User talk:RyanCross/Archive 22

Major League Baseball
Just passed as a GA, and I'm not making a peer review for it. The page said to ask the volunteers list, so, can you review it?-- LAA Fan sign review 18:18, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for being able to review it. As for Randy Ruiz, I see IMatthew has claimed he will review, but hasn't yet. I'll ask him if I can take over. Anyway, when will the Red Sox lose a postseason series? :D -- LAA Fan sign review 18:24, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No worries. Good luck with Randy Ruiz. Cheers.-- LAA Fan sign review 18:33, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

So long RyRy
Farewell RyRy, thanks for all of your work!  iMa tth ew (talk) 18:40, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Bye iMatthew. :) -- RyRy  ( talk ) 18:44, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Welcome RyanCross
Welcome to Wikipedia, RyanCross! ;)  iMa tth ew (talk) 18:41, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the welcome! :) What do I do here first? (but have I been renamed yet?) RyanCross (talk) 18:44, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You're probably going to be today, though! I'd start off by putting your old userpage back! I dislike plain-ness. ;)  iMa tth ew (talk) 18:49, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No, it's okay, I admire the plain-ness. :) -- RyRy  ( talk ) 18:51, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Nothing wrong with plainness! PeterSymonds (talk)  18:56, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * See? Even PeterSymonds thinks so. ^_^ -- RyRy  ( talk ) 18:57, 4 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Plainness is boring!! ByBy  ( talk ) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with ByBy. GyGy ( talk ) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah, definately. HyHy ( talk ) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Duh!! LyLy  ( talk ) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I think that plainness is un-bearable. MyMy  ( talk ) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Agree with all of the above. PyPy  ( talk ) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Per HyHy. TyTy  ( talk ) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * RyRy doesn't know what he's talking about! WyWy  ( talk ) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Uhm, yeah!  iMa tth ew (talk) 19:10, 4 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Someone might need to run a checkuser here... PeterSymonds (talk)  19:15, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Lol.  iMa tth ew (talk) 19:38, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * There is definitely no need for a checkuser here...  Gonzo fan 2007 (talk) 19:43, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with the above statement... Gonzo fan2007  ( talk ) 19:45, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Definately not!  Jim bo Wa les (talk) 19:47, 4 October 2008 (UTC)


 * No? :O  Peter Symonds 2008 (talk) 19:50, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * =D  « Gonzo fan2007  (talk)  @ 19:51, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * We should all copy each other's signatures on April Fools Day. Like, modify them and save them in our preferences for 24 hours. Imagine the chaos. Epic, absolutely epic.  j.De lan oy (talk) 19:38, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ryan, what would you do if the 'crat turned round and said the usurpation couldn't be done O_O J.delanoy gabs adds  20:24, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * (That was me btw *doesn't want to get in trouble!!*) ——Possum (talk) 21:25, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * When I said copy, I meant insert your username into someone else's signature, not literally copy. So, if you were going to "forge" mine, you would put something like P.ossum gabs adds . (adding random words here so it doesn't look so weird when I sign).  J.delanoy gabs adds  21:48, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess I've been watching Iridescent's page for too long, mimicking one's signature is common practice over there XD ——Possum (talk) 22:08, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) Mimicking is fine, but what I was suggesting was doing it all across Wikipedia on April Fools Day, so if we were using exact copies, that would be somewhat evil. J.delanoy gabs adds 22:12, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

That's the best idea I've heard all day! ;)  iMa tth ew (talk) 22:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

User:IMatthew/AFJ.  iMa tth ew (talk) 22:53, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia, RyanCross!  iMa tth ew (talk) 01:17, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. :) How is the GA review for Randy Ruiz going? – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:18, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I couldn't find the time today, sorry. I'll try to get to it ASAP.  iMa tth ew (talk) 01:21, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:29, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Welcome!

