User talk:Raven4x4x/2006 Archive 1

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This is Raven4x4x's talk page archive from the first half of 2006.

For messages from 2005, check the 2005 archive.

[edit] thanks

Raven - Thanks for maintaining the FP alerts. Cheers and Happy New Year! Debivort 08:52, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FP

Thanks. Warmest regards --Neutrality^talk 07:04, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neutral RfA votes

I am simply undecided over whether to support or oppose, but I will change them later. --King of All the Franks 12:03, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Sure thing! I know it can be frustrating when people obstruct for no good reason. --King of All the Franks 13:33, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured picture question

Raven4x4x, I recently noticed while perusing The Wikipedia Signpost that the image of a poppy (Image:Remebrance poppy ww2 section of Aust war memorial.jpg) had been promoted, but I remembered that it had some opposition (including mine). When I checked out the nomination page, I discovered that it had six support votes (including the nominator), three oppose votes (including mine), and one neutral vote. I thought that such an image would not be promoted, given that past nominations with about the same about of support and opposition have failed. See Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Flemish harpsichord from two months ago as an example; it had six support votes (including the nominator, myself), two oppose votes (one less than the poppy nomination), and one neutral vote. Would you mind explaining your logic in promoting the poppy picture? Thanks a lot for your time and effort! Flcelloguy (A note?) 22:05, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply! However, could I ask you in the future not to assume such things? I'm not complaining about this specific case, but assuming that our objections had been fulfilled shouldn't make votes any less valid. (What if voters had just said "oppose" without comments? Does that make their votes any less valid than ours?) What if I still felt that the article didn't illustrate the article, or had other objections but didn't bother to raise them? (Again, not pointing to this specific image but in general.) Unless a voter explictly states that s/he will only vote oppose or support once a condition has been met, then the vote shouldn't be assumed any less important than other votes; you could also ask the voters to take another look at the FPC. In such cases where a few votes could make a difference, I don't feel it is wise to assume that the good-faith voters would withdraw their oppose votes (reiterating - not commenting on this specific pic, but on the whole). Please reconsider this in the future. Thanks a lot for your understanding! Flcelloguy (A note?) 22:22, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

(By the way, I just re-read my comments above; please understand that I'm not criticizing you in any way - you're doing a great job!)

Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 00:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Busy Street - you put not promoted on this page at 03.34 but it was uploaded at 13:03. That isn't 14 days! its 13.5! --Hamedog^Talk|@ 08:37, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Will you comment on a potential FPC?

Hello Raven4x4x - This is Debivort, the FPC contributor who made the annotated San Juan Panorama, about which I valued your comments. I was wondering if you had time to comment on another potential FPC that I am making. You can find it here. Thanks if you have time! - Debivort 09:44, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments. Debivort 09:57, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Drug Chart FPC promotion

Hello Raven4x4x - I have nothing against illustrations as FPCs (as you well know), and I think that this image conveys much information in a clear and encyclopedic way. However, I am a bit worried about the Original Research question. I don't get the feeling that issue was satisfactorily resolved for a community consensus. As for being bold - I wouldn't say promotion is the only way to be bold - just make the call the way you gut tells you and I for one will support the decision. Debivort 09:31, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to interrupt. I would just like to point out that user Semiconscious (a neuroscience graduate student) contacted a professor of pharmaceutical chemistry University of Southern California about the chart who agreed (with Semiconscious) that the chart looked good. References for the chart were added to the article, and all the OR complaints about the chart originated from an anonymous user who proceeded to repeatedly remove the chart from the article. --Thoric 17:19, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

My concern is also OR, but otherwise I think the chart presents quite well. However, if the chart has been vetted per Thoric's comment, I am prepared to see this image promoted. Denni ☯ 12:45, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm replying here since it was the most fitting section.

