User talk:Keeper76/Archive 1

September 2007
Please do not add unreferenced controversial information to Wikipedia articles on living persons. DGG (talk) 17:20, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I didn't add a single word of content to the Natasha Lewin article, nor would I since I don't know who she is. I stumbled onto the article in recent changes, read the "article" as it were and couldn't find a good place to revert, so I added a tag stating that the entire article was completely "unreferenced controversial information", to use your words.  IMHO Keeper76 14:19, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * update -just searched for article, it has been deleted by Anetode which I should have done, just thought the article maybe deserved a shot (again, I don't know who Natasha Lewin is or if she belongs here, I should have been more bold.) Keeper76 14:24, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

I wanted to thank you for your kind words of support on what I would consider a rather outlandish turn of events on the 20-20-20 Club article. TeganX7 03:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

20-20-20-20 club
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Aptronym
Hi Keeper. Regarding your edit to aptronym, did you include Goodpaster as the spelling / pronunciation is similar to pastor? As paster means something different, it's not actually an aptronym. The Wizard of Id page is not encyclopedic, it's just one comic strip that demonstrates aptronyms exist - there are already sources which do so in the article, and I can't see how the page satisfies WP:EL. You also appeared to remove Derek Jeter - several names on the list are foreign words, you would have to gain consensus for removing non-English aptronyms on the talk page first. Thanks,  Dei z  talk 02:41, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Deiz, I am sincerely baffled by this. According to my "contributions" page, I made these changes today (Sept. 25th) at 1 in the morning (CST).  Here's the problem - I don't have a computer at my home, only my office, and I was not at work at 1 this morning - I can't even get in my locked building if I wanted to.  I did not make these changes (nor would I!). If you look at my other contributions to any article, you'll see that the time stamps are 100% consistently during the day and/or evening, never in the middle of the morning.   That being said, I still believe Rev. Goodpaster should belong here for two reasons - he is notable (has a longstanding wiki article) and because precedence was set with the inclusion of Tim Duncan (because he is "dunking" a basketball I presume?)  I guess I wish he was a professional paster (someone who pastes?) but I don't think that exists :-) As for the Wizard of Id reference, it existed here long before I was even an editor so I have no vested interest in it being here.  Didn't create it, didn't even know it existed until you pointed it out and I lookied through the article's history.  And I have no problem with Derek Jeter being here (even though I will be honest and say I despise the New York Yankees) or other foreign language inclusions for that matter. Is it possible that my user name was saboutaged?  Keeper76 15:04, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I see the edit time as 10:04 KST (UTC +9) which would be 01:04 UTC, and assuming CST is US Central time adjusted for daylight saving (CDT, UTC -5) and my maths is correct, that would be 20:04 CDT on Monday evening in Chicago. The history of a page shows the appropriate time according to the time setting in your preferences, unlike signed comments on talk pages which always show UTC - could this explain the confusion? Of course, if you genuinely did not make the edit, you should keep a close eye on your account.. Duncan is also a "soundalike", which is again one logical leap too far to be an aptronym, removed accordingly. With a list like this, you have to be very stringent about applying the inclusion criteria or all kinds of subjective entries get into the list and the page suffers. I hope your account is OK! Cheers,  Dei z  talk 15:45, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I genuinely did not make that edit. Time stamps are something I can't figure out in wikiworld - things have different time stamps on different pages...I'm sure it's logical to someone and I'm sure I can change my preferences, but I don't.  All I know is that the rest of my edits are substantially different in their respective time stamps.  All of them.  There aren't any other single edits anywhere near that time stamp in my contributions.  I didn't make that change.  Fortunately, you caught it and reverted it to where it should be.  Thanks for removing Duncan also, inconsistency is a bane to reliability and credibility.  I'll keep an eye on my contribs...  Keeper76 15:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC) (right now it is 1100 in my world, or 1600 UTC.)
 * It can be a bit confusing.. I note the edit was a little out of your normal range, a couple of hours later than any other edits you've made in the past couple of weeks.. if 20:04 makes as little sense as 01:04 then keep an eye out. Weird edit for a saboteur to make, maybe talk to the caretaker in your office...  Dei z  talk 16:04, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Deiz. I went through my entire history, and indeed I have made other edits around that same time.  My sincere apologies for the assumption I had made about never editing at that time - all I saw was was "1:04" and immediately went the conspiracy theory route - my bad. I didn't realize that it was UTC in my contribs page, I thought it was local.  It now seems much more likely I truly made that edit (at 8pm US central time) rather than a sabouteur (i'm smiling at myself right now)  It was an unintentional edit, probably hit "undo" accidently or revert.  I left work at 8:15 pm, much later than usual, which made it stand out on my contribs page (I only edit at my office). I left work 11 minutes after that edit.  I had been at work at that point for approx 14 hours and must have been drunk with power.  Or just tired.  Or careless.  Or just drunk. Whichever way, good catch, good revert.  I'll be more careful.  On another note, I've been looking at philopedia's talk page.  He/she has deleted your warnings pertaining to his/her much more aggregious "mistakes" to Aptronym.  Maybe a "don't delete stuff from your talk page warning" is in order?   :-)  Keeper76 16:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * There are two reasons for removing edits on talk pages. If an editor removes an "instructional message" (aka warning) and demonstrates that they got the point, no worries. Continued removal of warnings to hide / ignore them and no change in behaviour is double jeopardy. I've got an eye on aptronym, if he disrupts it with random wordplay again he knows he can and will be blocked for disruption.  Dei z  talk 16:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thanks for the patient explanations, and your patience in general. I just did some research about removing content from one's own userpage.  All good.  Not sure wheere I got the idea that it was uncivil.  Seems my learning curve in here resembles a steep steep hill.  Slow legburning climb to the top, but once I get there, it should make for an exhilarating ride...:-) Keeper76 19:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Spelling
Hi, I notice you correcting some people's spelling in an Afd, and I thought I would let you know that when it isn't in an article, you generally shouldn't correct typos except for your own. Thanks! Katr67 16:01, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Katr67. I hope my "secretive" sp correction wasn't harmful.  I rarely do it, in this case the correction was for readability.  I was adding my own comments and thought the other's comments would be more effective if spelled correctly (I changed "waster" to "waste" and "oppinion" to "opinion".   Didn't mean to upset, I appreciate your headsup...   Keeper  |  76  16:12, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * AM makes typos all the time. I've gotten used to it. :) No harm done, but some people do get a litte grumpy about it so I thought I'd let you know. Katr67 16:34, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Ha! I love irony, especially self-deprecating irony.  I didn't even notice your spelling error on the title... hee hee.  Thanks again.   Keeper  |  76  16:44, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/John M. Culkin sourced, rewritten
Hi Keeper. Someone has added sources and rewritten the article. You might want another look. Cheers, :) Dloh cierekim  11:31, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

Hasland Junior School
Hey no problem, don't worry about it, I would have done the same in your shoes! Thanks for the advice. Schumi555 21:22, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Just a little query, would you be able to tell me how I should reference information given from a conversation? I spoke to the Headmaster at the school and he told me some very interesting things that I have added to the article, things that are not be present in books/newspaper articles etc. Regards, Schumi555 14:01, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * That's a tough one, I'll look into it and try to get back to you today. I'll post something later on your talk page after I ask around a bit.   Keeper  |  76
 * Many thanks for your quick response. Some of the information he gave me is about himself, e.g. when he is set to leave the school. There would be a problem if anyone asked me to produce evidence of where he found that information! Thanks again, Schumi555 15:40, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem, glad I could help. If someone does question the accuracy of his "retirement plans", it may be possible to find a local paper that perhaps does a write-up about his career, maybe not.  If it is challenged, I would say just remove it as it is (for now) both unreferencable and relatively unimportant to the article as a whole.  Can always be added back if/when he is replaced.  I'm sure that will make at least a paper.  Again, I find it highly unlikely to be challenged.  Now, if you went to Bono's article and typed "Bono will be retiring in 2008, he told me so himself", I can't imagine that staying in the article too long...:-) Cheers!   Keeper  |  76  15:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Keeper. A couple of minutes ago an unregistered user went round the Hasland Junior School page and marked just about every minute piece of information without a reference as 'citation needed'. Is there anything I can do to change this as I feel he has just gone over the top, the article can hardly be read now! Thanks, Schumi555 10:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


 * It looks like another user (Gr1st), has removed the "citation needed" litter, which I agree was WAY overdone. The only one still on the page as of right now is the one after the announced "retirement" of the current leader, which I think is appropriate.  You may be better off just removing that one sentence until a formal announcement is made and/or published, could end up a WP:BIO issue and draw unnecessary attention to the well written article.  Keeper  |  76  14:22, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Marked for deletion again: Articles for deletion/Hasland Junior School (2nd nomination). Schumi555 14:16, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

"The Kipper and the Corpse"
Thanks for that chuckle! :-) Dismas |(talk) 19:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, you know how it is. Mindlessly going through article after article repairing bad links, links to disamb pages, links to no-articleville.  Then an easy pun.  I just can't help myself sometimes.  Keeper  |  76  20:02, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

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Orlando disambiguation
I've reverted your mistakes. Can you please explain what you were trying to acomplish by moving around these pages? I'm a bit confused by what you did. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 18:19, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yikes, I really screwed up, and immediately tried to get help here. Thank you for reverting something I was unable to fix!  I recently begun working at Disambiguation pages with links, and was trying to efficiently clean up the Orlando entry (which has 165 links to the disam page incorrectly).  After picking out the few that should have linked to Virginia Wolff's novel and the Handel opera, the solution I was going for, in an effort of boldness, was based on my observation that the vast majority of edits that wikilinked "Orlando" were intending to go to "Orlando, Florida".  I was attempting, in vain, to redirect "Orlando" to "Orlando, Florida", and then subsequently adding an "otheruses" tag on top of that page back to "Orlando (disambiguation)".  I mistyped "Orlando (disambiguation)" as "Orlando 9disambiguation)" by not holding the shift key for the left parenthetical mark, and mistakenly hit save instead of preview.  Each time I tried to fix it, I made it worse, so I went to a specific admin's talk page (Dekimasu) for help rolling back.  I'm all done with Orlando...thanks again for your help.   Keeper  |  76  18:41, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It's all good. I wasn't complaining... I was just wondering what end you were trying to achieve with your edits. The above explanation makes sense. Everyone makes mistakes, and it really doesn't matter, provided they eventually get fixed or otherwise resolved. Personally, I tend to look at why the edits were made, not what edits were made. I wouldn't worry about it. Thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia, and I hope you continue to edit! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 22:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Oddibe McDowell
Sorry, I'm not the original Oddibe McDowell, though I did play with him on the '86 Rangers. He's a great guy and now lives back in the Miami area. He told me he hates wikipedia though. Oddibe (talk) 14:21, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Yep. He's a pretty good friend and I use his name as a tribute (and also because its the coolest name in the history of baseball.) Oddibe (talk) 14:17, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Pasadena Link
Point taken Good Sir, I have restored the link to the Pasadena, California destination.

Regards, tfr —Preceding unsigned comment added by Terryrandell (talk • contribs) 00:54, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

Additionally
Not a problem good sir! Have a good day! (I'm not here to ruffle feathers hahaha)

Article on non-speciesist egalitarianism
Hi Keeper, thanks for your message. Absolutely, Wikipedia truly is wonderful; similar in many ways to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; even better, for sure, there being no limit on how much information can get into it; the lack of space in the Hitchhiker's, as you know, forced them to massively limit their entries, like "The Earth. Mostly Harmless." As for the issue at hand: The concept of non-speciesist egalitarianism, like non-racist and non-sexist egalitarianism of the past, is a real issue and has been written about by intellectuals and philosophers hundreds of years back. Do you suggest that the validity of the article is in dispute, or is it only a matter of my titles? I would thoroughly appreciate your help. As you know, I am new to Wikipedia and it seems I need some assistance with this in order to get it right. 'Speciesism,' as you know, is racism to animals. (We are kinder to dogs than to pigs, but pigs are more intelligent than dogs, even smarter than some chimpanzees, and certainly will be feeling the same kind of pain than an abused dog would.) Would "Non-speciesism" be a suitable and uncontroversial title for the article? I looked it up on Google and there were 120 results, including one that says "non-speciesism (in the narrow sense in which I've used the term and which I think the Wikipedia definition favours)." -- Ciao, Stig Shousokutsuu (talk) 21:07, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

The argument that has been made by so many philosophers, and I trust you will agree, is that there's no need to prioritize human rights over animal rights. We don't need to eat or wear the remains of animals and thus we can give them the same compassion that we award our family and out pets. By the simple action of ceasing to eat and wear dead animals, we immediately solve one of the issues; this takes no effort at all and doesn't in any way distract from the important issues pertaining to human rights. -- Kind regards, Stig Shousokutsuu (talk) 21:54, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

It is the issue at hand: this is what the article has been set up for. Martijn has offered his kind support as well -- please see our exchange of thoughts at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Martijn_Hoekstra. Would it be acceptable if I kept my article as is (I just started; I, and as I mentioned, more notable philosophers and intellectuals, will keep adding to it) but changed the title to "Animals and Egalitarianism"? I am truly grateful for your help; and yes, I'll be spending a lot more time helping to improve Wikipedia. Cheers, Stig Shousokutsuu (talk) 22:27, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

