User talk:GlassCobra/Archive 5

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Archives Archive 1: April 26, 2007 - August 27, 2007 Archive 2: August 25, 2007 - September 16, 2007 Archive 3: September 17, 2007 - October 16, 2007 Archive 4: October 17, 2007 - November 5, 2007 Archive 5: November 5, 2007 - November 13, 2007 Archive 6: November 14, 2007 - November 23, 2007 Archive 7: November 24, 2007 - December 12, 2007 Archive 8: December 13, 2007 - January 3, 2008 Archive 9: January 3, 2008 - January 26, 2008 Archive 10: January 26, 2008 - February 13, 2008 Archive 11: February 13, 2008 - February 27, 2008 Archive 12: February 27, 2008 - March 17, 2008 Archive 13: March 17, 2008 - April 6, 2008 Archive 14: April 7, 2008 - April 28, 2008 Archive 15: April 29, 2008 - June 8, 2008

November 5, 2007 - November 13, 2007

Henrik's RfA thanks!

Thanks for supporting my RfA, it closed today with a final tally of 39 supports, 1 oppose and 1 neutral. As always, if you ever see me doing anything which would cause you to regret giving me your support, let me know. henrik•talk 18:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Majorly

Hi GlassCobra, and congrats on the +sysop bit! Regarding my neutral at Majorly's RfA I can only cite this "Requests for adminship (RfA) is the process by which the Wikipedia community decides who will become administrators". Majorly had the +sysop bit and gave it up. Bearly four weeks later he wants it back and goes to the community to decide. The last admin who relinquished was User:^demon who just went to WP:BN and asked for it back. I have no issue with Majorly, but I see sod all value in his RfA per my quote above. He has my support for the tools but I object to the way he's asked for them back. If he's not sure he's up to the job and needs the community to confirm he is then perhaps it's better he doesn't get the bit back. I believe he's a great admin, per my comment, but I can't follow the herd in a support over a waste of time. 100+ votes = 100 + WP:CSD pieces of crap that could have been deleted instead. Cheers .... !! Pedro :  Chat  20:19, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you bunches!

Thank you so much for suppporting my RfA. I was promoted with a total of (44/1/0) - a vote of confidence from the community that I find humbling and motivating. I will not abuse your trust. Look forward to working with you! (Esprit15d 21:41, 5 November 2007 (UTC))

Question

Hi, why did you remove this user? I had just given him a final warning and was leaving him listed so other admins checking AIV could keep an eye on him also. You didn't block the IP, so I'm curious. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 22:59, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

You said you were keeping an eye on him, so I took it down to make room for the other entries that have been coming in. However, you're correct, I should have left him up. My apologies, you're more than welcome to put him back if you like. GlassCobra 23:16, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

No worry, I was just wondering. No need to re-add him, I've been checking, and he appears to have stopped. Like I said I was just curious. Thanks for the reply. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 23:20, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing. I'm new, so give me a little bit of slack. ;) GlassCobra 23:22, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

So how are you liking the new tools? Have you zapped a few vandals, deleted nonsense pages, and experienced the wondrous admin rollback? Does it not bring a smile to your face when you are able to block that rude vandal instead of listing him at AIV, and hoping that an admin is around keeping an eye on it? Isn't it? :D KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 00:27, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your support.

Remember, remember, the fifth of November? Thank you to everyone who participated in my Request for adminship, which was successful at 50/5/0 on November 5th, 2007. It became, as you may know, rather contentious toward the end (though fortunately no gunpowder was involved), and I appreciate the work of other Wikipedians to keep it focused. --Thespian 02:30, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Late congrats...

Sorry it's delayed. You archive like I often do! :P But I wanted to drop by and congratulate you. Good luck with the mop! Lara❤Love 14:34, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay... Congrats on your promotion. You have earned it. ;-) JungleCat Shiny!/Oohhh! 01:19, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Hi. Thanks for beating me to reverting vandalism on my userpage. And also, congrats on being an admin. NHRHS2010 talk 01:32, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Re:Shenanigans

My pleasure to help out! I hope, by the way, that you forgive me for the social networking issue (discussed at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Majorly#Oppose.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. deleted contribs 02:37, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Congrats!

