Making Amends
I'm sorry if my post last night was angry. -- South Philly 15:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
My RfAThanks for your support in my recent RfA which passed unanimously - thus proving that you can indeed fool some of the people some of the time. I'm still coming to terms with the new functionality I have, but so far nothing bad has happened. As always, if there's anything you need to let me know, just drop me a line on my Talk page. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC) EssjayHowever you try to work round it, the fact is that Essjay, regardless of his efforts within Wikipedia, systematically lied about his identity and, far more importantly to me, used that to browbeat his opponents. If in a dispute, someone announced they were a professor in that particular subject and therefore knew what they were talking about, I would be much more likely to defer to them. Essjay has taken the principles of trust and good faith and taken advantage of them. Checkuser and oversight are privileges that are given out only to the most trusted users on Wikipedia: Essjay has established that he is willing to lie to his own advantage. It is inappropriate for him to have those tools. Essjay is undoubtedly a great contributor to the wiki, but apprently so is Giano, and no-one would give him oversight. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 01:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I have done some more work on Trembling before G-d, and I think your objections for GA are now covered. I said it did reasonably well at the box office in the inro because it says further down that it made $800,000 which is a reasonable sum. What do you think? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!Thanks for your support on my RfA. It passed with 55/0/0. I'll try my best to be worthy of the trust the community has put in me. If there are any of my actions you have a problem with or a question about, please feel free to discuss this with me and if needed to revert me. If there is anything else I can help you with (backlogs, comments, ...), you can always contact me on my talk page. Fram 15:19, 5 March 2007 (UTC) You're famous! (sort of)you made the New York Times, WJB!!!!! They quote you! Jeffpw 15:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
UsernamesI rejected 'Ebola' because it is certainly contrary to the username policy, more users had suggested it be disallowed than the contrary, and I find it a bit tasteless. I suppose the last is also true of 'Death', though it's not quite a breach of policy. In any case, the user formerly called 'Death666' (who was requesting the change) is now called Borameer; I don't know whether he is even still interested in the fulfilment of his request. I will gladly make another change for him if he wishes, but not, I think, to 'Death'. — Dan | talk 17:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC) Re: Usurpation and username probsYeah, things over there are most likely changing. Not sure in which direction or how much, but there's been some discussion (mainly pertaining to RfCU, so far, but it'll swing over to CHU over the next few days, most likely). Currently the talk is mostly off-wiki (or last I knew), but will probably move on-wiki soon. Whether the bcrats want clerks, who they want clerking, and how they want the clerking done, probably all going to be run over at some point. We'll see where that goes, neh? :p – Luna Santin ( talk) 19:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC) Signpost updated for March 5th, 2007.
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Wikipedia Community AfDYou may want to look at the current version of the article and consider revising your opinion since the current version has multiple reliable sources including a note about a notable award the community has recieved. Also note that nothing in WP:SELF prohibits an article on a Wikipedia related topic that is well sourced with verifiable content. That's how we can have Wikipedia and Jimbo Wales among other articles. Thanks JoshuaZ 02:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
ta!Gwen Gale 15:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC) Can't discuss on talk page because Gwen Gale keeps blanking itI think the Essjay article should be deleted, but I'm open to discussing it however Gwen Gale keeps blanking. On your advice, you suggested that all revisions should be discussed on the talk page, however it's impossible to discuss if one person keeps blanking it. 64.236.245.243 15:49, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
automationAre you going to automate the entire portal? It would be great to get back on track for FP. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:52, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you deal with the advertising that's appeared on the biography? I can't do it myself for obvious reasons. Ta, see you soon Chrislintott 22:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC) CSKA page may be speedily kept only if one or more of the following holds:
None of the above apply. -- Random832 22:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
HomosexualityThank you for bringing to my attention my error. Someone had replaced the entire article with graffiti and that is what I was attempting to revert. Apparently I goofed up. It certainly wasn't directed at you. Wjhonson 07:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC) Angry anonThanks. -- evrik ( talk) 17:16, 10 March 2007 (UTC) Rfa thanksHey, just wanted to say thanks for supporting me on my Rfa which passed today. Regarding you comment on it, I promise you there will be no further copyright issues, it was an honest mistake on my behalf. Thanks also for supporting me on the talk page regarding the images question - I'm staying well away from them! Will we be seeing Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/WJBscribe anytime soon?! Give me a shout if you want a nom Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/ talk 22:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC) Rfd taggingHi. Make sure you remember to tag redirects with {{ rfd}} when you list them at Rfd. --- RockMFR 04:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
GregorNo, I knew nothing about it. We need to change it back, because it's definitely POV to start splashing logos all over templates that go in the mainspace. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 10:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC) Thanks for the Heads UpI would have never known that WerdnaBot wasn't on if you didn't tell me. I was the one who actually left Werdna the message that the summaries weren't working, but I though it was just minor and didn't think anything else was going wrong. - Royalguard11( Talk· Review Me!) 18:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC) free pics?Where are you getting these free pics from? Do you just search Flickr and upload to the commons? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 00:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
SpeedYou beat me to it. :P Navou banter / contribs 03:44, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 05:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Commons uploadHi there WJB. :-) I was wondering if you'd terribly mind trying to upload this image one of Steve Sandvoss from flickr.com to Commons, seeing as you've got an account there. :-) We're trying to get the Latter Days article in es:Wiki to FAC status and we need a free image since Fair Use is not accepted. Cheers and thanks in advance for your time! Raystorm 16:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
New portalI've been thinking for a while now of setting up an LGBT Current Events Portal. With the LGBT Featured Portal status now in sight, I thought I'd ask you for your thoughts on it. We could transclude or update the news section on the regular portal from it, maybe eventually get some collaboration going on with whoever's writing the news for the Wikinews LGBT Portal. What do you reckon? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Test WikipediaDear Sir, Thank you for giving me a link to the test Wikipedia. I have registered an account there, and will make sure to make myself completely familiar with how things work on Wikipedia before attempting other complicated edits or page moves. Goingplant 21:47, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Koh TralCreating two separate articles for the same entity is not how Wikipedia works. If we can do that, we wouldn't have problems with the Sea of Japan/ East Sea, Dokdo/ Takeshima, Persian Gulf/ Arabian Gulf issues. This is precisely what redirects are for. DHN 22:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
SexWP:BOLD, and perhaps more importantly WP:IAR. I've been here since October 2001 (it says so on my userpage, so of course it must be true ;-p), I certainly don't need an education on the basics of policy. I did not expect the move to be controversial in the least, it had never been done before (only moves of sex before had been obvious vandalism), and as far as I could tell it had never been discussed in the past so I was bold and moved the page. If you have a problem with the page move, that's one thing and I invite you to discuss it at the appropriate article talkpages; if you want to chastise me for something that was perfectly in line with policy, done in good faith and using careful judgement, that is quite another matter entirely and is something I would not appreciate if that had been your intention, although I am assuming that was not your intention. -- Node 23:55, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Fair use images in Cricket World Cupcan you please revert your own edit, we shouldn't remove the pictures without finishing the discussions and because those "weak" points are being followed with stronger ones. At least give it a day for the discussion! Plust the trophy picture is FREE! i know because i found it on flickr! Also just to let you know you cant take FA back for at least 3 months from now...-- Thugchildz 00:46, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I guess its so we cankeep saying "The free encyclopedia anyone can edit". Which is the point of Wikipedia. Vandalism by IPs and new users is mostly reverted very quickly and is in my opinion a small price to pay for the openness of the project. Many valued contributers started of as IPs and some admins still have redlinks instead of userpage :-).
