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Userboxs
But did Jimbo put forward the idea of the german solution? It's like people can be against abortion, and for only overturning roe vs. wade leaving it up to the states, instead of a total ban on it. --Rayc 19:40, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

fair use image on your userpage
Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I removed a fair use image that was on your user page. Please see the guidelines set forth by User_page for specific details. Thanks -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 16:13, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid that the same goes for Image:Rock Lee.jpg which is in a userbox that you have created. Unfortunately userboxes are not permitted to use fair use images either, see WikiProject_Userboxes.  Please take the time to remove the image from your userbox/user space.  Thanks -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 16:19, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Uh, vandalism??
I didn't vandalize your userpage, that must have been my brother logged in an IP add. See your history page. Weirdy 08:35, 13 May 2006 (UTC).
 * Uh, no worries. I saw that, it was the joke page, right? I "vandalised" it because the user, old windy bear did too. I didn't know it was vandalism Weirdy 08:51, 13 May 2006 (UTC)>.

My RFA
Hi ,

Thank you for supporting my RFA! Unfortunately it did not succeed mainly because most opposers wanted me to spend more time on Wikipedia. Thank you for your faith in me & looking forward to your continued support in the future.

Cheers

Srik e it ( talk ¦  ✉  )  09:29, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

User rename
Hi! I took the liberty of moving your user page to your new user name, I hope you don't mind. =) Jon Harald Søby 10:00, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

RE:Questions
Hello! I hope you are doing fine. No, I am not an admin yet but I wish to become one in the future. I was recently nominated and the result of my nomination was not successful. That nomination ended on April 18 2006. It has now been nearly one month and I feel that it is too soon to go for another nomination. Perhaps you can nominate me in early June 2006, but not now. Thank You for your kind attention. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  19:41, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

WikiLove


has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing!

Your edit current count
Your current edit count are as follows: Total:1567 Main: 388 Talk: 155 User:438 User talk: 283 Wikipedia(projects): 188 Wikipedia Talk: 32 Image: 21 Image talk: 1 Template: 55 Template talk: 3 Help: 1 Category: 2 -- Total edits: 1567 Minor edits: 124 Edits with edit summary: 1055 Edits with manual edit summary: 441 Percent minor edits: 7.91% Percent edit summary use: 67.32% Percent manual edit summary use: 28.14%

Well, that's your edit count. :-) Funnybunny (talk/QRVS) 01:43, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Userbox Wars
I've been concerned that Cyde was coming dangerously close to disrupting Wikipedia to make a point. I'm glad someone else has the same feeling. I've tried to discuss it with him on his talk page but I get no response, which is not in keeping with the best traditions of Adminship as I see it. I'd like to discuss the options available to us (& like-minded others) to get Cyde (& those of similar opinion) to take a break from this flood of userbox deletions, since I can't seem to reach him. He's also trying to get a bot request approved so he can further speed up the userfying of userbox templates. Whichever way the final policy goes, if these folks do enough deletions beforehand, it won't matter much. I just think they need to wait until we have a consenssus policy.--Ssbohio 03:34, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
 * In response to your comments on my talk page, part of what bothers me is this entry from his request for adminship:
 * I'd just like to make one thing clear: I've never deleted a userbox and I don't forsee myself getting involved with that in the future. Why?  Because I now realize that my actions weren't helping matters, so I've decided not to get involved with that anymore.  There's plenty other stuff to do on Wikipedia.  I'll leave the userboxes up to other people.  -- Cyde Weys  20:43, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
 * If he's leaving the userboxes up to other people, what is he doing effectively mass-deleting them, albeit one by one? So far, I've been counseled to take it to WP:AN, but I really think Cyde is trying to do the right thing.  It's just that his perception of the right thing is clogging TfD with userboxes & short-circuiting the consensus-building process going on elsewhere.  Once he chops down all the userboxes, it'll be a moot point what we, as a community, decide to do.
 * Lastly, as for trolling... I sure hope my comments on his talk page didn't look like trolling.  I don't want to debate the merits of userboxes outside of the process for setting the policy.  I just want him to consider stepping back from the path he's currently on in tyhe interest of respecting the process.--Ssbohio 04:22, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: suspicious?

