User talk:Evadb/Archive12February2007

VandalProof 1.2 Now Available

After a lenghty, but much-needed Wikibreak, I'm happy to announce that version 1.2 of VandalProof is now available for download! Beyond fixing some of the most obnoxious bugs, like the persistent crash on start-up that many have experienced, version 1.2 also offers a wide variety of new features, including a stub-sorter, a global user whitelist and blacklist, navigational controls, and greater customization. You can find a full list of the new features here. While I believe this release to be a significant improvement over the last, it's nonetheless nowhere near the end of the line for VandalProof. Thanks to Rob Church, I now have an account on test.wikipedia.org with SysOp rights and have already been hard at work incorporating administrative tools into VandalProof, which I plan to make available in the near future. An example of one such SysOp tool that I'm working on incorporating is my simple history merge tool, which simplifies the process of performing history merges from one article into another. Anyway, if you haven't already, I'd encourage you to download and install version 1.2 and take it out for a test-drive. As always, your suggestions for improvement are always appreciated, and I hope that you will find this new version useful. Happy editing! --AmiDaniel (talk) 02:20, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

A Smile While I Still Can

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Officers of the (Order of the) British Empire

Hi,

You might like to have a look at the comment I made on Category talk:Officers of the British Empire about renaming the category, before fixing all of these by hand :) Dr pda 11:27, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

A takeback 2 request

It is exactly what it says, I want to take back what I did wrong. I wanted to move Qd4, not Qd5! Fetofs ^Hello! 14:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm waiting for the next move... fetofs ^Hello! 23:52, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Middle Ages did not call younger members of royal families as princes and princesses

please check the ongoing discussion about "princess" title on Talk:Margaret of Connaught - it will have implications that many medieval women will soon get the courtesy prefix "princess" before their names in article names. ObRoy 21:34, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

WikiLove!

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Thanks!

As a fellow wikipedian who uploads personal photos, many thanks for the one of St. Peter's. I used it on a school project. Much WikiLove! Verloren Hoop 17:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Heraldic Beasts

Thanks for the nice words. I've just seen your Rietstap article. It looks really nice.--Dave Boven 19:41, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Orders of Jamaica

Hi, thanks for creating the page on the Orders of Jamaica. I just wanted to point out that the Governor General of Canada is not the soverign. She is the Chancellor, in the head of the Orders as proxy for the Soverign, who by their constitutions is the Queen of Canada, currently Elizabeth II.--Dowew

Hi Sorry, I read your article too quickly. I though it said that the GG was soverign. However according to [[1]] Elizabeth II is soverign of the orders. So who is soverign ? The Jamaican GG ? Also The Jamaican honours system has another page on wikipedia [[2]]. I just found it. Dowew 22:07, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

dyk

On June 4, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Johannes Rietstap, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Ireland King of Arms

Saw it on the DYK suggestion page. Great article, I enjoyed reading it! Cheers -- Samir धर्म 09:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Stressed/Wikibreak

Hey there,

It looks like you're feeling pretty stressed out, judging from your wikibreak comment. I hope you have a nice relaxing wikibreak, and come back refreshed. -- Natalya 11:24, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, Just a quick note to say your presence will be missed, and I hope you feel able to return soon. Dr pda 11:42, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Knights of Columbus

Thanks for your recent edit to the Knights of Columbus article! I'm trying to take it to featured article status, so any help you can offer would be great. Its currently undergoing a peer review. Thanks again! Briancua 15:23, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On June 9, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ireland King of Arms, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Your RfA

I am sorry to inform you that your Request for Adminship (RfA) has failed to reach sufficient consensus for promotion, and has now been delisted and archived. Please do not look upon this outcome as a discouragement, but rather as an opportunity to improve. Try to address the concerns raised during your RfA and, in a few months' time, resubmit your request. Thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity! Redux 13:54, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Evadb

Thanks so much for your support during my recent successful request for adminship. I really appreciate it and I also appreciated your kind words. Hope you are enjoying your wikibreak, and I hope to see you back soon. Take care -- Samir धर्म 05:14, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

John_Brooke-Little

CVO, FSA, FSG, FHS, FHG (Hon), FRHSC (Hon), FHSNZ,

If you're still there do we need to have hon post noms included, as opposed to a line in the article itself?I'm not sure of other articles where the many people with hon are included in thei way. Alci12 10:42, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Your Little Wikibreak

Hey, I hope that you find time to come back to the wikipedia. Your presence has been missed. --Boven 14:52, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I was about to ask if you still wanted admin coaching. Looks like that is a no, but you are welcome to return and sign up again :) We would be delighted if you did decide to return to editing, if you ever feel like it! Cheers, Petros471 21:55, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcome back! Dr pda 23:06, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome!

