User talk:JamieS93/Archive 2

Michelangelo
I have reverted your recent edit to this article, with the edit summary "typos". Please read WP:ENGVAR before you try to "improve" any more spelling. Johnbod (talk) 21:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit Request
I saw your name on WP:LOCEM and I'm respectfully requesting your assistance in copyediting the September 11, 2001 attacks article. I am planning to put it through an FA review and it needs to be perfect before it gets there. Please let me know on my talk page if you will not be able to do this in the immediate future. Thank you. -- VegitaU (talk) 21:27, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * By all means, go right ahead. I just want to get this reviewed. Thanks again. -- VegitaU (talk) 21:59, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Adoption
Hi! I was woundering if you could adopt me. I need help with my user page, & editing other pages too. I'd really like some one to help me, & have some one to talk to.=)

P.S. If you do adopt me, can you tell me how it works. I mean like the proess (I'm sorry I'm not exactly the worlds greatest speller) works. Thanks!! Oh & here is the link too my user page: User talk:Meliss402.

--Meliss402 (talk) 21:43, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks so much!!But how do I confirm it?

P.S. would you mind if I used abbreviations? --Meliss402 (talk) 23:03, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Award Center Newsletter
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1st question
Thank s 4 getting back 2 me! Other people have bars at the top of there page that have links to there talk page & stuff ( like user:RyRy5) do u know how 2 get that? Thanks 4 everything! =) Meliss402 —Preceding comment was added at 16:56, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Just a heads up
I thought you might like to know that the Awards Center page has been deleted, along with its newsletter. :(

So, where do we go from here?

To new and even more interesting projects, of course!

As announced in the newsletter, I've been preparing to co-coordinate a large collaboration/competition called Around the World. It was going to be run at the Awards Center, but since that no longer exists, the collaboration will be hosted somewhere else.

Around the World will begin July 15th as planned - it's location will be announced soon.

It'll be a blast. In the competition, participants will be helping to develop over 200 pages (drafts, which will be moved to article space once they are ready), using advanced tools to edit every single one of them!

This is going to be interesting.

And the event shall have awards which are being created specifically for it as we speak!

If you would like me to keep you informed of this and other interesting collaborations I'll be working on and/or organizing in the future, please drop me a note on my talk page, and I'll be happy to keep you in the know.

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   21:45, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Jamie! Well how should I put up the adoption template? And sorry its been a couple months! But I was busy with school and other activities so I couldn't participate in Wikipedia as much as i'd have liked to. But now that its summer I have plenty of time to give to the Wikipedia community, and actually start learning the ropes from you! And I will sign my name right with the Tildes! Lovewikiii (talk) 20:18, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

MCOTW
JFW | T@lk  10:18, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Seance on a Wet Afternoon and DYK
Hello! You incorrectly stated that the hook in my DYK nomination for Seance on a Wet Afternoon was not referenced. It was -- the casting section was a single paragraph and all of the information came from one page in the book "Female Brando." Please re-review this. Thank you. Ecoleetage (talk) 20:24, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Please disregard this message -- the hook has been reviewed by another editor and it has been confirmed as being properly referenced. Ecoleetage (talk) 21:10, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

I need your feedback...
Which of the following medals looks better. This one:



Or this one:



Which one do you like better?

Please let me know on my talk page.

Thank you.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   21:24, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

What is Around the World?
It's a collaboration!

A collaboration using advanced wiki-tools!

The event is being co-sponsored by Wikiproject Lists of basic topics and WikiProject Geography, and participants will be "traveling" all around "the World" visiting each country online (here on Wikipedia and perhaps beyond) as they apply advanced wiki-tools to improve pieces of the profiles of each and every country on Earth!. Each pass through these pages is a "trip around the World..."

The set of pages we are working on is currently located at WikiProject Lists of basic topics.

Each page presents essential information on each country in a topic outline format, for ease of overviewing and navigating. Most of the topics presented are linkified, which turns these pages into a hypertextual map to material about each country on Wikipedia. When completed, they shall all become part of Wikipedia's contents system.

