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[edit] Mediation case on Legend of Zelda page

Actually, as it turns out, pretty soon after I posted the request for mediation, Delsait offered a compromise that is about the best I expect to get, so there really is no need anymore. If you still want to check it out, the discussion was the third section on the talk page, so, do whatever.KrytenKoro 16:58, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

A while after we reached said compromise, I recieved an e-mail back from the FAQ writer that actually confirmed that the characters in Tingle RPG were not called "The Elf", and he had made that up to help the reader, as I had asked Delsait to verify, and he had ignored, claiming that the FAQ writer couldn't have written anything but incontrovertible truth. Thus, since there was now no more confliction in sources, I re-added "Hylians are an elf-like race of humans", since that was the claim of the only remaining source on the matter, as I explained to Delsait. He has reinstigated calling it vandalism. I know that rechanging that may have antagonized him, but once there was no confliction in sources, I felt it was the only honest thing to do, so I'm afraid that mediation might be needed again, since Delsait is again refusing to accept the validity of the source.KrytenKoro 22:35, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Thanks for your offer of nomination. I agree that I'm ready; however, some other users aren't convinced. (See this diff.) I am happy to go for it, but only if you're sure I'm ready to pass RfA. Walton Vivat Regina! 17:24, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

OK then, I accept the nomination. Btw don't forget the page has to have a "2nd nomination" after it, since I have a previous failed RfA that remains in the archives. Again, thanks for your confidence in me. Walton Vivat Regina! 17:46, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
Looks like it might pass - at present it stands at 31/6/3, which is marked as 83% by Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard/RfA Report. But best not to count my chickens before they hatch. Walton Vivat Regina! 16:53, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re. Help me out, please?

Hello Kntrabssi and thank you for contacting me. I took a quick glance at this user's contributions and quickly realized that this is going to require some investigation that I just can't carry out right now because it's past 4:00am where I live and I'm really, really sleepy... Tomorrow I'll be out of town most of the day. If I can find some time in the morning then I'll have a closer look. But if I don't, maybe you should post your complaints on WP:ANI, because I might not return before Sunday. In the mean time, try not to worry about it. Wiki-harassment can be pesky, but seldom perdures. Best regards, Húsönd 03:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re. Reversion of my edit

You reverted my edit to Cho Seung-hui using popups. The information you deleted to my edit was disseminated via CNN and an AC interview with two of his roommates. Given the dynamic nature of such information, no sources are readily available, but when I find one, I will add the information again. ----Carthaginienses 03:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Kntrabssi, thanks for the reply! I found the interview transcripts on CNN (http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0704/17/acd.01.html), so I went ahead and reposted the information. --Carthaginienses 15:28, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi Kntrabssi and thank you for your support on my recent request for adminship. Unfortunately, the request failed, however I aim to improve the concerns that were brought up and hopefully bring myself up to the standards of admin. Once again, I thank you for your support. --KzTalk• Contribs 12:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Housatonic Community College

Just a friendly FYI that a page you recently edited, Housatonic Community College, is a copyvio of [1]. I know you were not involved in the copyvio in any way but the line you removed contained "© HCC" and "...Home | Current Students | Prospective Students | Academics..." which are clues to me that it was a copy-n-paste from the college website because it contained those typical menu/directory headings. Since MartinBot won't let me revert to the first version (it thinks I'm vandalizing), I'll request a speedy deletion shortly so the article can be added back in stub form similar to Gateway Community College. --Georgeryp 07:53, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hello Kntrabssi, thank you for supporting my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 68/12/0.
Also, please wish a Happy Birthday to Her Majesty the Queen. Vivat Regina!

