Just a quick check: How am I doing? RC-0722 247.5/ 1 21:40, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to preserve the subpage for my admincoaching, as I would like to refer to it, or possibly link to it in the future. I realize that it's not gone, just replaced by a new student, but it would be for the sake of expedience. Thanks Pedro. : ) Wisdom89 ( T / C) 08:04, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
In relation to the snowed RFA for Wolfpawz here It states it was closed at 20:49 and your sig. time next to it is 20:03. Thats a 46 min. diff. Then you look at the page history and all of this was done by you at 21:51. Unless im missing something thats out of whack. By the way there should be a pre-requisite for someone to put themselves up for RFA. What a waste of time that was for all the users who voted. I mean these snowballed users, do they not read the admin page or do they just want to be pain? Thanks Roadrunnerz45 ( talk 2 me) 09:22, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
In light of this comment and this comment I'm becoming beyond irked. Wisdom89 ( T / C) 17:53, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
WP:Ignore personal attacks, Wisdom. Especially that second one...I don't expect much better from that editor, though. dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 09:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
I don't believe I've ever spoken to you directly but, since you are one of the more prominent administrators on this project, I've seen your work and your comments many places and I have come to really respect your judgement.
I did want to ask you a question about the above named user whom you blocked for 31 hours. I wanted to ask you whether you think that a longer block (let's not kid ourselves, by longer I mean indef) maybe should be applied. I ask because of the fact that the account was created today and all of the 20+ edits coming from them were non-constructive including this personal attack on an editor. I sort of came to a conclusion that this account was created solely for the purposes of having some fun at Wikipedia's expense (or, as we like to call it, vandalism). I sincerely doubt that he will come back from this block and contribute anything of value to our project.
Anyways, I just wanted your opinion because I noticed that WP:AIV was somewhat backlogged and I didn't know if you had a chance to look at the full spectrum of the damage the editor caused before you gave him the 31 hour block.
Thanks for your time and, please, forgive me if I'm distracting you from doing something more important by reading my overly long diatribes :)
Peace! SWik78 ( talk • contribs) 13:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok fair enough. I am sorry for vandalising, and I want to become a good contributer but everyday i wake up and see barneca is continuing to blank me because he is so stubborn and it makes me really sad and angry. I explained to him I have ADHD and if he would just speak to me I would leave him and the project alone but he refuses to speak. If i was normal i could probably let this drop but my brain is such a way that i cant get this thing out of my head. I also should be revising for my GSCE exams which are very soon and barneca could help me by putting an end to this mental torture but he is relishing it i think that's why he doesnt want to end it. It is making me very upset indeed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.129.43 (talk) 14:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
More a sleep-deprived way a saying I agree. Cheers, 15:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlohcierekim ( talk • contribs)
Hi Pedro. Can you block this IP for longer than a week, it's a school IP (the school I go to in fact). I'd block it for six months at least. Just letting 'ya know. D.M.N. ( talk) 15:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Pedro...Thank you for participating in my nomination for adminship. Your comments have shown me those areas in which I need improve my understanding. I hope that my future endevors on Wikipedia will lead to an even greater understanding of it. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 04:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC) |
Ping. :) -- Avi ( talk) 07:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi , can you please tell me why you deleted my article on LimeExchage (with a reason of adv). I have noticed many other articles example Pigin, LinkedIn .. and etc.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajshpec ( talk • contribs) 07:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks , i read ur reponse, can u pls create one in sandbox and i will edit it appropriately so that it dont look like a adv ... —Preceding
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I m working on it to make it more like informative rather then adv , will get back to you for approval once i am done. thanks !!
Hi , pls delete the sandbox page. Will write a new one later, thanks !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajshpec ( talk • contribs) 13:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Haha, don't worry I never take offense on-wiki. And yes, the reason I didn't delete it myself was I wanted a second opinion, as I was on the ropes myself, thus I just tagged it. And you are correct in assuming I know how to nominate an article for AFD =D (i hope so after a year here :) Don't worry your fine with not noticing, I did it before with another admin. Thanks for the opinion and I shall nominate it in a sec. « Gonzo fan2007 ( talk ♦ contribs) @ 08:02, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
sorry to mess around on anothers comment but i dont really know what im doing, i only joined this morning.
