User talk:Insanephantom/Archive 1

User subpages

Please see WP:SP for instructions on creating user subpages. --mtz206 (talk) 13:56, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Welcome!

Welcome to the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject! There are numerous ongoing projects occurring within the project, such as improving the existing articles on retired hurricanes to their highest potential, as well as continually updating active season articles with the latest information, though any changes big or small will be appreciated. The next two items are template-form information letters to tropical cyclone participants. First is the ideal format for a tropical cyclone article.

Dear Tropical cyclone editor,

As a member of the Tropical Cyclone Wikiproject, you are receiving this message to describe how you can better tropical cyclone articles. There are hundreds of tropical cyclone articles, though many of them are poorly organized and lacking in information. Using the existing featured articles as a guide line, here is the basic format for the ideal tropical cyclone article.

1. Infobox- Whenever possible, the infobox should have a picture for the tropical cyclone. The picture can be any uploaded picture about the storm, though ideally it should be a satellite shot of the system. If that is not available, damage pictures, either during the storm or after the storm, are suitable. In the area that says Formed, indicate the date on which the storm first developed into a tropical depression. In the area that says Dissipated, indicate the date on which the storm lost its tropical characteristics. This includes when the storm became extratropical, or if it dissipated. If the storm dissipated and reformed, include the original start date and the final end date. Highest winds should be the local unit of measurement for speed (mph in non-metric countries, km/h in metric countries), with the other unit in parenthesis. The lowest pressure should be in mbars. Damages should, when available, be in the year of impact, then the present year. The unit of currency can be at your discretion, though typically it should be in USD. Fatalities indicate direct deaths first, then indirect deaths. Areas affected should only be major areas of impact. Specific islands or cities should only be mentioned if majority of the cyclone's effects occurred there.
2. Intro- The intro for every article should be, at a minimum, 2 paragraphs. For more impacting hurricanes, it should be 3. The first should describe the storm in general, including a link to the seasonal article, its number in the season, and other statistics. The second should include a brief storm history, while the third should be impact.
3. Storm history- The storm history should be a decent length, relatively proportional to the longevity of the storm. Generally speaking, the first paragraph should be the origins of the storm, leading to the system reaching tropical storm status. The second should be the storm reaching its peak. The third should be post-peak until landfall and dissipation. This section is very flexible, depending on meteorological conditions, but it should generally be around 3. Storm histories can be longer than three paragraphs, though they should be less than five. Anything more becomes excessive. Remember, all storm impacts, preparations, and records can go elsewhere. Additional pictures are useful here. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its peak, use a landfall picture in the storm history. If the picture in the infobox is of the storm at its landfall, use the peak. If the landfall is its peak, use a secondary peak, or even a random point in the storm's history.
4. Preparations- The preparations section can be any length, depending on the amount of preparations taken by people for the storm. Hurricane watches and warnings need to be mentioned here, as well as the number of people evacuated from the coast. Include numbers of shelters, and other info you can find on how people prepared for the storm.
5. Impact- For landfalling storms, the impact section should be the majority of the article. First, if the storm caused deaths in multiple areas, a death table would work well in the top level impact section. A paragraph of the general effects of the storm is also needed. After the intro paragraph, impact should be broken up by each major area. It depends on the information, but sections should be at least one paragraph, if not more. In the major impact areas, the first paragraph should be devoted to meteorological statistics, including rainfall totals, peak wind gusts on land, storm surge, wave heights, beach erosion, and tornadoes. The second should be actual damage. Possible additional paragraphs could be detailed information on crop damage or specifics. Death and damage tolls should be at the end. Pictures are needed, as well. Ideally, there would be at least one picture for each sub-section in the impact, though this sometimes can't happen. For storms that impact the United States or United States territories, this site can be used for rainfall data, including an image of rainfall totals.
6. Aftermath- The aftermath section should describe foreign aid, national aid, reconstruction, short-term and long-term environmental effects, and disease. Also, the storm's retirement information, whether it happened or not, should be mentioned here.
7. Records- This is optional, but can't hurt to be included.
8. Other- The ideal article should have inline sourcing, with the {{cite web}} formatting being preferable. Always double check your writing and make sure it makes sense.

