User talk:Agent 86/archive3

(This is the Archive for Agent 86’s Talk Page for the period from 23 August 2006 to 23 December 2006)

• For other archives, see: Archive 1 - Archive 2 - Archive 4

RfC

Deleted. Thanks for alerting. Cheers -- Samir धर्म 00:34, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Re:Signature

Sorry about that.

Is this better?

--  Nishkid64  ^Talk  18:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Better, but it still takes up three lines of text in a full-screen editing page. Simpler is usually better. I'd suggest something less intrusive. Agent 86 18:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Alright. This is old signature that I had until 3 days ago. --Nishkid64 15:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks! Thank you very much for your comments on my recent Request for Adminship, and for considering this one request in a wider context. The request was ultimately unsuccessful - which wasn't entirely surprising - and so I'll be taking special care to address the concerns that were raised before running again. I'm anxious to improve my work generally, even if it doesn't result in a future adminship, and so please don't hesitate to leave any further feedback or comments at my talk page. Thanks! -- RandyWang (chat/patch) 14:28, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Vancouver and beehive burners

Thanks for catching that - I only intended to remove the "social fabric" and "lifestyle" edits, and retain the burner info. --Ckatz^chat_spy 03:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

• I'm pleased (surprised!) I could help. I figured you deliberately removed the beehive burner bit because it was unsourced! Agent 86 03:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

No, what I wanted to do was remove the text about grow-ops and the homeless, pending verification, since they are two of the topics that tend to get thrown into articles by issue-driven contributors. The burners, however, are not a "controversial" subject, so, while I couldn't personally verify their existence within the stated timeframe, it did not seem outside the realm of possibility. I thought I'd ask, however, as there are a few editors frequenting the Vancouver project who seem to have a really good knowledge of BC's history. Thanks again. --Ckatz^chat_spy 03:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Long-Overdue RfA Thanks from Alphachimp

Thanks for your support in my not-so-recent RfA, which was successful with a an overwhelmingly flattering and deeply humbling total of 138/2/2 (putting me #10 on the RfA WP:100). I guess infinite monkey theorem has been officially proven. Chimps really can get somewhere on Wikipedia. With new buttons come great responsibility, and I'll try my best to live up to your expectations. If you need assistance with something, don't hesitate to swing by my talk page or email me (trust me, I do respond :)). The same goes for any complaints or comments in regard to my administrative actions. Remember, I'm here for you. (Thanks go to Blnguyen for the incredible photo to the right.) alphaChimp laudare 05:43, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Userbox rent

Could I rent your Userbox for rent?, lol :D -- Legolost EVIL, EVIL! 04:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

• It certainly looks like you could use another one. Agent 86 18:33, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Winhunter's RfA thanks

Hi Agent_86, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful today with a finaly tally of (56/0/3). I will be very careful at first to avoid any mistakes. Please feel free to leave a message in my talk page if you have any comments/suggestions about me in the future. Once again, thank you! --WinHunter (talk) 09:04, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Mentoring

Hey!! I won't be able to do the mentoring because I have school starting tommorow. Thanks for the offer.Lil Flip246 17:06, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Iona Campagnolo

Hi,

You tagged the image I uploaded of Iona Campagnolo's official Lt Governor portrait as possibly unfree. I appreciate that we dont want wikipedia sued I still think such a photo should be useable as fair use describing her vice-regal role. I am going to research the copyright issue, and maybe fire off an e-mail to BC Government house. Dowew 00:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Confederation of Hackers

Some time ago you categorized Confederation of Hackers. Now it's up for deletion. Anton Mravcek 17:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks. Actually, I almost nominated it for deletion myself, but as I was on a little categorization drive I left it as is, figuring it would probably be nominated. Agent 86 18:44, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Zip Cube

Well, to be honest I knew I was probably not following the right protocol! I thought my solution would be ok but I guess I should have asked for help instead. Anyways, thanks for the advice and the cleanup. Pascal.Tesson 02:07, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Go raibh maith agat!

File:Ireland 37 bg 061402.jpg

Hi there, Agent 86!

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA! It ended up passing and I'm rather humbled by the support (and a bit surprised that it was snowballed a day early!). Please let me know if I can help you out and I welcome any comments, questions, or advice you wish to share.

