User talk:Sephiroth storm/Archives/2009/February

Your RfA
Greeting Sephiroth,

I just wanted to let you know that I closed your RfA per WP:NOTNOW, this is not an inditement against you and you shouldn't loose faith. The community has just come to expect more experience out of potential admins. I suggest that you review the essay NOTNOW and if you have any questions feel free to ask.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 22:13, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't think the community has ever set minimum edit counts. I'm really not sure why someone has taken it on themselves to close this, without your request, when a number of people are supporting. Yes, it is true that, unfortunately, given the manic awful mood at RfA this is likely to fail, but that's that's your choice to wait and see.--Scott Mac (Doc) 22:31, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * At 20% support, and one of them indicating that it is going to be a not now candidate, I would call that pretty conclusive that the RfA is going to be closed early. The candidate only has 1000 edits, which clearly puts him well below the range that is generally accepted.  (With the exception of a German Admin, no RfA candidate with fewere than 2500 edits has passed in over a year.)  If the candidate wishes to reopen his RfA, he is free to do so, but WP:NOTNOW was initiated to protect candidates from getting burned by premature RfA's that are bound to fail.  If he wants to reopen it, just ask, but it will likely be closed again by somebody else, unless a clear note is placed asking for it not to be closed---but even then, it might be closed early.  If you do want to reopen it, I would strongly adise reading How to pass an RfA and consider revisiting your questions/nomination.  Again, we close RfA's early per NOTNOW as a preventive.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 22:44, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I've commented at WT:RFA - this early close is less than ideal. M&spades;ssing   Ace  23:07, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

I've reopened your RfA, which should not have been closed without your consent. Unfortunately, in the current climate, many editors are likely to oppose you for lack of experience. You might like to consider withdrawing it for now. If you want to do that, either close it yourself, or post a note on Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship and someone will take care of it. I'm rather sorry about this.--Scott Mac (Doc) 23:39, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I would strongly suggest withdrawing, my closing per NOTNOW is designed to prevent pile on opposes and having people get burnt, I fear that your RfA has the potential of getting a lot of unnecessary opposes as it has been reopened.--- Balloonman  PoppaBalloon 23:54, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I just wanted to offer my support of your efforts. Good luck in this and your other online endeavors! Pastor Theo (talk) 01:15, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Hey! ... I'm kinda bummed it's not been going better, but drop me a line the next time around - and I'll gladly support your again. Get lupin, and twinkle, and all that stuff - then just run up the edits with spell check and IP patrol while you're watching TV in the evenings or something.  I enjoy working with you, and I'd love to see another IT guy carry more weight.  I look forward to future combined efforts with you. ;) — Ched (talk) 23:27, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
 * re:Thanks. No problem, I'd like to see more admins with computer backgrounds myself.  Glad that it's looking so much better now too.  I knew if I watched those RfA pages long enough I'd see a couple editors that I recognized ... LOL.  I think you're doing a great job here, and I think you would make a good admin.  I hope it works out ;) — Ched (talk) 09:36, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Computer Security Project
Hi Sephiroth,

1) I added more fancy formatting to the WP:CSEC. Please review.

2) I suggest we create a similar Navigation structure as the Computing project. Any particular reason, other than the timing, that the Computer Security project is showing the navigation panel for the Computing project?

3) Would you be interested in discussing the categories of Computer Security ? The current list is somewhat ad hoc.

4) Regarding the tagging of the articles. Do we tag the discussion page of the article or the main page ? I believe I saw both variants used. What is the default assessment, if I simply want to tag an article?
 * Cheers, Equilibrioception (talk) 00:58, 31 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I like the changes! thank you for your assistance. As far as the navigation, I have no idea how to create a new one, i'm all for it though, any ideas on what to put in it? I am still growing as an editor myself, and as such, you may see discrepancies with my editing style. Tagging: We tag the talk page with our project banner and quality and assessment scores, and then tag the article with the appropriate categories and or tags such as Sephiroth storm (talk) 17:39, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Not a problem. I'll develop the navigation bar over the next few days. As a start, I'll simply clone their structure. Then we can tweack it further.


 * What is your opinion about changing the Computing tags with security=yes into Computer security tags ?


 * -- Equilibrioception (talk) 03:48, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


 * That is in progress, WP:MALW and WP:CSEC articles are being retagged. When I come out with the monthly tasks, That will be one of the first projects, idendifying all of our categories so we can send a bot through to tag them. Sephiroth storm (talk) 09:25, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Thanks for the congrats. I see you're going through the wringer as well! I guess it's not going to work this time but I'll keep an eye out for the next one. --Regent's Park (Rose Garden) 16:19, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA
I just closed your RfA as unsuccessful. Consensus was not reached. I imagine if you address the concerns of the opposition you will fair better next time.

You are a valued member of this community, and I hope you continue to work hard on the Wikipedia project. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me on my talk page or via email. Sincerely, Kingturtle (talk) 21:52, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Statistics for your RfA
 , I am sorry to tell you that your request for adminship failed to achieve consensus to promote, with ( 39 / 34 / 4 ).

Please don't let this get you down - many of our best administrators have failed an RfA at some point. Best of luck acquiring the tools in the future (if you intend to run again), or otherwise, good luck around the encyclopaedia.

&mdash; neuro  (talk)  01:30, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar
Thanks for the barnstar award; however what is it for specifically? Other than general cleanup of Mbam? Is this an recognized award or just one you made up? TechOutsider (talk) 20:36, 16 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider


 * Oh, a google search helped. Thanks anyways TechOutsider (talk) 20:37, 16 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider

Malwarebytes
I'll start with the section that lists the other proggies. Tech also wants some input on the NIS article, so I'd like to chip in a little there today as well. — Ched (talk) 14:57, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * here per MOS lists — Ched (talk) 15:20, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
 * here and here are the links with the company info I was going to add. — Ched (talk) 01:11, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

From Sathishmls
Hi Sephiroth storm, I added some news from verified source to the article Sri Ram Sena.

But Skysmith has undid it.



Please help me on this

Sathishmls (talk) 12:09, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello, from TechOutsider
Hello Sephiroth storm; first time we directly communicated :). Anyways, Ched Davis recommended me to you. I nominated Norton Internet Security for GA class; one person said yes; yet another failed it because it was comprised mostly of one sentence paragraphs, which it was, and I thought was ok. Anyways, Ched said that you are great when it comes to getting the point across. Can you look at the article while I unify NIS with NAV again; they share much of the same feature set. TechOutsider (talk) 01:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)TechOutsider