I suppose you Longhorns think your team is something special. Well, ok, so maybe it is. But just wait until next year.... - Will Beback 07:21, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
-- bbatsell | « give me a ring » 07:28, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Johntex, Googie Man here and I want to ask you something because you're a Wikipedian and sports fan. Jimbo and Angela have made a new webstie called Wikicities. This link in particular will take you to the baseball Wikicity. As you'll see it's similar to Wikipedia, but my hope is this will allow baseball fans to do more and different things, like reporting on games, in depth statistics, create mulitple pages for pictures, and whatever else baseball fans care to create. You've done great work on Wikipedia and I was hoping you could help get this baseball Wikicity off the ground. Please let me know what you think either at my talk page, or you can email me at terry@wikia.com. Thanks! Googie Man( Talk), 16:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC).
Hello Johntex, it's me User:Mb1000. On September 26, 2005, during my last self-nomination for adminship, you left a message on my requests for adminship page stating that you would consider supporting my nomination at a later date. Like any self-respecting campaigner, I want to make sure that the support is their before launching another self-nom. I would like to know if you would now be willing to support my request for adminship. Thanks. -- Mb1000 22:35, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank-you for your response. I am glad to see that you do your research before supporting a candidate. The allegations of vandalism you are mentioned are false. I have been an anti-vandalism advocate on Wikipedia since joining. Yes, I did get into a pretty ugly edit war (my first one), but trust me, I did not enjoy it. A particular user, Madchester, has attacked my particular version of the article Square One Shopping Centre. He claims that it contravenes Wikipedia image policies, and is grossly arranged. I disagreed, and still do. I took the issue before the AMA and the user who took our case sided with me on the issues. Madchester did not care one bit about the desicion of the AMA menber, he simply brung up other "reasons" for taking my version down. He simply kept reverting my edits, and I kept reverting them back, often with some salty remarks in the edit summaries. The page had to be locked for a while, but things have finally calmed down. I hope that this childish episode will not be counted against me. Everybody makes a mistake they regret. (remember Bill and Monica? :) I'll be the first one to admit that I could have tried harder to avoid an edit war by just backing down, but I guess that's just human nature. I hope that I still have your support. -- Mb1000 19:07, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your support. I will notify you as soon as I begin the process. I will try my hardest to be a good administrator, I will not let Wikipedia down. That is my promise.
In case you are not familiar with my work here are some articles I have worked on:
Thanks for the idea. Really appreciate it. -- Mb1000 21:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Hmmm... well, local sports folks in Houston think Bush is going to be Houston's pick. I think there is a lot of popular sentiment to ditch Carr (sour grapes) and pick up the hometown hero, but that'd be dumb, if you ask me. Carr is still young and has a lot of good games in him, just had a crummy season. And let's face it, our offensive line didn't help him much this year! I think Bush is the way to go for the Texans, personally, but I can understand folks wanting Young. It's good this year to be the worst. ;) · Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 20:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of this, John. Your proposed course of action sounds reasonable to me. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 21:01, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
...sounds right to me! Most folks typing in Texas longhorn will be looking for UT anyway. · Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 04:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I wanted you to know that I've read your comments about an admin role for me. I'll review those resources that you listed in your comment, and get back to you with a decision about starting the nomination process. Thanks for your kind words! - Bevo 19:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I see that you have opposed my request for admin, which is fine. However I am confused as to your reason, which you give as "Oppose per Dsmdgold's reasoning". I'm pretty sure I didn't argue against my own nomination. Can you clarify? Dsmdgold 01:20, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I assumed that something of the sort had happened. I realized that my poor showing on edit summaries would be a problem for some. I was abit taken by surprised by the rest of PS2pcGAMER's reasoning. Very early in my career at Wikipedia, I "recieved" messages left for vandals, and was somewhat confused by them. I'm still not convinced that leaving messages for obvious one-off vandals is a good idea, especially since the You have new messages message at the top of the page is going to pop up at the next user of the IP address. I, however, respect that there may be other opinions.
Dsmdgold 01:43, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Johntex, please forgive my coming by to discuss your vote at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alex Bakharev. I just wanted to share with you that while I agree with you that edit summaries are very important, their presence or absence may make a difference between a good and a better editor. But note, that an excellent editor and a good admin, while often found in one and the same person, are actually two rather different things. We all know what a good editor means and there is no need to elaborate.
