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Introduction

In case you couldn't tell from the title, this is my user talk page. Say something here if you want to get my attention. Redphoenix526 (talk) 04:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hey man. I can tell from your userpage that we share some interests. Maybe you should check mine out, see if there are any userboxes you'd like to add to your collection, and aquaint yourself with your mutual ally on restoring the Crush 40 article. (Man, you're an awesome Wikipedian! We have a lot in common, you know how to edit an article unlike some bozos I've seen, and you're in it to SAVE articles, not complain about them. Sweet. You should so make contributions to the OTHER Sonic articles!) See:User:Radman622

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If it is a talk page with no article can put {{db-talk}} on the page Alexfusco5 00:49, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:SEGA

I'm working on condecing the many articles of WP:SEGA into a few solid pages, I am afriad that Gaogier was partly blocked because of his actions towards myself, I'm not sure what happened, but I had asked for admin to step in on a matter between us, and unfortunatly he's been blocked, which really wasn't what I though would happen as I really don't want anything to effect the work on the Sega Project (and it was Gaogier who started it), I believe the sega project is a very good idea, and can help improve all articles with relation to Sega!
I think you are personally the Sega Projects one man Assessment Department, I'm hoping that as we grow they'll be a lot of help with assessments, but I'm amazed at the speed you have been running it at on your own!
The style that I'm using at them moment is just a place holder, I feel bad for undoing all of Gaogier's work, but as I've said, it was really confusing and templates made of templates were just making it harder to fix.
I was going to leave the old style in place while I worked on a new header, but the way the old one was set up was making it hard to figure out what was needed and what went where.
I am working on a new header, but I'm also trying to sort out any little problem on the rest of the articles pages, I will show you the first draft of the header and any imput will be greatly recived, but again I'm just thinking of something in style with the Sega logo (clean, blue and white), is there any feature/articles that you think really need to be a part of the header?  Doktor  Wilhelm  18:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

New layout for the main page, I stole it from Wikipedia:WikiProject Square Enix. I'll work on the colours, but it looks nice (for now?).  Doktor  Wilhelm  20:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


Thank you

Thank you for the award!  Doktor  Wilhelm  05:10, 14 February 2008 (UTC)


Hey

Just wanted 2 let u know, I play Runescape 2. My username on that is identical to mine on this, Radman622. Just saying tho, if ur like a lvl 75, then u'll spend a bit of time laughing and saying "The Wikipedian I know is a lvl 36 noob!" k? User:Radman622 17:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Virtua Fighter assessment

TY mate for the assessment. Least I know I'm going somewhere. Problem with the characters portion is that I listed only the differences from the video games and the anime. Though if you would insist that the characters page should be reduced or changed, feel free to do so. Ominae (talk) 01:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: WP:Microsoft

Might as well be deleted, It never really took off, and it can always be recreated should a need arise. A. S. Castanza 20:36, 12 March 2008 (UTC)


Breath of Fire assessment

Thanks for your quick response to my assessment request (maybe too quick...I think I put my request at the top of the waiting list by mistake :/ ). I took most of your suggestions and edited out about 1/5 of the article.

I have a question, though. Final Fantasy VI has a "References to pop culture" section that notes a Star Wars reference in the game. Breath of Fire has a cameo of Chun-Li practicing her lightning kick, a portrait of Arthur from Ghouls 'n Ghosts, and a George Romero reference. Do you think these is worth including since it references other games by Capcom, or if it will just lower the rating? Johnnyfog 22:39, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I think you could pull it off and improve the article's quality with it, but only if you cite it with some reliable sources. Also, if you can find more sources for areas where you've just got a bunch of text without sources (i.e. the middle of paragraphs or paragraphs with no citations), that would improve the article's quality. You can even recite your sources even more times to do it. I think with a little more work, you've got an article which could pass the GA nomination. The sourcing is your biggest issue since you've fixed the other issues. Redphoenix526 (Talk) 22:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

RE: Project Sega

Cheers, I added my name to the list of members. Bridies (talk) 03:54, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm glad you've decided to join our little project. Redphoenix526 (Talk) 04:06, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Sega Mega Drive GAR

Hi Redphoenix. Just to let you know that I've closed the GAR on Sega so you can renominate it at for GA at anytime. Great work on the article! Best, PeterSymonds | talk 21:33, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy First Day of Spring!

