User talk:Caulde/Archive/7

My RfA - thanks

Thank you for your support in my request for adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of 38/1/0! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Wikipedia a better place. Gaius Cornelius (talk) 18:20, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

French battleship Formidable (1885)

Hello,

thank you for shortening the title of this article, but there are conventions for articles about ships; for instance, your title, "Formidable (battleship)", collides with HMS Formidable, so I've reverted to the previous title.

Cheers ! Rama (talk) 18:47, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Newpage patrol

Hi, Rudget. I'm a little concerned about the swiftness with which you mark newpages as patrolled. For example, Paleolith, Not Real,Squier Stratocaster Alexander custom, True broadband, Kaukonahua River, and others. I appreciate the hard work you are doing, and there is an enormous backlog on unpatrolled pages, but I believe that is more important that the patroles are done well, then that the backlog is diminished (or it's growth slowed down in any event). Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 19:03, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't really see what I've done incorrectly. I understand and appreciate your comments, but to be honest, swift patrols are needed in my opinion. The users which consistently recreate pages that have been deleted is quite a problem. All of the articles you've quoted, although only a few, haven't been deleted. I maintain strict policies on what pages I judge to be articles that will get deleted and which won't. Marking "bad" pages as patrolled is what I do, and all articles which I have patrolled and been deleted, are as a result of my patrolling and flagging. If I see obvious vandalism pages, test pages, advertisment pages etc. I definitely flag them. NewPages is a good way to sort these edits, and so swift patrolling is needed. Regards, Rudget.talk 19:36, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I replied to the identical reply on my talkpage. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 19:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections

cross-posted to User talk:Rudget, User talk:Jdforrester/Arbitration

I see at this edit, that you've delisted Messedrocker as being too young. Could I ask what the minimunm age is? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Regards, Rudget.talk 19:56, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

If you read further down, I clarified this point a few minutes later. Sorry for the confusion.

James F. (talk) 09:33, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Sorry, it wasn't directed at you :-) Have a nice day. (Go Rudd!) Timeshift (talk) 18:44, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

CHU clerking

Rudget, please do not add hidden comments like this: [1]. Aside from the fact it was hidden (which is unnecessary and inappropriate), users are allowed to use WP:CHU to request capitalisation fixes to their names, regardless of the amount of edits they have. Please familiarise yourself with the changing usernames guidelines before clerking further. Thank you. --Deskana (talk) 18:47, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

That's not how it reads at all. It reads more like you're advising the bureaucrats not to perform the rename. Please do not add such comments. --Deskana (talk) 18:51, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Please tell specific clerks that they're doing it wrong, rather than leaving hidden messages. The pages should be kept focussed and to the point. Besides, someone doing something wrong is much more likely to notice if you tell them on their talk page. --Deskana (talk) 18:59, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry about it, just focus on improvement :-) --Deskana (talk) 19:24, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Rudget, a word of support here. You're doing a grand job at CHU - you simply need to be careful around certain aspects of it, and of course bear in mind that Clerks are only there to make the process more efficient, and not pass judgement on the request itself, or whether it should be carried out or not... it's really the golden rule of Clerking. Otherwise, keep up the good work! Anthøny 16:33, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree, it is unnecessary for you to resign. Really :-) --Deskana (talk) 16:37, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Just wanted to say thanks for supporting me! Please find your thank you card here, should you wish to see it. I'm honored to have received your support. All the best, ~Eliz81^(C) 21:47, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Official thanks, slightly delayed due to post-RfA crash (who knew?)

Tapadh Leibh (Thank You)...

...for helping me navigate the waters of my surprisingly peaceful RFA, which closed successfully with 85 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutral.

I would particularly like to thank Acalamari and Alison, my nominators, and everyone who watched the page and ran the tally.

If you hate RfA thankspam, please forgive me, Rudget. I promise I won't block you in retaliation for deleting it ;-) I'd also like thank you for all the good work you're doing on the Good Articles evaluations. Your evaluations have been really thorough and helpful!

If there is anything I can do to be of service in the future, please feel free to contact me.

And forgive me if I need a Wikibreak now and then (like now. I'm exhausted!). You wouldn’t want to see me climbing the Reichstag, now would you?

