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March 2008 Archive

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Vandalism

I noticed your having a bit of trouble with weirdo vandalism on your Userpage, hope it clears up soon. But apart from that how is your w/e going? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 18:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Your always going to find some person who makes out everything you do is crap. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 18:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Give him your best Glasgow Kiss lol. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 18:40, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Haha

It's ironic that you abbreviate Aberdeen F.C. as AFC, since you also have the WP:WPAFC userbox on your userpage. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 20:50, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I liked your old userpage better... sort of. Oh noes! Where did all the information go? It couldn't be at User talk:WBOSITG/Userpage or anything... ;) Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 21:05, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
It would be really hilarious if you put something like, "Turn to page 46 for the answer." Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 21:13, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

For cleaning up what 122.162.197.242 (talk · contribs) added to those pages I've worked on. I'm not sure what his problem was, but that's not the way to go about it. --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk | Contribs) 21:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

I think what happened is the IP changed to a new user who got that old message. Gonna explain it to them. --ÐeadΣyeДrrow (Talk | Contribs) 21:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you very much for giving your support to my admin application, which recently closed successfully (36/3/1). I hope I can continue to justify the confidence that you have placed in me. If there is any way that I can help out more, please drop me a line. Thanks again. - 52 Pickup (deal) 22:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

About the modification on Beijing Olympics.

I don't think a tabloid news is what wikipedia wants to quote.

It reported an eviction of 2 million people in the so-called newspaper, while wikipedia reported a 300,000 people move in total for Olympics. It's a contradiction already.

Please find a way to valid the source of citation or else please delete this part. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.248.216 (talk) 10:01, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


p90

The p90 is used by the U.S.A's air force special operations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lotta liquor (talkcontribs) 10:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

p90

I serverd in the U.S.A.F's special forces unit 369 and we used the p90. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lotta liquor (talkcontribs) 10:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOM Newsletter

The Life on Mars Wikiproject Newsletter
Issue 3 - March 2008
"Take that seatbelt off. You're a police officer, not a bloody vicar." - Gene Hunt
Project news
  • Still no change in the volume of good articles in the project; Come on, we can do it!
  • Many revert wars have occurred. Please keep an eye on DC Chris Skelton for pathetic arbitrary word vandalism and John Simm for potential edit wars.
  • A new section has been posted to the project page for potential sources for articles, and another for image tips.
To do
  • Major sourcing, image adding and other housekeeping tasks.
  • Everything Ashes to Ashes should be worked on.
New members

Newsletter delievered by WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN aka john lennon on 11:29, 2 March 2008 (UTC) using AWB

Re:Ha

Ummm...good for you, I guess... Two One Six Five Five τ ʃ 14:00, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

BOLD ALLCAPS SIG

Hi WBO. Thanks for you contributions.

Your sig is really loud. Could I suggest you turn it down a little, perhaps unbold, smaller font, or a lighter color? It's not a big deal, not something I usually care about, and if you don't want to change it, not something I'd complain about. But usually by the time I notice something like this, someone else is being really aggravated by it, so maybe you might wanna consider. / edg 15:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Right you are - I was thinking that myself... how's it now? WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN aka john lennon 15:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
On my browser (Firefox on Puppy Linux, Xfce desktop I think) it looks about the same, but higher. If you're still trying things out, then I don't need to butt in any further. Thanks for getting back to me on this. / edg 15:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry; typo in the code. Should be ok now, this is what I've used since December. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN aka john lennon 15:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
Okay, this time it's lower. I'm guessing that's cos it's "buried in the garden". Also, I'm wrong about Xfce; I'm actually using IceWM. / edg 15:59, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

United States invasion of Panama

Your edits, I am afraid, are not conducive to productive or constructive edits to this article and in fact ignore the glaring problems as I have outlined including whole paragraphs containing tendentious unsourced material and other edits which are quite problematic despite superficial sourcing. Please direct concerns to the relevant talk page rather than revert blindly. Thank you. NSIprogram (talk) 16:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