Thanks again for nominating me! Walton Vivat Regina! 18:31, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Seeking community input re standardizing baseball roster pages

Hi ... I'm leaving you this note because you recently made edits to one of the Major League Baseball roster pages. I've made a proposal for standardizing the format, structure and content of these pages here and would appreciate your input so that we may reach a consensus. Thanks. --Sanfranman59 05:57, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note on my talk page. It would be helpful if you would add a similar note to the baseball project talk page so there's record of your assent. I really appreciate your input. --Sanfranman59 06:04, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] on RfA

I guess the discussion on WT:RFA is not easy to make sense of. On a personal level it has convinced me that perhaps the process is not quite as badly broken as we think and that a slow, albeit tedious, pressure to change the culture on RfA is more important than an overhaul of the process. I suppose the RfA you're referring to is RevRagnarok's. It's kind of tricky because on one hand I find opposition on the basis of userboxes as ludicrous as you do but I did vote neutral on that particular RfA (in all fairness, not because of the userboxes themselves). See, on one hand we have the argument "we're not promoting enough admins, let's lower the bar to 2/3 support" and on the other hand "that's crazy, we must look at the rationale of that opposition: if it's serious enough, we shouldn't promote no matter what" and that last argument often leads to "let's overhaul the process so that it's not a vote but a discussion with the final decision in the hand of bureaucrats". It seems to me that the ideal solution (although it's not easy to implement) is to change the mentality of voters so that really stupid opposition (the infamous: oh no, he's got a userbox saying he loves ketchup, oh no he disagreed with me on AfD and so on) slowly disappears. I've decided I'd be more vigilant in that respect. (check eg the current RfAs) Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 12:39, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help with league and team article standardization

Hi! I saw you were participating in the roster standarization project (Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball#Proposal to standardize rosters) and was wondering if you'd also be interested in helping me with a similar project for leagues and teams. See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Baseball#Request for help! for more information. I haven't gotten any general response, so I'm soliciting individuals! Thanks in advance for your comments! --CPAScott 15:45, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adopt thing

Hi so I'm new here thought you would be able help me to find the way around in wikipedia. Hit me back. Please help me.

--Frans Adiesha 17:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ice Hockey Project discussion of hockey player notability and project scope

Please come join the WikiProject Ice Hockey Notability standards for hockey players discussion. I'd like to see input from all our project members who have an opinion. Thanks! ColtsScore 23:48, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:ADOPT input

Hello, Kntrabssi. The Adopt-a-User program is looking for new ideas and input on the program. If you are still interested please stop by the talk page and read some of the ideas being floated and give a comment. If you want to update or change your information on the adopter's list page, now would be a great time! Thanks! V60 干什么？ · VDemolitions 03:45, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:MUSINST Newsletter!

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[edit] Unusual Adoption Request

Hi! Im an English teacher in Toluca Mexico (west of Mexico City). My Advanced B classes will be contributing to Wikipedia as the focus of their English course for Fall 2007. I am looking for people who would like to mentor my students (who will be working in groups) as they do the following assignments: Edit and article (adding a citation), writing a stub with a citation, translating an English language article for Spanish Wikipedia and for the final project, writing a full article for English Wiki (they can expand on the stub mentioned previously). What I would like to do is put a list of "mentors/adopters" on my talk page as a kind of short cut for my students, who have limited time to get things done. The semester begings Aug 6, but the real Wikipedia work wont begin until the beginning of Sept. If you would like to add your name to my list, please go to my talk page and add it there, perhaps with a short introduction, if you like.

Thank you!

Thelmadatter 20:17, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Thelmadatter

[edit] WikiProject Ice Hockey August 2007 Newsletter

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WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter

Dear Kntrabssi! You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up as a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey. The purpose of this newsletter is to update on the goings on of the project, as there have been major changes, and a lot of new recognized content in the past few weeks. If you are an inactive user, you probably won't recognize the new and improved state of the WikiProject!

From the project, Maxim.