Off to flail around with my new mop! (what?!)

Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫
This RfA thanks inspired by Neranei's, which was inspired by VanTucky's which was in turn inspired by LaraLove's which was inspired by The Random Editor's, which was inspired by Phaedriel's original thanks.

Re: Marco

Thanks for reviewing it! I just made two more comments on its talk page. Hurricanehink (talk) 16:05, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

It's cool. Thanks for even getting to it. Hurricanehink (talk) 16:09, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for also getting to Klaus. :) Hurricanehink (talk) 17:27, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Hepatitis B virus

• Thanks for your helpful review of the article. I have posted a response on Talk:Hepatitis B virus. Would you have time to look at Rotavirus?--GrahamColm(^Talk ) 16:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for the GA. GrahamColm^Talk 16:19, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your participation in my RfA

Click show to open your card! → → →

Dear Caulde/Archive,

Thank you for participating in my recent RfA, which closed successfully with 22 supports, 1 oppose, and 2 neutrals. Whether you supported, opposed, stayed neutral or simply commented or asked a question, I would like to thank you for your time and for your comments. Special thanks must go to User:Lar and User:John, who not only conommed, but also devoted a large proportion of their time coaching me. I am sure that what I have learnt during the coaching process can be put to good use as an admin. As an admin, I will be willing to help out with anything I can so please do not hesitate to contact me if there is anything I could help out with. I will also do my best to address any concerns raised during the RfA.

Thanks.
Tbo ¹⁵⁷(talk) 16:19, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

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Credits

This RFA thanks was inspired by User:Iridescent's and User:The Random Editor's RFA thanks which were both inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks.

Reply to your reply on thedemonhog's RFA

I responded to your response to my comment/question on thedemonhog's RFA. View it here. Flaminglawyer ^{talk contrib} 18:07, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your vote on my RfA. I think I may now have a better understanding of what it must have been like for you with your own RfA a few weeks ago.

To be honest, I'm rather beginning to regret having agreed to it. But I wanted to especially thank you, as one of those (hopefully few) editors with whom I've had a significant disagreement during my time on wikipedia. --Malleus Fatuarum (talk) 17:11, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Crawley

Thanks for your kind message. Actually - on 2nd thoughts - as it's a book cite, you don't need an accessdate at all, unless a URL is also specified, but it does no harm. --NSH001 (talk) 18:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: RFA Troubles

You're right. No point inflaming each other. Thanks for mediating. Pedro :  Chat  21:48, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

A barn star for me? Aww

Thank you so very much. However, I was supposed to give you a barn star, if anyone should have given ... This is late but still I hope you will accept it. --Kushal^t 22:07, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The Flash could not have corrected faster!

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I am pretty sure that for a request on a WP page, looking up the request, going to the page, diagnosing the problem, correcting it, and reporting it back at the WP Help page would take more than three minutes ... even for The Flash. Kushalt 22:07, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Adoption

Everything is fine. I keep WP:ACC on my watchlist and try to help handle new requests. Of course if you have any suggestions for me I am willing to listen. New York Dreams (talk) 03:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

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Portal:North West England

well i did i bit more deeper review for this portal. i think there is a bit of things needs to be fixed. if you don't mind can i improve them. i have made few changes right now. thanks, Sushant gupta (talk) 16:14, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

We value you!

		The WikiProject Greater Manchester Award of Merit
		Your outstanding contributions to all things Manchester. Also your newsletter has been brilliant in informing members about the current "goings on" with the project. You also helped immensely with Manchester's new found featured article status, a page central the success of the project. I hope you continue with your great work because I know the project will suffer without you!

How is your next issue of the newsletter coming along? I hope it includes the grand announcement that Manchester is now a featured article! _└^and-rew_┘^┌_talk^┐ 19:06, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Also I think I should probably apologise for Manchester Airport! I know you wanted to develop it and I was all for it and I know that me moving the lists stalled the process and it seems to have stopped. I do still stand by my view that the lists breach policy and when things have calmed down I intend to take it to WP:DISPUTE to finally solve the problem. _└^and-rew_┘^┌_talk^┐ 19:12, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Helen Hartness Flanders GA Review

Dear Rudget,

Thank you for taking the time to review Helen Hartness Flanders for GA status. I see from the backlog that not every deserving article receives the attention that it deserves. I'll try to rectify this by picking a few articles myself to review.

