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User 87.194.74.62

As I recall, you gave this user a final warning. This user vandalized Jeeves and needs to be blocked. Footballfan190 (talk) 01:18, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done. --ChetblongT C 01:23, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:AFD

That looks like a consensus to keep to me. If that user wants the article deleted, they can open another AFD, but there is no reason you should overturn your decision and delete it.   jj137 (talk) 03:07, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem.   jj137 (talk) 03:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Okashina Okashi - Strange Candy

Hi Chetblong, could you describe your thinking behind closing this as a "keep"? Thanks in advance. --Dragonfiend (talk) 07:26, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

You are the only one who asked for the article to be deleted, as the nominator was neutral, and the rest were keep. Most of the keep !votes cited policy as a reason to keep not just that they liked the article, therefore they count. Therefore the consensus was keep and the AFD was closed per the consensus. Hope that helps, --ChetblongT C 18:57, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Let me try to summarize this. Buspar, creator of the article says it ought to be kept and misrepresents the sources and what they actually say. Winged Cat and 130.49.157.75, in their 1st edits, in a great coincidence, both appear to express great familiarity with the article and its long history, and also misrepresent the sources. JoshuaZ, Ubardak, and GarryKosmos all simply say keep per the likely sockpuppets misrepresenting sources. Bulmabriefs144 says keep per things like "notable for its sheer length and run-time" which have no basis in policy. Queerudite says they want a rationale beyond just recreation of deleted material. I gave such a rationale as to why these sources do not meet our policies. The previous version of this article was deleted in part for it being an autobiographical/COI work of the former editor known as User:Xuanwu. Besides writing on his non-notable webcomic, this user also enjoyed writing about G-On Riders, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Ron Paul's performance in debates. Shortly after his autobiographical webcomic article was deleted and he left, a new User:Buspar appeared, who coincidentally also enjoys writing about this webcomic in their first edit, G-On Riders, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Ron Paul's performance in debates. Also an interesting coincidence: GaryKosmos first appears around the same time and also enjoys writing about G-On Riders, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Ron Paul's performance in debates. So, to me it looks like my concerns about lack of sources that meet our content policies were never addressed, and there was some likely puppeteering going on in order to try to create an illusion of consensus. As I said on the AfD, which was never refuted: the best source for this topic is a trivial mention in a story about a non-notable local library program. --Dragonfiend (talk) 02:02, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Just so you know I don't particularly like articles like this staying in the Wiki, however as a sysop I edit according to consensus not my POV, therefore I close AFDs per consensus. Remember if you don't like why or how the AFD was closed, here are your options. Cheers , ChetblongT C 02:29, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I understand. What I am saying is that "closing admins are expected and required to exercise their judgment in order to make sure that the decision complies with the spirit of all Wikipedia policy and with the project goal." You may not have had enough information to interpret the debate correctly if you weren't familiar with the article's history or the history of these editors, so I am bringing this likely significant new information to you now so you can revisit your decision and correct any mistakes or misunderstandings. --Dragonfiend (talk) 02:42, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I see what information you've brought me, however I am not changing my decision as I closed the AFD per consensus. If you don't agree you may open another AFD as is stated here. ChetblongT C 03:12, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
What do you mean by "per consensus"? Your original decision to keep an article on a topic with no verifiable information from significant coverage in reliable, independent sources seems to ignore the consensus behind our long established policies, guidelines and practices. As does sticking by that decision when faced with evidence that the "consensus" you saw was more likely sock puppetry. So what exactly do you mean by "per consensus"? Vote counting? Of sock puppets? --Dragonfiend (talk) 03:27, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry if I did not close the AFD how you wanted it closed. I repeat, I'm not changing my decision, if you don't like it than open another AFD. If your opinion is that sock puppetry was involved than report the users. ChetblongT C 03:43, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
There's no reason to apologize for not closing a certain way, unless that close is incorrect. Maybe if you explained your original close, or your decision to stand by that when faced with presumably new information, then I might think your decisions were correct. Could you be more clear on how you believe your close is consistent with our content policies and guidelines in regards to sourcing standards, or how you've weighed my evidence of sock puppetry, or answer my question on what you mean by "per consensus"? You're not giving me much of a description on how you determined the consensus of an AfD full of likely puppets whose ideas are counter to our long-standing policies and guidelines. --Dragonfiend (talk) 04:33, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I have stated why I closed the AFD as keep, and if you need to know what consensus is then look here. It is not for me to determine if the article whose AFD I'm closing meets our policy, the community decides that and they did. If you remember correctly Wikipedia's policy was created by the community, so if they want to keep the article than it is kept. I again repeat I'm not changing my decision, start another AFD if your not happy with it. --ChetblongT C 21:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I'm quite familiar with the Wikipedia:Consensus policy; I was asking for you to explain how you feel it applies in this case, not for you to provide me a link for it. For example, how your close fits in with "When consensus is referred to in Wikipedia discussion, it always means 'within the framework of established policy and practice'. Even a majority of a limited group of editors will almost never outweigh community consensus on a wider scale, as documented within policies." That is, when we have policies and guidelines that require a certain level of sourcing, then a handful of people on an AfD cannot override that. Also, "Wikipedia's decisions are not based on the number of people who showed up and voted a particular way on a particular day; they are based on a system of good reasons." That is, that I was "the only one who asked for the article to be deleted" is immaterial; what is important rather than vote counting is whether the article actually meets our policies. --Dragonfiend (talk) 00:12, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes, but "whether the article actually meets our policies" has a bit of subjectiveness - as evidenced by this very debate. In your subjective opinion, it did not. In my subjective opinion, and that of the other keep votes who looked at the question (which, granted, was not all of them), it did. As to the consensus - 8 people saying one thing and 1 person saying another is sometimes as good a consensus as can be reached, before most parties lose interest and true discussion (intended to address the 1 person's issues) effectively ceases.Winged Cat (talk) 02:41, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Dragonfiend, please stop trying to browbeat this admin into reversing the AfD simply because you disagree with the decision. "Per consensus" means, in this case, that you were the only person arguing for delete. Also, if you want to argue about sock puppetry, the previous version of this article's AfD looked like a sock puppet operation headed by you: most the people who were saying "keep" in this case put forth more substantial arguments than most of those who voted "delete" and did not otherwise significantly contribute to the discussion. Wikipedia is not a battleground. Please consider that your point of view on this topic may be slightly incorrect, as evidenced by the fact that no one is agreeing with you on deleting this article. (And yes, I don't edit Wikipedia much these days - my early efforts were mostly either vandalized and then reverted back to before my edits, or simply AfDed without much debate, or similarly rejected. Kind of discouraging. This AfD was the first I've written on Wikipedia in over a year; I decided I might as well register for it.) --Winged Cat (talk) 19:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar for you!