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New recognized content

By Maxim
There have been a lot more Good and Featured articles written in the past few weeks. Here is a list:[1][2][3][4]

Featured articles
Good articles
Featured lists[5]
Notes
  1. ^ All articles are in order of promotion, as written on the main WikiProject page; FA's have official dates of promotions.
  2. ^ A star represents a featured article or list
  3. ^ A green circle represents a good article
  4. ^ Stanley Cup is an A-Class article
  5. ^ The lists system differs from articles, and doesn't give an official date of promotion
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Article Improvement

By Maxim

Upon some discussion on the WikiProject talk page, the Article Improvement Drive page was revamped by Krm500 and Maxim. It was renamed Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey/Article Improvement, and it includes two section. The first section is called articles in dire need of improvement. It list articles, usually important, that are in very poor shape. The second section is called requested help. Users list an article they request help improving a certain article, which will facilitate collaboration, which is the aim of any WikiProject. There is one article currently listed there, Henrik Lundqvist, here. The goal is to at least get it to Good article status.

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Diacritics

By Maxim

In the past few weeks, there has been quite heated discussion about the use of diacritics in article name. The current guideline is using diacritics in the pages of articles of all player names which require them, but redirects are exempt.

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Task forces

By Maxim
There have been two new task forces started within the WikiProject to coordinate major topics.

Sweden Ice Hockey task force

This task force was initiated by Krm500. Its current goal is to improve Henrik Lundqvist to Good or Featured article status. It covers all Swedish clubs, leagues and competitions and associated articles, players and coaches that are Swedish, or have played/coached for a Swedish club, and arenas in Sweden. They plan to eventually operate as a sort of a sub-project, which will have its own articles for creation, ranking importance and quality of articles, and co-ordinate article improvement. Its current members are Krm500, Bamsefar75, and CLAES.

New Jersey Devils task force

This task force was initiated by Bsroiaadn. Its goal is to improve New Jersey Devils to Featured Topic status. Although it currently meets the required article count, the task force wishes to improve it further. Its area of coverage is very similar to the Sweden Ice Hockey task force. Its members are Bsroiaadn, JHMM13, FutureNJGov, Sportskido8, Michael Greiner, JRWalko, and Soxrock.

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Requested Images

By Maxim
After discussion on the WikiProject talk page, Serte created a page for Requested Images. The page encourages users to license images for use on articles. The page also has section to request images for players, arenas, game situations, miscellaneous, and team and league logos. The page has been quite popular; since it was created on July 21, there have been six completed requests. There are four currently outstanding requests:

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Article assessement completed

By Maxim
On July 12, Kaiser matias announced that he had completed assessing all the articles with a {{ice hockey}} tag, sorting them into Category:Unassessed Ice Hockey articles. Kaiser matias has ranked about 9000 articles in that category, and most were stubs, and "have no information at all", according to him. Everybody is encouraged to expand the stubs into real articles. This effort took around 5 months. A big thanks goes to Kaiser matias from me and all the project.


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[edit] Adopt Me

I have +1000 edits on Wikipedia, and would not exactly call myself "inexperienced", but I would still like to be adopted. There's a bunch of stuff I've yet to know (and would like to learn), such as deleting images and pages swiftly, all about templates, reverts, etc. I think I'd like to become an admin someday, but I'm far from qualified as of now. Thanks! --MosheA 00:54, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thelmadatter's Mentors

Tsk tsk... you forgot to sign your comment on my user page! hee hee hee. Please do me a favor, if you would like to be a mentor, please go back to my user page and check out the navigation bar. On it is a link to the mentor page. On the mentor page, there is a table of folks who have signed up. Please add your name and a comment about what you can help out best in. Thank you for your interest! Thelmadatter 16:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)Thelmadatter

[edit] re Clever waste of time

Hey there. In reviewing my deletion, the only possible explanation that I could come up with for that edit summary is that I thought someone was making a joke--redirecting "clever waste of time" to "online puzzle" as a way of saying puzzles are a waste of time--and did not check to see what the true intentions behind the article were (people redirect idiot to George W. Bush, etc. all the time). In the interim, I've decided to undelete the page with my humblest apologies. Thanks for pointing it out to me. -Mysekurity 21:28, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Adopt

Hi, Kntrbassi,

I've thought about it, and decided it's best than I not become an admin. However, I would still like to be adopted, and learn some Wiki basics, other than just editing pages. Thanks, --MosheA 19:55, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please re-register

Hello, Kntrabssi! You are receiving this notice because the Cleanup Taskforce has been inactive, as a result of this all active taskforce members are being asked to re-register.

