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RfC against BB69
Hi. I thought you might like to know that Taxman and I are discussing a possible RfC against BB69 on Taxman's talk page. Cheers! BD2412 T 19:23, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * And for your convenience, here it is. I didn't go into terrible detail because I think it's obvious enough, and there's plenty more left in store if needed. - Taxman Talk 20:24, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I added my name to the list. DS1953 20:26, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll add more information on the RFC later tonight. -- DS1953 20:36, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

BD2412's RFA
Although my RfA is not over yet, I figured that since so many people voted before it had been posted, I may as well start thanking people before it wraps up - and you were the worst of 'em, so you get thanked first. Thank you for kicking things off with a bang - I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 04:34, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
User:UninvitedCompany has placed comments at WP:AN/I and at Wikipedia talk:Find-A-Grave famous people raising the question whether the links to findagrave.com be deleted from articles. You may want to participate in the discussion. -- DS1953 18:35, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for brining this to my attention. I was out of town for a few days and hadn't made it back through all the recent edits and might not have gotten to it as soon. Doc

Tedernst RFA
Thanks for your kind words about my RFA. I won't be self-nominating again, that's for sure. Having the patience to wait for someone else to nominate won't be easy for me, but I'll do it and keep working in the meantime. peace, Tedernst | talk 22:34, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Yet Another RFA Thank You Note to clutter up your talk page...
DS1953:

Just wanted to drop you a note to say thanks for supporting me in my recent RFA. And your comments on my talk page are taken to heart. I have no plans of being bold with my newly acquired admin powers. I've only used them twice since attaining sysop status, and that was to revert obvious vandalism on Tutankhamun. I plan on doing a lot of reading over the next few days before I do anything more overt than that.

All the best. → Ξxtreme Unction {yak ł blah } 23:44, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Find-a-grave
I read his latest comment, so refactor away. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 13:28, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I too appreciate your oversight and believe that we are in reasonable consensus. Doc 16:12, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Waffles and boysenberry syrup


Hey ! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was (57/4/3), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, have a question, or just want to chat (or if I get out of line!), please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D  Tom e rtalk 

This kind of abuse?
Is there a remedy to the abuse of the user in question. He goes around causing general chaos. He must have created more of these fake users to dump things from his user page that he wanted to hide. What is the remedy here? jucifer 22:15, 12 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I just noticed this:
 * Shurely Shome Mistake? jucifer 22:28, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

DRV
I didn't make the first of the pair of comments, DavidGerard did. If my comment was inappropriate, his is too. -Splash talk 00:54, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, well, it was a rather irate response by me and therefore not a particularly good one. I don't have a great deal of time for that kind of obvious posing and sometimes the best way to get rid of it is to just chop it off at the knees. Anyway, both statements appear to have gone now, and that's good. Pounding on siblings to rectify injustice is eminently acceptable, since they are usually wrong. -Splash talk 03:02, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for the friendly welcome & the useful information. I'm learning as fast as I can & am grateful for help. I can see how Wikipedia could become very addictive!

(If I was supposed to respond to your comments on my own talk page, instead of posting my response on your talk page, please feel free to delete this & let me know!)

Thanks again! Vcrs 05:01, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Orioane's RfA


Hey ! Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. To my amazement there were no negative or neutral votes and the result was (28/0/0). I am now an administrator so I'll try and do my best in this new position. I'll be happy to answer any comments or requests from you. Thanks one more time, Mihai -talk 20:30, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

School are notable votes
You'll see they were thrown out here Articles_for_deletion/Bryant_high_school. And this was discussed here User_talk:Jtkiefer. David D. (Talk) 02:01, 16 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you. -- DS1953 02:22, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!
'''Thanks for voting on my RfA! The final result was (36/1/2), so I'm now an administrator! Hope you have a great day, week, year, and so on and so forth. Happy wiki-ing, Mo0 [ talk ] 06:53, 17 December 2005 (UTC)'''

RFA support
I'd like to thank you, as you are one of the many complete strangers that supported my RFA, which passed 64-2. &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  06:56, Dec. 17, 2005

