User talk:White Shadows/Archive 8

You might want to slow down a little
This was not a good revert. When reverting multiple edits on Huggle, make sure you're reverting to the right one. Thanks. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 00:01, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I wasnt gonna mention it but that makes three of them in the last half hour or so ... I know Huggle is like that sometimes, but it's not a big deal if a particular edit survives for 10 seconds instead of 2 seconds.  —  Soap  —  00:03, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry. I was trying to revert it but I clicked the revert button twice so I went full circle! Once again, sorry guys :)-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  00:37, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks!
Thank you for removing vandalism from my talk page. You should give yourself a barnstar for you work.  Nerdy Science Dude :)  (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 01:54, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * BTW, where is your guestbook? I would like to sign it.  Nerdy Science Dude :)  (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 14:20, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Where is it?  Nerdy Science Dude :)  (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 00:24, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well it's no longer in use but User:Coldplay Expert/Signature Book.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  00:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Advice

 * I would recommend that you don't engage User:IMatthew at all, in an attempt to end whatever situation is going on between you. The discussions on Wikipedia_talk:WikiCup and Wikipedia_talk:WikiCup strike me as worrying. It is quite clear from reading the scenario that User:IMatthew would rather that you both completely avoid each other, rather than take up some kind of "truce", thus it would probably be better if you don't respond/refer to them at all.
 * As a disclaimer here, I want to point out that I am uninvolved with this scenario in the past, but the "drama" on the WikiCup talk page caught my eye. Focus on content editing, and avoid replying to or referring to IMatthew at all. Best of luck in the WikiCup in your new grouping, feel free to give me a poke if I am missing something here, but please do consider my advice. Thanks, --Taelus (talk) 14:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You are missing something. IM has a history (User:Coldplay Expert/IMdiffs) of harassing me for no reason. I have moved on, but he has failed to do the same.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  21:29, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps so, but making a comment unprovoked suggesting that IM will have a conflict of interest against you in the WikiCup is baiting. Simply ignoring and keeping such thoughts private is a good way to reduce any aggro. Additionally, as you may have noticed by that pages deletion, maintaining a list of "wrongs" performed by another user is provocative, especially when you are not preparing for an ANI/ArbCom case. I do not know your exact scenario, but this is the impression I get from what I have seen. Please disengage, it takes two to make drama in the long-term. Ignoring drama in the short-term allows it to fizzle out. I know that this can be frustrating, but consider this my advice for your scenario. Happy editing, --Taelus (talk) 23:02, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

iMatthew
I really don't quite know what the feud between you to is (and if anyone has been watching the associated pages, it is me). However, right now, it looks like you are repeatedly poking to try and cause some kind of fight. Basically, there is one of two things here. Either iMatthew has wronged you in some way- if so, please explain the issue to me, and I will do what I can. Feel free to go via talk page or email. Alternatively, he has not. If he has not, I would ask you to please drop the issue. Your drama mongering really is upsetting- it's creating a poisonous atmosphere and seems very likely to damage the Cup. J Milburn (talk) 14:39, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I want to echo the point that this is damaging to atmosphere. My first view of the scenario on the WikiCup talk page was "Wait... what is going on here?", followed up by "This looks rather silly."
 * The WikiCup is potentially quite public, as it is something new users/interested parties in Wikipedia may be drawn to look at, thus it is an especially bad place for such drama. It looks almost disruptive to me. You do some great content work, try focus on it more. All the best, --Taelus (talk) 14:48, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I have just seen this. That is really not on- your drama-mongering is not welcome in the WikiCup, or anywhere on Wikipedia. You may have been mistreated, and you may have a solid case- but that does not mean you can behave like that. Please, talk to me, keep it civil and keep it calm. I'm a judge, I'm an administrator, and I'm a real person- I want to resolve this upset. We can hopefully smooth this issue without having to go down any unpleasant routes. J Milburn (talk) 14:51, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Tell him to leave me alone and everything will be ok. User:Wehwalt had to warn him to "stop picking on a kid" last time. In reply, IM writes all of this stuff about me on his userpage. I'm all for this to end if he stops acting like a 4 year old who holds a grudge against me.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  21:27, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I don't really follow. I have seen you goading him a large amount, and seen you accuse him of an awful lot. If you genuinely don't want to interact with him, don't. I'm not actually clear about what you feel he has done to you. J Milburn (talk) 22:09, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I did say that then. I do not know what the situation is now.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:35, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Hannut
I appreciate your faith in my work, but I feel nominating this for GA is premature. It is missing a lot of detail. Dapi89 (talk) 18:21, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. Dapi89 (talk) 14:53, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

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Adminship
Hello, Coldplay Expert. You are receiving this message because, after looking through your contributions, you could become a great sysop. Let me know if I can nominate you.  Nerdy Science Dude :)  (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 23:17, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * You're having a laugh aren't you? Certainly you're doing Coldplay Expert no favours anyway. --Malleus Fatuorum 23:21, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd be inclined to say that while CE may be an eventual candidate, he needs more seasoning and to work out modi vivendi (gee, I hope I got the Latin plural right) with other editors. Still, it is nice praise.  Also, he needs to find better bands.  Have you considered The Used?--Wehwalt (talk) 23:46, 1 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Better bands? Coldplay is a most excellent band.  Wehwalt, we're going to invent a noticeboard for WP:BLP/BANDS and put your name on it. Malke  2010  23:59, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If I need to find better bands, then I'll never get adminship. And like Malleus said, I'm a long way from adminship. Thanks for the nice comments though. :) Trust me, I need to wait at least another 5 months (probably way more) before I even consider it. And I don't believe in self-noms so I myself would only run if there were several people who actually thought that I would help out the site by being an admin. As Wehwalt said, I'm on the right track, but I'm still a long way to go. Being a *underage* editor doesn't help my case either. Perhaps I should wait until I can drive before running! Anyway, thanks for the advice but I've got a ways to go. :) Come back in a few months to a year (or two), and I'll let you know of my opinion. In the mean time, if you ever need help with anything NSD, just ask. I'll be happy to help :) P.S.: Malleus, how ironic, right?-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  00:07, 2 March 2010 (UTC)


 * You'll get there, Coldplay. You'll make a great admin.  In the meantime, we must correct Wehwalt's understanding of what is and is not a better band. Malke  2010  00:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well I don't know. I'm not chasing after the mop and I don't have a desire to get it. (although I would be able to edit the DYK template and help out even more). Anyway, I'll only consider that when I get several people (and important ones at that) who want me to do it. If I serve no good purpose as an admin, then what's the point of being one? I'm afraid that I'd mess up and block Jimbo or delete the main page.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  00:14, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think you'd mess up. I think you would use the admin tools seriously.  Nerdy Science Dude :)  (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 00:17, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well maybe but considering that I was blocked less than a month ago, and the fact that I've made several enemies, I would;nt get that many supports. I'll show you, lets all make a straw pole, We'll pretend that this is my first RFA so feel free to vote guys.


