User talk:ILovePlankton/archive2

[edit] Message

Here is the random talk page message you asked for on IRC :-) Where ^(talk) 02:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Here's one from me too. — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 04:55, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Edit thanks

No problem :) _-M ^o P-_ 02:34, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I was leaving when you messaged me ;). No worries, though. _-M ^o P-_ 02:40, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Thats what it stands for, then. :P _-M ^o P-_ 02:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Awesome! Thanks for letting me know! _-M ^o P-_ 03:37, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Easter

Please put all tasty Easter wishes here!

They were laid by a chocolate bunny. Go on, take them! :P _-M ^o P-_ 04:04, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter :D _-M ^o P-_ 04:04, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter! These special Easter eggs were laid just for you by an evil bunny! — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter! --Misza13 ^{T C} 10:30, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VandalProof 1.1 is Now Available For Download

Happy Easter to all of you, and I hope that this version may fix your current problems and perhaps provide you with a few useful new tools. You can download version 1.1 at User:AmiDaniel/VandalProof. Let me warn you, however, to please be extremely careful when using the new Rollback All Contributions feature, as, aside from the excessive server lag it would cause if everyone began using it at once, it could seriously aggitate several editors to have their contributions reverted. If you would like to experiment with it, though, I'd be more than happy to use my many sockpuppets to create some "vandalism" for you to revert. If you have any problems downloading, installing, or otherwise, please tell me about them at User:AmiDaniel/VP/Bugs and I will do my best to help you. Thanks. AmiDaniel (Talk) 06:46, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter/Have a good Passover/Have a nice day...or this bunny will eat you :) Where ^(talk) 15:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] And the Winner Is ...

Greetings, ILovePlankton/archive2. The judges would like to announce that the winner for the Esperanza User Page Contest has been chosen. Congratulations to Sango123 for winning the contest. The winning entry can be found here.

If you'd like to participate in the contest again, check by the contest page in a few days and sign up. See you around. (^'-')^ Covington 03:23, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] D'n'D

The page is up on Wikipedia:Proposed deletion. So what is wrong with what I did then? 132.205.45.148 18:18, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

But DnD is a common name for Dungeons & Dragons, and I've seen D'n'D for DnD anyways. As the page would be deleted anyways, probably, why not redirect it? 132.205.45.148 18:24, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fan mail

Hi there. Just to say, in case you've not spotted it, that you may have a couple of replies to postings you've made on the discussion page of plankton. It looks like people have mistaken that talk page for this one. Cheers, --Plumbago 08:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plankton

Thanks for your message on my talk page and for your kindness. thewolfstar 23:40, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza

Thanks for the welcome. -- I@n ≡ talk 04:19, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: What?!?!

Sorry about that :-(. If you send me an email reminder to vote for you on the 26th, I would gladly oblige. Where ^(talk) 19:15, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In re edit summaries

I am aware of edit summaries and use them frequently. :) Good point about edits being mistaken for vandalism, will remember to use it always. Ciao gunslotsofguns 17:17, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your "joke"

I've removed your joke, it could get Wikipedia in a lot of toruble. Requesting permission from you to speedy that subpage under owner's request criteria, otherwise I will send it to MFD to get it deleted. Also, Karmafist's Esp AdvCom statement has already been posted, but I'm sure he thanks you for your offer. NSLE _(T+C) at 02:33 UTC (2006-04-22)

Thanks for understanding. NSLE _(T+C) at 02:37 UTC (2006-04-22)

[edit] Bot flag

No, you shouldn't have to request a second bot flag, all that has changed is who issues the bot flags, existing bot flags have not been removed -- Tawker 02:55, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the welcoming

Thanks for the Esparanzanistic welcoming! Linuxerist L/T 15:01, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Avillia

You left a message on Martin's talk page saying that Avillia has made a version of AWB that does not require authentication. I understand you mean by this - he/she has tweaked the code so that users do not have to be approved. However, what is your proof for this? I do not see anything indicating this on your talk page, Martin's talk page, Avilla's talk page, or the AWB's talk page. I also do not see any AWB-like edits in Avillia's recent contributions. I am not assuming bad faith, I am simply asking for evidence so I can understand the problem more thoroughly and, hopefully, prevent it. Thank you for pointing this out! --M@thwiz2020 16:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Uh-oh. The real AWB is copyrighted by Martin, so I submitted an abuse report on the website that hosts the hacked version. --M@thwiz2020 16:21, 22 April 2006

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[edit] german goo girls

why did you remove the addition about the actress Kathy?

