User talk:Asterion/Archive 11

Morocco Mediation
Given that no one has replied to the mediation within the last 17 days, I am closing it as being stale. From a cursory glance, it appears to me that mediation is no longer needed. However, if this is not the case, then you are more than welcome to file a new case. Thanks. On behalf of the Mediation Committee, ^ demon [omg plz] 16:21, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

I've uploaded Image:York Minster West Window.jpg to the commons
commons:Image:York Minster West Window.jpg

Great picture, by the way :-) Yuval Y • Chat • 19:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Ready?
Hola Javier! Estas dispuesto para la candidatura a ser un bibliotecario? -- Szvest   Wiki me up ®  13:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 

FayssalF would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact FayssalF to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Requests for adminship/. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
 * Thanks, FayssalF. I feel honoured. Asterion talk 20:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * You deserve that. Please answer the questions there later on. -- Szvest  - Wiki me up ®  12:19, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Asterion, are you back now or shall we postpone listing the RfA at the request board untill you're fully back? -- Szvest  - Wiki me up ®  09:08, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * We'll do one thing. Following the instructions here you'll be the one listing it at the RfA main page when you are ready. HOwever, we can also start from scratch when you are back after deleting this prior one. Just tell me which option is suitable for you. Cheers -- Szvest  - Wiki me up ®  10:32, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * It's OK. I will probably have more time during these days than when I'm back. I just listed it. Gracias por todo Fayssal. Asterion talk 12:37, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * De nada hombre! Buena suerte. -- Szvest  - <font style="background: orange">Wiki me up ®  13:01, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Hay nuevas preguntas de la parte de User:Malber en el RfA que tienes ke responder. Cheers -- <font size="2px" face="Verdana"><font color="DarkSlateBlue">Szvest  - <font style="background: orange">Wiki me up ®  17:03, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Me he dado cuenta pero estoy en la oficina y aparte de una ojeada rapida no tengo tiempo de responder bien desde aqui. Las respondo esta tarde. Thanks for the heads up! Asterion talk 17:28, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Dijxtra (off wiki for a while) wanted to nominate you few months ago, as we discussed privately, but he/we (apparently) forgot. I'm glad that we were preempted. As a compensation, I happened to be the first to support . Duja ► 10:28, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, we talked about it for a while but I was quite busy at the time. Thanks very much for your support, Duja. You really put a smile in my face ;-) Asterion talk 12:30, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Ref conv
Sorry for the downtime. References converter is now back up and running. About a week ago the hard drive in my server crashed. Luckily it stayed together long enough to allow me to pull all the data off onto a new hard drive, but I still had to go through the process of installing Linux on the new hard drive, installing all the necessary programs, and loading in all of the old data from the server. I got all of my essential services up within two days (CVS, Apache, Wiki), but I kind of forgot about web scripts, which I finally got around to fixing today. Everything should be fully functional again. If you see any bugs, just send me a message. You are receiving this message because you are on the spamlist. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, simply remove your name. -- Cyde Weys 19:10, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Automobiles Notification
Hi Asterion, you were on the list of members at WikiProject Automobiles and we are introducing a new way of listing members, as the old list was becoming too long. Our new method involves having all of our members in a category.

To add yourself to the category just add the userbox to your user page by putting   where you want the userbox. Alternatively if you don't like the userbox you can add   to your userpage.

If you no longer wish to be a member of the project, simply don't add the userbox or category, there's no pressure. Thanks for your time, James086Talk 04:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

A guy you warned vandalised again
Well I'm not really sure what to do because I'm kind of new.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:196.29.212.66

And this is the vandalism I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life

--Gyroid 02:58, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

edit: someone took out the vandalism

Translation
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Re. Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English
Hi Asterion, and congrats on the well going RfA. :-) Thank you for contacting me about the Segunda Força Aérea. I probably would've translated it, but it's been deleted by Gandmasterka due to copyvio. Regards.-- Hús  ö  nd  12:32, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Gracias. Feliz Navidad! :-) -- Hús  ö  nd  21:28, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ditto. ;-) Thanks Asterion! Best of luck, <span style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">Khoikhoi 10:58, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

History of Gibraltar
I was tidying up the wording, and have given the reference for the introduction of the term the issues of sovereignty which first showed up in the Spanish version of the Brussels agreement, the British version was later revised to agree.

If you need any proof that Glacis estate and the other parts mentioned are an integal part of the territory of Gibraltar I can cite the telephone book, however should you call any of the residents and ask if they are living in spain you may get an unhelpful reply.

As resolution 2353 (XXII) refers to a 'colonial situation' and the new constitution is described as a 'non colonial one' there is scope for further missunderstanding.

PS: Merry Christmas.

--Gibnews 18:09, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Gibnews, as you probably realised. I did not complain about any improvement to the article, simply about putting opinions on wikipedia's institutional voice. The way the sentence I removed was written gave me that impression. By the way, I think Gibraltarian has been ranting again (a copy and paste job, as usual). Have a nice xmas. Asterion talk 18:12, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem. It is difficult to look at things from a neutral perspective as I'm rather close to some of these things.

