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Thanks for the welcome & suggested links, however I still cannot discern what to do in order to do what seems in theory simple: add names of guest stars to the lists (which already include episode summary & in some cases, guest cast) of tv program seasons (for instance, Law & Order). Another contributor provided a reply to my query on the new user help pages, but the response didn't seem relevant, so I'm asking you instead. I also tried doing so in the Law & Order wiki itself, but couldn't figure out (even after checking those help pages) how to add actor & character to the table/chart/list (of recurring characters). I'm trying to learn how to format (not because I want to, but because I wish to contribute, flesh out the info. that is sporadic/inconsistent), but am having such difficulty with the special instructions I'm supposed to type that's it's discouraging. Am I missing out on an obvious & easy to do this ? MazesInVt ( talk) 17:29, 2 September 2010 (UTC)MazesInVt
Hello, I have completed a general cleanup of the adopter information page for the adopt-a-user project, located here. During my cleanup, I have removed several inactive and retired users. In order to provide interested adoptees with an easy location to find adopters, it is essential that the page be up-to-date with the latest information possible. Thus:
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Thank you for your explanation for the deletion of my Sean Hannity article update. As suggested, I read the conflict of interest page. I do not feel that this applies to my update. For the following reason: The reason I added what I did was to put additional context to what was reported. Since I was the person who called into the radio show that was mentioned, I felt relevant information was left out and my addition provided additional context. I did link back to legitimate source material that included the Santa Barbara Independent Article that has my name in along with Sean Hannity's - I belie this validates my identity and first hand knowledge of events that took place at that time. I in no way intended to violate and Wikipedia policies or quality standards. Perhaps you can suggest some changes that would be more acceptable to the editors. Jody May-Chang ( talk) 02:09, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello, i want your help regarding the copy editing, general fixes and grammatical mistakes in the following articles related to Meteorology.
Waiting for your reply. Regards...
Nabil rais2008 (
talk) 15:18, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi there! I've got quite a list of users at User:Netalarm/Survey that would like to be adopted. Would you like to adopt one? Their interests and preferences are all listed on that page, so if you would like to adopt one, please place {{Done|Adopted by USERNAME}} under the header and notify the adoptee. Thanks. Netalarm talk 20:45, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Danger! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.
On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.
Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future.
Once again, thank you for participating in the adopt-a-user program! If you wish to respond to this post, please message me on my talk page.
Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Netalarm ( talk) at 05:16, 11 October 2010 (UTC).
Hi.I am a young female experienced wikipedia user, but new wikipedia editor looking for an adopter. On the matrix of adopters you are the only editor who has listed an interest in biology, which is a primary interest of mine. Buddhism is another interest we have in common. I am essentially independent, but it would be nice to have a user that I can reliably go to for questions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Russot1 ( talk • contribs) 20:38, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome! Glad to help contribute to the project. ^.^ Signalizing ( talk) 02:13, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Hey danger, I saw that you'd been pretty active on Iggy Pop, and maybe you can help: is any one of these two sites, http://iggypop.org/ or http://www.iggy-pop.com/, an "official" Iggy site? I can't figure it out. Thanks, Drmies ( talk) 16:15, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you removed the WP Computing banner from Talk:Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. You probably thought {{ WikiProject Internet}} added it to computing, but for better or worse it doesn't. I re-added it. (Incidentally, {{ WikiProject Websites}} does add to Computing.) -- Pnm ( talk) 03:33, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, happy new year and welcome to the 2011 WikiCup! Your submissions' page can be found here and instructions of how to update the page can be found here and on the submissions' page itself. From the submissions' page, a bot will update the main scoresheet. Our rules have been very slightly updated from last year; the full rules can be found here. Please remember that you can only receive points for content on which you have done significant work in 2011; nominations of work from last year and "drive-by" nominations will not be awarded points. Signups are going to remain open through January, so if you know of anyone who would like to take part, please direct them to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups. The judges can be contacted on the WikiCup talk page, on their respective talk pages, or by email. Other than that, we will be in contact at the end of every month with the newsletter. If you want to stop or start receiving newsletters, please remove your name from or add your name to this list. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 12:57, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for working on the assessments! Nice to see the article numbers growing a bit. Kaldari ( talk) 21:36, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Good luck in your RFA, hopefully you'll get these in 7 days anyway, but having gone through your contributions I've taken the liberty of setting the wp:reviewer and wp:Rollbacker flags for you. Ϣere SpielChequers 20:19, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