195.188.152.12 17:10, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

As I said to another person who removed a previous reference to her, the contribution should be viewed in the context of the preceding paragraph about Betty. Please tell me why "whose performances show real enjoyment and enthusiasm." is unacceptable whereas "is popular amongst her audience for her very rough and straight-forward approaches)." is?

195.188.152.12 17:24, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Btw I suggest you move your reply to me from the User:195.188.152.12 user page to the discussion page.

I have to say I think your deletions are very heavy handed. The comments about the actresses performances are an attempt to say why they are popular, not to present a biased viewpoint. They are popular. Why? Because their performances are thus.

I should have also said that the sentence about Betty has been in there since the inception of the page.

195.188.152.12 18:17, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok so you objected to mention of their popularity. I removed all reference to their popularity yet you've gone and deleted it again. Why?

195.188.152.12 23:42, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Voting

I didn't vote for NSLE. I gave a comment on why I was not voting for NSLE. Where ^(talk) 00:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

But you are free to have your opinions if you don't express them rudely. You were not rude. NSLE was. Where ^(talk) 00:09, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why so stressed?

I noticed your WikiMood was at -5; I was wondering whats wrong, as frustrated people need cuddling. _-M ^o P-_ 00:14, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

If I may tell you my method of dealing with such matters; try to think of happy thoughts. I know it sounds stupid, but don't be stressed because you disagree with somebody else; that isn't a cause for stress, hardly. _-M ^o P-_ 00:30, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Don't eat us!

I'm glad you managed to leave that evil stress behind; heres a herd of gummy bears that wanted to hug you! :D And be careful; while bears are peaceful in nature, if they witness a larger being consuming their kind for sustenance, the bears will hold an uprising. Therefore it is wise to grab more than one at a time. :P _-M ^o P-_ 01:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Awww. Now that is cute! -- Nathan ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 20:42, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:my vote for you

No problem. You earned it.--The ikiroid (talk parler hablar paroli 说 話し parlar) 00:47, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

No, we haven't talked elsewhere, but I found your userpage through MoP's talkpage, and I looked into your contribs and the way you respond to others. I do that with many users, but I usually don't get a chance to vote on their character afterward.--The ikiroid (talk parler hablar paroli 说 話し parlar) 00:54, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] GeorgeMoney

I removed GeorgeMoney because I added him accidentally, he had 82 article contributions, under the 500 required by the AWB. Happy editing!

Prodego ^talk 14:47, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

No problem, good luck! Prodego ^talk 00:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] karmafist

Wow, karmafist seems pissed at me. Is this all because of the Esperanza elections? Where ^(talk) 15:40, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Perhaps. He sent me an email saying that he hated my guts, and told me he would say explain why later today. I just mentioned it to you because I thought he might have mentioned why on IRC. *holds up a ILovePlankton for AC sign* Where ^(talk) 17:36, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

That's sad. We're trying to promote Wikilove here, not Wikihate. :( — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 21:13, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vibroweapons

[edit] Re: thanks

What resolution are you at? Where ^(talk) 11:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Okay; I fixed that problem. Where ^(talk) 18:19, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: thanks and why I voted

No, we haven't had much direct interaction on Wikipedia, but I've seen a lot of you in IRC and bumped into your editing in places. It was enough to leave me with a rather warm fuzzy feeling in your general direction which is, I think, a rather important quality in an organization dedicated to the Wikipedian community. .:.Jareth.:. ^babelfish 16:50, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...

...for the Esperanza welcome! romarin 18:28, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Ditto! (I'm lazy today :) ) Panchitaville^talk 03:25, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

[edit] SCOTW

You contributed to the Science Collaboration of the Week that has just ended its run: Orion Nebula - See improvements Thanks, and let's keep improving it so it may become a Featured Article!

