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[edit] Thank you from Horologium

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed unanimously with the support of 100 editors. Your kindness is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Wizardman, Black Falcon and jc37 for nominating me. — Horologium

[edit] Shared IP notice

Hi. May I ask why you removed the notice on 70.109.223.188 ? -- Avi (talk) 18:20, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Because that is not a shared IP. The WHOIS says that it is "Direct Allocation". - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Technically, you are correct. Then again, the notice says “…may be shared…”. The information regarding the host, as well as the notice to admins about soft blocking, remains relevant, I believe. -- Avi (talk) 18:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
I believe all of those templates should be saved for when the WHOIS says they are dynamic, but I could be wrong. Should I post this at the Village Pump, do you think? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:31, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
If you wish. Drop me a link to the section if you do, please. Also, you may be interested in {{Whois}} as a replacement. -- Avi (talk) 18:47, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Hey Diligent Terrier, thanks for the offer, but I am already being adopted by someone else at the moment...Thanks for the offer though,

-Cheers! Letter 7/Caleb (talk) 19:55, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

FYI - User_talk:Jacob_Green696#Re:Adoption - I've suggested Jacob can go ahead and adopt Letter 7 even though he doesn't meet the AAU criteria, but I've suggested he ask you to be a co-adopter. Not sure if this is what prompted your question on the AAU talk page today. xenocidic (talk) 01:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Other language?

When did I post another language? Letter 7/Caleb (talk) 20:04, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

You didn't. Sorry about that. I meant to notify you about using an edit summary. Cheers! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:AAU backlog distro list

User talk pages linked from WP:Adopt-a-User/Adoptee's Area/Adopters (your user talk page is not linked from there for some reason). Cheers, xenocidic (talk) 20:13, 1 May 2008 (UTC) Here's a manual one ;>

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

Caution There is currently a backlog of 48 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|Diligent Terrier}}. Thank you for your continued participation in Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. xenocidic (talk) 20:15, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption

Sure I'd be glad to have you as my adoptive parent :p —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnhorgan (talk • contribs) 20:44, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NC news

Are you going to send the newsletter today? APK yada yada 20:46, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll try to get it out today (May 2); if not, maybe tomorrow (May 3). Cheers! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:43, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption

It is the greatest honor for a jobless Filipino dwarf judge, Florentino Floro, I, myself, and no other else, to have a legitimate foreign and royal Wiki blood administrator, as parent. Please teach me to leave better footprints in Wikipedia. God Bless. --Florentino floro (talk) 08:27, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Letter 7

Will you be a co-adopter of Letter 7?I'm not experianced enough to handle it myself. Mr. GreenHit Me Up 15:09, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Y Done - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:09, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks DT, and sweet dual-adopter userbox there. Just curious though, why did you remove the cat? [1] xenocidic (talk) 17:20, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Because I was going to add it back to his userpage. Thanks for reminding me - I almost forgot. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:24, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Gotcha =) Wouldn't it have been ok to leave it and allow it to transclude thru? xenocidic (talk) 17:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
I was thinking of doing that, but I wasn't sure if that page should be in that category. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:32, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Fixed. You just need to wrap it in <includeonly> tags. Cheers, xenocidic (talk) 17:36, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Good point. I've worked so many times with those tags with the newsletter templates and WikiProject talk tenplates, I'm suprised I forgot all about them. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
=) xenocidic (talk) 17:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Cooly. I love the dual adopter box! Mr. GreenHit Me Up 17:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you both for your enthusiastic participation in WP:AAU! xenocidic (talk) 17:41, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
I just now noticed your comment a couple of threads above on what triggered my recent comment at the Adopt-a-user talk page regarding co-adoption. Actually, it was that User:RyRy5 had wanted to co-adopt User:Writergirlrocks with me, and I wasn't sure if it was legal. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey thar, look what I did. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. =) xenocidic (talk) 13:53, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Adoption Offer

Sure, why not.GO BLUE!!

Y Done - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:12, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Your first adoption tip

Thanks. It's just that I'm a big Michigan State Wolverines fan. Danielaustinhall12

How about this: User:Danielaustinhall12/Signature - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Sweet!! Thanks. I'll just change it a little so that the name is in Michigan State colors: blue and yellow. I'll also change the font. Danielaustinhall12 (Go Wolverines!)

[edit] How do you make it?

I noticed you have an autograph page, and I even signed it, but how do you make those? Danielaustinhall12 (Go Wolverines!) —Preceding comment was added at 19:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Faulty sig

I tried making Danielaustinhall12 (Go Wolverines!) my automatic signature, but it didn't work. It said, "Invalid raw signature." What do I do? Danielaustinhall12 (Go Wolverines!) —Preceding comment was added at 20:02, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Copy and paste the following text into your preferences: - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:17, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
{{SUBST:User:Danielaustinhall12/Signature}}
Hope this works! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:17, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
It did. Thanks!! Now can you make it so that the Danielaustinhall part is blue? Danielaustinhall12 (Go Wolverines!) 20:26, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Did it myself. Danielaustinhall12 (Go Wolverines!) 20:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signature design

Just to let you know, if you ever want your signature redesigned, a good link is: User:Lights/Signature shop. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:32, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, here are some links to userboxes you might like for your userpage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes#Gallery. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Another tip: you want to start using the edit summary a lot more. There are counters which measure this, and edit summary usage is one of the things editors look at when voting in a RfA. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all these links and stuff, dude. Danielaustinhall12 (Go Wolverines!) 21:06, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alrighty...

Ok thanks Diligent Terrier! Woohoo! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Letter 7 (talk • contribs) 20:12, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject North Carolina May 2008 Newsletter

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[edit] Re: Retirement

Yes, the petition worked. Thank you for showing me how much I really mattered on Wikipedia. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 21:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

You have eleven adoptees? How! Where do you find the time? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 17:36, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Yep. I have a hard time turning them down when they ask me. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I know what you mean. I had an enthusiastic one blocked. I currently have 4, and don't plan on adopting anymore, until one graduates. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 17:42, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Maybe... probably not, though. I will soon need one for WP:CAVS, and WP:SUNS. Do you know if User:ElisaEXPLOSiON has been unblocked yet? I couldn't find out. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 21:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, she is still blocked, and they are talking about extending the block because she evaded it by creating a new account. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 00:59, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVI (April 2008)

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[edit] Haloo

Hey. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LilaBKQueen (talk • contribs) 06:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] So I heard you're adopting.

If you are willing, I would love for someone to explain the real hard parts of wikipedia. Leave me a comment on my talk page if you want. Ejg930 (talk) 16:51, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Help

I want to learn how to make templates and I also want to learn some of the Wiki code. --Danielaustinhall12 (Go Wolverines!) 01:28, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Help:Template is a good place to start. I would also suggest looking at a few templates and how they work. Also, next time, please drop me a message on my talk after leaving this here. Cheers! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:45, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Awesome.

Thanks!! Ejg930 (talk) 17:54, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For creating a newsletter for two projects, I award you this barnstar! iMatthew 2008 21:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:CAVS Newsletter: You've been bitten.

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[edit] Reply

Sorry, but I would like to do this one. This is probably going to be a one time use since Jj137 will be back. I hope you understand.--RyRy5 (talk ♠ wikify) 22:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Actually, go ahead.
Yes it is, just copy the code below.--RyRy5 (talk ♠ wikify) 23:40, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
These users do not want the newsletter.--RyRy5 (talk ♠ wikify) 23:49, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
You should keep the date already there, or else the Newsroom will be offtrack. It's supposed to say April 30. I already notified the problem on the newsletter.--RyRy5 (talk ♠ wikify) 23:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
I meant April 31, not 30.--RyRy5 (talk ♠ wikify) 23:53, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Cont. of other

Very interesting. Anyway, is that nomination for my adminship still up for redeeming? Furthermore, your own... Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:08, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Sure - is it OK if I nominate you? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 01:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, I was just wondering. I was thinking of doing an interesting sort-of-experiment. Do you really think it would pass? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I haven't investigated the controversy you were involved in that whole time. Is there an old revision of the page I could see from that time? I went on a Wikibreak around that time. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 01:13, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Did the controversies take place on your talk page? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 01:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
The entire thing. I would've handled it differently, if I had to do it again. I got into an edit conflict with you a few seconds ago, and before that, I had some commontary with each link to each edit, but for now, I guess you'll have to look over it without me telling your mind what to think. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:26, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Doing... Reading the post now. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 01:37, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, with all the evidence presented against you, including the IP being traced back to your hometown, you obviously made a mistake by refusing to tell the truth at first, although you never lied as far as I can see. But that seems to be the only real controversy you've been involved in. The canvassing allegations are a real cheap shot, and since all of the editors you notified had edited that page before, that makes what you did a limited and neutral notification. Reading all this actually does not hurt my reputation of you at all, and I'm glad you chose to stay on Wikipedia. I would still be very happy to nominate you at RfA; although before your RfA you might want to issue a public statement regarding the vandalism you allegedly made, and describing why the actions you made to notify those editors a while back was not canvassing. You have only good reviews at your editor review, so I think you should go ahead and accept my nomination. Image:Smile.png - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 01:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not quite sure what you mean when you say "public statement," then "notify those editors a while back..." so could you clarify? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
What I'm saying is that you might want to make a little comment on the vandalism you allegedly made with that IP address (apologizing for it, or whatever), and also explain why what you did was not canvassing - all before your RfA. I'd like to nominate you tonight, if that is OK. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 01:56, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Before your comment above, I apologized to User:east718 and User:Chetblong. I haven't seen or heard from User:CBM since he accused me of canvassing. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
You know what... if it comes up in the RfA, I'll address it. If it gets snowballed, it'll be quick and painless. If it lasts like MFC's did, then that's fine too. Go ahead, ye Diligent Terrier. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

OK, I'll let it be your choice if you want to address the issue in your acceptance speech. Can I set up a RfA prep page for you? It won't go active until you give an acceptance speech. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 02:01, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Fine w/ me. As I said Snowballed or not, I'm fine with it. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
How long have you been on Wikipedia? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 02:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Logged in for the first time in November (started verociously editing in December). Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:26, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I noticed and added the date of WikiArrival to the sandbox. How are you/we going to do with it? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:50, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] May 4, 2008

OK, while I'm working on my description of you, you should answer the questions at User:Basketball110/Sandbox#RfA_stuff. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 12:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Please accept the nomination here: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Basketball110. Cheers! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 12:28, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I answered the inquiries in my sandbox. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 16:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I guess you were wrong about the results. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 17:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

That was before the socking incident. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:13, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

What do you mean? Oh, and I withdrew. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 17:14, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
When I said I thought you could win, that was before your sockpuppetry. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Camera

Well it all depends on how much you are willing to spend (obviously!). Are you thinking of getting a DSLR or just a point and shoot? --Fir0002 01:27, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm considering both options. I want a good camera, for a (obviously) reasonable price. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 01:33, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
I see, well I recommend Canon Cameras so if you're after a P&S I'd say the Canon G9 for quality or if you're after a bit more versatility then get the S5 IS. DSLR wise the 450D is a really nice starter body, or if you have a little more to spend get the 40D. Either way if you get a DSLR buy a body only and get a lens separately - kit lenses are useless and will make you disappointed in your DSLR. A good (cheap) starter lens - the lens I started with - is the Tamron 28-75 f/2.8. Hope that helps a bit and good luck! --Fir0002 05:27, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption Offer

Hey thanks for offering to adopt me. As you might have noticed, I got the same offer from Wisdom89  (talk · contribs) as well. If the rules permit, I wouldn't mind having 2 adopters. Is there anything you need to know about me & my wikipedia activities? Feel free to drop me a line if you think there's something I ought to know. Wk1989 (talk) 02:39, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Rollback

Hiya. I've granted your request. please remember only to use it for vandalism. Any question please feel free to hit me up - cheers and happy editing ! Pedro :  Chat  13:04, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Oh. I guess I was a little confused. Well, it's Okay, everyone will understand. There aren't any complaints anyway. Heh.--RyRy5 (talk ♠ wikify) 17:52, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re:Newsletter

Um, OK. When does it go out & where do I write it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RC-0722 (talk • contribs)

Sometime in May; the sooner the better. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:14, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
OK. RC-0722 247.5/1 22:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Co-nomination