The pages share a standard format, with the information on each country presented in the same general order. So rather than getting stuck on a single country trying to complete it, each participant works on all 200+ political entities, completing a single data item or detail across all of the pages!

For this they use advanced tools like WP:AWB, Linky, etc. It goes fast, and since others are doing this at the same time, it makes "the World" feel like a beehive, and the participants are its bees. :) The energy is contagious.

And since you are moving from country to country, the tasks make it feel like you are traveling around the world, and you get to learn a little about every country as you do so. This approach also allows for greater efficiency, because by the time you've done 30 or so of a particular item, you've figured out how to finish it faster and more effectively (such as where to find the data or how to make adjustments), and this specialization speeds up development - but more importantly it reduces errors.

The tasks are varied, which adds even more variety to the project. Some tasks are look-ups-and-fill-ins, some are copy and paste, some are image hunts, some are maintenance adjustments, some are link fixing, some are blue-linking (creating an underlying redirect so a link turns blue), some are fact checking, etc.

For an example of what a nearly complete page looks like, see these:


 * List of basic Albania topics • List of basic Argentina topics • List of basic Australia topics • List of basic Canada topics • List of basic Ecuador topics • List of basic Egypt topics • List of basic France topics •  List of basic Germany topics •  List of basic Iceland topics •  List of basic India topics • List of basic Indonesia topics • List of basic Iraq topics • List of basic Republic of Ireland topics •  List of basic Italy topics • List of basic Isle of Man topics • List of basic Israel topics • List of basic Japan topics • List of basic Macau topics • List of basic Mexico topics • List of basic Russia topics • List of basic Taiwan topics •  List of basic United Kingdom topics •  List of basic United States topics

There are only about 200 more pages to go!

Standing by to help are co-coordinators, who can lend a helping hand to participants, provide instruction and tips on how to use the tools, and help them find what they are looking for. Co-coordinators also use advanced tools to inspect the work of participants, and touch it up as needed, or if a task was done wrong throughout, point this out to the participant so he or she can make the necessary corrections.

Co-coordinators are working on the set of pages right now, to familiarize themselves with "the World" so they can help more effectively by the time the main event starts. But there's still lots of preparation left to be done, and we are looking for editors experienced in advanced wikitools who would like to become co-coordinators.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   04:27, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK

 * Congratulations! I was shocked to see an article on my watchlist nominated at DYK. I knew you had edited the article, but I didn't know that you had expanded it so much. I don't review your edits on articles because I know that they are always high quality.  Royal broil  13:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I've never tried to improve an article on a musician toward GA because it's hard to find enough information to improve it that much, and it's real hard to get your hands around someone's whole musical career. I have improved 2 articles to GA (one with help and one solo), and I've done the GA review for several articles. I'd like help coach you by providing a peer review for article after you feel it's at GA level. Some advice from someone who learned the hard way: make sure that you use only top-of-the-line well-known sources for the article. If you don't, it will get picked apart if you ever try FA. Do it right in the first place. Stick with sources like major newspapers (check out the New York Times archives for an awesome source!), major music publications that everyone understands (like Rolling Stone, Billboard (magazine)), and especially books (check out google books). You'll may get grief if you use Jesus Freak Hideout as a reliable source, but you almost for sure would get grief if you use a source less well-known that jfh. Use inline citations for almost every sentence. Show chart success from Billboard (magazine) is the standard for U.S. musicians GAs & FAs (including Switchfoot), and be prepared to explain that chart success on R&R (magazine) actually is from the same company as Billboard. Very few people understand that R&R and Billboard are really the same! Good luck!  Royal broil  18:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Can you help?
I see you were listed as a participant in the League of Copy-Editors so it seems likely. The thing is the Military history wikiproject urgently needs prose pros to help with our best articles. Milhist covers a broad range of interesting and varied subjects from film to biography, battles to weaponry, and Roman emperors to twentieth-century dictators. In Milhist, A-Class has become the last port of call before FAC and we are looking for people to help identify prose and MoS issues at A-Class A-Class Reviews and help fix them prior to featured article candidacy. We also have a copy-editing section in our Logistics Dept and that can always use experienced copy-editors. For most of our articles, you don't need to be a specialist in the subject matter, just good with words.