[edit] Moved from user page

Hi!!!!! this thing is so awsome! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.93.111.184 (talk • contribs) 00:45, 26 April 2006 Note: Was originally posted on your user page, I relocated it here. _-M o P-_ 00:48, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

No problem; didn't look very much like vandalism to me though (no attacks, etc.) so I just moved it here. _-M ^o P-_ 01:04, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh. Maybe he realised the error of his ways and wanted to be nice? Whatever the case, I hope it doesn't get too serious. _-M ^o P-_ 01:08, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BioCOTW inactivity

I have been unable to contribute much time to wikipedia lately. I doubt I’ve had more than 10 edits(if that many) since last year. However, things are starting to go better. When I’m able to dedicate more time again I will try to revitalize it. The other major contributors appear to be distracted elsewhere as well. Your welcome to try to get it going again. Cheers! Falphin 02:06, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Voting

Hey ILP, hope you're okay. I was wondering if you were alright, I saw you removed yourself from the elections, I thought you were doing good, you were beating me. Hope you're okay, your userpage is kinda really wide... Cheers, Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 19:27, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

It's okay. Cheers, Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 21:27, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

ILP, why did you withdraw (if you don't mind my asking) ? — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 03:53, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My name

Hi Thanks for agreeing with me in the AFD's for today but you seem to be writing my name wrong. Its Srikeit not Strikeit. Thanks

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 02:17, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Formatting

I you place a break ({{-}}) after "please don't change the space between these it is the only way it appears correctly in IE -->", then it will format correctly in other browsers as well. The problem now is that the page gets pushed off screen to the far right because of the way boxes are aligned. A little forced break fixes it. -Will Beback 01:24, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

That did it. Thanks, -Will Beback 02:59, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This is Moe

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of religions once classed as cults

Thanks for thinking about how the information on this List could be used. I thought the information could be useful somewhere. Some users have changed their votes to merge it into the List of groups referred to as cults. How would you feel about that. It might make that list more interesting as well. cairoi 03:23, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again.cairoi 03:51, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] May the Force be with you.

Dear ILovePlankton/archive2,

Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your faith in me, and was overwhelmed by the positive response to my RFA; for it shows that at least I'm doing something right. :) I've started working to improve myself already, and I hope that next time, things run better, and maybe, just maybe, one day we can bask on the shores of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M o P-_ 21:53, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

The RFA ended with a 66% rate; it isn't official yet, but the minimum to pass an RFA is about 74-75%. I'd really like to be an admin, but unless the bureaucrat is really nice, I don't think it'll happen today. _-M o P-_ 21:58, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] help

how do I get your bot to archive my talk page? ILovEPlankton 21:52, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Please add the following code to your user talk page, where you want the message to be displayed. {{subst:User:Werdnabot/Archiver/Template|age=(age in days after which sections will be archived)|target=(page that you want to archive to)|dounreplied=(add any value here to ignore whether or not the section has more than one timestamp, i.e. has been replied to)}}. Werdna648^T/_C\^@ 01:14, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New signature.

Click! — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 03:12, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re

Yes I think you had misunderstood my name to be Strikeit rather that Srikeit while quoing my name in the RFA's.

Cheers

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 23:52, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

You need not be sorry as its not a problem. A name like mine makes even Indians fumble. I just wanted to bring it to your notice. Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 23:59, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Friend

ILovEPlankton, I've just seen your 'My loyalties to my friends' page! What an awesome friend you are!! Please may I be your friend? Sergeant Snopake 15:06, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you! :) Sergeant Snopake 12:40, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Your "My loyalties to my friends" page should be a Wikipedia essay. Great rules to live by. Cheers -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 00:19, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A shiny new barnstar!

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		This is a special shared barnstar between ILovePlankton, JoanneB, Mopper & Where. This barnstar is awarded for helping me out over the past few days with wording things more politely and civilly when I'm prone to just typing what I'm thinking (which isn't always the best thing - that internal censor thing needs new batteries). Thank you for putting up with my crap now and in the future. :P The four of you are really exceptional Esperanzians (and Wikipedians). — nathanrdotcom (Got something to say? Say it.) 05:04, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

[edit] Abuse of VandalProof

I redirected CAD to CAD (disambiguation), but it was immediately reverted by you using VandalProof. That page was simply a less-comprehensive version of the latter page, and the redirection was totally in keeping with the sentiments expressed on its talk page. Please revert your reversion. 86.40.156.73 19:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