 * Support


 * 1) Support - User reverts plenty of vandalism. He can also create content. He has several DYKs and GAs.  Nerdy Science Dude :)  (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 00:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Support - excellent vandal fighter. Good content contributions.  Very good mediating on a noticeboard.  (I'll find the diffs and post them later.) And an all around, honest and fair fellow. Malke  2010  01:03, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 3) Support You have an enthusiastic nominator and an ambition to be an admin (with a modest prediction that you'll be ready in 5 months). So why wait? Some here have advised you to pay attention to their advice but you know best. If you really want to be an admin and you really believe your direction is the right one for WP and you've been making progress towards that end - now's your chance to state your case and prove your '1 or 2 enemies' wrong, to vindicate yourself and to demonstrate your work and worth. If nothing else, hopefully you should learn a great deal from what happens.  Plutonium27 (talk) 12:54, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose


 * 1) I hate to do this, but you've had... too many problems recently, particularly this battle with iMatthew. Give it some time, say, abour 4 or 5 months, and you'll probably stand a chance. The Thing  //  Talk  //  Contribs  01:30, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You all are treating this like a real RFA people! False alarm. Anyway, I understand :)-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  02:57, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) I'll be a bit more blunt; god no. You come off as incredibly immature, with the iMatthew thing being an excellent article. My first reaction to "coldplay expert is thinking about an RfA" was the same as malleus's. Ironholds (talk) 01:33, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * There we go, the first of the real opposers. Thanks.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  01:35, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * also, I never considered it. The guy who started this thread did. NOT me.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  01:36, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose I think you've grown beyond the point where people feel they need to give "moral support" and such to make you feel better, so if you're interested in working towards being an admin someday I think you should be honest about your weak areas and work especially hard on them. Holding grudges against various editors is one thing I think you should try to get away from as soon as possible.   —  Soap  —  02:37, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * And I agree. However, it's very hard to get over someone who has accused you of socking, insulted you, and made relies like this one after you extend an olive branch.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  02:42, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Neutral


 * 1) Comment I wouldn't oppose if you ran. But you've got the block close in the past, and what seems to be a running sniping battle going on with iMatthew.  However it happened, you're reacting in a less than optimal manner to it.  The underage issue will go away with enough edits and enough positive interaction, but you are not there yet.  Lots of positives, but the negatives need to recede, given the high standards you have to meet in today's RFA (I sneaked in before they started asking too many questions).  And The Used may not have the popularity of Coldplay, but they do well enough.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:00, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well thanks for the kind words Wehwalt. To be honest, I would likely fail due to not participating in AFD's and CDS's and BLP's (even thought I would never close or judge the notability or one)-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  01:05, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You can get by that with sufficient strengths in other areas. I had very few AfD's (I think four?) I acknowledged that, threw my article credits on the table and did not say I was on fire to close AfD's.  It worked out.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well ok then. I guess that my GA's and (soon to be) 4 DYK's etc.. could fix that issue. Regardless, there are several more that I need to address. I thought about admin-coashing but like I said, I'm not on fire to become one right now. Besides, I doubt that any one would accept me when I still have Julian (sometimes) breathing down my neck.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  01:14, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * True. I'd give it six months with a relatively clean nose.  After all, you've only been here 7 months.  As for article work, given so many edits in user talk areas, I'd like to see you take major responsibility for a stub article and get it to GA (I don't think you are ready for the fires of FAC just yet).  Perhaps something of local interest where you live, where you could do the research in the town library or local archives?--Wehwalt (talk) 01:21, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well can one of my DYK's make it to GA? I have a huge interest in German U-boats (That I got from editing article of them) There's nothing from where I like that I would actually like to promote.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  01:24, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Coldplay, what are the AfD's and the CDS's and the BLP's that you speak of here. I'm at a loss to understand.  And know that I would sincerely support you in an RfA because I do think you'd make a great admin and I think it for later down the road, like Wehwalt said, but you'll get there. Malke  2010  02:06, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Malke. And these are WP:CSD's, WP:BLP's and WP:AFD's.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  02:19, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. Please explain why these are needed to be successful in an RfA.  Thanks. Malke  2010  03:11, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

How much do you want to bet that I will not even get a neutral? (much less than a support)-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  00:22, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Forget all that, just write stuff - what are yuo intending to push to GA next? Casliber (talk · contribs) 04:24, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Battle of Hannut - is already nominated by me. It's still awaiting a reviewer.-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk  11:23, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll have a go reviewing it. Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:40, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Good Article
Hey CE, I'm not going to be able to work on the good article right now (probably not until summer), like I said, but I'm thinking of also trying to start and article on Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet. -The Untamed  Beast  06:25, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * OK then.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  11:23, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Gembloux Gap
Please note that the Gembloux Gap battle was a part of the Battle of Belgium, not the Battle of France. Cheers. Dapi89 (talk) 17:47, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh yes, sorry about that.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  21:46, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

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German submarine U-241 (1943)
I'm afraid the above article was promoted before the end of round one, meaning you can't claim for it in round two. Your other submission looks legit, but I'm afraid I've had to remove this one. J Milburn (talk) 10:37, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, sorry about that. :) I keep of forgetting that my time is different from the time that Wikipedia uses. I was only a few hours away too. Oh well. Thanks for letting me know.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  11:36, 3 March 2010 (UTC)

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Vandalism!
Hey, my Userpage just got vandalized! I reverted the edits, and found out it was by an unregistered IP address, namely this person, so, what should I do next? Leave a warning on their talk page? -The Untamed  Beast  19:55, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's probably GolfFanatic again. No harm in warning, but theyll probably not edit from that IP again anyway.   —  Soap  —  19:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I was wrong.  — Soap  —  20:57, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Eh, that username doesn't even seem to exist... -The Untamed  Beast  19:59, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * User:ScienceGolfFanatic; see Sockpuppet_investigations/ScienceGolfFanatic/Archive for more info.  —  Soap  —  20:02, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * And Jakkinx needs to update his userpage as he is not very much retired. December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 02:56, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh whatever. I'm semi retired.  I'll get around to changing it eventually. -The  Untamed  Beast  23:52, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey
Hi CE, I'm looking over German Type UB I submarine and finding it to have potential. I saw on Malleus' talk page that you are interested in getting it to FA, but mentioned you wanted to work on GAs and DYKs. Once I finish an article I'm preparing for FAC, would you like me to help you out? I think the article looks to be of a good quality, and needs, as most GAs do, considerable work to get to FA, but it's definitely "got the chops" to be an FA. Best,  ceran  thor 21:56, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well of course I'll help. I was going to attempt an FAC myself but I've never done one. So perhaps we can do a joint nomination of this article and get it to FA status together. Ever since Bellhalla left, there's been no one to look after the article so I jumped it. However, Malleus did point out a few obvious mistakes that needed to be corrected in order to get it to FA status. So long story short. Yes, I will. Now do you need any help for your other article that your working on?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:03, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope, I'm okay, thanks! I'll try to get to the article later tonight.  ceran  thor 22:04, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok then, just contact me when your ready to help out fully with the article. Good luck on your other FAC.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:08, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If you want me to look at an article before you submit it to FAC, let me know. I just finished Canadian federal election, 1957 which I'm going to submit to FAC after I get a peer review or two.  Four days' hard work.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:11, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You can go ahead Wehwalt. Thanks for the offer.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:12, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, I'll look at it this weekend. Milhist isn't my area, but I'll look at it.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:36, 5 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. All of the info is there. We just need to fix a few mistakes in the wording of the article.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:40, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