Hello,, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on, or ask your question on this page and then place  before the question. Again, welcome! –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  01:43, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
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 * Thank you for the welcome. What's there to do first? ;) – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Look around! There's a nice fellow called User:RyRy that might be able to help you. :P –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone  01:48, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems like an experienced editor. Maybe I should act just like him. ;) -- – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:51, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: RfA
Hey thanks for the support. I really appreciate it. Thingg &#8853; &#8855; 21:12, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Just read the above section. 0_o umm.... do I want to know or not? (I've got to the say forged sigs are hilarious) Thingg &#8853; &#8855;  21:15, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Not sure. A lot of sock puppets came to my talk page today, if you know what I mean. ;) -- RyRy  ( talk ) 21:18, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

ATTENTION watchlisters
I'm going to be renaming and usurp myself soon to (hopefully), and once renamed, people will wonder how User:RyanCross is on their watchlists since they previously knew me as RyRy. Therefore, before renamed, I would like to know who is watchlisting my page. I've always wanted to know who was watchlisting my page. Some people did this kind of thing before, and I guess I should try it before I'm renamed. The list starts below:


 * 1)  RyRy  ( talk ) 21:30, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Eww, why would anyone want to watch your page??? (joking!) ——Possum (talk) 21:32, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) Admrboltz (talk) 21:43, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 2) YELLS!!!!! J.delanoy gabs adds  21:45, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 3) Meee.  iMa tth ew (talk) 22:16, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) ...I do now. –Juliancolton <sup style="color:#666660;">Tropical <sup style="color:#666660;">Cyclone  01:43, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) For a while your page has been on my watchlist for some reason, but I didn't see this coming (probably because I was away a few hours ago). I'm actually not too surprised that this page is included on my watchlist, though, since that list is a slightly scary/intimidating matter anyways. ;-) <font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="green">Jamie ☆<font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="blue">S93  02:50, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 6) Useight (talk) 02:54, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 7) I am not watching this page. Prince of Canadat 02:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 8) <font face="Harlow Solid Italic"><font size="2px" color="teal"> « Gonzo fan2007   (talk)  @ 04:13, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 9) PeterSymonds (talk)  08:03, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 10) Sam  Blab 23:02, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Uh,...duh!-- Xp54321 ( Hello! • Contribs ) 01:14, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) What am I doing here? :-x Ecoleetage (talk) 01:57, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You're probably in the wrong queue. Useight (talk) 02:08, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) - <span style="font-family:Papyrus, sans-serif; color:#775ca8;">Philippe 16:25, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) - <span style="font-family:Papyrus, sans-serif; color:#775ca8;">Philippe 16:25, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Pokemon unmerge proposal
Hello, this message is being sent to inform you that a proposal to un-merge all Pokemon articles has been started at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Pokemon. As a member of WikiProject Pokemon, your input would be much appreciated. Glass  Cobra  22:49, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!
* hands you a polishing cloth to clean up your brand new shiny username* Prince of Canadat 02:06, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Heh, thanks. :) – RyanCross  ( talk ) 02:25, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Ochna serrulata

 * Are you like going for one every update? o.o Good work! PeterSymonds (talk)  08:05, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Heh, maybe so. I've got one for September 30th, so it just might make the next update. Thanks Peter! – RyanCross  ( talk ) 08:07, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

General comment
Thanks for the attribution on your userpage. On another note, have you noticed that your contributions haven't moved over from yet? Just so you know, it may take a day or so. Sometimes these things happen, I still don't know why yet but there is precedent. Caulde 10:41, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Yes, I do know about this &ndash the exact same thing happened during my first rename. Though, previously, it took about a week rather than a day for my contributions to move to the new account name. User:Ryan Postlethwaite told me last time that he still has one edit that hasn't moved from his old account, and it has been a year! It mist likely just depends on how many contributions your old account has, and the more conrtibutions there are, the more time it takes for them to move after a rename. –  RyanCross  ( talk ) 16:05, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Username Change
Saw your username change. What is it with username changes lately? I've seen the following:


 * RyanLupin to Possum
 * Rudget to Caulde (I've been seen, quick, run!) Caulde  20:48, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * WBOSITG to Garden
 * You to RyanCross