Happy First Day of Spring!

Super Smash Bros. Brawl GA Re-assessment

"Brawl sold over 1.4 million units in Japan and North America" was revised some time ago, so that's one problem fixed. Also, that image of the main menu had its fair-use rationale cleared by a vandal[1], probably around the time you checked it. Its fixed now. Thanks, --haha169 (talk) 01:57, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I'll take another look. Red Phoenix (Talk) 02:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello!

It's about your ursup request! You forgot to go to User_talk:Red Phoenix to enter this exact code: {{subst:usurpation requested}} ~~~~. Once it's done, the clerk will check it and confirm. --Cream (talk) 02:50, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I almost forgot. Red Phoenix (Talk) 02:52, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion

Regarding the page Triforce (arcade system board), which you tagged for speedy deletion on the basis of it is a talk page of a page that does not exist, I wanted you to know that I have removed the speedy deletion tag. This page does not qualify for speedy deletion because this is not the case. If you still want the page to be deleted, please use the WP:AFD process. Thanks! Stifle (talk) 20:57, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I removed a bunch of similar tags also. When an article has been redirected, the article still technically exists, and the G8 criterion doesn't apply. I must contradict Stifle, though -- if you want to see a talk page deleted the proper venue is WP:MFD. Mangojuicetalk 01:16, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the speedy deletion of the Triforce (arcade system board) talk page

Excuse me, what do you see in that talk page? I don't know if you've noticed or not, but the page is now a redirect to another article and the only things on that talk page are project tags which don't need to exist anymore now that the page is a redirect. In which case, removing these tags leaves a blank page. I recommend you reconsider the speedy deletion of that talk page. Red Phoenix (Talk) 22:57, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, it's deleted now. The reason you gave was that it was a talk page of a nonexistent page, which wasn't the case (all I saw was a blue link to the content page). In future, consider using {{db|talk page of a redirect with no relevant discussion}} Stifle (talk) 13:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
As you wish. Red Phoenix (Talk) 19:30, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

{{subst:di-undefined-notice|1=Crush 40 Band 1.jpg}} wL<speak·check> 19:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Crush 40 Band 1.jpg

Thank you for uploading Image:Crush 40 Band 1.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. Adding and completing one of the templates available from Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy. Please be aware that a fair use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for images used under the fair use policy require both a copyright tag and a fair use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. wL<speak·check> 19:57, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

I need some help with this issue above. At the time I uploaded this, I wasn't sure if it was free or fair use, but since the photograph looked a little more professional, I put it under fair use. Now, I understand that it should be deleted. At the time, the band's MySpace page also was down, but now it is up, and there are a couple pictures of the band there that I believe might be free. Would they be? I really would like to have any image up of them at all, but I will comply with fair use. Red Phoenix (Talk) 20:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Unless the band manager is crazy, they are not free. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk) 22:01, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
They're hardly managed, though. The images that I have in mind aren't in any media except for MySpace, and these guys don't perform live. It's a project band, so I doubt they have a manager. Red Phoenix (Talk) 22:03, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Well still, they probably are not fair use, and are probably copyrighted in a million ways. Southern Illinois SKYWARN (talk) 22:11, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Well, this is why I asked for help. It's going to be even harder then to find a free picture since there's virtually no chance anyone has taken one. Red Phoenix (Talk) 22:36, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deleting image

Hey there! If you have removed the last link of an image, the image cannot be deleted through speedy criteria. You need to use {{orfud}} or {{or-fu-re}} instead. Cheers! -- ReyBrujo (talk) 03:46, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I guess I didn't read the image deletion instructions right. Thanks for the pointer, I'll get to relabeling that right away. Red Phoenix (Talk) 03:47, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Crush 40 Band 1.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Crush 40 Band 1.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Mega Drive