World War II: pass

 * I'm gonna die. I did it, I really did it!!!!-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  04:56, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Oh my God!!!
The GA for WWII just passed!! My life is complete! At last.... (Im soooo freaking out right now) LSF, and all the other stalkers who helped out. WE DID IT!!! We brought up one of the toughest articles to GA status. (I must be dreaming)....-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  04:55, 6 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Good job :) Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 05:10, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm still in shock....-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  05:11, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, sorry that I went off the deep end people but you have to understand, I have been literally dreaming about this day for, oh say, about a month and 1/2. I'm done freaking out now. (Though I'm still in shock)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  05:32, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, I'll break my retirement to congratulate you: Congrats! :-) -- Zoo Fari  06:12, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Very well done Coldplay! I could never imagine me getting a GA, congratulations. Nice to see my barnstar getting used lots - Kingpin13 (talk) 07:48, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Whoah...I hate to use a cliché, but...I don't know what to say. This is good, verry gud, though I'll be bored now... Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  13:36, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, Spongefrog. Now we can work on something else.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  19:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay. (BTW, I stole some of your userpage. Hope you don't mind), Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  19:04, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. Now I've got to see what we should work on next. Battle of Hannut is on hold until Dapi gives us the go ahead to continue the GAN so any other ideas?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  19:06, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Uh, not really. Sorry. I've never heard of half these articles. Or...well, we've done World War II...how about World War I! Nah, that's too much...not your area of expertise, is it? Really, it's up to you. The stuff I do's generally the same on every article anyway, Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  19:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You don't even need to re this if you don't feel like it. I'll just stalk your contribs over the next few days, Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  19:14, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * We could get started on WWI if you are up to it. I have a few sources and we'll just have to fix up the citations and images. I'll begin looking over the images and making sure that everything has a proper citation.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  19:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Other than WWI, any other ideas?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  19:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Well done! Congratulations!--Wehwalt (talk) 22:37, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you Wehwalt. But now we're stuck on what to do next. We'll probably work on getting Battle of the Netherlands to GA status next, but we need it to be in either American or British English, and we'll need a lot more sources and copy-editing.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:42, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It can be in either, as you know. There's always another project to work on.  Try a biography sometime, you have the advantage of it not being nearly as open ended as something like WWII is.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:56, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah but I don;t have any interest in BLP's. I don't know what I'm going to do. Ceranthor said that we'll get German Type UB I submarine to FA status when he finishes another article of his, but I'm stuck until he gets there.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:59, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Plenty of dead people in history. I agree, BLPs are a pain.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, what next?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  23:13, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Whatever you like. You have your own interests.  But if something catches your eye, check out to see if there's a decent WP article on it, and if there isn't, make it so.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:25, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That's the issue. I can't source anything. Hey, I got an idea. Can you go on over to Battle of the Netherlands and do some copy-editing for us? I'm not the best at that since my spelling is terrible. I'm expanding the lead right now as well.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  23:32, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, will work on it tonight. I don't see why you can't source anything.  I rely heavily on books in my articles, and you must have access to at least a couple of libraries, and probably at least one is part of a consortium that allows for interlibrary loans.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:43, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh I have access to libraries. I just never go to them! Thanks for your help, Wehwalt.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  23:45, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * They do have their uses ... I'll do some editing tonight. I did see some typos at a quick glance.  That suggestion about using firefox and its built in spellcheck isn't that bad an idea, really ...--Wehwalt (talk) 23:50, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well Im using what sources that I do have to fix up the article. And I know. I'm just not in the position to do that right now. You'll have to bear seeing every other version of "the" being spelled "teh" for a while.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  23:55, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. I added languages to the references, but will wait to make any other changes until you've finished.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)--Wehwalt (talk) 00:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm just adding in Shirer to a few sentences. I'm sure we won't edit conflict each other. You can start now if you'd like.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  00:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

(outdent) I've made a few changes and will continue. Really, I would suggest that you look for a more recent source on Dutch actions pre-1940. The source you have now was published before the Dutch really looked more closely at their own actions in the 1930s. They had problems, for example, because a fair number of Dutch were pretty sympathetic with the Nazi movement. It is not a simple subject.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:39, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, but what do you mean by that?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  00:41, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What I mean is that the reasons De Jong state why the Dutch government acted as it did may be presented rather differently if you got a book on Dutch history say from the 1980s. Incidentally, I will just have to nibble around the edges, I don't think I can do a full copyedit because I am afraid of changing the meaning of sentences.  I will do what I can though.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That article has serious writing issues. Bluntly, I think much of it was written by someone who was not a native English speaker and who does not grasp the intricacies of the language.  I'll clean up a bit, but frankly, it needs heavy work by someone knowledgeable in the field.  Keep in mind too, that foreign language words need to be italicized.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:19, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I know, but we can fix it up, right?-- Coldplay Expért Let's talk 01:21, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it really needs someone to do it with the sources in hand or else familiarity with the subject matter. I'm not always certain what is meant because my familiarity with military matters is limited and I don't own those books.  It can be fixed, I guess, but it is going to take careful work on someone's part to make sure the rewritten text fairly represents the sources.  I felt the criticisms at GAN were dead on point.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Congrats. m:Katerenka (d) 00:41, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you Kate. :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  00:43, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 00:47, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Belated thank you. :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  00:48, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm going to bake you a cake. You're an amazing Wikipedian. Malke  2010  02:03, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Uh...Malke I'm pretty sure that I won't be able to eat it. We live on opposite ends of the nation...-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:07, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Congrats CE, that's a huge accomplishment! Throwaway85 (talk) 10:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

tech question
Hi Coldplay, I've wanting to color the bird on my talk page green for St. Paddy's Day and I don't know how or even if that is possible. Maybe he just comes as a rainbow. Would it be appropriate to put up the help sign or do you know about these things? Thanks, Malke  2010  19:21, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, Malke. You can't really color those things green; that's how they were uploaded. In order to make it green you'd have to upload a new one. (very hard)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  19:22, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Coldplay. I was afraid of that.  I saw a shamrock somewhere among the country flags but I can't find that page again, and believe it or not I can't find any other shamrock image on wikipedia.  If you search for shamrock you get a picture of an Aer Lingus jet.  Weird. Malke  2010  20:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

Go search "shamrock" on Commons. I saw a couple of graphics.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:39, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Malke 2010, here's one. December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 23:35, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Guys, that was sweet of you to look for that for me. Malke 2010  02:09, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Proposed Username change
To all stalkers, I am thinking about changing my username to User:1.36. What do you all think?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  01:02, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The software will not let you create a username of all numbers. m:Katerenka (d) 01:21, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, if you go through CHU, nothing's forbidden ... we recently had someome change his name to 4, for example.  —  Soap  —  19:44, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * There is an account named 7. December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 19:58, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Noooo. but there's a period in it. So does that help?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  01:46, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I like the new look of your user page. Malke 2010  02:04, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well thanks. I may find a better background image though.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:08, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I briefly considered changing my username, but decided against it. IMHO, it can be a bit disruptive, especially as you are an established user. And 1.36...I may be going of on a tangent here, but (bear with me) it's hard for me to familiarise with a set of numbers. It's like...I can't explain it. I'd view you as a robot. This is just me, ignore me if you have to. If you do decide to change, keep the colours of your signature for a while after you change, that should help with recognition stuff, Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  20:05, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah. I understand why you'd think I'm a robot, but it's better than my current name isn't it? Anyway, I guess that I will not change it for now.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  23:30, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, I hate my current name. It's very childish if you know what I mean. How about User:Politik?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  00:29, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't strike me as childish. Coldplay appeals to somewhat older folks than Hannah Montana, you know!  And expert mans you've gone to some trouble.  It is not unknown for adults to be music fans, I should add.  Change it if you don't like it, but that's not a reason.  When I first heard it, I assumed adult, not teen.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:26, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