 * If I may be permitted to butt in here, I don't think nominating a real life friend for adminship is a bad thing at all. If you have known someone for a long while this may increase your confidence in his abilities and his trustworthiness.  --Tony Sidaway 17:24, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

updated edit count
You requested your edit count, so here it is: Total: 1693 Main: 406 User: 461 User talk: 317 Project: 225 Project talk: 36 Image: 25 Image talk: 2 Template: 57 Template talk: 3 Help: 1 Category: 2 results are from Flcelloguy's Tool

Well, that's your edit count. Read and weep... I mean... enjoy! Funnybunny (talk/Counter Vandalism Unit) 03:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!
Welcome, The Greg, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member, you might be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee, Titoxd, JoanneB, and Freakofnurture.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact me by my talk page, Celestianpower by email or talk page, or the Esperanza talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users on our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). If you're new to IRC, please see the IRC Tutorial, which was written by one of our members. I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to be!

Thanks! G . H  e  16:30, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Protected Userpage
If we really wanted to stop vandalism, why not protect all pages? On second thought, forget about being a wiki, lets make Wikipedia into Encyclopædia Britannica Online and get rid of vandalism once and for all!

Seriously though, the main page and the other articles that you've mentioned are protected because they are continually vandalized and thus need to be protected. On the other hand, not all userpages are constantly vandalized, thus not all of them need to be protected. -- ☆ TBC  ☆  22:14, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Columbine
Why did you revert User:EngineerScotty's edit? ዮም (Yom)  Leave a message  05:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes
Why are you directing your invective towards me? User:Zoe|(talk) 19:04, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

HAGS(Have A Great Summer)
It has been a hard year at school but sometimes good times rule the day. I want you to have a good Graduation Party over the summer. Now that the only means of communication is at Wikipedia, I just want to tell you to Have A Great Summer, buddy. Funnybunny (talk/Counter Vandalism Unit) 22:49, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

RE:RFA vote
Hello, my friend! I hope you are feeling fine! As regards to your question, I DO oppose some votes in RfAs. See the RfAs here and here. There are also some other RfAs which I had opposed. However, the total number of oppose votes I had ever cast is around 4 or 5. The reason, why I voted Sympathy votes for some RfAs is that the candidate will clearly fail in his nomination. I do not wish to pile on the oppose votes and discourage the respective users any further. RfAs can be a very harsh process and many users have left Wikipedia completely because of this. Moreover, I believe that every candidate has some redeeming qualities which deserves a support vote (Of course there are exceptions but these cases are very, very, rare). Whatever, votes I have casted, I always stand by them despite an overwelming opposition. On a personal basis, I do not like to discourage users by opposing them. For example, with regards to your RfA, I sincerely believe that you would be a good admin. Just be patient for a little longer and continue to make quality contributions to Wikipedia. Notice that I did not type in Sympathy for your RfA. Lastly, I was nominated for administration about 2 months back and the result was not successful. Right now, I feel that it is about time to run for administration again and I am waiting for someone to nominate me. If I fail in my second nomination, I will still carry on making quality contributions to Wikipedia. In the time being, I would like to wish you all the best and do not feel discouraged by the absymal performance of your recent RfA! Try again in about two months time. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  04:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, I am aware of this. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  05:27, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

My userpage overhaul.
Thanks for the offer, but User:Master of Puppets has already approached me about it and has, AFAIK, already began on the renovation. - Evan S e eds (talk) 23:13, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Template:User Republican
I see you have brought this up for deletion review. Would you care to implement The German solution on it? Feel free to use User:GRBerry/Userbox migration as a catalog page to let others know where it is. GRBerry 20:39, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

A haiku of thanks

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

-- Nataly a 04:15, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Trading spaces
Hello, The Gerg, thank you for signing up to participate in Esperanza's trading spaces program. As you requested to renovate another user's page, you will be renovating Cchan199206's userpage. Please contact Cchan199206 on their talk page about the renovating. The renovating will be listed at Esperanza/Programs, please feel free to update the status as it changes. Enjoy!
 * Question. Can the PotD be put alongside the Babel box instead of under it? I don't want to vertically stretch the page. ~ Chris  (e)  12:48, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Trading Spaces
Thanks for your offer on improving my userpage! Actually, I have decided removing my userpage from the candidates list; I plan adding some content to it in the near future - there's no use in improving the design of an ampty page, after all. So, maybe I'll be accepting your offer then? (PS: Sorry for taking 4 days to answer you) Rudá 13:03, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Swinging
How could we rewrite the article to make it more about Austin Powers and less about sex(Wikipedia info by the way.)?  Th e   Gerg  01:36, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