Good luck with future writing, and if you have a question about the above, don't hesitate to ask.

Here's a copy of our latest monthly newsletter.

Number 4, September 3, 2006

The Hurricane Herald

This is the monthly newsletter of WikiProject Tropical Cyclones. The Hurricane Herald aims to give a summary, both of the activities of the WikiProject and global tropical cyclone activity. If you wish to change how you receive this newsletter, or no longer wish to receive it, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list. The WikiProject now has its own IRC channel.

"Katrina is important to BS but BS is not important to the story of Katrina."

Storm of the month

Typhoon Saomai nearing its landfall in China

Typhoon Saomai (known as Typhoon Juan to PAGASA) claimed at least 441 lives and caused over $1.5 billion in damage. After forming on August 4 near Chuuk, the storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Marianas, the Philippines, Taiwan and southeastern China. It started to intensify, and reached its official peak with winds of 95 knots (175 km/h, 110 mph) on August 9. The JTWC reported that it peaked as a Category 5 super typhoon the same day, a strength Chinese forecasters described as the most powerful to hit China in 50 years. Saomai maintained that strength until landfall on August 10 and dissipated inland the next day.

Other tropical cyclone activity

There were 16 other tropical cyclones during August, in the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

• In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Chris moved to the north of Puerto Rico before dissipating on August 5 near Cuba.
• Tropical Storm Debby formed near the Cape Verde islands on August 21 but had no effects on land.
• Hurricane Ernesto formed in the Caribbean on August 24 and affected Haiti and Cuba, before making landfalls in Florida and South Carolina. It killed at least 5 people.
• In the east Pacific, Tropical Storm Fabio dissipated on August 3 well away from land.
• Tropical Storm Gilma formed on August 1 and lasted for two days before dissipating.
• Hurricane Hector reached its peak as a Category 2 hurricane on August 18 well away from land.
• Hurricane Ileana became the second major hurricane of the east Pacific season when it reached Category 3 intensity on August 23.
• Hurricane John formed near to Mexico on August 28 and to the northwest near the coast. It prompted a series of warnings from Michoacán to Baja California Sur, where it made landfall in September.
• Hurricane Kristy was briefly a hurricane on August 31, but its proximity to Hurricane John caused it to weaken soon after.
• Hurricane Ioke became the most intense Central Pacific hurricane on record on August 26 with a minimum pressure of 920 mbar. After crossing the dateline and becoming Typhoon Ioke it passed just to the north of Wake Island at Category 4 strength.
• Typhoon Prapiroon (Henry) reached its peak as a minimal typhoon in the South China Sea. It killed 77 people when it made landfall in China.
• Severe Tropical Storm Maria formed on August 4 and threatened Japanese coast.
• Severe Tropical Storm Bopha (Inday) passed over Taiwan as a tropical storm on August 9.
• Tropical Storm Wukong passed over Kyūshū on August 18.
• Tropical Storm Sonamu (Katring) was a minimal storm that was absorbed by Wukong on August 20.
• Tropical Depression 13W formed near Hainan on August 23 and soon made landfall in Guandong.

Main Page content

• Hurricane Mitch appeared on the Main Page as Today's Featured Article on August 16.
• Entries from List of Delaware hurricanes, Fiji Meteorological Service, Tropical Storm Helene (2000), Atlantic hurricane reanalysis and Hurricane Kyle (2002) appeared on the Main Page in the Did you know column during August.
• Hurricane Katrina appeared on the Main Page in the On this Day column on August 29.

New articles and improvements wanted

• Landfall (meteorology) and Rapid deepening should be expanded.
• Direct hit (meteorology) and Cyclogenesis should be created.
• 2006 storm articles should be updated in light of the Tropical Cyclone Reports.

Member of the month

Cyclone barnstar

The August member of the month is Nilfanion. The WikiProject awards this to him for his contributions in many diverse sections of the project. Nilfanion joined the Wikiproject in April and provides track maps for the project and has produced a featured picture. He has developed the tropical cyclone Commons Category scheme in the process. In addition he has produced a number of quality articles and is active in assessment.

