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Happy Birthday
-- Nadir D Steinmetz 00:19, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

My RFA
Just to inform you, I have posted my RFA a few days early so I can answer all of the optional questions over the long weekend.  STORMTRACKER  94  13:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

My RfA
Hey there, I'm writing to inform you that I have withdrawn my request for adminship, which was currently standing at 11 supports, 22 opposes and 6 neutrals. This count could have been so much better if I had understood policy, although I believe that 17 questions is a lot to ask of a user's first RfA. I will take on all comments given at the RfA and will endeavour to meet the high expectations of the RfA voters.  WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN play it cool.  21:02, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Returning
After much thought and deliberation I have decided to return. Many wikians contacted me by various means and I truly appreciate the support from all of them. Man, did I need that wiki break! I have learned from it and will use the experience to improve. — Rlevse  •  Talk  • 19:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK 25
Moved to awards page. Wizardman 19:13, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you!
Hey Wizardman, I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful nomination of me in my RFA. I really valued your kind words and thinking of nominating me. If you ever need any help or anything, feel free to come and ask (although it may be the other way around for a little bit ;-) Thank you again and I look forward working with you in the future! Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 18:01, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Help
Hi Wizardman, since you are an admin, I have decided to write to you. I have been involved in a dispute with user Jacurek, here http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_Jews_in_Poland&action=history. Since this is silly, and neither side wants to give up, I am looking for somebody who will help out and cure the problem. Thanks, I just want to stop the edit war and I need somebody's opinion. Tymek (talk) 19:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your involvement. Do me a favor and check this page now and then. Greetings. Tymek (talk) 20:00, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa
My effort to regain adminship was unsuccessful, and I'll do what I can to ensure your opinion of my suitability for adminship improves. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to voice your opinion.--MONGO 08:05, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks
- Jameson L. Tai  talk ♦ contribs 04:14, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Stan Baumgartner, was selected for DYK!
Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 05:58, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK
I already posted DYK notifications on all of the pages if you do the update. --Bookworm857158367 (talk) 14:50, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Kyle Abbott
I see that you deleted a previous version of this article. However, this was five days ago, and still no new article has been created. May I ask what the previous version was, and what the intended new version is? Ksy92003 (talk)  23:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)


 * No problem. I was creating players' articles based on who needed them according to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim all-time roster and that made me suspicious.  I'll expand on the stub you made, using a general form that I've used for all the articles I've created (119).  Ksy92003  (talk)  03:12, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Deletion Review for Rhys Williams (footballer)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Rhys Williams (footballer). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. GiantSnowman (talk) 16:53, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Unprotect History of Jews in Poland
Hi, can you please unprotect History of Jews in Poland ? A consensus has been reached in the talk page. --Lysytalk 08:19, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK update
The DYK hasn't been updated for almost 12 hours. You might want to look at it. Thanks.-- Bedford 13:52, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

DYK's
Thanks :) You might be interested to know, though, that you don't have to do a separate notification for each article. The notification code can handle up to four different articles at a time, all you need to do is separate them with a delimiter (the "|" character). Cheers, Gatoclass (talk) 14:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Informing past contributors of new TFD for Template:Maintained
As you were a contributor in the last TFD, I am letting you know that Maintained is again up for deletion. Please review the current version of the template and discuss it at the TFD. Thanks! &mdash; BRIAN 0918 • 2008-01-30 17:48Z

View Log?
Hi Wizardman. I was curious about this, ...my article is rarely visited according to the view log.... What is the view log? ♫ Cricket02 (talk) 19:44, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
 * That's a very cool tool. Thanks much!  ♫ Cricket02 (talk) 20:01, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: Assessments
Hello. Well, I must have accidentally assessed some Start class stubs, can you point them out for me? Thanks! - Milk's  Favorite  Cookie  21:27, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

