User talk:RyanCross/Archive 9/5-10-08

RE:Baseball uniform
Sorry I had to step away from my computer for a moment, but I'm back! Its shaping up quite nicely for a new article. I'm not familiar with the DYK criteria but yours has not met DYK's first criterion (it must be 5 days old, see here for more details). That's not a big deal though and five days usually flies by pretty fast. Of course, fix those verification needed tags as well ;). All in all it isn't bad at all, nice work!¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk)  00:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh my bad! Well, fix the verifications and see how it goes.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk)  00:55, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * As a vandal fighter I have experience with most of those tools ;). So far you have been using them appropriately.  I noticed an edit you reverted some time back that was in good faith but haven't saved the diff.  I have no qualms with how you are using it at the moment.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk)  01:04, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Further on image
OK - I feel like an idiot. Since you wanted one from the 1800's to 1900's the image's copyright would have expired and it would be public domain. I'll go look now. Sorry for all the confusion.  Milk’s Favorite Cookie  (Talk)  12:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * How's this?  Milk’s Favorite Cookie  (Talk)  16:51, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Done Sorry for the delay.  Milk’s Favorite Cookie  (Talk)  17:46, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That's the Knickerboxers. I'll see what else I can find.  Milk’s Favorite Cookie  <font face="Candara" size="3px" color="#2500FF">(Talk)  17:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Editor Review
No problem! iMat thew   20  08  14:33, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but I can't. I have not worked with DYK at all yet, but I'm working on getting over there. iMat  thew   20  08  14:46, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It looks good so far, but you should find more references, specifically for "Stockings" iMat  thew   20  08  15:01, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK articles
How is the article coming? Are you any closer to DYK? Also, I should've realized 5 days ago that this would've made a pretty good DYK. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 14:59, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I helped on Yao Ming, which is still GAC. I haven't created any though. I am working on some of the articles here, which I'm sure could make DYK, and in the future GA, but I can't find many websites that talk about those subjects (but that's why Wikipedia is here). <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 15:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Has the article been nominated yet? I think I'm going to try for a DYK, as well. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 19:53, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't know yet. A lot of the songs I created are still eligable, but I need an image. I'm sure I can dig up something on Stefan Chaput, as well as an image. Also, do you have a link for that nomination. I've been looking over some of the DYK pages, but can't seem to find it. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 19:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It's a good article, indeed. Ready, I believe it is. How much work do you think is needed on Stefan Chaput? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 20:02, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I am going to work on that. I thought I saw an image of him somewhere. Terrible as it was, it was an image. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 20:07, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Nevermind. I'd might as well create another article. Some aspects of information on Chaput aren't that clear. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 20:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I've started creating some of those articles. The first is Iran Basketball Federation. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 21:03, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't plan to put that one through WP:DYK. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 21:11, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

What do you think about the new bite? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 22:18, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * There are deadlines? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 23:46, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar
Wow, thanks for that. I am aiming to get the AWB so that I can properly revert the vandalism and so on. But at the moment it is rather tedious trying to revert the vandalism and can understand why it takes people so long to move up the ranks in wikipedia. Once again thanks for the Barnstar Christopher140691 (talk) 16:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Can you help me get AWB please? I really want to use it but don't have enough edits. But i am really good at fighting Vandalism thats why I want it. Christopher140691 (talk) 16:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't have 500 mainspace edits I only have about 100 rouhly. Yes I know that now because I have had a complaint. Do you think that there is a chance that I can get AWB? Christopher140691 (talk) 16:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I love space and how the planets work, I also love to sit on my computer playing computer games if im not on my laptop then I am usually playing on my playstation. I have a sad life I know but I like that sorta thing. I don't really have any hobbies apart from I like to go to the Rugby every so often. Christopher140691 (talk) 17:05, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * I'm currently going through your contribs to ensure that you did warn at least 400 vandals since April 10th (as I did shoot you over those three barnstars a bit early). In the future, I'd be incredibly appreciative if you did something like this (he just copied and pasted the lines from his contribs), as it's easy to sort through and can be checked in an instant. I'll get back to you when I'm done scouring your contribs. -- Sharkface T/C 20:57, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

