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[edit] Rudget!

Dear Merovingian, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget. 16:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WTF?

You criticized me for something I did in February '07. Someone, in an article marked "Kitten" wrote that "Kittens are so fucking cute" (he wrote "fucking" about 500 times) and I erased it because it was in poor taste. Sue me.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Captron75 (talk • contribs)

[edit] It's all good, man.

Water under the proverbial bridge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captron75 (talk • contribs) 00:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Admin Coaching Re-confirmation

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[edit] Copied from my talk page

Merovingian - you could have tried talking to me, or you could at least have had the decency to put a block notice here, or you could have come up with a legitimate reason other than "please cool off" - cooling off is not allowed as a reason for a block. As it is, you have prevented me going to the talk page of the article to explain why the categorization should include "Cornish painters". I couldn't go to the IP talk page as they are on AOL and their address changes frequently. DuncanHill (talk) 13:32, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 3 - March 2008

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[edit] Deletion review of Category:Wikipedians who support Hezbollah

Hi. I found your name at Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedians against censorship/Members and I was wondering if you might want to participate in a debate I have started at deletion review of this category and accompanying userboxes here.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 01:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Nupedia Open Content License

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[edit] Thank you

Thank you for spotting the obvious anti-UK edits made by user:Keizuko. Signsolid (talk) 15:22, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Merovingian, you only vindicate the edit warring attitude of Signsolid here. The guy has been embroiled in various edit wars always revolving around the "grandeur" of the UK (UK GDP, UK military expenditures, and so on). Feel free not to believe me and ask other editors such as User:JdeJ and User:FFMG who have witnessed Signsolid's edit warring and dick contests. Here I made a good faith edit and I get reverted right away by this guy. The normal procedure on Wikipedia is not to revert edits that you disagree with (except if they are blatantly insulting or complete nonsense), but instead discuss them on the talk page. I don't understand why you prefered to vindicate this revert attitude rather than enforce Wikipedia policy of discussing first on talk page before reverting. Last but not least, concerning the article itself, I suggest you read the same article on the German-speaking and Francophone Wikipedias for a more neutral view of things. You'll see that the role of the UK is completely overblown in the en.wikipedia version. Keizuko (talk) 15:58, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
This is what I mean by edits revolving around the "grandeur" of the UK: [1]. It's a typical case: reverting an article in complete disregard for the source upon which the article is based. Keizuko (talk) 16:08, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hoping for you input on a minor dispute regarded the SSBM article

Hi I'm asking an administrator for his opinion on this matter. There is an on going debate on the Super Smash Bros. Melee article. The article is in reference to the inclusion of Ken in the legacy section.

Since Wikipedia is not a vote I feel that my arguments are vastly stronger than their arguments against his inclusion. I have brought evidence and precedence about his need to be included in the article, however it has been brushed off without citations. If you could please take a look that would be great. I will not feel offened if you disagree with me. I am just looking for an outside opinion in regards to this situation. If you could please leave a comment on that talk page that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks you. (The vandalism on this IP was not by me it is a shared IP). 204.52.215.128 (talk) 18:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your input.:) 204.52.215.128 (talk) 18:49, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] on me exiting the discussion

No offense taken! It just made me realize maybe I didn't need to be involved in the discussion. I think you all are on the right track, I'm gonna get back to other things. Thanks though! -Pete (talk) 20:05, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wales/Marsden.

I was a bit bold, so if consensus is to revert that, I'm okay with it (I won't be around for a few hours). · AndonicO Hail! 21:48, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Categories for redirects

FYI, categories for redirects are prefectly acceptable for unique and well-known terms that would have value listed on their own. They are actually designed to show up in italics within the category so they are easily identified. See Wikipedia:Redirect#Categories for redirect pages and Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects. Thanks. — TAnthonyTalk 03:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:The_Guestbook_Barnstar

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WikiProject Saskatchewan Newsletter: Volume 2, Issue 4 - April 2008

SriMesh | talk 03:38, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Main Page

