User talk:Covington/0000

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Welcome
Hi Covington, how about a formal welcome to Wikipedia! And welcome to the WikiProject Education! Uh, this is where I'm supposed to add a load of useful links, but you obviously don't need these. But, still, do let me know if you need a hand with anything and I'll see if I can help in any way. Cheers! Cormaggio @ 00:59, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Bootcamp
No problem Covington! If you ever need anything (I'm an admin) you can drop by my talk page (or ask on IRC of course :) --Commander Keane 06:31, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Request for collaboration.
Hello,

Thanks for tagging the Call of Cthulhu Collectible Card Game entry for wikification. In the future, could you please use the   tag in place of the    tag? There is an effort underway to make it easier to sort through articles that may require wikification, and using the suggested tag would be very helpful.

Your assistance with this effort will be greatly appreciated. P.S. The convention is to place the, and tags at the bottom of any entry; all other tags are placed at the head of the entry.

Help Requested
I would like to clean up my userbox subpage. I would like the userboxes to be lined up two in neat rows, like this:

o o

o o

o o

I looked through the formatting help, but I could not find anything besides the white "userbox boxes"; They helped, but the page still looks chaotic.

I want others to use these userboxes to find me if they want someone to help them with their article, thus I want this page to be as easy to read as possible.

If you could help me with this, I would be very greatful. Thanks in advance. Covington 18:40, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Hey, I think you can divide one column of userboxes into two (or more) by using the "Boxboxtop" and "boxbottom" templates again for the userboxes you wish to separate out. Hope this helps&#160;—  The KMan  talk  19:19, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Hi. I am sorry to bother you but I wondered if you might be prepared to take another look at my RfA nomination. The main reason that I ask this is because there has previously been some confusion as to my talk count and I also wonder if there might have been some confusion regarding the duration of my contributions. I would also like to comment on some of the concerns raised by others, which I have discussed on the nomination page, but which you may not be aware of.

Firstly with regard to my talk contributions and the duration of my contributions. I just wanted to clarify that I do have substantial numbers of contributions in the user talk namespace although significantly less in the main article and wikipedia talk namespace, so I do have a good history of interactions with other users but primarily on their user page (furthermore I have a good track record of warning vandals - something is often lacking for many vandal fighters both admin and non-admin). Regarding the duration of my contributions, I just wanted to clarify that I have now been contributing for 15 months in total and, although I have had a few "lean" months when my focus have been outside of Wikipedia, I had almost 2000 contributions before February and there have been 9 months when I have made 100+ contributions.

WIth regards to the concerns raised by other, which aren't covered by the above, they seem to relate primarily to my lack of contributions to the article talk and wikipedia talk namespaces and what this says about my community involvement and exposure to process. Firstly I would like to say that I don't think my contributions in this area are particularly low when compared to other current nominees and recently created admins who are/were heavily supported (I have provided some details on this in the comments section of the nomination) - as I said in the comments section this is not to say "they are supported so why aren't I", rather it is just to provide a benchmark to compare how common my contribution pattern is. Secondly I would like to point out that I do not typically revert vandalism in these namespaces which I believe play a significant part in the number of these contributions for vandal-fighter editors (especially in the article talk namespace). Finally I would just like to reiterate my personal opinion that, regarding edits to Wikipedia talk, contributing and understanding are different things (i.e. I do understand the policys and guidelines even though I have not actively contributed to them). With regard to my community involvement, I do have a fair number of edits to the mian Wikipedia namespace and also the user talk namespace as previously mentioned.

I understand that contacting you in this way may well be considered "campaigning" but I want to assure you that I am driven by good practical intentions rather than ego. As you will be aware, I am primarily a vandal fighter and I feel that the admin tools will allow me to far better serve the community in this area. Specifically I come across a lot of situations were there are very few editors on RC patrol and a lot of vandalism is being missed, this is compounded by the fact that AIAV is often not being heavily monitored during the same periods meaning that blocks are delayed and a lot of time is spent reverting vandals who have already received a final warning. This extra time spent reverting known vandals obviously mean that much new vandalism is missed - with the obvious effect on the quality and credibility of Wikipedia.

