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Where are you?
We have been at books and books for 2 hours now. Where are you? KillerChihuahua ?!?Advice 20:41, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * talkback, blah blah blah (my page) KillerChihuahua ?!?Advice 13:23, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Eppa Rixey
The article Eppa Rixey you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold. The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Eppa Rixey for things which need to be addressed.  Neonblak talk  -  14:14, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter
We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to, who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by , with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to, who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, , who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:42, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

Semi-pro football discussions need feedback
Hello! You have participated in WP:AFD disucssions involving semi-pro football teams in the past. The following two AFD discussions could use additional weigh-in as they appear to be stuck in "relisting" mode:


 * Articles for deletion/Seaboard Football League
 * Articles for deletion/Northeastern Football Alliance

I am placing this notice on talk pages of users who have shown interest in the past, regardless of how they !voted in the discussion. If you do participate, please mention that you were asked to participate in the discussion.--Paul McDonald (talk) 21:54, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Ralph Kinnard
Just as an FYI, as part of New Page Patrol a new article got created as "Ralph kinnard" as a director. Per the MoS, I moved the page to the above linked article and I am giving you a heads up as the person how had previously speedied the article at the page. You don't have to do anything, but it's mainly informative. Hasteur (talk) 22:10, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter
So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to (first, with 487 points) and  (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:49, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter
We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is with 231 points, who leads Pool H.  (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 01:08, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Bowman images
Hey, if you're around, I found an awesome repository of Bowman Gum card images. A bunch that I needed specifically have been uploaded, but you seem to be a speed demon at it, so I figured I'd drop the links here. Vintage Card Traders has a black-and-white set, and lo and behold, there's 1951 Bowman Baseball Cards.com. &mdash; KV5  •  Talk  •  00:12, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm around but my time is very limited for the next two weeks. Thanks Secret account 20:01, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

A request
Hi, Secret! I have recently nominated a new article to FAC: Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil. Unlike others I nominated before, this one is very short. This, I don't believe it will be a tiresome read. Anyway, I'd very glad if you could take some time to read it and share your thoughts about it. In case you're willing, please go to Featured article candidates/Afonso, Prince Imperial of Brazil/archive1. Kind regards, --Lecen (talk) 22:05, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Panitan, Capiz
FYI, I've opened a thread about the IP edit warring here. Lagrange613 (talk) 07:34, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Welcome-back
Thanks for the welcome! I've been lurking for about a month but I think I'm ready to get back into admin-ing. RyanGerbil10 (Four more years!) 05:56, 10 September 2011 (UTC)

Eppa Rixey
Hope all is going well. I've been building on your fine work. Maybe you can improve it some more? Best regards. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 23:05, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Hoping to work with you
Hey Secret, I know you don't really like the way I have expanded the Selena article, but instead of us just bickering back and forth about whats notable. Can we just make a truce and work together? The article currently has a lot of grammar and prose issues, I'll admit, but the content in it is something that I believe needs to be on there. In your edit summary, you described the documentaries as "unreliable", can you please spot a policy where I can know if any are unreliable? Speaking of which, the only specials I had cited were Famous Crime Scene, Selena Remembered and Biography. I can see that you might have a big issue with Selena Remembered because it was produced by Q-Productions - Selena's fathers' recording studio. So you may believe its WP:FANCRUT and not something that could be used in Wikipedia. If so, do you mind me finding another way? I don't mind spending the day looking on google.news and google.books for primary sources. Most, if now, some of the material on Selena Remembered are covered in Bio. They are also available on YouTube. Also, I have used books as well, one of them being the one you originally cited during FAR. I have a lot of books on her, and you might also see them as unreliable. However, the point of this message is, why not work together? We have a great knowledge on the subject. I know you wouldn't ever consider working with me because the article was in question several times for its current status to be removed. I hope you consider and we can help strengthen the article further. Best, AJona1992 (talk) 22:49, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

