User talk:MBK004/Archive 2



Adminship?
 Rudget would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Rudget to accept or decline the nomination. A page will be or has been created for your nomination at Requests for adminship/ . If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so. I've been considering this for about the last week now, and I've been looking over your contributions before that. Would you like a RFA? Get in touch if not. :) Regards, Rudget . 20:54, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've got to get to sleep now, but I'll fix the nomination tomorrow. Is that alright? (And as for the experience, you're fine!) Rudget . 21:29, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added the nomination, check over it to see if there any possible problems. :) Good luck. Ah, one last thing, do you want to transclude it or shall I? Best, Rudget . 16:44, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think for the answer to Q3, you should include a response to reflect your history. Try figuring how you would deal with it in the future. Rudget . 19:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd say so. Looks fine. :) Good luck!!!!!! Rudget . 20:03, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
A belated thank you for your RFA support! Archtransit (talk) 21:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Scout work
Why is there nothing about your ScoutingWikiProject work on your RFA? Also, I wrote a comment to an oppose there you may want to read. Pls respond on my talk page. Thanks. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 22:48, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I understand well. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 23:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Email
Ping. Rudget . 11:26, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Houston portal
Hello MBK004, would you be interested in selecting some of the future content for the Houston portal? I've been doing this for about a year and could use some help. The portal is a featured portal. Please see WikiProject Houston/Portal development if you're interested. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Postoak (talk) 03:02, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

RE: Krimmel Intermediate
I wouldn't just recreate the article, I would bring it to Deletion Review instead. The general consensus as I understand is that high schools are notable enough for articles, but the lower tier schools are borderline. -MBK004 19:31, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank You!, I will look through the log.--Obaidz96 (talk) 19:40, 21 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  • 19:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

We did it
USS Illinois is featured. Thank you for the help. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:09, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess we did :) Note though that just because the FAC is now closed does not mean that we can ignore those issues brought up in the FAC; they still need to be addressed. With the FAC closed there is no risk that the article will be demoted should we be unable to address those complaints, but they do need to be addressed, the sooner the better. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:18, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you for all of your help. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:40, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

I Want You to Help Me Delete The 7 Subway Extension Image There Is No Use To It
I Want You to Help Me Delete The 7 Subway Extension Image There Is No Use To It Just Take It Down But Not The 8 I Corrected It Trulystand700 (Talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Not 8 (New York City Subway Service)
Take Down The 8 Not The 8 (New York City Subway Service) Trulystand700 (Talk) —Preceding comment was added at 03:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Images uploaded by User talk:Trulystand700
I noticed that you have tagged some uploaded images created by this user as having no source information. I see that he has included the template on the image description stating that he is the source and giving proper license release for wiki use. Previously I have told him that this is OK and sufficient. Am I missing something? --NrDg 03:11, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I tagged those images because they did not have any description of where they came from (i.e. he may have created them, but there was no summary, just licensing (GFDL Self). Even if an image has this tag, I would still think a proper summary stating that the image was created by whomever is appropriate. -MBK004 03:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Looks like he has added source info to the images he wants to keep so looks like everything is working out. I usually do the source required tag for unloaders I don't trust, this editor has had problems in the past but seems to be learning and adapting. If he wants to delete his own stuff he needs to tag with --NrDg 03:34, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Help me Find the Krimmel Intermediate Article
I look through the deletion log, and didn't find the article! You are a more experienced Wiki user, could you help me?--Obaidz96 (talk) 23:20, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of USS Illinois (BB-65)
An article that you have been involved in editing, USS Illinois (BB-65), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/. Thank you. TomStar81 (Talk) 08:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: my warning
Please note that I did attempt to discuss the edits on the Maria Sharapova discussion page, but Tennis expert ignored this and simply began reverting my edits (and incidentally, I see nothing wrong with my edits; if you do, then please tell me) without even consulting me, which is what annoyed me the most. 172.143.183.232 (talk) 20:15, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * "blasted through" was used to show how surprising her success was, but nevertheless, I concede that it is perhaps unencyclopaedic, and have changed it to the more neutral "confounded expectations". However, I fail to see fault with my edits to the 2008 section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 172.143.183.232 (talk) 20:28, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