For more information see: Wikipedia:Cleanup Taskforce/Not Dead Yet

If you do not re-register here within 15 days of receiving this notice your name will be removed from the membership list (if you were unable to reply to this notice in time, you can just add you name back).

RJFJR 01:07, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Ice Hockey newsletter

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WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter

Dear Kntrabssi! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been more new thing going on at WP:HOCKEY, and I think this will help you to stay informed. Since the last newsletter sent out in August, there's been great changes. Read on to find out! Maxim(talk)

This just in:
Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy has just been promoted to featured list status, while the bot was delivering the newsletter. Maxim(talk) 02:02, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

And I've just promoted Art Ross Trophy. And Clarence S. Campbell Bowl is at FLC. This should be the last update. Maxim(talk) 00:40, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
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New recognized content

By Maxim

Especially due to the featured topic drive, there have been many new featured lists promoted concerning NHL awards. Here's the full list of all the 13 FL's promoted since the last newsletter.[1][2]

  1. Featured article Hart Memorial Trophy
  2. Featured article James Norris Memorial Trophy
  3. Featured article Vezina Trophy
  4. Featured article Conn Smythe Trophy
  5. Featured article Frank J. Selke Trophy
  6. Featured article Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
  7. Featured article Lester B. Pearson Award
  8. Featured article Calder Memorial Trophy
  9. Featured article Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
  10. Featured article King Clancy Memorial Trophy
  11. Featured article Jack Adams Award
  12. Featured article Presidents' Trophy
  13. Featured article List of Calgary Flames players

There have been no new good articles or featured articles. Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy has been given A-Class status due to multiple issues raised at FLC.

  1. ^ The last one, List of Calgary Flames players, is the only one not associated with the featured topic drive.
  2. ^ At the time of publishing, there were 5 lists at WP:FLC and 2 lists in the "Holding cell", as there's been an accepted guideline to not put more that 5 trophy lists at the same time to, "compensate for the sanity of the reviewers".
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Did You Know?

By Maxim
There have been 4 new articles featured in the Did You Know section? on the Main Page since August.

...that Wally Tatomir, head equipment manager of the Carolina Hurricanes, holds four patents on ice hockey-related equipment?

...that ice hockey player Mark Major attained 355 penalty minutes during the 1997-98 AHL season for the Portland Pirates, where he averaged 4.5 penalty minutes a game and still holds the club record?

...that Garth Butcher was a member of Canada's first-ever gold medal team at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships before becoming a pest and setting team records for penalty minutes in the National Hockey League?

..that the AMP NHL Winter Classic is scheduled to be the first regular-season outdoor National Hockey League game in the United States?

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Featured Topic Drive

By Maxim

Started by User:Scorpion0422, the aim of this drive is to make NHL awards a featured topic. A featured topic is basically a set of very high quality articles (good articles and featured articles/lists). In this case, the topic is NHL awards. Many users have helped, including Scorpion0422, Resolute, Serte, Hasek is the best, Maxim, Croat Canuck, Spike Wilbury, FutureNJGov, and T Rex/Dinosaur puppy. The progress has been very good; there are 12 featured lists promoted, and 2 good articles:

  1. Featured article Hart Memorial Trophy (Scorpion)
  2. Featured article James Norris Memorial Trophy (Scorpion)
  3. Featured article Vezina Trophy (Scorpion)
  4. Featured article Conn Smythe Trophy (Serte)
  5. Featured article Frank J. Selke Trophy (FutureNJGov)
  6. Featured article Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (Scorpion)
  7. Featured article Lester B. Pearson Award (Scorpion)
  8. Featured article Calder Memorial Trophy (Croat Canuck)
  9. Featured article Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy (Maxim)
  10. Featured article King Clancy Memorial Trophy (Maxim)
  11. Featured article Jack Adams Award (Maxim)
  12. Featured article Presidents' Trophy (Scorpion)
  13. Good article Stanley Cup (Earlier collaboration, very many involved)
  14. Good article Traditions and anecdotes associated with the Stanley Cup (Maxim)

Check the project page if you are interested in helping out. Although it's closer to being done than not, there's still work to be done. The next topic that might be tackled is Stanley Cup, but this remains purely speculative and in discussion.


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[edit] Invitation

 Please accept this invite to join the Red Sox WikiProject, a WikiProject dedicated to improving all articles associated with the Boston Red Sox. Simply click here to accept!

[edit] AfD nomination of Medical slang

An article that you have been involved in editing, Medical slang, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Medical slang (2nd nomination). Thank you. Mbisanz (talk) 04:55, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Ice Hockey March 2008 Newsletter

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WikiProject Ice Hockey Newsletter

Dear Kntrabssi! You are receiving as you are a member of WikiProject Ice Hockey There's been many more new things going on at WP:HOCKEY, and I think this will help you to stay informed. Since the last newsletter sent out in October, there have been many new changes. I'm hoping to make this newsletter a bit more regular; Kaiser matias and Skudrafan1 asked for a new issue a week ago, but sadly, I've been a bit lazy and committed to other things hence this other delay. --Maxim(talk)

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New recognized content

Wayne Gretzky; this picture is featured

By Maxim
There has been numerous new recognized content, so much that it's too time-consuming to sift through the "trophy cases" on WP:HOCKEY. Some interesting achievements:

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Task forces

By Maxim

There was a new taskforce created within the WikiProject to deal with topics related to the Boston Bruins. It was originally founded as a separate WikiProject, but was quickly turned into a taskforce within WikiProject Ice Hockey. The list of participants is located here. Located at WP:BRUINS, the taskforce's goals are to make Boston Bruins and Bobby Orr featured articles. Good luck!

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New Administrators

By Maxim
Since October, there have been three new admins promoted within the project:

A previously admin-only feature has been made available for all users. The rollback feature allows a user to quickly revert vandalism with one click. If you wish to have rollback, contact an active admin or post a request to WP:RFR.

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Featured Topic Drive

By Maxim

The original featured topic drive, initiated by Scorpion0422, has concluded succesfully. National Hockey League awards is now a featured topic, with 24 articles in total. Of them, 20 are featured lists, one is a featured article, and the other three are trophy articles that were too short to become featured lists. Eight users signed up to help out, shown here. The next Featured Topic hasn't been decided upon, and the ideas and organization for it fell apart. If you have any ideas, don't hesitate to share them at WT:HOCKEY.

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Notes

  • More editors are needed to help out with the newsletter. Maxim doesn't have an infinite nor perfect supply of ideas, and thus he might omit some interesting news.
  • Portal:Ice hockey is being considered for featured status. Feel free to nominate features at Portal:Ice hockey/Suggestions.
  • Should Chris Pronger have been suspended for more than eight games for stomping on Ryan Kesler? Vote here!

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[edit] Mediation

Sorry for the dely in response; I've been on an unofficial wikibreak over the past month. The opposing parties are claiming that the sign which states that non-muslims are banned from entering Mecca is not an example of discrimination, or that it is somehow a "non-notable" example. I believe they are wrong, because it is a very obvious example of discrimination, the picture is notable, and there are more than enough sources for that already presented. Yahel Guhan 21:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)