I do a fair amount of watching recent changes. Sometimes anon and newbie edits are vandalism but often (and I would say more often than not) they remove vandalism, correct spelling mistakes and add relevant content. Sometimes those edits need to be copyedited, verified for accuracy or adjusted for NPOV but I think Wikipedia would be poorer if we lost all of their contributions. And that would mean the vandals would have won. I've written articles that have been improved by passing users who didn't register an account before correcting the odd spelling mistake. I think valuing IP and new editors less than others is a mistake. WjB scribe 02:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
My RfAHi WJBscribe. Thank you for supporting my RfA. Rest assured that I heard every voice loud and clear during the discussion, and will strive to use the mop carefully and responsibly. Please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism anytime. Xiner ( talk, email) 13:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Thanks!My first vandalism/attack :) I was just figuring out what to do about it, but you took care of it - thanks :) -- SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 17:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC) ThanksThanks for the heads up on both accounts. I've left a line at the image talk, I think the issue is pretty clear right? About the Prime Minister of Spain...well, it's a debate that simply makes my skin crawl. You read the lead and the first paragraph and it perfectly explains the name of the office, but people just don't care, why let exactitude get in the way? Argh. I'll raise the issue there in a month or so, but I'm not letting it creep into SSM in Spain if I can help it! :-) Just a few more hours until the article is off the main page and the madness stops... Thanks for keeping an eye on it btw. ;-) Raystorm 19:16, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: XNRsNo, Special:Random will only give you an article so clicking on it won't result in a XNR. There is an equivalent Special:Randomredirect, but most people probably don't know about that and you would have to intentionally use it as it's not linked from the navigation box like Special:Random. I'm not sure what happens with broken redirects (doubles, db-redirnone, or redirects to special pages). I doubt Special:Random would return them as Wikipedia should still think they are redirects, but a developer would have to answer that for certain. -- JLaTondre 19:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Park Place TowerIt's definately the tallest building in the area. I have a friend that lives there. They have nice condos. I don't know if it's particularlly notable or worth having an article. I would say not. I don't know if any Chicago Cubs live there.-- Twintone 19:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC) vandal whacking stickThanks! This reminds me of my favorite quote: "Speak softly and carry a big stick". Natalie 23:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC) AIVDarnitdarnitdarnit! You beat me again! [2] — coel acan — 00:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Oh no! Did you get lemonpartied? — coel acan — 03:50, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Lovely. Have you looked at the cricket pic deletion discussion lately? Seen the screaming? I wonder if we should let that fellow know about the big tag. Wouldn't want him to be deprived of the tools he needs to make his point. — coel acan — 04:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
If you like rubbernecking at auto accidentsThe very definition of Schadenfreude. Jeffpw 23:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Usurpation questionGAH. I totally missed that message. x.x Um, I would agree that requests should generally be archived unless we have some fairly pressing reason not to. Not sure how big of a deal it is, though -- say, checkuser requests need a searchable archive, not as sure about declined username changes (how often do people look at the archives, anyway, eh? ;) -- but as I said, not sure). Hm. I guess we could restore it and let the bcrats tag as not done. Or we could just add it to the archive by hand. Those seem the two ways to go. – Luna Santin ( talk) 19:37, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
I'd welcome thoughts on what to do now that the AfD was closed, despite noone arguing to save the article. Chrislintott 08:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Whoa, are you following me? =P — coel acan — 03:58, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Coelacan, if you have a sec when you read this could you swing by Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Large pathetic galaxy (second nomination) and offer an opinion? Its been difficult getting enough people to comment to get to concensus. Would be grateful for your input. WjB scribe 06:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
My RfAI appreciate your support during my recent RfA. It was successful, and I hope to put the tools to good use. Shimeru 16:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC) Hi, there's no need to remove speedy tags from articles that are also at AfD. It speeds up the process if those articles are also listed at CAT:CSD (hence why I tagged it as well as commenting in the AfD). WjB scribe 02:01, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks :)
Good afternoon ( GMT time); thank you for your input regarding my reading of consensus at the above MfD. Further to your comments, I've revised my decision, and the "Archives" of Wikipedia:Sandbox/Word Association have been speedily deleted. Further details are given at the discussion page. As all Wikipedians should be, I am striving to implement advice given to me by other editors - this area of closing deletion debates is new to me, and your input was greatly appreciated. Hopefully future edits of this sort should be of a higher standard, and more in line with your advice and the par the community expects from Wikipedians who undertake these essential duties. Don't hesitate to drop me a message at my talk page if you've got any more comments, suggestions or advice. Otherwise, Happy Editing! Kind regards, My next interviewThis should be interesting. Jeffpw 22:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC) Barnstar
I know you've thought about it. I'm willing to write it. :-) Grand master ka 03:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Wow thank you both very much for the show of support. I'm very touched. And I no longer can see any good reason to put off asking the community to support my RfA. However, if I can ask you to indulge me a little. I would very much like to ask the first user who expressed a willingness to nominate me for adminiship if he is still willing to do so and take it from there. Thanks again- I've been quite lost for words for a while... WjB scribe 03:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Two CNRsHi WJB, could you just look over these two CNRs:
Do you think either of these be deleted if consensus was to do so due to their edit histories? I just wanted another opinion before (re–)nominating them for deletion. Thanks, matt br 20:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Template skills request(quoted from User talk:Ben#Template skills request) Hi Ben, wanted to ask a favour as you're a wiz with templates. Have a look at Uranium, which is the main page FA at the moment. We had a bit of a problem when one of the templates used in it was vandalised tracking down which the problem. As you can see it uses over 40 templates to create the infobox. Do you think you (or someone else who's good with templates) could create a single (or a few) template (s) with multiple parameters to do the same job? That number of templates just to create an infobox seems ridiculous. Would appreciate your input. WjB scribe 02:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
About my edit summary on the Final Fantasy VII page...When I said "rvv", I meant to revert Grossout's vandalism, I didn't mean revert vandalism by you (which there was none of). Sorry if the edit summary offended you. What makes it even worse is that I hit "mark edit as minor" by accident before hitting "Save Changes", so it makes it look like I perposely reverted something by you. Sorry about this. -- LuigiManiac | Talk 14:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks.The revert on my user page. :) Acalamari 22:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC) ^demon's RfAAll right, thanks for reporting it. Fixed ;-) Snowolf (talk) CON COI - 22:25, 20 March 2007 (UTC) Your RfAHi, best of luck on your RfA. I think you are overdue for the tools.-- Wikipedier ( talk • contribs) 21:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC) Signpost updated for March 20th, 2007.
