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Contents 1 Thank you from Horologium 2 Backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user 3 Re: 4 WikiProject Law Enforcement Barnstar Proposal Poll 5 Re: 6 Response 7 WikiProject Alternative music Newsletter 8 WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter 9 New Project 10 Stade Rennais 11 Helpdesk 12 TALK BACK PLEASE 13 So I go hunting for witches... 14 tags 15 IRC 16 RE RE: TALK BACK PLEASE 17 Lady Aleena's future 18 Complaining 19 RFA 20 Your input would be welcomed 21 Talk:Main Page 22 Need help 23 IRC? 24 To Tell the Truth GA reassessment 25 Signpost updated for May 2nd and 9th, 2008. 26 The COOKIE MONSTeR ate the cow 27 Help desk 28 CSD 29 Errr 30 RfA 31 Rfb participation thanks 32 Nice job 33 My RfA 34 Beat-the-closing-crat congrats 35 You're an admin! 36 Teh admin 37 Yay! RFA Pass ^_^ 38 Congrats Mr . Admin 39 Congrats! 40 Wallcroft Farmhouse 41 Adminship 42 Block? 43 :) 44 Your RFa 45 Admin! 46 Archiving AWC Stuff 47 Congrats On Your RFA 48 Row, row, row your mop, gently around the 'peed'.... 49 Congratulations! 50 Congratulations? 51 Gratscake! 52 Congratulations! 53 What they said 54 I am shameless... 55 Another congrats 56 Gratz 57 Signpost updated for May 12th, 2008. 58 T:DYK reminder... 59 Aset Ka 60 ??? 61 RFA Thanks 62 User talk:ScoutingforGirls 63 So where is the "right place"? 64 It would be helpful... 65 User talk:Neapolitan Sixth 66 Rollback of Template:Coord/dec2dms/dms 67 RfA thank-spam 68 Im New 69 WikiProject Homeschooling May 2008 Newsletter 70 WP:HAU has a new format 71 Rollback 72 RfA thanks! 73 ACC 74 WP:LOTM 75 Progressed! 76 Wikicup IRC channel 77 Alcanar 78 Cute Is What We Aim For 79 RE: Mistaken Revert 80 blocking 65.216.70.62 81 YOUR comments are unconstructive 82 My recent RfA 83 Block on Broadbot 84 Re: Thanks... 85 User talk page vandalism 86 Award thanks 87 Thanks 88 Invitation to the Edinburgh Wikimeet 89 Ducksofmercy 90 Thanks! 91 Exams 92 Fortune Global 500 edit war 93 Award Center Newsletter 94 My RfA 95 my RfA - Ta! 96 5/25 DYK 97 World Traveller Award 98 University of Chicago 99 Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar 100 Confusing reverts 101 Barnstar 102 Hi 103 Deletion review for Template:FootnotesSmall 104 Re: Sexual Slavery and warning templates 105 RE: Your opinion 106 Coachees 107 please protect 108 RfA thank you spam 109 Re:Ping 110 It's been 4 days 111 File sent 112 ani oops 113 Three revert 114 Your an account creator 115 Signpost updated for May 19th and 26th, 2008.

Thank you from Horologium

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed unanimously with the support of 100 editors. Your kindness is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Wizardman, Black Falcon and jc37 for nominating me. — Horologium

12:32, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

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

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|WBOSITG/Archive 6}}. Thank you for your continued participation in Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User. xenocidic (talk) 20:02, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:

I didn't vandalize anything. Just take a look at the edits because you warn me. You will notice that I was reverting edits made 2 weeks ago by Special:Contributions/81.149.22.123, and User:Smsarmad, who is most likely the anon, was reverting my edits. 77.42.187.213 (talk) 20:51, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Please undo your edit to Ayub Khan, and block user:Smsarmad for editing disruptively. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.42.187.213 (talk) 20:53, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Law Enforcement Barnstar Proposal Poll

--Mifter (talk) 21:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:

I regret losing my temper. But you should notice that the anon who removed Shia Islam from the infobox first replaced it with Sunni Islam and did so in many articles. Also, the denomination should be included in the infobox, as it is with almost every Sunni Muslim. I kindly ask you to undo your own edit to Ayub Khan.77.42.187.213 (talk) 21:11, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks.77.42.187.213 (talk) 21:33, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

It is. I tend to lose my temper. Sorry, I'll try refrain from saying things like this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.42.187.213 (talk) 22:00, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Response

Sure, tell me when you want to start. Elluminate (talk) 05:13, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative music Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 13 - April 2008

"God is in your scrotum!'"- Perry Farrell Project news This month was the first in over a year in which no articles were promoted to featured article status. In the period between March 2007 and April 2008, the project produced a whopping 70 Featured Articles. Let's keep adding to those numbers! Pearl Jam was featured on the Main Page on April 22. We collaborated on My Bloody Valentine, The Queen Is Dead, Double Nickels on the Dime and Ten (Pearl Jam album) during the past month. During the month of April, Diorama (album), Editors, Neon Bible, Ghosts I–IV, "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home" and "Who Really Cares (Featuring the Sound of Insanity)" were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out (1997).