congrats!
nuff said. Keeper  |  76  20:23, 24 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 20:23, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Best wishes. Be careful when using the block button. :-) Bearian (talk) 21:01, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Deary me...I was just thinking then that I forgot something. Don't know how, but I offer my sincere apologies for not getting to you sooner as some form of compensation. I see it went well, I know you'll go on to prove me and all those who supported right, the best of luck! Regards, Rudget . 19:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Congrats
Enjoy the mop. Dloh cierekim  21:05, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats from me too! - Rjd0060 (talk) 21:06, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Congrats! I know we'll see more good things from you. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 21:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Additional congratulations! I'm sure you'll do fine! (I particularly enjoyed your timely tally updates, , , - and, yeah, I checked my RfA every 10 minutes too *big grin*) henrik  •talk  21:30, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Congratulations to you, sir! Could not have happened to a better editor!  :-)  --Kralizec! (talk) 21:45, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! Postoak (talk) 23:59, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! I recognized your name but didn't have time to collect enough info to actually vote; however, I'm glad your RfA succeeded! --Coppertwig (talk) 02:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

About your RfA
Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. I am glad you passed, and you are welcome for the support. For information on using your new tools, see the school for new admins; you will find it very useful. Good luck! Acalamari 21:08, 24 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I heart your thank spam template... kind of was my idea which I designed. But, I appreciate that other administrators are stealing adapting the idea as their own without attribution (sarcastic). I guess imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Cheers.  m ir a nd a  08:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm, do you think Rudget would code something that spectacular? (smile) You can look above to my talk page where he didn't attribute me. I have the template in my user subpage as proof. So, I guess with the template, you are honoring me, and not Rudget. Cheers. But, I am sorry that I have to act strict about this, because I had a really bad experience of people stealing my stuff without attribution. (my contribs are CC-BY-SA 3.0) And, I should AGF more, because you didn't know that Rudget took the code from me. Cheers.  m ir a nd a  19:20, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Metis TransPacific Airlines
The "Metis TransPacific Airlines" wiki page is full of errors, why is it that it cannot be clarified and corrected? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.226.41 (talk) 01:26, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Metis
Ok let's start with the fact that on the wiki page for metis, it shows a reference to the canadian government approval of its flights with Primaris and yet it is still questioned whether or not Metis actualy exists, no logic......

Next point Metis is a Macau based corporation and not Canadian, and any search of corporte documents in Canada would prove that it is not registered Canadian.....

First flight or launch of Metis is DEPARTURE MACAU not Vancouver, I believe that the mixup comes from the fact that even though the time of the flight is earlier from Vancouver it is indeed 16 hours (Winter time) behind that of Macau, so the flight actualy departs from Macau while it is still very early in the morning in Vancouver.......... sorry if that was bit confusing, but in aviation the time of UTC is used for flight scheduling and not local time........ however loccal time is displayed for the obvious ease of use for the passenger(s).

Zoom Airlines has made no complaint or report to the RCMP of Canada, and until the RCMP can show that there is one then it should be taken down or edited out completely. I have seen and read the emails from Zoom Airlines, and one exsists that states clearly that Zoom never at any point made any complaint to the RCMP of Canada nor any report. It is also proven that they were infact in negotiations with Metis, so that point is also erroneous adn should be edited out.......

Short of placeing all incorporation documents on the site of wiki for every company listed on Wiki then I see no way to show proof of that, also noteworthy is the fact that there is no demand for citiation about incorporation.... because how would you do that?

Also to the erroneous points of NBC Kentucky.... they state that teh Canadian Government has no knwoledge of Metis..... yet there is a document on the Wiki paeg that comes directly from teh Canadian Government.

