User talk:Siva1979/Archive 2

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Slow down!

I realise that you have a burning desire to contribute to Wikipedia but, simply copying and pasting EB 1911 stuff is not really very useful - since it is already available on the web - what Wikipedia needs is original content. So, please slow down - take time to remove the OCR errors (see below) fully wikify articles, put them in categories, create incoming links and above all, search the web for up to date info. to add.

There is also a small matter of copyright. To take just one example, the OCR errors in Preanger tell me that you copied this page from here. Have you read the bottom of those pages? It says taking Contents from this site and editing it and posting it on another site is forbidden and will result in swift legal action. You have been warned! -- RHaworth 23:56, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I have to agree with RHaworth -- the content you posted about German villages (some of which are in Poland or France these days, and I moved them to the villages' new names) is so hopelessly outdated that it is almost useless (and the OCR errors don't help). If you want Wikipedia to include articles about these villages, it would be better to ask at Wikipedia:German-English translation requests to have the current German wikipedia article translated. Your EB articles don't need to be updated, they need to be rewritten from scratch, and having a redlink for them would be more useful for that purpose. Kusma (討論) 03:50, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Hi Siva1979/Archive 2, thanks for participating in my RfA discussion. Unfortunately, my fellow Wikipedians have decided at this time that I am not suitable to take on this additional responsibility, as the RfA failed with a result of 66/27/5 (71.0% support). If you voted in support of my request, thank you! If you decided to oppose me at this time, then I hope that if I do choose to reapply in the future, the effort I will make in the meantime to improve and expand my contributions to Wikipedia may persuade you to reconsider your position. All the best, Proto t c 10:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Non-league project

Hi,

I've created a project on non-league football at Wikipedia:WikiProject Non-league football. There isn't much there yet, but please add your name if you're interested and feel free to add any content or put any suggestions on its talk page. CTOAGN (talk) 10:12, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

1913 enc. articles about German towns

Hi Siva1979, thanks for your series about German towns. But may I say that the material from that old encyclopedia is, most of the time, so outdated that it's really of not much use. I think it generally would take no less time cleaning up one of those articles than translating one from de.wikipedia afresh (I tried once in the case of Frankenhausen.) You might want to consider if it wouldn't perhaps be more efficient to simply list the topics under "requested articles", and wait for someone to come along and work from the German? Lukas (T.|@) 11:54, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

phobia

Thank you for your entusiasm in editing wikipedia.

First of all, I am afraid you misunderstand the goal of wikipedia when you say "as long as the word exists in English language". Wiktionary is for all words. Please read WP:NOT.

Also, please be careful with -phobia article. Please read the article and its talk page and talk archive. There are tens of thousands of possible phobias. The main criterion in wikipedia is notability. If you are going to write articles about "pseudo"-phobias, make sure that the particular case is notable, i.e., discussed in reputable medical journals of some notable persons sufferred from it, etc. Simply copying from various snake oil psychiatry websites will not do.

After writing an article, please place the link into the section "well-documented phobias" of -phobia article. Eventually the bottom alphabetical list must disappear. I am periodically removing 1-2 entries from this list after verifying its non-notability. mikka (t) 20:12, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

My admin request went up in flames. (But thanks anyways!)
My admin request went up in flames. (But thanks anyways!)

Hey, Siva1979 (AKA One With Her), I wanted to thank you for your support of my (unfortunately unsuccessful) request for adminship. The final tally was 37/16/5, which fell short of the needed 75-80% for "consensus". I don't know if or when I'll go up for nomination again, but even if I don't, I will try not to betray the trust that you and 36 others were willing to place in me. Thanks for having faith in me... and happy editing! Matt Yeager ♫ (Talk?) 01:18, 7 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) 13:33, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your support on my request for adminship. It ultimately succeeded with votes of 52/1/2, so I am now an administrator. Should you have any questions, comments, complaints, or requests at any point in the future, please do not hesitate to let me know on my talk page or via e-mail.
—bbatsell ¿? 05:28, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Adminship Vote

I want to sincerely thank you for voting on my successful adminship nomination. Whenever I mess up, please let me know. I want to learn from my mistakes so they don't become patterns. Superm401 - Talk 07:30, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

subst

When using template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

Thanks! howcheng {chat} 19:44, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Re : Blocked by having several IP addresses.