New members Arleach, Panic!out, N0tverycreative, and Gallagher2x2 joined the alternative music fold during April. Editors User:WesleyDodds

You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up for WikiProject Alternative music. If you wish to stop receiving this newsletter, or would like to receive it in a different form, add your name to the appropriate section here. This newsletter was delivered by the automated Giggabot (talk) 09:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter

The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles Newsletter

The WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter Volume I, No. 7 - May 2008 April issue | June issue Project News There are currently 4,050 Good Articles listed at WP:GA. The backlog at Good Article Nominations is 195 unreviewed articles. Out of 227 total nominations, 16 are on hold, 14 are under review, and two are seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance! The oldest unreviewed articles are: Fighting Tommy Riley, Brock Lesnar, Cluj-Napoca, Wolf's Rain, Brian Kendrick, and North and South (TV serial). The categories with the largest backlogs are: Theatre, film and drama (45), Sports and recreation (34), Music (18), Transport (15), World history (14), Politics and government (13), and Places (12). The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 17 articles up for re-review. GAN Reviewer of the Month Noble Story (talk · contribs) is the GAN Reviewer of the Month for April, based on the assessments made by Dr. Cash on the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Noble Story joined Wikipedia on May 16, 2007. He is a big fan of the Houston Rockets, and edits many related articles, as well as articles on basketball in general. Congratulations to Noble Story (talk · contribs) on being April's GAN Reviewer of the Month! Other outstanding reviewers during the month of April include: Dihydrogen Monoxide (talk · contribs) Drewcifer3000 (talk · contribs) Ealdgyth (talk · contribs) GaryColemanFan (talk · contribs) Gary King (talk · contribs) Jbmurray (talk · contribs) Kaypoh (talk · contribs) Lpangelrob (talk · contribs) Mitchazenia (talk · contribs) Nikki311 (talk · contribs) Realist2 (talk · contribs) Redtigerxyz (talk · contribs) ThinkBlue (talk · contribs) Member News There are now 212 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 17 new members that joined during the month of April: Affinity likely (talk · contribs) Climie.ca (talk · contribs) Edmund Patrick (talk · contribs) Eustress (talk · contribs) IMatthew (talk · contribs) Kironide (talk · contribs) Makeshift Thackery (talk · contribs) Mm40 (talk · contribs) Nikki311 (talk · contribs) Noble Story (talk · contribs) Peanut4 (talk · contribs) Realist2 (talk · contribs) SorryGuy (talk · contribs) Sushant gupta (talk · contribs) ThinkBlue (talk · contribs) WBOSITG (talk · contribs) Will381796 (talk · contribs) This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all! GA Topic Do you know what a GA topic is? If you are not nodding your head, or don't know what I'm talking about, then you should pay attention to this article. There are ten GA top-level topics (but you will spot the eleventh as this article goes along). These topics are: Arts, Language and literature, Philosophy and religion, Everyday life, Social sciences and society, Geography and places, History, Engineering and technology, Mathematics, and Natural sciences. Each of these topics are further narrowed down to more specific topics. For example, Arts can be narrowed down to Art and architecture, Music, and Theatre, film and drama. But let's not get into sub-topics in this article because of its depth. Now you will probably ask, "I already knew this, so what is your point?" What I want to illustrate is that some people often forget a step when they promote an article to GA. After they have posted their review in the article talk page, added the article name to the corresponding topic in the good article page, increased the GA count by 1, and added the {{GA}} to article talk page, many reviewers tend to forget to add the topic parameter in {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}}. You can browse the topic parameter abbreviations at on this page as well as what each top-level GA topic means, because sometimes it can be chaotic and confusing to pick a topic. For example, should On the Origin of Species be placed under the Natural Science topic (because it's related to evolution), or under the Language and Literature topic (because it is a book)? The correct answer is to place it under Language and literature topic, because its categorization as a proper title supercedes other categories. Let's go back to the page that shows GA topics; does anyone spot the eleventh topic? Yes, Category:Uncategorized good articles is the 11th topic, only it shouldn't be there. Articles that do not have a topic parameter in either {{GA}} or {{ArticleHistory}} will be placed in this category. The topic "Uncategorized" is not very informative, is it? So if you have time, you can consider cleaning up the articles that are left in this category and move them to the appropriate category by adding a topic parameter. That's it for this month, I hope you learned a little from it. GA Sweeps Update The GA Sweeps process is progressing nicely! During the month of April, a total of 26 articles were reviewed. Of that total, 15 were found to continue to meet the GA criteria, and two were delisted. There are currently six articles that are still on hold in this process, awaiting revisions. One article was exempted from review because it was promoted to FA. Two articles were exempted from review because they were already delisted by another member in the community. We are once again recruiting new sweeps participants. Candidates should be very strong and comfortable in reviewing GA and familiar with the GA processes and criteria. If you are interested, please contact OhanaUnited for details. Did You Know... ...that there are slightly less than twice as many Good Articles as Featured Articles? ...that the total number of Good Articles and Featured Articles combined is 6,085? ...that different languages have different symbols representing GA? (Alemannic uses , Bavarian uses , Czech and French use , Estonian, Icelandic, and Swedish use , Esperanto and German use , Polish, Spanish, and Turkish use , Portuguese uses , Russian uses , Ukrainian uses ) Note: Lithuanian and Serbian have their own symbol but only uploaded locally. Other languages not listed above either have the same symbol as english or they don't have GA process. From the Editors There is currently a debate on adding a small green dot to the top right corner of all Good Articles that pass the criteria, similar to the small bronze star that is added to the top right corner of Featured Articles. Members of WikiProject Good Articles are encouraged to participate in the debate on this page. Please leave any comments or feedback regarding this issue here. Contributors to this Issue Dr. Cash (Lead Editor, Distributor) OhanaUnited (Article, GA Sweeps and Did You Know correspondent) Improving Wikipedia one article at a time since 2005! WikiProject Good Articles: Open Tasks This project identifies, organizes and improves good articles on Wikipedia. Nominations: Backlash (2007) • Fort Jackson (Virginia) • The Great American Bash (2007) • Jenny (Doctor Who) • New York State Route 9L Reassessment: Madonna (entertainer) • Sweeps / List: references (All Categories), image tags (All Categories), article quality (All Categories) Possible GAs Needing References: Clarinet • Carleton University • Appalachian Mountains Task forces: Project quality • Unreferenced GA Good article criteria | Statistics | GAN Report | Changes log Nominations queue: 211 articles (47 of them are on hold) as of 08:00, 13 June 2008 | edit

New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 06:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Stade Rennais

Hi! You're right about the name of the club. Sorry, my mistake.--Latouffedisco (talk) 08:47, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Helpdesk

Thank you. It's much appreciated. Spencer^T♦C 19:02, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

TALK BACK PLEASE

Hiii I like every band you like, the things your into, I also am sorta around your age (14) and also lived in Australia. Was wondering if you wanted to get to know each other? wb Seb —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebastien290194 (talk • contribs) 12:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

So I go hunting for witches...