There's a discussion about it at the DelCom talk page, if you wanna vote on it. Funnybunny (talk/Counter Vandalism Unit) 01:39, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you want to, you can vote oppose and also have a final say in the discussion, since you're No. 1 on the DelCom list. Funnybunny (talk/Counter Vandalism Unit) 01:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, I changed my vote after some though, and proposed a new no-censorhip policy (on the proposals page).  Th e   Gerg  01:51, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I voted neutral for a very good reason. You can see it at your proposal page. Funnybunny (talk/Counter Vandalism Unit) 02:11, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank You


AAAAAAAAAA! the game
I forgot where it was on uncyclopedia. Check the Main Page's talk page. There's supposed to be a link there going to the game. Funnybunny (talk/Counter Vandalism Unit) 01:47, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
Hi, thank you for voting in my RFA which failed eventually at a result of (91/51/8). I do not plan to run for adminship until a later date. Once again, I would like to thank you for voting. --Terence Ong (talk 03:15, 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) 17:58, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Trading Spaces program and WP:UPH
Hello The Gerg. I noticed recently on Esperanza's Trading Spaces program that you were listed as a member renovating another's userpage. I am here to tell you that the Trading Spaces program has left Esperanza and has merged into WikiProject User Page Help. WikiProject User Page Help is a new WikiProject designed to help Wikipedians with the technical side of Wikipedia, HTML codes, markups, etc. It has been discussed and the Trading Spaces program has been merged into the our new WikiProject. I have also come to invite you to our new project. If you would like to become a member, feel free to add your name to the list of participants. Whether you join or not, you're still free to join the Trading Spaces program. Cheers! — The King   of Kings  22:18, 20 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)

Trading spaces
Hello, The Gerg, thank you for signing up to participate in the trading spaces program. As you requested to renovate another user's page, you will be renovating Steel359's userpage. Please contact Steel359 on their talk page about the renovating. The renovating will be listed at User Page Design Center/Help and collaboration/Trading Spaces, please feel free to update the status as it changes. Enjoy! --User:Natalya (talk) 03:35, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Good luck
Hello. I am just posting to say good luck to you in the upcoming Esperanza elections, and I shall enjoy campaigning against you - you are a worthy opponent, as it were! All the best, and may the best man/woman/thing win! King fish erswift  17:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Trading spaces
Yeah... about that. I ended up browsing the other renovated pages and found something I liked, and stole that. >_> -- Steel 11:16, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

ping
I left a note on your Commons talk page. pfctdayelise (translate?) 12:29, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Happy B-Day!
Enjoy the day to the fullest!!!

Thistheman 04:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!
Wishing you a very ahppy birth day and all the best! --Bhadani 17:06, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching
Thanks for signing up to help out with admin coaching. Your first trainee is SP-KP. Your fellow coach is (aeropagitica). I suggest you start off by introducing yourself to your trainee, and sort out details like coaching location (I find a central user subpage, and sometimes IRC depending on practicalities, the best). Let me know if you have any questions about the coaching. Cheers, Petros471 13:31, 8 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hello! I have left a welcome message on SP-KP's Talk page. Let's discuss coaching strategies and ideas over the next few days. Regards,   (aeropagitica)   (talk)   14:01, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello again! SP-KP has expressed an interest in Wikipedia culture from an admin point-of-view. Can we find/formulate examples of admin actions that have come about as a result of Wiki-culture, do you think?  (aeropagitica)   (talk)  16:26, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Admin coaching
Hi. Thanks for getting in touch. Definitely still interested, though no rush. Cheers SP-KP 19:34, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

You wanted me to come to you about Cyde's actions
Well, here I am... Cyde deleted a user subpage of mine & moved another over the top of it. To my mind, he had no business doing either. Another admi, who asked not to be identified, emailed me the contents of the deleted page. What can I do about Cyde, as he seems entirely recalcitrant with regard to acting within policy? --Ssbohio 02:03, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Out of process deletion
When I first discovered Kelly Martin/B, I copied it to a user subpage, Ssbohio/B (history logs). I also created Ssbohio/BB (history logs) to do more work on Kelly Martin's concept of listbuilding. Along comes Cyde who deletes B and moves BB to B with the comment (Proper naming scheme). I raised an objection on his talkpage, and Cyde moved B back to BB (where it started), leaving the comment (User wants another name). I asked again on his talkpage that the original B be undeleted. He responded that he wouldn't undelete the page because he didn't like my attitude.

