User talk:Wizardman/Archive3

Camino Real Middle School
Hey man. Why did you have to delete that page. I wasn't finished. And if you say that there is nothing special about that school you're funny. Not only did that school's 7th grade football team end their season number 1 in the district but it was visited by Texas Governor Rick Perry in late 2006 to make a $135,000 donation because of our outstanding academic performance. User:Ae.com17 06:55 12 February 2007 (CMT)

Violation of BLP
I am very very disappointed with you. And very concerned that you attitude to my BLP block makes it impossible for me to continue the important work of BLP enforcement. You unilaterally reversed a BLP block without any discussion with the blocking admin, or, as far as I can see the concurrence of any other party. Please consider that your action are incredibly dangerous and the seriously tkkkhreaten our integrity. Please assure me that you would never act in this manner again.

If enforcing a BLP removal is considered a 'content dispute; then BLP is a laughing stock. BLP is not a content matter. It is exempt from the 3RR rule, because there is zero tolerance here. Unsourced material gets removed and it does not get replaced without citations. The user in question was well well warned - was in discussion with me at the time - and simply had no right or grounds to revert, much lest call a BLP removal vandalism. If he disagreed with my judgement, he was quite entitled to complain to ANI, file an RfC, and seek input from others. There was no rush here, and even if the m666aterial I removed was debatable, then we have that debate in its absence not its presence, since we err on the side of caution here. If people who don't like a BLP removal are allowed simply to question it, wikilawyer and revert, then BLP is practically useless.


 * Unsourced or poorly sourced controversial (negative, positive, or just highly questionable) material about living persons should be removed immediately from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, and user pages.[2] These principles also apply to biographical material about living persons in other articles. The responsibility for justifying controversial claims in Wikipedia, of all kinds, but especially for living people's bios, rests firmly on the shoulders of the person making the claim. 

The user had many option to pursue - he could source and replace - he could complain and consult - but his edit warning with me was unacceptable, and if you can't see that, then you do not have the neceim just the beast under your bedssary judgement to undo blocks.--Docg 09:36, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Hi, I've requested widein your closet, in your headr community comment on all the surrounding issues by an RfC here--Docg 11:29, 22 February 2007 (UTC)


 * I would also like to note that I find your unblock unacceptable; such an action should have been brought to WP:AN/I. Unblocks like that can lead to wheel wars, and in this case, I believe that the block was valid.  Ral315 » 08:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Is this users actions allowed?

 * Hey there (:O) ... we have an ongoing debate over here on the status of an article. Now the thing I wanted to bring up was the editing and removal and well forceful rhetoric stating the result of the debate before it has even been decided.  The one causing all this is User:Ideogram.  I have tried so hard to be loving and understanding during this debate, but now I dont know if what the user is doing is right or wrong.  I dont know who to go to, so I figure I may ask someone who is  very familiar with the wikipedia world and how this should be dealt with maybe? Not sure. Please help. (:O) ---nima baghaei (talk) 03:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

why did you change the joe phillips page. i thought what i had to offer was worthy of being mentioned. you cant judge my words you have no idea my cridentials for edditing that page, if only you knew what i had seen. why are you so quick to judge. i thoguht you where a "liberal" person supporting obama. why dont you go bakc to church and censor more people amd exclude books from the bible. keep hiding the truth, for every good needs evil

Brandt
Sometimes your willpower becomes stronger and you are able to truly think for yourself. Yank sox 18:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Personally, I find it funny since I was accused of fanboyism during my RfA. Yank sox  18:39, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies
Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of [unassessed articles] tagged with. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 23:20, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for responding - any contribution to help clearing out those unassessed articles is greatly appreciated! --Ozgod 05:40, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography
(barnstar moved to userspace)