User_talk:Dihydrogen_Monoxide#Bloc_Party - I'll take a look ASAP. (Reply there please...) dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 02:00, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

tags

This tags are restored. Banned editors do not have right to edit wikipedia and demand has been writen by puppet of long time banned user:Velebit so I am reverting edits which are not allowed on wikipedia. If this user write that Charlemagne has been Frankish emperor I will revert because he is not allowed to edit. Can you please look how many known puppets has been created by this editor because of what all discussions with him has ended. --Rjecina (talk) 14:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok do you have MSN?

IRC

If you get on within the next hour, tell me so we can talk over IRC. Malinaccier (talk) 20:09, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

I vote we go for it. What do you think? Malinaccier (talk) 21:29, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Is it OK if I co-nom? - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 21:47, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. WBOSITG, I'm on IRC. Malinaccier (talk) 21:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

You need to do it manually. 1 week after Wizardman adds the co-nom. Malinaccier (talk) 22:34, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

OK. Wizard added his nomination. Change the date, transclude it, and let's go!  :) Malinaccier (talk) 23:32, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

RE RE: TALK BACK PLEASE

Oh sorry. How would I just send you messages then? And do you have facebook/myspace? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sebastien290194 (talk • contribs) 06:35, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok do you have MSN? and that same message is in the one below its from me sorry wrong section :S --Sebastien290194 (talk) 18:02, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Lady Aleena's future

WBOSITG...Several people have expressed an interest in my next probable nomination for adminship. Messaging people when it happens would look a lot like canvassing, so I would prefer not doing that. If you are interested in it, you could add this to your watchlist. If it is created, you will know, maybe even before I do depending on how often you check your watchlist. If you wish to gush prior to it being officially up, have fun, but only when it happens please. I am in no particular rush. Have a very nice day! :) - LA @ 10:02, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

WBOSTIG...Thank you for your concern. Others have also said similar here. Please take a look. Have a fabulous day! - LA @ 13:03, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Complaining

I was actually aiming that comment at the inevitable complaints made by other users; you appear to have enough good sense to leave it alone. :) —Travis^talk 15:41, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

I really wish to apologize for messing up question 4. Clearly, I threw the examples together in a rush and now the question is in a sad state. If anyone dings you for my mistakes, I will have a word or two with them. One of my favorite Glaswegians would probably have something colorful to say about me. :D —Travis^talk 03:04, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

RFA

Good luck on your RfA -- ₮inucherian ^(Talk) - 06:12, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi frnd, I am not sure whether the RFA candiate himself udapting the tally in RFA page will look good to many people. I suggest let others do it . This is just a suggestion .Anyways Good to see that your are receiving enough support. Best of luck ! -- ₮inucherian ^(Talk) - 11:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Your input would be welcomed

Hiya, sorry - this is a bit spammy. You recently commented at my talk page regarding my proposal for a mentoring process that takes us away from "admin coaching" and moves towards a process to provide a support system to help editors who wish it become effective, high quality administrators, and not an administrator for the sake of it. I've created a header at User:Pedro/Mentoring and if you have any time to provide some feedback, or just tinker with it, I'd be grateful. Pedro :  Chat  08:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

This happens on an almost daily basis, its nothing to do with AFG. ☯Ferdia O'Brien ^(T)/_(C) 12:24, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Need help

I voted for your RfA, so now I need a favor in return. What is the tag to put on the Plot section of a fiction work if it is too long and wordy? I thought it was toolong|section, but that didn't work. Thanks. Tool2Die4 (talk) 18:35, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

IRC?

^^? Malinaccier (talk) 21:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

To Tell the Truth GA reassessment

I removed all the unreliable sources from the article. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 18:14, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

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The COOKIE MONSTeR ate the cow

. Hi just to make sure you’re not too hungry, I would’ve given you milk – but the cow just died and I tried to milk the bull but it kicked me in the face. *sob*. Anyway, enjoy the cookie!! Fattyjwoods ^{(Push my button)} 01:28, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Help desk

Tehe :D. Apologies, I'm taking an essay slowly so when I have a break I check my watchlist. You generally expand and make up for the bits I'd missed out!! Good luck in your RfA as well, you should have no probs. Best, PeterSymonds | talk 12:24, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

CSD

Well, I guess it's official: I performed my first admin action (outside of testing in the new admin school) in your userspace. Thanks for the congrats too! --Kakofonous (talk) 13:07, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Errr

I'd rather you didn't blank the sections on WP:AWC. It would be best that we take action after the MfD has been given more time and is opened to more feedback. Would you mind reverting your edits? I'm willing to suspend them for the time being (similar to what I did with The Deletionist challenge). Thanks a ton. --Sharkface^T/_C 21:32, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. While your methods were effective in sorting out the mess, I'd rather they be kept up until a minor consensus was reached. Still, I appreciate your bold efforts. They're fitting for a soon-to-be administrator. --Sharkface^T/_C 21:48, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Haha, I didn't find any rudeness in your reply simply because of the :). That little guy sure is handy. Your edits were quite alright, it's just that I'd rather take things a bit slower. Remember, due to the completely fluid nature of Wikipedia, nothing is every really lost, and all changes can be undone. Editing and living on Wikipedia... I think of it as something akin to surfing a huge wave. You feel all powerful because you and your board are inside a huge tube of water.... when in reality you're the master of none but your own balance, trying to keep from being crushed by the huge fortress of water all around you. In order to stay balanced, one must be at peace on the inside, remaining calm, relaxed, and focused. Of course, that's just what I think. I could be wrong. ^_~ --Sharkface^T/_C 21:56, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks man, I try to be very metaphorical :-P --Sharkface^T/_C 22:00, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA

Hey, just FYI I left you a question at your RfA. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 03:25, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Rfb participation thanks

Hello, "S/he who inters hidden missives beneath the earth that gives forth both flowers and food".

