User talk:J.delanoy/Archive 7

July 1, 2008 &mdash; July 31, 2008

Archiving
Sorry, its been a long day, and i am not usually this absent minded when trying to create such simply pages. Thanks for the help. I'm going to stop tinkering with the archive pages (all of them) before I screw something else up. Thanks for your help. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:13, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright then, I trust whoever looks at the pages will get them sorted out. Thanks for the help. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:19, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * An admin has sorted out the problem, just as you asked. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:01, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Bot pre-proposal discussion
Since you expressed interest: Pre-proposal for redlink-removing bot - Pseudomonas(talk) 13:23, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Installed
OK its installed but nothings changed? Hmm. — Realist 2  ( Who's Bad? ) 14:40, 1 July 2008 (UTC)



sry my mistake
i r in a cats u? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.203.139.170 (talk) 16:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

A More Perfect Union
There is no doubt that the speech is more sought after than the book (http://stats.grok.se/en/200806/A_More_Perfect_Union_(Speech) vs http://stats.grok.se/en/200806/A More Perfect Union: Advancing New American Rights). The question is whether more people who enter that phrase are looking for the Preamble to the United States Constitution for which it is the stated first objective. I guess a move would be O.K., but is there a way to see the clickthroughs on the preamble link?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * You can get some outside opinion and expert advice by proposing this at WP:RM. I am not really sure what the right thing to do is.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 01:21, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for fixing my page.--Greg D. Barnes (talk) 01:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I just got vandalized again! What the hell!--Greg D. Barnes (talk) 01:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I mean it, if I get vandalized again, I'll gladly accept semi-protection.--Greg D. Barnes (talk) 01:46, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

May I request semi-protection please???!!!--Greg D. Barnes (talk) 02:03, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

table
thx 4 the help with the table 76.215.109.166 (talk) 03:25, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Rollback
Thanks for mentioning Rollback, it certainly sounds useful. I'll definitely request it.

Thanks again, Fieldday-sunday (talk) 13:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Requested assistance
Hi. :) In the turn-about is fair play category, I'd like to ask you if you'd mind looking at a copyright problem I'm having trouble investigating here. I've cleared out everything except St. Agnes Catholic High School, and I can't get the listed sources to load. I don't know if this is a problem on my end. I'm not sure what I'm going to do if you can't get them to load, either. I tried searching wayback with no luck. I know that you're not online atm, but this is not urgent. When you can. :D --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:56, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I don't mean it to consume too much of your time. But I can't address the copyvio if I can't see the source, and you were the first person I thought to ask for assistance. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:14, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Enormously! Thank you so much for your time! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:40, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Professionalism and notability
Hey, I remember you from before and you seem pretty knowledgeable, so I have a question. In the matter of professional reviews for music albums and posting the reviews on articles, does Wikipedia look for professionalism, or reviewer notability? If you know a link pointing in either direction, please provide, I can't find any. If not, just give me your opinion, please. dude527 (talk) 21:01, 2 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks much! The discussion we were having was if a Rolling Stone review should be taken out of an article because it seems "unprofessional".  Then we got into a whole discussion about notability being more important then professionalism on Wikipedia, and the other user was arguing that professionalism is more important.  Rolling Stone is a very notable source and should be on the article, regardless of the professionalism.  Thank you for your opinion again, and I will read the link you provided.  dude527 (talk) 22:58, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

July 2008
Hello, I have been editing on wikipedia for a good while and I was wondering how my edit was not helpful? Thank you. Ehccheehcche (talk) 01:41, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmmm... no, you did the right thing. I was trying to revert that sentence but when I got to edit it, I couldn't find it... I think I made a mistake somehow. Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ehccheehcche (talk • contribs) 01:51, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Re. Since you're on now...
Your talk page is now move-protected. Keep up the good work. :-) Regards, Hús  ö  nd  02:16, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Mwahahaha you think you can fool me, the most diabolic creator of decoys for annoyingly fast vandalfighters on Wikipedia? For your information, I had already closed Huggle and was having a snack and watching crappy commercials on tv when your request came. But for your misery and despair, I'm hungry for vandals now. Back to work! :-) Regards, Hús  ö  nd  02:29, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

You said it...
...I couldn't agree more :) SWik78 (talk • contribs) 17:52, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

ab
Gah! Sorry. That was a big mistake! I'll be more careful in future. Sorry again! Best, PeterSymonds (talk)  18:54, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Are you sure?
? Knowledge Of Self  &#124;  talk  00:30, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Special:Contributions/68.79.115.235

