disscusions in favour of change to this directive are extensive, well written, and ignored for years ie: no answers, deaf ears. This is contrary to WP:PNSD which is much more important than WP:DICT. If the debate was open the policy would be fair. The debate is not entered into. Admin v Opinion. Instead it is a dictatorship policy. Some of the suggestions for change are very considerable. Any project not open to intelligent debate (for several years I may add) should be up for speedy deletion.
Sincerely
ThisMunkey (talk) 09:31, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

  • I should clarify "by and large" includes a dictionary. Regardless, my speedy delete got an immediate response. Why have the dabates entered into recieved little or no response?
    ThisMunkey (talk) 11:06, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
As it turns out I got a good answer and would now point out that Wikipedia makes it very easy to include tags for Wiktionary (as good as including the dictionary, serving any intents or purposes) BUT! this info is sorely missed from pages such as Wikipedia:Your first article or Wiktionary. Thankyou
ThisMunkey (talk) 12:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

of Header edits and underconstruction notices...

Thanks Bencherlite! I noticed that you did a header change to the clock page to make if conform to some spec... I was not able to figure out what it was you did and the link to that WO:MOS page seems to just contain Gibberish. Did someone vandalize that page? also... can I, or should I remove the {{under construction}} header from the Dreger Clock Site when I am done adding the main materials? or does someone else have to remove it? User:OChistory (talk) 17:23, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Image deletions

Gee, thanks for deleting some of my images here; I uploaded it by mistake, so sorry about that... Blake Gripling (talk) 23:23, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

A new Oxbridge user box

Bencherlite...I am currently in the process of writing a user box for all of the colleges that are part of Oxbridge. This template is meant to replace your current college template. Please take a look at the work in progress and comment on it. My main concerns are college abbreviations and color choice. I am using scarf colors for the colleges. Thank you. - LA @ 17:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Detachable Penis

I believe that article should have just had a few sources added, not been deleted. With almost 200k google hits, 25k of them with the correct band name, and 11 mentions in wikipedia, it is totally notable. How do I propose undeletion? Akb4 (talk) 21:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

undelete

Thanks for the undelete! I've added a refs section with links to the lyrics, video, and the "all music guide" descriptions of the band and album, and I've removed the tags from the article. Please let me know if you think there are still critical problems with the article. -- Akb4 (talk) 07:03, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

British barrister cat

You asked for my view on the above cat, which is (1) that because there is no such thing as the British bar, it looks very inaccurate when applied to an individual article, and (2) it appears to run counter to the general way of things, which is to delete a more general over-category once a more accurate sub-cat is in place, as is the case with "British barristers" and "Members of X Inn". I understand your point about how it feeds into other cats, but it is very creaky. If it is not possible to get where you want by another route, then, at the very least, more annotation is needed on the cat pages to make it clear how these cats are supposed to work together: otherwise somebody is likely to do the same thing in 6 months. BoxCount | Talk 14:25, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, thanks, I have already understood your point! I am pointing out that the expression "British barrister" is prone to misinterpretation: if it is to be limited to the meaning of " a barrister of British nationality", there must be a clear explanation on the cat page that that is all it means, as otherwise - as it did to me -it will look as though it is supposed to mean "Member of the British bar", which would of course be a nonsense calling for correction. Some clarifying notes are needed in the approporiate places (though I suspect you will still find that the cat is removed from time to time by people who (a) read it as implying a "British bar" and/or (b) assume that it is a superfluous over-cat to one or the other of the Inns). BoxCount | Talk 15:02, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
(after a bit more thought) Perhaps this would all work better with some addl cats to keep the nationalities and the qualifications more clearly separate - (eg) if the "Members of X Inn" cats were subcats, not of Category:English barristers→Category:British barristers, but of Category:Members of the English bar→Category:English bar→Category:English law? (+ sth similar for the Scots, N Irish etc; and maybe sth parallel wd also work for solicitors?). Otherwise it's not easy to keep the useful distinction you point to betw Brits/English people who are barristers but not necessarily of the English bar, and barristers of the English bar who are not necessarily English/British, because they get muddled up at the "Cat:English barrister" and "Cat:British barrister" levels. If you think this wd work I'm happy to take on the labour.BoxCount | Talk 01:06, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Old pages

You've got it right - more than anything I was hoping the name change would also change username mentioned in the (my realname at the time) on the block for the 128.138.82.195 address, I didn't know it wouldn't work out that way. I'm fine with the old information on the talk/user page. -- Scarpy (talk) 23:23, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! -- Scarpy (talk) 03:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Barristers (cont)

Thanks for the note, and glad you think it would help. I'll go through a few at a time. HeartofaDog (talk) 00:52, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Don't you just love ...