New and improved articles

• New storm articles include Cyclone Thelma, Typhoon Ewiniar (2006), Tropical Storm Otto (2004), Cyclone Heta (2003), Hurricane John (2006), Hurricane Kyle (2002), Hurricane Ioke and Hurricane Ernesto (2006).
• New non-storm articles include List of Delaware hurricanes, Fiji Meteorological Service and Atlantic hurricane reanalysis.
• New featured articles, lists and pictures: 2003 Pacific hurricane season, List of Delaware hurricanes and Global tropical cyclone tracks.

Storm article statistics

Grade	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
FA	10	13	16	15
A	7	6	6	7
GA	5	18	24	28
B	82	79	77	79
Start	168	180	191	200
Stub	10	8	8	8
Total	282	303	322	337
percentage ≥Less than B	63.1	62.0	61.8	61.7

Tropical cyclone imagery

When uploading an image of a tropical cyclone please

1. Download the highest resolution image possible to your computer, not a thumbnail.
2. If the image is free, upload it to Commons. In general, only upload to en.wikipedia if it is a Fair Use image. Wherever you upload, follow the instructions.
3. Preferably, include a link to the source image, not just the source site.
4. If you upload to Commons, add relevant Categories to the image, see the Commons category scheme. Make sure at least one category you add is the storm's category.

The following is a good image description:

{{Information

|Description=Visible image of Hurricane Ernesto on 2006-08-27 at peak strength just south of Haiti as seen by GOES-12.
|Source=Original image located here.
|Date=2006-08-27
|Author=The Naval Research Laboratory
|Permission={{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}}

}}
[[Category:Hurricane Ernesto (2006)]] [[Category:NRL images of tropical cyclones|Ernesto (2006)]]

If you have any questions, feel to ask anywhere. Good luck with your future contributions, and see you around! Hurricanehink (talk) 15:04, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #5

The October issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 00:24, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Belair Gardens

Please do not remove deletion templates from pages. Doing this is considered vandalism and you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia as a result. If you wish to contest the deletion, please add {{hangon}} at the top of the page. --Riley 05:12, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I accidently deleted it... But since I only just started to create it, I don't think it was justified to delete so fast... I think you should wait a moment first. Insanephantom 05:18, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your recent comment to my talk page. I understand that this is a new article, however, you should not have removed the deletion template. It clearly stated that to contest the deletion request, you are to add {{hangon}} at the top of the page. --Riley 05:22, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay. I have added the {{hangon}} template to it now. In the meanwhile, I'll try to expand on it a bit more. Insanephantom 05:25, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

The Lands Of Napkia

Hello I am a spokesperson for the Lands Of Napkia. I am adding relevant information to the Wikipedia article on the year 1728 and I believe you are interfrastically deleting information of which you obviously have no knowledge. Please restore all information. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.195.245.21 (talk) 14:51, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

You wikilinked the 'Lands of Napkia'. This article does not even exist. Even if it did exist, that section is about births in 1728. The information you put is totally irrevelant. Moreover, you put December 1th, which is wrong. Therefore, the revert was justified. Insanephantom 23:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

JTWC

Hey, if you still suffer from being unable to access the JTWC, this may be of help. It has the latest issuances of every single product by the JTWC (and if you change the station header from "PGTW" to "RJTD" you'll get the JMA). This is the latest 26W warning. It will overwrite itself with each update. Cheers, – Chacor 08:24, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the links. The usual JTWC link has not worked for quite a few months (specifically on this computer), and I have been able to access it using proxies, but now they don't. Insanephantom 08:43, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks!