hi, i was just wondering why a post i made this morning (carl houston) was deleted? i was merely trying to get him more out in the open, b being the hideousl;y underrated guitarist he is, in a hope to boost his album sales here in bristol. it was an educational yet humourous post which you cannot deny grabs peoples interest! i dint think there was anything wrong with doing this kind of thing but obviously there is
hope to hear from you again about this matter
yours
stukins —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stukins ( talk • contribs) 10:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
what do you recommend i should do to keep this post informative yet witty, without it being seen as nonsense or death threats? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stukins ( talk • contribs) 10:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC) i have made another carl houston post, was wondering if youd mind checking it out?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stukins ( talk • contribs) 11:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, I don't get how this is supposed to work. This guy [1] was warned FIVE TIMES and still posted vandalism today. He just happens not to have done anything since I posted the SIXTH warning an hour later. How many "final warnings" does he get? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 10:41, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there i was wondering how many edits you have to have in order to have the rollback feature? Computermadgeek ( talk) 15:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, thanks for being very welcoming to me. Ok i will do some editing and get used to it before I ask for access. I dont want to be jumping in the deep end before I know what I am to do. Anyway many thanks for getting back to me Computermadgeek ( talk) 16:02, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
There has been an allegation of misusing rollback features against me, and my rollback right was retracted. The complain was made by User:NAHID, and I have reasons to belive that it was not made in good faith (I hope you remember him). I have provided a clarfication here. Please, take a look. Aditya( talk • contribs) 20:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
This discussion raises my consciousness a bit about the use of rollback. It's too easy to use, and I may have used it for some things other than blatant vandalism, just out of laziness, though generally not, and certainly not in an edit-war situation... but I'll focus on narrowing its use further so I don't run the risk of damaging the faith you showed in me by giving me that authority. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 05:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thankfully I'm OK now. (Basically I woke up in hospital on Monday morning after an unfortunate incident involving alcohol. Hopefully it won't happen again). Thanks for the message. Walton One 09:05, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
hi there i was wondering if you would be able to help me become a good editor on wikipedia by mentoring me and helping me in certain areas like becoming an admin. I am already an admin on many sites for obvious reasons as I have very high skills of computer programming and also very high skills of finding out who has logged what on the website. Was wondering if you could help me out or not? Computermadgeek ( talk) 09:21, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
There are several things that I think that I am able to do because I have done it before:
1 Deleting a page 2 Deleting an image 3 Undeleting a page 4 Merging page histories 5 Performing requested moves 6 Protecting or unprotecting a page 7 Editing a protected page 8 Protecting a non-existent page 9 Protecting or unprotecting an image 10 Editing the interface 11 Block a user or IP 12 Blocking a range of IPs 13 Unblock a user, IP or range 14 Dealing with abusive editors
I am very good at dealing with people who like to cause conflicts within things. I have a very neutral point of view so I think that I would be a great admin. DO you think that you can help me get the sysop rights now? Also thanks for the advice on my talkpage. Would have got back sooner but was having some lunch. Computermadgeek ( talk) 12:07, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Anyone who seeks the job of adminship should be put on "probation" their first month or two or three, and spend time doing nothing but dealing with the drudgery that admins have to deal with but without being allowed to do normal editing. I am automatically suspicious of those who seek adminship, as I fear they might want the power but not the responsibility. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 12:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
After all this, the user who raised this question was just blocked indefinitely for disruption. [9] Yet here we all were talking to him like he was serious, including a good-faith response I gave to what I thought was a good-faith question on my talk page. Yet some editors charge that I don't follow the WP:AGF guideline. 0:) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 14:04, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there, got your message. Thanks. -- Rifleman 82 ( talk) 10:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Pedro, noticed your mentoring conversation above and the similarity of style and statements with this (currently blocked ) user struck me as startling. Quite possibly a huge coincidence but thought a heads up might be useful. Kind regards, nancy (talk) 12:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Replied thanks to the wonders of logmein. nancy (talk) 12:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the message on my talkpage. I dont see why this is such a problem? I am only stating that I have found a problem in the servers. Is that a blockable offence? Computermadgeek ( talk) 13:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Question: I am the author of an upcoming webcomic (the title of which is on my blog), and was wondering if I could put that on my userpage. Would that go against policy? RC-0722 247.5/ 1 19:47, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:Municipal districts and cadastral areas of Prague. 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. Mwalcoff ( talk) 21:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
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) 06:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your valuable contribution in moving the Mayfield Park, Southampton problem forward. Too many people were shrugging their shoulders, not rectifying their mistakes, indicating that it wasn't their problem, that they weren't interested or that I should follow such and such a procedure. I never have much patience with that sort of attitude. So I'm pleased you popped up and took some responsibility to help get what was a really quite a simple issue sorted out. That's good customer service and good administration. Thanks again.
I hope the bigger issue of over-zealous deleting of new pages can be looked at and resolved, it is mightily frustrating and very de-motivating.
Yes I am from Hampshire. I was amazed that there was nothing about the Woolston ferry on Wikipedia, so I started that page and inevitably all sorts of other things dropped out of it. I've discovered quite a lot in the process, so its been rewarding from that point of view too. I certainly didn't expect to find myself looking at the page on cannibalism when I started writing about the Woolston ferry.
I hope to get some photo's on the pages I've been working on soon, when the weather is nice enough to get out and about to take them.
I am also hoping that some of the local history societies in this area will get involved in further extending some of the pages that I've started. Now that I've created them, I hope they will find them on Wikipedia and will want to add to them. I'll try to draw it to their attention. Hethurs ( talk) 22:08, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
User_talk:Kakofonous#Yo - thoughts on my rant?