Special:Contributions/68.79.123.131 Special:Contributions/68.79.91.174

I can give you more if you want. J.delanoy gabs adds 00:33, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Uh huh, but you listed CBW as a sockpuppet, that user is a long standing admin. That is the clarification I am searching for. Knowledge Of Self  &#124;  talk  00:35, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh. My. God, I'm SO SORRY!!!! I reverted vandalism on CWB's talk page, and I must have clicked the wrong diff. I'm so used to Huggle where it won't let you report people on its whitelist see Special:Contributions/J.delanoy. Holy. Crap. Wow. How do I go about to rectify this? J.delanoy gabs adds  00:38, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * (ec)It's alright, I'm sure CBW will understand, from my dealings with him he's a pleasant user, who won't take it to heart. But if you really feel that bad about it you can leave that message above at CBW's talk page. Knowledge Of Self  &#124;  talk  00:42, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

←Not my conversation, but you remove the report with a note of how you messed up in the edit summary. You report the actual vandal. You 'fess up to CBW and chuckle over it together. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:41, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * (Living up to my "talk page stalker" tag. :)) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:41, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Top notch advice of course, but I already removed it.
 * Sorry for jumping into your thread. :) I'm watching J's page from our conversation earlier today and noticed some dismay on his part. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 00:44, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * To KoS: I already did, and I made a null edit on AIV to set the history right.
 * To Mrg: Don't worry, I stalk your (and other people's) talk page all the time, so I guess its time I get a taste of my own medicine :/ J.delanoy gabs adds  00:46, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No worries Mrg, chime in as much as you like. :D And don't sweat it J, mistakes happen. I once reverted all of Singapore, with MasterRollback, and then blocked them longterm. :P Knowledge Of Self  &#124;  talk  00:49, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the reverts on my talk page. I've sent in a report on the IP but I guess a follow up is needed. Don't worry about the sockpuppet report, these things happen. It gave me a good chuckle. I'm on a speakerphone right now interviewing a lady for a teaching job and trying to keep up with the IP. Then I see the sockpuppet report. Now I'm trying not to laugh and have the poor woman think I'm laughing at her. Cheers. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 00:54, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Mistakes happen and there was no harm done. It's better to laugh about it rather than anything else, more humour (humor) less drama. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 01:19, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Valid Consensus
Here is the review in question

Please help us reach a valid consensus on the Rolling Stone section of Indestructible's talk page. This user is, frankly, not willing to give this up, at all, the argument about whether the review by The Rolling Stone belongs in the article or not. The argument first started as me finding reasons for it to stay, but after you sent me a couple links, he is now trying to twist those a little, such as trying to make it seem as though reviews should be factual-based, and not opinion. I don't know, I think this review should stay here because it's listed in section of reliable reviews for Wikipedia, it meets the criteria for being a reliable source (although, it did get one fact wrong, but I already stated, reviews are supposed to be opinion), and it passes the album review section as well.

Now his argument is quite different. He says that, because the review is written unprofessionally (it takes a few personal cuts at the band), it should be taken down. He also says that one sentence from the reliable sources section insinuates this as well. Here is that sentence: "Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy," and he says that the one fact that the review got wrong makes it fail those standards. He also states that, because of the way this sentence in the WP:Album is worded (Sentence is: "When choosing which reviews to include, consider the notability of the review source and keeping a neutral point of view."), it insinuates that notability is not important in choosing reviews, that it's simply another thing to consider, but not important.

I admit he forms a nice argument, but, surely, as this is reviewer is listed in the list of reliable reviewers, that should dispel the insinuations that it is unreliable.

I don't want you to run in and support me, off the bat. I want you to run in, read the comments previously made, and from those, form your own opinion, and then comment. Here's the page again. dude527 (talk) 12:35, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Happy Independence Day!
As you are a nice Wikipedian, I just wanted to wish you a happy Independence Day! And if you are not an American, then have a happy day and a wonderful weekend anyway! :) Your friend and colleague, --Happy Independence Day!   Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 00:33, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
For this - it's been a busy week :-) Cheers! Frank  |  talk  01:06, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

 * Thanks for reverting vandalism on my talk page. I appreciate it very much. What I appreciate even more is you reverting vandalism in articles. Thats more important because people look at articles for information, and not my talk page;-) Keep up the good work, and I hope to continue to see your name come up when I'm doing RC patrol:-) Cheers!--SJP Chat  20:28, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind comment:-) I didn't know you've noticed me, but I'm not shocked;-) I put lots of time into keeping wikipedia clean of vandalism, and I would be shocked if people didn't notice my work. How long have you been fighting vandalism on wikipedia?--SJP Chat  21:54, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I made my first edit on November 11, 2006. I became a serious editor in December of 2006. I was inactive when you came here though. I was inactive from late November until the middle of last month because I had to focus on school:-( Next year I hope to stay active:-) I'm glad you came to wikipedia:-D You're an asset to the project. Have a nice day!--SJP Chat  17:53, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Durn It!
You caught the copyvio only seconds before me! :P Lol. Should I report the username to UAA? - Warthog Demon  02:22, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm feeling devilishly bold so I believe I shall. :P (And by devilishly bold, I mean that in a good way. I don't mean I'm gonna vent my PASSIONATE hatred of black licorice on Today's featured article. :P And you know, I was wondering about we mark pages... :P - Warthog  Demon  02:29, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Praise!
I'd give you another kindness barnstar for helping me with the template stuff, but I've already done that. :) Just wanted to let you know that I've just used your modified template, and I appreciate it. Also that I'm glad to have you around. Nice to have colleagues who can do stuff and who are friendly and willing to help! :D --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:55, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * (P.S. I was going to smile at you, but given the strange, apparently pointless and potentially even insulting addition of ""All men are created equal, but ambition, or lack of it, soon separates them", I didn't. Looks like I'll be removing that template from my userpage!)