WBOSITG already has a co-nomination offer from Wizardman. People oppose on really ridiculous things such as the number of nominations, and I don't want this to get out of hand. Would it be ok if you held off and simply "strong supported"? More than two nominations can get kind of bad, but I, along with WBOSITG, appreciate your offer.  :) Malinaccier (talk) 21:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

What he said =P Thanks for the offer, though. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 22:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
For the successful completion of my quest, "Adopt Five Users", I award you this barnstar.  Marlith (Talk)  03:44, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstars

Is there a Resilience Barnstar?. Chubbennaitor 16:20, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] your adoption of Florention Floro

Hi Diligent, I see you have adopted User:Florentino floro. I would like to call your attention to a place where I think he could use some guidance. I have tried, in the past, to help teach him better techniques, but I have found him quite stubborn and unwilling to learn. It may well be my approach, so maybe you will have better luck. Basically, he adds news items to wikipedia without much regard for the sense of the article. See [7] for a recent example. A botanist affiliated with the Missouri Botanical Garden discovered a new species of plant. Wonderful, but it doesn't tell the reader anything about the Botanical Garden. You will see that his edit history is full of this kind of edit, often the same story in multiple pages, as well as adding news items under "External Links" (like [8]), where, it seems to me, they don't really belong. If you could help him in these areas, I would be very appreciative. thanks. maxsch (talk) 17:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Diligent Terrier, by way of rejoinder, and to air my side, I respectfully aver, that - I had discussed, reasoned and debated professionally with submitted evidence and wisdom, on the multiple and continuous deleting of my edits by maxsch. First, a cursory perusal of his contributions[9], from 00:45, 29 January 2008, until today, essentially reveals and indubitably shows that this editor singles my edits, and he rarely contributes to Wikipedia, except to delete my edits (unlike me, who as of today, has 3,468 edits). Second, he miserably failed to read and synthesize the intent and spirit or policies of Wikipedia rules; his statutory construction or selective citation of Wiki rules, pervert or prostitute the reliability of Wikipedia. Third, my 3,468 edits and contributions to Wikipedia, had rarely been deleted, much less reverted by any foreign editor. Fourth, in legal parlance (I am a lawyer / judge), this editor's actuations are defined as "badges of fraud", meaning therefore, bad faith, vengeance, vendetta and towards vandalism, so to speak. I spent long hours, to make Wikipedia a better encyclopedia, and I want to leave footprints here for future generations. This user definitely failed to comprehend the grey area and FINER POINTS of news and encyclopedia. He treats all my edits or almost all of them as news, tabloid, and not pertaining links. Premises considered, it is most respectfully prayed, that as administrator, this editor maxsch be reprimanded, or his account blocked, or suspended until further notice from you. At the very least, I petition, that he should allow or give chance to other editors and administrators or the CREATORS of the articles who watch those articles, to be the one to revert or delete my edits. This is a requirement of respect, integrity, neutrality and fairness in Wikipedia, among co-equal editors. Sincerely --Florentino floro (talk) 08:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Further, may I respectfully submit an evidence of his vandalism or bad faith editing: 17:18, 29 April 2008 Maxschmelling (Talk | contribs) (54,643 bytes) (Undid revision 208986282 by Florentino floro (talk)removed non-notable new budget legislation) (undo) - in University of the Philippines; this editor deleted my edit on the landmark, since 1901, Philippine legislation of new UP charter this 2008. He said that it was a budget statute. He misled Wikipedia, since it is not. So, I added it to the upper portion, since he said, it was not proper to insert it in the "centenial" sub-section; but such new law is about UP's 100th anniversary this year. Since 1901, UP's charter was never repealed or revised, until just this year. So I added: "President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 29, 2008 signed into law the University of the Philippines (UP) Charter of 2008, Republic Act 9500, which repealed or totally revised the original 1908 Charter, and declared, inter alia, UP as a National University.[18]"[10]. And about 90% of my good edits, like yesterday, were deleted by this editor. So, I cry foul and INJUSTICE. Please do use your admin button to put off his account. This submitted evidence is of the highest character to prove that this user violated the MAIN Wiki rules. Regards. - --Florentino floro (talk) 08:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Before I comment on this I'm going to review everything that in fact happened. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 12:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I would like to see the diffs of the reverts that have happened between these users, as well as links to all of their debates. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 12:43, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for visiting my talk page, and for your time. I understand that you are a real busy administrator, and your diligence transcends TIME. Regards. --Florentino floro (talk) 11:34, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
You've got a lot of reading to do. I'd start on User:Florentino floro's talk page, and the archived [11]. We had several conversations there. There is a bit here [12], and [13], and on his previous adopter's talk page [14], [15]. Also check out the afds [16], [17]. Here are a couple recent diffs of edits I reverted, [18] [19] [20], but there are a lot more. Cheers, maxsch (talk) 17:19, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I probably should have included this AFD as well [21],, and for good measure, some more diffs where I deleted floro's edits, [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]. maxsch (talk) 05:46, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm reviewing all of these to get the whole story, and I will comment as soon as possible. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:35, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I would like to point out that Floro has had a notoriously high noise-to-signal ratio. Not only does he add irrelevant news links as he's relegated himself to lately, but he also justified many of his older edits by claiming, on multiple occasions, that not only can he predict the future but also cause it by casting curses. I'm not normally one to judge an editor based on their character, but I think it's relevant to point out that Floro not only has a documented psychosis but also a history of doing exactly what he's been doing even to the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Just doing a search for his name yields a hundred forums which he has joined solely to talk about his supernatural powers and defend his reputation from the people making fun of him on the internet, and checking his history here on Wikipedia shows that he believes the entire Filipino Wikipedia community to be involved in a grand conspiracy against him. I think maxsch is completely justified in keeping a watchful eye on Floro 's edits, and quite frankly, I think more people should be keeping an eye on Floro. --Migs (talk) 07:13, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Diligent Terrier. With all due respect, I thought that when my 2 articles were deleted on AFD, and when I was outvoted by Filipino editors, all these debates would end. Contrary to the above-unsupported claims of Migs, it was my previous adopter, User:Ianlopez1115 who resigned, who emailed me about the palpable conspiracy of Filipino editors to muscle me. I disregarded his e-mail, since I believe, as lawyer/judge, and Wikipedian editor, that all of us editors are co-equal and below administrators. Grounds: First, it is most unfair for Migs to accuse me, by personal attack of unsupported documented psychosis, or mental illness, since the 75 pages decision, when read in full, reasoned that I could not continue as judge due to dwarf consultation, nothing more, nothing less, and I submit and quote the "ratio decidendi" as proof:[28]"There is no indication that Judge Floro is anything but an honorable man. And, in fact, in our disposition of the 13 charges against him, we have not found him guilty of gross misconduct or acts or corruption. Judge Floro himself admitted that he believes in “psychic visions,” of foreseeing the future because of his power in “psychic phenomenon.” He believes in “duwendes” and of a covenant with his “dwarf friends Luis, Armand and Angel.” He believes that he can write while on trance and that he had been seen by several people to have been in two places at the same time. He has likened himself to the “angel of death” who can inflict pains on people, especially upon those he perceived as corrupt officials of the RTCs of Malabon. He took to wearing blue robes during court sessions, switching only to black on Fridays. His own witness testified that Judge Floro explained that he wore black from head to foot on Fridays to recharge his psychic powers. Finally, Judge Floro conducted healing sessions in his chambers during his break time. All these things validate the findings of the Supreme Court Clinic about Judge Floro’s uncommon beliefs and that such beliefs have spilled over to action. Lest we be misconstrued, we do not denigrate such belief system. However, such beliefs, especially since Judge Floro acted on them, are so at odds with the critical and impartial thinking required of a judge under our judicial system. Judge Floro’s separation from the service does not carry with it forfeiture of all or part of his accrued benefits nor disqualification from appointment to any other public office including government-owned or controlled corporations. As Judge Floro’s separation from the service cannot be considered a penalty, such separation does not carry with it the forfeiture of all or part of his accrued benefits nor disqualification from appointment to any other public office including government-owned or controlled corporations. In fact, the psychological and psychiatric reports, cannot be used to disqualify him from re-entering government service for positions that do not require him to dispense justice. The reports contain statements/findings in Judge Floro’s favor that the Court cannot overlook in all fairness as they deserve equal consideration. They mention Judge Floro’s assets and strengths and capacity for functionality, with minor modification of work environment. Thus: a. High intellectual assets as a result of “self-discipline and self- organization.” b. “(I)mpressive academic achievements” with “no drastic change in his personality and level of functioning as a lawyer in private practice.” c. “(C)haracter traits of suspiciousness, seclusiveness, pre-occupation with paranormal and psychic phenomena … not detrimental to his role as a lawyer.” d. “Everyday situations can be comprehended and dealt with in moderate proficiency …. His concern for the details that make up a total field represents his attempts at being systematic and cautious.” e. “(E)quipped with analytical power.” Consequently, while Judge Floro may be dysfunctional as a judge because of the sensitive nature of said position, he may still be successful in other areas of endeavor. Consequently, while Judge Floro may be dysfunctional as a judge because of the sensitive nature of said position, he may still be successful in other areas of endeavor." Second, it is most unprofessional and violation of the world's democratic Constitutions, for Migs to attack my religious beliefs, credo's, psychic or spiritual aspirations and battles for truth and justice. What is the dire materiality to the issue at bar, of Mig's citing 100 forums where I joined to chat and make friends by sharing my pains, life, spirit guides and quest for justice. I hereby submit evidence, that his accusations do not have any legal basis: I made the legendary 28 pages record in Rush Forum, unduplicated since 1996, with more than 53,013 views and 1,355 replies until today[29]. If no one here in Wikipedia ever did that record, then, this is the best evidence, that: I am one of the best and honest contributor here in Wikipedia, despite my lack of PC learning. Reason and common sense dictates that if I am suffering from psychosis as Migs accused me of, who would read my threads in Rush? While I have no hard evidence that maxsch is a sockpuppet or dummy of all those Filipino editors which voted in the deletion of my 2 articles in AFD, suffice it to say that by virtue of a) Res Ipsa Loquitur, and the evidence of User:Ianlopez1115, adopter's statement against "the" Filipino editors, this user does nothing except to concentrate daily on my edits. Is there any better evidence to prove my finding of dummy? Third, Migs accuses me of "Floro has had a notoriously high noise-to-signal ratio." This is without any ground and is utter lack of merit. Migs knows me and I do not know him. He could not even submit any hard evidence here, that I discussed without any reason and outside the bounds of Wiki rules. Migs desire that I should bow down in discussions to hypocrisy, lies, and injustice, burying the truth, so to speak. On the other hand, as I said, my very own previous adopter e-mailed me with the expose of all these, and I disregarded or ignored all these Filipino editors who were out to muscle me, since there is a proper forum here, to ban or block me. I believe Wikipedia editors are fair and are themselves governed by rules. I reported this conspiracy by Migs and others to muscle me to User:FisherQueen, the very first administrator who was kind enough to re-create my Florentino Floro. As administrator, please do examine my submitted evidence, and let them all submit counter-evidence, point by point, and edit by edit, so that per Wiki due process of law, I will be able to reply, submit a re-joinder, and respond, rather than be unilaterlly accused by most of them of causing their pains, as my own lawyer Rene Saguisag did suffer. I repeat, it is my faith that it is God that punishes evil, and man suffers death because of sin, and sin come from law, the law of lies, hypocrisy and rage. This is what all of these/their accusations are all about. It is direly easy to bend and cite Wiki rules to muscle an editor. But truth must prevail. In the end ... Sincerely --Florentino floro (talk) 08:13, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I think Floro's reply speaks for itself regarding my points, but if you need more, here is an example of him defending an anti-government article he wrote, claiming that this new article foreshadows the last days of our current president. Search for "Nostradamus" and you'll notice him defending his choices by claiming to have prophetic powers. I am not attacking his beliefs, but he's been using them as the basis for many of his contributions. --Migs (talk) 10:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Lest I be misconstrued, (by way of rebuttal of Migs's stance that I am anti-government), let me state that I am apolitical. I never voted since 1970, more or less. I do not believe in politics. I am not anti-Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. For even if I saw the vision on January 9, 1999, 6:00 of a) global millennium quakes, disasters until 2010, b) several apparitions of Mary and c) the physical hurting of VP GMA, no time frame, I predicted the enthronement of GMA on 2004, and I was a great critic of Jun Lozada. I only write what I see. I hated most, as my spiritual belief, the unseating of PGMA, because of greed, lust for power, etc. by same old politicians. I am not against the present Government but I saw the deaths and illnesses of several incumbent and past magistrates, officers, inter alia, due to God's dire punishment. I am a closed Catholic. Yes, I fought hardly against Nene Pimentel (predicted his pinched nerves surgery) and Koko Pimentel's loss, via Psalm 109. Further, today I contributed 3,653 edits[30] to Wikipedia, and I never used my Gifts of healing and prophecy, bi-location, exorcism, mystical levitation, annihilation, inflicting illnesses, etc., for spiritual cleansing, but not to edit in Wikipedia. This is the first in Wikipedia history that a jobless poor Filipino dwarf judge editor had been accused of "using them as the basis for many of his contributions". I have no prophetic powers but only Gifts. Powers are limited and are developed, while my Gift of the Holy Spirit are infinite, have no bounds, and were/are bestowed upon me versus evil and hypocrisy. I wield these gifts with benevolence and compassion. Take the case of my very own lawyer Rene Saguisag. I did not create that article, but every midnights since I begged him for mercy at Malate Mil Nueve Cientos 2004, I never missed a midnight where I did not recite Psalm 109, for Rene and his family's repentance. I got it on November 8, 2008, after long long hard midnight works. Parenthetically, I prayed not only Fridays but daily for Juan Miguel Zubiri, since I was humiliated by Nene Pimentel, set up and made a beggar, when I asked for job help. I never called Mig's office nor asked for help even I could not find a job until now. It is unjust and unfair if I would be charged with using my Gifts in Wikipedia. I wield these, via Psalm 109 to fight evil, to annihilate those who vilify me. Such is pure self-defense by annihilation up to the 4th generation. Take for example that even if I was hated by many Filipino editors who voted in AFD my 2 articles and some of them are in Vibal and Filnet, I gracefully created Gaspar Vibal and WikiPilipinas, even if I had previously seen the vision of horrible tragedies in Vibal, to come. There is No Exit for Vibal, borrowing Jean Paul Sartre's book. --Florentino floro (talk) 08:26, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
As lawyer/judge, and editor, I took pains in going over the contributions of Migs and I found this: Migs started contributing in Wikipedia on [31] 25 October 2004 with only 3 edits on 2004; on 2005, from February to December 2005, = 188 edits; on 2006, 12 edits, on 2007, 14 edits, and 2008: # 14:55, 21 February 2008 User:Cma‎ (top) # 14:26, 21 February 2008 (hist) (diff) User talk:Beeblbrox [32]; 10 edits feb, # 3, 11 May 2008 (hist) (diff) User talk:Diligent Terrier‎ (re) # 07:13, 11 May 2008 (hist) (diff) User talk:Diligent Terrier‎ (regarding florentino floro...) # 05:56, 17 April 2008 (hist) (diff) User talk:Florentino floro. The foregoing evidence conclusively prove, that: from the time of 21 February 2008, when this user knew me and had contributed, in 2008, there was rarely any contribution than, regarding negatives on my works here. Just sayin and submitting the evidence. I ask therefore: with these few contributions, would it be fair and just to accuse me of all these charges which are bereft of any legal or Wiki merit? --Florentino floro (talk) 08:26, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Just for the record, Diligent Terrier is not (presently) an admin. xenocidic (talk) 14:29, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
NOTED. However, let me state, that I am thankful to Diligent Terrier, since he adopted me. I was adopted by a "former" Filipino adopter, User:Ianlopez1115, even if I am a nationalistic Filipino, and further, despite my express call for adoption by a non-Filipino adopter, for reason of neutrality, objectivity and professionalism, inter alia. Per e-mail permission to me, User:Ianlopez1115 resigned due to lengthy and painful debates / discussions between me and co-Filipino editors. Thus, after some weeks of my template post of desiring to be adopted, Diligent Terrier adopted me freely and diligently. Regards. --Florentino floro (talk) 07:12, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Petition to Ban/Block User:Maxschmelling or to Disable his edits on my edits