But good admin is first of all commitment and the highest standards of personal ethics (not to use the tools you are empowered with inappropriately). Alex expressed the highest virtues in both the commitment and personal ethics, especially in view of an exemplary decency of how he handled certain individuals that committed to derail his Adminship and even dared to use sockpuppets for that. Besides, since Alex actually checks all new articles created at wiki (an amazing commitment) the admin tools will come very handy since he is willing to do a cleaning part of admin duties, unlike most of our admins who, usually, just remain regular editors.
There is no doubt that have been pointed out so clearly at this nomination about the summaries, there is no doubt that he will not be forgetting about them anyway after this discussion and votes.
I respectfully request that you give another thought to your vote. If you choose to study the nomination page to make up your mind, please study all of it so that you won't miss any issue. By no means I intend to pressure you and should you choose to keep your vote unchanged, I will not be contacting you with further pressure. -- Irpen 01:55, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
You get that e-mail I sent you? - Rudykog 03:02, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I am thinking of giving her some sort of interim arrangement, so she can defend herself but with her other activities limited. Everyking 03:09, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
hi -- your closing of this AfD seems to have left a box down the rest of the page; would you fix it? Thanks. bikeable (talk) 03:44, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I have decided to withdraw my nomination, due to growing oppose votes due to my lack of experence (and because of userboxes?). I will now aim to continue, and broadern my scope from userboxes. I will accept a nomination, should one be made, in 1-2 months. Ian 13ID:540053 18:20, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Please don't do that. You've deleted a fair number of edits that were then merged by Jorge Stolfi, leaving us in violation of the GFDL. See Wikipedia:Moving guidelines for administrators. Uncle G 20:12, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings:
The AFD nomination for Bounty source was closed early because the page was a copyvio. The article was subsequently recreated in a form that was not a copyvio. In the process of listing the page for AFD again, I ran afoul of the fact that there was a pre-existing AFD discussion already on the same AFD log (Jan 12) as the new one would be. So I can either re-open your closed AFD, or I can create a new one for the same article on the same day.
I can see an argument for either approach, but I would personally prefer to avoid having duplicate entries for the same article within the same AFD log. So I will be re-opening the closed AFD. I have no strong feelings about this one way or the other, however, so if you think the process would be better served by adding a second AFD nomination for the same page on the same day, feel free to revert me and add a new entry.
All the best.
Ξxtreme Unction|
yakkity yak 20:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, the new version of mediawiki installed a few months ago allows banned users to edit their own user and talk pages. Not any other pages, though. There is a "bug" in the mediawiki software that will sometimes unblock people if they have concurrent blocks of differing time periods (i.e., two people have blocked a person -- one for 24 hours, the other for 48 hours. When the 24 hour block wears off, the 48 hour block is also lifted). However, I don't think that's the case here. I suspect someone has unblocked her. Let me check the block log. Katefan0 21:22, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've responded to your comment on the noticeboard. This is urgent because that page they vandalize is very dynamic. I need your help.
Thanks,
Primetime 02:20, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting me on my Rfa, Johntex! I appreciate your trust. The puppy is now an Admin (final tally 58/7/2) Please let me know if there is anything I can ever do to assist you. KillerChihuahua ?!? 17:52, 14 January 2006 (UTC) |
I don't have a fancy layout like other new admins, but I just want to thank you for your support at my RfA. It passed 47/3/1, so I have officially been promoted. I hope I won't let you down. If I'm not doing something properly, please tell me. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 21:34, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
On the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers page, you changed a reference to the Texas Longhorns, instead of the USC Trojans. I don't feel that is an accurate change since no direct comparison was made between the two teams during the regular season. The controversy exists now, but you might as well say LSU '03 and USC '03 should enter the debate, since the same comparison was made between '03 Oklahoma and '95 Nebraska, even though that Oklahoma team ended up losing before they won the national title. Quiller 06:31, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
The comparisons throughout the season, coupled with ESPN's year-end fan poll comparing the Top 11 teams to USC, as well as the pre-game hype... al of it centered on USC, not Texas, being the 'best of all time.' In that regard, I find it to be misleading to cite Texas in line with the other teams since 1995 that have been mentioned as competitors (namely: Miami 2001 and Oklahoma 2003). Yes, Texas won the final game, but at the least both teams should be mentioned. Otherwise, we're just turning in Texas as another name, even though the comparisons have not really been thoroughly presented. Quiller 06:31, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
I'll work on finding a reference. Until then, a joint distinction will suffice. Sorry for the signature; still trying to adapt. Quiller 06:31, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Good reference on Texas; I changed the link, as it's actually a list of the best season performances, not a judgement of talent or ability. Invariably, us Husker fans need to learn how to live life with a challenge to our 'greatest ever' label, so I added a short disclaimer to the last paragraph. Hopefully we're both satisfied, and perhaps 2005 Texas and 1995 Nebraska will just have to share the title?