Sláinte!

hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 23:48, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

mmmm.....Guinness....so tasty...

Just so you know, I'd have said "support" even without the Guinness. ;-) Agent 86 23:57, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Please vote on this discussion

I see you are quite an active editor. I have been discussing with another editor whether or not my company qualifies under WP:CORP We feel that it does under the first point. The other editor keeps bringing up things that are not in the rules outlined under WP:CORP Please comment on this discussion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Enigma_software_group

thank you,
EnigmaSoftwareGroup

• You really should read Wikipedia:Spam. Agent 86 23:00, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you, Agent 86, for voting on my RFA, which passed 95 to 1. I'm personally glad that even though you've never seen me around, I can make a good enough impression for you to vote support. Now that I have the mop, I hope I can live up to the standard, and be a good administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. —this is messedrocker (talk) 17:16, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Non-notable collectible card game players

I noticed that you recently participated in the discussion of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roy St. Clair (4th nomination). You may also be interested in the following discussions for the following collectible card game players:

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darwin Kastle
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Olivier and Antoine Ruel
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tommi Hovi
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Selden
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kai Budde
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Long
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jon Finkel (2nd nomination)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Magic: The Gathering people

Thank you. -- Malber (talk • contribs) 19:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: Protection

Yes. I restored the page to the version when the protection was started. I am open to revert to a much earlier version (e.g. 16:04, 10 September 2006) before the edit dispute started, just as WP:PPol#Editing_protected_pages says. --WinHunter ^(talk) 23:38, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Mind clarifying what do you mean by: "editorial (biased?) comments"? I am little bit confused. --WinHunter ^(talk)

Indeed, though Gwernol's edits was based on Splash's edits (of which I believe Splash's edits violated WP:PPol) so I reverted them both. Can you recommend one version without those baises to revert to?? --WinHunter ^(talk) 00:14, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

For that version, I believe it is still within the period of edit dispute (another the wrong version), thus I would not recommend. --WinHunter ^(talk) 00:28, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

That version certainly looks good to me, I don't mind reverting to that version. Let me propose it in the WT:RFA as a temporary remedy. --WinHunter ^(talk) 00:37, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hey Agent 86, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 07:32, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

afd aside

Merciless editing is one thing, a thing which I expect on Wikipedia. Lazy tagging is another quite different thing. Plinth molecular gathered 22:46, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Mr. Lefty's RfA thanks

Hi, Agent 86, and thanks for supporting me in my recent request for adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of 70/4/4. I hope I can live up to your expectations, and if there's ever anything you need, you know where to find me! --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 00:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

DB-bio

Thanks for the note about the tag. I have to admit, I keep getting conflicting advice about when it is and isn't appropriate -- everyone seems to interpret it differently! And sometimes it seems that no matter which way I tag an article, I'm told I did it wrong.  ;) I put a DB on one article, and someone says I should have prodded. I prod an article, and someone says it's better for AFD. I've even done an unsuccessful prod and then AFD on an article, and been told that I should have used DB! <grin> In any case, I'd observed that in some cases, db-bio was the tag to use on companies, per the language in {{db-bio}} which says "group", but I'll use different methods from now on. It's proving tricky to find the right knack of nominating articles for deletion, that provides the fewest number of style complaints.  ;) --Elonka 15:58, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

My mistake, I will fix it.

Thanks for the heads-up on the Skank AFD. I will figure out what I did wrong and fix it. Robert A.West (Talk) 19:19, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Co-noms

I hadn't thought about this intimidating side-effect of the co-nominations. I believe that conscious RfA participants would still oppose a nominee if they thought that was the right thing to do, but rather careless participants could in fact be swayed to support. It's good you brought this up. Regards.--Húsönd 20:55, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

• I agree with you that the impact is probably not that huge, but it still might be there. I also think having too many co-noms adds fuel to the fire for those who care whether or nor there is or there is not a cabal, but as I really don't care I didn't bring it up. ;-) Agent 86 22:12, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

