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These are all the messages I have ever had on my talk pages through my entire time on Wikipedia (not counting my IP messages, which there were only two or so of). If you'd like to respond to any of these messages, please do so on my talk page, not here. Thanks.

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Thank you

As WikiFan04 Hey, WikiFan!

I know this is a bit late, but I just wanted to thank you for supporting me in my RFA. Thanks to everyone who supported me, I am now an admin! I have used my powers to help further Wikipedia, and I wanted to thank you for making that possible. Thanks! Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 00:12, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Penny Brown

There are quite a few reasons I deleted the Penny Brown article. Just for reference, I deleted it under criterion number 1 of the criterions for speedy deletion. Anyway, the article was a one-liner which provided no context, was self-referecing (Penny Brown is a child's name whis is part of the Penny Brown hoax), offered no external links and asserted no notability. To top it off, it was not wikified. I try to be as moderated as possible when it comes to deleting articles, but you have to draw a line somewhere. If you want to re-create the article providing actual context to it, you are welcome to do so, but at the state it was, it cannot be considered a stub. See Wikipedia:Stub for reference. Cheers. --Sn0wflake 21:45, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Terry Stotts

In response to your query on my talk page, he wasn't announced at the times of the edits: Wikipedia is not a crystal ball (BTW, your initial edit mispelled his name). --mtz206 23:43, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

Buff (colour)

Because of improper americanisation - the page was started at Buff (colour), with UK spelling, and it was moved without authorisation to american spelling, and that is not correct wiki etiquette - MPF 22:25, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Depends on the situation. In an American topic, or place-neutral topic, yes. In a British-context or International English-context page, no. It is all in the wiki style guide - MPF 22:43, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Re: Admins

Hi Wikifan!

Well, I (generally) am not one to base my votes on edit count, but a general rule of thumb is to have at least a thousand edits before one is nominated for adminship. Hope this helps. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 12:30, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

Adminship

You had asked Linuxbeak about how many edits should a user have to apply for adminship. Well, the thing is, you can submit yourself for adminship any time, but most users expect an admin to have at least 2000 edits and at least 3 months of experience(see WP:RFA) Sorry 'bout bursting your bubble!--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 16:22, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Well... if that's the case, I'm an exception to the rule, because while I accumulated a good deal of edits, I was only on Wikipedia for under three months. Don't base normality on me, though. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 23:59, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

The Image

That image you showed me seems to indeed have been reverted already. The only thing I can think of is that your cache shows it as the old (medium old?) version. I can only suggest clearing it out. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 01:39, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

New Busch Stadium

Do you think we should rename this page "Busch Stadium III"? Maybe there should be a "Busch Stadium" ambiguois page that would have links to all 3 Busch Stadiums. The current Busch Stadium page should then be reitiled "Busch Stadium II" and "Busch Stadium I" should redirect to "Sportsman's Park". Let me know what you think. --CrazyTalk 17:02, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

WP:PAC

At 03:14 on July 19, 2005 (UTC), you said that you would de-stub Smoochum. Are you going to? If not, please leave a note here and it will be re-assigned. Thank you. --Celestianpower hab 20:13, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Q-Tip

When you move a page and do a disambiguation like that, it's always best to go back and make sure all the pages that point to the old link now point to the new one. I'm still not quite sure the page needed to be moved (the notice at the top of the page seemed sufficient), but I will go back and change the approrpiate Q-Tip links to Q-Tip (rapper). If you are currently online, I would appreciate the help. --FuriousFreddy 09:48, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Re: My RfA

I edit quite a lot of generic stuff really; when I'm on NP patrol, I often spot articles that I take under my wing for a while, even though I may have zero interest in the subject. I'm not adverse to the odd bit of cleanup, and I'm also a participant in (and a founder of) WP:FAD. Rob Church Talk | Desk 23:28, 28 August 2005 (UTC)

New

Yeah, I'm not sure how I managed to confuse that. I meant "short on edits." Andre (talk) 00:09, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

rope stretcher revert

Your revert removed the correction to add the proper attribution by Strabo please be more careful in the future Rktect 10:33, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

do not worry much about, as Rktect is known to intimidate those who remove inappropiate material. Use your judgement, be bold. -- (drini|☕) 01:31, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Re:RfA

As per [1], your edit counts are below the adminship expectations of most users (mine is at least 1000). Also, you should provide edit summaries. I hope you will continue your good work. You will certainly get adminship, when you deserve it. utcursch | talk 06:42, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

Sockpuppet?

No, it doesn't mean that. I meant that a certain recent vote was subject to all sorts of silliness such as sockpuppetry and lengthy redirects. The two mentioned kinds of silliness are not related. Radiant_>|< 09:41, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

See ya

Didn't mean to call you a newbie BTW... I just wanted the admins to be a bit nicer. Take care, hope your next RfA goes though Template:Wink Ryan Norton T | @ | C 19:39, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

User categorization

Greetings, WikiFan04! Please accept this message as an invitation to categorize your user page in the category Category:Wikipedians in Wisconsin and removing your name from the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Wisconsin page. The page will be removed when all users have been removed. Even if you do not wish to be placed in a category, could you take a moment to remove your name from the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Wisconsin page? Thanks!!

For more information, please see Wikipedia:User categorisation and Category:Wikipedians by location. -- Roby Wayne Talk • Hist 04:09, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Your WP:PAC assignment

Although I realize you are no longer here, I feel it is still inappropriate to not notify you here.

Anyway, since you have not edited your WP:PAC assignment, Smoochum, within the last week, you have been un-assigned from the article. Unfortunately, we have to enforce this rule if we wish to finish the remaining articles within a reasonable amount of time.

If you wish, you are welcome to request a new assignment. --Pidgeot (t) (c) (e) 13:52, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

As WikiFanatic

Sorry!

Oops, sorry! :-) Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 22:15, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Superdome

I've heard the reports that they are considering tearing the Superdome down, however, no decision has been made yet. I also don't see how an object, a thing, a place, can actually be a current "event." Dr. Cash 02:08, 8 September 2005 (UTC)


CopyVio

Sorry, I've just had to remove your CopyVio notice on Rob Johnson and revert the work to the original stub I'd created before 152.163.100.199 added the massive copyright violation. In the future, it'd just be a nice touch if you'd check page history before slapping on a CopyVio, since the vast majority of CopyVios like that would otherwise be simply deleted after a week. If the page history suggests there was something there before the user posted a CopyVio, then simply revert the page (and warn the user, if particularly civil). Much thanks! Sherurcij 00:05, September 11, 2005 (UTC)

OMG LUXURY ON WHEELS

--SPUI

Basketball Wikiproject?

Um, there is already an NBA wikiproject. So what exactly is the purpose of THIS project? Dknights411 05:39, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Unless you'd like to cover all aspects of basketball, not only NBA... but then you could propose that on the NBA Project site. The NBA Project currently has more members, I think proposing to edit all basketball sites would be more useful than starting a new project. Regards, King 16:42, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

New username

  • Please move User:WikiFan04 to User:WikiFanatic if you can. I already have edits on WikiFanatic. --WikiFanatic
    • We can only move to an unused username. Secretlondon 00:38, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
      • What we could do is move WikiFantic to some third name (like WikiFantic-old) and then move WikiFan to Wikifanatic. →Raul654 05:09, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
        • They'd then lose any edits they made under the original WikiFanatic. Secretlondon 05:15, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
          • True, but the (current) Wikifanatic fanatic account only has like 35 edits, so it's not a huge loss. →Raul654 07:19, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

I've moved this from Wikipedia:Changing username. Please decide if you want to lose the edits made under this account and then explain this on the requests page. Thanks. Angela. 06:36, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Journalist's RFA

Thanks
Thanks

I want to thank you very much for your vote on my RFA. Greatly apperciated. Ill make sure to address your concern Journalist | huh? 12 June 2008

History of Mississippi

I had no intention of hurting your feelings when I replaced "your" article with a redirect. Since the article had not been touched in a few days, and you did not respond to my comments on the talk page, I thought it was safe to assume it was not being actively worked on. The information was and still is a small subset of that already available at Mississippi. If you intend to create a separate page for the history of Mississippi, please include at least as much information as is already available in the main article. Oh, and there's no need to be rude. --Alynna 01:03, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Please look at the article talk page before you revert the article again. --Alynna 17:31, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

MOJD

You submitted this article to AfD, but inserted {{context}} instead of {{subst:afd}} into the article. I changed it to include the AfD notice. Just a quick note in case I miss-interpreted your intentions. --GraemeL (talk) 00:49, 3 October 2005 (UTC)


RFA

Sorry about that. There seems to be a mistake; maybe there was an edit conflict or something, but I would never intentionally jeprodise someones chances for a promotion. →Journalist >>talk<< 00:09, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

So it seems, but the thing is, it showed that I vote twice. What initially happened was that I voted, but a sign saying page error came up, so i pressed backspace, then save. Maybe thats what happened. See, the edits are only one second apart, and even mistakenly shows me changing the tally in the oppose section from 2 to 1 [2] Anway, glad it was caught, no harm done. Again, I apologise. →Journalist >>talk<< 00:22, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

OwenX's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA. Your trust in me is well appreciated. Owen× ☎ 22:05, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Edit summaries

I would recommend against running for admin at this moment in time. Reasons as follows:

  • Your edit summary usage over the last 200 edits is 70.5%. Move it up over 80% at least. Try to make yourself do an edit summary for every edit, every time.
  • Your average # of edits is 7.3 over the last 90 days. But, people are going to look at your joining Wikipedia with your first edit on March 15, 2004 and say "~1000 edits in a year and a half? Not enough." Increase your activity level.
  • Your last RfA was only a month ago. I'd go at least another month; get the material that the negative comments on that old RfA are referring to further in the past.
  • Your user page is, well, basic. That's no requirement for adminship, but some people like to see a nice user page for a nominee.

Be patient. Keep contributing. Keep it up, and you'll be an admin by Christmas. --Durin 02:56, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for voting on my RfA

Dear WikiFanatic: Even though you voted Neutral on my candidacy, I would like to thank you for taking the time to vote on my RfA. Oppose and Neutral votes are as useful to me as Support votes, since they serve to highlight areas in which I can improve myself and become a better administrator. As my RfA was successful, I would be most grateful if you would please tell me how you would like to see me improve, and what areas you think I should work on, as I am always looking for feedback. I am most grateful for your assistance, and I look forward to working with you in the future. Best regards, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) (e-mail) (cabal) 05:17, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

The RfA Nomination

I'm trying to get around to everybody to thank them for their support, but you deserve more thanks than most since you were the first. This wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for you, I owe you my friend :-)
Please let me know if there's anything I can do as an admin to help you out here on Wikipedia. Karmafist 14:20, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

BillyH's RFA

Don't close adminship nominations. It is not your position to determine consensus in such cases, not to mention, of course, that you can't actually promote him, so you're not saving anyone any trouble. — Dan | Talk 23:06, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Your recent post on Karmafist's talk page

Dear WikiFanatic,

I couldn't help but notice the recent response that you left to Karmafist's thanks for his RfA nomination; I thought that I should give you some guidance on how best to communicate here on Wikipedia. Your statement to the effect that he is "not your friend and never will be" was not particularly congenial; it is generally more productive to be more gracious, and accept thanks honourably rather than responding with somewhat abrasive language. I would like to please ask you to try not to "bite" people when they attempt to be nice to you. The policy Wikipedia:Civility has a good treatment of matters such as this; you may find it useful to read this page for guidance, and you should be aware that this is an official policy here on Wikipedia. In addition, Wikipedia:Wikiquette has some information that you may find useful. If you require any advice about editing on Wikipedia, please do contact me, or any other administrator, for guidance. Thank you.

Best regards,

--NicholasTurnbull | (talk) (e-mail) (cabal) 23:09, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Enough is enough

Leave me alone, alright? You don't need to be my mentor, or give me any tips, or tell me how to be civil. Just leave me alone. You interrupted me nominating Wikiacc for admin. --WikiFanaticTalk Contribs 18:11, 10 October 2005 (CDT)

OK, here's the short and sweet version. When you are incivil to another user, you are violating the civility policy - see Wikipedia:Civility. So that's one blockable offence. Bitching about administrator warnings or notices on talk pages is continuously irritating. You've been annoying and borderline trollish on Wikipedia and in the IRC channel. Nicholas is only attempting to help and you've behaved thoroughly despicably towards him.
Please go and apologise to Nick, and then I urge you to take a week off Wikipedia, for all our sakes. In future, if you violate policies, you will be blocked. Rob Church Talk | FAD 23:31, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Echoing Robchurch somewhat

What you did in nominating me was a positive gesture, regardless of my qualifications. Nick and Rob and me aren't your enemies, and with me, if you don't want me to be "fake" or what have you, please just say so. I used to be irked by such things, but then I realized there's just too much shit out there to worry about that kind of stuff.
You might also want to add yourself to The List of Aspergian Wikipedians. I found it somewhat cathartic. Karmafist 23:48, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

I was going to wait until everything was over, but I felt I had to come and thank you in advance. I'm pleased that you appreciate all I'm interested in is the good of the community and the encyclopedia as a whole. Perhaps with a little loosening up and a bit of calming down, you might be tipped for adminship in a few month's time, when people have forgotten.

Anyway, thank you for your support; it means a lot to me, actually. Rob Church Talk | FAD 08:08, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

My RfA nomination

I accept your nomination. --Wikiacc (talk) 21:29, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Woo-hoo! Another Cheesehead!

It's always great to see another Packer fan around Wiki. I noticed your Brett Favre birthday signature, and immediately smiled. Then I checked your contribs, and noticed other Green and Gold edits. Hurrah! Cheers, Bratschetalk | Esperanza 00:07, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support on my RfA!

Image:WikiThanks.png Thanks for your support of my adminship!! I was surprised at the turnout and support I got! If you ever have any issues with any of my actions, please notify me on my talk page! Thanks again! I'm glad you thought I was nice :) - that means a lot :). Ryan Norton T | @ | C 03:38, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

My RfA

I appreciate your support! I know fully that adminship is nothing to be played with, and I will keep that in mind as I patrol Wikipedia.  Denelson83  22:23, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

1000 edits

I wasn't speaking in terms of policy, I was trying to be realistic. Almost no one ever becomes an admin with only under 1000 edits. I think he had 700 or so edits and very little rfa or vfd activity- it was a nice way of advising him to withdraw because he had no chance. freestylefrappe 18:27, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

I was not aware that you were Wikifan. Is that the RFA you mentioned? It's going back far enough that I think I'm confusing which RFA we're referring to. I've given up trying to convince users not to apply until 1,000 edits. Edit count has gone down greatly in terms of importance - clearly since Shauri and Wiglaf voted against me for my policy of at least 1,000. Also, there use to be a disclaimer on the Requests page that said "do not bother applying here until you have at least 1,000"- which was there for a while (though - to my knowledge - it wasnt official policy). freestylefrappe 14:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
At over 1,000, I'd support right now. freestylefrappe 18:52, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

wikihug

Wikilove!
Wikilove!

Lots of Wikilove for you. :) ♥♥purplefeltangel♥♥ 21:09, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipediholic Test

Why aren't you listed under [20 Scores]?  — MATHWIZ2020 TALK | CONTRIBS 20:21, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

the wub's RfA

Thanks a lot for your support on my RfA, I really appreciate it. the wub "?!" 12:44, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

afd helper

I have built a script to speed up voting on AFDs and am looking for feedback. Please have a go! jnothman talk 06:46, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Odd

Out of curiosity (it showed up on my watchlist), would you mind explaining this? It's not the edit so much as the summary; bit odd. Rob Church Talk 01:48, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I see. Rob Church Talk 17:10, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Welcome back to the Cabal, WikiFanatic

Dear WikiFanatic: I noticed that you re-added your name to the Cabalists list on Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal; firstly, I wish to welcome you back, and I am most glad that you have decided to join us again. I do, however, think it is best to warn you that it is likely in the future that others will criticise you in a similar manner that Kim Bruning did, and thought I should caution you that, whilst it is great that you still wish to be a mediator, you must be prepared to make sure that you don't take such comments to heart in the future. The reason for this is that mediators tend to be called names, put down, etc. by many people in POV disputes, for example, and I feel that otherwise I would be committing a huge failure on my part not to warn you of this. That said, we do have a lot of work at the moment that needs sorting out; if you are sure that you will be able to keep a cool head at all times, please do go ahead and jump in on any case you think needs some work! Your help is greatly appreciated by all of us down at the Cabal. Best regards, --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 22:31, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Samkon Gado

I already had created a page on Samkon Gado, but under Sam Gado. I don't know what we should do, I guess we should merge them and make one a redirect. Mine has a little more information than the one you made. Get back to me on what you think we should do. Thanks,--Alhutch 05:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I figure we should use Sam Gado as the title of the main article, since that seems to be what most media outlets are calling him. Samkon Gado can be the redirect so people will find him either way.--Alhutch 05:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Oops.

I saw that someone had removed you again from the Mediation Cabal page, so I went to revert the edit. And somehow screwed up the edit summary so that it reads "Reverting vandalism by WikiFanatic." I have no idea how this happened, since what I typed out was "Reverting vandalism by 216.56.88.133 to previous version by WikiFanatic." I have no clue how the mix-up happened, but wanted to apologize in advance before you saw it and wondered who was slandering your good name. Sorry for the mix-up. → Ξxtreme Unction {yakłblah} 17:35, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

CrackTeam at CodeCentral ALERT!

Hi, Mr. WikiFanatic. I hate to bother you at this time, but my name is Greg from the CrackTeam at CodeCentral.

You may have noticed our edits recently (we share an IP with a school, and we regret any bad edits).

These are not bad-faith edits or what we consider trolling or vandalism. They're alerts from us, the CrackTeam at CodeCentral, telling you that your site is editable.

Most editable sites have been exploited by security flaws from attackers, as some websites became temporarily by the Sircam virus.

We don't know if your servers run Windows or Linux or not. If so, they can be vulnerable to viruses (Windows more than most).

Just wanted to let you know. Editable websites are a bad thing, and spyware, adware and viruses can happen to them (but not if you use a Macintosh usually).

Thank you,

The CrackTeam at CodeCentral

P.S. We sent this letter to Raul654, as well. We aim to send it to five more people to alert them about this sad travesty.

Jurokk

Could you please revisit the AFD on this article you nominated. It was suggested this could be redirected to List of minor Star Wars Jedi characters where he's already discussed in greater detail. If you were to withdrew your request to delete, this debate could be closed a lot sooner. - Mgm|(talk) 10:10, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Greetings from the United Federation of Planets

You may find the folowing template of interest :) --Cool CatTalk|@ 02:51, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

MONGO RfA

I wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you!--MONGO 04:17, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Adminship

Wikiacc would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Wikipedia:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Wikiacc to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/One/All Messages Ever. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

--Wikiacc (talk) 01:21, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Boo!

