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[edit] Blanking of Beck row base housing

Hey Vivio,

I noticed that you reverted the blanking of this article by the original author and then warned them on their talk page. While I know you were just doing vandalism patrol and appreciate that, I just wanted to remind you that blanking of new pages by their authors is also seen as a request for deletion per criteria G7. As such, I've restored the blank version and tagged it for speedy deletion, noting what happened in my edit summary.

Anyways, just thought I'd give you a heads-up! For some reason, I've run into this phenomenon twice in the past two days.... --jonny-mt 10:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NanohaA'sYuri

Just an FYI, I have posted a message for your attention at your sock puppet's talk page. All the best, AGK (contact) 00:35, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Proper target for Template:db-bio

I've started a discussion at Template talk:db-bio about the proper target for the redirect {{db-bio}}. Since you changed it, I think you should be involved in that discussion. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 08:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Card

Greetings from Kitty53

[edit] Coaching offer

Hello, I am one of the coaches at Wikipedia:Admin coaching. Seeing as you have a standing request for future admin coaching, I would be interested in coaching you in this regard. As an administrator, I concentrate largely upon anti-vandal work through WP:AIV and clearing the backlogs at CAT:CSD. In terms of editing, my primary contributions fall under the purview of WP:ANIME and WP:VG; feel free to peruse my userboxes and accomplishments for more information. If you wish to be coached by another editor, I certainly understand - it is your decision and prerogative. Best wishes, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 08:47, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

You agree to me being your coach and I basically give you tips, recommendations, and related items until your RfA. Think of it as a mentorship or being adopted. For me, I tend to have a hands-off approach to coaching, and I'll give you broad guidelines to follow as you see fit. As it stands, you're looking pretty good, but I'll give a full review if you accept me as your coach. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 05:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. I'm a bit busy right now, but I will get us started in terms of what you should be doing. Your last RfA, despite how the numbers add up, was actually very favorable towards you - practically all the opposes implied or stated outright that they were impressed by the improvement between your previous RfA and the present one. However, given significant precedence in the matter, opposes were necessary as it had only been one month since your previous RfA. I would say at least three months would be a comfortable margin between that RfA and your next one, so we'll aim for May. Certainly, if I feel you're ready in mid-April, or if you feel you're ready, then you can go forward, but I think at least two months need to be put between any RfAs.
As for your edits, your vandalism work is very impressive, and the occasional CSD work is good as well. Both are essential administrator activities I would highly recommend you continue, largely in the same manner. A significant activity you can start looking at is commenting in more AfDs though. AfDs showcase three things: your ability to show your knowledge of policy, your ability to interpret and apply policy, and your ability to interact with other editors in a calm and civil manner. As we share the same interests in anime, WP:ANIME/D is a nice place to look for AfDs more in line with your interests, or feel free to peruse WP:AFD for AfDs to comment in. That said, don't feel rushed or pushed into commenting. Do it at your leisure, and only comment when you feel comfortable in your opinion. There's no minimum total of AfDs you need to comment in, and a single AfD can show a more comprehensive knowledge of policy than several hastily placed comments (i.e. "per nom/above" - rule of thumb, never use it. It shows laziness and an inability to apply policy. Placing an opinion backed policy, even if it's already been said, is better).
On the subject of articles, my biggest recommendation towards your present activity is simply to contribute to articles. You don't have to produce GAs, FLs, or FAs by the dozen (my other "coachee," User:Gary King, took this path up with great gusto), or make major edits all the time, but contributing regularly to articles is one of the best ways to show your ability to apply policy and guidelines in the editing of an article. Your specific interests (judging from your edit count appears to be in the anime Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. As you can see from my main accomplishments, I have a lot of experience with anime episode lists and related characters, and I can help you in this regard. I realize that you said in your most recent RfA that you don't have time for "extensive research," but you don't need to invest the amount of time and energy needed for say a featured article here. Getting say List of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha episodes to featured list status is definitely a plausible target you can place for yourself in the upcoming months to your RfA. As for the rest of the Nanoha articles, the character articles could definitely be cleaned up, and I think a bit of merging and cleanup is necessary for the whole bunch. Naturally, there's no need for you to feel obligated to tackle this immediately - doing things at the pace you're comfortable with is best. The thing you're shooting here is that article contributions round out your portfolio - they offer another dimension to your work here, and an item of featured status would definitely help (by all means, however, it is not required).
Anyhow, feel free to execute my recommendations as you see fit. I am open to all comments, questions, concerns, and whatnot. Best of luck, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 06:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Just on a comparison of a RfA of an editor relatively similar to you (see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/DeadEyeArrow), the candidate definitely was an avid and thorough vandalism fighter, but offered little article contributions to show, which each of the seven opposes is addressing. His RfA will probably pass nevertheless, but the comparison is apt. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 07:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gotcha!



