User talk:HGB/Archive

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question about speedy deletions
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Diablo Canyon
That's fine, although PG&E also calls it Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, like here. They often take out the nuclear, probably because of the negative connotations. Also, there are about twice as many Google results with nuclear, but that doesn't mean it is correct. It should be fine as long as one redirects to the other. -- Kjkolb 03:10, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
I just wanted to thank you, for the welcome. LEC20 23:45, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

And thank you for welcoming new users. It's a friendly thing to do! I was just about to give some pointers to a new editor and found you already had done it, boosting the community feel twice in edit. --William Pietri 23:59, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

Joseph Allen Wood
The Joseph Allen Wood situation is far from a case of biting the newbie. Within momemnts of my AfDing his articles (deservedly so, as has been borne out), Wood used multiple sock-puppets to vandalize my user page, and the user pages of those that reverted his vandalism. His vandalism included the use of racial slurs. On the JAW AfD, he openly admits to, and condones, using those sock-puppets. All the sock-puppets have been banned indefinitely. Joseph Allen Wood has been banned for a month. His edits, when not blatant vandalism that he knows was innapropriate, were vanity-related. This is far from biting the newbie: this is more of Wikipedia fighting back against a spiteful vandal who may have started out with good intentions, but willfully became a destructive user. See a breakdown of sock-puppets here: Account suspensions/Joseph Allen Wood. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 01:17, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

&#123;{foreignchar}} vandalism
I've added sockpuppet templates to the user pages of all the foreignchar vandal accounts I know of, to make it easier to keep track of them. They currently link to User:Diacrit and Category:Wikipedia:Suspected sockpuppets of Diacrit, but that can be changed if and when someone finds out who the real user behind all these sockpuppets is. I'd suggest centralizing discussion of these vandal accounts to User talk:Diacrit. —Ilmari Karonen (talk) 13:38, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for welcoming new users to Wikipedia :-) --HappyCamper 01:53, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Ditto from me. Garydave 21:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for the Welcome!
I got just the opposite from someone else who was quick to point out to me that independent thought or observations of what one saw were not what this site is about.

To use cut and paste to populate this site may be something that some people would like to do or would like to see what others did might be fine. That is not all that I am looking for.

I am looking for what other people see when they look at something. If everyone sees and understands what they see the way I do, then I will only be helped by those who have seen something that I have not. If we all must understand what we see the same way, the first person to to see it will decide what it is that was seen, explain it to the rest of us who have not seen it yet, and growth with be where?

I made 2-3 posts which were immediatly removed by a person who was a self-identified Socialist. I am a Capitialist with an obervation of what a Capitialist 'really is', and he promptly told me that my observation was different, and that I understood it differently, and that since others, including himself did not see it that way, that my post was (1) Not 'neutral', 'correct', in agreement with other people, 'not previously publishe', and not acceptable.

I also told him that I would 'move on'.

I would appreciate your thoughts on the above.

Ken 21:45, 4 December 2005 (UTC)Kendaniel

Thanks You !!
Hi ! Thanks for the warm welcome to Wikipedia ! I'm very glad to be here. Thanks for the advice on the four tildes!! Seandals 07:54, 12 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 20:31, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Alhutch's RfA
Dear HGB,

I'm an administrator, and I've got you to thank for it! Thanks to your support, my RfA passed 25/0. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can help you with anything. See you around the wiki, :-) Alhutch 06:11, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

SoLando's RFA
Hi HGB, thank you for voting in support of my RFA; the result was (28-0-0 ). I hope that I am able to fulfil the expectations of an admin. If you see me mess up anywhere, have any concerns, please don't hesitate to tell me! Take care. SoLando (Talk) 11:00, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!
Many thanks for your support during my RfA – following a 30/0/0 vote I’ve now been made an admin. Do have a Jaffa Cake! Cheers, CLW 14:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

My recent rfa
Dear HGB, I wanted to thank you for your support during my recent RfA. :) --Syrthiss 22:27, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!
'''Thanks for voting on my RfA! The final result was (36/1/2), so I'm now an administrator! Thank you so much, and happy wiki-ing! Mo0 [ talk ] 06:48, 17 December 2005 (UTC)'''

My RFA
I'd like to extend thanks to yet another three-letter name that supported my 64-2 bid for adminship. &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  07:13, 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 20:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Another RFA thanks
Hi HGB, 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) 10:30, 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 07:46, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support on my RfA
The request was successful! Thank you again for your support! I couldn't have gotten to where I am now with your support! If you need anything, please feel free to let me know! -- Joe Beaudoin Jr. Think out loud 03:37, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

my RfA
HGB, thanks for your support on my RFA. I was rather suprised at the overwhelming support I received. Thank you for your confidence in me. I hope that I'll live up to your expectations in the future as well. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 04:38, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for the Welcome!
I have some things that I believe I have seen in the real world that I sometimes wonder if others have also seen. I would like to get their thoughts. If we have to find someone else who has seen it, written on it in a place where we have found it in order to talk about it, to discuss it here, then do you have a suggestion as to where I might go to talk about issues of interest and what I have found. Thank you for your good work and the support you give those of us who are not so sofisticated. Ken 08:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC)Kendaniel

ArbCom election
Thanks for your vote in the ArbCom elections. My "reluctance to run" seems to have weighed heavier in your mind than in mine, so I just want to give you a slightly fuller explanation (I wanted to keep to 250 words in the opening statement). The reluctance was, as I said, because ArbCom is likely to be an arduous duty and will take away from the time I'm able to spend writing articles. It isn't because I am in any way equivocal about wanting to serve on ArbCom. I enjoy the practice of weighing the evidence and trying to reach consensus, and feel that serving on ArbCom I would be making a very positive contribution to Wikipedia. It occurs, however, that your reference to this may be a polite way of hiding a serious objection concerning how I might behave on ArbCom, and if this is so then I apologise for taking your time. David | Talk 09:18, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Many thanks for taking the time to change your vote, which is much appreciated. David | Talk 00:29, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Comments needed
Hi, I recently drafted out the page for Kuala Belait. Although this isn't the first page I've edited on the wiki (that would be East Malaysia, nor the first one that I've added substantial infomation (that would be Royal Brunei), this is the first page where I've removed a "stub" notice. I'd appreciate if you could have a look at it and provide some feedback... and let me know if it was justified for me to remove the notice.  Thanks in advance.  --Novelty 13:21, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

candidate statement makes case for being on medcom rather than being an arbitrator
Ouch. Traditionally, the arbitration committee often takes up good mediators of the year before, so I didn't think my work on mediation would speak against me.

While I do have a standing invitation to join the mediation committee, mediation is fixed-ish now, so it makes more sense to work on arbitration.

Does that seem reasonable? Kim Bruning 20:39, 18 January 2006 (UTC)