Home Of Boothy's Ghost
Home Of Boothy's Ghost

See? Now was that so bad? All you need to do is watch out for Boothy's Ghost in this award i'm giving you. karmafist 21:56, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi WF,

Thanks for voting to support my RfA. I wasn't expecting an unopposed promotion (I thought I'd hit some die-hard edit-counters at least) and I'm touched by the trust shown in me. I'll try my best to continue to earn that trust. But first, I'll have to work on not sounding like a politician; that last sentence was awful. Oh well. Let me know when I screw something up with the shiny new buttons. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 06:05, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Sources for Tony Fisher (football player)

Hello, good work on Tony Fisher (football player), and thanks for the contribution. However, you did not any references to the article. Keeping Wikipedia accurate and verifiable is very important, and as you might be aware there is currently a push to encourage editors to cite the sources they used when adding content. From what websites, books, or other places did you learn the information that you added to Tony Fisher (football player)? Would it be possible for you to mention them in the article? You can simply add links, or see WP:CITET if you wish to review some of the different citation methods. Thanks! Lupin|talk|popups 21:10, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Sources for Revert of Louisiana

Hi just wondering as to your sources for the revert on the Louisiana article. There are two detailed discussions as to both the largest city and the status of civil law in the state of Louisiana. I am guessing that you reverted to before my last edit and did not mean to change the civil law text. I apologize if you feel I reverted your previous change of largest city, but I believed that this was debated already on the discussion page. Would you be amenable to a qualification that discusses the circumstances surrounding the change in population and that this population shift has not yet been confirmed by official government census? Could you please review my latest edit is see if you agree? Nolamgm 20:27, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Question re your RFA

On your vote on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Awolf002, you voted "Oppose per Aranda56". As you can see from my comments on that page, I believe Aranda56's stated reasoning is fundamentally destructive to Wikipedia. I cannot support adding more administrators whom I believe carelessly alienate the types of contributors we need to build a quality encyclopedia. Before I vote on your nomination, however, I invite you to explain your reasoning in your own words. Feel free to respond here if you like; I'll watch your page for the next day or two. -- DS1953 21:30, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey

I hereby give you this barnstar for posting the Jimbo Wales and Seigenthaler reports on your site:

Image:Barnstar of Diligence.png

Take care, εγκυκλοπαίδεια* (talk) 02:36, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Jimbo Interview

Thanks for posting the interview transcript. Hope you didn't have to transcribe it! Kaldari 05:04, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

  • I believe that actually posting the interview transcript is a violation of copyrighted material, whether you transcribed it yourself or not. I know that anything broadcasted on CNN or posted on its web site is copyrighted in the United States. It is better to just post the link. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:39, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Admin

Though you've already been told on IRC, I should make it official.

It's my pleasure to notify you that, consensus being reached, you're now a administrator. You may wish to read the reading list and how-to guide at your convenience. Most sysop actions are reversible, the exceptions being history merges and deleting pages (but it's a good idea to be careful with all of them). Again, congrats on becoming an admin. -- Pakaran 03:08, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Congrats! See, I told you not to withdraw! --Wikiacc (talk) 01:13, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dead Marconi Scientists

Please see Wikipedia:Deletion process. Kept articles need to have the {{subst:afd}} code removed, and their talk pages tagged with {{oldafdfull}}. —Cryptic (talk) 05:23, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Birchview Elementary School (Plymouth, Minnesota)

First, congratulations on becoming an administrator today. I see that you have closed this article as a delete. I think many (if not most) administrators would have called this a "no consensus". I believe that when you have a very close call like this, you owe it to the participants to at least show how you counted the votes and perhaps add a word or two of explanation if there are special circumstances (e.g., suspected sock puppets or meat puppets whose votes are discounted). -- DS1953 06:08, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Congrats on your RfA

Congrats! - Tεxτurε 15:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

BD2412's RfA

Thank you, support in my RfA - I swear, I wasn't already an admin (much less a bureaucrat), but now I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality of Wikipedia rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 17:44, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

My failed RFA :) and congrats in yours

Dear WikiFanatic,

I would like to thank you for supporting me on my RfA. Even though it failed with a with the final tally of 55/22/6, I want to thank you anyways. I don't want to be one a admin anymore until I reach 10,000 edits now that it's over with. Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 03:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

And congrats in passing your RFA. --Jaranda wat's sup 03:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Awolf002 RfA

Thank you very much for your support for my RfA. I will do everything I can to justify your trust in me. Awolf002 03:31, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

friendly request for clarification

Hi, I'm totally new to Wikipedia, so I'm probably violating all kinds of etiquette at this very moment, for which I apologize, but I just wanted to ask about your comment on my edits on the Cabrini-Green page.

You wrote, "oh god, don't put that, even if you think you're 'helping out'!"

I just wanted to clarify--were you referring to the actual content (i.e., adding a section on tenant activism, which maybe was not totally NPOV), or were you referring to my, uh, "editorial" note--I actually wrote in the page "(need more here!)".....?

I'm thinking it was the latter, since you removed that, and Karmafist added a template thingy (?).

I had looked for the correct format for a section that needed more data (because I knew that tenant activism had started decades earlier, but only had details post-1996) but not found the correct format. So, just to verify, in the future, I should put what Karmafist did? ("expand section," in double squiggly brackets)

Sorry to be such a rank newbie.

Thanks much

vcrs

Response

(Do I respond here, or on my own talk page? I think here, but if I'm mistaken, feel free to delete this and let me know.)

No apology is necessary, but you are very kind to offer one. I'm always glad to learn more.

Vcrs 05:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

News from Esperanza

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FYI

User talk:Zzyzx11/RFA nomination records#Idea? Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:15, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

  • No problem. Keep in mind that it is only an experiment right now. I might revert it back to 50, keep it at 70, or do what Lord Voldemort suggested: 60. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:19, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Adminship

Hi WikiFanatic, on my talk page someone I've worked with on Wikpedia for a while, K1Bond007, offered to nominate me for adminship. Since he's seen my contributions up close, it's probably better if he nominates me. I'll let you know when I do run for admin. Thanks! Jacoplane 16:24, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

WP:TINMC

Hi, you're down as being an an active cabalist. Is that still true? There are plenty of cases awaiting mediator response, please drop by if you can! Dan100 (Talk) 10:59, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Alert, Nunavut

You deleted the lik to Awake, Nunavut, saying that you were sure it was a joke. However, I have actually seen Awake on a world map. Thanks, ςפקιДИτς ☺ ☻ 16:42, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

W.marsh's RfA

Thank you for your support (and nomination!) on my RfA. The final outcome was (30/2/0). I will do my best at the position I now am in. Thanks again! --W.marsh 04:36, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I did not vote against you're RFA. Perhaps you ought to go back and review that. The fact that you dont like that I have voiced opposition to your being an admin in the past is irrelevant. If you want attention, this is all you're getting. Since you will undoubtedly feel a need to express yourself, please post it on my talkpage so I can promptly revert it. freestylefrappe 05:24, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Freestylefrappe's RfC

Just a quick note regarding the ordering of outside views: I believe the correct order is chronological (newer views towards the bottom, older views towards the top). I've resorted your entry on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Freestylefrappe for you, so no worries. =) —Locke Cole 06:34, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Izehar's RfA

Hi WikiFanatic,

I would like to thank you for your kind support on my RfA. I'll do my best to be a good administrator. If you need anything or if I ever do something I shouldn't have, please, don't hesitate to drop me a line. Izehar 16:48, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Would you be able to take a look at this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation#Conservative_RV_Wars

I saw your name on the mediation cabal--sansvoix 04:12, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy New Year

For last year's words belong to last year's language

And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"
Happy New Year! ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 20:24, 31 December 2005 (UTC)


First edit anniversary

Hi, WikiFanatic! Happy first edit day! :) Cheers, Sango123 (talk) 17:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi, WikiFanatic! Happy first edit day! :) Cheers, Sango123 (talk) 17:57, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Cupcakes?! Have some of this instead!  ;-) —Kirill Lokshin 18:21, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Cupcakes?! Have some of this instead!  ;-) —Kirill Lokshin 18:21, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Duplicate effort?

Hey, WikiFanatic. At Wikipedia:Esperanza/Programs we're doing something similar, an Admin coaching program, so how about we team up instead? We could accomplish the same thing faster if we worked together. Titoxd(?!? - help us) 02:24, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Baseball on Wikicities

Hello WikiFanatic, Googie Man here and I want to ask you something as a fellow baseball fan on Wikipedian. Jimbo and Angela have made a new webstie called Wikicities. This link in particular will take you to the baseball Wikicity. As you'll see it's similar to Wikipedia, but my hope is this will allow baseball fans to do more and different things, like reporting on games, in depth statistics, create mulitple pages for pictures, and whatever else baseball fans care to create. You've done great work on Wikipedia and I was hoping you could help get this baseball Wikicity off the ground. Please let me know what you think either at my talk page, or you can email me at terry@wikia.com. Thanks! Googie Man(Talk), 15:48, 5 January 2006 (UTC).

Newspapers used instead of blogs

I would like your feedback on the use of newspapers as a source instead of blogs. In the case of the Robert Clark Young article, I have found newspaper sources that cover much of the same material as the blogs that have been used in the article. When I replaced the blog sources with the newspaper sources, Alabamaboy reverted every single one of my edits. Also, very strangely, he accused me on the discussion page of being Mr. Young himself!

This is the Wikipedia Guideline I am trying to follow with my edits:

"Publications with teams of fact-checkers, reporters, editors, lawyers, and managers — like the New York Times or The Times of London — are likely to be reliable, and are regarded as reputable sources for the purposes of Wikipedia. At the other end of the reliability scale lie personal websites, weblogs (blogs), bulletin boards, and Usenet posts, which are not acceptable as sources."

Thus, I have replaced the blog sources with newspaper sources. Again, let me stress that this has not led to much change in the text of the article itself--what I'm trying to do here is change the nature of the sources so that they themselves comply with Wikipedia Guidelines.

Could Alabamaboy and I get some feedback on this? I wonder if you could go over to the Robert Clark Young history and compare both versions of the sourcing--the one using newspapers, and the one using blogs. Thank you. Berenise 01:46, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

First off, I apologize for Berenise's comment being spammed upon so many user's talk pages. However, since Berenise already placed it here I wanted you to be aware that there are three reasons the article was reverted: 1) Berenise made the changes despite a lack of consensus and my objections on the Talk:Robert Clark Young. In short, the online references are refered to in the newspaper and print articles, making the online sources primary sources. The article also has many print sources which complement and add to the online sources. 2) The edits made the article less NPOV b/c they removed opposing viewpoints. While these references may be online, they are from credible named sources who are considered experts in their respected areas. 3) There is a strong possibility that Berenise is Robert Clark Young. Young previously edited the article about himself and most of Berenise's edits since coming to Wikipedia have been to the Young article. I'm trying to clear this up with Berenise; once she proves she is not Young I'd love to get opinions from other editors about this situation. For full details, see Talk:Robert Clark Young.--Alabamaboy 01:53, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Sysop training

Karmafist told Me that You train or You're thinking of training potental sysop candidates. Is this true? -- Eddie 20:34, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

WikiFanatic, I think for the better good, Eddie should be directed to us at Esperanza. NSLE (T+C) 00:57, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Just a general admin note...

If you're going to block someone indefinitely for copyright violations, it's usually a good idea to post on WP:AN/I afterward, explaining that you've done so. I've done so for you, at WP:AN/I#PackerFan1000322 blocked indefinitely for uploading copyrighted photos. Ral315 (talk) 23:51, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Entry on Steve Jobs

I would like to see some references for the claim that Steve Jobs was born in Green Bay, WI insted of San Francisco, CA. Afaik, every source I can find on the internet (which includes books) state that he was born in San Francisco not Green Bay. I also noticed you protected the page. I don't want to turn this into a 'revert war', and you are an administrator, but I would still like to see some references. Also see my comment in the :talk page on Steve Jobs.

I would also like an explanation on the editing of the quote mentioned in the article from "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world?" to "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to puncture a hole in the universe?". This also seems like a fallacy to me. --Bruce 19:45, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


The exact quote (from the book "Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple: A Journey of Adventure, Ideas, and the Future" by John Sculley, John A. Byrne) was: "Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?"

As Sculley was the person to whom the remark was made, his account is presumably the correct one. -chumleyk

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me on my successful RfA! It passed with a final tally of 40/9/1. If there's anything I can do to help, just ask! Sceptre (Talk)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2006 Pacific typhoon season

You have nominated the article, but it looks like it got never listed on the AfD page. Do you still want to delete it? It's 2006 already :) Renata 08:52, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm speedy keeping it, WikiFanatic, it never at any time did not meet WP:NOT, and it is a current event. NSLE (T+C) 09:10, 14 January 2006 (UTC)


Steve Jobs Birthplace

Please note the following from the Jobs discussion page:


Placeof Birth

I have changed the place of birth from Green Bay, Wisconsin to San Francisco, California (see: http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051204/GPG0101/512040591/1207/GPGnews).

His sister, Mona Simpson, was born in Green Bay. But not Jobs. - douga6

thanks for the corrections, guys. --Yoasif 04:04, 10 December 2005 (UTC)


I believe he wasn't born in Green Bay, but the article here on Wikipedia says he was. Which means either the BBC, the book iCon ^pdf, this book, several others, and off course CNN are wrong OR he wasn't born in Green Bay like WikiFanatic states. I could probably find out somehow, maybe by checking out the necessary information from the California Office of Vital Records (like the mentioned article did). Either convince me that this man was born in Green Bay by using certifiable references (hereby proving all the previously mentioned sources forgot to do some serious fact-checking), or state that this man was born in freaking San Francisco like so many others seem to believe Oh and now suddenly nobody wants to pu(n)cture a hole in the universe? --Bruce 18:51, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

--California Office of Vital Records show he was indeed born in San Francisco on Feb 24, 1955. I corrected main article but someone changed it back to Green Bay. If you want it in his own words, see Smithsonian Oral History (http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/comphist/sj1.html#tools) - douga6


I have been to the Vital Records dept and this is accurate. Why the change? Please read the Green Bay Press Gazette story above. Also the Smithsonian Oral History transcript. Many thanks.- douga6

Thank you, Wikifanatic. I appreciate your prompt action.- douga6 (Incidentally, I think the message you left was meant for Bruce above, not for me. I never questioned the protection).

KDRGibby

I see that you are on a f***cked off wiki break, :) but I unprotected this user's talk page since I received an email from him about it. Also no 3rrs on talk pages. --a.n.o.n.y.m t 06:42, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

You're now an admin. on Wikicities

Hey WikiFanatic/IndiansFan, just wanted to let you know that you're now an admin. on Wikicities. Googie man 13:54, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

thanks!

I graciously accept. I'll get to answering the questions!--Urthogie 13:45, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA vote

Hi WikiFanatic. I am sorry that I offended you by citing a low edit count in my oppose vote in your own RfA. I won't try and convince you to change your vote, but I would just like to clear the air - I don't think I have an extreme case of editcountitis - I've supported people with 1,500 edits, and opposed people with over 10,000.

But when you were on RfA, yours was pretty low, and over a pretty long period, which is why I voted as I did. I can see how it would give you an impression of editcountitis, though. Anyway. I have seen you around quite a bit since your RfA was succesful, and you've been doing really well, which shows what I know. Proto t c 15:11, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

blocking without warning

Is that how we do things now? I admit it's been a while since I was regularly active in the area of blocking.Geni 12:56, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I know you have been active since I left this message. Blocking people then refuseing to comunicate with them is not common practice on wikipedia.Geni 07:40, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Sorry means that you would not do it again in future. You know that the last edit I made was to the talk page. You know that I hadn't edited the the page it self for 10 minutes when you hit me with the block which considering the previous intensity of the revert war suggests I was leaveing it alone at that point (in fact I was halfway through writeing a further talk page comment when you blocked me but no matter). You know your block was outside policy. Your support appears to have come from an unloged IRC channel. The normal approach would have been to bring it to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents and try and get support or otherwise for your actions. You did not. In summery you carried out an out of process block on an admin (probably the most effective way to trigger a wheel war know although you did get lucky there) refused attempts to comunicate and failed to try and disscuss your actions with the wider community. Try to do better in future.Geni 21:25, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Succesful RfA

Thank you for your support during my RfA! The community has decided to make me an administrator, and there's work to be done. I look forward to seeing you around the project in the future, and if you see me do anything dumb, let me know right away! Don't worry, I won't yammer on about it anymore. Regards, CHAIRBOY (☎) 23:20, 27 January 2006 (UTC)


An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpower háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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NASCAR rules

I am considering nominating the article NASCAR rules for deletion, since it has a lot of redundant information from other articles. But, first, I would like to invite you to see if it could be improved. Click here to help.--Esprit15d 14:32, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

dates

WP:DATE. my understanding of this is that editors can enter dates in the format with which they are most comfortable. the display format for dates is an option in user preferences. not that you can't change it, but it's not an error either. Derex 19:20, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Regarding dates

Hey, I noticed your comment on the Bush article regarding the dates. If you click My preferences and choose Date/Time you'll see you have a chose on how to see the dates. In order for the mediawiki software to change the dates to your preference, they must be in ISO 8601 Format. Thus that's how the dates should all be but people get lazy and just write it out. If you write a date in ISO format and link it the software does the linking automatically as it should and the bots can better recognize it. Todays date is 2006-02-02, and it's written [[2006-02-02]] I'll be writing an article later. ~Cheers —This user has left wikipedia 22:54 2006-02-02

See Wikipedia:Dates for more info. ~ Cheers —This user has left wikipedia 23:07 2006-02-02

Evidently not

Was the 1st memorable, non deleted edit by you on that page, however you might've discussed it somewhere else that I didn't see or remember. 68.39.174.238 23:01, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

It's nothing "LOL". 68.39.174.238 00:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Please

Add pages you've protected to the protected pages list. Thanks. --Woohookitty(cat scratches) 09:39, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Babe Ruth

I'm posting this message on you Talk Page either because you've contributed to the article Babe Ruth, or because you've edited other baseball or sports related articles. I've recently completed a revision of this article at Babe Ruth/rewrite. If you have the time, I'd appreciated it if you'd compare the articles and leave any feedback you might have on the rewrite discussion page. I'd like to reach a consensus before makeing major changes to the main article. Thanks for your help. --djrobgordon 20:13, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

3RR

Hey WikiFanatic, I’m here on behalf of Aranda56, he's asked me to review his 3RR case on IRC. I agree with the block, I saw 4 reverts that were not simple vandalism or self reverts. I'm requesting that you the blocking admin unblock him, because I disagree with going behind an other admin's back and making a change like that. I've told him that if you will not unblock him, then there is nothing I can do about it. I also told him that if it appears you've gone off-line, (i.e. you don't respond in 10-15 min) I'll unblock him assuming good faith that he will not violate the 3RR policy again. By all means if you come back in say 20 min and I've already unblocked and you wish to reblock, please just let me know, and then go right on ahead with reblocking. Thanks KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 04:27, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

You mis-understood. I meant that I didn't want to go behind your back and just unblock him. I did not mean that you went behind an other admins back. KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 05:38, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Also you reblocked for 24 hours, Aranda has already served, 1 and half hours of his block... [3] so would you object to reducing the new 24hr block down to 22 and a half? KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 05:44, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
OK..You do know that I didn't mean any offense right? And I hope you haven't taken exception to my unblock....I tried to make it very clear that if you didn't agree I would have no problem with this...KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 05:59, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
Also I did not in anyway stretch policy! [4] KnowledgeOfSelf | talk 06:08, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Aranda56 (talk · contribs)

I've discussed the 3RR situation with Aranda56; given that blocks are intended to be preventive, rather than punitive (i.e., the reason for blocking for 3RR is to prevent the user from engaging in further reverts, not to punish them for making more than three reverts) I am going to unblock on Aranda's promise not to edit the page at all for the next 24 hours. I've made it clear that if I see any edits to the page before this time tomorrow, I will reinstate a full 24 hour block. I believe this is a fair deal, as it allows good work to continue, but prevents further reverting. I don't believe it is bending the rules; it is achiving what the rules are designed to achive while allowing good contributing to continue. (Also, Aranda56 is on an AOL IP, so there is a great deal of collateral damage from any block on that account.)