Yes, I was opposed partly because of that, partly because I did not feel it was a really nice image. However, I'd want you to read my comment on User_talk:Thoric as it sums tings up pretty much. I Probably was wrong in voting, since I'm no person to judge it. The chart adds significantly, I agree, but I'm worried about POV and OR. So count me in as neutral, if as anything at all.vidarlo 14:57, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

My personal opinion is still oppose (and I'll clarify that on the nomination page). Regarding the nomination, here are the two choices: either fail it now (there are nearly as many oppose as supports, and not all opposes are to the version without links), or extend it for one or two more days. If you choose the latter, I would recommend contacting everyone who has voted or made a comment on the page and then just informing them that the debate has been extended for 24 or 48 hours, and that they may wish to check out the page again (I would abstain from any mention of the problems, as that may bias the notice.) If the vote outcome still stays approximately the same, the image should not be promoted - there's a considerable amount of opposition (10/9). Alternatively, as I said above, you could just close it as a not promoted because of the significant amount of opposition - a large influx of "support" votes would be required to make this image pass. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 16:08, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clyde Dam

The center of the Clyde Dam picture is dominated by the gray starkness of the dam, which is surrounded by the reddish hills. It is a reasonably impressive physical structure (in size and power at the very least) and the entire picture, including the brush and the hills, seems almost forbidding and "anti-nature," (by which I mean, it is the polar opposite of, say, a sunset or a flower). The entire picture - except for the water at the bottom left... a stunning blue green. The color of the water is jarring but at the same time soothing and refreshing. And then, to top it off, the water color is reflected in the blue-ish hue of the pipes in the middle of the dam - it's like a girl's blue dress brings out the color of her eyes, if you forgive the analogy.

Most of all, what is striking is the color. Color is, after all, the basic visual component of any image, the first thing the eye sees. It's what makes the Clyde Dam picture beautiful; the lack of any interesting color makes the castle picture so bland. Green trees, gray stone, green grass, blue sky - nothing unorthodox, nothing daring. I look at the other [1] on the same page, and it appears that the castle depicted is in reality very impressive - it looks like the last outcrop of humanity in a place overrun by nature. But the nominated picture does not show this aspect of the castle - in fact, it hides it, making the castle seem like yet another building on yet another low grade slope, with flat plains surrounding it. It may be technicallly perfect, but artistically it has little going for it.

Anyways, that's why I thought the Clyde Dam picture was impressive and the castle picture not at all. Feel free to disagree. :) Zafiroblue05 23:43, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: 'Your signature'

<copied from my (talk) page> for your convienience

Are you aware that the code for your signature is over eight lines long?

Yep.

I don't mind myself, but there are a lot of people around who would be annoyed at such a long sig.

Such a reaction would utterly mystify me. Annoyed by HTML code? Odd, that.

You might consider shortening the code before people start yelling at you. Raven4x4x 01:09, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I could, but since there is no rule against it, and I like it, I will keep it. There are plenty of other examples, too- pull up this page here and click the 'edit' button at the top. A large portion of the support votes show sigs as complicated or more so than my own. Not really saying I want to be a sheep and follow the herd, but I *did* get the idea from seeing a lot of other folk with complex signatures. If nothing else, it makes it easier to skim a talk page and find the comments of those who use HTML-coded signatures.

Why would anyone care, anyway?

→ P.MacUidhir (t) (c) 01:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A quick thanks

Niall Jackson:I'd just like to thank you for reverting my profile earlier today :) I appreciate it.

[edit] Image:AnnapolisGraduation.jpg and featured picture status notifcation

Hey Raven; when you closed out the discussion on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Annapolis graduation, you notified the person who nominated the image that it had attained featured picture status, but you didn't notify the person who uploaded it in the first place; me. I found out quite by accident, because I happened to look at Wikipedia Signpost this week (which I don't regularly read). I'm not complaining here; this is not vanity. Just suggesting that in the future, in addition to the person who nominated the image, the person who uploaded the image should be notified as well. I don't know if this is normal protocol or not for featured pictures, as I don't contribute in that area of Wikipedia. If it's not normal protocol, I'd like to suggest that it be made part of the normal protocol. It helps to encourage people to upload great images to Wikipedia. All the best, --Durin 15:11, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re User_talk:203.213.7.130

Please, don't bother complaining about vandalism by this IP address, I do suggest you read the notice at the top of User_talk:203.213.7.130

~Anonymous

[edit] Re:Toucan

Thanks so much.. drumguy⁸⁸⁰⁰ - speak? 16:54, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Toucan

