User talk:Wifione/Archive 2011 (January)

vandalism
To quote you "If I'm reading it right, you've bitten new contributing ips in the recent past and have in some cases warned them despite their edits not being vandalism. Unfortunately, due to your lack of understanding of the difference between vandalism and content dispute, you have left warning notes that are quite inappropriate, and which unfortunately have even contributed to ips being blocked." I would like to know which IPs I have warned incorrectly ? Bentogoa (talk) 11:24, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Whenever you resume editing, just drop a note here and I'll let you know. Kind regards.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  11:58, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

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a future RFA
Hows it going? Hey I would like to ask you if you would look over my account and give me some advice if you can what I could do to streanthen a future RFA. Please respond on my talk. Thanks TucsonDavid GOD BLESS THE U . S . A . 21:38, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi Tucson, I've left the reply on your talk page. Ask me if you need any help in understanding the details. Best.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  04:37, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

EAR
Hi Wifione. Since you got promoted recently to admin, I have seen you around a lot and have much appreciated your work. As one of only two or three regular contributors to EAR, I found your comment about EAR a bit unfair. Whether we choose to be admins, or to work in a help department, we are all volunteers and do our best by imparting some of the knowledge of the hugely complex Wikipedia policies and guidelines. Remember that this work also takes time away when we could be getting our own articles up to GA and FA. Perhaps, like one or two other admins, you could spare an occasional moment to drop in and lend a hand - you don't need to be a listed helper on the project. All the best for 2011 :) Kudpung (talk) 02:17, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Kudpung, my best wishes for you and your family for the new year. My apologies for any comment I might have left that might have put EAR in bad light. Yet, I do not recall any such comment. Could you kindly link me up to the diff so I'll know the indiscretion? It's lovely to have you here on my talk page. Cheers   Wifione   .......  Leave a message  04:10, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Itùs on your talk page here above at russians and its talk page. In  hindsight however, I may have been unfair, I thought  you  were referring to the EAR page as being in a mess, but perhaps, and more logically, you were referring to  the Russia page. My appologies. --Kudpung (talk) 04:21, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * As long as it makes you visit my talk page more often, it's alright :) Best wishes again.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  04:23, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, as I'm not an admin, if I see you are on line I might be dropping in now and again to ask a favour that I don't (yet) have the tools for ;) --Kudpung (talk) 04:35, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Anytime, every time, please do.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  05:14, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

HAPPY NEW YEAR
Dear Wifione, I wish all the best for you and your family.
 * ps. just wanted to remind you this. Please have a look atmy page. I have provided a list of my actions regarding this matter. Thanks. ***  in fact  ***   (contact)  05:53, 30 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Wishes to you and your family too dear In Fact. I've accepted your request too. Best regards.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  04:08, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you so much for trusting me. *** in fact  ***   ( contact )  09:15, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

GOCE Year-end Report
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re: rollback
Hi - oh, that's okay. I'm not one of those admins who gets upset over something like that. If I had known he'd already asked privately, I would have deferred to your judgment, although it makes a little bell in my head ring to learn that he asked in more than one place. With you as a mentor, I'm sure he'll do just fine. Thanks for letting me know. :-)  K rakatoa    K atie   21:25, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks Katie for the understanding. Best.  Wifione   .......  Leave a message  21:30, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry for this. But I think it's just a kind of misunderstanding. First I asked Wifione based on discussion before. Then waited for 3 or 4 days. Because I did not get a respond, Then I went forhere. As far as I know I have not done anything wrong or better to say I do my best not to make mistakes. BTW, I think Katie was not in good mood when she read my request. Or maybe she was angry. She made me really disappointed. I wish I had waited longer (2 more days) for you Wifione. But still I am happy, because you judged me based on my actions and you believe that I am good. Not all admins feel or act the same. Some of them are very hard taking, but some are easy taking. *** in fact  ***   ( contact )  05:44, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi In Fact, that's the exact kind of response that will ensure that you might be viewed negatively by other editors. Look, I mean good, so does Katie; and the community's trust has to be gained at various levels. You cannot disregard statements by other editors like Katie with a "I think Katie was not in good mood when she read my request." That is so not done. My view would be that you should from now on ensure that the points she has mentioned are kept in high regard and priority whenever you attempt to use rollback, a feature that should be only used while reverting clear vandalism. I'm there for help always, so are other editors; but your attitude has to be fantastically positive. Best regards.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  05:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I did not want to disregard her at all. See the point is I did just like what you said after you refused to grant me the permission for the first time. I even made a list in my page to make it easy for you. I would be glad if you check all my recent actions during the last 2 months to see whether I have done anything wrong or not. *** in fact  ***   ( contact )  06:00, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll assume that's equal to you saying that you'll not make any personal remark against any other editor, that you're sorry you said what you did sometime back against Katie, and that you'll be the best editor I've seen around :) Come back for any assistance; and please do not take this all negatively. Everybody's here to help. Best wishes and now start editing.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  06:04, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