Assessment drive
Thanks for posting your name at the Assessment drive awards. For purposes of the drive, I'm thinking of lowering the number of assessments needed to receive a Barnstar to 500. This might encourage more people to participate. Do you think 500 assessments is enough to award a Barnstar? Thanks. -- Jreferee 22:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
My request for adminship has closed successfully (79/0/1), so it appears that I am now an administrator. Thanks very much for your vote of confidence. If there's anything I can ever do to help, please don't hesitate to let me know. IrishGuy talk 03:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Hi, Wizardman, I just wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA, which was successful with a final tally of 61/0/2. I'm honored at the trust the community has placed in me and hope my conduct as an administrator will justify that trust. If you have any comments about my use of the tools I would be glad to hear from you on my talk page. Thanks again! Heimstern Läufer 09:02, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

WP Bio Assessment Drive
I noticed the creation of /comment subpages earlier by the user you notified, I think you could tag them for speedy deletion with the template "tl|db", and use the reason of something along the lines of "Accidental creation of /comment subpages, moved to the talk page." I'll try to finish clearing up the rest. P.S. The RFC Jeffrey O. Gustafson is a single heading with one = either side, and is indenting the rest of the comments. Thanks, RHB Talk - Edits 20:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Rlevse Rfa
Thanks for the rfa support and original nom. I needed the break time between your nom and this one to be mentally ready for it. Glad we can work together. Rlevse 03:34, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Kiarostami
Dear Wizardman! Thank you for nominating Kiarostami for GA. It passed successfully and after some more works is now a FA candidate. In case you have any comment, please let me know on the Featured article candidates/Abbas Kiarostami page for further improvements. Thanks again.Sangak 21:07, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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George B. McClellan
Hi. I recently nominated McClellan as a Good Article Candidate, and it easily passed. I actually think that this could potentially be a Featured Article Candidate, so I was wondering if you would allow me to create a peer review (or you can create it) to see what work still needs to be done/if work needs to be done. You can certainly submit it to WP:FAC afterwards, as I think it would pass.--Wizardman 14:23, 28 February 2007 (UTC)


 * You are free to submit any article for peer review, although my personal preference would be that you do not. I have a policy that I do not attempt to raise the visibility of my articles by participating in any of the assessment exercises. I have never posted an assessment grade on any article and have never nominated one of my articles for assessment by anonymous reviewers. Hal Jespersen 15:58, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Biography March 2007 Newsletter
The March 2007 issue of the Biography WikiProject newsletter has been published. You may read the newsletter, change the format in which future issues will be delivered to you, or unsubscribe from this notification by following the link. Thank you. Mocko13 22:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Biography awards (copied from here.)
Honestly, I'd probably keep it at 1000. Barnstars are meant to be hard to get, and 1000 isn't that hard to obtain really. Then again I just did 100 in an hour because I don't have a life, I may be in theminority in terms of drive. If it gets more people interested you can do it if you want. Oh and how are you not an admin yet? I'll gladly nomiate you if you want to be one (though I'd say et's what until after the assessment drive.-- Wizardman 22:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll keep it in mind. -- Jreferee 22:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

script
Hi Wizardman, I see you had some trouble getting my script "installed". I think this should work with your setup - I tested it on my own page: winc('User:Outriggr/metadata.js');

That way, you stay attached to the code as changes are made. Meanwhile, you can then delete all the code that was cut and pasted from the metadata.js page. Please try – Outriggr § 22:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. My concern is that if I add to or correct problems with the script, you will not receive any of those changes because the javascript code is hard-coded into your monobook.js, rather than being linked to as above. – Outriggr § 06:00, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Is a week the normal time for a featured article vote -for Abbas Kiarostami?. I suppose it is best then if it allows more people to review it. Blofeld (talk) 10:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Kiarostami was promoted!
Dear User:Wizardman

I need to thank you (a "special thanks") for your kind support. The article would not come to FA status without your helps. Thanks and All the best. Sangak Talk 11:20, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Assessment from an article page
Thank you for helping out with the Biography assessment drive. Good news. Outriggr recently designed a script that will cut your biography assessment time down by about ten fold (what took ten hours now may only take one hour with Outriggr's script). For more information, please see the 'assessment from article page' discussion. -- Jreferee 20:22, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Closing AfDs
When closing AfDs, please substitute the header and footer templates, and ensure the top template is above the header. The bot miscounts otherwise. Cheers.  Majorly  (o rly?) 21:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