The most glaring problem is that a few paragraphs are not sourced at all and make highly controversial claims. The second problem is that those which are sourced do not have provenance that establishes their relevance to the subject matter other than establishing tertiary political points to the US system. Above all, there is absolutely no reason to revert a dozen times unsourced, tendentious material as I have deleted. There is no valid inclusionist, et al, reason to revert it. NSIprogram (talk) 16:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
I can not underestimate my appreciation for your speedy concern regarding my deletions and thank you for your considered response. Unfortunately I do see a battle brewing over the sourced but irrelevant deletions but do not foresee a serious effort mounted over the unsourced responses. I thank you for your timely edits and hope that you take general interest in this article in the future. NSIprogram (talk) 16:36, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Reverted my edit

Hey you seemed to have reverted my edit on Iraq War saying it was unconstructive but hanged isn't a word hung is so I actually fixed something and you broke it again so please fix that I won't because I will get banned probably if I do that thank you for reading this and please revert it back. 24.183.99.36 (talk) 19:20, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry just wanted to be helpful. 24.183.99.36 (talk) 19:56, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

You need to stop redirecting Kevin Gallagher to someone who is incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KevGuy1776 (talkcontribs) 22:26, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

adop me please

Hi,

I've recently registered and created an account in Wikipedia. I am a first year PhD student in information Science. I am doing my PhD in City University, London.

My interests fall in " Visualization of huge online social networks" and specifically in uncovering the effects of geographic data (physical location of members in real world) on their online social interactions and behaviour.

Since Wikipedia contains large amonuts of online interactions among registered and unregistered users around the world, I've been focusing on wikipedians' online community recently.

As a result I contacted the wikimedia team and we are in the process of obtaining some data from their team.

At the moment, I am familiarising myself to the wikipedia features: Data dumps, statistics, tools,databases and downloading the data dumps into a database.

In doing so I really need soem advice and comments from an experienced user. Highly appreciate it if you let me know that you could adopt me.

--Naz (talk) 10:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


March 2008

Hi, the revert you made to Christian church directory of the United States has been reverted, as it appears to be stupid. I have no idea why you reverted. --Carlaude (talk) 23:02, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Capitalisation

I agree with you about "non important words" should not being capitalised, but it is the title of the song. I know, even titles of books, songs, movies, etc. usually follow this rule, but many do not. See her website here: http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/. It is also an unimportant song though and agree it should be deleted. :) Could you please do something about the title of the album, the capitalisation is also wrong and affects the search this way. Thanks in advance.--The Smoking Nun (talk) 20:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

March 2008

Hello sir,How are ya,

the [1] you made to [2] has been reverted, as "it appears" I did fixed the country link,epirus its not relevant,its not a country nor does exist anyway. I have no idea why you reverted.I did provide you with an informative edit summary.Please go to discussion page [3].Thank you--Thispoems (talk) 20:40, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism??

I'd appreciate it if you didn't refer to my edits as vandalism. The humor tag warns the reader that the article is not to be taken seriously - if you know of a subject such a tag would be more aptly applied to than creationism, please let me know and I'll go put it on that page. Until then, this seems the best place for it. Lighten up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.190.11 (talk) 21:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Qwenton

I noticed you gave a (third) warning to User talk:Qwenton. He/she has deleted all warning from the talk page, which may be legitimate, I don't know, and replaced them with what amount to threats to myself and other users. A page Policies of the British National Party made as a cut and paste fork, probably intended as POV, also needs to be deleted. Emeraude (talk) 22:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, please note on my talk page User talk:Emeraude#Don't give me bs Emeraude, you have been reported for harassment. Emeraude (talk) 22:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I, Juliancolton, award you this barnstar for reverting vandalism because when I patrol Recent Changes, you always get to the vandalism before I do. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 22:25, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

Your welcome! I'm amazed at how fast you get to the vandalism. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 00:38, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Constrict vs Speed up Flow

A differential pressure flow measurement, ideally, does not waste energy. On the other hand, sometimes it is desirable to remove energy and slow down the flow (EG refrigeration). I was trying to show the difference. But, I agree, my edit was half-arsed and not really an improvement. Take care, Jono4174 (talk) 03:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Plastic Pressure Pipe Systems

Edit was constructive materials were not allined correctly reference were of no value. --Arsenalrchamps (talk) 19:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

References were of no value because they related to non pressure pipe not pressure pipe.--Arsenalrchamps (talk) 20:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Have you seen what Dycedarg has said on my talk page?--Arsenalrchamps (talk) 20:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

too biting?

