User talk:Captain panda/Archive 1

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Torrasque

Hi, I reverted your edit to Torrasque per the WP:NOT policy. If you want to explain why I shouldn't have reverted it, leave me a message and I will be happy to talk this over with you. Thanks, and happy editing! Zeratul ^{En Taro Adun!}_{So be it.} 17:27, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Signature Book

Hi Captain panda! I noticed you want to create a signature book; all you have to do is create a subpage for it. For example, type "User:Captain panda/Autograph Book" into the searchbox, and click "go". Then click "create page", and add whatever you think is necessary to the page. Here are some exapmles. Good luck! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 22:41, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

You could also just create a section on your userpage. Either way it's your choice. Tennis DyNamiTe ^{(sign here)} 23:09, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

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Who is "Jake Waskett"?

It's right on his user page: My name is Jake Waskett. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Brian Hamilton (talk • contribs).

Not sure I agree with some of the activism claims, but I'm certainly me. :-) Jakew 10:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

And thank you so much for your supportive comments. I've withdrawn this time, to give myself time to contemplate all the advice I received. Thanks again. Jakew 16:45, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

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Battle of Keren

I was curious if you were interested in writing an article about it. British vs. Italians in Eritrea? --Merhawie 17:50, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

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Regarding your articles about Starcraft

With all due respect, I really think that you should take a look at WP:WAF. Articles should not be written in an in-universe style. As my knowledge of Starcraft is as n00bish as a Zergling rush, I can't really help you in such a task. Just bringing this up. bibliomaniac15 04:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't really think that a complete rewrite is necessary, only some tweaking around is needed. bibliomaniac15 21:54, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Signature

Hello Captain panda. I'd like to requests that you remove the word "Mussolini" from your signature; I can't interpret it as anything other than a reference to Benito Mussolini, although I assume that there is a meaning aside from the murderous dictator. It will no doubt be offensive to some, so I think you're better off without it. Picaroon 18:10, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, okay. While your explanation certainly makes sense, I think some are still likely to be offended by it; the general populace knows enough about World War II to associate "Mussolini" with "bad," but doesn't know enough to pick up on the fact that you are, in fact, mocking him. I'd recommend changing it, but it's your choice. Picaroon 18:49, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

"In wine, truth." That's a good one. Thanks for changing it. Picaroon 19:45, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

RfA response

Hi. In responding to your question, I cited a link to the ArbCom itself calling my admin work superlative; if that is not acceptable, what kind of evidence are you looking for? Do you want diffs showing actual admin work, to look at my admin logs, etc.? I really don't understand. Everyking 05:09, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

WP:RfA/Riana_dzasta

Hi Captain Panda! You !voted neutral at my RfA before, and now you've voted support. I was wondering whether you could clear that up (if it's somewhere between support and neutral, I can appreciate that too :p ) Cheers, riana_dzasta 02:26, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Cheers mate, had me confused there :) Take care! riana_dzasta 02:30, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Not at all! I just watch the bot report like crazy, that's all! riana_dzasta 02:32, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you...

...for signing my guestbook. HyperSonicBoom 23:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I also replied to your question on my talk page. Just click "Sonic" on my signature to go there. HyperSonicBoom 23:16, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

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VegaDark's Request for Adminship

Captain panda/Archive 1

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Thank you for supporting my RfA. It was successful at a unanimous 52/0/0. I hope I can live up to the kind words expressed of me there, and hope to now be more of an asset to the community with access to the tools. Please feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any suggestions for me in the future. Thanks again! VegaDark 07:31, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

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My editor review

Thanks! Hey, no worries about you being a newbie. As quite a lot of interactions here are with newbies, I'm quite interested to know whether I can improve in that area in particular, so you should have a very valuable angle on the review. I look forward to hearing from you. --Dweller 08:23, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Trebor Rowntree RfA

How does "erratic edit count" compellingly suggest sockpuppetry? The lowest edit count is for July through September last year. Couldn't he simply have been on summer vacation or otherwise busy IRL? I don't know if you have any experience with that user, but to an outsider it may seem like assumption of bad faith to allege dishonest motives right away. If I was in your place, I'd rather have put this in the form of a question. Maybe he actually has a convincing answer? —KNcyu38 (talk • contribs) 03:10, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Trebor Rowntree

I'm mistaken; Trebor Rowntree is not a sockpuppet. You may want to remove your oppose vote. My apologies. Ral315 » 04:19, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Please re-visit this RfA and update your comments in light of the new information. I am not urging you to either support or oppose the candidate but I believe your !vote as it currently stands is predicated upon information that has been demonstrated not to be true. Newyorkbrad 19:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Editor review

Just saw your message. There's some guidelines at Wikipedia:Editor review and you can also see what's been done with other editor reviews. Your perspective as a relative newbie of my interactions with newbies will be a useful addition to the norm. Thanks, --Dweller 11:56, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi, Captain Panda, I just wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA, which was successful with a final tally of 61/0/2. I am honored by the trust you and other members of our community have in me. If you have any comments about my use of the tools I would be glad to hear from you on my talk page. Thanks again! Heimstern Läufer 07:35, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Jurassic Park IV