Welcome to the Mop&Bucket Corps! Congratulations on your adminship! Well deserved1 You're an outstanding addition to the Mop Corps...;) And thanks for the welcome back, I'm finally back on my feet! Dreadstar † —Preceding comment was added at 19:20, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Userpage Revert

Thanks. And well done with the RFA, I didn't get time to reply to your thanks. Rudget _{Contributions} 20:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Another RfA Spaming

Thank you for supporting me in my recent RFA which did not pass at (18/27/10). I will be sure to improve my editing skills and wait until someone nominates me next time. Thank you for you comments! Tiptoety 00:02, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and congrats with your Rfa! Tiptoety 00:33, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

OhanaUnited's RfA

Thanks for voting at my RfA. Unfortunately, the result stands at 51 support, 21 oppose and 7 neutral which means that I did not succeed. As many expressed their appreciation of my works in featured portals during my RfA, I will fill up the vacuum position of director in featured portal candidates to maintain the standards of featured contents in addition to my active role in Good articles. Have a great day. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 04:23, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Having fun yet?

So, having fun yet? I've had to semi-protect my user page and have received one hilariously aggrieved piece of hate mail that accuses me of being a "fat Canadian fag Nazi". Gee, and I thought I was losing weight... Oh well. Also had a wonderful piece of e-mail from an angry mother who wanted to know why I had deleted her 12-year-old daughter's (nearly-illiterate) page that she had worked so hard on. Turns out the page was about a protologistic term describing slash-style gay sex between the two lead singers of My Chemical Romance. I asked her if she was aware of the topic her daughter was working on -- no reply as yet. (Not holding my breath, either.) And today, I worked on new page patrol for three solid hours -- when I started, the number of tagged pages was 111 -- when I finished, it was 112. --> Sisyphus <sigh>. So, when does the rouge cabal pay us large sums and offer unlimited power to enlist? Accounting4Taste 04:53, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Other than aggrieved children of all ages, for whom my patience is starting to wear thin (see my talk page for a new addition), I'm actually enjoying the tools. It is quite nice to do new page patrol now -- I can see a nonsensical page, tag it, notify the creator and then delete it, all with a few clicks. If you are looking for something to do, please consider helping out with speedy deletion. It's easy, it's frequently amusing (that is, if you find the notion amusing that someone would think that "Karen is a poo hed" is a valid Wikipedia article) and most of all, you are desperately needed. I don't know if new page vandalism has gone up since the 1st of November, since I don't have any other experience, but I feel like that little Dutch boy with his finger in the dyke... the rising tide of crap is threatening to overwhelm us all. Apparently there are thousands of "poo hed"s out there and they all want their own page. Accounting4Taste 16:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

No one expects a Pigman admin!

Thanks for the support. Sorry for the lengthy acceptance here. It just grew big. Pigman^what?/trail 05:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

		Wallowing in my RfA: This time it's personal...
		My sincere thanks for your support in my request for adminship, which ended with 51 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. Doubtless it was an error to put one of the government-bred race of pigmen in any position of authority, but I hope your confidence in me proves justified. Even a man pure of heart and who says his prayers at night can become a were-boar when the moon is full and sweet. Fortunately, I'm neither a were-pig nor pure of heart so this doesn't appear to be an imminent danger to Wikipedia for the moment. Fortunate as well because were-pig hooves are hell on keyboards and none too dexterous with computer mice. If ever I should offend, act uncivil, misstep, overstep, annoy, violate policy, or attempt to topple the fascist leadership of Wikipedia, please let me know so I can improve my behaviour and/or my aim. I am not an animal; I am an admin. And, of course, if there is any way in which I can help you on Wikipedia, please do not hesitate to ask me. Despite my japes, I am indeed dedicated to protecting and serving Wikipedia to the best of my foppish and impudent abilities. I will strive to be an admirable admin, shiny and cool, reasonable and beatific. Pigmanwhat?/trail 05:24, 8 November 2007 (UTC) Post Scriptum: I believe my collaged graphic at left, which incorporates the WP globe and mop image, falls under the rubric of parody for my purposes here. Or is it satire? Regardless, it's a legitimate and legally protected First Amendment usage under US law. Complaints and allegations that this is an improper "fair use" image will be entertained on my talk page, probably with fruit juice, finger food and exotic coffees.