Also, loved that link you showed me...seems I'm popular! :D dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 01:46, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
What is your opinion of this? RC-0722 247.5/ 1 05:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for granting me rollback! I also heard you do admin coaching. Do you have any openings for that? - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 13:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Pedro, I was recommended to you by User:RyRy5. Would you perhaps like to be my admin coach? Editor of the wiki review my edits here! 00:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
A helpful user has asked me to support him/her in the desire to get a bot going that will chop down super-long file names for images. I think [11] will give you the idea. Do you think this is a good idea? I've occasionally run across this problem and it makes the edit summaries hellish to manipulate. I did think this is a good idea, unless you can think of a reason against it? Accounting4Taste: talk 00:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments! I'll happily accept your nominations. Admin coaching was just because I wasn't sure about running really, in case it was snowball-closed or just in case anyone had an issue with anything I've participated in. But, aah, looking forward to a good Bank Holiday all the same! Thanks! PeterSymonds | talk 03:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Heh, it sure was! Thank goodness for two of the best policies Wikipedia has to offer: WP:PEDRO and WP:BALLOONMAN. :) PeterSymonds | talk 19:28, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
What do you make of this? [12] Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:57, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
"Admin Coaching", Mentorship & Collaborative Working. | |
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Dear all. I've been having some thoughts on admin coaching, and it's role within Wikipedia. I've always assumed that it was more a "mentorship" process - and certainly not a "how to" guide to pass RfA. That would be disrespectful to the project we love. Given the recent level of requests I am receiving I am thinking now of creating a "mentor" page. A single page for all editors who believe they can benefit the project further with admin tools. By having a single page I believe we can all work collaboratively to help each other learn what needs to be learned. And when I say that, I explicitly mean "learn how to be a good admin" - and not - "how to become an admin". I think it is wrong of me to "admin coach" a number of people individually in what is a collaborative work. It is against the very nature of a wiki. When I have time, hopefully tomorrow (UTC), I would seek to merge all requests to one page where we can all discuss and review the actions of each other. More like a WP:AN but after the fact; e.g. - "I've done this, was it right" or "what do you guys think of this" etc etc. I would explicitly intend that this is not a dilution of proper venues - e.g. talk pages of articles or WP:AIV WP:RFPP WP:ANI et. al. . This would be a forum for those who sincerely believe they can help Wikipedia further with admin tools to discuss, and to mentor each other, hopefully with the input of a number of admins, and editors who do not wish adminship as well. I also feel this may well discourage those who edit only for the end goal of adminship - something that I am firmly against. As stated, this is a work in progress - merely a floating of an idea at the moment, which I hope to begin soon. However other input before we begin is particularly welcome. |
Well done for grasping the nettle and addressing the issue that many, including me, have been critical of in the past; coaching to pass RfA vs. coaching to be a good admin. I hope it goes well. -- Malleus Fatuorum ( talk) 22:17, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I've also got some concerns that I don't want this to become a clique. And I've got some thoughts on how many participants at one time (e.g. 20 odd editors receiving mentoring is going to become unweildy - however I do not want a load of bureaucracy surrounding this process) I think editors asking for mentorship must be made aware participation is no guarantee whatsoever of a nomination or even a support at RFA. Initial ideas, but I've slept on this and I believe it will work (not for everybody, but that's fine - we don't do one size fits all). Pedro : Chat 07:29, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Kudos. Did you ever ready my essay on coaching? dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 09:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hopefully I can work on creating the page today - apologies that it's not been sooner but RL issues have prevented me from being active over the last couple of days. Pedro : Chat 06:50, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
I'd just like to congratulate you on your initiative here in starting this off. It deserves serious attention and support (because I think it could become very successful and useful for wikipedia as a whole.) I'd like to contribute as much as I am able. DDStretch (talk) 08:50, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
I asked for Rollback because I thought I could roll back all recent edits by a particular user across multiple pages. For example, if UPUser 1.2.3.4 vandalized 5 different articles, once I'd verified all his edits were simple vandalism I could revert them in one fell swoop. I've tried with my own user page and user talk page and can't figure out how to do it: The best I can do is one rollback per article per user. That's great if the user made 5 consecutive edits to an article but much easier than UNDO if he made 1 edit each to 5 different articles. Am I missing something or do I really need to click "rollback" once per article? davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 21:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Your input is requested here once more. RC-0722 247.5/ 1 01:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Pedro...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 @ 09:58, 6 May 2008 (UTC) |
The admin that decided that he would remove it didnt give me a chance to explain he just said dont revert articles that have been reverted by admins. I supposedly removed the "citation needed" or fact tag added from pages. Which I wasn't aware of. I think that it is totally unfair that he removed it just for 2 wrong reverts. Christopher140691 ( talk) 19:07, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm doing my best to absorb it all, e.g. I've tagged my userpage essays. Thank you for taking the time to evaluate my contributions. SHEFFIELDSTEEL TALK 21:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | ||
I, hereby, award Pedro for his diligent effort on Wikipedia talk:Requests for rollback#Header changes, where proper recommendation of using rollback feature has been addressed. Keep up the good work. NAH ID 12:30, 7 May 2008 (UTC) |
Now people should be more aware of using this feature.-- NAH ID 12:30, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pedro sorry to bother you but I have responded to User:Neutral777 request for help. his/her userpage doesnt exist but they have a discussion page. I was wondering as you are an admin if you could take a look at it for me as he is complaining about his username block and the admin's and how they got involved in it when they shouldnt have. It is a complete mess and have given him/her the link to the complaints page but was wondering if you could explain to him from your point of view as an admin. Christopher140691 ( talk) 13:44, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Should I take this to the Requests for mediation, Requests for comment, or Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents? Or all three? RC-0722 247.5/ 1 00:47, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
For the rollback! :) Porterjoh ( talk) 10:47, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pedro there is a backlog of requests at the AWB approval page can you take a look at it for me. Im also on the page but the backlog needs clearing. Christopher140691 ( talk) 11:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi and thanks for your approval that allows me to use AWB. :) Solar -Poseidon 12:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
You reason was "stale". A final warning was delivered on 30 April, 2008, and recent repeat vandalism has occurred on 7 May, 2008 [14]. What is stale about that? -- ž¥łǿχ ( ŧäłķ | čøŋŧřīъ§) 14:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the approval. I promise to use it wisely -- ₮inucherian (Talk) - 07:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the info btw dose wikipedia run at +2 GMT Kinghobbit ( talk) 10:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all your help with my signature! And I couldn't help noticing, special congratulations on all the Barnstars you have! ACM2: talk 12:32, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh if it's not too much trouble would it be possible for you to do that for me? Thanks! (talking about your reply regarding talk page link font) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ACM2 ( talk • contribs) 12:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, you opposed my last RFA at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gary King a few weeks ago. I have decided to open an Editor Review at Wikipedia:Editor review/Gary King so I could receive a new assessment for my recent activity on Wikipedia. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to look over my recent contributions and point out areas where I could improve. I would also specifically appreciate that if you have time, please look through my contributions and User Talk archives for anything that might be an issue in general, because I know you are always thorough when reviewing an editor and would genuinely appreciate it if you could spend that time to let me know what I am doing wrong. I plan to be here for the long haul so I might as well keep on improving myself, right? Thanks in advance! Gary King ( talk) 04:38, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. RC-0722 247.5/ 1 21:01, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! I thought it would be closed at 99 when I saw Balloonman's support. Right, off to new admin school. :) PeterSymonds | talk 15:21, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Pedro.
