User talk:Wifione/Archive 2012 (March)

RFA nomination request
Hello! I saw your name at WP:REQUESTNOM, and I would appreciate if you would take a look at my edits and tell me if you think I am ready for RFA or not. I have been a wikipedia editor for five years, and while my edit count is low (~5,000), I think my contributions have been significant - 2 GAs, over 100 articles created, around 1500 new pages patrolled, and also lots of categorizing, referencing, GA reviews, and so forth. Recently I have noticed a persistent backlog at CAT:CSD and I would like to help reduce it, so I am looking into becoming an admin. Thanks, --Cerebellum (talk) 01:48, 1 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry I couldn't respond for so long. Will look into this and respond by email. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 05:34, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Hello
Wifione, I think you should know about this andthis. --Vejvančický(talk | contribs) 08:39, 6 March 2012 (UTC) Are you Nichalp? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 10:42, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Vejvančický. Appreciate the note. Replied considerably. Do contact me for any further assistance. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 05:33, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Smokey. No, I'm not. Do write back for any other assistance. Best regards. Wifione  Message 19:16, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 20:31, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Wifione  Message09:49, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

done with 2nd chance
Thanks for the unprotect. As I went to edit it I realized I was mistaken -- I was confused because it references a notice only visible to blocked users. Please reprotect and apologies for the unnecessary work. Nobody Ent 13:16, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No problems at all. It's wonderful to see you around. Write back for any future assistance. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 13:19, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Potential Administrator
I just came across work of the vandal-fighter "User:Jim1138" today and don't see him on the Active Administrator list. Seems like someone who might be able to use the power tools... best, —Tim //// Carrite (talk) 18:13, 8 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note. I'll trawl through his contributions today and check his candidacy out. Please do keep referring possible admin candidates to me (or to any nominator). Your references are highly appreciated by me. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 03:13, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

hi
u get paid?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by110.175.30.77 (talk) 09:36, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Are you user Bignotebook5 by any chance? Wifione  Message 14:39, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Cratship
Hi there. Someone else has mentioned you at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship and I support them -are you interested? Regards, GiantSnowman 13:31, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi GS. Forget the crat thing, it's lovely to see you dropping by. How is the administration bit going on? Hope you're enjoying the stuff you're doing. Like I mentioned, great to see you around. Wifione Message 14:37, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure we can't twist your arm? Yeah it's going well thanks, taking it slowly but growing in confidence all the time. Hope you're well, keep safe, GiantSnowman 17:06, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * To you too, best always :)  Wifione  Message 17:16, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Star
Thank you. Of course, being diligent against vandalism takes time away from developing articles. Oh well, we do what we can. BollyJeff ||  talk  18:28, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * True. Whenever you might need admin assistance, do tell. Best. Wifione Message 18:15, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the message
Yes, I need to educate myself substantially more before I become an administrator. I am slowly working through the WP:ARL. Though, given my short attention span, I may have reached the height of my career. Thanks for the message. CheersJim1138 (talk) 10:35, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, the way you're going, you've got a lot of perseverance. There're many who'll guide you whenever you need help, including me. So don't hesitate to ask whenever you need help. Wifione  Message 17:08, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Handle-o-Meter (2nd nomination)
Hello. Willing to discuss this close? - Aaron Brenneman (talk) 07:56, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Of course. Please do tell. Best. Wifione  Message 17:15, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

St. Eugene Catholic Elementary School
Based on the comments made in Articles for deletion/St. Eugene Catholic Elementary School, could you please indefinitely fully protect St. Eugene Catholic Elementary School as it was before you deleted it? Otherwise, the attack/hoax content will just continue resurfacing. Could you also please delete St. Eugene's Catholic Elementary School (note the possessive s) and recreate it as a protected redirect, for the same reason that the original article was deleted? Thanks. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 13:53, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks for the note. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 17:23, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I noticed you took care of the issue with the possessive page using revdel. I'm completely okay with that, but could you please do the same to and as well? Thanks. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 18:51, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Done. Thanks again. Wifione  Message 05:03, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/UFC 140 (2nd nomination)
Given a number of the !vote keeps have been found to be users socking, can you re-look at the above re-list ? Mt king  (edits)  00:45, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually another person has already commented and I possibly cannot now reverse my relisting. So let it run for another few days and I'll see how it goes. Do please come back if any editor attacks you even slightly. There'll be an immediate long block. Best. Wifione  Message 13:10, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