Hold on: I hope you meant the '96 Big 12 Championship game... otherwise you might be implying a prediction of Nebraska upsetting Texas next year, which I won't dare to comment on before we know for sure where V. Young is headed... or until the Huskers do or don't show up against USC in the non-conference. Quiller 21:55, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
The Huskers have the wondeful opportunity to lose to USC (second game) and Texas (conference play), unless they pull a Penn State and turn around completely. With that in mind, at least one local columnist has made a radical comparison.
Not sure of the over-all record, but I know the hype is already building. John Walters at SI has the game listed in his pre-game games to wait for, and winning at USC is definitely the type of boost that would put the Huskers back into the national spotlight... and make the matchup against Texas a possible preview of the Big 12 title? Quiller 22:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the notice about 2005 Texas Longhorn Football Team. Also, I haven't forgotten your offer to sponsor me as an admin. I'll take time out to read the docs today and get back to you. Thx! - Bevo 15:20, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Please read my comments at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Texas_Longhorn_Athletics . Thx! - Bevo 15:47, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
George W. Littlefield ;) Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 21:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry I failed to properly remove comments I regretted making on your page. I understand now not to. Kate, would you and JohnTexwould you go look at Pig's latest nice comments about me on the Battle of Tours talk page, and please, archieve them, or him, or whatever. Whatever my faults are -- and I am learning I have more than I thought! -- I at least sign my name! old windy bear 01:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC),,
John, may i humbly thank you for deleting those comments? I know I have made mistakes with my efforts here -- but for instance, if you look at the compliment the article on the Battle of Tours just got, I wrote much of that article and felt enormous joy at having been a part of something positive. I am determined to follow the rules, and that is why I came to the administrators, and asked them to act. I am proud of my service, and I am proud I went to school -- i was the first one in my family to go to college! Anyway, I am learning. You will NOT find me doing things I should not. You will find me trying hard to contribute. Thank you for deleting those comments. I won't lie - I had to wonder why someone would hate me so badly who did not know me. Anyway, your earlier advice, I hope you noticed, was followed. i did NOT delete or touch comments someone else wrote. I will learn the rules! Thanks again. old windy bear
Thanks very much for the welcome, I shall do my best. KrazyCaley 22:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Well, it's my personal policy not to remove anything from the page, but if I find a comment would be worth removing, I strike it out. I suppose I'll just remove them, though. Thanks.-- Sean| Bla ck 01:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey man honestly look into the racism issue regarding the Texas Rangers. If you were writing a bio on Nixon you wouldn't leave out watergate. Don't leave out the truth. Sorry I don't know all the code.
AMartTX
I have started
Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin, and it awaits your edits. With all of the new UT articles popping up recently, what do you think about the possibility of organizing a WikiProject or collaboration about the University? Please let me know! —
Scm83x
talk
10:16, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Good call. I'll modify the links to include "The" as part of the links. Kraft 20:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Is it ironic that you post something, purely to be informative; however, you pick and choose which truths to leave in or out?
When categorizing people, don't forget to add a sort key so they are alphabetized by last name. For instance, [Category:Living people|Lastname, Firstname]. Thanks, - Will Beback 22:58, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Johntex,
As Power of Attorney for Houston McCoy, and as the person who got McCoy his diagnosis, SSI, Texas Workman's Compensation Award, you're reference in the article that McCoy is still seeking medical bills reimbursement is incorrect. The City of Austin brought a lawsuit against McCoy and prevented him from receiving the award or medical treatment that he desperately needs, after the Commission Awarded McCoy $2160.00 and treatment for his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The APD, Mayor's Office (under Kirk Watson), and the University of Texas have all refused to help McCoy or any of the victims of August 1, 1966, which goes against the Connelly Commission recommendations of 1966. Also, McCoy doesn't live in Central Texas; West Texas.