If you think you can help, please do! Thanks for your time, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 03:50, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * First, thank you very much for responding to the call. I'm sorry it's taken a bit of time to get back to you but I've got the builders in at home (and they're causing chaos) and I've got very behind.


 * Second, we need help on a couple of levels. we are so short of good copy-editors, partly because of the large number of Milhist articles at PR and FAC, that we're trying to concentrate on A-Class reviews and featured article candidates. I've taken the liberty of transcluding our new tracker template, listing the applicable articles. To add this to your user pages independently of this message, simply cut and paste  to the required location.


 * A-Class - copy-tasting / reviewing
 * We are currently trying to improve the depth and quality of the Milhist A-Class review. What will help here considerably is copy-tasting. That is, reviewing an article and commenting on the style and prose. Clarity, longwindedness (the bane of Milhist), grammar, mixing and matching WP:ENGVAR varieties, MoS stuff (especially dashes), date formatting etc. (Any subsequent copy-editing would be a very welcome and helpful bonus!) Input on any current A-Class candidate would be helpful.


 * Copy-editing pre-FA and FA candidates
 * Editors normally take articles go from ACR to FAC, usually via a request for a copy-edit. These requests are usually made here or by leaving messages on copy-editors talk pages. You can respond to requests there or list yourself as a copy-editor so that others may contact you. Either would be very much appreciated. Additionally, a frequent reason for opposition is prose and some hands-on copy-editing of FA candidates would be enormously helpful. (If you do subsequently support the article, please do remember to disclose the copy-edit: ie Support (as copy-editor) though you may prefer simply to Comment that a copy-edit has been done.)


 * I do hope you can help and that this grows into a longer-term commitment. We are working very hard to set the bar for quality with Milhist articles and quality copy-editing is an essential part of this. With apologies again for the tardy reply, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 05:38, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Matthew West move
You did the move improperly, for the edit history of the article was lost by doing the cut and paste job! The edit history is required by the GDFL. You need move articles with the move button. You're going to have problems with the existing disambiguation article which will require admin action, so I'll do it this time with the admin mop.  Royal broil  20:55, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem - you're welcome. You couldn't have done the move anyhow with a disambiguation page in the way. I'd like to continue nitpicking the article. I have time now (which is unusual), and I'm almost done.  Royal broil  21:27, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Cut and paste jobs get undone in the future. They get real complicated after an edit, so it's critical not to do them. I'm glad I caught it right away. In fact, I had done some minor editing on the article, so I got an edit conflict.  Royal broil  21:43, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
 * You are not supposed to have a peer review open when you nominate an article for GA. I would have left the PR sit a while open longer before GA nomination, but since you nominated it for GA already you should close the PR. If you only wanted a PR from me, then we could have done it on the article's talk page without a formal PR.  Royal broil  04:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Royalbroil - Jamie asked me to comment here. I've been pretty active around GAN and to the best of my knowledge, there's no rule about having a GAN and PR up at the same time. (That rule does apply for FAC, though.) See Wikipedia talk:Good article nominations/Archive 9 - no 100% agreement, but the general mood concerning the status quo was that it's OK to have an article at both. We just ask (nay, plead!!) that if you nominate a GAN/PR, you also take the time to review someone else's article. :-) Cheers, —Giggy 11:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess I must have read that at FA. I wonder if there used to be a comment about that at GA. I looked and I don't see it at GA. In any case, my mistake and I'm sorry. I believe that one should to do a GA/PR review for each GA/PR nom that someone does for you (it's good karma) and I highly recommend that you do too. I felt I shouldn't do a GA review before my first GA nomination was done so that I understood the process, so I suggest doing a GA review after this one is done. You could do a PR now.  Royal broil  18:22, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Club Penguin
Hi! I just wanted to stop by and thank you for your peer review of Club Penguin - your points were wonderful and exactly what we needed. :) I've been editing that article for a while, and having someone else come in with a fresh set of eyes is terrific. I'll be implementing everything you said, as it all seemed very wise to me. Thanks! - Bilby (talk) 05:23, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK credits
I wonder if you could do the credit notifications for the current DYK? Thank you. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:14, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you.
First of all, I want to thank you for all your comments on my article. And just like you said, I'm here asking you for help on it. I don't know how to arrange the table according to you sugestions, can you help me with that?. The article is Number-one Latin Albums of 1999 (U.S.)