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GA Nom
Not sure if you do this, but just wondering if you could review this whenever you get the chance.  STORMTRACKER   94  Go Sox! 11:57, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Ultraexactzz is now an Administrator
My RfA was successful, and closed with 44 Supports, 6 Opposes, and 1 Neutral. For your support, you have my thanks - I fully intend to live up to the lofty yet not-a-big-deal responsibility you have granted me. For those who opposed my candidacy, I value your input and advice, and hope that I may prove worthy of your trust. Special thanks to both Rudget  and  bibliomaniac  1  5  for their expert coaching and guidance. I look forward to serving the project, my fellow editors, the pursuit of higher knowledge, et cetera, et cetera. Again, you have my thanks. UltraExactZZ Claims~ Evidence 01:32, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
The February 2008 issue of the WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter is ready! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Your retirement :(
Hope your health gets better and you can come back soon, Wizardman. Though I agree that "we're full of drama", it's always been like that here and you shouldn't let stuff not really affecting you prey on your mind, unless you're referring to the Arbcom case, which certainly exhausts everyone involved. In any case, if you're worn out and need to recover your health, a short break will do. Please don't leave. (also, your email is currently not activated, making it impossible for users not already know your email address emailing you, thus you're not exactly available by email) Best wishes, - PeaceNT (talk) 06:40, 3 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Dear Wizardman, I second PeaceNT's concerns above and hope that you are okay and wish you the best in the future. Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 07:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow, I didn't realize my e-mail was turned off. Must've accidentally did that when i changed my e-mail address. But anyway, what's said is said, it'll more likely be a long wikibreak rather than a retirement, but we'll see. (now my last edit, now that my e-mail's activated) Wizardman  16:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Good bye, old friend! I hope to see you on Wikipedia again! Best of luck with everything in your life. :) Nishkid64 (talk) 03:50, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry to see you go, Wizardman. I hope whatever is troubling you gets sorted out soon. Best wishes. Acalamari 20:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

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Administrator userbox
Hey there.

I've removed the admin userbox from your userbox page since you gave the bit up during your break and that lists you incorrectly into the category. Come back soon. &mdash; Coren (talk) 04:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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Rickey Henderson
I was wondering if you could re-asses Rickey Henderson for GA. I made several improvements to it. Thanks. - Milk's  Favorite  <font face="Papyrus" size="2px" color="#4D0100">Cookie  21:57, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:RFB
Good luck! I know you'll be an awesome 'crat! <font face="Harlow Solid Italic" size="3px" color="teal"> « Gonzo fan2007 talk ♦ contribs 05:36, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I second that (actually I 31nth-ed that, but, meh. Glad to see you back, I never got to thank you for my own successful RfA that you so graciously co-nommed.  So, to summarize:  31nth, welcome, and thanks!   Keeper   |   76   |   Disclaimer  17:02, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!
I see that in the month that I was retired, you applied for adminship again and successfully got the tools. Congrats on that, I wish I could've been there to support your nomination. If you need anything, I'm certainly available. Wizardman 03:24, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you! :-D —Remember the dot (talk) 05:47, 28 February 2008 (UTC)


 * Wow you're back (unexpectedly soon ;)), I hope the break was relaxing. Oh, and congrats on your recent promotion. --PeaceNT (talk) 13:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Ivan Rodriguez
You are probably one of the most reliable article writers on baseball here on Wikipedia, so I was wondering if you could give this a GA review for me. <font face="Bauhaus 93" size="2.0" color="#ba313c"> STORMTRACKER  <font face="Times New Roman" size="2.3" color="#0d2b56"> 94  Go Sox! 22:08, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Glad to see you back!

Deletion Review for List of retired professional American football quarterbacks
An editor has asked for a deletion review of List of retired professional American football quarterbacks. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. BRMo (talk) 02:11, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

WT:RFA proposal
Hi Wizardman, I wanted to let you know that I altered the proposal to read < 90% because my original intent was to see if there was support for lowering the %, not whether people preferred 75% specifically. If this changes your opinion, please edit your comment in the proposal section. Thanks, and good luck with the RfB, <strong style="color:#000;background:#fff;border:0px solid #000">Avruch <strong style="color:#000;background:#fff;border:0px solid #000"> T 02:38, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted category?
I notice that you deleted the category Category:Wikipedian League of Old Codgers, referencing the CFD discussion, but that discussion was a withdrawn result, not a delete. Why did you nuke it?

Thanks... Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 03:23, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Please Sign Up for I'm proud to be a wikipedian
Hello, Wizardman! You might want to write an essay for the I'm Proud to be a wikipedian essay contest. signed, N o thin g  444  18:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for fixing that
Thanks for fixing the header on my post at Requests for arbitration. I had just noticed I'd messed it up and was about to fix it but you'd done it already. :-) --Coppertwig (talk) 19:37, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Are you wizardman from CE?
If you are, you'll know what I'm talking about... >_> <_< --Mr. Lefty (talk) 04:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedian League of Old Codgers

 * Category:Wikipedian League of Old Codgers
 * User_categories_for_discussion

While I understand the closure, would you be opposed to it being listified? - jc37 22:10, 1 March 2008 (UTC)