Hi WBOSITG, regarding your reversion and vandalism templating, I wonder if this isn't too strong a response to this particular newbie edit. I don't think the user's edit was unconstructive (as the vandalism template says), but rather not in line with typical WP formatting -- a common newbie mistake. I had noticed this edit too, and had posted on his talk page hoping to work with him to fix it. Anyway, as a newbie myself not too long ago, I wonder if your message in response to my first edit would be rather discouraging of further edits. Food for thought as you continue fighting vandalism. Cheers, AndrewGNF (talk) 19:55, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps in this case, {{uw-mos1}} would be appropriate? Just to differentiate pure vandalism from cases like this where the content is actually pertinent and on-topic. Just a suggestion... AndrewGNF (talk) 20:11, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA notice

Thanks for removing that notice! (since I was clearly in such a rush to get to new admin school that I forgot to do it myself...) And thanks for the support !vote, too. —Travistalk 22:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

MOTD nominations

Hi, I had a question. User:IMatthew brought to my attention that many of the mottos in the 'awaiting decision' section are way older than 21 days, and many have been opposed and should probably be removed. Would it be overstepping my authority here to remove mottos with overwhelming opposing votes? Some of them have been here since August 25 2007. MixItUp 22:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Will do. Thanks. MixItUp 22:42, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Technically I'm on wikibreak, but I felt the need to attend to something that doesn't have a thousand people hovering over it at all times :) coughVandalpatrolcough. MixItUp 22:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Editor Review

I did an editor review for you. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 02:16, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome

--Mifter (talk) 22:06, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Huggle Category Problem

Hi there.You are receiving this message from me as you have not added your huggle category correctly. At the moment on category here you can see that you are sorted under the letter U. To fix this please change the [[Category:Wikipedians who use Huggle]] to [[Category:Wikipedians who use Huggle|YOURNICKNAMEHERE]]. This will fix the problem. If you do not change this within a few days then i will do this for you but i would prefer to send you a message like this than just go and change your page. If you want to contact me then please use my talk page as i will not be checking back here. Thanks for your help. ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 16:47, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, WBOSITG! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page.

Finally, I'd like to appologise for any delay, and wish you luck with VandalProof! Ale_Jrbtalk 19:27, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Durgin Park

I was wondering if you would be willing to be a little more specific as to your concerns with this article so I can go about fixing it. I am from the Boston area and know it to be one of the more notable restaurants in the city, particularly with tourists. My apologies for not putting this in the AfD discussion, but since I felt this was more of an informal and friendly request, I decided this would be a more appropriate venue. Mstuczynski (talk) 20:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! And no need for apologies, I'm just looking for a WP:HEY benchmark to work from. I have no intentions of even commenting if I can't convince you with some changes. Mstuczynski (talk) 20:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Blanking Discussion Page

He's from England if you were wondering. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN aka john lennon 20:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

??? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 20:13, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh right, thanks for backing me up. I thought you meant something very different to say the least! Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 20:18, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

lol, you lot are a hard race i'll give ya that. I mean up in the Highlands to wear a Kilt! Wear a Kilt! Christ might as well kiss good bye to your John Thomas before it falls of with Frost Bite! Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 20:23, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah but still. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 20:38, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Krzysw78

I see you moved this to here. It should be deleted (the first link) under R2, so tagged. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

should not be an admin

This user creates controversy where none should exist by aggressively reverting and labeling people's edits "vandalism.' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.152.153 (talk) 11:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

confusing...

what was "unconstructive" about my edit of beaumont leys? I simply restructured the page and correctly worded a previous posters attempt to convey some rather important information about the area, as it stands now the page offers little or no information and is unpleasant to read... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.30.194 (talk) 12:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Go away

Just let him respond. Its his talk page, not yours. How about you go outside, play football and enjoy life rather than wasting it away reverting a message on someones talk page. YOUR SUCH A LOSER 86.40.200.196 (talk) 17:48, 9 March 2008 (UTC)


Don't be husting

There is a very long discussion in the talk page. And there are people who are working in the articles for months. On the other hand there are others who have no contribution to Wikipedia and just create a new account and erase what the want and add what they want without giving any explanation. Do you support the strategy of the second? I don't believe that. So, before you do more, check the history of the article and the talk page.--Vassilis78 (talk) 17:54, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Can you explain what you mean?--Vassilis78 (talk) 18:32, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
It is ok.--Vassilis78 (talk) 18:39, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand

And I find you unnecessarily aggressive.