US sporting articles
Hey Secret, I recall your interest in US sporting articles - I have seen a trickle of them coming through WP:FAC so I recommend having a look there to review or have a look at buffing some you're interested in again. has been working on a few. Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:59, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Play Ball cards
Wow, great! I'll definitely start uploading them soon. Should a new template be created for Play Ball like there is for Bowman and Goudey? Delaywaves  talk  17:50, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Poll
Hi ... I'm pretty sure you read all the comments above the poll, but thought that given your comment (that we are not Baseball Reference) I should check. As was noted (and we are wikipedia), it appears rather the norm on wikipedia in other sports to reflect height and weight. You may still have the same view (and think that the other sports wikiprojects are all wrong), but I thought given your comment I would mention that. Best.--Epeefleche (talk) 06:05, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

AfD for Zip Code 30052
I've added a number of other ZIP codes to the nomination, you may wish to have another look. - The Bushranger One ping only 09:27, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

Refining your deletion of "most popular Latin artist"
Hi, on 14 and 15 October, you deleted a personal opinion from the lead of Selena. However, you did not delete it from the body of the article. I have just done so. I also documented this deletion on the Talk page, as announced in my edit summary. Happy trails. Hurmata (talk) 04:23, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

More on the Selena article
Since you have recently done a lot of editing on this article, for your information I am notifying you of a reply I made here at 06:13, 19 October 2011. Sorry if it seems too lengthy. Hurmata (talk) 06:20, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

Talk page
Thanks for the clean-up!  Will Beback   talk    00:51, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

My attempt at rescuing of articles
I hadn't realized I tagged so many, however my reasoning today was another user, whom tagged multiple articles for deletion, his reasons were not up to par, he was picking countless baseball players of whom achived multiple titles and were in many championships, as well as ones with other reasons that establish notability, I felt he was abusing the AfD template, and took a step to counter some of his actions. I realize this may have been a poor decision on my part, I didn't mean to start an Afd War. I am new at the rescuing process, I only want to help, I realize I have made countless mistakes, but thats how we learn through our mistakes, and the constructive criticism of others, I will try to be more conservative on what I tag for rescue in the future. – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 01:30, 21 October 2011 (UTC)


 * My recent decision to nominate the article Lizzie Phelan, is my last until the the number of entries in CAT:ARS is signifigantly reduced, and most of the current AfD's are settled. :) – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 02:55, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

cdc
I think he is stuffed - cannot think how anyone can get around the issues - pays to (a) keep copies of old passwords (b) keep in at even minimal rather than falling out/de-opped or whatever - lengthy absences with no popping in every now and then are unwise SatuSuro 11:41, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

Happy Halloween!
--Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 10:40, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Something to make your life easier!
Hi there Secret! I've just come across one of your articles (or edits), and noticed that you might appreciate some help with references.

You might want to consider using this tool – it makes your life a whole heap easier, by filling in complete citation templates for your links. All you do is install the script: // Add WP:Reflinks launcher in the toolbox on left addOnloadHook(function { addPortletLink( "p-tb",    // toolbox portlet "http://toolserver.org/~dispenser/cgi-bin/webreflinks.py/" + wgPageName + "?client=script&citeweb=on&overwrite=&limit=30&lang=" + wgContentLanguage, "Reflinks" // link label )}); on Special:MyPage/skin.js, then paste the bare URL (without [...] brackets) between your tabs, and you'll find a clickable link called Reflinks in your toolbox section of the page (probably in the left hand column). Then click that tool. It does all the rest of the work (provided that you remember to save the page! It doesn't work for everything (particularly often not for PDF documents), but for pretty much anything ending in "htm" or "html" (and with a title) it will do really, really well. So long! Dipankan001 (talk) 15:50, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

2011 WikiCup participation


It was good to have you on board this time around- we hope you enjoyed the competition! In case you are interested, signups for next year are open. Thanks, J Milburn and The ed17 20:45, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