If you need any clarification on the ques, please feel free to ask. You're a good candidate; think carefully before answering the remaining questions. Best wishes. Wifione ....... Leave a message 17:23, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
I note that you have a chronic health problem. Without needing to know specifics, is it something that can affect your judgement, or is it something physical which prevents you editing? The latter isn't a problem with regard to your RfA, as admins don't need to be on Wikipedia all the time! If you feel the need to give more detail, you are free to email me in confidence. I'm still weighing up where I stand on your RfA, and this is something I would like to know, but I didn't want to put it as a question on the RfA. Please be assured that whatever your response, I will not use it as a reason to oppose - if I oppose, it will be for other reasons! - but it could decide whether I support or not! -- PhantomSteve.alt/ talk\ alternative account of Phantomsteve 21:06, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I notice from your userpage that you attend (or once attended) the University of Chicago. Is it true what they say, does fun really come there to die? :) NW ( Talk) 05:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry for you. So why did you choose to go? NW ( Talk) 05:52, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Danger. I just wanted to drop by and wish you good luck on your RfA. I had already supported before you answered questions 12-15, but if I hadn't, those answers would have sealed the deal. As Fastily said, you knocked those out of the park, and I hope you get the bit if only for my sake: I've got F8's that have been languishing for over a month, and an additional image-savvy admin clearing out that backlog would be a wonderful boon to the project. On a side note, I thought your request for gender-neutral pronouns was perfectly reasonable; I'm sure it must be irritating that a lot of folks aren't honoring it. I assume, though, that that's just due to lack of reading the "fine print" on a long RfA page rather than any intentional disrespect. Anyway, good luck! 28bytes ( talk) 17:13, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
No worries mate. It makes for fascinating reading doesn't it? *shudder* - danjel ( talk to me) 13:46, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
thanks gimme i wanted to insert a picture on wikipedia page HAL Ajeet i am still learning to do it but thanks any way tikki ( talk) 17:04, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi there; i just comment/!voted in your RfA, and i wanted to tell you that the fact i used "he" to refer to you is not intended as an insult, nor as a purposeful ignoring of your request for gender-neutral pronouns. It is simply that (like Humpty Dumpty) when i use words they mean what i choose them to mean, and it's my belief that "he", "him", and "his" can be gender neutral. I cannot bring myself to use the incorrect "they" nor the artificial "zir" or some other construct when there is a perfectly good word available. I hope i've not offended you! Cheers, Lindsay Hello 04:54, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WJBscribe (talk) 10:40, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
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You posted the same diff twice. 28bytes ( talk) 04:41, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting the bit! A number of Wikipedians agree that the RfA process is due for an overhaul in order to make it less of a mugging and hence attract more candidates who are staying away. I hope that you will now consider taking an active interest in the process that got you there, and help to stabilise the situation by coming along and offering some intelligent !votes on RfA debates. My thoughts on improvement are here, several others have their own ideas too, and a list of those is also on that page. Take care and happy sysoping! -- Kudpung ( talk) 07:12, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thank you for taking the time to review the Top Ryde City entry. It was both generous with your time and even handed. Unfortunately I got into trouble because I was not fully aware of the rules and I will make more effort to be a better editor in the future. If I understand correctly you are now an admin ... apparently well deserved. 110.174.23.139 ( talk) 05:05, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Having recently created a wikipedia account I have spent the last few days getting used to wikipedias way of working. I came across the adopt a user feature, after a look through the entire list, I picked you, mainly because we both share an interest in biology, and in your case zology and mine with veterinary medicine.
I plan on helping wikipedia as much as I can, having already signed up to several projects, and already have a few pages that I want to improve.
I myself am 16 years old and live in Dorset, England. I have interests in veterinary medicine as stated above, and hopefully will make it into veterinary college, but I also have interests in trains, working on a narrow gauge railway, photography and web design. Because I know web design it helps with editing posts as some of it is HTML based.
I am looking for a adopter who will guide me through using wikipedia, and be able to help me if need be.