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support, and an early congratulations on what appears to be a bit flipping in your near future :) -- Avi (talk) 17:11, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Nice job

		The Editor's Barnstar
		is hereby awarded to WBOSITG for responding to a request and creating an excellent new article called Emergency procedure. Thank you! The Transhumanist    19:02, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks! Yes, I'm honoured about the trust, and thank you for participating. :) I would say if you need any assistance, but you won't for much longer! Ah well, article writing assistance, or anything like that...! Best, PeterSymonds | talk 19:42, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Hehe I find it extremely useful! There's a note on the transcluded page attibuting it to you, but there's something about the pretty colour scheme I just love! PeterSymonds | talk 19:51, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Beat-the-closing-crat congrats

Congratulations on your recent successful RfA! xenocidic (talk) 15:42, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

You're an admin!

=Nichalp «Talk»= 15:43, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats from me too, Webur! Well deserved - now go back to your studies. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 15:47, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Way! You got near the exact same consensus as me :) Good luck. Rudget (Help?) 17:55, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I still retain the title as the first 100 RfA of 2008 :) Rudget (Help?) 17:59, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey, congratulations of your successful RfA. I still feel that there are concerns, and I hope that you tread carefully, please do not be afraid to ask questions when you are not sure, and do not step into something you are unaware how to handle. Cheers, and best of luck! Tiptoety ^talk 19:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! « Milk's Favorite Cookie ^{( talk / contribs)} 20:51, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I must admit I was combing your contributions with a fine toothcomb when I realised that WeBuriedOurSecretsintheGarden was WBOSITG... but I !voted for you anyway... Congratulations. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations from me as well. :) Don't forget to take a look at the new admin school! Good luck! Acalamari 21:26, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations. seresin ( ¡? ) 22:22, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Teh admin

Congrats my scottish friend. Dons for the title next year. :D Sunderland06 (talk) 15:46, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Yay! RFA Pass ^_^

Heh, congrats. Said this on IRC, but let's jack up your talk page size, shall we? </joke>. Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 15:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats Mr . Admin

I was the last person to tally your RFA (114/10/4) here, saw it was closed as successful. Rushed here to congratulate you first , But saw many have done that already. Still My hearty Congrats again ! -- TinuCherian ^{(Wanna Talk?)} - 15:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!

Just remember to never click delete when you’re on this page. :D Cheers! —Travis^talk 16:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

The delete button's gone anyway. ;) Congrats! PeterSymonds | talk 16:09, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! Cirt (talk) 16:50, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Wallcroft Farmhouse

I never said I was the primary author. The template states, "The author of the only substantial content has requested deletion in good faith, either explicitly or by blanking the page." It doesn't say that the primary author is the only one that can place the tag. I guess AfD prod will work for me though. --Onorem♠Dil 17:02, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

"he is not the primary contributer" He meaning Phantom Lexis? I admit I might be missing it, but can you link a diff not by Phantom Lexis that's anything more than fixing spelling or format issues. I didn't notice a single one. --Onorem♠Dil 17:11, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Adminship

Congratulations on passing! Well done. Remember your old mate Jack I'm sure I'll need an unofficial favour some day ;) Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks a lot matey. All the best Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 18:26, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats Garden. :) If you need any help or have any questions, let me know. · AndonicO ^Engage. 20:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Just don't do anything stupid. ;) · AndonicO ^Engage. 00:09, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Thats fine mate, my pleasure. All the best of luck. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 14:30, 14 May 2008 (UTC).

Block?

Hey I am curious as to why you blocked this IP which received no warnings today, and had only made one edit today too. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 19:15, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Yes the user received a final warning but it was issued almost 24 hours before your block was issued, and with the account being an IP the user using may very well have changed. Next time just issue a "onl-waring" type of deal before blocking in cases like that, but as it is only 24 hours I see no real harm done. Tiptoety ^talk 21:43, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I have made so many mistakes that I can not count them on one hand, but thats how we learn right? So do not worry too much about it. I am also very pleased to hear that you will respond to content disputes and edit wars with good judgment. Cheers, Tiptoety ^talk 21:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

 :)

WilliamH (talk) 19:48, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Your RFa

Don't you realise I only did it to get hold of your coach?Oops better no say anything like that here, everyone takes everything seriously on wikipedia! Nevertheless it's a fun place to be (especially as Brits like us have a dry sense of humour anyway =)!) and I wish you all the best! Regards --Cameron (t|p|c) 20:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Admin!

- DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:56, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on your adminship. Good luck using the mop --Sharkface^T/_C 20:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Archiving AWC Stuff

Actually, would you mind archiving the sections? Consider it as a fun little task for a new little admin. --Sharkface^T/_C 20:59, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats On Your RFA

I just received your template RFA thanks message, and I would like to take this time to congratulate you on your new position of authority :), the community has just trusted you with the power that very few users (Only 1,545 according to here) are able to use, and the only advice that I have for you is to trust your judgment because that will never lead you wrong, to always assume good faith not everyone is a vandal you know :), and to be civil most arguments can be avoided by just keeping calm :). Also I am honored to present you with your horary Admin-Tee Shirt :). Once again Congrats on your successful RFA and All the Best, --Mifter (talk) 21:09, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

P.S. I almost forgot the most Important thing NOT to do as an Admin, and that is to not go deleting the Main Page, its been done before and chances are some admin in a momentary lapse of judgment will do it again :). Anyways Congrats again and All the Best :), --Mifter (talk) 21:09, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Row, row, row your mop, gently around the 'peed'....

