User talk:Zscout370/Archive 2

Image:VancouverInternationalAirportDivertedFlights911.jpg
I put the image it under. However, I corrected the copyright. It is by both Reuters and Corbis, noting the Corbis watermark. However, it's the only photo I can get of the situation at Vancouver International Airport on September 11, 2001. -- SNIyer12(Sound off!) 2 Jul 2005, 23:21 (UTC)
 * I know you want to use this photo, but due to the watermark that is present in the article, I had to place it at IFD. I have placed photos like that before, involving the Funeral of Canadian PM Treduea. And from what I was told before, watermarks mean a copyright violation and the watermark is distracting from the image itself. Sorry man, but it had to be done. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 2 July 2005 23:24 (UTC)

Strip joints
Strip joints??? Why Zach I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you. S*h*o*c*k*e*d!!! lol. Fear ÉIREANN (talk) 3 July 2005 22:40 (UTC)
 * Dude, I been to two already. And since I am new in town, I figure I "see whats around." Zscout370 (Sound Off) 3 July 2005 22:42 (UTC)


 * I always imagined you to be some shy bespectacled bookworm whose only knowledge of the word strip is that it appears under s in the dictionary! :p What next? User:Deb as a hairy-faced lesbian avenger dressed as Catwoman who knits balaclavas? User:John Kenney a leather-clad S&M biker? User:SlimVirgin a forty-eight stone, McDonalds-devotee nymphomaniac called Gertrude? Dude, you're ruining my illusions here. Fear ÉIREANN[[Image:Flag of Ireland.svg|25px]] (talk) 3 July 2005 23:07 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but I tend to blow people away when I say/do things like that. Hell, when I let out a swear word or two, people are surprised I use that stuff. Oh well, we learn something new every day. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 3 July 2005 23:14 (UTC)

Nasty accusations at Starfleet ranks FAC
Good sir. Some rather nasty accusations were made against me over at the Starfleet FAC, in particular that in the past nominations I went through and deleted other people's objections without consent. Your support as a witness that this is a lie would be very much appreciated. We have one person who has waged nothing less than a campaign against the existence of the article. I think the only reason a VFD hasnt gone down yet is that the folks for it know the argument is weak and that such a vote would fail. They content themselves, then, to bash the article on the FAC nomination. How sad. I wonder if this has anything to do with who we are and what we stand for, i.e. USA authors one an Eagle Scout and the other a Naval Officer since, how interesting, but the ones who hate the article so much appear to be from other countries (China, Scandanavia, etc). I wouldnt dare post that offically, its just an observation Ive been making. -Husnock 3 July 2005 23:01 (UTC)
 * I am going to make my comments now. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 3 July 2005 23:12 (UTC)

Tnx, plz vote again :)
Renomination: Featured article candidates/History of Poland (1945-1989). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 4 July 2005 11:30 (UTC)
 * I voted again. I also changed my mind about moving the article. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 5 July 2005 19:50 (UTC)

Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal/I1
Dragon's Flight pointed out a serious omission to this proposal: that the image description page of WikiCommons should include the content of the one on Wikipedia. I have reworded the proposal to include that. Because the wording changed, I have hidden your vote; please read the new version and reinstate your vote if you still support (or move it to oppose, or delete it, as you see fit). Yours, Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; July 5, 2005 08:16 (UTC)
 * I am going to sit out this one for now. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 5 July 2005 19:42 (UTC)

Votes for deletion/Starfleet ranks and insignia
I always knew this day would come. At least now thats its happened we can beat it down soundly and not have people continue saying the article can't (or shouldn't) be on Wikipedia. Your KEEP vote would be appreciated. -Husnock 5 July 2005 16:36 (UTC)
 * Done. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 5 July 2005 19:10 (UTC)
 * Thank you! As far the VFD itself..."Let your eyes by the witness to their evil" -Richard III -Husnock 5 July 2005 20:59 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 5 July 2005 21:02 (UTC)

FA Medal
For your significant contributions to three Featured Articles, I, Sango123, hereby present you The Featured Article Medal. Wear it with pride; you're this award's second recipient.

Sango 123  July 5, 2005 20:06 (UTC)
 * Yay! Thank you. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 5 July 2005 20:42 (UTC)
 * No problem! And now, I command you in my evil and deranged manner to update Image:Zscout370 ribbar.png! :) Sango  123  July 5, 2005 20:53 (UTC)
 * Already did. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 5 July 2005 20:58 (UTC)
 * All right, I'll leave you in peace now. Have a nice day! Sango  123  July 5, 2005 23:22 (UTC)
 * You too. If you wish to bug me about anything else, just let me know. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 6 July 2005 05:04 (UTC)

Brazil's flags
I dont understand why should the Brazilian flags be deleted. They are a public symbols and I did the pictures by myself. Brazilian Constitution forbides the use of the flags in clothings or something else that is not fair. However, I dont see any trouble here. What do you think? Thank you. --Carlosar 6 July 2005 19:40 (UTC)


 * My reasoning for deletion is not due to copyright violations, but that they were not being used in articles. There are better versions of the images on Wikipedia and they are used instead of the ones I have placed up for deletion. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 6 July 2005 19:44 (UTC)

RE: Medals of Honor statistics - Sixty-one Canadian recipients
YOU SAID at User talk:A. Lafontaine: "Hello, I was wondering if you can give me a source stating that fact, please. Thanks in advance, Zscout370 (Sound Off) 6 July 2005 19:24 (UTC)"

REPLY:
 * Please see: CBC - Canada honours winners of top U.S. medal - Ambassador McKenna and U.S. Rear Admiral Ian Mack at Arlington Cemetery at {http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/01/canadians-usmedal050701.html]

-- A. Lafontaine 7 July 2005 16:20 (UTC)

Opinion sought
Hey Zach,

I have re-opened the issue of the royal stub at. I think having it produce a noble link is farcical. Those who did it originally were no doubt well meaning but I don't think they really understood what they were doing. Nobility and royalty are not the same. Your opinions would be welcomed.

Fear ÉIREANN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF LONDON\(caint)  7 July 2005 23:38 (UTC)
 * I'll see what I can do. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 8 July 2005 23:40 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the heads up on the WikiProject Kindness Campaign. I've just joined it. Unfortunately, I had to do something rather unkind by reporting DreamGuy for POV rants. Thanks. Horatii 01:23, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * All the Kindness Campaign does is promote and award Barnstars and other awards, like the Wikithanks. Nothing says you have to be kind with everyone and nothing says you cannot report anyone to 3RR, VIP, etc. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:32, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

You're Welcome
You're welcome for the revert; I did my first serious bout of RC patrol this morning with CDVF and that guy was on a spree at your page. Glad to have been of help! -- Essjay ·  Talk 04:34, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, he has, with two different address. Glad that tool is out. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:35, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Since he'd been at it so much, I would have blocked him, but I haven't received the sacred mop yet. -- Essjay ·  Talk 05:09, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't want the job yet, which I call "having the keys to the kingdom." Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:52, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

"Having the keys to the kingdom"...I like that. -- Essjay ·  Talk 06:48, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:53, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Since I've offered User:Redwolf24 and User:NickBush24 one of these, I thought I'd leave you one too. -- Essjay ·  Talk 07:12, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:13, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Deletion
Actually, it wasn't me who posted the article in the first place. Someone else posted it and I put it up for, but I think was already deleted by the time I hit Save Page --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | T/C 06:46, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I was going by the deletion log, sorry. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:49, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Plus, I put the speedy tag on the article too. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:52, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Heh - no problem --Barista | a/k/a マイケル | T/C 06:55, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Hi its me, the guy with a gang of haters after him
Check User Talk:Redwolf24 Redwolf24 07:02, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikifriends
I'm honored. -- Essjay ·  Talk 08:38, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:41, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

List_of_Companions_of_the_Order_of_Canada
Hi,

I'll try to do this; I just can't commit to when it will be completed. It took me quite a while to get this list done. --YUL89YYZ 10:12, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, I can see what I can do. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:37, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Typo?
Did you have a typo on the VfD for GNAA? There is no consensus to delete, there is to KEEP. Fuzheado | Talk 01:41, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that was all it was, a typo. Thanks for catching me on it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:41, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * How about that second "delete" should it be "keep"? Fuzheado | Talk 01:44, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No. I was trying to convey that we are removing votes from socks, no matter if it is for keep or delete. We are trying to be fair, and that counters the people who say we try to rig this vote for the article to be tossed from here. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:52, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

GNAA article and VfD factoid
Quick answer: I personally don't believe so. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:18, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * And thanks for removing it. I warned people today, but I do not want to hit 3RR. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:19, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Your Flags
Hey Zscout,