What about (gasp, shock, horror) your real name? I have used mine online for 15 years, though when I made my account on WP I guffed and forgot to put in the space between my first and second names....Casliber (talk · contribs) 02:45, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That's not going to happen – ever.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:52, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Some nickname you've been given then? Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:22, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Why not just Coldplay then. Sounds cool. Like Cold Play ? Fainites barley scribs 09:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Blatant copyright vio ;) Throwaway85 (talk) 10:21, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Meh. Two innocent little words :) Fainites barley scribs 11:27, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Throwaway's right. I don't think that I should change it to that. I already gave you all two other suggestions.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:54, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I've made up my mind. I'm going to change it to User:Politik. It has a better ring that what my current name is and it sounds less "retarded" than Coldplay Expert. Now what should my signate be....-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:54, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

What??? A name change??? What's wrong with Coldplay Expert? How does it sound childish? I'm going to oppose this.  Nerdy Science Dude :)  (✉ click to talk • my edits • sign) 05:01, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Politics?Abce2 (talk) 06:09, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's the name of the opening track of of AROBTTH. One of my personal favorites, and it actually means "politics" in German.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  11:32, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Polly tick Somewhere there's a gallery made by a user of the cleverest and most artistic user names. Can anyone remember where it is? Fainites barley scribs 18:41, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Politik collides with an active de.wiki user. The bureaucrats will probably not allow you to usurp this name because it would give you a better claim to the SUL than the German user who has been editing longer. –<b style="font-family:verdana; color:black;">xeno</b><sup style="color:black;">talk 18:47, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Now, what are the chances of me editing over at the German Wikipedia? So now I guess I'll just keep my name until I can think of better one.-- Coldplay Expért  <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:44, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, considering your recent tendency to create/expand German U-boat articles maybe you would edit there to update interwiki links? In any case, it isn't specifically a colission on de.wiki I'm talking about - but moreso the actual global SUL account. Although de:User:Politik has not yet enabled SUL, if you were to take over en:User:Politik, you would be navigating yourself into a position whereby you would have a better claim over the global name (having more edits) - even as the de user has been using it for longer. See Bureaucrats' noticeboard/Archive 18 for a recent discussion on this. –<b style="font-family:verdana; color:black;">xeno</b><sup style="color:black;">talk 17:46, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Can I ask permision from the German guy to use his name instead?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  17:48, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure...as long as he doesn't care that you would be taking claim of the global account, the bureaucrats would probably allow you to take the name. But you wouldn't be able to use it at de.wiki unless he vacated his name there too. –<b style="font-family:verdana; color:black;">xeno</b><sup style="color:black;">talk 17:51, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't care. I don't speak German.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  17:53, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It appears that the German wiki user Politik has ignored my question. So I'm going to request a user name change without his reply since he will likely never give me one.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:11, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's possible he just didn't understand the machine translation. =) You'll have to choose a different name in this case, one that doesn't collide with another active Wikimedian. –<b style="font-family:verdana; color:black;">xeno</b><sup style="color:black;">talk 12:52, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Battle of the Netherlands
Hi Coldplay Expért! Thank you for adding the maps! A few changes are still necessary (e.g. Southern Flevoland and Eastern Flevoland didn't exist at the time) but the essentials are there. Maps will enormously improve the article. I know we were — in the same context of improving the article :o) — asked to let the refs coincide with the punctuation. But that doesn't necessarily mean the full stops. Placing a footnote at a comma etc. is perfectly alright. When I put a reference in the middle of a sentence, there usually was a very cogent reason to do so, e.g. to source precise words that otherwise might be taken for POV or to source exact data. I saw you provided an equivalence in dollars for the defence budget. However, unless we have precise 1939 data for the dollar-guilder exchange rate, giving some exact number is very misleading (apart from the fact you multiplied where you should have divided ;o).

Greetings, --MWAK (talk) 14:28, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright then. Well I'll have to fix up the mistakes that were attributed to me. Perhaps we can get this to GA status some time this year. Anyway, thanks for clearing that up.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  23:32, 7 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I was wondering if the maps accurately represented the geography of interwar Netherlands but wasn't sure. Frankly, I would be very concerned about the stylistic issues in the prose of that article.--Wehwalt (talk) 23:45, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well why don't we get to work on that then? Right now I'm working on German U-boat Bases in Norway.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  01:28, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey wehwalt, is that article of mine ready ot be moved to the main page yet?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  01:53, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Battle of the Netherlands? I thought I explained, while I am willing to go through and change a few things, it is going to take someone who either has the refs or is familiar with the subject matter to really give it a good going through.  I'm afraid that if I change stuff, the meaning will change.--Wehwalt (talk) 01:57, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No, no no. I mean User:Coldplay Expert/Sandbox2!-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  01:58, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Generally looks solid. I found a few typos, likely there are more but I probably won't get to go through it in detail until tomorrow.  Check your facts about all German forces surrendering on 8 May, if I recall correctly, the Channel Islands did not surrender until a few days later and those troops "guarding" the Flensburg Government remained armed until I think the 21st.  You might want to rephrase to make it more fuzzy there.  DYK I assume?--Wehwalt (talk) 02:10, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah it's a DYK. I hope to make this my first written GA some time in the future. But I'll get to the typos and as for the dates, May 8th was the day that "Nazi Germany" surrendered, not the Flensburg govt. I plan on making sever more like this one. Such as German U-boat Bases in France, ect...-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:45, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Dang, you've been busy with articles. Anyway, want to just let "what happened" just go back in the past? My conscience (hate the thing) won't let it go.Abce2 (talk) 21:57, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I see your busy and what-not, cheers, Abce2 (talk) 02:53, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh. I'm sorry, Abce2. What do you want to say to me?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:57, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm just going to copy and paste to save time, "Anyway, want to just let "what happened" just go back in the past? My conscience (hate the thing) won't let it go."Abce2 (talk) 02:59, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What are you talking about?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  03:00, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I got, er, "yelly".Abce2 (talk) 03:02, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh, I... No, I don't remember...-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  03:03, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Huh, it was on the 31 of January, but your archive only goes to the 29. Huh.Abce2 (talk) 03:08, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Query
Can any of my 80+ stalkers please help me make my userboxes transparent? Thanks in advance.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  11:54, 8 March 2010 (UTC)