Hello Raven4x4x, I was wondering about the Toucan picture. The original was replaced in the article by you while the voting was going on. This is a bit peculiar in my opinion, since it influences the vote considerably. As you might have read in my comments, I'm not too happy about the edit (saturation is one thing photoshopping parts of the bird away another) and think that move might be a bit rushed. Just wanted to let you know. Cheers, Dschwen 20:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Ok, Wikistress increasing ;-), misread your comment. It was indeed not you who put it there, and I was barking up the wrong tree. Anyway I'm getting much too worked up about the whole photomanipulation thing. Original pic is fine though. --Dschwen 00:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Schlossvaduz.jpg

Thanks a lot! I'm very proud, although I'm not the photographer! --Mschlindwein 18:56, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Golbez not on ArbCom

You are correct in that Golbez is not currently on ArbCom. However, should people resign from ArbCom (and based on history we can expect that), the intention is that Jimbo will select replacements from the pool of candidates who received more than 50% support. Given that the lowest % support of an appointed ArbCom member (Jayjg) was 69% and Golbez's was 65%, it's reasonable to conclude that Golbez will be on ArbCom sometime in the near term future. That's what Xoloz was getting at. --Durin 14:34, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

• Please and displeased. I think it will take some time to see if this ArbCom is any better than the last. However, I am doubting now that ArbCom can handle the problems that plague us at this time. The prior body had on multiple occasions stated their lack of intention to work on punitive matters. While this is probably a correct stance for an arbitrating body, it leaves a significant gap in structure when we are working with thousands of people, some of whom refuse arbitration as a means to an end. That said, I do hope and feel that the new ArbCom is less likely to encourage elitism and non-equal treatment of editors. This disparity in how people were treated was a serious failing of the prior committee. Sadly, the wheel warring rfar has been removed now, after just five voices rejected it. Sigh. --Durin 13:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for voting!

Hello there! I wanted to thank you for taking the time to vote on my arbitration commitee nomination. Although it was not successful, I appreciate the time you spent to read my statement and questions and for then voting, either positively or negativly. Again, thank you! Páll ^{(Die pienk olifant)} 22:12, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] revert

Hi, this is about the image: Image:Mrppmaoismo.jpg for which you did a revert. I am not sure if this is official policy, but I recommend you check everty time you revert something that you revert all malicious edits. In this case, you reverted to a vandalized version. Jens Nielsen 09:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: You're right, my mistake. Keep up the good work :-) Jens Nielsen

[edit] Thanks

Hello Raven. Thanks for reverting vandalism on my user page. Gimboid13 09:40, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks²

In retrospect, I'd have to agree with your "leave it alone" comments. In particular, my dissection of the results of the edit counter looks like, to nick someone's phrase "go[ing] for the jugular". Doc's comment about "having the last word" resonated uncomfortably with me as well. Thanks you for your reply, and taking the time to provide me with contructive feedback.
brenneman^(t)(c) 01:13, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thanks for the user page revert! — Rebelguys2 ^talk 09:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Roman nomina

Thanks for leaving your note on my discussionpage. The change I made in List of Roman nomina was a change of name of the Dutch page which I change there from Lijst van Romeinse nomina (List of Roman nomina) to Lijst van nomina gentilia (List of nomina gentilia; because that's what it is and nomina gentilia are in se always Roman). May you could change it back, so you don't have to be redirected when you follow the interwiki-link toe Wikipedia Nl? 84.192.4.16 11:50, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured Pix

Thank you. Two for two, I think I may quit while I'm ahead. :) Palm_Dogg 05:36, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you Hello Raven4x4x, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 63/4/3. I am honoured by the community support and pledge to serve the project as best as I can. CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 17:10, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you =

Thanks for letting me know that a picture I took becomes a Featured Picture. It really encourages me to take more pictures and upload more!--Wingchi 04:24, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 172.168.232.130

The "anon bot" was, in fact, user:catapult performing edits whilst signed out. I assume that the non-temporary loss of cookie was due to database errors. catapult links to my username in the summaries of all edits that it performs, just in case things like that happen. See also the further discussion at WP:AN. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:01, Feb. 13, 2006

The link is in the elipsis, like this: ..., lol. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 00:10, Feb. 14, 2006

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for taking the time to vote in my RfA, which passed with a final vote of 54/2/1 despite my obvious inadequacy for the job. I'll do my level best to use the mop and bucket — or, as I said in my RfA, plunger — responsibly. Of course, in the best tradition of politicans everywhere, I've already broken a campaign promise (I blocked a vandal last night despite having said "I don't anticipate using the blocking tool very often"). Nevertheless, I'll try not to let the unbridled power corrupt me. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:38, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Hello Raven4x4x, thank you for you support in my RfA. I was promoted with a final count of 48/1/0! If you see me making any mistakes, let me know ASAP. -- WB 02:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks!