Just some short notes....... Fix the errors please, or let the errors be corrected............ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.80.226.41 (talk) 02:05, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Belatedly thank you
for protecting I have a Dream. Regards. Oda Mari (talk) 07:22, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA
<div style="background-color: white; border: #5B92E5 solid 2px; margin-bottom:.5em; padding: 5px; font-family: trebuchet ms, sans-serif;"><font color="#084C9E">, 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) 17:12, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey MBK004, first I want to say (belatedly) congrats on becoming an admin!! Secondly, I want to thank you for your support and kind words at my RFA. I will work hard to live up to the expectations of the community. Feel free to come and ask me anything if you ever need any help, and I look forward to working with you in the future. Thanks again! <font face="Harlow Solid Italic" size="3px" color="teal">Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 18:44, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Daniel Boone
Of course I am. If you prefer, feel free to shorten or remove completely the protection. I have no problem whatsoever in having my action reverted ;-)  Snowolf How can I help? 19:05, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh thanks, I didn't spotted the move protection downgrade :( That was entirely a mistake and not meant :)  Snowolf How can I help? 19:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Request Rollback privileges
I would appreciate these privileges to help combat vandalism. Please drop me a note on my user talk page if you have any questions. — BQZip01 — talk 07:27, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for granting me the privileges. They will be used IAW your guidance and established precedent. — BQZip01 —  talk 20:27, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Re:Rollback
I have been thinking about applying for rollback permission, although I have to be honest and say that I do not do much vandalism patrolling (with the noted exception of watching the USS GHWB article). I will accept the offer to recieve rollback permission provided that the lack of hardcore vandalism revisions are not an issue for the community, otherwise I would be content to wait for another chance to clear rfa and recieve rollback along with the other admin abilities. TomStar81 (Talk) 00:05, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the rollback rights. I have added the rollback template to my user page and modified my bio to reflect this new responsibility as well. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:04, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Guestbook
Hey! Thanks for signing my guestbook! — Cuyler  91093  -  Соитяівцтіоиѕ  17:30, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Image Question
Hello, I have a question about these two images: and. I'm pretty sure they violate the game's copyright, and both include links to illegal servers in their rationale. However, I'm unsure of the procedure for getting them removed. The user who uploaded them has been extremely persistent in re-adding them to the article they're on, regardless of the aforementioned concerns. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give! --Resplendent (talk) 18:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

ships
hello, i saw your page and just wanted to say i have a huge interest in ocean liners as well. The cruise ships are allright, but the classic ocean liners from say 1910- are awesome. Do you have any particular favorites? My favorite would probably have to be SS Normandie of the French line. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robert 2302 (talk • contribs) 22:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you!
Hi, just dropping by to say thanks for supporting my RfA, I totally wasn't expecting to get so much support, it was a really pleasant surprise. Melesse (talk) 04:20, 4 February 2008 (UTC) <div style="border-style:solid; border-color:blue; background-color:AliceBlue; border-width:1px; text-align:left; padding:8px;" class="plainlinks">

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Military history WikiProject coordinator elections
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Admin favor
Hiya, MBK, can I bug you for a favor? The following fair use images I uploaded are slated to be deleted, and I was wondering if you wouldn't mind deleting them before I get the 9200 bot messages informing me of the orphaned images and there impending deletion. The images are as follows: Image:Edward Elric.PNG Image:Roy Mustang (FMA).JPG Image:Maes Hughes (FMA).JPG Image:Jean Havoc (FMA).JPG Image:Heymans Breda (FMA).JPG Image:Alex Louis Armstrong (FMA).JPG Image:Alex Louis Armstrong flexes (FMA).JPG Image:General Hakuro (FMA).JPG Image:Vato Falman (FMA).JPG Image:Kain Fuery (FMA).JPG Image:Basque Grand (FMA).JPG Image:Yoki (FMA).JPG Image:Maria Ross (FMA).JPG Image:Denny Brosh (FMA).JPG Image:Sheska (FMA).JPG Image:Fank Archer (FMA).JPG Image:Zolf J. Kimblee (FMA).JPG Image:Zolf J. Kimblee transmutation circles (FMA).JPG Image:Grumman (FMA).JPG Image:Black Hayate (FMA).JPG TomStar81 (Talk) 03:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. These were uploaded back when our fair use policy was more leinent toward multiple fair use images in an article namespace, but like all things on the net our policy evolved and now these image have to go. I would handle this myself if I could, but absent admin rights the best I can do is compile a list and pass it off to others I know who are admins and can delete this stuff. Someday I do hope to be able to do this myself :) TomStar81 (Talk) 03:26, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Good catch with regards to Edward Elric, I guess someone traded out the old image I had there for a new one. Thanks for the help. TomStar81 (Talk) 03:37, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

RE: Febuary 2008
Sorry! I completely forgot about that! But what if I cite it in a MLA Format? --Obaidz96 (talk) 23:50, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

original message Please do not add copyrighted material to Wikipedia without permission from the copyright holder, as you did to Klein Independent School District. For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or printed material; such additions will be deleted. You may use external websites as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. We cannot accept a copy and paste, it must be properly cited and not a straight copy