 * And if any of your stalkers know the answer to this, I'd appreciate it: When you're vandal fighting with Twinkle, does the system automatically put the vandalized page on your watchlist?  If so, can you stop that?  I like fighting the vandals, but my watchlist is getting a bit long.  Thanks. Malke  2010  02:12, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I recommend applying for rollback. Hpowever, to answer the question, it is possible to avoid automatically watchlisting the articles, if you add some Javascript code to your .js page.  Info is available at Twinkle/doc.   But personally, I prefer to just use rollback.   —  Soap  —  03:07, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Soap. How do I get rollback?  And what's the difference?  Thanks.  Malke  2010  08:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Hello, Coldplay. . . Malke 2010  03:02, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ANYONE?....I know that it's possible, but I can't seem to get it to work. I'd like for my UBXs to be transparent so you can actually see the conning tower on the U-boat. Thanks.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:52, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Okay, I think know how. You have to copy the whole userbox text and tweak it a bit. I'll get on it now, if I can manage (I'll do it later if I don't now), Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  18:00, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Aw, crap. I probably won't be able to do it today. IRL stuff. If anyone else wants to give it a shot, there's an example at User:Jakkinx/UserPage. Apologies, Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  19:30, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Another example is my userpage which has transparent userboxes. December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 21:47, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hey CE, I can make your UBXs transparent for you, if you want. I can't do it today because of a bunch of stuff IRL but let me know if you would like me to do it later in the week.- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign!  17:49, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure. As long as they look the same and are see-through. Thanks, Jakknix.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  21:38, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I finished Spongefrog's page. I'll be starting on yours soon.- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign!  07:17, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

No copyright tags
You forgot to add copyright tags to File:Invasion of the Netherlands 1.PNG and File:Invasion of the Netherlands 2.PNG that I saw you uploaded recently. I'm sure you know how to fix that. Cheers ww2censor (talk) 05:08, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

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Let it go
Leave the ANI thread be; this cannot go well. Ironholds (talk) 03:10, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Then why do you fuel the flames?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  03:11, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If you haven't noticed, I've stopped doing anything. However, if you try and revert again I have no qualms with asking for a block. Consider this your 3RR/edit-warring warning. Ironholds (talk) 03:13, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * And I have no problems asking for a CU and nabbing HalfShadow or Fred as that IP. You cannot scare me!-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  03:14, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not trying to scare you, and I have no affiliation with either of them. I'm just pointing out that you're edit-warring, and "being right" doesn't change that. If I was trying to scare you I'd be shouting "OOGA BOOGA BOOGA!" while wearing a funny mask. Ironholds (talk) 03:16, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If I get blocked before that IP, I'll quit this place. This is wrong for an obvious sock to do that. Next edit I see from that IP, I'll ask for a CU.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  03:18, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, you have a problem with the idea that you might get blocked for edit-warring? Ironholds (talk) 03:20, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If I'm editwarring with an IP sock then yeah. Look at that IP's contribs. He was a troll and a sock.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  04:02, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * As previously said, "I'm in the right" is not a defence. If you are in the right, leave others to revert. And you've been here for almost a year now? Ironholds (talk) 04:47, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Um no. I was revertign vandalism and that is an exception to the 3RR.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  04:58, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It was trolling, which is a form of vandalism, and the IP was finally blocked for the next day or so, once an admin caught on to what was happening. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 05:02, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Rewriting copyvios
In response to this comment: Yes, you can rewrite the article in your sandbox. However, I strongly advise you to rewrite the article from scratch instead of making alterations in the sentences. Note that the structure of a text can be copyrighted as well, not just the language. Please let me know once you've finished your rewrite. Regards,  The left orium  18:31, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Once I sort this copyvio issue out. I'll get back to totally rewriting that article. Then I'll ask the other revisions to be deleted.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  18:33, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright, sounds good. :)  The left orium  18:34, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

German submarine U-162 (1941)
Malleus is right: this is a good learning experience. Sorry, I didn't go through the history of U-162 to see who added what (which is irrelevant), but at the moment the phrase "remained at large" still exists which is directly from the source. You can either enclose it in quotation marks and keep the wording as is, or give it a complete reword. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 19:10, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fixed the problems. (These are interesting little articles...) Truthkeeper88 (talk) 20:27, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Added some more changes. According to this page U-162 was built in Bremerhaven which I've changed. You have her home port as Kiel - perhaps the boat was moved later? At any rate, you might want to check the facts, but I suspect it's correct now. I've intentionally left a red link in the lead - it might be interesting to write an article about the ship yards in Bremenhaven. Striking the sentence: it's a redlink because I'm a lousy typist! Truthkeeper88 (talk) 01:17, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, Truthkeeper. :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  02:04, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

German submarine U-804
I've had a good look through U-804, and I've made a few changes that hopefully you'll approve of. I have to say that it does encourage me that you have no need to be copying and pasting from uboat.net, you can do it on your own. Your "stories" of the patrols from the scanty details given by the maps on that site prove you can do it. No more copy and pasting, eh? --Malleus Fatuorum 00:12, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and you're correct. Can you also help me out with User:Coldplay Expert/German U-boat bases in occupied France? That really needs some re-wording!-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  01:58, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

BO Belgium
Okay. But sometimes wikipedia tends to pull articles apart to satisfy its own regualtations at the expense of what is factual, and correct terminology etc. I believe it is concise enough. But if drastic changes are made, I think a delist should be made. I'd rather see the article the way I intended it at GA rather than otherwise at Featured. This is why I never tend to submit articles for FA. Dapi89 (talk) 12:53, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  13:51, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