John Moore, Power Of Attorney for Houston McCoy
...after doing some actual cleanup. -- 6birc 17:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Johntex. I hope I'm not overreacting, but I do get annoyed when users revert articles, removing my edits, without making any mention of why, as user mb1000 did recently. I also added a comment onto Zach's talk page here, as he was endorsing his application for adminship. I hope I haven't stepped over any lines in doing this. Cheers, -- Rebroad 00:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Please support my nomination! Thank-you. -- Mb1000 01:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey John — In looking through the request for rollback privileges proposal that I hoped would pass, I noticed that most people opposing were administrators who claimed that anyone applying for rollback would be able to pass an RfA. I felt that this stood in stark contrast to my observations of the RfA process, which can be pretty brutal. It also made me wonder what my chances are of passing an RfA. I know you're on a bit of a wikibreak, so don't let me take up any of your time, but I was just wondering if you had any ideas regarding that, as you're an administrator I respect alot and who seems to know a bit about RfA. -- bbatsell | « give me a ring » 20:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the laugh!! · Katefan0 (scribble)/ poll 04:51, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
I burned some pics on a cd in 2002. Now I can't open the pics. It says that a plug-in is missing or the files are corrupt. When I burnt the cd i could open the pics (on my old pc) even from the cd. What's going wrong and how can I recover the pictures? Thanks! deeptrivia ( talk) 03:09, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, it's a little bit odd that it shows the file info correctly but won't display the images. If there's no visual damage to the CD (obviously look for scratches or strange coloring on the data side) then there's a few other possible reasons. Some types of blank CDs don't work so well in some types of CD readers (problems generally come from cheap CDs and cheap CD readers) so you could try it on someone elses computer. freshgavin TALK 04:28, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
I can't say if this will definitely work, but you can try Isobuster. -- Uthbrian ( talk) 07:19, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
I believe that the award that was created for the Scouting Barnstar should be a topical award. Scouting is a world-wide movement that has served youth in many countries for more than 100 years and represents the youth of the world at the United Nations.
It has been suggested that the award be given as a PUA. The first line on the PUA page reads, "This page provides a collection of awards created by individual Wikipedians." The Scouting Barnstar was created by the WikiProject Scouting.
Currently, the is a discussion going on at Wikipedia_talk:Barnstars#Removed_the_scouting_barnstar. Please comment there if you are interested. 199.200.253.9 17:08, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, you just removed a "personal attack" of mine which was just a humorous copy edit of what another guy had written before at Talk:2003 Invasion of Iraq. Would you delete that too, please? Get-back-world-respect 20:23, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Why did you revert the image on autofellio? You forgot to leave an edit summary. Cheers, — Ruud 03:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
— Ruud 04:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
...for exposing me! That's a pretty nifty graphic. No wonder I have no free time, I'm always messing with this thing! · Katefan0 (scribble)/ poll 21:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks so much for the kind words, dear John - they surely mean a lot to me. I must confess you I'm somewhat exhausted after the effort I went today... I had never made 200 edits in a single day before! ;) I'm extremely happy and honored to welcome you aboard, and I simply love the article you wrote for Gourd Dance; I read it all with a smile on my face. Again, thanks so much for joining, and I'm sure we'll talk a lot more in the future... especially when I'm not this sleepy! Kisses, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 01:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC) PS. you never finished that joke you once posted at Katefan0's talk page... now how did that go... oh yes! "Two Longhorns and a Sooner walk in a bar..." (be careful what you say! ;) *smooch*
As per WP:IUP#Image titles and file names, would it be possible to re-upload these images with more descriptive file names? Also, it will help to cite on the image description page the exact channel or network you took those screenshots from. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 23:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
How are you today, dear John? :) Phædriel ♥ tell me - 00:18, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
I am very busy at the moment and will not be around much this week, maybe 2 weeks. We'll see how it goes. Johntex\ talk 16:01, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for suggesting adminship. I've been doing fine as just a user, and reluctant to nominate myself. Though, having the rollback button and ability to protect templates (in rare circumstances, like the olympics vandal), would be useful. I'm familiar with the three standard questions, and could prepare my answers tonight or whenever. Thanks again. -- Aude ( talk | contribs) 22:26, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
I suppose you Longhorns think your team is something special. Well, ok, so maybe it is. But just wait until next year.... - Will Beback 07:21, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
-- bbatsell | « give me a ring » 07:28, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Johntex, Googie Man here and I want to ask you something because you're a Wikipedian and sports fan. Jimbo and Angela have made a new webstie called Wikicities. This link in particular will take you to the baseball Wikicity. As you'll see it's similar to Wikipedia, but my hope is this will allow baseball fans to do more and different things, like reporting on games, in depth statistics, create mulitple pages for pictures, and whatever else baseball fans care to create. You've done great work on Wikipedia and I was hoping you could help get this baseball Wikicity off the ground. Please let me know what you think either at my talk page, or you can email me at terry@wikia.com. Thanks! Googie Man( Talk), 16:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC).