Sorry about not getting back to you on this. I had planned to go through the article today, but events in the real world totally ruined that plan. Reading the discussion page Noj r is going to go for a fail now anyway, and to be honest I agree with him/her. I'd been searching for refs to replace the dodgy looking ones but just couldn't find any that were on the likes of Gamespot or Cnet etc that carry a bit of weight as being reliable sources. The Mega Drive is in a very awkward position: appearing at the same time as the Internet was building up a head of steam but before the publishing industry launched their publications online, hence a lot of the reliable stuff for the Mega Drive is in magazines. At least the article has improved one hell of a lot, especially with the much needed pruning that you've done over the last week. Its a good article, its just the sources that need bullet-proofing. - X201 (talk) 18:58, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

2007 Kansas City Chiefs season GA review

Yeah, I was fully aware of the dead links. Turns out that the Kansas City Star website posts their stories for a little while, but if you try and access the link later, it's just a dead link. I'll at least put in some embedded tables, and clean it up some more. I also knew about the game summaries and how sloppy they are. I was hoping to get around to working on them, but I was sidetracked. I'll at least clean it up and submit the article again for nomination in the future. Thanks a lot for the review. I greatly appreciate it. conman33 (. . .talk) 05:41, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome for the review, I'll look at it again if it comes up, if you would like. Red Phoenix (Talk) 13:26, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

re:Black Tide

Hey, thanks for the tip. I withdrew my nom and posted it for GAR. Thanks again, Burningclean [speak] 01:44, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the review. Are you sure you want a music style section? Those aren't required for band GAs. Sure it my help, but... (Style sections are what I dislike most about writing. I have so far only put them in my FAs. The lead kinda suck too :P) Burningclean [speak] 03:38, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Oh yeah, you mentioned copy-editing. That is something else I am not so hot at (well aren't I a whiner ;p) I speak english and live (and was born) in America; however, I can't seem to get a grasp on how you guys format your word structures, it really stumps me. It has been copy-edited by someone before, but if you wouldn't mind going through again, that would be cool. If you don't that is just as fine. Oh, and thanks for not making me get an image. Thanks again, Burningclean [speak] 03:42, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Alright, cool. I'll get on that sometime this week. (hopefully. I'm busy lately :( )Burningclean [speak] 04:20, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
If I don't get to it within those few days, you can fail it. I have been quite busy. Did they put on a good show? To be honest, I have only heard two songs from them. Burningclean [speak] 21:54, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I can't say I blame you for booing Lordi off. They are GWAR rippoffs if you ask me. I'm going to see Gigantour on May 7. Burningclean [speak] 22:07, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
Cool, thanks. I got it sourced. If you really feel it needs that section, I can make it. I don't plan to bring this further than GA though. Thanks again, Burningclean [speak] 02:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I'll probably get a bug in me to finish it soon. Thanks, Burningclean [speak] 02:51, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Your Block Case

Hey Gaogier. I've decided that I'm going to try and help you get unblocked. As you said yourself, you say that you feel like 'a bandit' around here, and you sound like you're sorry for what happened in the first place. Anyway, let's start by going over the situation. (lol I'm going to set this up like one of my assessments).

According to your block log, you were blocked for this reason by VirtualSteve:

  • (Abusing sock puppet accounts: Please see block notice for evidence links that this editor is usurping other accounts; maliciously redirecting FA redirects; and removing user page content using other sock IPs)

Okay, well, first off, we'll address the sock puppet issue. Starting with the IP's, obviously you forgot to log in. It's not unusual for someone to have multiple IP's, I have one that's 149. something here at college and one that's 72. something at my home in Fort Wayne. It might be helpful, though, if you can catch yourself after you sign it under an IP address, and just mention that that person is you. It's a good idea to manually sign all your posts. Just tell the admin that you're sorry about that.

As for the usurping other accounts, this is probably the most damaging bit. What did you do? I remember reading something about you and Chicken7. I really can't help you with this one since I don't know what happened.