This was also posted to amiDaniels talk page, as a result I moved this to User talk:AmiDaniel/VP/Abuse, But it looks like this was only a mistake, and I will make a comment to that effect on User talk:AmiDaniel/VP/Abuse. Just try to be a bit more careful. Eagle talk 00:02, 10 May 2006 (UTC) (any questions feel free to ask, or if you are mad at me, feel free to rant on my talk page:-)

What exactly was kind of me??? sorry but I did not understand your intentions. Eagle talk 00:12, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome, but just clarify, he posted on AmiDaniels talk page. (the person who made vandalproof) I moved it to the abuse page when I saw it, because AmiDaniel's page is not the place for that:-). I was the one who put it there. Good luck and editing!.Eagle talk 00:22, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Money

Pay? Pfft, you think Wikipedia would pay you? As they say, Wikipedia is Communism. Seriously. :P Now comrade, work on that generic automobile that our government will provide to the people. Mopper ^Speak! 03:06, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questions:(Reply at my talk page)

Question 1. Are you an Administrator?

Question 2a. If you are when did you become an administrator?

Question 2b. If you're not has anyone nominated you to become one?

Question 3. Would you like to become an administrator someday?

Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 18:39, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

1 - no, 2a- no, 2b - no, 3 - I think he would :)

I would agree with nominating him. Edit count below.

Username ILovePlankton

Total edits 3797

Distinct pages edited 2846

Average edits/page 1.334

First edit 00:27, 15 February 2006

(main) 2174

Talk 77

User 352

User talk 885

Image 8

Image talk 2

Template 6

Help 1

Category 30

Category talk 9

Wikipedia 206

Wikipedia talk 47

I think some users/admins might bend their requirements of being on Wikipedia for a certain length of time in this case. Even though he's only been here for about three months, there's over 2,000 article edits. I think it would be 50/50 as to whether he wins a nomination or not. — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 19:45, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I think that you'll be a great admin someday. Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 20:44, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

You mean ILovePlankton? I agree. If you ever nominate him for RfA, I'll second it. — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 00:55, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA Song

I can't take credit for it, but clicky this. — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 21:12, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A smile for you!

nathanrdotcom has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}} or {{subst:smile2}} to their talk pages. Happy editing! — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 02:48, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Community Justice Newsletter

Community Justice Newsletter

Welcome Previously, various notices regarding Community Justice have gone out to our members; though this is the first actual newsletter. This issue will contain information regarding decisions made on the first meeting, our new council, and more...! If you wish to unsubscribe to future newsletters, please add your name to Wikipedia:Community Justice/Do Not Spam. New Council Following our first elections, a new council has been elected.Computerjoe and Ian13 remain as chairman and chief executive (respectively); while Eddieh, Wiki alf and Xchrisblackx are replaced as councillors by Ilyanep, Osbus and Covington. The Giant Puffin and Pureblade remain as councillors. Member Conduct In the last meeting, the conduct of 4 members were discussed. Ethnopunk will be put on probation, supervised by Ian13, if he/she is uncivil during this probation, he/she will be expelled from WP:CJ; the same was decided for Misza13 (voluntarily), and his probation will be supervised by Computerjoe. No action will be taken against Computerjoe. Barnstar The Civility Barnstar which our member's have designed has been sent to Barnstar and award proposals. We'd appreciate your feedback! Also, we are planning to make a Community Justice barnstar to give to hard-working CJ members. If you're a budding designer, consider trying to make it, then post your proposal to WT:CJ! Name and logo change There has been no consensus reached regarding changing our name and/or logo neither at WT:CJ nor at WT:CJ/M/1. While suggestions are still welcome, no action will be taken at this time. Programs We are going to try to create programs to more actively involve our members. If you have any ideas, please drop a line at WT:CJ. We will try to work with WP:ESP on one of these programs, at some point in the future. Thanks! Thank you for your time. If you need anything, feel free to comment at WT:CJ or come into our IRC channel [1]. Computerjoe wishes to extend his thanks to User:Robchurch, a non-member who assisted in making {{tracker}} redundant, as well as Misza13 for his continued support and to the whole of this and the previos council. This newsletter was delivered by CJBot, written by Computerjoe, with technical help from Misza13. Computerjoe's talk 19:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Newsletters should be proofread. There's at least one typo in this, the green colour 'bleeds' out from the newsletter onto the rest of the page, etc. :) — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 21:14, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixed user page: No problem