Thank you
for your welcome note. I'm a 'retired' contributor who now edits vandalism, anonymously. Cheers, 99.0.80.176 (talk) 01:05, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Understood. I accumulated something like 14,000 edits and a few barnstars and called it quits, but I still can't resist reverting vandalism, though under anonymous IPs. I appreciate your taking the time to send out the welcome message. It's good policy and sets a positive tone. 99.0.80.176 (talk) 01:13, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Posting roughly the...
...same thing on many user talk pages. header shortened so that the TOC doesn't take up half the page.

Hi. I wrote to all the people who voted keep here: .-- 87.28.126.85 (talk) 15:17, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

UP
Please see my userpage. Schfifty Three  19:39, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * It got approved. I got Huggle! Schfifty Three  20:48, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello! I'm still testing out Huggle, but I feel like updating the configuration in my huggle.css. How do I do that while using the program? Schfifty Three  22:50, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Celtic FC
Help fix the shirts on Celtic FC ,I don't know how.宁雨翔 (talk) 22:05, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

the t-shirts
do you NOT realize they look different,earlier in the afternoon ,the page was vandalised by rangers supporters,some of the mistakes have already been fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by YXN (talk • contribs) 22:20, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Your userpage ??????????
What's with your userpage. Licking chairs???? What happened?--Anfish (talk) 13:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh my goodness, I hate vandalism. Why do people even do it you know what I mean. It's pointless. Oh and sorry, I forgot to sign on my last comment.--Anfish (talk) 13:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

I suggest getting your userpage semi-protected. I looked at your page history and it said that an IP was the one who messed it up. If you do that non users won't be able to edit your page. That should stop some of the vandalism. On the other hand, I think it's kind of stupid how that IP user calls himself Mr.Vandal. That's just idiotic. Don't you think. --Anfish (talk) 14:01, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

It's your choice. I'm just giving a suggestion. Do what you want I'm not holding you back. --Anfish (talk) 14:10, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

No, My fault I'm sorry. I didn't mean the above comment in a negative way I'm just telling you to go with the flow. Make your own choices you know. You didn't do anything wrong. I have a problem with wording things in the right way. Well really let's drop this subject and get back to contributing. This is a waste of time right now. If you reply to this i won't be replying back for a while. Meet you later. --Anfish (talk) 14:15, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Heh
I cannot believe that I, non-scripted, non autmoated, oldman Keeper, have beaten you, Huggler extraordinaire, in reverting your very own userpage. Absolutely made my day. <font color="#21421E" face="comic sans ms">Keeper | <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">76  | <font color="#ff0000"> what's in a name?  15:33, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Please verify before reverting
Huggle is a great tool. However, when I edit a page to remove an advertisement, and in my edit summary I state "removed advert", that's EXACTLY what I was doing. Please do not revert like this again. <font style="color:#ffffff;background:black;">BMW <font style="color:#000000;background:white;">(drive) 16:47, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Huggle
I cannot view the edits by new contributors, i.e. those who have opened account, while using huggle. I can only view the edits bu anonymous IPs. Do you know how to view the edits by contributors with usernames?  Otolemur crassicaudatus  (talk) 16:59, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Vaca
Under other circumstances I would not have reverted/warned, but it was an active vandal. ... disco spinster   talk  03:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Nothing to apologize for! ... disco spinster   talk  03:02, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Dictator of ULTIMATE Awesome
User:Tiptoety has granted me, Beam the power of Dictator of ULTIMATE Awesome. This is simply an announcement for now. More details on my powers to come later. Beam 03:12, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Wasn't there an essay somewhere about don't tell people to try deleting the main page cause invariably, it'll happen? ;) <font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#2B0066">Shell   babelfish 08:35, 16 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Completely understandable and funny at the same time :) <font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#2B0066">Shell   babelfish 11:52, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