happy new year!
A belated Happy New Year! I hope you're doing great! I will be sporadically active for at least a couple of months. Shiva  (Visnu)  03:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * For a user named as you are, that's quite a statement :):):):) Happy new year to you and your family too. Best.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  04:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Caleb Followill
What is happening to this article ?!!! Is there a way to roll back this article tothis point with one click ? *** in fact ***   ( contact ) 06:54, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I guess the ip editor did it himself. *** in fact  ***   ( contact ) 06:57, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you thought of trying to use tools like Huggle? Why don't you check the same out?  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  07:03, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi again. I hope you are satisfied now. Please observe all my actions. I love to be watched Wifione. As a matter of fact I do everything in my life as if I am being watched all the time. You know the greatest observer is GOD. (He is watching us all the time.) wish you all the best. *** in fact  ***   ( contact )  10:31, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm pleased you're happy about this. I'll be watching your actions for only some time, so as to guide you whenever I feel you might be confused about any action. Other than that, I'll allow you to make your own mistakes :) best.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  05:44, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

User talk:Supertechguy
This was a while ago, but not so long ago that it's not worth mentioning. I've unblocked this editor as they made a very believable claim that their username is a nickname representing them and that they set up a webpage under their nickname. It's cases like this (and, indeed, your own username!) that are the reason we should wait for the user to edit before deciding whether or not to block.Trying not to sound patronising, but also trying not to sound like I'm giving you a bollocking! Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124;  Penny for your thoughts?   03:15, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Anything for you :)  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  05:41, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Talkback
FYI Kudpung (talk) 05:13, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks Kudpung :) Given that even the author of the essay JClemens has particularly no view on whether the essay is kept or not (I had a discussion with him on his talk page a couple of days back or so), I've not reverted Aaron's change (although I've added back the footnote on the differentiation between BLP1E and BIO1E, which he had perhaps inadvertently deleted partly). Also, if you've noticed, Aaron's allowed the link to the essay remain within the page, albeit in another section. If you scroll down the Notability page, you'll see it still out there. So, kind of, no problem as of now. Cheers.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  05:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't doubt  for a moment  that  Aaron  does everything  in  GF, but  I've noticed a couple of odd things in  the past. he's left  a message for me on that  talk  page, but  it's only lmeft  me even more confused than ever! Oh, well, let  sleeping  dogz. Cheers, --Kudpung (talk) 06:31, 8 January 2011 (UTC)


 * And the battle continues there :)  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  12:41, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

more edit warring
Therequiembell & 70.164 have resumed edit warring (not approaching 3RR though), and have not made any attempt at communicating directly with each other, on the article talk pages, or to concerns expressed on TRB's talk page. I think perhaps an extended full protection of the pages concerned (there are numerous, see this, look at diffs) would be appropriate until there is communication. Regards, Spalds (talk) 21:03, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Let me check it out. Thanks for the note. Regards.  Wifione   <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  11:54, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Please edit the article on Russians and edit it correctly.
Hey! Please edit the article on Russians. It should state that " "Russian" itself is ethnicity and Russkiy and Russian are the same". The right version of the article: The English term Russians is used to refer to the ethnic Russians (russkiye (sg. русский, russkiy). While citizens of Russia, regardless of their ethnicity (see demographics of Russia for information on other ethnic groups inhabiting Russia); in Russian, are referred to as rossiyane (россиянин, plural rossiyane).

It is a common sense. Why don't you understand this? —Precedingunsigned comment added by 91.79.112.103 (talk) 23:58, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi there. Thanks for your note. I've left some details for you on the talk page of Russians. Write back if you need any further help. Regards.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  12:29, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