I'd like to thank you for making your wonderful flags. However, in case you didn't notice, there is a new rule for flags that use the template PD-Flag on the Wikimedia Commons (click here) which basically says that flags that we don't have permission for will eventually be deleted. Since you created the flags yourself, would you be able to release them into a free licence? (GFDL, Public Domain) Thanks. --Hottentot (By the way, please reply on my talk page)


 * All flags made by me are Public Domain. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:04, 12 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Oh, I guess you forgot about the one I was looking at. (Flag of Mongolia) which you labeled as PD-Flag. --Hottentot
 * I got more to do, but I am going to make them all PD-self. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:45, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Check it out
A nice little battle just occurred on Disruptive User. Thought you'd be interested. I do more fighting here than in the Navy. -Husnock 05:07, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I dropped a note at Grace's page, asking him about IP 210.84.240.148. The IP was signing notes under his name, and I want to be sure if this was kosher. Maybe, its just people trying to screw with yall, trying to show that disrupted user is pointless. But, if you all insist on something before an RFC, what you can do is probably pull off an intervention once a problem pops up. Check it out, talk to the users, and see what happens. If things do not go well, then try to seek out someone with power and try that. If not, then a RFC will do. RFC can be a disruptive user centre, since there is no threshold on when to start an RFC. All it does is just get users to comment about the behaviour. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:15, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The proposal most likely wont go through and there were some good points made. My original intent was having some kind of panel before RFC.  It was a good intention, but doesnt fit in well with the established system and it will be good when the policy proposal closes.  It is a shame we had such nasty attacks from who-knows-who that was, but in a way it actually demonstrated what a Disruptive User can be yet without openly vandalizing pages.  Thanks for your support with the proposal. -Husnock 05:20, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * If you want to show off what I suggested, fine with me. But I think some users can act on their own and try to stop it before the RFC, but nothing official could be put down because of the instruction creep mess. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:22, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Hello friend
Hey Z, Comment on the Vandal Whacking Stick please. :) Redwolf24 12:43, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:49, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Goatse
It seems someone changed the image Image:Zscout370_ribbar.png to goatse. And for a second I thought you had placed it there intentionally ... anyway I've tried to reverted it, but I am not sure if it worked (although it seems to have after several tries). Compliments, Seeaxid 13:57, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It worked, going to get the previous versions deleted. Thanks Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:48, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Signing with my name
Yes, it's me. I don't always bother logging in but I try to always sign my comments. I should log in, I know, but if you only intend to be around for a few moments, it seems a hassle. Thanks for the notice though. Happy editing! -- Grace Note
 * Your welcome, I just wanted to be sure it was you. Plus, even if my pal Husnock considers it mean or not, I understand what you were trying to do. If a user is going to act like a douche, he or she will do that until she is blocked. Plus, we should do something because we want to do it, not because we have to. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:43, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Essjay
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Essjay&action=edit I have nominated Essjay for admin. Please support or at least comment.] Redwolf24 13:02, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I am sure he is going to pass. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:16, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

History Videos
I agree with the relisting, though i'm not sure how to do that. I'll keep all the items on my watchlist as last time the VfD was vandalised after Lupin listed it, hence the small number of votes. --Tim Pope 17:13, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It was delisted and deleted. The article was also deleted too. As for the relisting, I can handle that part, but you can check the deletion gudielines to find out. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:09, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Fonzie fan
Hi there! I didn't block Fonzie Fan, I blocked something called 'Fonzie Fan is a pathetic loser' or thereabouts, and two other inappropriate usernames (that may or may not have been socks, that wasn't the issue). You can doublecheck such on Special:Ipblocklist, which shows all users presently blocked and for what reason, or on Special:Log which shows all users that have ever been blocked or unblocked. David Gerard permablocked a hoard of socks of Fonzie Fan; the main account was only blocked for 48 hours but doesn't seem to have done much since. Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 10:36, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:07, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Peace Dove
To all participants of the WikiProject Kindness Campaign: There is a proposal on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Kindness Campaign for the Peace Dove. Please comment as you see fit. Thanks, Sango  123  16:08, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

TVSRR and IFD Tvsrr2.jpg
Did you know that the TVSRR is a fictional company, existing in the mind of Jason Trew of Ringgold, Georgia and on some of his toy trains? Apparently there was an article on his model railroad lay out which was deleted. Paging Mr. Neville Shunt! FunkyChicken! 19:33, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Though I agree with you on the company, but I do not agree to the deletion of the image on his user page. I got stuff that does not exist in my user pages, but they do not get deleted unless it is against the rules or I said it could be deleted. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:48, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikisource
You can created "articles" on Wikisource just as you do on Wikipedia. You have to register a separate userid on Wikisource, although it can be the same as your Wikipedia ID. It works jsut the same. There are not a whole lot of Canadian documents there now, so I'd encourage you to do it, and be sure to add a link from the Order of Canada article. Regards, Ground Zero 20:08, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I already created a Wikisource page on the Order, and created one article from Wikinews. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:44, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Removal from the Order of Canada
I also saw that there was no policy, see my unfortunate decision to nominate Intelligence and public policy which is still open. I've seen a few nominations were the initiator changed his mind, but I've never noticed one being closed ahead of time. And did you really think I didn't know he was talking about clinton? I must look dumber than even I think I look. ^_^ brenneman (t) (c)  05:16, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I would call that a "memory fart/lapse," but I will see what happens with the vote. I hope it is kept, and I think that will not be an issue. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:20, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Ribbon bar
At long last I was able to get around to working on this. An impressive article. Hope you enjoyed the updates, it would be good to get some Soviet ribbon bars in the "famous" section to compare them to US personnel. -Husnock 06:57, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speaking of ribbons, your graphic update skills would be most welcome with: Image:LuxAdolphRibbon.jpg. Thanks! -Husnock 14:17, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok. I got a picture of Zhukov's ribbon bar at the top of the article, and I cannot do Brezhnev since he is wearing many "false orders." But, I will see what I can do. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:31, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * As for the ribbon bar picture, here it is: Image:Order Adolph Nassau ribbon bar.png. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 08:02, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Award


Hey Zach! Long time no see. Congrats! You are the first user to receive a second BoNM for two [different] countries! You deserved it! Redux 22:00, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks. Well, I know Belarus does not get much coverage in Wikipedia, but since I do not have the fonts on this laptop, I can start up on Belarus again very soon. Now, I mainly just drawing stuff, working on Featured stuff (got at least four - five articles featured), and helping with running the place. I also tried to get to know my local area and watched football games on Univision and Telemundo, since I get many Spanish channels with football on it. Brazil has a good team. Thanks for the award. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:03, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I've also started a new subheader in the award's page for those who have received the award more than once.  So far, only you and another user are there.  Like?  Check it out.  Redux 22:12, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes I do. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:13, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Zach, in a somewhat related topic: I've just left this message on Bratsche's talk page. Perhaps you'd like to give your impressions? Thanks, Redux 02:28, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:21, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Hello old friend
Essjay nominated me for Admin. Vote me in (or not) Requests for adminship/Redwolf24 Redwolf24 01:46, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you. I appreciate that. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 09:12, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Your quite welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:43, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Speedy
This morning, you put anti-anxiety drugs up for speedy delete on the grounds that it was pure spam. While it was pure spam, I felt it would be better served as a redirect to anxiolytic. DS 18:23, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I was trying to look for a redirect myself, but thanks anyways. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:42, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

List of warez groups
Please see my comments regarding the List of warez groups article. The parent article, warez, was becoming too long and so this list was split off (see the history). With very few exceptions, all of the groups listed (even those with temporary redlinks) are notable; some have even survived VfD already. What really concerns me is that someone protected the article and then someone else posted it for deletion, barring anyone from making improvments or edits while its being cast aside. Something to think about... &mdash;RaD Man (talk) 04:00, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Because many people either were trying to spam for a group or do some crazy things to the article. That was why it was protected, in my view. If the article was not protected, the VFD tag would have been blanked on many occasions. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:06, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

LGen Dallaire's Portrait
Thanks for your contribution of LGen Romeo Dallaire's portrait. Please note that the image is NOT under Crown Copyright as you claim it to be. indicates that "All artworks, photographs and other images used on this site are the property of the artist and/or photographer who have contributed them. No unauthorized reproduction, public exhibition or re-use is permitted.". Please obtain necessary copyleft by contacting directly the photographer Jean-Marc Carisse. Thanks, mu5ti/talk 16:33, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * The website is run by the Canadian Council of Arts, which is part of the Canadian Government, thus, that is where the Crown Copyright comes in. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:27, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
 * An honest question, then: Even if it is explicitly stated that "All artworks, photographs and other images used on this site are the property of the artist and/or photographer who have contributed them" on a Canadian Government site, the mere fact that these images are posted on that site subject them to Crown Copyright? Regards, mu5ti/talk 03:00, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * To my knowledge, I think so. I put the photographer's name on the image page, and the source of the image, so I think is all what we had to do to use the Crown Copyright. But, if someone from the Wikilegal Department has issues with the image, I will happily revert or find something from the Canadian Senate, since Dallaire is a Senator. Plus, I had no clue that Dallaire was born a Dutch national. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:07, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

