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Date links

You have discussed date links before. It seems that more and more people are becoming interested in the debate in many talk pages. I do not know if you have seen the discussion and votes at: new bot application. Voting may have ended, so I am not soliciting your vote. But I thought that you might like to read what has been said by other editors. Several editors feel strongly about it and the issue will inevitably be discussed again. bobblewik 11:50, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Tessa / References

No problem. Thought I'd reference-ize is now, before the page grows and grows over the next few weeks, as Tessa gets more and more news coverage.

Take a look at Wikipedia:Footnotes for details of the syntax.

Give me a shout if any questions.

--OscarTheCat^talk 13:22, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

hi

hi —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjames-hall (talk • contribs)

Linking dates

Thanks for your message. I wasn’t aware of this policy, but it makes sense. The only thing I'm still not clear on is wether year of release is prominent enough to link on its own? Justin Foote 19:30, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Bob Gandalf

hello mate. to be honest, my use of ampersands is a bad habit i'm trying to shirk. i forget to check myself sometimes. a little while ago i heard on the radio that the young pop tart, Joss Stone, upon meeting Bob Geldolf, refered to him as Bob Gandalf. he'll always be Bob Gandalf to me now. as i was about to hit the submit button, i knew i should change it, but it tickles me so much that i couldn't help myself. i wondered how long it would stay there. 1 day it seems. thanks for bringing my contribution back from revert death though. Veej 00:36, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

hey mate

only new to this thing because i wanted to add the term death charge it said u said it was coin a new word.. thats understandable but it is a real thing google search "death charge" and u can real about people talking aobut there drinks with extra shots and everyone i know knows what it is... complain if the wording s bad im only 16 feel free to fix it :) thanks mate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambulance x (talk • contribs)

This as well?

Where do you find the time? Or does this explain what librarians are really doing when they're appearing to be too busy behind a computer to stamp one's book? Gregg 13:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Hello kind sir, thank you for your educated opinion.

Yo fr33333k

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pwnd!&()$&*£"*&"!^!!!!!! —This unsigned comment was added by Lewisdee (talk • contribs) .

Terry the Dog

thank you for cleaning up my article on Terry the dog of Wizard of Oz fame —This unsigned comment was added by Juve2000 (talk • contribs) .

Syed Babar Ali Zaidi

Hi, I noticed you put a prod on Syed Babar Ali Zaidi and I wanted to commend your quick action in this regard. Having spent considerable time recently looking at Pakistani history, I can confirm that this article is a hoax as far as it's claims go. It is an obvious attempt to mimic the genuine historical figure of Allama Iqbal. Pakistan was founded in 1947 so there is no way this individual (born 1975) could have been the spiritual father or the thinker of the country. I am going to change it to speedy deletion request because it is harmful to have such dishonest vanity on Wikipedia. I just thought it would be polite to let you know before I make the change. Green Giant 00:12, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Glad to be of service. "Borrow" or steal anything you like, just don't hit my face (I'm ugly enough as it is) :P Green Giant 15:43, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

thank you

For telling me that. I will make it exclude talk pages and archived pages. ILovEPlankton 19:15, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Not a problem ILovEPlankton 19:21, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Very Much! :)

Just a note to reply to the message you left me on my Talk page about date linking.

I'm still pretty new to Wikipedia, but I'm not one wanting to do these things on purpose.

Thanks for the information and the link, I'll definately read through it.. and I'll have learnt things from it.

Thanks again, Mikay.

Thanks for that. Hehe Mikay 19:25, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Welcome to Esperanza!

Welcome, Whouk/Archive02, to Esperanza, the Wikipedia member association! As you might know, all the Esperanzians share one important goal: the success of this encyclopedia. Within that, we then attempt to strengthen the community bonds, and be the "approachable" side of the project. All of our ideals are held in the Charter, the governing document of the association.

Now that you are a member you should read the guide to what to do now or you may be interested in some of our programs. A quite important program is the StressUnit, which seeks to support editors who have encountered any stress from their Wikipedia events, and are seeking to leave the project. So far, Esperanza can be credited with the support and retention of several users. We will send you newsletters to keep you up to date. Also, we have a calendar of special events, member birthdays, and other holidays that you can add to and follow.