Sweeet!!!! Congratulations! J.delanoy^gabs_adds 21:16, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

WBOSITG, congratulations on becoming an admin. Although I didn't support, I am very glad to see it passed, and I have little doubt in my mind that you will abuse the tools.  :) Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 21:34, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations?

Instead of joining the congratulation pile-on, I warn you to prepare yourself against the warnings to prepare yourself against the stress of being an admin. Countless admins will tell you about the threatening emails, the personal attacks on you, etc. It's all myth! LIEZ! I haven't experienced any more stress since becoming an admin than before that... well, that's probably because I've never blocked a soul user. So, uh... never mind. Instead, I'll just congratulate you like everyone else. Er, congratulations? Nousernamesleft^{copper, not wood} 21:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Gratscake!

Just try not to break anything now, y'hear? :) Gazimoff ^Write_Read 22:38, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations! I hope you will do a great job as an admin. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 03:54, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

What they said

Hi. Congratulations again. I just want to emphasize once more my appreciation for a young editor who behaves with maturity and civility, despite the difficulties it seems to cause in gaining the trust of a few people. All the best. Olaf Davis | Talk 07:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! Now get to work. :) Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I am shameless...

I was wondering if it's alright that I have shamelessly stolen the basic template for your header and personified it to fit mah needs. If not cool, just say the word and I'll make it disappear. Dont wanna be stepping on an admin's(!! Congrats !!) toes. Qb | ^{your 2 cents} 15:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Another congrats

Congratulations. You'll do fine with the tools. Have fun. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 22:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Nice one! :) Malinaccier (talk) 01:10, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

All the Best! --Bhadani (talk) 01:50, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! Very pleased to see you succeeded. Happy editing! Lradrama 08:08, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Gratz

Congratulations. Here are what pass for words of wisdom from the puppy:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5) Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block. Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able. KillerChihuahua?!?

DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales. All rights released under GFDL.

^That's the best "congratulations" you'll ever get. :P Anyway, glad the RFA went well, I'm sure you'll be a good admin. Word of advice, though: don't get too caught up in the bureaucracy. · AndonicO ^Engage. 09:32, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

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T:DYK reminder...

Don't forget to c-upload so we don't get penises on the front page. —Wknight94 (talk) 13:46, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Aset Ka

Hi Joe. I've re-deleted the Aset Ka article as the AfD consensus for deletion was not a mere technicality, but found the claims about the order to be unreliable and unverifiable. The only new reference used in the article is a recent book published by the same proponent of the movement who had previously set up a website used to source the prior drafts - the article used essentially the same sources as when it was originally deleted. Not only that, but if you had read through the article with a skeptical eye, you'd notice that it makes outrageous claims supported only by dubious research of an "Asetian Bible" that, in all likelihood, did not exist a decade ago, much less the thousands of years claimed by its author. The "order" is, by any measure, pseudo-historical quasi-occult nonsense. I have explained the reasons behind deletion to the article's author and suggested DRV. Cheers, ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 15:30, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks anyway for the notice and sorry for the brusque re-deletion, it's sometimes difficult to maintain tact when you want to call it as you see it. ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 16:20, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

 ???

I just noticed I forgot to participate in your RfA! :O Congrats on gaining adminship. Valtoras (talk) 04:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship – and congratulations on your successful candidacy as well. We can be learners together! I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 14:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk:ScoutingforGirls

You beat me to the block! I'd personally up it to indefinite- the user has uploaded a lot of attack images, and created attack pages (check the deleted contributions). If you think the user has the potential to be a good contributor, feel free to ignore me. J Milburn (talk) 15:58, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok, sure. To be fair, the user has made decent contributions in the past. J Milburn (talk) 16:04, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

So where is the "right place"?

So where is the "right place"? I'm sure you clearly had an intention when writing about the "right place".

[1]

If it's not vandalism you have just to decline the request. But not remove it. 82.113.106.16 (talk) 16:30, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Take it to WP:ANI or WP:SS, I'd say. Thanks! weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:14, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

It would be helpful...

...if instead of posting generic templates you actually pointed out the supposed vandalism. Kthx. Neapolitan Sixth (talk) 20:05, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, heh, I saw the ANI thread. It would have been helpful if you had linked to that. Thanks anyway for WP:AGF. Neapolitan Sixth (talk) 20:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh well, I'm quite versed in policy nonetheless. I appreciate that you overlooked the poster's taken-out-of-context diffs and were able to see my "good" contributions. Thank you for your evenhandedness. Neapolitan Sixth (talk) 20:20, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Neapolitan Sixth

That image isn't of Sceptre, it's WJBScribe. Corvus cornix_talk 21:13, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Heh.  :) Corvus cornix_talk 21:20, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Rollback of Template:Coord/dec2dms/dms

Hi WB. I had to roll back your edit to Template:Coord/dec2dms/dms because it broke some (if not all) articles with geographical infoboxes. I haven't looked into the cause of the error. All I know is that articles like St Mary Cray were broken, with a line of garbage at the top related to the coor template, and rolling back your edit fixed them. Better luck next time! Regards, --Heron (talk) 21:35, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank-spam

Thanks weebo. And congrats on your own RFA! :) Gatoclass (talk) 06:12, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Im New

I've only been registered on Wikipedia for about a week, and i would like some help on how to do stuff like you, how to add those cool little gadgets on your page, and generally be mentored.. or at least some advice please :) Thanks Dalemurph (talk) 16:47, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Homeschooling May 2008 Newsletter