Thank you so much, Insanephantom, for your gracious support in my RfA (48/1/0)! I am very happy that you trust me with this great honor and privilege. If at any time you think that I need to step back and take a deep breath or just want to talk, please contact me. Happy editing! Cbrown1023 03:50, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your support in my RfA, which I have chosen to withdraw early at a final count of (10/8/3) as it was unlikely to gain consensus. Most users wanted me to be more experienced, so I shall continue to contribute and reapply sometime in the future. I am grateful for the kind words I was given, and will do my best to improve in the areas that were cited as my weaknesses. Please always feel free to help me along with a suggestion on how I could improve, and if you ever need help, I am ever at your service. Best as always, Dar-Ape 23:20, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Good luck on your next attempt for adminship! Insanephantom 03:35, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Regarding this edit [1]

I know you meant well here, but I feel I must object to anyone who removes my comments from a talk page no matter the motivation. If you look at the history you we see we both applied the {{blatantvandal}} at the same second. Since we were in different sections there was no edit conflict. In the future if you think my edits to a talk page are inappropriate, please leave me a note. I would have been happy to upgrade the template in this case. Or else leave your own comments below mine. I realize it is not a big deal in this case and I sm hsppy to leave the page as it is now, but I just feel I have to leave a note out of principle. Thanks for the work you do staying on top of these vandals!--Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 14:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

OK. I didn't notice the time you posted the {blatantvandal} warning one minute after I posted. You can restore the {blatantvandal} notice above my {test4} warning if you want. Sorry about that. Insanephantom 23:16, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the kind reply. The current version is fine, he is indefinately blocked now anyways. There has been edit warring over warning templates elsewhere and I feel it is neccessary to speak out against removals of my edits in the cases where I would not mind the alteration as well as the cases I would very much mind. I believe the {{test4}} was appropriate, but it would have been better to place it below my edit with a comment. Thanks for watching this vandal and reporting him. --Birgitte§β ʈ Talk 07:23, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Dealing with persistent vandals

I notice that you gave User:194.35.219.99 a warning about blanking. Since this was (and is) a vandalism-only IP (and almost certainly the same person as before) that started vandalising as soon as their block ended, we don't need to keep warning them. They already know what they're doing. Personally, I'd say it was fine to report at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism (noting the vandalism and reporting for reference purposes only). The admins can then decide whether or not to block. All the best, Fourohfour 14:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

OK. Thanks for the advice, for vandals vandalising very soon after their block finishes. Insanephantom 14:36, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Could be for any previously warned/blocked vandals; the "block just finishing" bit was simply more evidence showing that it was the same user. So long as it's probably the same person, it's okay to report. If there's any doubt, the admin can decide themselves. Fourohfour 14:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Nonsense

I have two accounts. I created the second one because some programs and sites don't recognise names with only two characters. Therefore I thought it would be acceptable to edit the user page of my other account while logged in to this one.

E9 | TALK |

ROCKER!!

| ROCKAB00M | TALK

Okay. Thanks for pointing that out to me, I didn't realise you had two accounts. However, I would consider sticking with one account to edit that user page to prevent misunderstanding in the future. Insanephantom 14:12, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which did not succeed and was closed early at 2/10/9. I am not discouraged, however, and will use the experience to improve my skills until a later date when I may succeed. Yuser31415 20:49, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

The Phantom of the Opera

Salut,

you gave me a warning that I was bringing spam into the following page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera.

This is not quite true, for all I did was adding my own page, which has a lot to do with this topic into the list of the external links.

My page does not contain spam or anything, so please stop warning me.

~Christine

We have too many links already on that page. I've given you a last warning because the link was added repeatedly far too many times. I'm sorry we can't have that link on there, but Wikipedia articles should not have a collection of external links. Thanks for your understanding. Insanephantom 01:48, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Salut,

mersi for answering me. I understand that there have been too many links on that page, for I read the guidelines of external links a while ago.

I have seen that there in the external links by now are only links that belong to the topic. Before there were more links, which did not belong to it exactly, such as my page did not belong there exactly, because it is only about Christine Daaé and not, or just little, about The Phantom of the Opera as person.

I truly hope, that the other, not quite fitting links will remain removed as well as I will keep my link removed from there.

May I ask if you work for Wikipedia and check the pages all the time, or if you do it only for certain pages? Actually no matter what the answer is, you do a good job.