In addition to these projects, several more missions of Esperanza are in development, and are currently being created at Esperanza/Possibles.

I encourage you to take an active voice in the running of Esperanza. We have a small government system, headed by our Administrator general, Celestianpower, and guided by the Advisory Committee comprised of KnowledgeOfSelf, JoanneB, FireFox and Titoxd. The next set of elections will be in April, and I would be glad to see you vote, or even consider running for a position.

If you have any other questions, concerns, comments, or general ideas, Esperanzian or otherwise, know that you can always contact Celestianpower by email or talk page or the Esperanza talk page. Alternatively, you could communicate with fellow users via our IRC channel, #wikipedia-esperanza (which is also good for a fun chat or two :). I thank you for joining Esperanza, and look forward to working with you in making Wikipedia a better place to work!

Misza13 ^{T C} 20:22, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

• Welcome! — natha(?)nrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 04:08, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

David Berman

Can we give this brand new user a break? This is his/her very first article. In addition, I think that the president of a professional association meets the WP:BIO test. Can we just help the person flesh this puppy out? CTSWyneken 12:26, 28 March 2006 (UTC) (talk)

Thanks! When I get to work, I'll take a look and propose a merge. It'll be fun to work in something not controversial. (I work on Jesus 'Nough said. --CTSWyneken 12:37, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Ut-oh! I do copyright clearance for my work. I'll look into it. I'll also try to engage the user -- nicely. --CTSWyneken 12:47, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Bermuda Triangle

Thanks for your help with the "not". I may have to re-read the book to add something substantial. It was so long ago. It certainly did not support anything supernatural.DanielDemaret 15:14, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Hard Fi

Hey,so i was wondering if u want to help me get info on them and edit there album Stars of CCTV and edit there songs . what do u say Bobo6balde66 18:48, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

Barnstar Brigade The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date: "Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated." Stress Alerts The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them. Information Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!

The last AC meeting (full log) The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly. A plea from the editor... The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

The dream Merchant

May I ask you why you deleted half of my article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by EarthBrowser (talk • contribs)

Barnstar

Hi,

I just wanted to say thanks very much for the Barnstar. It's much appreciated. Thanks again. Ben King 16:22, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

guy thing

Yeah, pretty much. I don't see the point of categorizing something that will probably be deleted in a few days. We're trying to clear the backlog at Category:Category needed. Re-add the tag if you like, it might be seen as a victim of overzealous janitors :-) --W.marsh 14:42, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Stubs

Sorry I didn't realise I had to leave them as stubs - how do I do this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pieboyjr (talk • contribs) .

will you be deleting my articles

hi so will you be deleting my articles? it only has the message on certain articles?! Pieboyjr 16:09, 8 April 2006 (UTC)Pieboyjr

Simpsons image

Hey, Will. I'm a bit uncertain about the boundaries of fair use, but since you articluated the argument so well at Image:Simpsons Doctor Who.jpg, perhaps you can answer a question on that image's talk page. (Basically, I'd like to use the image (small) on the main Doctor Who page, if we can.) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 18:28, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey! What happened to that nice image you uploaded? It seems to have disappeared, but I can't find mention of it on IfD for the last week or so, and there's no hint in the image page's history. Do you know where it went? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 04:23, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Ta, Will! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:06, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah. Good. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 18:05, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your advice on my problems with categories. Perhaps someone should change the instructions? Tamino 15:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Category:Wikipedians in Sweden and Category:Wikipedians in the United Kingdom use the following format:

"To add yourself to this list, insert the following on your user page:

[[Category:Wikipedians in Sweden|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]]"

This seems to be the format on all the category pages.... I don't understand. Tamino 07:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Category: Green Wing actors

Thanks for your message, I did know. I have created the category Green Wing actors as per other TV shows. -- Jbattersby 17:55, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Shami Chakrabarti

Hi, After looking at my edit I should have put it more too, liberty as an organisation and linked it to her. The only point I had about the article is the media is soon to go and talk to her regarding any antiterror legislation and such for but there is no representation from other points of view that may regard he view point to be mis contrived. Not the best at english become a member now.

