User talk:GlassCobra/Archive 15

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April 29, 2008 - June 8, 2008

Re: Ageing and Sexing
Is this vandalism? I thought it was, then I thought it wasn't, and I see you think it is. I am confused now. --Porqin (talk) 06:09, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
-- S M S  Talk 21:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

CIS World Services
Hi, please adopt me and help me create a page for the company I work for, C.I.S. World Services, I want to creat a page beacuse its a good company, I am also on my way to becoming a police officer, please help anyway you can. Romeo 278, Miguel http://cisworldservices.org —Preceding unsigned comment added by King Cangri (talk • contribs) 04:01, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

HAPPY (Belated) FIRST EDIT DAY!
 hmwith τ   07:09, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Gregory E. Miller, possible sockpuppet?
Noticed User:Gregory E. Miller just added his name to the members list of the Wikiproject I help maintain. Sadly, given the huge issues I've had with User:Greg Jungwirth I'm now treating any members with the name Greg or a variant of that name which pass by where I usually patrol with strong suspicion as it's fairly probable it's him. Drifting through his contribs for suspect activity I notice that he has himself down at WP:S-MEM as having Rhode Island as a location and animation as an interest, both of which GJ had which seems to fit with my suspicions seeing as he did pre-empt himself recently by warning me about "the next friend I make" being him in one of his recent routine talkpage blanking efforts. Keep an eye out for him, it does seem he's making an attempt to return to cause more disruption and this might be it. I've informed User:Rlevse about this and whilst I really don't want to accuse anyone incorrectly it seems far too convenient that all those little things pop up at once. Will give the user the benefit of the doubt for now unless something comes up which seems to fit his MO. -- treelo talk 15:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Why is my page about Eastern Glow up for deletion???!!!

--Les Paul Maniac (talk) 11:37, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you for apologizing
In particular, comments like Joshua's are disturbing to me in this scenario. He does not understand my reasoning because he, and nobody else, asked me. Everyone has to sit around and talk with eachother about what I must have been thinking, and then decide that I must have been wrong. Why couldn't they just ask me? They might see my side, or vice-versa. Pity, this.  Jerry  talk ¤ count/logs 02:59, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Fred Toucher
Perfectly reasonable query. This was an article about a local shock jock, apparently a sort of third-rate Howard Stern wannabe. The only source (other than his own websites) was a single local newspaper article about the show he's on (which still has its own article[!]), and a link to a lawsuit against him by another DJ. I saw nothing that came across to me as any assertion of notability for this guy. (In the interest of full disclosure: when I deleted this article, he and/or his partner denounced the fact on the air, and his followers repeatedly vandalized my userpage and talkpage with the kind of witty repartee you might expect. Oddly enough, this did not make me love him all the more.) There has been no mention of a deletion review to this point. -- Orange Mike  |   Talk  13:43, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * If you really think this guy is notable somehow, there's nothing shameful about having a deletion review; it's a healthy and wholesome check on administrators' fallible decisions. I still don't see the alleged notability; he's like a weatherman or other local media "personality," famous only in his small circle. If anything, I'm surprised nobody has nominated his show's article for deletion as non-notable. -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  13:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

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Hello!
Can i ask why you're not my mentor anymore? -- Crea m y! Talk 01:01, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you...
...for defending my user page in my absence. :) Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? 15:11, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Rfb participation thanks
Hi, GlassCobra.

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your both your early and strong support, as well as your keeping tabs on the page (yes, I noticed :D ) -- Avi (talk) 16:17, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Closing a CfD discussion
Hi GlassCobra. I would like to close an old CfD discussion, but as the result was delete, I am apparently not permitted. Could you help out? This is the CfD discussion: Category:Barbarians. The discussion is 6 days old, with 8 for delete, 3 for rename and 1 for keep. Thanks. —Aryaman (Enlist!) 20:49, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Update: The creator of the category (the 1 keep vote) has recently agreed to have it (as well as the other 'Barbarian'-related pages) deleted. Please close the discussion when you get the chance. Thanks! —Aryaman (Enlist!) 14:00, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

adopt
adopt me please. Wikieditor222 (talk) 20:37, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

WBOSITG's RfA
 Hello GlassCobra, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in my RfA which was passed with a final tally of 114/10/4. I'm both shocked and honoured to gain so much support from users whom I admire and trust, and I hope I can avoid breaking that backing by being the best administrator I possibly can. I will take on board the opposition's comments and I hope to improve over the coming months and years. Once again, thank you!  weburiedoursecrets inthegarden  20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

My RfA
Hi GlassCobra, I wanted to say thank you for supporting my request for adminship, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk  23:02, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

New sock category
We'll have to start one for this latest political vandal.  Enigma  message 23:36, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