You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 07:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC) Bloody hell that was fast.What are you doing, refreshing my contribs or what?! :) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 00:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
My talk page / archive setupI just moved old messages to an archive subpage (my first!), but am leaving them transcluded onto the talk page until mid-April. If you click on the "+" (new-section) link at the top of the talk page, your entry is actually on the talk page. If you click on the "edit" link of the last archived section to add a new section, your entry is actually on the archive page. However, as long the archive's transcluded, which page you actually posted to doesn't matter; it's all visible on the talk page anyway. About a week or two into April, I'll sort it all out, and then the sections concluded before April 1 will be on the un-transcluded archive page. Hey, I was getting page-too-big messages. I did what seemed feasible. -- Ben TALK/ HIST 05:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC) Thank you for your support on my Request for AdministrationI'm happy to say that thanks in part to your support,
my RfA passed with a unanimous score of 40/0/0. I solemnly swear to use these shiny new tools with honour and Closing RfAsWhen closing unsuccessful RfAs as you did with Kermanshahi's, please remember to list them at Wikipedia:Unsuccessful adminship candidacies, for example [4]. Thank you! -- Durin 15:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Simple rename requests at WP:CHU/UOh, whoops. I guess we can just copy them over, then. I should've figured it's all the Bcrats watching the same pages, anyway... should we move them, or just leave them as is, you think? – Luna Santin ( talk) 18:51, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
WP:USURPI went to correct a mistake of yours, but then found you had already done it when I got to the edit window. Then I found out it wasn't a mistake because you didn't fix anything, and you were right the first time. .........Finally, I found out that the right message is commented out for some reason. I don't know why, so can you fix if it should be commented in (which apparently it should be). I'm referring to the last name on the page. -- TeckWiz Parlate Contribs @ 01:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
If you get two seconds, could you have a look at this? I've googled the subject and haven't found very much, and don't have the time or inclination to dig through and cite everything. Should I AFD it? Or delete it? Or leave it? Cheers Chrislintott 08:40, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
CongratulationsYou've made WP:100! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 02:05, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
115 with almost two whole days left. =) And there's still others who hardly ever look at RFA, like me. — coel acan — 05:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Your messageI agree that users are allowed to delete messages from their Talk pages, though the guidelines point out that it's generally frowned upon. What they can't do, though, is insist that others don't leave messages, as happened here. So yes, in a way they are forced to receive messages; what they then do with the messages is more open. -- Mel Etitis ( Talk) 15:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC) Please respond here on your talk page to keep the thread together. Do you support an edit like this? Do you think that opposing your RfA quote "reflects badly" on me? I notice that some of my contributions have been closely scrutinized over the past day. Today was the first time in over a year and a half than one of the articles that I started received an AfD nomination, and there were 2. I am not saying that you personally did any of this, because clearly you didn't. Wikipedia should be a place to have fun doing editing and creating the world's best encyclopedia, not a source of stress. I would like your opinion on what you think about these developments. Do you think that I should cave in under pressure? How would it make you feel if I did? What would you do if you were in my shoes? Royalbroil T : C 20:50, 23 March 2007 (UTC) Usurpation questionsWJB - Yes to both of your questions: 'Vaya' is too new, and I have no qualms about giving away 'Basil' to somebody who will make good use of it. I don't think we need a hard minimum age for the target account -- common sense will, as so often, suffice -- but it seems only fair to leave the newer accounts alone. Thanks as ever for drawing attention to these issues; your help is invaluable. — Dan | talk 21:28, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
A wikignome got 'gnomedThank you. I was composing a note for Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), and when I went to test my assertions (of brokenness), the link worked! Having copied from the current pages, I'd copied the link after you fixed it. You had me flummoxed. But I'm used to it (computer wonk) and so went looking and found your note. Now I know the 'magic'. :-) Thanks! Shenme 04:26, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks For The WelcomeICUDocMD 17:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
V forYou know, you do have the ability to add the project banner yourself, if you feel it is within our scope :) -- SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 17:57, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Mr. ExampleAhem! ;-) — Миша 13 14:17, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Tick tock, tick tock... won't be long now!! Where's that troll cabal when you need it! :-) - Alison ☺ 19:52, 25 March 2007 (UTC) RFA ThanksI would like to thank you for your support in my recent RFA. As you may or may not be aware, it passed with approximately 99% support. I ensure you that I will use the tools well, and if I ever disappoint you, I am open to recall. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to leave me a note on my talkpage. Thanks again, ^ demon [omg plz] 20:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Your RFAJust a quick note to say well done in your RFA. – Steel 21:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC) (Yes, I am aware this is a little early; I don't plan on being around tomorrow to congratulate you then.) RfA nominationHi, your RfA nomination is overdue, so you may need to ask a bureaucrat to close it for you. — ze ro » 02:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
DunstanNo, he does not. We know Dunstan lived with his partner. I assume he probably was gay. But he never spoke about it during his lifetime, and thus we have no business coming to our own conclusion that he was. Rebecca 03:38, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Portal Automation
AIV report on User:JudygarlandishotYou reported this as a username vio and Netsnipe apparently agreed with you. Could you explain what in WP:UN is being violated? It's not defamatory, not an impersonation, and the subject is long-deceased. —dgies t c 17:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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Just to add to the overall mayhem!! Still waiting for that horde but reckon they've missed the bus :) - Alison ☺ 22:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC) PadawerHey WJB, just wondered what the latest news was on the Padawer, quert.......... (sorry can't remember the username!) is. I was thinking of dropping Padawer and email, and once this had been sorted, unblocking his son. Have you had contact with him already? Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/ talk 21:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Congrats!![]() Congratulations and where's the crat!? Well done, you deserve it! Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/ talk 23:48, 26 March 2007 (UTC) I have promoted you to adminship. Congratulations. Make sure you are familiar with all the relevant policies before using your shiny new buttons. Raul654 23:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Excellent work, WJB, you deserve it! Now get crackin' with those buttons :) – Riana talk 23:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations!-- Wikipedier ( talk • contribs) 23:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Just make sure you don't delete the main page... --- RockMFR 23:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