2nd Image
Done. This is a team (I don't know which) from the 1870's. <font style="color:#fef;background:navy;"> Milk’s Favorite Cookie  <font face="Candara" size="3px" color="#2500FF">(Talk)  20:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It should be on the image under "source" <font style="color:#fef;background:navy;"> Milk’s Favorite Cookie  <font face="Candara" size="3px" color="#2500FF">(Talk)  20:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Red Sox newsletter
Can I deliver the Red Sox newsletter with my bot? - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 22:28, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Is that a 'yes' then? - Diligent Terrier  (and friends) 23:36, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Are there any members who it does not go out to? - Diligent Terrier  (and friends) 23:44, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm going to deliver it to all members, like this: User:Diligent Terrier/Sandbox/WikiProject Boston Red Sox May 2008 Newsletter. - Diligent Terrier  (and friends) 23:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for providing the exclude list. I'll also change the date to today's date - May 3, 2008.  - Diligent Terrier  (and friends) 23:50, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * I stopped after 400. I honestly don't know when or even if the number was correct (sorting through was difficult), but you had done at least 400 total. -- Sharkface T/C 00:32, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the barnstar. -- Sharkface T/C 00:39, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Too long. If you plan to take the challenge again, please create a list on a subpage of yours. -- Sharkface T/C 00:43, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Red Sox Newsletter delivery
I delivering it now ... let me know what you think. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 00:51, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Boston Red Sox Newsletter for April 31, 2008
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Kudos
Good job on Baseball uniform and congrats on it being a DYK in a few days.  APK  yada yada  04:14, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You got it? Great! <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 05:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Further on DYK
From you question on the DYK page - since it was verified for both length and reference, you can count on it appearing on the main page. <font style="color:#fef;background:navy;"> Milk’s Favorite Cookie  <font face="Candara" size="3px" color="#2500FF">(Talk)  13:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Red Sox newsletter
Why did you tell me that was for April 31? There is no such date as April 31. :( - Diligent Terrier  (and friends) 17:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Article
It looks very good so far.  jj137  (talk)  17:34, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: My RFA
Well, I didn't get that Nothing444 thing, and about the socking, that was with about User:CBM with the IP, and that's it. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 18:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Let me go dig up the diffs.. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours at 18:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Here they are:


 * Sarcasm, mostly
 * Same thing
 * And that one... <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 18:22, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I formally apologized to East718, and gave "1 dollar (funny story)" to Chetblong. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 18:31, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Questions
Only that of what does the AWB actually do? I have been thinking about getting it and have read the documentation but don't really understand it much. Can you shed some light on it for me. Christopher 140691 18:52, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes i know i realised that as soon as I had written it. I tried to changed it to make it a fancy colour but couldnt and forgot to change it back. Well if I find out anymore I will tell you about the AWB. Apart from that I cant really think of anything to ask. Anything you want to talk about? Christopher140691 (talk) 19:02, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes I do edit articles alot I usually revert vandalism or im recategorising articles that are in the wrong place. Christopher140691 (talk) 19:07, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't know how to create articles. Christopher140691 (talk) 19:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Cool I will give that a go. I can't think of anything that I have any questions on at the moment. Christopher140691 (talk) 19:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

FYI
I've added  tags to User:RyRy5/Sandbox and User:RyRy5/Sandbox2 to prevent the two sandboxes from appearing in the categories on those two pages. Feel free to removed them as needed, if you are still working in those two boxes. - <font color="#0000cd">auburn <font color="#EF6521">pilot  talk  19:47, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: DYK
Baseball uniform hasn't been put on DYK yet. As for your nomination, it will be added to DYK at an administrator's discretion when it expires, which shouldn't be for a couple days yet. <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:blue">Hers <em style="font-family:Bradley Hand ITC;color:gold">fold  (t/a/c) 20:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I have replied at the main DYK discussion. Like I said there, it's been approved and you're good. You just need to wait for the 5 days to expire. Time to sit on some ice and chill out. :) I know that I've seen you somewhere before; I thought it had been at DYK. I guess it was somewhere else.  Royal broil  03:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Baseball uniform
I'd say it looks pretty decent so far, but I think a modern-day uniform of a famous player such as Barry Bonds would greatly improve the quality. I'm greatly suprised that this article wasn't created before. Another article that I'm gratly suprised wasn't created before myself is Tourism in Kenya, which is currently at DYK? Then again, there is a huge bias amoung editors to not cover such important issues in developing countries such as Africa. I will have to someday fill in all the "Tourism in... places", and right now Tourism in the United States (who would've thought) is so much of a mess that I had to stubbify it. If you want to see some of my DYK?s, they are at User:Editorofthewiki/Awards. I guess it really isn't fair to have called you a newbie, since I have been registered only a month before you, but I have been editing since 2006.