Find it a bit odd; what about you?-- LAA Fan sign review 15:59, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I also noticed that recently. I also saw Cream change his user name (at least request it). I guess everyone wanted a new user name. Or they just got tired of their old one, I'm not sure. As for me, I'm RyanCross on other WikiMedia Foundation projects, so I felt like matching my user name here to the other RyanCross around the Foundation. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 16:05, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't forget about Chet becoming Coffee. Useight (talk) 16:06, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Don't worry, it's just the cabal. The high order decreed those names invalid I guess. Oh wait... PeterSymonds (talk)  16:17, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * How about Soxred to X?-- LAA Fan sign review 17:50, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Even him? I never noticed he was X(clamation point). Probably just a coincidence that everyone is changing their username almost at the same time. Or maybe it's what PeterSymonds said. ;) – RyanCross  ( talk ) 17:55, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Next username change.... LAAFan to RaysForever.............-- LAA Fan sign review 18:00, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * And Coffee and Lara O_O poor 'crats eh? ——Possum (talk) 21:28, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Heh, I forgot about LaraLove. Speaking of Coffee, I could really use a cup of one right now. :) Editing sure makes a guy thirsty at some point! – RyanCross  ( talk ) 21:37, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I just want to point out, I have been Gonzo fan2007 for 2 years and 5 months, never had a name change, never will <font face="Harlow Solid Italic"><font size="2px" color="teal"> « Gonzo fan2007   (talk)  @ 21:46, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * If I ever change my username, I'm open to be slapped with a trout...-- LAA Fan sign review 21:58, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Devoted to your team, eh? – RyanCross  ( talk ) 22:04, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

If editing makes one thirsty, then ClueBot must make constant trips to fill up on liquids.  iMa tth ew (talk) 22:16, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Featured List contest
Hey, this is , co-coordinator of the WikiCup; just informing you of the Featured List contest, starting this coming Friday. You may want to check it out; it will keep you busy for the time being before the WikiCup starts around January. Thanks for listening!  iMa tth ew (talk) 21:59, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 22:04, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ;)  iMa tth ew (talk) 22:13, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK notices
Heyo RyanCross, I noticed that the latest DYK run was just completed and was wondering about receiving a DYK notice for my contributions on the I'm a PC DYK. Thanks,  Jaakobou <sup style="color:#1F860E;">Chalk Talk  23:47, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅. There you go. Whoever moved your hook nomination to the next update forgot to add your credit in as you can see here. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks you. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 23:53, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi RyanCross
You changed your name which is cool. I come to ask you a favor this time, 25 DYK award ;) I have now a qualification to receive it now so does . So could you consider my asking? Thanks--Caspian blue (talk) 01:16, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much! You make my day :) --Caspian blue (talk) 01:34, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅, and you're welcome. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:41, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Whoohoo! I know it's a formality, but it still makes me feel special.  Keep up the good work with DYK management!--ragesoss (talk) 01:44, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Will do, Ragesoss. :-) – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:47, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hey Ryan. You ought to go to Special:Mergeaccount and get SUL. J.delanoy <sup style="color:red;">gabs <sub style="color:blue;">adds  02:34, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅. Thanks for the link. I forgot to do that. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 02:38, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

He didn't add it, Ryan
The I'm a PC DYK was mine. Jaakobou had nothing to do withit, and in fact tried to game the system to delay its entry. Not that its a capital offense or anything, but your congratulating him is something of an error. Of course, he's all too happy to take credit for a DYK he had nothing to do with, and has been chastised in WQA for gaming the system. - Arcayne   (cast a spell)  03:24, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the note. The problem is all settled now. If there are further problems, please do come and tell me, and I'll see if I can help resolve the issue. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 03:36, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Notice

 * Thanks, but I don't know. I'll think about it for now. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 00:02, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Obando Church

 * Thanks for the DYK notice. Best. - AnakngAraw (talk) 03:40, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Username change
Hey man! When did you get your username changed?  Burner 0718  <sup style="color:#000000;">Jibba Jabba!  04:32, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Because RyanCross was the username I used on every other WikiMedia Foundation project, so I wanted all my usernames to match on all projects. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 04:35, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Good idea. I don't think I'll ever change mine though.  Burner 0718  <sup style="color:#000000;">Jibba Jabba!  04:38, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Reply
Thanks. I unfortunately watched the game until the end. I managed to get Jackie Robinson Day, so I'll review it later it later today. :)-- LAA Fan sign review 13:49, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Review, at your request
Hi Ryan:

At your request, I've reviewed your recent contributions (roughly the last 250 of them). Here are some thoughts for you on things you do well, and a couple of areas where I'd like to see some more attention paid.