Your Participation at Mysdaao's RfA
I noticed that you were one of eleven in the opposition to Mysdaao. Please explicate why you voted "oppose". I wish to gather more information on the opposes than "per Collectonian and Pedro". Did you agree completely with everything Collectonian and Pedro wrote? Please paraphrase the parts of their discussion with which you agreed. I do not wish to see an ad verbum reproduction of their comments. In other words, please use your own words. Thanks, and I look forward to your response. LordPiratez (talk) 04:49, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well I guess that "per Pedro and Collectonian" is not very informative. In most cases, I would have supported but since you are only a few days old here and yet you seem to have a wide knowing of several of Wikipedia's tricky functions, well...that makes me a bit uneasy. I'll try to AGF but I also think that the answer to question 5 is a bit odd as well. I hope that this answers your question and I hope that I don't come off as WP:BITEY to you :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  10:13, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I understand what your concern is with my precocious start here. But, could you provide some of "Wikipedia's tricky functions"? I have already explained how I learned to Fastily, but they continue badgering me, at least until Beeblebrox saved me. It does not offend me that you are not satisfied with his question to #5, but what offends me most is when people oppose based on the nomination. You are certainly not "biting the newcomer", so I appreciate that dearly. Thank you for replying, and I look forward to another response. Thank you, LordPiratez (talk) 15:18, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * NO problem. I like to make things crystal clear to people who need an answer that involves me. By tricky functions, I mean writing articles in general. When I first joined back in July of '09, I did nothing but talk and Myspace. Now I have 3 GA's and several DYK's. So, the fact that you learned the ropes very fast made me a bit confused. I don't think that your a sock though. I'll AGF on that matter. I never oppose based off of a nom; that's just plain rude and is like spitting in the face of the nominator.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  21:37, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * De integro I reply. Thank you for answering my question so speedily. I now understand more clearly your concerns. I commend you for getting your act together and not using Wikipedia as a social networking outlet but contributing quality material. Your accomplishments of three good articles and several Did You Knows astound me, and I congratulate you Smiley.svg. Also, I thank you for assuming good faith – it truly makes me feel much better knowing that someone on Wikipedia besides Mysdaao understands my feelings. Though you have such experience with Wikipedia and getting your articles to certain milestones, a contrario you seem to have trouble grasping the knack of spelling and grammar. May I offer my assistance if you need it? Well, that's all I have to say. If you have anything more or want to accept my help, please feel free to continue posting here or contact me on my talk page . LordPiratez (talk) 18:34, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well thank you very much. I try to AGF as much as possible, and I know that there are rare people like you that get the hang of things very fast. I always love it when people fix my spelling mistakes. I seem to have disgraphia or something along those lines. Thanks for the reply. That was very nice, the thing about the GA's and DYK's. :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  23:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you for a thoughtful reply. I hope that when I get as experienced as you, my enthusiasm will be tantamount to that of you as we speak. Referring back to Mysdaao's RfA, which did not go as well as I thought it would, is the entire regnum of Wikipedia flooded with such "drama", as Kevin Rutherford puts it? Forasmuch as we are both talented at certain aspects of writing an encyclopedia, why not fuse our talents, your writing articles and my cleaning up after your spelling or grammar mistakes? How people talk of you is no doubt a meiosis – your contributions are so valuable and please know that I admire your skill. So many people are pococurante, even antagonistic, about your contributions. Treat it all as poppycock. Oh this vale of disagreement! I've been on Wikipedia for a little over a hebdomad, and I have never seen someone serving qua a good example as you. Again, if you want to take up my offer of you and I working cooperatively and in tandem (Verisimilarly, it will work well.), please let me know. I look forward to working with you! LordPiratez (talk) 15:16, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well I would love to :) However, I must inform you that most of my edits are to German U-boats and the Western Front of WWII. I have about 2-3 people who watch my contribs and fix my spelling mistakes but I can always use. More. And yes, there are several people that well do not like me to say the least. I've been called a sock, "slack jawed and drooling" an "admin wannabee", and even a "Nazi" at one point or another. (Though the last one came from a vandal) Most of these were born out of my Myspacey edits when I first joined back in July of '09. Now I average about 1,700 edits a month and 50-75% of them are to articles. I'll be looking forward to seeing your edits to my new articles.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  21:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It will be a pleasure working with you. Thanks, LordPiratez (talk) 21:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I have fully proofread your talk page. I would like to give you few tips, so that you will understand spelling and grammar more clearly. Many of your mistakes involve the misplacement of certain letters. For example, in one place, you typed "yuo" instead of "you". Same goes for "ovbious". More tips follow:
 * Remember how to place apostrophes in possessives or contractions. One place, you wrote "your" when you really meant "you are". Remember place an apostrophe, making the word "you ' re". Otherwise, the word would mean "belonging to you". Furthermore, remember where in the word to place an apostrophe. For example, you typed "is'nt". The word should be "isn ' t"
 * When using the present continuous tense with verbs that end in an "e", remember to omit the "e" when adding "ing". For example, you wrote "makeing" instead of "making".
 * You frequently use the phrase "a lot", though you always omit the space, making it one word.
 * A common typo is to have the last letter of a word be tagged onto the front of the next word. Exempli gratia, you wrote "possibl ebut I can't seem to get it to work" when you meant "possible, but". Notice the comma I added. This segues us into the next tip.
 * When the second independent clause in a sentence begins with a coordinating conjunction (and, but, so), a comma is needed before the coordinating conjunction. For example, you wrote, "I'm sorry but what do you mean by that?" A comma is need right before "but".
 * Also, you have many comma splices, the use of a comma between two independent clauses. For example, you wrote. "I'm sorry Malke, you can't really color those things green that's how they were uploaded." A period and capitalization of the next letter of the next word or a semicolon is needed to replace the comma.
 * When you are directly addressing someone, remember to place a comma before their name or after their name according to where the content you want them to know is placed. For example, you wrote "Thank you very much Truthkeeper". This should be "Thank you very much, Truthkeeper. I hope that this mini-lesson will help you catch mistakes in grammar and spelling and become an even more respected editor. Let me know if this was helpful. LordPiratez (talk) 18:02, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well thank you LP. I never knew that my own spelling was that bad. Anyway, I need to try and type slower so that I don't make that many mistakes. Anyway, thanks :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:19, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

UBXs
I responded to your "Query" topic. Yes I could make 'em transparent, but I can't do it today. Maybe in three days?- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign! 17:51, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Meh, responded again.- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign! 07:19, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Btw, I want to rename my sandbox, but I'm a little uncertain of how to do that. Do I just use the move button?- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign!  07:35, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Move it to the desired title and then db-u1 the redirect. m:Katerenka (d) 07:49, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Larry Dell Alexander
WOW Coldplay! Looks like this article is ready for the main page. Take a look. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.27.65.83 (talk) 16:43, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well thank you! That was very nice of you to fix this up :) It's almost ready but the external links need a bit more work. Try to take a look at some of my DYK's and see if you can fix them up a bit. If not then I'll go ahead and make the changes :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  23:22, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Looks like somebody already did it. In fact, Looks like there's been four or five contributors since I started making edits. That's good I guess. Looks like they've done a pretty good job. I Hope it works for you. You can check it and make sure everythings right.99.60.209.247 (talk) 17:24, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, IP. I've moved the article and nominated it for a DYK. You deserve credit for this as much as me :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  21:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Hi Coldplay. I saw this article on DYK, took a look, and came away a bit perplexed. I think you should have a look at all the sources. Also, just a funny feeling, but this article is strangely over-linked and just somehow seems off, as though somebody's playing games with you. Anyway, a head's up that you should take a closer look at the work that's been done. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 21:33, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You're right, Truthkeeper. Can one of you all try to fix some of them? I am very busy right now....-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  21:38, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm logging off at the moment. I'd suggest delisting for now until you have time to sort it out.Truthkeeper88 (talk) 21:47, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Very well. I shall move it back.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  21:48, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

I see it tagged for speedy deletion, per WP:CSD, but from the history you are not the only contributor so it isn't clear that G7 applies (unless you vouch that you are all three of the IP addresses that edited). Did you just want it moved back to userspace over the existing redirect? Since you just moved it today, I think I could move it back without it being a big deal. --RL0919 (talk) 22:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry about that. I just want it moved back. I'm not the IP's that have edited, but I'm only moving it back to my userspace to allow them to work on it some more. Thanks.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:23, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Done. The mainspace name is empty, so you should be able to move it back again whenever you are ready. --RL0919 (talk) 22:27, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey White Shadows take a look at the references now and tell me what you think```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.60.209.247 (talk) 13:50, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well It's alot better. I'll have to ask for a second opinion before I move it. Thanks :)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 21:02, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Hey I fixed the overlinking situation. Sorry! I'm new at this and wasn't aware of the overlinking guidelines99.60.209.247 (talk) 11:56, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Much better, thank you. I'm going to now ask for a second opinion on the article. Thanks a bunch IP :)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 17:16, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Sounds good. I think we've done enough to make it stay this time. Let me know if I can do anything else. I think I'm starting to enjoy this a little.99.60.209.247 (talk) 09:36, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

How's it going White Shadows? Did you get a second opinion on your article yet?99.69.190.50 (talk) 13:52, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