 * ok --Obaidz96 (talk) 23:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Return
I don't know if you noticed this yet, but has returned. Thought you might like to know. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:04, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I have a favor to ask
Hi MBK004. This is a long story, so I'll try to make it as short as possible. I've got this "friend" who stalks me, reverting edits I make. He reappeared this morning, vandalizing Alaska Marine Highway (among other articles). I repeatedly reverted him, which was misconstrued by another admin who blocked me for 3RR (which was overturned by another admin who had previously protected the AMH article). My rollback privilege was revoked as part of the block. I noticed your name in the category for admins willing to grant rollback, and thought you might reinstate me, given that I wasn't misusing rollback in the first place. Thanks for your consideration. Parsecboy (talk) 17:34, 16 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot. I normally only use rollback with obvious vandalism, and use the undo button with an edit summary with less clear instances, but I think I tend to forget that not everyone else knows about my "friend" and his activities. I will be more careful in the future when dealing with him. Thanks again. Parsecboy (talk) 20:51, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I indicated to Pewwer42 that I'll accept a nomination. Thanks for your support :) Parsecboy (talk) 18:41, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I'll let you know. I don't know if Pewwer42 is around right now, but I'm in no real hurry. Parsecboy (talk) 18:45, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Yup, I'm working on it :) Parsecboy (talk) 21:40, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Done. Parsecboy (talk) 21:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks again. Bring on the stress, I can't wait ;) Parsecboy (talk) 21:51, 17 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot for nominating me for adminship. I really appreciate your comments in my support on the nomination page. If you ever need help with anything, you know where to find me. Again, thanks very much. Regards, Parsecboy (talk) 01:17, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Removal of content on RMS Titanic
Will do and sorry about that - i was removing the repartition and conversion figures that have no relivance to the ship!

Regards

msa1701 (talk) 20:42, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

thanks
thank you for co-nominating Parsecboy, what you wrote has a greater chance of educating people than I, giving him a better chance for adminship. I think I'll have to work on my nomination writing if I decide to nominate someone else. Thank you again-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 21:16, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:FAQ spelling
Its was probably a delay in the server update, the (diff) tab in the histories shows your edits as having come through loud and clear. Thanks for the spelling corrections by the way, I apreciate it.

hehehe
So I think my latest idea is the best yet, check out my user page-- Pewwer42 <font style="color:#089852;background:#0000ff;"> Talk 06:22, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

User space Navigation bar
Hello! If you don't mind can I have your User space Navigation Bar with some customization? -- S M S  Talk 16:02, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * So should i edit it in my sandbox and then show you for approval? -- S M S  Talk 19:37, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure! thanks a lot! -- S M S  Talk 19:44, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Re:adminship
Replyied on talk page. TomStar81 (Talk) 19:55, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Off th top of my head I think that its around March 16, but I will firm that up some when I get home as thats where my school calender is. TomStar81 (Talk) 20:07, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * After looking for our spring break date I have noticed that no one seems to be certain of it, however I do believe that Spring break is in fact the week of March 23; given the tendancy here to time spring break with easter that would be a logical guess. TomStar81 (Talk) 02:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you, MBK004, for your support in my RfB. I appreciate your trust. Acalamari 22:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Coordinatorship
Sorry to see you didn't make it in this time, but for what its worth I think you would make a great coordinator. Keep up the good work, and try again in August, I would be happy to support you again then. In the interim, though, keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 01:18, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * What Tom said. :-) Kirill 01:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)


 * What they both said, I think you will be like me last time. Just carry on getting involved, there are very little duties that normal editors can't do anyway. I hope to see you around (as usual). Woody (talk) 02:32, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * It was like an echo of my thoughts (and my actions over the last 6 months). See you around! Woody (talk) 02:38, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry you didn't make it as a coordinator, but if you want to do something useful, just let me know, I'm sure there are enough tasks. For example some of our measures like the B class assessment could benefit from a critical report. Wandalstouring (talk) 12:56, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Really??
As far as I knew, and believe now to be true, the policy should be changed if it's not, that Vessels of a military nature should carry the military ensign, or perhaps both flags on separate sections.