Of course, I wanted to let you know this as although Nlu has taken over the block, the original block was yours; if this is unacceptable to you, please let me know as soon as possible. Essjay Talk • Contact 20:59, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

RFA

Hi, just wanted to thank you for voting on my RFA, which went through with a count of (58/0/1), far better than I'd expected. I intend to take things slowly and start using the extra abilities gradually, but if there's anything I can do just leave a message. Cheers, CTOAGN (talk) 13:54, 7 February 2006 (UTC)


New Sports Wiki

Hey WikiFanatic, me and a couple of my buddies hacked the Mediawiki engine and added a bunch of things to make a cool new sports wiki. Here's what we added:

First, we allow users to be able to submit news and opinion articles. Yes, that means there are some pages without a neutral-point-of-view. News pages and Opinion pages have little explanatory bars added atop their pages, explaining that the former may change rapidly (a la wikinews) and that the other should only have substantive edits made by the original author.
Second, we figured that people would want to discuss these articles. So we added blog-like commenting to those pages.
Then, we decided that having all these news and opinion articles is going to lead to a good deal of chaos -- how do we decide if Person A's opinion article about the Mets should be on the Mets page? Why not Person B's? So, we added a voting mechanism. Highest scores, based on votes and comments (and an aging factor) get published.

"Published" simply means that those stories automatically get bumped to the front page and the relevant team and player pages. For example, a News article noting that Benji Molina signed with the Blue Jays would, given enough votes, appear on the front page, the MLB page, the Mets page, and Molina's page.

The same thing is true for opinions. Highest scores are automatically published. But we added another thing for opinions -- "Opinion Clubhouses." They're basically blogs, in that the Clubhouses display links to the articles the author claims credit over.

Oh, yeah, and we have RSS feeds for all the News and Opinion stuff. (I still have to write the documentation for that, and another guy on our team is ironing out a bug or two.)

And of course, this is built on top of the encyclopedic aspect that, as a Wikipedian, you're already familiar with.

The site is blacklisted website removed. We're not "officially" launching until March 6th, but you can feel free to poke around and add content. Please contact me if you have any suggestions or questions.

We would love for you to be a part of our community!

--Awrigh01 20:08, 10 February 2006 (UTC)


Image Tagging Image:Pascal.jpeg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Pascal.jpeg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 06:06, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Expos

  • Why did you move the article without consulting anyone? We went through a discussion in December, and a formal move process to Montreal Expos rather than Montréal Expos. Nfitz 22:54, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Because "Montréal" is the correct way to put it. WikiFanatic 22:55, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
      • Then why did the Expos English-language website use Montreal rather than Montréal? And why did you ignore the discussion why had reached previously reached consensus, which had resulted in an Administrator making the change before you recently reverted it? Nfitz 23:00, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
        • What about their logo? (I'm fine with reverting it; I'm not trying to encroach on your territory) WikiFanatic 23:08, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
          • They were in a primarily French-language market. And their marketing was primarily in French. Their only hope for survival was to attract as many French fans as possible. Also given that the law forbade the use of English signs, etc., for most of their existence, are you surprised that their logo used an accent? However when they advertised in other languages, such as English, they used Montreal not Montréal, as evidenced by their former website, which I referenced. Also, it should be noted, that the article on Montreal itself uses Montreal rather than Montréal. Finally, when you heard the name spoken, by English-speaking people, do they call them the "Montreal Expos" or "Montréal Expos" (i.e. how do they pronounce Montreal, with or without the accent? I don't see that this is my territory ... but their name in English was Montreal Expos, not Montréal Expos - just trying to get the facts straight. Nfitz 23:19, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
            • What about Álex Rodríguez? That uses accents and it should be Alex Rodriguez since that's what we call him, no? WikiFanatic 23:24, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
              • I don't know, I've never heard of the guy, nor do I speak Spanish. I have no idea how your supposed to announce an accent aigu on the letter A. Hmm, looking at that article, it doesn't seem to effect the pronounciation, but the stress, putting the stress on the A, rather than the lex. But that's how we do pronounce Alex in English with the stress on the A. So it probably gets down to his personal preference. Nfitz 23:32, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for putting it back. Nobody has any territory in the article namespace! But I think we have a rough consensus that this one should be unaccented. As you probably gather, it's one of Wikipedia's more angst-ridden areas of active discussion. Andrewa 23:56, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

London, England

Hi, just noticed the fact that London had moved to London, England, and was quite worried by this, as a londoner! Why is it the correct form? Only Americans call it london, england... ConDem 04:29, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

All relax, it was quite quickly moved back. WikiFanatic, now that you've discovered Wikipedia:Requested moves, I suggest you use it for any article move that's likely to be controversial. For example, reversing an earlier move (Montreal Expos) or moving an article that has a high profile and lots of editors (London) is always likely to be controversial. And as well as nominating articles, of course we can always use another admin's help there to clear them up. This will also (very quickly I'm afraid) give you a better idea of what is controversial. Andrewa 00:15, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

From User talk:Andrewa#Moving:

Or since I'm an admin, shouldn't I just go over a move with another admin? WikiFanatic 00:18, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

IMO an admin should go through exactly the same procedures as any other editor except in specific circumstances that justify use of admin powers. See Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list. Andrewa 18:20, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
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WKRP closing theme lyrics.

Yes, the lyrics to the closing theme of WKRP in Cincinnati are, in fact, gibberish and nonsense. [5] --Zpb52 05:08, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Blanking of your page

That edit was not deliberate. The servers were having troubles at the time, and I suspect a software malfunction was responsible. I did not see that version after any of my edits, if I had I would have immediately reverted the damage. But, I did get a couple of MediaWiki errors at the time, including lost session data.

This has happened before. You seem to have recovered OK, but if there's anything more you'd like me to do just let me know. Andrewa 06:24, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

AfD

Based on what I've seen from you on AfD, I think that you might have something to add to the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cart00ney. I'd appreciate you weighing in on the matter in either direction. Savidan 19:49, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thank you!
Hello One/All Messages Ever, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 98/2/0. If there is anything I can do to help you, please leave me a message on my talk page! -- xaosflux Talk

As SushiGeek

Since you asked...

Happy name change, WikiFan... I mean... SushiGeek. ;) Good editting, fair days. -- Hinotori(talk)|(ctrb) 06:52, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

The atheism userbox

Hey, thanks for fixing the atheism userbox for me; I probably wouldn't have bothered checking my userpage for a while and therefore would've looked kinda dumb. :) Jeff Silvers 23:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Sanger's page

According to the Arbitration Committee, the restrictions on what user pages may contain "should not be construed to bar reasonable criticism of the project." That page clearly qualifies as such. Also, the neutral point of view policy applies to encyclopedia articles, not to other areas like user or talk pages. As a result, there was no basis in policy for requesting deletion, and it really doesn't matter if two people voted to delete anyway. It's not like continuing the discussion will change the outcome at all. --Michael Snow 03:39, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your voting!

Thanks!

Hi, thanks for your voting on my RFA. It has finished with the result 88/14/9, and I am promoted. I am really overwhelmed with the amount of support I have got. With some of you we have edited many articles as a team, with some I had bitter arguments in the past, some of you I consider to be living legends of Wikipedia and some nicks I in my ignorance never heard before. I love you all and I am really grateful to you.

If you feel I can help you or Wikipedia as a human, as an editor or with my newly acquired cleaning tools, then just ask and I will be happy to assist. If you will feel that I do not live up to your expectation and renegade on my promises, please contact me. Maybe it was not a malice but just ignorance or a short temper. Thank you very much, once more! abakharev 07:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

London, England

Look at List of metropolitan areas by population, the only two in the top 40 following the format you are advocating for London are: Los Angeles, California and Chicago, Illinois. Both are cities in the United States. Do you think that the other 38 should be changed to match the style of USA cities? Edward 11:34, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation

Because most of them were created by a bot which imported census data and used the state suffix to avoid clashes. There has been little effort to correct this because so many American cities share names with other places, and because in every day use Americans tend to use names like "New York, New York", even when dropping the state would not cause confusion. It would make sense to move Cincinnati, Ohio to Cincinnati, but you'll notice that even so, in the case of major cities we do not put the disambiguation as the primary page as you did with London, but redirect the primary page to the primary use. Outside of the US cities are rarely, if ever, disambiguated without reason. Joe D (t) 15:21, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Vince Young Wonderlic

While you can argue that Vince Young's score as "6 or 16" is correct, I wouldn't say it's obvious. Although it's widely accepted that he did receive the 6 on his first try, it's also widely accepted, or at least the semi-official word is, that the score was an error. So for the purposes of the article, it is incorrect. The controversy might be worth mentioning, but a "6 or 16" without explanation is misleading, I think. We can talk about this in the discussion, but it certainly wasn't "obvious" that the changes were correct. In any case, I think your correction is fine. Ytny 13:41, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. But as I said before, I have no problem with your latest edit. It wasn't so much the absence of a source as it was the wording, which I found to be misleading. Ytny 05:09, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Hi SushiGeek! Thanks for your vote in the Esperanza Elections! Please let me or any of the other advisory board members know if there's anything we can do for you! --JoanneB 21:14, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Spectie's RfA

G'day SushiGeek,

I'd guess you didn't notice that the RfA on which you left your comment closed two months ago. If you want to fight with Karmafist, please don't do it on the main page of another person's RfA; if possible, take it off Wikipedia. I know a good place well-hidden by trees where the teachers can't see you, if it helps ... fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 05:27, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

You did? How odd. All closed RfAs (including, I assume, your own) have a bit of text at the top of them, which reads "... please do not modify it". fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 05:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm not being nasty, and I'm certainly not losing my temper (a good thing, too ... you wouldn't like me when I'm angry ;-)). You made an inappropriate edit, and I reverted it — I'm letting you know about it because a) it's more polite for me to do so than not, and b) I'd really rather not see the edit, or others like it, reappear in the near future. Cheers, fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 05:41, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
Mildly sarcastic, nothing more ... you know me better than this. Can we both just take it as read that you understand my point about adding comments to two-month-old RfA archives so's I can go away and work out what's been happening on Wikipedia over the past week? Cheers, fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 05:45, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

AKGhetto's RfA

Hi,

Just to let you know, you appear to have voted twice at this RfA, so I have stricken your second vote for you. It's no problem; I usually forget and do it about once a month myself. :) Do be careful, though! Best wishes, Xoloz 18:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Image:Cyde.png This user thinks it is ironic that thanks for supporting Cyde's successful RFA came in the form of a userbox.

Here's a userbox for you. --Cyde Weys 04:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Image:Bryanbarker.jpg

Hi SushiGeek. Never in the past have we allowed nfl.com (& similar) portraits to be used under the narrow publicity photos definition, nor under any other fair use rationale. They're routinely deleted, in fact. I though I would give you a heads-up instead of just tagging it a copyvio. At the very least, we should list at WP:CP#Fair use claims needing a second opinion. What do you think? ×Meegs 01:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

We're really in the desert when it comes to football & baseball player images. The only possibilities seem to be personal photographs released under a compatible license, U.S. Gov't works, real publicity photos from a handful of retired players, and, very very debatably, magazine covers & screen caps. It's a sad situation if you like pictures. ×Meegs 02:31, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
You're right, we can't keep the Boller image either. I'd previously tagged it {{fairusedisputed}}, but I just now changed the tag to {{no license}} and notified the uploaded. ×Meegs 01:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you for your recent vote on my RFA. While the nomination failed, I was rather expecting it due to the big lapse between registration and recent edits. I appreciate the comments you left when you voted, and I will definitely keep them in mind. If you have any other suggestions as to how I could improve as a Wikipedian, so as to hopefully succeed next time, please let me know! Thanks! —akghetto talk 07:55, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Roblefko

The comment by Roblefko (talk · contribs) on your talk page was reverted/removed because that particular user has been engaging in an extensive linkspamming campaign to promote his web site. His only contributions to Wikipedia have been to create (nearly two hundred) links on user talk pages pointing back to his site. In addition, he has been operating a Wikipedia:sockpuppet account, Awrigh01 (talk · contribs), which he used to spam nearly two hundred additional pages.

If you're interested in Roblefko's link, it is available in your talk page history here: [6]. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 04:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I just got your message. Glad we're all cleared up. :) TenOfAllTrades(talk) 04:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

RFA

Could I speak to you in IRC, Thanks --Jaranda wat's sup 04:15, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience:
"No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention."
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Note from the editor
Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!
  1. Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before.
  2. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log.
  3. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time.
  4. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified.
  5. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community.
  6. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially.
  7. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on.
  8. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

My RfA recently closed and it was a success, passing at 84-02-00. I would like to thank you for taking the time to weigh in and on your subsequent support. And I know it's quite cliche, but if you ever need any assistance and/or want another opinion on something, grab a Pepsi and don't hesitate to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks again. Pepsidrinka 04:58, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey

It's really confusing if you vote saying nothing but 'as per last time' in an RFA, when you used a different user ID. In future RFAs, could you try and bear that in mind? Maybe port a diff or something, I dunno. Thanks for participating. Proto||type 06:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thank you for your support vote on my RFA. The final result was a successful request based on 111 support and 1 oppose. --CBDunkerson 20:59, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

You created Mousie Dung in October 2005

Was that an attempt of sick humor? Is there anyone besides you to call Mao Zedong this way? --194.226.235.185 10:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date:
"Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated."
The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them.
Information
Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!
  1. The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details.
  2. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page.
  3. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly.
A plea from the editor...
The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

No real need to apologize

But I'll accept it anyways. I have enough experience to realize that apologies are a good thing :) -- Tawker 04:25, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For being nice and kind and saying sorry in an oppose vote :) Tawker 07:51, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Kusma's RfA

Hello, SushiGeek! Thank you for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. If you ever have problems that you could use my assistance with or see me doing stupid things with my new buttons, don't hesitate to contact me. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 02:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Version 1.0 "Release Version Qualifying"

Hi, I'm interested in your feedback on Wikipedia talk:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Release Version Qualifying. It's essentially an idea to use a process similar to WP:FAC to identify and handle articles and lists that would go in a release version. Maurreen 19:50, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Moving University of Wisconsin Page

Howdy. Were you originally the user who moved University of Wisconsin-Madison to University of Wisconsin? Were you part of the (any?) discussion to move it back? Madmaxmarchhare 07:16, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

The person who has done it appears to be quickly making himself known for doing this (see Stanford Uni). Personally, I'd like to move it back, but I don't want to up and do it without some support. Madmaxmarchhare 17:22, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Sushi, I'm not quite sure what your last message means, but I was trying to say that the UW page was one of many that was recently moved by a particular individual (if you want to look at the history pages and discussion for UW and Stanford University, you can see who). It's just annoying, and I wanted to see if there had been any recent discussion on this. Madmaxmarchhare 01:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I know that, and I was wanting to know if you were involved to move it back (now it's back again.. so..) Madmaxmarchhare 02:50, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

<sigh> .. yeah, I get that, and I've been agreeing this whole time... nevermind.. communication breaks down in 3...2...1... 18:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

If you'd like to weigh in, there's a discussion about this issue ongoing. Madmaxmarchhare 06:50, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

WP 1.0

I thought since you are interested in this project you might be interested to see a CD version of en now exists see Wikipedia:Wikipedia-CD/Download & 2006 WP CD Selection. This is being discussed on the 1.0 project pages but progress breeds enthusiasm so I thought I would let you know. --BozMo talk 09:15, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Community Justice

This is a notification reminding you all, especially councillors, that we are having a meeting where we will try to review progress so far and make a few decisions.

This meeting will be held on a wikipage, and well end on Saturday 15th April.

You can partake in the meeting here.

Thank you,

Computerjoe's talk 17:12, 11 April 2006 (UTC) (Chairman of WP:CJ.)

Message delivered through AWB.

AFD

Hey there, I just saw you moved April 7th to the old discussion list on AFD. As it was just brought to my attention aswell, it isn't to be moved there until tomorrow. All AFD discussions are supposed to be listed for 5 days, so a discussion added on 23:00 hasn't gotten it's full exposure yet. I looked back at how AFD Bot did things, and it listed 6 at a time too, so I've modified LDBot to do the same. If you have any questions, let me know. Cheers! --lightdarkness (talk) 03:43, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

I know, this was just brought to my attention earlier tonight by Flowerparty. --lightdarkness (talk) 03:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

T14 AFD

  • I don't understand your stated vote count. You referred to an "actual count of 2 deletes and one keep". I count 3 deletes by registered users with reasonable edit histories -- myself, User:Brian G. Crawford and User:Captaintruth. Is there some reason for the disparity in our counts? Thanks. Interestingstuffadder 12:56, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Hi there, I came over to ask about this AfD as well. Added to the three votes above, wouldn't mine make 4? Actually, I didn't come to complain about the count, but instead with a friendly inquiry as to why you thought there wasn't rough consensus, at 3 to 1. While I'm over here, I'd also like to ask if you'd care to comment on my proposed revision to the neologism guideline. You can find the link over at Wikipedia talk:Avoid neologisms -- cmh 21:11, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Good point -- I just went back and recounted and the vote was 4-1...why wasn't this a consensus for deletion? Interestingstuffadder 22:32, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
Apparently nobody here is very good at math. The votes were overwhelmingly in favor of keeping the article and the evidence presented was more than sufficient. It was ridiculous enough to claim there was "no consensus" on the basis of a few clearly uninformed people, but to then go back and delete the article afterwards is disgraceful.Cheapestcostavoider 00:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
  • The deletion of this article is pathetic. As I understand it, Wikipedia does not advocate completely disregarding the opinions of newcomers, in fact it suggests the exact opposite. The Keep votes on this article were not mere trolling but were supported by substantial evidence from various sources. The proposed deletion was based on the nominators disdain for a particular message board where the term is used heavily (although it is by no means the exclusive place where the term is in use). This deletion only serves to help this person carry out his vendetta, rather than to make Wikipedia a more useful resource.
Ummm...what evidence do you have that I have disdain for any message board? I am familiar with the message board and noticed the coordinated effort coming from it, which put me on alert for sockpuppetry. But I have no "vendetta" against the message board. In fact, I found it a quite useful resource when I was applying to law school myself (yes, one of the "T14" schools). I just don't think the term meets wikipedia notability standards, that's all. Interestingstuffadder 20:46, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Could you please help me to delete User:Yaohua2000/monobook.js

I added delete tag there, but it seems not in speedy deletion category.

thank you.