Watching out for others is what we're here for. My pleasure in fixing the vandalism on your user page. TBadger 16:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:ILovePlankton/My loyalties to my friends

Hi, I noticed the above page the other day and only now got around to looking at it. It seems pretty innocuous except for one line:

I will be loyal to them no matter what they are going through even if it means being banned for doing so

This could be read as a pact with your friends to go to the extent of putting your personal affiliations before Wikipedia in your work on the wiki. I'm sure this isn't what you intended, so could you try rewording it, please? --Tony Sidaway 17:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You've got mail!

yep. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 01:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Random stalkage

Just thought I'd stalk you with a plate of cookies. That is all. -- Nathan 00:45, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BOPP'D!

Master of Puppets has bopped you on the top with a mop! Bops promote not only WikiLove, but also steady loss of brain cells! Hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the Moppage by bopping someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, and help the chief MoP achieve his goal of world domination. Happy editing! Master of Puppets ^{Your will is mine.} 01:00, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Do you want to be nominated for adminship? I'm all ready to do it, just say the word! :) Sergeant Snopake 11:42, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Sure, whenever you're ready. But remember, I've got the franchise on nominating you!! ;D Sergeant Snopake 18:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Except I've got the franchise on seconding said nomination. — Nathan ^(talk) 21:00, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reminder + Suggestion

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[edit] Nathan's Filter

Sure you can help! Just add your name to the participants list. Also, read the converstion here. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 19:28, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VandalProof 1.2 Now Available

After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:32, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You've been truffled by Charlie

Charlie has given you some of his famous Solid chocolate truffles! Chocolate truffles taste good, help moods, promote WikiLove and hopefully make your day better. Charlie also wanted to give you this message: I wanted to make a unique template along the theme of the smiles, and I like giving out truffles. Please let me know what you think!

Hope you find the truffles to be tasty, and make sure you enjoy them with a nice tall glass of milk (they're rich)! --Charlie^{( @CIRL | talk | email )} 04:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

You're right! It's amazing how many things I've had to move or update after changing names. Λυδαcιτγ^{(TheJabberwock)} 18:09, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  ?

What are you talking about? check out the CCC I'm not making this up. 132.241.246.111 20:59, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tagging indefinitely blocked users is not vandalism

It is not vandalism to tag an indefinitely blocked user. Please take note of that and refrain from reverting again. 69.117.11.27 20:27, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] your threats are false and vacuous

you threat to have me blocked from editing pages is false and vacuous,. everything i put up can vbe verified. you are a cyberstalker with antibusking sentiments and it is you who are the vandal. the dolly parton thing can be verified at http://www.roctober.com/roctober/greatness/dolly.html "Most notable is an almost return to roots, where she retreads the ground of her great early 70s "Coat Of Many Colors/ Tennessee Mountain Home" glory with a child hood song based on her busking days that occurred between her first and second single." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.65.109.104 (talk • contribs) 21:08, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Do you even know what a cyberstalker is? Stop the personal attacks, it's against Wikipedia policy. — Nathan ^(talk) 04:56, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Accepting

Thank you for nominating me for adminship. I do no know what I was thinking when I left. I am accepting. ~Linuxerist E/L/T 01:25, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trust

Man, you're a little too trusting! That is a lovely shade of green. :) Cheers. :) Dlohcierekim 03:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] YESSIR?

your bot doesn't work, the article was speedy deleted twice already, for some reason your bot removed the {{db| tag--152.163.100.197 01:18, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

• deletion log, confirms that not only did it fail at least one AFD but was speedied twice as nonsense, I'm not sure why your bot removed the speedy tag--152.163.100.197 01:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] you're not running a bot?

how can that be possible? 90% of your edits are automated vandalism reversion coupled with a form letter style vandalism warning, how could that be anything other than a bot?--152.163.100.197 01:43, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