Thank u so much, Jaespinoza (talk) 18:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

The Last Run
We already have one film hook, so I think we better save this for the next chance. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:57, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Now I see what you are trying to do. :-) --BorgQueen (talk) 14:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Articles Needing Copy Edit
Hello former LOCE member :)

This is an invitation for you to join a brand-new WikiProject that aims to improve the articles tagged for copy edit. This is pretty important to Wikipedia because there are now over 4,000 such articles, some of which need quite a bit of help. This is not a clone of the LOCE because we will not deal with requests for copy edits, but will happily make improvements to articles at our own pace. If you're interested, sign up at the project page!

Cheers,  Samuel  Tan  02:39, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

to member of the disbanded LOCE
Help us with our problem. The article is September 11, 2001 attacks. Using a word to define the same word is bad. The original version is something like "The September 11, 2001 attacks was a series of...attacks."

The title of the article was the result of a long 2004 debate. The use of the title in the introductory sentence makes awkward prose and makes the article title sound like a TV episode article. See that article talk page and help!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:September_11%2C_2001_attacks#Let.27s_not_invent_a_TV_episode_name

Thank you.

Presumptive (talk) 05:27, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Might take a look
Hello. Just wondering if you would mind taking a look at a collaborative effort I'm trying to start. Any feedback or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! DxNate, 29 July 2024 User-Talk-Contribs

Region Usage
I am looking for the article that shows the usage of the English Wikipedia by country or region. Wiki131wiki (talk) 21:26, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I saw the article the other day. It had a pie chart on it showing the regions. Wiki131wiki (talk) 21:52, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

I found it, Wikipedia. Thank you for helping! Wiki131wiki (talk) 21:59, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:CHICAGO
According to my records, you have nominated at least one article (Matthew West) that includes a category at WP:CHIBOTCATS and that has been promoted to WP:FA, WP:FL or WP:GA. You are not signed up as an active member of WP:CHICAGO. If you consider yourself either an active or semi-active member of the project please sign up as such at WikiProject Chicago/members. Also, if you are a member, be aware of Meetup/Chicago 3 and be advised that the project is now trying to keep all the project's WP:PR, WP:FAC, WP:FAR, WP:GAR, WP:GAC WP:FLC, WP:FLRC, WP:FTC, WP:FPOC, WP:FPC, and WP:AFD discussion pages in one location at the new WikiProject Chicago/Review page. Please help add any discussion you are aware of at this location.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 20:04, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Status
I have added status indicators to coordinators on the Spotlight/Participants page and wondered if you might consider creating a Special:Mypage/Status page and adapting the parser functions on the participant list to suit. Thanks ...... Dendodge  .. Talk Contribs 21:03, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to WP:WPTC!
–Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  01:20, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

Peer review request
Would you do a peer review of the Eddie Hill article, and place your comments on the article's talk page? I know that drag racing is probably not your thing, but sometimes a review by a non-fan gives the best comments. I'm looking to nominate the article for GA. Thanks!  Royal broil  03:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for looking at the article! I'll look closely at your suggestions next week and implement them. I'm glad you found it readable. I did know that it needed more inline citations, so I understand your comment.  Royal broil  04:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks...
Thanks for your support. Now the List of number-one Billboard Top Latin Albums of 1999 is a Featured List.