The issue that prompted an AfD was not the validity of the article itself, but that the title was a neologism. (When I put up "Vegalitarian" I did not know of this policy.) I'm not creating a new page, but I am about to move "Animal Egalitarianism" to "Animals and Egalitarianism". I hope you and the other editors of Wikipedia don't object. -- Cheers, Stig Shousokutsuu (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 22:44, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I'll take your advice. If both articles are deleted though, I hope you will find it acceptable that I put up a modified article named "Animals and Egalitarianism." (More appropriate would be "Non-human Animals and Egalitarianism," but that, I fear, would be a little too elaborate.) -- Cheers, Stig Shousokutsuu (talk) 22:55, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Well, let's keep everything together for now. And the best place to do that, in my oppinion, is a userfied version on Stigs page for now. Any takers? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 22:58, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, Keeper; take care! -- Cheers, Stig Shousokutsuu (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 23:03, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Enough
Perhaps its just your writing style, but the challenge came across as accusatory (and I did allow that maybe it was just "snarky"). You are no doubt quite the smart person (your user page says so), so I am surprised that you do not see that the way you confronted a differeing opinions might be seen as a bit abrasive (whether that was your intent or not). Please draw in the claws, I am not your enemy and I promise you I am not that vested in that article or The Hat. My differeing opinion was offered. let me assure you I did not mean to upset you to the point of confrontation, but if upset you are, let me now apologize. Jacksinterweb (talk) 16:22, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Point taken. And I also apologize.  I think perhaps it is a writing style problem here, and upon rereading my comments, I can see how they can in this case (easily) be taken as snarky.  I will attest here that I wasn't intending to come off that way, I was not upset then (nor now), nor was I flashing my claws (in fact, I keep my nails very well trimmed around here; life's too short, and Wikipedia doesn't pay that well).  I will also say I had to look up snarky in Wiktionary to see if I fit that bill, so don't let my userpage fool you too much.  Would you like me to strike any comments on of my comments towards you on the discussion page?  I certainly will if you feel that would help the discussion maintain civility, which was after all my ill-fated and poorly stated goal.   Keeper  |  76  16:34, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * No, we're cool. All I wanted was to set things right and apologize for my part, and nothing you wrote was over the top (just misunderstood on my part).  Jacksinterweb (talk) 16:49, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Have a Pastrami cheeseburger on me. --evrik (talk) 23:34, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * any chance of you changing your vote? --evrik (talk) 21:33, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It's still open? That's a holiday weekend for you...I unwatchlisted it, figured it was closed...hmm...I'll be right back....  Ok, just looked in on the article, paying close attention to the references. A couple of reasons why I won't change my position (I won't use the term "vote" for what is really a discussion towards consensus and not a poll, but you know that).  1. I just don't see the verifiability needed to warrant inclusion (I promise I'm not a deletionist, merely a verifiability-ist).  I am starting to see the notability though, and think the article is vastly improved.  The articles for OC Register, Deseret News, LA times, Pasadena Star News, even OCWeekly, are likely legitimate, but the links are to the (current) homepages and not to the stories themselves. By definition, that's an unacceptable source as there's no way to check the accuracy of the statements in Wikipedia against the statements in those articles (which is the whole point of being a secondary reference like Wikipedia, and not a primary reference like the articles it supposedly sources). I understand you likely changed them to the respective homepages because before they were viewable only as "archives" that one would have to pay to retrieve (also unacceptable in wikiland)   2. The references that are to the correct source/story are either passing mentions (like the story about french fries that says "the hat gives you lots of friench fries with your order"), or are blogs, which I detest as sources, or promotional in nature (POV problems) like the chamber of commerce.  But take heart, good editor, looking at the AfD's progression, the consensus is likely going to be for keep anyway.  The Hat will prevail.  I'm abstaining from adding to the conversation on the AfD as I really have no vested interest in the article staying or going, I've said my piece there (and here).  Citing the bystander effect, I can only presume some other editor will pick up on the sourcing problem and maybe renominate. If that happens, I would likely "vote" against it again without even better sources.  Cheers,   Keeper  |  76  22:45, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Moving "Staring at the Sun"
Oh sure. I'd be happy to move it. I was actually going to call it that originally, because I thought it sounded like a fairly common song title. I checked to see if anything existed at Staring at the Sun (song) and nothing did, so I called it that. If you think it causes confusion with the U2 song, either I could move it or you could just go ahead and do it. -- H3xx ( t/c/b ) 23:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, I moved it. I don't want to go in and change all the links around just yet, as it seems like the original page won't be needed for a while until the other bands' pages can be created. When that happens, the links will probably be either taken care of by a bot or manually corrected. Until then, the redirection page will have to suffice. I just feel lazy right now (I've been editing for the last 5 hours). -- H3xx ( t/c/b ) 23:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Are You RH?
Hello, Keeper76!

How are you? Good to hear from you! Yes, it is I. Just trying to document some things as they actually happened. Thank you for reaching out. If I do or say anything that's improper please let me know. Your comments and thoughts are welcome and helpful to me.Take care Ronsax (talk) 20:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I Hear Ya!
Thank's very much, Keeper76. I just want to tell some things exactly as they happened without "dressin' up" any details. I've heard if you pat yourself on the back long enough your arm will snap clean off, so I won't be doing any of THAT!Thanks, 76 Ronsax (talk) 20:42, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Re
Prefix index, and the bald guy is cool. jj137 ♠  Talk 21:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Um, yeah.
Thank you for your support remember to vote for me this coming week so I don't come in dead last. And I'll give the Vikes some credit, but Eli stinks. --Endless Dan 13:14, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * As much as I despise SHEli at the moment, he does have his possitives. He gives the Giants a steady QB (which more than half the league can't claim - more than 50 different starters this year) and he has taken the Giants to 2 straight (maybe 3) playoffs appearences but his inconsitency is killing us. I dunno how it is in Minnesota or outside of New York area, but that doesn't cut the mustard for an NY sports team. And we've gotta live with this guy for possibly the next 7, 10 years. My feeling for Minnesota is they will find a QB this off season. Pennington would be a great guy in Minny. He's consistent and doesn't make stupid mistakes (like Eli). --Endless Dan 15:47, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the support. You shouldn't be thanking Eli. He tried his hardest to hand that game to Da Bears (a pick in the first series...ugh) but in the end our defense came through. I can't believe the Lions are collapsing like this. Oh wait, I can - they're the Lions and their GM is a blockhead. You should be thanking Rexy Grossman for not being able to capitalize on the great field position our kicking team and offense kept giving em. --Endless Dan 19:31, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Heck, I wish Grossman was in our division. I've had to deal with Donovan McNabb tearing us appart for the past 6 years. Now we got the Golden Boy on our hands. I think what's really killing Eli is the lack of a consistent run game. Hightower keeps getting nicked and Derrick Ward is rumored to be out for the year. Without the run game to slow things down, this puts the entire game on Elisha's back. I cringe every time the ball is in the air. Also - the Giants have some of the most inept coaching on the offensive side of the ball I have ever seen.--Endless Dan 19:52, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * The essence of being a fan. We'll be there longer after the players we love to criticize and the players we love almost unconditionally. But you know, for all the bad times and throwing the remotes across the room - the good times make it worth it. --Endless Dan 20:33, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ugh - I can't believe you brought them up. You can talk all the crap you want about my quarterback or my football team...but that's just reopening old wounds. You wouldn't happen to be a Twins fan, would you? --Endless Dan 21:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Well at least your on the level with the jealousy part. It is nice to have aggressive ownership with very deep pockets. I dunno if I necessarily buy into Toronto ownership or Tampa Bays ownership being these poor little orphans. As it looks as if they're doing quite well for themselves financially. Besides, who says you need a quarter billion dollar payroll to win the World Series? --Endless Dan 14:12, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I hear ya. Being in a big market, we take the good with the bad. But if we're gonna talk poor ownership, I've got you trumped.--Endless Dan 17:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If (I'm still hoping otherwise..) this trade goes down, Boston's rotation will be absolutely disgusting. My hopes are either Johan rejects the trade (Fenway is not lefty friendly) or someone else steps in (not likely). But to be honest I was never too keen on getting Johan. I'm totally in the minority on this, but I would like to continue developing our youngsters. Of course, being a Yankee fan, I'll take him - if it means Boston (or the Mets) don't get the satisfaction. -- E n d l es s D a n  17:16, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Re Aptronym
Hi Keeper, thanks for the headsup re your change (and lucky i noticed it -- i don't log in very often).

Yeah, i was wondering if i might need to annotate that entry for an international audience. It's hilarious in the UK: "baps" is ultra-cliched slang for "breasts". Note the last disambiguation of baps.

In which case, the assoc'n of plastic surgeons naming themselves after the most cliched female enhancement is... rather apt.

Maybe we can need to add an explanatory note re it being UK slang? Actually, more likely Commonwealth slang, because aussies & kiwis know it too.

cheers Saltation (talk) 22:35, 4 December 2007 (UTC)


 * eg, how about something like:


 * BAAPS: British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (implies a British euphemism: see the last disambiguation of baps)

Saltation (talk) 22:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Not losing
I noticed quite a few people have gotten less supports then me... lol, thank you for your vote! -- E n d l es s D a n  19:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you, thank you.-- E n d l es s D a n  20:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Got Your Message!
Thanks for the good advice, 76. I understand what you're saying. Maybe I'll start whittling it down some. I've actually finished with adding anything to the article. It won't be any longer. Just between you and me I'm not interested in trying to make the article long for it's own sake. I just want it to be absolutely accurate and verifiable. Thanks for lookin' out for me and I value your advice. Take care of yourself. Ronsax (talk) 00:26, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Minny
The # 6 spot, a favorable schedule and Johan is still a Twin, my congrats to you. I think that the first round of the playoffs is a toss up. Seattle and Tampa Bay don't exactly strike fear into anyone's heart. Good times are back in Minnesota...almost. -- E n d l es s D a n  18:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Enjoy the present moment. AD had the worst game of his career and Minnesota still found a way to win. I'd love to see Minnesota have a Cinderella run through the playoffs (when, er, if, my Giants manage to go one and done for the 3rd straight year). But this is all for selfish reasons, of course. I don't care who wins. Bucs, Seattle, even King Favre. Anyone but Dallas. Anyone. I noticed a lot of pessimism in your last comment. Living in Philly, I thought that level of pessimism was reserved for only Philadelphia area sports fans. -- E n d l es s D a n  15:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Bold editing
This was good work. I should have been as bold as that! --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:56, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Really, really bad haikus from a new admin
Setting new lows in thank-you spam:

  Click there for my RfA spam haikus! → → → Janitor's new tools

Spam must stop -- will new mop act?

Ooops, .com blocked

New admin, new tools

Earnest newbie furrows brow

Fare thee well Main Page

New mess all about

Sorcerer's Apprentice mop

Not supporter's fault

A. B. so grateful

Wikipedia trembles

Watch out DRV

A. B. wonders why

Copyright always confused

Fair use, farewell, bye

Qatar is blocked

Shucks those range blocks are tricky!

Will get it straight soon.

Colbert's elephants

stampede Wikipedia

Must protect, protect

Wiki fortress not.

Open gates, knowledge wings free

But fiends are about



Dear RfA friend, I will learn, chaos will fade Thanks so much ... A. B.

This RfA thank you card is based on a card originally done by Phaedriel Keeper, thanks so much for your thoughtful and detailed comment supporting my adminship. I look forward to staying cool (sometimes I have to work at it)

In the meantime, enjoy the haikus. -- A. B. (talk) 00:07, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Pulley AfD
Keeper, you seem to have a softer touch than I in quoting policy, etc. Could you respond to this person Re: the Pulley AfD Talk:Gerald_P._Pulley? I think you'll find all the policy you need here WP:NOT. Thanks. Mbisanz (talk) 19:57, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Nicely written, I am copying that to my userspace as a future example. Mbisanz (talk) 20:35, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Nah I've tried to keep a pretty clean nose. Maybe some misse notifications or harsh tags, but hopefully not much worse. Mbisanz (talk) 21:11, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Quotes
Thanks bunches. I would like to thank the Academy, and my agent..You like me! You really, really like me! :D - Arcayne   (cast a spell)  21:06, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

9W - 7L
I'm totally disgusted with this team. The general concensus amongst fellow fans and the talking heads is that this offense needs to be re-vamped. I don't think we need to replace players, but rather internally. Meaning Mein Kaughlin and Kevin Kill-drive have gotta go. Who throws the ball that much in windy weather?! Especially when we were running well against the Skins. Another terribly coached game under the Coughlin regime...aghgh!! How many weeks till pitchers and catchers?
 * Your boys have put me in an awkward position. I've gotta openly cheer for the Deadskins to win next week so we get an automatic playoff birth. Normally when in this position I'd root for the G-Men to tread their own path into the playoffs, but given the circumstances, I'd rather rely on on our rivals winning and giving us the opportunity to rest some of our banged up starters in preperation for the upcoming abortion in week 17. -- E n d l es s D a n  15:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)


 * PS - It would be nice now to have this fella back.

Quotes
I'd like to thank God and conversely my dog. Oh, and the little people. -- E n d l es s D a n  14:25, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Vikings 2007 Season
Nice job cleaning up the 2007 Vikings Season article.24.245.33.104 (talk) 01:06, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Speedy was contested
I'm sure you're aware that the speedy for Grabber Tees was contested, which is why I brought it to AfD for community consensus. It is an obvious delete, that goes without saying, but I'm pretty sure a speedy tag is not supposed to be put on twice if the "hangon" tag is added (it was). Am I missing something? (and yes, that is quite possible) Keeper   |   76  20:03, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * No, apparently I am... I didn't realize it'd been a contested speedy already. My bad. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:09, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

you're nuts, delete the page for all i care. the faster the better —Preceding unsigned comment added by Into everything (talk • contribs) 20:12, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Reg: Naresh Sonee page
Kindly help me to reinstall my page Naresh Sonee. And please omit only sentences or paras which your goodeslf feel voilet wikipedia  codes as  poems LGTB etc or otherwise. I fully respect your watch on such issues. But is it fair to delete the full page? Meanwhile,I request you to give a final touch of editing and be generous & empathy for my time or stressed consumed in doing all such research on my characters since years including all pain taking discussion with you. Regards / Alan Sun ---Dralansun (talk) 07:11, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

1800Petmeds
Good work on the article. -JodyBtalk 19:55, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Keeper76
I had put my greivences to the founder of wikipedia & arbitratory committee i think some one deleted my below page. I just need your answer Keeper76, nothing else. Had you forwarded my page toyour chairperson of wikipedia. My issue is not a small issue. I had put many days on my work. how you will feel I go and rub your pages? This what has been done by 4-5 flying people on wiki. Reg page Naresh Sonee Kindly forward this mail to all respected concerned person involved & to esteemed honorable Chief Judges, Chief Administrators , Chief Chair Person of WIKIPEDIA. Dear Keeper76, Your judgment for Graeme is excellent he deserves more than that. People like them are generous in deed & people (watchers) like you too who come forward and show your feeling for such noble person Graeme &  reg my pleas or diatribe. I am not criticizing the whole team. My strong view is -that hidden people like you are watching the scene. & that’s what good point why wiki can  still be  improved? My suggestion is that wiki should be only governed by good heart people who possess angel mind & Deletion should not be ruthlessly made. However as my appeal, All paras may be deleted if they lack sources to prove, But  for reliability/notability  of news and views –original newspapers  could be asked as evidence, & vollenters editors should not abuse the contributor  by using  absurd words like soapbox etc. Voleenters who use harsh or hard words and smell bias should be deleted from wikipedia after giving few warnings. But, I come to my point again - in Sonee’s case why such drastic move to delete the whole page –when the matter/page  of  Naresh Sonee was  on talk/discussion box still. Why a urgent judgment of ‘few five’ over provoked to prove the judgment favoring urgent deletion. There is no consideration of expert editors like Graeme & Aleta even. By passing a quick judgement wikipedians has also overruled Graeme’s & Aleta’s views of judgement ? Should not an open discussion  be still held or countered that why sane comments of these two people who supported my article which had enough news./ reviews to prove the notability/reliability of a person existence still considered, debated or justified ? & my appeal or grievance of cry is -why the whole page was deleted ? There could be two lines kept on Sonee. Is wikipedia a humiliating grounds for a contributor or for the page raised on ? Does only news/reviews what are circulating or operating internet be witnessed as news & other form of news are hopelessly vague for wiki people ? . Many countries are still lacking behind to access  internet structure. This could be 80% public in India where only young are net serchers. Do you mean internet wikipedian can abolish newpapers news and term them as obsolete or non notable/unreliable source? What wikipedian want to prove?