Maxim (saying)

Please see Talk:Maxim (saying)#Delete, whose AfD you recently closed. I don't understand your rationale for converting a unanimous (4 out of 4) delete vote into keep, no consensus. --Quuxplusone 03:41, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Math obviously isn't this person's strong suit, but don't worry; there's always a chance he'll go back and delete it in the dead of night now that debate has closed.Cheapestcostavoider 00:45, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

afd

Why was Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Divorced for the third time 2 closed after 2 days ?! --Striver 01:37, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

University of Wisconsin

Hello. Since you were involved in moving University of Wisconsin back to where it is, I was wondering if you'd like to put in your two cents about it at Talk:University of Wisconsin. Cheers --BaronLarf 01:54, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Many thanks for your support on my recent RfA. It was successful. Thanks again, Mark83 08:58, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

AfD Dis-Connection

I don't have much of an opinion one way or another, but why was the result Delete rather than No consensus. I counted 13 votes for delete, 11 for keep, and 3 roughly neutral? Amcfreely 16:57, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Dis-Connection

On deletetion discussion we had 13-11, so that is no census and you deleted anyway. I think you should restore the article. Regards! Luka Jačov 08:44, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vivipary

No need to apologize; it's not all that important one way or the other. You closed the discussion properly, although IMO the eds who commented did not support their positions very well. So, a year or two from now the stubby little thing will be back on AfD. This is a wiki. John Reid 14:43, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Community Justice/Elections

As Wikipedia:Community Justice have over 30 members, we are beginning the elections process.

If you are interested in becoming the chairman, the chief executive or councillor please add yourslef, and a statement, to Wikipedia:Community Justice/Elections.

Voting shall begin on April 24th, and end on May 1st. To see if you are eligible for a vote, please see Wikipedia:Community Justice/Elections.

Thank you,

Computerjoe's talk 20:51, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

CJ election reminder

Hi SushiGeek

I noticed that you are not registered for voting or nomination in the CJ elections, and would like to remind everyone that all Candidates Must Submit Their Statement By April 23rd. Voting will begin April 24th, and end May 1st. More details on how to nominate yourself can be found HERE.

I hope to see you at the elections!

• The Giant Puffin • 20:20, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back.....

We missed you :) -- Tawker 21:08, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
For coming back after your long "I'm leaving" rant Tawker 05:16, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

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)

Rollback

Please do NOT use admin rollback to revert another admin.[7]. It is for easy use in removing vandalism, not for edit warring. Continue like that, you'll end up de-sysopped. --Doc ask? 18:52, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Notable people who were once a cheerleader

Um, were you joking around when you deleted this article, or what? You honestly treated the move votes as invalid once the article was moved? There is no such thing as a "move and delete" vote- that would be pointless. A move vote is a keep vote. Why move it if you have no opinion on whether it should be kept after it is moved? There was very obviously no consensus here. Are you twisting the debate to reach the outcome you want? Undelete it please, or it will be listed at Deletion review. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 07:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I could care less about an article about cheerleaders. I was a little less pleased to find myself and a few others inexplicably and arbitrarily disenfranchised despite all our services to Wikipedia. CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 17:13, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Jack Berman

I was preparing to list the deletion of this article at DRV, but I thought I ought first to write you, in order that I might ask you to undelete or might, in any case, appraise you of my intention. DRV is likely an inappropriate disposition, inasmuch as, at least cursorily, your decision to close as "delete" would seem to be appropriately discretionary, if open to sincere debate. Notably, the discussion focused on whether the biographical was notable irrespective of his involvement in 101 California Street shootings or was notable only in view of his involvement with that event; the latter proposition garnered support, and a new article concerning the shootings was created. Information from the Berman article was, though, merged (via cut-and-paste) into the shootings article; the deletion of the Berman article, then, resulted in the loss of contribution history, in general contravention of the GFDL (with which I'm not particularly concerned as a contributor but with which we all must be generally concerned, lest WP should open itself to criticism). In the meanwhile, not having realized that the text was merged, I recreated Jack Berman as a redirect to the shootings article. The appropriate resolution, I think, then, is the deletion of the current Berman article and the undeletion of the former Berman article, with the article's then being blanked and kept as a redirection to the shootings article. If you don't concur in/with my summary and proposed disposition, I'd appreciate your leaving me a message on my talk page, in order that I might list at DRV. Thanks much for your help... Joe 04:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

If you have any interest in Template:MLB

please join the current discussion at Template talk:MLB. As a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball your opinion is particularly valued. Thanks. 66.167.139.143 08:35, 4 May 2006 (UTC).

Off-wiki personal attacks poll

Since you have previously participated in discussions about the off-wiki NPA policy, I wanted to let you know about a quick opinion poll that is now posted on the Talk page there. Your input is appreciated!

Strom 21:54, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service.
This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
Stressbusters
The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome!
Note from the editor
As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!
  1. Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel.
  2. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect.
  3. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct.
  4. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop.
  5. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture
20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

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 was discussed. Ethnopunk will be put on probation, supervised by Ian13, if he/she is incivil 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 members 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 [8].

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 previous council.

This newsletter was delivered by CJBot, written by Computerjoe, with technical help from Misza13. Computerjoe's talk 19:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Yep

It is me on Freenode. :-) Jude (talk,email) 07:03, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Dictators

Hi SushiGreek,

I'm proposing Category:Dictators for deletion. I feel that it violates NPOV, among other problems. See the talk page for more details on my reasoning. You can cast your vote here. Cheers! --Yossarian 12:32, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi again,
I noticed you added some articles to the category. We're actually not supposed to add/remove articles while the category is up for deletion (if it gets deleted then they'll just end up dead links, and if it gets kept they'll have to be re-applied). I actually removed a few before I put it up for deletion, and before I knew that rule, so I'm not completely without guilt myself! ;) Anyway, just thought you should know. Cheers! --Yossarian 10:43, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
If he did indeed make that vote for only that reason, it wasn't a good vote, and you should take it up with him rather than me. I did indeed make a mistake in the way I went about this, but I was not the only one removing articles from that category that day, nor had I planned to put it up for deletion at the time...nor had I even known that rule, unfortunately. I was merely removing the references for what I saw as POV violations, unrelated to the category proper. Getting angry over the deletion of one category, let alone a vote you don't think was fair, isn't going to help your case. Please keep a civil tone. I hope I you felt I've been polite in my messages, but if not, my apologies. The previous comment was merely intended for your information so no admin with a twitchy trigger finger would come along. If you wish to reply in length to what I said (rather than the Civil War analogy) I'm very happy to hear. Hopefully we can find common ground. Cheers. --Yossarian 21:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

CorbinSimpson's Request for Adminship

Thanks for voting in my request for administrator rights, even though it failed (13/30/4). Sadly, work has forced me to respond to you all using a substituted message rather than a personalized response. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that administrators, to me, should be chosen and approved by the community, and I will continue working to become a better editor and Wikipedian. No matter what the alignment of your vote was, I will take your comments seriously and use them to improve myself. If you wish to discuss your comments personally with me, I would be more than glad to talk about things since the RfA is now over; just leave your concern on my talk page and we will sort things out. Thanks again for voting, and happy editing! - Corbin Be excellent

Wah! It's like, a person! From, like, another! wiki!

I'm rambling, aren't I? Anyhoo, I'd like for you to be more active at the Fanstuff wiki. It's awesome with you there. Pweez? → Seriously

Well, now I created an account. It's cool here. It doesn't have the same community feeling as the fanstuff wiki, but it's pretty good. I'm amazed at how fast recent changes goes by, though. Rceent changes is pretty much useless here. Oh well. ←Seeyanexttime45 11:33, 26 May 2006 (UTC)→
Yay! I've got a cool sig. {Rambles on and on} ←Seeyanexttime→

RFA

Relax. I left a note about this at WPT:RFA. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 11:53, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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 [9].

- The Concordia council. Delivered by Ian13 13:15, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:RfA

Nice meeting you and thanks for your suggestions. Kindly see too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship#New:_when_should_I_start.3F. Regards. --Bootblack 17:51, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Dont leave man

Hey man dont leave, ill figure out this sql if it kills me! Take a break, but catch me on IRC. I will find a solution to this as it is bugging the shit outta mee too!! Mike (T C) 19:39, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes it is! Your a friend of mine, dont let rob get to you, he can be an ass and isnt the only solution to this problem. Ill find a way promice!! Mike (T C) 19:43, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
Ofcourse I am! Why the hell would i brother trying to figure out this SQL problem for you? Mike (T C) 20:19, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
And sorry i didnt reply i wasent near the computer!! =) Just dont sweat rob, well get this WUW wiki going no worries man! Promice! Mike (T C) 20:20, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Blockings

Hello, SushiGeek, I am Peytonio. I am just wondering why I have been blocked. It says you have issued the block. It may just be an accidental problem, but if it wasn't, I would appreciate any reason as to why. Again, I am sorry if this is just an incidental blocking. Thank you for your time. --Robert P. Cline (Peytonio) 02:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Apparently, the block only happens when I push the little edit words right above the sections of the articles. When I click the "Edit this page" tab at the top, it works. I believe it is only an accidental block. I'm sorry for the inconvenience. --Robert P. Cline (Peytonio) 02:40, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Did I seriously scare you away

You know, saying "fuck you" does have some CIVL concerns, whats stressing you today, theres obviously something messed @ school or something thats ticking you off. Come chat, feel better, it works! -- Tawker 02:27, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

A haiku to thank you for your input

Thanks for your input
In my RfA, which passed!
Wise I'll try to be.

Even though you didn't feel I had enough experience, I appreciate your comments, and hope that I am able to demonstrate appropriate adminship with the experience that I do have. -- Natalya 05:16, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Macadamian nut oil delete request

Could I ask why you denied the db-author request for Macadamian nut oil? I'm in the process of replacing links of the form Macadamia nut oil with links like Macadamia nut oil, so that the reader can tell that, while there is no article specifically on the oil, there is a more general article that might be helpful. By leaving the redirect page, there's no way for the reader to know. Could you please delete the page? Thanks. Waitak 07:38, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Jumped the gun, sorry. And thanks! Waitak 07:39, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, now I am confused... Could you delete Macadamian nut oil, please? (1) it's a typo (It should be "Macadamia" nut oil) and (2) what I said above does apply. Sorry if I've managed to confuse you, too, in the process. Waitak 09:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

please undelete FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together

Could you please undelete FAST - Fighting Antisemitism Together? I think when you re-read the article, you will agree that the group is at least somewhat noteable, particularly with its connections to Tony Comper, the president of Bank of Montreal. TruthbringerToronto 08:28, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Void deletion

Recently you deleted a page called Void (guild) I made this page because I am no good with most other website makers and I needed a website to make a page for it. I was wondering if you could not delete this if I made a similar page but with the page from my User Page. Thanks, žέέρłǿ 23:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Adminship

Hi SushiGeek!
Thank you very much for nominating me! I humbly accept. I'm not sure exactly what I do next - do I make that subpage with the question etc or do you? Thanks! --Fir0002 www 06:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

AfD: Failed predictions

I notice you're an admin and you voted on this case. Would you please note that User:Ackatsis has been vandalizing the page by removing parts of the discussion? After I noted the vandalism on the page itself, he/she removed my notice: [10] I honestly don't mind whether the article is kept or deleted, but shouldn't action be taken to stop irresponsible users from voting? --Grace 19:24, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thanks
One/All Messages Ever, thank you for participating in my RfA. It passed with an amazingly unopposed 77/0/1. Thanks for the support everybody! If you see me doing anything wrong, want to ask me something, or just want to yell in my general direction, leave me a note on my talk page. I promise to try and knock out Wikipedia's problems wherever I may find them!

Staxringold talkcontribs 21:45, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for supporting my Request for Adminship! I appreciate it and will do my best to maintain the faith you have shown in me! – Ben W Bell talk 07:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

Sorry, no GFDL licensed cakes to give you but contgrats on reaching the 'teens -- Tawker 03:00, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch

Cliché RfA thanks – Gurch 17:11, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
SushiGeek, thank you very much for your support, and nomination of my recent Wikipedia:Requests for adminship, it passed with a final tally of (65/3/3) - which I find both amazing and humbling. I wish I had time to thank everyone personally, but I'm afraid all I can offer is this token of my gratitude. I hope to live up to your expectations/hopes. If at any stage you need to contact me, for help or a request or to point out a mistake in my conduct, please make sure to tell me on my talk page. --Fir0002 08:18, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Sea urchin and urine

Actually, I was told when studying sea urchins in Curacao that urinating on the site of a puncture wound is a folk remedy for sea urchin spine injuries. I didn't insert the remark into the article. I never saw it done, never tried it myself, and don't know of a good published source for this, but I have every reason to believe it was a good-faith addition to the article. I think I'm going to put it back with a "citation needed" tag. Keep the article on your watchlist, as I will. The item should be removed eventually if nobody finds a published source for it. Dpbsmith (talk) 12:19, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Changed my mind. This is much too close to offering medical advice and we should just stay away from it. A Google Books search does show a published source: a number of travel books by Harry S. Pariser, e.g. [11], say "take a blunt object to mash up the spine inside the skin so that it will be absorbed naturally. Then dip the wound in urine; the ammonia helps to trigger the process of disintegration." So far so good. But, given that an emergency medicine text[12] says "External percussion to achieve spine fragmentation is contraindicated" and "Spines within a joint or adjacent to a neurovascular structure should be referred to a surgeon to extract all fragments as soon as possible, and surgical exploration for embedded particles should be delayed until a diagnosis can be made by soft tissue radiography or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)," it seems that self-treatment could be unwise advice. Dpbsmith (talk) 12:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject NASCAR proposed standards

WikiProject NASCAR needs your help! We are in the process of forming our proposed standards which, when complete, will hopefully become a Wikipedia guideline. The guidelines will help editors understand Wikipedia consensus about things like which NASCAR-related articles meet notability standards. Please stop by and let us know what you think! Recury 22:44, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

DVD+R/W's RfA

Thank you for your support in my RfA, which ended with the result of (74/0/0). If there is anything I can help with feel free to ask. Also, if there is anything I am doing wrong, please point that out as well. I look forward to working with you in the future.

Highest regards, DVD+ R/W 02:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Userbox

Hello. A userbox you are using (Template:User heterosexual) has been moved to user space per WP:GUS. The new link is {{User:UBX/heterosexual}}. The link currently being used on your page is a cross-namespace redirect and will not last. If you wish to keep your userbox, it is advisable to change to the new link. Thank you. —Mira

I noticed in your edit summary that you wrote "Next time, I'd like someone to fix that for me." I would have fixed it for you, and added the category back in too, but your userpage is protected. Sorry. —Mira 02:08, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your time

Dear One/All Messages Ever,
Thank you very much for your contributions to my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. Although you did not choose to support the request, I can assure you that I have taken your advice to heart and will be a better administrator for it. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuiviénen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks!

Thanks for voting!
Hello One/All Messages Ever, and thank you so much for voting in my recent RfA. I am pleased to inform you that it passed with a final tally of (119/1/3), into the WP:100, so I have now been cleared for adminship and will soon be soaring above the clouds. I was overjoyed, shocked, and humbled by the tally, and, most importantly, all the support. Thank you. If there is ever anything you need, you know where you can find me. Take care.

And thanks for not opposing me, considering I "yelled" at you awhile back :) --Pilot|guy 23:02, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Bhadani 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 page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

--Bhadani 14:25, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello SushiGeek, and thanks for voting in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of (68/19/3). I appreciated your comments, which I hope to take on board in order to gain your respect in my work as an administrator. Best of luck in your continued editing of the encyclopedia! Sam Vimes 17:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

My (Mtz206) RfA

Thanks for supporting me in my RFA. My Request was successful with 41 supports, 12 opposes and 5 neutrals, and I'll do my best to live up to your expectations. If in any point in the future you get the feeling I'm doing something wrong, do not hesitate to drop me a line. -- mtz206 (talk) 02:51, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, my dear SG!


To my dear SushiGeek, a hard working editor who truly understands the value of kindness!
A big hug,
Phaedriel

My dear SushiGeek, first of all, please allow me to thank you from my heart your kind offer to nominate me for RfA, which has deeply touched me. Regardless of whether I end up having a go there or not, which doesn't really worry me right now, it is your gesture that I value; and if all the fuss currently going on at my Talk page (which has caught me entirely by surprise, I must confess!) has served a purpose, I'd like to think that such purpose was to meet you and talk to you for the first time. Yours is one of those names I see so often, and always bound to a thoughtful comment, that I must say I'm truly honored that you've approached me. Indeed, adminship is no big deal; but in my eyes, friendship is, and from now on, I consider you a friend of mine. Should you ever need me in any way, or if you simply feel like talking for no other reason than spending some time, you'll always be welcome to visit me. Once again, thank you, dear SG - a big hug, and have a beautiful weekend! Phaedriel 03:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Title

Nice use of {{title}}. ;-) You just gave me an idea! Iolakana|t 17:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

In the news

Please don't put images with doubtful copyright status on the main page in the future.--Peta 01:46, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Oppose per Where?

Do you realize that you voted oppose for Benon's nomination but said you concurred with Where, the nominator, echoing the same mistake mets501 made? joturner 02:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Basketball

Hello SushiGeek. I have come across your name as it is association with the WikiProject Basketball. I'm wondering, in Wiki there is a page about Hockey Pucks (Puck) and about Baseballs (Baseball object) but their does not seem to be a corresponding article on the history of the actual ball used in basketball. I thought of this after hearing about the NBA coming out with a new ball today and I thought I would learn about the old ones on WIKI and I couldn't find it. Do you have someone on the project that you can designate to write this up? Title should be Basketball (object) to match the baseball version. KsprayDad 01:23, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Ray Comfort and the banana

Please refrain from adding that sentence about Comfort's lack of knowledge of the banana. It is full of POV (in wording and intent). Also, you did not add a citation proving that bananas are indeed a work of humans. When you do add citation proving this, I will stop removing it. But if you do find citation and add the sentence, try to word it in a neutral matter. Also, I looked at the banana article and found nothing stating that the banana is indeed created by humans. Cultivated does not equal created. To be sure I even looked up cultivated in the dictionary. The banana was simply modified for mass production, not created. Thanks Karatenerd 09:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support in my RfA!