I am Florentino Floro / User:Florentino floro. In my 8 long years fight for truth and justice, I respectfully come to your good office, as adopter and administrator, and aver, that:
1. User:Maxschmelling began to contribute to Wikipedia on: 04:11, 7 July 2007[33]. With very few contributions, this user first edited my edits on 04:56, 27 September 2007 User talk:Florentino floro‎; He barely edited my additions, except 2 or 3 articles – Mt Pangasugan‎ and the latest on October 10, 2007 – WPA World Nine-ball Championship.
2. Starting from 20:38, 31 January 2008 User talk:Florentino floro‎ (→insertion of news items into encyclopedia pages), this user began to edit, amend, delete and heavily concentrate on my edits. Surprisingly, he does nothing here in Wikipedia but to microscopically dissect my edits, inspect Wiki rules and bend them to suit his tastes of deletion. Badges of fraud, bitterness, vengeance, vendetta, rage, anger, and hypocrisy, inter alia, did color his edits of my edits. Unmindful of the spirit, letter and intent or liberal policy of Wiki rules, he principally uses alibi if NEWS vs encyclopedia, as sole reason why my edits must be deleted. But his hidden agenda was not yet revealed at that time, until he was caught in flagrante delicto on UP article.
3. I was therefore adopted by a Filipino editor User:Ianlopez1115 (upon suggestion by editor, but when I agreed, I imposed the condition that only foreign users will adopt me for neutrality and objectivity, since I made tons of Filipino editors who voted to delete my 2 articles in AFD. So I was adopted 05:59, 3 March 2008 by User talk:Ianlopez1115/Florentino floro ; 20:44, 8 March 2008 (hist) (diff) User talk:Ianlopez1115‎ (about your adoption).
4. Starting from 17:43, 16 March 2008 User talk:Ianlopez1115/Florentino floro‎ (→inappropriate news items), this editor began to do nothing in Wikipedia but to daily and timely inspect my edits. Here is the best example of how this user in bad faith fought to delete my landmark drug edit, and he was rebuffed by many foreign editors:[34] The best evidence of flagrant violation of Wiki rules on editing is utter vandalism when this user deleted my landmark edit of first charter of UP since 1901: 17:18, 29 April 2008 Maxschmelling (Talk | contribs) (54,643 bytes) (Undid revision 208986282 by Florentino floro (talk)removed non-notable new budget legislation) (undo); So, I had to cure his deletion / vandalism here:[35] It still remains today: President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 29, 2008 signed into law the University of the Philippines (UP) Charter of 2008, Republic Act 9500, which repealed or totally revised the original 1908 Charter, and declared, inter alia, UP as a National University.
5. Contempt and insult upon 2 adopters: On 16:56, 2 May 2008 Diligent Terrier (Talk | contribs) (20,881 bytes) (Adopted), I was adopted by your office, which is not a mere user but an administrator. Since, I am under your parental authority and tutorship, it is plain and palpable contempt or insult to YOUR integrity, capability and professionalism, when this user miserably failed to stop editing and continued to refuse to stop editing my edits. It is sheer lack of respect to an adopter, administrator, and to a co-equal editor, myself, who took pains to have edited as of today, 3,595 edits, in good faith. While, I admit that I am not perfect, and since I had no training in computer or internet unlike today’s Filipino grade and high school students (for I just learned to touch internet when I was Googled world famous or infamous[36] due to the dwarves on April 6, 2006 or just 2 years), still, with my experience in these 3,595 edits, I learned a lot, on how many editors edit Wikipedia. Will all due respect, as administrator, and with your diligence in contributions, I bet that you will never find any user in Wikipedia who contributes solely and daily, just to edit the works of another or single editor. And worst, this user, I repeat, devotes all his days and times in editing and deleting my edits, unilaterally even if I already have an adopting parent / administrator. Bypassing / these actuations have no place in Wikipedia.
6. This user’s bad faith editing of all my edits began when many Filipino editors won in the vote to delete my 2 articles here. I lost the vote, but I lost to Filipino editors. Why? The issue there which I squarely raised was self-defense of Truth by an editor, via Wikipedia’s best and only article Psalm 109 which, I recited midnights, to fight injustice. In the midst of the vote of these Filipino editors in AFD, I lamented on my 8 years longest suspension in world judicial history and am now jobless due to UST’s Alfredo Benipayo, a Filipino jurist, COMELEC Chair, etc. In the middle of our debates, this jurist fell and was hospitalized (like in my more than 800 prophecies).[37] [38] He threatened my adopter and because of this, my adopter resigned[39] This user directly replied to me that he is not a Filipino editor, when I raised the issue of vendetta-editing, but he refused to state his relationship with Filipino editors and his nationality, although such is not material here. I want to submit this evidence to you, as my adopter and administrator, as best and additional evidence to BAN and BLOCK this user, or at the very least, to DISABLE his editing, or to stop him, while I am under your adoption, to edit any of my edits or articles or additions. I have no permission from my former adoptive parent, and I apologize to him for quoting this letter of resignation here. Ianlopez1115 <ian_lopez_1115@yahoo.com> wrote: “I am now concerned. Here are some of my instructions: Retire before they can have the muscle to ban you, so that you have the time and energy and concentration to do your. Also, I'm now resigning indefinitely as your adopter to prevent collateral damage. But I will be there to protect you in Wikipedia, until we are banned. I also give you the explicit approval to invoke Psalm 109 and Psalm 73. However, I will not be happy because one of my distant relatives will be involved in your actions (My grandfather's mother is also a Brion from San Pablo City). Although this could be painful, I HAVE LEARNED TO EXPECT AND ACCEPT TRAGEDIES that I shall soon encounter. I appreciate the security and guidance of Luis, Armand & Angel, and I am willing to accept them as a part of my family. I am also considering my indefinite leave of absence here, but I have to defent the meek, the weak, the oppressed users & editors here. I am now saddened that some of our kababayans are trying to treat you like an animal. Now is the time for you to leave Wikipedia, write a note on your userpage that you are leaving Wikipedia for good, invoke Psalm 109 & 73, and "serve" justice to those who have (or had) wronged you. And I do not consider the people whom you called "geniuses", the persons who removed and/or deleted your edits in various articles, as friends. I'm also removing my crab mentality not only for your sake, but for the sake of this nation. Please consider this, since this is a way of saving ourselves. I also hope that we can meet in real life. Please DO NOT send any messages on my talkpage, send it instead via Yahoo! Messenger and/or my email address (the email address that I use to send this message) May God have mercy on this Wiki, and tis nation. Ian Lopez "Ianlopez1115"" <ian_lopez_1115@yahoo.com> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:41:14 -0700 (PDT) "florentino, jr floro" judgefloro@yahoo.com”
7. I furthermore, submit this bad faith deletion of my edit , Orobanchaceae which was reverted by a concerned [40] user JoJan. Verily, 90% of my edits were vandalized by this user User:Maxschmelling. --Florentino floro (talk) 09:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC) IN THE LIGHT OF THE FOREGOING, I respectfully petition that maxsch be BANNED, BLOCKED, or at the very least be permanently ENJOINED from editing any of my addtitions, edits and articles, inter alia. Further, please feel free to edit this long letter, but for the sake of truth, I deem it best to cite it. Sincerely. --Florentino floro (talk) 09:27, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
This got a lot more heated than I had intended. My only response is that all of my edits of Floro's edits were justified. He makes a lot of edits that are not notable, not relevant, many are trivia and temporarily interesting news items. I am not the only editor who has talked to him on the subject. I have tried in good faith to help instruct him in better editing practices and he responds with off topic rants. He has a non-neutral agenda, involving 1) a vendetta against those people who he feels contributed to him being disbarred as a judge, including Rene Saguisag, Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr., Miriam Santiago, Alfredo Benipayo, Leonardo A. Quisumbing and others, and 2) a vain quest to "make footprints" to his own glory in wikipedia. I readily admit to paying a lot of attention to his edits, but the alternative, to leave them, would be to the detriment of wikipedia. maxsch (talk) 23:16, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Diligent Terrier, by way of re-joinder, or rebuttal, since at the core of this discussion, is submission of evidence of violation of Wikipedia rules, I asked, petitioned and demanded that maxsch should justify why he deleted and edited my above-said additions on University of the Philippines (on 2008 Charter), Orobanchaceae, and [41], but this user instead became evasive by accusing me of editing Wikipedia articles due to my alleged vendetta to Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr., inter alia. I created this article and a cursory perusal of the same, reveals that it has no negative or controversy part/sub-section. It is so objective, and I could not find that this jurist committed graft, sexual harassment or was even sued in media. His name is white as snow. In Leonardo Quisumbing, an article which I did not create but contributed to, I never added therein any report which is destructive of this jurist. Due process in Wikipedia, requires as Daniel Webster defined, "strike me, but hear me first". I want to hear the evidence of maxsch against me. From accusations of news additions, I was gone wildly charged of these religious and spiritual misgivings. Premises considered, I respectfully reiterate, my demand for specific evidence, for justice sake. - --Florentino floro (talk) 08:27, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I thought my comments on the talk pages of those 3 articles were sufficient explanation of my edits. [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48]. Note that I made no changes to the San Diego State University page. maxsch (talk) 20:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
On the contrary, you are still mum, evasive and miserably failed to submit any valid reason why you made a mistake in editing my 2008 UP landmark Charter[49], and Orobanchaceae 08:10, 6 May 2008 JoJan (Talk | contribs) m (8,818 bytes) (Reverted good faith edits by Maxschmelling; Duly referenced new genera have their place in Wikipedia. (TW)). It is utterly disruptive editing. Please take a rest, and vacation, you cannot wisely edit if you are not neutral, biased, prejudiced and are without any agenda here than to edit my words. Please be guided accordingly. --Florentino floro (talk) 09:33, 12 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] What's up?