My RfA
'''Thanks for voting on my RfA! The final result was (36/1/1), so I'm now an administrator! '''Shanel 21:05, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi DS1953. Thanks for your support on my recent RFA. The request was successful, with a final tally of 33/0/0. I'm delighted that you decided to support it and I hope that I can live up to your expectations. Leithp (talk) 10:15, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Ianbrown's RfA
Thanks for voting in my recent RfA. I was overwhelmed at the turnout and comments received. Ian &equiv; talk 07:54, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

My RFA
Thank you for your support on my RFA. It doesn't look like I'll get it this time around, unfortunately, but I appreciate your words on my behalf. I only wish more people would have listened as I would be an excellent admin if just given the chance. I hope to have your support when I run again. Thanks!Gator (talk) 20:41, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for you continual support through my RFA and for you kind words on my talk page, they were much appriciated. S W D 3 1 6 talk to m<font color="00FF00">e 23:17, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks
Thanks for your note and your willingness to help. As for me, I think I'm done with Wikipedia given what I've learned about their concept of "notability."

Take care,

Jack

Thanks!
For reverting vandalism to my userpage. Much appreciated.--MONGO 01:14, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikiphilosophies
Just have a look at one and then click on the others and see where it leaves you. Try the most common one first: Deletionism The others are linked off there. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy  Darwikinian Eventualist 05:58, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support on my RfA
Thank you for taking the time for supporting my bid for adminship. It was a success! If you need any aid, feel free to call on me and I'll try to help! Have a safe and happy holidays! -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. <sup style="font-variant:small-caps;">Think out loud 04:08, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Mon beau RfA
Sadly, I am too poor to afford shiny colored boxes and pictures. Nevertheless... Thanks for supporting my RfA. The final tally was a smashing 22/4/1. Deltabeignet 23:50, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

My RFA
Hey DS1953! Thanks for your support on my RfA. The final outcome was an unanimous (45/0/0), so I am now an administrator. If you need help, or have a question, please don't hesitate to let me know! Again, thanks! :D --Eliezer | £€åV€ m€ å m€§§åg€  03:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for your support of my Rfa, DS1953. I am happy to announce that I have successfully been voted an administrator, and wish to say that I will work harder to make Wikipedia a more reliable source of information. I apologize if this seems impersonal but it is past my bedtime. You are the last one, now I can stop copying and pasting these thank you notes... whoops... did I just say that out loud? Croat Canuck 06:59, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for supporting my successful RfA! Your trust means a great deal to me, and I promise to try my hardest to serve the community. &mdash;David Levy 06:41, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

COBRA
Dear DS1953-

Regarding the name of COBRA, thanks! Anyway, I'm gonna go slow and do my homework before I try changing an article's title. Hey, any time you want to talk about taxation or legal stuff generally, please send me a message. Hmmm... if this addiction keeps up, pretty soon I may not have a life outside Wikipedia. Famspear 20:57, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Spelling fix


For correcting the typos in my very speedily typed manifesto, I hereby award you this Plenary Indulgence, forgiving all your Wikisins. Peace be with you! -- Essjay ·   Talk 21:24, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

RfA
Thank you for your support in my request for adminship. I was promoted with a final tally of 31/1/1. Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can assist. --BorgQueen 22:54, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

James Gregory
I'm not very familiar with the deletion process. (I usually try to stay clear of those seemingly endless debates.) Anyway, it seems the James Gregory (mineralogist) article is legitimate afterall, so should it just ride out the AfD process? Or can it be a speedy keep or something? --TantalumT e lluride 03:41, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your guidance. --TantalumT e lluride 04:21, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
I am too busy with other things than wikipedia at the moment but if I feel ready later you can nominate me then. Thank you so much anyway! --Revolución (talk) 23:46, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, after thinking about it, I'm not that busy. So if you want to nominate me, I would gladly accept the nomination. --Revolución (talk) 02:31, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I withdraw my intention to be nominated. I just don't feel ready. I'm going to try for it later, after I get more acquainted with the RFA criteria. --Revolución (talk) 19:18, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship
Hey man, thanks a lot for voting in my RfA, I got it! :) If you need anything, just give me a shout. - FrancisTyers 01:09, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Many thanks for your support on my request for adminiship, I'm sure you'll be glad to know the final result was 92/1/0. I am now an administrator and (as always) if I do anything you have issue with, please talk about it with me. Last (to voice an opinion) but certainly not least, my thanks, DS --Alf <sup style="color:green;">melmac 11:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Too strident, eh?
I just get very _very_ nervous when we start to decide to overturn a ruling based on things that resemble a quorum. What makes us suspect that we'd get wider participation if we listed it again? Unless we did notify every person who'd contributed to to article, and how are we going to balance out the bias that they'd present?