However, I value your opinion as being someone fairly balanced, so take a look at Disputed status of Gibraltar‎ where I have tried to clean up the language in the part about the spanish claim and have introduced some references on parts missing cites.

Also did a page on my site about the Iberia landing, which is a very positive thing, and they are fully booked.

http://www.gibnet.com/airport/iberia.htm

Good shot of the runway, and the BBC presenter.

--Gibnews 22:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

PS: reading further down the page see you are now an admin, Congratulations, I would have supported you. Thankfully the Gibraltar pages are now pretty stable, and its only random nutcases and the banned user (TBU).

--Gibnews

Madonna (entertainer)
The person who yanked the criticism section continuously does so. He/she changes IP each time he/she logs in, but they consistently yank that section without any sort of discussion. He/she has been banned multiple times as a result of that. --Mhking 18:16, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed -- I've been 'round that barn more than once. The page has been protected several times. I've just resigned myself to keep an eye on it, and the ear of an Admin or three. I suppose if and when I ever become one, that'll be one my ongoing tasks... --Mhking 18:22, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

User:PhBot
It wasn't actually a user page but was created by User:PhBo. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:02, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * That would be Requests for comment/User names. Not the most obvious place for it. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 13:12, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Agathoclea's RfA

 * Well done, wish me luck with my own RfA :-) Asterion talk 16:18, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Luck has nothing to do with it ... you are doing rather well. Agathoclea 17:09, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah
hello there Asterion, thank you for your wishes, you too a Merry X-mas and Happy Hanukkah. I'm not sure what happened to the discussion, the last thing I know was that one sysop agreed to take a closer look into the issue, that is up to the sysop now is my guess. Until then I will be doing edits on other topics here and work in the Commons. have a good time and thanks for dropping by... Gryffindor 14:22, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Matriz
Olá. Bom Natal! it is not a Parish Church. well, it is also a parish church (Igreja Paroquial), but this is the main church of the municipality. I Think the English term is "First Church", translating directly into English it would be "Mother Church". As the name Matriz is important I choose to use the name Matriz directly, maybe not the best option, but I don't see an English name often used for these kind of churches. If there is, we can change it.--Pedro 14:34, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I see. What about "Main Church"? Asterion talk 14:36, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Is Main church often used in English? ---Pedro 14:41, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * A Igreja Matriz is also a Parish Church. But there are 14 parish churches. In each parish there can be several others. Matriz is the main one of these parish churches. Maybe in English there's not these kind of churches, and they only have cathedrals. But in Portugal cathedrals (Catedral or Sé) is only found in main cities (historically). The Name of Igreja Matriz can be: Igreja Matriz da Póvoa de Varzim (lit. Mother Church of Póvoa de Varzim) or Igreja Paroquial Nossa Senhora da Conceição (Parish Church of Our lady of Conception).--Pedro 15:00, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I've seen and used that term: "First Church", but that page also uses "Matriz Church in Itajai City", maybe because Matriz, like in here, is also a popular name. Well, I don't know. "First Church" then? For what I've seen, in the US several cities can be part of the same parish (church). While in here, each city can have several parish churches. In Póvoa, traditionally 3, now 5, with the city's expansion. --Pedro 15:18, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I don't know, maybe the Brits have somekind of Matriz Church, and we don't know it yet. As for the article, I would appreciate some more help with the English. Feliz Navidad! --Pedro 16:15, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Re. Igreja Matriz
Hey Asterion. Well, I believe that a "igreja matrix" is the first church to exist in a town, before others are built there. Not sure though, and I don't know the exact correspondent in English as I'm not into churches really... Might be "first church" or "main church" alright. Regards,-- Hús  ö  nd  17:49, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Your opinion on this move request would be appreciated...
...As a native Arabic speaker and a long-standing membr of wikipedia: Talk:Shi%27a_Islam. Thanks, Asterion talk 09:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Asterion. Done. -- <font size="2px" face="Verdana"><font color="DarkSlateBlue">Szvest  - <font style="background: gold">Wiki me up ®  10:04, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Well done on a 100% support vote for your adminship candidacy! You must be really pleased with the result! I am sure that a Bureaucrat will be along shortly in order to issue you with a shiny new set of admin tools for your new duties. Please ask if you have any questions about using them. If I don't know the answer then I will try to find out for you! Regards, happy editing and Happy New Year, (aeropagitica) 11:37, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations on your RfA! —sd3141 5   (sign here)  13:56, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on your RfA Asterion. Pruod to support it. Unfortunately, he retired after a dispute over the fair use policy with a person who appears to be something of an authority on fair use images who interprets the policy much more strictly than Wikipedia. I did send him an email but it seems unlikely he will come back. I had him pencilled in at User:Blnguyen/RfA too. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:27, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA
I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:
 * Administrators' reading list
 * Administrators' how-to guide
 * Administrators' Noticeboard
 * Administrators' Noticeboard for Incidents
 * Administrators' Noticeboard for Three-revert rule violations

