User talk:Capitalistroadster/Archive2

Latest comment: 18 years ago by Capitalistroadster

Due to popular demand, I have archived my stuff from December November last year here. Capitalistroadster 02:00, 17 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

Thanksgiving dinner

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In the interest of keeping Wikipedia junque-free, I would encourage you to reconsider your keep vote on this article. The topic has vastly superior coverage in the Thanksgiving article, and the most suitable disposal of this title is a delete or a redirect. Denni 05:39, 3 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Adminship again

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He Capitalistroadster. I'm wondering if you have put in some thought of whether or not you would like to be nominated for adminship? Yours, Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:23, 4 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

You never answered me with that a couple of weeks ago, either. Yes? No? Maybe? Grutness...wha? 08:48, 4 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
  • Sjakalle,

Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Capitalistroadster 10:40, 4 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Congrats, you have your very own vandal

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Capitalist Barn ON WHEELS!

I just blocked Capitalroadster on Wheels!, looks like you're getting up there in the world ;-) Oh yeah, here ya go, just wanted to congratulate you on what looks to be another landslide on Rfa. Karmafist 01:17, 5 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Another vandal

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I took the liberty of reverting some obvious vandalism to your user page, hope that's OK. Jasmol 04:10, 5 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

  • Jasmol,

Thanks to you and Karmafirst for reverting this vandalism. Capitalistroadster 04:49, 5 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

CfD

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If you got a minute can you take a look at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2005 November 7#Category:Soviet spies to Category:Aed Soviet spies. This is a challenge to the sourcing of Venona project materials & direct related article series. Thank you. nobs 23:05, 8 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Congratulations!

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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 ® 19:30, 11 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Well Done!!! FireFox -CVU- 19:36, 11 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Congratulations, you have always been an exemplary contributor to Wikipedia and I am positive you will continue to do great things with your new admin privileges. Hall Monitor 19:43, 11 November 2005 (UTC)Reply


ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 4TH

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Congratulations, I was vote #82. I'm very selective about whom I vote for, therefore I rarely vote. However, when I spot a Wikipedian whom I believe is devoted and dedicated to the project plus, has the potential of becoming a great Admin. then I'm there to give him or her my full support. If I can ever be of any help, please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Another thing thank you for the fixes made to the article Adam Clayton Powell IV, I wrote the article. I wonder why Mr. Garfield didn't get in touch with me. That's O.K., I'm happy that he got in touch with you. Take care and enjoy your adminship. Tony the Marine 01:57, 12 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Tonythemarine,

Thank you for your kind words. I suspect that he doesn't understand how the system works.

Capitalistroadster 03:46, 12 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Rewrite of ACQ-Kingdom Broadcasting Network

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Hi! As per AfD suggestions, I rewrote the ACQ-Kingdom Broadcasting Network article. Since you voted there, I thought you'd like to know. --William Pietri 03:08, 12 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Thank you

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Thanks for your help at Category:Soviet spies. Let me know if I can ever be of assistance. nobs 18:35, 14 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Blounts Creek

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Great job (as usual) on the rewrite.  :) --Alan Au 22:12, 14 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pew pew

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Sorry about that. I closed the AfD at the same time as you and didn't get an edit conflict for some reason. --GraemeL (talk) 17:03, 15 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Scratch that, it's just badly formed on the main AfD page. Probably more HTML tidy crazyness. --GraemeL (talk) 17:07, 15 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Reducing HelpDesk-l junk

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Hi Keith. I think there are ways we can reduce the level of junk coming in on HelpDesk-l, but none of them can I do without adminship. In particular, it would be helpful to change "Contact us" on the left bar to "Contact Wikipedia" or some such title, to avoid being contacted as a university or importer, or anything we use the "You sent this message to ..." boilerplate on.

Further enhancements could be made on the Contact us page, such as a comment on what should not be asked for. (I also think this page should note that all correspondence will be published online, otherwise I fear we are in breach of personal privacy and copyright concerns.)

There's no point us wasting our time if there are ways to reduce the load.

jnothman talk 23:05, 16 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

  • Sounds good to me. We should also explain about the reference desk and the help desk as options.