AfD Closing
I noticed you closed the AfD, Articles for deletion/American Legion Baseball in Wisconsin. It appears you deleted American Legion Baseball in Wisconsin, but not the other bundled nom, American Legion Baseball in Minnesota. Not a big deal, just letting you know. Thanks.--Djrobgordon 05:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for your support on my RfA. It passed with 55/0/0. I'll try my best to be worthy of the trust the community has put in me. If there are any of my actions you have a problem with or a question about, please feel free to discuss this with me and if needed to revert me. If there is anything else I can help you with (backlogs, comments, ...), you can always contact me on my talk page. Fram 15:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Frank Brickowski on DYK for 6 March 2007
Thank you for your contributions! &mdash; ERcheck (talk) 02:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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RfA thanks
Hi, Wizardman. Just popping along here on the final leg of my RfA tour of thanks! A great level of support, and a humbling result. Will be seeing you around, no doubt. Thanks again. :) Bubba hotep 21:52, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/List of gangs in Grand Theft Auto series
Hi There. Can I ask you to expand on your reasoning for deciding this was a keep. In particular the article seems to have serious problems with Original Research and a lack of sources. Thanks --Spartaz Humbug! 17:31, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Thank you for explaining your reasoning. --Spartaz Humbug! 19:18, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Mistaken application of CSD G4
Hi. I noticed that you deleted Arthur Mattuck by citing CSD G4; however, the previous AFD for this had resulted in keep. I presume there was some confusion here because the first AFD had resulted in delete, but deletion review had concluded a second AFD was necessary. I believe the proper procedure if you believe deletion is necessary is to start another AFD, not just to speedy delete. --C S (Talk) 03:34, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Panzer I Good Article Review
Thanks for accepting my plea! As you requested, the article to be reviewed is the Panzer I article. JonCatalan 05:13, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you for being willing to go over it, even if in the end it was done by someone else. JonCatalan 15:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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My RfA
Hi Wizardman, yes, they've given me the tools now. Thank you for badgering for them for me. Rest assured that I heard every voice loud and clear during the discussion, and will strive to use the mop carefully and responsibly. Please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism anytime. Xiner (talk, email) 13:36, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It was successful, and I certainly hope to be a good admin. Shimeru 16:12, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment on Doug Thorburn Page
Thanks for the comment on Talk:Doug_Thorburn - yours is the only comment, so would you say I should take the line in question out of the article, or is there a further process to go through (I've no wish to get into an edit war over this)? TIA StuartDouglas 11:22, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject Biography awards (copied from here)
Honestly, I'd probably keep it at 1000. Barnstars are meant to be hard to get, and 1000 isn't that hard to obtain really. Then again I just did 100 in an hour because I don't have a life, I may be in theminority in terms of drive. If it gets more people interested you can do it if you want. Oh and how are you not an admin yet? I'll gladly nomiate you if you want to be one (though I'd say et's what until after the assessment drive.-- Wizardman 22:43, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'll keep it in mind. -- Jreferee 22:42, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi Wizardman. Nishkid64 awarded me my first barnstar and I've worked a lot with Nishkid64 at DYK and other places. He is putting together my RfA nomination. Please feel free to contact Nishkid64 if you would like to help. -- Jreferee 17:07, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, Wizardman. Feel free to add a co-nomination to Jreferee's RfA. =)  Nish kid 64  20:14, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Hi again, Wizardman. The Requests_for_adminship/Jreferee almost is ready for transclusion. Per your request on my talk page, I would be honored if you would like to co-nominate the request. Please let me know how you would like to proceed. -- Jreferee 21:05, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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Last push for the Biography Assessment Drive
We've done great work so far on the WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive, reducing the 135,345 backlog by 38,626 to 96,719 as of March 20, 2007. We have only 6,720 more to go to get below 90,000. That would be outstanding and any extra effort that you can offer in these last few days of the drive (which ends March 24, 2007) would be much appreciated. If you haven't already, you may want to load Outriggr's assessment script in your monobook.js. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them on my talk page. -- Jreferee 23:22, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Closing RfAs
Hi, I saw that you closed Requests for adminship/DvDknight. When closing an unsuccessful RfA, be sure to list it at Unsuccessful adminship candidacies. John Reaves (talk) 16:34, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Jansen Van Vuuren
Hi. The result of the above discussion was Merge. Why then did you simply delete the page and redirect? You argument that they are "pretty well merged already" simply wasn't true, as there was a substantial quantity of material that should rightly have been moved into the race report page. If you are going to carry out the resolution of an AfD debate, could you please actually follow the terms as agreed. Cheers. Pyrope 10:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
Thank you for support in my unsuccessful RfA. I appreciate the support, and am disappointed on being judged by what in most opinions seem to be the wrong things. Until next time, edit on! :) &mdash; RevRagnarok  Talk Contrib 03:53, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Re:RFA
Yup, I know I closed it early. I've done this quite a number of times in the past too. I've spoken about this (Sep-2005 RFA archives), where I routinely close entries (<6 hrs to go) that are a runaway success with low activity on the last day. I don't see any point in keeping the RFA going when the outcome is clear with so little time to go. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  18:13, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