And lots of wiki-love PanydThe muffin is not subtle 20:19, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Re:RfA
Hi. I think you would get far more support if you stopped talking about your personal life and how being an admin makes you feel wanted, and instead focus only on how you think you've benefited the project and how you would like to do more good work in the future in certain areas that interest you. I think all of this discussion about your personal life and how you deal with stress has unnecessarily detracted from your nomination. Finally, I was a bit confused by your talk page header where you say, "don't spam me with stuff like newsletters, and GA reviews". Most, if not all newsletters on Wikipedia are opt-in, so I don't know how anyone could spam you with one. And, I don't know what you mean by someone spamming you with GA reviews. Viriditas (talk) 07:45, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Your request for adminship
Hello Secret. I'm sorry to inform you that your recent request for adminship was not successful. If you have any questions, please contact me. Regards, — Anonymous Dissident  Talk 07:37, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * The community showed its ugly, petty, underinformed-judgmental side this week. Sorry it didn't work out.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  08:18, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You can apply this request in the next six months (like in May 2012). Just try to be involved in doing maintaince tasks a lot. When you do so, you will be able to apply again. --Mohamed Aden Ighe (talk) 13:35, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Huh? The concern was mental illness, not experience.  HurricaneFan 25  14:42, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * What? We're not talking about a NOTNOW here, Secret is a highly experienced editor.  S ven M anguard   Wha?  14:40, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry it didn't work out. Best of luck. - Dank (push to talk) 16:08, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm sorry to see it turn out this way. Sorrier still to see that the Wikipedia RfA community has essentially turned having a mental illness into a case of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Trusilver 21:15, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I saw your candidacy when it was already too late. In my opinion, it's unfortunate that you didn't make it. I have seen admins who claim to be happily schizofrenic or are proud to practice polyamory (although they are married). The community should have appreciated your openness, rather than bashing you for it: your openness was badly perceived: Trusilver said it all above btw. I wish you well and please focus on your personal life first, then wikipedia. It was the community's loss not to have you sysopped, not yours. I'll be happy to see you around, take care now. Divide et Impera (talk) 12:10, 6 November 2011 (UTC)
 * It's unfortunate that bigotry still appears at WP. There is plenty to do here as an editor, and I trust that you find a happy and supportive WikiProject, like the mathematics or computer-science projects. Best regards,  Kiefer .Wolfowitz 16:15, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

It seems to me that most of the opposers are to some extent addicted to Wikipedia, as they make too much of this website. They think that having stress while being involved in Wikipedia is not only ok., it's an essential part of it. So they have mental problems themselves. You have to wonder if we now shouldn't desysop everyone and start all over again with a proper vetting procedure. Count Iblis (talk) 16:37, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Sockpuppet/get a life
I don't know why you opened a sockpuppet case on me. If the sockpuppet is mine, I use it as a second account due to my preference. I do nothing but good for this website, yet i'm treated like vomit. ☼Phrasia☼ (talk) 05:17, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Read WP:NPA and WP:SOCK which I'm sure you read before, being blocked twice for it. That account you have is a blatant violation of policy by vote stacking in a AFD. Secret account 05:21, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

I'm not going anywhere. I have proven to be a good editor. So if you want me banned, keep dreaming. ☼Phrasia☼ (talk) 06:49, 16 November 2011 (UTC)


 * You did not use your sock as a preference – you used it as a means to votestack a deletion discussion, which amounts to blatantly deceiving the community. As far as proving to be a good editor is concerned, I note that you have been blocked 5 times (soon to be 6), the last three were due to sock puppetry. That gives us the indication that you do not care about our policies regarding account usage or anything else in that matter, just as with your reactions to my deletion of the article in question. –MuZemike 07:09, 16 November 2011 (UTC)


 * That article should have been no consensus and you know it. It was very well written. All of the deletions were for notability, which I have proven to you the subject is, and references which are pretty correct if you look at the cached page. I'm beating a dead horse. You got your wish, I'm going to banned so you can go back to your pokemon articles. ☼Phrasia☼ (talk) 07:15, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You got yourself and your other account as the only people !voting "keep" in that AFD for reasons that were easily rebutted by those on the deletion side. Also, I can't recall the last time I worked on a Pokemon article, if ever. –MuZemike 07:19, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