Capitalistroadster 23:12, 16 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Matt Carroll

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The nationality of the red link was not relevant, I've nothing against Australians, I'd never heard of the man, and I don't want to be party to an RFC on this. If you say the Australian Matt Carroll is notable, I believe you. Just in case I'm not online at the time, I hereby grant you permission to completely withdraw the WP:AFD/Matt Carroll nomination on my behalf, as soon as this link turns blue. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 20:50, 17 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Classic Rock

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I've noticed that you have helped expand the page Do You Feel Like We Do. It's a lot better than what it was now. I was wondering if you'd like to contribute to my classic rock survey. There is more information about it on my user page. Hope you contribute. RENTASTRAWBERRY FOR LET? röck 03:25, 18 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

AFD/Speedy code numbers

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I'm still new to the admin world and I notice a lot of folks are using code numbers like G4, A3, etc when referring to pages on AFD or in Speedy. Where can I find a key for these numbers? Thanks! 23skidoo 06:37, 18 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Erling

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I have expanded Erling and I was wondering if you'd consider changing your vote. Regarding the place Erling, Germany, I have included a link in the AfD that at least proves the place exists, but I was hoping you could help decode whether or not this place is indeed the home to one of the Max-Planck Institutes. Thanks. Jacqui 14:42, 20 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/P*U*S

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Hi. I think Wikipediatrix accidentally reverted your change of vote at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/P*U*S. Cheers! BD2412 T 17:57, 20 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Speaking of today's band deletion nominations, perhaps you could look at the 6 AFD's I entered earlier today? The AFD's in concern are Missbrukarna, Basket of Death, Kindergarten Hazing Ritual, Destined to Fester, Bayi and Jet Jaguar KR-3 Kill Spree. Kind regards, Punkmorten 19:49, 20 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Many thanks. Punkmorten 15:56, 21 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Hi, Capitalistroadster. I removed the POV and added some new information to Better Off Dead (Soundtrack), so I was hoping you might consider changing your vote to merge if you don't think the article should stand on its own. Thanks! AED 04:11, 21 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Thanks again! AED 17:43, 21 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

I am still confused with the rationalle behind some of these deletions. It was my view that singer/songwriter TJ James was noteable for the following reason "For performers outside of mass media traditions: Is frequently covered in publications devoted to a notable sub-culture." (this is why I initally started the article). In TJ's case, the sub-culture is only the entire disability population of Australia, in particular cerebral-palsy, having been covered in the major publications of groups, as well as being feature on TV, radio, and also numberous government publications (state and federal). It seems to me that some of the comments on the Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/TJ_James page were from people who in their ignorance though they were qualified to give an opinion about famous people in Canberra simply because they lived in Canberra, hence giving a distorted impression of the artist's fame.

Nuggeting

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Please re-visit both the article and the discussion. Please also visit Talk:NUGGET#Cleanup and consider adding the article to your watchlist and assisting in the effort to keep the article clear of unverifiable additions and original research by schoolchildren. Uncle G 15:08, 21 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Wassup

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Thanks for the note. Nice job expanding the article - I've since changed my opinion. Cheers. PJM 17:13, 23 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Paul Smith

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Hi there. I note from Talk:SafeSpeed that Smith has made his usual threat of a libel action (see also [1] and [2]). You should be aware that he and I have a history: he posted for a long time on uk.rec.cycling and uk.transport; his claims got given rather short shrift (not just by me), so he moved his activities to a friendlier place (a forum on his own website). There's no point rehashing it here, you don't want to know the sorts of things his web forum says about me (and neither do I, having seen a sample from the links in my web server logs). - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 16:28, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Just zis Guy,

I received a follow up from him stating that he did not have the funds to attempt a libel action. He also mentioned that he had had disputes with you on various forums. Capitalistroadster 16:39, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

This is correct: he makes claims like "one in three road deaths are due to speed cameras", and I refute them in detail citing sources. He doesn't like that very much :-) But as far as I'm concerned it's all ancient history, since Smith has not trolled visited the cycling newsgroup for at least a year, and I have quite enough to do without going looking for him in his own forums. But the major source of grudge, I think, is an article in Which? where I pointed the journalist to some crucial data showing that Smith's "one in three" claim is absurd. The portrait of Smith painted by this article was less than flattering (yes, you guessed it, he called it libellous!) - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 21:25, 25 November 2005 (UTC)Reply
Oh, one more thing: I am not the only editor on that article. - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 15:14, 27 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Wassup