Thanks for reading this,
Lucas,
Lord Castellan Creed (
talk) 22:04, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Gimme danger,
I read your replies to the congratulations above. RfA made me grow crazy and I passed 76/1/1 in 2006. I'm still around. I have less than thirteen thousands edits. I am an active administrator on the English Wikipedia, my oversight to be returned soon, an OTRS admin, and I had the good fortune to actually work for the Wikimedia Foundation. Never would I have dreamed that running for RfA would provide such opportunities to support free knowledge. Keep up the good work. Keegan ( talk) 07:36, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you! Fortunately, in order to run for RfA at this point, one must already be crazy, so actually my mental state is unchanged. Perhaps one must be crazy to be an admin at any time. At any rate, mops away. I am thrilled to join such a team. Shall we swab together!? -- Danger ( talk) 07:46, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Oh my God, you're an admin. Are we in danger now!
Coolness. Congratulations!!! Having fun with the tools yet?
By the way, as you probably know, I'm in the process of getting the outline development team back up to speed. I hope you will help keep an eye on things.
With that in mind, here's an update on the project, followed by an invitation...
We've undergone a name change: the project has been simplified to "WikiProject Outlines".
The current main focus is on increasing the availability of outlines. If readers can't find the outlines, the outlines can't help them. We need to figure out the best places to put links, and the best ways to attract external traffic directly to these pages.
While studying the link structure to outlines, I came across a navigation aid I forgot we had that you might find useful:
Due to the occasional sniping attempt on outlines and their support pages, outlines now have an alert page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Article alerts. Please go there now and add it to your watchlist.
Tarheel95 and Robert Skyhawk are working on a project to track traffic to outline pages. Speaking of traffic...
A discussion on outline traffic analysis has been started on the Outlines WikiProject talk page. You are cordially invited to participate. Your input is greatly needed on possible ways to increase the availability of the outlines. All ideas and feedback are welcome. I look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely, The Transhumanist 07:54, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
P.S.: don't forget to watchlist the alert page mentioned above. Cheers. -TT
Mind if I suggest salting this? It's got a long history, both at Shanuka Shasthri (Fernando) and at Shanuka Shasthri. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 18:42, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey, since I'm not totally sure of the protocol, I just wanted to make sure I did everything right in regards to this notice. It seemed like the right place for it, but I wasn't 100% sure. Thanks so much! Yaksar (let's chat) 01:42, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Pah! Wrong on so many levels! Having studied a little palaeoanthropology I'm well aware that a species only exists if enough people can argue it does (and following on from this, the less evidence you have, the more you can argue, thereby creating more species). Actually, I knew next to nothing about flatworms before I saw a reference to them on Wikipedia a day or two ago. In any case the whole 'species' thing is a social construct (guess what else I've studied), and the thin film of living organisms that floats on the surface of this damp but sunlit planet is little more than randomised organic soup, placed their by the Flying Spaghetti Monster for his noodly entertainment. AndyTheGrump ( talk) 05:39, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback on the Occidental Petroleum Financial section-- I agree it could be reworded a bit. Were you directed there from my note on the help desk? If you didn't see it, I'm currently looking for feedback on draft revisions to other sections of that article. You can find my draft at User:CBuiltother/Occidental Petroleum Controversy, and feel free to leave any comments on the talk page. Thanks! -- CBuiltother ( talk) 17:22, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for welcoming me to the site. You'll be an awesome admin! I am not purely basing this on the fact that you stood up for your pronouns. Well, mostly not. Non-binary wikipedians unite! Escapepea ( talk) 00:34, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
It just occurred to me that your username may be an Iggy Pop reference. If so, you may be interested to know I just nominated " Funtime" for a "Did you know..." spot. If you happen to have any books or magazines with additional info about that song that can be included before it hits the main page, feel free to drop it in there and grab a DYK credit. 28bytes ( talk) 03:11, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about your health. What image on Commons is this identical to? I can't find it there under that name.-- Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 15:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I don't suppose you know why these images are up for/being deleted from Commons, do you? It's just I knew the chap who uploaded them and I'm almost 100% sure that he took them (the chapel image, for example, was taken when I was there!), so I'm not sure why they're up as a copyvio. I don't have Commons OTRS access, so I don't know what the particular ticket states. Rob ( talk) 18:17, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
There is an ARBCOM request which is related to an AN/I thread you recently participated. You may be interested in the discussion. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 19:40, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm a bit lost with the tagging of the additional images I listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2011 January 13#File:Josef Zwonarz.jpg with {{ di-no source}}. They were all properly tagged for two weeks, why weren't they deleted on the spot like File:Josef Zwonarz.jpg? — ξ xplicit 19:53, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
You closed the move request at Axel Örbom because of two opposed votes. No policy reason was given in those two votes and they should have been ignored. They were both based on the timing of the move request and not on any Wikipedia naming policy. Both my request and the support vote were policy based. You are giving equal weight to how the name appears in the Swedish National Encyclopedia and a Google search showing that Libris lists "Axel Örbom". -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ( talk) 21:15, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
I know our mentorship ended on rather bad terms. I've thought a lot about my performance on wikipedia, and really am trying to change the way I edit. Perhaps if you have the time, I'd be very grateful if you watched my edits and give me some feedback every now and then.