Anything less is just kinda dumb, the US Naval Vessels right now, and All British vessels always, have their military ensigns, not the National flag on the top mast. That is military tradition dating back hundreds of years, civilian vessels carry national flags Therubicon (talk) 06:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

With thanks
By the order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the WikiChevrons with Oak Leaves in recognition of your outstanding effort to improve our compliment of naval ships by updating infoboxes, replacing deprecated infoboxes, and locating sources for ships in the employment of their respective countries navies. For the coordinators, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 13:06, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Can You Help in My RFA?
Can You Help Me become an Administrator. I have a lot of sticky situations, and I need a more experienced Wikipedian to help me clean it up. Please Help. --SignedObaidz96 (talk) 17:03, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Re: Coordinator elections
Hi. Well, sorry you failed, but it's good that your spirits are up. All the best. Oh, and nice banner at the top of the talk page (mind if I steal it? :) ). Cheers, Ouro (blah blah) 21:41, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I was thinking about Yakyakyak.gif, because it's nice. Thanks! --Ouro (blah blah) 08:52, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I prefer politeness over abbreviations. But thanks for the reminder :) --Ouro (blah blah) 08:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Credit
I borrowed on of your SHIPS ideas and took it to MILHIST, and so far it seems to be a hit with the coordinators. I have to admit, you idea was a good one. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:40, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

re: wwII firing arcs
Sorry I didn't have a chance to get back to you earlier. The coverage of firing arcs in WWII era ships is woefully inadequate. For instance, the USS Atlanta was notorious for having only a 60° firing arc on her broadside, but yet was highly effective as an anti-aircraft platform because of her ability to bring to bear a minimum of 6 barrels of highly accurate, rapid firing 5" guns at any angle. The Atlanta was potentially able to bring upwards of 12 barrels on target in a broadside ship to ship engagement, but against aircraft, while she was unable to bring quite as many barrels to bear, she was able to do so over a much wider area of coverage, and thus was much more useful to the fleet. Things like firing arcs, range, and extent of armament are surprisingly lacking in many of the WWII era ship articles, so I was hoping you would help me to continue improving them. I've started with the Atlanta, and I intend to move on to the USS Fletcher, and the USS Northhampton. &rArr; <font face="Euclid Fraktur"> SWAT  Jester    Son of the Defender  16:58, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you
I don't think I've ever seen a thank you note for someone who did not win a coordinator position. And the message was very upbeat. Thank you for thinking of me. Leobold1 (talk) 05:19, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't think so...
My personal analysis was left in the edit summary page as it should be when explaining my change to the page and my thoughts on previous edits. The only change in the article was me stating that the cgi was undeniably cheap, as in "you can't miss it" which is not opinion but fact. Also, in not having offense with - "A point of note is that the CGI has dated very well and plays comparably to significantly more modern fare with vastly higher budget." - are you not being a little hypocritcal what with the whole "personal opinion" idea you have? 66.253.190.219 (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Why should I find a citation for my edit when there is not a citation for the statement you seem so keen to keep in the article... 66.253.190.219 (talk) 04:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Who owns the pages anyway?
Just curious, I thought the web pages were public domain, therefore there wasn't a need for a 'consensus' to make changes. The changes I've made are small (merely adding hull numbers to the templates), so what exactly needs to be 'discussed' about them.

I'm not trying to be rude (and I hope I'm not coming across that way), I just thought these were public pages.

Hope to hear back from you soon!

(redjacket3827) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Redjacket3827 (talk • contribs) 03:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

is there a reason
i just edited out the info box to doug's name —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesbondfan (talk • contribs) 06:51, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

if possible
can you post the nasa portarit of doug hurley —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesbondfan (talk • contribs) 07:16, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Question re admin intervention against vandalism
...it looks as though 86.151.43.75's last edit to Simon Amstell did in fact come (4:18 March 9) after their final warning (2:18 March 9)..? If there is a discrepancy or something I'm not understanding, please advise. Rachel Summers (talk) 11:08, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

New! BCAD drive from Milhist
Can I invite you to particpate in our new assessment drive? It's strictly for experienced wiki-gnomes and has a degree of friendly competition built-in. It involves re-evaluating around 3500 Milhist B-Class articles to ensure they match our new criteria. As ever, we're offering a range of awards as our way of expressing our thanks. The drive doesn't start until 18:00 (UTC) on March 10 but you can sign up in advance here. It would be great if you can spare the time, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 05:33, 10 March 2008 (UTC)