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Great work on the Wassup article. I'v withdrawn my nom on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wassup. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 06:47, 26 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

P.S. Also consider archiving your talk page. Thanks--May the Force be with you! Shreshth91($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|) 06:49, 26 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

By the way, Whassup. MERGE AND REDIRECT. I feel like a fool for voting on that and not checking! LOL. And none of us noticed until after the Vfd. Zordrac 01:33, 28 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Please read

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[3] BrandonYusufToropov 14:03, 27 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Babe Ruth called shot photo

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Thank you for your compliment. I have added the information to Mr. Kandle's photo that he requested, and do thank him for use of the the photo. --LibraryLion 22:24, 27 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Vfd request

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Hi. Would you mind voting on a couple of articles I wrote? Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Planes of existence (chat site) and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lintilla (chat site). Both votes hang in the balance right now. I think that they are both important historically. Zordrac 01:36, 28 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Australian kickboxer David Starke

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Would you please review the contents of the David Starke article? I am having a terrible time verifying any of the information and have marked it as {{PotentialVanity}}. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 10:31, 28 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Great Library of Alexandria

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Please could you flag this article as POV. I understand there is a special flag you use for such articles and this is certainly one. Best wishes (bede@bede.org.uk)

Oi

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Thanks again for cleaning up one of my zealous AfD tags on Sandy Point, Victoria. I hope you have a happy holiday and a good life. Sorry about the error!


  (given as a part of my campaign to award barnstars to every Wikipedia veteran that I give messages to during the Holidays).

Take care, εγκυκλοπαίδεια* (talk) 19:04, 28 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Australian People's Party

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The Australian People's Party was a registered party in Western Australia and contested the 1996 state elections, but is no longer registered there. I don't recall such a party from the 1920s but I haven't checked. Adam 01:35, 29 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Having trouble with Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Australia

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Hi. I'm having trouble adding Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Camberwell Grammar School to the Australian Deletion Sorting article. It seems to lose the title. I was wondering if you could have a peek, seeing as you know your way around that page. I suspect the nominator hasn't gone through the correct process for listing it. Thanks. Cnwb 04:52, 29 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Cnwb 05:00, 29 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

Australian People's Party

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I've now voted Keep in the AfD (there's still 1 vote for delete as of this writing). I have done a little light cleanup to your rewrite, just using the reference template to cite sources. And again, thanks for doing the rewrite... I think it's a great outcome of an AfD when a bad article is turned into a good one and kept. --W.marsh 15:55, 29 November 2005 (UTC)Reply

RSA question

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Incidentally, where exactly was the RSA question originally posted? I went to post my answer on that page directly, but couldn't find any mention of it elsewhere. Lunkwill 11:04, 1 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Was the questioner ever satisfied? The world wonders. Lunkwill 11:37, 6 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Far right

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I like your vote, but Wiki guidelines are tricky. A vote to "Delete Far right, and move Far-right to this name." will not accomplish that, since this is a vote for deletion not a vote to merge and most administrators will rule that the vote to delete won, and do nothing to ensure that the page Far-right will be renamed. It's always complicated. The wording should be: "Keep current article but move text from Far-right to this page and merge." Can I entice you to change your vote to that? --Cberlet 13:52, 1 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

I award you this award...

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File:Anus-star.jpg
Capitalistroadster, for rescuing an article about a language spoken by seventy fearless tribesmen of New Guinea from deletion, I present to you the Anus Barnstar!

This is not a personal attack.

I've learned two things from this. The second one is not to try to use MS Paint for anything. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 20:15, 1 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Freak of Nurture,

Thanks for the award. I think I'm the only editor who has one.

Regards

Capitalistroadster 22:14, 1 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Nonsense. Everyone has an anus. That's not the intended meaning of my "Anus-0" template. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 23:34, 1 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

I was referring to the Bumstar. Capitalistroadster 23:38, 1 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Looks to me like a starfish.[4] --TidyCat 09:58, 4 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

ONS details?