As for your dispute with Doktor Wilhelm that led up to the block, you can use some of his comments that he left me here. You also apologized to that the first time, I saw, and you did recognize what you did wrong. You might also help your case by telling the admin that you now recognize that a situation like this is something to take to dispute resolution.

For the FA redirects, well, I saw the General Sherman redirect, and yeah, you probably shouldn't have done that one. But let's be realistic here, is it really that malicious? Granted, it's not exactly a good redirect, but it's not like you redirected something absolutely ridiculous. Tell the admin you made a misjudgment, and a tip for the future: people are sensitive about redirecting away from an FA since FA's are supposed to be Wikipedia's best articles.

Anyway, basically you're going to really have to apologize to the admin, tell them you know what you did was wrong (for all four cases, don't try to defend yourself unless you didn't do one of them), and show them you know what the right thing to do is. That's the best I can give you for now, feel free to send me something on my talk page if you've got comments. Red Phoenix flame of life...protector of all... 18:30, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Sadly this is what i have sent is so far to wikipedia replies may be included:

This is all i sent in and that is all i got think of me of what is left of the mere pathetic Gaogier and not strong vibrant Gaogier fighting for freedom i once was, i know there is no hope getting my account back but if you can try it would be highly appreciated, thank you. TemporaryGaogier (talk) 02:21, 19 April 2008 (UTC)



<size=5>LONG LIVE WIKIPEDIA</size>... forgot size coding because i haven't used wikipedia in months.... Oh and by the way heres those messages i was telling you about, read from the bottom up as first one is most recent:



On 27 March 2008 13:29:13 GMT Gaogier Wrote

Hey it's me User:Gaogier (banned).

I have been recently making articles on other wikipedias due to my banning of which i shouldn't of got but oh well cannot bother with that now.

I was just messaging to ask how i will be able to contact a friend from this wikipedia since i am banned, he does look at my talk page but i know you wont let me edit that anymore

I am just looking to contact a friend so we can start our own wikipedia on saga :D, please contact Redphoenix526 for me if i cannot so that we can be friends again, its hard losing a friend, and this guy is a great guy, we both contributed well together and made some pretty good articles :D.

So can you get his email address or skype/yahoo im/msn or aim for me, Thank You.

Gaogier, Contribution is my middle name!



From Yamla

As I have already pointed out, I have declined your unblock given your history of abuse. Jayron32 has also declined your unblock. I am not the blocking admin, though. You can find that information at: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Gaogier

No other admin who has looked at this block has seen fit to lift it. But perhaps someone will see fit this time around. If your block is not lifted this time, though, please do not email unblock-en-l any further.

As to whether or not twinkle runs on Macs, I have no idea. I do not run Twinkle, nor do I have a Mac.



On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 3:17 PM, Gaogier wrote

Please let me back weather i'm on caution weather i can only edit pages that are unlocked weather anything i do deserve a second chance and a chance to finish my articles, please let my account edit these articles: Casa Mia Eastgate Quarters Laura Cosoi and Bagel Nash i need to complete those articles fully :'(. Please let me contribute! To create a better wikipedia! Its what i tried to do before but i failed because i didn't log in and i use multiple computers which means i have different ip's, i failed because i didn't discuss changing the general sherman link to the worlds tallest tree from something elce, and i failed because i took a hate to User:DoktorWilhelm, i'm putting that in the past now and changing them ways i just need to contribute!

I have done alot of great things!

WP:Sega WP:Random Casa Mia Eastgate Quarters Laura Cosoi Bagel Nash

I have allot more fully made articles but i cannot think of them right now, umm i also contributed a good load of images, look up my contributions history and give me this chance, i'm really sad because i devoted my life to wikipedia for a good while, i made friends who i contributed with and i created a inner world for me that took me away from my messed up life in real, i also failed on my user page when i was banned but you wouldn't know how unhappy and angry i was to know so much of my life as it is had been removed and left me out to deal with the real world, i want you to make the right decision because i don't think i can write any more letters to appeal my ban, i really don't know what's going to happen but i'm wishing on the best and expecting the worse, Thank you no matter what your decision is Yamla, i think you will go for whatever you think is best for wikipedia :(, also when you reply can you tell me is twinkle works on macs?