A Bit Short on Time
Hello J.delanoy. I'm a bit short on time recently and do not think I would be able to nominate you for adminship. However, if you wish to wait for me to be your nominator, I may become active again in September and October. Hope you are enjoying your summer!<i style="font-family:comic sans ms; color:purple;">¤~Persian Poet Gal</i> <sup style="color:purple;">(talk) 16:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Ha! I just came here to say that I've noticed your edits and think you're just about ready to go for RfA. I'd be willing to nominate you if you threw yourself into a bout of XfD work. If you're interested, I'll explain what I'm suggesting. --Dweller (talk) 21:19, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I had a brief look through your contribs and you look a good candidate. Your XfD work is weak, especially recently, and people will want to see evidence of this. I also want a bit more time digging in your contrib history to see if there's anything more you need (RfA is tough enough without going into it recklessly!). My suggestion currently is that I would nom you in the early days of August, if you've made an average of say 4 or 5 good (ie not "delete as nom" etc!) XfD contribs most days. To make it even stronger, I suggest you try to find new debates and aim to be the first contributor other than the nominator. Or find ones that are contentious and will be tricky for admins to call when it comes time to close them. Watchlist and return to the debates, and demonstrate your adminlike qualities - firmness, good debating, willingness to accept a good argument, politeness etc. The point is to help RfA !voters decide you're a good/bad candidate on the basis of actual recent work, rather than hunch. I might suggest some other things once I've dug into your contribs, so watch this space, but my first look was extremely promising, hence my original message. --Dweller (talk) 06:25, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * NB I don't mean non admin closures of AfDs. While it's good that you've done some of these, they won't have helped that much, because non admins are only supposed to do non contentious closes. --Dweller (talk) 12:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

And another task for you. I've begun really trawling your contrib history. It's clear that you're not really a content contributor, but more a vandal whacker. That's fine. The days when admins were required to have written an FA are long gone. However, I think it'd be good for you to be able to demonstrate that you understand what articles should be like in a positive manner, not just the negative (ie deletion process). A good way to do this is by chipping in at Peer Review. Have you spent much time at those pages? Have a look through some well developed reviews and let me know when you're ready for the next steps! --Dweller (talk) 12:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * A thought-provoking and refreshingly honest reply. I'll ponder it. --Dweller (talk) 14:26, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

OK, here's where I see it. I suggested doing some AfD and PR work, not to kid anyone that you're anything that you're not, but so people could be assured that you understand deletion process and (because you're not a content editor) encyclopedia work respectively. However, your response is admirable. If anything, I'm more convinced of your suitability for adminship for your reply. I think you'll probably incur some objections that you may not have done if you'd gone with my suggestion, but, goodness, I would hope that your splendid reply should earn you plenty of support. Not least for convincingly demonstrating that you're not "power-hungry"!

I've not really seen how your interactions with others are, as they're swamped with automated messages. If you've been level-headed, civil and communicative with others for at least the last good few months, I'm prepared to nominate you on Monday. --Dweller (talk) 15:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Yin and Yang? Lol. I was perusing WP:ER and spotted your name. I recalled a non admin closure you'd made of an AFD. So I started looking into you further, headed over here and was pleased to see that you were interested in becoming an admin. And yes, I'm English. I'll nominate you on Monday (my editing from Friday-Sunday inclusive is often patchy, usually non existent). Thanks for agreeing to go through with what is sometimes an unpleasant experience. You seem to have the right attitude and that's worth a bunch. --Dweller (talk) 15:44, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Message
You are very insensitive. If you think a terrorist should be called a militant your from a different planet. This man brutaly murdered a non-combatent family. What he did was a nazi act. Please consider at least calling him a terrorist. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yisrael77 (talk • contribs) 18:18, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

IP talk page reversion
No worries. I thought about reverting it all and protecting the page myself, but I guess he has the right to argue the block, same as everyone else. Tan     39  18:22, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

The Mana World
Thanks for your input. I'm curious to know what you think the AfD in general, as there's been a lot of back-and-forth on both sides. It's been a little crazy, but I'm doing my best to keep a level head. Cheers!  TN ‑ X - Man  19:52, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I've gotten involved with the discussion to some degree (if you hadn't noticed :)), so I'm interested to see what someone with a fresh opinion thinks. Cheers again.  TN ‑ X - Man  19:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Nomination for adminship
<div class="boilerplate metadata" id="rfa" style="margin: 0 5%; padding: 0 7px 7px 7px; background: #FFFAEF; border: 1px solid #999999; text-align: left; font-size:95%;"> Dweller would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Dweller to accept or decline the nomination. A page {{#ifexist:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/J.delanoy 2}|has been created|will then be created}} for your nomination at Requests for adminship/J.delanoy 2. If you accept the nomination, you must state and sign your acceptance. You may also choose to make a statement and/or answer the optional questions to supplement the information your nominator has given. Once you are satisfied with the page, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.
 * You have two new questions. Rudget   ( logs ) 16:30, 20 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi, J (? I don't know what to call you), I left a fairly rude message on your RfA that implied that your contributions here were not wanted which on reflection (and after being called on it, obviously) was a pretty nasty thing to say considering their volume and quality, and your obvious dedication to cleaning up the place. So hopefully you'll accept my apologies? Insofar as the opinion of a complete stranger on the (lack of) worthiness of your participation is relevant, I ~in no way~ think that you are not valued or needed here. Cheers, Naerii 02:36, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sweet. And no worries, I'm supporting because - well, I support almost everybody else, and a lot of them are just terrible. Naerii 15:00, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey friend! I haven't yet wished you good luck personally, so good luck! (And sorry I dropped by late) :) Malinaccier (talk) 01:30, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