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Regarding [5], do you have any more details about this? As primary author and map-maker of a few of these pages I am intruiged. Morwen - Talk 00:21, 3 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

That would be great - morwen@evilmagic.org . Morwen - Talk 00:38, 3 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

WP:RD/S

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Thanks for adding the =December 3= header but I had to move it up one article. The Red Maple Tree article was hand dated (incorrectly) by the author rather than using four tildes. I'm sure that it was Dec 2 in his time zone but the page should dated in UTC, I've added a note at the end of the question. When you add a date supersection you need to check the Page History (which shows your local time/date) and convert to UTC time/date. The only reason to get this exactly right is so the page archiving will sync with the history archive. Please continue to add the date sections whenever you want, I appreciate the help.  :-) --hydnjo talk 03:06, 3 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

WP:RD/H is fine. Thanks again. --hydnjo talk 03:14, 3 December 2005 (UTC)Reply
  • Hydnjo,

No problems. I'll pay closer attention next time. Capitalistroadster 03:16, 3 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Cnwb's RfA

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Capitalroadster,

Thanks so very much for supporting my Request for Admin. The final result was 38/0/0. I'm looking forward to spending my summer holidays shut away in a darkened room, drinking G&Ts and playing with my new tools ;-) Please accept this Tim Tam as a token of my gratitude. It meant a lot to get your support, as I admire your dedicated work on AfD. Cnwb 22:52, 4 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Renovation Rescue

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One downside of your renovation rescue strategy (completely re-writing AFD-nominated articles) is the obligatory preservation of irrelevant entries in the article's history, making it easy for a ha-ha vandal to revert back to the original version which clearly should have been deleted. See this reversion of Anus language. Is there a precedent to allow selective deletion of certain versions in a case like this? — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 20:22, 7 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Ah hah!

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Caught you in action! So you're the mysterious Wikipedian adding the date headers!! Thanks for your dedication and hard work on Wikipedia - it's really appreciated. --HappyCamper 00:53, 8 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

My RfA

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cr, thanks for your support on my RfA. The final count was 46/0/0. I hope I'll live up to your faith in me in my use of the mop and bucket. It was great to get the support of so many excellent Australian editors, including yourself. Please accept this wikithanks as a token of my gratitude ;) --bainer (talk) 23:06, 8 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Wikifiddler is being merged to Andrew Orlowski

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I'm contacting you because your help is needed and because you recently cast a vote on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikifiddler. DannyWilde (talkcontribs), who has been actively campaigning in that AfD for the keeping of the article, has in the meantime been repeatedly copying the entire contents of Wikifiddler verbatim into Andrew Orlowski -- each and every time marking it falsely as a minor edit, and with either no edit summary or with a false one such as "rv blanking vandalism". Obviously this is unacceptable; AfD has no meaning if any editor can unilaterally save any text from deletion by simply merging it into a different article. Please assist me in resisting this attempt to circumvent AfD. -- Antaeus Feldspar 23:19, 8 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

I guess it's not funny anymore.

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Another off-color language, but this one has significantly more speakers. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 20:35, 9 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

The Buffalo Skull of Diligence

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File:Mandan hunter with buffalo skull.JPG
You have been presented with the Buffalo Skull of Diligence for reverting vandalism on Mandan while it was on the Mainpage, December 9, 2005. Thank you for your watchfulness and diligence!

Thanks for your work reverting the vandals on Mandan while it was on the mainpage yesterday! *Exeunt* Ganymead | Dialogue? 19:47, 10 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Gabby1975

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Hi, Cap. I got word from this fellow as well explaining his situation and I planned on unblocking him anyway. I had a rather busy Saturday and I'm only now signing on for the first time today. If you've already unblocked him, thanks. - Lucky 6.9 06:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

You da bomb.  :) Just saw the block log. Thanks for unblocking that account for me. - Lucky 6.9 07:21, 11 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

It was no problem. Capitalistroadster 09:14, 11 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Articles for deletion/Hangu City (Pakistan)