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WP:HAU has a new format

Due to popular demand, HAU has a new look. Since the changes are so dramatic, I may have made some mistakes when translating the data. Please take a look at WP:HAU/EU and make sure your checkmarks are in the right place and feel free to add or remove some. There is a new feature, SoxBot V, a recently approved bot, automatically updates your online/offline status based on the length of time since your last edit. To allow SoxBot V to do this, you'll need to copy [[Category:Wikipedians who use StatusBot]] to your userpage. Obviously you are not required to add this to your userpage, however, without this, your status will always be "offline" at HAU. Thanks. Useight (talk) 17:23, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi. I would like to have rollback rights. I have over 400 edits. I spend some considerable time reverting, but sometimes I am turned away by vandalising of pages rapidly. Please reply as soon as possible. Thanks.LAAFan 00:11, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks!

		RfA: Many thanks
		Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 05:41, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

ACC

Hey. When you login can you please check the admin bit of ACC(I think you have been "admin" appproved). There is a bit of a backlog. Many thanks. ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 14:57, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:LOTM

Congratulations on what appears to be your first WP:FL. In case you do not know, we are running an experiment to choose the List of the Month and Lists of the Day for June. Feel free to nominate your list at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/Nominees/200807 for consideration next month to be the July LOTM or a LOTD. If you would like to support this experiment the most important thing you can do is come by and vote at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200806. My talk page is always open.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:52, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the nomination. Please remember to vote at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200806. We need input to make a good selection each month.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 21:31, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Less than 48 hours remain and the voting is close. Your vote at User:TonyTheTiger/List of the Day/voting/200806 would be important.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 02:46, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Progressed!

You have progressed to the next round of the WikiCup! Best wishes for the future!

weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 17:29, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for welcoming back, I was a little worried that I didn't do much. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikicup IRC channel

Hi, this is a message to inform you about the creation of an IRC channel for the Wiki World Cup. In this channel, such things disscussed will be; future developments in the cup, disscussion about points awarded, and other general WikiCup related things. You can access this channel via IRC and joining #Wikicup. A more derict link is irc://irc.freenode.net/wikicup .

Thanks you. Sunderland06 (talk) 20:05, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Alcanar

Do you have any reliable source to use in this article (in the "History", "Culture" and "Economy and tourism")? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 13:02, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Also the article says "In 1380, the village already contained thirty families, and they were subjected to various attacks by Saracen pirates". This needs a more explanation. You say there were thirty families, well, but what these families were, how did you measure the number of families, what was there occupation, were they farmers or something other? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 13:05, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Cute Is What We Aim For

• Re page Cute Is What We Aim For, please do not remove speedy-delete tags. If you disagree with the speedy-delete-tagging, add the tag {{hangon}} to the article page, and then put in its talk page why you think that the article should be kept. Or change it to an AfD. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 15:53, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

  WBOSITG is an administrator. He was simply doing his job. Maxim_(talk) 16:12, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

  • I realized. But an edit war had developed, and I realized that discussion would be better to sort it out. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:18, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
• See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cute Is What We Aim For, to try to get this dispute sorted out. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 16:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: Mistaken Revert

I dont know what else I was supposed to do, I saw someone edit your userpage I acted within guidelines and the such. Next time whatever the edit I wont revert to stop further such discussions, I was trying to help Wikipedia by doing the right thing. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:18, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh ok, maybe I was a bit quick in stating that I wouldnt revert anymore vandalism. Its something of a duty rather than what you want to do. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:30, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Its fine. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:34, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Its all been blanked on his talk page now, so not to worry. Looks like he's licked his wounds and got over it even though it took someone else to delete it for him. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:38, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Further more its amazing what happens when you try to do the right thing, I suppose thats a lesson in life. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 16:44, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

blocking 65.216.70.62

Thank you for blocking this IP for the next day, but I guess the reason you gave on its talk page is off: you mentioned 'bad username' instead of vandalism. -- Bakabaka (talk) 19:29, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, my bad. I didn't say a thing :). Thanks anyway! -- Bakabaka (talk) 19:31, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

YOUR comments are unconstructive

I don't appreciate you referring to my revisions in the anal-oral sex article as unconstructive. Another editor brought up the subject of ammending the caption, I agreed with him and made the change. I was trying to make a better caption and I'd like to know under what theory my change was unconstructive? How is changing the caption from "A person preparing to perform analingus" to "A depiction of a person performing analingus" unconstructive? I am one of the many people VOLUNTEERING my time to help make Wikipedia better, and I, among others do not appreciate receiving nasty comments on our talk pages. You are supposed to assume good faith, and that's exactly what I was doing. Making rude accusations about someone's intent when there is no basis for it only discourages good editors from participating. 98.220.43.195 (talk) 19:35, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace and talk space, so that is what I will do. I have made a list and I hope I will be able to get through it. I will go for another RfA in about three month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been about three months. I will not be checking back to this page so if you would like to comment or reply please use my talk page. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 06:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Block on Broadbot

Hi

You blocked my bot about a week ago for malfunction. The problem was that it worked on templates and not normal articles. As it won't do this on it's own I would like the block to be lifted please. --Broadbeer (talk) 12:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Thanks...