TUSC token 68a8011ec0c5d910875c7343dcfb755a
Confirm! Wifione  Message 13:30, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Re: Adminship?
Thanks for your kind words. I have no idea where you have come across me on the project, we don't seem to overlap much in areas covered! While I am honoured by your consideration, I don't think adminship would suit me at the moment: the vast majority of my editing is in article expansion/creation, and I only tend to stray into administrative areas occasionally, so I'm not sure how much use the tools would really be to me? Thank you again, Harrias talk 14:05, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually, with as outstanding an editing background as the one you have, it'll not be required that you really indulge in administration throughout. For example, prepared DYK hook sets are placed in queues by administrators, and your involvement there would complement both your interest and the project's. That's just one example. I'll again request you to reconsider your decision, more for the project's benefit. And oh, anyone interested in cricket would sometime or the other come across you. Wifione  Message 14:15, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Well, I've just spent the last hour reading through the RfA guidelines and advice, and flicking through some recent RfAs, both successful and unsuccessful. I've had a look around at what I do on the site, where I'm active, and where I might like to be more active. After this consideration, I have decided that I will accept your nomination: but first I'd like to give you a brief idea of my answers to each of the three initial questions in the AfD so that you might form more of an idea about whether you wish to nominate me.

I should also note that with regard to the timings of a potential nomination, I'm not going to be able to be online next weekend much at all. Regards,  Harrias  talk 16:01, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * 1) On the whole I would continue to add to Wikipedia primarily as a content editor: creating and expanding articles and working towards Good and Featured status. As part of this, I spend time at WP:DYK, and would (as you suggested) be able to transfer prepared hook sets into the queue, something there have been some lapses and close calls with recently. Beyond that I envision that it would primarily be "as I come across it" adminning: within my area of primary areas of editing, things that I come across that need admin intervention. Beyond that I would always be willing to get involved in something when requested by a User.
 * 2) In my opinion my best contributions are my articles, both new and expansions. Primarily cricket based, but with dalliances into a variety of different places at times. I am most proud of my only FA, Herbie Hewett, but am also proud of creating articles that I don't particularly have a desire to move onto Good or Featured status such as Juan Martínez de Recalde, second-in-command of the Spanish Armada.
 * 3) I've had very few conflicts with other editors: I'm a pretty chilled out sort of person, so I tend not to get into such situations. One case I do recall was when I got a bit snappy with User:Djln here. I disagreed with what he'd done, but I shouldn't have left the message I did. Generally, if something does irritate me on Wikipedia, I'll take a break from my computer for a bit, and then revisit it later when I'll be able to make a more rational decision.
 * Thanks for the kind reconsideration and the efforts to answer the questions. If it's alright with you, I'll prefer continuing further discussions over email. Do please expect an email from me in the next 24 hours. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 17:11, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I've responded to your emails. Regards,  Harrias  talk 22:45, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Re: Hi Tim
Hey Wifione, thank you for your message. I have thought a few times about running for adminship, but I'm not sure I have enough experience writing articles to pass. Believe it or not, I actually have more fun with the technical stuff than with article-creation and maintenance. However, if you don't think that would be an issue, than I'd love to try an RfA. Thanks again, Tim 1357  talk 20:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Great that at least you gave it a good thought. I'll be continuing the discussions over email with you. Please expect an email in the next 24 hours. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 17:13, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Josh Samman Wikipedia
The page for MMA fighter Josh Samman got deleted, was wondering why? (email add redacted). Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by12.53.78.8 (talk) 19:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The article was nominated for deletion by an editor and after discussions, was deleted by me. Please read the discussions atArticles for deletion/Josh Samman to gather an idea. Please write back if the discussions aren't clear enough. Thanks. Wifione  Message 09:16, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Josh Samman
Hello, I am the author of the wikipedia page. I believe the following links establish significant independent coverage: http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20120222/SPORTS/202220332/Four-Tallahassee-fighters-get-ready-MMA-event-Atlanta Television http://www.wctv.tv/insidethegame/headlines/38167309.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9Fo84P1tCY

If i worked them into the citation of the article, can i create the article again? Please reconsider. Patrick Donahue — Preceding unsigned comment added byThecrow1313 (talk • contribs) 23:05, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Patrick hi. Yes you can create the article again provided you confirm that you've read up on the following policies and guidelines pages that I'm linking below:
 * WP:BLP; policy on why we consider articles on living persons very carefully
 * WP:Notability; WP:Notability (people); WP:Notability (sports); guidelines on what can and cannot be included on Wikipedia
 * WP:Verifiability; policy on what kind of sources qualify for proving notability
 * WP:Reliable sources; guideline explaining helpful examples of sources that qualify on our verifiability policy.
 * WP:NPOV; policy on why articles should be written with a neutral point of view.