If you have the time, could you share your thoughts on how to improve the article? I replaced an older revision with more streamlined and authentic citations, but if you have suggestions, please place them on the talk page. I work on articles of upcoming films, so I like to ensure a good start to these articles. —Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 16:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I've responded on the talk page with an explanation as to why there isn't more detail to the article. —Erik (talk • contrib • review) - 16:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Muhammad/Mediation

Thanks for volunteering to help! However, I must warn you that this isn't an easy task; read through and you'll see what I mean. I myself am starting to wish I never signed up, since I'm busy both on Wikipedia and real life, and this a stress-producing factory! · AO ^Talk 19:51, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

My request for adminship has closed successfully (79/0/1), so it appears that I am now an administrator. Thanks very much for your vote of confidence. If there's anything I can ever do to help, please don't hesitate to let me know. IrishGuy ^talk 01:28, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

A thankyou note

Thank you for supporting my RfA. It was (47/0/0) upon closure and now phase I is complete. I think the tools will aid both me and the encyclopedia. Feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, or if you think I'm misbehaving I'm always open to recall. Thanks, James086^Talk 12:53, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

My sigs

Hi. Someone recently vandalized my sigs page, and directed a personal attack at you. I've removed it now, and had to fix it several times. If you want "proof", see this diff. He also called you "a stupid idiot who is dumb", and made it look like you added it. I now have moved most of his comments to his comment. Sorry for any inconvinence. AstroHurricane001^{(Talk+Contribs+Ubx)} 21:22, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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My RfA

Thanks for your support in my recent RfA which passed unanimously - thus proving that you can indeed fool some of the people some of the time. I'm still coming to terms with the new functionality I have, but so far nothing bad has happened. As always, if there's anything you need to let me know, just drop me a line on my Talk page. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

"Unsourced"

The articles Torrasque and Hunter Killer (StarCraft) both received a tagging of unsourced. They both contain sources, but only primary sources. I'm sorry if it is supposed to do that, but I figured they should be tagged as lacking secondary sources. Captain panda In vino veritas 13:14, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

No probs. It actually dates existing tags, does not (generally) add new ones. I would actually argue that in these two articles,"primary sources" are fine and dandy, and are all that is needed. Statements such as "The Zerg are the most horrifying creature in the video game" would require an external source, of course, but factual statements that are easily verified by playing the game or reading the manual seem fine to me. Rich Farmbrough, 13:49 2 March 2007 (GMT).

Entrusted with the Bucket!

Yes, my identical copy of bucket-and-mop =]

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. Thanks for your vote, I've received an overwhelming 96% support and successfully took a copy of bucket-and-mop from the main office!

School graduation exam and HKCEE are both pressing in, so I might become inactive for a while. But soon after that, I look forward to working with you! --Deryck C. 03:34, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Template

Feel free to use anything you like. I myself copied the code for that page into a template, from two other users, and changed the color and pictures. If you would like to copy my entire userpage design, go ahead. I don't own my page. ;) Thanks for liking it. :) · AO ^Talk 09:22, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Looks good! ;) · AO ^Talk 12:01, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! · AO ^Talk 20:50, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Avast there, Captain! Just thought I'd pop down to the poop deck to say thanks very much for your emphatic support at my RfA. I was quite overwhelmed, nay stunned, by the level of support and am intent on proving this trust will not be misplaced. If you see me do wrong, let me know! Bubba hotep 20:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Review

First off thanks for my review but I must point out in the case of the stubbing I explained my reasons very clearly many times. I'm not really worried about high school students opposing me as the RfA will not be advertised on my user page. BJ^Talk 04:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for your support on my RfA. It passed with 55/0/0. I'll try my best to be worthy of the trust the community has put in me. If there are any of my actions you have a problem with or a question about, please feel free to discuss this with me and if needed to revert me. If there is anything else I can help you with (backlogs, comments, ...), you can always contact me on my talk page. Fram 15:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for responding on my editor review. I've replied with another question. Just H^{editor review} 00:44, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay, i've replied to your reply. Thanks again for commenting on my review. Just H^{editor review} 18:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Your welcome!

You wrote: Thank you for signing my autograph book and thank you for the nice compliment! It is so nice to receive good words sometimes. :) Captain panda In vino veritas 02:53, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

My pleasure! I like when people do cool things like invite social contact. See also Ubuntu :D J. Finkelstein 03:33, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Rfa thanks

Hey, just stopping by to say thanks a bunch for supporting my Rfa which passed successfully on saturday, I am honoured to serve the community. Good work with all your recent Rfa researching, I'm really impressed. Cheers again Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 16:54, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Captain panda?

Out of curiosity, why are you called Captain Panda? Is it because you like Captains? Is it because you like Pandas? Or is it because you like both?--TBCΦtalk? 05:50, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Captain panda. Thank you for your nice comment on my RfA. Rest assured that I heard every voice loud and clear during the discussion, and will strive to use the mop carefully and responsibly. Please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism anytime. Xiner (talk, email) 02:51, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Editor review

Thanks for reviewing me at my editor review. Your comments were appreciated! CattleGirl ^{talk | sign!} 06:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Well...