GNAA article
It appears that I am being reverted somewhat senselessly. However, in the interests of fair play I would like to ask whether you think my my additions to the article are relevant, neutral and informative. Am I being unreasonable to add this material? Chocolateboy has added very little the talk page, and appears to have "camped" on the article, and not let anyone else contribute to it. I would very much appreciate your feedback! - Ta bu shi da yu 11:43, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The sentence about the members is fair, since we have no idea if the GNAA is just composed of "gay niggers from the US." Some white dude from the UK could be in on it as well, so that had to be said. the ASCii sig is needed, since many GNAA attacks used the intro phrase "Are you gay?...." and the sig. The invisable text is needed too. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:54, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Your policy
Could you add this to Village pump (policy)? - Ta bu shi da yu 05:23, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I will see about it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:24, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Votes for deletion/Bosh
Please re-visit the discussion. Uncle G 10:59, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I voted keep to your edited version. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Celebrating
Hi! I've just crossed a symbolic milestone. Three thousand edits! I feel like celebrating. Have a cigar! Don't worry, I don't smoke them either, but it's all good :)! Cheers, Redux 14:24, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thats cool. Speaking about milestones, I am close to about 9000, so I will not be surprised if something is done to celebrate. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:24, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Trudy/i LeCaine
Great, and thanks for the info! I'll make note in the article if you have not already. -Harmil 23:52, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I have not made a note already. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:58, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Please see my request at Votes for deletion/Trudy LeCaine. The edit history should probably be kept, and since we cannot move articles during VfD, it's probably best not to duplicate this article during the voting. -Harmil 00:01, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I replied to that request. What we can do is speedy delete the new location, then move once the delete was performed. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:02, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

RfC
FYI Votes for deletion/Perverted-Justice.com SlimVirgin (talk) 01:11, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow, it feels like many things I put my hands on has been sent to VFD. Well, I voted keep for this one. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:41, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

SquirrelKabob
This user might be an impersonator, yes. I suspected as much as soon as I saw the username and the bad-faith VFD nomination that is similar in style to previous VFD nominations made by User:203.98.57.97, User:PhillyDude!, User:Borox, User:Spotteddogsdotorg (circa June 10-12), User:209.137.173.69 (Roger Moss on May 22), and User:Ameri-CentricPatrol. Kaibabsquirrel 04:24, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Quick descision, long tail
I'm exhausted....

See User_talk:Ta_bu_shi_da_yu for details for now.

Kim Bruning 04:27, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for the explaination Kim. I was confused on what happened. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:42, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Roberta Ray
Hi, I thought you'd like to know that, according to http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0555902/, Roberta Ray is played by Dulce María. Too bad there aren't any photos accompanying the page. John Barleycorn 08:22, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * I got photos, mainly of her in short, pink hair. From what I could tell on Univision, she went back (I think) to the long, black hair with the orange and blonde tips. Thanks John. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 08:27, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Russian tsarinas
regarding the names of tsarinas of Russia: if from abroad, they changed their first name, such as Wilhelmina became Natalia Alexeievna, etc. Now, Wikipedia has certain rules that the so-called consort name is not to be used, because of several persons being e.g Empress Maria Fedorovna. And that a pre-marital name should be used. But I feel that it is acceptable to make a formulation "Natalia Alexeievna of Darmstadt" (the "of Darmstadt" being for disambiguation purposes) instead of using "Wilhelmina of Darmstadt". Now, I would like to know some of international opinion and from your page I thought that you are familiar with e.g Belarusian perspective. In other words, I am asking you to think whether from the perspective of encyclopedia-reader, (1) would it be acceptable to say "Natalia Alexeievna of Darmstadt" and (2) would that be better or worse than "Wilhelmina of Darmstadt". 62.78.105.68 08:57, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * If you want to use the pre-marital name, go right ahead. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)


 * There's a rather complex policy discussion about the different name components going on; it's rather more complicated than the anon has made out. If you're interested, consider visiting this talk page and endorsing one of the options, or adding one of your own. (The anon's contributions there are under 217.140.193.123.) Thanks! Choess 01:05, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * As you said, it is a complex policy, just like the styles policy that was discussed at length months ago. I will check it out and I see what I can contribute. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:21, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

9000 edits...and counting!
Hey Zach! Congratulations on your 9,000 edits!! Wow, you've been here about half the time I have, but you already have three times as many edits! How do you do it?? This calls for a full service. Say goodbye to your diet ;) and something to wash all that food down! Enjoy!  And keep up the great work!  Your friend, Redux 15:22, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot my friend. I did it because I upload images, took on debate, had to edit many pages manually to switch images, made many minor edits, etc. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:45, 21 July 2005 (UTC)



9000 chocolate chickens (not all pictured) to Zscout for 9000 edits and counting! Sango 123  15:58, July 21, 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the chickens Sango. :) Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:59, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Tireless Contributor
Hey, Zscout370, thought I'd just drop this by for you. Dbraceyrules 21:15, 21 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks Dbraceyrules. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 21:18, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Putin and Kraft's ring
Hi, unfortunately your paragraph was deleted, it was not me, but I did support that. In my opinion, after some review this incident is rather small with no lasting impact as compared to others. One could argue that Putin's KGB secrecy habits had shown when he acted abruptly on camera, or something, but still it is not a big political event. I hope you will understand. –Gnomz007(?) 21:25, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * That's ok. I figured it was an event that could be noted, and if others want it gone, I will easily follow the crowd. Thanks for telling me though, but I am not really upset/worried/etc. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 21:27, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you so much for your words in my RfA Zach. You are too kind. Redux 03:18, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * You deserve the adminship. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:19, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey Zach. The RfA is officially closed now, and it was successful. :)  I just wanted to thank you again for your support and your words.  Also, incidentally, if you ever change your mind and decide that you do want Adminship, I'll nominate you in a heartbeat my friend!  Thanks again,  Redux 01:16, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I am glad you are now an admin. I do not think I will change my mind, I got some other things to worry about now. But thanks for the consideration. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:32, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Parodies
I just started a Parodies page on this per your comment. Jokestress 15:57, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks great so far. Good work. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:54, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Sig
As a courtesy for other editors on Wikipedia, please sign your talk page and user talk page posts. By adding four tildes (~) at the end of your comments, your user name or IP address and the date will be automatically added. Thanks, -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 06:25, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Can you tell me which page I forgot to do this at, please? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:27, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Wait, nevermind. It was at an annon userpage where I put test1 at. I usually do not sign test templates, since everytime I did, I got vandalized. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:28, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, figured that was the case. Well, you might consider dating them  so people can keep track of the vandalism more easily.  Keep up the good work with the RC Patrolling. -- BMIComp  (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 06:39, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Soviet orders
Hi there, Zscout370! I looked at the Soviet orders article and saw that there is no mentioning of the Order of Mother Heroine or Order of Maternal Glory (1st, 2nd, and 3rd class). Is it on purpose or you didn't know they existed? KNewman 04:08, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * They existed, but I never had a chance to work on it. However, there is an article about Mother Hero. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:11, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Internet Archive
If you are looking for non-existing web pages, perhaps the IA will be of help? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 13:48, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:32, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Removal from Order of Canada
Hi, I made some clarifications on the Votes for deletion/Removal from the Order of Canada of why I suggested merge. The article for Removal from the Order of Canada should stay, the information regarding the circumstance of the individual removal from the order should go into their individual article such as David Ahenakew and Alan Eagleson. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused, HJKeats 00:58, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Well, I wanted to document on when they were removed and what had to be done to get their insignia back. Their legal issues were mainly covered in their respective articles, but I had to mention something on why they were asked to be removed from the Order. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:25, 25 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Just a quick tip of the hat (tips hat) for your work on this article. Well done. brenneman (t) (c)  01:41, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. My main intent is not to have everyone change their vote, but some people have changed theirs over the course of the VFD. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:44, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

edit comments
your edits on the USS Thompson articles did not include any edit comments. since i watch both articles, i had to go and see what you actually did. it would save me time if you would just include text like "corrected image link". conversely, it doesn't take you much time to do this. kthx. hth. hand. xoxo, Avriette 06:04, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * My apologies. What is going on is that an image of the US Naval Jack (pre-2001) was uploaded to the Commons. I am switching all of the image links. I am doing this alone, and if you wish to help, that is fine by me. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:05, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Both now blocked
Both users have now been blocked for 24 hours. They did the same on a number of pages. I've already had to protect one page. Neutrality has protected another. *sigh*. LP seems out of control at this stage. Fear ÉIREANN \(caint) 06:49, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, if you need anything, just let me know. Also, thanks for changing the sig. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:50, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