Thanks for voting!
Hello One/All Messages Ever, and thanks for your support in my recent RfA. I'm pleased to announce that it passed with a final tally of (96/0/0). I was overwhelmed by all of the nice comments and votes of confidence from everyone. Thanks again, and see you around! OhNoitsJamie Talk 16:42, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks so much for the support on my recent RfA, which I'm quite happy to announce has passed with a consensus of 67 support, 0 opposed and 0 neutral. Let me know at my talk page if you have any comments on how I'm doing as an admin any time. Thanks! TheProject 21:34, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Editing the Baseball Network Page

I don't want the way the page is formatted to be radically altered. For example, I want the quotes to be in italic so that they're easier to seperate from the rest of the paragraphs. To me it doesn't make things look neater, it just makes it look more rough around the edges. I honestly feel that I know more about The Baseball Network (based on the references, amount of research, and resources) more than anybody on Wikipedia.TMC1982 1 July 2006 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Image:Where RFA ty.png

Dear SushiGeek

Dear SG, I've just tried to email you, but unfortunately you have not activated that option. Is there any way I can drop you a line privately? Thank you so much, and I hope you're doing great! Hugs, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 00:08, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Dweller's naff, unsophisticated smiley award

I, Dweller, am delighted to make SushiGeek the 2nd recipient of "Dweller's naff, unsophisticated smiley award", for good humoured support in the face of childish abuse. :-) --Dweller 21:59, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Grand's RfA input?

Going to re-add any input at Grand's RfA? :) --Andeh 09:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh come on, nobody's going to bite ya! :D --Andeh 09:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
As long as you explain yourself and actively participate, your input is very much welcome. Feel free to ignore me if I'm irratating you.--Andeh 09:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Template:Title

This has got out of hand now, with different revisions in different places. My suggestion as to what to do now:

Either

  • Revert the userfication for the TfD to run its course,

or

  1. Close the TfD as userfy
  2. History-merge User:SushiGeek/Title into User:ais523/Sandbox/Title (deleting my version, moving onto my version, and undeleting my version onto the template)
  3. Move the composite template (left as my version with both histories) back to User:SushiGeek/Title
  4. Delete the redirect from my userspace (as I don't need the sandbox once the merge is finished)
  5. Edit the documentation to remove the reference to the location of the history
  6. Update the relevant userpages from {{title|(new title)}} to {{User:SushiGeek/Title|(new title)|void}} (the last parameter supresses the wrongtitle message).

Sorry for helping to cause this mess, but it's reached the stage where only an admin can sort it out. --ais523 15:06, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

You seem to have got The Wrong Version. Do you mind if I change the coding to incorporate my non-Monobook compatibility changes? (e.g. compare [13] to [14]). I think the best thing to do now would be to make it parameter-compatible but add my code to align it exactly in Monobook and disable it in all other skins except Classic (in which it would still be broken); I'll take out the reference to {{wrongtitle}} because it isn't really compatible with user pages. --ais523 15:57, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

hi

yours and mine look messed up. I use mozilla. McKzzFizzer 16:28, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

what is template: title solution that you fixed my pages per? McKzzFizzer 16:34, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Title

Hello. I substituted it when it was still {{title}}, so {{subst:title}}, so that's why it "appears" that I do not have the template. Thanks anyway! Iolakana|T 19:18, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from Northenglish!

Hi there! Thank you for voting on my recent request for adminship, which did not succeed by a vote of 3/14/3. Not to worry, though; I am far from disappointed. The vast majority of the votes, even those in opposition, were quite positive. To be honest, I was not expecting it to succeed, and nominated myself on a bold spur-of-the-moment decision. Apparently, I'm not quite as experienced as I thought I was--I was sure I registered in February rather than April--but never fear! Emc² said it best: "Besides, you don't need to be a sysop to write good articles." I'll just continue doing what I'm doing, and perhaps I'll see you again in three months' time. -- Northenglish (talk) -- 03:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Move

I have moved the nomination to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Randall Brackett per comments from various editors. -Randall Brackett 23:12, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Kaczyński in the news

Hi SushiGeek - thanks for putting the picture to illustrate Kaczyński story in the news template. I have noticed there is a free picture of Jarosław Kaczyński in the Commons - it is also used in his article. I believe the Polish flag looks a bit lousy as an illustration of that piece of news, so perhaps you could swap one for the other. Thanks, Bravada, talk - 11:24, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Template talk:Title

When you closed the TfD, you forgot to delete its Talk. All the Talk has is a series of complaints that the now deleted template doesn't work and should be deprecated.

--William Allen Simpson 20:15, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Myanmar as a featured article

Since you nominated Myanmar as a featured article, I would like to ask you a question. Do you believe the article is ready to be renominated? Many of the problems stated at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Myanmar have been addressed, including citations, and a clean-up. The article now has more inline citations and references than some featured articles (e.g. Cambodia). Hintha 22:34, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Peer review for Myanmar

Hello, I have begun a peer review for Myanmar. Please express your opinions at Wikipedia:Peer review/Myanmar. Thank you. Hintha 21:41, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Forgot to sign

Hi SushiGeek, you forgot to sign your oppose vote at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kylu. I have added an unsigned template for you. Yours, Rje 12:51, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Your comment on my RFA

I feel that the fact that you have not produced any actual evidence against me weighs sufficiently severely for me to withdraw my nomination. I am happy for you to oppose me if you disagree with anything I have done, but I will not stand being accused of something unspecified, especially not including personal attacks, as in the case of one opposer. I urge you to closely review my contributions and respond on my RFA, or I will withdraw. I regret that this is happening so close to the deadline.

Yours sincerely,

Samsara (talk • contribs) 12:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for voting on my RfA

As 1ne Sorry to see you falling from faith, though!

Samsara (talk • contribs) 22:46, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi, I would like to express my gratitude for your participation at my recent RfA. The final vote was 68/21/3 and resulted in me becoming an admin!

For those of you who supported my RfA, I highly appreciate your kind words and your trust in me. For those who opposed - many of you expressed valid concerns regarding my activity here; I will make an effort in addressing them as time goes on while at the same time using my admin tools appropriately. So, salamat, gracias, merci, ありがとう, спасибо, धन्यवाद, 多謝, agyamanak unay, شكرًا, cảm ơn, 감사합니다, mahalo, ขอบคุณครับ, go raibh maith agat, dziękuję, ευχαριστώ, Danke, תודה, mulţumesc, გმადლობთ, etc.! If you need any help, feel free to contact me.

PS: I took the company car (pictured left) out for a spin, and well... it's not quite how I pictured it. --Chris S. 23:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Request your attention to the GoldToeMarionette case

GoldToeMarionette (talk · contribs) had a WP:RFCU inappropriately completed on their account by Jayjg (talk · contribs) and Hall Monitor (talk · contribs) blocked the account after it was identified as a multiple account despite their being no violation of Wikipedia policy by GoldToeMarionette. These users did not respond to requests to undo the action.


Other steps in dispute resolution have been tried

Comments on RFCU itself [15]
Other Admins contacted [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
Hall Monitor was emailed with no reply
GoldToeMarionette posted on the account's User and Talk Pages seeking assistance until the talk page was protected. User:GoldToeMarionette User_talk:GoldToeMarionette


GoldToeMarionette notified article contributors that illustrative examples were subject to an AfD. The account strictly followed the WP:SPAM#Internal_spamming guideline. The AfD was without controversy. GoldToeMarionette did not participate in the vote. HereToCleanup removed the posts following the AfD in accord with the widely accepted Wikipedia Guideline Wikipedia:Spam#Internal_spamming that states "Clean up your mess. For example, after engaging in cross-posting to promote some election, be sure to remove those cross-posts after the election is complete." [21]



Since GoldToeMarionette was strictly following Wikipedia Policy, there should not have been a Check User completed by Jayjg. Hall Monitor only blocked the account because it was labeled as a sockpuppet by Jayjg's completed Check User. Absent policy violation it should not have been processed in RFCU or been blocked. I am asking for your help to confirm that policy was not violated, administrative action should not have been taken, and request that the administrative action be reversed by unblocking GoldToeMarionette and unprotecting the talk page. Thank you for your time with this request. GreenAnkletMarionette 02:37, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

My most sincere apologies

I would like to extend my apologies to you for my vandalism and personal attacks. Some time ago I obscenly attacked your political affiliation- and although I do not agree with this party, it was simply uncalled for for me to attack you because of my own affiliation- and once again I am deeply sorry. I will be working with user:GangstaEB on a vandal-clinic program, and look forward to dealings on a much more possitive note with you in the future.Betty Yves 04:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Your vote on User:Kylu's RfA

Hi! I took the liberty of correcting your formatting at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kylu as I'm assuming you were voting there and the formatting you'd applied wasn't counting it as a vote. I do apologise if I was wrong and you were merely making a comment. --Guinnog 09:58, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Since leaving this message, I now realise you are one and the same as Sushigeek. I apologise again for trying to fix something you obviously intended. However, I wondered if you might consider in future only participating in a debate like this under one user-name, to avoid situations like this recurring. Thanks. --Guinnog 10:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support!

Good evening, 1ne. Thank you for your support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of (67/0/0)! Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have suggestions or requests - either of an admin nature or otherwise! :)

Wknight94 (Talk | contribs) 01:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

No ads template

Hi, I've just joined up, having seen the template on your page. But it doesn't seem to work on my home page. How to do? Tony 03:22, 17 July 2006 (UTC)


Unspecified source for Image:Mogaeft.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Mogaeft.jpg. I notice the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this file yourself, then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use it on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you did not create the file yourself, then you need to specify where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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Libya

Hello,

I've recently added Libya to the candidature for Featured Status. I've been the main contributor to the article. The main opposition against it becoming featured seems to be copy-editing. The article needs to be copy-edited by fresh eyes and I, unfortunately, have been looking at it for the past 10 months.

I know it's a long article so I only ask of you to copy-edit what you can or whatever interest you in it.

Thanks a lot,

Regards

--Jaw101ie 12:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Denver 2008

Hey, how's it goin'? I'm gathering support from Wikipedian Democrats to help bring the 2008 DNC to my hometown of Denver. If your interested, just post {{User:1ne/Userboxes/Denver2008}} on your page. Anyhow, have a good one. Editor19841 23:58, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Great! Thanks for your support, 1ne. If you wish, you can help the campaign further by promoting the template, and the category; Wikipedians for Denver 2008. If you've got any questions, comments, etc., I can be reached anytime through my talk page. Anyhow, thanks again for your help and support! Editor19841 23:13, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

A few notes

When closing RfAs early:

  1. Please use the correct templates. Users look for the background colors and are confused when they don't see them.
  2. Change "Ending [date]" to "Ended ~~~~~" so the time you closed it shows.
  3. Don't close ones you've voted in, even if they're obvious failures; determining consensus and voting are not compatible.

Thanks. Essjay (Talk) 00:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

User page case

Thanks for trying this, unfortunately in my browser (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-GB; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060425 SUSE/1.5.0.3-7 Firefox/1.5.0.3), it doesn't render properly so you can see the top 3rd of the old text still, same here with your userpage. --pgk(talk) 06:53, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA thanks

Hello One/All Messages Ever, and thank you for your withdrawn oppose at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with an overwhelming final count of (105/2/0). I was very pleased with the outpouring of kind words from the community that has now entrusted me with these tools, from the classroom, the lesson in human psychology and the international resource known as Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. I know you have notoriously high standards for the amount of time spent here, and there is nothing wrong with that... I am mildly curious as to who lobbied you to change your opinion. (I didn't see any evidence of that!) Please feel free to leave me plenty of requests, monitor my actions (through the admin desk on my userpage) and, if you find yourself in the mood, listen to some of what I do in real life. In any case, keep up the great work and have a fabulous day. Grandmasterka 07:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

(Never mind, I found it...) :-) Grandmasterka 07:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I thanked the opposers too, not just you. Grandmasterka 07:40, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Userboxes/Beliefs

It saddens me that your actions will have the effect of ensuring the deletion of Wikipedia:Userboxes/Beliefs. Consensus on userboxes has not been achieved, and taking actions such as these seems premature, considering that process is important. I'm content that this will be a case where I'm not in the group that prevails, but I wanted to share my feelings with you. Thanks for your time. --Ssbohio 04:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I do believe consensus does exist, though. Also, Jimbo himself said that subpage and all of the userboxes on it were going to be deleted "shortly" way back in March, and then two weeks ago he prodded that page. The writing's been on the wall for awhile now. --Cyde↔Weys 04:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

It's been clear for a while that we are both sincerely on opposite sides of this issue. To me, Jimbo's expression of opinion on the matter is just that, an expression of opinion. I respect him & his opinion, just as I respect you & yours. However, unless & until he speaks ex officio, his opinion is just that. In my view, the userification of userboxes per WP:GUS has not become policy, as consensus on it has not been reached. Because of that, I see the deletion of Wikipedia:Userboxes/Beliefs and the userboxes listed thereon as (at the least) a reaching beyond what consensus supports, or, at worst, an attempt to create a fait accompli & effectively short-circuit consensus. That's tempered by my strong feeling that this is one of the least productive situations I've witnessed here, with each side contributing to my view. I know what Wikipedia is not, and I understand the logic behind the German solution, I have my own logical analysis that I'm working from.
I would ask either Cyde or 1ne to undelete & restore Beliefs and place it at MfD, if the belief is that consensus supports its deletion. Clearly, from the logs, consensus among admins concerning this deletion can be questioned. Process is important. --Ssbohio 05:35, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Fuck process. --Tony Sidaway 09:20, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for joining the discussion, Tony. I'm not sure there's enough in your comment for me to understand where you're coming from. In this instance, why should process be fucked? Is the concept universal? That is to say, if there were a page I sincerely believed shouldn't be part of this project, would it be advisable for me to "fuck process" and delete it? My view is that process is important because it insures that the community's values are protected. I'm sure it's a concept you've seen & used in your experience as an ArbCom clerk. For these reasons, I'm just not sure I understand your position from an (albeit colorful) two-word phrase. --Ssbohio 12:52, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Why are you saying things have been done outside of process? I think WP:TGS is the process now. At which point it's understandable that as soon as all of the userboxes in a given category are userfied its corresponding userbox subpage is deleted as maintenance (no point in keeping around an empty page). --Cyde↔Weys 13:55, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

  • <Cross posted reply to this ForestFire> If someone would like to have this page german-ified| to their userspace to maintain the index, preserver the history, and/or work on box replacements; let me know and I will restore it to your userspace. Emerging consensus (in many places, including the last mfd on that page) are to userfy all of this stuff. I disagree with the last speedy deletion, but not to the point of reversing it. (The last time I reveresed it it was still full of active boxes, this time it was links to box soft redirects). Any sysop can overturn the speedy deletion, and then anyone can relist this on MFD, (although it was there recently, it has signifigantly changed since last time). — xaosflux Talk 14:31, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Cyde, the deletion was made under CSD:G6. To the best of my knowledge, the page was never tagged for CSD, and it is difficult for me to comprehend such a deletion as being noncontroversial housekeeping. To my understanding, that's at least two ways in which the deletion was out of process. Add to that the evidence of controversy, in that the page's deletion had already failed to gain consensus at MfD, and that previous attempts had been undeleted by other admins, and a claim that this fits under G6 doesn't seem reasonable. I'm not saying the page isn't deletable, but that it isn't speedyable, as the deletion is prima facie controversial. --Ssbohio 17:47, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
You may need to read up on the deletion process if you think something has to be tagged first before it can be deleted ... and I say it's non-controversial because there's nothing controversial about deleting an empty page, you can't try to manufacture a controversy over something like that. By your logic I can just get into an argument over any random userbox and then delete it because it's divisive. --Cyde↔Weys 19:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
Not only can you, I believe you have, in previous userbox deletions. But, that's beside the point. It's clear that the deletion of that page is controversial. It was proposed once, with no consensus to delete. Then it was deleted twice, and undeleted twice. Its contents were removed once & reverted back. Then you & 1ne eviscerated its contents & then you assert that it's a noncontroversial deletion because it's an empty page. That's like killing your parents and asking mercy from the Court because you're an orphan. It strains credulity that any deletion of a userbox page could be considered noncontroversial. That this particular deletion could be considered noncontroversial strains the bounds of reason. --Ssbohio 04:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Misza13's pile!

Image:One-hundred-WikiThanks.gif
 Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page.
Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing!

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CONSISTENCY? NPOV?

How is the inclusion of a notice that "This user supports the U.S. Democratic Party" or has a particular sexual orientation any less an "ad" or advertisement than a notice that a user supports the ONE campaign "Make Poverty History?" (which this user's "redirection" of that user template (MPH-ONE) altered on my talk page; it probably should have been on my user page, but now the redirection of the notice makes that not feasible). See 1ne's own user page for all the notices (and ads) listed. Scroll up for discussion of the inclusion of support for the U.S. Democratic Party.

[NB: This query is not based on any particular political disagreement, as I support the U.S. Democratic political party too. Rather, it is a query re: lack of consistency (and even hypocrisy) in redirecting a notice concerning support for "Make Poverty History" by a user who includes a notice for supporting the U.S. Democratic Party, etc. (including the sexual orientation notice).]

If this user (1ne) is "opposed to ads" in Wikipedia's users' pages, then a notice of support for a political party and a notice of having a particular sexual orientation (a highly political issue these days) do not belong on this page. See the other items included as well from a similarly consistent position. What do all these notices "advertise" about this editor and his/her neutrality or lack of neutrality as an administrator/editor in Wikipedia? Ironically, if one is "against ads" in Wikipedia, why are there so many of these notices included on this user's own user page? Such notices also call into question users' ability to have and to achieve NPOV.NYScholar 19:05, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I think I misinterpreted the redirection of the Make Poverty History ONE campaign notice that led me to this talk page. The idea of being opposed to ads in Wikipedia misled me, since I interpreted that to me throughout Wikipedia, including such notices on people's own user pages. I've replied on my own talk page and added what appears to be the proper tag to my user page (on a trial basis). I still don't quite understand the purpose of redirecting the ONE campaign notice, however. It's confusing. I think it was an easier tag to post the way it was originally. NYScholar 23:22, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Eluchil404's RfA

Thank you for taking the time to express an opinion in my recent request for adminship. I have withdrawn my self-nomination because there seemed little prospect for further productive discussion or the formation of a consensus to promote. Many commentators offered constructie critisism that I will use to improve myself as a user. Others suggested that the nomination was premature and that a re-nom in a few months would be more likely to gain consensus. Your expressed rational in the RfA was per Tony. If you have the time I would appreciate some suggestions on what specific actions I can take to remedy the problems I dentified by Tony Sidaway. If not, no problem; I still appreciate the feedback. Eluchil404 19:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Bogus warnings

Perhaps you should pay closer attention, "dude". MSTCrow's previous "warnings" were removed by Bishonen (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights) (whom he called a liar), and he's has already been warned about how the so-called warnings are bad-faith nonsense. This is a user who's wracked up 4 blocks since March, so check out his contributions on Talk:National Public Radio and Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#NPR for a taste of whom exactly it is you're carrying water for. --Calton | Talk 02:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

 Thank you so much for voting in my recent RFA. It passed on the relatively narrow vote of 38/8/8. It was also one of the least-participated-in RFA nominations in several months, so pat yourself on the back, and join the party on your left, but first, take your cookie!

NOTE: I can't code HTML to save my life. I copied this from Misza13. I guess I should write him a thank you note as well. Cookies sold separately. Batteries not included. Offer not valid with other coupons. May contain peanuts or chicken. Keep out of the reach of small children, may present a choking hazard to children under the age of 3. Do not take with alcohol. This notice has a dark background and therefore may be eaten by a grue at any time. The receiver of this message, hereafter referred to as "Pudding Head" relinquishes all rights and abilities to file a lawsuit or any other litigious activities. RyanGerbil10, Jimbo Wales, and the states of Georgia, North Dakota and Wisconsin are not liable for any lost or stolen items or damage from errant shopping carts.