The users who blank pages. For example the user who blanked Revision history of Category:Candidates for speedy deletion, what do they think will happen? All the info will just disappear!Thright (talk) 05:10, 17 March 2008 (UTC) Good work by the way.

DYK congratulations

Updated DYK query On 19 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kenneth John Woollcombe, 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.

Well done! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:16, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

...Err, all I did was reword the hook! BencherliteTalk 07:24, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Well the hook was credited to you - should I give someone else credit? Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:07, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I checked the article history and the creator was notified - here's another one credited to you:
Updated DYK query On 20 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Lloyd (soldier), 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.

Congratulations! Ruhrfisch ><>°° 01:07, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK image

Image:Flag President of Ireland.svg - should it be deleted or should {{m-protected}} be removed? Would you deal with it please? Royalbroil 04:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK notifications

I'll finish these if you like, since there are one or two hooks I want to drop into the next update. Gatoclass (talk) 08:47, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Will do, thanks for letting me know how far you got :) Gatoclass (talk) 08:50, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
It would be nice. I guess someone has to make a noise about it :) Gatoclass (talk) 08:53, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Faberge egg

I don't think it's a good idea to use up all the Easter-themed hooks on one update. We have two more Easter Monday updates to do yet, so I suggest holding this one back for the next update. Gatoclass (talk) 08:33, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

I thought I'd already finished it - but it appears the main page has grown longer since then.
Okay then, I'll leave it up to you if you want to add the Faberge egg or some other hook, but bear in mind we only have a couple of religious hooks left and there are two Easter Monday updates to go yet. Gatoclass (talk) 08:39, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 26 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Vaughan, 1st Earl of Carbery, 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.

Congratulations! --Espresso Addict (talk) 18:42, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:English classical organists

Category:English classical organists, which you created, has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. – Noca2plus (talk) 17:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Selling coal to Newcastle

Updated DYK query On 1 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Selling coal to Newcastle, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--howcheng {chat} 04:02, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Pictures of courthouses

Hi. In response to your request at WPYorkshire, I 've uploaded not-the-greatest pictures of York Magistrates' Court and York County Court to Commons. This is just a note to say that I forgot to rename the latter, and it's called [[Image:County Court.JPG]], but at least it's in the right category. When I get round to it, I might also upload another of the York Assize/Crown Court, in case it's better than the one that Kaly has deposited. Best wishes. --GuillaumeTell (talk) 00:48, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Busy next Sunday?

Meetup? Hope it's not too short notice. Majorly (talk) 14:45, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

GA Review of Herbert Armitage James

Hi, I see that you have been active for a while. So, I was wondering if you've looked over my review of the Herbert Armitage James article. Noble Story (talk) 09:26, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Neat! I remember this AFC, it took a while checking the information over and I thought it was very well written. I couldn't find anything else to add but kept in on my watch list. Thanks for letting me know.--Torchwood Who? (talk) 11:32, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Aberdeen F.C. achievements

Thank you for removing the article Aberdeen F.C. achievements as I created it without realising that the information in it was already on another page.

Dreamweaverjack (talk) 13:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK.

Of course, don't worry about it. Goodnight. :) · AndonicO Hail! 23:15, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Havard etc

Only if they're people likely to feature in the London Gazette, recipients of state or royal honours, service personnel (particularly officers), clergy of the Church of England appointed to positions in the gift of the Crown, MPs etc. ;) Just wish I could have found his initial commissioning and Mention, but my full repertoire of tricks to get round the search engine's defficiencies were to no avail. David Underdown (talk) 19:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