![]() Good for you, WJB! Best of luck with the adminship. Congratulations!! :) - Aleta 01:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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Congratulations!All I gotta say, WJB, is that you are mighty. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 19:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC) I regret that I am nowhere near as electronically eloquent as Dev920, but please accept my heartiest congratulations, best wishes, and sincere sympathies. It's always a good sign for an article when your keystrokes grace its talk pages. Risker 20:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC) Thanks!Thanks for removing my name from the AIV noticeboard. I have been working on the List of vaudeville performers for about 2 weeks and I was innocently adding categories. I can understand that it might be unbelievable that Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb performed in vaude, but they did and I have references to quote. Thanks again. It's nice to know that somebody recognizes that I'm doing legitimate work. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 20:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC) Please deletePlease delete this backlogged nonsense page Shakespeareland. Retiono Virginian 20:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC) re: Elona RFDYeah, as nominator, I think it's fine for you to close it. That would be same as if you withdrew the nomination and then I changed it to a disambig afterwards. I'm not sure why someone hasn't closed that one yet. -- JLaTondre 02:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Bus imagesDelete them, unfortunately; there is no evidence that these were ever correctly licensed for us. Jkelly 03:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey, new admin!There's a note on my talk page from User:Coryarlo regarding Sexually transmitted disease. Evidently that page gets vandalized often - surprise surprise! Isn't there a protection level to disallow edits from ip-users? Would you mind taking a look? Thanks!!!!!! Hope you're enjoying that mop! :) :) -- SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 05:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Mike Cox photoDo you know why Mike Cox 1.jpg was deleted? I noticed you have removed it from the three pages it was on. Jjmillerhistorian 11:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC) db-userreqI noticed you deleted User:Parker007/article as {{ db-userreq}}. You might be interested to know that it contained the entire history of said user's talk page. For that reason, I restored the content, and history-merged it back to his talk page, then move-protected his talk page to prevent a repeat incident, then deleted the trailing redirect. — freak( talk) 06:10, Mar. 28, 2007 (UTC) The bus imagesThanks for clearing them out, I was going to batch them last night, but it got a bit too late and I had to go to sleep. I created that category to be able to run it via pywikipedia with this query: python delete.py -cat:'Candidates for speedy deletion - Bus images' -summary:'image taken from www.busesatwork.co.uk and needs to be deleted' -always But I didn't get a GO/NO GO from any other admin so I fell asleap instead. → Aza Toth 13:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Return vandalThis ip User:196.25.255.250 has been vandalising several pages straight after you gave them the 12 hour block earlier today. Including my userpage. Retiono Virginian 17:04, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
please unblock ip addresshi i am under a secure login right now could you please unblock this ip address:151.199.193.64 it is registard to
Henrico County Public Schools for
John Randolph Tucker High School please make it so only brand new users can't edit and so older users can edit with out using a secure login
Thanks.Thank you for your support and advice in my RfA. :) Good work on becoming an admin yourself. Acalamari 21:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC) request for you to consider closingMy adoptee brought a problem user to my attention, and looking into their contribs I found this nomination which they registered to create. With the response in the AFD, and coverage like the CBC, I'm predicting a 100% chance of WP:SNOW. — coel acan — 01:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you ...... for spotting that one - Alison ☺ 05:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Revert.Thanks for the revert. Normally users who have been through an RfA get vandalism if the RfA is successful. :) I wonder if this is the same person who created users like User: Yamla has a crush on Kate McAuliffe. Acalamari 16:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Acalamari 16:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Re: history mergeThanks for pointing out Fleur de Lys (superhero). As far as I can tell nothing happened. This should be easy - just need to restore the original at Fleur de Lys and move it over the former redirect page, crediting User:E-Kartoffel with the move in the edit summary. The other history at Fleur de Lys (superhero) is me figuring out the redirect months ago, and it doesn't need saving. Gimmetrow 19:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
AfD ClosureHello. Let me begin by saying that I am not trying to question your decision on closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DKP. To be honest there wasn't really much support for deleting it. Nor am I asking for you to overturn your decision! Mainly I am curious why you chose to close it as a keep decision when a large number of the keep !votes did not attempt to address the issues brought up in the debate and offered no substantive reasoning for their opinions - I was pretty sure this one would have gone down as a no consensus due to the lack in terms of cosntructive debate on the topic. I'm sorry if I'm belaboring the topic, I just would like to understand your thoughts as the closing administrator if only for my own enlightenment. Thank you! Arkyan • (talk) 22:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: HeroesI noticed the user wasn't involved in the dispute so I figured no big deal. Feel free to reprotect, I don't feel strongly either way. John Reaves (talk) 01:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Someday NeverWhy was the image deleted? Were there copyright issues? Drew Nutter 01:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
RfA thanks2nd opinionWhile we're on the subject! Can you breeze through my edit history really quick and give your opinion on how I'm doing on stuff? I'm a bit concerned that I might adhere to WP:AGF a little too strongly, particulary around usernames and their appropriateness and I'd love your opinion. Be honest!! I want objective criticism - Alison ☺ 18:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Unblock requestMadman234 ( talk · contribs) has requested a block review. Looks at least plausible to me. Could you check and unblock or let the user know what more information you are looking for? Thanks! -- Yamla 18:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Protection requestYour unblock of Transnistria is way too premature. Wait an hour and you'll see all mayhem break loose. Or else protect again, please, since discussion is currently underway in Talk:Transnistria among five of us to work out the differences. - Mauco 18:40, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
juris doctorWhat agreement? Who has agreed to what? HarvardOxon 20:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Surprise!