You might want to keep an eye out on Victoria of the United Kingdom and later pages on UK monarchs. A blocked user called User:Skyring had been bombarding the pages with sockpuppets to try to ignite edit wars on the pages. I've spent much of the last week blocking his sockpuppets and reverting his changes. They are simply attempts to see can be get rows going over styles. He has no more interest in styles than in anything else. He just wants to try to get Proteus, Jguk, Whig and others at each other's throats. To stop others jumping in and his stunts succeeding I've been reverting the changes. (He has a history of trying to provoke rows on Wikipedia, and of stalking users of people he wants to annoy. He was banned from Wikipedia for a month for his stalking of me. User:Petaholmes was another victim. He is also banned from some pages for a year.) To stop him it may be necessary to put the pages under short time protection. His ban (unless extended, and it should be for all his sockpuppetry) runs out at the end of the month so he might stop using sockpuppets then. Fear ÉIREANN \(caint) 06:58, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I thought the styles issues were taken care of, but it seems like this is one bad habit that refuses to die. The page is on my watch list now, and I wrote my piece. I need to sleep now, but I think we should look at what was posted and see what we can do. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:03, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Votes for deletion/Insert Disc Two

 * but I see the users are trying to copy your signature style when trying to vote about that article.

Oh, I definately noticed. :) I commented on it somewhere on the page. I think is unquestionably playing the sock puppet game here. Meh, I'm sure the admin who closes the VFD can sort it all out. Func( t, c ) 02:05, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Just making sure you knew. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:29, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Hero of Ukraine
Thank you. I'll try to review the stuff as soon as I have time. Sashazlv 11:06, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:42, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Sango's RfA
Hi, Zscout. Thank you very much for supporting my RfA! I am deeply honored to have your endorsement and hope to make good use of the mop. Sango 123  01:27, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Your quite welcome, thanks for the cake. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:58, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Edit summary
Hello. Please remember to always provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy edits. Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 03:45, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:46, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Flag Images
I am still trying to upload new images and trying to move images to the Flag of Country.png series. However, there are some templates preventing me. I will try to fix those templates to ones already established and, once I get my computer back, I am going to set up a FlagBot, where it can switch images for me. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:07, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


 * What templates? Supposedly we'll have SVG uploads "soon", at which time we'll have to replace all the flags with "Flag of Country.svg" anyway.  It might make sense to put off the massive replacement effort until then.  (Of course, who knows how long "soon" takes.)  dbenbenn | talk 13:01, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The template I was refering to was Template:Flag2. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:26, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Plus, as for SVG files, I still need to read up on it, but I do not have the software to make SVG files. However, if others want to take my PNG files and make them to SVG files, I have no problems with that. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 20:06, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

FAC
Sorry it took me so long- I've been quite busy. Anyways, I've reviewed the article again and left my input on the FAC page. Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 16:01, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It is alright, thanks for looking at it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:37, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar Award
This is to inform you that I have awarded you a Barnstar in recognition of your excellent work on the article Canadian Heraldic Authority. Enjoy! --Mb1000 18:23, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:24, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Your welcome! --Mb1000 18:22, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Canada Copyright
I have a question for you. I want to nominate an article for Featured status, but I was wondering if photos under the Canada Crown Coypright status is acceptable? Thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:32, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The Canadian Crown Copyright is borderline: it appears to prohibit commercial use, and it may or may not permit modification. It's still freer than "fair use", so if it's a choice between the two, the Crown Copyright image is better.  Such images should still be used sparingly.  The Canadian Heraldic Authority article is a good example of where Crown Copyright images can be used (although since it's the text description of a coat of arms that's definitive, not the visual representation, anyone could draw up a depiction of one of those coats of arms and release it under GFDL). --Carnildo 00:03, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks a bunch. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:05, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

DrZoidberg block
Well, Fonzie Fan has always been more annoying than DrZoidberg. Do you think Fonzie Fan should be blocked, or should we let him play around in the sandbox? &mdash; Stevey7788 (talk) 00:25, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Not sure, but Zoidberg was blocked for not making any useful edits in 9 months, refused to break out of the Sandbox. He also "broke" the sandbox. Fonzie's socks have been blocked, but I am not sure if Fonzie should be blocked himself. But, after a while, someone will. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:31, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for Support Saving User Photo
Thank you for the vote to keep my user page. I was banned here a year ago because a tiny minority of admins decided I wasn't suitable, well now I'm back, and I don't plan on getting banned again. It only took this guy Raul654 a few hours of me being reinstated before he started attacking me with his pals. I'm a lot more defensive now than when I started more than a year ago, that's for sure. Once again, thanks for helping me keep my user photo! Plautus satire 15:00, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:51, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Order of Canada
Thanks for asking, but it's been expanded enough now that it deserves its own article. Yours, Radiant_ &gt;|&lt; 15:57, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for replying. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:53, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

RE: Uganda flag
Hello. I will (when I get the time) change the correct flag to .png format and replace the wrong one with it. --Ezeu 22:26, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Take all of the time you want. Thanks again. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:28, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Random
You need to make it to Special:Randompage not just Special:Random. It works like that, I just tried it out in preview in the sandbox. We still shouldn't redirect across namespaces, though. (I cross posted this in case you're no longer watching the article talk.) -Splash 23:08, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, fair enough. I figured it was worth a shot. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:10, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Re: A favour
If you mean you could translate Wikiportal/Ukraine/Ukraine-related_Wikipedia_notice_board for me, that would be great :) I am happy you like my EE cooperation proposal as well :) --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:11, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I already started the translation for Piotrus. I am afraid it might be too difficult a task for Zach :). Piotrus' translation is short and I will finish it first. Zach's is much longer (UA laws on Hero of UA), but I will do that too at its time. For the EE cooperation, I don't think creation of EE portal is justified, but at least a EE notice board would probably be a good idea. What do you guys think? Congratulations to Hero of BE on the mainpage! --Irpen 18:21, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the HoB comment. I will see what I can do on that article, but I am in the middle of an war in the HoB article. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 08:30, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Also, the EE page I created, it can become a noticeboard if yall want it to. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:12, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Hero of Belarus
Just saw it on the front page. Congrats. :) --User:Jenmoa 18:01, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:33, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Featured Article
Hi, Zscout. No problem about the vandalism reverts. Congratulations on having your first FA on the main page! Sango 123  18:30, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you Sango, but this is actually my second FA. My first was Order of Canada. :). Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:34, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Darn! I could've sworn that it said HoB was your first of your user page. Oh well. Congrats anyway. :) Sango  123  18:38, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hero of Belarus was my first FA I ever created. Thanks again. :) Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:40, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Mendel photo deletions
What's the deal with removing the Mendel photos from the genetics articles? I checked the photo copy right and it does not appear to be in violation of any wiki rules? David D. 08:20, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The image that was use in the aritcles was a white image with the word "Ass Pus" in gold. The pictures of Mendel were never on the articles when I went there to revert. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 08:28, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strange because when you look back at the history the version before your edit is normal. In fact, that was the version I used to revert.  You saw the "ass pus" error on those pages? David D. 08:44, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, I did. The image was called Mendel.png, and it was speedy deleted because of the ass pus. But I think I knew what happened. The Mendel image was uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. However, the banned user uploaded a copy here, thus negating the real Mendel photo. It replaced it with the ass pus image, and because ass pus is related to the Pelican Shit vandal, I removed it on sight. But, thanks for catching my goof-up. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 08:48, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * No problem. I realised it was not intentional on your part but I could not figure out why you had thought it needed to be deleted.  Now I understand.  David D. 08:52, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Now since I knew what happened, I should just watch out from now on. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 08:53, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Russian Fleet Admiral
Good sir, how have you been. A User slapped a VFD tag on Fleet Admiral (Russia) citing a page written in Russia as an example. Your keep vote would greatly be apprecaited as you are a champion on this site of Russian related military articles. Thank you! -Husnock 16:07, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I have been well. I am sorry Husnock, the guy who added it is right: there is no rank called the Fleet Admiral of the Russian Federation. I used my Russian knowledge and there was none. Maybe it is a conjectual rank created by the US, just like the 6 star rank. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:10, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It looks that way. It just seems very strange Russia now has no 5 star naval rank. -Husnock 23:35, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe, since the Russian fleet has sunk (no pun intended) to low levels following the Soviet collapse, maybe they have no need for a rank like that. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:38, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Good sir, I've done some more research and have rewritten the article. With all respect to the person who started the VFD (for his knowledge of Russian ranks is very substantial) I think this a conjectural rank that could be bestowed in times of war or national emrgency. I simply can't believe that there are currently no provisions in Russia to appoint a five star Admiral if and when the need arises. I am also left with the puzzling mystery of why there is an Army publication giving reference to the rank and pictures of the insignia available. With all the mysteries, I strongly feel the article needs to be kept. Your change back to keep would be certianly appreciated. -Husnock 18:52, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * P.S.- Article has been renamed Fleet Admiral of the Russian Federation. Fleet Admiral (Russia) is now an article about the four star position. -Husnock 18:54, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Uładzimir Karvat
The image of Mr. Karvat was replaced with this picture of White Dawg. It was corrected by an admin and I think the history of the vandalism was expunged. - Nat Krause 22:16, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Yes, the old image was deleted. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:18, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