I would like to sum by saying that I feel I could make good use of the tools and that I have never done anything to raise concerns that I would misuse them. Cheers TigerShark 20:57, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Mary Mahler
Hi,

You put a wikify tag on Mary Mahler, but it looks wikified to me... I didn't want to just remove the tag without asking you in case you had some good reason. Could you explain what else you think the article needs?

Thanks, Hbackman 21:32, 2 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I've responded on my talk page. :) Hbackman 23:40, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I just thought of one more thing that might be useful for you to know in the future. In addition to wikify and cleanup, there are the templates wikify-date and cleanup-date. These note the date on which the article was tagged so that the list of articles with these tags can be sorted by date and the older articles can be attended to first. To use, say, wikify-date, you would enter:. Hbackman 17:52, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

RFA Thanks
Thank you for your support vote on my RFA. The final result was a successful request based on 111 support and 1 oppose. --CBDunkerson 20:55, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza
Welcome,, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member, you might be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee, KnowledgeOfSelf, JoanneB, Titoxd and FireFox. The elections have ended.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact me via email or talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to be!

Thanks!   _-M     o     P-_     06:34, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

thanks for the support
Hi Covington- thanks a lot for your support on my recent, (barely) successful rfa. Please feel free to leave me any comments or criticisms on my talk page! --He:ah? 22:37, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Kusma's RfA
Hello, Covington! Thank you for your support in my recent successful request for adminship. If you ever have problems that you could use my assistance with or see me doing stupid things with my new buttons, don't hesitate to contact me. Happy editing, Kusma (討論) 02:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Fair chance
In all fairness, might I ask if you also read the other comments on the page/answers to questions, etc? I believe that I should be given a fair shot at this, and I have provided quite a bit of detail in the questions below that you may want to refer to. I happened to be checking out the page if you were wondering why I have responded so quickly:) Cheers -- Jay  (Reply)  23:57, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * The reasons for supporting me weren't sufficient enough. Fair. However, if you are willing to support me, in the future, why not stay neutral. You have to understand that this event is quite time consuming, stressful, and plenty of thought has been put into stating my case. Other opposers have stated their reasons, and to the best of my knowledge, each and every valid reason for opposing has been addressed. I may be very wrong about this, but perhaps if you had visited the vote say when it was 5/0, your vote would have been different. I don't know. But what I do know is that since you have provided me with insight into why you feel uncomfortable supporting me, I am handcuffed right now - feelings can't be debated. Thanks for your input. -- Jay  (Reply)  00:22, *11 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Took a lot of digging, but here it goes


 * Issue regarding civility
 * 1) With Xoloz: (from just above Line 46 down)
 * 2) With Jayjg: (line 90 - down; argued similarites in two users)
 * 3) Apologized/resolved: (agreed Xoloz had a solid argument)  (Jayjg provided solid reply here to disprove my comparison; apologized)

(WP:VAND) (WP:V)
 * Talk page (i.e. conflict resolution)
 * 1) Mathwiz2020: (RE: A Question (also known as An Answer)
 * 2) Jurjenl:
 * Understanding of policy
 * WP:AIV: 71 contributions
 * WP:XFD:


 * Full months of editing: 5.5


 * Contributions: 3600+


 * Warning users appropriately:


 * Blocked:


 * Any significant controversy regarding 3rd party intervention: None

Sceptre Vary Naconkantari Tigershark
 * RfA Nominations 4 (all promoted)


 * Article writing/contributing
 * Thanks. -- Jay  (Reply)  01:28, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