My RfAThank you for your support in my recent successful RfA; congratulations on your own.-- Anthony.bradbury 10:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC) merging User talk:Tachikoma and User talk:KyokoHello, if it wouldn't be too difficult for you to do, merging their history would be great, thanks. Congratulations on your RfA, by the way. I tend to participate only with RfAs that I feel strongly about, or in cases where I feel an editor doesn't know what he/she is getting into (such as an editor who has newly registered). So I didn't participate in yours. Again, congratulations. -- Kyok o 19:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC) |
Making Amends
I'm sorry if my post last night was angry. -- South Philly 15:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
My RfAThanks for your support in my recent RfA which passed unanimously - thus proving that you can indeed fool some of the people some of the time. I'm still coming to terms with the new functionality I have, but so far nothing bad has happened. As always, if there's anything you need to let me know, just drop me a line on my Talk page. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC) EssjayHowever you try to work round it, the fact is that Essjay, regardless of his efforts within Wikipedia, systematically lied about his identity and, far more importantly to me, used that to browbeat his opponents. If in a dispute, someone announced they were a professor in that particular subject and therefore knew what they were talking about, I would be much more likely to defer to them. Essjay has taken the principles of trust and good faith and taken advantage of them. Checkuser and oversight are privileges that are given out only to the most trusted users on Wikipedia: Essjay has established that he is willing to lie to his own advantage. It is inappropriate for him to have those tools. Essjay is undoubtedly a great contributor to the wiki, but apprently so is Giano, and no-one would give him oversight. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 01:17, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I have done some more work on Trembling before G-d, and I think your objections for GA are now covered. I said it did reasonably well at the box office in the inro because it says further down that it made $800,000 which is a reasonable sum. What do you think? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!Thanks for your support on my RfA. It passed with 55/0/0. I'll try my best to be worthy of the trust the community has put in me. If there are any of my actions you have a problem with or a question about, please feel free to discuss this with me and if needed to revert me. If there is anything else I can help you with (backlogs, comments, ...), you can always contact me on my talk page. Fram 15:19, 5 March 2007 (UTC) You're famous! (sort of)you made the New York Times, WJB!!!!! They quote you! Jeffpw 15:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
UsernamesI rejected 'Ebola' because it is certainly contrary to the username policy, more users had suggested it be disallowed than the contrary, and I find it a bit tasteless. I suppose the last is also true of 'Death', though it's not quite a breach of policy. In any case, the user formerly called 'Death666' (who was requesting the change) is now called Borameer; I don't know whether he is even still interested in the fulfilment of his request. I will gladly make another change for him if he wishes, but not, I think, to 'Death'. — Dan | talk 17:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC) Re: Usurpation and username probsYeah, things over there are most likely changing. Not sure in which direction or how much, but there's been some discussion (mainly pertaining to RfCU, so far, but it'll swing over to CHU over the next few days, most likely). Currently the talk is mostly off-wiki (or last I knew), but will probably move on-wiki soon. Whether the bcrats want clerks, who they want clerking, and how they want the clerking done, probably all going to be run over at some point. We'll see where that goes, neh? :p – Luna Santin ( talk) 19:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC) Signpost updated for March 5th, 2007.
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Wikipedia Community AfDYou may want to look at the current version of the article and consider revising your opinion since the current version has multiple reliable sources including a note about a notable award the community has recieved. Also note that nothing in WP:SELF prohibits an article on a Wikipedia related topic that is well sourced with verifiable content. That's how we can have Wikipedia and Jimbo Wales among other articles. Thanks JoshuaZ 02:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
ta!Gwen Gale 15:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC) Can't discuss on talk page because Gwen Gale keeps blanking itI think the Essjay article should be deleted, but I'm open to discussing it however Gwen Gale keeps blanking. On your advice, you suggested that all revisions should be discussed on the talk page, however it's impossible to discuss if one person keeps blanking it. 64.236.245.243 15:49, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
automationAre you going to automate the entire portal? It would be great to get back on track for FP. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 22:52, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you deal with the advertising that's appeared on the biography? I can't do it myself for obvious reasons. Ta, see you soon Chrislintott 22:12, 9 March 2007 (UTC) CSKA page may be speedily kept only if one or more of the following holds:
None of the above apply. -- Random832 22:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
HomosexualityThank you for bringing to my attention my error. Someone had replaced the entire article with graffiti and that is what I was attempting to revert. Apparently I goofed up. It certainly wasn't directed at you. Wjhonson 07:26, 10 March 2007 (UTC) Angry anonThanks. -- evrik ( talk) 17:16, 10 March 2007 (UTC) Rfa thanksHey, just wanted to say thanks for supporting me on my Rfa which passed today. Regarding you comment on it, I promise you there will be no further copyright issues, it was an honest mistake on my behalf. Thanks also for supporting me on the talk page regarding the images question - I'm staying well away from them! Will we be seeing Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/WJBscribe anytime soon?! Give me a shout if you want a nom Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/ talk 22:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC) Rfd taggingHi. Make sure you remember to tag redirects with {{ rfd}} when you list them at Rfd. --- RockMFR 04:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
GregorNo, I knew nothing about it. We need to change it back, because it's definitely POV to start splashing logos all over templates that go in the mainspace. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 10:33, 11 March 2007 (UTC) Thanks for the Heads UpI would have never known that WerdnaBot wasn't on if you didn't tell me. I was the one who actually left Werdna the message that the summaries weren't working, but I though it was just minor and didn't think anything else was going wrong. - Royalguard11( Talk· Review Me!) 18:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC) free pics?Where are you getting these free pics from? Do you just search Flickr and upload to the commons? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 00:21, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
SpeedYou beat me to it. :P Navou banter / contribs 03:44, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 05:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Commons uploadHi there WJB. :-) I was wondering if you'd terribly mind trying to upload this image one of Steve Sandvoss from flickr.com to Commons, seeing as you've got an account there. :-) We're trying to get the Latter Days article in es:Wiki to FAC status and we need a free image since Fair Use is not accepted. Cheers and thanks in advance for your time! Raystorm 16:30, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
New portalI've been thinking for a while now of setting up an LGBT Current Events Portal. With the LGBT Featured Portal status now in sight, I thought I'd ask you for your thoughts on it. We could transclude or update the news section on the regular portal from it, maybe eventually get some collaboration going on with whoever's writing the news for the Wikinews LGBT Portal. What do you reckon? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Test WikipediaDear Sir, Thank you for giving me a link to the test Wikipedia. I have registered an account there, and will make sure to make myself completely familiar with how things work on Wikipedia before attempting other complicated edits or page moves. Goingplant 21:47, 13 March 2007 (UTC) Koh TralCreating two separate articles for the same entity is not how Wikipedia works. If we can do that, we wouldn't have problems with the Sea of Japan/ East Sea, Dokdo/ Takeshima, Persian Gulf/ Arabian Gulf issues. This is precisely what redirects are for. DHN 22:04, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
SexWP:BOLD, and perhaps more importantly WP:IAR. I've been here since October 2001 (it says so on my userpage, so of course it must be true ;-p), I certainly don't need an education on the basics of policy. I did not expect the move to be controversial in the least, it had never been done before (only moves of sex before had been obvious vandalism), and as far as I could tell it had never been discussed in the past so I was bold and moved the page. If you have a problem with the page move, that's one thing and I invite you to discuss it at the appropriate article talkpages; if you want to chastise me for something that was perfectly in line with policy, done in good faith and using careful judgement, that is quite another matter entirely and is something I would not appreciate if that had been your intention, although I am assuming that was not your intention. -- Node 23:55, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Fair use images in Cricket World Cupcan you please revert your own edit, we shouldn't remove the pictures without finishing the discussions and because those "weak" points are being followed with stronger ones. At least give it a day for the discussion! Plust the trophy picture is FREE! i know because i found it on flickr! Also just to let you know you cant take FA back for at least 3 months from now...-- Thugchildz 00:46, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I guess its so we cankeep saying "The free encyclopedia anyone can edit". Which is the point of Wikipedia. Vandalism by IPs and new users is mostly reverted very quickly and is in my opinion a small price to pay for the openness of the project. Many valued contributers started of as IPs and some admins still have redlinks instead of userpage :-).