  • 19:29, 9 February 2006 Mailer diablo unblocked 165.21.154.111 (contribs) (collatertal damage (legit user Siva1979))
  • 19:29, 9 February 2006 Mailer diablo unblocked 165.21.154.109 (contribs) (collatertal damage (legit user Siva1979))
  • 19:28, 9 February 2006 Mailer diablo unblocked 165.21.154.117 (contribs) (collatertal damage (legit user Siva1979))

Hopefully you should not be affected by the collatertal damage anymore. If you have any further problems, please let me know on my talkpage. - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 11:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

1911 articles

Can I please add my voice to those above asking you to slow down on the 1911 articles. I realise that the end is in sight, and it's tempting just to take text directly from the 1911 encyclopedia. However, even when OCR errors are corrected and the articles are wikified, the fact remains that they are nearly 100 years out of date. Please take the time to look for contemporary information and bring the articles up-to-date, even if that means that we take a few weeks longer to complete the project. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 11:33, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Autoblocks

I checked the block log and I'm not seeing any autoblocks unless you posted your message at a different time from when I was on there. If you continue to be autoblocked I suggested the following:

  1. Visit the #wikipedia channel on IRC
  2. Advise you need an admin to unblock your IP due to a collateral damage autoblock
  3. If they don't know what that is refer them to this message
  4. The administrator should view WP:AUTOBLOCK for more info
  5. Then they should use the Admin unblock tool, enter your current IP in there and unblock as collateral damage

Again, my apologies for this, wish there was something more I can do but unblocking those IPs won't stop the autoblocking, it kindof has to be done at the time you're on and trying to edit. --Wgfinley 00:42, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Los Matachines

Thanks for starting the article. It's been on my list for quite a while.--Rockero420 00:09, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA vote on User:PMA

Hi. The RfA on User:PMA has been shut prior to its conclusion because the confusing technical situation that led to him not still having adminship was resolved by a Wikimedia Steward not long ago, and his adminship was restored to him. You'll be pleased to know the RfA was unanimous: all two people who voted (you and me) supported him. :D - Mark 10:02, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks a lot for the barnstar; it is appreciated and I am flattered. I hope you don't mind if I display it on my user page? Cheers, AxelBoldt 20:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Siva, thank you so much for the Barnstar award! I really appreciate it. Griot 17:44, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Lacroma

Could you please stop posting factually incorrect articles like Lacroma? There is no "Austrian kingdom of Dalmatia" and hasn't been for more than eighty years. Please correct the information in your article, Kusma (討論) 06:16, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

It looks a lot better now that it is in Croatia, thank you for updating it so quickly! For towns in Central and Eastern Europe you should generally assume that the Britannica article is completely wrong, and not submit it without checking: all the borders have changed several times since 1911. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 06:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Siva1979/Archive 2, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. Redwolf24 runs the spam to keep members up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of FireFox, Flcelloguy, Titoxd, and Karmafist. The next set of elections will be in February, and I would be glad to see you vote, or even consider running for a position.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Celestianpower by email or talk page or the Esperanza talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

Cheers, Sango123 (talk) 14:49, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

My RFA nomination

Hi Siva, sorry to decline the nomination. :( I really feel its too early currently, I'm not really experienced with Wikipedia yet. Give me more time and I will accept it in future, maybe in August. Thank you for having confidence in me of becoming a sysop. I've lack of talk edits (which I'm trying to work at) and I need to interact more with the community. I sincerely apologise. --Terence Ong 15:18, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Could you add me on MSN (if you have one), the link is on the top bar of the userpage. This is where I can discuss about any matters or have a chat. You may also find me on IRC. Send me an email if you wish. Thanks. --Terence Ong 15:21, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you
Hello Siva1979, 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 16:49, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Small request

Siva1979, hi.

