User talk:Pedro/Archive 7

From user:sam24001
Im sorry Pedro im new to this i dont fully understand it its just i only saw your name and i appreciate you blocking the deletion of my page, but could you help me not get my page deleted? I worked very hard on it and i dont think it deserves to be taken off. hope i dont get another warning message for editing this but i dont know how to leave a fresh comment! thanks a lot, sam —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam24001 (talk • contribs) 17:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

From teh nom
Congratulations Pedro! Remember this discussion? How time flies...and this time my offer was successful. Methinks you owe me something :P Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 22:30, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, you could start by joining Category:Rouge admins...while you're there, check out the image I made for it (and put that no your userpage :p). And of course you could nom me when the time comes :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 07:29, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Methinks I'll be running some time soon - probably at the turn of the month. But sooner if you go rouge :P Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 07:50, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 09:06, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Captmondo comments
Thanks for the clarification. I totally thought, obviously, that you were referring to me considering I was the only other vote. As far as my own RfA. I'm torn. The community consensus for the unwritten criteria, so to speak, seemed quite out of reach a few weeks ago. I'm so busy with GA, I don't have time for much else, so my experience isn't as broad as it could be. Add to that my disinterest in XfD and it seemed a sure failure. Also, it seemed to me that admins get hassled way too much, and as a person that has problems refusing requests, I'd never get those things important to me done, however, I've noticed in recent days that several admins have small talk pages, to say they don't get a lot of requests. So I suppose your level of participation in admin areas would determine the amount of traffic on your talk page.

Regardless, I get offered a nomination about once a week or so. I'm sure I'll accept eventually... When I'm more certain that the regular participants in RfA at that time aren't going to oppose for arbitrary bullshit. It takes too much time to go through RfA if it's a failure, for me anyway. With a to-do list longer than my intestines, I just can't do it now. However, as a much needed break from GA, I will continue to participate at RfA. But look at my WKT count and see if you think I'd be successful.  Lara Love  15:42, 18 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Alright. Well, have a good day. Look over them when you can b/c I am interested to get an opinion. I'm curious. :)  Lara Love  15:58, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Re:Feedback
Thanks, Pedro! :) Not brutal at all. I generally don't take things like that personally, so I'm not worried about being opposed in an RfA for the sake of my feelings or ego or whatever. I just don't want to waste all that time if it's going to fail. I also fear that people will say my comments are often not admin-like as people apparently read into them an unintended tone. I tried using smilies to fix that, but then they came across as sarcastic. :/ So whatever. As I stated in my most recent editor review, it's not my style to be fake and participate in areas for which I have absolutely no interest whatsoever, like XfD, for the sake of tools. Particularly when I don't need the tools and would only be applying for them because I think the encyclopedia would benefit as I would use them constructively. As far as refuting opposes; The AIV oppose that would surely come up would certainly get attention from me. I don't think one needs X number of posts to AIV to get it. I mean, you do it right five times and you've got it down. It's not hard to figure out. And I certainly do a decent share of vandalism reverts. It's just not so often I encounter the 4th warning.

That aside, I had no idea that I had 70 deleted edits. Now I feel like a n0ob. How does one view their deleted edits (I'm sure admin tools are required for this)? So, is that to say that 15 articles I tagged for speedy delete were not deleted or they were deleted, thus was my edit? See, this is why I wouldn't have involvement there, at least not with the tools in use for a while. I don't care about that stuff, and I clearly don't know how all the inner-workings go.