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 15:28, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Congrats Asterion and Happy New Year. -- <font size="2px" face="Verdana"><font color="DarkSlateBlue">Szvest  - <font style="background: gold">Wiki me up ®  15:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thank you, and congrats on your adminship! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 15:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I missed the vote, but am glad that it was a unanimous decision, if anyone deserved that it was you, congratulations :) // Laughing Man 15:50, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Congrats!!!
And welcome to the cleaning crew! --Kukini 16:01, 27 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I never have any problem supporting a well deserving candidate. Congrads.Ganfon 16:03, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * ¡Enhorabuena, Asterion! Espero que te quede algo de tiempo entre bloqueo y bloqueo para seguir haciendo buenas aportaciones :-) y felices fiestas!--Garcilaso 16:18, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Muchas gracias. A ver si cuelgo las fotos de Sevilla en algún álbum online pues hace tanto tiempo que las hice que se me ha olvidado de que iglesia era cada una. Así me ayudas a identificarlas y luego las subo a Commons. Saludos, Asterion talk 16:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Indeed, congrats, sorry I wasn't here to coach you, but you didn't really need any help after all. Let me know if you need help with anything. Prodego  <sup style="color:darkgreen;">talk  17:09, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ditto!(I continued the congrats on my talk page per your talk page rules). Just H 17:18, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * If you are looking for something excuse to use your new tools, CAT:CSD is pretty full. Prodego  <sup style="color:darkgreen;">talk  17:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on your success. I wish you all the best with the new buttons. ← <font color="DimGray">A NAS ''' <font size="-3"><font color="DodgerBlue">Talk? 17:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, congratulations!  T ennis   Dy  N  ami  T  e  (sign here) 18:15, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad you made it - it is a steep learning curve. Agathoclea 18:36, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Congrats Asterion, keep up the good work! NikoSilver 20:43, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-27 23:26Z 
 * Congrats from me, too - you'll be a fine admin. If you ever need any help with your shiny new mop, my talk page is always open :) Grutness...<small style="color:#008822;">wha?  04:22, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Yay. <span style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">Khoikhoi 06:19, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Congratulations :) --Extranet (Talk 11:24, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Enjoy!
Enjoy your shiny tools! I would love to be you're friend! Respond if you want! WikiMan53 T/C edits Review Me! 19:24, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

SFD notification
This message is to notify you that a stub template and category that you created (Andalusia-bio-stub and ) is up for deletion at WP:SFD. Please join the discussion. Thanks. <b style="color:maroon;">~ Amalas</b> rawr  <sup style="color:navy;">=^_^=  14:32, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Delete request
Hi Asterion. Could you please delete the images Image:WMPtracklibrary.jpg, Image:WMP11stkn.jpg, and Image:WMP11XP-album-library.jpg? They have been replaced with other images by somebody and are now orphan images. The uploader should have just replaced them with newer versions, but oh well. Thanks in advance, and have a great day.. and New Year. :-) ← <font color="DimGray">A NAS ''' <font size="-3"><font color="DodgerBlue">Talk? 18:24, 30 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks! ← <font color="DimGray">A NAS ''' <font size="-3"><font color="DodgerBlue">Talk? 12:05, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

user:Sundiiiaaa
Hello, could you please take a look at this user's contributions? It seems the account is only used for talk pages and then only barely related to the article's topic and definitely not to improving said article. Essentially his only intent seems to be to propagate a rather rare political opinion. I'm not entirely certain this is against policy, but it's certainly not improving wikipedia either. I left a test-2 warning on his talk page today after trying to engage him in a discussion on the slavery article talk page (and deleted at least on of his edits on a talk page). But I notice he's continued to post to various other talk pages.--Caranorn 22:19, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

my name
Hi, just read your comment on my talk page. I have been editing in WP for quite a while and nobody has ever raised this before - I didn't even know it was a rule. I am Mark Thomas but not that Mark Thomas - it is after all quite a common name! Can one not call oneself by one's own name? I may want to raise this as an issue on Village Pump as it sounds strange - can you point to the policy for this please? Thanks. MarkThomas 16:31, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

OK, in fact, it appears that you are wrong - I just need to add a disambig hatnote, as stated in the guidelines you linked too:

''Username disambiguation Some Wikipedia usernames are similar to or identical to the titles of Wikipedia articles. This has the potential to create confusion when inexperienced users find these pages in search engine results. As a common courtesy, it is recommended that a simple disambiguation hatnote be added to direct readers to the correct page. The templates, , and can be used to create a standard hatnote at the top of your user page and user talk page, or you can write your own. Similar disambiguation should be carried out if your username is similar to that of another Wikipedia editor. Examples are User:Carcharoth, User:Opabinia regalis, and User:John Reid.''

Do you know some other policy that over-rides this? Thanks. MarkThomas 16:33, 31 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Yes, as long as there is a disambiguation, you should be fine as I said on your talk page. Cheers, Asterion talk 16:38, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Done. Hadn't really heard of him before I started with WP! MarkThomas 16:50, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Belated congrats
Sorry Asterion, apparently I forgot to congratulate you for your recent promotion to admin. :-/ Please accept my belated congrats. Happy New Year! Regards,-- Hús  ö  nd  22:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)