User:Gaogier 81.102.235.167 My blocking administrator is yamla i think. I was banned for sock puppiting since i forgot to log in and i use multiple computers.



Yamla Wrote

In order for us to help you out, we'll need a little more information. This includes

- your Wikipedia account name, if you have one, - your IP address, - your blocking administrator, and - the reason you were blocked.

The above should be available to you when you try to edit a page and load the 'you have been blocked' page. I suggest you copy-paste this (to avoid spelling errors) along with an explanation of why you think your block is unfair, and resend it to unblock-en-l@lists.wikimedia.org. Hopefully someone will then be able to assist you.



On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Gaogier wrote

Please let me back weather i'm on caution weather i can only edit pages that are unlocked weather anything i do deserve a second chance and a chance to finish my articles, please let my account edit these articles: Casa Mia Eastgate Quarters Laura Cosoi and Bagel Nash i need to complete those articles fully :'(. Please let me contribute! To create a better wikipedia! Its what i tried to do before but i failed because i didn't log in and i use multiple computers which means i have different ip's, i failed because i didn't discuss changing the general sherman link to the worlds tallest tree from something elce, and i failed because i took a hate to User:DoktorWilhelm, i'm putting that in the past now and changing them ways i just need to contribute!

I have done alot of great things!

WP:Sega WP:Random Casa Mia Eastgate Quarters Laura Cosoi Bagel Nash

I have allot more fully made articles but i cannot think of them right now, umm i also contributed a good load of images, look up my contributions history and give me this chance, i'm really sad because i devoted my life to wikipedia for a good while, i made friends who i contributed with and i created a inner world for me that took me away from my messed up life in real, i also failed on my user page when i was banned but you wouldn't know how unhappy and angry i was to know so much of my life as it is had been removed and left me out to deal with the real world, i want you to make the right decision because i don't think i can write any more letters to appeal my ban, i really don't know what's going to happen but i'm wishing on the best and expecting the worse, Thank you no matter what your decision is Yamla, i think you will go for whatever you think is best for wikipedia :(, also when you reply can you tell me is twinkle works on macs?



On a time Gaogier Wrote

okay whoever it is sent me a reply right, my talk page is not unblocked but i'm finding it hard to receive messages via google mail please get onto unblocking it so i can proclaim why i shouldn't be banned, or put the reply to this email there.

I really need someone to get my casa mia article finished to meet wikipedia standards? can somone help there?


Anyway as i was saying can someone unblock my userpage?


This is a reply to yamla sent as a reply from one of an earlier email that never got through:


Okay Im sorry about that, i got frustrated and angry, i put allot of time and dedication into wikipedia and i find i am banned, that day hurt me, i have calmed down
from that incident and i know that i was being quite unkind to that user and i shouldn't of done, maybe i will stay banned, i actually wrote a sensible article for
the uncyclopedia, obviously the people there went and made it crazy but thank you for taking your time and reading my request, its dawning on me every minute
the minimal chance of me ever being unbanned.
Please can you message User:Realist2 that i have come into the hands of a personally taken photograph on michael jackson for the article.

Best wishes and blue cheeses.
--Gaogier.



Thank you User:Gaogier




From Yamla

No need to unprotect your page, you are free to state your case here on unblock-en-l.



On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Gaogier wrote

Well i would like to explain further into the reasons of what has happened and caused me to get banned so i would like to ask for my userpage to be unlocked i wont do anything bad at all within it don't worry i just want to claim for my account back on my own page, thank you Gaogier Gaogier
________________________

Okay Im sorry about that, i got frustrated and angry, i put allot of time and dedication into wikipedia and i find i am banned, that day hurt me, i have calmed down
from that incident and i know that i was being quite unkind to that user and i shouldn't of done, maybe i will stay banned, i actually wrote a sensible article for
the uncyclopedia, obviously the people there went and made it crazy but thank you for taking your time and reading my request, its dawning on me every minute
the minimal chance of me ever being unbanned.
Please can you message User:Realist2 that i have come into the hands of a personally taken photograph on michael jackson for the article.

