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Cheers, Mystytopia 20:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Your recent RfA

I'm sorry, but I've closed your Request for adminship prematurely. Simply put, you've only got 235 edits on Wikipedia; while edit count isn't the only determining factor, and numerous people have their own personal standards that they judge RfA candidates by, there was no chance that the RfA was going to pass.

I'm sorry about this, and hope you don't take it personally. If you continue to contribute to the project in a positive fashion, I'm confident that you could possibly run a successful RfA in the future. You may want to consider submitting yourself to Wikipedia:Editor review for feedback on where to get some good experience, and when you're ready for RfA again, there's a great Wikipedia:Admin coaching program for you to use, as well as a guide to requests for adminship.

If you have any other questions about becoming an administrator, please don't hesitate to ask me. Good luck! EVula // talk // ☯ // 16:57, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about it. I was certain that I would probably not even get close to being recommended - but it was worth a shot. Maybe I'll try back next year. - Crassic 17:02, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
By all means, please do; we can always use more good editors as admins, and the only concern about your RfA was your inexperience. If you keep working the project, showing a working knowledge of the ins and outs of Wikpedia (and a grasp of its many policies and guidelines), I have no doubt that you could successfully pass an RfA in several months' time. I look forward to seeing Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Crassic 2 at some point next year. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:08, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

RFA

You're welcome. I always try to encourage those who wish to take on the challenge (or pain depending!) of adminship. I look forward to supporting you in the future. Very best. Pedro |  Chat  07:23, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Alice Timander

Hi there! First of all: thank you for your concern. I think you did the right thing when you nominated it for AfD. But, when your concerns had been - at least somewhat - addressed, I took the opportunity to close the debate, and as you might have noticed, the article was DYK featured on the front page a couple of days later. PS When you nominate articles for AfD, it's always helpful to tag the articles accordingly, or most people wouldn't be aware that an AfD is pending (I added the tag to the article as soon as I was aware). --Camptown 22:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Way to spread your contributions, Crassic; nice job! But don't worry, the next phase of your curriculum will teach you all you need to know about AfDs, and even more. I love what you're doing, keep it up! Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 23:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
To Arky: Thanks. :)
To Camptown: When I first spotted the article, it was virtually a bare article. I apologize for not putting the correct tags. Thank you for responding, though. Happy editing. Crassic(talk) 23:43, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Image:Crassic 1.jpg Deletion

Hey, Crassic. Since you uploaded the image, just put {{db-author}} at the top of the image's page to request it to be deleted. Cheers, Arky ¡Hablar! 20:24, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. That got rid of it pretty quick. Also, thanks for moving my TOC. I wasn't sure how to do that either. :) Crassic(talk) 21:27, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Hey, no problem. I'm here to help :) Arky ¡Hablar! 00:37, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


Richard Ramsey Reingate

Totally agree it should be deleted; just a stupid typo. Have db-author'd it. --Tagishsimon (talk) 14:08, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

AWB

Hey, Crassic. I see you've put in a registration for AWB. I think it is great that you want to use this tool to more easily improve the encyclopeda. However, there is, unfortunately, a slim chance of you being approved, as only users with over 500 mainspace, or article edits are approved. Happy editing, ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 03:14, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I saw that I currently have 604 total edits - I didn't pay attention to the number of mainspace edits. Arggg. Crassic(talk) 12:42, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Ah-hah. Now after checking it out, I've only got 407 mainspace edits. I'll eventually shoot for it again. Crassic(talk) 15:48, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Don't worry, you'll get it quite soon :) It's a really great tool, and, once you get it, I can help you if you want to learn a bit of how it works. Cheers, ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 18:32, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Crassic, holy cow! I bet you'll never believe this! ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 22:20, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Haha. :) I put my name in when I had ~515 mainspace edits. I figured it was worth another shot. :) tosh²(talk) 22:21, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Expect an automated approval notice within the next fifteen minutes Also, if you need any help with the program (it has quite a few buttons...) you can just ask me, and I'll be glad to help. Cheers, ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 22:26, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Alright. I'm about to get offline, so I'll install it later tonight or tomorrow afternoon sometime. After that, you can expect a bunch of questions. ;) tosh²(talk) 22:28, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
Okay, so for some reason, I'm still awake even though I have to get up early tomorrow morning. I installed AWB. Now, if you don't mind, care explaining how to work this? :( tosh²(talk) 05:31, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB 101