One category I forgot above, the law, appointments as QC/KC (although these seem to be particularly poorly indexed), and to judicial office are all in there. To track down Honours, you may find User:David Underdown/Honours useful, User:Necrothesp has a fairly comprehensive list as well, though without direct links to the issues, or pre-formatted templates. David Underdown (talk) 20:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
It is usually possible to track down the honours lists by doing a search for "graciously pleased" and restricting it to a date range, I usually try searching between 25 December and 6 January for New Year lists (rembering of course to make December a year earlier than you're actually looking for), and something like 25 May to 25 June for Birthday Honours, all this assumes that you know the year the honour was awarded, which obits and son on don't always give. Feel free to fill in any gaps in my list. David Underdown (talk) 07:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

User:DrHeLpErZx

I'm pretty skeptical about this guy, but he hadn't done anything at that point which would justify refusing to allow a name-change unblock (WP:AGF and all that); so thanks, you did the right thing. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:50, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

a new article for DYK

Hello, Bencherlite, there is a new article on a Chinese athlete Jin Jing. We want to push this article onto the "Did you know" on the main page. Could you give us some comments on the talk page of that article? How should we improve that article? If it's a good one, could you please help us put this article onto the "Did you know"? The question could be '[Jin Jing|Who] is called the "Smiling Angel in Wheelchair" by Chinese people?' Thanks!--Supportjinjing (talk) 23:35, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! How about the usename: jingandteller? Is this username OK? How can I change the username? I will improve the article as you said. But my English is not very good. I will try. Thanks for you comments!--Supportjinjing (talk) 23:56, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I have asked them to change my username.--Supportjinjing (talk) 00:03, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

About the photo. Does the copyright of that photo matter? If that photo should not be used, can I delete that photo and still push the article onto the main page? Thanks!--Supportjinjing (talk) 00:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! Can I keep the photo in the article but not show it on the main page? I mean only to show the title of the article on the main page?--Supportjinjing (talk) 00:45, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Jokwe

No problem! I was actually happy to use my admin tools to fix that, and it was only up there for a very little bit. ♬♩ Hurricanehink (talk) 01:09, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Jin Jing

Hi there can you please have a look at Jin Jing your input or ideas help rectify issues with this acticle would be appreciated.Oiboy77 (talk) 18:47, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the DYK notices [1] [2]. Being submitted to AFC, I can't really take credit for them, but it does make me feel good to see them (and gives me some personal affirmation that I seem to have some grasp of notability concepts!) Yngvarr (c) 21:44, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK - Hollywood Canteen (1944 film)

Thanks for reviewing the Hollywood Canteen (1944 film) for DYK. I guess I don't understand the rationale for not including the list of guest stars in the character count. If I understand the DYK rules (I have to admit I am still learning), there woudl be no question of including them in the character count if they were included in text. Would it be a better article though if the list were replaced with "Guest Stars included the Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, ..."? Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 14:08, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK for William Thomas Havard

Updated DYK query On 12 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Thomas Havard, 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.

--Bobet 22:53, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

I've replied on Gatoclass' talk. The idea that the article gets disqualified from DYK because I started work on it at 10pm the day before is ridiculous. Sceptre (talk) 00:30, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Deleting Category:Non-article Illinois pages

Sorry about that. The actual category in use is the non-typically named Category:Non-article WikiProject Illinois pages. Please delete Category:Non-article Illinois pages. Thanks and sorry for the trouble. GregManninLB (talk) 01:25, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the deletion. On a different note, I updated the code for Template:WikiProject Illinois to accept image location requests. The template is protected and needs an admin to edit it. If you would be so kind, please copy (in its entirity) the text here and paste it over the entire contents of Template:WikiProject Illinois. Please let me know when that is done. Thanks. GregManninLB (talk) 01:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. My test page doesn't show any problems, so it should be OK. GregManninLB (talk) 01:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Samnite gladiators

Hi Bencherlite, I notice you promoted this one in spite of my leaving a query on it. I have no objection to that, but perhaps I should have better explained why I queried it.

Basically, the hook says "that the Samnite gladiator type likely went out of fashion in Ancient Rome when the people of Samnium, whom it was intended to mock, became assimilated into the Roman Empire?" I could see no reference in the article for the claim that Samnite gladiators were "intended to mock" the Samnite people. The hook in effect is making an unsubstantiated claim about "mockery" of Samnites going out of favour after they became assimilated.