The Original Barnstar
Here's a barnstar for improving Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia! The Helpful One (Review) 22:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Question about your criteria for adminship

You state that in your criteria for adminship that for an administrator to be active in CSD related deletions, they need to have over 100 CSD tags with an 85% success rate. My question is, is how this is measured. CSD tags, if successful, don't show up in a user's contributions, because the page that was tagged was deleted. How does one find out the amount of CSD tagging one has done (other than indirectly, through notifications on user talk pages)? scetoaux (talk) (My contributions.) 05:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

If you're an admin you can see the deleted contribs, so thats how you can see how many CSD tagged articles have been deleted. --ChetblongT C 05:35, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. scetoaux (talk) (My contributions.) 05:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
No prob. ChetblongT C 18:31, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Image issue

There appears to be a minor issue with the images you create, like Image:Basketball110.png and Image:Chetblong flickr logo.png. You claim the image is used under a claim of fair free use and then add a trademark symbol (TM) in the image itself. By claiming it is "trademarked" it gives a false sense of ownership for the username being used to brand a good or service. To those working with images, it is very confusing. While it is essentially harmless, I would request you reupload the images you did this too without the trademark sign, as it is very misleading. — Save_Us 09:44, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about saying fair use, I meant free. That'll teach me to not edit until the early morning hours. >_> It is fine, I never said it had to be removed, as I stated above that they are essentially harmless since it is a free image. I just suggested it since it was misleading to some editors and guessing from your comment, I don't think I was the only one. It's fine really. — Save_Us 19:27, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
That's fine, and yes you weren't the only one. But since I had another admin backing me I felt pretty good about my decision. And don't worry I've stayed up until the next morning sometimes editing Wikipedia. Cheers! ChetblongT C 19:34, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

RE: TM

Although I might have missed it, I haven't found any rules that strictly speak against that.   jj137 (talk) 18:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! ChetblongT C 18:32, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo

How do I change the color of the text right after my logo on the talk page. It's orange, but I would like Steel Blue. Basketball110 what famous people say ♣ 20:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done! ChetblongT C 01:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. Basketball110 what famous people say ♣ 01:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo request

Hello. I'm sure your receive thousands (well probably not thousands) of these requests, but your design capabilities are marvelous. Is is possible for you to create one for myself? Should be easy with just one letter and if you can base it off my current signature colours, that would be a plus. Thanks in advance, — E talk 21:49, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Little Help??

Problem with user La 027 who keeps removing tags on Castro, rapper entry. It consists of one line without any information substantiated. I've re-added the tags at least three times now. Thanks! A little mollusk (talk) 04:22, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

It has been deleted --ChetblongT C 05:28, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Tag-removing Users

Hi:

I am having problems with Mac7002 removing tags for deletion from the Matthew Casas page, which has no content. Ditto two users who are playing with the George thorsen page.