For instance – As you people reject indymedia news as unreliable or un notable news Will it be fine that one day indymedia of the world, or google news  circulate the negative  news on wikipedia ? And does this news is not important and will not be a noticeable/reliable news for wikipedia. For wikipedia chalkers or chokers what is the meaning of news/ notability / blogs ? If there is any democratic arbitrary section who make rule and regulation for wikipedia tell them to discuss / define the meaning of news or ‘indymedia news’? Is indymedia blog or just journalism of few aspiring donkey’s?

See dear Keeper76, thankyou to read uptill here with patience. I really appricate and want to place a ‘peace & patience wikipedian award also for you too.

But to my debate - I can still place & prove that several news are on prominent news papers of India- Punjab Kesari, Dainik Bhaskar, Rajasthan Patrika on Naresh Sonee. These newspapers hold the readers’ respect of honour as ‘leaders newspapers’ in India  same as NewYork Times, Washington Times does carry  in their self  country. Are all Indian news papers vague or hopeless and aspiring or sharing obsolete nonsense news in India  circulating news just for fun and fool the mass? What 4-5 wiki editors/volunteers  want to spell for Indian news paers ? Should one article come for negative publicity of wikipedia. Their step motherly treatments for Indian news papers.

However the true investigative, journalists team if wilkipedia has in its wiki project should had asked the reliability/validity  or the presence of such newspapers from atleast  wiki India project people. Not the fame of the person in question. Fame & notability are two different issues. A philosopher, poet or revolutionary may not be so famous as Tom Cruise or Pamela Anderson. May a important person not be famous as bin laden. May be brilliant and wise brains lack ability to become rich and famous as Brintney Spears who maxmirize mass and media and wikipedians exposing their beautiful breast? May be the person in question who well behave to keep low profile but still need his voice /vision to be heard? But does it mean non so famous  lack notability  or reliability criteria. News are news whether they come from horses mouth or ducks. Wiki denies indymedia. Why ? are these indymedia people nuts shaking their brains? Indymedia news is reliable-older and far reliable then wiki. People around world access the news promptly within a minute it spread it crucial or simple news only by writing a word on search engine. News readers get access to free news and gossips, debate are created more than any news or blogs.

Like any small or large circulation of internet news or newspaper news -  this indymedia generate far better  news distributing free for world  – The news are news – Every promoted news becomes  real notability or  generate gossips or debates of the  world. You see, Keeper 76, Every brilliant or blurred people of India is not internet searcher, 90 % mass still believe on newspapers news/reviews. In India 90% of people still don’t know what wikipedia means? So does it mean for Indian  mass  wikipedia is un notable / unreliable/ unimportant / Nonsense?

My dear Keeper76, if you still believe that Naresh Sonee page deserve two lines please focus that the page in question be raised by your good self or by your administrator or some good volenter. Show your generosity/empathy /judgment for  my raised  or shared work  of  pain taking  research & info writings for wikipedia. I can also raise it again and again writing two words for a sake but what is the point of wasting my time and annoying many people of wiki? So as I am telling again and again I like to create /  give a URL link which will display original scanned   Indian leading Hindi News papers , Who all had covered new/reviews on Naresh Sonee. This should be enough to convince you. Your goodself can delete all paras/ url link of indymedia if you still feel all are hopeless. But agree to my Indian newspapers atleast.

And do believe never erase my talk on your page while this will remind you how ill wiki make a contributors like me to appear and pose/post  his grievances making us   run  pillar to post  disqualifying  their hard core done research. While distributing medals of patience to self generated, self praising team. This letter should also reach your chairperson or arbitrary advisors - Who will be able to guide all respected volunteers editors  that – leading newspapers news of every country or states or village has a notability value. & news/reviews  once or twice, published in far past  or immediate  presence is enough evidence for notability /reliability –source. A registered newspapers big or small if registered with the governing registrar of the country absolutely un deniably carries  a notability/reliability value. Similarly - Info or intro, presence  of -Any remote or renowned person, place, performance of  non living or living entity in the universe should not be ignored innocently or intentionally by wikipedians while turning nelson eye. Even an individual from a small village of the world if has a notability and had created /attracted some sort of  state, city, country  news that can attract a ‘world wide view’ or share a ‘world wide vision’ – or is instrumental to lead a new  revolution  among it’s own area is crucial for global wikipedians. Such things should not be suppressed.

As like google, yahoo or any search engine I wish wikipedia should grow in size as it is –of the people, for the people, by the people. And wikipedia should clearly state it mission –what it exactly means or want ? or what it like to share among people of the world ? Is it a encyclopedia? Info centre of the world events, persons, place? Eventual History acknowledgement ? or Just a ‘Sand on Sea shore’ where any foot walker can rub, write , delete  the written messages  by whomsoever  or  ruthlessly rubbed by own self waves of sea (administrator).?

With regards to all of you again. Any good wikipedian like you should come forward, show generosity of reasoning neutral  judgment of  responsibility of  raising my page again  Naresh Sonee & Brhmaand Pujan  no matter what you feel unreasonable writerings of mine  may be scrutinized and deleted from them for ever. & What I personally feel your medal of ‘peace patience award banner’  given/honored  to Graeme is just for a sake, a diplomatic way out in a self organized wikipedian style  to place me out, by getting rid from me /  by ignoring  me for ever. I will admire if you show responsibility in placing my page again or hand over ing my case to your seniors or chief. Regards/ -Alan Sun- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dralansun (talk • contribs) 10:26, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

 *  jj137  ♠ 01:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Proposal shopping
Since I've gotten here (Wikipedia), I've noticed a continuing debate on fair use images. I've worked up some proposals that might help the issue over here User:Mbisanz/ImageSystemProposal and am now looking for comments and/or an editor smarter than me who could code them. Thanks. Mbisanz (talk) 08:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Dear Keeper76 ,I urge
Request the administrator. It seem the debate is over on Naresh Sonee so Pls delete each and every link/ debate on him as the search engine hits on naresh sonee 'hits' first on wikipedia discussion/delation page which is giving a wrong impression on seekers, readers of Sonee who has many hits to his credit. You can understand the negative impact. So treat it as urgent please. Regards- Alan Sun- --203.192.227.1 (talk) 06:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

One of those days
Ever had one of those days when you just want to WP:ABF and WP:BITE someone? :(  MBisanz  talk 16:41, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I found the nominating criteria here and again, I'm torn ont his one, since it doesn't seem like that notable an award, I skimmed the list of recipients,a nd none of them jumped out as names I'd ever heard of.  Is there any way I could just go neutral as the nom?   MBisanz  talk 20:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Okey, I've changed my comments on Articles for deletion/Bill Majors, I wish I could swing to a full Keep, but I think this will do. Also, were you aware of this  statement from the Foundation lawyer?  WP:COI looks nothing like what he's said.   MBisanz  talk 13:18, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Disamb Caucasian
Hihi

I stumbled on this one in Wikipedia Cleaner and started on it, but noticed you claimed it on the DONE part of the DAB project...you still working on it or is it ok for me to clean up the 60 or 70 left? Looks like they are pretty simple changes, mostly Biographies.

THANKS! Legotech (talk) 21:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

International Worship in English
The article as it was did not assert the notability of the subject; I did not know that the other article was up for AFD, the article simply said that it was "a Christian ministry formed on Easter in 1998 by Pastor Bill Majors at Young Nak Presbyterian Church in Myeongdong Seoul, South Korea." It also said when the earlier church was founded, but really made no claim of notability, hence I deleted it. If the author or someone else were to recreate the article and it asserted notability and cited the sources that were there, it would not get speedied. Hope this helps, I've copied it from my talk page. Keilana talk(recall) 21:56, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your civility, I'm dealing with a couple of angry people and trying to provide evidence in an ArbCom case, so I may be a few minutes. I'll drop what I'm doing to look through deleted revisions, but it may take a minute. Can you stick around? Keilana talk(recall) 22:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah ha! Found them. That wasn't hard, they were right in the revision. The references are:
 * Kim, Sun-jung. "Church with patience and grit." JoongAng Daily. 10 October 2004. ::[www.joongangdaily.joins.com/200410/10/200410102227084939900090409041.html]
 * Archived
 * Park, Jin-Hee. "Youngnak Caters to Foreign Worshippers." The Seoul Times. 16 December 2003. 29 December 2007. ::
 * Scott-Ashe, Richard. "Preaching in a much-changed place." JoongAng Daily. 19 December 2007. 29 December 2007. ::

Hopefully this helps. Regards, Keilana talk(recall) 22:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem, I'll undelete it and take it to AFD for a procedural nom if you want. Happy 2008! Keilana talk(recall) 22:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright, I appreciate it. It is indeed amazing, I wouldn't know half of what I know without Wikipedia. Anyways, I really appreciate the information! Thanks, Keilana talk(recall) 22:38, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

My condolences
You called it. I was rooting for you guys, too. I didn't want it to come to having to sweat seeing 2 of the 3 teams I have the greatest distain for in the playoffs. Fan-freaking-tastic. God forbid they should make it to the big game...

Did you catch the Pats/Giants game? My luck, I wear my Eli jersey in public for the first time since last season and that S.O.B. ends up having one his best games of the season. Now I have to wear his wing sauce stained, alcohol soaked jersey this Sunday. No way I can wash off the good vibes from that game.

I hate loving sports. -- E n d l es s D a n  20:43, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Templeton
It was a slam dunk based on my misreading of who got the TP. Now I need to find time to read the articles. I think it is probably a keep but the main proponent has a style issue. --BozMo talk 21:33, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Teflon
I can't count above 6 so I'll thank you for your kind words and diligent inspection here instead. --AndrewHowse (talk) 22:20, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

adminship
Hello. After running into you at the College Football WikiProject, I went and took a look over your contribs, and you struck me as someone who would be a capable administrator. If you think you're up to it, I'll gladly nominate you at WP:RFA. Let me know of your decision. Wizardman 04:31, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi. Your adminship is not showing up on the list of current RfAs. You should probably take a look at the Requests for adminship/nominate page.


 * Good luck! -- A. B. (talk) 17:23, 8 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks A.B. Got busy IRL for a minute there.  It's showing up now, I appreciate the heads-up!   Keeper   |   76  17:35, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Good luck. Rudget . 17:48, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Keeper76
I've added a question (8). &mdash; Dihydrogen Monoxide 22:49, 8 January 2008 (UTC)


 * In addition to DHM's above, there is an unanswered question under #6. So far so good. -JodyBtalk 12:30, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Answered. Thanks for the heads-up, I didn't see it tucked in there.   Keeper   |   76  16:25, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

The Legend of Eli
I have such a shit eating grin on right now, you have no idea. That grin has also spouted off a lot of shit this week with the office Cowboy fans. For my own financial and physical well being, we better win...

I also wanted to wish ya luck on your admin nomination. Don't become a total square. Remember, you are a disciple of stone cold chillin. Represent. -- E n d l es s D a n  14:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Request for copyedit
Sitakunda Upazila has gone through a rigorous peer review that dealt mostly in content (thanks to Amartya). Then it was put forward as a WP:GAN, but was withdrawn by Miranda as she disagreed very much with the quality of the copy. I have formally applied to the LOCE Request page, but it has long backlog and it's always nicer to work with individuals. The article has almost no content issues (apart from a few redlinks) and is very stable at the point. I myself am a lousy copywriter, but I will be there to meet you every need in developing the article (that includes answering questions, filling in gaps, clarifying information and everything in that line)... I promise. I have high hopes for the article. As far as I can see, all that stands between an FA status and this article are "brilliant prose" and a few, really few, areas of content improvement. Aditya (talk • contribs) 08:42, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. I'm not familiar with the subject (in fact, I'm complete blind in regards to this subject), but that won't matter for copyediting.  You've probably noticed already that I'm halfway through the copyediting process (7 sections).  I'll keep going for the next 1/2 hour or so, then I will be offline for about 36 hours, so I'll pick this up again Monday.  Happy editing,   Keeper   |   76  17:16, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Heyyyy, I almost missed the beginning of the great work. Thanks. A ferry-gaut is docking port that harbors river-ferries (gaut is actually a colonial English term used to refer to Indian small ports and such, i.e. a burning-gaut). Apart from one paragraph of thick mythology the rest of the Pilgrimage section may not be so scary, I guess. And, oh, while you are at it, would you take a look at Miranda's concerns? She left a note on the article talk page (another on her talk page). Leave a note for me when you withdraw, so I can at least keep some work rolling. Thanks again, you made my day. Aditya (talk • contribs) 17:25, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
 * sorry I disappeared there for the last 2 days, didn't have PC access. I'm back at it again today, and I'll look at Miranda's note also. Thanks for the gaut def, I learn something new everyday, or at least I hope to.   Keeper   |   76  15:38, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Can you expound a bit on the choppiness and non-universality of the leade a bit on the peer review page? I have a feeling that I will be able to fix the problem (and, oh, the CITE thing, I promise to do myself). Thanks for the great job, and apologies for the process mishap. I failed to complete the process, sorry. Aditya (talk • contribs) 15:15, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Update, thanks and new request: I hope I have been able to handle some issues with the lead. Thanks for the continued support. Your help, in fact, encourages me to make another request. Miranda's comment on the talk page says - "Avoid using: it, here, there are (and variations)" - but, I don't think I'm able to handle that. Can you look into this issues? I hope I am not pestering too much. Aditya (talk • contribs) 16:33, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

Piece of Shit
Ah well. Can't blame me for trying. I got away with for about 3 days. Wikilost (talk) 01:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

On the record
gb:17 (-7.5) sea:10

ne:38 (-13) jags:20

ind: 28(-6) sd: 17

NYG: 30 dal: 27(-7)

 E n d l es s D a n  18:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * 1-3... this should have been a rough weekend. Thank God for gullible Cowboys fans. They single handidly kept me out of the red this week. For this week:


 * NYG: 28
 * GB: 24


 * And 10,000 collective heart attacks from the tri-states.-- E n d l es s D a n  21:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA Thanks
Hi Keeper - thanks for your participation in my request for adminship. I'm glad you approved of my answers, and I appreciated your support. I also appreciate your catching the fact that I had quite unintentially called User:Tasc0 a BLP violator and a block-evading sock (I was tired). Anyway, the RfA passed 52/0/0, and I'm now in possession of a shiny new mop. If I can ever help you with anything, please don't hesitate to contact me. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 08:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Rudget!
 Dear Keeper76, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget . 16:51, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Well done! You're an administrator! :) Good luck. Rudget . 17:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Haha. Don't delete the main page. :) (And yeah, it took me ages to find that bleedin' userbox). Best, Rudget . 17:47, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

You are now an administrator
Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WjBscribe 17:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! Welcome aboard. Let me know how I can help or if you have any questions. We all need help from time to time so don't try to go it alone. You'll go a fine job. -JodyBtalk 19:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)


 * You are now the Man.-- E n d l es s D a n  21:30, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

21 to 17
I have nothing really to say... just wanted to let you know all is well in la-la land.-- E n d l es s D a n  21:30, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

My RfA
My request for adminship was successful at 64/1/2! Many thanks for your participation and I will endeavor to meet your expectations. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR  ( Converse ) 09:10, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Ignition (band)
The G4 was an error on my part. I closed the AfD discussion because the article had been A7 speedied just as the AfD opened, but apparently the A7 was revoked soon afterward. (No, I didn't put the A7 on.) When I saw that the page was still hanging around, I thought that it was a re-creation of deleted material, so I put a G4 on it, then realized my mistake. Confused yet? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:37, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Rob De Mezieres page
Thanks for your offer of help with this new page.