Hi Diligent, I realize that in a sense I started this argument, and I apologize for you now being in the middle of it. I imagine you may feel like you stepped right into a pile of non-terrier mess. That said, I am a little worried about the way it has escalated here on your talkpage. It has been several days of this back and forth, and I feel it may be time for you to either step in and say something or to refer this to WP:ANI. maxsch (talk) 03:28, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

This is the talk page of my adopting parent. If you and some Filipino editors terrified and caused the resignation of my former adopting parent User:Ianlopez1115, it is fair enough, that even at this late time, you confessed your sins to my adopting parent. Well, it is up for my parent to forgive you. But next time, please read and examine the Wiki rules / policies, lest you be blocked or banned. Please, I repeat, learn how to contribute objectively without any vendetta in Wiki to make it a better encyclopedia. --Florentino floro (talk) 09:33, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Can your bot do this?

Hey, I noticed you run a bot. I don't know much about bots, but I'm wondering if you can have it update Template:Adoption backlog/count with the number of users seeking to be adopted in Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user on a daily basis? I created a userbox for backlog alerting purposes:

There is currently a backlog of 22 users seeking to be adopted in the Adopt-a-User program.


Let me know! xenocidic (talk) 19:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I can look into that; thanks for letting me know. Also, good job with decreasing the backlog for adopt-a-user! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, but I couldn't have done it without yours and others diligent help (forgive the pun ;>) xenocidic (talk) 19:58, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, an editor recently referred to me as "Digital Terrier," and sarcastically stated I was the expert on "grammer" (notice the misspelling). - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:04, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
damn those gramer polize! =0 hey, thanks for helping keep the C:ADOPT cat empty, but make sure you don't put too much on your plate! =) xenocidic (talk) 20:09, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Shameless pilfering

I shamelessly pilfered this. hope that's ok ! xenocidic (talk) 13:28, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

That's OK. Hope everything's going well with your adoptees. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 13:35, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Newsletter

I notice you run a bot that delivers newsletters. Would it be too much to ask the bot to deliver the WP:NBA newsletter as well? Regards, Noble Story (talk) 03:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Sure I can do that ... just let me know when they're ready. Cheers! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 12:45, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Great, thanks. We just finished the May edition, so you shouldn't be needed until around June 1. Noble Story (talk) 00:42, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Los Angeles Lakers Newsletter for May 6, 2008

Archives • Newsroom
Delivered by: Thisisborin9sign here!


Thisisborin9sign here! 04:56, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright

Hi, First of all thanks for adopting me! I was wondering if you can have a look at this site for me http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Go_Adventuring_Again and tell me if this clashes with the copyright? Is it okay to have the entire text of the book on this site? Speak soon, Thanks, Katie1971 ( Let's talk!! ) 13:30, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

It definitely is. I've removed it. Now DG doesn't have to worry about it. Noble Story (talk) 14:13, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
No, the whole book does not belong on Wikipedia. However, WikiSource does publish the text of some books. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 12:12, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
I don't know who DG is, but thanks anyway. I was just wondering :-) Katie1971 ( Let's talk!! ) 13:36, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for not edit warring

I congraduate you on not edit warring, and giving in with the dispute about "homeschoolee." Sadly to many people do edit war. Zginder 2008-05-06T21:17Z (UTC)

[edit] NC newsletter

Hey there. Can you add Jayron32 to the newsletter recipient list? He mentioned on my talk page that he's interested in getting a copy of the next one. Thanks. APK yada yada 05:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Y Done I've added him to the members list. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 12:12, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Barnstar

The Excellent Userpage Award
I hereby award you this user page award for your awesome job on your user page. --Megapen (talk) 18:45, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thank You!!! --Megapen (talk) 19:11, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hello and Thanks!

Thanks for the kind message. I claimed the Barnstar (my first one!). I will also sign up for your home schooling WikiProject, too. Ecoleetage (talk) 19:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

If it is okay, let me ask Master of Puppets, since he already adopted me. If he is cool about "sharing" me, I'd say OK! Ecoleetage (talk) 19:24, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, it is okay with MoP - you are able to adopt me! And feel free to put the adotped UserBox on my Home Page, as I may be offline for a few days starting tomorrow. Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 02:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry to bother, but is anything happening on this front? Thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 16:11, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Smashing! Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 16:24, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Jack/ABs

Hi there. I would just like to kindly ask you not to remove the <small> tags from User:Jack/ABs. The reason these are on the page on certain user names is so that the names do not go onto 2 lines for users with a 1024*768 resolution. Thanks. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 19:42, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry - I wasn't aware of that, but wouldn't we be better off using a condensed font for those names? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:44, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Probably are and i didnt think of that when i first started tagging the names =]. Feel free to help me out with maintaining that page if you want. Putting the new names in the right lines e.t.c. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 19:55, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: RAC

Okay. I put my article up at WP:AWC, but none-the-less helped near it to B-Class. User:Einsteinewton won the contest for Harry Potter. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 23:01, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

What do you think of the new rule? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 23:44, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
It okay, as long as the article isn't quite close to that class. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 23:53, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Co-adopting

Greetings,Diligent Terrier. RC tells me he's been blocked and suggested I seek a co-adopter. I saw your kind offer, which I will accept. I'm house-broken and promise not to be an intentional burden to you! RC has been--and still is, of course!--a fine help to me, and I am grateful for his guidance. I hope he stays on in the roll of co-adopter. Please check out my bio info and if you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'll do my best to answer you.--BudgieBirdChan0211 (talk) 17:53, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Good Friend.

Youre the one of my good friends. ShakespearesZombie (talk) 18:44, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

That is encouraging. Thank you! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changing User Name

Can it be done? Mr. GreenHit Me UpUserboxes 18:54, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes - see Wikipedia:Changing username. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. Mr. GreenHit Me UpUserboxes 19:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Diligent Terrier/Vandalism.

Err, why is that needed...? · AndonicO Engage. 00:33, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Adopt offer

Hello Diligent Terrier. How are you doing? Thanks for your offer, i'd be happy to be adopted by you. Take care Dictionary-worm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dictionary-worm (talk • contribs) 12:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your bot...

I've got a task for your bot. I'll be setting it up. Tell me when you're online and willing/ready. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 22:56, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm online now, but I won't be for much longer. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:57, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm organizing a meetup (Wikipedia:Meetup/Dallas-Fort Worth). After I create the list of people to spam, and the template, will you deliver it all? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 23:03, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
First, how many people are on the list? Also, do you need it out right now? I'll be going off-line in about 15 minutes (or less). - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 23:06, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not done with the list. I've finished 1/3 (Dallas only, I've still got Ft. Worth and other areas of NTX). When do you plan to come back online? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 23:15, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Why did you choose to have the meetup at the Hyatt? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 23:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
It's just a suggestion. I suggested it because it's at the airport, which is in the middle of the metroplex. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 23:24, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your bot's task

  • Insert a post on all of the users' talk pages (list at section "Meetup 1" here) with this. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 18:43, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
    • I put who I found was in the DFW area. And what do you mean by "God bless?" Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 18:49, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Well, I hope the meetup goes well and everything. I see if this is OK with the bot committee. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:50, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm letting STeve Crossin's bot start. I think you'll get to spam some users too, when your bot gets "okay-ed". Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 19:11, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of Homeschooling in France

Hi, You removed the proposed deletion without explanation. Before moving on to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion would you care to explain your reasoning? I proposed it should be deleted because - Information is duplicated at Home_schooling#France. Only a single link was added prior to Orphan template being removed. It is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spam/LinkSearch/free.fr Thanks Lame Name (talk) 23:09, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hello Diligent Terrier. How are you doing?

Thanks for your offer, i'd be happy to be adopted by you.

Take care

Dictionary-worm

PS: Sorry if i did anything wrong around your page,

i'm a newbie and it's still a bit confusing for me.

[edit] Thanks a lot!

Hello there, how are you doing?

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks a lot for adopting me and for the cookies, too! That was such a warm welcome... I loved them. I hope i'd start being useful around here soon, although everything seems to be so complicated. I read the help pages, the "How to?" parts, but yet, can't really figure it out.

I'm sure i'll ask for your help a lot.

Dictionary-worm (talk) 19:17, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Whoa!

Just saw your userpage. Don't you think 16 adoptees is way too many for one person? Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 18:51, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, a few are co-adopted, one is blocked, and a few more I haven't heard from since April. But I probably won't be adopting many more. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:55, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Some people have more... Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 18:57, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, that's not a good thing. And I think the "Adopt 5 users" barnstar is a terrible idea, it gives a bad idea out. Actually, I'm sorely tempted to get it deleted. It's not about the amount of people you adopt, and having 16 adoptees, or more, is stretching yourself far too thin, if you're doing it right. I have only one adoptee, RyRy5, but my adoption works differently, is a dedicated program, as shown here. Cheers. Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 19:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, you have one very dedicated adoptee. Only two of my adoptees so far have actually asked me a question; the other active one is in quite a controversy now, as you can see a few threads above this. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:06, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you should remove the userboxes for the people you haven't been active with. It looks kinda bad, seeing 16 Adopt userboxes. It's a pet hate of mine, to be honest, actually, most of that Award Center irks me. Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 19:09, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Just for the record, I was not doing this for the barnstar. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:35, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

That may be so, but I'm sure others did it just for the barstar. I'm just concered that some people are adopting when they aren't ready to. Not specifically you. Just in general. Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 19:42, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, why don't you nominate the award center for deletion, if you don't like it? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:44, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Because it's already been done. I think things like Welcome 1000 users, adopt 5 users, and 10000 edits have to go, but the things like helping get articles to a status, a star for that is fine. Awarding people for editcountitis is bad. Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 19:48, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I was aware of that, but that was still a while ago that happened. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:49, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I think this discussion is being driven away from the point. I think Steve just wanted to suggest you not take in anymore adoptees (as you will be "streched thin"), as he and RyRy5 suggested to me. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 19:53, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm just curious ... what is your opinion on this: User:Diligent Terrier/Nerd Taskforce/Random Article Contest. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:02, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption of Malakai01

Hey! I saw you have offered an adoption to Malakai01. Well... I did too. So I was wondering if we could co-adopt him. Please tell me what you decide. EliAS 19:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

That's fine with me. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:35, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Great! I'll still wait for Malakai01's approvement. I'll keep you informed. EliAS 19:37, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dallas/Ft. Worth Meetup

Aren't you in Florida? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 19:51, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

...which is why I put my name under 'regrets'. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:52, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Common ground

I'm glad that you're enthusiastic about homeschooling topics. I am as well. I am also a proud American, as your userbox says you are. We probably have a lot in common. Most likely, politically. Hopefully I don't offend you too much with my tone or methods. Sorry if I do. I tend to respond to each and every uncivil remark, so I hope we don't go round and round. Also, I'm a slow mover, tending toward conservative edits (not so bold) - so I like discussion first. Either way, I'm glad contributors like you are here, whether or not I come off that way. Thanks. Tparameter (talk) 02:01, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply?