As I see the update has now been posted, I still think this is a problem, and that the unreferenced phrase, along with the word "likely" should be deleted (since the article itself doesn't equivocate on this point). Regards, Gatoclass (talk) 05:40, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

On reflection, I think I'll strike that. The article does reference the games as a "mocking milieu" so arguably that supports the hook (albeit somewhat tangentially). When I put the update together last night, it was late at night, the update was overdue, and I had already scored several "dud" hooks in a row and was getting a bit frustrated by the time I got to this one, so when I couldn't readily confirm it I just left a query and went on to the next. I'm still a tad uncomfortable about the hook but not enough to make a fuss over it at this stage. Gatoclass (talk) 05:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

LOL

I have an intense and over powering nonsensaphobia. Unfortunately, in its worst flares, it sometimes leads me to commit acts of blocking. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 21:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK Mother Ludlam's Cave

Many thanks for that. Mike Weydonian (talk) 22:55, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


Requests for Mediation

Hello Bencherlite! We have never worked together but, I need your Voice!

Cymru
WalesWales
Flag of Wales Coat of arms of Wales
Flag Coat of arms

Greetings Wales community! We need your Voice! We need mediation and impute from the wider community who regularily contribute to articals of Wales interest. At issue is the use of a distinctive border around the country info box, as well title bar. The issue seems to have become a crusade against Wales by certin editors, who have almost never contributed to and practically never visit (by their own admission) the Wales page. I do not tust the motives of the editor, whome seems to be stalking my edits and reverting them purposefully. This editor even dismisses the colors of Wales red and green saying that Wales does not have any official colors! (quote: "I imagine that this use of "national colours" (of which Wales has none by custom or tradition)...", Unfortunatly, I must deal with these cyber bullying tactics if I am to contribute here. However, I implore the Wales commmunity to weigh in on the topic of allowing info box borders and title headers. Please submit views on Template talk:Infobox Country and talk:Wales. If the wider Wales community decides not to support a border and title header color in the colors of Wales then I will withdrawal from this position. However, I and other editors do feel it makes the Wales page far more distinctive. Sincerly, David Llewellyn♦Drachenfyre♦·Talk 02:30, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Not that it matters much but...

Not that it matters much, but I wasn't informed when an article I created, 2008 Egyptian general strike, was on DYK on April 13. I would have greatly appreaciated finding out this fact while it was still on the main page. Thanks,--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 05:24, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia generally

Apologies, I am still navigating how to use this site and am grateful for your help to date. At some stage I will need your help again to actually provide for my profile, language use and so forth.

Thanks/diolch also for the tidying up of John Ellis Williams and other such stuff. As a trained lawyer myself - but by now professional trilingualist - I appreciate copyright restrictions. It is to be noted however that the feature taken from the Academi website was actually initially written by myself, as JEW is actually my father. I know that in cyberspacve there is no way of proving this, but believe me when I say that it was my contribution all alongh. That said, you being the accomplished Wikipedian that you are have provided for a much more professional layout. So again, diolch. When I will have a spare moment I intend to give a more detailed analysis and lity. crit. of my father's life and works in both languages. This will prove a good occasion to collabotrate further with you and other Wikipedians who have an interest in Cymru in all her forms. Please put me on any list which you think is approppriate to this end.

Cofion gorau,

Sionees —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sionees (talk • contribs) 11:14, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

My mistake. Sorry.

I promoted that yesterday? I shouldn't have. Ooops! I guess I must have seen Daniel's line and acted too quickly without reading your line carefully. My mistake. Sorry. As a penalty, I'm banning myself for the rest of the month. Bye. Take care. --74.13.128.181 (talk) 07:51, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Editing when I should be sleeping is not a good idea. Mistakes happen. Glad to know I have been helpful, anyways. Thank you. May come back in a few weeks. Take care. --74.13.128.181 (talk) 08:00, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

speedy protect

Hi. I would just like to say thanks loads for that speedy protect of User talk:Wælgæst wæfre. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Urm i think he just recreated his user talk page and he would be adding that stupid stuff that makes wikipedia go wild again :) User talk:Wælgæst wæfre ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 08:53, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 16 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Powel, 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.

--Cirt (talk) 12:35, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Hi, quick question on the DYK. I suggested one that you verified etc (Here) - What happens now? Who decides if mine will go on the front page? When might that be? Is there a long waiting list? Sorry to bombard you with all these questions, just curious... Many thanks ← κεηηε∂γ (talk) (secret) 13:03, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply, i am confused as to what you mean by "the article is only just over twice as long as it was when you started." - I started this article from scratch on 7th November - do you mean the article has to be expanded 5x within 5 days to be eligible? Thanks, Grant ← κεηηε∂γ (talk) (secret) 07:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 19 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tony Ambrose, 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.