Thank you so much! RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 03:55, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for thanking me for thank you

I too am from Wisconsin, I was born in Milwaukee. Hopefully, we don't section titles that are even more recursive! Being an admin is cool, I just closed my first AfD! RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 04:40, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

my RfA

Thanks for your support in my RfA! Unfortunately, the request did not pass, with a vote of (43/16/7). But your support was appreciated and I'll just keep right on doing what I do. Maybe I'll see ya around -- I'll be here!
Cheers! - CheNuevara 17:30, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

my RfA

Thanks for your support opinion on my RfA. With a final vote of (62/0/1), my RfA passed, and I am now an Administrator. I will work hard to ensure that the tools entrusted to me will not be abused, and will wield my mop proudly.
Happy editing! --Firsfron of Ronchester 22:59, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

G4 does apply to Mountain-stub because....

...it was designed to serve an identical purpose to Maoririder's stub - that is, as a template to mark mountain stubs. Grutness...wha? 00:07, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA and your vote

 Hello 1ne,
Thanks for participating in my RFA! Ultimately, no consensus was reached, but I still appreciate the fact that you showed up to add in your two cents. I also would like to thank you for defending my edit count in the opposing votes—it is wonderful to see a person like yourself go out of their way to defend another wikipedian's character. You can feel free to talk to me about it or add some advice on my improvement page.


Sincerely, The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me)

Thanks from Yanksox

 Hey, One/All Messages Ever, thanks for supporting my RfA, with a tally of 104/4/7...


I am now an admin!!!


I was and still am very flattered by all the kind comments that I recieved, I will also take into account the comments about how I could improve. I guarantee I will try my best to further assist Wikipedia with the mop. Feel free to drop in and say hi or if you need anything. Again, thank you so much! Yanksox 07:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Some userboxen

This user helped nominate Yanksox for adminship. Yeah, they know, pick a number and wait in line.

Deletion of Gulam Moonda article

I think your deletion of the Gulam Moonda page was inapropriate. The Moonda murder case has recieved national attention, as you can see here: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&q=%22gulam%20moonda%22&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wn Trilemma 21:22, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Authorized! :)

I am delighted to have you as co-nominator, dear SushiGeek, Wikifan, 1ne, and no matter any other names you wish to choose, you'll always be :) I would be honored if you restore it... please...? :) I was afraid you were mad at me because I declined your original nom, it was such a relief and a pleasure to see you co-nominating me. Have a great weekend, and thank you so much for your kind words at my RfA, dear - they really, really mean a lot to me. Hugs, Phaedriel ♥ The Wiki Soundtrack!♪ - 22:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Seconded! Please do feel free to restore, it's just that some commenters tend to hold multiple noms as a sign of a problem (I got an oppose over it) so separating the post acceptance noms (of which there are many) is a way to defuse that problem. I'm glad to see your support is so strong that you wanted to nom too... So please consider putting it back. ++Lar: t/c 22:26, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

AfD Fantastic Four #1

Hi, I noticed you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Fantastic Four, issue number 1 cover spoofs. Apparently that's something you do. Given that there was equal votes for delete and merge, I was wondering why you closed the debate without contributing to the discussion. I would have liked the opportunity to rescue some of the text before it was deleted. Regards Journeyman 04:22, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Is there an archive of deleted articles somewhere, or is the entire history lost when an article is deleted? Thanks. Journeyman 04:19, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Found an archive via answers.com Journeyman 06:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Wickethewok's RFA

Thanks for your support on my RFA. The final vote count was (61/9/3), so I am now an administrator. Feel free to let me know how I'm doing at any point in time or if you need anything. Once again, thank you. Wickethewok 15:35, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

GangstaEB's RFA

Thanks for your oppose on my RFA. The final vote count was (0/10/0), so I am now an normal user. Feel free to let me know how I'm doing at any point in time or if you need anything. I can't give it though. Once again, thank you. GangstaEB help me improve! 23:28, 31 July 2006 (UTC) I did steal this off Wickethewok's RFA thank-you too.

My RfA

Thankyou for your participation in my RfA. Due to an almost even spread of votes between Oppose and Support (Final (16/13/6)) I have decided to withdraw for now and re-apply in a couple of months as suggested. I thank everyone for their kind support of my editorial skills; it meant a lot to me to get such strong recommendations from my fellow editors. If you ever have any hints as to how I can improve further, I would love to hear from you. ViridaeTalk 15:24, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

You've got a Thank you card!

Open your card!

GHe's RfA

Hi 1ne!

Thank you for taking part in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (62/23/7), and with only 73% support, no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I'm very flattered that you thought I was already an admin, and hopefully I'll become one someday in the future. :)

 G.He 00:41, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

your recent wave of deletes

Hi. I am looking at the newpages and I see that you're going around creating deletion notices for a number of wikispecific terms to avoid (I suppose) recreation. That's all good of course but wouldn't it be preferable to have some sort of redirect to the Wikipedia namespace? After all these terms are likely to be searched for by editors with little or no experience trying to understand how things work around here. Thanks. Pascal.Tesson 14:12, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I am aware of WP:ASR. All I am saying is that you could have a sort of redirect saying "hey this term you're looking for is not deserving of an entry in the encyclopedia but if you're looking for its meaning then go to the Wikipedia namespace". I don't think it's helpful to have a dead end instead. Pascal.Tesson 14:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Bell System

On the opening day video for EPCOT Center, it says "congratulations to the Bell System on the dedication of Spaceship Earth", so shouldn't the sponsor for 1982 - 1984 be Bell System? Or am I missing something here? BTW Ray Bradbury was a huge part of Spaceship Earth's creation. --blm07 20:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello!

Thank you for participating in my RfA! Unfortunately, it ended with a final result of (32/31/5) which no consensus was achieved. Nevertheless, I'd like to thank you again for your comments and to keep an eye out for me within the next 3 months. If you would like to give any helpful advice, please contact me via my suggestions page for my next RfA. :)

Current mac project collaboration

The current WP:MAC collaboration is Apple II family. Please devote some time to improve this article to featured status. — Wackymacs 13:55, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

User:Poloyoe

Poloyoe was voting twice, one of the votes being User:Stif1e, which was an imposter of User:Stifle. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:08, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Wiki User Wiki

Dang, with all the name changes and wiki breaks and such, you aren't an easy man to track down. Anyway, I'll get to da point. What's happening with the Wiki User Wiki? I (or another Fanstuffian) would be glad to take the data and do something with it, but the important thing we need to know is: do you have the data, and if so, are you going to do anything with it? If you don't have the data, it's okay, but if you do, it would be preferable if something is done with it, be it by you or me or another person. Cheerily, Super Sam 06:14, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

If you have the MediaWiki files, please send them to me (ericmanal@hotmail.com), because I already have a temporary host. - 20eric06 from the fanstuff wiki

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Dude! Redux

Why did you bother to leave a comment on my (Apostrophe) talk page, 8 days after I ceased using it for personal reasons? There was nothing recent to attract your attention. Regardless, I've clearly explained the reason of the omission of "the" in several summaries, if you'd bothered to read them: Wikipedia:Naming conventions (definite and indefinite articles at beginning of name). Please do not contact me again unless you have an actual problem with me. I have no desire to be an active member of Wikipedia again. 65.29.167.251 05:43, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Research Survey Request

Wikipedia Research Survey Request

Hello, I am a member of a research group at Palo Alto Research Center (formerly known as Xerox PARC) studying how conflicts occur and resolve on Wikipedia. Due to your experience in conflict identification and resolution on Wikipedia as an administrator we’re extremely interested in your insights on this topic. We have a survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=201962477432 which we are inviting a few selected Wikipedians to participate in, and we would be extremely appreciative if you would take the time to complete it. As a token of our gratitude, we would like to present you with a PARC research star upon completion. Thank you for your time.

Parc wiki researcher 01:48, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
PARC User Interface Research Group


user:Betty yves

this is user betty yves- but i'm not signed-in- i do highly regret this, but i must beg you to please delete my account, because i am having a serious internet security issue because of it- you may leave a message about this on my (Betty yves) talk page if you must, but immediate deletion would be preferable- i am 100% serious about this and the fact that i stupidly left my name and age on the account in the past has caused me to be seriously susceptable on google and i may be being stalked because of it- so i ask you- please please delete my account or at least the page for it if that is possible- thank you


thank you sincerely for your speedy action- it has saved me much trouble


sorry to bother you about this again but it isle on very serious- the personal information i left on my userpage is still availible on google when i do a searchunder my name (see this)http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=michael+heraty - why is this? and is there anyway to prevent this material from showing-up under a search since stalking may still happen because of it

PESWiki delete

According to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/PESWiki, you were the one to delete PESWiki.

I put a lot of time into updating that site today to come into conformity with WP:WEB, citing references to PESWiki in mainstream press articles, including Wired, LA Daily, Provo Daily Herald (top 10 news in Utah). I did not save the most recent version because I thought there were seven days of review before a site is deleted. You deleted it before 6 days was up.

Could you send me a copy of the code for the version prior to deletion?

I have a working email link on my user page.

Sterlingda 23:06, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

It's been taken to DRV, BTW. --james(talk) 05:49, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Maria Dracula

I'm confused. You closed the AFD as keep,[22] but deleted the article.[23] Was this just a case of "wrong button"? Not that I'm overly attached to the article, but the result was kind of strange. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 13:43, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, much better. -Hit bull, win steak(Moo!) 16:05, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Broad Street Licensing Group

You closed the AFD as delete, but the article seems to have survived so far. Does it have 9 lives like a cat? :-) Brianyoumans 10:35, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Your asinine Pat Riley edit

Regarding this

Why did you undo the alterations I made?

Among some of my edits, I rightly shifted the "immaculate tan" sentence from his "==Biography==" secion to the physical features discussion, I added a "==References==" section, piped the "trademarked" and "Byron Scott" link, moved the Miami Heat discussion into the "=Miami Heat=" section, streamlined the prose, removed some unnecessary overlinkings, and you have gone and reverted the whole lot - apparently all because there was one small change you disagreed with. You are a sloppy editor. That was sloppy editing.

Explain.

--Downwards 22:59, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball

Wikipedia:WikiProject Basketball: Hello One/All Messages Ever, you may not be aware but activity and discussion are down at our WikiProject. While a to do list, and a few neat tables have been created, more discussion and action needs to take place. Please stop by the WikiProject Basketball talk page and leave your input, and ideas. Thanks KOS| talk20:12, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

That Button Phobia AfD

Hi,

Generally, I do the relisting for DRVs that I close. In this case, my nomination is much more extensive in background information than yours, so I replaced yours (we had written it at the same time, and you beat me by one minute and an edit conflict. I don't know why you reverted my nom., but I am now going to put it back again, only because it gives the full procedural background. Best wishes, Xoloz 03:22, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

"Even though yours is fuller, mine came first"
Well, okay. I think it rather odd of you to insist on this, and a tad petty, but I'm not about to get involved in the lamest edit war ever over it. Be advised, however, that by precedent the DRV closer does write the nomination. Now that you know this, don't intercede; or, if you do so, please write an informative nomination that helps explain to commenters the nature of the case. The point of nomination is not a game "I got here first", but to help process and policy by being thorough. Best wishes, Xoloz 03:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Fwiw, the fact that the article was speedied before rather than run through an AfD was pertinent to the nomination, so deleting Xoloz's opening statement served no purpose whatsoever. ~ trialsanderrors 06:39, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

US Cellular Arena edits

Regarding your edit summary that says: (Midwest Center opened in 1998, so mid-to-late). So why does your edit to the article still say "early-to-late" and not "mid-to-late"? --CollegeSportsGuy 18:10, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Can any of the 1000 thousand administrators in the Wikipedia enforce an ArbCom decision? A user isn't respecting a block blatantly

SqueakBox was blocked in August 22 until September 28, 2006. It can be found in his block log. As can be seen here, SqueakBox is accessing the Wikipedia after his ban from the address 63.245.13.229, that he claimed to be his real IP address before being blocked (here The 'SB' there means SqueakBox as it's easy to see). Hagiographer 06:36, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your attention. I've spent days trying to solve this issue. Hagiographer 07:15, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Kannapolis, David Ragan [citation needed]

"erm no" is the edit summary you left after removing the [citation needed] beside the name David Ragan.

Can you clarify your summary?

The paragraph in question stated "Kannapolis is the birthplace of... David Ragan [citation needed]".

In trying to check that fact, all signs pointed to David Ragan's birthplace as Unadilla, GA.

David's current hometown may be Kannapolis, NC, but again, the paragraph in question is the birthplace, thus [citation needed].

Brad Spry 19:10, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee athletics

When referring to the athletic teams at UWM, "Wisconsin-Milwaukee", and any variation there of, is indeed improper. I've added a cite stating this (the conference's official media guide), and corrected the article. I am very familiar with this situation, having worked with the school's SID regarding this issue in recent years. I realize it may seem like a strange idea, but just think about what the University of Wisconsin-Madison calls their athletics teams... the "Wisconsin" Badgers. They use only a part of their schools name, the part they believe best identifies the school for athletics. UWM simply does the same thing now. This is also not uncommon in recent years with other large state universities that compete in the NCAA's D-I, such as UNC-Charlotte and UT-Chattanooga that have done the same. Let me know if you need any other sort of official confirmation from the school, and I should be able to get it for you. Thanks! - CollegeSportsGuy 04:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Steve Irwin

Agreed - its just that when I protected it earlier a few ppl had got unhappy so I didn't wanna protected it too long. --Robdurbar 21:27, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for protecting Steve Irwin properly mate. For the record I think anon edits do way more harm than good on WP, overall Robert Brockway 22:27, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Ever tried counting them? -Splash - tk 22:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
It turns out that between 54% and 60% of anon edits to the article in questions have been allowed to stand. See the bottom of my talk page. -Splash - tk 00:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

To reply to your protection 'summary': "no", and "it's not the first time they've appeared on a Main Paged article; in fact it's probably not even the 1000th, literally". I do however, speak out about protection of the very first article people try to edit! Have you never (I guess not so many people have) been enthusing to a friend about how Wikipedia is, in fact, quite good, and yes, you really can (no yes, you really can, yes, seriously) edit it on a whim, and hey let's try it right now. Oh. Bugger. Well, no you can't edit that. Oh, nor that. Whereas vandals try to go too far, we shouldn't go too far in return else all that happens is they got the better of us. (And we get press reports that say "Wikipedia locks out anonymous editors after vandalism" [24]. -Splash - tk 22:32, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Denver 2008 - the latest

Hey, 1ne. I'm dropping by the talk pages of Wikipedians for Denver 2008 today with an update on the bidding process and where Denver's bid is currently at.

First off, Denver has a new, unofficial bid homepage up today: http://www.denverdnc2008.com/ , which you may want to check out for more info on the bid to bring the DNC to the Mile High City in '08.

Second, today the site-selection committee is expected to announce the final two cities in the bid for 2008. It's expected by most pundits and bloggers that Denver and St. Paul will likely be the two finalists, but many think that dark horse New York may edge out a seat in the final days of the bidding process.

Third, we're expecting an official site for Denver's bid to emerge within days from the mind of Colorado Democratic Party V.C. Dan Slater (founder and operator of the popular Colorado blog Demonotes).

Well, that's the basics of the day-after-Labor Day DNC update, from a dem from Denver (that'd be me). If your looking for more info on the process that this is all about, check out the premier blog for doing so, http://demconwatch.blogspot.com (a link is on my page: links section for both this blog, Demnotes, and Denver 2008). If you’re looking for more info on the Democratic Party straight from the donkey's mouth check out http://www.democrats.org the official site of the Democratic National Committee.

Also, thanks for hosting the homeless "User Denver2008" template. It's been an intricate part in recruiting support here at Wikipedia. Anyhow, have a good one. Editor19841 (talk) 23:40, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Have you ever heard of a free web host?

Most place ads on sites, but it doesn't make them commercial sites. The same is true of Uncyclopedia. It is not commercial and it never can be due to the licensing. Ericj 23:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

New baseball article improvement drive

Image:Baseball (ball) closeup.jpg Greetings fellow WikiProject Baseball member! Just a quick note: there is now an article improvement drive just for baseball-related articles at WP:BBAID. Please take a look and vote on an article or add one of your own. Once an article has been agreed upon, feel free to stop by and lend a hand in getting it to featured article status. Hope you can participate! —Wknight94 (talk) 00:22, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


The Great Kathmandu

Hello I had an agreement with Samir about the Great Kathmandu article. why did you Delete it? I was gathering more information for it and you deleted it within the 5 days grace he gave!!!

The Great Kathmandu

Notice that the nomination was withdrawn and you did not open another nomination.

Nomination withdrawn. Article has expanded and, despite the socks, there is assertion of notability that may be substantiated by more information forthcoming from the original author. I'll work on the article with the original author, and if it's still insufficient, I'll re-nominate -- Samir धर्म 12:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

You have shown total disregard for the comments listed and I am deeply insulted by your slapdash approch to moderation.

Harbourcoat 02:21, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Mmmm.... dosa
Mmmm.... dosa
Hi 1ne, I've userfied the text for him. Seems that there was more that he said would make it notable. -- Samir धर्म 02:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi 1ne, the five days was the expiry of the AfD. It says don't bite the newbies, not don't trick the newbies...  :) He claims it's notable and sent me some some more info that sort of substantiated it, so I withdrew my nom. You were very much in the right to delete it per the AfD, however. -- Samir धर्म 07:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
Have a dosa (not Nepalese, but oh-so-good). I snuck away from the hospital tonight just to get one :) -- Samir धर्म 07:18, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I love dosas Harbourcoat 12:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

1ne sorry about beeing me being an idiot Harbourcoat 12:24, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:No angry mastodons

May I ask you to revisit the redirects for deletions page and reconsider your opinion? I am the essay's creator and principal contributor and I support the deletion: a consensus of editors at Wikipedia talk:No angry mastodons prefers WP:MASTODONS and WP:MASTODON, both of which convey more of the spirit of the page. Thank you for contributing to the discussion. Durova 23:43, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you, Wikifan(atic)/SushiGeek/1ne/whatever your name is this month ;), thank you for your support and your co-nomination on my RFA. It ended up passing — 95 to 1! I would've definitely accepted your nomination, just that Werdna beat you to it. However, what's done is done, and now I have the mop. Hopefully, I will be a level-headed administrator doing what's best. —this is messedrocker (talk) 17:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Go raibh maith agat!

Image:Ireland 37 bg 061402.jpg
Hi there...you (1ne now, I suppose)!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!

hoopydinkConas tá tú? 05:35, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Sup!

This is CableModem! Come back on IRC! I miss you! More fun with you! --CableModem 06:40, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

WikiLove!

Here's a tube of wasabi for you! Wasabi somehow promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving something friendly to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others using Template:smile! Happy editing! --TBCTaLk?!? 22:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Get it? Wasabi for SushiGeek (or at least the user previously known as SushiGeek)? Anyhow, you've contributed a lot of great edits to Wikipedia, so keep up the good work! :D (another ackward attempt at comedy by TBCTaLk?!?)