Best wishes and blue cheeses.
--Gaogier.



From Yamla

On Feb 19, 2008 4:17 PM, Yamla (Wikipedia) <wikiyamla@gmail.com> wrote: Given that your most recent edit was this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gaogier&diff=prev&oldid=191350775 I am not at all convinced that unblocking you would be a net gain to the Wikipedia. You do not seem to understand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OWN and you have a history of vandalism. I am declining your unblock request at this time but you are free to rewrite your request in a more convincing manner and someone else will review your block.



On Feb 19, 2008 9:03 AM, Gaigier wrote

Well at first i didn't understand what i did wrong and now i do, i would like you to look at my contributions and look at all the good things i did for wikipedia and not the bad stuff and then give me another chance.All i want is a last chance to proove to wikipedia i can make more good articles, i run 3 wikiprojects and i need to run them. I have over 14 incomplete pages to finnish. And much other things.

The only things i would say i didn't do wrong was giving the worlds tallest tree its correct title instead of it being a redirect but i do agree it was wrong to not talk about it, and i think it was wrong of being accused of sock puppeting because i do have 3 - 4 ips due to different location houses.

If you dont unban me can you please put a redirect on my user-page to WP:SEGA

My username is Gaogier.

Ghosts review

Thanks so much for the quick review! I'm a firm believer in reciprocity, so if you ever have an article at GAN, feel free to drop me a line and I'll review it right away. That way it doesn't have to sit there for two weeks before someone decides to take a look. Be warned though, I'm a tough reviewer! =) Thanks again, and keep up the good work! Drewcifer (talk) 22:18, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Discussion with TemporaryGaogier

Note to all viewers: Parts of the following discussion have been transcluded from the aforementioned user's talk page and titles have been altered for organizational purposes. Thanks. Red Phoenix flame of life...protector of all... 23:41, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Helping you out

Okay, well, it certainly doesn't look good. I'm not going to give up on you, though, Gaogier. I'm going to try and give you as much help as possible.

First off, I guess you need to understand WP:OWN, as the admin said. As much as you think WP:SEGA and the articles you wrote are your projects and articles, technically they aren't because of the GFDL, and you can't take possession of "your stuff". I know how you can feel about some articles, I feel that way about Crush 40, since it was my first article and I saved it from AfD (now it's a GA nominee lol). What you need to do is prove to the admin that you're worthy of keeping, but that nothing here is "yours", even if you created it. By the way, it's only one project now (sorry, but I MfD'd WikiProject Random and WikiProject Microsoft, the only member of the Microsoft Project said that I might as well delete it, and the people who reviewed the Random project thought it was your personal fancruft). It took me a little while to understand that concept, too.

By the way, if you didn't catch it, I am User:Red Phoenix instead of User:Redphoenix526. If you want to see why, click here. Basically, I usurped an account that had no GFDL edits through a legitimate process. You can use me as a reference for some of the works you've done and can continue to do, because The Sega Project wouldn't be anything without you, and we're 32 members strong now (though just Fairfieldfencer and I are active members lol).

Still, given how inactive The Sega Project is, yes, you kind of did run the project. We don't have many active members, and you've always been a positive contributor (beyond the image fair use issue before I even joined the project).

As for the sockpuppetry, probably the most damming thing is you redirecting User:Chicken7 to your page. Out of curiosity, what was the point in that? Kind of seems like a pointless and dumb act to me. That makes Chicken7 a sockpuppet of you, even if that wasn't the intent and he was retired. Obviously you can apologize for the not logging in with the IP issue, and as I said, you can mention what I told you to do if you realize you're not logged in: just log in and sign your name below it.

Speaking of IP's, is one of your houses on a dialup connection? That would be why you've got a lot of IP's: whenever you log on with a dialup connection, the computer doesn't have a fixed IP: you're assigned a different one each time you log on with the same first couple of digits identifying your region.