Hello Johntex, it's me User:Mb1000. On September 26, 2005, during my last self-nomination for adminship, you left a message on my requests for adminship page stating that you would consider supporting my nomination at a later date. Like any self-respecting campaigner, I want to make sure that the support is their before launching another self-nom. I would like to know if you would now be willing to support my request for adminship. Thanks. -- Mb1000 22:35, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank-you for your response. I am glad to see that you do your research before supporting a candidate. The allegations of vandalism you are mentioned are false. I have been an anti-vandalism advocate on Wikipedia since joining. Yes, I did get into a pretty ugly edit war (my first one), but trust me, I did not enjoy it. A particular user, Madchester, has attacked my particular version of the article Square One Shopping Centre. He claims that it contravenes Wikipedia image policies, and is grossly arranged. I disagreed, and still do. I took the issue before the AMA and the user who took our case sided with me on the issues. Madchester did not care one bit about the desicion of the AMA menber, he simply brung up other "reasons" for taking my version down. He simply kept reverting my edits, and I kept reverting them back, often with some salty remarks in the edit summaries. The page had to be locked for a while, but things have finally calmed down. I hope that this childish episode will not be counted against me. Everybody makes a mistake they regret. (remember Bill and Monica? :) I'll be the first one to admit that I could have tried harder to avoid an edit war by just backing down, but I guess that's just human nature. I hope that I still have your support. -- Mb1000 19:07, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for your support. I will notify you as soon as I begin the process. I will try my hardest to be a good administrator, I will not let Wikipedia down. That is my promise.
In case you are not familiar with my work here are some articles I have worked on:
Thanks for the idea. Really appreciate it. -- Mb1000 21:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Hmmm... well, local sports folks in Houston think Bush is going to be Houston's pick. I think there is a lot of popular sentiment to ditch Carr (sour grapes) and pick up the hometown hero, but that'd be dumb, if you ask me. Carr is still young and has a lot of good games in him, just had a crummy season. And let's face it, our offensive line didn't help him much this year! I think Bush is the way to go for the Texans, personally, but I can understand folks wanting Young. It's good this year to be the worst. ;) · Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 20:38, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for taking care of this, John. Your proposed course of action sounds reasonable to me. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 21:01, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
...sounds right to me! Most folks typing in Texas longhorn will be looking for UT anyway. · Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 04:05, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I wanted you to know that I've read your comments about an admin role for me. I'll review those resources that you listed in your comment, and get back to you with a decision about starting the nomination process. Thanks for your kind words! - Bevo 19:09, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
I see that you have opposed my request for admin, which is fine. However I am confused as to your reason, which you give as "Oppose per Dsmdgold's reasoning". I'm pretty sure I didn't argue against my own nomination. Can you clarify? Dsmdgold 01:20, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I assumed that something of the sort had happened. I realized that my poor showing on edit summaries would be a problem for some. I was abit taken by surprised by the rest of PS2pcGAMER's reasoning. Very early in my career at Wikipedia, I "recieved" messages left for vandals, and was somewhat confused by them. I'm still not convinced that leaving messages for obvious one-off vandals is a good idea, especially since the You have new messages message at the top of the page is going to pop up at the next user of the IP address. I, however, respect that there may be other opinions.
Dsmdgold 01:43, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Johntex, please forgive my coming by to discuss your vote at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Alex Bakharev. I just wanted to share with you that while I agree with you that edit summaries are very important, their presence or absence may make a difference between a good and a better editor. But note, that an excellent editor and a good admin, while often found in one and the same person, are actually two rather different things. We all know what a good editor means and there is no need to elaborate.