Invitation to Participate in a Survey

dear Wikipedia Administrator ,

thank you for your kind attention to this message.

My name is Zhan Li and I am a PhD student at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. ( You can view my bio (scroll down) for verification here: http://annenberg.usc.edu/Faculty/Doctoral/1.aspx )

I am asking approx. 200 randomly selected Wikipedia administrators if they would like to participate in a brief (it might take you about 10 minutes) online survey about their use of open content online encyclopedias. I am conducting this research for an introductory research methods class under Professor Peter Monge ( http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~monge/ ).

I hope that, if possible, you will participate in this survey. Please note that you must be 18 years older or over to participate.

Here is the link for the online survey, which begins with information pages detailing survey conditions and participant rights as well as my contact details for any questions:

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The survey will close at Pacific Standard Time 12:15 AM on Wednesday 14th November. If you have any problems accessing this link, please let me know.

I appreciate your consideration of this request.

Thank you very much Zhan Li ( email: zhanli at usc dot edu ) Zhanliusc 07:31, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK November 2

On 8 November 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Acme Tackle Company, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

hey

harass me angain i dare you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.117.204.122 (talk) 03:11, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

A little thankyou

Thankyou for supporting my successful rfa which closed with 58 supports. If i am honest i am rather humbled by the unanimous support and i hope to live up to everyones expectations. If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again. Woodym555 14:21, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Click there to open your card! → → →

Dearest Glass Cobra,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 137 supports, 22 opposes, and 5 neutrals. Your kind words of support (except where you compared me to a racist ;) ) are very much appreciated and I look forward to proving you right. I would like to give special thanks to The_undertow and Phoenix-wiki for their co-nominations. Thank you again and best regards.

Lara❤Love 06:06, 8 November 2007 (UTC) Credits: This RFA thanks was inspired by The Random Editor's RFA thanks which was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks.

Matt Healy

Was not vandalising. All absolutely true. I should know.

Yours,

Jack Healy (Dr Jack) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dr Jack (talk • contribs) 20:15, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

my talk page

Thanks for the cleanup. Michaelbusch 20:51, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Daddy Kindsoul Socks

Is User:Minaturelovegod the same guy? He seems to have exceedingly similar editing patterns. GlassCobra 21:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Yes he is. Ah well... we'll just have to deal with them as they come. Gscshoyru 21:05, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Patience Ran Out

User talk:Poluprovodnik Blocked indef. Cheers dude! Pedro :  Chat  23:35, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

QFA

I salted Queen Finance Association since it's been recreated so much. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

join Ariel'sCorner. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:27, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

A little cheerleading

Awesome job on This, I've asked for the page to be salted, 6 re-creates in 2 days, lol. Hope you don't mind! (Great catch on that, dear!) Ariel♥Gold 01:25, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

D'oh! R beat me to it, lol. Ariel♥Gold 01:26, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi

What happened to good faith on this site? Now i am being accused to a personal attack on you. All I urge is that in future perhaps you should be a little less trigger happy with the old block button, and try to point people in the right direction by advising them of WP regulations etc. If you people can't take a little constructive criticism now and then it's a bad day. --79.72.6.65 02:07, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Huh, I wonder whether I should have said that, but, seriously, that was a personal attack, and is not allowed on Wikipedia. And just by using your IP address right now is considered sockpuppetry. I ID'd you as a sockpuppet because you mentioned here that you were blocked on your user account. That's why I didn't assume good faith on you. If I offended you or anything, I apologize. -Goodshoped 02:14, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

That wasn't a personal attack, Goodshoped. Chill out, okay? GlassCobra 02:15, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

User talk:75.55.14.162

FYI, i request this page to be protected on WP:RFPP. Tiptoety 05:13, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Tiptoety 05:15, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

User:EpicFlame

Now that I check the logs for User:EpicFlame/UserBoxes/youradouchebag, I notice that it's been deleted before. Perhaps a warning is in order? I'd do it, but it's getting close to 1 AM here and I'm sleepy. Thanks, shoy (^words _words) 05:40, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

75.55.14.162

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Daven200520 (talk • contribs) 06:05, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

marvin harrison

I would like to request protection for Marvin Harrison. User 71.57.32.24 has commited acts of vandalism after warning. RC-0722 18:04, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Could you take a look at Paknet's contribs?