George W. Bush vandal
Is there a way to hard block the IP of the vandal --CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 23:45, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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RFA thanks
Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. I’ll do my best to continue being a net positive to the project, and I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 13:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Ditto!
, just a note of appreciation for your recent support of my request for adminship, which ended successfully with 112 supports, 2 opposes, and 1 neutral. If there's something I've realized during my RFA process this last week, it's that adminship is primarily about trust. I will strive to honour that trust in my future interactions with the community. Many thanks! Gatoclass (talk) 06:26, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Editing on page Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya or HEMU
Sudhirbhargava (talk) 11:51, 17 May 2008 (UTC)Helllo,

You have deleted about a thousand bytes from the above page,about a couple of hours ago,though I am giving all the citations along with the write-ups.Today itself,earlier salilb had deleted some 5000 bytes from the page, saying citations are biased or the books mentioned are biased,so these sentences cannot be put on wikipedia.

During last four months,since I started preparing this page,I searched lot of books on HEMU, to put material on wikipedia.His photograph was searched and put. But the way material is deleted without assigning any reason or without informing the writer,despite putting all the citations makes me wonder how wikipedia can maintain quality.If there were some objections to any material,atleast writer should be informed before deletions.I agree there could be some difference of opinions on contents.Almost 90% of the write-up is by me on this page,and the write-up is only 60% complete yet.More material is to be added,for which I hold all citations.This is rare material,and can be put,once the discrepencies in the present write-up are removed.

If 6000 bytes are removed from the page,from different chapters what remains of an write-up?

I'll wait for your communication,before proceeding further.

sudhirbhargava
 * Hi!  Your last edit on this page, reverting  "Victories like Nepoleon" to "Second battle of Panipat" is creating confusion on page. Fact is that this section has nothing connected to Second battle of Panipat.It deals with Hemu's victories in entire north india from Bengal to Agra only.Then is his victory over Delhi,and next will come Second battle of Panipat. Para concerning Second battle of Panipat is further down below. You'll see two paras on this page regarding Panipat,in fact three--one is an external link.This is quite confusing for a visitor to this page.The appropriate heading for this para is the old one,reverted by you.Please check.
 * --117.198.129.161 (talk) 09:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

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Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya
Hellow! , 1) You edited above page and introduced a section, "Victories against Mughals". Please note that this chapter has nothing related to Mughals. The victories mentioned in this chapter were against the Afghan rebels,only Agra was under Akbar's rule.Upper half of the chapter deals with the many victories Hemu had over Afghan rebels. The second para deals with his victories like Nepoleon, like "he came,he saw,he won". I again suggest that the best title for this section will be "His Victories like Nepoleon".In fact this title was not given by me, some body else had mentioned it. But now this seems most appropriate. Please do the needful.

2) Size of alphabets of the title 'Victory over Akbar's forces in Delhi'has to be enlarged a bit.They look smaller.

3) Please advise for how long the tag 'neutrality of subject matter' will remain disputed.In the present case 25% of the page or about 6250 bytes have been deleted, but still the entire page remains disputed.What is the use of such massive deletions,despite all citations,if the write-up remains disputed. And like Salilb suggests,that some historians should be associted, how much time do you think it will take to clear this page from all kind of disputes?

--117.198.129.251 (talk) 16:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

adoption
hi i need to be adopted and i saw you where adopting so can you adopt me?  Electrical Experiment  00:01, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * nvm Electrical Experiment ''' 20:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: Deletion of Cuthbert Blanedale Frunk
I've restored the article (everything since July 4 after it was deleted the first time). I have no problem with restoring deleted PROD articles. - Rjd0060 (talk) 16:02, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello!
How are you? I'M doing super and you? -- Crea m y! Talk 19:45, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks so much for your support in myRfA, which closed successfully this morning. TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 19:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

User situation
Hi GlassCobra. I wanted to ask you about something. Do you see any problems with this user creating a new account, or wanting to "delete" his current one, because of some mistakes he made? I've been talking with another user about this here and here. Do you agree that it would be fine for him to create another account if he really wants to, as long as there's no negative intentions? Thanks for the insight. --Jamie S93  16:30, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. :) Yes, he's still using his original username at the moment. Another user, Deepak D'Souza, recently gave him some specific recommendations on what to do, and he agreed with the ideas and wanted to know how to continue with this sort of plan. So that's the current state of that situation. I'd appreciate your opinion on this, thanks again. :) --Jamie S93  20:00, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Template:User Crackdown
Sorry about that, and yeah, it can be deleted. Cheers, --SamB135 (talk) 03:20, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