Overall, you have developed into a highly skilled contributor with fairly consistent good judgment. I am pleased with your development, and pleased with the obvious attention that you've paid to growing as a contributor.

 Things you do very well: 
 * 1) You seem to have a found a couple of defined niches (Baseball and DYK) and are doing well there. That sort of specialization is becoming more and more important as the wiki grows to be far beyond what any one person can track or handle.
 * 2) Good use of “minor” edit distinction
 * 3) Does well at formatting, that’s a great area for contribution
 * 4) Good use of edit summaries that are descriptive and relevant
 * 5) Good use of warnings, appropriately placed
 * 6) Appropriate use of non-admin closures for AfDs. Several of them say “(administrative closure)”  in the edit summary – while technically correct in that it is an administrative action, I’d prefer to see language such as “non-admin closure”, which was used elsewhere.

<B> A couple of areas where you could pay some extra attention: (it should be noted that none of these are "serious" deficiencies, but merely areas where I question a choice. </b>
 * 1) at times, makes a series of smaller edits to an article, when one larger one might be better. I understand this is difficult because of the high volume of changes to some articles.  Just keep this in mind.
 * 2) My personal preference is that non-admins not “clerk” the AIV board, as at - however, I’m clear that I’m not the only one with an opinion on this.  I would prefer that issues such as this remain up longer, in any case (this one lasted about two minutes after the previous comment).

In summary: you have grown a considerable amount in many areas, and you are to be commended for it. I think highly of your editing and the work you've done to get it to this point.

Respectfully submitted, - <span style="font-family:Papyrus, sans-serif; color:#775ca8;">Philippe 16:44, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, Philippe. :-) Now, where should I start...? The "(administrative closure)" edit summary was actually a mistake. You see, whatever I type in the edit summary box can automatically come back as the same edit summary if I type in it. I used "(administrative closure)" somewhere (probably at Simple English Wikipedia) and it automatically made that edit summary here while closed a few AfDs. I usually do "(non-administrative closure)", but since it was automatic, it didn't, and I forgot to change it. By the time I noticed I made a wrong edit summary to a few AfDs, I decided to leave it alone. Well, thank you again for the review, and I'll try to keep in mind what you said that could use some improvements. Regards, – RyanCross  ( talk ) 00:07, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I figured it was something like that. I know you don't intend to be vague or at all misleading. :-)  - <span style="font-family:Papyrus, sans-serif; color:#775ca8;">Philippe  03:10, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Jackie Robinson Day
The article is currently on hold for some minor work. See the GA review. Cheers.-- LAA Fan sign review 21:51, 7 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I'll see how I can take care of them shortly. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 00:07, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops, sorry. I copied and pasted from another one of my reviews and pasted onto yours. I must have forgotten to eliminate that. It is not a fail, but I pass.-- LAA Fan sign review 00:49, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, congrats on your first ga, and your now unofficial triple crown. ;)-- LAA Fan sign review 00:55, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks
RyanCross, I'd like to thank you for voting in my RFA. Thanks also for expressing your trust in me, and I hope that I live up to your expectations. Don't forget, if you have any questions (or bits of advice), please leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again,  Spencer T♦C 02:45, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

WP:CROWN/NOM
Hey, thanks for the kind words about my experience as administrator, so far so good and it's been fun helping the community in this fashion. Generally speaking myself and have been clearing the list - sometimes  helps out as well. Yesterday I cleared out the Standard Triple Crown nominations, and myself or someone else will probably get to the six remaining soon. Cirt (talk) 04:29, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