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My request for bureaucratship
<div style="float:center;border-style:double;border-color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#00A693;border-width:2px;text-align:left;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 95%; padding:8px; -moz-border-radius: 1em;" class="plainlinks"> Dear MBK004, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats. I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight. I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community. I was a little miserable after the results came out, so I'm going to spread the love via dancing hippos. As you do. :) I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 13:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

protecting Philippines
I'm surprised I didn't get a warning when I semi-protected Philippines a few seconds after you did. Did you use a script to sneak in there that fast? —EncMstr 06:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello
Please help me to have a Semi-Protection the Angel Locsin, Regine Velasquez and Lobo (TV series) pages because of unstoppable Vandalism.{Tomsbrand™ (talk) 07:50, 12 March 2008 (UTC)}

RE: BCAD
Right now, my goal is to get my edit # back up. I had this big long period from July to February where I was almost completely inactive (partially because of school, partially because of lack of interest). I'm seriously behind. I'm past the time I need to be a "yeoman editor". however, I only have half of the edits necessary to do so. I'm in this because A: I love assessment drives B: My edit count needs to go up, and I think that this is a good method of doing so. Cheers! Cam (complaints/Discussion) 03:42, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
 * True. I'm not attempting a purely "edit count obsession".  I'm just of the mindset of "heck, I haven't been active for nearly 6 months.  An assessment drive is a great way to get back into things".  I've been contributing continuously to my best articles, the Battle of Verrieres Ridge being the main one, throughout the last half of February.

Thanks for sending me the link to that little essay. Cam (Chat) 03:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
...for the kind words. I hate to leave, even for such a limited amount of time, becuase this is one of the few joys I have left in left, and is in itself a stress reliever. I can feel the weight of the acedemic year bearing down on me: my halucinations have returned with a vengance and my stomach no longer tolerates much more than noodle cups; at this rate I fear I may end up chugging pepto-bismal again just to make it through the days ahead with some semblence of health left. Despite all the effort I put into studying for my midterms both came back with grades rated as "D", and I fear that if I do not sacrafice time here to see to the problem soon my fate and Arizona’s fate are going to be as one. For my own peace of mind I decide to alot myself one more weekend here for peace before dismissing myself to focus on school; in this way, I hope that I can strengthen my resolve to pass. I left your name in the sandbox mention as a designated point of contact for the ship articles I work on, I hope thats OK. Above all, thank you for the understanding: I was expecting to be chewed out to some extent for bowing out to tend to matters related to my education, however you and Roger have been vary understanding on the matter. That means a lot to me. TomStar81 (Talk) 07:28, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The depressing part (for me) is that I used to be an all A honor role student, and refused to accept grades like C's and D's, but somewhere around the seventh grade I just lost that lovin feelin toward school. Now its all I can do just to pay attention sometimes. Everytime I stare in the mirror part of me always asks "what the hell happened to you?" and the other part always asked "why do still insist on trying?". I have to find answeres to these questions. BTW: Don;t sacrafice your school year for my sake, if you need to bow out then please do so before things get worse. No time like the present to pounce on a potential problem :) TomStar81 (Talk) 07:51, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Degrassi: The Next Generation
Thanks for your review of the article. I think I've added the appropriate references that will allow it to pass as a GA, now. Also, I noticed in the review you wrote it was "reasonably well written". Do you have any suggestions on how to make it "well written"? I'd like to take this all the way to FA status, so any further help you have would be appreciated. Thanks -- Matthew | talk | Contribs 23:14, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I am working on the GA
I am Working on the GA pass. This is the first time I have reviewed. I cut&pasted from the GA page and it came out that way. Don't know why. Please let me do it so I can learn. Thankyou.--Hfarmer (talk) 23:15, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

About Rick Perry
Actually I did say something about it. I said two things about it. AND I said I would remove the section in one week if no one disagreed and it has been over a month. That whole section is extremely POV. We don't need all that stuff at the end about how people responded to what he said. The first part can stand on its own. That way we allow the reader to make the judgment call as to whether they agree or disagree with Perry's stance. -Brad Kgj08 (talk) 23:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Vandals
Thanks a lot for your efforts to revert vandalism and warn the vandals. Take care.. -Fnlayson (talk) 03:46, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Ima Hogg
Hey there, I've been watching the article evolve. I was concerned early on with the "Legacy" paragraph being somewhat insulting, but it looks like they toned it down. I think the infobox would work fine in the article. Postoak (talk) 01:59, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I was surprised by the "infobox lovers coming out of the woodwork" comment. Aren't we supposed to WP:AGF? :) Oh well. Postoak (talk) 02:17, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