My oppose
Hi J. Delanoy, I felt the nagging compulsion to drop you a note after I read your comment at your RfA's talk page : ) I hope you understand the rationale behind my oppose, and that it is absolutely not a reflection of you as an editor. In fact, you're work is valued, and your anti-vandalism is tenacious and impressive. However, I just feel uncomfortable supporting give my criteria. Cheers mate. And good luck with the RfA. <font color="#660000">Wisdom89  ( <font color="#17001E">T |undefined /  <font color="#17001E">C ) 20:26, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Your RFA
Best of luck for your RFA -- <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000"> Tinu  <em style="font-family:Kristen ITC;color:#ff0000">Cherian  - 07:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA
I think it's going pretty well, which is as you deserve. Hope you're OK. --Dweller (talk) 10:03, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Double Revert
Hey, just wondering if you could revert your waraning on my talk page that happened when we both reverted another article at the same time. I see you got your double revert there but it left the mistaken waraning on my talk page. Thanks.Ajh16 (talk) 15:54, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick fix. Hopefully I'll get added to the Huggle white-list soon and it will start popping up the confirmation box.  I think I'm comming up on the neccessary number of edits.Ajh16 (talk) 16:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * You're very welcome. I don't think it matters whether an admin is 18 or not, that's not what is important. What is important is how mature they are on the inside, which, after all the time I have spent with you on this project, is something you definately are. And you would clearly benefit from using the tools. Regards, <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS,sans-serif"> Lra drama 14:05, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

My oppose
That was actually only one reason. I will change it for you, but it will still be an oppose (albeit a weak one). I do so hope you do not take this as an attack on you personally, it's just that I have an unwritten criteria. <font style="color:white;background:#4682b4;font-family:sans-serif;"> Asenine   23:05, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I concede it was 5 months ago, but it's still a bit... odd. <font style="color:white;background:#4682b4;font-family:sans-serif;"> Asenine   23:09, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Your prod
Hey J, the RfA is looking good! Your prod of this should have been a speedy tag. See the deletion log for why I went ahead and deleted it. You might want to amend the message left to the user who created it so that they do not become confused. Cheers. Knowledge Of Self &#124;  talk  01:53, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * or g6 would have worked, especially if you had added a specific deletion reason such as the one I used. And you are welcome. ;)  Knowledge Of Self  &#124;  talk  02:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank god you said "I kid I kid" I was about to come here and treat you like a complete n00b as well as rescind my support at your RfA, citing this, which would have been a shit storm like few others! Do I kid? :P Knowledge Of Self  &#124;  talk  02:11, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Wanna laugh then read that! this :D Knowledge Of Self  &#124;  talk  02:26, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * (Made me laugh. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:06, 24 July 2008 (UTC))

Question about something entirely not Wiki
Hello, Person Who Knows Stuff®. Do you by any chance know how to tell somebody who doesn't Know Stuff how to clear out all the automatic fill-in edit summaries and whatnot? I know this is on my local computer, but I don't know where to go to wipe it. I hate to lose my useful edit summaries, but it'll be worth it to lose the "one time use only" ones. If it matters, I use Mozilla. And if this falls into the category of Stuff You Don't Know®, please don't sweat it. I'm not asking you to research it for me. I just figured if you happened to know off the top of your head, you could save me some time. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:06, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Tools -> Clear Private Data -> Make sure only "Saved Form and Search History" is checked. Yes I am so bored I answer questions posed to other people on talk pages I have watchlisted - sue me :(  naerii  13:08, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd rather thank you! Thank you, Other Person Who Knows Stuff®! :D --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:09, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Japanese categories
Many thanks for doing this. A shame our friend the creator didn't listen to the first request to change it 300 articles ago  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 20:26, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Just saw that you finished, J.d, terrific! Does AWD do text changes also?  Most of the articles that you just re-catted say "connecting between" instead of just "connecting".  Does AWB do that?  See also User talk:RushdimIDlike.  <font color="#21421E" face="comic sans ms">Keeper   <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">76  20:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

SUper stuff. I'll give you a bell in the future if I need anything. The only thing I can think of offhand is that the articles in Category:British films need the template adding to the foot of the page to connect the years in film and articles all together. It isn't urgent but it will need doing gradually. It could probably be done by AWB  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 20:31, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Your RfA
Well, it looks set fair, so I don't feel too guilty about sailing off into the sunset and leaving you to your fate. I look forward to shaking your en-broomed hand on my return. Well done. --Dweller (talk) 13:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Good luck!
Hello, J.delanoy. I'm just here to wish you good luck on your RfA. I'm very positive that it will turn out successful. Anyways, good luck! <font color="4169E1">Schfifty <font color="DC143C">Three 22:35, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