In the meantime, I look forward to your feedback at the Talk:Helen Hartness Flanders page on how to improve the article to achieve GA status.

Sincerely, HopsonRoad (talk) 19:31, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Dear Rudget,

Thank you, again, for taking the time to review Helen Hartness Flanders for GA status so promptly. I will look into the issues that you cite and do my best to correct them. If I find that I don't understand an issue, I'll come back here.

Sincerely, HopsonRoad (talk) 21:10, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Great job!

Just wanted to say that I think you're doing a great job on the North West England Portal. I hpe you can find the energy and motivation to keep it up. --Malleus Fatuarum (talk) 16:02, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: F&A

Only for the next weeks. Thanks!! (ps. if you don't work on it in segments through out this week, be prepared to take an hour and a half writing it up on monday. I'll post all the links here in a bit to make it easier. The Placebo Effect (talk) 19:09, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Admins: WP:RFAS

Bots: WP:RFBA#Approved_requests

FA&FFA: [2]

FL&FFA: [3]

FPictures: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/November-2007 & Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/December-2007

FPortals&FFPO: [4]

FT&FFT: [5]

FS&FFS: [6] (this one usually doesn't have anything, but it doesn't hurt to check.)

FFPictures: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/archived removal requests 2

TFA: WP:TFA

POTD: WP:POTD

That should be all, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Be sure to check both the end of the November page and the December pages for featured picture, TFA, and AOTD. The Placebo Effect (talk) 19:22, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Yup, thanks again for doing this. The Placebo Effect (talk) 19:28, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Scott5114's RFA

Thank you for taking the time to participate in my recent RFA nomination. I have withdrawn the nom early at 17/13/3. I am presently going to undergo admin coaching in preparation for a second candidacy somewhere down the line. I hope to see your potential support in the future. Regards, —Scott5114↗ 07:43, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello Again :-)

Hi Rudget! Can I ask you something? How can you propose a category, including all of its articles for deletion? -escondites 18:56, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi! Yes, how did you know? ;-) (Really, how did you know?) The thing is, I know that I should list it there, but I don't get how, I was able to do it with a category, but I didn't get the procedure for WP:AfD ... - escondites 08:24, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Hmm... As I still can't do it, yes! Thanks in advance :-) (It's BTW all of the articles here) --escondites 18:56, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

The thing is, I incorporated these lists, which show municipalities of the provinces in Algeria, simply in the articles of the provinces, so these lists are duplicates. --escondites 19:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

For example, in List of municipalities in Skikda, a more organized version of the list exists at Skikda Province (when you click one of the "districts", you'll see further municipalities) --escondites 19:27, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to butt in, but even better than seeking an AfD or a speedy delete of a duplicate article, just redirect it to the "better" one. You do this by replacing the entire text with

#REDIRECT [[Name of target article]]

This preserves any links, preserves the edit history, saves administrator time and makes it less like duplicate articles will be created again. I've done this for List of municipalities in Adrar rather than deleting it. Hope this helps! ➔ REDVEЯS would like to show you some puppies 20:15, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

With twice that number, my motto remains "a day on Wikipedia where I don't do something stupid is a day wasted." It's a motto I've religiously stuck to for 3 years and will continue to follow :oP So I'm beating you - you haven't even done anything stupid today! :o) ➔ REDVEЯS would like to show you some puppies 20:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again.

Dear Caulde/Archive, Thanks for supporting my RFA. Thanks for your trust and willingness to nominate. If I can help in any way, or if I need correcting in any way, let me know. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 19:08, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Dick Rifenburg GA

Thanks for the speedy promotion. That is one of the fastest promotions I have ever had.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 20:49, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Is there a reason why Dick Rifenburg is not at the top of the WP:GA page under recently listed GAs?--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 05:17, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Also, from this edit, it does not look like the total count got properly updated.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 05:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

 Done - — Rudget _{contributions} 10:35, 1 December 2007 (UTC)