Also, could you help me with User:Otolemur crassicaudatus over a relatively minor style issue on Zimbabwe Open University and escalated into him calling me a troll at the AN/I discussion. I have opened a mediation cabal discussion at Mediation Cabal/Cases/2008-05-04 Zimbabwe Open University, though it does not yet have a mediator. Do you know of any people that can help stop this incivility? Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 23:00, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It's at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 23:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ryan, do you know of a good admin coach for myself? I tried both jj137 and Nousernamesleft but they were both on semi-wikivacation. I certainly don't think I need to be adopted but it would be good if I could learn a bit more about how to become an admin, especially after my block in January 2008 which may not convince users I'm right for the job.Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 00:35, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Pedro is also busy. Do you know of any others that are offering it? Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 00:32, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: AFD
Personally, I'd question these barnstars. While they do encourage editing, it's not about the amount of contributions, but the quality of them. Having 50 "per nom" votes, is still 50. I'm not saying thats what you did here RyRy, but my attention is drawn to these "challenges". Personally, I'm slightly tempted to MFD it, but I'll leave it for now. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="blue">Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 23:21, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually there was a a discussion about this (the challenge). I looked over some of RyRy's contribs, and most aren't per nom. <font color="#9696A0" face="Tahoma">Milk's Favorite <font color="#4D0100">Cookie  ( <font color="#4D0100">talk  / <font color="#4D0100">contribs   ) 23:25, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

No, but I bet many on that page are per nom. And things like "Adopt five users" or "Welcome 1000 users", is just bad. Like I said, its about quality of contribtions, it's not about how many edits you have, how many people you have welcomed, or the amount of people you have had blocked. That's why I'm tempted to MFD it, I feel it has the wrong idea, emphasises that it's important to have a billion edits, and I feel, gives the wrong idea. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="blue">Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 23:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I have to agree with the welcome 100 users and the adopt 5 users. Especially the adopt 200 users. I took the welcome 100 users but for some reason earned 2 barnstars for it. But it actually was up for MfD a while back.--<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">Review ) 23:34, 4 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Just a comment it says on the page, welcome 1000 users, not 100. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="blue">Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 23:52, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It already has been "MFDed" <font color="#9696A0" face="Tahoma">Milk's Favorite <font color="#4D0100">Cookie  ( <font color="#4D0100">talk  / <font color="#4D0100">contribs  ) 23:36, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * (ec) While I agree that IMO this page epitomises the worst of the Wikipedia=Facebook culture, it was MFD'd quite recently and kept (albeit with only 3 !votes).<font face="Trebuchet MS"> — <font color="#E45E05">iride <font color="#C1118C">scent  23:38, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

If it was altered to remove the things like, welcome 1000 users, get 10000 edits, and similar edit count things, I'd be appeased. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="blue">Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 23:52, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Steve, I suggest you view the Award Center talk page. Trust me when I say this: it was much, much worse just a few weeks ago. AWC has cleaned up much since then, dropping such ridiculous challenges as "Adopt 200 Users" and "The Deletionist Challenge". As for the Welcoming Challenge, I argue that welcoming new users is an important task, as nowadays a new user can just jump into editing feet first and end up brushing up against the wiki-bureaucracy (and trust me, I wish it were like the old days when IP accounts were mildly respected). The Award Center is continually making progress and shall continue to do so. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions/comments. -- Sharkface T/C 00:02, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Basketball110
While I fully respect your intentions in commenting on his talk page, I'd be remiss not to highlight that you're not helping on this occasion. It wasn't long ago that you were in your own form of trouble around various areas of the encyclopaedia, a quick look across your talk page suggests you're not out of the woods yet, and as the old saying goes, "people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones". While Basketball in my view at present shouldn't be an admin, most of what he's doing is correct and I think that should be encouraged. Orderinchaos 23:56, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No worries. Orderinchaos 00:04, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * That was a little while back, but thanks.--<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">Review ) 04:40, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Administrators' noticeboard
Please see the above link for a discussion involving you. Regards,  Ry an P os tl et hw ai te  17:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

DYK congrats

 * congrats from my part too. That was an interesting DYK. It's good that you can use your knowledge on baseball to find these things. --Enric Naval (talk) 03:43, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Nice work - seems you're learning about reliable sources too, which is good. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 09:00, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the message. Fantastic! Exactly what I like to see - keep it up! EJF (talk) 13:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Administrator?
Ryan, did you see this? Phillipe has a point, you really should remove it. Just a note. Thanks. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="blue">Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 23:54, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: Hook
I know. Was your rollback restored? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:10, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Have you read the post above yours on my talk page? Do you think he needs a smile? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Believe you me... it did work out. And I agree, that edit summary was prematurely stupid. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 03:00, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Editor Review
I'm sorry I didn't get back to you earlier, but I've been offline for several days after my silly DSL modem got fried from a close lightning strike.