I noticed you've been putting articles from the 1911 Brittannica online. There are a couple of minor things, which, if you could do, that would be great. In Wikipedia, the main subject of articles doesn't go in ALL CAPS, and the article doesn't begin with a fragment, but with a complete sentence. People are just following you around making these basic corrections to each article - why not go ahead and format the articles in those repects when you create them? Thanks. -GTBacchus(talk) 17:35, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

It's not much inconvenience at all - I only noticed it because I was stub-sorting, and ran into quite a few of your new articles, all in a row. Thanks for helping to get those topics into Wikipedia! -GTBacchus(talk) 17:48, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

COTW Project

You voted for Aeronautics, this week's Collaboration of the week. Please come and help it become a featured-standard article. -- King of Hearts | (talk) 19:49, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

Image:Original Barnstar.png
For your significant contributions to non English premier league football clubs and soccer related topics, I award you the Orignal Barnstar, great job. --Terence Ong 08:46, 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)
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

Thanks

Thanks for supporting my RfA. It was successful and I hope to be a good administrator. Essexmutant 11:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for taking the time to vote in my RfA, and for welcoming me to the fold of administrators. 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 and blocked a vandal (after I 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) 14:56, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from me, too, for the support at RFA, and for your kind words at my talk page. I am surprised and pleased to have gotten so much support! Let me know if there's anything I can do for you. See you around. Chick Bowen 16:21, 14 February 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for the reminder :)

Thanks for your concern and your reminder when pinging me by my IP a few minutes ago. I had been working with editing so eagerly I noticed only now that I was not logged in :) Prefixcaz 17:14, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for your vote on my request for adminship. Sadly, I decided to withdraw, because I felt that I was not ready. I will reapply in a few months. Thank you!
Tvaughn05e (Talk)(Contribs) 23:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello Siva1979, 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 02:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Siva, thanks for voting my pal for his Rfa.He declined though.

Tan DX 07:53, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

1911 concerns

You may already be aware of it, but can I ask you to join the discussion on many recently created articles that come straight from the 1911 edition? It takes place here. Thanks, — mark ✎ 08:40, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes - your article on Ballarat East is well out of date in certain respects and may now be quite misleading - do you know enough of this place to update - alternatively perhaps you could ask the Australian faction to update it? Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Talk!) 09:23, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the update - may well be worth getting some Aussies to review as well! Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Talk!) 10:49, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, perhaps "admonish" was the wrong choice of words :) Kaldari 15:06, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Longzhou

Why did you make this a redirect to the redirect Lungchow? --Phronima 10:42, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah — the reason was that I was starting the article on Longzhou, and I'd opened the Lungchow page, so I made the redirect before I made the article... Probably not good practice. --Phronima 10:56, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Paul is dead

Hi, Siva1979, I just wanted to thank you for cleaning up my post about the UK versions of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper album and for putting it in a more correct place on the page :) Wedgehead

Thanx!

Hi Siva, how really nice of you to award me a barnstar! Coming out of the blue, it made for a nice surprise -- we have not interacted much so far, but that should certainly change. Your contributions and energy seem to be a great boon to WP!!

I have not been coming to WP for several days now, since I have a major major exam ongoing (I will be away for another week or so). I therefore missed out on the Barnstar till now, hence the delay in rendering thanks. Please excuse the lateness and accept my thanks. KIT, ImpuMozhi 07:50, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

WP:RFA/Quarl

Hi Siva, thanks for your support in my RFA, which succeeded. If I can ever improve or help in any way, please let me know! :) —Quarl (talk) 2006-02-16 12:17Z

My RfA

Hi Siva,

Just a quick note to say thank you very much for your support of my RfA. If you can see any ways in which I might be able to improve my application, please let me know! Hopefully more users will think the way you do!

Regards, DJR (Talk) 14:56, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks!

Thank you!
Hello Siva1979/Archive 2, 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

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 07:23, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Happy editing

Hello – it is surprising that we have never talked! Or, had we? I really appreciate your work, and I am sure that we shall inter-act more in future. --Bhadani 15:18, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Featured!