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Exit Through the Gift Shop
Hi, I need your help in here. I am not able to make sure whether the ip editors are right or not. Best wishes, *** in fact ***   ( contact )  10:16, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I've protected the page for three days from new and unregistered editors. What could you do?
 * Undo the changes and revert to the last correct version (your version). I'll do it for you this time.
 * Check the page for clear errors - for example, blog sites from wordpress and even blogs from New York Times are not acceptable. So remove these links and the statements that have been placed in the article referring to these blog sites.
 * Leave a note on the discussion pages of these ips to come down to the talk page of the article and discuss the correct version. Be open to their suggestions and engage them like a proactive positive editor. Come back for any further help.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  10:41, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok! I have done your 3rd advice when I undid it for the second time in my edit's description. I'll go for the 2nd one as you said. Thanks. *** in fact  ***   ( contact )  10:49, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Palin
Reverted your mistaken addition * Fyi. Kind regards. Wifione ....... Leave a message 21:31, 29 December 2010 (UTC) I thought I made it better but it looks like I forgot to delete part. It is still poorly written. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevinskogg (talk •contribs) 17:30, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about the mistakes; if you think you can make it better, go ahead and try it out. Don't get worried if other editors revert the changes or make changes to your edits. That's how a collaborative project like ours works. Write back for any assistance. Best regards.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  18:15, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Username
Hi. Just to make sure: did you put the same username notice on all the usernames that express support of athletic teams? I'd be surprised if there are fewer than a thousand. There's no policy against using one's username to root for a sports team; in fact, it's common practice. --jpgordon:==( o ) 17:52, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi JP. Good to see you here. Actually, the user name policy doesn't quite enumerate what you mention; and we generally go by community practice on what's right and what's wrong. If you notice my reply on NYyankees talk page (at the same moment you left a note out here), you'll notice that I'm more or less ok with your, and Case's perspective - thanks and best.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  17:56, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Username change
Thank you for your communication. I would like to comply with WP:RENAME and ask for a change in username. How do I go about this? I would like to change it to NedNW911. I have gone to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username and found no space where I can make known my request. Can you please advise? Thanks.NestleNW911 (talk) 19:02, 12 January 2011 (UTC) Thank you! I have sent my username change request.NestleNW911 (talk) 00:43, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi. I've replied on your talk page. Best.  Wifione   <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  23:18, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  01:17, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Refactoring my comments
I really don't think it was necessary to remove my mild profanity as you did here. In any case, I'd appreciate it if you notified me on my talk page when you remove parts of my comment like this. Thanks. Buddy432 (talk) 17:51, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Buddy, you're right on both accounts. My apologies for the latter and suggestion for the former that you could put it back if you so wish. Kind regards.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  18:01, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * No big deal. Thanks for replying. Buddy431 (talk) 23:00, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

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WikiPilipinas
I have been busy writing articles about Philippine subjects. I have run into some articles in WikiPilipinas. Is this site in any way associated with Wikipedia? Sometimes articles are on both sites word for word. Usually, however, there are vast differences, if articles even appear on both sites. Bill Pollard (talk) 08:26, 19 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Bill. No, the site WikiPilipinas is not associated with Wikipedia. As both sites use the same mediawiki software, and as WikiPilipinas perhaps wishes to piggy-saddle on the brand recall and positioning of Wikipedia, the similarities are quite blatant :) Take care.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  21:38, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Greeting
Hi Wifione. I hope you are fine and everything is ok. Wish you all the best. Regards, *** in fact  ***   ( contact )  12:52, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 * That's very kind of you to ask. Yes, I'm doing well. Thanks for asking. Hope your experiences at the project are giving you good knowledge. Best.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  21:20, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, I'm trying to do my best. But I won't forget that I always need your help and guidance, of course. *** in fact  ***   ( contact )  04:51, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

RfA
No problem, I can kind of see why you do. When I run again in a few months I hope I'll have proved my worth with the mop, and that you'll be one of the fist to support! Regards, GiantSnowman 15:29, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't lose heart yet. You just might make it this time itself. Kind regards.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  15:35, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi there, many thanks for your kind words - I'll definitely be running again in a few months. GiantSnowman 23:23, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Barnstar Awarded!

 * Oh my thank you very much Jusdafax! I have to confess, I was all along a borderline case in this RfA and in fact, I changed my !vote quite at the last hour to support. I would understand totally if you might wish to withdraw this barnstar in light of my delayed support to the RfA, but my appreciation remains wholeheartedly to the gesture. Tis rare and quite a great way to end one's evening :) My sincerest regards.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  04:35, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * However you had not changed it at the time you asked the 'crats to give further consideration. Also, your demeanor throughout the posts at the Rfa and the 'crat board have been exemplary, so I consider the barnstar well deserved.  I hand very few out, and when I do, I truly mean them! Jusdafax   05:52, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * One of the memorable moments for me, this. Jusdafax, thanks. See you around.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  05:54, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, at ITN no doubt, where you can vote against my nominations but not for them! ;D Jusdafax  06:05, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi
Hi Wifione, thanks for the link on HJ Mitchell's talk page. Also, I noticed that you ran for adminship and passed during September...a month where I was not active under this account or my alternate. Had I been active, I would have supported, so consider this a "late" support vote from me. Best. Acalamari 12:43, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sincerely honored Acalamari. Thanks and my regards.  Wifione   <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  16:14, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
 * You're welcome! Acalamari 16:32, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

ACC
Hi Wifione I requested reconsideration for ACC access i think I can be trusted with this tool even with my low edit count, but I have got no response can you help in any way? TucsonDavid GOD BLESS THE U . S . A . 05:07, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Did you talk to any interface administrator? The editors listed under the Admin section are the people you should be getting in touch with on their talk page. Write back in case they don't respond. Best.  Wifione    <sub style="font-size: 60%">....... <sup style="margin-left:-3ex"> Leave a message  16:16, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

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