I am hoping that you will do me the courtesy of a reply at my talk page. Best wishes, Unschool (talk) 02:42, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm sure that you're very busy, so I don't want this post to be interpreted as impatience. I'm merely letting you know that I'm still awaiting a reply, once you have the time. Thanks. Unschool (talk) 18:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
I certainly hope, now that you've been able to spend more time here, that you will find the time to be civil enough to provide me with a response to my points made at my talk page in response to the thread that you began. Cheers. Unschool (talk) 00:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] {{adopt me}} please

Hello, my username is kakashisensei76 I am a "new" user. meaning that i have had an account for the longest time but up until recently i was not on wikipedia that often. but now i'm on everyday because of school (yes, i'm a homeschooler) i know alot about pop culture and computers. i am a christian, a magician, an ex-boy scout, i volunteer at a museum in my home town, i help out in my little brother's cub scout pack when ever i can, i have a nephew and a neice and a neice on the way. now that you know quite a bit about me tell me more about yourself (post on my talk page). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kakashisensei76 (talk • contribs)

Feel free to adopt them, I'm not really phased, but I just thought that I could, well, give you less to deal with, so to speak, and thought the "adoption program" I have would have helped them a fair bit. Feel free to drop me a message. Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 17:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WBOSITG's RfA

Hello Diligent Terrier, 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)

[edit] Re: Checkuser

The deletions and block were done per private checkuser notification. A checkuser came to me off-wiki, said the individual was a sockpuppet of a blocked user. I therefore blocked the account and deleted the pages they had created per policy. MBisanz talk 21:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks for letting me know. Cheers! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:48, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re: Uga Man

Thank you for telling me. I guess when it gets that bad, it's an automatic block. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 21:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Wow! They were nothing alike! I'll have to check that list again. I hope there isn't anyone else that I know. Was STX an admin? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 23:47, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Userboxes

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[edit] Conclusive Evidence of Flagrant Violation of WikiPedia Rules by User:Maxschmelling

Hi, adopting parent. Now, I am fully armed with heavy evidence against this user. It is time for us to ban or at the very least suspend and disable User:Maxschmelling contributions lest more insults, contempt to co-equal editors, and utter destruction of this good encyclopedia's article be further enjoined against more damages.

First, let me prove that - this user's contributions [50] are 95% sole edits of my contributions, and 100% of all of this user's edit by reverting my contributions, are in clear, palpable and flagrant violations of editing, and ethics among or for co-equal editors/users. Please examine each and every contritions of this user from about April until today.

Second, he evades this issue, by making it appear that this user contributes to other articles, but this user does not know how to edit, never reads the links, news, etc., and solely hurriedly edits. So, here this user was caught, was cursed, lambasted and insulted by a veteran editor, and this user complained of personal attacks. [51] I quote this against this user: " How dare you delete a sentence with a reference? You wrote: (supporting Everton is not a significant element of McCartney's lifestyle) with a reference?...McCartney is also a known supporter of Everton Football Club.[1]Shame on you.--andreasegde (talk) 00:11, 13 May 2008 (UTC)"; "In your words: "description of divorce hearing is not necessary" Which planet are you living on?--andreasegde (talk) 00:17, 13 May 2008 (UTC); You're not English are you? For anybody in the UK, which team you support is almost a religous faith. If you ever get the chance to vist Liverpool or Manchester (or anywhere really) I suggest you stand in the middle of pub on a Saturday night and say that football is not notable...As for your complaints about what I said; I think that they were not insulting enough, because you deleted a referenced sentence. That is tantmount to vandalism, or blind stupidity in Wikipedia. What makes you think references are not notable enough, and that they can be deleted? The arrogance of it...The judge's ruling vindicated McCartney from Mills' lies about him cutting her with a wine glass and letting her crawl to the bathroom. If Mills' was proven to be a liar, I think that is notable enough. Would you think it was not notable if someone said that about you? I think you would..--andreasegde (talk) 12:27, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Third, in my additions to Orobanchaceae New genus and species Talk:Orobanchaceae I quote this: "Well, once there is such a genus, it becomes easy, but the question is what to do for the 6 months or so that it will take. I think it shows admirable restraint to not jump the gun and start using the genus name before there is a validly published name. We've had similar situations with Red List entries for "sp. nov. A" and the like (see for example Rhus and search for "Rhus sp. nov. A"), and at least in that case we just put it in the article for the higher level taxon (although it seems a bit odd, I agree, it isn't clear whether there is a better solution). Kingdon (talk) 04:26, 6 May 2008 (UTC)"

Fourth, in the landmark and historical UP Charter of 2008 which I added, this user 2 x deleted this alleging mere budget law, but it is not. So here it stay. Pure vandalisms as andreasegde (talk) simply put it against this user. University of the Philippines [52].

Fifth, this user attacked my edit here, but in CHORUS, he was denied, contradicted and refuted in detail by several voters who voted against his request for deletion of my edit:Talk:San Diego State University[53] maxsch argued: "Is this really relevant to the article? I would argue that it isn't, I vote for removal. maxsch (talk) 18:51, 8 May 2008 (UTC)* It's relevant because of the size of the operation ... OhNoitsJamie Talk 19:24, 8 May 2008 (UTC)* In my opinion, its RELEVANT - Streltzer (talk) 01:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)* I would believe this to be relevant, especially for its considerable size. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 02:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)* However, as the largest operation of it's kind in San Diego County, it is notable. I included the fact that the community has a mixed reaction to it. Perhaps others can add more as the story unfolds. OhNoitsJamie Talk 03:55, 9 May 2008 (UTC)" --Florentino floro (talk) 07:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)In view of the foregoing, and since this user caused the resignation of my former adopting parent, causing damages, I respectully ask you to watch all his daily edits by deleting and reverting all my edits, as I continuously revert them also. I further ask that you cause a petition to ban him be filed with the adminstrators. Regards. --Florentino floro (talk) 07:14, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I think the central point is getting lost here. I edit a lot of User:Florentino floro's contributions. That has never been disputed. But I don't do it out of vindictiveness, I do it because he has a documented habit of adding biased, trivial, irrelevant, and non-notable content. I do it to make wikipedia articles more readable and more sensible. I do it because if no one did it, wikipedia would be worse. It's a thankless job. On several instances I have talked to him (in good faith) about specific wikipedia policies and tried to show him how his edits could be improved. I have even encouraged him when he added useful content. But it is clear that he isn't interested in listening to me. We would all be better off if someone (how about his adopter?) would step in and teach him better editing practices. Then I could leave him to edit unsupervised and he could quit attacking and threatening me. maxsch (talk) 22:23, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to see a few examples of blatant violation of NPOV. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:24, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Can I take it to mean you've noticed the other three types ;). There is blatant NPOV violation, like these, [54] (note: if you look at the news story, you will see that he significantly exaggerated the seriousness of the accident, and look at the talkpage note accompanying it [55]), [56], various posts here [57], [58] (the whole article was later merged with this one[59] because the whole premise of it was in violation of NPOV) not to mention the deleted article [60] which was originally a list of bad things happening to people that Floro had allegedly predicted or caused, later filled out with bad things happening to other people so that it would be less biased.
And then there is the less blatant method of seeking out of unflattering news about people he feels have wronged him, like these:[61], [62], [63] goes with this[64] for context, and these for emphasis[65], [66]. It’s edits like this one [67] that led me to figure out that he was making biased edits. I can look for some more if you like. maxsch (talk) 23:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
If maxsch correctly and not uncivilly edited my contributions, and if only the above-submitted examples or specifics of my contributions are violative of Wiki rules, why is this user, the only one editing, reverting and continuously deleting my edits? Daily, this user concentrates on all my daily contributions. Even a non-lawyer/laymam would easily find and conclude that there is a hidden agenda (badges of fraud) of this user to be a virtual stalker, dummy, alter or the like, to destroy my contributions. He is so uncivil to his fellow editors. Vide the above harsh words thrown at this user by a veteran editor (shame on you; planet are you). Finally, this user miserably failed to contradict, rebut and traverse my above-submitted evidence versus his stay here. On the contrary, this user would again resurrect by detailing or enumerating my past edits, failing to assume good faith. Premises considered, maxsch is hereby found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of utter violation of Wikipedia rules, and is hereby recommended to be banned or be placed under indefinite suspension. --Florentino floro (talk) 09:11, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
Floro, please similarly assume good faith regarding Maxschmelling. The fact that he scrutinizes your edits does not put him in violation of Wikipedia's rules. TheCoffee (talk) 13:52, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your sig

Maybe the Terrier part should link to your talk page. Right now both parts link to your userpage. Enigma message 18:40, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Y Done - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:46, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics/Political Party task force

I invite you to join Wikipedia:WikiProject Politics/Political Party task force which I recently created. --Megapen (talk) 20:52, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You!

Please help recruiting users. Thank You! --Megapen (talk) 21:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] recreate

Maybe you recreate people interested in politics.--Megapen (talk) 21:10, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Politicks

How about:

User:Doctorcherokee User:Sadistik User:NickBall User:Duran User:Strunke User:Busboy User:GBVrallyCI User:Nomader User:Kevinbrowning User:Parsonsburg User:The Person Who Is Strange User:Spongefan User:Megamanfan3 User:Tdvance User:Nuclearmound

They seam interested in Politicks --Megapen (talk) 22:01, 14 May 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] RFA thanks

Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. Perhaps we will have a chance to collaborate in the future. I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 13:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] FYI on DYK

I thought you would be interested/happy that I received my first Did You Know citation: [[68]]. Cheers! Ecoleetage (talk) 21:20, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh...no response? Not much point in being adopted by you if I am going to be ignored, no? Ecoleetage (talk) 01:24, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello? I thought you might be interested in my WP progress, given that you wanted to adopt me. Any reason why I am being ignored? Ecoleetage (talk) 23:05, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply.

Made a new header, since the other one is a bit high up. It's up to you... just wanted to know if there was a function for it. Although, I do feel the urge to vandalize... /me puts a {{db-nonsense}} tag on the page (...with<nowiki></nowiki>, of course). ;) · AndonicO Engage. 22:14, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Closure question

Do you reckon I did it correctly? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 22:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Looks fine to me. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 00:08, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Actually, you should have used the template "Rfd top" instead of "Afd top". - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 00:10, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
I read WP:Non-admin closure and I it gave be the {{subst:at}} thing. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 00:53, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thank-spam

Diligent Terrier, 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)

[edit] Uncivil behaviour

I would take far less offense to someone cursing at me and calling me all kinds of names, than I do at having someone accuse me of behaviour and refusing to address my response. I don't know that I am correct or that you are not correct. But you did level an accusation at me, and I proceeded to explain my perspective and you refused to acknowledge my points, saying that you don't have the time. So you do have the time to throw mud on other people, but you don't have the time to engage in a civil discussion of why you may have been mistaken in your mudslinging? How can I see this as anything other than arrogance and contempt for others? A civil editor, in my judgement, is willing to discuss such things, and is willing to consider the possibility that he might have been mistaken. And I acknowledge that I may be in error here—but as of this moment I believe that you have erred. Since you are the one impugning reputations here, the burden should be on you to discuss the matter. If not, what kind of world would we have, where reputations can be maligned at the arbitrary whim of one person? Do you not understand the value of civil discourse, or just not share it? Unschool (talk) 21:03, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your last reply on my userpage. When you get back from your Wikibreak, tend to the stuff that's important to you, and just reply to my clarification when you're more or less caught up (though really, when is any of us on this project ever able to feel "caught up"?). Look forward to your next comments. Unschool (talk) 18:30, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
I see you've been back for a while. Looking forward to hearing from you again. Unschool (talk) 09:10, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
My reply to your most recent comments is on my talk page. Cheers. Unschool (talk) 03:06, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Still awaiting your response. Unschool (talk) 00:15, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. Please reply on my talk page. Unschool (talk) 14:27, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
Still awaiting your response. (I really would like to see this matter clarified and settled, so that we can move on. It would be easier if responses did not take three to seven days to arrive.) Cheers. Unschool (talk) 00:07, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Wikiproject Home Schooling

Hello. Yes I like to not get the Newspaper. Thanks.