I do a fair amount of watching recent changes. Sometimes anon and newbie edits are vandalism but often (and I would say more often than not) they remove vandalism, correct spelling mistakes and add relevant content. Sometimes those edits need to be copyedited, verified for accuracy or adjusted for NPOV but I think Wikipedia would be poorer if we lost all of their contributions. And that would mean the vandals would have won. I've written articles that have been improved by passing users who didn't register an account before correcting the odd spelling mistake. I think valuing IP and new editors less than others is a mistake. WjB scribe 02:10, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
My RfAHi WJBscribe. Thank you for supporting my RfA. Rest assured that I heard every voice loud and clear during the discussion, and will strive to use the mop carefully and responsibly. Please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism anytime. Xiner ( talk, email) 13:34, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Thanks!My first vandalism/attack :) I was just figuring out what to do about it, but you took care of it - thanks :) -- SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 17:24, 14 March 2007 (UTC) ThanksThanks for the heads up on both accounts. I've left a line at the image talk, I think the issue is pretty clear right? About the Prime Minister of Spain...well, it's a debate that simply makes my skin crawl. You read the lead and the first paragraph and it perfectly explains the name of the office, but people just don't care, why let exactitude get in the way? Argh. I'll raise the issue there in a month or so, but I'm not letting it creep into SSM in Spain if I can help it! :-) Just a few more hours until the article is off the main page and the madness stops... Thanks for keeping an eye on it btw. ;-) Raystorm 19:16, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: XNRsNo, Special:Random will only give you an article so clicking on it won't result in a XNR. There is an equivalent Special:Randomredirect, but most people probably don't know about that and you would have to intentionally use it as it's not linked from the navigation box like Special:Random. I'm not sure what happens with broken redirects (doubles, db-redirnone, or redirects to special pages). I doubt Special:Random would return them as Wikipedia should still think they are redirects, but a developer would have to answer that for certain. -- JLaTondre 19:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Park Place TowerIt's definately the tallest building in the area. I have a friend that lives there. They have nice condos. I don't know if it's particularlly notable or worth having an article. I would say not. I don't know if any Chicago Cubs live there.-- Twintone 19:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC) vandal whacking stickThanks! This reminds me of my favorite quote: "Speak softly and carry a big stick". Natalie 23:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC) AIVDarnitdarnitdarnit! You beat me again! [2] — coel acan — 00:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Oh no! Did you get lemonpartied? — coel acan — 03:50, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Lovely. Have you looked at the cricket pic deletion discussion lately? Seen the screaming? I wonder if we should let that fellow know about the big tag. Wouldn't want him to be deprived of the tools he needs to make his point. — coel acan — 04:20, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
If you like rubbernecking at auto accidentsThe very definition of Schadenfreude. Jeffpw 23:47, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Usurpation questionGAH. I totally missed that message. x.x Um, I would agree that requests should generally be archived unless we have some fairly pressing reason not to. Not sure how big of a deal it is, though -- say, checkuser requests need a searchable archive, not as sure about declined username changes (how often do people look at the archives, anyway, eh? ;) -- but as I said, not sure). Hm. I guess we could restore it and let the bcrats tag as not done. Or we could just add it to the archive by hand. Those seem the two ways to go. – Luna Santin ( talk) 19:37, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
I'd welcome thoughts on what to do now that the AfD was closed, despite noone arguing to save the article. Chrislintott 08:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Whoa, are you following me? =P — coel acan — 03:58, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Coelacan, if you have a sec when you read this could you swing by Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Large pathetic galaxy (second nomination) and offer an opinion? Its been difficult getting enough people to comment to get to concensus. Would be grateful for your input. WjB scribe 06:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
My RfAI appreciate your support during my recent RfA. It was successful, and I hope to put the tools to good use. Shimeru 16:14, 17 March 2007 (UTC) Hi, there's no need to remove speedy tags from articles that are also at AfD. It speeds up the process if those articles are also listed at CAT:CSD (hence why I tagged it as well as commenting in the AfD). WjB scribe 02:01, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks :)
Good afternoon ( GMT time); thank you for your input regarding my reading of consensus at the above MfD. Further to your comments, I've revised my decision, and the "Archives" of Wikipedia:Sandbox/Word Association have been speedily deleted. Further details are given at the discussion page. As all Wikipedians should be, I am striving to implement advice given to me by other editors - this area of closing deletion debates is new to me, and your input was greatly appreciated. Hopefully future edits of this sort should be of a higher standard, and more in line with your advice and the par the community expects from Wikipedians who undertake these essential duties. Don't hesitate to drop me a message at my talk page if you've got any more comments, suggestions or advice. Otherwise, Happy Editing! Kind regards, My next interviewThis should be interesting. Jeffpw 22:48, 18 March 2007 (UTC) Barnstar
I know you've thought about it. I'm willing to write it. :-) Grand master ka 03:31, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Wow thank you both very much for the show of support. I'm very touched. And I no longer can see any good reason to put off asking the community to support my RfA. However, if I can ask you to indulge me a little. I would very much like to ask the first user who expressed a willingness to nominate me for adminiship if he is still willing to do so and take it from there. Thanks again- I've been quite lost for words for a while... WjB scribe 03:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Two CNRsHi WJB, could you just look over these two CNRs:
Do you think either of these be deleted if consensus was to do so due to their edit histories? I just wanted another opinion before (re–)nominating them for deletion. Thanks, matt br 20:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Template skills request(quoted from User talk:Ben#Template skills request) Hi Ben, wanted to ask a favour as you're a wiz with templates. Have a look at Uranium, which is the main page FA at the moment. We had a bit of a problem when one of the templates used in it was vandalised tracking down which the problem. As you can see it uses over 40 templates to create the infobox. Do you think you (or someone else who's good with templates) could create a single (or a few) template (s) with multiple parameters to do the same job? That number of templates just to create an infobox seems ridiculous. Would appreciate your input. WjB scribe 02:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
About my edit summary on the Final Fantasy VII page...When I said "rvv", I meant to revert Grossout's vandalism, I didn't mean revert vandalism by you (which there was none of). Sorry if the edit summary offended you. What makes it even worse is that I hit "mark edit as minor" by accident before hitting "Save Changes", so it makes it look like I perposely reverted something by you. Sorry about this. -- LuigiManiac | Talk 14:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks.The revert on my user page. :) Acalamari 22:09, 20 March 2007 (UTC) ^demon's RfAAll right, thanks for reporting it. Fixed ;-) Snowolf (talk) CON COI - 22:25, 20 March 2007 (UTC) Your RfAHi, best of luck on your RfA. I think you are overdue for the tools.-- Wikipedier ( talk • contribs) 21:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC) Signpost updated for March 20th, 2007.