All I added was "The Twentieth Century Society serves a similar role for post-1914 buildings." And then you removed it why? Tony May (talk) 18:02, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I do not like the boxes. They look ugly. Often the quality of citations in Wikipedia are poor, or unnecessary anyway for they are reporting established facts. Tony May (talk) 18:34, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Message

I sent you a message via email. κaτaʟavenoTC 12:47, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject

Hi, and welcome to the Tropical cyclone WikiProject! We are a group of Wikipedia editors who help to improve articles related to tropical cyclones on Wikipedia.

Looking for somewhere to start? Here is a few suggestions.

  • You can check out topics on the main page.
  • You can add {{hurricane}} to talk pages of tropical cyclone-related articles, and assess them as well.
  • Check out the to do list for the WikiProject, and opt to try and complete some of those tasks.
  • Check out the guidelines to get an idea of the project's standards.
  • You can also check out the newsletter.
  • For further information, you could join the Wikipedia tropical cyclones IRC channel.

If you have any comments, suggestions, or would like to talk about the project in general, feel free to leave a message on the talk page.

Juliancolton The storm still blows... 19:21, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

New! BCAD drive from Milhist

Can I invite you to particpate in our new assessment drive? It's strictly for experienced editors and has a degree of friendly competition built-in. It involves re-evaluating around 3500 Milhist B-Class articles to ensure they match our new criteria. As ever, we're offering a range of awards as our way of expressing our thanks. The drive doesn't start until 18:00 (UTC) on March 10 but you can sign up in advance here. It would be great if you can spare the time, --ROGER DAVIES talk 05:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

PS: If you do join, can you please, please use the short version of user name in the table. :))))) --ROGER DAVIES talk 15:25, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Scroll bars

Hello

I was wondering if you knew how I would go about installing three scrollbars in my userbox section so it doesnt make the page as long and looks neater, also how do I get all the userboxes to fit together neatly? Thanks in advance :) Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs) 17:35, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Ecole architecture marne la valle

I'm working with the editor on this one: it's notable, but the editor is a wiki-newbie and not a native English-speaker. I spent a year it one of its sister institutions, and sould be able to get it up to snuff. Acroterion (talk) 04:01, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

a joke

Three explorers were hiking through a vast forest that would eventually become Canada.

"You know," said the first explorer, "we should name this vast forest we're hiking through."

"I know," said the second explorer. "We'll each pick a letter and then make a name out of that."

"Good idea," said the third explorer. "You go first."

"Okay," said the first explorer. "C, A."

"My turn," said the second explorer. "N, A."

Unfortunately, before the third explorer could choose a letter, a bear jumped out of the trees and killed and ate all three explorers. Eventually, some guy came along and named the country after his aunt.
You said "tell me a joke" in your sig. I searched "joke" on Google, clicked on the first link, and clicked "random joke". J.delanoygabsadds 20:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I thought it was kind of funny, but I don't know for sure what it is supposed to mean. I just randomly chose a joke, whether or it made sense or not. I was bored, and I happened to see your "tell me a joke" thing, so it gave me something to do. Sorry. J.delanoygabsadds 23:01, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Also, I didn't notice you were from Scotland, or I would have chosen a different subject. Let's see... (does incredibly exhausting search i.e. opens new tab in browser, searches for joke on Google, clicks on first link, clicks "random joke", copies/pastes here.) *panting with exertion* OK, here is try #2...

Another(More) Joke(s) (that definitely is(are) making fun of a particular country...)