I have used the format found on other director (particularly SA director - e.g. the Richard Stanley wiki page) sites. I guess I'm struggling to understand what is meant by 'notability'. De Mezieres is one of a fairly small number of South African directors, and the film I refer to in the article is seen as groundbreaking, was socially impactful, and won several awards. Does that make it 'notable'?

Is it a question of adding more referencing?

I'm an academic by profession, so have little doubt I can meet the criteria for the page. But I'm finding it hard to negotiate the help pages and work out quite what I'm doing wrong.

Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciate.

Jane

Thanks so much for your follow up message.

I think one of the issues is a more general lack of writing about South African films, which makes it hard to tick some of the boxes on notability that wiki outlines. However, I can certainly beef up the referencing - I've really just got started on the page.

This might be well beyond the call of duty for you, but it might help me to grasp what's lacking by comparison to a similar page on a similar topic, like this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stanley_%28film_director%29. Richard Stanley is clearly a more established director, in that he has a few more credits. But Bokkie (the De Mezieres film) was critically acclaimed and is used, for example, in several South African universities as an example of really good South African filmmaking. So I don't think the two directors are that dissimilar in terms of experience or impact. If you could perhaps tell me what's lacking in the de Mezieres page that's present in the Stanley one, I can address the gaps more competently.

Edited to add: I looked at a couple of other SA film directors' pages, and they seem to have similar structures too - e.g. this one http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Greene and this one, which is a 'stub' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Hood

Re your query about the term 'mockumentary': It is often applied in contexts other than comedy. For example, The Blair Witch was regarded as a mockumentary - and it wasn't terribly funny! Similarly the war of the worlds thing that Orson Welles did wasn't really noted for its comedic value.

Thanks again for your help with all this. It's greatly appreciated. I've got to go offline for the next 24 hours or so, but do look forward to reading any help you can offer when I get back.

Regards Jane

Meerkat70 (talk) 09:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Meerkat70 (talk) 09:31, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Drunken otters
I nearly shot Barq's root beer out my nose when I read the line about drunken otters. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 20:44, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

PlanOmatic deletion- need better reason
I am unsure why this page was deleted since it was flagged as being "under construction". I had seen the original page in the deleted que and took the time to contact this company to gain factual information on them. I can see why their last page was deleted since I agree it was blatant advertising. That being said, I inquired as to their history, etc. and actually made an entry for them that was unbiased, neutral and strictly factual. I do not understand how you can claim it was the same page, since it was not. Please explain as to why a page with fully edited information(and in process of construction) was deleted, when it was not due to being blatant advertising in my entry. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Realestatereviews (talk • contribs) 15:52, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

deleted page?
I created a page for the band Stuck Backwards who has received international press coverage as well as national radio exposure. They are frequently a part of national radio programs and should have exposure on wikipedia.

Here is an exerpt from a review from a magazine in Puerto Rico... the english translation is poor... and the explicit wording has been removed...

This just recently arrived to us, a *$%&& unique cd of a band named Stuck Backwards, this band is $#*^&* insane they all are looney an tough as human beigns, they do a great crossover music that mixes old school Punk, Metal, hardcore and some other stuff added to create originality, their live shows are awesome circle pits everywhere slam dance its the primordial, everyone sings along.This band has shared the stage with some great bands and they have won the respect of the audience and created a small army thats getting bigger everyday.All the band members as well as crazy and comical they are serious musicians that knows how to deliver powerful Punk Rock music the way it was ment to be funny, liberal and controversial, powerful uniquely guitar work, hard hitting bass linescrazy & curious punishing fast well created drumming, sincere disturbing maniacly vocals some times screamier and growled lyrics of real life situations and funny words also added.This is a band thats going to break todays music barriers keep a good look on this act they will amaze you.If you are a Sick $^%*&*& lover of crazy Punk Rock anthems this is a must have.Fans of Gwar, Lucky 13 Riot Extravaganza, Misfits and NOFX buy this baby.

All Access Rock Magazine

Can i repost the page that I created? Snowman1975 (talk) 19:49, 17 January 2008 (UTC)snowman1975
 * No, don't repost it. Recreating deleted material will just get deleted again, and then you'll be susceptible to a block of your user account. There are better ways to get the article back.  First, do you have a link to the All Access Rock Magazine article that I can see?

Keeper  |   76  19:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

This is the website for the magazine.. I don't have the hard copy of the article. http://allaccessrockmagazine.wetpaint.com/

Snowman1975 (talk) 20:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)snowman1975

RfA
I have expanded my answer. Is it fine now? Vikrant 21:15, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

class of 9
The purpose of the class of 9 is merely to have someone to talk to. Want to keep in touch? Good! It's not really a club, more of a list and some people introducing themselves to each other. Archtransit (talk) 21:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

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Deleting Beyond Time
Hi,

I don't think I did the company justice in the area that asks for a summary of the article. It's strictly informational about the company that owns the comic book property Black Tiger, not an advertisement. I would appreciate you reconsidering deleting this article.

Thanks,

John —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhervey (talk • contribs) 22:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Are you the owner of the company as you stated in your edit summary? If this is your company, I strongly recommend that you read the Wikipedia guideline about conflict of interest.  Besides that hurdle, you need to be able to show that the company Beyond Time is notable.  Please read the sections of wikipedia about verifiability and reliable sources which both help you show how your company is notable, and then get back to me with links to those.  If you need help with this, you can ask me, any other user, or use the help desk.  If you feel after reading those links that the article should still be here, let me know and I will restore the article (probably in your userspace and not the mainspace unless you have new references).   Thanks, looking forward to hearing back from you, happy reading...  Keeper   |   76  22:39, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Deleting Beyond Time
Hi Keeper76,

Thanks for the links, I should have read them previously. I do have a reference at [www.beyondtimecomics.com], but I don't want to violate the spirit of third-party contribution. If you wouldn't mind, though could you post the article in my userspace?

Thanks again,

John

I wasn't clever enough to figure out how to directly reply to your previous message. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jhervey (talk • contribs) 23:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Returning
After much thought and deliberation I have decided to return. Many wikians contacted me by various means and I truly appreciate the support from all of them. Man, did I need that wiki break! I have learned from it and will use the experience to improve. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 19:26, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

now you are an admin
you need to activate your email, so people can ask for help in confidential situations. even if you do not otherwise want to use it. DGG (talk) 23:45, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I am free at last!
I dunno if it's still gonna be okay for you to be fraternize with a guy on skid row like me, but there is so much to discuss! I am still speechless over what happened on Sunday night. Between the Tynes missed FGs, the formerly much maligned Webster's pick in OT, Sam Madison's stupid foul and our fumbles (5)... it felt like the football Gods were trying to give another one to Lord Favre. To be honest, I'm still a little dumbfounded over the events. I just can't believe the Giants are going to the Super Bowl!!

PS, re: my block, just call it a hunch, but I don't believe this will be the last run-in I have with them stemming from this situation. Case in point, this. Look at the time of the update. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Endlessdan (talk • contribs) 16:12, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi John. -- E n d l es s D a n  16:19, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Cookie
Thank you for your cookie. I did not know you were on the LOCE. LOCE is a very good idea and helps editors and articles! Archtransit (talk) 16:43, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

ninetynine
Yeah, I thought it was a bit off too, but I couldn't seem to see any other way to do it. Ase nine  (talk) (contribs)  19:42, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Adminship
As far as being an administrator goes, I'd love to get there but am not sure if I've got the experience – I genuinely don't know whether there's more to it that I have yet to learn or not. I'm wondering whether an RfA (even a failed one) would be worth it to see the areas I might be lacking, or whether admin coaching is the way to go. Many thanks for the barnstar, it genuinely made me smile &mdash; alex.muller (talk • edits) 21:54, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

coaching
Now that your an admin, ever thought of working out at Admin coaching/Status? There is a decent backlog at Admin coaching/Requests for Coaching and you seem to have the temperment for difficult work. Or if you really want a challenge, you could adopt brand new people.  MBisanz  talk 22:02, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey there MBisanz! I haven't seen your name around in a while, did you take a Wikibreak?  (or maybe I'm just that oblivious.)  I'll go to those links when I get some freetime (ha!), but I'm not sure about the formal adoption process yet (I've only had the mop for a week - no expert by any stretch).  How's your admin pursuit going?  I know that you've been doing the editor review/other steps to get the mop - are you currently adopted?   Keeper   |   76  22:07, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep, I've been here, I've just moved more into image work to help with the insane NFCC backlog. I'm adopted, one coach retired and another went on a short wiki-break, but I'm still on the straight and narrow to RfA.  And oddly enough, at least 2 of the most successful Admin Coaches, The Transhumanist and Durova, aren't actually admins, they just know how to work with others.  Doing image work has given me a new persective on the annoying drudgery face around here.  Some of the stuff that gets uploaded is amazing but unsourced, and some of the sourced content leaves me sctatching my head and wondering who would ever be interested in topic X.  MBisanz  talk 22:11, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That's interesting, I didn't know that about the Transhumanist (I thought he/she was admin). Of course, Durova has plenty of admin experience, so his expertise in the subject is to be expected.  I'll check out those links tomorrow.  Good to see you moving into images.  I have exactly zero experience in that area.  I wasn't expecting to be an admin yet, I was surprise nommed by Wizardman and my adopting admin JodyB, and my RfA sailed right through.  Personally, I think yours would too but I understand that you want to get it right the first time.  right now, after being online for 7 hours, I'm wiki-fried.  I think I'll do some disambiguation pages or something else mindless before I do anything else admin related.  Cheers, MBisanz - let me know if you need anything, I'll gladly support your RfA quest!  Keeper   |   76  22:19, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Poodlebug
Yes, I have an account on Wiktionary. The biggest problem with Wikt is not the introduction of neologisms; it is the introduction of unsourced information, period. I consider a sourced neologism to be superior to an unsourced word in moderately common to uncommon use (say laser for the former and sylph for the latter). One of the strengths of Wiktionary is to be able to deal with newly emerging or extremely uncommon though valid terms through sourcing their emergence and use. However, sourcing is more of a problem to get editors to do over there than it is here, and we know what a problem it is here. Regards, User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

User talk:99.236.83.174
You correctly warned the IP. Just block with a test5 between 2 brackets, for the next time. I have much less patience with IP's than real users. Bearian (talk) 21:53, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree, and said so at ANI. I too have less patience with IPs, and this looks like a kid who gets home from school and wants to see how much he/she can do before Mom gets home. Don't range block unless there's a big discussion with lots of people that concur – you need to understand how IP addresses are doled out, and if you don't, range blocking is not for you. This isn't one of those times. There's a fine selection of blocking templates at WP:UTM and an even wider array at Category:User block templates. Welcome to the janitor's closet! :-) Krakatoa  Katie  22:12, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I wouldn't range block this either. With this type of IP vandalism, after three warnings, I block for either 15 minutes or two hours. It works well for - what is likely - a kid and does not inadvertently block a legit user if the IP address is re-assigned after the frustrated kid powers his computer down and goes out to play. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 02:13, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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Closing AFDs
Hello there again, young janitor – FYI, when you close AFDs, you need to put the top template above the headline, not below. If you don't, the log page for that date gets messed up and Mathbot doesn't count it as closed. Guess how I learned that? ;-)

I fixed Articles for deletion/The RealCycle Network for you, but you should probably check others you've closed to be sure they're correct. It would be considerably simpler for us if every XFD closing procedure were the same but they're all different; some have the top tag above the headline, like AFD, and some have it below, like WP:TFD. Don't know why that is, but somebody oughta make a law or something. Take care – Krakatoa  Katie  08:43, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Rjd0060 2
I'm glad I gave somebody a positive impression ;-) . Thanks for the great comments.  I appreciate it.  - Rjd0060 (talk) 19:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you ;) . - Rjd0060 (talk) 20:37, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA
You didn't need to do that at all, but I appreciate it muchly. This is obviously a stressful time for me, but that just, er, well... Thanks. -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 19:58, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I was going to say "takes out small onion..." but I am genuinely choked at present from the support, and sitting it out while the DRAAAAAHHMA unfolds. Meanwhile, it looks as if I'm going to get dragged into another ArbCom case. Ho hum. Thanks again. -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 21:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thank-spam
, I wish to tender my sincere thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 37 supports, 2 opposes, and 2 neutral. The results of the RfA are extremely bittersweet because of the recent departure of my nominator, Rudget. Hopefully I can live up to his and your expectations. I would especially like to thank Epbr123 and TomStar81 for mentioning that they were preparing to offer me a nomination. The past week has been one of the most stressful weeks in my life, and I appreciate your vote of confidence in me. If you ever need anything, just get in touch. -MBK004 20:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

It ain't easy
Getting 3 blocks in 2 days. But I think I'm in the clear now.-- E n d l es s D a n  01:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello Clarence
Nah, I gotcha. I'll make sure it's not linked to any page or any body and I'll throw another CSD up. Just doing some sprucing up. -- E n d l es s D a n  20:13, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * No, no, no. I'm not packing out. If I was leaving, that scene a few days ago on my talk page would have looked a lot the end of Scarface. It will take a lot more then that to get rid of ol' Dan. Besides, there's like 9 months till Arb Com elections. And I'm sure these will help get me the democratic vote. -- E n d l es s D a n  21:03, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA
, Thank you for your support in my RFA which passed 43/0/1. I would like to especially thank Bibliomaniac15 for being my nominator and admin coach. I would also like to thank Rudget for being my co-nominator. I'm sure that I can live up to the community's expectations as an administrator, and not totally mess everything up. Thanks again for your support! Malinaccier (talk) 17:23, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Lame duck argument
The typical DR process hasn't flown out of the window with the addition of term limits; it's still in place. And if it fails, the term limit evaluation will kick in to enforce accountability by the community at large. Your lame duck argument assumes that an administrator will not be subject to DR when its reach is the same. The difference is that DR at the arbcom level is a check by admins - admins judging other admins. The term limits evaluation by the community is the balance, a homage to the Roman assemblies of the people. &mdash;Viriditas | Talk 18:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA Thanks
Cheers for that, I'm not the sort of guy to go round spamming with pretty pics so heartfelt gratitude for your support is all you're going to get!. Now (rolls up sleeves), there's vandals in them thar hills. Thanks again. -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 17:21, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Airmen's cave
Lacitpo (talk) 01:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC) I'm rewriting the article, following all the guidelines I can find about writing a new article. I'm citing credible sources, not infringing copyrited material, and structuring as close to the best other cave article I've been able to find. I'm doing this in the talk page at the moment and wondered if maybe I could message when I finish to have it looked over. I'm not trying to spam wikipedia here, just put up an article that I, and I am positive many others would benefit from. I just didnt' realize how hard it was to get an article into wikipedia. Lacitpo (talk) 01:19, 29 January 2008 (UTC)