User 203.214.146.180
Block that user. This user had a final warning before replacing my talkpage with "guam". Footballfan190 (talk) 05:42, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

But there is clearly a message I put in my talkpage so that anyone who edits it would read it. Footballfan190 (talk) 05:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The user was IP hopping, and I'd blocked the same user under a previous IP earlier in the night. Cheers! -- Flyguy649 talk 06:14, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Error on WT:MILHIST
When I took a look at your statistics, I noticed when checking the hard-link to the statistics, instead of World War I for 37th place overall, the article that is truly in that position is World War II. You may need to correct the table for accuracy. -MBK004 22:58, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, WWI is 67th, with WWII 37, so there is an additional article that needs to be added to the table. -MBK004 01:37, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks MBK004. That's correct. -- FayssalF  -  Wiki me up®  01:43, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem, and happy to help. -MBK004 01:51, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Also, could you provide me with the full list that you mentioned in your original post. I'd like to take a look, but don't want to scroll through 5000 article names. Preferably on a sub-page created by you if possible? -MBK004 04:06, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll be creating a subpage. Meanwhile, I've sent you the notepad file by email. -- FayssalF  -  Wiki me up®  04:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Carolyn Farb
Hello, I'm having a minor disagreement at Carolyn Farb and would appreciate your input to settle the matter. I was going to take it to WP:Third Opinion but it looks like it may not qualify for resolution. Thanks for your help, Postoak (talk) 02:24, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your assistance, this should help. I will cease all edits to the article until consensus is reached so I don't accidentally violate 3RR Postoak (talk) 02:51, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I added a WP:BLP banner on the page because the paragraph was restored. I removed the paragraph according to policy, but will leave the warning for a while. Thanks, Postoak (talk) 20:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Breathtaker
Hello MBK004. Recently you asked for protection of Neoclassical (Dark Wave) at WP:RPP due to vandalism by Breathtaker socks. Breathtaker's activities are being discussed here at ANI. If you have special knowledge you might want to comment in that thread. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 02:07, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply at ANI. Another editor appears to have edited your comment at WP:RPP with a strikeout after the event; otherwise I would not have responded there. Sorry for misreading the sequence of events. I'll not believe any strikeouts I see on that noticeboard in the future! EdJohnston (talk) 04:44, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Rollback
What Is Rollback? What happens if you are granted it? please reply on my Talk page --Obaidz96 (talk) 02:15, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, will you give me roll back, Mr. MBK004?--Obaidz96 (talk) 03:02, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Rfb
I Really think you should try a Rfb. I really think you deserve it. You have been supporting Wikipedia. --Obaidz96 (talk) 04:18, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of RfA Page
How do you delete a nomination? I want to withdraw from the RfA. :( --Obaidz96 (talk) 04:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Wikkiman69 and User:122.148.44.208
The former was recently permanently blocked, and the latter (just blocked for 12 hours) was just making identical edits. Don't know if there's anything that can be done, but thought an admin like yourself might. - Special-T (talk) 03:05, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. I was just filling you in on the identical editing pattern I had noticed in case there was some further action that needed to be taken. Happy vandal whacking. - Special-T (talk) 11:14, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Edit Query
Hi. I'm a newbie to the whole editing wikipedia, and made one of my first edits yesterday. Can I ask what was wrong with correcting the info box on Lucy Pinder's page, that prompted you to change it? why has it been corrected to american english rather than british english?