But good admin is first of all commitment and the highest standards of personal ethics (not to use the tools you are empowered with inappropriately). Alex expressed the highest virtues in both the commitment and personal ethics, especially in view of an exemplary decency of how he handled certain individuals that committed to derail his Adminship and even dared to use sockpuppets for that. Besides, since Alex actually checks all new articles created at wiki (an amazing commitment) the admin tools will come very handy since he is willing to do a cleaning part of admin duties, unlike most of our admins who, usually, just remain regular editors.
There is no doubt that have been pointed out so clearly at this nomination about the summaries, there is no doubt that he will not be forgetting about them anyway after this discussion and votes.
I respectfully request that you give another thought to your vote. If you choose to study the nomination page to make up your mind, please study all of it so that you won't miss any issue. By no means I intend to pressure you and should you choose to keep your vote unchanged, I will not be contacting you with further pressure. -- Irpen 01:55, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
You get that e-mail I sent you? - Rudykog 03:02, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I am thinking of giving her some sort of interim arrangement, so she can defend herself but with her other activities limited. Everyking 03:09, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
hi -- your closing of this AfD seems to have left a box down the rest of the page; would you fix it? Thanks. bikeable (talk) 03:44, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I have decided to withdraw my nomination, due to growing oppose votes due to my lack of experence (and because of userboxes?). I will now aim to continue, and broadern my scope from userboxes. I will accept a nomination, should one be made, in 1-2 months. Ian 13ID:540053 18:20, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Please don't do that. You've deleted a fair number of edits that were then merged by Jorge Stolfi, leaving us in violation of the GFDL. See Wikipedia:Moving guidelines for administrators. Uncle G 20:12, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Greetings:
The AFD nomination for Bounty source was closed early because the page was a copyvio. The article was subsequently recreated in a form that was not a copyvio. In the process of listing the page for AFD again, I ran afoul of the fact that there was a pre-existing AFD discussion already on the same AFD log (Jan 12) as the new one would be. So I can either re-open your closed AFD, or I can create a new one for the same article on the same day.
I can see an argument for either approach, but I would personally prefer to avoid having duplicate entries for the same article within the same AFD log. So I will be re-opening the closed AFD. I have no strong feelings about this one way or the other, however, so if you think the process would be better served by adding a second AFD nomination for the same page on the same day, feel free to revert me and add a new entry.
All the best.
Ξxtreme Unction|
yakkity yak 20:53, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Yes, the new version of mediawiki installed a few months ago allows banned users to edit their own user and talk pages. Not any other pages, though. There is a "bug" in the mediawiki software that will sometimes unblock people if they have concurrent blocks of differing time periods (i.e., two people have blocked a person -- one for 24 hours, the other for 48 hours. When the 24 hour block wears off, the 48 hour block is also lifted). However, I don't think that's the case here. I suspect someone has unblocked her. Let me check the block log. Katefan0 21:22, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've responded to your comment on the noticeboard. This is urgent because that page they vandalize is very dynamic. I need your help.
Thanks,
Primetime 02:20, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting me on my Rfa, Johntex! I appreciate your trust. The puppy is now an Admin (final tally 58/7/2) Please let me know if there is anything I can ever do to assist you. KillerChihuahua ?!? 17:52, 14 January 2006 (UTC) |
I don't have a fancy layout like other new admins, but I just want to thank you for your support at my RfA. It passed 47/3/1, so I have officially been promoted. I hope I won't let you down. If I'm not doing something properly, please tell me. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 21:34, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
On the 1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers page, you changed a reference to the Texas Longhorns, instead of the USC Trojans. I don't feel that is an accurate change since no direct comparison was made between the two teams during the regular season. The controversy exists now, but you might as well say LSU '03 and USC '03 should enter the debate, since the same comparison was made between '03 Oklahoma and '95 Nebraska, even though that Oklahoma team ended up losing before they won the national title. Quiller 06:31, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
The comparisons throughout the season, coupled with ESPN's year-end fan poll comparing the Top 11 teams to USC, as well as the pre-game hype... al of it centered on USC, not Texas, being the 'best of all time.' In that regard, I find it to be misleading to cite Texas in line with the other teams since 1995 that have been mentioned as competitors (namely: Miami 2001 and Oklahoma 2003). Yes, Texas won the final game, but at the least both teams should be mentioned. Otherwise, we're just turning in Texas as another name, even though the comparisons have not really been thoroughly presented. Quiller 06:31, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
I'll work on finding a reference. Until then, a joint distinction will suffice. Sorry for the signature; still trying to adapt. Quiller 06:31, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Good reference on Texas; I changed the link, as it's actually a list of the best season performances, not a judgement of talent or ability. Invariably, us Husker fans need to learn how to live life with a challenge to our 'greatest ever' label, so I added a short disclaimer to the last paragraph. Hopefully we're both satisfied, and perhaps 2005 Texas and 1995 Nebraska will just have to share the title?