Presumably, you believe that using a misleading summary and labeling an edit "minor" to direct users who seek our arts portal to a poorly written article is funny. In your mind, it's comical to hinder the efforts of people around the world (including those for whom Internet access is highly limited and/or expensive) to enrich themselves via our encyclopedia. Well, I hope that you also take pleasure in being blocked, because that's what will happen the next time that you commit vandalism. —David Levy 11:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

It was a nice one, though :) Anthøny 17:19, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I can only presume Levy's comment is made with the same level of gravity as the edit it addresses. --erachima formerly tjstrf 17:27, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I assure you that I'm entirely serious. Believe it or not, some of us don't want Wikipedia to be perceived as a joke and do want to readers to be able to utilize it as an academic resource on any day of the year. —David Levy 17:32, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
...And I suppose it's a couple hours too late in the month now to go creating Category:Wikipedian spoilsports? --erachima formerly tjstrf 01:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, anyone who attempts to counter vandalism is a "spoilsport." —David Levy 01:53, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
If you can find one person who got confused and/or offended because of a changed link that was up for 11 minutes, feel free to block me. --Merovingian (T, C) 23:20, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Huh? Unless you commit additional vandalism, why would I do that? Blocks aren't intended to be punitive.
And how can we possibly know how many readers (you know, the people for whom we're writing the encyclopedia) were affected by your prank? You do realize that most of them don't edit, right?
Obviously, people clicked on the link (otherwise, there would have been no point) and were taken to the wrong page (and thereby deprived of the information that they sought). How is this remotely amusing, and what makes you think that you had any right to do it? —David Levy 01:53, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
David, you realize you're complaining about people being misled by a link on a page that, at the time the edit was made, was full to the brim with links that were specifically designed to humorously mislead people, right?
Now, either the average reader has the IQ of a pile of rocks, in which case we should be much more concerned about the waves of rumors of Ben Affleck's death we doubtless sent reverberating through the universe than the people who clicked the arts portal and ended up somewhere else, or the average reader realized that it was April Fool's from the myriad of other joke links on the page, in which case they would not be grievously confused by ending up at the wrong place from the arts portal link either.
I suppose it is possible you are equally opposed to all the other, sanctioned, jokes that were on the front page, in which case it isn't hypocritical of you to be complaining about this one, but in that case, see the spoilsport comment above. --erachima formerly tjstrf 02:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
1. All of the sanctioned main page content was 100% real. I personally would prefer that we go about business as usual, but I believe that the special content is an acceptable deterrent to the insertion of outright hoaxes (as has occurred in the past).
I also admire all of the hard work that people put into that material, and it's unfortunate that the intended effect ended up being tainted by the cheap nonsense that various sysops decided to throw in. Your argument that it's hypocritical of me to condone the sanctioned content and condemn the vandalism is analogous to claiming that it's hypocritical to laugh at a stand-up comic and not at a drunken heckler shouting "look at me! I'm funny too!".
2. You do realize that April Fools' Day isn't a worldwide observance, right?
3. You're missing the point. I don't doubt that most of the people who clicked on that link realized that they'd fallen victim to a prank. The problem is that this realization didn't bring them to the desired content, nor did it return the time and money wasted by people using slow dial-up connections that they pay for by the minute. (Yes, this remains common in some parts of the world.) And I can only wonder how many people, in light of this and other childish pranks, now trust Wikipedia less than they did on 31 March. —David Levy 02:23, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Aber Tafol

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  • As the reviewing administrator, I think the article is clearly notable--all villages are, so i removed the tag. But you really should try to add additional information, such as the geographic coordinates at least. DGG (talk) 00:01, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
    • Indeed, looking through Google it seems that Aber Tafol is at least some sort of landmark in the U.K.[2], but I am not able to verify anything else about this place, not even that it is in fact a hamlet, as the article describes it. While not all potential references on all subjects can be found on Google, this article has been here unsourced for more than two years, and therefore should be deleted soon if no references are added. Merovingian, where did you hear about this place? If you have no references to add yourself, can you at least point us in the right direction? 152.3.116.199 (talk) 17:26, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Abercoed

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[edit] Michael Kehoe

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[edit] AfD nomination of Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping

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