I just wanted to let you know that Pink Floyd is now a featured article. Thanks a ton for supporting the candidacy! - dharmabum 23:06, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Afd

Can you please take a quick look at the few Afds in Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2006_February_15 starting for 1.112 (Izwan Firdaus) which are all about some Singaporean athletes. Tintin (talk) 23:08, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you!
Hi Siva1979/Archive 2. 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. Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 20:23, 18 February 2006 (UTC)


A.F.C. Aldermaston

I noticed that you created a page about this football club in Hellenic League Div. I, so I wonder if you can help me more with this article??

Rakuten06 19:41, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

History of art now COTW

Thanks to your support, this article is now the collaboration of the week. Feel free to help in any way possible during this week. — 0918BRIAN • 2006-02-19 20:21

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 - 09:08, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

First Family of the United States

Hey, someone redirected the entire First Family of the United States article into First Family. I just wanted to let you know, seeing as more people voted to keep it than to redirect. I'm reposting it. History21 17:11, 20 February 2006 (UTC)History21

My RfA

Thank you for your support of, and subsequent congratulations regarding, 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!
└ UkPaolo/talk┐ 10:38, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

An update of our notice board

Hi Siva, if you haven't notice the following items mentioned below, do take a look:

Feel free to nominate article to be part of the COTF, and vote in them. Also, you may leave your name at the meetup page, and suggest venues to meet for our proposed meetup. --Terence Ong 13:54, 22 February 2006 (UTC)


Re:AFD

Care to have another looks at the AFD for Stella Nova (which was incorrectly at "Scifi Modelers Club of New Zealand")? Grutness...wha? 02:00, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

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) 02:07, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for voting!
Although this is a bit late in coming, I want to thank you for voting (no matter what your vote was) in my recent request for adminship. You might be aware that it did not pass due to a lack of consensus. The final tally was 21/9/10. I think I will try again this spring or summer after I have gained a bit more experience and met a few more fellow editors. Thanks again!

--MatthewUND(talk) 05:35, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

87.65.139.214: oops

Hi Siva1979 !

I am User:Eras-mus aka fr:Utilisateur:Erasmus aka nl:Utilisateur:Erasmus aka de:Benützer:Eras-mus and so on. And... I forgot to log in. :( 16:42, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Is it better so ? ;-) Eras-mus 16:44, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

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) 02:28, 24 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 mach, once more! abakharev 07:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for editing a Newbie's first article

Hi. Thanks yesterday for popping in and formatting the article name in bold. I was making the article in steps i.e. I saved the text and sections, and then started going through checking the correct page references for links. Thanks to your edit, I found out that Wikipedia is able to recognise the link correctly even if the capitalisation of the first letter is different, so it got quicker to do the rest! I also found out about edit conflicts! As a newbie, it is reassuring to know that others are looking at my edits. Viv Hamilton 13:17, 24 February 2006 (UTC)


Thanks for your advice about signing articles Walton monarchist89 14:48, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Special Goodwill!

I do appreciate your kind message of welcome Siva1979. God bless you abundantly indeed. And have a refreshing weekend! Cheers! (Lord777 16:08, 24 February 2006 (UTC))

Vandalism

Ignore my previous message. I found somewhere that it's being discussed. --Executive.koala 20:19, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I am puzzled

I was not editing Jean Delphin Alard while logged out. For some reason, after I LOG IN, I may be automatically logged out. Occasionally, I fail to notice that I am no longer LOGGED IN and accidentally save a contribution that I had hoped to add to my list of edits. I changed Jean Delphin Alard at 16:21 Z. 71.240.42.72 17:54, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

This happens to me all the time. WAS 4.250 19:32, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Many Thanks...

...for your warm welcome message, Siva. I look forward to a long tenure at Wikipaedia.

Ross 20:17, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hey, Siva1979! Thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia. I've enjoyed myself immensely so far and am looking forward to my time here. :D Thanks again!

Amina skywalker 16:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

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 23:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank u for welcoming me to wikipedia .I am your User IP 58.65.136.154.My name is Saleel Hamid.Thanks for briefing me about the rules.I shall take care of them from now on.

My RFA

Thank you for supporting my successful request for adminship. I'll try to put the admin tools to good and responsible use. If I do anything wrong you know where to find me. Raven4x4x 07:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:85px-4-4-1-1.gif listed for deletion

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