I think the best advice I could give you is to have patience. Slow down, learn what you're doing before you do it and stop being so focused on getting somewhere (like to adminship or a high edit count). If you don't do things correctly, its not going to matter that you did a lot of them. I think what's most frustrating for other editors is because of your focus on speed, if you get something wrong, you do it wrong a lot of times before someone can get over and explain to you that you're making a mistake. Keep up the good work with your adopter, don't be afraid to ask questions and give yourself a chance to learn your surroundings. Congrats on the DYK too! <font face="Tempus Sans ITC" color="#2B0066">Shell   babelfish 04:43, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

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Regarding your subpages
I think I got them all. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:39, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The admins will delete. On one of your edit summaries, you requested deletion, due to my being "blocked." Why? I was never blocked. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:46, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh. Thanks for the barnstar! Have you seen Wikipedia's best pictures? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:51, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Do you need any help with that? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:56, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Uploading. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:59, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, all-of-a-sudden-like... I've got to get offline now. But all you need to do is go to WP:UPLOAD, click one of the truthful links, and skip down to the point where it usually says "uploading the file". You've got to have the image on your computer. You decide how you want to 'give' it to the world (to be used anywhere without your mention, used w/o permission but with credit, or used only for one article). If you have any questions, I should be back on in an hour, but just for a few minutes, and tommorow in the afternoon. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:04, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * How is the image stuff going? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:58, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I was thinking about doing the ZZ Top song "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide." It needs creating though. At my review, Uga Man suggested picking a stubbish article, and turning it GA. I think Edenton Steamers is that article. I think I'll get-a-creatin' that article. How about you? Any DYK noms? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:13, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

(ec)
What does "(ec)" stand for? (as in ) <span style="color: rgb(5, 85, 5);">Apis (<span style="color: rgb(5, 85, 5);">talk ) 06:54, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Help:Edit conflict. Paul Yeratz (talk) 12:16, 7 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Aha, I was seeing that more and more and couldn't figure out what it meant, thanks for enlightening me. =) <span style="color: rgb(5, 85, 5);">Apis (<span style="color: rgb(5, 85, 5);">talk ) 13:39, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Image Request
Sorry. I can't find any images that meet WP:NFCC #1. « <font color="#9696A0" face="Tahoma">Milk's Favorite <font color="#4D0100">Cookie  ( <font color="#4D0100">talk  / <font color="#4D0100">contribs ) 01:24, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

north college
I have redirected your article about the north campus of the college to the main article on the college. There are at best three sentences in that entire article you created that are not rephrasings of the history section of the other article. Unless there is a lot to say about this campus, I say just create a section in the main article for it and the other two campuses. 76.100.210.208 (talk) 01:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Mm... I think that would be more appropriate, but I do suggest discussion it on the main artilcle's talk page. Comments?--<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">Review ) 01:59, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You can discuss it there if you like, yes. But if it's the sensible solution, why does it need to be discussed and not just implemented?  76.100.210.208 (talk) 02:03, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I would just like to see other user's opinions on it. But I may consider just implementing it.--<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">RyRy5 (<font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">talk  ♠ <font color="navy" face="Times New Roman">Review ) 02:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: DYK (2)
I think they are both good article, and will likely succeed. I've created the article. What do you think? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:24, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The ZZ Top song, or the baseball club? And the GAN isn't now, the community must improve it first. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:32, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The song I meant for DYK, and the baseball team for far future GA. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:40, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I've reviewed you. One more thing...

The world isn't divided into good people and Death Eaters... and don't let anyone make you believe otherwise. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 03:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Constructive "chatting" is okay. Asking how the weather is in Dallas isn't quite constructive. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 03:39, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Dell970
Please take a look at WT:RFA, and my comment under the "Discussion" section of the RFA itself (which I added after it closed). I think allegations of racist slurs have a very credible explanation. Since the RFA is kept forever, I wonder if you would consider going back to the closed RFA, and strike any portion of your comments relating to the racist slurs? Otherwise, this is likely to haunt an otherwise good faith contributor in the future. Thanks. --barneca (talk) 04:13, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Checking in
Hi RyRy, I hope you're having a good day. I'm checking in with you, I gave you rollback rights about 2 days ago after a lengthy discussion where some admins didn't want you to have them back yet. Have you used them at all since I gave them back? If you have, which edits of yours were using rollback? <font color="#21421E" face="comic sans ms">Keeper  |  <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">76   |  <font color="#ff0000"> Disclaimer  19:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent news, getting another DYK - keep up the good work. I looked at the diff you gave me, that was definitely a good use of rollback.  Congratulations, <font color="#21421E" face="comic sans ms">Keeper   |  <font color="#CC7722" face="Papyrus">76   |  <font color="#ff0000"> Disclaimer  14:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Another adoptee
Well, I just offered co-adoption. RC-0722 was blocked less than 6 months ago, so he needs co-adopters for each of his adoptees. It's just an offer. About the DYK's...
 * No I don't know why. Quite frankly, I don't want to know, but if it were serious, then it would've been an indef, which isn't the case. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 00:34, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added a question at your review. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I have nothing more to add, as of late. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:18, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I bypassed, but it doesn't seem to be taking effect. Can you help? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours at 01:56, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Only the popups aren't working, I think. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:00, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