GNAA todo
Good stuff! I think we should add a todo to the talk page and move it there. - Ta bu shi da yu 07:50, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Fine by me. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:52, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Good news, I also found a motive for these guys. See the article. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:55, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Hey...
... no offense, but I've seen rolloffle in action, and I can most definitely say that his motives are not what is in that press release. That's very much tongue-in-cheek. Just thought I'd give you a head's up... - Ta bu shi da yu 08:01, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I am going by the press releases. If rolloffle would like to say something else, then he can email me. I already launched an email to those guys asking for information. However, we can have a section on "famous users/members" like rolloffle and also the groups they work like, like ANUS http://www.anus.com/. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 08:03, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

Can-stub
The stub template Can-stub has been nominated for deletion. While I did not create this template I do not want to see it deleted. I feel it is easier to use then Canada-stub. As you have worked on Canadian articles a bit I was wondering if you would like to join the discussion (and possibly vote to keep it). Thanks. --Mb1000 17:43, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I can vote for a merge. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:03, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

But a merge will delete either Can-stub or Canada-stub. I think it's good to have choices!--Mb1000 23:50, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * But, it is just three more letters. I can spend a second or two typing more letters. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:51, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Ya, but come on! Why not have the choice?--Mb1000 23:53, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Even if this template was not up for deletion, it would have been redirected anyways. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:57, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

GNAA
Ta bu nominating it was a bit off, yes, but my main objection is with Brian and his responses to everyone making any comment whatsoever on the content of the article. I've no doubt Ta bu was trying to make a point. --Golbez 06:19, August 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Plus, I think Raul654, who runs the FA space anyways, should have monitored the objections. I want to work on the article and nominate it later, since I will add something about their press releases and their "famous" members. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:22, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

GNAA RfA objection
I can imagine how hard it is to get actual names for GNAA founders and members- and I feel that if that information cannot be provided, the article should not reach feature status because it is lacking information. FA's should be comprehensive, and if the article isn't, than it shouldn't be an FA. I'm sorry, but that's the way I feel. --Scimitar parley 17:49, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey man, no need to apolgize. I am still going to add a bunch of stuff to the article, but I am just seeing what else I have missed in my additions to it. While real names for each user could be key, I think it will be a challenge to find. It will also be hard to see if those are the real names: if I can find a source, I will add it. If not, I will remove it for the sake of accuracy. You can go to the Perverted-Justice.com and see about a edit war based on adding real names to the article. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:58, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

User:KaibabsquirreI
Thanks, done. Jayjg <sup style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 21:18, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 21:20, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

US flag images: color discrepancy
Hi, Zscout370. I noticed that you recently swapped out the main image on the Flag of the United States for a newer version. Despite the fact that both are described as using PMS 193C for "red", the old image is clearly different from the new image. I know (or think, at least) that you've done a lot of work on the flags, so I figured you'd be the one to ask about this discrepancy. Are you sure the new one is correct? I know PNG colors can be a bit tricky, frustratingly. I've had to use <tt>pngcrush</tt> in the past to "fix" gamma problems. &mdash; HorsePunchKid → &#x9F9C;  06:40, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I will switch the image once I get the Internet set up at my home. My laptop will die in 2 hours. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:09, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, I switched it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:45, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Copyright status of Image:GNAA press release.jpg
Thanks for clearing that up for me! Extraordinary Machine 00:38, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your quite welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:39, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Adminship
Are you interested? I feel you have all the right qualities: civil editing technique, the willingness to remove vandalism, the ability to be tactful on controversial articles and Get Things Done, an excellent researcher and a great understanding of site policies.

It's a tough and often thankless job. But I know you'd be excellent. Interested? - Ta bu shi da yu 02:52, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:54, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I removed the notice that I declined adminship and I told people in the edit summary that I will accept the nomination when it is made. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:09, 4 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Sorry Ta bu shi da yu, I beat ya to it. Didn't know you were racing for it :| Redwolf24 04:00, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * He offered, thats all. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:04, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * so did I, but you turned it down (pout). Grutness...  wha?  05:47, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry man, but at that time, it just did not feel right. Now, in the immoral words of Spongebob Sqaurepants: I'm ready, I'm ready (repeat 20 times). Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:49, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Whoever writes the nomination, pls post a note here or at my talk page. I would like to add and cosign, making it a co-nomination, unless nominator objects, in which case I will just vote support. Cheers, --Irpen 07:03, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ta bu shi da yu made it a co-nomination, so I do not mind if you make another nomination notice. :) Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:05, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. The whole nomination will be a smooth ride, I am sure. --Irpen 07:54, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * I hope so too. I am still hoping the HoU article will be promoted to FA. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:58, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

GNAA and RfA
Thanks for working so hard on the GNAA article. Personally, I'm surprised you guys were able to come up with as much as you did, and it's a bummer that it didn't make it. Hopefully you and others keep researching and find some more info on them, so that in a few months another nomination might go through. In any case, you've earned yet another superfluous support vote on your RfA =). --Spangineer (háblame)  11:21, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I admit it was a hard thing to find out stuff for the article, since someone pointed out some of it is borderline OR. I will work at it, seeing what caused it to fail and I will fix it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 14:42, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

666,666th article
Thanks for the nice screen shot, but did you have to have your name permanently emblazoned at the top? I guess Zscout370 might go down in WikiHistory. Nice work, attention hog. Cheers. --Lord Voldemort <sup style="color:#3D9140;">(Dark Mark) 14:09, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry about my name being affixed to the top. Plus, if I signed out, I could have missed the momment, so I caught it when I did. Oh well, if I go down in Wiki-history, or Wikihell, at least I went in style. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 14:44, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I know, I was just kidding... sorta. But once again, nice work. See ya round. --Lord Voldemort <sup style="color:#3D9140;">(Dark Mark) 14:52, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Remember, anyone can use the screenshot on their user page, if they wish to use it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 14:55, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

A "flaggy" thanks
Thanks in advance. The deletion thingie? Well, it sounds like news from nowhere. I've totally forgotten. :-D Anyway, congratulate you upon your administratorship, and remember: be a "smooth" administrator, not "rough". ;-) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 17:49, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Well, I wasn't quite sure how you felt, but I will email my friend now. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:51, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I like your apology at least. :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 17:58, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, you can also call it a peace offering too. I have no clue when the photo was taken, but it could have been in June of this year. Now, the flags are in my possession. Also, I am not sure if the Hong Kong authorities give their flags away at public events. If so, I have one of those flags sitting in my room too. It is 10x15 cm, the flag is made out of plastic. The flag is affixed by some sort of tape, but the hold on it is not strong. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:00, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The dimension (10x15 cm) is perfectly correct, and you may take a look at here. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 18:10, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I can also measure the other flags, but they could be the same size. I received a HK SAR flag, Macau SAR flag, PRC flag and a CPC flag. Also, if you wish to send the article to WP:FAC, I would start trying to find references to explicit information, such as the "Long Hair" situation with the flag. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:15, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks a million dollars :-D -- Jerry Crimson Mann 18:20, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your quite welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:21, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * In fact there's another quite interesting anecdote about HKSAR flag. The flag used in Olympic Game in Sydney, 2000 was misprinted: the petals looked bigger and fatter than the original design. The IOC eventually made an official apology to the Hong Kong Government. Unluckily, I couldn't find that story up to now... -- Jerry Crimson Mann 19:03, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I can see if I can find the story or the IOC apology. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:06, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * A bit of trivia, if you wish to add: at the Sydney 2000 games: Fenella Ng Gar-loc was carrying the flag that the IOC screwed up on. . I can also find out the name of the person who carried the flag during the 2004 Olypic games. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:15, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I like your information, but don't have the faintest idea to start with any article... :-/ -- Jerry Crimson Mann 19:35, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Hero of Ukraine
Hi Zach, I've made a few more changes. I looked over the articles on the corresponding Soviet awards and wrote up a paragraph on them to provide a bit of background. The articles I read didn't seem to have any sources, so we should probably find something that verifies what I wrote. And if you think anything needs to be changed or emphasized or whatever, go ahead and fix it. You know the subject better than I. I also moved that table off to the side so that it looks like a normal image; I think it looks better and I hope you agree. --Spangineer (háblame)  18:43, August 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * I have no problems with any of the changes you have made to the article at all. I intend to work on the other titles once I get some time. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:46, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Your RfA
Hi Zscout370, I know you'll make a great admin, so I gave my support. Good luck on your RfA. &mdash; Stevey7788 (talk) 22:35, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks a bunch for the support. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:36, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