I'm actually not at all arguing with the idea of what you are saying, I'm thinking more of the pragmatics of the thing. Thanks for listening.

brenneman <sup style="color:#2f4f4f;">(t) <sup style="color:#2f4f4f;">(c) 16:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Whew. That's a lot of concerns in one diff!
 * As to AfD scaling, I've very nearly completed AFD:365DAYS and will be releasing that into the wild shortly. It's not all bad news, but it's not quite ready.
 * As to the massive watchlist, I'd like the developers to give us some more options. Even simply being able to filter by namespace (like with contributions) would be great, and a "whitelist" of contributors that I could choose to hide their last edits (as we do our own) would be spectacular.
 * Finally, your last point, which is really about civilty, which is really about respect. I've had my lapses, but they been um, fairly focused, shall we say?  In the longer run, the problem with civility is actually the greatest one we face.  If we don't come to terms with that, and with the examples that our ersatz leaders are providing, the other problems won't matter.  brenneman <sup style="color:#2f4f4f;">(t) <sup style="color:#2f4f4f;">(c)  17:43, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
 Francs2000's Bureaucratship 

Thanks for your support on my request for bureaucratship.

The final outcome was (70/5/0), so I am now a bureaucrat. I seriously didn't expect so many good comments from everybody and I appreciated the constructive criticism from those that gave it. If you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as a bureaucrat then please leave me a note. -- Francs2000 21:44, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

The Berghoff
Did you ever get a chance to get the picture of the Berghoff sign? Just curious. Thanks, Dismas|(talk) 16:42, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Not yet. I brought my camera down one day last week and went out about 10:00 AM but the sign was not turned on yet (it is not very colorful when off).  I'll get to it within the next week, though. -- DS1953 <sup style="color:green;">talk  16:54, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you! Those pictures look outstanding!  That is, on these monitors at work.  I'll be able to get a better look at them when I get home to a good monitor.  The reflection off the other building makes for rather unique lighting.  Dismas|(talk) 05:31, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Pictures of Busch
Thanks for the note. I've copied your arguments to the talk page of that article, let's see what the regular contributors have to say, eh? I'll also wait a day or two and look back at them, things are often more clear to me aftre I let my brain work them over in the background. brenneman <sup style="color:#2f4f4f;">(t) <sup style="color:#2f4f4f;">(c) 04:24, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Next time, do it yourself! ;-)
Next time you need an admin for something... Requests for adminship/DS1953. Cheers! bd2412 T 05:34, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There's around 800 of us now - having the tools no longer requires you to devote all your time to adminship activities. In any event, you with the powers would be a good thing for Wikipedia. I can't force you to take this step, but I'll use all of my powers of persuasion to push you towards that course! bd2412  T 05:46, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Just want you to know that I agree with BDA. &mdash; Nightstallion (?) 08:52, 12 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Think it over for a bit - if you're absolutely positively sure you don't want this, I'll delete the nom for you. bd2412  T 01:47, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks


I would like to express my thanks to all the good people who spent their valuable time time and effort working on my (failed) RfA voting. Especially for those who actually voted to support me :). Lets move on and make together our Wikipedia an even greater place abakharev 09:29, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks from rogerd
Hi DS1953- Thanks for your support on my RfA. If I can be of any service please leave me a message --rogerd 01:40, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

RFA thanks
Thanks for supporting me in my RFA. --TimPope 13:59, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