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 * Ahh! Much better! Thank you! <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:04, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * JJ137's script for unreferenced article, automatically adding the template. I just removed automatic nomination for speedy deletion because my computer didn't get along well with it. I've got to go now. Cheers, <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 02:14, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I just tried popups. It's fast! <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 22:34, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Warnings
Either or , depending which you prefer, I'd say. The full list of user warnings is here and is well worth bookmarking.<font face="Trebuchet MS"> — <font color="#E45E05">iride <font color="#C1118C">scent  00:40, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Review
Nope, I reviewed you during your first review and that should be enough. I don't understand why you created a new one so soon; of course you have been on the upside in many ways, but 1 review should last a few months IMO. Perhaps I will review you in a month, after a bit of time since the last review, but not right now, since there's not much to say which I and other users haven't said before. Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 01:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

E-mail.
E-mail me if you get the chance/want to/can? · <font face="Times New Roman" color="Black">AndonicO <font face="Times New Roman" color="Navy">Engage. 01:43, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Alright (though if/when you have an RFA, you'll need e-mail). I thought it would be better to send you your review through e-mail, and hear (or read) your thoughts, comments, questions, etc. through google talk. I'll post on your ER eventually. · <font face="Times New Roman" color="Black">AndonicO <font face="Times New Roman" color="Navy">Engage. 02:15, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You haven't enabled e-mail from other users; you could either enable it, or e-mail me instead. · <font face="Times New Roman" color="Black">AndonicO <font face="Times New Roman" color="Navy">Engage. 02:19, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Nuit
I really don't know. Since it charted on the French national chart, I guess it passes wp:music. You would then need to come up with an interesting hook for it and hope that no-one decides the article is unsuitable. No harm trying I guess. Gatoclass (talk) 03:45, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi RyRy5 ! Thank you for having nominated "Nuit (song)" that I've created. I just hope it does not contain too many mistakes of grammar or spelling ! (English is not my native language) :) Regards, Europe22 (talk) 11:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Rollback
Yeah, I do. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:06, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I know. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:10, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * (Watching). Also, are you associated with any non-sports related WikiProject? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Going along with your review, I suggest you get involved in a WikiProject about some of your other interests. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 01:23, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I wanted to get 26328 Litomyšl a DYK, but both MFC and I can't find an image. What page did you notice me editing? <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 04:03, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I found one anyway. I was searching for it on Google. I should've looked under my nose. <font color="#FF8C00" face="Elephant">Basketball110 My story/Tell me yours 04:10, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Reply
What do you mean by "ready"? Is that your personal opinion or other editors'?Xp54321 (talk) 04:05, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

re:Burner
Yeah, Burner's doing OK. I talked to him today, and he didn't mention anything about getting back on. Maybe because he's preoccupied with following the Reds and finals exams. I'll try and get him back online as soon as possible. :) <font color="#CC5500">RC-0722 <font color="#0000FF">247.5/<font color="#FF0000">1  04:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Short is too general. I prefer concise. :) <font color="#CC5500">RC-0722 <font color="#0000FF">247.5/<font color="#FF0000">1  04:26, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Mentorship
Hi, thanks for offering to mentor me. As you can see from my talk page, I've been around a bit longer than you, although less active and with fewer contributions. My main reason for requesting mentorship is to find someone who can help me going from "changes that don't get reverted" to "Reliably able to make articles GA." I, too, wouldn't mind being an administrator someday, but it's not a pressing goal of mine. I do want to better understand the nuances of the bureaucracy and such. Think you can help me with these goals? If so, let's go for it. Jclemens (talk) 05:22, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Bahai in Niger
Sorry, I'm all reviewed out right now, but I can inform you that I could find no mention of Bahai and only one mention of Niger in the first link. Gatoclass (talk) 05:41, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Editor review/RyRy5 2
You have comments. :) dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 05:41, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Mentorship?
RyRy, what's up with this? Could you explain it for me? Thanks. <font face="Lucida Calligraphy" color="blue">Steve Crossin (talk) (review) 05:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)