RFA Thanks
I would like to thank you for your support in my recent RFA. As you may or may not be aware, it passed with approximately 99% support. I ensure you that I will use the tools well, and if I ever disappoint you, I am open to recall. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to leave me a note on my talkpage. Thanks again, ^ demon [omg plz] 20:46, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Linda Sue Park
Please do not remove the photo from the Linda Sue Park article. I have written permission from the author to use it. SydneyAhmatzo 13:41, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

RFA nom
That is an extraordinarily generous offer, thank you very much. Your note has led me to give some thought as to exactly where I am going in my relationship with this project. I started out as an article writer, with no real intention of doing anything other than writing articles. I became involved with one or two WikiProjects and as a result started working on setting up schemes of categorisation. This in turn led to WP:CFD and increasing involvement in the debates there. In amongst this I started on regular anti-vandalism patrols using Vandalproof.

There has certainly been something of a shift from those early days, but it is not a shift that I am necessarily displeased with. Essentially I suppose I have become more project-focused, rather than content-focused. I still have plans for various new/expanded articles for the future, there is no reason that being an admin (should I pass) should interfere with this. It would be good to be able to help out by being a little more 'hands-on' at CfD, help clear the periodical WP:CSD backlogs, and it would certainly be of use with my RC monitoring. I am gratified by the faith that you have been willing to show in me, if you would be willing to nominate me then I would be pleased to accept.

Best wishes,  X damr  talk 20:17, 25 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Ok then, it looks like we are now live. Many thanks for the nomination, we'll see how things work out.  --  X damr  talk 13:41, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Surprised?
Xdamr's RFA better succeed: CFD is taking over my life. I wrote out a request at WP:BRFA last night, to get permission to run AWB in bot mode to do CFD/W stuff, and only just managed to stop myself saving it. That was too close! Anyway, no, I'm not an admin. Perhaps I may be some day, but only after I've met all my editing targets. As of about now, I've only 1500 edits, three more articles, one FA, and an FA on the front page, to do and I'll have cut down the tallest tree in the forest with a herring. Or something like that. Angus McLellan (Talk) 17:35, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

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Future sport categories
It's fine to decide to keep these categories, but since the nominator had depopulated them before nominating, I have tried to revert everything. I hope I haven't missed anything and that I won't see my edits reverted. Anyway I won't go into an edit war on that. Hektor 14:43, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your NFL/Template work
No problem at all. I'm working on it now, but if I can't solve it in the little time I have tonight, I'll definitely finish it up tomorrow morning. I'll keep you updated.↔NMajdan &bull;talk 02:25, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, its working. Let me know if you have any other issues. (FYI, I added the "by quality" category and you have to have Category:Wikipedia 1.0 assessments in the "by quality" category.)↔NMajdan &bull;talk 02:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
 * No problem at all. Glad I could help.↔NMajdan &bull;talk 12:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

You at AfD
In the Global warming conspiracy theory AfD, you closed it saying "Plus the article had just been created when it was sent here, WP:AGF may apply in this case."