Okay, Crassic. Here's a crash course in AutoWikiBrowser

System requirements

  • Looking at all the userboxes on your userpage, you need Internet Explorer to get it to work. If it works, and you don't have IE, don't worry; I'm probably thinking of a different version of the program :)

Getting started

(This is what I do when I use AWB. You can use different settings if you like.)

  • First use only: Click "General", and then click "Edit summaries". Copy the text below into the box:
clean up
re-categorisation per [[WP:CFD|CFD]]
clean up and re-categorisation per [[WP:CFD|CFD]]
removing category per [[WP:CFD|CFD]]
[[Wikipedia:Template substitution|subst:'ing]]
[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|stub sorting]]
[[WP:AWB/T|Typo fixing]]
bad link repair
Fixing [[Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links|links to disambiguation pages]]
Unicodifying
Put category or categories in proper order
Put stub notice(s) in proper order
Put stub tags and categories in proper order
Put template(s) in proper order
Grammar fixed
Headers fixed per [[WP:NC]]
Capitalization fixed
{{DEFAULTSORT:}} added for similar categories
Image underscores removed
Link(s) simplified
Link underscores removed
After this is finished, click "OK"
  • Click File, and then click Log in
  • Log in to Wikipedia from the webpage that is displayed in the program
  • In the area near the bottom of the page that says "(1) Make list" set the control boxes so that Make from is "Category" and Category is "Cleanup from June 2008". For a bigger list, you might want to set this box to "Cleanup from May 2008"
  • In the "Set options" tab directly to the right of the "Make list" area, check the boxes that say Apply general fixes, Auto tag, Unicodify whole article, Enable RegExTypoFix, Slip if blocked by Spam filter, Skip if Inuse, Skip when no change made, and Skip non-existing pages.
  • Click the tab that says "Start"
  • Check the box that says "Minor edit"
  • Click "Start the process"

Editing with AWB

  • After clicking "Start the Process", the above pane will begin to change. As the program investigates the edits to be made to certain pages, it flits from article to article.
  • When a page fully loads, it will show you the "diff" of the edit it's suggesting. If you do not like the edit, click ignore. If it is a helpful change, select a fitting edit summary from the list, or provide your own, and then click the green save button. If you like some changes to an article, but don't like others, double click the line that the unwanted changes are on. This will cancel out this part of the edit.

When you are finished...

  • Click "File", and then click "Save settings"!!
  • Exit the program
Hopefully that helps a little, and feel free to ask me any more questions you may have. Cheers, ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 20:55, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
One minor problem ... the "Start the process" button isn't clickable. Any idea on what's wrong? tosh²(talk) 21:33, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
If this helps any... tosh²(talk) 21:40, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Darn <slap style="in the face"></slap>!! After choosing what categories to make the list from, click the "Make list" button. Golly, how could I miss that?!? ARkY // ¡HaBLaR! 21:43, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Haha. Alright, well it's working now. :) If I need anything else, expect a question or thirty. tosh²(talk) 21:45, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! :D

Thanks Crassic/Archive 1
I would like to thank you for your participation in my successful RfA, which passed with a tally of (44/10/5)[1]. Whether you supported, opposed or were neutral in my RfA, I appreciate your participation and I hope that we can continue to work together to build a stronger and better Wikipedia.