RfA, etc.
Just move along, done's done. Carrite (talk) 06:52, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Earlier this month?
I understood earlier this month when it was a disruptive move when I moved Pitbull (rapper). But what I didn't understand is what I was doing to fail MOS:MUSIC and WP:CRYSTAL on the article Lil Wayne. Ian Streeter (talk) 13:22, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

My thanks
Thank you for your support at my recent successful RFA. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. Best,  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 18:51, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to the 2012 WikiCup
Hello, and welcome to the 2012 WikiCup! The competition officially begins at the start of 2012 (UTC) after which time you may begin to claim points. Your submission page, where you must note any content for which you wish to claim points, can be found here, and formatting instructions can be found in hidden comments on the page. A bot will then update the main table, which can be seen on the WikiCup page. The full rules for what will and will not be awarded points can be found at WikiCup/Scoring. There's also a section on that page listing the changes that have been made to the rules this year, so that experienced participants can get up-to-date in a few seconds. One point of which we must remind everyone; you may only claim points for content upon which you have done significant work, and which you have nominated, in 2012. For instance, articles written or good article reviews started in 2011 are not eligible for points.

This round will last until late February, and signups will remain open until the middle of February. If you know of anyone who may like to take part, please let them know about the comeptition; the more the merrier! At the end of this round, the top 64 scorers will progress to the next round, where their scores will reset, and they will be split into pools. Note that, by default, you have been added to our newsletter list; we will be in contact at the end of every month with news. You're welcome to remove yourself from this list if you do not wish to hear from us. Conversely, those interested in following the competition are more than welcome to add themselves to the list. Please direct any questions towards the judges, or on the WikiCup talk page. Good luck! J Milburn (talk) and The ed17 (talk) 17:55, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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DYK nomination of Johnny Gildea
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Speedy as spam
Just a note to say that I think you need to be more conservative with db-spam. "Buy my product" or "Join this group" or "Apply for this award" is spam. To qualify for CSD G11, the page has to violate WP:NOTPROMOTION by being "advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment". It's not sufficient for the page to say something positive or trivial about some organization or product that you think is unimportant. (All of those go to AFD or PROD.) WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:06, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Bleh I was rambling in your talk page as I wasn't in the right mind, see my request for self-blocking. I admit that I was hasty with the school program CSD, while one of the other three tags that you declined I meant to tag as copyvio, but I clicked the wrong button on twinkle and it took me a while to fix it as I had my health incident soon after. The last article, PHPmotion is very promotional in tone, and it clearly reads like it's trying to get people to use the program thus the CSD tag, which I feel it's valid. That's the article I was trying to discuss with you on your talk page. Thanks Secret account 22:47, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Blocked, at your own request
Your account has been blocked indefinitely by User:28bytes, as you requested at WP:AN/I. I hope you get better soon. All good wishes, -- The Anome (talk) 21:28, 13 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Same here. We all look forward to your return. The Blade of the Northern Lights  ( 話して下さい ) 05:57, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Feel better soon man. wctaiwan (talk) 06:47, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

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DYK for Johnny Gildea
— HJ Mitchell &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?  00:03, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Private checkuser
You stated here that you had a "private" checkuser done. Is that allowed? If it is, I think I need to go and start a petition to make it disallowed. Silver seren C 21:49, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't think that Checkuser info should be given out, clearly not. But I do believe that the fact that a Checkuser was run should be clearly stated to the user it was run on. So, specifically, I want to get this section changed to say that it IS mandatory to inform the user in question that a check was run. Because you're essentially running an SPI. Silver  seren C 22:18, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

January 2012
Hi Secret. Thank you for your work on patrolling new pages and tagging for speedy deletion. I'm just letting you know that I declined your deletion request for Mary Douglas Drysdale, a page that you tagged for speedy deletion, because the criterion you used or the reason you gave does not cover this kind of page. Please take a moment to look at the suggested tasks for patrollers and review the criteria for speedy deletion. Particularly, the section covering non-criteria. Such pages are best tagged with proposed deletion, proposed deletion for biographies of living persons, or sent to the appropriate deletion discussion. ''Was already kept  per previous AfD consensus. Any issues can be solved by editing.'' Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 07:10, 24 January 2012 (UTC)