 * article rewritten in the talk page, can you give me any critique on it before I attempt to re-submit it? Talk:Airmen's_Cave  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lacitpo (talk • contribs) 01:34, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

my first
I will not make personal attacks anymoreVandleBlaster (talk) 00:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

There is a link on one of his freinds pages. I was asked to sign up and vote when the time was right. I'm not voting for him though (as you know) —Preceding unsigned comment added by VandleBlaster (talk • contribs) 00:14, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That would be a personal attack. I promised the other person that I would not get involved with that anymore.   Not sure why you would suggest that when it is clear that I choose to make my own decision.  I am not going to make any more derogatory comments, but he can get his votes elsewhere.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by VandleBlaster (talk • contribs) 00:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * "That makes you one of these (link to a definition for an unethical individual)" As I stated, I was asked to sign up, I did, but I voted my conscience, not what was requested.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by VandleBlaster (talk • contribs) 00:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Will do, SineBot told me the same thing. I am going to log off now.  I have caused enough grief for 1 night.VandleBlaster (talk) 00:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree, I made a PA yesterday, I fessed up, and it is on my page for all to see. I can correct the verbage in my vote if you would like.  I would still like to vote.  Please advise.

and almost forgot(4xtilde): VandleBlaster (talk) 19:47, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I will attempt to strikeout, that may be past me. When I looked at what this guy that I was supposed to vote for was all about, I found traits that I did not like.  Case in point is in an arbitration(?) discussion, where I see lots of efforts to "Win" at his various points and interpretation of the regs(I think they ar 'polocies and guidelines') instead of resolving the problems at hand.  I hope that none of this is considered a PA on the individual as I am only attempting to answer your question as to the reasoning behind my vote.  I think my 1st edit was consise and to the point.  I quickly learned that I need to package my thoughts in a more acceptable manner to this forum.VandleBlaster (talk) 20:05, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I may have stepped on your edit. I have used the s in the carrots that you used on my page to strike out.  I have made an attempt at an educated statement on my opinion and I have apologized to those offended by my 1st remark.VandleBlaster (talk) 20:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

inciviliy
Ssshh! (chuckling quietly to myself) Dloh  cierekim  19:24, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Special:Contributions/VandleBlaster
Hmmm, I nearly blocked for incivility and disruption. Thoughts? Dloh  cierekim  19:54, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

heilige scheisst
Is German for "sacre merde" <>20:17, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I don't usually use that type of language, but it's "Holy crap" in English. LOL  Dloh  cierekim  20:21, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Fortunately, "Sacre merde" has no accents that I know of. There is nothing to omit there. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 20:23, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * This is why I switched to German. Dloh  cierekim  20:26, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * PS will now go soak my head and my twitchy trigger figure. Dloh  cierekim  20:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Laughs
Glad you like them. The first, I saw on a message board somewhere, so pinched it for my own use; the other is my own. I'm always on the lookout for this sort of thing, it lightens things up. I'm thinking of starting a page for Smith Jones's unique wit. You might also like this exchange. Cheers.-- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 22:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh that is just pure gold! I missed that first time around, but now I'll know who to send for if I ever mess up a cut & paste move. -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 22:41, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Removing Cache
Hello Keeper, I hope you are doing well. I was wondering what the best way is to have Wikipedia delete the cache, so that a discussion of deleted article (at the user's request) does not show up on a google search? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steno895 (talk • contribs) 18:54, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Dear Keeper, Any thoughts on my request? I'd really appreciate if you could help me out on this one. Steno895 (talk) 18:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me keeper. I was wondering then, if you could just delete my username and talk subpages, pursuant to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Right_to_vanish. It says to contact an administrator. Thank you again for all of your help in this process. I really appreciate it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steno895 (talk • contribs) 19:04, 30 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Sorry to see you go. I deleted your usertalk page as a userrequest.  You don't have a userpage (that's why your name appears red), so there's nothing to delete.  Have agood day,  Keeper   |   76  19:09, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Keeper!
Could you unprotect my userpage? I need to write something on it. Cheers, Rudget . 17:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like User:Wimt beat me to it. Let me know if/when you want it reprotected.  Cheers my friend, hope you're well.   Keeper   |   76  18:20, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Rudget . 18:22, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I just unprotected your user talk also, and removed the redirect. Not that I want you to get flooded with new messages, but until your rename goes through, you should really have a working talkpage otherwise people will likely just fill up your userpage.  I hope that your rename is not an RTV - you've got a great reputation around here and I for one am glad to see you returning.  (but you know that), Cheers,   Keeper   |   76  18:25, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

HYACKs (MN)
I don't need the information per se, but I don't even have the contributing editor's username to let them know that they need to rewrite the lost information. If you want to post the text back into my userpage, I'll incorporate it back into my article. Thanks. Mullins421 (talk) 01:55, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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Ultraexactzz is now an Administrator
My RfA was successful, and closed with 44 Supports, 6 Opposes, and 1 Neutral. For your support, you have my thanks - I fully intend to live up to the lofty yet not-a-big-deal responsibility you have granted me. For those who opposed my candidacy, I value your input and advice, and hope that I may prove worthy of your trust. Special thanks to both Rudget  and  bibliomaniac  1  5  for their expert coaching and guidance. I look forward to serving the project, my fellow editors, the pursuit of higher knowledge, et cetera, et cetera. Again, you have my thanks. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 01:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Permission
Do you mind if I use you as my default clerk for recall if I were to pass an RfA? User:MBisanz/Recall?  MBisanz  talk 03:40, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks from Happy-melon
I just wanted to say thanks for your support for my RfA, which closed (74/2/0) this morning. Your comment and support was very much appreciated, as is all the work you do for the LOCE. Happy</b>‑<b style="color:darkorange;">melon</b> 09:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Closing of the AFD on Air pollution dispersion modeling books
Keeper76: I agree thoroughly with your closing of the Afd debate on the above article and your renaming it as Bibliography of atmospheric dispersion modeling.


 * I have reworded the lead-in sentence to be consistent with the new name.
 * I have added the Category:Biographies to the article.
 * I have placed a tag on the Atmospheric dispersion modeling section.
 * As time allows, I will slowly change the link in each of the articles that linked to the old title.

I can think of nothing else that needs to be cleaned up in the article to be consistent with the Afd discussion. Would it be appropriate for me to now remove the "cleanup afd" tag you placed on the article? I will watch for your response on this page. - mbeychok (talk) 06:59, 1 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Great work Mbeychok! Absolutely, the tag can be removed.  In fact, I just did it!.  Cheers,  Keeper   |   76  15:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Real talk
<BIG>NYG</BIG>: 30

Pats: 27

MVP: Amani Toomer

R.I.P.: Me.

Endless Dan 15:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Return
Thanks. I look forward to working with you again, if you ever need a second, third, fourth... opinion then just ask. Regards, Rudget . 16:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Of course not. :P Rudget . 16:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Handshake
Hi Keeper76,

I think you may have just deleted a page I was just editing. It concerns the folk band Handshake. Is there anything I did wrong with the page? I think it may have been a notability thing? Do I need to add proof of releases and media coverage etc next time?

Is it possible to re-edit the original page or must I start again?

Thanks for any help, kerrykez13


 * Kerrykez13, I replied on your talk page. Thanks!   Keeper   |   76  22:37, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

About the "Not Equal" sign on Miami (FL) in the Bowl Games 2007-08== ==

The reason it's there is that Dolphin Stadium, where the Orange Bowl Game is played, will be the new home field for the University of Miami (Florida) Hurricanes football program starting in 2008. Hope that clears it up. NoseNuggets (talk) 3:21 PM US EST Dec 28 2007.

Vikings
Good job with your edits this season too! Finalnight (talk)

All My Sons Moving and Storage Company
Hello Keeper76, Thank you very much for your advice. Some sources that you requested that I have come across are press releases abou All My Sons as well as the hit reality show Extreme Makeover. On that site, there is a link back to All My Sons which I think has set the company apart. As the codes have stated, I wanted to make sure that you understand this is not an advertising for the company in any way shape or form. Rather, I want to put up the history of the company and the impact it has made in various metropolitan cities across the United States. If there is any direction in which you can point me in to make my information comply with the standards of Wikipedia, I am all ears. I await your response Keeper76 and hope to hear your advice. Thanks again for keeping such a great encyclopedia free to users across the web.

A7
You asked me to mention any questions I had with your first batches of deletions. A7 does not apply to works of creative works, such as Snakes and Ladders (film) its a broad group of things specifically exempted in WP:CSD. On the other hand, you can speedy the author and the actors as A7, just not the film.
 * and I'd have done Adrian martens as nonsense, based on the last sentence of the 1st para. And G4 can be used only for recreation after XfD, not just multiple justified speedies. After a totally unjustified  re-creation, I usually also give a warning.
 * More important, Anthony turner asserts starring roles --may be unjustifed, but it would be for afd.

The temptation is to go too fast. You'll see some complaints on my talk page. some are justified--they've generally been when I've been in a rush, or tired, or even a little lazy & took a short-cut.

Page on Maumenee deleted
Dear Keeper76:

I was surprised to see that the entry for Irene H. Maumenee was deleted.

I added the entry; i slightly revised text on website: http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/wilmer/employees/cvs/Maumenee.html

I am the original author of this text; I wrote it when I was employed by the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins.

I clearly did not understand how this works. Even though I am the original author, does Johns Hopkins now own the copyright?

If so, I'm merely curious. Why are pages of other Johns Hopkins faculty still included?

How do I go about resubmitting information about Dr. Maumenee?

Many thanks.

Would you kindly reply to tnm@jhmi.edu?

Bests,

-tom mitchell tnm@jhmi.edu

Psychohistory AfD
Er, why did you close this AfD early? JoshuaZ (talk) 17:17, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi JoshuaZ. I closed the debate early because it really wasn't a debate about whether to keep or delete the article.  It was a debate about what content should or should not be included in the article.  Therefore, as a content dispute, I recommended that the debate be moved to the talkpage of the article.  I am aware of at least one discussion that has happened/is happening on DGG's talkpage between DGG and User:Slrubenstein here.  Thanks,  Keeper   |   76  15:18, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Spiritualism (philosophy)
Hi,

could I get a copy of the text for the article on Spiritualism (philosophy) as I would like to keep working on it in a sandbox.

It was not wrong. There is a bit of a cultural divide going on here,and spillage from an edit war on Modern Spiritualism as in Europe spiritualism is used in this context.

I would be happy if you could dump the content on my talk page.

Thanks. --Lucyintheskywithdada (talk) 14:50, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. At the very least I might remake a redirect to idealism which, apparently, is how it is described more commonly in the US now. I need to look at that article a bit. Classically in Europe it was Spiritualism. --Lucyintheskywithdada (talk) 15:34, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Sitakunda again
If you don't mind me pestering you again, would you take another look at Sitakunda Upazila? The article has gone through much change, especially in the domain of copyediting since you did wonders in improving it. But, I guess, there still are quite a few copy issues lingering. Cheers. Aditya (talk • contribs) 19:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Ben metelits
The solution in such cases is to userfy and use nn-userfy on the talk page; this works most of the time, in my experience. Cheers, Guy (Help!) 23:01, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. This particular article was speedied once, recreated, and then the speedy was attempted again but removed from the article by the article creator (presumably the editor and the article's subject are one and the same (COI)).   From what I can tell, the speedy was removed by the creator of the article (not a legitimate removal as you know), and then brought to AfD.  I tried speedy deleting it per CSD:A7 again and it was removed because of the AfD.  I brought it to the attention of an uninvolved editor to try and save the creator some grief,  but it seems the best course at this time is to just let the AfD play out.  Your thoughts?   Keeper   |   76  23:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Guy. I just saw what you did from my watchlist. I was involved in the debate therefore hesitant to do what needed to be done.  Great work with the IAR userfying.  Cheers,  Keeper   |   76  23:45, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians‎
Semi protection isn't going to do any good, since the two edit warriors are long-established users. Corvus cornix talk  00:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Article bans? I've already suggested to one of them that he go to RfC, but he doesn't seem so inclined. Corvus cornix talk  00:21, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

OK, I'll suggest it at ANI. Thanks. Corvus cornix talk  00:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You know, sometimes I think it would be just great to send Smith Jones in to negotiate, in the absence of Bruce Willis. His influence would be truly different. -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 01:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Indeed. He is a lesson to us all, and clearly differently gifted. Reminds me of Lance-Corporal_Jack_Jones somewhat. Bless him! -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 01:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey, I'm not into scoring ethno-superiority points here, but I agree with respect to The Office. I've seen the US version and it seems to relate more to Curb Your Enthusiasm/Seinfeld than to anything we would recognise here. To my mind, the comedy of embarrassment doesn't generally seem to translate well for a US audience. -- Rodhullandemu  (Talk) 02:08, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Katran (Myst)
How exactly do the keeps outweigh the deletes? As I'm sure you know, articles must have reliable sources in order to assert notability, and fictional topics are not exempt from that. Their only argument was that the character exists within the fiction. That has nothing to do with providing a real world context. TTN (talk) 22:26, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Give me a sec, I'll go look at it again. I close several AfDs every day.  I'll reply to your question within the hour.   Cheers,  Keeper   |   76  22:30, 4 February 2008 (UTC)


 * My sincere apologies for the delay. Things got a bit crazy IRL.  It seems the debate was basically a discussion as to whether a main character in a novel and video game is considered notable.  Precedence says yes. Two of the delete voices said "fails WP:V".  Verifiability really only means can the statements and assertions be verified?  The answer is yes.  It is separate from the notability issue. The "keep" voices seemed to grasp Verifiability at its essence better and also addressed the notability concerns.  DGG explained the idea of subarticles well, but I don't agree that this particular character's article should therefore be unreferenced.  It needs references or an unref tag. (And I believe references are out there).  There is no deadline.
 * All that to say, of course I have no real interest in the article or the article's subject matter. The debate had gone stale, it was 8 days old and I was clearing the backlog that day.  If you wish to list the debate at WP:DRV, by all means do it.  Or find references, or tag it as unref, watchlist it, and renominate in a few months.  Cheers mate, happy editing.   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  18:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