Once again, thank you, Jaespinoza (talk) 20:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Undo move request
Hello. Could you undo the move that you made to Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley? I know that the move was probably supported by MOS, but the new name is inconsistent with a large number of other 2008 Summer Olympic event pages. Since the Olympics are still active, it's probably not wise to rename the remainder to match the n-dash convention at this time. Thanks. -- Tcncv (talk) 01:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

GA Review of Hurricane Karl (2004)
Hi! I have completed the GA review of Hurricane Karl (2004), with the full review being located at Talk:Hurricane Karl (2004)/GA1. I have put the article on hold to allow time to deal with a couple of minor concerns that I found. If you have any questions, please ask on the review page or on my talk page. Thank you! Dana boomer (talk) 12:14, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

RfA
 Majorly would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Majorly to accept or decline the nomination. A page for your nomination at Requests for adminship/ . 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.

Your RfA
Could you answer question 3 to your RfA?--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 21:17, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * She's doing it right now. Maxim ( ☎ )  21:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * And she answered it. Maxim ( ☎ )  21:25, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Danke--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 21:31, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Balloonman, I was tweaking and working on my answer for a little while, and didn't realize the RfA had already been transcluded. Thanks, Jamie ☆S93  21:38, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: RfA co-nom
Good to hear. Best of luck, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  21:34, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Your RfA
Best wishes for your RFA --  Tinu  Cherian  - 05:31, 25 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the message. I'm glad you're taking your time over the RfA questions, it shows you have good maturity, judgement and patience. All good quality's for RfA candidates! Happy editing :-) John Sloan (talk) 14:54, 25 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Speaking of good maturity, judgement, and patience, well done. Whichever way this little shenanigan ends up, you've carried yourself quite well and have nothing to regret about your conduct. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 13:46, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I just wanted to say, despite opposing your RFA, that you seem to be doing useful work here, and I appreciate it. Mainly I think it looks like you've fallen in with the wrong crowd. Maybe it's just me, but I think things work way smoother when people separate their volunteer work at Wikipedia from their social time. Chat rooms end up making friends, yes, but enemies too. Wikipedia works better when editors are not friends or enemies. Personal relationships between editors cloud their judgement. Friday (talk) 14:37, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


 * [[Image:718smiley.png|40px]] Hey, just wanted to brighten up your day a bit. I think you are a very strong candidate and will be a very good admin someday.  Sorry to see all the stuff going around at the fringe of your RFA, but I'm sure RFA_2 will be a sure-fire pass.  Feel free to drop me a line if you ever need help.  MBisanz  talk 19:59, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey there Jamie, I mentioned this on the talk page, next time you go for it, do two things: 1) Provide some strong links showing maturity. Eg show us more cases where you dealt with adversity/conflict in a mature way or help mediate others.  I am not opposed to people in HS getting the bit, but (right or wrong) HS'ers have a higher barrier to overcome.  They have to show that they aren't the typical HS'er.  2)  I think your response to your nom demonstrated a great deal of maturity, I wish you had done it earlier, I probably would not have switched to oppose. (And don't hold it against Majorly, I've been chastised by my candidates in the past for being over eager in their defense... Noms hate to see their candidates fail due to a reason that they don't hold to be a valid one. There is a certain amount of guilt associated with a candidate failing.)--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 20:14, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry to see it failed, better luck next time. :)  Burner 0718  <sup style="color:#000000;">Jibba Jabba!  20:18, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * As far as I can tell the RfA is still active. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  20:22, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes it is.  Burner 0718  <sup style="color:#000000;">Jibba Jabba!  20:26, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

An Offer
Hi Jamie,

I'm sorry to hear that your RfA has been turned into some mudslinging match of sorts. I do see potential in you that needs more time to be realized fully, and that you do stand a chance to be given the responsibility of mop and bucket. I am impressed with your temperament on your RfA despite what is going on. Age debate aside, there are some valid and genuine concerns by RfA contributors which I think will benefit you, as now you can work on these shortcomings (or perceived ones). I don't really think it really matters anymore whether you continue or withdraw your RfA as I feel that it has probably run its full course by now.

I am going to offer you another nomination. Of course it is not immediate; I am leaving it open-ended in the sense that you can ask for it when you feel that you have progressed enough for the responsibility (no fixed timetable), and I advise you if you are ready for it. I am rather light-touched in how you want to proceed from here, though I would recommend that you start on writing or/and working out on Did You Know (a strength point), and participate in Articles for Deletion (with a more critical thinking mindset). You can consider it to be like admin-coaching of sorts, although I wouldn't want to formalize matters that much. Feel free to drop me a note if you need any advice, directions or doubts answered.