University of Wisconsin

Hi there, UW-Madision is the first campus of University of Wisconsin. In the past decades, the University of Wisconsin has expanded to 13 universities. It is more appropriate to direct University of Wisconsin to University of Wisconsin System. I also find that's how University of California and University of Illinois are presented in Wiki. They don't just go directly to the first campus. By the way, I see a lot of editors suggested to direct University of Wisconsin to University of Wisconsin System. Why don't you respect others' opinions? Miaers 15:31, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Archiving

Hi 1ne - please be careful when archiving talk pages like that of WP:WSS - some of those discussions you archived were still active! It's always worth leaving the last few weeks worth of discussion on the talk page (I've restored it from September 1st). Grutness...wha? 00:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

re: Sorry about that RfC

Actually, as Tony was the subject of that RFC, it was technically improper for him to delete it. On the other hand, it was created by a sockpuppet of a blocked user, a user that Tony blocked himself, so I think it still should have been deleted anyway from the start. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 04:38, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
  3. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
  4. The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it!
  5. TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly!
Signed...
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04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
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Hyperlinking signatures

I noticed you hyperlinked my signature, I have been using the 4~'s but it hasn't been doing that.. Is there a way I can Hyperlink the signature everytime, and keep it simple for my stupid brain to handle? Thanks. EnsRedShirt 08:13, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I guess I am just special then. Thanks. EnsRedShirt 08:17, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

In The News scoring

The Ryder Cup scores in ITN are for games won or halved. It is match play so scores against par are irrelevant. Cheers. Moriori 19:09, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Democracy and all that gab

Thanks for informing me about that. I was unaware that this was occurring to other categories. I am currently fighting for the Fascist category which some malevolent forces are attempting to delete. In any case I wish you all the luck in your endeavours and hope you are not as unfortunate as I have been with this whole silly and ridiculous userbox and category chaos. Keep it obscure! Piecraft 03:42, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Reinstating a redirect

Hi - You deleted and locked the redirect at "Citation needed". I and a few others would like this reinstated, please - see Talk:Citation needed for comments in favour. I hope you don't mind doing this. Thanks. --mcld 10:18, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Sorry if it is bad etiquette to ask you personally to do this. I've just found Wikipedia:Deletion_review so I've added it to that list. --mcld 10:27, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Somehow, this still hasn't been done. Whether it's bad etiquette or not to ask administrators directly, I don't understand why it ever got protected in the first place. -- Randall00 Talk 22:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


My RfA

Just wanted to send a quick note of thanks for your support in my RfA. :-) I really appreciate it! Best, Irongargoyle 20:20, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a tally of 91/1/4. I can't express how much it means to me to become an administrator. I'll work even more and harder to become useful for the community. If you need a helping hand, don't hesitate to contact me. NCurse work 15:53, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Gary Kirk's RfA

Dear One/All_Messages_Ever

Thank you very much for voting in my request for adminship. In the end, not many people let their opinion be known, and I didn't get the mop just yet. I have already begun acting on the issues brought up by the community, and will continue to do so. If you have any more suggestions for me, feel free to let me know.
Once again, thank you.
— Gary Kirk // talk! 13:05, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Nickelodeon Shows

This is to advise you that the above named project page is currently being considered for deletion. Please feel free to join in the discussion at the Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion page. Badbilltucker 16:15, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you very much for your support in my RfA, which passed on October 17, 2006 with a tally of 53/6/0. I am equally elated and humbled by my new capacity as administrator of Wikipedia, and I send my heartfelt thanks for your unflinching support. If you need me for anything, just ask me! With gratitude, 210physicq (c) 04:10, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Chicago Bears

24-23 Final.

I TOLD YOU SO!!! If not the offense, the defense would definitely come through.

Nishkid64 13:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

When did you say the Cardinals were going to collapse? Anyway, you gotta love Dennis Green for that. (I bet he's going to be fined) Nishkid64 20:54, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I wasn't there when you said that lol...I left IRC yesterday when it was 20-3 Cardinals. There were like 12 minutes left in 3rd quarter. Nishkid64 20:59, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Lol...Good times, good times. They scored 14 points in the last 5 minutes of the game. It was quite a nailbiter. Nishkid64 21:05, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Announcement: It's an administrator!

1ne, thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was a robust 62/1/1, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any questions about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thanks again, Chris Griswold

Thank you

My administratorship candidacy succeeded with a final tally of 81/0/1. I appreciate your support. Results are at Wikipedia:Recently_created_admins#Durova. Warmly, Durova 22:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

AAAAAAAAAAAA!

DANGIT! --CableModem 05:45, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka

Thank you for participating in my recent RfA. Unfortunately consensus was not reached, and the nomination was not successful. I appreciate that you took the time to comment, as I do find it a valuable thing to understand how I am perceived by others in the Wikipedia community. If there is anything that I can do in the future to help further address your concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. --Elonka 09:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Category:Republicans for Tampa 2008

I've left you a comment on the Republicans for Tampa 2008 debate on CfD. Please check it out when you can. 1ne 03:43, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

I've responded there. Hope that clarifies : ) - jc37 10:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

My Editor Review

Hi, I'm looking for feedback on my edits. If you have the time could you possibly leave a review or comment on Wikipedia:Editor review/Jersey Devil. Thank you.--Jersey Devil 05:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Boo

Hey there! – Gurch 02:00, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Hey there! --CableModem 04:37, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Images on MainPage

Hello, 1ne. Just wanna leave a friendly reminder that, to prevent vandalism, all images need to be protected before they get on MainPage. For more information, please see Category:Protected main page images. Thanks. Happy editing. --PFHLai 06:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
The last AC meeting (full log)
  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  • There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
  • The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
  • In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
  • A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
Signed...
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20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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User:Lir block info

Hi. I see you recently reset Lir's block. Would you mind updating the tag on his talk page to reflect the new date? Thanks --Storkk 16:20, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Donald Rumsfeld

So why full protection? It definitely needs to be semi-protected, but we were basically keeping up with the random edits. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 22:35, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

One-minute vandalism recovery seems like an extreme standard to maintain consistently. But if you look through the recent history, you'll see that we've been keeping up with it pretty well. It's your call, I suppose. How long do you expect to leave the full protection in place? -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 23:14, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Joe Lieberman

1ne, I am not sure I understand the rationale for the block on Lieberman. There was one user repeatedly adding the "anti-Palestinian" sentence to the lead. Admin JoshuaZ has since intervened (WP:BLP). There is also ongoing discussion of whether Lieberman is a Democrat or an Independent, but that does not seem to have reached the point of being an edit war.

Can we look forward to a contribution on the talk page, explaining the block and directing us to discuss to resolve whatever caused it?

And are we sure that semi-protection wouldn't make more sense, if we really need protection at all? Jd2718 05:03, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Survey Q

Have you ever been to the southern hemisphere? Respond here Deadline for entries is December 15th, PST. AstroBoy 03:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Would I care to explain...

Please see Talk:Main Page#Vandalism. Andre (talk) 22:33, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

A present for you!

WikiCookie

For helping deal with Wikipedia's, ah, more troublesome users, you get a WikiCookie. Cheers! --Slowking Man 22:36, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanksgiving page directories added

I see you protected the Thanksgiving page, so you are either an administrator, or interested in the page, or were bored to pieces one day, but probably are more experienced at Wikipedia policies than I am. Can you tell me whether these "Directory" additions[25] have any merit? Are they legit? Should they be allowed to stand? I loathe spam, and I don't understand quite if this is merely a clever way of adding spam. I suspect my learning curve at Wikipedia is rather steep, but swear I'll catch on one day. Thanks, KP Botany 19:25, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

urgent

hi i keep writting a page on "Echo Band" and it keeps getting deleted??its a page on a band in the middlea eats and i am just trying to make them a page her eon wikipedia so other people might get to know information on them,why do you guys keep deleting it?it doesnt have any advertisments or anything just normal info on the band.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by EchoBand (talk • contribs) .

Responded on User talk:EchoBand -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 00:44, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

You need something

For your hard work on CSD et al., I give you this. Thanks for helping out! // Pilotguy (Cleared to land) 01:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)
For your hard work on CSD et al., I give you this. Thanks for helping out! // Pilotguy (Cleared to land) 01:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

/ Thanks for all the mass deletions, let's keep it from getting baklogged again okay? haha. Later man. // Pilotguy (Cleared to land) 01:14, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Deleted page

Hi. I was working on a page titled, 'critical care nursing' and the deletion log showed that you deleted it. May I ask why? I put the tag on the top asking for more time and put in the talk page that it is a work in progress. It is not yet a complete page. Any input you have on this deletion would be appricated.

--LucasRN 16:23, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Deleted page....regards to 'not noteworthy'...

I read the guidelines as to what is noteworthy, and it appears that it a subject that has a large amount of professional publications and research. Nursing and it's subspecalties certaintly fall under this category, as it it a well established profession, with a long tradition of research and professional publications. As to not having it in the article, If you would let me know how you would like to see it worked in in other than references, I would appricate any advice that you have for me. Other than that, I did put into the talk page that it was an unfinished project, as it is a work that will take a little time. Please consider restoring the page, as I feel it would be a valuble contribution to Wikipedia, and also to the profession of nursing to allow for a more through public understanding of the critical care subspecality. Thank you for your time on this, and I look forward to having you assist me with the creation of this page. --LucasRN 10:49, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

RfB

Guten tag, 1ne! I have nominated you for bureaucratship; see Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/1ne. Good luck! ★MESSEDROCKER★ 02:34, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

First off...

I stand by my statement. - Mailer Diablo 13:03, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

  • I accept the apology. I'd appreciate it more if it were done earlier in the past. Just don't repeat anything similiar in future anywhere. - Best regards, Mailer Diablo 14:03, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Your RfB

Don't know if you noticed, but I left a couple of questions for you at the bottom of your RfB, if you wouldn't mind taking a look. Thanks. --Majorly (Talk) 23:47, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

 I would like to express my appreciation of the time you spent considering my successful RfA. Thankyou Gnangarra 13:12, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

You're and admin?

So your saying that your 13 and an admin?? Weird.. I'm born in april and someone younger than me has over 6,000 edits.. --Ard0 19:15, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

On title template

That template is used to fake the software interface, by using CSS to alter parts of the apparent content that are not supposed to be editable. It's confusing - it makes it seem that your userpage is located in article space. I suggest you stop using it. --Improv 13:31, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

  • My position on it is not changed - it is regretful that MfD went the way it did, and IMO such things should be removed on sight. I consider it poor judgement on your part to put your desire to look cool above the confusion allowing people to fake interface elements causes. --Improv 16:52, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Shouldn't that be disabled in software then? If you think of it as a security hole, then obscurity isn't really going to help much anymore. :-P Kim Bruning 22:15, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Perhaps we should disable the ability to hurt each other by removing everyone's arms at birth. There's still a use in trying to convince people to be sensible when they're not. It's not a security hole so much as it is rude. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Improv (talk • contribs)
How, exactly, is it rude? 1ne 23:31, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
As used on your userpage, it introduces confusion in users on whether they're on a Userpage or an article (especially users who don't have a location bar set to display). A reasonable person could land on your userpage and think it's an article, start to move it into userspace (or delete it) and then notice the inconsistency. Alternatively, new users might start to make pages in articlespace after seeing what you've done. At the very least, it makes it harder for users to tell where they are, and tells them that they can't trust the MediaWiki interface. This is rude. --Improv 00:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
The URL states where you are. I'd also appreciate if you stopped acting confrontational. 1ne 00:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
URL bars are only useful for technical users, and most people trust the software interface (which you undermine). Some browsers don't have a location bar to show the URL, and a lot of users have the location bar disabled if they don't use it. I'm being confrontational to confront you with problem behaviour. I'm not being impolite, simply direct. What you're doing hurts the project. --Improv 04:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Let me look into it and find a solution. Danny 05:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Title-modifying support

I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me, and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. Cheers! -- nae'blis 22:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

 Oh, the humanity!

I had my doubts about accepting a nomination for a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the stir it caused as it drifted to the ground in flames! Still, it was as educational as ever. Thanks for your input; it will be on my mind as I continue to edit Wikipedia, and perhaps I will have earned your support if another nomination comes around. Kafziel Talk 14:56, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:41, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Image:Configure.png Thanks for your support at my RfA. I've got a lot to learn, but your words of support mean a lot! Any advice is welcome as I learn to use the new tools, and as a fellow administrator, would be much appreciated! Thanks again, and forgive my use of this dorky message box :) -- Renesis (talk) 00:44, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

P.S., I still don't see how you live without popups! :)

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Vandalism

Some one has vandalized the link to Dick Cheney- anytime i click on it it just goes to the page "evil", and because i have little expirience here i don't know how to fix it- maybe you can 70.176.114.118 22:42, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Your input is requested

Your input would be appreciated at this Request for Comments. Kelly Martin (talk) 17:16, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

What is your problem

What the hell is your problem. Why did you delete my page. I havent done anything to you and i wasnt harming anybody so stop being anal.

What is your problem

My page isnt a hoax as i am friends with the great connor partos who advised me to put up infomation on my career that almost happened, but as you are so evil you delete it. How dare you delete it befor telling me, this is an emotional issue for me, there may have been a joke on there but it was all real so give me my page back.

And by the way how am i making personal attacks at you if im expressing my dismay in your actions you little child.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohammadali123456 (talk • contribs) 04:39, 8 December 2006

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RE: User:Ewlyahoocom/WikiPorn

FYI your deletion has belatedly come under debate at AN. It seems to have been done without MfD- in fact it survived an MfD- and the creator is objecting. Thanks, CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 09:55, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Fan death edit

Not sure what you meant by your comment that accompanied your edit to Fan death. To which photo are are referring? How is that proof or evidence ? Mumun 19:54, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

No, not sure yet...Please fill me in on how a photo of fans on sale at 전자랜드 Electroland proves that Fan death exists? Additionally, was it you who made the comments about uninformed westerners judging this or that? Why don't you post such comments on the talk page where it would be more noticeable. Perhaps someone will address your concern -- why imbed such accusations that you make in the text of the article, where fellow editors are not likely to look? :-) Mumun 20:04, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New year 1ne i wish you great wealth and fun time in the coming year! --The Dwarf_King 14:21, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Syrvæ (Survey)? Spam? now what?!

About the survey question on the Southern Hemisphere; lots of people call it spam, but really, it's not. If you thought it was spam, I'm sorry. I see on your user page that you are opposed to ads, but really, its not an ad, spam, etc. It's 100% survey, 0% other. AstroBoy 05:17, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

PS: I wonder why Wikipedia isn't called Wikipœdia.

Deletion Review

Dave Gilbert (game designer) on deletion review

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Brothers Past undeletion

Brothers Past on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Brothers Past. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Milchama 22:27, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

George Pataki

Couldn't you wait until Pataki actually leaves office, before printing in 2007. Be patient, he's only got a few days left as Governor. Plus, I wasn't being sarcastic. You were crystal-balling that Pataki was going to serve out his entire third term. Again wait until the Governor-elect takes office. GoodDay 20:35, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Slovenia Euro ITN item

It does not appear to me that the Euro article has been updated much to reflect the current event, so I'm not sure it belongs on ITN. The euro is mentioned down in on this day... so there's really no benefit to it being in ITN as well. -- tariqabjotu 02:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

HAPPY NEW YEAR

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There's a new User:WikiFanatic

Wiki fanatic (talk · contribs) has changed his name to WikiFanatic (talk · contribs), thought you might want to know. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 20:04, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Hi, 1ne. I'm really sorry. It had completely slipped my mind that a while back you used to have this username. Had I remembered, I would have asked the user to contact you beforehand. Well, Raul654 has already remedied the situation, but in any case, sorry for the inconvenience. Cheers, Redux 13:03, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

template:NMGovernors

I noticed you deleted this template with the claim that it had passed deletion via TFD. I could not find the deletion you were talking about, since it did not link to the article (as a TFD should). There was a TFD in August 2005, but it ended with a "keep". I restored the template, but if there was a deletion vote on this template that I missed, let me know. Also, in the future, please provide a link to the deletion decision in your deletion commentary box so there won't be any confusion. --tomf688 (talk - email) 04:54, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

No no no. Here is what the person on the talk page said, and I'll even bold the important point: "I'm not going to delete a template used in a large number of pages, so someone else can listyfy it and then re-list the template for deletion if they wish." It does not say that it should be deleted, but that someone can renominate it for deletion at a later date. Did you read the vote? Only three people voted to listify/delete while two others voted to keep. That's hardly consensus to have the template deleted, so it shouldn't be. Besides, every other state has their own governor's template and no others have been deleted as far as I can tell. --tomf688 (talk - email) 05:06, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
Nevertheless, the "survey" in question is over a year old and whether or not a rough consensus was reached is highly questionable. If this is such a major concern, re-nominate it for deletion. It should be noted, though, that every other state has one of these templates, so it may be necessary to nominate them for deletion as well. --tomf688 (talk - email) 05:22, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Denver 2008

Denver has won the bid for the 2008 Democratic National Convention! I wanted to thank you for hosting the WFD2008 userbox personally and for your help in general with this project of mine here at Wikipedia. Without your help, I wouldn't have been able to get this collaborated effort as well organized as I did. Thanks for your support! Editor19841 (talk) 19:30, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

sAnItY cHeCk

Regarding AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shawn Hornbeck... Could you look over my comments and check for AGF and NPA compliance... There have been a couple of accusations of bad faith, I need a third eye to tell me if I look like I'm assuming bad faith. I appreciate in advance the sanity check. Regards, Navou banter 05:26, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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Policy? It is called "common sense". Just check some of the articles using the template, and count how many talk pages are using it. I give you a hint: 50 pages out of 2700. -- ReyBrujo 03:59, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

As I said, it is common sense, something people should use more often. I could ask you to show me where there is a policy that states the talk page should have the same name as the main space page, but I do not wikilawyer around. -- ReyBrujo 04:10, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


Regarding RPA

I was not enforcing policy, however, read the essay. Its informative, and I did it to keep the flow of discussion. Please talk to me before reverting my edits to make a point. Forgive me if I've mis-intrepeted. Regards, Navou banter 04:48, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I see your viewpoint. Agreed. Navou banter 05:23, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

Hi, I lifted your block of 63.135.130.226, which you stated was for blankings on Steve Kagen. As far as I could tell, the IP has never blanked the article, although there does appear to be a content dispute. That's not surprising, since there's a fairly recent incident that has gotten heavy play online. So your semi-protection of the article seems appropriate to me, but I couldn't see any justification for a block, especially since no warnings had been given. There wasn't even a three-revert rule violation, so a block, particularly of one week, seemed rather excessive under the circumstances. --Michael Snow 07:13, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I tried to put the Injun comment back on the Kagen site, but I was disallowed from doing so. However, the corrections to the White House comments were footnoted, and should have stayed. What is being posted reads like a Republican blog about Kagen, and accurate statements I had placed about the Oneida's nonreaction which were clearly stated in the article being cited were deleted. The postings are portraying Kagen is a unfavor negative light. Kagen denied making the comments, and the story was unsubstantiated. If mentions were made about his co-sponsored prescription drug plan passing Congress this week had been mentioned, the the article might have some degree of balance. See listed on Wisconsin Politics addressing the issue. http://plaistedwrites.blogspot.com/2007/01/steve-kagen-right-wing-punching-bag.html

I would like to see the page taken down until the issue is resolved as a matter of fairness and accuracy. Wikipedia is not suppose to be a defacto republican blog.

