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Flowerparty ■ 23:50, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Image for deletion
Hi. An image you uploaded Image:Sugar_Cookie.jpg was listed for deletion. No objections were raised, and it is now eligible for deletion. It seems, however, that you were not notified of its listing. Because it is an image of a common item that any editor can take a picture of, we should not be hosting this copyrighted image on our servers. You may want to review any other images you have uploaded to see if they match the guidelines of Fair use, and add them to your watchlist so that you will know if they have been altered. Thanks. Jkelly 04:42, 26 November 2005 (UTC)


 * I now notice that you are, in fact, the nominator. Nevermind, and good luck with your editing.  Jkelly 05:00, 26 November 2005 (UTC) (feeling a little silly)


 * That's okay, thanks :-) I Am Ri¢h 14:41, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support!
Heres a thank you note! Its for you! It indicates my happiness! If my RfA passes I will do good things! Fight vandals! Revert their damage! Close out backlogged stuff! Can't wait! So, Thanks! Hamster Sandwich 14:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC) (PS. I have never intentionally, or by act of omission harmed any hamsters)


 * You're Welcome, I'm glad to hear of your goals and your determination, something that I think all Administrators need. Hope you become an administrator.

I Am Ri¢h!  The Bank /E-Mail  (UTC)

BD2412's RFA
Although my RfA is not over yet, I figured that since so many people (ahem) voted before it had been posted, I may as well start thanking people before it wraps up. Thank you for your rich support - I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 04:54, 7 December 2005 (UTC)


 * You're welcome man :-D. Now I really hope you win for mentioning my richness ;-) I Am Ri¢h!  My Rich Contributions/My Wealthy Talk (UTC)
 * Thanks again! BD2412  T 22:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Fair use on talk page
Image:Lil' Dub Cheiflin.jpg is not fair use on your user page. Read the following:

then read Fair use, specifically this bullet point:
 * The material should only be used in the article namespace. They should never be used on templates (including stub templates and navigation boxes) or on user pages. They should be linked, not inlined, from talk pages when they are the topic of discussion. Because "fair use" material is not copyright infringement on Wikipedia only when used for strictly encyclopedic reasons, their use in other contexts is likely copyright infringement.

70.94.235.141 04:38, 14 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Then say it before you start making edits to my user page please. Thanks, I Am Ri¢h!  My Rich Contributions /My Wealthy Talk  (UTC)

Gorillaz cleanup
I changed it back to the more general cleanup tag, as apart from copyediting (which you put in first) it also needs references and to avoid weasel words, as I explained on the article's talk page. The tag you put in second was also inappropriate, as wikifing is putting in wikimarkup (e.g. using square bracets for links, double/triple apostrophies for italics/bold, etc.) which is already done. --Fritz S. (Talk) 22:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, fair enough. Although as the template suggests, it should be more specific. -- I  Am   Ri¢h!  22:58, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, but to be more specific one would have to add two or three different tags instead of the one general one, and I thnk that would look kinda messy. --Fritz S. (Talk) 23:17, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, now I understand. -- I  Am   Ri¢h!  23:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Baseball on Wikicities
Hi I.M. Rich, Googie Man here - I wanted to ask you something as a fellow baseball fan and Wikipedia. Jimbo and Angela have made a new webstie called Wikicities. This link in particular will take you to the baseball Wikicity. As you'll see it's similar to Wikipedia, but my hope is this will allow baseball fans to do more and different things, like reporting on games, in depth statistics, create mulitple pages for pictures, and whatever else baseball fans care to create. You've done such great work on Wikipedia I was hoping you could help me get this baseball Wikicity off the ground. Please let me know what you think either at my talk page, or you can email me at terry@wikia.com. Thanks!  Googie Man ( Talk), 19:51, 4 January 2006.

US Collaboration of the week
You have voted for Transportation in New York City on WP:USCOTW. It was selected to be this week's winner. You are invited to contribute to improve Transportation in New York City in any way you can. Cmadler 13:28, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Participant alert regarding Wikiproject on Advertising
The Wikiproject No Ads, created as a backlash against the Answers.com deal, has served an important function in providing a space for users to express their disagreement with the Foundation proposal. While the current controversies about userboxes raise questions about political and social advocacy on Wikipedia, there should be greater flexibility regarding advocacy about Wikipedia in the Wikipedia namespace. Reported and linked by Slashdot and other press sources as a unique and spontaneous occurence in Wikipedia history, it has apparently had some impact as, despite being scheduled to begin in January, not a peep has been heard about the trial and proposed sponsored link since the deal's controversial announcement months ago. Currently, however, there is an attempt to delete the project or move it off Wikipedia altogether. Since the Foundation has provided no additional information and has not attempted to answer the specific questions that participants in the project raised, it is unclear if the Answers.com deal has been abandoned or simply delayed. Until the situation becomes more clear, I believe the group should still have a place in the Wikipedia namespace. Sincerely, Tfine80 00:21, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

June Meetup in New York
Hi, I noticed you are characterized as a New Yorker so perhaps you might be in the NYC area in June. If you are interested we are having a meetup for Wikipedians in June in NYC. Take a peek at this and please tell any other Wikipedians that you think might be interested in participating about this event. Thanks. Alex756 02:25, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

