User talk:LAAFan/Archive2

Hey LAA
If you are going to get into using anti-vandal scripts I suggest Twinkle. This is the script I use and I find it the most effective. If you used it I would be able to help you better as your adopter. If you're interested, I could give you the codes for some other useful scripts too. See you around! Dark Zorro 19:40, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You can get MiszaBot to archive it for you, but manually is easy too. I'll archive from here for you at User talk:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Fan/Archive1 when you settle down, we can start on T-Dubya (as I call Twinkle).
 * Honest opinion (answer whenever), which one Dark Zorro or Dark Zorro  is better? (or something else) Dark Zorro  00:24, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Reply
Sorry to butt in. WP:FA status means that an article passed it’s FA nomination and it could possibly appear on the mainpage. A WP:GA is an article that passes WP:GAN. Basically, very decent articles that passes it’s on nomination. You should read WP:GA and WP:FA for more info. I’ll be offline now. Cheers. -- RyRy5 (talk  ♠ Review ) 04:34, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I have been studying for my HS mid-terms for the past 2 days (and will continue). FA articles will have the little star in the top right corner of the page. In case You haven't read the WP:FA page, The Fa stands for featured article, while GA stands for good article. Aiding in the promotion of an article to Fa status, looks very good on When requesting Adminship. If there is anything else please ask! Also, Great job at AWC! Wiki  Zorro 17:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Nothing444 and Rickk
Alright, I'll begin.

Rickk is rumored to be the best vandal fighter who ever was to walk the wiki, as I've heard. He created the "Rick anti vandalism barnstar" and others added "RicKk" to the barnstar in honor of his work. But he is retired now. His user page is at User:RickK.

Nothing444... I've known him for quite a while. He's very enthusiastic, maybe too much. At first, he was blocked for editing his user page too much and lost his rollback rights along with it. When his block ended, he got an adopter. The adoption barely lasted a week. Nothing444 wanted to be realeased soon. Anyway, he then was hurting the encyclopedia from there. He never edited actively in the mainspace and kept on doing his own things. We were pretty close but I really started to get tired in hurting the encyclopedia. He even asked others to be adopted by him while welcoming new users, which really got me trying to stop him a bit. By the way, he was blocked at least 3 other times before all this. Anyway, the community got a hand of him and blocked him indefin, or forever. That's pretty much it. Well, I'll be busy right now. -- Ryan Cross (talk  ♠ Review ) 18:49, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about the delay
''I overlooked your new message under the old one for a while now. I greatly apologize.'' External links provide places to gain further research and prove that the subject exists. References are direct sources of information from which an editor learned the facts put into the article. Anything else! <font color="slategray" face="">Wiki <font color="navy" face="">Zorro 19:15, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The welcome squad sounds cool! Check these edits. Every edit that says "Welcomed user using friendly" has the template on the WWS page. Click any of them and you'll see it! <font color="slategray" face="">Wiki <font color="navy" face="">Zorro 19:30, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Wikiwelcome.jpg|thumb|left|1000px|I quickly whipped up this picture for the WWS project. Tell me If you don't like it.]]
 * To put an Image in different places do this; [[Image:Wikiwelcome.jpg|thumb|right|1000px|Your caption]] you can replace "right" with left or center, 1000 with any size in pixels (px). Or without the box [[Image:Wikiwelcome.jpg|right]] which makes: [[Image:Wikiwelcome.jpg|right]] OK? (I made a MESS!) <font color="slategray" face="">Wiki <font color="navy" face="">Zorro  22:44, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of User:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Fan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad
User:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Fan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Fan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Fan/Wikipedia Welcome Squad during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. TravellingCarithe Busy Bee 00:03, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * \I've recommended deletion because, if for no other reason, it's a wholly unnecessary duplicate of Welcoming committee. I think there are other reasons, to be sure, but that one is quite sufficient on its own.  It's generally a good idea to search around existing projects before starting your own general-purpose projects, as most fathomable plans are already implemented. &mdash; Lomn 00:20, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * And what's up with the full bold on the page? It's rather irritating. &mdash; Lomn 00:24, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * (ec) I'm sorry, but I had to !vote 'delete. My opinions are at the MfD page. I suggest joining the Welcoming Committee and to stick to what they do. I see you would like to help the community but it would be better not to have pages like the one you created. Please understand what I am saying. I am keeping my WP:COOL I am just giving you my honest opinion like you wanted me to. --<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk ) 00:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thinking over it, I might just change my !vote to keep. I'll decide later on.--<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">wikify ) 04:41, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