A KISS Rfa Thanks
Thank you for your comments, I've been promoted. psch e  mp  |  talk  01:42, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Hi, this is Matt Yeager. I wanted to thank you for your vote on my request for adminship. The count was something like was 14/20/5 when I decided to withdraw the request. My decision was based on the fact that there are enough things wasting people's time on the Internet that doomed RFA's shouldn't be kept up for voters to have to think about. Regardless of the rationale behind your vote, I hope you will read this note for an extended note and discussion on what will happen before I make another try at adminship (I didn't want to clog up your userpage with drivel that you might not be interested in reading). Thank you very, very much for your vote and your time and consideration of my credentials--regardless of whether you voted support, nuetral, or oppose. Happy editing! (Oh... and I have to say&mdash;nice signature. ) Matt Yeager ♫ ( Talk? ) 01:58, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Unfortunately, while I would like to learn my mistakes, I am currently unaware of what they are. I have requested specification from anonymous editor and Highway, both of whom have yet to fill me in. Please enlighten me, as I do not understand where this opposition is coming from. KI 14:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Jedi6's RFA
Hi, if you've changed your vote from Oppose to Support at Requests for adminship/Jedi6, could you cross out your entire vote in the Oppose section and add your name to the Support section, and update the tally accordingly? That makes it much easier for the closing bureaucrat. Thanks! Angr (talk • contribs) 16:16, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

AID Maintainance
Hello there fellow maintainer! I have noticed that for the past few days, I have been the only person removing outdated nominations. Please note that the AID bot does not automatically remove nominations, you have to do this tedious job by yourself. Thankyou --Steven 21:16, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Glad you understand. And no, I'm a Chinese Canadian. --Steven 22:39, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Many thanks for your support on my recent RfA. It was successful. Thanks again, Mark83 10:52, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for supporting me in my RfA. I really didn't think people appreciate my work here that much, but it's nice to see you do: my Request was closed with 66 supports and 4 opposes. I'll do my best not to turn your confidence down. If in any point in the future you get the feeling I'm doing something wrong, do not hesitate to drop me a line. --Dijxtra 11:50, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Userpage Award
Hi there. Would you like to step in for Gryffindor on the Esperanza Userpage Award as a judge? I see you are signed up as an alternate judge. All you need to do is pick your favourite and then judge the five finalists, e-mailing the scores to Rune_Welsh. Thank you! Regards  Ban  e  z  12:31, 14 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Great, many thanks. However, you must not e-mail the finalist to Rune, rather, list your favourite from the 3 userpages (Judge 1 gets the first 3, judge 2 the second 3, and so on) at the bottom of the page. Then, you need to judge each of the five finalists and e-mail your scores. Thanks  Ban  e  z  13:43, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello, sorry about my belated reply I am bogged down with work. I've send in my scores to Rune_Welsh, thanks for your message. Gryffindor  18:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Community Justice
Welcome to Community Justice! Computerjoe 's talk 08:33, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar :-)
My first barnstar :-) My own barnstar :-) Thank you very much. I'm awfuly delighted to recieve this thingy, you can't imagine how much all of this barnstar/RfA recognition that I've been recieveing lately means to me. Thanks again! :-) --Dijxtra 10:38, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Sorry
I'm sorry if you think I'm too new to be an adminship but I've been being a Wikipedian since December, 2003. I just didn't have an account. I know all about Wikipedia. I have interviewed many Wikipedians and have even made friends with a few. I WAS a perfect adminship nominee. An old nominee, General Eisenhower 17:22, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

User page contest
Sango123 won with Sceptre's userpage!?

I think there's a little problem with the message ;-) Kirill Lok s h in 03:23, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

All fixed. Thanks for telling me. (^'-')^ Covington 03:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

The month just flew by
Hey, you've been around for one month exactly and how's it's flown by! Here's to many more! --Alf melmac 09:45, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Many thanks for your support of my recent RFA, which passed narrowly. I will try to be worthy of your support. Regards, Kaisershatner 20:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Community Justice/Elections
As Community Justice has over 30 members, we are beginning the elections process.

If you are interested in becoming the chairman, the chief executive or councillor please add yourself, and a statement, to Community Justice/Elections.

Voting shall begin on April 24th, and end on May 1st. To see if you are eligible for a vote, please see Community Justice/Elections.