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John Brooke-Little

Nice Brooke-Little pictures. Thanks for uploading them. We'd love your input at JBL's peer review discussion. Hope to see you there.--Evadb 06:24, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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DYK

On 13 October, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Bruges, which you edited. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

I technically started the article, and I nominated it, so this notice was placed on my talk page. You did most/all of the work, so I thought I'd forward it on to you.--dave-- 13:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Knights Hospitaller

Hello, please do not move an article manually like that. If you think there is a justification for that article to be moved, please discuss it on the talk page first, and we can do a proper move if necessary. Adam Bishop 18:38, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

GFDL Picture of South African Heralds

Hello, I'm not sure what you mean by your message on my talk page. The owner of the image gave me permission to put this File:Image-Marcel van Rossum and Themba Mabaso.JPG on the Wikipedia as long as it was properly cited as being taken by Jo. I actually sent e-mails to David, but he said that Jo took this particular picture. What exactly would you like me to do?--dave-- 20:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Knight Bachelor Insignia

Good job. Please would you colour it? - Kittybrewster 09:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

Revert

Wiki does have a policy about using revert Please try to follow the rules like the rest of us. Alci12 23:26, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Posting a comment on the talk would have done the job

As to the issue it is that in articles with long lists of office holders people may read to the bottom or go straight to the bottom (as I did) then decide to click on the incumbent. Yet what you find is you have to go all the way back to the top. It seemed a fair exception to the general rule of not repeating links to have the present holder linked at the bottom as well. Failing that the bottom seems the most obvious place and the other articles seem to follow that pattern so removing the top link would have been more consistent Alci12 23:48, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

St John Orders

Thanks for your discussion on other pages about restructuring the St John Order articles. I'm not sure if you saw my suggestions there. How about something with an article for each of these. This would cover the St John Orders, and similar structure could be given to the Lazarite Orders.

• Alliance of Orders of St John

• Order of Malta

The Four Main Protestant Orders

• Balley Brandenburg ("Johanniterorden")
• Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
• Johanniterorden I Sverige
• Johanniter Orde in Nederland

The Four non-German Commanderies of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg

• Swiss Commandery of the Order of St John
• French Commandery of the Order of St John
• Hungarian Commandery of the Order of St John
• Finnish Commandery of the Order of St John

If we had an article for each of the starred items, that should cover the topic pretty well. The origins of the Hospitaller Orders in general could either be covered under the SMOM or possibly under the alliance. Thanks! --dave-- 14:55, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Donald Bradman

I'm surprised by your cite request. I don't think you'll find a single cricket source published since World War Two that would say anything different. --Dweller 09:05, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

After some brief chat on the talk page there, I came up with the idea of finding a source that said that Bradman is universally acclaimed. The source is now included in the article. Thanks! --Dweller 13:38, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

You might also be interested to see why such an apparently POV tag is appropriate. Bradman's dominance of cricket far exceeds Michael Jordan's in basketball - there's a statistical comparison at Donald Bradman#Context. --Dweller 13:59, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Heraldry re Lyon etc

Using both college and court or Kings is certainly better than using one of each which just looked indecisive. I've wikified so we have easy access to the sources Alci12 17:31, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Ralph Bigland

On 20 December, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ralph Bigland, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

— ERcheck (talk) 15:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Gremlins

I must apologize for the unintentional slight. I was not speaking of you as an archive gremlin, but rather the force you intended to release... Glad to meet you, either way. v/r, Hammon27 16:42, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Evadb/Archive12February2007

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Thanks for your support on my successful Request for Adminship (final result 78 Support /0 Oppose / 1 Neutral) I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months. I am humbled by your kind support and would certainly welcome any feedback on my actions. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Once again, many thanks and happy new year! All the best, Asterion^talk 15:50, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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Adam Bruce on DYK

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You did good work on the Adam Bruce article as well. House of Scandal 22:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I've just posted on House of Scandal's user page but if you could keep an eye out for people re-adding 'the hon' to the main intro it would be helpful Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(biographies)#Honorific_prefixes Alci12 16:38, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Category:Heraldists

I don't think "heraldist" is a word. Do you mean "heralds"? Or do you mean "people interested in heraldry"? —Ashley Y 22:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Damn good work

Just congratulating you on your work on Bart King. I'm a fan of King's and it is good to see him get such a comprehensive write up. I plan on getting articles up on all first-class cricketers from Philadelphia's cricketing golden age by the end of the year and any help you can provide would be much appreciated! I created the Philadelphian cricket team and Christie Morris articles, so any help you can give on them would also be appreciated. Keep up the good work! Andrew nixon 15:47, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

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Bart King

Added my review to the peer review page. Sorry, I didn't check the article talk page before doing so, so there may be repetition (particularly about the POV stuff). Regards. Trebor 17:26, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Your nomination

Bart King: Interesting and a well sourced article! But unfortunately - I'm afraid - too old for WP:DYK... according to these rules. And there doesn't seem to be much room for derogation right now. Please, keep ut the good work anyway! --Camptown 23:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Blazon

You might like to express an opinion on my talk about a French Blazon. Depending on the time period of the original arms I can quite see it being blazoned several ways in English.Alci12 11:22, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Hey Evadb,

I just would like to thank you for your support in my recent request for adminship, which passed with a final tally of 54/13/11. I appreciate the trust expressed by members of the community, and will do my best to uphold it.

Naturally, I am still becoming accustomed to using the new tools, so if you have suggestions or feedback, or need anything please let me know. - Gilliam 20:59, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

West Indian cricket team in England in 1988

Thanks - nice tweak. --Dweller 15:22, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

1a page

Hi, it's at:

[3]

It's work in progress, but might help.

Tony —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tony1 (talk • contribs) 15:31, 8 February 2007 (UTC).

Sausenburg

Hi, I finished the translation of your Sausenburg article. Cheers, AxelBoldt 04:23, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. Would've been glad to help, but someone beat me to it :-) Maybe next time! BjKa 16:19, 12 February 2007 (UTC)