Cheers James —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.31.15.122 (talk • contribs) .

GML

Sadly, Godmode-light doesn't work in the sinful browser, I might suggest upgrading: [1] ;-) --lightdarkness ^(talk) 22:51, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Re:Other councillor articles

Better yet, can you redirect them all to North Tyneside Council? I think that if I start deleting them all based on that one AFD, someone's going to get ticked off at me. Robert 15:49, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I appreciate it. Robert 15:52, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Nil by Mouth

Thanks for reverting the blatant POV on the Nil by Mouth (charity) page. However, the version you reverted to has some slightly less blatant, but still quite clearly POV additions - check the history. I have reverted twice today, so I can't do anything else. Camillus (talk) 14:20, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_13#Category:War_of_the_Worlds_actors

Hi this cfd was invalidly closed in order to subvert process- you may want to restore your comment to the relisted cfd at Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_April_17#Category:War_of_the_Worlds_actors. Regards Arniep 16:00, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Two redirects voted for deletion as AfDs

I am sorry, I did not know that RFD exists. What I am to do now? Nominate them for RFD? Alexei Kouprianov 17:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

The Gadget Show

Hi Will, thanks for fixing my screw-up. I went a bit wrong during an edit conflict, and then hit one of those occasional proxy errors. It worked second time though. -- AJR | Talk 19:08, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Dear Whouk: Thanks for commenting on my RfA. Can you help me out in understanding the warning/block process? I thought I understood it pretty well. --CTSWyneken 10:45, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

That does help. Thanks. Re: the asking for an admin to warn, if I remember correctly, this was an anonymous user. I avoid warning such because many people can use the same IP. I hate being unfair. Yet the vandalism was immediate and continuing very rapidly. I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that an admin would have tools to help with that issue. Confronted by something similar as an admin, I would see what my toolset could do to help with it. If I could not solve the dilemma, I'd seek out Jayg and others for advice.

Prior to the time a month or so back when it was first suggested I might make a good admin, I really did not pay much attention to such issues. At the very least, this RfA will help me grow as an editor.

Thanks again! --CTSWyneken 11:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Hey, I have noticed that an annonomous user 82.111.23.171 whose talk page you can access here User talk:82.111.23.171 goes around vandalising pages and then reverts them five minutes later. You can look at their history to see this. They insert random names of people (i assume friends) and then change them back. I was wondering if you, or someone you know has the power to block them from editing? Thanks, Shudda

Sorry about the revert

I'm so sorry for the accidental revert to Columbo. At first look it appeared as vandalism, but it actually was not. My apologies! --Mets501^talk 17:52, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

John Dankworth

Now, how did you know that I didn't mean "wofe"? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 13:38, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Sparks

Hi noticed you did some work on the Sparks article, perhaps you would like to leave some comments on its peer review as to how it could be further improved KaptKos 08:16, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Why reformat the ref to Bob Harris? IMO it was better the way it was KaptKos 11:13, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough, I've still a lot to learn when it come to things like formatting and policy. I'll put changing all refs to comply on the to-do list KaptKos 11:30, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your help

Thank you for the help you gave with my Doctorwhospecialbox template, which I had been intending for use on the "Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death" article.

The reason why the template would not work on the article was because the template had been deactivated on the article by another Wikipedia user — with the deactiviation resulting in effectively destroying all usefulness of the template. Figaro 03:41, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

That idiot

Don't worry, I have the person who deleted your vote blacklisted, I'm tracking him and reverting his nonsense —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Megan 189 (talk • contribs) .