WWS
Was Lomn's comment necessary? I think that it had nothing to do with the page. I find it "rather Irritating" when someone has to say something like that. Sorry, the moment was stressing me and I vented by saying that. All apologies- <font color="slategray" face="">Wiki <font color="navy" face="">Zorro sign 20:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Please read my entry at the deletion page- <font color="slategray" face="">Wiki <font color="navy" face="">Zorro sign 00:45, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I live in U.S eastern so I'm watching House! goodnight <font color="slategray" face="">Wiki <font color="navy" face="">Zorro sign 00:58, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Rollback
I've granted your request for rollback. Please see the instructions at WP:RBK for help on it's use, and please remember to only use it when you do not need to clarify you action with a more comprehensive edit summary. Any problems please ask! Pedro : Chat  15:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:COOL
Please calm down LAA, vent your comments besides keep/delete in real-life, not on Wikipedia. Hope it helps. <font color="slategray" face="">Wiki <font color="navy" face="">Zorro sign 23:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I got Nk.sheridan to join WWS! <font color="slategray" face="">Wiki <font color="navy" face="">Zorro sign 00:22, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Larry Jennings cleanup
Hi, I saw the work you did on the Larry Jennings article. It still needs quite a bit of work before it complies to Wikipedia standards. If you could join up the sentences into logical paragraphs, I would consider that sufficient cleanup to deserve a barnstar. Thanks for your help, GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar
Thanks! It's what I do. Oh, and I'm proud of your work you did here. Keep it up. --<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">copy-edit ) 23:24, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * GREAT JOB! What you have done really proves your well rounded, accomplished editor! <font color="DarkOrange" face="">Wiki <font color="#FF4500" face="">Zorro <font color="#4682B4">sign 23:39, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * P.S 1 more comment and I'll archive your page again!
 * People who create projects on wikipedia deserve barnstars. Can you think of one? <font color="DarkOrange" face="">Wiki <font color="#FF4500" face="">Zorro <font color="#4682B4">sign 23:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC) P.S I'll do the links for your talk page then.
 * Just to let you know, WWS isn't a wikiproject. Can you clarify your comment WikiZorro? --<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">copy-edit ) 23:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Your welocme. Also, I left you a message at WikiZorros's talk page.--<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">copy-edit ) 00:06, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikicookie
Hi, many thanks - much appreciated. Ardfern (talk) 16:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi. just to repeat what that user^^^ said, thanks so much!! Really appreciate it! ;) ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 16:12, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookie! --AustinWellbelove (talk) 17:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cookie, mate!
I appreciate it. Editing WP has been kinda frustrating for me of late. Welcome from Infosphere. Man, you gave lots of cookies today! Keep it up, 'cause it sure has made my day. --Figureskatingfan (talk) 16:13, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, very kind of you. Squash Racket (talk) 16:26, 23 May 2008 (UTC)


 * (edit conflict! Man, are people pleased with you!)Another happy Wikipedian dropping by, it's allways great to know your work is appreciated by someone, somewhere. Thanks a lot, the work often feels thankless. Blood Red Sandman  (Talk)   (Contribs) 16:28, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Well that's my first wiki cookie.....cheers...just what I needed..!Pamela Gardiner (talk) 16:32, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Aww wow that's so nice :) Kinda made my day! Cheers ——<font face="Ravie"><font color="#000066">Ryan  | <font face="Ravie"> t   • <font face="Ravie"> c   16:35, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for the Wikicookie! I appreciate it.--CyberGhostface (talk) 16:35, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

my Wikicookie
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks"> Hello LAAFan, Teutonic Tamer has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Thanks, I was getting rather hungry!

Can I ask what articles in particular were notable for this kind reward? -- Teutonic_Tamer (talk to Teutonic_Tamer) 16:37, 23 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Ditto smile, thanks and Teutonic Tamer's query in my case. (I guess we also appreciate finding out if there's anything in particular that's been noticed.) Sardanaphalus (talk) 16:40, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Aha, for updating links. Thanks again! Sardanaphalus (talk) 16:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Wiki Cookie
Thanks for the Wiki Cookie man ! - Guerilla In Tha Mist (talk) 16:47, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Mmmm..
Ditto - just getting to tea time over here....! Ghmyrtle (talk) 16:53, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Proud of the cookie! Mohonu (talk) 16:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I second that, much appreciated.--Jackyd101 (talk) 16:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
<div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks"> Hello LAAFan, Justpassin has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Thanks. You made my day. Yummies! *munch munch munch* --Justpassin (talk) 17:06, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, is that more? That tasted very nice! Thanks. :) KTC (talk) 17:07, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Is that like a barnstar?
Well, is it? TheBlazikenMaster (talk) 17:16, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you failed to notice the word "like" in my question, because I wasn't asking if it's a barnstar. TheBlazikenMaster (talk) 18:26, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks a bunch for the cookie! DBaba (talk) 17:29, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you
for the cookie! - Ahunt (talk) 17:30, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the cookie! - Aphasia83 (talk) 17:34, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Cookie
Thank you very much for the cookie.  Jaakobou <sup style="color:#1F860E;">Chalk Talk  17:35, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Wikicookie
Thanks a lot! :D Funk Junkie (talk) 17:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Tiffany Lott-Hogan
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Hi
I have joined check my userbox page. '<font face="geneva" color="#6699FF">Chubb '<font face="geneva" color="#7DF9FF">enna <font face="geneva" color="#00FF00">itor  21:09, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