--Cirt (talk) 19:50, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Wales

Thanks for stopping the edit war on the above page, I was hoping someone would step in —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snowded (talk • contribs) 21:18, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Personally I'm not happy that a 3-day page lock has been put on the article because of just two people edit warring. It's scuppered my edit plans. Why should the article suffer? Why should I? I thought the idea was to go after the people edit warring - not the article! I don't get it. It's like someone being naughty and the whole class getting detention. I've got a good mind to hand you a letter from my folks! Seriously - is this fair?--Matt Lewis (talk) 01:10, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Its difficult when someone refused to engage in discussion after two invitations to take part in a talk Matt. I don;t think there was any choice. Bencherlite - I don't know if you are monitoring the activity but I attempted to summarise (as objectively as I could) the current position (and "voting" strength) on the talk page this evening. Given previous history I would not expect the majority vote to be accepted and anticipate another bout of edit wars when protection is removed. --Snowded (talk) 23:01, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the message, and the removal of protection. I would be interested to know what your advice would be in similar circumstances. This was the first edit war I have been embroiled in. I reversed what I thought was neo-vandalism (we get a lot of this on Wales with attempts to make Wales more UK, less distinct). It was then reversed again with a request for evidence, I reversed providing evidence and then moved to the talk page. However the other protagonist would not move there, but reversed again. For a third time I reversed, with a second request for talk. I then stopped as I had reached three in a day, but in practice you came in --Snowded (talk) 23:35, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

edit request

Did you see my edit request by the way? It's not related to the edit war, but something I feel should be amended, that was put in during that time. It's now stuck in the Introduction and doesn't favour Wales as a country at all, imo. My suggestion is just a compromise that the person who wrote it won't mind (it adds clarification along his own lines to his edit that makes Wales look a little less like England!). Since the Calzaghe fight I think this article will be looked at by a great many people who know little about Wales. It's a frustrating time (and stage) for it to be locked. --Matt Lewis (talk) 01:10, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

For the barnstar :).--Urban Rose 19:50, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for the welcome.

Yup, I wasn't aware that it would need to be discussed any more, sorry. It is pretty obvious from the discussions there that "constituent country" can't stay, as it causes controversy as to whether they are countries or not, which is a long, long debated thing. Constituent area would hopefully be a logical, and non-point of view solution. what do you think? Gozitancrabz (talk) 22:39, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Loved your latest response to Gozitancrabz! --Snowded (talk) 13:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I was trying to make it easier for people to read all the discussion about moves without having to span up and down. I will leave it as I have rearranged it, and won't change it more :) Gozitancrabz (talk) 14:16, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I take it that more vandalism was done to my userpage. Thanks for deleting the vandalized revisions, though there still seems to be one vandalized revision left.--Urban Rose 13:32, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Cheers

However, that wasn't the problem Matt Lewis and I were encountering. He actually took out some of the things I had written and physically re-wrote them, so in order to delete this, I moved some of his other comments to a single place, since they interefered with the formatting of the page. I have given him a warning not to change what other editors write, and he seems to understand. Cheers. Gozitancrabz (talk) 20:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

DYK!

Updated DYK query On 30 April 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edmund Meyrick, 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.

—Fvasconcellos (t·c) 02:17, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Wales mediation

You might want to look at the mediation page, some interested edits --Snowded (talk) 18:58, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment - it would explain some of the behaviour and I presume the mediators will pick it up --Snowded (talk) 23:25, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for trying to get this move vandalism mess fixed. I tried but saw the odd characters and got more confused than a 3 1/2 year vet should. :) --WoohookittyWoohoo! 06:36, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah me either. Odd. --WoohookittyWoohoo! 06:48, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user

Caution There is currently a backlog of 57 users at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user. Please consider offering adoption to one or more of these users. Don't forget to change their {{adoptme}} template to {{adoptoffer|Bencherlite/Archive 4}}. Thank you for your continued participating in Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. xenocidic (talk) 19:34, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, I'm new to wikipedia, is there a way to message you privately please? It is about an entry I want to discuss with you privately?? Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mellbell90 (talk • contribs) 08:27, 3 May 2008

Re:Should this existing FL be split into shorter lists?