Thank you! Hello Raven4x4x/2006 Archive 1, 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

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you very much for your support during my recent Admin election, I appreciate the trust that you have put in me. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding my work as an admin.

Kind Regards, Elf-friend 08:26, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sysop tools

Hi Raven,

Am I right in thinking that you are not currently an admin? If so, would you like me to nominate you on WP:RFA? Of course, I'm aware of the good work you've been doing on promoting featured pictures, but you also seem to have been doing a fair number of other admin style chores around the place for which sysop tools might be a help. Keep up the good work. -- Solipsist 09:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow, thanks! This is completely unexpected. I'm leaning towards accepting, but I'll get back to you. I'll tell you my decision in the morning.

Thanks again. Raven4x4x 10:01, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

I haven't been following RFAs that closely recently, so one thing to check would be current attitudes towards an editor's editcount. Some might consider just over 3000 edits [2] to be on the low side. -- Solipsist 10:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

OK, I've started the ball rolling at Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Raven4x4x. The next step is for you to complete the nominee questions, then add it to the main RFA page. The general instructions can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/nominate. Good luck. -- Solipsist 09:21, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi Raven4x4x/2006 Archive 1. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on my recent RfA. It ended with a final tally of (73/2/2) and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to forward them to my talkpage. Once again, thanks for your support. SoothingR 20:41, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for your vote My request for adminship passed with a final result of 78/2/0. Hopefully I will live up to everyone's expectations. Please ask if I can ever help out with anything in the future. Martyman - 09:20, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nit-picking

Hi, as voters on RfA typically nit-pick, you may want to re-consider your answer to q.1 about the "deleting nonsense articles" bit. Either specify that you would speedy delete "patent nonsense" or delete "nonsense" as per afd or WP:PROD. That clarification would help in avoiding potential objections, if any. --Gurubrahma 07:02, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support of my request for adminship. I'm delighted that the RfA ultimately succeeded with a final consensus of 52/1/0, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any comments regarding my editing, or I can help you at any point in the future, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Again, thank you!

[edit] Featured pic

:-)

I had the nomination on my watchlist, and saw it come up as soon as you made the promotion....

;-) Essjay ^{Talk • Contact} 11:25, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Slinky

Could you please tell me how you counted the votes resulting in non promoting the slinky-picture? According to my own counting there were 10 supporting votes (not counting my own one) and 10 opposing ones. According to the rules, as I know them, this should lead to a promotion of the picture - admittedly a very narrow one, but nevertheless. Roger McLassus 17:00, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for supporting me in my successful RFA. The admin tools will definitely be useful for dealing with vandalism more swiftly. Please drop a note on my talk page, should you have questions about any of my actions. --Aude (talk | contribs) 02:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Perth

I see you live in Perth. I live their too. I guess we have something in common. btw, i don't know how this is relevant. --Hamedog^Talk|@ 14:27, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured pic

Thanks for your congratualations. I am so glad that everyone liked my picture so well. This has motivated me to upload more high-quality pics. Thanks again. -- Psy guy ^Talk 23:42, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message... Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)^(Talk) 02:37, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PoTD

You'll notice that most of my featured pictures are of things like skies, insects, flowers, etc. When winter came, all of the available subjects simply disappeared! I've taken lots of good pictures this winter, like this one here: (Canoes), but they aren't exactly the kind of pictures I'd post on Wikipedia.

Perhaps when spring comes along, I can begin submitting again! :)

[edit] Thanks!