No problem, just doing my job. :D Happy editing, Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 18:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk page vandalism

Mental problems, 'eh? I guess adminship really does turn people mad! Thanks for the protection on User talk:Hatlerbentley; I had just asked Keeper76, who made the block, if he'd take care of it, but you're just too efficient these days! On a related note, it's always good to see new admins using the tools well, so congratulations (again...) and I hope we see a lot more of each other in the future. Good luck in your exams. haz (talk) 18:17, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure our latest friend is not a newbie. He was able to successfully figure out how to place an unblock template. He never even got the "You've been blocked" block template from me with the instructions. Smells rather strong. Like sweaty socks. Keep your eye out for him, he'll be back, "mental health problems" and all....Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 18:22, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Award thanks

Wow, thanks! Ooh, the template was contributed by Nothing144? I think I've had dealings with him in the past (can't remember what for now!). Oh well, I happily accept regardless. :) Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 19:57, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Just dropping by to say that I love the current notice for your back to back exams and how you will ignore studying! :P Malinaccier (talk) 20:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Invitation to the Edinburgh Wikimeet

Hi there,

A few of us are planning a wikimeet in Edinburgh and would love to invite you along :-)
Currently, the meetup is planned for Saturday, 7th June starting at around 1pm.
We have a planning and suggestions page located here as well as a space to sign up as an attendee/possible atendee.

Hope to see you there, Astral (talk) 01:13, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Ducksofmercy

Please reconsider my block. Thank you 86.145.144.99 (talk) 11:34, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks so much for your support in myRfA, which closed successfully this morning. Congrats also on your recent attainment of adminship and good luck on your exams _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 16:57, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Exams

Best of luck, hope all goes well! Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 15:19, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Fortune Global 500 edit war

WBOSITG, I don't see who actually got blocked but I would check with User:Signsolid about this and this. Perhaps a checkuser and more scolding is necessary? -- Ricky81682 (talk) 21:17, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Never mind. User:Metros took care of it. Sorry about that. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 21:19, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

My fault entirely. Need to quit being so jumpy from ANI. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 21:22, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Award Center Newsletter

Issue 3 • May 23, 2008

Special request If you are familiar with or like using photoshop or the GIMP, your help is needed to create some special awards for an important upcoming AWC project. Please contact The Transhumanist   '' New sponsored challenges New challenges include: The Transhumanist's Wishlist: Portals Expand the List of transactions involving the Dallas Mavericks The Reference Challenge AFD,etc. Copy Editing Expand/Cleanup/Sourcing on Waco Jesus News Late again! I'm switching the newsletter to be a monthly format, as I seem to remember this once a month. Thanks again Enigmaman for participating in the previous Award Center Collaboration of the Fortnight. Please note that if you wish to be given credit for work completed, you must sign up for the collaboration first. This week's collaboration is Brian Stewart. The following collaboration will be Human Genetic Engineering.

Useful Links In case you ever get lost: Award Center AWC Collaboration of the Fortnight Collaboration of the Fortnight Brian Stewart More Links Archives Random Challenge About the Newsletter

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My RfA

Hey WBOSITG. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. I appreciate your trust. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 18:34, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

my RfA - Ta!

5/25 DYK

On 25 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alcanar, 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.

--Bedford ^Pray 04:23, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

World Traveller Award

Thank you for offering to help.

On July 15th, I'll be starting a (hopefully) big collaboration/competition at the AWC.

I'm scrambling around trying to get everything prepared in time.

One area I'm not all that adept in is graphic arts, and the competition needs 3 very nicely designed awards for participants.

The first one is nearly complete, but I'm having trouble with it.

Here's what has been done so far...

The awards will all be non-barnstar awards, and geography-related. I liked the globe in stand of the interlingual barnstar award, but the barnstar made the globe unusuable:

So I stripped out the globe and barnstar, to get this:

Image:Globe stand.png

I needed a transparent background, and all that took was to add a transparent layer, then select and erase the original background so the transparent background is all that was left:

Image:Globe stand with transparent background.png

I then found a picture of Earth in this screen capture from NASA's Worldwind program:

I carefully drew a thick red ring around the Earth, blacked out (painted black over) everything outside the red ring, then made the black transparent, followed by making the red transparent, leaving just the globe.

The GIMP supports layering, scaling, and positioning, which makes it easy to add components, so I added the blue marble to the globe stand to get this...

Image:Blue Marble in stand.png

Then I took this:

And added an alpha layer (1st transparent layer) to it and then removed the white surrounding the globe (leaving just the transparent background), removed the black, changed the white to black, and touched it up by erasing bits here and there, and adding a couple lines. Then I pasted the whole thing into the above image as a new layer, positioned it over the Blue Marble and underneath the rim of the globe stand and reduced the layer's opacity by a little over half. I also isolated the shadow and moved it to its own layer (so it can be easily altered), and I enlarged the canvas to accomodate the addition of another element (see below).

Image:Blue Marble Puzzle Globe in stand.png

Now it needs a passport, laying on the same surface that the stand is resting on, while retaining the shadow. The words on the passport need to be readable.

Here's a passport I designed with a little help:

It needs to be added as a layer to the GIMP xcf file, underneath the shadow. Then the scaling, perspecitive, and rotation tools need to be applied to shrink and position it so that it is laying flat underneath the globe stand, at an attractive angle. (Or maybe there's an easier way).

I'm not sure if recreating the passport from scratch would be necessary or not (it's already at an angle which makes adjusting perspective difficult, and also the words might not be visible enough, and its right edge is a bit jagged).

Then the shadow will need to be adjusted to look right on top of the passport, and on whatever background is selected for the award. It'll be a multi-rank award, so I'm not sure yet what background or backgrounds will be used.

It sounds like this award would be easy for you to finish up.

I need to give you a copy of the xcf file that has all the layers in it. What is the best way for me to transfer that to you?