You might want to note you're indefinitely blocked, not banned. Yep, there's a difference, though it's not much of one.

Other than that, I guess I've said everything on your talk page that you need to do... best of luck, and if the admin needs a reference, I would be very willing to help. You might not believe this, but since the first day you were blocked, I was studying your case and all of the accusations. I think that makes me kind of an "expert" on your situation lol. Anyway, best of luck, and if you get all your wikipedia communication cut, you can always contact me at my email on my user page. Red Phoenix flame of life...protector of all... 03:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Reply

Never thought it was mine just thought it was my contribution to making a better wikipedia... obviously its not mine :P, i was just showing them what i contributed and that they probably wouldn't be there is it wasn't for me. TemporaryGaogier (talk) 11:55, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Also i am DSL through a router and i occasionally turn my router off for a while when i'm away probably changing the ip? Most of the ips shown that i have used as sock puppets start exactly the same.

sadly the works of User_talk:81.102.229.103 was someone else in my house and they were on their PC laptop so i thought an admin would deal with them not knowing my ip would suffer for what he did, thats the worst thing on my record i think.

And the chicken thing, i was talking to him on msn and he told me his account name and for no reason i actually did that i was kind of a bandit in that situation but i can get chickens pass off him (because he'll give me it) and maybe that will give me a chance of making that seem somehow sensible?

you have all the info you need i guess will you make something for me to send in?, i have less luck doing it myself than a man climbing a mountain with his chin. Or someone writing a wikipedia article with their fists, dont think they would last long lol. TemporaryGaogier (talk) 12:35, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I wrote a message and it wont send, nvm my outgoing inbox server is broken, i guess thats that... TemporaryGaogier (talk) 16:39, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


Im sorry but.. i cant be on wikipedia... maybe they just dont wan't me im like a evil spirit.. they dont want me i shall go thank you for trying... TemporaryGaogier (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 22:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)


Re:

Ah, your reply explained a little more we can use. I think the way you're talking to the admin, you're not exactly making things clear. As I said, I think the admin's under the impression that you think you own these articles and projects. You need to make it clear to the admin that that's a misunderstanding. You also need to show how you can still be a helpful person to Wikipedia. Talk about the good faith edits you have made and how you plan to expand on them. For example, you could show them The Sega Project. Or you could show them some before and after bits of how you've built an article.

Show the admin that you know now what the right thing to do is in situations like the one you were in with User:Doktor Wilhelm (for note to the admin, there is a space). Explain the IP situation and the bad faith edit of someone else, and explain how that one is not a sock puppet. Explain how you know what to do now if you realize that you're not signed in.

As for Chicken7, um, yeah, that was a dumb thing to do. His page is protected now because you redirected it to your page. Technically, you're not supposed to use Chicken7's account information. That's called usurping his account, whether he let you do it or not. Apologize to the admin and tell the person you realize that was the wrong thing to do.

I guess this sounds a bit awkward, but you need to show the admin that you're still useful to Wikipedia and you won't repeat your mistakes. Good luck, and if you need me to write you a message, I can try (I think I'd get pointed out for that, though, I write in American English and I am a bit of a stickler for capitals and punctuation when I type lol). Red Phoenix flame of life...protector of all... 14:50, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Tiësto GA on Hold

You put the article on hold and i feel that the issues that you have wanted resolved before you pass the article are now corrected. Thanks. Alexander Vince (talk) 18:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Why I removed the template

The reason I removed the Sega template is because Sega has very little involvement with SSBB. It would like adding Legend of Zelda and Pokémon template, even though it has very little to do with either them minus the characters and stages. Also, it puzzle me as to why WP:SEGA would give an assessment rating when mentions of Sonic is little. Magiciandude (talk) 04:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Kent's book

If the information on your userpage is accurate (specifically, the part about attending Indiana University in Bloomington) and the information in IUCAT is correct, they have a copy in the Herman B Wells Library that is due on the 28th, and possibly a second copy in the "Core Collection" (which to me implies that it is non-checkoutable). Anomie⚔ 17:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

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