Mike Plapp/Isle of Wight College

hi, what would you think if I made sub-pages for the teacher at the College ? Fallen Angel ^talk 14:48, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

• OK will do, thanks for the advice :D , i will try to write more about the college itself, do you know what do as the colleges artical has been flaged as "POSSIBLE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION" today i got permition to use the material from Debbie Lavin (Principal at the college), any idea how i get it unflagged ? Fallen Angel ^talk 15:16, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

• • god *roles eyes*, might just try to write it myself, thanks for you help nice to talk to someone who knows there stuff :D Fallen Angel ^talk 15:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Ta

for tagging the spam blogs RfD, I got sidetracked halfway :-/ It was in a template, so I went to fix the template and - well, you know how it happens... Just zis Guy you know? 11:33, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

My formal RfA Thank you

Thank you for voting at my RFA. Even though you did not vote for me, your counsel was appreciated. I am especially grateful that you took time earlier to respond to my puzzling. In the next few months, I intend to work on expanding my involvement in other namespaces and try a few different subjects than in the past. - CTSWynekenTalk

CfD

No problem! Arniep 01:33, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Doctor Who spoofs

Sorry about that - i just don't like such censorship normally. PMA 13:58, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

Living People

There were 15 entries in this category, all due to User:Mystache. I've fixed them, adding cat sort keys and (where necessary) year of birth missing. I left a note on Mystache's user page. - Runcorn 09:09, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

A landslide victory for The JPS (aka RFA thanks)

Hey, Whouk/Archive02, thank you so much for your vote and comments in my RfA, which passed with an overwhelming consensus of 95/2/2. I was very surprised and flattered that the community has entrusted me with these lovely new toys. I ripped open the box and started playing with them as soon as I got them, and I've already had the pleasure of deleting random nonsense/attacks/copyvios tonight. If I ever do anything wrong, or can help in some way, please feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will do my best to correct my mistake, or whatever... Now, to that bottle of wine waiting for me... The JPS talk to me 21:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I find your lack of faith... disturbing.

Indulge. :)

Dear Whouk/Archive02,

Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your comments and constructive criticism, for every bit helps me become a better Wikipedian. I've started working on the things you brought up, and I hope that next time, things run better; who knows, maybe one day we'll be basking on the shore of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M o P-_ 22:09, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Hello Whouk/Archive02, and thanks for supporting me on my recent request for adminship! It has succeeded with an unanimous support of 67 votes, so that I am now an administrator. Please feel free to leave a note on my talk page should you wish to leave any comments or ask for any help. Again, thanks a lot, AndyZ t 21:51, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

Administrator Coaching The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service. This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. Stressbusters The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome! Note from the editor As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!

The last AC meeting (full log) Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture 20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

RfA

I've taken the liberty of creating Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Whouk for you. Do with it what you please ;-) The Land 22:11, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Good luck, hope it works out. -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 09:23, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Sarcasm

What the hell, the BC Sarcasm is a real thing among the students, i go to the school, and it's part of the culture here - its been going on for 2 years now —Preceding unsigned comment added by DanBC08 (talk • contribs)

soz

soz for fucking up wikipedia ! :O —Preceding unsigned comment added by Historyfan04 (talk • contribs)

why

why cant i delete my talk page. i dont want it there, i dont want it archives, i just want it gone. so there. the southerner 13:16, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Lifting Protection

Bryant Gumbel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The article was protected over claims that certain edits violated a NPOV. This is not vandalism according to Wikipedia's vandalsim policy There were also attempts to discuss this on the talk page. Two user's involved in the dispute were both stubborn in what should be included in the article. Again according to Wikipedia's policy on vandalsim this is not vandalsim. Also note that [2]Wikipedia's policy on semi-protection states, " It is also not an appropriate solution to regular content disputes since it may restrict some editors and not others." Therefore in the spirit of Wikipedia and in compliance with stated policies of Wikipedia the protection should be lifted. Mbofuc 19:44, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Answering the RFA questions

I am very, very sorry I hadn't answered the questions: I would have, but I really had to leave (I had to be up by 6:40 this morning). I know how much you love those answers (and I know it's really my civic duty to answer them), so I went on and answered them. Enjoy! —THIS IS MESSEDOCKER (TALK) 11:05, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Lynne Featherstone

thanks for keeping an eye on the lynne featherstone page - the bloggers from fourthterm.net aka yellow peril are resolutely determined to keep mucking it up! —Preceding unsigned comment added by JJ83 (talk • contribs)