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. Your detailed comments during my first RfA were key in helping me to better understand the community's wishes, and 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 both your early and strong support, and your continued advice. -- Avi ( talk) 16:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pedro,
I'd like to request Rollback, as I see your open to doing so for good reasons.
Please look at Wikipedia:Requests for rollback#Bluegoblin7.
Thanks,
Hello there Pedro!
I've been thinking (hard.. very hard) about the possibility of going for WP:RFA. I'm broadly from the Malleus Fatuorum School of Thought (Malleus being a user I've collaborated with in mainspace many-a-time), and believe the granting of adminship should most definately be a decision based on edit history, temprament, and how conductive to the good of the project the admin will be (as opposed to getting a sherrif's badge).
I've been nominated for adminship in the past by User:Rudget ( [16]), but turned this down on the basis that a) I wasn't sure if I really needed the tools, and b) I did not feel ready for such a bestowment and responsibility. Now, I kinda do.
My point for telling you? We haven't crossed paths before, so I wondered if you agreed that me considering this is a good step for Wikipedia. You've also been recommended to me as the ONLY user who's got the notion of coaching down-to-a-T, and wondered if you were "recruiting" admin-hopefuls at the moment, and what aspects I might want to consider/develop.
Finally, you might ask "why the heading"?... it's in the rather popular sig sorry! -> -- Jza84 | Talk 22:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Pedro, mind looking that RFA over and checking to make sure I covered all the steps? It's my first closure and I just wanted to make sure I completed it correctly. Dureo ( talk) 13:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there Pedro, I was wondering how do I get other users to go on to my website which I have created. It is exactly the same as wikipedia except you can do and create anything that you want. I have worked long and hard on it. If I give you a link to it I would be honered to automatically promote you to a Sysop and also a Bureaucrat. Peterpipper ( talk) 13:45, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I dunno what I keep doing to screw up the formatting of a numbered list if I add a strikethrough. Nice of you to fix it for me. Thanks! Qb | your 2 cents 14:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pedro, I am a qualified lawyer. If you would like an email from my email address at work then I will be happy to do that for you. Peterpipper ( talk) 20:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Responded on my talk page and on RFR. I hope they help. Thanks Acalamari 20:49, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I've seen probably 2 dozen extremely respected editors that have said " just go for it" or some such. Think about it this weekend. Self nom. I think you'll pass with minimal drama. If you want it, do it. If you don't, don't. I'm hoping you do. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 16:57, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
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) 17:19, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
You know it! Praise to Miranda. Neıl ☎ 20:13, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
That is truly amazing! I don't think I wanna know how you got that so quickly! :) Best, Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk) 22:11, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Seriously, throw one in. I know why you haven't accepted yet. It's because I haven't offered to nominate, right? Like I nominated your RfAs? Right? OK, so that's not it.
But do it anyway!!! dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 01:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm getting an impression that quite a few members of the community would like me to request beaureacrat tools. Don't know why I get that feeling.....:) Pedro : Chat 08:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm just wondering about something - since strange reasons always seem to crop up at RfB and RfA, how would it look if Pedro (after much resistance and hesitation) suddenly changed his mind and ran in midst of all this community urging. Now, personally, everyone knows where I stand with Mr. Pedro. However, others less familiar with him might view the sudden change as..hey..I can win the popular vote. Cronyism in other words. Does that make sense to anyone else? Wisdom89 ( T / C) 17:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I have looked at this during the course of the afternoon. Subjectively, I believe I would be a competent bureaucrat. Objectively, if I was a third party opining on a "Pedro RfB" I'd have a two "concerns";
I am generally assured that <1 year admin tenure is not that big a deal for most editors - that my overall tenure would be seen as acceptable. So, to point 1.
Now, I considered a while back clerking at CHU etc. but to be honest felt that it stank of "gaming the system" i.e. editing there for the sake of being a bureaucrat rather than a genuine desire to help - the akin of making numerous zero value
WP:AFD edits for the sake of adminship. I am sure you all know I'm really rather anti editing for goals other than the improvement of the encyclopedia. However I do feel that my lack of proof of ability at CHU may weigh heavily. In reality my account has both been renamed and I then usurped "Pedro" so I know the process, and I have often followed the discussion at CHU - however this is not demonstrable by edits.
The "catch 22" I find myself in is thus simple - insufficent edits to the one backlogged area a 'crat only can resolve, against my own personal desire not to be seen to be gaming the system. Now, of course the issue is therefore that I can in effect never escape such a situation. So, on balance, as I believe there will be a benefit to Wikipedia by me having the rather small additional tool set, I feel that running now is not a bad idea.
I will trust commentators at an RfB to disregard the conversations here and at
WT:RFA as irrelevant, and judge my request on its own merits by weight of my contributions and responses.
And, all, as ever my deep appreciation for your comments, clarifications and input. It means a lot to me - far far more than a succesful RfB ever would.
Pedro :
Chat 19:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
You're in the top ten. :) Congratulations. Acalamari 02:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Are you adopting? If so, may I be accepted? I have had many criticisms about my editing per my talk page and I need mentoring. I have made over 10,000 edits, about 2900 of them in the mainspace. I am currently being adopted by User:Steve Crossin at User:Steve Crossin/Adoption but I believe I need an extra hand. Please reply on my talk page. Regards, Ryan Cross ( talk) 04:37, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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) 06:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC) |
You are aware that 88.105.23.179, which is the IP you just blocked, is a dynamic IP? I'm sure you are, assume good-neutral faith and all, just making sure. -- Justpassin ( talk) 20:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Gandalf, and how are you? I would like to request your opinion of a heated discussion. Thanks. RC-0722 247.5/ 1 21:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Just a quick check: How am I doing? RC-0722 247.5/ 1 21:40, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
Would you be so kind as to preserve the subpage for my admincoaching, as I would like to refer to it, or possibly link to it in the future. I realize that it's not gone, just replaced by a new student, but it would be for the sake of expedience. Thanks Pedro. : ) Wisdom89 ( T / C) 08:04, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
In relation to the snowed RFA for Wolfpawz here It states it was closed at 20:49 and your sig. time next to it is 20:03. Thats a 46 min. diff. Then you look at the page history and all of this was done by you at 21:51. Unless im missing something thats out of whack. By the way there should be a pre-requisite for someone to put themselves up for RFA. What a waste of time that was for all the users who voted. I mean these snowballed users, do they not read the admin page or do they just want to be pain? Thanks Roadrunnerz45 ( talk 2 me) 09:22, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
In light of this comment and this comment I'm becoming beyond irked. Wisdom89 ( T / C) 17:53, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
WP:Ignore personal attacks, Wisdom. Especially that second one...I don't expect much better from that editor, though. dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 09:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Hello!