Can you please help me?

thanks from a newbie,

alm 19:37, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I deleted it and left a note on the user's talk page. Sorry, Chet :D Master of Puppets Call me MoP! 19:40, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
no prob. :) --ChetblongT C 01:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Alm... I'm guessing that would be "A little mollusk?" Basketball110 what famous people say ♣ 03:05, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

More Tag Removers!

Hiya ... more problems with folks removing tags at Ralph Wells and the Canadian Concrete ... something er' t'other. Sorry to have forgotten the name of the organization.

Thanks! A little mollusk (talk) 18:59, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted. Cheers, ChetblongT C 19:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. One day, I hope to be a super-wikian like you! A little mollusk (talk) 19:08, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem, :D ChetblongT C 19:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For one of the best Wikipedians I've come across in my relatively short time here. If everyone on Wikipedia had the same 'can-do' manner, it would surely be a better place. Joelster (talk) 21:03, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. ChetblongT C 21:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Falafel

Please do not put pointless or misleading warnings on my page. The edits to Falafel are cleaning up the work of a rather determined anti-Israel POV-pusher who abused sockpuppets to force them in and was caught, see Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Jamiechef2‎. M1rth (talk) 22:45, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

As you are an administrator, would you consider a short-term lock on the page (a mere 12-24 hours would probably be sufficient) to prevent well-meaning but ill-informed others from continuing the troubles on it? Thanks, M1rth (talk) 22:47, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Strange happenings

I am near you in edits... very strange. It must be the doings of 42. Basketball110 what famous people say ♣ 03:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Another tag remover? YES!

And the person is also posting a personal phone number at Mac krough. Thank you! Is there a Superman cape we can give you? A little mollusk (talk) 04:38, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted. Cheers, --ChetblongT C 04:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)


Tanks! A little mollusk (talk) 04:52, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Harlow's Casino Resort

An editor has nominated Harlow's Casino Resort, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").

Your opinions on whether the article meets inclusion criteria and what should be done with the article are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harlow's Casino Resort and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~).

You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 12:59, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Referee?

Your super admin powers are needed at Justin Chadwick. Thanks much! —Preceding unsigned comment added by A little mollusk (talkcontribs) 20:17, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll go have a look, --ChetblongT C 00:24, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Many thanks. More serious mediation was also requested, namely Third Opinion. I appreciate your help. The issue with tags befuddles me. They are placed to help the author and draw attention to work that is needed to make a particular entry the best it can be. So why do people take them off their own pages? I don't understand. 02:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:PreciaTestarossa.JPG

If it would not be to much trouble could you please undelete this image so that I may provide a satisfactory FUR for it. Thank you. Vivio TestarossaTalk Who 02:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done --ChetblongT C 12:08, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Signature

Thanks for helping me with by userpage that was great. But I also would like help with a new signature. At the moment it is just a rectangle with writing in it. I came to you because you seem to be good with design. Also some yellow in it would be great.  wwesocks  04:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I seen these logos you made for people could you possibly make me one? I think you deserve a barnstar for all of this!  wwesocks  05:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure! I'll get on it sometime this weekend. Cheers, ChetblongT C 12:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Rethink

Hi, you deleted the page for Medy Elito on the 2nd March 2008 on the basis that he hadn't played for the Colchester United first team. He played for them last night in the game against Plymouth - I therefore think that a re-think might be in order. Can the page be re-instated? (Apologies if I've gone about this in the wrong way but wasn't sure how else to ask for it to be reinstated - as you were the administrator who deleted it I thought you could perhaps help). Lunalutra (talk) 09:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Lunalutra, I can't undelete the article myself, but you can recreate it if you think it passes the notability standards at this point. Cheers, --ChetblongT C 12:12, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo for Sunny910910

Hey Chetblong, I know I'm not the first one to ask this but how do you make those logos? And if possible, could you make one for me. I can tell you what font/colors I'm looking for.--Sunny910910 (talk|Contributions|Guest) 05:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure! I'll get on it sometime this weekend. Cheers, ChetblongT C 12:14, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! If possible, I'd like the text to be the same font as those in Image:Old English typeface.svg and the color of the text to be solid blue with an aquaish reflection (and of course the traditional TM). I know it seems much so if you can't do it or don't want to, you can always stick to your original idea. By the way, I read in your archives that you use powerpoint to create them. Is this true? How do you do it? It would be nice to know so I can use it to make anymore changes instead of having to bother you ;-).--Sunny910910 (talk|Contributions|Guest) 23:46, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Pride-and-Prejudice-TV-miniseries.jpg

Hi! I'm just wondering why this image was deleted when there is a FUR covering each of its uses. Are the FURs defective and if so would you mind undeleting the image to allow Awadewit can fix them? All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 16:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC) PS: Love the Chetblong logo :) --ROGER DAVIES talk 21:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done, Hey, sorry 'bout that. I was using a script that Maxim gave me (on IRC), and I messed up so it deleted some images that did have a FUR. But tell Awadewit, if you can, to remove the {{di-disputed fair use rationale}} tag when Awadewit adds a fair-use rational from now on, so it will be less likely for the image to get deleted by accident. Also, if you want I'd be happy to make a logo for you as well! Cheers , ChetblongT C 03:57, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much for the swift undeletion :) I'll mention it to Awadewit. Yes, a logo would be cool but give me some time to think about it! --ROGER DAVIES talk 04:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Hidden userpage barnstars?