Woodruff and cite.php

In your comment on the Michael Woodruff fac, you mentioned using cite.php to combine the notes and references. Could you please tell me how exactly to do that? If you do, I'll see to it ASAP. Thanks! Cool3 19:03, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Michael Woodruff has now reached featured article status. Thanks for your help in getting it there! Cool3 20:12, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Userpage vandalism

No problem! Just glad I could help. And good luck on your RFA! Mopper ^Speak! 23:38, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

81.109.149.239

Chill out. Haven't you got anything better to do? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.109.149.239 (talk • contribs)

Oooh, I'm really scared. What you gonna do? Sue me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.109.149.239 (talk • contribs)

Greetings

It's nice to run into old friends in unexpected places! How are things? Tom Harris 18:52, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Rise of the Cybermen

Out of curiosity, what is your source for the viewing figure for this episode? ant_ie 22:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

You're an admin

Congratulations. I'd recommed being conservative with the admin tools, particularly at first. Re-read the relevant sections of the policies before acting, and post any that you are unsure of or are potentially controversial on the administrator's noticebaord. Have fun with the new tools and use them wisely. Again, congrats. - Taxman ^Talk 15:55, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to add my congratulations on your new adminship. Its good to have you en-mopped, I know you're going to do a great job. All the best, Gwernol 16:25, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats!!!--Kungfu Adam ^(talk) 18:00, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats! Syrthiss 18:21, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Best wish for your adminship.--Jusjih 14:18, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm still working on Bruce Lietzke

I am still working on the Bruce Lietzke page. (Saved initial edits; went to bathroom) Unfortunately the encyclopedia is not set up very well to deal with two people working on an article at the same time. I just did his PGA Tour wins and Champions tour wins, categories, but unfortunately lost almost an hour's worth of work due to cache problems. I'm going to try again.--Hokeman 15:56, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: My RfA

• Congratulations, glad you've joined the pack. If I may? Please remember to "subst:" templates like {{PAGENAME}}—I'm told that reduces server load (my guess is, because it's called up when saved, rather than each time someone accesses the page). :) RadioKirk talk to me 18:02, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
• Great! Congratulations.--Bhadani 18:14, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
• Congrats! You deserve this and good luck for the future! --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 18:23, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
• My pleasure, and congratulations! Jayjg ^(talk) 18:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Your thank you note

Dear Whouk. I had just read your thank you note to sean black. And lo and behold, I get the exact same message! Can't you be more original?  :) Bastique▼^parler_voir 18:18, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Re:Your RfA

You're welcome. I was glad to support you, and I think you'll be an excellent administrator. Miss Madeline | Talk to Madeline 19:17, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Cheers,  :) Dlohcierekim 21:34, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of talk page

Hi Whouk. You removed my speedy deletion nomination for Talk:Darin Zanyar. Maybe I'm not following enwiki convention, but that talk page does not comment or discuss the contents or layout of Darin Zanyar, and it's not even in English, which makes having a blue link to it misleading and the page pointless. I'll translate it for you:

"Heello Darin ! I am an 11-year-old girl who adores you,Hehe!!! My sis' knows your cousin fun:P Or they know eachother a little can I have your home address please SMS to Marre_94girl@hotmail.com kizz kizz//Marie ɱLoveʝ"

Does enwiki consensus speak for keeping such talk pages? At svwiki we would not even hesitate to delete it. Caesar 20:45, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Good, thank you! We've both learned something today :-) Good luck administrating! –Caesar 20:58, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Whouk, thanks for supporting my request for adminship! Unfortunately, it ended with a final tally of 45/15/2, no consensus. I may have another go in the near future, once the school year is over. Thanks again! -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 23:10, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Glad to help

I'm sure you'll do a fine job as an administrator. Mr. Turcotte^talk 00:06, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the advice with the actor stubs. Just trying to get rid of red links on a pet project of mine. .... 09:13, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Absoulutely, I'll be right on it!.... 09:17, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Help! All wikilinks have become underlined!