He has basically inserted a short essay regarding how much he despises Butto, and inserted it in her article. Is this block-able, per preventative measures against POV-pushing/vandalism? K. Scott Bailey 18:45, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, GC. I appreciate your help on this, and I'll let you know if he continues to rv at the Butto article. Also, thanks for reverting his edits to my userpage. I knew when I added some controversial pages to my watchlist that things like this might happen, but I appreciate having more eyes on my userpage. Regards, K. Scott Bailey 18:53, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Is he now block-able? Or, since you reverted his last POV edits, does that DQ you from placing the block? To openly defy multiple warnings, plus a conversation with an admin... sheesh! K. Scott Bailey 20:26, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

facebook

let my edit remain! wall virginty is an important part of facebook culure, and adds some personalization to the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.233.177.104 (talk) 19:50, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

and what gives you the right to categorise my information as trivia? it has relevance to the topic, and is not a "list" of useless information. just because the reader might not read the article to find out about my content, dosen't mean they wont benifit from the knowlege! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.233.177.104 (talk • contribs)

Benazir Bhutto

Wikipedia is supposed to have facts and not agenda driven pages trying to supress facts. K. Scott Bailey undid my revisions which are facts.

• Benazir Bhutto has never had democratically held elections within her Party.
• Instead of going to court she has negotiated with the current administration to drop charges of stealing 1.5 to 2.00 Billion US Dollars against her.
• She is the only politican is not under arrest and her main opponenent Nawaz Sharif is not allowed to enter the country.
• There is a capable young secular leadership within her party who will emerge if free and fair elections are held.
• There are allegations within Pakistan that her husband had a hand in her brother's murder because he was challenging her leadership within her Party formed by her father. Her niece Fatima Bhutto has said this numeruous times in her articles.
• During her reign thousands on immigrants of Indian origin were killed in extra judical killings.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Paknet (talk • contribs)

DYK userbox question

Your question would probably be better posed to Wikipedia talk:Did you know, so others can provide input. Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 22:01, 11 November 2007 (UTC).

• Great! Curt Wilhelm VonSavage 22:11, 11 November 2007 (UTC).

I'll take a look

Even if there are useable pieces in the NYT, his edits were disruptive, and stridently POV. You were definitely proper in your block, though indef may have been a bit harsh. That's just my opinion, though. Others who are actually admins might be able to better advise you on the issue of the block length. K. Scott Bailey 23:13, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Hey, GlassCobra. I would be interested in being adopted by you :) Thanks, again, for your interest!

Sincerely, — NovaDog — (contribs) 02:52, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Could you take a look at my conduct at the talk page of Abraham Lincoln?

I am reposting this from the note I left at Tim Vickers talk page, as I just noticed he won't be around until Wednesday.

I have a request for you. I have been accused of several egregious policy violations by User:Gwen_Gale. I believe she is out of line in doing so, but I am requesting that in your capacity as an admin, you take a look at my actions (and hers as well) to insure that I'm not out of line in my behavior towards her. Thanks in advance for any time you spend on this matter. Regards, K. Scott Bailey 05:23, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

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Personal attack on my talk page

Please issue a warning to Rhode Island Hero for his personal attack on my user page. Thanks. -- Elaich ^talk 21:28, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I now see evidence that Rhode Island Hero may be a sockpuppet of Claymort [1]. This person has reacted in anger towards me several times in the past because I insisted on enforcing Wikipedia's editing guidelines against him. Please keep an eye on this. -- Elaich ^talk 02:33, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

"I'll do what I can. You might also consider reporting this to WP:SSP, and possibly ask the opinions of a few other admins."

Why does all of this stuff have to be some damned confusing? I tried to open a case, and couldn't even figure out how to list him. Here is the history I have unraveled: 65.31.98.166, ClayMort, Jungwirthwillkillallrocks, Rhode Island Hero. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elaich (talk • contribs) 03:08, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Suspected_sock_puppets/Claymort he never submitted the evidence even though he edited after you told him. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:05, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello!