Hold on: I hope you meant the '96 Big 12 Championship game... otherwise you might be implying a prediction of Nebraska upsetting Texas next year, which I won't dare to comment on before we know for sure where V. Young is headed... or until the Huskers do or don't show up against USC in the non-conference. Quiller 21:55, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
The Huskers have the wondeful opportunity to lose to USC (second game) and Texas (conference play), unless they pull a Penn State and turn around completely. With that in mind, at least one local columnist has made a radical comparison.
Not sure of the over-all record, but I know the hype is already building. John Walters at SI has the game listed in his pre-game games to wait for, and winning at USC is definitely the type of boost that would put the Huskers back into the national spotlight... and make the matchup against Texas a possible preview of the Big 12 title? Quiller 22:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the notice about 2005 Texas Longhorn Football Team. Also, I haven't forgotten your offer to sponsor me as an admin. I'll take time out to read the docs today and get back to you. Thx! - Bevo 15:20, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
Please read my comments at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Texas_Longhorn_Athletics . Thx! - Bevo 15:47, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
George W. Littlefield ;) Katefan0 (scribble)/ mrp 21:07, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
Sorry I failed to properly remove comments I regretted making on your page. I understand now not to. Kate, would you and JohnTexwould you go look at Pig's latest nice comments about me on the Battle of Tours talk page, and please, archieve them, or him, or whatever. Whatever my faults are -- and I am learning I have more than I thought! -- I at least sign my name! old windy bear 01:12, 17 January 2006 (UTC),,
John, may i humbly thank you for deleting those comments? I know I have made mistakes with my efforts here -- but for instance, if you look at the compliment the article on the Battle of Tours just got, I wrote much of that article and felt enormous joy at having been a part of something positive. I am determined to follow the rules, and that is why I came to the administrators, and asked them to act. I am proud of my service, and I am proud I went to school -- i was the first one in my family to go to college! Anyway, I am learning. You will NOT find me doing things I should not. You will find me trying hard to contribute. Thank you for deleting those comments. I won't lie - I had to wonder why someone would hate me so badly who did not know me. Anyway, your earlier advice, I hope you noticed, was followed. i did NOT delete or touch comments someone else wrote. I will learn the rules! Thanks again. old windy bear
Thanks very much for the welcome, I shall do my best. KrazyCaley 22:51, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
Well, it's my personal policy not to remove anything from the page, but if I find a comment would be worth removing, I strike it out. I suppose I'll just remove them, though. Thanks.-- Sean| Bla ck 01:29, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey man honestly look into the racism issue regarding the Texas Rangers. If you were writing a bio on Nixon you wouldn't leave out watergate. Don't leave out the truth. Sorry I don't know all the code.
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Main Building of the University of Texas at Austin, and it awaits your edits. With all of the new UT articles popping up recently, what do you think about the possibility of organizing a WikiProject or collaboration about the University? Please let me know! —
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Good call. I'll modify the links to include "The" as part of the links. Kraft 20:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Is it ironic that you post something, purely to be informative; however, you pick and choose which truths to leave in or out?
When categorizing people, don't forget to add a sort key so they are alphabetized by last name. For instance, [Category:Living people|Lastname, Firstname]. Thanks, - Will Beback 22:58, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
Hello Johntex,
As Power of Attorney for Houston McCoy, and as the person who got McCoy his diagnosis, SSI, Texas Workman's Compensation Award, you're reference in the article that McCoy is still seeking medical bills reimbursement is incorrect. The City of Austin brought a lawsuit against McCoy and prevented him from receiving the award or medical treatment that he desperately needs, after the Commission Awarded McCoy $2160.00 and treatment for his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The APD, Mayor's Office (under Kirk Watson), and the University of Texas have all refused to help McCoy or any of the victims of August 1, 1966, which goes against the Connelly Commission recommendations of 1966. Also, McCoy doesn't live in Central Texas; West Texas.
