User talk:Siva1979/Archive 6

RFA nomination
Well, if you want somebody to nominate you, I'm the guy! I could nominate you sometime this week.  Th e   Gerg  05:18, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Lol, I was just coming here to suggest that I nominate you for adminship! I have a few minutes now so I hope User:The Gerg won't mind if I step in front of him and do so now? --Robdurbar 10:02, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

 Robdurbar would like to nominate you to be an administrator. Please visit Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact Robdurbar to accept or decline the nomination. A page has been created for your nomination at Requests for adminship/Siva1979 2. If you accept the nomination, you must formally state your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.

Good luck --Robdurbar 10:20, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I have added a question to your RFA. Dragons flight 15:26, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

I have added some questions. -- Cyde↔Weys 17:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I added some short questions to the RFA.  Th e   Gerg  19:56, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Oh, and by the way, you don't have to be an admin in order to welcome users. Just add a substed welcome to a new user's page. Nor do you need to be one in order to tag a unsigned comment.  Th e   Gerg  00:56, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I have posted some optional questions on your RfA page. Thanks, Captainj 23:37, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey
I just noticed that I'm on your list of people whom you have high regard for; thank you for that.

Is there any particular reason? DS 18:15, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Correct pronoun
Hello Siva. I have read through both your userpage and RfA, and I would like to know which pronoun to use when referring to you. It is difficult getting around using a pronoun when discussing a user on an RfA. In fact, in your RfA, you have been called "he" and "she," possibly because of your username. Thanks -- Jay  (Reply)  20:24, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Move problem
Hi Siva, Seem to have a problem moving "Speckled Moray" to "Speckled moray". The new name already exists - I tried moving that to "Speckled" temporarily, but of course that jusy left a Redirect. I understand I can't simply "cut & Paste". Are you able to sort out the mess I have created? Thank you if you can. GrahamBould 10:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I fixed this. Gdr 11:23, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
, thank you for participating in my RfA. Unfortunately, a great number of oppose voters felt that I lacked experience, and a consensus was not reached (the final tally was 30/28/10). Perhaps I will try again in another few months when I have a few more edits under my belt. If I do, I hope I can count on your support. Thanks again!

Cool3 talk 20:05, 2 June 2006 (UTC) (UTC)

Reason for change?
Hello. I'm sorry I replied on my talk page rather than yours. I tend to reply where the conversation started, so everything stays in one place (much like discussions on article pages all stay in one place). I know I'm not alone in doing this, but then again I know that you're not alone in replying on the other person's talk page. There really should be a Wikipedia policy on this. Or, better still, the software should automatically put copies of both users' talk pages.

Anyway, you are right in understanding that some leagues use words (Division One), while others use digits (Division 1). Wikipedia should use the official title (that is, what the league calls itself), be it One, 1, Premier or even Supreme, on a case-by-case basis with relevant redirects at alternative spellings.

As a side-note, the issue is confused further by sponsorship names (see Football League One v Coca-Cola Football League 1). In this case, I believe that the official, non-sponsored version (One) should be used as it is permanent. - Green Tentacle 20:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

A haiku of thanks

 * Thanks for your support
 * In my RfA, which passed!
 * Wise I'll try to be.

I'm honored that you think I'm a great user, and hope to continue this and become a great admin! Thanks again.

-- Nataly a 03:55, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for voting at my RfA
Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde at venus 06:10, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

My Thanks
I wanted to drop a brief note on your talk page (one admittedly not written to you only, but nevertheless truly meant) to thank you for your vote in my Request for Adminship, which concluded this evening. Even though it was unsuccessful, it did make clear to me some areas in which I can improve my contributions to Wikipedia, both in terms of the areas in which I can participate and the manner in which I can participate. I do plan on, at some point in the future (although, I think, not the near future), attempting the process again, and I hope you will consider participating in that voting process as well. If you wish in the future to offer any constructive criticism to me, or if I may assist you with anything, I hope you will not hesitate to contact me. Thanks again. &mdash; WCityMike (T  &dArr; plz reply HERE (why?) &dArr;  04:25, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

rfa
Hey Siva, just to say I had to oppose you on your current RfA per the reasons given, but look forward to a much stronger RfA #3 in about 3 months. Stick at it and listen to the advice that some of the older hands are clearly willing to give ;) Deizio talk 14:41, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