Jimdog

Why are you deleting the Jimdog. It was a funny picture I made of him, Jimbo himself dosnt mind. Please see User:Jimbo Wales/Funny pictures. Cheers. Culverin? Talk 10:55, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

He created the page and has a link to it from his user page dosnt he? Also thank you for telling me the image was up for deletion. Cheers. Culverin? Talk 11:22, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Steve Kagen

I read your comment that it isn't a "Republican" blog. In retrospect there were a couple of sentences I should have not posted, but you deleted the entire Green Bay Press-Gazette article, which had you read the article provided a more complete discussion of the issue, which is the point of an encyclopedia. It also interestingly showed the Press-Gazette's definition of civility, although that was a comment that I shouldn't have posted.

No mention of Kagen co-sponsoring the Medicare prescription drug plan passing Congress, no quote of the actual article that the White House story first appeared in, no quote of Wisconsin Politics coverage of the issue, etc.

Once again, if the link can't provide fair, balanced, and complete coverage, the link needs to come down. We need to take this to arbitration.

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Hi, i need your help

One of your admin, Doc glasgow , is threatening me and blocking my account. We have a dispute in the definition on living persion.

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Newyorkbrad's RfA

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Uncyclopedia AfD

You removed the AfD for Uncyclopedia after less than a day of discussion. Please let the discussion continue for at least a week. It is unjust to those wishing to voice their opinion. Stexe 23:31, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

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UW disambig page

Hey - I don't know if you noticed, but there is a new discussion over at University of Wisconsin (disambiguation) and I know you were fairly vocal the last time it came around. Just a heads up. Cheers, PaddyM 00:12, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Jehu Eyre

Hi. I'm a relatively new contributer to Wikipedia, and recently stumbled across an article that interested me about the Revolutionary War. I looked up more sources on the subject and posted them, along with the facts stated in those sources. The article is now tagged as a possible hoax, and I am searching for objective analysis of it from multiple users. If you could please take a look, and urge others to take a look as well, I'd be very grateful.

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AirTran

Because there is only one sentence about the proposed merger of AirTran and Midwest and in that sentence it says that Midwest has rejected the offer. I don't have a problem with the "current related template" if there is more than one sentence about the issue in the article but as it stands now, I see no need in it Sox23 23:40, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

You should add something about AirTran taking Midwest to court in the article and then add the template back in: that would make the article "current related" Sox23 21:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Midway Airport vote

Hi 1ne, thanks for voting on the talk page of Midway Airport. Would you also vote for your choice on the 2nd poll on the bottom of the discussion page. Thanks Sox23 21:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

could you...

please delete the page Ohio State Law? My brother put it up under my name to mess with me... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rahrahgoteam (talk • contribs) 16:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

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Hello,

I see that you are also active in the Spanish wikipedia. I have been assisting with the English Don Quixote project recently. I have a complaint about some vandalism there, and do not know how to handle that. Please advise.

There are two recent instances of vandalism that is also borderline obscenity/hate activity. Kindly review the recent (Jan 28-30 of 2007) diffs to see these.

RSVP

Thanks, Ricardo Hoegg. 70.16.29.245 15:30, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Political Stew

Hello. I thought you might want to know that an article for which you closed an AfD last April (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Political Stew) has been re-created. It appears as if somebody attempted to list the new incarnation for AfD, but the template links to the old discussion. The current article seems to be the same self-promotion as before.--WilliamThweatt 01:25, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Dug up from the archives...needlessly Protected redirect at Citation needed

Reinstating a redirect

Hi - You deleted and locked the redirect at "Citation needed". I and a few others would like this reinstated, please - see Talk:Citation needed for comments in favour. I hope you don't mind doing this. Thanks. --mcld 10:18, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Sorry if it is bad etiquette to ask you personally to do this. I've just found Wikipedia:Deletion_review so I've added it to that list. --mcld 10:27, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Somehow, this still hasn't been done. Whether it's bad etiquette or not to ask administrators directly, I don't understand why it ever got protected in the first place. -- Randall00 Talk 22:29, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
"That's to prevent people from linking it to Wikipedia:Citation needed."
Talk:Citation needed has an overwhelming amount of rational support for a more appropriate redirect. That's fine if you protect it to prevent people from linking to nonexistent Wikipedia policies, but the current redirect should at least point to the right article. As several users pointed out, nobody who types "citation needed" into the Search box is looking for an article on citation. -- Randall00 Talk 22:40, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Err, "that's great"?? Are you actually not going to fix that? -- Randall00 Talk 22:51, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
It is against policy to create cross namespace redirects per Wikipedia:Redirect#When_should_we_delete_a_redirect.3F:
You might want to delete a redirect if one or more of the following conditions is met (but note also the exceptions listed below this list):
5. It is a cross-space redirect out of article space, such as one pointing into the User or Wikipedia namespace. The major exceptions to this rule are the "WP:" shortcut redirects (like WP:RFD), which technically are in the main article space but in practice form their own "pseudo-namespace". All "articles" beginning with "WP:" are in fact redirects.
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FYI

If you are interested: [26] Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 01:23, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

hello

hello, i am andrei pop , the ex editor in chief for switch magazine. you write an articole about me.... sorry to inform you, but i was not the guy who run with the magazine money, because i didnt had acces to banck accounts of the magazine. please stop publish articols that are not very vell verify. the guy who run with the money is michael labbel the owner of the buisness. . i hope that you will delete that part of the articol as soon as `posibile, if not ...i see myself in the situation to send wikipedia org in the court for damage of my own image.

please tell me if tthe artuicol was writed by LUcian dunareanu from cluj napoca.

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That category

Please stop. see WP:DRV#Category:Wikipedians born in 1992 and several related TfDs. Apart from anything else, repeated deletion and undeletion is called a wheel war and could see you in front of ArbCom, which I don;t think would help anyone. Guy (Help!) 22:27, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Deletion

Could you explain why you deleted Category:Wikipedians born in 1989? Proto ► 00:47, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. "nah, some people in here are younger than 18" does not sound like any policy I've ever heard of. Blast 17,02,07 12:34 (UTC)
Not valid. WP:IAR does not allow one to delete categories or articles because of factual inaccuracies. Fix the offending userpages; don't delete a perfectly valid user category. If you honestly believe a policy is stopping your ability to improve the encyclopædia, please explain which one. Blast 18,02,07 00:44 (UTC)
It was not brought to my attention, and I am not ubiquitous. As well, you still have not elaborated on your use of WP:IAR as a reason for deletion. Blast 18,02,07 02:59 (UTC)
I see. I'll ask him what's going on, then. Blast 19,02,07 20:57 (UTC)
I think I understand now. This is because of WP:CHILD, if I'm not mistaken. However, that never reached official policy status, and the 1989 category, as of now (for users born in January and February, at least), would be exempt anyway. Blast 19,02,07 21:13 (UTC)

Invitation to comment about a category dispute

Hello, 1ne! I noticed that you were involved in restoring Category:Wikipedians born in 1993, and since there's a big war breaking out I'd like to invite you to comment here. You're not in trouble or anything, I just want this problem to be done with. —Signed, your friendly neighborhood MessedRocker. 03:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what's going on ...

... in your userspace at User:1ne/Userboxes/User_poop. I haven't mentioned anything to the user creator (about this, anyway). Regards, Mr Stephen 18:12, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh wow! Thanks very much for the barnstar, I'll nail it up tonight! Regards, Mr Stephen 23:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

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An editor has asked for a deletion review of Category:Wikipedians born in 1989. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. I don't have any strong views one way or another, but I think there needs to be some concensus as to whether this category should be kept or not. WjBscribe 10:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

There is also a discussion on AN here about your deletion of some related categories and a concern that you may be engaged in a WP:POINT violation or engaged in wheel-warring over this issue. I know that you must be sensitive to these issues as a member of one of these categories, and also that the community has not come to a clear consensus over the matter, but I hope that you can avoid doing anything that would add to the flames. Regards, Newyorkbrad 13:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Please read Special education and tell me which article is better.

I need you to help me on this article. (209.177.21.6 - Talk)

Mister Miracle

Two reversions without comment or basis. Next time assume good faith before you revert any changes to a page, even anonymous ones. Check your work, check what was changed, then ask if you don't understand what was done. --Basique 01:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Sulejman Talović

I beg to differ. It was basically just two reverts. On some topics this might be enough to justify a block, but not on a recent news story. Cool Hand Luke 22:44, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

No, protecting it was not a totally crazy move. I just mean that if this had been listed on Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, I have no doubt protection would have been declined. Cool Hand Luke 22:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Restoring blocked user's pages

Why did you restore User:Clockwork Soul? General consensus is that, unless there's a particular historic reason to keep an indefinately blocked user's page, they are deleted after a month or so. See the description on Category:Temporary_Wikipedian_userpages, etc. There's no good reason to keep these pages. They could go through prod to achieve the same thing, but that's really not necessary, especially once they've already been deleted. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 05:59, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

subpages

Hi. Could you please link your often-used userpage header template from your userpage? If there are any other often-used templates,please link them too. This way it would be easier to access them, rather than going to someone's page that contains the template, and clicking edit or view source, and then copying the template adress, then posting it onto a userpage or subpage. Thanks. AstroHurricane001(Talk+Contribs+Ubx) 22:13, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Happy Spread-the-funny and-slighty-random-love day!

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I need your help

On the DragonBall wikia, I created some templates there such as a Template:Message box and have been trying to properly create [[27]] exactly like you created a User:1ne/Title here on this Wikipedia. I could really, really use your help, man. We don't have any administrators there to help out at this stuff and a friend of mine there couldn't find anyone also. See, I just want it created obviously so I can hide the "User:" in my username there. I don't plan to edit this Wikipedia with the username I'm talking to you with now, as it was only made to conceal my IP address; I'm more desparately needed to help out there. So, if you could help, that would be great! Also, I tried creating Template:Tracking category and Template:Interwiki there also, as I thought it was the case. Perhaps it isn't and was a mistake of mine to make them (I'm still an amateur at this template stuff ;[) So, whenever possible, may you please respond to my account there only or just fix those templates and let me know? Better yet, we could sure use other templates made there, but you don't have to do all of 'em (hint: I'm the "burdock man" who created the pages) Thanks! I'm anonymous

Hello. Did you see this above message? We're desparately in need of administrators at the DragonBall Wikia. Also, those templates that were created are in dire need of being fixed. Is there anything you can do to assist us? I'm anonymous

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Re: eBaum's World

Sorry - I didn't notice you had made a productive change. I was cleaning up some latent vandalism which happened right after my last edit. It's sometimes easy glancing at a history page like that to gloss right over someone actually adding content! (ESkog)(Talk) 00:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I am not vandalizing!

The only thing I am adding it is a page explaining eBaum's logo program and some quotes! How is that vandalizing? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.122.197.46 (talk) 02:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC).

NO! I am not adding "media for dumbasses!" I am adding the part at the bottom that talks about eBaum's logo program! Whoever that is is not me. I will revert, and make sure that vandal bit is not in there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.122.197.46 (talk) 05:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC).

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AFD

Your voice is needed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of diss songs (2nd nomination). TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 00:36, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Since you have contributed to the article in the past, I assume you consider it an interesting resource. TonyTheTiger (talk/cont/bio) 00:47, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

No fair!

You copied my answer! [28] :p — Moe 03:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

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Barnstar, id add it to your page but i cant

The Working Man's Barnstar
For your title template, it is so useful, and your overall contribs to Wikipedia → p00rleno (lvl 85) ←ROCKSCRS 12:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
Here is ANOTHER working man's Barnstar, for your tireless efforts! Anyone who looks at your edits will probably give you yet another one, so be careful!

Sue Rangell 05:46, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar
PILE-ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Userbox

The userbox about firearms can have a better picture if u want I can change it —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Destructo 087 (talk • contribs) 01:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC).

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Arabella Kennedy

Please do not simply reverse the decision of an AfD, as you did in this case, without discussing what you intend to do on the article talk page.

Also, please note that your edit summary, No consensus was reached about this, is incorrect. An administrator judged that consensus had been reached. You, like other editors, are not empowered to simply conclude that this administrator misread the situation and made a mistake (that is, to decide, on your own, that consensus did not exist, when the administrator concluded that it did).

If you believe the decision by the administrator was a mistake, you should use the Wikipedia:Deletion review process to request that the administrator's decision be reversed. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 17:28, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Since you're involved in the dispute over the existence of the article, I brought it to AFD so that it can be discussed by more users. —Signed, your friendly neighborhood MessedRocker. 15:15, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

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I just discovered /Title and immediately edited my user and talk pages. I have one question, though: My idea was to make it look like a signature, including a timestamp with CURRENTTIME etc, but it gets substituted. —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 05:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

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Glad you are back!

Hi, 1ne! I am so glad that you didn't retire. Real96 04:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: "You lost your chance."

What did you expect me to do? How long do I have to leave up a merger proposal before I have "clear concensus?" In the merge discussion, I had two people leave comments stating that it was their opinion to merge the pages. Sure, they were both IP users and there were only two, but there was no one who appeared during the discussion who was against it. Your comment makes it seem as if no discussion can reach a concensus without you there to offer your opinion. That doesn't seem right... I cannot find anything in the rules that say I need any number of votes for a merger, or that an Admin has to take part in the discussion. It doesn't even list a time limit. I thought that with a month having gone by, enough time would have passed to reach a concensus. You were just late, it seems. I suppose you could propose an un-merger, or something like that, but I would vote against it. -Platypus Man | Talk 14:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course, I forgot. IPs aren't real people. They aren't allowed to have opinions on what happens on Wikipedia. That's why you have to log in and have a username to edit Wikipedia. I should have waited for a real person to show up. Oh, wait! They are real people. The reason I merged is that I felt there was a concensus, regardless of the people who provided the concensus. I didn't even have to do a discussion, I just wanted to to see if others agreed with me. It seems to me that they did. If you really think that reopening the discussion will reverse the decision, then reopen it. I feel that it will stay the same and it will just be a waste of everyone's time and effort. -Platypus Man | Talk 01:42, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
I've undone and reopened the merge. I plan on waiting about another month before taking action again, so go voice your opinion. -Platypus Man | Talk 03:56, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

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Searching

Hi, you asked about the search links MediaWiki page on IRC but left before an answer. The page is MediaWiki:Common.js, I think. --KFP (talk | contribs) 22:51, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

About MediaWiki:Common.js

Sorry for my english is poor.

I am the french editor of the http://www.wikipediaondvd.com, and also of http://www.wikipediasearch.net.

And I want to show you the difference beetwen our engine and the engine of wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=nasa&fulltext=Search http://www.wikipediasearch.net/index.php?action=nasa&lang=en

You can see the related vocabulary that is helping the internaute to find what is want like this : http://www.wikipediasearch.net/index.php?lang=en&action=nasa%20astronaut

So really, i think that it is for that we have a better search.

We improve our engine every day at the end of the week we have got a very nice version to propose.

Bye Pmartin76 01:05, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

We speak about that here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Common.js#Better_search_engine Pmartin76 05:43, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Today's featured article

You said 'please don't show an image of a dog' after I removed it. Just pointing that out :) 1ne 07:48, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the edit conflict! :-) My line was intended for whoever posted the pic of a real dog without consideration of the subject matter. I'm on your side, 1ne. --PFHLai 07:54, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:

LOL. That was my mistake. I saw the edit description as wtf so I thought it was vandalism. Then, when the page appeared wrong, I reverted it because it wasn't a vandalism edit. My mistake. Wǐkǐɧérṃǐť(Talk) (Contributions) 21:46, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

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Regarding Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/U-Fig

Hi, I noticed you just closed the AfD Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/U-Fig, and I have one comment: I also nominated five other articles, Soldier Side (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)She's like Heroin (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)Holy Mountains (song) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)Tentative (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)Stealing Society (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs), but I guess you did not see them; it's probably my fault, because I was probably supposed to put them at the top of the page, but this was my first time nominating multiple articles, so I do apologize :) Thank you for your time!SuperDT 01:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

It looks like you've made a new box in this user's userpage. Could you make the notice more consistent; it is a ban, not just a block...

" This former administrator has been desysopped and banned from editing Wikipedia. "

↔ tz (talk · contribs · autographs) 17:50:54, Sunday, April 22, 2007 (UTC)

re: 'It looks like you've made a new box...'

No, I didn't. It came from User:Robdurbar's userpage. 1netwothree... 22:35, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

The following template has been created for this box: {{sysopindef}}. ↔ tz (talk · contribs · autographs) 22:44:05, Sunday, April 22, 2007 (UTC)

Yeltsin pic

First of all, that's a different URL. Secondly, do you seriously mean to tell me that Adam Carr, whoever that is, holds the copyright to that image?? -- Y not? 23:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Precisely how is "why not" an answer to my question? -- Y not? 23:06, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
I don't **know**. But I have a very strong suspicion that this is a TV frame grab from one of the the old Soviet TV network. Considering how CNN did not cover the meetings of the politburo in 1990 or so. Nor did Adam Carr. So I am asking you if you seriously in good faith believe that he holds the copyright to the image. Because if you do, God save us all, and God save the foundation. I have advocated for a while - mostly quietly - that people younger that 19 or so should not as a general proposition be made administrators, because people this young tend to lack critical judgment. Opponents of this view usually cite you as their shining star. They're wrong. -- Y not? 23:15, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
You did not "already apologize". You retreated. That's not an apology. In any event, I never called on you to apologize - you did nothing wrong. I have no interest in "fighting" with you. I have nothing to gain from a fight. Good evening. -- Y not? 23:21, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Don't be silly. Judgement doesn't come magically at an age. You do know we had a 16 year old arbitrator last year who did very well, yes? And a 15 year old bureaucrat who continues to do fine.
A Wikipedia admin is about the same level of job as message board moderator. The essential job requirement is to have a clue. There are many teenagers you wouldn't let near the job, but many who do fine - David Gerard 23:27, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

E-mail

Since you don't have e-mail enabled, I wonder whether you might write me, at your leisure, at jahiegel [at] sbcglobal.net; I've a question or two for you. Thanks, Joe 05:17, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

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Viewing... Deleted Articles

Hi 1ne. Now, a user, Coin945, had 2 articles which he created, Minigames (Club Penguin) and Club Penguin Locations, but those articles wre deleted due to their unnotability. Now, since you are an administrator, could you please view those deleted pages with your administrative powers, copy the content, and post those drafts at Coin945´s talk page so that he can have them on his userspace? I think he would really be gratefull if you were to do so...

♠TomasBat (@)(Contribs)(Sign!) 23:01, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

PS: Here is where Coin posted the comment.