Lastly, for broadening my horizon's, I know I need to do that. And I'm on my way. I'm getting burned out on GA and all the reviewing. So I'm not sure where I'll head, but I've got to get into something else. I'll still be at GA, because that's where my passion is here, but I need to focus elsewhere for some of my time for my own sake.  Lara Love  12:50, 19 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks, yea. I would like to see the list. You can post it to my notebook subpage available from my nav bar on my user and talk pages. I appreciate it.  Lara Love  13:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for blocking the vandal. As I said, buncha lunatics... Timothy Perper 09:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks x2
I should say thank you! Luckily tagging at CSD is often fairly easy, albeit mundane, although you do get to read a lot of nonsense. Thanks to Twinkle, which in fact automatically does everything for me. I might add that it seems I have a high user talk to mainspace ratio, and not that I am a fan of edit counting, but the kate tool does not count deleted edits, so all of the tagging on CSD articles actually are not counted by the tool. But the ones I leave on User Pages are, so hence the over exaggerated number there. See you around! Phgao 11:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your support, eventually I do plan on going for admin, as I believe having the tools would allow me to further contribute and not add to the backlog on various pages, instead remove the backlog. I've also heard of this "admin revert", can you explain the difference of it and the normal revert? Oh and re: preferences, there is a difference of 350. Once again I add, no I'm not an "edit counter". Phgao 12:00, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Need for administrative attention
Here's the issue. Fall Out Boy, the article which has gotten the most attention from me here on WP, has two images uploaded for the logo (Logo 1 & Logo 2). There has been a dispute between me and the uploader of both images regarding which should be used. And by dispute I mean he keeps reverting it without responding to messages on the talk page made by me as well as ignoring my edit summary messages. I went to WP:MUSTARD to get the opinion of others and was told that it is inappropriate to use either logo because it doesn't pass fair use considering it isn't an identifier for the band. They use different logos for different things, and they're really just the text/font from albums. I was directed to WP:LOGO. So should the images be deleted?  Lara Love  13:55, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm on it....... Pedro | Chat  13:57, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks... for that and for the report on my subpage. Interesting to see. I didn't realize that edits got deleted when pages did. I thought the history was left intact.  Lara Love  14:46, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Userpage
Hey Pedro. I was curious if you wanted my to redesign your userpage, if so leave me a message on my talk page with a series of colors, themes, and maybe a picture or two you like. -- Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 19:26, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Great you should have your new and improved userpage by 8pm EST. -- Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 19:46, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * If you will write me up a little introduction letter for your page, and send it to me as a email or if not via talk page, I will then use it in your design. -- Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 19:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm working on a really nice one for you, so I have to wait till tomorrow to complete it. Sorry. -- Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 20:52, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Request!
Could you please delete User:Giggy/monobook.js, and unprotect User:Giggy (then redirect it to my current userpage)? Thanks, Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) 09:04, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * No, don't restore, just unprotect so I can recreate. Thanks, Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) (Drought) 09:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Could you please delete the oldest edit, so it's just a redirect (obviously I don't quite get how salting works, but anyway :p). Thanks again for your help! Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) (Drought) 09:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * *sighs* - Could you also delete/unprotect User:Majorly/PT, which was cascading my old pages, and is now therefore cascading my userpage... Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) (Drought) 09:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Majorly's retired - click the userpage link. And I really would like to edit my userpage :) Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) (Drought) 09:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks mate. Dihydrogen Monoxide (H2O) (Drought) 09:47, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Little advice
Hey Pedro, I see that you have been making some good admin actions recently. However, I just wanted to remind you of something that I myself had an issue with when I first got the tools: when you speedy articles that contain offensive content, don't use the auto-summary, because that offensive material will still "survive"as such, live on, in your edit summary, forever. Example: this. Regards, -- Anonymous Dissident  Talk 09:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Not mean at all! :)
Hey, wanted to let you know, that your comment didn't come off as mean at all! :) I really appreciate the tips, and, thank you! :) SQL(Query Me!) 10:44, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Barneca RfA thank you spam
Pedro, first a belated congratulations for your RfA, definitely a net gain for Wikipedia. Thank you for your support during my RfA, and for your continued support after the concerns were raised by other editors who you respect. I'll keep all of the comments in mind in the coming months, and will try again later, when I hope you'll find the decision much less difficult. In the mean time, if you see me doing something stupid, please let me know. See you around. --barneca (talk) 12:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

British Balls speedy
No problem with the denial of speedy. I read it a couple of times, did some searches and decided it lacked importance but that's my opinion. I try to avoid Afd from my end as it is a cumbersome and cluttered process. I do give opinions on a sporatic basis so if the above is taken there by you, I will likely comment. Thanks for the input. --Stormbay 14:08, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Tyler Anderson
No, I'm satisfied that the notability you noticed is sufficient, I won't be PROD-ding the article... as you say, it was borderline, and I'm content with your decision. Congratulations on your admin status, it's well-deserved and I commented in favour of it based on our first interaction. As far as me becoming an admin some day, well, with all my recent CSD experience I've been thinking about applying for the mop just to speed up the process... are you considering coaching? I like your style of administration and I think I still have a lot to learn about Wikipedia before I apply for admin status so I've been considering applying for coaching. I've been trying to expose myself to different areas of admin-related work just to see what I might have to offer, and the "whack-a-mole" aspect of new page patrol appeals to me, but I know there are other things I could be doing. And of course I have a lot of work I want to do in the mainspace with the Crime Task Force. Any comments you have to offer would be gratefully received and, if you want to take on a student, let me know. Cheers, Accounting4Taste 15:14, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Admin coaching
Hi there: Delighted to know that you would be interested, and I hope to not take huge amounts of time away from your more important administrative duties. Yes, if you wouldn't mind making the page you spoke of, and then telling me how to find it, that would be great. One thing I'd need coaching on right off the bat -- how did you find out how many project space edits I'd made? I know these tools exist, I just don't know where they are. I actually thought I'd been doing quite well in the project space since I've created a dozen (maybe) new pages -- Phoebe Atwood Taylor and all the sub-pages, for instance -- and worked hard on articles like Ellery Queen and Perry Mason to move them towards FA status. But I must say that while I was practising on new page patrol, what I really wanted to be doing was working on, say, Ellery Queen, so I don't think it will be a strain to make more project space edits. But thank you for calling that to my attention. I can certainly do a LOT more new page creation and article fleshing-out in the Crime Task Force area, and I think I'll make a little to-do list to keep me focused. Thanks again. By the way, my work is such that it's done at the computer, and my time is my own, so I think it would not be a problem to see that we could overlap at some future point. Accounting4Taste 15:53, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

The now-traditional RFA thank-spam
  Click there to open your card! → → →  Dear , Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 83 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutrals. No matter if you voted (I mean, "!voted") support or oppose, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. I'm new, remember, so if you have any suggestions feel free to inform me of them, and if I do anything wrong, feel free to add to the permanent chorus of disapproval on my talk page. Special thanks to WaltonOne and Dihydrogen Monoxide for nominating me. iride scent  (talk to me!)   20:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Credits
This design was brazenly stolen from inspired by Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 's RFA Thanks, which in turn was inspired by  Phaedriel's RFA thanks.