I just wanted to say thank you for voting for my RFA, of course if you ever need a hand, let me know :) - cohesion★talk 23:09, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia 04:09, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your new mop! Sango123 (e) 04:18, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Some people thank (or acknowledge) the promoting bureaucrat though I understand those who don't. Thanking a bureaucrat seems kind of like thanking the draft board for conscripting you. :) But thanks for the thanks. It always makes me happy when I can push the button to promote someone! -- Cecropia 07:55, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations Raven4x4x --Ugur Basak 08:41, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations and you are welcome.--Dakota ~ ° 09:22, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Well done. enochlau (talk) 09:25, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!! Mushroom (Talk) 10:58, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratualtions and all the best. --Bhadani 12:51, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! You deserve this and I wish you all the best for the future. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 14:05, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome, and congratulations. Jayjg ^(talk) 18:17, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your user page

No problem. I keep missing the people who revert mine. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 17:47, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vote in my semi FPC

Hi Raven!
I'd like to ask you to be part of a small group I use to give a preliminary scan of a series of FPC's before I put them up on the actual page. It used to be that I'd but up like 6 or 7 images up (all very similar and of the same subject) onto the nomination so that people could choose their favourite one, but that got pretty messy as often there was no clear favourite. Anyway Solipsist made the excellent suggestion of setting up a sub page to give a preliminary once over to pick the best out of a series.
I hope you'll be able to have a look at these! --Fir0002 www 08:14, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

[edit] My RfA

Hi! Thanks for your support in my request for adminship (did you know that "adminiship" is not an English word? Unbelievable!). It ended with a tally of (51/0/0). As an administrator, I hope to better help this project and its participants: if you have any question or request, please let me know. - Liberatore(T) 12:35, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] E-mail Thanks

Thanks for getting in touch. Yeah, the block is over now, so i can get back to my editing ;p Once again, thanks for your help.

The Halo (talk) 14:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 195.194.119.220

just letting you know it is not just one person being in idiot vandal, this is highbury college. we are sorry if some peeps are being dumb. we use this website frequently for help. just letting you know, Sorry. :( L.Z.C

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for your kind words on my talk page. Nach0king 09:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you! Hi Raven4x4x/2006 Archive 1, thank you for your support in my Rfa! It passed with a final tally of 86/0/0. If you need help or just want to talk let me know! Again, thank you! – Dakota ~ ° 22:10, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support during my RfA! It has decided to postpone making me an administrator based upon recent consensus (or lack thereof). Thanks for the kind remarks and I hope to continue to see you arount the project. Cheers, ZsinjTalk 08:33, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Grand Central Concourse and duplicates

Hey Raven, thats a very good point you make. I suppose we don't yet have any procedure on what to do in that situation. I'm happy for the original to be overwritten with janke's edit and the two temporary files removed from Commons. While we're on the topic of that, I asked about it in the FPC talk page and didn't get a clear response (here). Do orphaned images on Commons ever get periodically cleaned up? I've noticed that you can't often tell by visiting the image on the commons page whether it DOES actually belong to an article, because you need to visit, for example, the En.wiki page for the image to see the articles it belongs to. I'll overwrite the original with Janke's if you can remove the others. I'll also change the links on the articles, you've probably got enough on your plate already. :) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 12:51, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your support of my RfA

Thank you for your support of my successful request for adminship (and kind words). I am honoured that the nomination was supported unanimously and that the community expressed confidence that I would use the tools wisely. If you have any concerns please let me know on my talk page. Regards A Y Arktos 02:17, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

Thank you! Thank you for your support in my recent RFA. It passed 53/1/2 and I am now an administrator. I appreciate that some of you made exceptions to your usual requirements re length of service and so on because we've interracted positively in the past, or because of my credentials, so I will endeavour to use my new mop cautiously. I'm always open to feedback and gently constructive criticism. If you're not an admin and need some assistance do of course please let me know. Thanks again --kingboyk 00:23, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S. If you are interested in The Beatles, User:Lar has asked me to tag on a little note advertising the creation of a new Beatles WikiProject that we are currently setting up. Please sign up and help.

[edit] RfA/Christopherlin

Thanks for voting on my recent RfA. It closed (22/11/8) without consensus. I do understand your concerns (which are shared by most of the neutral/oppose votes) and hope that next time I'm up (after some more experience in "the process") I'll have your support. --Christopherlin 17:54, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support in my RfA

Just wanted to drop a quick note — nothing fancy! — to say thanks for your vote of confidence in my recent request for adminship. As you might have noticed it was unsuccessful; most objections related to my lack of experience. While I disagree that nearly 4000 edits, whether spread over two months or ten, constitutes a lack of experience, I respect the vote and will try again at a later date. I'm disappointed that I won't be able to help out in the meantime as much as I could with admin access, but again I appreciate your support and hope I'll have it the next time I am nominated. ⇒ BRossow ^T/_C 18:51, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re : Nomination for adminship for (aeropagitica)