I've replied on my talk page
 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   21:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Oversight
I also am forced to say no. If you look at my contribs for this month, they're almost non-existent. I've got too much on my plate right now regarding real-life issues, and while I come here on my free time and do work, I am no where near consistent enough to commit to such a project. If I were to oversee things, I'd do so sporadically at best. Sorry I can't be of major help. -- Sharkface T/C 03:37, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Discussion of your new award center
Hello, just notifying you of the discussion here of your new challenge/award center. Please bear in mind that any page whose purpose is the same as the Awards Center is likely to be deleted if the Awards Center MfD results in deletion. I, for one, will pursue deletion of any additional awards-based pages that crop up. -- Laser brain  (talk)  20:24, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Admin
Replied at my talk. &mdash; Lomn 01:41, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

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Around the World
You know why I like you?

Because you are a fish. You like to swim around, wherever you can go.

You don't have any preconceived notions about where you can and cannot go.

Would you like a new ocean to swim in? :)

I need some help on Around the World.

The area that needs momentum is our graphics preparations.

The current discussions for that development are on Penubag's talk page.

Please join in.

WE NEED OUR GROOVE BACK!

We need your energy and enthusiasm!

So that you understand what is going on there, and to acquire skills you will find invaluable for developing Wikipedia on this and future projects, please roll up your sleeves, crack open The GIMP, and familiarize yourself with it. I did - it's very easy once you get past the idiosyncrasies of the user interface.

Use it to fiddle around with the pieces of the images we are working on.

Trust me, it's fun. And each one of us on the project is a neophyte. We're all newbs! You should see some of the crap we've presented to each other. :) True, alone we are each crap, but together, we've been able to pool our skills for some very cool results.  Each of us knows or has discovered a few techniques that the others didn't or still don't know, bringing something valuable to the collaboration.  We'll all benefit the most if we share our "how to" discoveries, and I've started doing so on Penubag's talk page.  You might find the technique I posted there very useful.

The most important thing to learn about in the program is layers. That's one of the things that makes that program so useful - it has its own file format that supports layers, and is perfect for collaborative creation of images. You can stack different images on top of each other, and by doing so create composite images with great manipulability. Each layer can then be treated and worked on as a separate image, even though it is still part of the whole. And you can do things like make one layer less opaque while leaving the other layers solid, change the order of the stack, etc. It also supports alpha transparency, the default transparent layer found in png files.

The Selection tools are kind of tricky at first, but very easy once you get used to them. Select by color is the most powerful, and helps extract elements out of existing photographs and images. It's awesome. I used it to extract the continents off of a multi-colored world map. Next comes move, scale, and color.

Once you are familiar with those few areas, you will have the rudiments down, and will have some valuable graphics redesign and photo-retouching skills applicable to a wide-range of image-related tasks on Wikipedia - one of the areas in most need of help, and one of the skill areas most editors lack.

And I just learned those, so they are still fresh in my mind. If you get stuck, just let me know and I'll try to walk you through.

Taking that first step (delving into a graphics program) seems to be the hardest for a person to take, because of uncertainty or false expectations - but it is easier than it looks! I put off getting started in that area for years, because I thought it would be a pain in the ass to do, but it turned out to be the opposite. It was pretty easy, and the tools are fantastic. And there's lots of room to grow in there - plenty of tools to add to your repertoire as you improve.

But The GIMP is free. Which absolutely amazes me because it is such a powerful program. So we might as well take advantage of it.

Go for it.

Be a Renaissance man!

Let's turn Penubag's talk page into Grand Central Station. I can't wait to see his reaction when he logs on and finds us all on there. :)

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   18:45, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

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

So, where do we go from here?

To new and even more interesting projects, of course!

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

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

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

This is going to be interesting.