RE:Wikifuhrer
Hi Zscout. Yeah it's fine to do whatever you want with the image. Thanks, Craigy (talk) 01:24, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:24, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for supporting my RFA. I replaced the png image with the jpg, so you can go ahead and speedy delete your png image. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:31, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

'succede'
It's one of those funny English words that can be confusing because the adjective is "succedent". Double Blue (Talk) 04:01, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:02, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Japanese flags
With your interest in flags, I thought I'd point out that Flag of Japan mentions a Ground Forces flag which seems to have no image. I do not know if the Air Force mentioned in Japan_Self-Defense_Forces has a flag. (SEWilco 17:34, 5 August 2005 (UTC))
 * I'll check and see. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:38, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, the JSDF ground forces has a flag at http://flagspot.net/images/j/jp^gsfcl.gif, and the Air Force has a flag at http://flagspot.net/images/j/jp_asdf1.gif. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:14, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations
A premature congratulations on your adminship. There is almost no chance of you not making it. I just wanted to be the first to congratulate. Howabout1 Talk to me! 02:42, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:46, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Dammit. I wanted to be the first. :-\ and :-p מזל טוב in the truest spirit of Zee Kaball. Tomer <sup style="font-size:x-small; color:#129DBC;">TALK 08:04, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

Belarusian Republican Youth Union
I know I objected to the FAC nomination, but I want you to know that to me it looks like a great article. I read it from top to bottom and learnt a great deal. Good job, and I don't mean to question your objectivity. &mdash; David Remahl 05:09, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It's not a problem, you brought up valid points. I can fix those problems without any difficulty, but the main problem I will face is even trying to find others who are willing to work with me on this one. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:16, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

comment collisions on WP:AN/I
Sorry...I was trying to read your comment in when you did it yourself... you may have noticed, I collision-deleted yours fixing a previous collision deletion. argh! :-p Tomer <sup style="font-size:x-small; color:#129DBC;">TALK  08:03, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's ok, I put my comment back. All I mainly said was explaining my opinion and what I did. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 08:06, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I know. I just thought I'd better let you know I realized what had happened and was trying to undo it when you fixed it yourself.  Best to head off potential bad sentiments at the pass.  Tomer <sup style="font-size:x-small; color:#129DBC;">TALK  08:46, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:07, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Hero of Belarus
I'm glad to hear it. If you happen to stumble across people that are less receptive, let me know, so I can join the chorus in asking them not to do it. On a completely unrelated note, I'm glad to see that you finally decided to accept Adminship. I've already supported, and as I imagined, you're getting tons of support &mdash; so much so that I actually got an edit conflict when I was casting my support vote! :) And the RfA is only half way through.  You may just break the 100 support votes barrier!  It's only fair, you earned all that support through a lot of hard work for the project!  Redux 17:28, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I just had so many people ask me to become admin. If I even have admins calling for my adminship, then I must be doing something right. Right now, I am at 69/0/0/0, so I could break that record. However, how many admins have four co-nominators? Not a single person, IIRC. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:33, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Unanimous support, although not that unusual, is also a great thing to have in a RfA &mdash; you have it, now that the humorous oppose vote has been stricken. Kudos!  Redux 17:44, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I got a few more days to see what happens. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:47, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The only way you're getting any opposition votes is if vandals and/or trolls you have crossed find out about the RfA and decide to oppose you out of spite. But that usually happens early on in the RfA, so if you haven't been opposed by vandals and trolls this far in, you're likely to get a unanimous support.  I cannot envision any "serious" opposition votes against you.  Oh, and there's Boothy443...he usually likes to oppose RfAs that are a landslide in favor of the candidate, but if that's the only oppose vote you get, it will be a unanimous support in my book. ;)  Redux 18:02, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Boothy is now a party of a FAC because of her behavior, so I guess he/she stopped, for now. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:04, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Indeed, I had completely forgotten that! Sure, that's why no votes from him/her have shown up recently! So, a unanimous support it is (or will be). Redux 18:11, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a RfC though, FAC is for Featured Articles. ;) Redux 18:14, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I been stuck at FAC for a little while now. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:21, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Look who's back to opposing good candidates for no reason... Good thing that it won't make a difference, given the massive support you have received. Redux 05:13, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Boothy supported func, but oh well. Even with the two objections I have and the one that was removed, I still have over 90 people who want me to have the job. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:19, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Rainbowwarrior1977
After yesterday's interaction with Rainbowwarrior1977, I've been looking over his contributions and decided to file an RfC against him. Since you were involved in the RfA fiasco, I thought you might want to comment here. Thanks, and (early?) congrats with the RfA! -- Essjay ·  Talk 23:59, August 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and certified the RFC and thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:01, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

AYB image
Hilarious! - Ta bu shi da yu 02:35, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * :) Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:37, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Constant removal of copyvio from Aufhebung by
Help please? Thanks. <font color="#FFFFFF" style="background: maroon;"> RasputinAXP  talk  *  contribs  04:12, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure thing. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:15, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks muchly. <font color="#FFFFFF" style="background: maroon;"> RasputinAXP  talk  *  contribs  04:16, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:17, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Your Admin Barn(The Z Barn?)
Congrats on your impending adminship, something you definately have earned. So, per my new tradition, due to the immense responsibilities you're about to undergo, you deserve an award bigger than a barn star, so i'm giving you an entire barn! Use it with pride, I look forward to your contributions in the future to make our community a better place. Karmafist 14:47, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the barn, now I got somewhere where the "vandal body count" can go :). Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:25, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ... can go and rest in eternal peace... Amen ! --Bhadani 15:39, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * lol, well it's your barn. I just suggest you clean up in there once in awhile, dead vandals can smell. ;-) Karmafist 03:51, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I will. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:53, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations

 * I came late in your support. At least, I want to be first to convey my congrats and best wishes for your new role. Cheers ! --Bhadani 15:44, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kind words and the support. I promise I won't blow it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:45, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Oh come on, Z, you know you're going to be a rogue admin just like the rest of us! -- Essjay ·  Talk 15:53, August 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * I know, but I am going to take the adminship task very seriously. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 15:54, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Volunteering for the Signpost
Hi, Smoddy has already spoken for the featured articles beat, so you're going to have to fight him for it. Seriously though, the offer is appreciated and I'm sure we can figure out ways to keep everyone involved. I'm still looking for more people to commit to writing news stories, but I will definitely keep you posted about any future plans. --Michael Snow 16:06, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks Michael. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:09, 8 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Re barnstar: he is not the first to receive the award. It is a personal mark of respect. -- ALoan (Talk) 18:22, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I know he is not the first, but I am just letting you know we have alternatives to awarding the HSL to users. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:29, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I know that the barnstars exist. Do you object to me using the HSL?  It was the nicest gold star that I could find at the time when I first wanted to award one about a year ago. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:12, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * If I draw you a gold star award that you can give out, will you stop awarding the HSL to people? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:15, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, if it looks as pretty. -- ALoan (Talk) 11:21, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I will upload two images in a few hours. They are done, but I have more pressing issues to take care of. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 17:13, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the note. Look, I respect your views: if you think it is offensive (or think other would be offended) then I will desist.  I know there was some debate about the Purple Heart, for example. -- ALoan (Talk) 09:48, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Flag raising ceremony
Ya...I'd love to have it. :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 19:18, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Give me a few minutes and I will upload them. They are also under the GFDL license. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:21, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Ooooo...where's the end one? -- Jerry Crimson Mann 19:28, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Let me upload that too. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:29, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * What a pity you don't have the photos in between start and finish...:) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 19:40, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe he is not allowed to take photos during the ceremony (which, the National Anthem of the PRC is playing). I could ask and see, but I do not want my friend to get into trouble. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:41, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Oh yeah, I have the email too from my friend stating his willingnes to issue the photos by GFDL. Do you wish to have it? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:44, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Do I see you everywhere?
It seems that I see you everywhere, from FAC to Hong Kong stuff to RfA. Where do you come from? <font color=#007dff>De ryc  k C.  07:00, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Most people just see me on one article then I go off and do something else. I also see you on the Barnstar pages. At the Hong Kong article, I just mainly uploaded photos my friend in Hong Kong took. At FAC, I send articles there a lot or I help fix articles that I can make great. At RfA, I was nominated last week, so I go there and see how I am doing. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:02, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Templates with section headers
Don't forget to substitute templates with section headers (such as &#123;&#123;Welcome2&#125;&#125; and &#123;&#123;idw&#125;&#125;) when you use them on talk pages - it reduces server load, and prevents accidental blanking of the template. Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 13:10, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I use IDW a bunch, since I head over to IFD a bunch, but thanks. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:27, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll un-oppose your RFA if you go find and substitute them all :) Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 01:14, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Go ahead and let your opposing vote stand. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:17, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Are you saying you are too lazy to find and fix your mess? Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 04:09, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * No, because most of the stuff I put up for IFD have been deleted anyways. Plus, I do not use the welcome template at all. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:10, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Gargh!! Check Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:idw and go and substitute them all, and I will remove my objection! A lot of these have been left by you! Alphax &tau;&epsilon;&chi; 10:34, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