For (Thanks for falling on my fake message!), I hereby award Vivio Testarossa/Main with the “Cool Award.” Lolipod (talk) 02:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 88.96.251.77

Hi, I object to my family members being put on this website, such as John D'Albiac 88.96.251.77 (talk) 09:14, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Card

You're welcome.Kitty53 (talk) 19:56, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Character merging

Hello. As part of the article involvement I talked about above, I noted that several characters related to the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series needed cleanup and merging. I've started a discussion here concerning this, and would like your input and participation in the process. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 20:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Don't template the regulars.

Doing so is uncivil. Dethme0w (talk) 08:02, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

And making a big deal out of it is equally uncivil. Relax. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 08:07, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned fairuse bot

Hi, Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Erwin85Bot 3 has been approved, so from now on my bot will daily remove images that aren't orphans from the category. --Erwin85 (talk) 17:22, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your deletion of Template:Political poster

Hello, I noticed that sometime during this month you deleted this template, however the Special:Upload screen now refers to a nonexistent template as seen could you please restore the template, or fix the Special:Upload screen. Thanks. Vivio TestarossaTalk Who 10:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for catching this. I was under the impression that this template was deprecated and had fallen into disuse, but apparently it was never removed from the license selector. In any case, it's gone now. —Remember the dot (talk) 07:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image in Deery Lou

Hi, I see that you're a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use and that you're interested in manga. So I have a question about the use of a copyrighted image, Image:DeeryLou.jpg. The image is used in Deery Lou. But I'm going to merge Sanrio characters failing WP:FICT in List of Sanrio characters. I'm not an expert in fair use, do you think that the image can be merged in the list too, or that it should be deleted ? Thanks, CenariumTalk 22:51, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

As long as it passes WP:NFCC in probably will be ok to merge it along with article contents. Vivio TestarossaTalk Who 03:53, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Okay, I'll see this tomorrow, thanks. CenariumTalk 03:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:TODAY_COULD_BE_A_DAY_OF_HISTORICAL_IMPORTANCE_1.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:TODAY_COULD_BE_A_DAY_OF_HISTORICAL_IMPORTANCE_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).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Kelly hi! 07:34, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Edit summaries and stuff

Just as a note, try to keep your edit summary usage as close to 100% as possible. Reviewers at RfA typically want to see edit summary usage as high as possible. Oh, and I was curious if you had any topical interest outside of Nanoha that you would be willing to edit in. It's easier to ease yourself into a little bit of article writing if there's more participants there. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 08:56, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for reverting the vandal attack on my page. I have a feeling he'll be back for more inanity once his block expires |:( Nunquam Dormio (talk) 18:11, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Awards Center Newsletter

I'm pleased to announce that the Awards Center will be getting its own newsletter shortly. If you want to receive the WP:AWC newsletter, put your name here. --Sharkface217 20:51, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A bit of article work

I realize my presence as a coach for you has been a bit spotty, and I do apologize for that (IRL stuff). In any case, I'll evaluate your current RfA answers. Do realize that when you feel you're ready for another RfA (do wait another month or so to fulfill the obligatory distance between then and your last RfA), I'll nominate you, which provides another dimension to your nomination, especially when it's another administrator that's nominating you. Anyhow, the evaluation:

  1. Not bad. You're straying a bit off-topic with your statement concerning your conduct, which is more for supplementary questions. Simply say you will concentrate at CAT:CSD, WP:AIV, and WP:RFP, and that due to your previous experience in these areas, these are the administrative tasks you will feel most comfortable doing.
  2. Seems a little sparse. In the month between now and your next RfA, you could bring up say List of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha episodes to featured list status. It's not that difficult. There's over twenty or so similar featured episode lists (the grand majority of which I either created or was the primary worker one) and following this model and with my help, you could easily get the aforementioned article to featured list status by the time your new RfA rolls around.
  3. The biggest thing here is that you want to emphasize how you dealt with them in a civil fashion (provide specific examples if possible), and how you will continue to do so in the future.

If time permits, I'll give you some commonly asked questions seen in RfAs and evaluate your answers to them. Your anti-vandalism and CSD work has been very good as usual though. My big recommendation is to work on that episode list to round out your answer to question two and deter any naysayers that would point to a lack of article contributions. If you have any questions on how to start on such an episode list, I am more than willing to help you. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 02:59, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] New Pages

Hello. I noticed today that you were doing newpages patrolling but are not marking some of the pages you visit as patrolled. Though this is not mandatory in any way, and should not be done for all newpages, where appropriate it keeps your fellow patrollers from wasting time reviewing the same page multiple times. In any event, keep up the good work! Thanks. BigDunc (talk) 19:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the quick revert of my talk.--RyRy5 Got something to say? 03:48, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Adoption

I heard that you were looking for someone to adopt. Well here I am!!!!!!Jacob Green696 (talk) 17:21, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] UM IP Vandals

There's a discussion of the UM IP vandals that you have been involved with (and vandalized this page) at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#University_System_of_Maryland_IP_vandals Toddst1 (talk) 00:05, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] I Was the Annoying Vandal