I don't believe I've ever spoken to you directly but, since you are one of the more prominent administrators on this project, I've seen your work and your comments many places and I have come to really respect your judgement.
I did want to ask you a question about the above named user whom you blocked for 31 hours. I wanted to ask you whether you think that a longer block (let's not kid ourselves, by longer I mean indef) maybe should be applied. I ask because of the fact that the account was created today and all of the 20+ edits coming from them were non-constructive including this personal attack on an editor. I sort of came to a conclusion that this account was created solely for the purposes of having some fun at Wikipedia's expense (or, as we like to call it, vandalism). I sincerely doubt that he will come back from this block and contribute anything of value to our project.
Anyways, I just wanted your opinion because I noticed that WP:AIV was somewhat backlogged and I didn't know if you had a chance to look at the full spectrum of the damage the editor caused before you gave him the 31 hour block.
Thanks for your time and, please, forgive me if I'm distracting you from doing something more important by reading my overly long diatribes :)
Peace! SWik78 ( talk • contribs) 13:50, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Ok fair enough. I am sorry for vandalising, and I want to become a good contributer but everyday i wake up and see barneca is continuing to blank me because he is so stubborn and it makes me really sad and angry. I explained to him I have ADHD and if he would just speak to me I would leave him and the project alone but he refuses to speak. If i was normal i could probably let this drop but my brain is such a way that i cant get this thing out of my head. I also should be revising for my GSCE exams which are very soon and barneca could help me by putting an end to this mental torture but he is relishing it i think that's why he doesnt want to end it. It is making me very upset indeed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.129.43 (talk) 14:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
More a sleep-deprived way a saying I agree. Cheers, 15:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlohcierekim ( talk • contribs)
Hi Pedro. Can you block this IP for longer than a week, it's a school IP (the school I go to in fact). I'd block it for six months at least. Just letting 'ya know. D.M.N. ( talk) 15:57, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Pedro...Thank you for participating in my nomination for adminship. Your comments have shown me those areas in which I need improve my understanding. I hope that my future endevors on Wikipedia will lead to an even greater understanding of it. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 04:50, 30 April 2008 (UTC) |
Ping. :) -- Avi ( talk) 07:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi , can you please tell me why you deleted my article on LimeExchage (with a reason of adv). I have noticed many other articles example Pigin, LinkedIn .. and etc.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajshpec ( talk • contribs) 07:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks , i read ur reponse, can u pls create one in sandbox and i will edit it appropriately so that it dont look like a adv ... —Preceding
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I m working on it to make it more like informative rather then adv , will get back to you for approval once i am done. thanks !!
Hi , pls delete the sandbox page. Will write a new one later, thanks !! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajshpec ( talk • contribs) 13:24, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Haha, don't worry I never take offense on-wiki. And yes, the reason I didn't delete it myself was I wanted a second opinion, as I was on the ropes myself, thus I just tagged it. And you are correct in assuming I know how to nominate an article for AFD =D (i hope so after a year here :) Don't worry your fine with not noticing, I did it before with another admin. Thanks for the opinion and I shall nominate it in a sec. « Gonzo fan2007 ( talk ♦ contribs) @ 08:02, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
sorry to mess around on anothers comment but i dont really know what im doing, i only joined this morning.