WOTD
Hey, are you still doing Wikipedian Of The Day? Because if you aren't, I've got a friend who might want to take over.- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign! 01:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I've still got it but it's discontinued. You can have it, but try to make it less Myspacey.-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  10:48, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Heh, I'm not gonna be managing it. My buddy will.  And once I'm fully back, I'm going to try to stop Myspacing...- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign!  03:19, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

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Happy St. Pat's Day, Coldplay. :D Malke  2010  22:57, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * And the rest of the day to you Malke :)-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  22:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Malke  2010  23:04, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

GA coauthor request
I am currently very backed up and am even unable to respond to my own GAC noms in a timely manner.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Alright then. Do you know where else I can get help on this?-- Coldplay Expért <sup style="color:#DC143C;">Let's talk  01:40, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Coordinator elections have opened!
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New username
White Shadows. That's a pretty cool name. I like it.  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ msg • changes) 01:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks.-- Whité Shadows you're breaking up 01:18, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I might change my username when I see a lot of sources (about 100) saying that say the world will not end in 2012. I might change it to "The Great Big Monster". December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 02:13, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Speedy rename
Sorry for being so speedy. I was in the middle of the rename when you said "nevermind". ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:09, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's ok. I was just going to wait and not bother you. Thanks :)-- Whité Shadows Let's talk 01:10, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's no bother. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:13, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Request to all
If anyone is up for it, if you ever find anything that says "Coldplay Expert", can you rename it to my current username? EX, Wikiprojects, and other things like that. Thanks.-- Whité Shadows you're breaking up 01:39, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Does this include my guestbook?  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ msg • changes) 01:42, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Does that fall under the category of "Anything"?-- Whité Shadows you're breaking up 01:43, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't sign guestbooks for other people. If you don't want it to say Coldplay Expert, then you can replace your signature.  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ msg • changes) 02:07, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * done, good night and if you can, start on replaceing everything in my userspace with my current name. (User names don't count so don't worry aobut them)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 02:10, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I like the new name. And the colors, very nice.  Good job. Malke  2010  03:55, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I like the new name also, and I know your name is the name of a song from the Coldplay album "X&Y". December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 04:07, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Well I did that on pourpose. I knew that it was a song (One of my top 3 favorite in the world) Too bad it was'nt a single. Now off of the myspaceing subject, what should my link to my talk page say? Right now it's a line from that very song.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 10:14, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to stop by and say that I like the choice you made for your name :). Happy editing. Kindly Calmer   Waters  08:55, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Yet another request
User:White Shadows/German U-boat bases in occupied France can someone go over to that page and copy-edit/reowrd the article from the Bergen section downwards? I left a hidden message in the Bergen section that shows who much I've done but there is still alot more to do untill I can move it into the mainspace. To entice you all, I'll give anyone who copyedits and rewords the article, the Wikiproject Ships barnstar.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 10:57, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of German submarine U-78 (1940)
Hello! Your submission of German submarine U-78 (1940) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Storye book (talk) 20:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Anyone up for it?
Does anyone think (or is anyone willing to review a GAN for..) that I can get German submarine U-2336 to GA class. It's even better than U-162 which I just got to GA yesterday.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 22:15, 19 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I can tell you now that there's a bullshit claim in there which will get it quickfailed, in "On 7 May 1945, U-2336 sank the last Allied ships lost in the war". The last Allied merchant ship sunk by enemy fire (as opposed to mines) was the Jack Singer, torpedoed on 10 August 1945, more than three months later. Even if you only include fighting ships, the USS Drexler (DD-741) was sunk on 28 May 1945 and the USS Callaghan (DD-792) on 28 July 1945, both well after 7 May. – iride  scent  22:46, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * First off, you don't have to be rude about it. U-2336 sank the last Allied Merchant ships in the war. By a German U-boat. Not war ships. You want me to reword it?-- White Shadows you're breaking up 22:54, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Absolutely; "last Allied merchant ship sunk in the war by a German U-boat" is a very different proposition to "last Allied ship sunk in the war". Can't see where I'm being rude, though; putting it through GAC with an untrue claim will get it quickfailed – that's not a value judgement, just a statement of fact. – iride  scent  23:01, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * White Shadows, remember, being frank is absolutely not throwing around personal attacks or incivility. As for the article, I'd ask someone for a copyedit just in case. I haven't looked at it, though.  ceran  thor 23:05, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Iridescent just seems to come off as a person who is mean to me. ("Slack jawed and drooling" ring a bell?) I've made it accurate and I'll ask for a copy-edit as well.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 23:07, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It may seem mean, but when you think about it, you're getting articles promoted because of suggestions made by others, and help provided by others, so don't complain too much. Iridescent made a valid comment; you've fixed the problem; now the article has a better chance of succeeding than earlier. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 23:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I know, and I thank Iridescent for helping me out with that but the way the he (am I correct) presented his comment to me was not that nice. Like I said, He's had a history of belittleing me. bu INHO, all water under the bridge now. No nees to keep beating the horse.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 23:31, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Nobody has an automatic entitlement to be treated "nicely"; the best we can hope for is that we're treated as we treat others. You obviously bear grudges though, which you need to put behind you. --Malleus Fatuorum 00:05, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fine, I agree however, being called "slacked jawed and drooling" is like spitting in my face. It is very hard to think of a harsher and crueler set of words to say. ID has not really shown that he thinks otherwise anyway. I don't bear grudges, rather I have a good memory.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 00:08, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * From my view an editor took the time to read an article you want to get to GA status which was nice (because they didn't have to, you know). Then they truthfully pointed out a problem. There's a difference between being truthful and nice, and in this case Iridescent did both. Be thankful. Truthkeeper88 (talk) 00:18, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fine, I guess that I am takeing this a bit too far. Sorry.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 00:22, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I could think of much harsher and crueler things to say without breaking sweat. I've been called much worse than you've ever been called here, but it's just sticks and stones, best forgotten. except for my all-time favourite: "you are a dick of porn star proportions". How could anyone possibly take exception to that? --Malleus Fatuorum 00:25, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * (Laughs) well ok Malleus. I guess that you have been called worse.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 00:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
 N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ msg • changes) 00:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you're willing to review New Mexico for GA. Go ahead.  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ msg • changes) 02:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

New Mexico
I have responded to some of your comments on Talk:New Mexico/GA1.  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ msg • changes) 21:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Battle of the Netherlands: Possible GA
Hi there! Just thought you might like to know that Battle of the Netherlands has received some copy editing and is a really good article. I invite you to review my work if you have time. Regards, -- Diannaa TALK 03:32, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. When I get some more spare time, I'll take a look.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 20:45, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes I do think it's time for the nomination. I was able to resolve both citation tags in the Aircraft section:  The first one called for a cite to the assertation of what proportion were byplanes.  Anyone can resolve this fact by looking at the preceding list of aircraft and doing the math, so I deleted that tag.  The second one was disposed of by finding a cite that stated that 125 were operational and modifying the text slightly to agree with the cited source.  I have also notified User:MWAK (a principal author, as you may recall) of my edits so he can do a fact-checking read-through.  -- Diannaa  TALK 22:55, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * He responded on the 23rd saying he would read it over, but I did not mention that it might be ready for GA. I don't know if he looked it over yet or not. I will follow up now and see what I can find out. -- Diannaa  TALK 23:04, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sometimes factual errors are accidentally introduced during the editing process and I was hoping he could give it a read-through for that purpose. -- Diannaa TALK 23:25, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