I totally understand if this makes you uncomfortable. Wikifan12345 ( talk) 09:01, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks for the welcome & suggested links, however I still cannot discern what to do in order to do what seems in theory simple: add names of guest stars to the lists (which already include episode summary & in some cases, guest cast) of tv program seasons (for instance, Law & Order). Another contributor provided a reply to my query on the new user help pages, but the response didn't seem relevant, so I'm asking you instead. I also tried doing so in the Law & Order wiki itself, but couldn't figure out (even after checking those help pages) how to add actor & character to the table/chart/list (of recurring characters). I'm trying to learn how to format (not because I want to, but because I wish to contribute, flesh out the info. that is sporadic/inconsistent), but am having such difficulty with the special instructions I'm supposed to type that's it's discouraging. Am I missing out on an obvious & easy to do this ? MazesInVt ( talk) 17:29, 2 September 2010 (UTC)MazesInVt
Hello, I have completed a general cleanup of the adopter information page for the adopt-a-user project, located here. During my cleanup, I have removed several inactive and retired users. In order to provide interested adoptees with an easy location to find adopters, it is essential that the page be up-to-date with the latest information possible. Thus:
Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Netalarm ( talk) at 03:36, 23 September 2010 (UTC).
Thank you for your explanation for the deletion of my Sean Hannity article update. As suggested, I read the conflict of interest page. I do not feel that this applies to my update. For the following reason: The reason I added what I did was to put additional context to what was reported. Since I was the person who called into the radio show that was mentioned, I felt relevant information was left out and my addition provided additional context. I did link back to legitimate source material that included the Santa Barbara Independent Article that has my name in along with Sean Hannity's - I belie this validates my identity and first hand knowledge of events that took place at that time. I in no way intended to violate and Wikipedia policies or quality standards. Perhaps you can suggest some changes that would be more acceptable to the editors. Jody May-Chang ( talk) 02:09, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
Hello, i want your help regarding the copy editing, general fixes and grammatical mistakes in the following articles related to Meteorology.
Waiting for your reply. Regards...
Nabil rais2008 (
talk) 15:18, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
Hi there! I've got quite a list of users at User:Netalarm/Survey that would like to be adopted. Would you like to adopt one? Their interests and preferences are all listed on that page, so if you would like to adopt one, please place {{Done|Adopted by USERNAME}} under the header and notify the adoptee. Thanks. Netalarm talk 20:45, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi there Danger! You may be wondering, what have I done to sound the alarm this time? Nothing. I'm messaging you in regards to the adopt-a-user program, which currently has a backlog of users wishing to be adopted. This doesn't make much sense, as we have a considerable list of users offer adoption, so there shouldn't be any backlog. I've begun to eliminate this backlog myself through a matching program, but I need your help to make it work. Of course, adoptees and adopters don't have to go through there, but I believe it helps eliminate the backlog because someone is actively matching pairs.
On the list of adopters, I have modified the middle column to say "Interests." It's easier working with other users that have similar interests, so if it's not too much to ask, could you add your interests in the middle column? For example, if I was interested in hurricanes, computers, business, and ... reptiles? I would place those in the middle column. Counter-vandalism and the like can also be included (maintenance should be used as the general term). The more interests, the better, since adoptees can learn more about you and choose the one they feel most comfortable working with. The information about when you're most active and other stuff can go into the "Notes" section to the right.