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Hi, I was just looking at some questionable recent Afd nominations from User:Melaen and came across this. I wonder would you reconsider restoring it? I go along with the singler voter (who said let's expand them). While I have no great interest or expertise in the area, I'll put some content in at least some of them. Regards, Dlyons493 Talk 10:49, 11 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar

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I hereby award you this   Workingman's Barnstar, for your tireless efforts on the HelpDesk mailing list. User:Zoe|(talk) 01:41, 12 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Evie Tornquist-Karllson

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Hello. I replied to your query about Evie Tornquist-Karllson at the Reference desk. —Slicing 08:55, 13 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Maintenance of way cyclopedia

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I noticed your question on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains from about a month ago. Did you get any help with this? I might be able to assist a little if not. —Matthew Brown (T:C) 16:57, 13 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

  • Matthew,

Thanks for the offer of assistance. I asked the question on behalf of a gentleman who e-mailed the help desk and it received several replies which hopefully assisted him greatly. Capitalistroadster 17:04, 13 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Good, I hoped you'd received responses offline and you hadn't been waiting for 3 weeks for an answer ;) —Matthew Brown (T:C) 17:24, 13 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

AfD

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I hope this doesn't come across as thin skinned: you referred to me as "he" on AfD. I happen to be female. Best wishes. Durova 02:57, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

User:LSEditor

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Capitalistroadster, thanks for keeping an eye on User:LSEditor's attempts to save his Coca-Cola Groups. I noticed that you accidentally left a warning on his user page rather than talk page, and also that you didn't sign it--I'd move it for you, but I don't feel able to sign for you. Seems like he may have given up and gone home, but if he keeps at it, there are already several warnings on his talk page so a block might be in order. Thanks again. Chick Bowen 03:13, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

He's back, and blanking (and rewriting) the AfD again--[6]. Chick Bowen 04:58, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply
Oops, never mind--already blocked by User:NSLE. Thanks anyway. Chick Bowen 05:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Barry Wood

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I would have written an article about Barry Wood (cricketer). If the current article is deleted, I would like to move the article about the cricketer to the Barry Wood space as most of the internal links are for him. Capitalistroadster 10:21, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Sure, I would support that. — TheKMantalk 10:24, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the message and no sticky wicket as far as I can see. Very nice job on Mr. Wood. -- JJay 18:45, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Deletion sorting

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Like you, I've been adding things to WikiProject Deletion sorting for assorted countries. Just wondering, do you have a template for that? If not, I think it would be a good idea to create one, so that we could do something like {{delsort|countryname}}. howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 17:11, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Massachusetts compromise

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Thought you would like to know that the article has been rewritten based on a link provided by User:Billbrock. Please revisit the article and reconsider your vote. Thanks. howcheng [ t • c • w • e ] 22:21, 15 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Ianbrown's RfA

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Thanks for voting in my recent RfA. I was overwhelmed at the turnout and comments received.

Iantalk 07:34, 19 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Anti-phishing software AfD

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Why did you remove the AfD notice on anti-phishing software? It's just a spam sink and not significant enough to warrant its own article outside of phishing. I didn't complete the AfD since I don't have an account and now can't create new pages (if this is to punish me for not having an account, well, congrats, you've kept a pointless page.) -62.31.82.51 18:36, 20 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for your RFA support

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Hi Capitalistroadster/Archive2! I've just come back from a very refreshing wikibreak (north this time, and south next week, but much further than Canberra), so here is a belated thanks for your support in my successful RFA. Thanks for your comments. Anyway, I'd guess you're quite used to these, so have a happy new year (if that's your kind of thing)! jnothman talk 17:36, 31 December 2005 (UTC)Reply

Keith, you out there?

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Haven't heard anything from you since December 22. Are you allright? User:Zoe|(talk) 03:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

Unfortunately, I spent two and a half weeks in Cooma Hospital with a nasty leg infection caused by a disease called cellulitis followed by a couple of weeks recuperating at my Dad's house and he doesn't have a computer. I start work tomorrow but I am still on antibiotics. Capitalistroadster 02:53, 29 January 2006 (UTC)Reply

So do I but I'm gradually making progress. Capitalistroadster 04:01, 1 February 2006 (UTC)Reply