Sincerely,
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[edit] Newsletter

Dude, sorry 'bout the newsletter. I've been kinda busy lately and forgot to do it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by RC-0722 (talk • contribs)

That's OK. I just found a few things to slap together into this one. Are you online now? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 23:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Uh, yeah. RC-0722 247.5/1 00:58, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] email address

it's J.delanoy [at] gmail [dot] com
Thanks. J.delanoygabsadds 23:57, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Just sent it. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 00:00, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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[edit] Homeschooling project

Thanks for the invitation to this project, but I must decline. It's not a subject that interests me particularly. I've had Unschooling on my watchlist for a long time, ever since a long-ago edit when I encountered Category:Ageism and removed Unschooling and other apparently irrelevant articles from the category. I'll continue my peripatetic efforts to improve the article (and monitor for vandalism), but don't look for me to contribute on other Homeschooling topics. Good luck with your efforts! --Orlady (talk) 00:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Florentino Floro

Hi diligent, sorry to keep hounding you about this, but your adoptee is getting really out of hand with his edits and his personal attacks. Have you decided to keep yourself out of it? If so, I wonder if you would mind me posting something at WP:ANI? I feel like I have given you all the information and evidence you could possibly need and I really want to get to a point where this [69] kind of thing doesn't happen anymore. maxsch (talk) 05:25, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to create a subpage for mediation in a few days, if not today. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:26, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Y Done I need both parties to fill in the blanks at this page: User:Diligent Terrier/Florentino floro and Maxschmelling. It's not that I'm lazy; I just want to give both parties a chance to give their side of the story. I will mediate the case by asking questions, and pass on my opinion to another forum (like formal mediation, the Arbitration Committee, or the Administrators' noticeboard) or I may simply file a request for comment. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:42, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
You have got to be kidding me! I have responded with details and plenty of examples every time you asked a question up to now, and you are asking me to start over. I have stayed civil in response to repeated personal attacks. I understand that you want to stay neutral, but your neutrality is really starting to look like inaction. You adopted Floro nearly three weeks ago and you have not given him one single piece of advice, when he very clearly could use some. I feel like I am wasting my time. You have shown no real intention of becoming involved, and now this: "I just want to give both parties a chance to give their side of the story." That chance has been given and both sides have responded in excessive detail. If you have a specific question that has not yet been answered, I am happy to try to answer it, but it doesn't make sense to me to repeat all the same accusations. maxsch (talk) 23:28, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, if you want you can just copy and paste your previous diffs into that section. I won't be able to stay neutral after mediating this. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 00:37, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your kindness. Wikipedia is a place for all fellow editors and even administrators, especially, adopting parents, to help make Wikipedia better. If an editor has a grudge, complaint or accusation against another co-equal editor, there are, for sure, rules and policies that Wiki had in the past and present provided. But rules and policies cannot in any manner change any hidden agenda, anger, bitterness and hypocrisy on the part of editors. Human nature dictates and such is the truth of matter in this broken world of materialism, where rage rules. maxsch had been repeatedly contradicted by many editors on his edits of my contributions. I suggested and advised that he should carefully read the rules and policies of Wikipedia without any subjectivity. Cold neutrality so to speak, of an impartial jurist. I just wonder why this user had concentrated on my edits, daily and reverted or deleted almost all my edits, without even giving any chance to other editors to comment, to ask for their sides, and more importantly, with due respect, he must have had at the very least, asked the opinions of creators of the articles I contributed to. You will notice, that when he reverts and deletes my edits, and I revert or re-add, he is IGNORED by any and all editors, and in several time, he was objected to and lambasted. Remember the "shame on you" and "What planet are you in?" hurled to his face by a no nonsense editor. My former parent resigned because of this crab mentality. This user needs a lot of rest and mental therapy, and this is not a personal attack since this is a Wiki truth. Finally, this editor uses his account here, only to edit my works, wherein, none of the editors ever complained of, and this user never created any article nor contributed, by adding new edits. This is the essence of pure vandalism in the highest sense of the word. To be sure, if an editor will not vandalize, but will edit, by deleting not in a pattern or scheme, but daily and continuously, and focusing on my edits, what is this, is this not sheer vandalism? I am, I am, and I am, precisely, under adoption. Ergo, due respect, must be accorded by this fellow user not only to you, as adopting parent, but, imagine, to a former administrator, who was and is well versed in rules. Due process and courtesy plus kindness require that this user must respect you, as adopting parent, and give you all the time and chances to correct my edit/s, lest rage and vendetta of dark human nature reign supreme in this Encyclopedia. Reason dictates, that if my edit is bad or wrong, then other editors, would, for sure, revert, delete or amend my edit. Such is coherence and neutrality among co-equal users. Just my comment, dear parent. I know you are tired of this user, but let it go. It will pass. Let administrators take care of this user in a fair and honest discussion or debate where both of us are squarely given chances to air sides and submit evidence. A final word. Lest I be misconstrued, I, as judge / lawyer, give you my parent, an unsolicited homily: as an authority for having joined in 140 forums, a user or member, like this editor, who continuously perturbs not only editors, former administrator, and now, adopting parent, inter alia, the sole remedy to this rage and mental shock, is IGNORE. Regards. --Florentino floro (talk) 09:19, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks!

RfA: Many thanks
Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 05:48, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion of List of homeschooled individuals

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The prod tag was removed. As such I have listed it for Deletion. See the notice below. Five Years 13:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of List of homeschooled individuals

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[edit] Re: User:Zippycup

I am in the process of filing an ANI report. J.delanoygabsadds 20:03, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Good choice. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:06, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Betacommand and his bot

Have they been unblocked? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 20:06, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I think so. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:09, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WikiProject Political Parties

Please help with Template:WikiProject Political Parties Sidebar and by adding Template:WikiProject Political Parties to more articles. --Megapen (talk) 21:22, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Limburg

May I ask why you believe that the article on Charles, Count of Limburg Stirum is a hoax? DS (talk) 12:56, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Judging from the redlink, doesn't look like DT is the only one who thought so. Unschool (talk) 18:31, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
No, that's because I wasn't paying attention when I typed out the link. DS (talk) 22:40, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace and talk space, so that is what I will do. I have made a list and I hope I will be able to get through it. I will go for another RfA in about three month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been about three months. I will not be checking back to this page so if you would like to comment or reply please use my talk page. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:57, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How are you doing?

Hello there!
How are you?
Just stoppig by to say hi and to thank you
for rememberig me!
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[edit] Florentino floro and Maxschmelling

I have created a subpage for this mediation case: User:Diligent Terrier/Florentino floro and Maxschmelling. Please comment on that page. Thank you. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 23:10, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] RfAs

Hey Diligent Terrier. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. I appreciate your trust. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 18:17, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

And thanks from me too. I appreciate the trust placed in me by you and others, and will do my best to ensure it isn't misplaced! --Slp1 (talk) 00:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:LAA updated

Hello. Since you are part of WP:LAA, you are recieving this message. I gave WP:LAA a new page design, formatting, and more. The project now has it's own request page. Feel free to request there. I also updated our to-do list. I hope you continue to be an active contributer to our project. Please add your opinion on our new revamp of our project at our discussion page. Thank you, from the founder, RyRy5 (talk) 03:23, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Alfonso Soriano revert

Uh oh, looks like you reverted a revert I made back to the vandal edit I reverted in the first place. I reverted your edit and your warning. I understand if it was a mistake. Thanks =) --♣ẼгíćЏ89♣ (talk) 20:27, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Whoa! Yes, that was a mistake. I appreciate you letting me know without a template message.  :-) Thanks! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:30, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
No problem buddy... ;) --♣ẼгíćЏ89♣ (talk) 21:28, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My secret page

Yeah, well I'll let that one slide. I don't really care about it. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 00:56, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage layout

Hi. Have you ever wondered how your userpages look in non-monobook skins (which, conversely to what one might think are in common use, especially by long-standing contributors)? I happen to use the modern skin (a popular alternative) and I must say that the tricks with floating images completely obscure the action buttons on the userpage (edit, watch, etc.) and generally look messy (on both pages) as you can see for yourself. Do you think you could do something about it? Thanks, Миша13 09:08, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I will look into that. Thanks for pointing that out. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 15:38, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Request for Peer Review help

Thank you for you work as a peer review volunteer. Since March, there has been a concerted effort to make sure all peer review requests get some response. Requests that have gone three days or longer without a substantial response are listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog. I have three requests to help this continue.

1) If you are asked to do a peer review, please ask the person who made the request to also do a review, preferably of a request that has not yet had feedback. This is fairly simple, but helps. For example when I review requests on the backlog list, I close with Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, ...

2) While there are several people who help with the backlog, lately I have been doing up to 3 or 4 peer reviews a day and can not keep this up much longer. We need help. Since there are now well over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, if each volunteer reviewed just one PR request without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog. To help spread out the load, I suggest those willing pick a day of the month and do a review that day (for example, my first edit was on the 8th, so I could pick the 8th). Please pick a peer review request with no responses yet, if possible off the backlog list. If you want, leave a note on my talk page as to which day you picked and I will remind you each month.

3) I have made some proposals to add some limits to peer review requests at Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review#Proposed_limits. The idea is to prevent any one user from overly burdening the process. These seem fairly reasonable (one PR request per editor per day, only four total PR requests per editor at a time, PR requests with cleanup banners can be delisted (like GAN quick fail), and wait two weeks to relist a PR request after it is archived), but have gotten no feedback in one week. If you have any thoughts on these, please weigh in.

Thanks again for your help and in advance for any assistance with the backlog. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 21:27, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My Sig

Sorry Diligent Terrier, it's still not working... I have no idea what I'm doing wrong o_O —Preceding unsigned comment added by Letter 7 (talk • contribs) 22:39, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

No, I'm using Internet Explorer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Letter 7 (talk • contribs) 22:53, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] hey

It's not live yet. It's usually frowned upon to transclude an RfA which already has supports. Thanks, though! Check back tomorrow. Enigma message 23:22, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the kind words

Hey, pal, thanks for the kind words. Yeah, I've been a bit busy in the DYK pages -- I hope I don't wear out my welcome there! Your Talk Page seems to be the Times Square of Wikipedia -- it is easy to get lost here, so don't worry about overlooking my trivial messages. Hey, I appreciate your kindness and consideration, so please accept this token of my gratitude:




For personifying Wikipedia cool, I hereby award Diligent Terrier with the “Cool Award.” Ecoleetage (talk) 23:51, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


Thank you for being you! Ecoleetage (talk) 23:51, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] {{Talkback}}

Hello, Diligent Terrier. You have new messages at Zginder's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} template.

Please do not alter my user id. Please leave me alone or admin will be contacted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimboss69 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] re

Is that what it is? I've been hearing more and more about it; I should probably bid fair Twinkle adieu and download it. Would you recommend it over VandalProof? FusionMix 20:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

I've never used VandalProof (mainly because User:Betacommand, the person who approves editors for it has been blocked - and myself and many others have had our names in for approval for a long time now...) but what I can tell you is that Huggle allows you to revert and warn a user automatically in one click, and it will use the appropriate warning level based upon the warning the vandal has been given before. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:29, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
I recall asking approval for it a while ago, I think sometime in November, but I failed their '250 mainspace edits'. I was answered only hours after I posted by User:Snowolf. Is Betacommand the only user with the authority to approve wannabe VPers? FusionMix 12:31, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
No, it looks like User:PS2pcGAMER can. He just started trying to clear out the backlog a few days ago. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 13:41, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unconstructive?