You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 07:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC) Bloody hell that was fast.What are you doing, refreshing my contribs or what?! :) Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 00:13, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
My talk page / archive setupI just moved old messages to an archive subpage (my first!), but am leaving them transcluded onto the talk page until mid-April. If you click on the "+" (new-section) link at the top of the talk page, your entry is actually on the talk page. If you click on the "edit" link of the last archived section to add a new section, your entry is actually on the archive page. However, as long the archive's transcluded, which page you actually posted to doesn't matter; it's all visible on the talk page anyway. About a week or two into April, I'll sort it all out, and then the sections concluded before April 1 will be on the un-transcluded archive page. Hey, I was getting page-too-big messages. I did what seemed feasible. -- Ben TALK/ HIST 05:17, 22 March 2007 (UTC) Thank you for your support on my Request for AdministrationI'm happy to say that thanks in part to your support,
my RfA passed with a unanimous score of 40/0/0. I solemnly swear to use these shiny new tools with honour and Closing RfAsWhen closing unsuccessful RfAs as you did with Kermanshahi's, please remember to list them at Wikipedia:Unsuccessful adminship candidacies, for example [4]. Thank you! -- Durin 15:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Simple rename requests at WP:CHU/UOh, whoops. I guess we can just copy them over, then. I should've figured it's all the Bcrats watching the same pages, anyway... should we move them, or just leave them as is, you think? – Luna Santin ( talk) 18:51, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
WP:USURPI went to correct a mistake of yours, but then found you had already done it when I got to the edit window. Then I found out it wasn't a mistake because you didn't fix anything, and you were right the first time. .........Finally, I found out that the right message is commented out for some reason. I don't know why, so can you fix if it should be commented in (which apparently it should be). I'm referring to the last name on the page. -- TeckWiz Parlate Contribs @ 01:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
If you get two seconds, could you have a look at this? I've googled the subject and haven't found very much, and don't have the time or inclination to dig through and cite everything. Should I AFD it? Or delete it? Or leave it? Cheers Chrislintott 08:40, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
CongratulationsYou've made WP:100! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 02:05, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
115 with almost two whole days left. =) And there's still others who hardly ever look at RFA, like me. — coel acan — 05:20, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Your messageI agree that users are allowed to delete messages from their Talk pages, though the guidelines point out that it's generally frowned upon. What they can't do, though, is insist that others don't leave messages, as happened here. So yes, in a way they are forced to receive messages; what they then do with the messages is more open. -- Mel Etitis ( Talk) 15:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC) Please respond here on your talk page to keep the thread together. Do you support an edit like this? Do you think that opposing your RfA quote "reflects badly" on me? I notice that some of my contributions have been closely scrutinized over the past day. Today was the first time in over a year and a half than one of the articles that I started received an AfD nomination, and there were 2. I am not saying that you personally did any of this, because clearly you didn't. Wikipedia should be a place to have fun doing editing and creating the world's best encyclopedia, not a source of stress. I would like your opinion on what you think about these developments. Do you think that I should cave in under pressure? How would it make you feel if I did? What would you do if you were in my shoes? Royalbroil T : C 20:50, 23 March 2007 (UTC) Usurpation questionsWJB - Yes to both of your questions: 'Vaya' is too new, and I have no qualms about giving away 'Basil' to somebody who will make good use of it. I don't think we need a hard minimum age for the target account -- common sense will, as so often, suffice -- but it seems only fair to leave the newer accounts alone. Thanks as ever for drawing attention to these issues; your help is invaluable. — Dan | talk 21:28, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
A wikignome got 'gnomedThank you. I was composing a note for Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), and when I went to test my assertions (of brokenness), the link worked! Having copied from the current pages, I'd copied the link after you fixed it. You had me flummoxed. But I'm used to it (computer wonk) and so went looking and found your note. Now I know the 'magic'. :-) Thanks! Shenme 04:26, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks For The WelcomeICUDocMD 17:01, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
V forYou know, you do have the ability to add the project banner yourself, if you feel it is within our scope :) -- SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 17:57, 24 March 2007 (UTC) Mr. ExampleAhem! ;-) — Миша 13 14:17, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Tick tock, tick tock... won't be long now!! Where's that troll cabal when you need it! :-) - Alison ☺ 19:52, 25 March 2007 (UTC) RFA ThanksI would like to thank you for your support in my recent RFA. As you may or may not be aware, it passed with approximately 99% support. I ensure you that I will use the tools well, and if I ever disappoint you, I am open to recall. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to leave me a note on my talkpage. Thanks again, ^ demon [omg plz] 20:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC) Your RFAJust a quick note to say well done in your RFA. – Steel 21:25, 25 March 2007 (UTC) (Yes, I am aware this is a little early; I don't plan on being around tomorrow to congratulate you then.) RfA nominationHi, your RfA nomination is overdue, so you may need to ask a bureaucrat to close it for you. — ze ro » 02:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
DunstanNo, he does not. We know Dunstan lived with his partner. I assume he probably was gay. But he never spoke about it during his lifetime, and thus we have no business coming to our own conclusion that he was. Rebecca 03:38, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Portal Automation
AIV report on User:JudygarlandishotYou reported this as a username vio and Netsnipe apparently agreed with you. Could you explain what in WP:UN is being violated? It's not defamatory, not an impersonation, and the subject is long-deceased. —dgies t c 17:06, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
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Just to add to the overall mayhem!! Still waiting for that horde but reckon they've missed the bus :) - Alison ☺ 22:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC) PadawerHey WJB, just wondered what the latest news was on the Padawer, quert.......... (sorry can't remember the username!) is. I was thinking of dropping Padawer and email, and once this had been sorted, unblocking his son. Have you had contact with him already? Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/ talk 21:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Congrats!![]() Congratulations and where's the crat!? Well done, you deserve it! Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/ talk 23:48, 26 March 2007 (UTC) I have promoted you to adminship. Congratulations. Make sure you are familiar with all the relevant policies before using your shiny new buttons. Raul654 23:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Excellent work, WJB, you deserve it! Now get crackin' with those buttons :) – Riana talk 23:52, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations!-- Wikipedier ( talk • contribs) 23:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Just make sure you don't delete the main page... --- RockMFR 23:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