NLT
It's pretty well-established that continuing to make legal threats after having been very clearly warned to stop (note the difference between getting no warning at all) is what is done on Wikipedia. There's another case at WP:AN/I, where another admin has done the same thing. There's nothing at all unusual in my action, and the making of legal threats is an excellent way for a user with a registered account to get it shot-on-sight, indeed, the making of such threats is a way some of our most-quickly removed editors have gone and it's usually a libel threat that does it. A case recently would be that of Jack Sarfatti, you'll have to dig through the archives of AN/I for that. A block on Wikipedia makes no difference to his ability to do whatever paperwork he needs to do since, for a start, his case is probably either against the Wikimedia Foundation or the editors of the article, both of whom he can get hold despite the block. There was nothing implied about his use of legal proceedings &mdash; he was being quite explicit about it. I do not think that a block "give[s] fodder" to people, or that we should be shy of looking after the free nature of the editing process on the basis of legal hypotheticals. Blocks (and even bans) aren't real remember: even the worst of the trolls could invisibly circumvent them just by playing nicely. -Splash talk 08:50, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Daily Illlini
OK, put factual info about new offices back into the article, you are right. However, the impact of the new office upon the work habits/resource sharing etc. is speculation (until the new building is occupied) so I have left this out. Does this get things closer to what you think is appropriate? Sliggy 01:22, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Berghoff Image
The photograph of The Berghoff (restaurant) is a nice addition to the article. As a "native Chicagoan" (although living in Iowa for most of my adult life), that article first caught my interest when it was referenced in Did you know... on the Main Page a little while back. As a UIUC alum, it was also interesting to see the note about the Daily Illini immediately preceding this one :) and to take a quick look, for now, at the article. Here in Iowa, U of I always means Univ of Iowa - difficult to adjust to for an Illini :)  Cheers, LiniShu 12:39, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Richard Josey
I see what you have done on the entry. I am not convinced of the importance just yet, but I think we can have a discussion on its talk page before making an AfD entry. Also, linking to the jpg of the obit in references would be helpful, as copied of the Feb 14, 1906 London Times are hard to come by :-) Thanks for the explanation. Avi 06:35, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

AfD Thanks
Please accept my embarrassingly belated thank you for supporting my RfA, which much to my surprise passed 102/1/1, earning me minor notoriety. I am grateful for all the supportive comments, and have already started doing the things people wanted me to be able to do. And hopefully nothing else... Just zis Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 12:48, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

The Federal Reserve System and the US Dollar
Dear DS1953:

Recalling the BB69 matter back in December, a somewhat interesting discourse (with, shall we say, some "similarities") has been developing with an editor named "Xode" at the discussion page Talk:United States Dollar at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:United_States_dollar#Article_neutrality_and_factuality_dispute

under the heading for Factuality Dispute. I am in no way comparing Xode's conduct to the outrageous behavior of BB69. The similarity lies in part in the way certain editors seem to be on a "mission" to educate everyone on what they perceive as some great injustice and, I argue, want to use Wikipedia as a soapbox as part of that mission. When you see the materials Xode is promoting regarding the Federal Reserve and the banking system and compare them to the tax protester rhetoric, I think you'll know exactly what is going on. Your input on that Talk page would bring a lot to the table! Xode's User Talk page is interesting too. Yours, Famspear 22:25, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Otto Kerner
I just wanted to thank you for your work on the Otto Kerner disambiguation page. I was going to create it myself, but I was unexpectedly pulled away from the computer, and when I got a chance to look at it this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to see it was already created, and redirects to Otto Kerner, Jr. had already been done. Thank you very much!

— DLJessup (talk) 15:44, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
Hi, thanks for participating in my RfA discussion. Unfortunately, my fellow Wikipedians have decided at this time that I am not suitable to take on this additional responsibility, as the RfA failed with a result of 66/27/5 (71.0% support). If you voted in support of my request, thank you! If you decided to oppose me at this time, then I hope that if I do choose to reapply in the future, the effort I will make in the meantime to improve and expand my contributions to Wikipedia may persuade you to reconsider your position. All the best, Proto t c 10:43, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