styles
Given the endless debate/rows etc over styles I've been thinking as to what is the best way to come up with a consensus solution. Styles have to be in an article, but using them upfront is, I think, a mistake and highly controversial. I've designed a series of templates which I think might solve the problem. There are specific templates for UK monarchs, Austrian monarchs, popes, presidents, Scottish monarchs and HRHs. (I've protected them all, temporarily, because I want people to discuss them in principle rather than battle over content and design right now.) I've used a purple banner because it is a suitable royal colour and is also distinctive. They are eyecatching enough to keep some of the pro-styles people happy; one of their fears seemed to be that styles would be buried. But by not being used they are neutral enough to be factual without appearing to be promotional. I'd very much like your views. I'm going to put them on a couple of user pages and ask for a reaction. There needs to be a calm debate on them this time. <b style="color:#006666;">Fear</b><b style="color:#FF6600;">ÉIREANN</b>\<sup style="color:blue;">(caint) 02:48, 10 August 2005 (UTC)


 * This is a perfect solution. We can show what styles are used when, since depending on the situation is depending on what style you use. Also, I am not sure where we can place the infoboxes at, but I am sure that others will love this idea as much as I do. A Barnstar for you! Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:50, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!
I really have a lot of thanking to do, at that. It's been a long row to hoe but I did it...with your help. Thank you SO much. I won't let you down. - Lucky 6.9 03:56, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, you will make a fine admin. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:57, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Uplands and such
OK. Just thought I'd ask. How'd you know so fast I'd edited your stub? :-p Tomer <sup style="font-size:x-small; color:#129DBC;">TALK  05:35, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Recent changes and it is on my watch list. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:36, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Belarusian Republican Youth Union
hi, thanks for being willing to take my comments into account; although I'm afraid I'm even more pedantic than that :-) I did one reference quite fully as an example of exactly what I would like to see.  Imagine that Lukashenko is replaced and his web site deleted; my reference will let you a) use the way back machine to see the old version and b) search google for the specific phrase and find it on his new web site (ex-president.org.by???) and c) understand what the comment was even if you can't find it anywhere.. It's a bit of work, but if you only get part way there it will really help.. BTW. I generally like the style of the article which seems quite balanced and am quite likely to support next time you nominate it depending on how I feel about my ignorance of the topic at the time. Mozzerati 06:45, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok...I will see what I can do, and if you wish to help me on this too, go right ahead. I have seen this feature used before on some articles, but this is new to me. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:53, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

hi
Hi,

I must say I do like how the article on the Order of Canada has turned out, although I do think that getting Michelle Jean as the new Gov Gen is a political move by Martin. The article is much better served with the removal and eligability articles moved to their own pages.

Lately I have been working on the List of Canadian awards page adding Provincial medals and awards (Alberta now has a ceremonial medal that has a listing on the order of priority) although I think I might have gone overboard on listing some of them - I ment to just list stuff like the Ontario Medal of Good Citizenship which actually contains postnominals.

I've been in Trois-Pistoles Quebec for a month learning French ( and fracturing my elbow in the process :) - I must say that I think I understand the seperatists even less now. It was weird that I saw only one Canadian flag and it was on the post office ! I did get to go to the Quebec Parliament Building (no canadian flag in their either - although I did manage to ask a question about that in FRENCH) and saw the room where they give out the National Order of Quebec.

So you heard that Smokey Smith has died ?

Dowew 19:49, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have heard the sad news that Smokey left us. Canada lost a great hero. I was working on the Michaelle Jean article, and I already noted there that Mme. Jean will be presented the following titles at her investure: CC, CMM, COM and CD. I, myself, have never been to Canada, but I knew many people that went there or live there now. It's neat that you saw the room where they give out the NOQ. Plus, it is not going overboard to list all of the Canadian decorations, since my pasl Husnock went in and put in all of the American decorations on here. However, articles about each one might be going overboard. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 19:55, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Hero of Ukraine
Hi. Is there anything in the rules on featured articles about blocking votes? More specifically, can any single user veto a featured article candidate?

Also, I don't quite understand what User_talk:Markalexander100 wants. Many people find numbers and dates interesting per se. Besides, the rules do not require an article to be interesting, whatever it may mean. Sashazlv 03:23, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * His objection is borderling on non-actionable, as mean I cannot do anything about it. This was a problem I faced with other topics on Belarus, few will be interested in them. However, what is not interesting to him is interesting to many others. Plus, it is also a good "who's who" list of Ukrainians and very notable names show up on the list, like Viktor Klitscho. Plus, I have put everything in the artilce we can, and you found every single hero that has been awarded (including the false heroes) into a fork article, so the article is pretty much set. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:30, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

So, the question is who ultimately decides...

In fact, there are several articles related to Ukraine that have a potential to become featured. For instance, Verkhovna Rada, Kiev, and, for that matter, Ukraine itself. However, too few people can actually contribute. Too bad. Sashazlv 04:00, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * ArbCom member Raul654 decides on FA's. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:01, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Maybe, a bit of PR could help, in general. What about other possibilities? Frankly, I think that Kiev has more of a potential than Hero of Ukraine. At least, it may have a much broader audience and is the article can hardly be "uninteresting". Sashazlv 04:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure, a Peer Review of Kiev will help. Kiev is the capital city, and we can document a lot of Kiev, since that is where a majority of the events in the Orange Revolution took place. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:45, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Ralph Woodrow
This is up for deletion. I would like to have it kept as he is a significant critic of The Two Babylons. Would you care to vote on the VfD? - Ta bu shi da yu 04:15, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Question:
I have a question; on one of my recent articles (sarawak chamber) you deleted my signature on the end of it, am I not allowed signatures. I am asking this as I am new to wikipedia. please leave your answer at my userpage.

Re: Question
Sorry, i forgot to leave my name on the question above labelled: "question".