RE: RFA
Hi Siva, regarding my RFA nomination. I have to wrap up my admin coaching by 14 June and I will accept any RFA on 14 June or later. You may like to take a look at my editor review page as well. I somehow have over 11,000 edits, mainly in Wikipedia namespace. I've been here since 28 January 2005 so its more than one year. ;) The RFA can start on 9 June the earliest, but 14 would be a better time. Well, it doesn't matter whether you nominate me before 14 or not. Its still the same anyway. Cheers --Ter e nce Ong 10:02, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
 * On second thoughts, you can nominate me tonight or tomorrow. --Ter e nce Ong 10:41, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

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Admin coaching
There are some personal admin-related things that I need to clear up first, and that will be done by the end of the month. If I survive any community outcry, I'd be glad to help. NSL E (T+C) at 11:16 UTC (2006-06-06)


 * Well, I don't think I have. (See WP:AN. I'm sorry but I cannot help you with admin coaching. Good luck for any future RFA. NSLE 09:59, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for supporting me in my recently unsuccessful RfA. I plan on working harder in the coming months so that I have a better chance of becoming an admin in the future. I hope that you will consider supporting me if I have another RfA. Thank you for your support. -- digital_m  e ( t / c ) 15:27, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

My RFA
, thank you for participating in my RfA. It passed with an amazingly unopposed 77/0/1. Thanks for the support everybody! If you see me doing anything wrong, want to ask me something, or just want to yell in my general direction, leave me a note on my talk page. I promise to try and knock out Wikipedia's problems wherever I may find them!

Staxringold talkcontribs 20:14, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey there
Thanks for commenting on my RfA...it was greatly appreciated! --Osbus 21:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Your Rfa
Hi, Siva1979, good to know you're on Rfa and I hope to be on an Rfa soon. Take care! -- 陈 鼎 翔    贡献  Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 03:08, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi, re. enquiry
I'm not sure myself. I can't find anything in the style manual. Sorry, I wish I could be of more help here. NSL E (T+C) at 03:09 UTC (2006-06-07)

Thanks
Thanks for helping me out. Greatly appreciated it. Amaas120 05:30, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Numbering style
Off the top of my head, I would say both are legitimate styles and it's a case of whoever gets there first, unless there's a good reason to change it later. You see a lot of ubxs which say "This user prefers the serial and comma - A, B, and C", while "A, B and C" is also valid. I usually write numbers without the comma unless I particularly want something to look nice. However, I don't know if there is an official style guide on this one. Hope that helps, Deizio talk 10:22, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You


Request for Adminship
It is my regretful task to inform you that your recent request for adminship failed to achieve consensus to promote, and has been closed. Please do not be discouraged; a number of users have had their first RfA end without consensus, but have been promoted overwhelmingly in a later request. Please continue to make outstanding contributions to Wikipedia, and consider requesting adminship again in the future. You may find Guide to requests for adminship helpful in deciding when to consider running again. If I can be of any help to you, please do not hesitate to ask. Essjay ( <font color="#7b68ee">Talk  • <font color="#7b68ee">Connect  ) 16:38, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Talk page corrections
Silva,

By all means, correct anything that needs correcting if the need be! It's quite obvious that, by what you point out in my grammar mistakes, that I've been living here too long - the French 'of the' direct translation bug is contagious. While you're at it, why not take a look at the Paris article itself? I might have done the same there. T HE P ROMENADER 18:49, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

PS: I'm curious to know the why of your hesitation to make corrections on my talk page - that I am the first you've contacted beforehand - would it be the vehemence of my previous discussions on all things Paris? If so, please be assured that any stance I may have is based on proof and reason. Never mind, and, if anything, thanks for your attention! T HE P ROMENADER 19:10, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm glad that it went well for you. I must say it looks a bit odd when you make your own grammar mistakes in the process of offering to correct others, though. From User talk:ThePromenader: "Notice that there is a few spelling and grammar errors in them" should be "Notice that there are a few spelling and grammar errors in them," or preferably "Notice that they have a few spelling and grammar errors." And "You are the first user in which I am asking for your permission" is very ungrammatical; it should be something like "You are the first user whose permission I am asking". Finally, you missed ThePromenader's incorrect use of "relevent" instead of "relevant". I appreciate your wish to make Wikipedia look more professional, but you should realize that your edits are not perfect either. FreplySpang 20:40, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

RE:RE:Wikipedia talk Administrators' noticeboard
I don't think I commented there - I only left a comment at User talk:Quiddity. But anyway, you should certainly ask for permission first. Even with permission, I don't think editing other people's comments is worth the time - there are too many articles with bad grammar to be worrying about talk pages.  Λυδ α  cιτγ  21:13, 8 June 2006 (UTC)