re: User:Krypton hydroxide
Hi there White Shadows, nice to hear from you :). Could you just point me to what makes this a duck case? And I'll be happy to block the email. Or if you've been receiving abusive email from Krypton hydroxide, I'll be happy to block it as well. Best, - Kingpin13 (talk) 21:13, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I've been reciveing abusive e-mails from him (SGF) for over 2 months now. He sent me another from that account. Next time, I hopefuly will not have to explain the situation. If you ever see anyone pagemove my stuff, is him. Thanks.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 21:18, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ consider setting up a filter if the emails are similar. Anyway, I'll keep your pages on my watchlist :). Best, - Kingpin13 (talk) 21:21, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I have set up a filter. How about this, can you move-protect all of my userpages (exept for sandboxes)? Please? That may solve the issue.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 21:22, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Great. As for the protection, I looked through all of your non-sandbox sub-pages, and none of them appear to have been subject to recent move-vandalism (with the exception of User:White Shadows/UBX today of course), so I wouldn't be able to justify a move-protection of all your sub-pages on the basis of one move. However, I'm not particularly knowledgeable of our protection policy, so feel free to ask another admin, I won't mind :D. Best, - Kingpin13 (talk) 22:01, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It's alright. I'll just wait untill next time to ask :)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 22:11, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If the user requests protection of pages in his own userspace, they are usually protected regardless of the lack of recent vandalism. For example, I have my talk page archives semi-protected because I don't want IP vandals to edit those pages. Since I requested protection for pages in my own userspace, they got protected. If White Shadows wants move protection applied to all of the pages in his userspace, they should be protected per his request.  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ msg • changes) 22:24, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I have to agree with NSD. Afer all, the only time that they would ever be moved would be in cases of vandalism. But if you do protect them, be sure to not protect my sandboxes (includeing my userpages that resemble articles, even if they are inactive)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 22:26, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, user pages are protected at the user's request if there is evidence of recent vandalism (WP:PP). Again, feel free to ask another administrator, but I won't be protecting them myself, - Kingpin13 (talk) 22:33, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Too much haste
It might be a friendly idea to allow an editor a few nano-seconds to correct a redirect to a mistyped link before splatting at db-r1 tag on it, like you did in this edit. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 22:57, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I apologise. Sorry, I did'nt know that you were trying to fix it :)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 22:58, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

User:Tasbian
Thanks for the vandalism work. FYI, please see Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement. Thanks, -- Cirt (talk) 02:00, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh don't mention it :) I'll put in some input there now.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 02:06, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you, -- Cirt (talk) 02:11, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

German U-boat bases in occupied France
Hi! In response to your question, I was not aware that there were copyright issues and I would not know what to look for in that respect. The article is in nice shape, but there needs to be linking of names of towns, countries, and people. The top half is pretty thoroughly linked, but it was late when I edited and I just wanted to get to the end. This article is well written and ready for the real wiki IMHO in all other respects. -- Diannaa TALK 02:37, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Later today, I'll take one more look over it and fix up and remaining issues then I'll move it into the mainspace.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 10:56, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Just saw the new username
Are you The White Shadow?--Wehwalt (talk) 16:59, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I think he's White Shadows (Coldplay Song) - Kingpin13 (talk) 17:05, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sigh. I was hoping that he'd realize that there are bands out there worth the following.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:11, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I thought it was in reference of The White Shadow also when I first saw it. Thought that was an interesting metaphor (but now know its for the song instead). Calmer   Waters  22:29, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * White Shadow's previous plans for a new username were also from Coldplay songs. See User talk:White Shadows. December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 22:47, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, it's true. Anyway, thanks CW for the remark a few threads above this one :)-- White Shadows you're breaking up 20:26, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

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What?
Why on earth did you change your name?- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign! 04:48, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Because I hated it, it was a name that a 12 year old would give themselves. This one is much...well mature.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 20:27, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hmmmm...it does seem more mature. However, I would advise changing the color scheme slightly...you seem younger with the one right now.  And maybe you might want to change you signature format, possibly add annother link?- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign!  21:31, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Nah. I'm good for now. ANd in case you have'nt noticed. I am very buisy IRL so I won't be on much until spring break.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 10:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Eh, me too.- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign! 20:55, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Woh
sence when are you called White shadows. man, I've been gone for longer than I thought. well, I'm going to go vandal fighting.-- Orange soda  kid  18:17, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * YOU'RE BACK!!!!- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign! 20:56, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * What are you still doing here? Yuo told me IRL that you left for good....-- White Shadows you're breaking up 20:59, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, get lost (kidding), Lord Spongefrog,   (I am Czar of all Russias!)  10:43, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
 * He just canceled his retirement (look at his userpage). December21st2012Freak   Talk to me at 23:44, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * what, can't a guy change his mind. I should tell you though, I'm not going to be as active as I used to be.-- Orange  soda  kid  23:12, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Talkback
- Jakkinx | Talk | Sign! 22:25, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Again. - Jakkinx | Talk | Sign!  23:49, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

U-boat.net
Hi, have you removed the material taken from this website from the articles you've seen it in? Nick-D (talk) 01:44, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * You mean copy-vios? Yes, I have begun to but I know that there are several articles that still contain word for word from the site. It is my understanding that we can still use it a regular source but since it is copyrighted, things muct be reworded and paraphrased. All of my articles have been fixed up but I'm certain that there are several more dormant ones that still require attention.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 17:46, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks for that Nick-D (talk) 06:47, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

User:Tungsten Ewaphospackate
Hi, I have blocked User:Tungsten Ewaphospackate from sending e-mails. Thanks for letting me know. Evil saltine (talk) 20:33, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Your welcome ;) If this ever hapens again, just block his e-mail. He's been doing this for (checks calender) about 3 1/2 months now....-- White Shadows you're breaking up 20:34, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

U-Boat GAN.
my apologies. It's mostly that I haven't had the time to get to it yet. I have this week off from school so I'll definitely get to it at some point in the next couple of days. My apologies for the minor wait. Cam (Chat) 02:06, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

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ScienceGolfFanatic Sockpuppet IPs
It appears that pages in your userspace, Jakkinx's userspace, and Orangesodakid's userspace have been vandalized by a couple of IPs. They even commented in your userspace someting about being your number one page-move vandal. Even though they are already blocked, should we still report them to WP:SPI?  N ERDY S CIENCE D UDE  (✉ message • changes) 20:50, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No we already know that they are socks. No need for an SPI.-- White Shadows you're breaking up 13:51, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 March newsletter
We're half way through round two, and everything is running smoothly. leads overall with 650 points this round, and heads pool B. currently leads pool C, dubbed the "Group of Death", which has a only a single contestant yet to score this round (the fewest of any group), as well five contestants over 100 points (the most). With a month still to go, as well as 16 wildcard places, everything is still to play for. Anything you worry may not receive the necessary attention before the end of the round (such as outstanding GA or FA nominations) is welcome at WikiCup/Reviews, and please remember to continue offering reviews yourself where possible. As always, the judges are available to contact via email, IRC or their talk pages, and general discussion about the Cup is welcome on the WikiCup talk page.

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