User:Vivio Testarossa - Please forgive my childishness in vandalizing your talk page. I was the anon IP user that kept blanking your page in a "test" to see how admins would react. You can read about the full undertaking here. Again, I meant you no personal harm or displeasure. Thanks. -- VegitaU (talk) 01:14, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Speedy deletion of Naved Ahmed

A tag has been placed on Naved Ahmed requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about a person or group of people, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is notable: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not indicate the subject's importance or significance may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, as well as our subject-specific notability guideline for biographies.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. X Marks The Spot (talk) 06:19, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the adoption

I really need the help.I'm gonna try to make an infobox but I might need some help with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob Green696 (talk • contribs) 15:25, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Yea I need help

I can't figure out how to nmake the box. I put in the code and all the information but it showed up weird. Jacob Green696 (talk) 15:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] My User page

Many thanks for correcting the massive vandalism to my User Page. Much appreciated - Adrian Pingstone (talk) 07:24, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Problem

Where do I put the

template? Jacob Green696 (talk) 17:37, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thank You

For helping me with my User Page. I think I can almost do it by myself now.Jacob Green696 (talk) 17:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Thanks for de-vandalizing my userpage! Cheers —Travistalk 01:17, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Hello, Vivio Testarossa/Main. You have new messages at Chetblong's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} template.


Hello, Vivio Testarossa/Main. You have new messages at Rettetast's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} template.

[edit] GRRRR

CatJewbBear is a real story. Now Im mad! GRRR. Actually Im not mad, but it is real cause I wrote it.

By: user:specialwolf

[edit] Problem:Signature

How do you make a signature that has different colors.Also can the signature say someting other then my actual user page name.Like could I put "Mr.Green" as my signature instead of Jacob Green969? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacob Green696 (talk • contribs) 17:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks again

hey how do you know aqll this stuff about wikipedia?I mean I know HTML a little, wikipedia doesn't let me use a lot of that.So I like have to memorize a whole nother set of codes..It's confusing.You just seem like a genious at this stuff.Jacob Green696 (talk) 15:12, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Hagger

Yes, I'm aware of that. Of the pages I recently deleted, I doubt it is "the real grawp". Grawp usually uses an odd unicode in the edit summaries and / or the page titles that he moves pages too. Thanks. - Rjd0060 (talk) 13:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

For whacking the vandal who defaced my user page. :-) --soum talk 09:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] TWINKLE

Heyy do you know how to use TWINKLE? I'm not entirely surehow to use it.Mr. Greenchat 16:30, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

What exactly is TWINKLE supposed to do when I bypass my cache? Mr. Greenchat 15:19, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Trolling

What is trolling?Mr. Greenchat 17:55, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Yea I was just wondeing because someone said I was on a notice board.Thanks for the help. Mr. Greenchat 17:08, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] infobox

I guess users using Mozilla Firefox on Windows XP can't see my infobox correctly.Do you know how to fix that?The screen resolution of the user in question is 1024x768px. Mr. Greenchat 17:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Yea now my infobox is completly gone.I'll make another one I guess. Mr. Greenchat 15:13, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
O.k I don't know what I did wrong regarding my user boxes.HELP! Mr. Greenchat 16:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
NVM, I solved everything.I think I pretty much finished my page.Thanks for all of your help. Mr. GreenHit Me Up 18:45, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2014 FIFA World Cup

Hi, Vivio

In many web sites about the FIFA World Cups like this1 in the general points said that the preliminaroes draw for the qualifications to the World Cup is celebrated three years before. For example according this web site:


1970 1968 1974 1971 1978 1975 1982 1979 1986 1983 1990 1987 1994 1991 1998 1995 2002 1999 2006 2001 2010 2007Bicko2008 (talk) 03:23, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

In Italics the year of the preliminary draw. The year of the preliminary draw ,following this sequence at least FIFA´s decide to change will be efectuate in 2011, a year after 2010 FIFA World Cup. Bicko2008 (talk) 03:23, 7 May 2008 (UTC)Bicko2008Bicko2008 (talk) 03:23, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user

Caution There is currently a backlog of 52 users at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user. Please consider offering adoption to one or more of these users. Don't forget to change their {{adoptme}} template to {{adoptoffer|Vivio Testarossa/Main/Archive 3}}. Thank you for your continued participation in Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. xenocidic (talk) 20:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Admin coaching withdrawal

Due to time constraints as of late, I've been unable to perform a lot of the things I would normally do on Wikipedia (resulting in a rather low 436 edits for me last month, the lowest I've had in a year), admin coaching one of them. As of now, I'm ending my coaching with you so you can pursue a coach who frankly has a more open schedule (mine will open eventually, but you should be free to pursue one for advice as you see fit). That said, I am always open for advice, questions, aid, concerns, and other matters, and the initial long review I gave you still stands. Best of luck. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 07:20, 7 May 2008 (UTC)