I am new, can you explain this to me? --SpockMonkey (talk) 17:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for your patience and kind messages this week. I will probably still feel like a newb for years to come. I appreciate your helpful spirit. Thank you! A little mollusk (talk) 16:25, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Status

You status template looks really good above. However, when I try to insert in my userpage/talk page, it won't show up. Can you fix this? Thanks. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 00:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok. I'll join. Can you get the status to work? - Milk's Favorite Cookie 20:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Y Done I've created the status for you, now all you have to do is put here, busy or gone, for it to work. Thanks for joining the WikiProject! ChetblongT C 21:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I created a new "status template" on my userspace, because I'm not a vet ;). But I gave you credit! Is it possible to move the status about 1 cm downwards? Thanks for the help! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:46, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Y Done! I've moved it down. ChetblongT C 21:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For making me a status bar, I - Milk's Favorite Cookie hereby award you this Barnstar. Congrats! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Please accept this invite to join the Celtics WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with the Boston Celtics. Simply click here to accept!
(I don't know if you would be interested...) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:

well thanks, and thanks : ) havent heard from you in a while lol elisatalk. 13:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi there!

I read your invite to WikiProject Arkansas and joined. Hey, can you join my project? Image:Smile.png DiligentTerrier and friends 21:47, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
I've joined the WikiProject since I'm a homeschooler, and thanks for joining WikiProject Arkansas! :D --ChetblongT C 21:52, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Wow! Didn't know you were a homeschooler. Well, thanks for joining, and I guess I'll have to update the member count before the newsletter goes out :) DiligentTerrier and friends 21:57, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Yep I'm a homeschooler, and you're welcome. :) ChetblongT C 22:51, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:WikiProject

I joined.   jj137 (talk) 02:44, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Arkansas

Happy birthday. >_> Master of Puppets Call me MoP! 07:51, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I love it! And whose birthday is it? Thanks, ChetblongT C 05:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Is it your birthday? Basketball110 06:13, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
No, mine is in December. :) And can you believe it? It snowed here today! ChetblongT C 06:14, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
It snowed here too! Basketball110 06:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
That's just WikiWonderful! :P --ChetblongT C 06:25, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
It's still on the ground, 2 1/2 days after. It must be WikiSnow. Basketball110 17:04, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah darn, our snow just melted today :(. So you live in Denton? I've been there before, actually I stayed there a month, back in 2001. --ChetblongT C 19:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah. I'd call it a nice little town, but it's actually a city. Just wondering, why where you in Denton? Basketball110 19:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)


Thanks. Maybe I will... I'm involved in so many WikiProjects though. I'm in 29 30 projects, and I have yet to decide on 2 1 (including Arkansas). I'm sure to think about it. Basketball110 20:03, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Does the Arkansas project have a newsletter? Basketball110 20:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
No actually it doesn't. Would you mind creating one? Thanks in advance, ChetblongT C 21:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I will. And your welcome, in advance. Basketball110 22:32, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Skipping in here after 2 days; glad you love it, Chet! And I don't know whose birthday it is, but I just felt that that sentence was the right thing to say at the time. <_< Master of Puppets Call me MoP! 16:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome!

Hi, and welcome to the Celtics WikiProject! We are a group of (mainly) Celtics fans who help to improve coverage related to the Boston Celtics on Wikipedia.

Looking for somewhere to start? Here is a few suggestions.

  • You can check out topics on the main page.
  • You can add {{WikiProject Boston Celtics}} to talk pages of Boston Celtics-related articles, and assess them as well.
  • Check out the to do list for the WikiProject, and opt to try and complete some of those tasks.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or would like to talk about the project in general, feel free to leave a message on the talk page.