AAU reminder notice

 * Notice delivery by xenobot  14:31, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Your main page redesign proposal
Hey, you think it should be moved to /RyanCross 2? Also I think your proposal is the way to go - no drastic changes - it's perfect, but instead of making my own proposal, can I work with you (log onto IRC) and fix yours up?  iMa tth ew (talk) 23:05, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Feel free to do whatever you like. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:46, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

U haz msg
Copied over from User talk:RyRy, but it didn't transclude for some reason PeterSymonds  (talk)  10:31, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can do. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:46, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Next update
Can you fill the next update, if you are still online? Thanks. --BorgQueen (talk) 11:25, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I guess you are offline. I've taken care of it. --BorgQueen (talk) 14:13, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry. Yes, I was offline. Thanks for filling the next update though. Cheers, – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:46, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Hey, this is Save_Us.Y2J, would you be able to be my adopter. Thanks.  Save   Us.  Y2J 
 * Sorry, but I'm not currently adopting other users. By the looks of it, you have enough adopters already; a third/fourth with just be too many in my opinion. Thanks for asking, – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:46, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Inuse template
You have an Inuse template at Template:Did you know/Next update, so please add a space between "Waterhouseran". Art LaPella (talk) 01:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Already done. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:36, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Reply
Let's make a deal. Can you verify several entries so I could add them instead of the Robinson hook in the next update? Otherwise I will have a very hard time filling it. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:33, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, but please start with expiring noms. --BorgQueen (talk) 07:39, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Sure, I will make sure of it. --BorgQueen (talk) 09:54, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

cheers
thx 4 sharing Victuallers (talk) 09:24, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

My page?
Hi. You're newnew? Well I'm NEWER! What do you think 'bout my page?

♥ ♥ Blacky98 (talk) 15:01, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh yeah, here's a moonflower, I have it on my page:



My RFA
Hey there! Just a note thanking you for supporting my RFA which successfully passed with 60 supports, 0 opposes and 2 neutrals. I hope I'll be able to live up to everyone's expectations, and thank you for trusting me! All the best, A le_Jrb <sup style="color:blue;">talk  20:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Xymmax RfA
I'd like to take a minute to let you know that I appreciate your support in my recently-closed RfA, which passed with a count of 56 in support, 7 in opposition, and 2 neutrals. I'll certainly try to justify your faith by using the tools wisely. And I do intend to do some serious article work as well. Happy editing, and thanks again! Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  00:09, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:List of Arizona Diamondbacks managers
No, it's already failed as an FLC. I got many opposes because of the length of the article. -- LAA Fan sign review 00:19, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Rfa Spam
Thank you so much for your support on my RFA, which today passed unanimously. I will do my best to make sure that I don't let any of you down. If you ever need any help with anything, feel free to ask me, i'll be happy to. Thanks again--Jac16888 (talk) 17:17, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Re Featured list candidates/List of Washington Nationals Opening Day starting pitchers
I have replied to your comments. Thanks again for taking the time to make suggestions to improve the article. Alansohn (talk) 01:31, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Talk Page Vandalism
The vandalism in question occurs on my talk page. Apparently, some people don't like being told that unnecessary editing of this site is intolerable. Also, the vandal in question deleted system notifications left by a moderator from his own page. I dare say that someone needs to go over the rules of the site before being allowed to edit articles here again. CorinthMaxwell (talk) 02:32, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
 * There is no policy that states that users can't remove comments from their talk page, and I believe you're talking about this edit. If that IP vandalizes or makes unnecessary edits repeatedly after several warnings, send him/her to WP:AIV. Admins will take good care for him over there. Have a good day, – RyanCross  ( talk ) 03:04, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Pentagon
I just noticed you edited the popular culture on the Pentagon article, and a few edits later, I removed the section. Apologies for that. I often make bold changes like that, and tend not to like the popular culture sections, which often seem like indiscriminate trivia. Though, sometimes they are okay. If you think it's worth including, that's fine with me, though the section would need improvement and good, reliable sources. Cheers. --Aude (talk) 04:42, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I have no problems with your removal. Anything that would benefit the article is fine with me. I'll try to do some copyediting from time to time on the article if I can. You are free to revert any edit I make that seems unnecessary or if it is not benefiting the article. As for you, so far, well done. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 04:46, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, thanks. I'll try to get this article improved over the weekend, and anything you can do to help would be appreciated. Cheers. --Aude (talk) 04:51, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Shrewsberry DYK request
Hi! I hope that I fixed the Wild Bill Shrewsberry article to your satisfaction for DYK consideration. I've pretty much written all my previous articles with the old style guidelines which didn't include the reference links and I was actually unsure as to how they worked. Again, here's hoping that I did it right. --PMDrive1061 (talk) 08:27, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