hi, i was just wondering why a post i made this morning (carl houston) was deleted? i was merely trying to get him more out in the open, b being the hideousl;y underrated guitarist he is, in a hope to boost his album sales here in bristol. it was an educational yet humourous post which you cannot deny grabs peoples interest! i dint think there was anything wrong with doing this kind of thing but obviously there is
hope to hear from you again about this matter
yours
stukins —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stukins ( talk • contribs) 10:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
what do you recommend i should do to keep this post informative yet witty, without it being seen as nonsense or death threats? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stukins ( talk • contribs) 10:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC) i have made another carl houston post, was wondering if youd mind checking it out?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stukins ( talk • contribs) 11:25, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, I don't get how this is supposed to work. This guy [1] was warned FIVE TIMES and still posted vandalism today. He just happens not to have done anything since I posted the SIXTH warning an hour later. How many "final warnings" does he get? Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 10:41, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there i was wondering how many edits you have to have in order to have the rollback feature? Computermadgeek ( talk) 15:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, thanks for being very welcoming to me. Ok i will do some editing and get used to it before I ask for access. I dont want to be jumping in the deep end before I know what I am to do. Anyway many thanks for getting back to me Computermadgeek ( talk) 16:02, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
There has been an allegation of misusing rollback features against me, and my rollback right was retracted. The complain was made by User:NAHID, and I have reasons to belive that it was not made in good faith (I hope you remember him). I have provided a clarfication here. Please, take a look. Aditya( talk • contribs) 20:49, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
This discussion raises my consciousness a bit about the use of rollback. It's too easy to use, and I may have used it for some things other than blatant vandalism, just out of laziness, though generally not, and certainly not in an edit-war situation... but I'll focus on narrowing its use further so I don't run the risk of damaging the faith you showed in me by giving me that authority. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 05:53, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thankfully I'm OK now. (Basically I woke up in hospital on Monday morning after an unfortunate incident involving alcohol. Hopefully it won't happen again). Thanks for the message. Walton One 09:05, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
hi there i was wondering if you would be able to help me become a good editor on wikipedia by mentoring me and helping me in certain areas like becoming an admin. I am already an admin on many sites for obvious reasons as I have very high skills of computer programming and also very high skills of finding out who has logged what on the website. Was wondering if you could help me out or not? Computermadgeek ( talk) 09:21, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
There are several things that I think that I am able to do because I have done it before:
1 Deleting a page 2 Deleting an image 3 Undeleting a page 4 Merging page histories 5 Performing requested moves 6 Protecting or unprotecting a page 7 Editing a protected page 8 Protecting a non-existent page 9 Protecting or unprotecting an image 10 Editing the interface 11 Block a user or IP 12 Blocking a range of IPs 13 Unblock a user, IP or range 14 Dealing with abusive editors
I am very good at dealing with people who like to cause conflicts within things. I have a very neutral point of view so I think that I would be a great admin. DO you think that you can help me get the sysop rights now? Also thanks for the advice on my talkpage. Would have got back sooner but was having some lunch. Computermadgeek ( talk) 12:07, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Anyone who seeks the job of adminship should be put on "probation" their first month or two or three, and spend time doing nothing but dealing with the drudgery that admins have to deal with but without being allowed to do normal editing. I am automatically suspicious of those who seek adminship, as I fear they might want the power but not the responsibility. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 12:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
After all this, the user who raised this question was just blocked indefinitely for disruption. [9] Yet here we all were talking to him like he was serious, including a good-faith response I gave to what I thought was a good-faith question on my talk page. Yet some editors charge that I don't follow the WP:AGF guideline. 0:) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 14:04, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey there, got your message. Thanks. -- Rifleman 82 ( talk) 10:30, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Pedro, noticed your mentoring conversation above and the similarity of style and statements with this (currently blocked ) user struck me as startling. Quite possibly a huge coincidence but thought a heads up might be useful. Kind regards, nancy (talk) 12:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Replied thanks to the wonders of logmein. nancy (talk) 12:56, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the message on my talkpage. I dont see why this is such a problem? I am only stating that I have found a problem in the servers. Is that a blockable offence? Computermadgeek ( talk) 13:39, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Question: I am the author of an upcoming webcomic (the title of which is on my blog), and was wondering if I could put that on my userpage. Would that go against policy? RC-0722 247.5/ 1 19:47, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:Municipal districts and cadastral areas of Prague. 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. Mwalcoff ( talk) 21:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
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) 06:52, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your valuable contribution in moving the Mayfield Park, Southampton problem forward. Too many people were shrugging their shoulders, not rectifying their mistakes, indicating that it wasn't their problem, that they weren't interested or that I should follow such and such a procedure. I never have much patience with that sort of attitude. So I'm pleased you popped up and took some responsibility to help get what was a really quite a simple issue sorted out. That's good customer service and good administration. Thanks again.
I hope the bigger issue of over-zealous deleting of new pages can be looked at and resolved, it is mightily frustrating and very de-motivating.
Yes I am from Hampshire. I was amazed that there was nothing about the Woolston ferry on Wikipedia, so I started that page and inevitably all sorts of other things dropped out of it. I've discovered quite a lot in the process, so its been rewarding from that point of view too. I certainly didn't expect to find myself looking at the page on cannibalism when I started writing about the Woolston ferry.
I hope to get some photo's on the pages I've been working on soon, when the weather is nice enough to get out and about to take them.
I am also hoping that some of the local history societies in this area will get involved in further extending some of the pages that I've started. Now that I've created them, I hope they will find them on Wikipedia and will want to add to them. I'll try to draw it to their attention. Hethurs ( talk) 22:08, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
User_talk:Kakofonous#Yo - thoughts on my rant?
Also, loved that link you showed me...seems I'm popular! :D dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 01:46, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
What is your opinion of this? RC-0722 247.5/ 1 05:03, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for granting me rollback! I also heard you do admin coaching. Do you have any openings for that? - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 13:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Pedro, I was recommended to you by User:RyRy5. Would you perhaps like to be my admin coach? Editor of the wiki review my edits here! 00:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
A helpful user has asked me to support him/her in the desire to get a bot going that will chop down super-long file names for images. I think [11] will give you the idea. Do you think this is a good idea? I've occasionally run across this problem and it makes the edit summaries hellish to manipulate. I did think this is a good idea, unless you can think of a reason against it? Accounting4Taste: talk 00:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments! I'll happily accept your nominations. Admin coaching was just because I wasn't sure about running really, in case it was snowball-closed or just in case anyone had an issue with anything I've participated in. But, aah, looking forward to a good Bank Holiday all the same! Thanks! PeterSymonds | talk 03:07, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Heh, it sure was! Thank goodness for two of the best policies Wikipedia has to offer: WP:PEDRO and WP:BALLOONMAN. :) PeterSymonds | talk 19:28, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