Thanks for joining! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Indeed, thanks. I will start on the newsletter soon. Cheers, Basketball110 23:26, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks I can't wait to see it! ChetblongT C 23:31, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
How is that for starters? Basketball110 23:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
All we need now is some news, for the newsroom, to put in the newsletter. Basketball110 23:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
I love it! --ChetblongT C 23:43, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
If you don't mind, I think I'm going to take a little break. I'll be back on Wikipedia later, and then I'll find more news, and move that news to the newsletter. I expect the newsletter to be ready to send out tommorrow or Monday. When the time comes, would you like me to deliver it? Basketball110 23:54, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll think we'll wait till Monday to send it out. And how about I send it out until we reach 50 members, then I'll let you take the job . See you tomorrow, ChetblongT C 23:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Sure, but if I may ask, why? Basketball110 00:43, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm... *thinks*, well because I've never delivered Newsletters before so I just want to deliver this one for a little while. Does that answer your question? --ChetblongT C 00:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Yeah... that's okay with me. I'm already the deliverer for 3 and 1/2. Also, I have decided not to include something that might need a reply, so that the world doesn't collapse. Basketball110 00:52, 9 March 2008 (UTC)


Would you like me to set up the collaboration voting? Basketball110 04:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes actually, thanks in advance. ChetblongT C 06:02, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll get to work on that tommorrow. Cheers, good night, and happy editing. Basketball110 06:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I see that you've already done it. Basketball110 17:45, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Well not really, I'd like you to set it up like you did for WP:celtics plz? Thanks in advance! --ChetblongT C 19:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I'll do it. Also, I think I am going to make a collection of "talkback" templates. Basketball110 20:04, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Y Done Now I'll notify all the members of this page. Basketball110 20:13, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! --ChetblongT C 20:15, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo

Can you give me the steps for making the logo's on powerpoint? Do you have 07, or 03? Anyways, I tried, but couldn't do it. And, BTW, expand tags are not needed when stub tags are already there - Milk's Favorite Cookie 01:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Oops I missed the stub tag! *bonks himself on the head* :P And I'll email you the steps for the logo. ChetblongT C 01:55, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Guess it is a secret :) Thanks! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 02:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey Chetblong, can you possibly send me a copy of those instructions?--Sunny910910 (talk|Contributions|Guest) 03:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
On this when I change it to school the red button gets all messed up. Can you fix this? - Milk's Favorite Cookie 03:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
I've fixed it! --ChetblongT C 06:01, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks (again) :) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 22:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
No prob! :) ChetblongT C 22:30, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Arkansas collaboration

As a part of WikiProject Arkansas, you are encouraged to vote for a project collaboration. Hope to see you there, Basketball110 20:17, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Love it! --ChetblongT C 20:19, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you so much! Basketball110 21:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
You're welcome! ChetblongT C 21:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
"There Must be at Least 5 Support Votes on an Article For It to be Chosen as The Collaboration of the Month..." making up the rules as you go, are you... Just Kidding! By the way, what do you think of WP:DFW, as a project? User:A little mollusk and I "revived" it. Basketball110 21:52, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Lol, yes actually I have no other choice but to make them up as I go along . And I love the look of WP:DFW so could you make WP:ARK look similar? And I think I might join WP:DFW as well. ChetblongT C 21:58, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
The Dallas-Fort Worth WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1 • March 9, 2008 • Written by Basketball110
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I didn't make it, actually. I'll figure out the code, I guess. Can I get it to you later? I'm about to log off. Catch you later... Basketball110 22:03, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
That's fine with me, see ya later. And thanks for all your help so far! ChetblongT C 22:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
The article "Arkansas" has been chosen for March's project collaboration. Voting has begun for April's collaboration. Hope to see you there, Basketball110 23:12, 9 March 2008 (UTC)


Yes, and include the Arkansas being picked as collab. Basketball110 23:17, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Better than I could ever imagine. You did a great job! Basketball110 23:41, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Please accept this invite to join the Mavericks WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with the Dallas Mavericks. Simply click here to accept!
Basketball110 00:05, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
Great work! I'll drop by later and give you "something." For now, here's this:

Userpage graphic

If you ever get time, would you consider making me one of those userpage graphics, like you and many others have. I would give or a barnstar, or whatever you wanted. DiligentTerrier and friends 23:21, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure will! --ChetblongT C 23:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Userpage graphic

If you ever get time, would you consider making me one of those userpage graphics, like you and many others have. I would give or a barnstar, or whatever you wanted. And by the way, thanks for joining my WikiProject. DiligentTerrier and friends 23:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Roll call

If you are actively involved in Wikipedia:WikiProject Dallas-Fort Worth, please add your name here. Basketball110 23:44, 10 March 2008 (UTC)


Logo

You may have to re-upload the logo of mine. "Milk's Favorite Cookie" is trademarked. I just remembered that while eating an Oreo. :0 Also, I took care of the above logo request :) as you said in the email... - Milk's Favorite Cookie 01:45, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Flanders

I reverted your revert. The edit by the anon contributor was appropriate, you reverted to the mis-spelled word. Which was silly. --Luxem (talk) 09:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Diligent Terrier