This is in response to your post at WP:FL. As far as I know, there is no official procedure, but I think the best way would be to move the larger list to the new page, and it would retain its FL status, then move the smaller one to a new page and it would have to go through a seperate FLC. If you want another opinion, ask at WT:FLC (more FLC regulars have that page on watch). -- Scorpion0422 19:25, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK update

You active? It's several hours late again. Gatoclass (talk) 09:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

London Meetup - Sunday May 11th

We're hoping to have regular meetups for wikipedia enthusiasts in London. The next one is this Sunday lunchtime (May 11th) see Wikipedia:Meetup/London 9. in Holborn. Come along! -- Harry Wood (talk) 15:16, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

RFA for Gatoclass

You inquired about nominating him for adminship. You can co-nom at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gatoclass 2 if you're still interested. Royalbroil 03:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks B :) Looking forward to it. Gatoclass (talk) 06:33, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Tall, Taller, And Teller Deletion

Could you please tell me why my page was deleted? I posted a reason for it to remain on my talk page. Pheonex (talk) 23:16, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

    Will I be able to post some of the page up again when it is on YouTube?

Pheonex (talk) 23:27, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for your time. Pheonex (talk) 23:36, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

WBOSITG's RfA

Hello Bencherlite, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in my RfA which was passed with a final tally of 114/10/4. I'm both shocked and honoured to gain so much support from users whom I admire and trust, and I hope I can avoid breaking that backing by being the best administrator I possibly can. I will take on board the opposition's comments and I hope to improve over the coming months and years. Once again, thank you! weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

RFA

Thanks Bench! It's a little late to organize my thank-spam tonight, so I'll have a bit more to say tomorrow :) Gatoclass (talk) 11:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


RfA thank-spam

Bencherlite/Archive 4, just a note of appreciation for your recent support of my request for adminship, which ended successfully with 112 supports, 2 opposes, and 1 neutral. If there's something I've realized during my RFA process this last week, it's that adminship is primarily about trust. I will strive to honour that trust in my future interactions with the community. Many thanks! Gatoclass (talk) 06:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Whew! Finally got through all that thank-spamming. That was hard work! Anyhow, saved the best till last.

This is just a special thanks for being my co-nom, which helped get my RfA off to a flying start. Not to mention the strong support and encouragement you've given me over the last few weeks.

I was planning to hand you a six-pack but since I couldn't find one, I'm just shouting you to a beer instead. Enjoy! Gatoclass (talk) 09:56, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK: Edward Wynne (chancellor)

Updated DYK query On 18 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Edward Wynne (chancellor), 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.

--PFHLai (talk) 23:59, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

dyk

Updated DYK query On 20 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John David Jenkins, 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.

-- well done! Victuallers (talk) 21:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Return of a sock puppet

I could be wrong but 122.105.220.129 postings on the England talk page are very similar to our former sock puppet on Wales. Same use of odd web sites (about.com), same repetition without reading other people's comments, same constant outdents and the date s/he started ending matches. I'm new to this aspect of the Wikipedia so would appreciate it if you would take a look and tell me if I am wrong. --Snowded (talk) 09:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for checking, and apologies I should have doubled checked the IP addresses first before bothering you! --Snowded (talk) 12:34, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Jim Sweeney

Thanks I have added a request to WPRENAME Jim Sweeney (talk) 07:56, 2 June 2008 (UTC) for now at least

Thomas Sampson speedy

You obviously didn't take the trouble to check the page history in the deletion of Thomas Sampson. This you should always do. Charles Matthews (talk) 08:12, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi Bencherlite. I'm the one who nominated the article. I actually DID check the history but obviously not deep enough. Sorry about that.  Channel ®   10:54, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Oops

Oops, sorry! I completely missed that typo. Good thing you were on the job, because I obviously forgot to review the edit before I made it! Gatoclass (talk) 09:26, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I thought of trying to edit it to make it more readable, but then decided it wasn't worth the bother :)
BTW, I notice on your user page that you are a musician. You might be interested to read my latest article, Raymond Hanson. I'm not usually that happy with my articles but I was kind of pleased with the way this one turned out. Gatoclass (talk) 09:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)