DYK help?
Hi there, RyanCross. I just wrote an article thru the WP:AFC process, and it was accepted, it's called Cal Cooper. He's a baseball player from the 1940s that only played one inning of one game in 1948. I think he makes a really interesting article, and I was thinking about bringing it to DYK, a place I recently discovered to put new articles. However, I can't figure out that page, and I noticed your name there as someone that seems to do a lot of good work with DYK and with baseball. Could you do me a favor? Could you look at my article Cal Cooper and let me know if you think it would be a good article for DYK? I don't know if its long enough, but I think a really good "hook" would be "did you know that, in 1948, Cal Cooper only pitched one inning of major league baseball for his career?" or something like that. Let me know what you think. My IP changes all the time, so if you could please respond here if you can help me, I'll check back here from time to time. Thanks for reading and I hope you can help me out! The article has four references. 75.161.233.85 (talk) 18:14, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello. Yep, it looks good from what I can see. I expanded it a bit though because it didn't yet meet 1500+ characters like what is needed for DYKs. I've already nominated the article. My nomination can be found at Template_talk:Did_you_know towards the bottom. If you have any other suggestions for the article or the hook, please don't hesitate to tell me about it so we can work it out to make improvements. Hopefully, it should appear on the Main Page in the "Did you know..." section in several days once it has been reviewed and approved. Thank you for your help on the article and your contributions to Wikipedia! – RyanCross  ( talk ) 00:08, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent! I was just spiffing up the article again, and noticed that you'd done some work!  I just changed a couple of more things.  I'll go check out the nom at DYK.  Thanks a million for your help!  75.161.233.85 (talk) 00:10, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. It was my pleasure. Hey, if you ever want a baseball-related stub article to become a DYK, just leave me a note and I'll see if I can fulfill your request. I hope the nomination was alright for you. Thanks! – RyanCross  ( talk ) 00:15, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I sure will! Boy, did I find the right guy!  I added my thoughts on the DYK nomination page, and I like the first hook you thought of the best (I don't like the Navy/WWII one).  How will I know if it gets accepted?  If it was accepted, how do I find out when it will be on the main page?  I want to make sure I'm online then.  If I do any other baseball stuff, I'll be sure to get your help!  75.161.233.85 (talk) 00:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * And your comments are greatly appreciated and welcomed. Well, you will know when it has been accepted when you see the following icon below the nomination: [[Image:Symbol confirmed.svg|18px]]