Thank you,

Computerjoe 's talk 20:57, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

One Month Anniversary
On behalf of Esperanza, and because it is still April 17 on the windy midwestern prairie, I hereby wish you a happy one-month anniversary on the Wikipedia. RyanG e rbil10 04:37, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

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Trading spaces
Hello, Covington, thank you for signing up to participate in Esperanza's trading spaces program. As you requsted to have your user page renovated by another user, Sceptre will be renovating your userpage. Please contact Sceptre on their talk page about the renovating. The renovating will be listed at Esperanza/Programs, please feel free to update the status as it changes. Enjoy!
 * Hey, I'm Sceptre, nice to meet you. What do you need pimping?  Will  ( E @ )  T  21:10, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You can see how I'm doing along on User:Sceptre/Covington. (I'll be out on Saturday for most of the day)  Will  ( E @ )  T  05:45, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for making my day by helping General Eisenhower; by encouraging and comforting him, you've shown true Wikiship and the desire to see people do well. For doing this, I award you a Random Acts of Kindness barnstar.


 * Thanks for the kind words. It just seriously brightens up my day when I see people on Wikipedia acting out of pure goodwill towards strangers, as it sadly doesn't happen too often. Thanks again,   _-M   <font color="#ffffff">  o     P-_     05:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak
Thank you for your suggestion on me going on a wikibreak.

I will be going to:


 * [[Image:Flag of Anguilla.svg|20px]] Anguilla
 * [[Image:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg|20px]] Antigua and Barbuda
 * [[Image:Flag of Aruba.svg|20px]] Aruba
 * [[Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg|20px]] Bahamas
 * [[Image:Flag of Barbados.svg|20px]] Barbados
 * [[Image:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg|20px]] Puerto Rico
 * [[Image:Flag of Cuba.svg|20px]] Cuba
 * [[Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg|20px]] Trinidad and Tobago

I have handpicked the person who is going to edit articles while I'm gone. He is going to be my cousin PaleoGenious. I will leave for Kokomo at 13 hours. I'll be off Wikipedia in 2 minutes after this message has been sent. After I leave, PaleoGenious is going to create his account and will start at the main page.

General  E isenhower

Old Skool Esperanzial note
Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Cel es tianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Community_Justice/Elections nomination
I noticed that you haven't yet made a statement for your self-nomination for a councillor position. You can make a statement at this page. DarthVad e r 23:24, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the good luck message about The Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence. It is slowly but surely getting done, and I hope it will be complete within 6-8 weeks. When it is, another pair of eyes would be ideal. Thanks again! Batmanand | Talk 00:26, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Gracias
The way you phrased your vote of support was touching. Thank you.--Rockero 00:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Gaah! Doppelganger!
Greetings, O truncated-named one. Fear not, for mine is a peaceful race! --<font style="background:#000088;" color="#FFFF88">AlexWCovington  (talk) 08:57, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Community Justice Voting has Begun!


I see you've registered to vote in the Community Justice elections, and I'm just telling you that now you can vote!

Please cast your vote(s) at Community Justice/Elections/Voting; following instructions provided there.

Thank you,

Computerjoe 's talk 12:37, 24 April 2006 (UTC) (current Chairman)

Trading spaces - green links
Unfortunately, the only way to have colored links is to have link title. I did it for the top links.  Will  ( <sup style="margin-right: -0.2em">E <sub style="margin-left: -0.2em">@ )  T  07:33, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Common misspellings
I have moved the common misspellings from WP:FCM to WP:LCM and deleted the section.

I am happy to help out with 'percieve' and 'achieve'. Gaius Cornelius 12:17, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Help from a native English speaker
Hi there, I see you are a native speaker of English language and I would like to ask you to help us make a decision about a name of an article. If you wish to help, could you join the discussion here? --Dijxtra 13:53, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

rfa
Thanks for the support on my RFA. Unfortunately, it did not achieve consensus. I look forward to your support in a couple months when I apply again. Holler at me if you need anything. &rArr; <font face="Euclid Fraktur"> SWAT  Jester    Ready    Aim    Fire!  19:19, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Election Staff
Hi Covington! I saw that you were tallying the votes for the Esperanza elections, but I never got your final word on if you were ready to certify the final tally. Please leave a message on Wikipedia_talk:Esperanza/Advisory_Council_Elections_April_2006/Tally when you are ready to do so. Thanks! E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 17:25, 30 April 2006 (UTC)