The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
Thanks for your work with creating my userpage logo! I really like it! DiligentTerrier and friends 18:58, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For making me a logo and even recreating it to fit my criteria.  Sunny910910 (talk|Contributions|Guest) 00:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Two users gave it to me. I suppose you deserve it as well. (You know....) BTW. your {{talkback}} confused Miszabot. I was wondering why my talk page was getting so big... - Milk's Favorite Cookie 19:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Arkansas

Well, I don't want to canvass, but I could remind everyone of the collaboration. I could also create a roll call for the entire project, and then create a roll call for the collaboration. Basketball110 21:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Riana's request for bureaucratship

Dear Chet, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana 12:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject Boston Celtics April Collaboration

Yesterday, Paul Pierce which was nominated by Basketball110 was selected as April's Collaboration. The nomination is avaliable here. If you were not able to vote, we look forward to you voting in May's collaboration which will be avaliable in late April. However, as of now Boston Celtics remains March's Collaboration. Please see the to-do list for the article on it's talk page. Thanks, Newsletterbot (talk) 01:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC) The above message was an automatically delievered message from Newsletterbot. If you would not like to receive any more updates/notices please add your name here.

Wikiproject Boston Celtics Newsletter

The Boston Celtics WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 3 • March 15, 2008 • About the Newsletter
News

Project and team news:

Features

Featured Boston Celtics articles of the week:

Collaboration of the Month

Paul Pierce was selected as COTM for April. However, Boston Celtics is the current COTM.

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Logo

I've noticed that you've been making logos for a lot of users. I'd like one but I want to make it myself. Would you please teach me how? --EinsteiNewton 04:31, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Card

Happy St. Patrick's Day!Kitty53 (talk) 20:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! --ChetblongTalkSign 20:20, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Basketball110 wishes you a happy Saint Patrick's Day, but is sorry that he could not find a better image for the occasion.
Basketball110 Go Longhorns! 21:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! --ChetblongTalkSign 21:36, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Arkansas

When are you making the next newsletter? Well, anyways, I have an approved bot who delievers newsletters. When its ready just follow the instructions on the page. Thanks, - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:35, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll be releasing the next newsletter on April 1st. Your bot sounds like a good idea so I might use it next time. Thanks for telling me about it! --ChetblongTalkSign 21:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Homeschooling Newsletter

The Homeschooling WikiProject
News
Issue One • Early March 2008About the Newsletter

News

Recent Project News
  • A New WikiProject Homeschooling member, Basketball110 has been hired by Diligent Terrier (Project Founder and Newsletter Writer) as the official newsletter deliverer. When you get a chance, stop by his talk page and thank him for joining and volunteering at the project! This newsletter is part of the Newsroom project, which has been created to update our members on the latest news at the project and on homeschooling.
  • Project member count reaches 18 19 20 21 :) members! Keep inviting all your WikiFriends using our invitation templates. Remember to thank users Burner0718 and RC-0722 for helping to recruit users for this WikiProject.
  • Wikipedia user Sherurcij, currently not a member, has asked for support from our members at other Wikimedia projects such as WikiSource and Wikimedia Commons. This message can be found at the project's talk page.
  • Remember: The project is now accessible from new shortcuts, WP:HOME and WP:WPHS.
  • Birthdays: Wish RC-0722 a happy (late) birthday.
  • Collaboration of the Month Nominations are currently open for WikiProject Homeschooling's Collaboration of the month. You can nominate and vote here.
  • A Wikipedia Ad for the project will be created by User:Miranda. This user would like to know exactly what the ad should say. Suggestions should be left at Diligent Terrier's talk page.
Recent Homeschooling News
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Newsletter written by DiligentTerrier and friends.
Newsletter delivered by Basketball110

Arkansas Newsletter

The Arkansas WikiProject Newsletter
Volume 1, Issue 1 • March 9, 2008 • About the Newsletter
Written by Users Chetblong and Basketball110
News

Project and state news:

Recent Project News
Recent News from the State of Arkansas
  • The former governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, has withdrawn from the GOP presidential nomination race, after John McCain won enough delegates to secure the nomination.
  • The entire state of Arkansas was hit by a major snow storm this month, dumping more than 1 foot of snow in some areas.
Featured article

Featured Arkansas article of the month:

Collaboration of the month

What the WikiProject members will be collaborating on this month:

  • Arkansas has been chosen as the collaboration of the month, please help out!
  • Voting is now open for April 2008's collaboration of the month, feel free to vote here.
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WP:HOMESCHOOL Newsletter

The Homeschooling WikiProject
News
Issue Two • Late March 2008About the Newsletter