Suddenly, and for no apparent reason, all wikilinks in the text have become underlined. What have I/has somebody else done? I much prefer wikilinks without underlining. Tamino 10:40, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Even more bizarrely, by logging out and then in again, I got the underlining to disappear. What on Earth is going on? Tamino 10:46, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Bands

If you're going to keep an eye on bands that shouldn't have an article, consider working on things like List of black metal bands and their ilk. They're set up encourages creating articles, many of which don't need them according to WP:BAND. I discovered that as the likely source of a repeated recreation after being deleted. - Taxman ^Talk 12:17, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Luka (Verbal Vets)

Hi Whouk,
Oh..do I spell your (nick)name correctly? If so, could you tell me how I should pronounciate it, please? Well...I'd like to thank you for your change regarding my article Luka (Verbal Vets). You placed it into my user space at User:Lukasz Krawczyk/Luka (Verbal Vets), and you're appreciated for that. Of course..I'm not going to recreate this article in the main article space, rest assured. (By the way..I just noticed my another articles regarding Imam Bilal-Firmin as well as Rahim Muhammad (members of the Natural Born Spitters hip-hop group) were erased too.) So thanks a lot, and happy editing to you too. Cheers, and !שלום Peace out! — Luka (Verbal Vets) 12:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Congrats on the successful RfA,

Wh00t --Deville (Talk) 18:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Mmos free mmorpgs

Please can you tell me why you deleted this page.I was working on it one sec the other its gone? Shemer

Administrator?

how do you go about becoming an administrator? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tado (talk • contribs)

Categorizing

With reference to the changes you did to my categorizing, I would rather wish to point 2 things: a) If you use the full name of the person, specially when, like in the case of Chilean names, there's a composite last name (meaning, using father and mother's last names, in that order), the lists won't be in alphabetical order. I have tried it several ways, and just putting the first initial of the last name you want the person listed under seems to solve the problem. b) when you reversed the changes made, you eliminated many people from the lists (they were new categories) which will need quite a lot of work to put back together, and also, you disarranged quite a few names from their correct position. I know you meant well, but please, BEFORE doing it again, do contact me, so as to avoid having to correct everything twice. It's quite annoying. Many thanks. --Mel Romero 06:33, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'll answer point by point as you say you didn't follow it all...

a) Could you give me an example of what you mean? For someone like Alberto Blest Gana, the only different between sorting on "Blest Gana" rather than "B" is that instead of appearing at the top of the "B" category he appears between, say, someone called Black and someone called Boone - which is where he should appear.

Well, look for example at the two Errazuriz presidents (father and son) - Errazuriz Echaurren should be BEFORE Errazuriz Zañartu since both have the same first name, but using the system that you advocate happens exactly the oppossite. Then check all the other Errazuriz in that list, and you will see what I mean.

b) I removed some from the category Category:Chilean people, but that was because it was a duplication. If someone is in Category:Chilean generals, they don't need to be in the "people" category too as the generals category is a sub-category of Category:Chilean people by occupation. What do you mean by "disarranged quite a few names from their correct position"? Can you give me an example? —

Ok, just a couple of examples for your sake - 1) Francisco de la Lastra should be listed under "L" not under "D", according to common usage for names employing the "de" or "del" or "de la" particle. Is like the "von" in German or the "van der" in Dutch. You don't find Beethoven under "V" but under "B" (the last name is "van Beethoven" after all). 2) Cristian de la Fuente should be listed under "F", now after your corrections is not listed AT ALL, the same happens with Admiral Manuel Blanco Encalada. 3) sub-categories should be just that, special caracteristics, but the possessors should also be listed under "Chilean people" in general, because if not it would be very difficult for people who are looking for someone but don't know their profession to find them, the categorizing should make it easier, not more complex. At least everyone in that list has been arranged that way, if we were to follow the other suggestion, then the list of Chilean people would be empty save for the sub-categories. --Mel Romero 07:59, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Ambient Music