Finally, I've gone around and asked adoptees (and will in the future) to fill in a short survey so adopters can take the initiative and contact users they feel comfortable working with. We all know that most adoptees just place the adopt me template on their user page and leave it - so it's up to us to approach them and offer adoption. So, please take a look at the survey, adopt those that fit your interests, and maybe watchlist it so you can see the interests of adoptees and adopt one that fits your interests in the future.
Once again, thank you for participating in the adopt-a-user program! If you wish to respond to this post, please message me on my talk page.
Delivered by MessageDeliveryBot on behalf of Netalarm ( talk) at 05:16, 11 October 2010 (UTC).
Hi.I am a young female experienced wikipedia user, but new wikipedia editor looking for an adopter. On the matrix of adopters you are the only editor who has listed an interest in biology, which is a primary interest of mine. Buddhism is another interest we have in common. I am essentially independent, but it would be nice to have a user that I can reliably go to for questions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Russot1 ( talk • contribs) 20:38, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the welcome! Glad to help contribute to the project. ^.^ Signalizing ( talk) 02:13, 19 October 2010 (UTC)
Hey danger, I saw that you'd been pretty active on Iggy Pop, and maybe you can help: is any one of these two sites, http://iggypop.org/ or http://www.iggy-pop.com/, an "official" Iggy site? I can't figure it out. Thanks, Drmies ( talk) 16:15, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I noticed you removed the WP Computing banner from Talk:Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. You probably thought {{ WikiProject Internet}} added it to computing, but for better or worse it doesn't. I re-added it. (Incidentally, {{ WikiProject Websites}} does add to Computing.) -- Pnm ( talk) 03:33, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, happy new year and welcome to the 2011 WikiCup! Your submissions' page can be found here and instructions of how to update the page can be found here and on the submissions' page itself. From the submissions' page, a bot will update the main scoresheet. Our rules have been very slightly updated from last year; the full rules can be found here. Please remember that you can only receive points for content on which you have done significant work in 2011; nominations of work from last year and "drive-by" nominations will not be awarded points. Signups are going to remain open through January, so if you know of anyone who would like to take part, please direct them to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups. The judges can be contacted on the WikiCup talk page, on their respective talk pages, or by email. Other than that, we will be in contact at the end of every month with the newsletter. If you want to stop or start receiving newsletters, please remove your name from or add your name to this list. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 12:57, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for working on the assessments! Nice to see the article numbers growing a bit. Kaldari ( talk) 21:36, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Good luck in your RFA, hopefully you'll get these in 7 days anyway, but having gone through your contributions I've taken the liberty of setting the wp:reviewer and wp:Rollbacker flags for you. Ϣere SpielChequers 20:19, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
If you need any clarification on the ques, please feel free to ask. You're a good candidate; think carefully before answering the remaining questions. Best wishes. Wifione ....... Leave a message 17:23, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
I note that you have a chronic health problem. Without needing to know specifics, is it something that can affect your judgement, or is it something physical which prevents you editing? The latter isn't a problem with regard to your RfA, as admins don't need to be on Wikipedia all the time! If you feel the need to give more detail, you are free to email me in confidence. I'm still weighing up where I stand on your RfA, and this is something I would like to know, but I didn't want to put it as a question on the RfA. Please be assured that whatever your response, I will not use it as a reason to oppose - if I oppose, it will be for other reasons! - but it could decide whether I support or not! -- PhantomSteve.alt/ talk\ alternative account of Phantomsteve 21:06, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
I notice from your userpage that you attend (or once attended) the University of Chicago. Is it true what they say, does fun really come there to die? :) NW ( Talk) 05:40, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm sorry for you. So why did you choose to go? NW ( Talk) 05:52, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi Danger. I just wanted to drop by and wish you good luck on your RfA. I had already supported before you answered questions 12-15, but if I hadn't, those answers would have sealed the deal. As Fastily said, you knocked those out of the park, and I hope you get the bit if only for my sake: I've got F8's that have been languishing for over a month, and an additional image-savvy admin clearing out that backlog would be a wonderful boon to the project. On a side note, I thought your request for gender-neutral pronouns was perfectly reasonable; I'm sure it must be irritating that a lot of folks aren't honoring it. I assume, though, that that's just due to lack of reading the "fine print" on a long RfA page rather than any intentional disrespect. Anyway, good luck! 28bytes ( talk) 17:13, 10 January 2011 (UTC)