There is something...
Since you've seen my templates (I'm wishing there was a Image:Embarrasment|10000px, right now.) and you know I like to fight vandalism, (Click here if you want to see what I mean.) I was interested in 'TWINKLE'. So I copied the text into the proper place (I can't remember the name of it) but all it did was show the text after I pressed save page and refreshed my browser. (Mozilla) Nothing really happened and I've heard the application can be quite useful and all of the 'Bugs and problems' in the Wikipedia:TWINKLE haven't helped so far, so any Information would be a help, Cheers --SamB135 (talk) 03:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I've just realised that I'm supposed to put this on the Twinkle Talk page. Probably happened because of long hours on Wikipedia. My nickname should be Wikiholic... --SamB135 (talk) 03:46, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks....
for the vote of confidence on my RFA. I hope I will still be able to keep everything in order, as you put it, as I try out these new buttons! Thanks again.--Slp1 (talk) 22:00, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

POV tag on Jackie Mitchell (baseball player)
You added cleanup and pov tags on the Jackie Mitchell (baseball player) article but neglected to detail your concerns on the talk page. Could you provide specifics there so that we can improve the article ? Which sentences or sections seem to violate the neutral point of view principle ? Thanks. Ronald Joe Record (talk) 23:06, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Quick Question
I'm having a bit of trouble posting images- it shows a link, but the picture itself doesn't show up. Is there something I'm missing? Paragon of Arctic Winter Nights (talk) 16:19, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
For reverting the vandals on I's ownorz's page. :)--Bfigura&#39;s puppy (talk) 05:37, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

WP time
This is because my account was created on July 14, 2006, though I've only been actively editing since January 2008 (starting right around the first "hello world" entry). As such the RfA nom really only addressed my "active" time (I did do a bit of work back in 2006, but nothing major). Hope that clears up the confusion =). xenocidic (talk) 14:43, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

POV tag on Allan Cox (author)
You added POV and notability tags to Allan Cox (author). I would appreciate some guidance on addressing your concerns.

To the best of my knowledge, I reviewed the pertinent guidelines before writing this entry and made every effort to abide by them.

I thought that I had in fact provided appropriate references and support for the material, although much of it is not available in electronic form. I do have hard copies of the materials I used and can make scans of it available. Is it a problem with the way in which I referenced the material?

As for your concerns that the style reads like an ad, can you identify the particular points where you feel this to be the case? I modeled this biography on several others that I considered comparable (e.g. Don Tapscott, Alan Kay). I'm happy to work on addressing your concerns, but need some more specifics to do so.

Mcgeej (talk) 23:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

BRC
Thanks for bringing that to my attention; having ranted, I feel better now. I'm okay with whatever happens, but I think I benefited from stiffening my backbone just a bit and hope others do too. Accounting4Taste: talk 03:20, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

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Giggy/DHMO RfA

 * You said: " I have also seen the evidence that east718 has brought up regarding disclosure of personal information. However, I cannot ignore the fact that this was in retaliation to some of the most voracious canvassing by opposers that the RfA process has ever seen, more than likely. I have discussed it with Wikipedians whom I respect, and I do not believe that it should derail this RfA at this time."
 * if the accusations are true, will you change your !vote?
 * Are you open to recall?
 * Are the people you asked for guidance admins, and if so, are they open to recall?
 * there is no excuse for intentionally divulging personal info. None. Ever.
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 * You cannot recall administrators because they disagree with your analysis of a situation. Seriously... Daniel (talk) 01:14, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

rfa thanks!
hey, thanks for participating in my recent RFA and suggesting that i have an appropriate level of clue. to perhaps reinforce this cluefulness, take a look at my in-depth RFA analysis where I address the concerns that were brought up. i've also left some thank spam for you below! cheers, xenocidic (talk) 13:21, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 13 2. Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through admin coaching).
 * Thank you for your support

To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).

To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)

Sincerely,

~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Editing on the page Samrat Hem Chandra Vikramaditya
Hi !, You have changed the subtitle 'Victories like Napoleon' to 'Victories against Mughals', once again. As I pointed out earlier also the victories mentioned in this para were not against Mughals but were against Afghan rebels, so your title remains factually incorrect.

Secondly, I wonder what are the objections on naming this para as 'Victories like Napoleon'. You'll find in references, there is a book 'Hemu - the Napoleon of medieval India' which describes in details Hemu's victories during three years from 1553-56. You find details on style and approach of Napoleon and Hemu in wars and their similarities in victories. For this reason, I have put the title 'Victories like Napoleon'. This is the second time this sub-title has been changed. Also POV tag which was removed after months has been put again despite so many references on the page. This is like spoiling a well written page which has only varifiable facts. Such frequent editings have left this page unfinished as I expected comments from some historians or administrators themselves. Any body who puts tags on varifiable facts must give references also.

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Mfd's
Ahh, thanks! didnt know that :). <b style="color:#D3D3D3">Ir</b><b style="color:#A9A9A9">on</b><b style="color:#808080">ho</b><b style="color:#696969">ld</b><b style="color:#000">s</b> 16:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)