You're a sysop!
<font size="+1" color="yellow">Hi,, Congratulations on Becoming a Sysop! Hey there. I'm pleased to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator! You've volunteered to do housekeeping duties that normal users sadly cannot participate in. Sysops can't do a lot of stuff: They can't delete pages just like that (except patent nonsense like "aojt9085yu8;3ou"), and they can't protect pages in an edit war they are involved in. But they can delete random junk, block anonymous vandals, delete pages listed on articles for deletion for more than 5 days (provided there's a consensus), protect pages when asked to, and keep the few protected pages that exist on Wikipedia up to date.

Almost anything you can do can be undone, but please take a look at The Administrators' how-to guide and the Administrators' reading list before you get started (although you should have read that during your candidacy ;). Take a look before experimenting with your powers. Also, please add Administrators' noticeboard to your watchlist, as there are always discussions/requests for admins there. If you have any questions drop me a message at My talk page. Have fun! =Nichalp  «Talk»=   =Nichalp   «Talk»=  13:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Congrats!. (Now get that thing that says you are not a sysop off your talk page :). <font face="Monotype Corsiva" color="blue">Steve Crossin (talk) (contact page) 13:20, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * .... J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  13:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Let me add my congrats, I'm sure you will do an excellent job as an admin. Feel free to drop me a note if you need any questions answered. Best, Gwernol 13:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks! I was using the old Special:MakeSysop function al these years. Guess I'll have to switch over to special:userrights now. :) =Nichalp   «Talk»=  13:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Congratulations :) Take care with them!  naerii  13:33, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Whoot! :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:42, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, guys! Right now I playing around in the New Admin School. I'll be around with my RFA spam thankyous later... J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  13:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Congrats...here's your shirt! :-) Frank  |  talk  13:58, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * YEAH!!!!!!!!! The best part of becoming an admin!!! You know, I ought to go to one of those custom t-shirt websites and actually get a shirt that says that... J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  13:59, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Allow me to add my congrats, could really do with more admins like you! :) ——RyanLupin • (talk) 14:03, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Vote of Confidence I think you'll do great. Erik the Red  2 ( AVE · CAESAR ) 14:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Congrats J.d Seraphim&hearts;  Whipp  14:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Congrats! Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  14:29, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Congrats mate! where's my thankspammen?! – xeno  ( talk ) 14:31, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 14:32, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry I retained as a neutral, hopefully you understand. Good luck as administrator; if the support was anything to go by, you should be fine. Rud  get  14:42, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * About time. Tired of taking care of your sh*t in AIV. :-) Congrats! Tan      39  15:31, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! :-) —αἰτίας •'discussion'• 19:10, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful RfA! Do everything you're supposed to and nothing you're not! Make sure to check out the new admin school. Good luck and feel free to ask me if you have any questions. Glass  Cobra  19:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Many congratulations, utilise the mop well. :-) &mdash; Mizu onna sango15 Hello!  19:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Well done, I hope you don't get RSI sending thankyou messages, what with all those "support" (!)votes! -  Toon  05  19:54, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! =) <font face="Verdana"> sephiroth bcr ( converse ) 20:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats J, you'll be fine, just remember what we talked about the other day will ya? I'd also like to take this opportunity to give myself a plug! I hope you find it helpful. :D Knowledge Of Self  &#124;  talk  20:27, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Indeed, gratscake!  Gazi moff <sub style="color:black;>( mentor / review ) 20:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Cheers! Gwen Gale (talk) 21:01, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats! Ecoleetage (talk) 21:38, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Third thankspam message in the same day! Grrrr! Haha only joking, well done my friend! Keep up the excellent work! ;) <span style="font-family:Miriam,sans-serif"> Lra drama  22:59, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! Try not to burn out though, okay? -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:11, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No, no, I am not an admin! Just your user page appear to be in my watch list and I saw something was going on...BTW, have you ever blocked me? :-( Oh I forgot, you have just become a sysop...anyways... Let me join the folks above and <font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="5" color="#009900">congratulate you! Hope you wont block me :-) <font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="4" color="#009900">Gülməmməd <font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="2" color="#999900">Talk 01:07, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Well done! keep up the good work!! :) -- <font style="color:#fef;background:black;">Badgernet  Talk  09:23, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! Use those tools carefully, though. Now that you're a sysop, you'll be able to block, delete, protect, and do other stuff. Good luck! <font color="4169E1">Schfifty <font color="DC143C">Three 14:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Yay...*hug gle s delanoy* Congratulations! Do your best with the mop! IceUnshattered (talk) 18:30, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * And, just to chime in (again), you're doing a great job. Thanks for rv'ing that vandalism on my talk. IceUnshattered (talk) 14:28, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Your request for adminship
Hi J.delanoy, congratulations on passing your request for adminship. :) I'm impressed with how well you did, nice one. The only thing I find disappointing is that you'll now stop going to me for help in deleting a page, protecting your talk, or blocking a vandal. :D Heh, heh, good luck with your new tools. You know where I am if you need help. Best wishes. Acalamari 16:26, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