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to vote for me in my recent request for adminship It ended successfully with a final score of (40/10/5). I value all of the contributions made during the process and I will take a special note of the constructive criticism regarding interacting with users in the user talk space. If you have questions or requests, please leave a message.  (aeropagitica)  17:18, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thanks for your support in my RFA. The final vote count was (66/2/3), so I am now an administrator. Please let me know if at any stage you need help, or if you have comments on how I am doing as an admin. Have a nice day! Stifle 17:02, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

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 04:29, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

I'm leaving this macrophage, a particularly hungry white blood cell on your talk page, I just finished a rewrite of its article and realized they're not so different from administrators, as they keep their surroundings clean, doing away with anything that's not supposed to be there...
Anyway, with that short lecture on cell biology done with, I'd like to thank you for your vote on my RfA, which passed with (49/2/0), I'll do my best to not let you down, and if you see me heading towards a common newbie mistake, please nudge me in the right direction :)

--Obli (Talk)^? 20:41, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] JDoorjam's RfA

Thank you! Hey Raven4x4x/2006 Archive 1, thank you for your support in my RfA: it passed with a final tally of 55/1/2. If you want a hand with anything, please gimme a shout. Again, thanks! – JDoorjam Talk 22:08, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hey Raven4x4x/2006 Archive 1, how is it going? Thank you for supporting my Request for adminship! It passed with a final vote of 73/1/1, which means that I have been granted adminship! I look forward to using these tools to enhance and maintain this wonderful site. I will continue regular article/project contributions, but I will also allocate a sizable portion of my wikischedule toward administrative duties :) Thanks again, and if you have any questions/comments/tips, please let me know! — Deckiller 04:51, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi Alex. My goodness, you get a lot of these! I thought long and hard about bucking the trend, but decided in the end to make this vulture-themed message. Admins are sort of like vultures, cleaning things up and whatnot... well, as long as you don't think too much about it. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for taking the time to consider my RfA, which passed this morning. If there's ever anything I can help you with, just ask; you know where to find me. ×Meegs 06:50, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Thanks to You

My thanks to you good sir for catching the vandalism on my user page as well as that pesky Galway vandal. Tachyon01 07:23, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for supporting my RFA. I really appreciated the show of support and all the kind words from so many great Wikipedians. I hope I live up to them! -- Vary | Talk 17:41, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thanks for participating in my RfA. It passed with a final tally of 98/13/10, just two short of making WP:100. If you need my help with anything, don't hesitate to ask.

Naconkantari e|t||c|m 23:25, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 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. Anywho, if you have any suggestions as to how I could improve so as to hopefully succeed next time, please let me know! Thanks! —akghetto ^talk 07:49, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FPC Snail

Yes, please delete it. I've ust IfD'd tonnes of my old FPC edits that are currently orphaned. —Vanderdecken∴∫ξφ 09:22, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

• And that slug too! Thanks for asking (and for doing the housekeeping like this!), but yes get rid of the cropped slug :-) ~ Veledan • Talk 10:28, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleting FPC images

Yes, please, feel free to delete any and all of the images I've marked as "temporary for FPC" (except current ones, and promoted ones, of course). You can find them all among my image contributions here. Thanks for your work in managing FPC - would gladly give you a working man's barnstar, but I noticed you've got a couple already... ;-) Greetings, --Janke | Talk 14:03, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Sure, go ahead and delete them, I was considering deleting them myself, but hesitated because they're images and the deletion is irreversible, and all that. --Obli (Talk)^? 14:10, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Carrot FPC

Go ahead and delete it.. thanks drumguy⁸⁸⁰⁰ - speak? 19:01, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Grapevine_Snail.gif

From User_talk:Alvinrune#Your snail FPC edit.

I guess you can delete it. It was .GIF because it was a transparent image. I could have also made it an .PNG. But, the other image types (like .JPG, .JPEG) can't be transparent. You can delete it if you want. Thank you for notifying me. Alvinrune ^TALK 21:14, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for commenting on my RFA. I appreciated the comments and will endeavor to improve with my new sysop status. If there's ever anything I can do to help, please don't hesitate to contact me. --Myles Long 15:11, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Successful RfA

[edit] Moved from user page

To RAVEN4x4x,

You want to remove my quotes and writings and then write me saying I am writing vandalism for adding some information that was not included about the facts about the Murderous state actions under Mao. IT IS YOU WHO IS THE VANDAL and who is deserving of the most extreme and severe punishment for removing my post and writing that propaganda to me.