many thanks

Deltasquared (talk) 20:41, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Need help
Sorry. I just installed Friendly and I'm trying to figure out how to get it to work. I did not mean to put that template on the Friendly page. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:35, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Today is Day#1 for me using FoxFire. I'm trying to get the hang of it (and the different feel of the skin) because I wanted to install Friendly for Welcoming Newcomers. Friendly isn't compatible with IE, which is what I'm used to using. I thought I installed Friendly, but didn't see any links at first.   I was on the Friendly page, reading what to do, and finally saw new links in my preferences section.  I thought they were for Friendly; but obviously, they weren't.  Again, I apologize for being a newby with both FoxFire and the "possible deletion" template... which isn't what I was thought I had installed, .  and, as you saw, I undid my edit as soon as I saw what I did. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:46, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Btw, in the time it took me to type the above, I have new links in my Views section, and one is welcome. I don't know why it lagged behind the others.  In any case, I'll be careful. --Rosiestep (talk) 03:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Wisky
What's wrong with the infobox pal? <font color="Black">Ryan <font color="CornflowerBlue">4314   (talk) 11:04, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * OIC, I cant tell the difference between the two lol ;) <font color="Black">Ryan <font color="CornflowerBlue">4314    (talk) 18:08, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Cheers boss ;) <font color="Black">Ryan <font color="CornflowerBlue">4314    (talk) 09:27, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Smile!
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WarthogDemon 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. Cheers, and Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message. - Warthog Demon  20:49, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Email
Actually, I haven't really thought of this at all, except that I got an obscene email from a few people who were already banned so it didn't make any difference. As to whether people are going to know if an email is real or not, I dónt know. I can remember a few arbcom cases where people tried citing private emails from sting operations or double dealing and stuff and nobody wanted to guess as to whether the emails were real anyway. Once a sockpuppeteer mucked up and emailed my from both accounts with the same email, so I blocked them without a checkuser. Nobody complained, but that was likely because nobody liked that gụy I suppose the thing to do is to just bring it to ANI for each case.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:18, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Help requested
If it's anything serious, the best course of action is probably to forward it to the Committee; juvenile spamming and such, on the other hand, can generally be dealt with by blocking email, and doing so shouldn't really be controversial. Kirill 15:36, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Bathrobes
We're not in danger at all. Our MFD closed as speedy keep, the multiMFD looks to go the same way. Stay frosty! Sceptre (talk) 00:04, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Museum ship
Hi MBK004 - can you please have a look why some of your template changes mixed up the table (breaking the column format)? I'm trying to find the syntax error, but am a bit stumped myself. Ingolfson (talk) 08:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Montana class battleship
Well, the ultimate destination will be FAC, but at the moment I am seeking more input on how to improve the article via peer review. So far five things have been identified that need addressed, among them the fact that I lack non breaking spaces for numerical measurements. Rest assured though, GAN is my next stop when the peer review closes :) TomStar81 (Talk) 06:01, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * On point 1: good idea. On point 2: good luck. I've been digging through library records on and off line and have yet to any text for the bill. If you can do it I will be impressed. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:21, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Not yet, I still have some unchecked UTEP library resources to review first. I hadn't considered a FOIA petition, although I am certainly open to filing one if all else fails. BTW: the Two Ocean Navy bill is in the same red link boat, if you happen to find anything about that while looking into the Seconf Vinson Act feel free to fire up that article. TomStar81 (Talk) 06:35, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

infobox conversion
Hey MBK,

I wanted to give you a quick heads up on something. Since it's safe to assume that any article that has Infobox Ship needs an infobox upgrade, I'm taking the newinfobox templates off of the talk pages of those articles. Along with avoiding the kind of confusion you mentioned earlier, this will help us get a better count of how many conversions -- aside from the Infobox Ship remain to be done.

There's light at the end of the tunnel with respect to Infobox Ship. I've converted of 'em in about the last three days. About remain to be done.

Cheers, <font style="color:Blue;"><font size="+2">H aus <sup style="font-size : 6pt ;"><font style="color:Green;">Talk  14:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Heya,

I'm the unregistered user who changed the Ima Hogg entry to read "Citation Needed." I wouldn't have fooled around there, except for my thinking it was a community prank page for April 1. My bad.

06:00, 1 April 2008 (UTC)BartholomewK

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my excuse
My excuse was that both sections were exact duplicates of themselves. --SGCommand (talk • contribs) 20:18, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Already got told that but slowly stopped doing 'em, will try to get back into it.--SGCommand (talk • contribs) 20:30, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for watching my talk page
But I figure, I will give the user the benifit of the doubt. User_talk:Igorberger. I think by entertaining him I will be helping to prevent a birth of a sockpuppet. And if it is our guy, he has over 200 of them! Regards, Igor Berger (talk) 22:28, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

BCAD
There's a partial range (100 articles) free on the A-list. Any interest? -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 05:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks, -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 06:08, 4 April 2008 (UTC)