  1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
  2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
  3. Only in America......do drugstores make sick people walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
  4. Only in America......do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet Coke.
  5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the pens to the counters.
  6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
  7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place.
  8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and hot dog buns in packages of eight.
  9. Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 'tics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.
  10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

Hopefully, that's better. J.delanoygabsadds 23:14, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching

I've seen your request on the Admin Coaching page. I have reviewed your contributions and I believe that with a little policy-based coaching, you could pass an RFA pretty easily. What do you say? Malinaccier Public (talk) 12:28, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on the DYK. I would have responded earlier, but I was busy last night. Let's get started at User:WBOSITG/Admin coaching. User:TravisTX may agree to help, so we might get an assistant coach with us too. Malinaccier (talk) 14:31, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

DYK

Updated DYK query On 14 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Henry Gratiot, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
--Wizardman 22:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your support!

Hello, and thanks for your support in my recent RFA! The final result was 61/0/3, so I've been issued the mop! I'm extremely grateful for your confidence in me and will strive to live up to it. Thanks again! —Scott5114 [EXACT CHANGE ONLY] 07:22, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Portal:Journalism

Thanks for the Support. In response to your comment at the WP:FPORTC I added a few more selected articles into the mix. Cirt (talk) 23:29, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

removal of comment from West Bromwich Albion F.C.

The comment you removed from West Bromwich Albion F.C. was not vandalism but a valid comment to help editors. The article states that the club have competed in English football's top flight for the majority of their existence, however this is obviously something that could change in the future. The comment points out that they would have to remain out of the Premiership until 2042 before this would no longer hold true, hence there is no need to review or re-calculate this on an ongoing basis. I have reverted your change, however please let me know if you think this comment could be improved so as not to be deleted. Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 11:32, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Template:ScottishFootball

The template Template:ScottishFootball refers to a non-existent wikiproject. Should I put this template up for deletion? Thanks. --Jameboy (talk) 21:39, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

I deleted it. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 21:53, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thanks!

WP:WPAFC FA-FL drive

WikiProject Articles for Creation Featured Article Drive

WikiProject AFC is holding a one month long featured article drive!
The goal of this drive is to fill the empty Category:FA-Class AFC articles category. Good articles are welcomed as well.

Awards to be won range from the AFC barnstar to... well, the AFC barnstar. The drive page is located at Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Featured Content Drive.

This drive was organized by Nousernamesleft. Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 03:57, 9 March 2008 (UTC).

Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 01:25, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

BCAD

Just the gentlest of gentle reminders ... could you spare a little time to finish off your range at BCAD please? The drive has only a week or so left to run :) All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 06:38, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

This has to be a joke

English football portal nomination

The portal you nominated at featured portal candidates on March 14, 2008 has been promoted to featured portal status, and the 108th to do so. Well done. You can view eventual comments at the nomination page. Best regards, Rudget. 16:17, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiCup

STORMTRACKER 94 Go Irish! 22:35, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Now worries thanks for letting me know.♦Tangerines♦·Talk 22:42, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Complaint by WBOSITG (wrong location)


65.7.144.194 23:08, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy First Day of Spring!

Editor Review Thanks

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
This barnstar is for reviewing me at Editor Review. Thank you for taking the time to do that. Happy Editing. --Hdt83 Chat 06:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

BTW, I like your name, its pretty unique! --Hdt83 Chat 06:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured portal candidates/Portal:James Bond

Done. Ultra! 15:37, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Backslapping ahoy

Football (soccer) barnstar
I award you this barnstar for your effort and enthusiasm in taking Portal:English football from an MFD to become a featured portal in under two months! Well done Nanonic (talk) 22:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

You also get to add Template:User Featured Portal to your collection of user boxes, go you! Nanonic (talk) 22:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Complaint by Ray-Ginsay

--21:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Complaint by 24.124.4.220 (talk)

24.124.4.220 (talk) 01:02, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Bond Portal

Look at the huge amount of empty blue space it leaves.