No worries mate. It makes for fascinating reading doesn't it? *shudder* - danjel ( talk to me) 13:46, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
thanks gimme i wanted to insert a picture on wikipedia page HAL Ajeet i am still learning to do it but thanks any way tikki ( talk) 17:04, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
Hi there; i just comment/!voted in your RfA, and i wanted to tell you that the fact i used "he" to refer to you is not intended as an insult, nor as a purposeful ignoring of your request for gender-neutral pronouns. It is simply that (like Humpty Dumpty) when i use words they mean what i choose them to mean, and it's my belief that "he", "him", and "his" can be gender neutral. I cannot bring myself to use the incorrect "they" nor the artificial "zir" or some other construct when there is a perfectly good word available. I hope i've not offended you! Cheers, Lindsay Hello 04:54, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WJBscribe (talk) 10:40, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
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You posted the same diff twice. 28bytes ( talk) 04:41, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations on getting the bit! A number of Wikipedians agree that the RfA process is due for an overhaul in order to make it less of a mugging and hence attract more candidates who are staying away. I hope that you will now consider taking an active interest in the process that got you there, and help to stabilise the situation by coming along and offering some intelligent !votes on RfA debates. My thoughts on improvement are here, several others have their own ideas too, and a list of those is also on that page. Take care and happy sysoping! -- Kudpung ( talk) 07:12, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations on receiving your secret code to the janitor's closet! Here are some words of wisdom passed down to me, when my mop was still shiny and sparkling new, by the puppy: |
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Not sure where to put this comment so if this is inappropriate just remove it.
Thank you for taking the time to review the Top Ryde City entry. It was both generous with your time and even handed. Unfortunately I got into trouble because I was not fully aware of the rules and I will make more effort to be a better editor in the future. If I understand correctly you are now an admin ... apparently well deserved. 110.174.23.139 ( talk) 05:05, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
Having recently created a wikipedia account I have spent the last few days getting used to wikipedias way of working. I came across the adopt a user feature, after a look through the entire list, I picked you, mainly because we both share an interest in biology, and in your case zology and mine with veterinary medicine.
I plan on helping wikipedia as much as I can, having already signed up to several projects, and already have a few pages that I want to improve.
I myself am 16 years old and live in Dorset, England. I have interests in veterinary medicine as stated above, and hopefully will make it into veterinary college, but I also have interests in trains, working on a narrow gauge railway, photography and web design. Because I know web design it helps with editing posts as some of it is HTML based.
I am looking for a adopter who will guide me through using wikipedia, and be able to help me if need be.
Thanks for reading this,
Lucas,
Lord Castellan Creed (
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Gimme danger,
I read your replies to the congratulations above. RfA made me grow crazy and I passed 76/1/1 in 2006. I'm still around. I have less than thirteen thousands edits. I am an active administrator on the English Wikipedia, my oversight to be returned soon, an OTRS admin, and I had the good fortune to actually work for the Wikimedia Foundation. Never would I have dreamed that running for RfA would provide such opportunities to support free knowledge. Keep up the good work. Keegan ( talk) 07:36, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Thank you! Fortunately, in order to run for RfA at this point, one must already be crazy, so actually my mental state is unchanged. Perhaps one must be crazy to be an admin at any time. At any rate, mops away. I am thrilled to join such a team. Shall we swab together!? -- Danger ( talk) 07:46, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Oh my God, you're an admin. Are we in danger now!
Coolness. Congratulations!!! Having fun with the tools yet?
By the way, as you probably know, I'm in the process of getting the outline development team back up to speed. I hope you will help keep an eye on things.
With that in mind, here's an update on the project, followed by an invitation...
We've undergone a name change: the project has been simplified to "WikiProject Outlines".
The current main focus is on increasing the availability of outlines. If readers can't find the outlines, the outlines can't help them. We need to figure out the best places to put links, and the best ways to attract external traffic directly to these pages.