Regards, nattang 04:16, 3 October 2007 (UTC)


Mimico Correctional Centre

Thanks for cleaning up after me. One of my first articles--Jeff Johnston 16:36, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

No problem. tosh²(talk) 20:14, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Michael Appleton

Hi, the correction in Michael Appleton of safty -> safety is incorrect. In this case, Safty is part of a real person's name, as the sources for that article will verify. I have thus reverted the edit. Thanks. --Jameboy 21:06, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I apologize for that. I guess AWB didn't pay attention to that, as I know that I didn't. Sorry. tosh²(talk) 21:07, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
No worries. It has happened before with a bot edit. --Jameboy 21:50, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

AWB quick tip :)

Hey, Crassic. Nice work with AWB! Just a quick suggestion, though. When you make an edit, consider selecting an appropriate edit summary from the edit summary drop down box, instead of choosing "clean up" all the time. Nothing too big though, and again, nice work! ( arky ) 01:56, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Will do. I've thought about that before, but I figured it might just take a bit of time. I'll attempt to do that more often. tosh²(talk) 03:10, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Also, AWB shouldn't be used for minor edits such as removing blank lines. - Dudesleeper · Talk 14:07, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Alrighty. Thanks. :) tosh²(talk) 14:24, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Deja Voodoo CD.jpg

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My (KWSN's) RFA

Thank you for commenting my recent (and successful!) RfA. It passed at at 55/17/6. I'll try to make some changes based on your comments. Kwsn (Ni!) 01:44, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

My RFA
Thanks for participating in my request for adminship, which ended with 56 supports, one oppose, and one neutral. I hope to accomplish beyond what is expected of me and work to help those that lent me their trust. east.718 at 02:34, 11/4/2007


Wikipedia has a new administrator!

Thanks!
Thank you for voicing your opinion in my RfA, which passed with 54 supports, 2 opposes and 3 neutrals. Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it. I hope to exceed expectations, If you have any advice please feel free to let me know. Thanks again!. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤

OhanaUnited's RfA

Thanks for voting at my RfA. Unfortunately, the result stands at 51 support, 21 oppose and 7 neutral which means that I did not succeed. As many expressed their appreciation of my works in featured portals during my RfA, I will fill up the vacuum position of director in featured portal candidates to maintain the standards of featured contents in addition to my active role in Good articles. Have a great day. OhanaUnitedTalk page 04:04, 8 November 2007 (UTC)


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Best wishes

I may never have come across you, but I wish you well in your retirement from Wikipedia. Singularity 05:22, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Same here. Good luck in the real world, Crassic. ( arky ) 17:56, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

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Yay!

Welcome back, Crassic! Prepare to be reassimilated into the collective! =P ( arky ) 02:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, Arky! :) Aye, I guess I wasn't really prepared to retire completely. I just needed time to get everything in my life back in order. TOSH(talk) 02:41, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Ha, I've been having some of the same issues lately :) It's hard to leave the 'pedia for long... ;) ( arky ) 03:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Danny Welbeck

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RE:Unhelpful edit

I undid an edit which was clearly vandalism, I fail to see how that is unhelpful --General Jazza (talk) 10:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Kevin Steele still serves as defensive coordinator of the Crimson Tide, and you reverted to him working for Arkansas under Bobby Petrino; therefore, your edit was technically a bad revert.crassic(talk) 12:36, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
I reverted it because of the "I EDITED THIS PAGE..." the user added to line 24. If someone is dense enough to put that on I think it's fair to assume the rest of the edit is nonsense. --General Jazza (talk) 02:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, then I apologize for that. But I generally check all recent IP edits as well to make sure. :) Once again, I apologize. crassic\talk 03:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Really no need to apologize my friend, I just want to make sure I don't end up with a bad rep around here ;) --General Jazza (talk) 22:04, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Haha. Don't worry about it. crassic\talk 22:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Danny Welbeck

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I think that within the context of the article, the sourcing and his current inclusion within the first team squad it would be right to remove the prod - is the encyclopaedia going to be improved by deleting that (well written) article? I doubt it - prod removed. Regards --Fredrick day (talk) 10:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Danny Welbeck

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