NYCT Bus Route Infomation
I noticed that you reverted my edit to Fresh Pond Bus Depot. So, I'm guessing that you're sticking pretty strictly to what's given, say, on the back of the bus maps and such? No one could argue against the fact that the Q58 runs on Grand Avenue for a very significant distance, and I've never understood why only Fresh Pond Road and Corona Avenue are given as major roads for that route. There would be no reason not to include it, unless&mdash;I presume&mdash;you're sticking exclusively to official documentation? &mdash;Larry V (talk) 01:01, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree and I am using official guidelines. The reason why I'm strict by this is because I don't want the pages I worked hard on making becoming unfactual and messy, but if you want to you can make street edits, as long as it's not a street that's obviously not a major part of the route. [[Image:Myscreenshot.jpg|20px]] I   Am   Ri¢h!  01:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Seventh Avenue (BMT Brighton)
Regarding the infobox at Seventh Avenue (BMT Brighton Line): I do agree that the way in which the number of tracks is represented in the infobox is a little weird, but I feel compelled to have it that way because of articles like 51st Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line), which count tracks on other levels. The joint IRT/BMT Flatbush Avenue tunnel is just far more complex than these others. &mdash; Larry V (talk) 04:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

71st Avenue
Okay, first, please stop editing all these articles involving 71st Avenue; you're screwing up edit histories and creating double redirects all over the place. (I apologize, brief moment of frustration, forgive me.)

Second, the policy at WP:NYCS states that the article names should reflect the most commonly-used name for each station&mdash;not necessarily the MTA's "official" name. (Which name is "official" is often highly debatable anyway, depending on the particular references one uses.) However, anyone who takes Queens Blvd trains knows that 71-Continental is the most common way to reference that station; I know of almost no one who refers to it simply by "71st Avenue." Even the conductors announce "71st-Continental."

Also, see Naming conventions (common names): "We want to maximize the likelihood of being listed in external search engines, thereby attracting more people to Wikipedia. For example, the pagename is Jimmy Carter and not 'James Earl Carter, Jr.'; the string 'Jimmy Carter' in the page title make it easier to find: search engines will often give greater weight to the contents of the title than to the body of the page. Since 'Jimmy Carter' is the most common form of the name, it will be searched on more often, and having that exact string in our page title will often mean our page shows up higher in other search engines."

Since most people call it 71-Continental, most search queries are highly likely to include the term "Continental," thus making it important to have it as part of the article name. &mdash; Larry V (talk) 03:19, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I know I was wrong for my outburst, hence my crossing out the offending comment and apologizing. Again, I'm sorry.


 * I used to have that sort of mentality about article naming, that the title should be the "real" station name (in my case, whatever was signed in the station) and that other possibilities should be redirected. However, I have since come to realize that it is important for the pages to be actually named what people most commonly use, for the reason quoted above from Naming conventions (common names).


 * And again, I apologize profusely. Those kinds of outbursts aren't my thing, usually. &mdash; Larry V (talk) 04:45, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Wiki Breaks

 * Wiki-star: I don't know of any pages on Wikipedia without a break, because they just make an article more organized. So i would say no, theres almost no good article without a page break. Wiki-star 05:58, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I think he means wiki-vacation. See Wikiholiday for more info. --Harryboyles 06:20, 13 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Ah, already answered above (Wikiholiday)--also posted at help desk question. --Fuhghettaboutit 06:43, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Staten Island Technical High School
If you've got the reference for the claim about perfect Regents etc., please put it in the article. It's not my job to find a reference you obviously know the location of for a claim you inserted into the article. And it would help to expand the claim to explain what a "perfect Regents rate" is - does every student take all the Regents exams and get 100% on them? That would certainly be unusual enough to include in the article, and doubtful enough to require a citation. RossPatterson 16:23, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Please don't just delete the citation needed tag, add the reference to the article. I've restored the tag. RossPatterson 01:39, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I understand now, we're talking past each other. You added the name of the reference material to the References section after you reverted my first addition of the tag.  I was looking at yesterday's change to see the citation, and there wasn't one.  It's the difference between listing references and citing the use of them.  I've added the citation.  Sorry for the mixup. RossPatterson 13:52, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

You're incorrect. See my edit summary. - CrazyRussian talk/email 12:36, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Nope, he's right. Check out page 14 of "Choosing a High School - Information for Middle School Students" http://www.nycenet.edu/NR/rdonlyres/0A6E50ED-69B6-40C3-AE06-6EB5D76BEBD0/11571/ChoosingaHS2006FinalEnglish.pdf.  There are some inconsistencies in the booklet, but that page lists all 10 schools (9 by exam plus LaGuardia by audition). RossPatterson 01:36, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, I found it, and moved it to make the link go blue. The article is crap! - CrazyRussian talk/email 02:39, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Please remove the picture from your signature per WP:SIG. - CrazyRussian talk/email 02:43, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Images in sig piss some people off, including me, but it's not my aesthetic sensibilities you should worry about - it's the unnecessary server problems signature photos create, per WP:SIG. - CrazyRussian talk/email 03:01, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/email 03:03, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Q60
No no, you read my comment wrong ... I know that the Q60 doesn't terminate in Jamaica, I just felt that it was a really specific detail that was maybe too specific for its context, which is general Jamaica transportation information. &mdash; Larry V (talk) 21:53, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Do you want to explain these
Settle down on your edit summaries and get rid of the hate message against gays on your userpage  -- Samir  धर्म 03:14, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * It was not a hate message towards gays, maybe I should rephrase it... -- I  Am   Ri¢h!  03:45, 13 August 2006 (UTC)