What do you make of this? [12] Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 06:57, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
"Admin Coaching", Mentorship & Collaborative Working. | |
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Dear all. I've been having some thoughts on admin coaching, and it's role within Wikipedia. I've always assumed that it was more a "mentorship" process - and certainly not a "how to" guide to pass RfA. That would be disrespectful to the project we love. Given the recent level of requests I am receiving I am thinking now of creating a "mentor" page. A single page for all editors who believe they can benefit the project further with admin tools. By having a single page I believe we can all work collaboratively to help each other learn what needs to be learned. And when I say that, I explicitly mean "learn how to be a good admin" - and not - "how to become an admin". I think it is wrong of me to "admin coach" a number of people individually in what is a collaborative work. It is against the very nature of a wiki. When I have time, hopefully tomorrow (UTC), I would seek to merge all requests to one page where we can all discuss and review the actions of each other. More like a WP:AN but after the fact; e.g. - "I've done this, was it right" or "what do you guys think of this" etc etc. I would explicitly intend that this is not a dilution of proper venues - e.g. talk pages of articles or WP:AIV WP:RFPP WP:ANI et. al. . This would be a forum for those who sincerely believe they can help Wikipedia further with admin tools to discuss, and to mentor each other, hopefully with the input of a number of admins, and editors who do not wish adminship as well. I also feel this may well discourage those who edit only for the end goal of adminship - something that I am firmly against. As stated, this is a work in progress - merely a floating of an idea at the moment, which I hope to begin soon. However other input before we begin is particularly welcome. |
Well done for grasping the nettle and addressing the issue that many, including me, have been critical of in the past; coaching to pass RfA vs. coaching to be a good admin. I hope it goes well. -- Malleus Fatuorum ( talk) 22:17, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
I've also got some concerns that I don't want this to become a clique. And I've got some thoughts on how many participants at one time (e.g. 20 odd editors receiving mentoring is going to become unweildy - however I do not want a load of bureaucracy surrounding this process) I think editors asking for mentorship must be made aware participation is no guarantee whatsoever of a nomination or even a support at RFA. Initial ideas, but I've slept on this and I believe it will work (not for everybody, but that's fine - we don't do one size fits all). Pedro : Chat 07:29, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Kudos. Did you ever ready my essay on coaching? dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 09:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Hopefully I can work on creating the page today - apologies that it's not been sooner but RL issues have prevented me from being active over the last couple of days. Pedro : Chat 06:50, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
I'd just like to congratulate you on your initiative here in starting this off. It deserves serious attention and support (because I think it could become very successful and useful for wikipedia as a whole.) I'd like to contribute as much as I am able. DDStretch (talk) 08:50, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
I asked for Rollback because I thought I could roll back all recent edits by a particular user across multiple pages. For example, if UPUser 1.2.3.4 vandalized 5 different articles, once I'd verified all his edits were simple vandalism I could revert them in one fell swoop. I've tried with my own user page and user talk page and can't figure out how to do it: The best I can do is one rollback per article per user. That's great if the user made 5 consecutive edits to an article but much easier than UNDO if he made 1 edit each to 5 different articles. Am I missing something or do I really need to click "rollback" once per article? davidwr/( talk)/( contribs)/( e-mail) 21:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Your input is requested here once more. RC-0722 247.5/ 1 01:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
Pedro...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 @ 09:58, 6 May 2008 (UTC) |
The admin that decided that he would remove it didnt give me a chance to explain he just said dont revert articles that have been reverted by admins. I supposedly removed the "citation needed" or fact tag added from pages. Which I wasn't aware of. I think that it is totally unfair that he removed it just for 2 wrong reverts. Christopher140691 ( talk) 19:07, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm doing my best to absorb it all, e.g. I've tagged my userpage essays. Thank you for taking the time to evaluate my contributions. SHEFFIELDSTEEL TALK 21:55, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | ||
I, hereby, award Pedro for his diligent effort on Wikipedia talk:Requests for rollback#Header changes, where proper recommendation of using rollback feature has been addressed. Keep up the good work. NAH ID 12:30, 7 May 2008 (UTC) |
Now people should be more aware of using this feature.-- NAH ID 12:30, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pedro sorry to bother you but I have responded to User:Neutral777 request for help. his/her userpage doesnt exist but they have a discussion page. I was wondering as you are an admin if you could take a look at it for me as he is complaining about his username block and the admin's and how they got involved in it when they shouldnt have. It is a complete mess and have given him/her the link to the complaints page but was wondering if you could explain to him from your point of view as an admin. Christopher140691 ( talk) 13:44, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Should I take this to the Requests for mediation, Requests for comment, or Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents? Or all three? RC-0722 247.5/ 1 00:47, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
For the rollback! :) Porterjoh ( talk) 10:47, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pedro there is a backlog of requests at the AWB approval page can you take a look at it for me. Im also on the page but the backlog needs clearing. Christopher140691 ( talk) 11:27, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi and thanks for your approval that allows me to use AWB. :) Solar -Poseidon 12:15, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
You reason was "stale". A final warning was delivered on 30 April, 2008, and recent repeat vandalism has occurred on 7 May, 2008 [14]. What is stale about that? -- ž¥łǿχ ( ŧäłķ | čøŋŧřīъ§) 14:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the approval. I promise to use it wisely -- ₮inucherian (Talk) - 07:16, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the info btw dose wikipedia run at +2 GMT Kinghobbit ( talk) 10:39, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for all your help with my signature! And I couldn't help noticing, special congratulations on all the Barnstars you have! ACM2: talk 12:32, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh if it's not too much trouble would it be possible for you to do that for me? Thanks! (talking about your reply regarding talk page link font) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ACM2 ( talk • contribs) 12:59, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, you opposed my last RFA at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Gary King a few weeks ago. I have decided to open an Editor Review at Wikipedia:Editor review/Gary King so I could receive a new assessment for my recent activity on Wikipedia. I would greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to look over my recent contributions and point out areas where I could improve. I would also specifically appreciate that if you have time, please look through my contributions and User Talk archives for anything that might be an issue in general, because I know you are always thorough when reviewing an editor and would genuinely appreciate it if you could spend that time to let me know what I am doing wrong. I plan to be here for the long haul so I might as well keep on improving myself, right? Thanks in advance! Gary King ( talk) 04:38, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. RC-0722 247.5/ 1 21:01, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
Thank you! I thought it would be closed at 99 when I saw Balloonman's support. Right, off to new admin school. :) PeterSymonds | talk 15:21, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Pedro.