Since this site has no messaging system, I am posting this rebuke of your evil actions and comments here publically for everyone to see who you really are and that you should be punished and removed from wikipedia for silencing my voice from publishing facts of history concerning Mao and his state. —This unsigned comment was added by 70.24.133.66 (talk • contribs) 11:35, 18 March 2006.

Note that this is the edit he is referring to. Raven4x4x 00:55, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thanks Raven4x4x/2006 Archive 1

Thanks for your recent support on my RfA which passed 91/0/0. If you ever need anything, feel free to leave me a message! Gflores ^Talk 06:57, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User images deleted

Hi, Raven - I'm sending this to you because we have collaborated on FPC... maybe you can give me some info, since I can't find any history of what happened... (I put this on WP:ANB, too): Who is the admin who deletes userpage images without informing the user? That is rude, to say the least. Please check my userpage, two images have been deleted without any notification. (They were tagged as userpage images, and thus acceptable without any other licensing, AFAIK) Thanks, --Janke | Talk 10:46, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, another admin replied. Greetings, --Janke | Talk 11:32, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Some help please

I noticed that you have made the career performance graphs of many players like Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly etc. Thank you for providing this valuable statistic, which has become an integral part of these articles. Can you help us by making graphs for the following players:

• Yuvraj Singh
• Mahendra Singh Dhoni
• Irfan Pathan
• Kapil Dev
• Ravi Shastri
• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
• Vijay Hazare
• Vinoo Mankad
• Kris Srikkanth

Your help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 06:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] 210.80.185.196

I noticed and reverted some vandalism by 210.80.185.196, and further noticed that you have warned this user before. Since I'm not an admin, I quickly clicked the link to your user page, and am now hoping that you can block this persistent vandal. Thanks, Nihiltres 02:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S: 210.80.185.196 for reference if you need it. :)

[edit] Design Comp

Hi Raven!
I would like to have a lend on you artistic senses. Could you please have a look at and leave comments on this page? The matter is of some urgency as I have to email my entry by tommorrow night. Thanks! --Fir0002 www 11:12, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dragonfly on Fir0002 FPC's

Hi Raven!
I've got a quite a large batch to choose from this time... --Fir0002 www 11:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Hi Raven4x4x. I just wanted to say thanks for the barnstar. Happy editing! --PS2pcGAMER (talk) 11:18, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

And thanks from me as well! It's much appreciated and made me smile :-) ~ Veledan • Talk 15:04, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Graph for Indian cricket team

Hey Raven, Indian cricket team is close to becoming a FA and in the peer review, Nichalp suggested a graph of India's performances should be included. If you have the time, would you be able to create a few graphs? A way to go about it may be making a line graph on win% throughout India's test and ODI history. Cheers Gizza^{Chat ©} 09:42, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questioned promotion

Hi Raven. Just to let you know, there's a minor fracas going on at Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates#Animated_horse over a promotion you made in January. I thought I'd let you know in case you feel inspired to comment, although it looks like the promotion will be ratified in any case! ~ Veledan • Talk 10:39, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Yellowcard

Hi, there! I saw that you've contributed to the Yellowcard page. I've been working hard all weekend to get it into an encyclopedia-worthy article, and I think we're almost there!

There's a short list of things that still need some work at the bottom of the talk page. If you could take a look at it, maybe add more things to do, or clean up whatever you see needs work, I would sure appreciate it.

Thanks for your help. Have an awesome day! Cathryn 10:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Naval Submarine FPC edit

Yeah, thanks. Please do delete it. And in future, don't bother asking - any edit of mine that doesn't make it through just delete anyway. They have no special value for me, other than that of archival value on the FPC page. —Vanderdecken∴∫ξφ 18:25, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

You may delete it. Anonymous_anonymous_Have a Nice Day 19:18, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Share the procedure of making graphs

Can you please share the procedure to make graphs or the templates so I might share the load of yours by helping making more of them for cricket players. Although I can make them too but needed the template to give it a more consistant look. Thanks and have a nice day :) --Luqi 21:59, 15 June 2006 (UTC)