 * It usually is a random time when it gets to the Main Page. Whenever another editor moves the hook to Template:Did you know/Next update, it will be ready to be set for the next update to appear on the Main Page. But like I said, it is random when it is moved to the next update, and whatever is moved to the nest update is decided by other editors. I can move hooks to the next update, but I can't move my own as it is against the DYK rules. I haven't even seen all of my DYKs I've worked on appear on the Main Page myself. Hooks stay on the Main Page for a minimum of six hours, so you will have some time to see it probably depending on when you are online. – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:12, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thanks for the info, I hope to catch it there if it gets accepted.  I'm online at pretty random times, so I'll check it often!  Thanks again for your help!  75.161.233.85 (talk) 01:16, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. By the way, do you have a Wikipedia account? It would be nice for someone like you to have an account and for you to become a Wikipedian. It is free and there are some benefits to having an account. Just click here to create one! – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:21, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the invite, but I already have an account. I actually like editing as an IP instead, even though it's a lot more difficult to get things created, I like the challenge. It's nice when someone treats an IP fairly, and you've done exactly that.  You didn't just assume I was a vandal.  Some people just assume all IP editors are here to cause problems, but you don't, that's good.   See you around, 75.161.233.85 (talk) 01:31, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Retirement
Since you've known me for a while, I might as well tell you. I've decided to leave Wikipedia. All the best, -- LAA Fan sign review 00:29, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I was a bit shocked when I heard that... Why the retirement out of nowhere? – RyanCross  ( talk ) 00:33, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I just felt it was time. Again, all the best.-- LAA Fan sign review 01:10, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I've known you for months, and it is sad to have you leave all of a sudden. I hope you have a good life. You're work is greatly appreciated, and you have certainly helped Wikipedia with your DYKs, GAs, FLs, and all the other articles you have worked on. The best work I thought you have done was getting Major League Baseball to GA status. Well, I hope you can come back some time to visit us. Take care, and I'll miss you around Wikipedia. Respectively yours, – RyanCross  ( talk ) 01:18, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Wilfrid Laurier DYKs
Hi Ryan, could you possibly remove the Max Blouw DYK you just added to the next update page? We already have another Wilfrid Laurier University hook earlier, which looks redundant; so one of them probably has to go or else it looks kind of odd. One of those hooks could just wait till the next time around. :-) Thanks! <font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="green">Jamie ☆<font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="blue">S93  02:02, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry for the delay. I was offline for a bit and didn't get your message until about 40 minutes later. I see you reverted my edit yourself, so everything is settled now. Thanks for the note! – RyanCross  ( talk ) 02:42, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, I was just coming here to let you know that I'd done it. No problem, :-) <font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="green">Jamie ☆<font face="Bradley Hand ITC" size="2px" color="blue">S93  02:45, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Upcoming World Development contest
Penubag has been hard at work developing awards for this project. He has completed a very professional looking medal, and is almost done with a trophy that is truly awesome - both of these awards are visually stunning.

I and a few others have been working steadily on the country outlines that will be the focus of the contest - an outline for every country of the world! They're shaping up nicely. So far, 28 of them have been moved to article space - these aren't complete, but they are complete enough to be made available for readers to benefit from them. The rest of the set still includes temporary data that was generated by template (because it matched most but not all of the countries), and before those lists can be moved to article space, all the temporary data needs to be checked for accuracy, and if incorrect it needs to be replaced with correct information.

The effort on the lists has been on 3 fronts:
 * 1) Working on the lists in article space to complete them so they will be good examples for editors working on the rest of the set (during the contest).
 * 2) Adding or correcting other data (fixing redlinks, filling in blanks, etc.).  The main type of work participants in the contest will be doing.  The reason we're doing this is to get a feel for it, to develop the fastest methods for each type of task, etc.
 * 3) Improving the overall design and implenting changes on all 247 pages, whether in article space or not.

There has been some opposition to us running the contest based on edit counts or iterations. The concern is that we should reward quality work and not quantity, for fear of crappy edits done quickly without thought just to earn an award. I pointed out that the collection of pages are drafts in the Wikipedia namespace (therefore posing no danger to article space) and that most of the work needs to be done with power tools like AWB and Linky (which are specifically designed for repetitive volumnous work), but the reply was that we shouldn't set the precedent of rewarding barnstars for numerically-based tasks, and implied the threat of continuously MfD'ing the contest if we attempted to do so (like they did with the Awards Center - I was very surprised and disappointed that participants didn't step up to defend it). So we need to be careful in determining what exactly the awards will represent, and how they will be awarded.

Since rewarding iterations (passes with AWB on all of the pages in the set) are out, we really don't need the globe-in-stand (award we were working on) anymore. Two awards should suffice.

Once we get started with the contest, I'd like to kick the whole thing off with a round of medals for those dedicated few who have worked hard on the project so far.

What do you think of all of this?

Your comments and suggestions are most welcome.

The Transhumanist 00:22, 23 October 2008 (UTC)