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

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

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   21:46, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Co-adoption
I hope I will be a good co-adoptor too. If you need anything, have any questions, just feel free to ask anytime. :) <font color="#CC5500">RC-0722 <font color="#0000FF">361.0/<font color="#FF0000">1  20:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

adminship
I must state that I am fairly dubious of the whole process. I am an opinionated person and have been through a bunch of scrapes where people have been rubbed the wrong way. I think I am currently being frozen out at WP:FC. I have people who are rivalrous of my WP:LOTD idea. I am confident I would be a good admin, but I think there would be people just laying in wait for my nom to take their shots. I appreciate the support, but someone who is supportive of my editorial accomplishments probably would not really be a great nominator. I think people familiar with the tussles I have been through would be better nominators. I have had a recent controversial posting on the administrators noticeboard regarding a series of oddities chalked up as coincidences by the masses. I think a bunch of people would have fun poking fun at the whole issue in an admin process.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 04:22, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

We're stuck!
One of the awards we are working on for the Around the World event requires a globe stand. We had one, but it was copyrighted and so we had to ditch it. We've got the globe to insert into a stand, and we have a passport to lay on the surface beneath the stand (beneath the globe the stand will be supporting).

But we don't have a stand!

We need public domain pictures of globes in globe stands. The fancier the better.

I need you to go out onto the internet and find some. The more the better. From all the ones found, we'll choose the best one.

Finding these pictures is priority one.

Without an impressive globe stand, I'll have to postpone the start date for the collaboration.

Help!

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   03:22, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

I've seen 2 of those before. The one on the left is of the general style we had before, though the stand was less bulky. Keep up the good work and please continue the search!

Thank you!

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   09:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

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



Or this one:



Which one do you like better?

Please let me know.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   09:14, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

The hunt
I appreciate the time you are putting into the search.

By the way, as a guide on what to look for, the stand we had is the one  in this picture.

But we can't use it because it is from a copyrighted image. Too bad we don't know anyone who bought the product - we could have that person take a new pic! (I'd buy one, if they didn't cost $250.00!)

That's the general style of globe stand we are looking for, unless you come across something even better.

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   21:03, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

SarekOfVulcan RFA
Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:54, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Invite
You had signed up for the Citation Challenge in the now deleted awards center. So I thought you might be interested in this project I recently joined:

Thanks for your !vote at my RFA
Thank you, LAAFan, for your support !vote at my RFA. --<i style="color:green;">lifebaka</i> (Talk - Contribs) 18:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

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

A collaboration using advanced wiki-tools!

If everything goes according to plan, it will begin on July 15th.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

There are only about 200 more pages to go!

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

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

 Th e Tr ans hu man ist   08:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion
The article I wrote was tagged for speedy deletion, when I was ddone writing something on the talk page, the hangon sign was gone, and the history of the article said that it was no longer tagged for deletion, why? User:Coby2 —Preceding comment was added at 02:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: A Variety of Questions
1. It sounds to me like users with account creator rights can create accounts for other users besides themselves, like a proxy.

2. Well, making a bot usually requires programming a script of some sort. However, since I know very little about bots, I think I could give you more information by giving you this link: Creating a bot.

3. Did you try the "gadgets" tab in the my preferences?

Hope that helps! <font color="#CC5500">RC-0722 <font color="#0000FF">361.0/<font color="#FF0000">1  19:43, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks
<div class="NavHead" style="background:cyan;color:blue;">My RfA <div class="NavContent" style="text-align:left; background:240 248 255;"> Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which closed successfully. I felt the process was a thorough review of my contributions and my demeanor, and I was very gratified to see how many editors took the time to really see what I'm about and how I can be of help to the project. As a result, some editors changed their views during the discussion, and most expressed specific, detailed points to indicate their opinion (whether it was, , or ).

A number of editors were concerned about my level of experience. I was purposeful in not waiting until a particular benchmark occurred before requesting adminship, because I feel - as many do - that adminship is not a reward and that each case is individual. It is true that I am not the most experienced editor around here, but I appreciate that people dug into my contributions enough to reach the conclusion that I seem to have a clue. Also, the best thing about this particular concern is that experience is something an editor - or administrator - can always get more of, and I'll continue doing that, just as I've been doing. (If I seem a little slow at it, feel free to slap me.)

I am a strong believer in the concept that this project is all about the content, and I'm looking forward to contributing wherever I can. Please let me know if I can be of any help. In the meantime, I'm off to school...

Thanks again!

Re: DYK help
I expanded it a little, and nominated it. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I'm sure I could help getting it to FL status as well. Best, « <font color="#9696A0" face="Cambria">Milk's Favorite <font color="#4D0100" face="Snap ITC">Cøøkie  21:51, 4 July 2008 (UTC)