While studying the link structure to outlines, I came across a navigation aid I forgot we had that you might find useful:
Due to the occasional sniping attempt on outlines and their support pages, outlines now have an alert page at Wikipedia:WikiProject Outlines/Article alerts. Please go there now and add it to your watchlist.
Tarheel95 and Robert Skyhawk are working on a project to track traffic to outline pages. Speaking of traffic...
A discussion on outline traffic analysis has been started on the Outlines WikiProject talk page. You are cordially invited to participate. Your input is greatly needed on possible ways to increase the availability of the outlines. All ideas and feedback are welcome. I look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely, The Transhumanist 07:54, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
P.S.: don't forget to watchlist the alert page mentioned above. Cheers. -TT
Mind if I suggest salting this? It's got a long history, both at Shanuka Shasthri (Fernando) and at Shanuka Shasthri. -- Ser Amantio di Nicolao Che dicono a Signa? Lo dicono a Signa. 18:42, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey, since I'm not totally sure of the protocol, I just wanted to make sure I did everything right in regards to this notice. It seemed like the right place for it, but I wasn't 100% sure. Thanks so much! Yaksar (let's chat) 01:42, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Pah! Wrong on so many levels! Having studied a little palaeoanthropology I'm well aware that a species only exists if enough people can argue it does (and following on from this, the less evidence you have, the more you can argue, thereby creating more species). Actually, I knew next to nothing about flatworms before I saw a reference to them on Wikipedia a day or two ago. In any case the whole 'species' thing is a social construct (guess what else I've studied), and the thin film of living organisms that floats on the surface of this damp but sunlit planet is little more than randomised organic soup, placed their by the Flying Spaghetti Monster for his noodly entertainment. AndyTheGrump ( talk) 05:39, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the feedback on the Occidental Petroleum Financial section-- I agree it could be reworded a bit. Were you directed there from my note on the help desk? If you didn't see it, I'm currently looking for feedback on draft revisions to other sections of that article. You can find my draft at User:CBuiltother/Occidental Petroleum Controversy, and feel free to leave any comments on the talk page. Thanks! -- CBuiltother ( talk) 17:22, 23 January 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for welcoming me to the site. You'll be an awesome admin! I am not purely basing this on the fact that you stood up for your pronouns. Well, mostly not. Non-binary wikipedians unite! Escapepea ( talk) 00:34, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
It just occurred to me that your username may be an Iggy Pop reference. If so, you may be interested to know I just nominated " Funtime" for a "Did you know..." spot. If you happen to have any books or magazines with additional info about that song that can be included before it hits the main page, feel free to drop it in there and grab a DYK credit. 28bytes ( talk) 03:11, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Sorry about your health. What image on Commons is this identical to? I can't find it there under that name.-- Kintetsubuffalo ( talk) 15:04, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I don't suppose you know why these images are up for/being deleted from Commons, do you? It's just I knew the chap who uploaded them and I'm almost 100% sure that he took them (the chapel image, for example, was taken when I was there!), so I'm not sure why they're up as a copyvio. I don't have Commons OTRS access, so I don't know what the particular ticket states. Rob ( talk) 18:17, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
There is an ARBCOM request which is related to an AN/I thread you recently participated. You may be interested in the discussion. Anythingyouwant ( talk) 19:40, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm a bit lost with the tagging of the additional images I listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2011 January 13#File:Josef Zwonarz.jpg with {{ di-no source}}. They were all properly tagged for two weeks, why weren't they deleted on the spot like File:Josef Zwonarz.jpg? — ξ xplicit 19:53, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
You closed the move request at Axel Örbom because of two opposed votes. No policy reason was given in those two votes and they should have been ignored. They were both based on the timing of the move request and not on any Wikipedia naming policy. Both my request and the support vote were policy based. You are giving equal weight to how the name appears in the Swedish National Encyclopedia and a Google search showing that Libris lists "Axel Örbom". -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) ( talk) 21:15, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
I know our mentorship ended on rather bad terms. I've thought a lot about my performance on wikipedia, and really am trying to change the way I edit. Perhaps if you have the time, I'd be very grateful if you watched my edits and give me some feedback every now and then.
I totally understand if this makes you uncomfortable. Wikifan12345 ( talk) 09:01, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
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