Thank you. So many articles are being tagged for AfD within hours of creation, without getting tagged for cleanup or POV, and so many AfD closers don't seem to take that into account. It's almost as if they need to put up a "no stubs allowed anymore" sign here. I know your main reason was probably that the article had been cleaned up during the AfD, but thank you at least for being suggestive of some leeway for new articles. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad 00:56, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Your Joke
Is it ok if I add your April Fools joke to the list of April Fools Day 2007 jokes at WP:BJAODN? Toonmon2005 03:10, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for letting me put it up at WP:BJAODN:)! Toonmon2005 03:13, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

User page
Hey. Protection policy allows users to request permanent semi-protection on their user pages. You might want to go that route instead of blanking your user page... -/- Warren 04:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Pickett's Charge GA nomination
I've passed Pickett's Charge for good article. Comments were left there. -KingPenguin 20:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

 * Thanks for voting in my RfA. I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns.  I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor.  Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:47, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

My RfA
I see that you are retiring, and I am sorry about that, because you are a good, reliable and honest editor. I seriously hope that you will return when the pressure is off. Meanwhile, thank you for your support in my recent successful RfA.--Anthony.bradbury 14:38, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

The FAR
Yes, I'll do it. I was going to do it tomorrow, but tonight's as good a time as any. Marskell 17:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Oh, and I hope you reconsider the retired banner—it can become self-fulfilling! You still might want to drop in from time-to-time. Hope you do. Marskell 17:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

why did you delete my image
Hi can you please tell me why you deleted this image Qldmap.jpg from the Thuringowa page, as it was my own work. i'm looking foward to your reply Thuringowacityrep 05:49, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

thanks mate sorry for making a mess i will upload it again soon take care Thuringowacityrep 07:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Edouard Chambon
I'm a little puzzled by your closure of this one; the plain numbers were 3 to 1 (generously; one of the "keep"s was a "probably keep"), a comment pointed out that the material is duplicated at another article, and no-one gave any arguments against the claim that the article doesn't meet WP:BIO... --Mel Etitis ( Talk ) 13:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)


 * It was originally put up for speedy deletion; it was pretty close, but I decided to recue it, and put it up for AfD (that's pretty standard when an aryticle claims significance, but it's very dubious). The one link isn't nearly enough to satisfy WP:BIO, and nothing else was added after that.  I'd have called it non-consensus; the result would have been the same in practice, but there's a psychological difference... --Mel Etitis  ( Talk ) 18:39, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

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Requests for arbitration/Billy Ego-Sandstein
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rfu2
The rfu2 template was created after discussion on WT:FU to address the fact that non-compliant images can now be deleted after 48 hours. As I was creating a new template I decided to categorise by date of deletion, as opposed to date of tagging, as this makes it easier for admins to know which categories to process. They are not listed in the other categories so it is shouldn't be listing anything twice. The rfu template could also use this system (listing under deletion date)... ed g2s &bull; talk 18:16, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm gonna co nom BigrTex if you don't mind...
Ok? Shindo9 Hikaru  02:10, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and also, should I post my nom before or after you release to the main page?(first time nominating). Shindo9 Hikaru  02:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Majorly's RfB
Hi Wizardman, thanks for your kind support in my RfB. Sadly, it didn't pass, but I appreciate the support, and I do intend to run again eventually. See you around!  Majorly  (o rly?) 03:40, 5 April 2007 (UTC)