 * congrats! Acalamari, I can always pester you if you miss it that badly. ;)  Enigma  message 17:15, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

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Ncmvocalist (talk) has given you a kitten! Kittens promote Wikilove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Share the WikiLove and civility with everyone and keep up the excellent editing! Send kittens to others by adding {{subst:Joy message}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Twas very sweet of you to make the personalized messages like that - cheers. :) I'm sorry I didn't end up getting to ask those questions as I'd planned... I kinda forgot *turns bright red*... but if the supports are anything to go by, you should be fine ;) Best wishes, and congratulations! Ncmvocalist (talk) 21:30, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Forget you're an admin now? ;)
This gave me a bit of a chuckle when I saw it on my watchlist. :P Glass  Cobra  03:51, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations! I hope you will be successful as an admin. Regards, Masterpiece2000   ( talk ) 08:36, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations, all the best...Modernist (talk) 09:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats, best of luck.  Spencer T♦C 11:11, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations on attaining the marigolds and scrubbing brush - and if you ever do work out how to be a 'proper' admin, please drop me a clue. I found the criticism of your lack of experience in 'article building' disquieting, as when you're doing the admin work, you no longer have the time to work on articles anyway. The best of luck, your problems are only beginning! If I can help in anyway, please feel free. Kbthompson (talk) 12:14, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

A Question
I am just wondering why my report of User:Rebafan11 on AIV has sat for some 6 hours, but other reports are being acted on much quicker. - <font color="#0000C8">NeutralHomer T:C 12:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * First off, Congrats on the new adminship! :) Second, User:Dingbat2007 (aka:Rebafan11) has a big habit of adding things to television station pages that are true.  Like in one case, he added that WABC-TV was airing ESPN on it's DT signal.  This is one of many examples.  But, if you like to leave it for another admin, I completely understand.  Again, congrats!  Take Care....<font color="#0000C8">NeutralHomer  T:C 12:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to keep you in the loop, User:Rebafan11 was blocked by User:Tanthalas39, after vandalism continued. Another sock popped up, this time User:Rebafan12, and it too was blocked.  For some reason, User:Dingbat2007 uses the same names (with a different number) for his sockpuppets.  Again, congrats on the Adminship :)  Take Care....<font color="#0000C8">NeutralHomer  T:C 04:15, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Help? maybe
I set miszabot to automatically archive Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Albums. I used the instructions at User:MiszaBot/Archive HowTo and kept the examples "250K" as max archive size. This seemed a bit big to me, as my archive is "100K", but archives aren't accessed that often anyway. We started at archive 25. This morning, we're up to 43. Miszabot put each thread in its own archive. I'm going to have to repair this manually, but I don't want it to keep happening. Can you help me figure out what's wrong? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:27, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * (P.S. Talk page stalker help welcome, too. :) I'm watching here if you want to respond here.) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:27, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * (It is SOOO nice to be able to look at deleted contributions :) Anyways, I am not positive what happened there, but I have a pretty good idea. You put the template's closing braces on the same line as the max revision size parameter. If I understand the way this works, the bot may have read the max revision size as "<tt>250K }}</tt>". In that case, it would most likely have treated it as zero, which would explain why it made so many new archive pages. I changed it to the more common format. I guess we'll see if I'm right when the bot does its run. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  14:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm so glad I know you! :D Thanks for looking into it. I hope that'll fix it. I was more than a little appalled to head over there this morning and find so many new archive pages! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:56, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No prob. BTW, thanks for the info and advice you gave on your talk page. I think I'll create a custom template to notify people that their page was deleted. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  14:58, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Let me know when you do, and I may use it on occasion, too. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Just an update that it didn't work again (didn't do anything), so I've copied the template from a WikiProject talk page where it is working, and I'm hoping that will do it. Cross fingers for tomorrow! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

yarr script to easier updating the status
importScript('User:Xenocidic/statusChanger2.js');

...if you like. I think it can even be customized if you don't need all four params. – xeno  ( talk ) 15:24, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Page deletions
From your user page... "If you think I did something wrong, such as delete a page you did not think should be deleted or protect a page that should not have been protected, please tell me.". HAHAHAHHA. Trust me; no one needs this. If you delete it, they will come. Tan     39  15:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Most of us have this at the top of our talk pages; feel free to steal. Tan      39  15:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