Debbie Taylor page
Hi Pedro, I'm entirely new to this Wiki lark and am at a loss as to why the above page has now been deleted (for a second time0. admittedly the first page was a "holding page" (my bad, apologies) but the most recent deletion was to be a chronological discography of a female vocalist who meets almost all of the notability points you referred me to. Where am I going wrong? Many thanks in advance. stax o' wax - - - - —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stax o' wax (talk • contribs) 10:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Debbie Taylor page
Hey Pedro, Many thanks for that - your assistance and guidance are, I assure you, very much appreciated. I'll do exactly as you've suggested and submit the draft for review. Hopefully when I get the hang of Wiki I'll be able to make a few useful contributions. Once again many, many thanks. Stax O' wax Stax o&#39; wax 10:49, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism Warnings
Hey, what are the templates for vandalism warnings? - Eggy49er 12:34, 21 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Thank you tons. I'll do that for now on. - Eggy49er 12:38, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

RE: Damien Rhodes
Yea, I wasn't really careful w/the tags there, that's my bad, sorry about that. You're right, let's run it through an AFD. Bmg 916  Speak 14:30, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Lol, I put the article on my watchlist, that's how I found the discussion for AFD so fast. And I agree, this actually is the best way to be certain. Bmg <font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916 <font COLOR="navy"> Speak 14:48, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Userpage
No problem. Cool Wikipedians deserve cool userpages. -- Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 18:32, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I droped by to take a look at it again, and just have to say, it is pretty cool. -- Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor 23:45, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Debbie Taylor
Hi again Pedro. If you get a chance could you have a quick check on the user sub page you kindly set up just to see if I'm on the right track please? As ever, many thanks for your assistance. Stax o&#39; wax 13:59, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Your RFA
Congratulations on becoming an admin - unfortunately I somehow missed your RFA, I have been a little busy recently. I see you had plenty of supporters anyway! See you around and happy editing and admin actions. Camaron1 | Chris 15:29, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Debbie Taylor
Pedro, Points duly noted and I'll action them just as soon as possible. Cheers once again for the pointers, patience and advice. I'll stand you a pint sometime!!Stax o&#39; wax 20:35, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/hmwith 2
You were faster than me here :-) Happy editing! --<font color="Green">Ag <font color="#1E90FF">ü <font color="Green">eybaná  21:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, this RfA is sure attracting much IP and SPA activity... We'll have to watch it very closely. And, nope, still don't have the mop :-) --<font color="Green">Ag <font color="#1E90FF">ü <font color="Green">eybaná  21:41, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Giggy,etc
I didn't notice that. Tks. Was the delay because it took her that long to accept? This kinda begs the question still of why he has all those name, but I sort of see that from the commentary. I pulled the question.Rlevse 22:05, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Carling indeed? With lime, no less!!
I'm a Strongbow man myself!!

I think we're nearly there Pedro. Order me a pack of scratchings!!

Once again, many thanks. Stax o&#39; wax 23:40, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Pedro; who can help me start a basic page? I am stuck.
Biber99 11:49, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Request for review on deleted article
Thank you for restoring the Home Decor Products article. User:SyrinxZ/Home Décor Products Please note that without the "Inc.", the company name essentially becomes a general phrase rather than a brand, which may confuse a reader. I have removed the list of links at the bottom, keeping only the parent company's, which I felt was appropriate. I've also removed one company website citation. Please review the article and let me know if these revisions are sufficient. If they are, how is the article restored to the original page? I thank you very much for your help and time! SyrinxZ 14:30, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * I've re-posted, exactly how you approved it. Thank you again for helping me.  You mentioned it needing categorization; I did mark it with 4 categories, but are you referring to something else?  Let me know and I'll look into it.  Much appreciated! SyrinxZ 14:44, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the image tag removal, I wouldn't have caught that. You have been most helpful Pedro!SyrinxZ 15:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Floaterfluss (2)
I left him a message advising withdrawal. <Sigh>. Cheers,<font color="#009500"> :) Dloh <font color="#950095">cierekim  21:37, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Sydney Explorer
I was the one that created the article, I now think I made a mistake because I created an article that advertises for a company. At the time I thought I was providing some kind of info for people, but now that I am more wiki orientated, I now know that I have made a mistake by creating this article. I don't think the other eight people would care about this article if it were deleted as they didn't do all that much to the article. This article was inadvertent advertising on my behalf. So I Would say delete. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. 08:15, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi and thanks for your reply. I will do as you said and give it a prod if it hasn't been proded by now. Many thanks. Cheers_Ad@m.J.W.C. 11:19, 26 September 2007 (UTC)