John Moore, Power Of Attorney for Houston McCoy
...after doing some actual cleanup. -- 6birc 17:30, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Hi Johntex. I hope I'm not overreacting, but I do get annoyed when users revert articles, removing my edits, without making any mention of why, as user mb1000 did recently. I also added a comment onto Zach's talk page here, as he was endorsing his application for adminship. I hope I haven't stepped over any lines in doing this. Cheers, -- Rebroad 00:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
Please support my nomination! Thank-you. -- Mb1000 01:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey John — In looking through the request for rollback privileges proposal that I hoped would pass, I noticed that most people opposing were administrators who claimed that anyone applying for rollback would be able to pass an RfA. I felt that this stood in stark contrast to my observations of the RfA process, which can be pretty brutal. It also made me wonder what my chances are of passing an RfA. I know you're on a bit of a wikibreak, so don't let me take up any of your time, but I was just wondering if you had any ideas regarding that, as you're an administrator I respect alot and who seems to know a bit about RfA. -- bbatsell | « give me a ring » 20:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the laugh!! · Katefan0 (scribble)/ poll 04:51, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
I burned some pics on a cd in 2002. Now I can't open the pics. It says that a plug-in is missing or the files are corrupt. When I burnt the cd i could open the pics (on my old pc) even from the cd. What's going wrong and how can I recover the pictures? Thanks! deeptrivia ( talk) 03:09, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Hmm, it's a little bit odd that it shows the file info correctly but won't display the images. If there's no visual damage to the CD (obviously look for scratches or strange coloring on the data side) then there's a few other possible reasons. Some types of blank CDs don't work so well in some types of CD readers (problems generally come from cheap CDs and cheap CD readers) so you could try it on someone elses computer. freshgavin TALK 04:28, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
I can't say if this will definitely work, but you can try Isobuster. -- Uthbrian ( talk) 07:19, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
I believe that the award that was created for the Scouting Barnstar should be a topical award. Scouting is a world-wide movement that has served youth in many countries for more than 100 years and represents the youth of the world at the United Nations.
It has been suggested that the award be given as a PUA. The first line on the PUA page reads, "This page provides a collection of awards created by individual Wikipedians." The Scouting Barnstar was created by the WikiProject Scouting.
Currently, the is a discussion going on at Wikipedia_talk:Barnstars#Removed_the_scouting_barnstar. Please comment there if you are interested. 199.200.253.9 17:08, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, you just removed a "personal attack" of mine which was just a humorous copy edit of what another guy had written before at Talk:2003 Invasion of Iraq. Would you delete that too, please? Get-back-world-respect 20:23, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
Why did you revert the image on autofellio? You forgot to leave an edit summary. Cheers, — Ruud 03:22, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
— Ruud 04:03, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
...for exposing me! That's a pretty nifty graphic. No wonder I have no free time, I'm always messing with this thing! · Katefan0 (scribble)/ poll 21:18, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks so much for the kind words, dear John - they surely mean a lot to me. I must confess you I'm somewhat exhausted after the effort I went today... I had never made 200 edits in a single day before! ;) I'm extremely happy and honored to welcome you aboard, and I simply love the article you wrote for Gourd Dance; I read it all with a smile on my face. Again, thanks so much for joining, and I'm sure we'll talk a lot more in the future... especially when I'm not this sleepy! Kisses, Phædriel ♥ tell me - 01:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC) PS. you never finished that joke you once posted at Katefan0's talk page... now how did that go... oh yes! "Two Longhorns and a Sooner walk in a bar..." (be careful what you say! ;) *smooch*
As per WP:IUP#Image titles and file names, would it be possible to re-upload these images with more descriptive file names? Also, it will help to cite on the image description page the exact channel or network you took those screenshots from. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 23:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
How are you today, dear John? :) Phædriel ♥ tell me - 00:18, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
I am very busy at the moment and will not be around much this week, maybe 2 weeks. We'll see how it goes. Johntex\ talk 16:01, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for suggesting adminship. I've been doing fine as just a user, and reluctant to nominate myself. Though, having the rollback button and ability to protect templates (in rare circumstances, like the olympics vandal), would be useful. I'm familiar with the three standard questions, and could prepare my answers tonight or whenever. Thanks again. -- Aude ( talk | contribs) 22:26, 13 February 2006 (UTC)