Christine

Thanks for replying here. I deleted the link not really because it was too specific to Christine, but because we don't really need any more excessive fan sites, according to the policy. As for your question, we are all working for Wikipedia in some way by editing. Since there are so many articles, obviously, it would be impossible to edit all of them. There are some articles that I am interested in, which I check often for changes. Oh, and I would also like to remind you to sign your posts on talk pages. (In case you don't know how to, you just type 4 tildes at the end of your post (type ~~~~, and it will add your username and date/time automatically.) Insanephantom 12:30, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for explaing all to me. You are the first one who took the time to do so. ~~~~

Regarding your revert to User talk:MONGO/Clowns

This article was created by a sock of an indefinitely blocked user, as a form of harassment. I'm assuming your revert of the addition of a speedy tag to the article was unintentional? -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 08:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm... I ASSUMED that the addition of the speedy deletion tag was incorrect because all the other text in the article were deleted. I didn't notice it was harassment. Thanks for pointing that out to me (the article has been deleted now). Insanephantom 09:03, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Agathoclea's RfA

Hello, and thank you for the support on my recent RfA despite your concerns. The final tally was 63/3/2, and I have now been entrusted with the mop. I hope I can live up to your trust, and certainly welcome any and all feedback. All the best, and thanks again! — Agathoclea 12:36, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Insanephantom! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

May you and your family have a Merry Christmas, as well as any other Holiday you may celebrate. I hope that warmth, good cheer, and love surround you during these special days. May God bless you during the Holidays. | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

File:Julekort.jpg

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Thanks! Merry Christmas and good luck! Insanephantom 10:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you too! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 11:45, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Insanephantom/Archive 1

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Thanks for your support on my successful Request for Adminship (final result 78 Support /0 Oppose / 1 Neutral) I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months. I am humbled by your kind support and would certainly welcome any feedback on my actions. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Once again, many thanks and happy new year! All the best, Asterion^talk 13:29, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

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Welcome to VandalProof!

Thank you for your interest in VandalProof, Insanephantom! You have now been added to the list of authorized users, so if you haven't already, simply download and install VandalProof from our main page. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me or any other moderator, or you can post a message on the discussion page. Betacommand ^{(talk • contribs • Bot)} 16:31, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Hope this cheers you up

Agathoclea has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Agathoclea 01:07, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Insanephantom 01:08, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:ASUE

Hello, Insanephantom/Archive 1 and thank you for your contributions on articles related to A Series of Unfortunate Events. I'd like to invite you to become a part of WikiProject A Series of Unfortunate Events, a WikiProject aiming to improve coverage of A Series of Unfortunate Events and related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to help out and participate, please visit the project page for more information. Thanks! <3Clamster 23:26, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me of the WikiProject. I have just joined it. Insanephantom 12:37, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

University of Bristol Union

Why did you revert my edits to University of Bristol Union? It's clearly no longer a stub, and the Student Community Action doesn't really deserve it's own infobox (it's one of several self-governing activities, but the only one mentioned in the article).

I don't really understand the point of wikifying a pound sign either, but maybe that's just me... MrBeast 13:09, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for leaving me a note on my talk page. I reverted because I think it should have the infobox, and I see currency (like pound signs or dollar signs, etc) wikilinked on most other articles, so I think it should be okay to wikilink it anyway. Insanephantom (please comment on my Editor Review!) 13:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Why do you think it should have it's own infobox? I'm a fan of SCA, but it's certainly not more important than any of the other self-governing activities (the red boxes along the top of https://www.ubu.org.uk/). I can't find any other unions in Category:English students' unions that have more than one infobox (and hardly any that have discussion on their individual activities).

Even if you do think the infobox is appropriate, why put the stub tags back? MrBeast 13:24, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

At the time you edited, you did not provide a reason for removing the infobox in the edit summary, so I assumed the edit was incorrect... Insanephantom (please comment on my Editor Review!) 13:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, by the way, I didn't realise I removed the stub notices. I was browsing Recent changes, and when I read the edit, I only saw the removal of the infobox, forgetting to scroll down to check... Sorry about that, I have removed the stub notice now. Insanephantom (please comment on my Editor Review!) 13:33, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, maybe in future you should read edits before reverting them, and judge them in the context of the article. May I point you in the direction of Wikipedia:Assume good faith? Regards, MrBeast 13:39, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the reminder. Well, I understand the policy, and I would say that I wasn't assuming bad faith, it was just my careless mistake. I'll try to be more careful in the future about reverting. Cheers. Insanephantom (please comment on my Editor Review!) 13:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your consideration