Happy editing! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 08:15, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I want to co-nom you next time after you have a lot more time and edits. I welcomed you and followed you from your first edits through now. I have lots of positive things to say about you that I can say from first-hand experience. This RFA has lots of bashing from people that don't know you and are assuming that your age is an indication of your abilities/attitude. You are fairly light on experience and more experience will help you become more well-rounded. I'm glad that I was able to give you support on your first RFA. Let me know when you want to run again, and I'll give you my assessment on whether it's the right for you to run or not. In the interim, you should get involved in some policy/discussion areas to broaden your experience, such as DYK, deletion, etc, so that others can see your abilities. I'm  Royal broil  and I approve this message! 12:49, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I have a suggestion for you to consider on how to become more rounded. You could get involved in the WikiProject for your state. Each state's WikiProject has a list of new articles from the AlexNewArtBot. I review the Wisconsin list daily and often find problem articles which need some type of maintenace and sometimes articles slip through that should get deleted because they are blatant promotion (etc.). The list would give you a broader background with many types of articles. Your ideas with helping at DYK is good too. We can always used an experienced hand like you to fact check and certify that articles meet the DYK criteria, plus people to load articles into the next update so that admins are available for other things.  Royal broil  15:14, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Underoath GA review
Oh. Well, you're welcome. I've just spent the last couple days doing things to try reducing the backlog on WP:GAN, and failing all the really old GA holds is one of those things. In Underoath's case though, it looked like a pass to me, so I did that instead. No insult intended to you. --erachima talk 02:54, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

"In text references"
What are they? Or perhaps they're the same as references? I'm rather confused. Vltava 68 (talk) 14:19, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

Your comment Re my oppose
Jamie, I feel bad for you. Your RfA failed in part because of factors outside of your control that have lead to an RfC. I do think you have the right temperament for an admin, but you lack experience, and you lack consensus building. In order to pass an RfA, you need one or both of these. If you are interested, I would be honored to serve as your admin coach. Before accepting, you should know a few things. First, I absolutely blew an RfA with H20 (who changed his name to Giggy). There is a long history and reading your RfA page will give you an inkling of it. Some people question my judgment, but I think most have forgiven me. Second, despite burning Giggy badly, he still says that I'm the best admin coach out there. If you are interested (and assuming your RfA fails) let me know. I think you have the right stuff, we just have to refine it.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 06:57, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * And here is the diff where Giggy said that when I first met Balloonman here myself. :-) -- <font color="black" face="Times New Roman">RyRy (<font color="black" face="Times New Roman">talk ) 07:32, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I didn't notice Mailer's comments above... so it looks like you have a couple of people who see the potential in you enough to offer coaching.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 07:36, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks Jamie, I'm thrilled! Consider yourself patted on the back! ;) --Cameron* 13:07, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Your RfA
On this occasion, your request for adminship was not successful. I hope that you will continue your useful contributions to Wikipedia and may consider standing again in future. Remember, the majority of editors commenting did support you becoming an administrator, and many of those who opposed simply want to see you gain a little more experience. Warofdreams talk 23:51, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Cheers Jamie, just because your RfA failed doesn't mean your not worthy of adminship. It just means people don't have the common sense enough to confirm that! Hope to see you with the mop in a matter of months. :) –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  23:54, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I wish you good luck in a few months as well. They'll get their common sense eventually.:)--<font color="0070FF">Xp54321 (<font color="4CBB17">Hello! • <font color="4CBB17">Contribs ) 00:24, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, some of the !voters on the RfA lead me to believe they may never gain sense. :) –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  00:25, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, well let's hope there will be enough !voters with common sense then.:)--<font color="0070FF">Xp54321
 * Count me in that later group... I fully expect to be able to support next time you run... assuming you address the concerns raised in the RfA.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 20:51, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