XLII
After seeing his beloved New York Giants defeat the much maligned New England Patriots on Sunday night, the user formerly known as Endlessdan has died of unspecified causes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Endlessdan (talk • contribs) 17:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Email
You'll be receiving an email within the next hour. Regards, Rudget . 19:33, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, it doesn't matter then. Thanks for telling me. Rudget . 20:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It won't be for a co-nomination anyway.... *laughs* - it was about the RFC. But it doesn't matter, I probably wouldn't end up sending it anyway, I always forget to send emails to people when I promise them. :) Rudget . 20:10, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :) Rudget . 20:19, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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Changing an AFD to either withdraw it, or change to speedy
Hi you just closed an AFD for a band which upon further review could have been speedied as both the band's website and myspace were dead links, and only had some real trivial coverage. In the comments you said it could have been speedied. If, after I have nominated an article that either the AFD could have been withdrawn or speedied, is their any procedure for changing your position as a nominator? I'm just looking for a policy to point to or something. Thanks in advance -Optigan13 (talk) 04:41, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Optigan13. Fair question.  No, there really isn't a procedure beyond just changing your own opinion and stating as much on the AfD page.  For speedies, let someone else add speedy to your delete.  Usually, a "speedy candidate" ends up in AfD after the speedy has been declined or "hangon"-ed by the originating author.  If its obvious though, the closing admin will take care of it. As for withdrawing (basically changing to keep) there have been a few times where I've been a nominator for an article that I ended up withdrawing.  One that comes to mind from a while ago was Articles for deletion/Paola Cavalieri.  Read through that to see an example of what I mean.  I nominated the article on grounds of notability after I was unable to substantiate any of the claims of notability in the article.  Others were able to find what I was not able to find (not sure what I was drinking ;-).  The easiest way to get something "withdrawn" is to strike your nomination statement and add a statement below in the comments section apologizing profusely for slogging the community through a needless AfD.  There really is no procedure, persay, that can remove the nom, especially if others agree with you by saying delete.  Once it's there, it's there.  I've actually seen a "withdrawn" by nominator that ended up still being deleted by consensus even though the nominator switched teams and was fighting for the keep...don't remember what it was though.  On that note, if you find it happening a lot that your noms are getting withdrawn by you, you should probably recheck your criteria for sending something through AfD in the first place.  You'll notice on the deletion policy page that it is quite strongly recommended, you could even say required, that you attempt to clean, source, edit, expand, improve, source, edit, clean, expand, source, and clean the article before nominating for deletion.  Deletion is a last resort.  Have I answered your question?  I tend to ramble although you probably noticed.....Cheers mate,   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  15:43, 6 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, it basically amounts to you nominated it, you bought it. So if you started a nom, you can change your opinion just like everyone else and a snowball close might take place, but you don't own the nomination just like you don't own any pages you've worked on. Also with the speedy tag, if you didn't initially mark it as speedy, you can't accelerate it, just hope a lot of others join and it might get a snowball delete. Also looking at the afd you linked, showing your work in the form of links to searches you did helps. I actually found the articles I linked through cleanup by month, so I did try to do the cleanups, references, and generally tried to write for the enemey before I nominated it. The other thing I noticed is that cleanup seems to be a pretty generic tag for articles where generally poor article setup includes lacking sources and notability, in addition to general layout issues. -Optigan13 (talk) 04:22, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Concerning Kamal Karna Roy
Hi Keeper76, I noticed that you blocked the IP address that kept recreating the Kamal Karna Roy talkpage. I noticed the same material on this page and wondered if this could be deleted as well or whether it was immune as part of the sandbox. Thanks, Kafka Liz (talk) 20:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC) . thanks, didn't notice. It's now blanked. Keeper  |   76   |   Disclaimer  20:45, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

E-mail.
Ever considered enabling e-mail from other users? It's important for admins to have that... if there's a particular reason for your not including it, feel free to ignore this message. · AndonicO  <sup style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:navy;">Hail!  00:42, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree that admins ought to have email enabled. Users have confidential concerns and sometimes want additional privacy afforded by an off-wiki discussion venue with an involved admin. JERRY talk contribs 04:03, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't have email because I can't have email. It's all explained here if you're interested in an ironic explanation.   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  15:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Replied at my talk page
JERRY talk contribs 04:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Keeper76/Quotes saved for humor and posterity
Good times. A few similar thingies at User:Dihydrogen Monoxide/Clutter, if you're interested. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 08:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Going there next... Keeper  |   76   |   Disclaimer  15:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Fun. I particularly like User:Arcayne's comment wrt Santa (a diff would be great). I also like the computer-chess-kick boxing thing, but I first heard it from Demetri Martin here. I suppose you already now about Evula's great collection? User:Dorftrottel 10:00, February 8, 2008
 * I'll look for the diff. Preeety sure it was AN or AN/I...dammarchives... Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  15:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * The Gurch quote wins it for me. It's on pretty much every humour page these days... dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 10:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Seen it around too (obviously), that's how I found it Keeper  |   76   |   Disclaimer  15:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It's ok, but I'm more into elaborate ranting... User:Dorftrottel 10:17, February 8, 2008
 * Of course you are :-) Keeper  |   76   |   Disclaimer  15:23, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks
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Speed...
Yep, I am just that quick. No, I was just checking up on someone who I had reverted. It seems they carried on and I just got there at the right time, (well wrong for you, I hate those damn edit conflicts!) You are just going to have to be quicker... ;) Woody (talk) 15:35, 11 February 2008 (UTC) Yeah, thanks for blocking him. I hate socks... Keilana | Parlez ici 15:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Post Super Bowl Glow
...still hasn't worn off! It actually just sunk in this weekend after my 4th (or 5th, or 6th, or 7th) viewing.

FREEKIN ELI, dood!! --Endless Dan 19:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Your AfD nominations
Will do, thanks for the suggestion! -- Lea (talk) 01:21, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Case logo
Yep, you got it right. I had it converted in the image lab to an SVG and then forgot to tag the old version.  MBisanz  talk 02:08, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

LOL
Long story. I started out using my real name. Dloh cierekim  Deleted?  19:38, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Sasparilla anyone?
You might want to examine DGG's oppose #3 point on Abd's RfA. We've been had. Dloh  cierekim  Deleted?  20:40, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * LOL. If you're done with that cheese, might I have a bite? Dloh  cierekim  Deleted?  21:10, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Re
Oops. I thought I hadn't voted yet... sorry. Hm, how about a nice rainbow fish for me instead? Nousernamesleft copper, not wood 21:06, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the smile!
Thanks for writing "Now that you will likely be spending time in the Janitor's realm cleaning up vomit" at Requests for adminship/Kim Dent-Brown. It perfectly described my admin work today, and gave me a much-needed smile. :)--Fabrictramp (talk) 00:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

New Jeru
Ahh!! Amongst biggest misconceptions about Jersey is that blasted supposed Jersey-native accent. It is completely false. No. Just, no! The only people who say Joizee are big hair Stellas & guidos from Long Island. People from Jersey do not talk like that. If anything, it sounds more like Jer-Zee.

Endless Dan 21:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

PS - My favorite misconception about Jersey. I wonder if Jimmy's ghost ever gave Eli any pep-talks. ... ... yeah, the post-XLII glow hasn't worn off yet.
 * Ya know, I really thought that people from Minnesoooota talked like that. I'm glad we've both been informed on our respective regional dialects. But in my defense, you wouldn't want to be accused of sounding like people from the Island either. --Endless Dan 13:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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Mention
Do you mind that I added your name here? :) If so, you know what to do. Regards, Rudget . 17:34, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice idea. :P Credit goes to Daniel and Riana.  Rudget . 17:40, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

OOOPS!
That's a spicy meat. . . Er, I mean that's some "oops." I blame myself. I shoulda said flat out, "If you've been using socks, 'fess up NOW,and we might forgive you." I did try to warn him. Should someone unblock the SPA that tried to warn us. Dloh cierekim  Deleted?  17:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep, no edits in 13 hours. What a thing to see when you wake up and log on. oh, well. On top of the incivility issue. . . .  Dloh  cierekim  Deleted?  18:08, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Of course, we are all gong to feel pretty silly if there is an innocent explanation for the checkuser result. Dloh  cierekim  Deleted?  18:10, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:SNOW.
WP:SNOW is a serious policy on this encyclopedia (that's right, I promoted it to policy). Please don't joke around with it as you did here. · AndonicO  <sup style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:navy;">Hail!  19:15, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Just kidding, of course. ;) Enjoying the weather? · AndonicO  <sup style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:navy;">Hail!  19:15, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I see... · AndonicO  <sup style="font-family:Times New Roman; color:navy;">Hail!  19:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

68 and sunny. Which means I miss a lot when I go for a walk.  Dloh  cierekim  Deleted?  19:56, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 68 and sunny? How did you know my grandma's age and name?  Creepy...  Seriously, I won't see that kinda weather (outside a planetrip) for 3 months.  Sucks.   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  22:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the merge/redirect information
That certainly cleared up the difference. Thanks also for the good words, I am having fun here and enjoying it very much. Even AfDs where I'm ultimately 'wrong' about notability or some other factor, I enjoy learning from. I do have one other question if you don't mind. You closed this AfD today as no consensus, which I completely agree with because the AfD was essentially a discussion back and forth. For 'odd' cases like this where it deals with an issue such as a UFO, what is a reliable source? Are there guidelines? The related article Articles_for_deletion/UFO_sightings_in_Libya was easier because there was no 'list' and no substance but this one was harder. Is there something I could read to learn more on what to do in these cases? I'm trying to read more on WP:BAND these days as there are a huge number of bands in the backlog where I'm currently working and I hope to be able to better understand those, too. I'll get braver with less clear-cut AfDs. Thanks again! Travellingcari (talk) 03:50, 15 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the information, that was basically what I thought about the Carmelo_Papotto AfD. I'd be happy to re-nominate it in the future because no sources were ever found but without input from anyone other than the two interested in the project, I don't think a future AfD is going anywhere. *Shrug* They want it because they believe it's true and sourced, I don't know if I believe in little green men but I'd need a better souce to get me to believe. Have a good day and thanks for your help. Travellingcari (talk) 18:31, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA Card
My RFA →→→ <div style=" border: outset 1px DarkGray; background-color: DarkGray; padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px; "> <div style=" border: outset 1px DimGray; background-color: DimGray; padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px; "> <div style=" border: inset 2px white; background-color: #f5f5f5; padding: 10px; color: black; ">

Dear Keeper76, here is a little note to say thank you for your kind vote on my request for adminship which succeeded with a final result of (29/5/5).

I cannot thank you enough for you're support on my RFA. And now that I am a sysop, I will work hard to improve the encyclopedia with my new editing tools. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any queries you have. I would be glad to help you along with the other group of kind and helpful administrators.

Thank you again and I look forward to editing alongside you in the future. &mdash; Chetblong T  C 20:51, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Nousernamesleft
I was glad to have the expert in everything support me! ;) Nousernamesleft copper, not wood 23:50, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I can has thankspam?
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WP:LOCE!?
Per ; could you help out with Peer review/Bernard Fanning/archive1 please :) dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 08:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a plan. I'll start removing sources ;) dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 22:28, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks heaps for that. I'll keep you posted on anything you may be interested in re. the article, especially if it passes FAC. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H20) 08:11, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Swansea Public School
Just wanted to give you the link for our school:

swansea-canada.com

I was surprised it wasn't there,

Thanks,

Chris Higgins Teacher and webmaster, Swansea PS <removed email address for privacy> —Preceding unsigned comment added by Swanmeister (talk • contribs) 16:34, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * ?? I'm not sure what this is about.  I've not deleted or worked on anything that has "Swansea" in the title.  Swansea is an article not related to Canada.  Swansea (disambiguation) says there is one "Swansea" in Canada (near Toronto).  What do you want added, and where?   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  23:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Maybe hot coals look scarier than they actually are...
Many thanks for the offer Keeper; I reckon I'm much more experienced now than I was this time last month, so I'd love to accept it ;-) Cheers <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&mdash;αlεx•mullεr 18:19, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks – Gwernol might be one to go for I guess, but it's been a while and wasn't the most amount of interaction, so no expectation from me <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&mdash;αlεx•mullεr 19:09, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Accepted and done the questions... phew. I gotta say now, thanks very much for all your help with this - it's really appreciated <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&mdash;αlεx•mullεr 20:42, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

It was at the other user.
One of the things they said on User:Gwernol's page was that they were not tolerant of other religions. Now the question switches to whether or not they were saying they don't tolerate other religions, or that Gwernol doesn't. But someone, as my experience would show, usually doesn't say such a thing about someone else unless it's how they personally feel, themselves. And what else can you say to such a person other than "so sorry to hear that"? You just have to pity a person who's mind has been closed, by whatever cause, from the beauty that's in all religions, and hope for the best for them. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 22:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

HYACKs (MN)
Ok, thanks.

Actually, Mullins is my last name, but I do like Rich Mullins. He's really good musically, especially on the hammer dulcimer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mullins421 (talk • contribs) 16:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

AN/I Comment
Might want to insert your full sig after your endorse comment on AN/I. <strong style="color:#000;background:#fff;border:0px solid #000">Avruch <strong style="color:#000;background:#fff;border:0px solid #000"> T 16:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks Avruch,. Keeper  |   76   |   Disclaimer  16:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:POST
I've just realised that I'm over due by 26 hours for a WikiProject report for the Signpost. Could you answer some questions for me for a project that you are part of? :) If not, it doesn't matter. Rudget . 18:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Aren't we all. :) Doesn't matter. I just remembered something. Rudget . 18:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Will do. I didn't remember that I asked someone a while ago, and now the opportunity has arised. Next week maybe? Rudget . 18:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your help with the DRV/AfD
for Hema Sinha. I had a feeling it needed to be booted back up to the top for consensus. Have a good day. Travellingcari (talk) 19:50, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yep, knew the outcome was far from settled so that's why I was surprised to see it closed. I thought maybe I'd missed some !votes in the insanity that is my watchlist and having not watched it for the last day or so but then I figured DRV was the best option. Hope you're warmer than NY? Staying inside and editing is a wonderful idea for a day like today -- ~70 yesterday and about half that today :) Travellingcari (talk) 19:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Oh that's awful! I've been through Minnesota once, transit at MSP on a flight from NYC to Calgary but never at this time of year. We had +8 the other week which was awful because this has been an entirely unseasonable winter -- we were in the 60s in early January. I don't blame global warning so much as a bipolar Mother Nature. Travellingcari (talk) 20:11, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * *chuckle* sounds like Rochester, New York, where I was voluntarily for four years for college. In the years after I graduated I made a concerted effort to avoid winter by spending it in places like southwestern Japan (similar to the Carolinas), Fiji and Australia. Returning to NYC for gradschool resulted in some re-acclimatisation, at best. :) Travellingcari (talk) 20:18, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

OhanaUnited's RFA
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Deletion of Template:Db-move
I've restored this; it looks like you deleted it by mistake because it was showing up in CAT:CSD - please be more careful. —Random832 21:16, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I caught a few more myself - it looks like this is either due to a change in Template:Db-g6 or the new parser. —Random832 21:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

The Lions-- Knights for the blind
Maybe he'll read about the great job the Lions do all over the world, feel guilty, and dedicate the rest of his life to helping people. Actually, Wikipedia is a great place for a former Lion. Lions work to overcome spiritual and intellectual blindness as well as physical blindness. This is easier for me and more satisfying. <<COI WARNING>> Cheers,  Dloh  cierekim  Deleted?  21:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, he certainly made some questionable edits. But a good Lion always assumes good faith and never misses an opportunity to recruit. LOL <<COI WARNING>>.  Dloh  cierekim  Deleted?  21:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Why?
Hi, I am confused on why you deleted my page on 'Chris Derrick.' He is extremely well known and has a very large following in the running community. There are numerous other articles about runners who are not nearly as successful.