 * If you want to listify it, that's go ahead, I don't have a problem with that. Wizardman  04:21, 2 March 2008 (UTC)


 * I'm having difficulty in finding the membership in your edit history. (All I've found so far is: User:Sj ) Would you help find the rest? - jc37 21:14, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Proud Wikipedian
I'm Proud to be a WIkipedian entry page update. Please see it! :) N o thin g  444  19:35, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

GA question
Hi- I noticed you removed my reviewing status from a GA nom. Can you explain why? I know I took a very long time to get back to it, but I'd think that a note prodding me to get back to it would be more appropriate than simply removing me without notification or a relevant edit summary. -Pete (talk) 01:50, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, thanks. And next time, I'll remember not to take a month for a GA review! -Pete (talk) 02:04, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Userfication of Kunle Odetoyinbo article
Hi Wizardman - I just wanted to let you know I don't want Kunle Odetoyinbo userfied, but thanks for the offer! Pitt the elder (talk) 08:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

asking for your support
Good day, I am soliciting your input and support for reinstating an article that I wrote called Leo J Meyer. Col Meyer was a soldier who started out in pre WWII National Guard ranks. After being called to Federal service and serving in the Pacific for most of 1942 he attended USAAF OCS in Miami Beach Fl along with several Hollywood personalities. His squad Sergeant was William Holden. He continued thru the war to Japan and returned after it to NYNY. He reenlisted in the National Guard and then transferred back onto active duty. He managed to get his commission reinstated and spent the rest of his time on active Army until retiring as a Colonel in 1971. He actually participated in combat in three wars and was awarded three Combat Infantryman Badges (read the article and the article on the CIB to learn the significance).

Besides telling a story of a man who “just wanted to be a soldier” I intended to wet the whistle of readers with a glimpse of US Army history (federalization of NG, WWII enlisted rank system, etc) hoping to encourage further investigation and learning of that history via Wikipedia.

I began posting the article to Wikipedia in late November 2007. By late January 2008 I felt the military biography was essentially complete without telling anecdotal stories about him and his friends like Hugh Casey for whom Camp Casey, Korea was named. That would only point out his personality and not necessarily be encyclopedic. At the end of January 08 a Wikipedia Administrator nominated the article for deletion. Although there were a couple of administrators who participated in the discussions who supported leaving the article, the decision was made to delete.

Obviously I feel that the Military Biographical Article falls in line with other articles of soldiers like Meyer’s friend Frederick Weyand whose article was the example I followed.

I found that those people who participated in the AfD did not read everything published or what was there very clearly, i.e. I hade posted an image of an article from an Army publication which addressed Meyer’s earning his parachute wings at age 51 and I had included from the get go the title of a book about Scrimshaw in which some of his art work was published by the books author. One complaint about this later was that there was no ISBN. I could not find one but I have found the Library of Congress Catalog numbers for the two books referenced.

I have modified the article and it is currently at User:Meyerj user page. I am inviting you to read it and if you support reinstating it, helping me to do so.

Thank you for your time. Meyerj (talk) 18:15, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Leo J. Meyer== ==