Thank you for the consideration you gave to my RfA. To be chosen as an administrator requires a high level of confidence by a broad section of the community. Although I received a great deal of support, at this time I do not hold the level of confidence required, and the RfA did not pass. Yours was one of the neutral votes, and raised concerns. I am more than willing to discuss those concerns with you if you are interested. Please let me know. Sincerely, --BostonMA ^talk 13:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. You were very close to succeeding, with about 69% support. Just work on those concerns and good luck if you attempt another RfA! Insanephantom (please comment on my Editor Review!) 13:19, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

71.76.172.222

User:71.76.172.222 keeps blanking his talk page. Should it be protected? -WarthogDemon 06:28, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm not a administrator myself, but from the looks of it, maybe it should be protected. Insanephantom (please comment on my Editor Review!) 06:31, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

ASUE

Hello, Insanephantom/Archive 1 On, WP:ASUE, your username, as well as all other participants' names, have been moved under Inactive Participants. If you are still are an active member, please move your username to Active Participants. Thanks! <3Clamster 22:49, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Tropical cyclones WikiProject Newsletter #8

The January issue of the WikiProject Tropical cyclones newsletter is now available. If you wish to receive the full newsletter or no longer be informed of the release of future editions, please add your username to the appropriate section on the mailing list.--Nilfanion (talk) 23:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Thanks for your comment. I have in fact been continually editing, although until ca. 2006 most of this was under a different username, User:Anárion. I have now added that to the RFA page as well. It is true that my editing rate has slowed down some, but I am still active. -- Jordi·✆ 13:54, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Thank you for your support in my my RfA, which passed with a tally of 117/0/1. I hope that my conduct as an admin lives up to the somewhat flattering confidence the community has shown in me; and that my additional responsibilites as an admin will not detract from the other areas I contribute to. Please don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page should you need anything or want to discuss something with me.--Nilfanion (talk) 16:03, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Budgiekiller RfA

Hi. Please see my response to your !vote. It's probably academic, as the RfA seems doomed, but I'd love it if you reviewed your decision. --Dweller 09:54, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Approved for AWB!

Thank you for your recent application to use AutoWikiBrowser. I have approved your request and you should now be able to use the AWB application. Be sure to check every edit before you save it, and don't forget to check out the AWB Guide. You can get any help you need over on the AWB talk page. Feel free to contact me with any questions, alphachimp 00:00, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

My RFA

Hey, thanks for participating in my recent RFA. You were amongst a number of editors who remained neutral on the topic. The RFA did not succeed (69/26/11). I am extremely grateful that you took the time to advise me on to improve as a Wikipedian and I'd like to assure you that I'll do my level best to develop my skills here to a point where you may feel you could trust me with the mop.

I've been blown away by the level of interest taken in my RFA and appreciate the time and energy dedicated by all the editors who have contributed to it, support, oppose and neutral alike. I hope to bump into you again soon and look forward to serving you and Wikipedia in any way I can. Cheers! The Rambling Man 19:56, 11 January 2007 (UTC) (the non-admin, formerly known as Budgiekiller)

Thanks for taking the time to revisit the RFA and reconsider your vote. I would much rather have the full confidence of the community than scrape through this RFA so I appreciate the time you've spent considering my application. All the best. The Rambling Man 19:56, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA criteria

Having seen User:Insanephantom/RfA criteria, it would be a failure on my part not to point out that the statement "User's statement have problems (e.g. spelling or grammar)" have problems. Opabinia regalis 06:32, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I also have to raise concern with "An optional question is not answered for 24 hours." An optional question is exactly that - optional. There's a reason why they're not mandatory, and it's criteria like yours that toally negate the fact that they are "optional". Please respond at WT:RFA#While we're on about this... – Chacor 07:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm considering deleting the page altogether if it doesn't work. But it seems you're quick to jump in to criticism, which I find a bit overwhelming. I know there are a lot of problems with it, but I will either work on it to fix anything, or just request that it gets deleted. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 08:26, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

RFA

Thanks. I could delete the page if you want me to, or you could blank it and replace it with some prose about trusting people, or whatever you want. >Radiant< 09:25, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Your revert of my talk page

I understand that editing other users' talk pages is allowed as a means of communication. I deleted Just_H (talk · contribs)'s {{welcome123}} only because I had read it already, and I placed the message about editing other users' text in emulation of Just_H's own Talk Page. I meant no disrespect, in fact I found the {{welcome123}} page very helpful.