A bit of a story for you...
I knew a guy once that was sent to central Africa for his job. His name was Ulay (pronounced you-LAY). He was an exterminator by trade, and this particular country had a huge infestation of vermin, namely rats. Long story short, he was quite successfull of ridding the country of their problem, and was rewarded by the native men with much thanks and applause, and from that point forward, rewarded with quite a bit more work. He enjoyed the applause, and appreciated the thanking, but at the end of it, he was really just doing more work. :-) The moral of the story, and his new motto?  Congo rats? Ulay shuns!.  Enjoy the extra work :-)  <font color="#21421E" face="comic sans ms">Keeper   <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">76  18:42, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you. I didn't know that there was a template used for deleting your own userpages. Thank you so much. I figure, why not delete the page if your no longer going to use it? Thanks and Happy Editing Tm93 TALK 19:51, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that Brainfart!
re: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interdisciplinarity_fields&action=edit&redlink=1 Don't forget http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interdisciplinarity_field! Thanks // Fra nkB 20:44, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Do I get extra points for consistency? Thanks! // Fra nkB 20:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)


 * LOL (howling, variety) THANKS! It was all a good cause... plus a few edits in and it's talk. Never know what I'm gonna get into keeping the cat trees straight here and there! Some people seem to like loops and defining subsubcats as cats of grandparents... you know! Sheesh! // Fra nkB  21:01, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Mekka Don
I looked. Your deletion seemed good to me! I noted the diff in my deletion summary. Happy admining :) Pedro : Chat  22:59, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Koncratz
Congratulations on your passed RFA. I'm sure you'll do well. And since you seem to like archived vandalism, here's a link to my (growing) collection of vandal mail. Cheers and happy adminning (is that a word?)  Channel &reg;    00:24, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Your /archived vandalism page was pretty amusing. I especially liked the one about Cardinal Richelieu. And yes, of course adminning is a word. I myself have used it at least 25 or 30 times in the last 36 hours...  J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  00:30, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hope you have a good time. –BuickCenturyDriver 01:12, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Copy my article
If you could copy my deleted article about Mindshare to my user page I will update it and re-post it. Thanks for your help.

Jonnybee24

Thanks for your help
Thank you for your help in getting my account unblocked! <font face="" color="maroon">tabor -<font face="" color="000000">drop me a line 19:19, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Account creation tool
Could you confirm you requested the account "J.delanoy" on the account creation tool? Thanks, Prodego  <sup style="color:darkgreen;">talk  19:42, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
For reverting my talk page. :) Caiaffa (talk) 03:08, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Hello.
Just wanted to drop by and say congratulations on the good outcome of your RfA. Hopefully I can come to you when I need some help, lol. Take care. Happy editing! eric (mailbox)  03:58, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Issaquah High School
I am wondering whether this edit was an accident or an error with that Huggle thing or something? Thanks --DerRichter (talk) 06:30, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Joe Sernio - sock/meat - etc
I think there may be a sock meat problem going on with this article and the related ones (Current Magazine), the various edits to places which Joe has appeared (ATWT, Hope and Faith, etc). I've been trying to WP:AGF for awhile but, am reaching the end of my tether so to speak. Would you mind having a look around and if you agree point me in the correct direction for how to procede. Thank you. Jasynnash2 (talk) 16:46, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

yay admin
Finally. Now I don't have to keep blocking your aiv reports. :P Cheers =) -- slakr  \ talk / 21:41, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

203.162.3.166
I noticed that you unblocked because he was not previously warned about vandalizing my user page. Technically true, but his pattern of edits is exactly the same as, who was recently banned for the same reason. I don't think this person deserves another warning. Oh, and I have gotten my user page semi-protected, so that's not a problem anymore, but now he's back vandalizing Jablonski-related articles (disambig is semi-protected, so he's adding his self-promo to the pages it links to), which is where this all began. Latest IP is User:119.70.40.101. Steve CarlsonTalk 03:22, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Can you semi-protect all the pages that the Jablonski disambig links to? This guy apparently has many IP's at his disposal and has an agenda of getting those two Jablonski's reinstated somewhere. Steve CarlsonTalk 03:34, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Jablonski diagram
Hiya. Most of those are/were open proxies. If you run across more of the same, if you get a chance/feel like it, drop a note on WP:OP with their addresses. Cheers =) -- slakr \ talk / 03:45, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Ermm, lemme clarify: if any *new* ones pop up, since I think I nabbed the current ones.  -- slakr  \ talk / 03:46, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:Thanks
No problemo and congrats. --SkyWalker (talk) 04:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

My talk page
Thanks for your speedy reversion on my talk page. Useight (talk) 04:21, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

CHU
Your CHU usurp has been done. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 09:27, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Question
I was wondering if you could help out with the Joe Sernio page? We have been editing as we should and adding all ref. to the article but its been considered for deletion. How can we fix this issue? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.250.187.106 (talk) 14:50, 31 July 2008 (UTC)