What are these complaints you receive? Ultra! 15:46, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

I can has mop?
Hi WBOSITG/Archive 4! Thank you for your support in my RfA (87/3/3).
I truely appreciate the many votes of confidence, and I will exert myself to live up to those expectations. Thanks again!
CobaltBlueTony™ talk 17:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Complaint by 66.6.68.28 (talk)

66.6.68.28 (talk) 18:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Cool

What a great way of irritating vandals. I went to check the source on you user page, and all I got was TO VANDALS. Sweet, you are an inspiration. How do you edit your user page tnhough? Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 00:40, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Mentoring

I need help getting my mainspace edits up to a respectable level, I was wondering if you would be able to help me to do that, if not, thanks anyway. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 10:43, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Maybe not adoption, a term that I think is an innapropriate use of the word in this context, and I have an adopter anyway. I had more in mind a sort of think tank, where you and I try and help each other's exploits into wikipedia, maybe diversifying each other's interests etc. I hate football for instance, perhaps I could learn to appreciate the need for a sport that brings people together. I need, I want, to get my namespace edits up, which I think you could help with. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 10:48, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps our first point of call should be to discern each other's interests? Shall we? Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 11:10, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

your page in IE vs, FF

While I enthusiastically agree that FF is infinitely better than IE, I am afraid that your userpage looks almost identical in both. This is your page in IE7. This is your page in Firefox. You may want to change the little notice thingy on your main userpage. J.delanoygabsadds 17:47, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

haha sorry. I was too lazy to notice that... J.delanoygabsadds 18:35, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
yup. I was waiting for my brother to get himself off his computer so we could go to McDonalds. It wasn't worth it to log into huggle for like 5 minutes, so instead I wasted that time by actually finding the IE .exe file in the depths of c:\program_files and firing it up, taking two screenshots, uploading them to Flickr, and even taking the time to change the copyright status to CC rather than all rights reserved. All this instead of fighting vandalism. I really need to get my priorities straight.... J.delanoygabsadds 18:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Interests

Reading, English language, guitar based bands of the sixties, and playing guitar are m main interests. Probably guitar and English are the ones I tend to focus on outside of Wikipedia, I am in a band and I want to be an English teacher. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 00:42, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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 20:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Editor Review

Hey man, thanks for the editor review, and thanks for the suggestions on article improvment, I will do those. I am not entirely certain what you mean by "talk to others like an administrator" I am reasonably certain that that is a complement, and I thank you for it, but I want to know what it means to "talk to others like an administrator" I assume that it will affect any future attempts at admin that I may have? Thanks, Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 06:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)


Thanks, I have already started to edit Hendrix, nothing major, a footnote here or there, I have submitted it for peer review. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 07:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Arctic Monkeys

The Project doesn't have a List class. WesleyDodds (talk) 09:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Middlesex#GA_Review:_On_hold

Hey, thanks for your GAN help. I know this one failed a GAN before, but still, if you could list out more specifically any other issues with the article when reviewing it'd be really great. If you usually do this and this was just a one off because the article had already been reviewed in the past, than feel free to ignore me! Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 09:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh wow, I thought I had seen you around there before. In that case, thanks for helping out! Very much appreciated. Hopefully my guide helps :) dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 09:24, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Help

I just switched from Internet Explorer to Mozilla, I am not entirely impressed. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 09:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

With firefox of course, what skin do you use? I got used to the modern skin, now everything looks strange. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 09:33, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
It does work, but it still will be good to be able to use other skins that have been provided, which is why I have left the template there. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 09:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Note left on user's talk page, thanks man. Perhaps I was somewhat ambiguous when I said that one of my main interests is the English Language. Forgive me, that is one of the main problems with the language. I meant that my passion was for the subject that I am sure you study at school, literacy I think they call it in Scotland, I love poetry and Shakespeare etc. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 09:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Shakespearian articles on wikipedia generally are pretty good. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 09:59, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Aberdeen

No worries at all, and thanks for the award. I might end up reviewing it for GA myself. I don't like to have more than one on the go at the same time. My first suggestion would be to remove the notable players section - they've often been removed from football teams and instead lists of former players articles done instead, e.g. List of Aberdeen F.C. players. Otherwise that section is too much POV. Peanut4 (talk) 11:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Have a look at Category:Lists of footballers by club to look at other such lists. A lot of them have players who played over a certain amount of games. Peanut4 (talk) 19:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
It's not necessary to only have more than 100 games. I've personally done the List of Bradford City A.F.C. players, which has all players ever at Bradford City. But I reckon there must be more than that list who have played more than 100 games for Aberdeen. Peanut4 (talk) 20:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Just do what you can. It's a good start. I'm sure you'll find some more sources, or someone else will help fill in the gaps. Peanut4 (talk) 20:32, 31 March 2008 (UTC)