No way. There's no way you can dispute my spelunking ability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.3.129.46 (talk) 21:51, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Retirement2

I'm not sure how to take that, but it's fine by me. Would you look after WP:Meetup/Dallas until I can organize it somewhat from real life? Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 00:54, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sock Puppet Issue surrounding Jimboss69 IP

I have been asked to leave you a message with regards to this situation by one of my co-workers. The IP you listed as a potential sock puppet is actually shared by several users. Many of these people do in fact make constructive edits on Wikipedia. Others may be acting disruptively. That aside though the IP, in and of its self is not a sock puppet of a single user, vandal or otherwise. Co-workers who have found they can not log into their own accounts are slightly disgruntled over this matter as most of them are not, and have nothing to do with, Jimboss69. Please take this factor into consideration when addressing the "sock puppetry" issue. Simonm223 (talk) 14:25, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Please refer to my talk page for a response to your most recent comment. Simonm223 (talk) 17:34, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject_Political_Parties/Newsroom

I would be grateful if your bot could deliver the newsletter for Wikipedia:WikiProject Political Parties. See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Political_Parties/Newsroom--Megapen (talk) 15:11, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I need an actual newsletter template to deliver, unless you just want to send a notice pointing members to that page. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 15:49, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I would be gratefull if you could create newsletter template or a notice pointing members to that page. It is up to you. --Megapen (talk) 15:51, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm a bit busy now starting WikiProject United States Government, but for right now, I would appreciate it if you could create a notice to send out to the members. I don't think there's enough news right now for a newsletter. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 16:01, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] McCain's VP

Since I left the United States and came back to Europe, I'm not following US politics as I did when I was there. My hopes are on Huckabee, but I don't know if McCain could choose him. I think that he needs a conservative anyway, better if Southern and with governor's experience. I don't think Romney, Rice, Powell and Lieberman would be good choices. I would choose between Huckabee, but what about Tim Pawlenty, Mark Sanford, Bill Owens and Charlie Christ? I really don't know... what are your ideas instead? --Checco (talk) 16:36, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, Bobby Jindal, Charlie Crist, and Mitt Romney were the three he invited out to his house in Arizona. I'm not particularly excited about any of them, to be honest. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 16:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Wasn't also Huckabee among the invited people? Why not Jindal and Crist? We can continue the discussion here... --Checco (talk) 17:16, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I don't think Huckabee was invited. Re: Crist see [70], Re: Romney - he has changed his stance too many times. I don't know much about Jindal. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:20, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
In Bobby Jindal's page it is said that Huckabee was invited but did not go to Arizona. Jindal is ok for me, but he is probably too young... Huckabee's the best. --Checco (talk) 17:24, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
What about Mark Sanford? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I don't know much about it, but I read somewhere that he is a "maverick conservative". --Checco (talk) 17:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
There was a good article in the Wall Street Journal a while back, don't know if we can read it online. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Do you mean this? --Checco (talk) 17:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Outside comment: Huckabee would be a disastrous choice, IMO. Enigma message 17:38, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Why do you think? --Checco (talk) 17:39, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Checco: no, it was a feature (maybe about a month ago) just on Sanford. Enigmaman: why do you think Huckabee would be 'disastrous' choice? I'm actually suprised you'd comment on politics when you're up at WP:RfA. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'm not going to change my RfA vote over it. ;) - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
My RfA isn't going to pass anyway. Also, I'm not going to change who I am because of an RfA. I am who I am. Huckabee would be a poor choice because he does nothing to address the key weakness of McCain, and in fact makes it worse. Huckabee is not a conservative. He's an evangelist, and thus is against gay marriage and abortion, but he's not a conservative at all. Look at his foreign policy. Picking Huckabee would do even more to alienate conservatives, and McCain needs conservatives to come out in force if he wants to win. Enigma message 17:49, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Huckabee not a conservative? [citations needed] - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 17:52, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I support Huckabee for VP for these reasons, but also Jindal would be an intriguing candidate... --Checco (talk) 17:55, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
(ec)I'm telling you this based on his record. You can look at his article. He's a social conservative, but not a fiscal conservative. His foreign policy leaves a lot to be desired. I can find some comments from conservatives if you'd like. [71] [72] [73] [74] Enigma message 17:58, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
McCain-Huckabee, a libertarian- and fiscal-conservative from the West along with a social-conservative with Southern and evangelical roots: isn't it a great GOP ticket? --Checco (talk) 18:01, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
McCain is definitely a fiscal conservative (he has one of the best Senate track records in fighting for taxpayers), but the whole reason he's had such trouble getting the nomination (he should've been there in 2000) is because many say he's not a true conservative. He has a history of being a maverick, and "crossing party lines." Conservative message boards call him a RINO (Republican in Name Only). You may be underestimating the amount of people Huckabee would alienate. Enigma message 18:26, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Who would be the best running-mate then? --Checco (talk) 18:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm not really sure. Many were advocating Fred Thompson, but he never seemed that interested, even when he was in the race. I don't think Mitt Romney would be a wise choice. IMO, it has to be a solid all-around conservative with a Southern background. Enigma message 18:57, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
So... if you were McCain, who would you choose? --Checco (talk) 19:05, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
Let's just say I'm very thankful that I don't have to make what will be a very controversial choice. There are a bunch of possibilities, and there are flaws and issues with each one. And... I think that fills my political talk quota for the week. Catch you next week, perhaps! Enigma message 19:08, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

This is a question for anyone: what do you think the effects of McCain choosing Mark Sanford or Joe Lieberman would be? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 19:17, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't know much about Sanford, but on Lieberman I think that he would be a remarkable choice for Sectretary of Defense not as VP: you need to put a social-conservative and a Republican there... --Checco (talk) 07:18, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
Just as a spectator looking in, I would say a McCain-Romney ticket would be best (just because an Obama-Richardson ticket could beat them dead). Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:59, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] new wikiproject

joined... RC-0722 361.0/1 17:17, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TAG

Lets tag more articles with {{WikiProject Political Parties |class=Start |importance=Top |nested= }} --Megapen (talk) 22:44, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

What articles need to be tagged? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:52, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:NBA June Newsletter

I just wanted to tell you that the June newsletter for WP:NBA is finished. Preferably, it would delivered on June 1. However, seeing that you're on a wikibreak, maybe not *sigh* Anyway, I hope you can get to it sometime. All that needs to be done is to send it to everyone on this list.

On a side note, have you thought about archiving recently? (hint, hint) Noble Story (talk) 07:00, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Radio Wikipedia

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[edit] homeshooling

Thanks for your good work on this page. It needs lots of work still, though Snow555 (talk) 14:52, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Comment from User:ManBuiltPrice

Note: The above header has been added and it was not in the original post. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 21:37, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

WELCOME TO WIKIPEDIA, WITH YOUR LAST EDIT, YOU ADDED AN UNHELPFUL TAG, INSTEAD OF ADDITIONAL CITATIONS. PLEASE ADD CITATIONS INSTEAD OF TAGS IN THE FUTURE. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ManBuiltPrice (talk • contribs)

[edit] Requesting removal of unjustified warning over one time edit enforcing wikipedia policy

Hello, you have placed a warning about an edit war on my account. First of all, I was enforcing wikipedia policy, as the list is in clear violation of two wikipedia policies. Prior to my one time removal, I have explained this in full on the talk page. There even is a third violation in the list, being a link with "objectionable amounts of advertising" and you have put this back two times now. I request removal of the warning from my account, I don't believe it is justified over a one time removal of a list that violates wikipedia policy. Especially not because I have shown to be contructive on the talk page and brought up the issues already two days ago. Species8473 (talk) 16:41, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Points why the removal was justified, and your warning at my user page not:

  • The list was added ignoring priorly started discussion on the talk page (as only contribution by a completely new user).
  • The only source for the list was bad, as confirmed on the reliable sources noticeboard.
  • I had explained the issues with the list in detail on the talk page prior to the removal. You have not taken part in that discussion. Nor have you explained your re-adding of the list in a timely matter, as I requested.
  • You have re-added (parts of) the list three times now (123), which makes me wonder who is involved in an edit war here.

I hope you can either remove the warning, or respond to these points in a swiftly matter.

Awaiting your response, Species8473 (talk) 07:46, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Scripps National Spelling Bee

Hey, Terrier... FWIW, I've already rv'ed 3 instances of the "phonetic spelling" argument at this page and used a level 3 warning last go-around... I was considering taking it to the Noticeboard if he/she does it again. Amnewsboy (talk) 19:43, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Radio Wikipedia: Issue 3 Special
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[edit] Copyeditting help

You are listed as an editer who may be contacted for copyeditting help, so I am leaving this message here to ask if you could copyedit the page Montana class battleship. The article is currently list at Featured Article Candidates, and several people have suggested the article would benifit from a copyedit. Anything you can do to help would be apreciated. Thanks in advance. -- TomStar81 (Talk) 22:04, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted article

There you go.   jj137 (talk) 02:07, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I award this barnstar to Diligent Terrier, for all of your vandalism reverting. LAAFan 15:54, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Radio Wikipedia
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You are receiving this because you are listing on the Radio's page. To opt-out, remove your name. StewieGriffin! • Talk 15:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Posting at the bottom

I hear you loud and clear. Please reply on my talk page. Unschool (talk) 02:23, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RAD WP

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Issue 5: GeoBot?

This is today's issue of Radio Wikipedia. StewieGriffin! • Talk 10:18, 2 June 2008 (UTC) PS: May I suggest archiving?

[edit] Heads up

Heads up: I got three Did You Know? notices over a four-day period (May 30-June 2). I was a bit happy and wanted to share the news. :-) Ecoleetage (talk) 12:17, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Incredibly, another DYK just came in -- my second today and the fourth in four days! Woo woo! Ecoleetage (talk) 17:27, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Homeschooling

Hi! I appreciate your efforts on the homeschooling page. I was a bit puzzled by your decision to mave this list of homeschooling individuals under the heading of "supportive studies" rather than history. Please re-consider, ok? These historical figures certainly lend support to efforts in home schooling, but their historical roles seem to be far more important in the scheme of things. Besides, I would rather not let this section turn into a bargaining chip in the "school wars" that are so common, even on this page. These individuals and their reputations say a lot by themselves, and as I see it, represent an example of products of homeschooling (but not a justification of it). Thanks for considering this HomePolice (talk) 18:21, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Award

The Golden Wiki Award
I hereby award you this Barnstar for helping Wikipedia:WikiProject Political parties. --Megapen (talk) 18:57, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


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[edit] WikiPolitics Blog

I would like to ask you two things:

  • to start new opinion polls on other issues, about the United States (for example Obama's VP choice) and not
  • to invite more users to the blog in order to have more opinions

Kind regards. --Checco (talk) 07:38, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RFA thanks

Hey D.T., just wanted to thank you for participating in my recent RFA... you said you offered to nominate me , I don't remember this (I would've been happy to have you as a co-nom... did you mean support?) anyhow, I left some templated thank-spam for you below. also, feel free to check out my in-depth RFA analysis and comment. keep up the diligence! xenocidic (talk) 13:28, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

templated rfa thank-spam
I really can't remember where! Sorry about that. I know you said you would support me here, but that's about it. xenocidic (talk) 14:33, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Ahhh, gotcha. Well no matter, alls well that ends well =) xenocidic (talk) 14:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia e-mail

I sent you an email as an reply to the other e-mail. — ComputerGuy890100Talk to meWhat I've done to help Wikipedia 04:44, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for the barnstar and the kind words. I was getting very depressed here, due to some nasty conflicts I stumbled upon. But several people encouraged me to give it another chance, so here I am. Be well. Ecoleetage (talk) 17:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Oh my, thank you (again) for the kind words. It is truly appreciated! Ecoleetage (talk) 20:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How to add a language to the language box when the article is semi-protected?

Hello there, How are you doing? I finally finished working on the Ann Frank article in Farsi, but i have a problem. I wanna add that article's link (in Farsi) to the language box in other pages including the English page, however, that page is semi-protected and therefore, i can't edit it or add any information to it. Can you tell me what i should do? Thanks. :-) Dictionary-worm (talk) 18:12, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. As always you're so helful to me.Dictionary-worm (talk) 11:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:TLDR

I think that, if you are attempting to be humorous, you should know that I do not share your mood. You have systematically avoided discussing every substantive point that I have made, and even accused me of trying to draw attention from my own misdeeds. DT, WP:AGF is not boundless; there comes a point when one can reasonably assume that the other party is not acting in good faith, and I think that a neutral observer following our interaction over the past few weeks would likely wonder why it is that you have such trouble answering my questions. I have tried, as I explained before, tried to reconcile these matters with you amicably, for the sake of harmonious encounters in the future. You have done nothing to advance the discussion on your side except to ask me to repeat points already made and to cite policy without providing context. I ask you again to provide a fellow editor with the courtesy of trying to work out our differences, addressing the matters straight on.