• at the very least you're obviously running vandal proof, all I'm saying is that you might want to be more careful--152.163.100.197 01:46, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for your recent vote on my RFA, regardless of how you voted. I appreciate all votes. I am going to wait until I have more edits in all namespaces. (And also improve answering impossible questions ;). Hopefully one day I will be more sucessful than it was looking, once I meet most user's voting standards. Again, thanks for your time! ~Linuxerist E/L/T 01:57, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FYI

Might want to check out WP:ANI -- Samir धर्म 02:03, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for reverting my user page! I was just about to, but you beat me to it. Crazynas 17:25, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cheer up

I see you have been having a bad day. Well, since you work at mcdonalds, heres a big mac :P Whopper

Ι’ⅿ gⅼаԁ уօυ’rе fееⅼⅰηg Ьеttеr :) Where ^(talk) 01:58, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry

Sorry about the revert. The problem was with the template itself, which I have fixed. NSLE _(T+C) at 03:52 UTC (2006-05-27)

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[edit] Concordia newsletter

Concordia Newsletter

Community Justice is no more. It has been reformed to Concordia. Membership has been transferred.

Concordia is an organization of editors on Wikipedia that strive to encourage civility and fair treatment among all editors in the Wikipedian community, from the Wikignome to the Wikiholic. The project was designed to have a friendly and helpful environment to support any unfortunate Wikipedians that have become victims of incivility, hostility, or continual disrespect.

We currently need help in getting going, and making the community understand our aims. We work for civility. Nothing more, nothing less.

If you have ideas, let us know at our talk page, or on the IRC channel. We aim to spread civility in every way we can.

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Thank you for your time. If you need anything, feel free to comment at WT:CCD or come into our IRC channel [2].

- The Concordia council. Delivered by Ian13 13:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Talk page

I recommend that you should choose a lighter color for your talk page background, as its sort of hard to see the text. Cheers,☆TBC☆ 17:38, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, please --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 17:49, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Definitely! I can't see a thing! Misza13 ^{T C} 17:56, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Well that's funny it is the only way I can see the text, (I have .css that makes my backround black and my text green) but I guess I will do it for you guys. :) ILovePlankton ^{( L)} 18:10, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

It's still a little hard to see, but it is better than before :) --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 18:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Can you please change it? FellowWikipedian 01:20, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I like it! FellowWikipedian 01:27, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Awww

You reverted the new image I made you — ßottesiηi ^(talk) 21:56, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Ha, it's fine. But... change is good! — ßottesiηi ^(talk) 23:35, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

Nobody's bothered to put this on your talk yet! Naughty Redwolf24, no cookies for you!

— Nathan ^(talk) 01:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I see you are answering questions, but you haven't accepted yet. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 01:58, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I apologise for my oppose at your RFA, but hope you will consider my comments and start being more active in the Wikipedia project-centred side of things (AFD, AN, COPYVIO etc), and I'll probably support an RFA in two months if this one fails. NSLE _(T+C) at 13:34 UTC (2006-05-31)

[edit] Image on your user page

Hey, I was looking over your user page while thinking about your RfA, and I saw that there was a copyrighted image (Image:Plankton.jpeg) in the vandalism box. You probably didn't realize that the image was copyrighted. I've replaced it with a link to the image description page, as instructed at Wikipedia:User page#What can I not have on my user page? Good luck with your RfA! --TantalumTelluride 02:37, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blnguyen's RfA

Hello ILove Plankton. Thank you for your full support and gracious comment at my request for adminship which ended at the overwhelming and flattering result of (160/1/0), and leaves me in a position of having to live up to a high standard of community expectation. You can see me in action and observe what then happened as a result. If you need admin assistance, feel free to ask me. Naturally, if I make any procedural mistakes, feel free to point them out. I look forward to working with you in the future, hopefully as an admin - and soon. Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 03:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userpage trouble

ILP, your userpage looks nice under Firefox and is presently a horrible mess when viewed with IE. Dragons flight 05:14, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

And, you can curve borders in Firefox. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 05:22, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Redwolf nominated you? Dammit, I was going to do that! Oh well. I'll support you anyway. ;D Sergeant Snopake 11:10, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gender?