Hello, thank for you welcome message. I need your opinion on the following: Gene Poole reverted my edits on the Ambient Music article. What I assert there, is very commonly shared knowledge. Just vist Amazon.com to get aknowledged about people's opinion on ambient music. This person also defined my contributions as eccentric and POV. I think he should be banned from here. I'm into music since late 1970s, I studied Physics at university, I worked (some years ago) as a sound engineer with some musicians in my area, one of them is academically trained and worked with soundtracks of minor films. I regret to realize that its not the first time in which youngsters make every possible effort in order to cut away "older" or serious Wikipedians. Brian Wilson 11:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

My comment on Gene Poole that defined my contribution as "eccentric"

Would you please tell me what is not civil in my comment? Just making someone note that this is not the first time that he is offending someone by saying "eccentric" as he did in the note that he posted with his reverting? Guys, I really can't understand this "community", or maybe some dozens people that are here pretending to be a community. There are dozens of essays both on books and in music magazines, published in the last 30 years, that clearly state what ambient music is, and what is not (thank you for your suggestion regarding the use of 4 tildes, but I use them only in few cases).Brian Wilson 13:46, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Krayze

You zapped Krayze. Please also zap related Chula. and Image:Krayze.jpg. Thx. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 12:41, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

LOL Deiz got to it. He's been an admin only 2 days :) :) Be simpler about it, I think. Posting an article about a db-band such as Krayze is borderline-spam-vandalism. No process at all is due for deleting a picture that could only be used in a db-band's article. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 13:40, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

There is. It's called WP:SNOW, or if you'd like, WP:COMMON SENSE. What - redlink?? lol! - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 13:59, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Recent article deletion - castpodder

Apparently a AfD was carried out without verified reseach or reason. The reason seems to be the article creator was banned, which really makes no difference, and it had no notability. However that is incorrect. The developer and article's creator made a blog post[3] about this, he isn't happy so be-warned, and provided its notability with sources from 2 major linux magazines, LinuxJournal and Linux Mag, Adam Curry's direct code base it was created from, a major University of Buffalo uses it in there own linux distribution, its listed at the Free Software Foundation which isn't easy to get on in the first place, and mentioned a few times on ZDNET. Also it seem's that one reason for deletion was no userbase was mentioned, how can that be a basis for deletion? With linux and its GPL license actual count of any use is hardly going to happen with at least 7 distributions that contain the program plus a Univeristy that supplies it for there students. If that is a requirement then all linux software listed here should be deleted as there is no way to count a userbase. I hope the article is undeted since it and can be easly proved to a valued article to WP. 192.242.17.39

RfA Thank You!

Thanks Whouk,

I am honored by your support in my recent successful request for adminship. As an administrator, I am your servant, ready to help however I can. (In your case, since you've had the tools longer than I, my best use might be menial labor!) My talk page is always open; should you need anything, or should you see me making a mistake -- probably a common occurrence -- please do let me know. I will depend on the good sense of the community to keep me from making a complete fool of myself! :) In gratitude, Xoloz 16:43, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

Hi there Will. I'm not in on Saturdays, so this is coming a day early. Happy birthday! and have a good day, and tomorrow. Regards, ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 05:10, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, that's very good of the BBC. Long live Terry Wogan. The Special Broadcasting Service in Australia tried to send an Aussie to do it 2004, but luckily they brought Wogan bak last year.ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 06:09, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Regarding rumour on Big Brother 7 UK

Regarding rumour on BB7 where there is hidden text in the title sequence with possible clues, would you propose I place this in a rumour section on the page instead? Its true that there is a message there - it just needs slowing down and I have no facilities to do this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mcrosby78 (talk • contribs) .

Happy birthday!

We share a birthday! Awesome! Happy bithday. Hope someone gives you a Jaguar. Or a Ferrari. :) - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 18:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Wax perth band

Why did you delete thatp age? I'm not a member of the band and wasnt promoting it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jieblich48 (talk • contribs) .