--Dan Slimmon 23:11, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay. I have reverted it back to your last edit. Sorry about that. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 23:57, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Revert on my talk page

I was coping comments on my page and pasting them on User talk:Guettarda. He is repeatedily deleting my comments from his page. According to his rationale they should be on one page, so why not on his? On a fair note I would request you to put my comments back on that page, which he/she has deleted. --Falcon007 02:59, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Gustav

The stuff I removed is redundant on the page; a verbatim copy is just above it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.143.239.182 (talk) 03:27, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

I have self-reverted my edit. Checking recent changes, when I reviewed your edit, I can only see what you've removed. Maybe it would be better to use an edit summary, so that I know it's redundant. But thanks for notifying me on here anyway. Cheers, Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 05:48, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Huh?

1. Care to explain this edit. Why are you reverting my removal of nonsense from my user page?
2. Why are you using anti-vandalism tools to revert my removal of nonsense from my talk page? This is unacceptable use of anti-vandalism tools.
3. Your use of {{3RR}} is a clear insult, which violates our policy on personal attacks. Using boilerplate conveys one of two messages - either you are speaking to a newbie who you believe is not worth your time to actually write a real message, or, if you are speaking to an estabished user, you are saying that you believe that they are too stupid to understand fundamental policies like the 3RR, and you have to spell it out to them in depth. Since I am obviously not a newbie, I can only take your use of boilerplate as calling me stupid. That is an unacceptable violation of our policy on personal attacks.
4. How does the text you added apply in this instance? The 3RR exists to control edit-warring, not to allow spammers to harrass the editors who warn them about spamming.

Please undo your revert of my talk page. Guettarda 03:55, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I have stroked out the 3RR warning. Firstly, Falcon007 posted on my talk page because I reverted a removal of text from his/her talk page. He explained to me, somewhere above this message, that you are removing messages from your talk page (which Falcon wrote), so why shouldn't I revert it. I then reverted your removal of Falcon's message. I guess I shouldn't have used the {{3RR}} template, and instead post a personal message of my own. I will also discuss this dispute with Falcon007. Please note that I am merely trying to assume good faith in my actions, and this is receiving slightly undue criticism. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 05:23, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd suggest you back the truck up and rethink (assuming the aplication of an initial thought process) your actions. Guettarda was well with his rights to remove a nonsensical piece of drivel from his user talk page. You, however, were not within your rights to restore same. The criticism is neither undue nor unwarranted, and the invocation of AGF does not change the facts, nor does it cover your butt.

I would also suggest that before you wade into a morass from which extrication might prove difficult, a famialiarzation of just whom you're dealing with might be in order. You have 2,099 edits and have been here a whopping 7 months. Conversely, Guettarda has 21,220 edits, has been here going on three years, is an admin, and is one of the most respected editors on Wikipedia.

I would suggest that an apology to Guettarda would be in order. &#0149;Jim62sch&#0149; 09:40, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Strongly second what Jim said. I came here to comment on the edit war on Guettarda's talk page, and to provide for you the information that an editor may remove any content from their talk page, including blanking it entirely, as often as they wish and for whatever reason they wish. Your zeal is beyond misplaced: you are guilty of edit warring on another users talk page, which can be a blockable offense. See WP:UP, WP:VAN#Types_of_vandalism: "...does not apply to the user's own Talk page...". See also WP:TEMPLAR and avoid using the {{3RR}} warning template on the page of anyone you have reason to believe is not ignorant of the rule. (Please look at my link to the template in edit mode to see how to add a link without adding a template - I note you are using nowiki, which does not provide a link.) KillerChihuahua^?!? 10:21, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