RfA Thanks!
Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final vote count consensus of (82/1/0), which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please spit in my general direction. Cheers! --P e ruvianLlama(spit) 05:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Embarras River/Embarrass River
This is really bizarre: Of all the things for two people to be starting articles on at the same time, we chose this. Anyway, see Embarras River for the article I just started. I used the GNIS spelling, which is also used in the atlases/gazetteers I have; I stumbled onto your new one while creating redirects. Shall we merge them? Cheers for your good taste in articles -- Malepheasant 05:35, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply; I'll merge your info now and make it a redirect. I'd figure it's often spelled with 2 esses at the end, since that's the correct spelling of the word, so I'll try to cover all the bases with regards to redirects.  And hooray for us both for giving that poor little river in southern Illinois some attention!  Malepheasant 06:37, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
 * And thanks for the pronunciation note; I've always assumed it was pronounced like "embarrass", but now I notice here that it's not. Malepheasant 06:44, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Joke's RfA
Hi DS1953, thanks for your support in my (successful) RfA! –Joke 16:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Nikolay Yakovlevich Danilevsky
Please don't change another editor's choice of English; "earnt" is perfectly correct. You might prefer "earned" (it looks odd to me, though I'm aware that it's an acceptable alternative), but that sort of choice lies with the original writer. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 10:29, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


 * 1) Dictionaries rarely give the full conjugations of verbs, so it's unsurprising that yours don't in this case.
 * 2) I take it that you're American, from the dictionaries you cite; the article is in British English.
 * 3) You did something, I asked you not to do it; it wasn't a broad generalised statement (in fact it wasn't a statement at all, but a request). If you felt lectured, I'm afraid that all I can say is that that wasn't the intention, and on rereading what I wrote I still don't see it.  The fact is that Wikipedia policy is that the form of English used should be that of the first major editor of an article unless there's good reason to change it (usually because another form of English is more appropriate to the subject matter), and that's what I said.  I don't know why you object to that. --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 20:52, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for taking the time to vote in my RfA, which passed with a final vote of 54/2/1 despite my obvious inadequacy for the job. I'll do my level best to use the mop and bucket — or, as I said in my RfA, plunger — responsibly. Of course, in the best tradition of politicans everywhere, I've already broken a campaign promise (I blocked a vandal last night despite having said "I don't anticipate using the blocking tool very often"). Nevertheless, I'll try not to let the unbridled power corrupt me. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:52, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Stub and Uncategorized tags
Hey there, and thanks for doing great work adding stub and uncat tags to pages that need them.

Might I just ask that you add those tags to the bottom of articles rather than the top? See General rules for stub sorting. Stifle 17:48, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you very much for your support during my recent Admin election, I appreciate the trust that you have put in me. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding my work as an admin.

Kind Regards, Elf-friend 09:42, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Hi. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on my recent RfA. It ended with a final tally of (73/2/2) and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to forward them to my talkpage. Once again, thanks for your support.  Soothing R  20:49, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
--Matth e w UND (talk) 05:34, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Yet another date links proposal
Hi, you expressed an interest in link policy in the past. You may wish to see the proposal at: Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_%28dates_and_numbers%29 and vote whichever way you think is best. bobblewik 15:21, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
My RfA recently closed and it was a success, passing at 84-02-00. I would like to thank you for taking the time to weigh in and on your subsequent support. And I know it's quite cliche, but if you ever need any assistance and/or want another opinion on something, grab a Pepsi and don't hesitate to drop me a line on my talk page. Thanks again. Pepsidrinka 05:11, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

The Impressions
[ fixed it]. Thanks for pointing that out. I would never have noticed it, as... well... I never read the main page. — Mar. 28, '06 <span class="plainlinks" style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">[18:55] <[ freakofnurxture]|[ talk]>

Thank you
Thank you for your vote of confidence in my recent request for bureaucratship. Even though it didn't pass, I greatly appreciate your support and hope I will continue to have your respect. Thank you! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 23:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

User:Erebus555
Hello, I noticed the Erebus' edits at about the same time you did, but I went further. I blocked him for 24 hours and posted a detailed summary below your comment, so please revisit WP:AN/I. — Apr. 7, '06 <span class="plainlinks" style="font-family:monospace, monospace;">[16:38] <[ freakofnurxture]|[ talk]>

Kusma's RfA
Hello, DS1953! 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) 02:39, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Many thanks for your support on my recent RfA. It was successful. Thanks again, Mark83 08:59, 14 April 2006 (UTC)