News

Recent Project News
  • WikiProject merger: Diligent Terrier has proposed that WikiProject Alternative Education be merged into this WikiProject. Although it is currently inactive, the merger may give the projects a chance to grow stronger. You can read the proposal at their talk page.
  • Collaboration of the Month nominations are currently open for WikiProject Homeschooling's Collaboration of the month. It is mandatory, well not mandatory, but highly encouraged that you, as a member, nominate and/or vote for the Collaboration of the month.
  • A Wikipedia Ad for the project has been created by User:Miranda. You can view it at Wikipedia:WikiProject Homeschooling/Ad. Please include the ad in your userpage to show your support for the project.
  • The Userbox Discussion for the selection of our official and standard userbox has been reopened now that we have more members. The discussion was originally opened by Unschool last month, but was put on hold until our group had more users.
  • Assistant Coordinators Diligent Terrier has nominated two users to be assistant coordinators, User:Burner0718 and User:RC-0722
  • Project member count has reached 21 members! Several users joined following the publication of the previous newsletter.
  • Remember: The project is now accessible from new shortcuts, WP:HOME and WP:WPHS.
  • Birthdays: Wish RC-0722 a happy (late) birthday.
  • Wikisource collaboration has been proposed by Sherurcij, an administrator on Wikisource. He is seeking help putting the complete texts of Author:Charlotte Mason online.
Recent Homeschooling News
  • The "homeschooling convention season" (March - August) has started. Image:Smile.png. Sorry — couldn't think of a better story.
  • Homeschooling has been banned in California by recent court ruling on March 6, 2008. As homeschool families protest, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked for the ruling to be overturned.
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Newsletter delivered by Basketball110

Arkansas collaboration WikiReminder

Don't forget to help WikiProject Arkansas by editing this months collaboration, which is Arkansas. Happy editing, Basketball110 Go Longhorns! 21:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

How is that? Basketball110 Go Longhorns! 21:38, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Great! Thanks a lot for your help . ChetblongTalkSign 21:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I asked Oreo if his bot could take care of this, but if not, I'll finish it. Basketball110 Go Longhorns! 21:46, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Y Done Basketball110 Go Longhorns! 22:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I hereby award this barnstar to Chet for vandalizing my page with "42!" LOL! Also, if you are reading it, and loling, I suggest you see User:Pewwer42/42nd Cabal. Cheers, Basketball110 Go Longhorns! 01:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
How is it going? See this... Basketball110 Go Longhorns! 02:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Signature

Thanks alot for creating my signaure. It's great! Sorry I have no ideas my logo though. wwesockssign 07:46, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo

I am not really good with design. I don't know what font. For colours definitely yellow. And maybe an image. And could you please base the a signiture on it. I don't like my old one. Thanks,  wwesocks  03:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

I can't find it anywhere on my user page or talk page. Are you sure you added it to the page? wwesockssign 01:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I see what the problem was. I had the cologne blue skin which didn't show the image. I changed it back to the default skin and now I can see it perfectly! Looks great thanks. wwesockssign 03:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! ChetblongTalkSign 03:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you please make ones for guestbook and awards page. And I need you advice. I don't know whether the logos would look better on left or centred if you think centred could you please centre them for me. Thanks. wwesockssign 04:17, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't matter. I just found out how to add text to the side of the logo. And I think that to the left looks good. Disregard everything I wrote before. wwesockssign 04:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy First Day of Spring!

Thanks! --ChetblongTalkSign 17:50, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Userboxes

I know you will be starting to get sick of me, but I need help just once more. On my page I was trying to have several boxes with user boxes in them just like on your page. And the whole page is stuffed up. Could you please fix the border, make it longer so when the boxes extend they don't go over it, center the boxes and fix the userpage notice. Not much! wwesockssign 22:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done! I've fixed it. :D --ChetblongTalkSign 23:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks alot. wwesockssign 04:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome --ChetblongTalkSign 04:59, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I would like to award you a barnstar for your help. I am sorry you already have this one but you also have the random act of kindness and the special barnstar and I thought this one suits more. Surreal!

The Surreal Barnstar
For making me a logo, signature, and helping me with my userpage several times over the last few months. I hereby award you this Barnstar. Congratulations! - wwesockssign 05:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
wwesockssign 05:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar! ChetblongTalkSign 05:15, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo

I am not really good with design. I don't know what font. For colours definitely yellow. And maybe an image. And could you please base the a signiture on it. I don't like my old one. Thanks,  wwesocks  03:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

I can't find it anywhere on my user page or talk page. Are you sure you added it to the page? wwesockssign 01:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

I see what the problem was. I had the cologne blue skin which didn't show the image. I changed it back to the default skin and now I can see it perfectly! Looks great thanks. wwesockssign 03:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! ChetblongTalkSign 03:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Could you please make ones for guestbook and awards page. And I need you advice. I don't know whether the logos would look better on left or centred if you think centred could you please centre them for me. Thanks. wwesockssign 04:17, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Doesn't matter. I just found out how to add text to the side of the logo. And I think that to the left looks good. Disregard everything I wrote before. wwesockssign 04:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy First Day of Spring!