(<font color="4CBB17">Hello! • <font color="4CBB17">Contribs ) 00:30, 1 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Hey Jamie, just wanted you to know that there are many editors here who wanted you to become admin. I'm sure valid oppose votes can be dealt with in a couple months with more experience.  The rest, well, the ageists are just wrong.  Hope you will continue contributing.   - Jameson L. Tai  <sup style="color:#660000;"> talk  ♦  contribs  00:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

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 - Jameson L. Tai  <sup style="color:#660000;"> talk ♦  contribs  00:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

I am sorry to hear that your RfA did not pass, I hope you try again some time in the future. All the best. Camaron | Chris (talk) 13:39, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Please feel free to let me know if you get nominated again. I believe you were an excellent candidate, and I'll always be happy to support. Cosmic Latte (talk) 14:06, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Second many of the above opinions. While I did not feel I could support on this occasion (instead voting neutral), I think that you will at some point make a good administrator and that if you are able to take the community's constructive criticism on board (as opposed to some of the commentary which was really not helpful), you'll have no problems in a future run. Good luck. Orderinchaos 17:05, 5 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks to all for your comments. :-) I haven't personally contacted anyone on talkpages, just making a blanket statement here. <font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="green">Jamie ☆<font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="blue">S93  13:08, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Fireproof
Hey, you said on IRC that you're hoping to see the movie when it comes out - I am too. I have been working hard recently to get it to DYK?. I want it to say "Did you know..... that Fireproof, a upcoming 2008 film, was allowed use of stations, trucks and crew by the Albany Fire Department in making the film?" I've done much expanding to the article, and I want to see Fireproof of the Main Page before it releases. What do you think? Is it a lost cause? I've never tried a DYK? before. Thanks --  American Eagle ( talk ) 03:21, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
 * How am I doing? I added about 4,000 bytes of text today. Hours of research, hours. I'll probably fail, but at least I tried, eh? I like the way it's coming along, DYK or no. Thanks, Jamie, for your work to it today. I should be keeping at it. Good-night. --  American Eagle ( talk ) 05:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Boumba Bek
Thanks. That was really nice of you. --I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 23:48, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Henri Loyrette DYK
I have expanded the article. It should now be ready for DYK. See here. Could you also check the DYK on deductive fallacy? Thanks, -- Jor dan  <sup style="color:blue;">Contribs  06:57, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Logocracy
Hi, thanks for the note. I'll do my best to expand it:) Malick78 (talk) 20:41, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Perceived rudeness
I sense rudeness from this editor after he expressed his dislike of my editing his writing and commenting on his lack of good grammar. He seems to be alluding to not being capable of doing wrong. Should I just quietly tolerate this? Here is what he said on my talk page:

''About 24K Friday and 99.5 RT

I use right grammar and good writing style and I improve other articles. All of what I said is REALLY TRUE. Live with it! Underblast (talk) 14:15, 14 September 2008 (UTC)''

I am simply interested in better writing and correction of factual errors for those articles.

Thanks
Thank you for your comments on my DYKs for the articles deductive fallacy and Henri Loyrette. I have worked on expanding the articles that still need work. Your advice and comments are much appreciated. Thanks, -- Jor dan  <sup style="color:blue;">Contribs  16:54, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm back again. The deductive fallacy DYK went through, which is great. I have also expanded the Henri Loyrette article, and it is now the correct length for DYK. If you could just check up on the nom, and perhaps add it to the next update page if it's ready? I'm afraid that an independant editor is required to pass a DYK nomination for the Main Page. Thanks again, --Jordan Timothy James Busson 15:15, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Copyediting FAC/Odexed
Hi Jamie, noticed your name is at Guild of Copy Editors! I need a little assistance from you. If you have some time to spare could you go over this article once for spelling, grammar and punctuation, which is currently undergoing FAC? Thanks in advance! :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 17:14, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * In that case, it'd be good practice to have a hand at FAC. :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 10:28, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank You
It seems as though its been (at least somewhat) cleaned-up.
 * Note: The top of your page doesn't seem to be formatting properly. ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 14:44, 20 September 2008 (UTC)