I have no problem with your opposition and your opinion has been noted and I will work on allaying those fears no matter how the RfA goes. But I feel I should tell you that I am in no way angry or upset about the oppositions and will never use the tools in an untoward manner. I know you have no way of knowing that but it is true. I think my edits show that I keep a level head on things. To be honest, I would never ever block someone unless they were on the vandalism or personal attack notice board first. I don't want to be an admin for that. I would like to be a mediator to assist in enforcing arbitration decision, and responding to editors consensus of the AfD's. I just want to help more at Wiki. Ramsquire 19:11, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which finished with a tally of 66/11/5. I learned quite a bit during the process, and I expect to be learning a lot more in the days ahead. I will be taking things slowly (and doing a lot of re-reading), but I hope you will let me know if there is anything I can do to improve in my new capacity. I also wanted to thank you for your personal support throughout the (admittedly nerve-wracking) process. I really appreciate it. Cheers. -- Merope Talk 12:56, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Alyssa Barlow

Hi! The first time I put Alyssa's testimony on, it was copied from a website, but the second one I wrote up myself. I copied a few small parts, but almost ALL of it was my own writing. So, I'd appreciate it if you did not delete it, though I understand why you did. Thank you! --ChristianMusicFan 19:32, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. I changed the wording some. I had really only copied a tiny bit from that article-- most of it was my own writing. But yeah, I changed the writing a little, and I hope it'll be fine now. Sorry!--ChristianMusicFan 19:42, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

• Simply "changing the writing" is not sufficient. Taking someone else's words and recasting them as your own, without citation, can be plagerism. Even if "almost all" of it is your creation, whatever is left that is not your work can also be plagerism. It also does not seem that you've written the article with a neutral point of view. For now, I'lve put the {{verify}} and {{POV}} templates up on the article. Agent 86 20:49, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation

Hi. Please don't add a disambiguation link to Russia to the top of every article whose title only alludes to Russia. Disambiguation links to are only needed in articles whose title is actually ambiguous. See Wikipedia:Disambiguation for for details. —Michael Z. 2006-10-08 06:18 Z

Russia (disambiguation)

Thanks for supporting me on Russia (disambiguation).

You could try {{Previously|Russia}} for the states that have been called "Russia" (and still are in pre 1990 sources and most Wikipedia articles). -- Petri Krohn 09:02, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

List of faux pas AfD

Howdy, you have recently voted delete in this AfD with concerns about the article being unsourced and original research. The article has undergone a substantial rewrite since you voiced your concerns and I would like to invite you to take a look at the new version. I have restructured the article, adding references to over 80% of the content and deleting alot of the vague or hard to reference items. It is still a work in progress (with some of the ORish first person tone needing to be removed) but I hope that enough has been done to show the potential and merit in keeping the article. I would appreciate any input on what more could be done to possibly sway you to reconsider your position. Thanks and I appreciate your time. Agne 06:45, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

RfB With A Smile :)

No Problem

I notices that you erased the 'Unhelpful Edit' notice on my talk page. The story basically was: i got a nasty keylogger on my machine, and it has all my passwords. Good thing you noticed though ;) .

Thanks.

Tyson Moore 15:35, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

List of fictional characters missing an appendage AfD

Well I'll be someone that has the same views I do about WP:LIST I'm not alone anymore. Whispering 21:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

My administratorship candidacy succeeded with a final tally of 81/0/1. I appreciate your support. Results are at Wikipedia:Recently_created_admins#Durova. Warmly, Durova 21:11, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:RFA/Cynical

Thank you for contributing to my RFA. Unfortunately it failed (final tally 26/17/3). As a result of the concerns raised in my RFA, I intend to undergo coaching, get involved in the welcoming committee and try to further improve the quality of my contributions to AFD and RFA. All the best. Cynical 14:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka

Thank you very much for your support in my RfA. Unfortunately consensus was not reached, and the nomination was not successful. I do however very much appreciate your comments, and was encouraged by them. Thanks again! --Elonka 08:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Shiny new buttons

Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired special powers, and there's even a feature to roll back time. With such awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to tread lightly to avoid causing irreversible damage and getting into any wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be of use. ~ trialsanderrors 06:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

*Poof* Article restored!