Thanks! --ChetblongTalkSign 17:50, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Userboxes

I know you will be starting to get sick of me, but I need help just once more. On my page I was trying to have several boxes with user boxes in them just like on your page. And the whole page is stuffed up. Could you please fix the border, make it longer so when the boxes extend they don't go over it, center the boxes and fix the userpage notice. Not much! wwesockssign 22:23, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done! I've fixed it. :D --ChetblongTalkSign 23:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks alot. wwesockssign 04:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome --ChetblongTalkSign 04:59, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I would like to award you a barnstar for your help. I am sorry you already have this one but you also have the random act of kindness and the special barnstar and I thought this one suits more. Surreal!

The Surreal Barnstar
For making me a logo, signature, and helping me with my userpage several times over the last few months. I hereby award you this Barnstar. Congratulations! - wwesockssign 05:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
wwesockssign 05:10, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the barnstar! ChetblongTalkSign 05:15, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Hi Chetblong, can you make a logo for me and my talk page? Thanks, if it's not too much work for you! Thisisborin9talk/contribs 23:03, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure! --ChetblongTalkSign 04:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy easter!

Thanks, BoL :D. --ChetblongTalkSign 04:26, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

hi!

just want to ask, what are my options from editing "The Philippine STAR" wiki —Preceding unsigned comment added by Polgas2008 (talkcontribs) 05:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh I hadn't seen your question, sorry 'bout that. Anyways, since you are an employed by "The Philippine STAR" the best advice I can give you is to edit the article in accordance with our Neutral Point of View and Conflict of Interest policies. As long as you do that you're free to improve the article. Cheers ! ChetblongTalkSign 04:16, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi!

I got a few questions about the facts from The Philippinee STAR's wiki, i think some of the references are a bit outdated (e.g. Filipino English and Taglish: Language Switching from Multiple ) this book is published in year 2003. but after that year, there has been many changes happened. and talking about COI, you happened to refer from the articles from Philippine Daily Inquirer, is it okey to do that? i mean Philippine Daily Inquirer is been competing against The Philippine STAR on whos' realy number one, ehehe

and also can we do the same as what they did? having a reference posted from our own website?

Thanks, --Polgas2008 (talk) 08:18, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for taking care of the person that was vandalizing my talk page.----Asher196 (talk) 03:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem . --ChetblongTalkSign 03:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Icons

Why are the icons on my pages apearing so big. They used to be the same size as yours. Could you fix this. wwesockssign 05:41, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done, go here to find out why. --ChetblongTalkSign 06:31, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo image

Hello. I'm pretty sure you get this all the time, but I was wondering if you can design my username into a logo image, as you've done for several users. I would most appreciate it if you have the time to create it. Zenlax T C S 19:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure! How would you like it to look? Colors, font, perhaps an image? --ChetblongTalkSign 19:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, I'm not very handy with designs, but I would like this design to come in place. If its possible, I would like the color choice be Forest Green, if possible. Font? I hope you can surprise me with it. I would like an image, so it can replace "User:Zenlax", "User talk:Zenlax", etc. Zenlax T C S 19:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
If you don't mind, I'm going to 'hijack' the discussion... User:Vostok sg would like a logo. Are you able to make one? Basketball110 22:19, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I'll get around to making both of these in a few days. Tell User:Vostok sg that for me please :). Cheers, --ChetblongTalkSign 23:49, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Medy Elito

As you were the deleting admin of the Medy Elito article, I'm requesting it be recreated as it now passes WP:BIO#Athletes, which were the grounds it was deleted on. He has now made six appearances in the Football League Championship, a fully professional league, with my source being soccerbase. Thanks, Mattythewhite (talk) 00:28, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I can't undelete the article myself as that would be against consensus, but you can recreate it if you think it passes the notability standards at this point. Cheers, --ChetblongTalkSign 01:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

hey aren't we allowed to create pages on real human beings? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Teknas.pvt (talkcontribs) 09:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Wow

Sorry to have you caught in the middle of that. D: A sock appears to have a grudge with me on here. -WarthogDemon 03:05, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Haha, yeah i saw. No prob. :D Sorry you didn't make RfA. Cheers, --ChetblongTalk/Sign 03:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Like Spinning Plates

Sorry about that, I'm trying to link my article to "Like Spinning Plates". Unfortunately I called it "Like spinning plates". I could use some help re-naming, re-directing, whatever.

Tkotse (talk) 04:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Y Done --ChetblongTalk/Sign 04:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, man.

Tkotse (talk) 04:44, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

RickK Anti-Vandalsim Barnstar

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For not only reverting so much vandalism, but beating me to it. DiverseMentality (talk) 04:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Aww thanks. --ChetblongTalk/Sign 04:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)