![]() Good for you, WJB! Best of luck with the adminship. Congratulations!! :) - Aleta 01:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
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Congratulations!All I gotta say, WJB, is that you are mighty. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 19:34, 27 March 2007 (UTC) I regret that I am nowhere near as electronically eloquent as Dev920, but please accept my heartiest congratulations, best wishes, and sincere sympathies. It's always a good sign for an article when your keystrokes grace its talk pages. Risker 20:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC) Thanks!Thanks for removing my name from the AIV noticeboard. I have been working on the List of vaudeville performers for about 2 weeks and I was innocently adding categories. I can understand that it might be unbelievable that Babe Ruth or Ty Cobb performed in vaude, but they did and I have references to quote. Thanks again. It's nice to know that somebody recognizes that I'm doing legitimate work. *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 20:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC) Please deletePlease delete this backlogged nonsense page Shakespeareland. Retiono Virginian 20:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC) re: Elona RFDYeah, as nominator, I think it's fine for you to close it. That would be same as if you withdrew the nomination and then I changed it to a disambig afterwards. I'm not sure why someone hasn't closed that one yet. -- JLaTondre 02:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC) Bus imagesDelete them, unfortunately; there is no evidence that these were ever correctly licensed for us. Jkelly 03:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Hey, new admin!There's a note on my talk page from User:Coryarlo regarding Sexually transmitted disease. Evidently that page gets vandalized often - surprise surprise! Isn't there a protection level to disallow edits from ip-users? Would you mind taking a look? Thanks!!!!!! Hope you're enjoying that mop! :) :) -- SatyrTN ( talk | contribs) 05:15, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Mike Cox photoDo you know why Mike Cox 1.jpg was deleted? I noticed you have removed it from the three pages it was on. Jjmillerhistorian 11:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC) db-userreqI noticed you deleted User:Parker007/article as {{ db-userreq}}. You might be interested to know that it contained the entire history of said user's talk page. For that reason, I restored the content, and history-merged it back to his talk page, then move-protected his talk page to prevent a repeat incident, then deleted the trailing redirect. — freak( talk) 06:10, Mar. 28, 2007 (UTC) The bus imagesThanks for clearing them out, I was going to batch them last night, but it got a bit too late and I had to go to sleep. I created that category to be able to run it via pywikipedia with this query: python delete.py -cat:'Candidates for speedy deletion - Bus images' -summary:'image taken from www.busesatwork.co.uk and needs to be deleted' -always But I didn't get a GO/NO GO from any other admin so I fell asleap instead. → Aza Toth 13:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Return vandalThis ip User:196.25.255.250 has been vandalising several pages straight after you gave them the 12 hour block earlier today. Including my userpage. Retiono Virginian 17:04, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
please unblock ip addresshi i am under a secure login right now could you please unblock this ip address:151.199.193.64 it is registard to
Henrico County Public Schools for
John Randolph Tucker High School please make it so only brand new users can't edit and so older users can edit with out using a secure login
Thanks.Thank you for your support and advice in my RfA. :) Good work on becoming an admin yourself. Acalamari 21:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC) request for you to consider closingMy adoptee brought a problem user to my attention, and looking into their contribs I found this nomination which they registered to create. With the response in the AFD, and coverage like the CBC, I'm predicting a 100% chance of WP:SNOW. — coel acan — 01:36, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you ...... for spotting that one - Alison ☺ 05:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Revert.Thanks for the revert. Normally users who have been through an RfA get vandalism if the RfA is successful. :) I wonder if this is the same person who created users like User: Yamla has a crush on Kate McAuliffe. Acalamari 16:24, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Acalamari 16:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC) Re: history mergeThanks for pointing out Fleur de Lys (superhero). As far as I can tell nothing happened. This should be easy - just need to restore the original at Fleur de Lys and move it over the former redirect page, crediting User:E-Kartoffel with the move in the edit summary. The other history at Fleur de Lys (superhero) is me figuring out the redirect months ago, and it doesn't need saving. Gimmetrow 19:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
AfD ClosureHello. Let me begin by saying that I am not trying to question your decision on closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DKP. To be honest there wasn't really much support for deleting it. Nor am I asking for you to overturn your decision! Mainly I am curious why you chose to close it as a keep decision when a large number of the keep !votes did not attempt to address the issues brought up in the debate and offered no substantive reasoning for their opinions - I was pretty sure this one would have gone down as a no consensus due to the lack in terms of cosntructive debate on the topic. I'm sorry if I'm belaboring the topic, I just would like to understand your thoughts as the closing administrator if only for my own enlightenment. Thank you! Arkyan • (talk) 22:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: HeroesI noticed the user wasn't involved in the dispute so I figured no big deal. Feel free to reprotect, I don't feel strongly either way. John Reaves (talk) 01:26, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Someday NeverWhy was the image deleted? Were there copyright issues? Drew Nutter 01:30, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
RfA thanks2nd opinionWhile we're on the subject! Can you breeze through my edit history really quick and give your opinion on how I'm doing on stuff? I'm a bit concerned that I might adhere to WP:AGF a little too strongly, particulary around usernames and their appropriateness and I'd love your opinion. Be honest!! I want objective criticism - Alison ☺ 18:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Unblock requestMadman234 ( talk · contribs) has requested a block review. Looks at least plausible to me. Could you check and unblock or let the user know what more information you are looking for? Thanks! -- Yamla 18:27, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Protection requestYour unblock of Transnistria is way too premature. Wait an hour and you'll see all mayhem break loose. Or else protect again, please, since discussion is currently underway in Talk:Transnistria among five of us to work out the differences. - Mauco 18:40, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
juris doctorWhat agreement? Who has agreed to what? HarvardOxon 20:21, 30 March 2007 (UTC) Surprise!
My RfAThank you for your support in my recent successful RfA; congratulations on your own.-- Anthony.bradbury 10:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC) merging User talk:Tachikoma and User talk:KyokoHello, if it wouldn't be too difficult for you to do, merging their history would be great, thanks. Congratulations on your RfA, by the way. I tend to participate only with RfAs that I feel strongly about, or in cases where I feel an editor doesn't know what he/she is getting into (such as an editor who has newly registered). So I didn't participate in yours. Again, congratulations. -- Kyok o 19:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC) |