My user name is Spawn man. bye.
 * I was still able to find you by checking the edit history. No need to apologize, I answered your question. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 05:56, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Re your rfa/Belarus flag
Hey, no problem with the support. You're right, you should have stood ages ago, but everyone needs to wait until they know they're ready. As to the Belarus flag, I'm pretty sure my local flag maker wouldn't actually make one, since there's virtually no call for Belarus flags here, but I shall ask. Grutness...  wha?  06:08, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I just mainly want to know the design (like I mentioned on your talk page). I am trying to get a Belarusian flag that is made correctly by law, but the US makers do a bad job at. I asked you since I know at least the ratio will be 1:2. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:11, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Mmm. True... but even the larger, Wellington-based firm that I sometimes deal with doesn't list the flag on its website (<http://www.flagmakers.co.nz/home.htm>). I'll ask though. Oh, and congratulations! Grutness...  wha?  07:14, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks again. I promise I will not blow it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:17, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations!
Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 06:54, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will not let yall down. For Great Encyclopedia! Zscout370 (Sound Off) 06:55, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * We know that already :-) Allow me to be the second to say congrats on your adminship! Please see In_the_news_section_on_the_Main_Page/Candidates for a good news story to add to WP:ITN :-) Ta bu shi da yu 07:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your quite welcome. I should be thanking you, since if it were not for you, I would not have taken up the RFA. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:20, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Goddammit, that crookèd-horned Viking beat me to it! Fine. I'll settle for being the 3rd to congradumaficate you. Welcome to the cabal, and may your service therein be at least as pleasant as your RFA! :-) Tomer <sup style="font-size:x-small; color:#129DBC;">TALK  10:54, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations, Zscout370! As I have taken to saying, welcome to the topp-sekrit cabal! Now you can go delete a couple of important policy pages now ;)! Just kidding, though I'm sure you will do an excellent job. I'm guessing you'll be deleting a lot of images soon... Congrats again, Bratsche talk  5 pillars 13:43, August 11, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations! Both on adminship and Hero of Ukraine FA. Sashazlv 01:28, 12 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Congrats on your Adminship Zach! A landslide vote, as expected.  Adminship is no rose garden though.  The one time a used rollback on an edit by a registered user, and already three people have complained.  Sometimes, the issue itself looses importance, as people might tend to focus on how an Admin might have screwed up in using the restricted tools.  I recommend extra, extra care in using your new "powers".  I'm sure you'll do great though.  Congrats and good luck!  Redux 16:11, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

TThank you, thank you, thank you. I was trying out my the new powers last night, I seem to be doing OK so far. I am glad I am in the cabal now. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:52, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Func's RfA :)
Zscout370, when your name popped up on RfA, I thought the smart money would be on you for breaking support vote records! :)

Thank you for supporting my adminship, it was very much appreciated, and congratulations on yours! :)

Please never hesitate to let me know if you have concerns with any administrative action I may make.

Func( t, c, e, ) 18:44, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your welcome and I should congratulate you on breaking the record. Maybe if I waited a few more months, I would have broken the record, but I am just glad that the RFA is over and I can go back to my normal Wiki-life, I hope. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 18:47, 11 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Thank you for my barnstar!!! My very first one, very cool! :) Func( t, c, e, ) 01:44, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Your quite welcome. Trust me, there will be more to come. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:40, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Canadian Order of Precedence
Hi, I've been working on a list of precidence for all Canadian Medals and postnominal letters. thought I would point you to it : Canadian order of precedence (Decorations and Medals) Dowew 20:39, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Cool, thanks. I will see what I can add to it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 20:41, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm off
I wanted to let you know that I will discontinue editing for this site, and that you were a good friend since I have been here. D. J. Bracey (talk) 23:02, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It's sad to see you go but I am honored to have met you on here and been your friend. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:04, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Орден "Дружбы народов"
Since you protected your user page, I say it here. Please move it to your user page and display it to the world.

You've got already all the barnstars, national merit awards, etc. Besides, the Hero of Ukraine cannot be awarded twice :). Let's try this! :) --Irpen 01:31, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Correction: you cannot get two Order of the Gold Stars or Order of the State, but you can get one of each. But thank you for the lovely medal. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:38, 12 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Plus, to let you know, you put people's awards on their Talk Pages, so they know that they got something. Plus, it allows them to display the award in any way that I choose. In my case, I chose ribbon bars. :) Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:47, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

I think, I will not always follow this rule. Some people choose not to move the awards from talk to the front and it will never be there unless I put it myself. But thanks for letting me know. --Irpen 01:53, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * I know you are just letting people know about their honor. It's not a set in stone rule and no one is going to block you for it, but that is how I see many people award stuff. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:55, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * And now you will have to, at least, copyedit the Орден "Дружбы народов" article :). Cheers, --Irpen 02:02, August 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * I drew the ribbon bar, so I can certainly try to copy edit it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:04, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes, today is a День Победы (Victory Day). Zscout370 (Sound Off) & Irpen 03:00, August 12, 2005 (UTC)

SEWilco's countrystub proposal
Hi Zach. Please - if yyou're going to move stubs over to the new belarus stub category, DON't use SEWilco's new method! We still haven't been cleared for using metatemplates by the developers, and there's still no news that MW1.5 is any better than 1.4 for high-use templates. If countrystub is to be used on all country-related stubs, it will be on some 10,000 articles, slightly over the recommended 200-500. I firmly believe that this new template style is in danger of crippling Wikipedia, and don't want to sit idly by and watch it happen. so far, you're the only stub sorter who has added any comments in his scheme's favour, and I can't really understand why. Grutness...  wha?  03:06, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I am still trying to see if it works. Now, I am talking to SEWilco on IRC, and it sounds pretty complicated. However, if I can ignore him, I know how to make it work. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:08, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Grutness, perhaps you should mention your issues in the Proposal. Also note that only one stub sorter has added comments against the proposal, so it is difficult to know if anyone agrees with anything.  (SEWilco 04:20, 12 August 2005 (UTC))
 * And, since we got new software, we could always give this another shot. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 04:22, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Personally, I'd prefer to wait until we get the all-clear, rather than testing it and then finding out we've crashed Wikipedia. There are other reasons I think this template's not a good idea, as well (which I've passed on to SEWilco on his talk page). Grutness...  wha?  14:22, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

User:Sockpuppet'R'Us
I've unblocked him, because he pointed out in his talk page that he hadn't done anything prohibited under Sock puppet policy. -- Curps 13:16, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The reason why I blocked him is that he is trying to disrupt Wikipedia by running a contest asking people to find out who he is. Since, I have no idea if he was hardbanned or not, I went ahead and did the block. If he does something abusive or find out who he really is, could we block again? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 16:10, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

RE: National Anthems
I'll let an obviously more experienced editor take the lead. :D Well, do we have a coordinated project page? If not, let's start one. -Hmib 21:20, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I saved one from it being deleted, but I need to work on it some. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 21:23, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * What page is it? If it gets deleted we can always set up shop in our own userpages. Who else do you think might be interested? -Hmib 21:28, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Here: User:Zscout370/WikiProjcts. Feel free to edit it. I will fork the second project at another date. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 21:38, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Long Live Belarus!
mikka (t) 22:45, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you Mikka. I was wondering if you could comment at the My Belarusy Featured Article Candidature page. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 22:49, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

IFD
I finally got the admin mop this week and I started to clear out some of the images out of IFD. I know there is a lot of images there and I cleared out most of the ones from early August. Can you or others help clear some more of it out? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 20:48, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * IFD is up to date at the moment (for the next 55 minutes!). Congratulations on the mop!  I would have supported if I had known you'd been nominated.  dbenbenn | talk 23:06, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you and I am glad to be on the team. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:10, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

The Pope
What is the point of this edit? User:Jtdirl has stated on his user page that he dislikes Pope Benedict. I cannot believe this person has any honest intention for without comment reverting my edit which is factually correct!! 83.109.163.222 23:16, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Btw: I have worked on this article long before anyone else cared (i.e. since last year), and two times proposed it being given status as featured. I think reverting someone without reason and comment is not acceptable behaviour.
 * However, even if he dislikes the Pope, adding information that Pope Leo was the most important German pope in the Middle Ages is POV pushing. And, with a lot of problems we had recently, I locked the page until we figure out what is going on. Now, just calm down. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:34, 12 August 2005 (UTC)


 * It is a ridiculous claim that Leo IX was not the most significant German pope of the Middle Ages. I have never seen any church historian say otherwise. This is a well established fact. Wikipedia is no place for original research!
 * Show me a source. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 23:59, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

Re: Talk:Anarchism
There is some sort of glitch that occassionally reverts the entire page to an earlier version of it when one adds a comment. Reverting and adding the new text while changing the page back seems to fix it.. --Tothebarricades 20:09, August 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks a bunch. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 20:10, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

National Anthems Project
Sorry I forgot to look at the page yesterday. :x Well now I took a look, and um, it's pretty empty. How about we start over and start by getting a list of national anthems, then a list of ones that needs work, and a guideline for necessary info to fill in? And a semi-related question: Are national anthems and US state songs automatically public domain, or at least free use? Thanks. -Hmib 00:21, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * There is a list of national anthems article, but I am going to set up some "guidelines and suggestions." Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:26, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep, I just threw something together, see here. -Hmib 00:36, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I am going to merge some of my information into your page, mainly guidelines for adding music and what sources we should consult first. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:39, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Please do, your wikiprojects page is a bit... messy. :D -Hmib 00:43, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * It's ok, its a work in progress. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 00:43, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Well I'm going out later, so please do whatever you want! :D -Hmib 00:50, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Pope Benedict XVI
Rather than simply page-protecting the page, can you also please block the particular IP addresses that are vandalizing the page?

Thank you. Robert McClenon 02:54, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * The IP's have been blocked, plus, there had been edit warring. I will unprotect it tomorrow. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:57, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

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