Cyde cites no policy in support of his action. Can you restore these pages as they were before Cyde tinkered with them? If not, what am I supposed to do? Thanks for your attention, & I'd appreciate a reply on my talkpage. If not, I can check back here. --Ssbohio 03:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: Your comments to my talk page
The Gerg, it may have been rude of me to jump to conclusions about you and Funnybunny, but it is more rude for you to show up out of the blue and blame me for your recent Wikistress. My three month old opinion is just that, my opinion, and if you thought it was incorrect you should have just ignored it (like I thought you did when you deleted my comments from your talk page). I am not an influential or high profile user around here, so it's not as though not getting my mark of approval was going to spell doom for anybody here on Wikipedia. Indeed, I was impressed when I saw you around a few times after our exchange and noticed that you were a productive, good-faith editor. Hopefully you agree that your RfA nominations (both given and accepted) were probably all way premature, and one of the problems with inexperienced users wanting adminship is that they usually don't actually know what adminship is before they ask for it -- they just see a lofty title and decide it would be nice if they had it. That's what caused me suspicion, to see you two who know each other in real life wanting adminship so bad and not being sure that you weren't up to mischief. By the way, I have never accused you of being a "meatpuppet" and I'm not sure you even know the correct meaning of the word. Indeed the only time I used the word "sockpuppet" was on Funnybunny's RfA when I was talking, not necessarily about you, but about people I thought might vote for his support. At that time I was not sure who among the QRVS were legitimate users and who were not. Apparently I was wrong and you and Funnybunny don't play with sockpuppets. You knew that all along, so what I said should never have upset you. — GT 19:06, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


 * No problem, it happens. I'm sorry our introduction has had to come like this, but hopefully it's all behind us now. Let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. — GT 22:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Languages
Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 16:41, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

RE:RFA
Hello, Greg! I hope you are feeling fine. As for your nomination of my RfA, I have to decline it presently. My last RfA was only about two months ago and I feel that it is too soon. However, I would reconsider this in about a month's time. I wish to thank you for having faith in me. Wish you all the best for the future! -- S iva1979 Talk to me  17:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I have decided to accept your nomination after two weeks of thinking about this. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  20:45, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

GHe's RfA


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My RfA
Thank You for nominating me and I have decided to run for adminship after two weeks of consideration. In your nomination statement, you stated that However, most issues have been cleared up. In question four of my nomination, Dlohcierekim wants to know which issues are not resolved yet. Can you please enlighten me in this matter as your opinion would be greatly appreciated. You can reply in my talk page. Thank You! -- S iva1979 Talk to me  17:30, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, it is OK and I totally understand your situation. Anyway, I wish to thank you for nominating me for adminship. On a side note, I would like to suggest with all humility, that in the future, if you are going to nominate a user who had failed his previous RfA, nominate him/her after a three month period. In that way, the user you are nominating would most likely to succeed in his/her RfA. Of course, there are exceptions to this, but most of thses RfAs end up in failure! Secondly, I wish to state that if you would like to become an admin, submit your contributions for an analysis at ER. I will also most likely nominate you for adminship in about a few months time as well! Lastly, as a friendly advise, I hope you remove this userbox, This user is not a Wikipedia administrator but would like to be one from your userpage soon. Based on past experience, many users who are involved in a RfA, frown upon this userbox (Please don't ask me why!). Anyway, I wish you best of luck for the future and hope you realize your dreams on becoming an admin. In the meantime, always look for ways to improve on your edits and have a deep knowledge of Wikipedia policies as well. Hope to hear from you soon. -- S iva1979 Talk to me  20:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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Regarding your message to me
Dear Greg, this is Fleet Command. Regarding your message to me. I'm affraid you made a mistake. I DID NOT modified Iran's human right section. The modification, which you speak of, is made by 71.192.249.163.

This is the modification I made: I added the word "(Farsi)". Please verify and confirm.

Editor is of review is of moved is of what?
Hey! You accidentally put your editor review in the subpage mine was on. I moved your section to its own page, and added it to the Editor Review list. Check it out. editor review/The Gerg

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