Thanks, UserOne2Three —Preceding unsigned comment added by Useronetwothree (talk • contribs) 22:31, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

re:
Fcuk me! Who'd have thunk it?! User:Dorftrottel 23:03, February 19, 2008
 * Btw, you could do me a favour and answer my question at the irreverence desk. P-F-B or F-P-B? User:Dorftrottel 23:11, February 19, 2008
 * Oh, and another thing: Is there a project space equivalent to Oldafd? User:Dorftrottel 23:18, February 19, 2008
 * It rocks, thanks. User:Dorftrottel 23:39, February 19, 2008


 * Thanks for the note Keeper76. And apologies for misreading the tone of your post.  When I looked at the comment again I realized you hadn't meant it the way that I initially had interpreted it.  Cheers! --JayHenry (talk) 00:09, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

deletion of jProductivity
Hi, can you explain why article on jProductivity was deleted? I do not see any explanation on Articles for deletion/JProductivity including no reference in a deletion review. My last answer to user User:Whpq was made on Feb 13. 2008 and there was no other communication/response, etc after that and your deletion on Feb 19, 2008. Would appropriate if you can explain it. Karra.sun (talk) 00:58, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

A great quote
Two things - firstly thank for your strong support on my RfA - the jury's still out, but your very gracious comments at the top are much appreciated.

Secondly, and unrelated to the first, I'd been toying with the idea of keeping track of some of the great quotes that one sees around the Wiki from time to time, and thought I'd let you know thatthis particular gem (a) had me snorting into my cornflakes, and (b) has made it as the inaugural entry on the relevant part of my user page. Many thanks! GBT/C 13:07, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: AFD
If you noticed, I did all of those in the same time period, and I did stop. I sent a message to Camaron asking him about my closures, to which he has yet to respond. I will stop and again, I apologize. I realized that I shouldn't have done those, that is why I did stop. Happy Editing,  D u s t i talk to me 17:05, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, and would you mind commenting on my editor review? Happy Editing,  D u s t i talk to me 17:09, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Ooh, I like challenges, ok, let me review them and I will get back to you in a few minutes. Happy Editing,  D u s t i talk to me 17:52, 20 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Ok, here we go:


 * Mama's Gravy. In this sense, I did close it prematurely, as there was no consensus. I would wait a few more days to see if there is any more activity in the discussion. If, at the end of say 5 days there is still no more activity, I woudl then relist it. If I still don't get any more activity at the end of that time period, I would go ahead and list it as a keep and then tag it for speedy per db-band.


 * Hema Sinha. This article is poorly written and from investigating the author, it is his/her first article to Wikipedia. There hasn't been any activity in the account since May 14th, 2007. I would say that if the article didn't reach a consensus, and was relisted with no success to any more comments then the page, if a majority says keep, should be kept, and tagged for references, as the main issue in the debate is notability. I would try relisting it one or two more times before I would close the convo.


 * Ridin' (Mýa song). There seems to be a consensus now in the debate, as it is 4-1 delete. I would still wait until the end of the time period for listings (which I believe is about 5 days). If at that time no other comments are made about the article, under the current conditions, I would close it as a delete (assuming I was an admin).


 * Moquette. In this situation, I did close it very close to a possible argument on a non consensus, however, the discussion was 6 days old. I probably should have relisted it to see if any more comments or voting could take place and if nothing were to happen, I would still close it as a keep and tag the article for expansion to satisfy a good article length. In addition, I would tag it for references.


 * Consciousness causes collapse. This one I was confused on, and wish to open it back up and relist it. The current closing consensus is 3(keep)-3(delete)-6(merge). I am not really all that comfortable with the closing numbers. I would relist it another time, since the article seems to be good on drawing feedback and comments.

So, what do you think? I hope that I have provided correct answers and hope that this helps you to comment on my editor review. Thanks and Happy Editing,  D u s t i talk to me 18:35, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Ok, so now that we have that done, do you have any overall comments or statements that you would like to make, or would you be more satisfied in commenting on my Editor Review. Happy Editing,  D u s t i talk to me 19:21, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks a lot for your help and suggestions. I will take your constructive criticism and run with it. Your awesome and keep up the awesome work. We need more admin's just like you. Have you considered cloning? :) Happy Editing,  D u s t i talk to me 19:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your support
I predict I will not get much support, though. So welcome to the minority opinion club! :) JERRY talk contribs 21:56, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

Parasequential
I'm not sure how you can describe this as Patent nonsense. I provided usage in other documentation and comments from another developer on the actual definition. When you Google the word, you get several hits from reputable sources including the US Air Force and the Department of Energy's Office of Scientific & Technical Information. It can also be shown that this is also a derivative of parasequence another word that may not be commonly used, but is defined. However, the way in which parasequential is being applied in development is unique and necessary. It specifically deals with issues that have begun to arise in the past few years where processing and communication speeds have created a disconnect between the intended sequence of process events. (as described in the definition). So, what other information do I need to provide so that this entry can again be included. Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mreinsmith (talk • contribs) 10:53, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Replied here.  Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  17:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Cacophony or Kakofonous?
My namesake is from the word cacophony indirectly, but came from The Phantom Tollbooth originally (see The Phantom Tollbooth). Kakofonous (talk) 22:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:Thanks
No problem. Someone at New York University seems to dislike you. I appears however, that you got your revenge. Samuell Lift me up or put me down 23:03, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

89


Because I'm enjoying a tall, cold glass of beer right now. At work. It's not even noon (EST) here! Seicer (t | c) 16:48, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Replaced by Billy Gillispie, whose record this year has been terrible. I stopped watching and attending the games when Tubby left. Seicer (t | c) 16:57, 22 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Roadgeek? You might be interested in this IRC channel. There is also one on ZUH.net at #roadgeek. Seicer (t | c) 16:58, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Out of Control Raging Fire
Thank you. I consider the matter closed. Also, Please advise the editor User:TenPoundHammer not to use pusedo-profanity in his comments. Bwmoll3 (talk) 18:18, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks for the warning Keeper76. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 18:32, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/New traditional economy
You don't seem to have closed it; at least, it's showing up on the open list. -- Orange Mike  |  Talk  19:57, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I just purged the cache on WP:AFDO, should be removed now. Let me know if it isn't.  Cheers,  Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  20:02, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep I loved Jayron's tutorial
it helped and it's a lot clearer than WP:CSD. That's why I prefer Q&A to RTFM because at times, RTFM is clear as mud. I think I forgot to thank you for this, so thanks very much. I wonder why my user page was so interesting? PS: Didn't I tell you to keep the snow? Not send it here. I can't complain because we've barely had any this winter, but the 9 inches can go away now. Travellingcari (talk) 21:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your mediation effort
I just wanted to thank you for your mediation effort in the case of Rudget vs Malleus Fatuarum, but I'm afraid that I do feel that it's doomed. Rudget is in the right and Malleus Fatuarum has to admit that he was wrong is not a basis for any kind of a dispute resolution. A better solution might be for Rudget to stop talking bollox and to get over himself. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 04:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Parasequential References
Thank you for your consideration Keeper76

I wanted to tell you that I use Wikipedia frequently to debunk words. Mostly because colleges frequently misuse words and think that they are the first person to invent or discover a word. I am by no means a linguist or even a good speller, I just love language and the way people use it (even badly, like myself :-) ).

So when I initially began to research parasequential, which was being used in recent development projects to describe an increasingly pervasive situation where we deal with integration of various systems (primarily integrating older, slower systems with newer, faster systems) I thought it was a situation where certain developers were trying to sound more sophisticated than they were. Intent on debunking their use of the word, I was shocked to find less than one page of Google results for the word. Further investigation revealed that “parasequence” was indeed a legitimate word and that the usage of parasequential was indeed appropriate and somewhat unique to our circumstances. Yet still in line with the limited way it was already being used. (Government, Mathematics, etc.)

So I thought this was my chance to give back to the people I have always debunked and to give back to WikiPedia which helped me do it in each case. So if it turns out that I don’t understand the situation in which a word is accepted, then at least I know I tried in good faith.

So I’ll again thank you for you input and ask you for your continued help.

Since the initial investigation, I’ve found more references to the word. In particular the government seems to be using it to describe a “spiral” situation. For instance a book refers to “Spiral Development” of military hardware where the hardware can be deployed seemingly out of the normal development sequence. This seems to stem from very timely events where military hardware is being developed and deployed at the same time; for instance the development of better defenses and protection for our soldiers in Iraq.

So I am going to attempt to add these references, but where I could use your help is with guidance on how to properly do this, or even whether I am wasting my time or not.

Please Advise

M —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mreinsmith (talk • contribs) 12:11, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Archiving 14 & 15
I was just wondering what had happened to those myself. :) I'll take a look to see who removed them from "Old" to remind to archive. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Mystery solved! (Delayed by incoming phone call.) This is the edit where they disappear, right here. I'll drop Jerry a note. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:33, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Al Gore III
Since you clearly spent time thinking about this, could you possibly expand the logic for your decision? Also, a note there are a number of redirects that need to be cleared up given the deletion such as Al Gore iii. JoshuaZ (talk) 21:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * My decision was not an easy one, but I'm confident in my dissection leading to the outcome of the debate. I've also not done anything about the slew of redlinks that have just been created.  I am more than happy to explain my reasoning if this goes to DRV and I'll be creating a user subpage to go through my thoughts   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  21:25, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Not to worry about DRV; it seems to me to have been a reasonable outcome (I don't intend to DRV it under current circumstances)- I just think that having explanations for potentially controversial decisions is a good thing. JoshuaZ (talk) 21:27, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * If you're interested, the breakdown of the decision is now expanded here. I had it on paper already, moved it on-wiki.  Thanks,  Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  22:20, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Good job with that messy AfD. Would you consider projectizing the rationale?  I think it should be moved to Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Al Gore III (8th nomination).  Thanks,  Jerry   talk ¤ count/logs 23:14, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * . (as you can tell by your (now) blue link. Cheers,   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  23:22, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm guessing these should also go to the afterlife.  MBisanz  talk 23:21, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * All gone!    Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  23:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I took care of the mainspace redlinks. The only redlinks left are talk page and other pages like afd, AN/I, etc.  Jerry  talk ¤ count/logs 23:47, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your help! I think this matter can be considered officially closed for now (unless of course, an adamant "keep" editor challenges the decision at DRV.  I'm hoping that I've been articulate and "preventative" enough to ward off the DRV, but we'll see!    Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  23:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, and I also undeleted one of the talk pages that you had deleted; it was actually the first AfD; back in the "VFD" days these were held on article talk subpages. I am moving it to an appropriately named AFd page.  Jerry  talk ¤ count/logs 23:56, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice catch! I totally just saw "Talk" and "Archive" and away I went.  Thanks Jerry.   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  23:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Fr33kman and Rrburke issue over Steven Seagal article
Hi, you asked what user Rrburke said that was potentially libelous; quote from Talk:Steven Seagal "Seagal himself is not an especially reliable source for biographical information about himself. ... What he says about his exploits should be treated with caution, if not outright scepticism, and requires verifiable corroboration" What about that is okay in Wikipedia? Additionally, the page on oversight says that it is for potentially libelous statements and I feel that this may be one. Notice it says, potentially libelous, I've never said IT WAS libel, I'm not a lawyer, so I reported it. Please remember to assume good faith, Thanks Fr33kMan (talk) 01:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I am replying on your talkpage shortly.  Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  01:44, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Please see the reponse on my talkpage, thanks Fr33kMan (talk) 02:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Admin coaching
Hi there. I'm Dan, and you're apparently my new coach. I've been really looking forward to moving ahead with this process.

It's hard to say why I want to be an administrator, as there is no one real reason that stands out. I am fascinated by not only Wikipedia's content but the concept itself; I see Wikipedia as the future of online information (as it practically is already). I have over 4000 edits, and I feel that I have at least a basic knowledge of the policies - I've read and reread them many times. I met an admittedly random goal of giving clear, detailed opinions to 50 AfD articles (a goal that took some time to meet). I have made significant, if not major, contributions to many articles, mostly in the Arizona WikiProject or other ones that interest me. While I haven't been perfect with my edits (I think in the beginning I made some mistakes - not necessarily policy violations), I really do think I have a clear picture of where Wikipedia should be. Verifiability, not truth, is the rule. The non-negotiability of WP:NPOV. The slightly more gray area of WP:N.

If I have any negatives now, it's that I sometimes have issues with the way users (and admins) deal with certain things on Wikipedia. I feel that some people forget the goal of accurate, verifiable information dissemination, and make Wikipedia into some sort of popularity contest. I have seen long, involved arguments that really don't have much to do with the constructive progression of Wikipedia as it has to do with the individual wikipolitical agendas of specific users. It occasionally looks as if the goal of Wikipedia is to be as beaurocratic as possible. I don't really get involved with these arguments (and when I have, it inevitably doesn't work out well), but it still bothers me that I might have to do these sorts of things to become an admin, instead of just making quality contributions and demonstrating a clear understanding of Wikipedia policy.

I suppose I want to become an administrator because I feel that I can pick up the proverbial mop and help keep Wikipedia on a positive growth path. When doing vandal patrol, instead of referring users to other admins when there is a chronic issue, I could do it myself. I don't think I need to explain that it's not the 'power' I'm looking for; a comprehensive look at my vandal patrol edits would show that I warn in friendly ways, assume good faith unless it's patently obvious vandalism, and don't make things personal. Beyond vandal patrol, I see myself involved with Wikipedia for a long time to come, and I would like to be more than just a content contributer - I would like to be as much a part of it as I can.

Feel free to respond on my talk page, or if it's easier, email me. I'm not sure exactly how this process works, so let me know if you need more specific information from me. Cheers, and thanks for being my coach. Tanthalas39 (talk) 03:38, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

And done with the burning coals...
I gotta say thank you Keeper. Seriously, thank you, because the RfA wouldn't have happened (or been at all successful) if you hadn't nominated. It's greatly appreciated <span style="font-family:Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">&mdash;αlεx•mullεr 20:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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Articles for deletion/Michael L. Vincent
Quick question for you. On an AfD like Articles for deletion/Michael L. Vincent would a closing/relisting admin know to look in the history for the admin reversions, text removal and sock/meat puppetry that went on, or does someone need to be advised? TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 15:38, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I finally flagged it after the first round of the sock/meat parade. I missed most of the *fun* yesterday when I was in a meeting, socks IPs. Blanking someone's page is so the way to make a point. How inconvenient this work thing is ;) Yeah I'm not too concerned whether it's kept, I just meant at whatever time it comes to put the AfD out of its misery. Someone finally put Udo I out, I already said I pitied the closing admins for Articles for deletion/Mickey Renaud (2nd nomination) and Articles for deletion/Keeley Dorsey (3rd nomination), both of which could easily be cited as counterpoint to the 'more people need to get involved with Afd', although the latter two are at least clean discussions. TRAVELLINGCARI My storyTell me yours 15:58, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: moving here from the village pump
Ok! thanks for guiding me and Sorry! I didn't realize that they are separate issues and a guideline is already present for phone numbers. Thanks again! -- S M S  Talk 19:19, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Request
Hello, friend! You know that I respect you, and you have asked for my opinions in the past, and you have received my frank feedback seemingly well in the past, so I am going to take a little risk here.