I liked the wctv source. The Tallahassee source is iffy, with just passing references. The youtube source is not acceptable for proving notability as it is a primary source. It can be used later in external linking. Write back to me for any additional help.  Wifione  Message09:04, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

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FYI
Someone you recently gave rollbacker rights to just did this. We might want to keep an eye out on this one. Dave (talk) 14:32, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Dave. I see no problems in the edit. What might have caught your eye? Best. Wifione  Message 15:00, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Two earthquakes spaced 2 years apart briefly caused a highway literally on the other side of the world (quite literally, almost a full 12 time zones apart) to magically jump about 450 mi to the south and to the other side of the Grand Canyon?. This would be no different than me saying that during those two earthquakes the M6 Motorway was briefly moved to France, or during those two earthquakes Japan briefly had a land connection to the Philippines. This was blatant and absurd vandalism.
 * I'll admit that maybe it was 2AM where this poster was from and they were really tired, and had it happened during more normal hours they would have caught that this was obvious and absurd vandalism. And in that sense maybe I overreacted. However, for a tool that demands knowing legitimate edits from obvious vandalism, this was a miss. Dave (talk) 15:18, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the explanation. Good you caught it. Let's give the him a lease, shall we. On the other side, he didn't use the rollback, so there's no question of castigating him for using or not using the rollback tool. In all, well caught, chapter closed. Thanks for the note. Wifione  Message15:20, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

50 edits/reverts a day!!!!!!
I have been working at rate of  reverting 50 cases of vandalism a day . Now can I have Rollback tools. After a fortnight I will have approximately 500 edits (my target). Also, after 50 edits day I start feeling really dizzy, no joke.-- User WOLfan112   Talk  18:04, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No Kidding!!! Gitouttahere!! Wifione  Message 11:47, 22 March 2012 (UTC)!

Talkback
What do I need to do to get rollback! User WOLfan112   Talk  21:13, 22 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm repeating my previous instructions. You should show a fortnight of reverting vandal edits without mistakes. Please do ask me for any assistance in the meanwhile. Wifione  Message 17:24, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

IIM Lucknow
Thanks for pointing out your concerns in the article. I will be able to address them only after a week as my exams have started. One more thing, Please don't refer me by the word 'student'. Its irritating. Thanks, -- Anbu121 ( talk me ) 19:10, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the message. I'll not refer to me as a student. Best wishes for your exams; do well and don't worry about our editing debate. I'll chill till you return. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 17:23, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

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Ariana Grande
A six month full protection for this? Is there something that I'm not seeing here? I get flak when I put full protection on an article for days, and a six month long one seems unprecedented.&mdash;Kww(talk) 12:21, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Kww. Thanks for the message. I suspect edits like this, and this, though self-reverted by the editor, made me worried as to the confirmed editor's intent. Should you be alright with it, I'll downgrade the protection to semi for six months. Will keep a watch. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 10:04, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem there. Nearly every Disney/Nickelodeon star is under long-term semi-protection.&mdash;Kww(talk) 10:44, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Great. Semi done for three months. Good to see you here and see you around. Wifione  Message 10:46, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

AfD closure
Hi there, thanks for this difficult and considered closure. FWIW I was a Keep !voter but I didn't much like some of the argumentation made on that side - especially given that the subject of the article was reading it as it developed! I am in fact in touch with him via his Facebook account and been trying to advise him on ways forward. I'm glad you mentioned the Foundation as a port of appeal, I know Jimbo has also been taking an interest. I'll carry on trying to demonstrate that not everyone at WP is a heartless bastard and I think your closure statement will be of some small comfort to this chap as well. Best wishes, Kim Dent-Brown  (Talk)  10:58, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Well said here. Personally, I've never heard of the guy, and one of my first articles (since deleted) was about someone with more notability (and proven).  Well said overall ( talk→   BWilkins   ←track ) 11:02, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

No, Kim, it's of no comfort to me whatsoever! Who are you, Wikione? What's your real name? Can I talk to you? jh — Preceding unsigned comment added by132.185.240.120 (talk) 11:10, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Kim, Wilkins, thanks for the message. Jim, I'll email you in a few hours. Kind regards. Wifione  Message 11:30, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't seem to have had an email from you as yet ..... Glad you've had time to discussion the decision with people other than me, though. I hope to hear from you soon. jh

Another day passes with no communication from whoever 'Wikione' is supposed to be ... jh — Preceding unsigned comment added by132.185.144.124 (talk) 12:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Jim Hawkins
Who are you? What's your real name? How do I get to talk to you? (redacted) — Preceding unsigned comment added by132.185.240.120 (talk) 11:09, 30 March 2012 (UTC)