Meatylee's user/talk page

Thanks for moving my comment from his user page to his talk page. Sorry about that. Mr Stephen 09:44, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday! --Bhadani 14:50, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Happy birthday Brian Wilson 01:42, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

the anarkinda page

Hi Whouk,

I was just wondering why the Anarkinda page was deleted. If there is a better section of wikipedia to put that in or something just let me know.

thanks, Joe (Harddrive87)

Gary Howell

Should this have been deleted?

A a notable West Virginian. Lets Review.

• SBA Exporter of the Year for WV 2003
• Inducted into WV's GeneratioNext, 40 WV Leaders under 40
• Award from the WV Office of Tourisms Motorsports Council for promoting the State Through Motorsports

Nationally Known Automotive Person in TV and Print

• Car and Driver Magazine 2003, circulation world wide 1 million +
• C&D Magazine SuperCar Challenge Winnner. Considered to be the best of the best tuners in the world
• Mopar Muscle top Magazine for Dodge/Plymouth/Chrysler Products
• Named a Mopar mover and shaker in 1999 by Mopar Muscle Magazine
• Internet Movie Database
• DIY Networks Tricked Out-SRT-4 Exhaust Episode
• DIY Networks Tricked Out-Computer Episode

International Credit Card Fraud Expert

• CBS Evening News
• Wall Street Journal May 1, 2003
• Japanese National Television Appearence on Credit Card Fraud
• Lectures to groups nationwide on Credit Card Fraud Oct 31st 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM - How to Prevent & Reduce Losing Money to Credit Card Fraud

That is just the highlights --71Demon 15:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Steve Bard Page

Hi,

can you help me out. I posted less than an hour ago two new pages about two Lib Dem candidates in the Blaenau Gwent by-elections. You modified these and categorised them, to my appreciation. someone has subsequently blocked the Steve Bard page, claiming copyright infringement. The alleged infringement comes from material used in a press release that was written by a colleague of mine, is publically available and I have full permission to use it. I have posted this on the page talk page and on the copyright page. I just thought you could look at that and add weight, as a controller type who has seen the pages.

Thanks,

Kev O'Connor

ps. I also went to Leeds, graduated last year.

It's You!

haha!

I totally didn't realise it was you! cheers for the help, man. Despite my efforts to get to grips with Wikipedia I don't really have the patience to get things exactly right, but I'm trying.

I was impressed that someone had found my pages and edited them so quickly, but it all makes more sense now...

catch you later,

Kev

The legend that is Ryan Hooper

Ryan Hooper will be devastated at your lack of knowledge of the film industry in Wales...Obviously your too wrapped up in taking photos of your meals than keeping up with the times. P.S. Weetabix has a high sugar content and this could be the root cause of your obesity. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.106.132.47 (talk • contribs) .

Gabriel Grey

I was wondering why you deleted the Gabriel Grey article I created this morning? Gabriel is an up and coming member of the UK Pro Wrestling Scene, working a gimmick that spans over at least half a dozen promotions and across the Irish sea into Irish wrestling as well. He's worked several promotions with high profile US stars included on Wikipedia, and for some of the prmotions listed in the "Professional Wrestling in the United Kingdom" wiki article.

Also, I had no idea what had happened to the article - it took me a good 20 minutes or so to track down what had happened and where to ask about it as this was my first attempt at creating - a little note at least as to what had happened and why would have been greatly appreciated!

Regards, TheInno

Will, you might want to take a look at this new user's message on my talk page. I don't think you were really too harsh on her, but she has sort of taken the deletion personally. I just thought I should let you know. --TantalumTelluride 00:06, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

RfA

I notcied that you've left messages for Cool3 on his talk page, so I thought you mihgt want to vote in his RfA at WP:RFA. ShortJason 15:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Blaenau Gwent by-elections, 2006

Ooops. I should have read the article more carefully before re-formatting the anon editor's work. Thanks for catching that mistake. Ground Zero | t 20:55, 30 May 2006 (UTC)