Sorry about being too quick on the draw! -- Merope 18:12, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

AfD

Thanks for that heading fix :) RHB 23:23, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Anytime. Agent 86 23:24, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 16:48, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

NPWatcher

Hi, I saw your note about speedy deletes with the wrong criteria tag. I apologize because I am one of the culprits in this matter. I am relatively new at this, and I sometimes do not make the best choices. My apologies. Sincerely, --BostonMA ^talk 00:11, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

• No harm, no foul. I agree that "speedy" applied, so it's not like there was any harm done. An admin still has to make the final judgment call, and I'm pretty sure that he or she would have seen what was intended. I just wanted to make sure that there wasn't any sort of problems with a bot or something. Agent 86 00:25, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Koara (disambiguation)

I started to act on your advice then edit conflicted with User:Saberwyn who did the revisions to bring the AfD into proper alignment. Thank you ... I'd missed the teeny-weeny print about using Template:Afdx. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 22:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

AFD relisting

Thanks for that - normally I would be watching but I've had so much on in the real world this week, I've just not be around. --Charlesknight 10:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for voting

File:In-the-dark.jpg

Thank you for voting in my RfA which at 51/20/6 unfortunately did not achieve consensus. In closing the nomination, Essjay remarked that it was one of the better discussed RfAs seen recently and I would like to thank you and all others who chose to vote for making it as such. It was extremely humbling to see the large number of support votes, and the number of oppose votes and comments will help me to become stronger. I hope to run again for adminship soon. Thank you all once more. Wikiwoohoo 19:58, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Hoang Thi Loan

You might already be aware of this, but my nom earlier today was actually the 2nd nom. Just a friendly suggestion that it might be less confusing to call your nom the 3rd nom, and link to the 1st and 2nd nom somewhere near the top of your nom. Pan Dan 02:00, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

• Yes, I know. I already fixed and replaced it. I'm trying to do to many things at once! Agent 86 02:01, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Understood :-) Pan Dan 02:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Gibraltar

Its a tactic in the irredentist campaign by Spain to deny that Gibraltarians exist and to assert that there is a 'lost tribe of true Gibraltarians; living in San Roque.

The term is a modern one with a precise legal meaning; the people who left in 1704 peacefully at their own choice, a wise one at the time, were Spaniards and are not described anywhere as Gibraltarians.

http://www.gibnet.com/texts/1704.htm

According to the latest census there were 326 Spaniards resident in Gibraltar, they do not campaign for union. In the 2002 referendum 187 Gibraltarians voted YES, and 17,900 voted NO to consider joint sovereignty with Spain.

--Gibnews 09:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for voting

I appreciate the feedback that I received during the RfA process. Unfortunately, I withdrew my candidacy. However, your participation is appreciated. I have made my New Years Resolution (effective immediately) to attempt to vote on at least 50 WP:XFD/week (on at least 5 different days), to spend 5 hours/week on WP:NPP, to be active in WikiProjects and to change the emphasis of my watchlist from editorial oversight to vandalism prevention. I have replaced several links that I had on my list to some that I think are more highly vandalized (Tiger Woods, Barry Bonds, my congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., my senator Barrack Obama and Jesse Jackson). My first day under my newly turned leaf was about what I hope a typical day to be. I quickly found a vandal, made a few editorial changes to Donald Trump, voted at WP:CFD and WP:AFD, continued attempted revitalization of Wikipedia:WikiProject_Chicago and proposed a new stub type as a result of WP:NPP patrol. I hope this will broaden my wikipedia experience in a way that makes me a better administrator candidate. I hope to feel more ready to be an admin in another 3000 or so edits. TonyTheTiger 16:18, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

David Ruben RfA

Agent 86/archive3, thank you for your support in my RfA which passed on 13th December 2006 with a tally of 49/10/5. I am delighted by the result and a little daunted by the scope of additional responsibilities; I shall be cautious in my use of the new tools. I am well aware that becoming an Admin is not just about a successful nomination, but a continuing process of gaining further experience; for this I shall welcome your feedback. Again, many thanks for supporting my RfA, feel free to contact me if you need any assistance. :-) David Ruben 04:22, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Ceyockey RfA

A generic but nonetheless warm "thank you" for your generous words of support in my RfA. I'm glad that you affirmed Radiant's nomination and I'll be measured in my use of the cleaning closet's contents. At the very least ... after Koara (disambiguation) you know that I won't stumble on 2nd AfD nominations, even though that ended up on RfD ultimately (oops). Regards, User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 22:20, 16 December 2006 (UTC)