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. Your detailed comments during my first RfA were key in helping me to better understand the community's wishes, and 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 both your early and strong support, and your continued advice. -- Avi ( talk) 16:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pedro,
I'd like to request Rollback, as I see your open to doing so for good reasons.
Please look at Wikipedia:Requests for rollback#Bluegoblin7.
Thanks,
Hello there Pedro!
I've been thinking (hard.. very hard) about the possibility of going for WP:RFA. I'm broadly from the Malleus Fatuorum School of Thought (Malleus being a user I've collaborated with in mainspace many-a-time), and believe the granting of adminship should most definately be a decision based on edit history, temprament, and how conductive to the good of the project the admin will be (as opposed to getting a sherrif's badge).
I've been nominated for adminship in the past by User:Rudget ( [16]), but turned this down on the basis that a) I wasn't sure if I really needed the tools, and b) I did not feel ready for such a bestowment and responsibility. Now, I kinda do.
My point for telling you? We haven't crossed paths before, so I wondered if you agreed that me considering this is a good step for Wikipedia. You've also been recommended to me as the ONLY user who's got the notion of coaching down-to-a-T, and wondered if you were "recruiting" admin-hopefuls at the moment, and what aspects I might want to consider/develop.
Finally, you might ask "why the heading"?... it's in the rather popular sig sorry! -> -- Jza84 | Talk 22:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Pedro, mind looking that RFA over and checking to make sure I covered all the steps? It's my first closure and I just wanted to make sure I completed it correctly. Dureo ( talk) 13:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi there Pedro, I was wondering how do I get other users to go on to my website which I have created. It is exactly the same as wikipedia except you can do and create anything that you want. I have worked long and hard on it. If I give you a link to it I would be honered to automatically promote you to a Sysop and also a Bureaucrat. Peterpipper ( talk) 13:45, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I dunno what I keep doing to screw up the formatting of a numbered list if I add a strikethrough. Nice of you to fix it for me. Thanks! Qb | your 2 cents 14:18, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Hi Pedro, I am a qualified lawyer. If you would like an email from my email address at work then I will be happy to do that for you. Peterpipper ( talk) 20:43, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Responded on my talk page and on RFR. I hope they help. Thanks Acalamari 20:49, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I've seen probably 2 dozen extremely respected editors that have said " just go for it" or some such. Think about it this weekend. Self nom. I think you'll pass with minimal drama. If you want it, do it. If you don't, don't. I'm hoping you do. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 16:57, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
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) 17:19, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
You know it! Praise to Miranda. Neıl ☎ 20:13, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
That is truly amazing! I don't think I wanna know how you got that so quickly! :) Best, Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk) 22:11, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Seriously, throw one in. I know why you haven't accepted yet. It's because I haven't offered to nominate, right? Like I nominated your RfAs? Right? OK, so that's not it.
But do it anyway!!! dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 01:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm getting an impression that quite a few members of the community would like me to request beaureacrat tools. Don't know why I get that feeling.....:) Pedro : Chat 08:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I'm just wondering about something - since strange reasons always seem to crop up at RfB and RfA, how would it look if Pedro (after much resistance and hesitation) suddenly changed his mind and ran in midst of all this community urging. Now, personally, everyone knows where I stand with Mr. Pedro. However, others less familiar with him might view the sudden change as..hey..I can win the popular vote. Cronyism in other words. Does that make sense to anyone else? Wisdom89 ( T / C) 17:10, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
I have looked at this during the course of the afternoon. Subjectively, I believe I would be a competent bureaucrat. Objectively, if I was a third party opining on a "Pedro RfB" I'd have a two "concerns";
I am generally assured that <1 year admin tenure is not that big a deal for most editors - that my overall tenure would be seen as acceptable. So, to point 1.
Now, I considered a while back clerking at CHU etc. but to be honest felt that it stank of "gaming the system" i.e. editing there for the sake of being a bureaucrat rather than a genuine desire to help - the akin of making numerous zero value
WP:AFD edits for the sake of adminship. I am sure you all know I'm really rather anti editing for goals other than the improvement of the encyclopedia. However I do feel that my lack of proof of ability at CHU may weigh heavily. In reality my account has both been renamed and I then usurped "Pedro" so I know the process, and I have often followed the discussion at CHU - however this is not demonstrable by edits.
The "catch 22" I find myself in is thus simple - insufficent edits to the one backlogged area a 'crat only can resolve, against my own personal desire not to be seen to be gaming the system. Now, of course the issue is therefore that I can in effect never escape such a situation. So, on balance, as I believe there will be a benefit to Wikipedia by me having the rather small additional tool set, I feel that running now is not a bad idea.
I will trust commentators at an RfB to disregard the conversations here and at
WT:RFA as irrelevant, and judge my request on its own merits by weight of my contributions and responses.
And, all, as ever my deep appreciation for your comments, clarifications and input. It means a lot to me - far far more than a succesful RfB ever would.
Pedro :
Chat 19:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
You're in the top ten. :) Congratulations. Acalamari 02:36, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Are you adopting? If so, may I be accepted? I have had many criticisms about my editing per my talk page and I need mentoring. I have made over 10,000 edits, about 2900 of them in the mainspace. I am currently being adopted by User:Steve Crossin at User:Steve Crossin/Adoption but I believe I need an extra hand. Please reply on my talk page. Regards, Ryan Cross ( talk) 04:37, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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) 06:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC) |
You are aware that 88.105.23.179, which is the IP you just blocked, is a dynamic IP? I'm sure you are, assume good-neutral faith and all, just making sure. -- Justpassin ( talk) 20:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
Hello Gandalf, and how are you? I would like to request your opinion of a heated discussion. Thanks. RC-0722 247.5/ 1 21:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)