Me is new here, me Wiki name is Littleghostboo2 after a friend called Littleghostboo. Me was wondering if you could sign on my userpage. Hope you can. User: Littleghostboo2 Littleghostboo2 11:03, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting my recent RfA. Happily, it was successful, and I've made a start at CSD. Heres hoping I'll be able to contribute much more. Shimeru 15:48, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

RE:Teh Signatures

Thank you for signing my *sad little* autograph book!Happy St. Patricks Day, and happy editing! (not)(listening)

Adminship/number of edits

Thanks for your answer! Randomfrenchie 02:39, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Editor review/Just H 4

Thank you commenting on my editor review! Just H^{editor review} 00:18, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

One more for the road! I think we might be getting somewhere :-) Just H^{editor review} 22:56, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

You're right. Just one request. If I feel angry again, can I "vent" on your talk page rather than over there? I'd be glad to be there for you if you need assistance in venting in a similiar way. I want to make this place better, but I need to improve my temper first to be sure. Just H^{editor review} 20:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Ok thanks for letting me know. Hey, could you give me any tips on userboxes? °o°Smartie960°o°Smartie-Pants-So Smart 00:19, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

You know, like how to put the image inside and the different colors and things like that. By the way where is vino varina...that part of your sig

WikiProject Strategy games

Hello Captain panda.

WikiProject Strategy games has finished it's first collaboration: Risk (game) (). We are now asking for nominations and input for a new one. Please voice your ideas at the talk page.

Clyde (talk) and WikiProject Strategy games.

Mr Pickles

Mr. Pickles is actually a logical article. It may not be a syndicated comic or subject widely known around, but it has expanded to a few places around. If an official website would please you, then that's what will happen. As soon as that is underway it is going back up. Thankyou.

Thank you for your support on my Request for Administration

I'm happy to say that thanks in part to your support, my RfA passed with a unanimous score of 40/0/0. I solemnly swear to use these shiny new tools with honour and insanity integrity. --Wafulz 15:27, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Captain Panda HI

Hey Captain Panda, I would be honoured to be your adoptee! As much as I need your help, I would be glad if theres anything ever that you would need help with. To tell you the truth the reason why I want to be adopted was that I'm not the best at html yet, learning though! I also havent trying uploading any pictures...too scared!! So my first question is, what are the steps to uploading a picture to wikipedia, and how do i implement it to an article?Terminator50 01:47, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

THAnks alot! IT helped me finish what i wanted to do for monthsTerminator50 03:49, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh right i totally forgot about it, thanksTerminator50 21:34, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey capt Panda! How was your weekand? I was wondering, since im not good with html, i dunno how to create better usepage, with alligned user boxes different sections for different things and etc. PLease help me on this topic? Thanks Terminator50 23:59, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

thanks Capt, hey any chance you good with computers? I know its kinda off topic, but yeah..Terminator50 03:26, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

haha, okay I'll know where to look for when I have a problem Thanks! Hey Captain you know whats the process for putting a section of an article into a seperate article?

Thanks, I know now, I'll modify the article once I have the time. Thanks Capt, have a good week Terminator50 01:11, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Captain Panda! Hows your long weekand? I've been looking at my main page lately...it aint looking good to me. Any advice on how to improve it more? Make it more how to say...look more alike an admin? If you know what i mean,cheersTerminator50 07:04, 6 April 2007 (UTC) Thanks Panda!! Have a good long weekand!Terminator50 07:03, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Capt, how was the long weekand? Expanding on the userpage stuff, how do you make a seperate page for you like awards and stuff..is it the same as creating a new article?Terminator50 05:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh yeah and panda, Im sorry to say but when I looked at the userpages, the stuff I could actually really comphrend what the html did. So if possible can you give me more guidance on this thing? Im actually really lost.. Thanks Captain!!Terminator50 06:06, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm..I ment I want my page to look a lot like an article yet with some graphics, for example like a picture of the day. Content seperated into sections using boxes, also a lot like yours with a main page and links to other pages. Thanks Captain, sorry i wasnt clear first time

Hello Capatain! How was your weekand? I was wondering if you know how to add graphics to microsoft word. I have a social studies project thats worth 100 marks, I need to make my project (which is just writing) look somewhat like an textbook. Thanks for your insight, its great to have someone like you available!Terminator50 00:18, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Captain, I was thinking, there is this page on wikipedia I made, it continueously gets vandalized which means I have to continuously revert. Whats the process for getting an article's capabilty of being edited to be locked? Since most of the time the people vandaling are either, ip adresses or new users. Have a good weekend CaptainTerminator50 00:21, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey Panda, if I come accross an article that really has no purpose there, what is the process to delete it? Thanks for your adviceTerminator50 06:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for support in my unsuccessful RfA. I appreciate the support, and am disappointed on being judged by what in most opinions seem to be the wrong things. Until next time, edit on! :) — RevRagnarok ^{Talk Contrib} 03:31, 24 March 2007 (UTC)