Maybe most people think you're a girl because your writing style tends to fall in that category. Guys tend to write in passive voice much more and use a lot less personal pronouns in communication. It's not a big deal, it's just someone's subconcious trying to piece together a person's identity based on patterns in sentence structure. You are also much more involved with your friends than most guys would ever be, many men have a problem with platonic intimacy. I hope this answers your question from your userpage!-- The ikiroid  14:31, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I always thought you were a boy! Sergeant Snopake 15:44, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Wait a second...you've changed your sig? But why?! Snopake is crying twin waterfalls! ;) Sergeant Snopake 15:57, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I see that now. (Throwaway comment - not related to your sig) I really hope you get made an admin! Sergeant Snopake 16:01, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, never say die, you're not doing too badly. 26 supports and 8 opposes. You've got over three times as much! Sergeant Snopake 16:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

I noticed that your RfA seems a bit stressing. While some of the people there really should have elaborated on what they meant, and some may have come off as harsh, I am sure that they had good faith. I am not saying that you think otherwise, but just a freindly reminder. RfAs are usually the most stressful things on Wikipedia (aside from RfBs...heaven forbid), once you become an admin there is nothing (usually) that will ever be that stressful. I hope you are doing well; you certainly seem to handling yourself quite well on the RfA. Happy editing :) - Voice-of-All^Talk 17:03, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smile

FellowWikipedian has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!

What do you mean? FellowWikipedian 23:00, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New sig

I'm not sure. Do you like it? FellowWikipedian 23:36, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Attention All POTD members!

We are running out of images! We only have 2 days left of images! Please contribute to the image pages. Thanks, --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 01:30, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey

I've seen you around(I guess I'm going to meet you through George) but I hope your RfA turns out well!! I have to go though, so don't expect a reply in at least ten hours. Oreos^TalkContribs 01:55, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Visibility

Well, you could make it so instead of having it easy for you to see on this page, make it easy on the other page. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 02:05, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Now I have made it so instead of people getting mad at you, if you want to read your messages clearly, go here. Now, everybody is happy. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 05:25, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Loyalties to Friends

		The Surreal Barnstar
		I am hereby awarding you the Surreal Barnstar for your loyalties to friends page, regardless of how other Wikipedians think of you for it. ~Linuxerist A/C/E/P/S/T/Z This test will remain here until images are reallowed in signatures. 03:55, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your signature

Is your new signaure supposed to be a bunch of question marks, or am I missing the proper rendering support? Here's what it looks like to me: 我爱浮游生物 ^{(ILovePlankton)}. --TantalumTelluride 05:23, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that's how it renders to me too. — Nathan ^(talk) 06:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I can see the chinese characters under my home Linux. But not under Windows (at the university), still Firefox, where it's only "??????". Then again, there's still sigs that don't render correctly for me (like Fang Aili's old one (Fang Aili ^說嗎?), where the first superscripted symbol renders to me as a "unicode box" and the last one as a "?" (or it should be?), while the central one is correct). Misza13 ^{T C} 10:57, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

LOL...unless I am mistaken, it says "I love plankton" in simplified chinese.-- The ikiroid  14:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I, for one, see it with no problems. I see chinese characters, then ILovePlankton super scripted. ~Linuxerist A/C/E/P/S/T/Z 03:14, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Same here. —Nightstallion (?) 13:11, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm using IE now, and it looks like a bunch of boxes instead of question marks. Even the question marks that I thought I copied and pasted above have turned into boxes, which means you are probably actually seeing the chinese characters in the example I provided. Sorry about the confusion. --TantalumTelluride 17:20, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I was seeing the chinese characters. LINUXERIST@ 03:55, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikistress

Perfectly percolated Esperanza blend coffee, just for you!