The Transhumanist    22:33, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

University of Chicago

Hi there, I added back the deleted sentences:

In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked the University of Chicago's undergraduate program the 4th best in the country under Harvard, Yale, and Princeton based on post-graduation achievements and student evaluations.^[1] In 2008, Forbes also named the University of Chicago a "billionaire university," ranking the university as the 7th most successful university in the country for producing billionaire alumni.^[2]

My argument is that these two achievements are constructive in light of the University of Chicago's relative obscurity within the general public, as compared with institutions of similar stature within academia and/or academic contributions. These two rankings, both recently published by a highly reputable publication, offer information about the University of Chicago that would surprise many people. Thanks for reading. 128.135.208.207 (talk) 09:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		In recognition of your kind and supportive words on Izzy007's second RfA attempt, I award you this barnstar. The candidate will have been lifted a great deal by the support you showed him there. With regards, Lradrama 10:14, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I hope not. There's nothing worse than getting shot down in flames after having the courage to nominate's oneself in such a public affair. Opposes should be more of an explanation as to how a candidate can improve for future attempts, not a strong, heated blast of opinion. Happy editing, Lradrama 14:52, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Confusing reverts

Is there any reason you reverted this and left a sharp note for the editor? As far as I can see, they fixed a broken header... Shimgray | talk | 10:18, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Special Barnstar
		For your complete and utter laziness, I award you the Special Barnstar. Basically, I couldnt find the lazy admin barnstar, so you're stuck with this. Mellie 10:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi _{1 != 2} 15:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for Template:FootnotesSmall

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:FootnotesSmall. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Rockfang (talk) 19:47, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Sexual Slavery and warning templates

It irked me to see that message because I worked hard on that edit. I'm sorry for reacting the way I did, but it felt like a smack on the wrist as if I did something wrong. Yes, we are all fallible. I accept your apology, and hope you accept mine. :) KGBarnett (talk) 22:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. KGBarnett (talk) 22:09, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

PS: Hey, you bit me! - which is more dangerous than a slap on the wrist - you know, germs and all. ;p Now I know that posting policy links can get one bitten too. Again, I have no hard feelings, and I'm just teasing you now - I post this as humor.KGBarnett (talk) 22:30, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Just correcting a huge mistake, typo. <chomp>

RE: Your opinion

In your opinion do you think this is a condidate for deletion as it has no real world priority and it is lightly sourced Light Anti-Structures Missile? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:12, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Nah, It'll do. But thanks. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:18, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh and btw you know Life on Mars project, it has sort of died as it has finished until next year but I am going to continue monitoring and editing the articles when I can, not so long ago I went on an editing binge on them. It might be an idea though to issue a newsletter explaning that interest has died down but people are still welcome to edit them. What do you think? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:22, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

You heard about that new Indiana Jones movie? Have ya seen it? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I like his films, especially as he is 'aving the Russians. God it feels like we never got them back for the Cold War. It sure is still fresh in my mind. Bloody communist red, hammer and sickles. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:29, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Anyway I'm off, my dads screaming at me to get dressed. As were going to see Indies movie at the cinema, so i'll seya when I seya. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks mate, seya. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 09:47, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

I am thinking of trying to become an administrator, what do you think? Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 15:54, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Coachees

Erm...You're sort of stealing all my coachees...:/ I had already agreed to work with both Dendodge and Sunderland06, and I would appreciate it if you would have asked me first. (I know you asked about Dendodge, but not Sunderland) Malinaccier P. (talk) 12:31, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

I still want to coach Sunderland06, but since you've already contacted Dendodge, you can coach him. Can I just stay on as co-coach for Dendodge? Malinaccier P. (talk) 12:37, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, you can co-coach Sunderland. Thanks for being understanding! Malinaccier P. (talk) 16:24, 27 May 2008 (UTC)m

Lol, our coaching strategies are kind of different. We should sort out a method of replying to answers, asking questions, etc. My thought is that the main coach (you in Dendodge's situation) should be mainly in charge of responding to answers and asking questions, while the co-coach should remain in the background except for in places where comments should be added. Malinaccier P. (talk) 16:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

please protect

Can you protect Linus Torvalds? I'm getting extremely annoyed. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 15:34, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Pretty please? J.delanoy^gabs_adds 15:36, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Someone else protected the page. In the future., you really have to look closer. There were, I believe, 7 or 8 different IPs vandalizing (it appeared that the guy was resetting his router). Also, there were fifty-one vandalisms/reverts in the last 30 minutes. I'm sorry, but I was getting pretty close to flipping out, and if that other guy hadn't just protected the page when you messaged me, I would have flipped out. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 15:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

No, I am the one who should be apologizing to you. I don't know why I posted that last message. I guess I was closer to flipping out then I thought I was..... J.delanoy^gabs_adds 15:51, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank you spam

Hi there - thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed 69/10/3 yesterday. I will put the tools to good use and hopefully justify the confidence you had in me. Best wishes Fritzpoll (talk) 11:45, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Ping

In truth, there are no really correct answers to those. If the coachee gives good reasoning for the close, then I accept the answers as correct. I'll take a look, though. Malinaccier P. (talk) 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

It's been 4 days

Aren't you going to answer your messages? What's up? The Transhumanist    18:25, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

File sent

via email.

The Transhumanist    19:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Erm, I haven't got that file yet. Got the right address? unclemontezumahotmail.com? weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 10:05, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Sent again. This time the subject is "WIKIPEDIA - GRAPHICS DESIGN PROJECT - TT". If you don't see it, be sure to check your spam folder. The Transhumanist    10:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

ani oops

I think you may have accidently removed a comment I made on ANI about the lighthouse article which was vandalized. Oops! Bstone (talk) 22:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh no need to add it back. I did it already. Did editing for enwp suddenly get super duper slow for you? It did for me and my letters weren't showing up on the school for a while. Weird? Bstone (talk) 22:25, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Three revert

Um, I'm not trying to do an edit war, and I would appreciate you not threatening me with the three revert rule, thank you very much. Brothejr (talk) 00:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Your an account creator

Looking at your logs but how come u dont appear on this list? Thanks Roadrunnerz45 ^{(talk 2 me)} 04:56, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

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