My answers have gotten lengthy. You have made this necessary, by claiming that you either do not understand, or do not remember, or cannot find the questions that I have asked before. My length has been to more carefully develop points that you have indicated that you did not follow the first time.

Please quit avoiding my questions.Unschool (talk) 18:24, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Radio Wikipedia Daily Delivery

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[edit] Continuing the conversation.

Thank you for your reply. (Was that so hard?) I look forward to continuing and hopefully soon completing the conversation; my reply to your answers is on my talk page. Cheers. Unschool (talk) 20:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your last reply. It was good to have you actually talking. I'm guessing that we're close to wrapping this up, but that's up to you. My reply to your comments awaits. Unschool (talk) 21:28, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Ooops. Posted a bit ago and forgot to tell you. Unschool (talk) 21:47, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
Questions answered. I may need to get off line soon, I'm not sure, so forgive me if I don't respond immediately. Unschool (talk) 22:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Question from anon

WHy did you delete my last edit about sheffield —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.144.159.145 (talk) 21:08, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] template:user NUS

Just wanted you to know that the edit you reverted was made inadvertently. I don't recall consciously blanking the page. Sorry, and thanks for the reversion :) Peace! Abhikmajumdar (talk) 22:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Refactoring

Well, I see you've succeeded in getting the subject changed, once again. But this time, I must confess, I'm actually interested in the side show. I've got a question or two for you on my talk page, on a new section. Unschool (talk) 23:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Please see my talk page. Unschool (talk) 23:45, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
DT had nothing to do with my comment. RC-0722 361.0/1 23:48, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Signing off

I've got to go for now, may not be back for a few days. Hope to find a reply to the actual issues we were discussing upon my return.Unschool (talk) 00:10, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've been gone for five days, and—oh, that's right, I need to leave messages at the bottom. Unschool (talk) 02:40, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Audio Barnstar

Your AudioBarnstar to Stewie Griffin is not awarded on "the sixth day of may", actually. It's the 7th of June today. Or am I missing something?  Channel ®   00:46, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

In the UK it just became the seventh day of may about 46 minutes ago. I gave the barnstar on Eastern Standard Time. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 00:47, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Oops...I put May; I meant June. Thanks for pointing that out! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 00:48, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Being a few hours out, okay, but a month... Tsss... English... ;-)  Channel ®   00:52, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again for pointing that out. And also, that for signing my autograph book :) - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 00:53, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Republican Wikipedians

You have created a category that was previously deleted at Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion/Archive/August_2007#August_10 with strong consensus in a discussion on a whole range of similar political ideology categories. I suggest that you edit the useboxes to remove the category and then when it is empty it will be deleted. --Bduke (talk) 01:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't say there was a strong consensus at all. The category was kept in previous nominations, and it was also taken to deletion review where it was restored. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 01:08, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
I expect this to go back to UCFD. Note the category has been protected by the administrator who deleted it. The only deletion review I see is tagged as procedural. I note also that none of the other political ideology categories has been restored and I see the consensus to remove similar categories to these as having grown since last August. --Bduke (talk) 01:31, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for you message. No I would not unsalt this category. It was deleted by CFD and can only be restored by a deletion review. Alex Bakharev (talk) 02:38, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 June 21 for the deletion review. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 14:04, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 11:18, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Issue 7

Hi. Here's todays issue.

Issue 7: Attention Please!

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StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 15:28, 7 June 2008 (UTC)



[edit] Blog Invite

Thanks for the Invite, Diligent Terrier. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to decline. (I'm not a huge fan of blogs, I've had bad experience with them.) But thank you anyway for the invite, again. I joined your Wikiproject - I am homeschooled, so I could probably make some contributions. Thanks again! (I saw your userboxes too - we think alike!) :-) --Panic!outU've Been Discoed! 20:59, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've had a couple of bad experiences. In the past, I wasn't very smart on a blog and got in BIG trouble with my parents, so I'm kind of banned from doing that kind of thing. Another time, I used to answer questions in the Religion section of Yahoo! Answers and got bashed, pretty much. I'd like to accept, but I don't think I should. (I'm sure the people on your blog would be nice, but I wouldn't do it because of the first reason.) But thanks very much anyway! I'm flattered at your request; have fun on the blog! --Panic!outU've Been Discoed! 21:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Alright, I completely understand. If your parents are ever ok with it, let me know and I'll invite you. :) - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 21:13, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Alright, thanks!--Panic!outU've Been Discoed! 21:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WP:NPOV, WP:AGF, and WP:TROLL

I tried to assume good faith, but none was immediately apparent about the claim that current scientific thinking follows a non-neutral point of view. It's not even a matter of one person's point of view over another's. Science by definition cannot really include people's opinions. The featured article contained no-one's opinions. It merely stated what is generally regarded as fact.

As you may have noticed, intelligent design (which includes alternate theories on the earth's origin) was once a featured article. This article also does not violate any policies because it makes no attempt to claim that this is the only correct theory. It presents intelligent design as an alternative to general scientific consensus.

In particular, the first sentence of yesterday's featured article makes no attempt to persuade readers that other theories are wrong. It only enlightens them and leaves them to make their own decisions. Text that simply presents one view does not, in itself, violate WP:NPOV. Several other wiki-editors are in agreement on this point, especially as it pertains to the article and sentence in question. I found (and still find) it hard to believe that someone would argue with us on this point, and as such I came to the conclusion that you were trolling.

If you weren't trolling, then I obviously owe you an apology, and I'm sorry. In the future, you will find it helpful to read and understand relevant policies before trying to apply them. --M1ss1ontomars2k4 (talk) 00:53, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Um, you probably do owe DT an apology (which was already given), for I highly doubt he was trolling. Also, I have learned the hard way the WP does not work by definitions. However, I am going to attempt to stay out of this discussion. (blip) RC-0722 361.0/1 02:42, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Alright, so I wasn't trolling, I just apparently don't have a clue about Wikipedia's policy according to you. Now I get it. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 23:29, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] My Rfa

Thanks, Diligent Terrier, for participating in my recent RfA, which recently passed with 81 support and 1 neutral !votes. I appreciate all the support and constructive criticism offered in my RfA and I thank you for taking the time to !vote in my nomination. I feel so honoured to be trusted by so many of you and please, if you have any advice, comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page.

I would also like to thank Acalamari, Rlevse and Nishkid64, for their nomination statements.
Thank you again.
AngelOfSadness talk 23:36, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The Blog Thing

About this... I just realized I can't create a Google Account because I don't have e-mail. Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 03:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

It's up to you ... you can create an Gmail address, and join. You can still comment on posts anonymously. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:40, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

Even if I don't think I will ever be nominated administrator, I accept the nomination. Thanks for your support. --Checco (talk) 07:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Alright, I don't have the time to write up the nomination right this minute, but I'll probably have you set in a few days. Great! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 13:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Radio Wikipedia Staff

I have removed you from the staff of Radio Wikipedia. I don't want to seem nasty, but you aren't. If you would like to join, contribute by sending me a sound file. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 18:10, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Just wondering why you removed your name? Just because I removed you? StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 21:10, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
You removed my comment where I offered to deliver it, and acknowledged it here, so I assume you don't want me to help. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 15:13, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Well yes you can help with delivery, after you discuss it! StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 20:19, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
No, I'm no longer interested. I merely offered to help, and you removed my comment. Wikipedia is a collaborative project; as long as you take actions as such, Radio Wikipedia will continue to be owned by you, while not allowing other editors such as myself to contribute. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:41, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
It's like: you can't go into a building and start work. You need to interview! Xenocidic (or secondary reporter) did three issues before he was staff. StewieGriffin! • Talk Sign 06:49, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
And you just provided extra evidence for why there are people who aren't fans of Radio Wikipedia and are considering starting a deletion discussion on it, StewieGriffin!. You clearly have ownership issues here and you're creating a bureaucracy (you have to interview to be a staff person??). Please take a bit to read WP:OWN. Metros (talk) 16:03, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] ...

Erm, what is this all about? And why am I contributor to it? Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 22:55, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Whoa! I have no idea how that got there. That's the first time I've noticed your name on the list. I'll remove it. No idea how that got there. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I just sent you an email about this. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 23:02, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Replied. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 23:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adopt Me?

Hi DT, I was just wonder if you would be kind enough to adopt me? Although I've been on wiki for over a year I'm pretty new to proper contributions. Thanks »xytram« talk 12:52, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'd be happy to adopt you :) - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 13:46, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
Thanks :) - I've updated my userpage to reflect this. I'm a bit busy over the next week or so - but I'm usually lurking around on a daily basis! •xytram•talkpics 10:52, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] RE: Portal:Homeschooling

G7'd. Sorry, just haven't had enough time to maintain it. Feel free to create again later on. Thanks. weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'd sorta forgotten it existed.  :) weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:59, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] homeschooling

Dear Diligent Terrier:

I must say that I am confounded by many of the recent changes to the Wikipedia homeschool page. I initially went there looking for basic information, which I found lacking. I signed up to edit this article on good faith (I came to the page, as many other probably have, to get the basics, including examples of homeschooled individuals, which I added). However, this is supposed to be a simple reference article that gives facts, not an ideological opinions battlefield of some kind. This really turns me off wikipedia.

Snow555 (talk) 23:55, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pattern

It's an interesting pattern you follow. 1) You avoid as long as possible discussing the issues that I bring up, then, 2) when I finally get you to start talking, 3) your friend, RC, chimes in with non-constructive comments, 4) I ask RC to not disrupt the conversation, 5) you cite me for some ostensible violation of Wikipedia policy (which still you have not explained, despite my request that you help me understand, and then 6) you drop the discussion without explanation.

DT, it would seem to me that good faith would require that, at the same time that you take me to task for violating policy, that you continue our discussion, unless you feel that I am not exercising good faith. I not only have been exercising good faith, in the face of your protracted forays into tangential issues, but I have also been exercising the patience of Job. Could you please now, if you are not going to answer my questions about policy, please pick up the discussion where it was before your friend injected this non sequitur into the conversation? Unschool (talk) 02:55, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My RFB

Thank you for your comments in my RFB. Since it was only at 64%, it was a shoo-in to be unsuccessful, so I withdrew. I didn't want it to run until its scheduled close time because my intent in standing for RFB was to help the bureaucrats with their workload, not give them one more RfX to close. Through the course of my RFB, I received some very valuable feedback, some of it was contradictary, but other points were well agreed upon. I have ceased my admin coaching for now to give me time to revamp my method. I don't want to give up coaching completely, but I'm going to find a different angle from which to approach it. As for my RFA Standards, I am going to do some deep intraspection. I wrote those standards six months ago and I will slowly retool them. This will take some time for me to really dig down and express what I want in an admin candidate. If, after some serious time of deep thought, I don't find anything to change in them, I'll leave them the way they are. I'm not going to change them just because of some community disagreement as to what they should be. Will I stand for RFB again in the future? I don't know. Perhaps some time down the road, when my tenure as an administrator is greater than one year, if there is a pressing need for more active bureaucrats, maybe. If there no pressing need, then maybe not. Useight (talk) 02:58, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Weissmann

Hi DT, A query on the user Weissmann is in the last few days he's gone a bit crazy creating lots of new articles (most of the CSD). I posted a caution on his user page at wikitime 08:38 and since this he has created 8 new articles which have all also been marked for CSD. Looking at his contrib it looks an almost inhuman amount of edits in a very short space of time. I'm unsure how to progress on this one. Can you advise? Thanks, •xytram•talkpics 13:00, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

I can't view deleted edits, but what I can tell you is that I do see a few helpful edits that he's made, so I would try to assume good faith for now, and see if he takes your warnings seriously. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 13:53, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Well I did notice, on his talk page, he has replied to a couple of the CSDs on there (rather than on the articles discussion). I've advised him that and will AGF. Thanks! •xytram•talkpics 14:04, 13 June 2008 (UTC)