I wanted to ask you to please re-read the comment on my talk page from DGG that apparently you did not like earlier today. But this time, I'd like you to read it with a specific technique, which guides you to make certain assumptions that you might not have otherwise made. Written words are a very ineffective communication tool for having a conversation, because as humans we are so adept at reading non-verbal communications and nuances of the verbal communication like tone, speed, inflection of voice, etc, that when we read another persons words, like it or not, we tend to fill-in the gaps of all those other components that our brains "want", and it leads us sometimes to understand that which may not have been intended. Sometimes to the extent that we believe the exact opposite of what was said, was said. I am not saying that this is what happened, I just want to illustrate that it *could* have happened.

Here's how to do it (do in order, do not read ahead):
 * First read the conversation on my talk page where another editor effectively 'high fives' me for the successful deletion of AG3
 * Next, read my reply which includes the parenthetical phrase "(tongue in cheek)"
 * Then read DGG's response
 * Now ask yourself: "How did DGG likley feel about the high-fiving and jocularity he saw?"
 * Now read the comment that he left me that you replied-to.
 * Now ask yourself: "Do I know the context of this comment?" "Do I know the history behind what he's talking about?"
 * Now go read the DRV that he was referring-to Deletion_review/Log/2008_February_26
 * Now ask yourself was I right about the context of DGG's comment?
 * Now read your comment in reply to DGG's.
 * Now imagine that these comments all occurred in a short period of time with no intervening edits; imagine it as a conversation, if you will.
 * Ask yourself, "How would DGG likely take my stating my pride about not having any deletion reviews and specifically mentioning the one I closed that he already did not like the outcome of?" and "Could he feel provoked by my comment?"
 * Now read DGG's reply as 3 separate comments and imagine they were left hours apart and in different sections of my talk page:
 * "The work would be more enjoyable if it were more rational, and not a matter of gathering shifting support and going back to debating principles incessantly. In other words, if we actually had some sort of way of following precedent, so people could tell what would be accepted and what would not."
 * Imagine this was a general comment about his frustration over the deletion review I had you look at above, and how this seems to him to be a trend of more and more admins more and more frequently applying broader and broader expansion of the speedy deletion criteria. Consider that his comment has nothing at all to do with you nor your AG3 closing.
 * "As for Gore III, I decided not to take it to deletion review only because I decided that a/its not worth fighting about, and b/ it might be better to wait until some more stories about him accumulated so the article could be enlarged & improved--and also I have no desire to work (on an article) myself, on topics like this (article was on)."
 * Ask yourself "Does DGG think this article or AfD are worth fighting with me about?"
 * "Someone will restore it sooner or later (recreate the AG3 article). You should have closed again as no consensus, IMHO."
 * Ask yourself "Isn't that just a rather civil way of saying that he simply disagrees with me?"

OK that's the whole exercise. The bigger peice of work would be figuring out how you came to the conclusion that DGG does not respect you and that your collaboration is not welcome. I don't know how to do that part.  Jerry  talk ¤ count/logs 00:05, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * I now know exactly what you're talking about. (A full night of sleep helped). I didn't see it yesterday, and I am completely guilty of reading between lines instead of simply reading them.  In my comment on your talk page, when I said I "haven't had any AfD closes brought to DRV, including AG3", I was under no circumstances trying to sound prideful, but I can see now that that is exactly how I sounded. In that context, DGG's response was no less than heroic, was not at all combative or even defensive.  It was brilliant.  The problem was seeded in my mind because I didn't write it as prideful and assumed no one would read it that way either. What I was attempting to say was this: "my experience on-wiki is so novel (meaning new) that I haven't even had something brought to DRV yet." Not because I'm great and wonderful, but because I'm too new at it.  I was alluding to the fact that I may be of little use to the discussion (about A7) but would still like to participate.  I simply don't have enough timecards punched was all I was saying.  But that's not what I typed and DGGs response to my original post was not an overreaction of any kind but instead an apropo response based on my thick typing.  My response to his response was exactly that though - an overreaction.  Thanks, Jerry for taking the time (once again!) to dissect and "show me the light".   I'm on my way to Mr. Goodman's (what an appropriate name, huh?) talkpage.   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  15:22, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for proving once again that you are reasonable and able to be approached with a different point of view. I wish more wikipedians were like that.  I don't know if there is an appropriate barnstar for openmindedness... I will to find one tonight and give it to you.  I know you said you weren't a barnstar kind of person... but you are getting one!  Jerry   talk ¤ count/logs 17:25, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger
I woulda given ya a 5th rounder. --Endless Dan 13:48, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Baseball? This football season doesn't end till February 1st of '09, brah! I still haven't even sobered up from this beaut'. Have I told how much I love this man and this man lately? --Endless Dan 18:09, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Rod Stewart? That doesn't do me and my...feelings, any justice. I was thinking more 8th grade prom. And here's to yer respect level! --Endless Dan 19:04, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Ya had to bring them into the conversation... Him. Bono. --Endless Dan 19:23, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, we all have our faults. Your fault(s) appear to just be a geographical thing. Wrong sports city & and the Irish guy.

Kidding (of course). :)

I have a good Bono joke that I'll have to relay to you. At a later time, though. Due to certain restrictions and the nature of the joke. --Endless Dan 20:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Bono joke
Bono and guitarist the Edge are in a plane crash and end up standing in front of God, who is seated on his giant white throne. God asks them the same question. First, He turns to the Edge. "Edge, tell me what you believe in." He responds, "I believe in Gibson guitars and in the fact that the world would be a much better place if we were alive to make more U2 records." God tells the Edge to take a seat at his right. "Now it's your turn, Bono," God says. "What do you believe in?" Bono replies, "I believe you're sitting in my seat."

Endless Dan 21:34, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you, Keeper76, for your support in my RfB. I appreciate your trust. Acalamari 22:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:Screambox
Take a look here. This is more or less what I had in mind. Please feel free to make any adjustments! User:Dorftrottel 19:14, February 7, 2008
 * Good stuff. I added a tutorial. Go live? User:Dorftrottel 19:36, February 7, 2008
 * !! Great idea with the bell curve! (*kick sand*)!! User:Dorftrottel 20:42, February 7, 2008
 * Hell no! I just noticed it and it's perfect. User:Dorftrottel 20:45, February 7, 2008

userfy
Should I userfy the screambox? Or go for straight for a db-author? Or leave it and bite and attack everyone who is annoyed? I mean, we had a ball. And, in contrast to those whiners, we also have balls. User:Dorftrottel 22:40, February 14, 2008
 * Yeah, saw it. Ok, tell you what, I'll just wait for that inevitable MfD. Won't cry either though — I never do! User:Dorftrottel 22:48, February 14, 2008
 * So? You want me to sing you a lullaby or what? -- nvmd. have a nice one and see you around. User:Dorftrottel 22:51, February 14, 2008

Wha? No, it's Friedrich Hölderlin's Hyperions Schicksalslied used in Brahms' Schicksalslied. User:Dorftrottel 23:13, February 14, 2008
 * You wanted Brahms, you got Brahms. Now sleep, and don't wait for me to come to bed. User:Dorftrottel 23:15, February 14, 2008

rage
Happened already... Dorftrottel (taunt) 15:55, February 27, 2008
 * Please review/copyedit/change/remove this whenever you find the time. I think you know where I'm coming from with this. Dorftrottel (criticise) 16:33, February 27, 2008
 * You don't say that only because you like me, do you? Dorftrottel (troll) 16:55, February 27, 2008
 * Can't be too careful these days. But thanks anyway. It occured to me that I often enjoy hearty cursing by others, sometimes it's even better than if I did it myself, much like telling a joke. Many people cannot tell jokes properly, but they can enjoy jokes nevertheless. See, that useful and valid comparison is missing in the section. Dorftrottel (talk) 17:00, February 27, 2008
 * Good stuff, thanks. I also added the joke comparison. Dorftrottel (warn) 17:09, February 27, 2008
 * Ok, consider it not done :D (At any rate, I hadn't intended on doing anything like that anyway. And even if I were hellbent on fighting him just for the heck of it, there are far more efficient, low-key ways to do that.) Dorftrottel (troll) 19:26, February 27, 2008

See User:Dorftrottel/s. The randomiser trick based on is stolen from East718. mod10 divides the constantly changing number of edits by 10 until the result is 0 (for multiples of 10) or a residual digit. Assigned to each of the possible results 0-9 is a different word to pipe my talk page. In East718's signature, the trick changes the border colour around his sig. Dorftrott'el (complain) 22:12, February 27, 2008
 * How do you think I can put a link on the date in my signature? The trick is to subst the subpage, and sign with three tildes (which took me a few days to get accustomed to). My prefs signature box says " ". On a completely unrelented note, you are not by any chance interested in this, are you? Dorftrott'el (warn)  22:21, February 27, 2008
 * My bad. I now remember I had read both already. Dorftrott'el (complain) 22:36, February 27, 2008

Ciggies
Bishopstoke, Southampton to Minneapolis, Minnesota is a mere 3,997 miles. Sorry dude. Shall I smoke it for you? ...... :) Pedro : Chat  23:02, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It will be short lived. User:WifeOfPedro has become somewhat insistent that I now remove myself from my love afair with ciggies due to User:EmbryoOfPedro's creation..... Allen Carr books again....

Pedro : Chat  23:17, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Sitakunda Upazila
I've started a GA review of this article, and I saw that you'd done some copyediting work on it. I think it's still got a way to go yet before it can be listed, but I'd appreciate any comments you might like to add as someone previously involved with the article. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 00:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh my God! It looks like Sitakunda is heading towards another GAN failure. Primary contributor is a lousy copywriter, and currently no copyeditor is showing an interest. Would you? Please? There's only three days left to pass the GAN. Aditya (talk • contribs) 02:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Result of deletion discussion for Generation Z was delete
Regarding this note you put up on the talk page of Generation Z on 2 February 2008, I looked at the discussion  and the result was actually delete and not weak keep, and the discussion actually ended on 6 of February, four days after that notice 2 full years ago, ye gods. I assume the notice was put up mistakenly when the discussion was still ongoing. I am updating the deletion tag to be consistent with the discussion notice, and looking to restore the deletion notices on the article if I can find them --Enric Naval (talk) 14:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Woah, that deletion discussion is from february of 2006, I kid you not. I'm gonna look at ti. I'll probably just go and nominate it again for deletion, since the article may have changed a lot since 2006, and it would only be fair to re-evaluate it


 * P.D.: I see that you forgot to change the subst:currentyear stuff for an actual year, and that made me get confused, since the notice said that the nomination had been made on march of 2008 --Enric Naval (talk) 14:31, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Damn, I had just nominated the article, and the link to the page that I had to create for the discussion brought me to a 2008 discussion with the result of keep. Oh, well, I had only made the first step and I have just reverted it. That should stop the nomination process. I just saw that you added the second notice linking to that page, as I was nominating the article :) --Enric Naval (talk) 15:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * It's OK, I just wanted to make a second nomination, and~, as you say. it's already been done one month ago, so I don't feel we need yet another one --Enric Naval (talk) 15:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Laughable quotes and "At Wit's End"
Visiting "At Wit's End"? Heck, I own a condo there.

All seriousness aside, thanks for the award. At least something good came out of that AfD discussion. If you saw my adversary's unmercifully-verbose arguments, you know what I mean. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 19:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I've been asked a number of times before, and I have given it some thought. But I've not done it for several reasons, a big one being that my attention to all things Wikipedian can be hit-or-miss sometimes because of work requirements and such. But thanks for the consideration. Maybe I'll go for it sometime. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 23:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Lost title
I do believe I have lost the title of most repetitive talk page topics. My counterpart talkpage do not have a single non-Admin Coaching topic. :)  MBisanz  talk 19:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Your semi-protect of Caillou
Wow! I wasn't looking for that, but thanks! (I was pretty sure I was in the right, but I wanted to be sure--esp since I was heading rapidly 3RR-ward.) Gladys J Cortez 20:06, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, if Caillou was my kid I'd send his whiny little tantrum-having azz to the moon. :) Gladys J Cortez 20:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Can I just say, I'm actually BLUSHING??? I hadn't really thought about it...I'm sorta going through a minor transitional period right now, real-life-wise, and I think I'm going to defer thinking about it til I see how things shake out...but I am INSANELY flattered that the thought even crossed your mind! :) Gladys J Cortez 20:18, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Definitely, definitely. Thanks so much!! Gladys J Cortez 20:20, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Gastao Salsinha speedy deletion
I do not understand why a person who is now the leader of the Timor-Leste rebels and who attempted to assassinate the President and is now being pursued by the Australian and Timor Leste armies and police is not significant. Please explain. Ex nihil (talk) 01:15, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Believe me, I have...
...in fact, I've adopted quite a few new editors under my previous username. However, I've grown a bit wary of doing so. I got burned and big time by the likes of User:SuperDude115 and User:Wiki brah. I did figure that it was a kid writing about his school, so I didn't think it necessary to leave a warning. Thanks for your concern; it's certainly food for thought. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Schools may be notable, but this is a clear-cut A3. There's only a near-empty taxobox.  IMO, it's up to the original poster to create something with content.  This is simply useless as it stands and yes, I have rescued my share of nanostubs as well.  --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:41, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Six features, baby. Three originals. :) Thanks for the compliment.  It isn't the subject I'm concerned about.  The lack of content has me worried.  There seems to be enough info on the school's website that I can take a whack at it later, assuming it's still up.  I don't want to clog AfD with a little thing like this.  I'll see what I can do later; gotta run now.  Thanks again.  --PMDrive1061 (talk) 01:47, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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Editor Review Attack
Please see my editor review to see the attack. Thank you  D u s t i talk to me 19:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * No actually I think it was against you. Read the IP review.  D u s t i talk to me 20:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Your right here, the IP did make an edit, I did revert it (which I still stand by. He/she had some terrible grammar errors, so I reverted it), then he/she commented on my editor review. To be fair, as everyone is welcome to comment on my editor review, I cut and pasted the review (for some reason in two different edits) under yours, as you were the last to comment. Now, who are they talking about if they aren't talking about you. The whole comment has me confused. I responded on his/her talk page to not attack others, but I'm just lost right now and have been trying to figure out what they are saying, with no success.  D u s t i talk to me 20:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I just logged back on and saw what has been going on. I will agree that maybe I was a little off yesterday in my opinion of the direction of the comment, and I will let it go. I thought that since they seemed to be mocking you, they were directing the comment towards you, and then commented on my harsh reversal of their edit. Oh well, its moot now. Thanks and sorry for any issues caused by my bad judgement call.  D u s t i talk to me 17:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)


 * A question....what did you mean by repairing my opinion of his reasoning skills?  D u s t i talk to me 17:35, 5 March 2008 (UTC)