Thanks for the message and not taking it too personally. You voted "Super Speedy Keep" on an article. To me this seemed to demonstrate a lack of knowledge of the relevant guideline. Hence, I voted oppose because I didn't want an someone who votes like that to be closing AfDs as an administrator. Ashibaka tock 00:03, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Non-admins can still close AfDs as any kind of keep (of course they can't close it as delete). --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 00:48, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

You having been listed at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Alerts is probably how. :) -- Natalya 02:02, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I added you. I hope you don't mind, I just hope you can get past it! :) ~Linuxerist

A/C/E/P/S/T/Z 02:32, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that Linuxerist, all the people telling me not to get to stressed has helped me a lot. ILovePlankton 02:36, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Okay, great! I hope you stay at Wikipedia! ~Linuxerist A/C/E/P/S/T/Z 02:49, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about your RfA, I'm honored I got the chance to support you;however, some people who didn't know you personally didn't understand what a delighftul, smart lover of plankton you are; don't take that as a personal thing, but they just voted on a digital number of edits. And I won't say anything about stress and all that jazz; you're intelligent and sincere enough to know not to let it get you down. Cheers, and I'll probably see you around soon, Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 03:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Natalya already, but you already know this. Damn this editcountitis :| — Nathan ^(talk) 04:16, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I hate it when people judge based on what namespace they edit most and how many edits you have. Wikipedia wants to encourage all kinds of editors. --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 04:19, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: the month of March

I was alluding to the fact that you had 2,459 edits in March 2006, but only about half of that in April and May combined^[3], so I was a little bit worried that you might already be burning out. I will consider changing to support if you can address that concern, and depending on your answers to the other questions at the bottom. — Jun. 4, '06 [04:49] <freak|talk>

[edit] Attention All POTD members!

Wikipedia:Random picture of the day (formerly User:GeorgeMoney/potd) has been nominated for deletion by Hetar because he doesn't like a rule that could have just been discussed on the talk page instead of nominating it for deletion. Please vote on the MfD page. Thanks, GeorgeMoney ^T·C 15:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your bot has too many false positives

The use of your automatic edit tool has too many false positives. I do not see why I should fight to stop your machine from removing my common sense edits. For example, Not-for-profit redirects to Non-profit_organization, which is good. Not_for_profit, the same but with just underscores rather than hyphens, should also redirect there, rather than the short nonsense page that is currently on Not_for_profit. However when I try to change it, your stupid bot stops me. Do not use your bot wen you are asleep, that is so rude to non-American users. [User:82.36.234.10]

[edit] VandalProof

How did you do this: "Thanking user for voting in my RFA using VandalProof" --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 03:31, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, is it automatic, or do you have to click on the voter's name? --GeorgeMoney ^T·C 03:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your RFA

Congrats on doing as well as you did on your RFA. I am certain you will be able to make it one day. Vandalproof is an interesting approach, I must say. :) LINUXERIST@ 03:34, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your RFA

I hope next time goes better. I will vote. FellowWikipedian 03:33, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

It won't be long, I'm sure. :) RadioKirk talk to me 03:52, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for standing. Stephen B Streater 08:22, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

So will I (vote, that is). I'm really sorry about it. Some people come across as very narrow minded *mutters away under breath*.Stupid opposing users... Sergeant Snopake 09:58, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey man! You're welcome. You deserve it imo ;) Cya! Whopper

On the bright side, most of the oppose votes were for a couple of fixable reasons. So you might succeed in a couple of months! Where ^(talk) 13:03, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, few if any of the oppose votes commented on you as a person. Almost all of the support votes did. Therefore: people like you :)

Sorry about your RfA, and next time I'll vote support again. I'm sure that one day (one day soon) you'll make a great admin! The Halo (talk) 14:05, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Ah, it's sad to see your nomination fail. Here's to better luck next time! --Merovingian {T C @} 01:41, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

You're welcome. Better luck next time. But seriously, you weren't an admin already!? Freddie 20:15, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Should everyone be WP:CIVIL ?

Hi. I just noticed this edit, where you seem to be asking me a question. I'd say that, yes, everyone should really try to be civil. I think people shouldn't post threaded arguments in RfC outside views. I think users shouldn't have messy signatures. But the only thing I was really trying to communicate was that I didn't think that Ral315 was being at all incivil. The reason that we get wound up about WP:CIVIL is because creating a hostile agressive environment gets in the way of collaboratively editing together. It shouldn't ever be used as a shield against all criticism of actual edits. We are trying to build an encyclopedia, and we do need to be able to say "That edit is just not good". Correspondingly, Ral315 really should be able to say "That signature is messy" -- that isn't hostility. It isn't incivil of someone to tell him he's wrong about it, but it is a little weird to slap his wrist for potentially making someone feel bad. Jkelly 23:35, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Evil Day