 * As a follow up, you might want to take a look at notyours, which I created to explain this guideline.  Λυδ α  cιτγ  01:42, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Rfa
Sorry it failed man. I thought you would have been spectacular. Give it some time and re-apply. Take care -- Samir  धर्म 02:59, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Allow me. Cheers -- Samir   धर्म 03:45, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I would like to echo Samir's thoughts above. You are a valuable asset to WP. RFA's are sometimes quite unfair. I'm sure you will get through next time. Cheers. --Srikeit (Talk 03:55, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry to hear that your RFA failed. Give it about three to four months and you will do fine. --Ter e nce Ong 04:00, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

As per above, I'm sorry to hear your RfA failed - you'd be a good administrator. Drop me a line next time you run, and I'll definitely support you again. :) RandyWang (raves/rants) 08:28, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Yep, sorry too.... feel kinda guilty for nomming you! --Robdurbar 14:14, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi
Thanks for the welcome. Just love the fact you don't need to be an expert.. Gioto 04:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

What??
Siva...I'm very sorry to hear that your Rfa failed. I just wished it wasn't so. I hope to nominate you again in the future. See you soon, friend.--<font color="#E32636"> 陈 <font color="#006600">鼎 翔    贡献  Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 14:10, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

no...it failed...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, if you would like to become a sysop, you could always join my wiki. I would love it to make you an admin. Even if you don't know or care about Austin Powers (I made it as a test wiki and I intend to make another one soon, but I do like it), we could always use help with matinece of articles, vandal fighting (small wikis are perfect targets for vandls), and cleaning up the wiki. Feel free to decline this offer, I don't want to force you, but we do need all the help we can get. And by the way, we have no RFA at my wiki! Th  e   Gerg  07:22, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I will probably nominate you in a few months. Good luck then!  Th e   Gerg  07:27, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Remove page
Me being the slow person that I am, someone already took care of it. You should be all set. :) -- Nataly a 21:41, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Urgent rename request?
Where does that urgent speedy cat rename request come from? Did it go on the normal speedy list for 2 days? Syrthiss 15:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Heh I wasn't saying that you couldn't request it, just that it should go through the normal CFD/speedy route. If you need help nominating it for speedy rename let me know. :) Syrthiss 15:59, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok. I fixed one of the templates that was broken as well.  I'm going to decline to comment as I may have to handle closing that debate. Thanks! Syrthiss 16:04, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Its prolly better to do it as you've done it, my friend. Better to have a full discussion. Syrthiss 16:08, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't we have a bot for that? Doing this by hand seems excessive, even if there are only a few templates involved. -- Chris 73 | Talk 16:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch
Thanks for considering my RfA. I appreciate your concern over my edit summary usage; others have said similar things, and I am working on it. As Voice-of-All pointed out, my edit summary usage has been much higher recently than in earlier months. I intend it to stay that way; I hope this reassures you – Gurch 17:50, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

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My RFA
Hi Siva, I must thank you for nominating me for my failed RFA which resulted in a no concensus of (91/51/8). Also, for having confidence in me to become an admin. I will not run for adminship until the end of the year. Also, I will be taking a long Wikibreak for an unknown period of time. I wish you all the best in the future and you will become an admin one day. --Terence Ong (talk 14:12, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Tomawanda Seneca Nation Land Claim
Hi. You reverted a user's removal of the prod tag on Tomawanda Seneca Nation Land Claim. However, since prod is only for uncontroversial deletions, the proper thing is to take the article to AfD if you still think it should be deleted. It's at AfD now, if you'd like to contribute to the discussion. Articles for deletion/Tomawanda Seneca Nation Land Claim. NickelShoe (Talk) 15:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Although no consensus was reached in the end, I still wanted to thank you for your vote in my recent RfA. Thank you very much. Fritz S. (Talk) 17:56, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for Supporting my RfA!
I hope to continue being an "exceptional editor" after my successful Request for Adminship, which passed by a margin of 54/6/1. If you ever find me doing something I shouldn't in my admin duties, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, Ian Manka Talk to me! 00:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Hi Siva, Thanks so much for your support on my recent RFA. Let me know if you need help with anything. - Ganeshk  ( talk ) 06:14, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support
Dear , Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuivi é nen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks!
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Thanks for your encouragement. I am a bit busy but will try to chat soon. Cheers. Samantha of Cardyke 07:59, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA


Hello Siva1979, and thanks for voting in my recent RfA, which passed with a tally of (68/19/3). I appreciated your comments, which I hope to take on board in order to gain your respect in my work as an administrator. Best of luck in your continued editing of the encyclopedia! Sam Vimes 17:54, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Duplicate RfA votes
You have duplicated your vote in a substantial number of RfA's. One is a mistake, several worries me that it represents a pattern of not looking into users enough to judge if they can be trusted with the admin tools. Please fix all your votes to make sure they are not duplicated and you give sufficient justification for your position. Thanks - Taxman Talk 19:57, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Your "major corrections" to your RfA votes
Your edits to your old votes in Mtz206's RfA, Herostratus's RfA and my RfA messed up the numbering of subsequent votes. In these cases, there was no need to strike out your votes in these RfAs; a bureaucrat had already noticed your duplicate vote and prevented it from being numbered. More often than not, other voters or a bureaucrat will quickly spot the mistakes for you, so do consider the value of making these small changes - which may affect the numbering of votes - before making them. Thanks! Kimchi.sg 03:11, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Move of 3000e and related templates
Hello Siva, I noticed you have been moving the user edit count templates, which created a double redirect in the 3000 version (User 3000e → User 3,000e → 3 000e), which I have fixed. Please be careful when moving pages, making sure any double redirects are fixed as it reminds you to do on the move page. Also, in your edit summaries, you stated that the moves are to meet ISO 31-0 by adding the space, but you have not changed the contents of the templates, and I was just wondering why that was? I personally prefer no space, but thats just my personal preference! Regards, mattbr30 19:17, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow!
Just looking @ your userpage and I am sorry to see you failed with your rfa. However, You are a truly generous person with all those thanks from ppl that you supported during their RFA's. If you apply again please let me know, and I will be glad to support you.

Also I saw this on your userpage: "I always had a vision that an encyclopedia would contain, however insignificant, all human knowlege and accomplishments. This WILL then be a true work of encyclopedic knowledge. Wikipedia comes close to this fascinating possibility. I also hope that Wikipedia will one day contain ALL possible human knowledge and achievements. It is also hoped that this encyclopedia will have ALL the articles about every star and galaxy in the universe. This will make it POSSIBLE to reach 110 billion articles in the next few decades! It is also my desire to see Wikipedia being the MOST complete encyclopedia in this world. I plan to do my part to achieve this goal."

I would like to say that is truly inspirational and that is the best thing I have ever read on someones userpage. How incredible you are. You are a truly wonderful user. Jam01 01:40, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedians with over 100 edits, et. al
Personally, I don't see anything wrong with those categories, I was in one myself, and use an edit-userbox. However, community consensus in the CFD revealed that currently (of the people participating in the discussion) this category is not wanted. The deletion was consistant with the proceedure for CFD, so a deletion review is likely to be quickly turned down. Many people don't watch CFD, and there was no notice to people using the categories that they were up for deletion, a better place to argue this case may be on one of the category's talk pages, with a link to Village pump (miscellaneous). Recreating something deleted under an xFD makes it generally speedy deletable under the reposted content case. Let me know if you get a discussion going though! — xaosflux  <sup style="color:#00FF00;">Talk  01:46, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Deletion by way of a xfd does not bar the recreation of the page ever, but certainly within a short time frame. If a consensus is gathered that something should exist, then it should. —  xaosflux  <sup style="color:#00FF00;">Talk  13:48, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update
As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, &mdash;Cel es tianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Re: Request
<cite id=Re:_Request_reply_1> I guess a speedy CfR would do. &mdash; Instantnood 17:18, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

1871-72 in English football et al.
Siva - I've just noticed you changed "first season" to "1st season" etc. for the first ten seasons of English Football articles, quoting "as per WP:MOSNUM". However, there it says : "Whole numbers from zero to ten are spelled out as words. Numbers above ten may be written as numerals or spelled out in words, where appropriate." - fchd 13:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Favour
Hi, my name's Evan. You may already know me, I'm the one that gave you the feedback on one of your userboxes (the 9000 edits box.) I was wondering if you could do me a favour and leave a comment for me on the editor review page? Thanks!

-- Evan Robidoux 20:57, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I think that you might be slightly mistaken by that issue with 68.96.23.7.. I never warned him, I was trying to help him become a better user and fell for his feelings of regret when he got blocked and it took me a while before User:Drini knocked some sense into me that I shouldn't trust him. -- Evan Robidoux 21:39, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

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Me
Thank you for message. I CAN'T sign in as a registered user as I a) use work and friends' PC's, and b) I am also a complete technophobe. Will try to put sources in though more often. Ta RAYMI —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.68.39.212 (talk • contribs) 07:29, 28 June 2006 (UTC).

Thanks Siva!
Thanks for your note on the WikiProject Dinosaurs talk page. It's great to get feedback from the rest of the community. Your note just encourages the whole team to continue to work on improving our articles. Thank you! -- Firsfron of Ronchester 05:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)