Please have a look at the DRV for Leo J. Meyer (currently seen at User:Meyerj located at Deletion review/Log/2008 March. Its my opinion that the article met the standards for verifiability and notability. I would appreciate your input into the matter. Mrprada911 (talk) 18:23, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Wikify
<div class="boilerplate metadata" style="background-color:#E6f7FA;border: 1px solid #001BB3; margin: 0.5em; padding: 0.5em;width:90%;float:center"><font style="font-weight:bold;font-size:105%;float:center">Hi there! Thought you might be interested in WikiProject Wikify. We're currently recruiting help to clear a massive backlog (14,000+ articles), and we need your help! If you have a spare moment, please join and wikify an article or tell your friends. Voyaging (talk) 05:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Sibleys Shoes
Regarding this AfD, I'm just letting you know that I've rewritten the Sibley's Shoes page from scratch. Please let me know what you think of the rewrite. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 18:22, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Your RfB was unsuccessful
I am sorry to inform you that your RfB was unsuccessful. As your are aware, community expectations at RfB require an extremely high proportion of support for such requests to be successful. That wasn't present on this occasion. I hope you will not be too disheartened - an unsuccessful RfB should not be taken as a sign that other users do not appreciate your work as an editor or adminsitrator. Should you still be interested in serving the community as a bureaucrat, I suggest you take onboard the comments made by opposers and address them as best you can before making a future request. Best wishes, WjBscribe 05:05, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Art Houtteman
Hello, I have begun reviewing this article. I thought that it might make more sense to contact you rather than the nominator, as the nominator has apparently nominated several articles on which he/she has not done any editing. The quick-fail criteria do not apply to this article, so the review is proceeding. I plan to have it finished today or tomorrow, but work might have other plans for me. So far, I have reviewed up to the end of the "Ace of the staff" subsection. I have been making some relatively minor changes as I go through, as it is often easier to make these changes rather than explain them. I will inform you on your talk page when the review is complete. GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:09, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I decided just to push through the review this morning, so I have it completed. The article is well done. I have a few fairly minor concerns, so I have placed the review on hold. I left a list of what I feel needs to be completed before it can be passed. Please let me know when you have completed these items so that I can look the article over again. Thanks, GaryColemanFan (talk) 16:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * You've been doing a good job on this article. The only things left are the "doghouse" issues, and I've proposed a solution on the talk page. I'll look over the article again when I have a chance, but I would appreciate it if you could look at my suggestion for the "doghouse" thing. GaryColemanFan (talk) 03:31, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Congratulations! All of my concerns have been addressed, and I have passed this as a Good Article. As I mentioned before, this was my first GA Review, so I would appreciate any feedback you might have about my review (if any). Thank you for your hard work on the article and your previous feedback on my suggestions. I learned a lot from this process, and I think the article looks great. Best wishes, GaryColemanFan (talk) 04:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Regarding your RfB
Hi Wizardman, it's a shame your RfB didn't pass: you would have made a great bureaucrat. As a gift, here's a T-shirt for you! Better luck next time, and best wishes. Acalamari 17:19, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I am also sorry to here your request did not pass. My advice is to not feel disheartened, keep contributing, and try again in the future, I hope to be able to support a second time. Good luck! Camaron | Chris (talk) 11:58, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Co-Nomination for Adminship
Wizardman, I would be very happy if you co-nominated me for adminship. ... disco spinster   talk  20:53, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rice Middle School
Hi, I am very surprised at this close - the consensus seemed clear for merge and redirect. Perhaps you would take a second look at the close, please? TerriersFan (talk) 16:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with TerriersFan. 7 for merge/redirect, 4 for delete. At best, merge; at worst, no consensus. Double Blue  (Talk) 17:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I went and made the redirect. There was nothing to merge from my view, but I should've just redirected in the first place. Plus, after a google search there's only one Rice Middle School that shows up, so no problems in terms of that. Wizardman  17:05, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. TerriersFan (talk) 22:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Ivan Rodriguez
I don't mean to rush you or anything, but I'm not sure if you forgot about the review for GA, which you said you would do yesterday. <font face="Bauhaus 93" size="2.0" color="#ba313c"> STORMTRACKER  <font face="Times New Roman" size="2.3" color="#0d2b56"> 94  Go Sox! 01:11, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

My request for bureaucratship
<div style="float:center;border-style:double;border-color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#00A693;border-width:2px;text-align:left;font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 95%; padding:8px; -moz-border-radius: 1em;" class="plainlinks"> Dear Wiz, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats. I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight. I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community. I was a little miserable after the results came out, so I'm going to spread the love via dancing hippos. As you do. :) I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 11:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC) May I ask what was the 'one reason to oppose'? :) ~ Riana ⁂  11:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Youth United
Dear wizardman. an article Youth United, created by me was deleted by you because it was supposedly not complying with some of the wikipedia policies and usages. However i tried to go through the details and I found that the main problem in the article Youth United was the lack of third party sources to prove the notability of the organization. I tried to remove this problem by quoting a lot of third party sources to prove the worth of the article in the wikipedia. I believe I am not violating any of the wikipedia policies this time and at the same time I also believe that I have satisfied all the criteria of wikipedia for this article to be published here. other problem is with the logo of the Youth United, regarding some copyright issues. This logo is the property of the Youth United organization and hence the President of the Youth United is the owner. The logo was created by a designer of the organization and this logo is used in all the references of the organization including its official website www.youthunited.in, which is registered with the name of the Founder President of Youth United,Jyotindra Nath. The logo is being used under his permission and hence it does not infringe any Intellectual Property Right issue of India or other country. Therefore I am again uploading the same image, testifying its non infringement towards any copyright issue. seeking your cooperation. Thanks Extolmonica (talk) 18:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)