User:EpicFlame/UserBoxes/HandSlap

User:EpicFlame

Could you read this? Thanks. --Mark (Mschel) 00:16, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I, too, noticed you blocked User:EpicFlame, claiming they "do not seem to have any constructive edits at all to this project." The quickest glance indicates this user has been editing since early January of 2007, nearly a year with no blocks of any duration. Your block reason mentions "harassment," which seems to me to imply persistent, coordinated attacks, targeting someone specific, in spite of relevant warnings or requests... of which I see none from you. I'm not endorsing their behavior, but I have to ask, is it your general practice to toss aside, indefinitely block, and insult longtime editors at the drop of a hat, with no apparent warning? – Luna Santin (talk) 00:20, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Appreciate the reply, and the willingness to compromise. User's behavior after the block has been pretty awful, though... not sure where this anon edit came from, but I know I've seen that set of characters used before, and it doesn't seem the sort of thing somebody casually stumbles by. References to another admin and other trollish memes in this later diff from Epic pretty much seal the deal for me. Possibly this was a gladhand account, or it was compromised? Whatever's going on, looks like I missed something big, and your block was more spot on than it first appeared. I wonder if this is a little taste of how defense attorneys feel, when their client turns out to be pretty unambiguously guilty? In any case, sorry to bother you. – Luna Santin (talk) 20:43, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Whilst I am very humbled by your comments, you may wish to note that i have an semi-long block history, which would attract many opposes. Long story short: i wont be going for admin until i have 20-30,000 contribs. It probably wouldnt pass until this time next year, at the earliest. Thank you anyway. Twenty Years 00:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Hey, GlassCobra. Sorry this is a bit late, but I just saw that you were granted administrator privileges just recently. Congratulations on a successful RfA! — NovaDog — (contribs) 02:24, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: EpicFlame

To be honest, I didn't even look into the circumstances surrounding it; I just happened to be working WP:RFU at the time and always deny incoherent or or attacking requests. east.718 at 02:26, 11/13/2007

Well, looks like your judgement was excellent: [2] east.718 at 03:28, 11/13/2007

I'm tempted to block that one on sight; "party van" is a reference to child porn. east.718 at 03:36, 11/13/2007

My (Remember the dot)'s RfA

I never thanked you for participating in my RfA a couple of weeks ago. Thank you for your support, though unfortunately the request was closed as "no consensus". I plan to run again at a later time, and I hope you will support me again then.

Thanks again! —Remember the dot ^(talk) 06:38, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

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WP:HOTTIE

I don't find it offensive at all. I never said that. I simply saw that some people did, and I wanted to make it neutral. I commented "delete" for unrelated reasons. However, if it is going to stay, it should have men, as well, haha. нмŵוτнτ 20:07, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Haha, yeah, I actually did notice that, but not until after I added some boys of my own. =) нмŵוτнτ 23:44, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

controversy

Hello. First of all, you defended a person that I was fighting with. Thats ok...but you defended the wrong person. I went to the Ed, Edd n Eddy site and found that there was an ending date. So I fixed it. Then this guy vandalizes my page, critisizing me about how Ed, Edd n Eddy ended it's run. So I leave a message for him stating that Ed, Edd n Eddy did NOT end its run. I also proved it to him by stating that I he read more in the summary, that a.k.a Cartoon was making a nother season, AND I went to the site and it said that there WAS going to be a nother season. Then he insults me ON MY OWN PAGE!! So I return the favor, and he said that he would "report me". Then you showed up and took his side. Does that seem fair?Rhode Island Hero 21:48, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Upset

I TRUSTED YOU!! IT TOOK ME LIKE, 15 MINUTES TO TYPE THAT PARAGRAPH! AND NOW YOU STILL TAKE HIS SIDE? CANT YOU SEE THAT IM THE VICTIM!! Im so lonley. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhode Island Hero (talk • contribs) 21:54, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

calmed down

Ok, ok, ok. Please put a warning on Eliach's page. He vandalized my page with his cruel words. Im the victim. I was just trying to help Wikipedia. Or, should I just stop? I tried to help —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhode Island Hero (talk • contribs) 21:58, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Hey Cobra! Thank you so much for voicing your support in my successful RfA. I'm humbled to have the community's trust. As I master the ways of the mop and bucket, please don't hesitate to message me for any advice or corrections. Cheers! Spellcast 23:16, 13 November 2007 (UTC)