I know I shouldn't have reverted what Guettarda deleted now. It's already quite a while since I've done that, no need to repeat everything on this page again. At that time, I didn't realise it was in fact acceptable to remove comments from your own talk page, and I will take care not to do that in the future (unless it is removing a legitimate warning). And also, I know how to enter in '{{3RR}}' as opposed to '{{3RR}}'. As you can see, I've already provided why I've done that in the first place above this, and the reason why I say it's 'slightly undue' is because another user led me into the revert (the 3RR warning is another matter which I should not have done). But I am sorry for any inconvenience caused due to the revert. My apologies (again), Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 14:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

TeckWiz's RFA

TeckWiz's RFA

I would like to thank you for helping the Wikipedia community decide whether I should become an admin by voting neutral of my second RFA. I withdrew per WP:SNOW, as consensus to promote was against me. I will continue to improve until one day, I become an admin. Thanks, and happy editing! --TeckWizTalk Contribs@ 21:16, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay. It seems you have just enough experience, and in 3 months, you will have a better chance of passing. Good luck on your future RfA! Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 09:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Whitewashed talk archive

Further to the chat we're having about former vandals and RfAs, I see your talk archive is also whitewashed. Now that you're an established editor, are you comfortable with this state of affairs? --Dweller 11:17, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

You mean am I happy with the archive? Partly the reason I archived is to put all the 2006 stuff in one place. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 11:32, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

What I meant is that you've deleted any references to your block from your talk page archive. --Dweller 11:50, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh right. As I said, there were no warnings before the block, so there's nothing there. I haven't posted anything about the block on the talk page except an unblock request, which was granted (I have removed that (not when it was transferred to the archive, but quite soon after I was unblocked), but if you want to check it, it's on the first four edits of this talk page back in June 2006). This is the talk page before I archived, and there was never anything on the block. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 12:15, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

At one point, it looked like this ([2]) before that was partially deleted during unblocking. The admin was careful to keep the record of block/unblock, but the page was then blanked by an anon. Check the history. --Dweller 12:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I've checked the history. If I remember correctly, I forgot to sign in when I deleted the unblock request. Should this information be kept on the archive? Cheers, Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 12:35, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Maybe one of the reasons why I removed it is because this revision just looked like a blob of text after I was unblocked, and I thought I might as well clear that. If this wasn't appropriate, tell me and I might restore it on the archive. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 12:41, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm not really saying it's appropriate or inappropriate (others may have a different view). If I were you, I'd add one of those diffs to the archive to stop people from thinking that I've tried to hide my past... which (I think) comes over very badly. --Dweller 13:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks for the advice. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 13:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

fast

lol i started the Lengfellner System page and one minute later you are adding to it and editing it. How did you know about so quickly? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Unlocked (talk • contribs)

I was checking Special:Newpages. There is a list of the most recently created pages, and I happened to come across that page. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 02:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad's RfA

This is to thank you for your early support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 17:37, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem! Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 03:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Quick Question

Not sure how to go about closing a debate on the AfD list. This one seems to be done--somewhat obvious that there is no ground for the nomination: [[3]] Any suggestions on procedure for closing it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MonkeyTimeBoy (talk • contribs)

Oops! Just answered my own question. "If the discussion has been listed according to the rules above, at the end of the discussion period (about five days), it will always be closed within a few more days at most. Asking for someone to close the discussion is not necessary." LOL Sorry to bother you.  :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by MonkeyTimeBoy (talk • contribs)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA! It succeeded, and I now have The Tools – which I'm planning to use as wisely as I possibly can. I hope I will be worth your confidence. Thanks again! :-) –mysid☎ 20:49, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for taking the time to review my contributions and contribute to my RfA. I withdrew when it became clear that the uphill climb had crossed the snowball threshold, but I appreciate your feedback and the process gave me some good ideas for other ways I can be contributing to Wikipedia. I'll work on the areas that came up in the discussion, and try again after I've gained wider experience. -FisherQueen (Talk) 12:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Good luck if you try again another day! Cheers, Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 13:04, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

--Yannismarou 20:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

As you set out for Ithaka, hope the voyage is long Knowledge is your destiny, but don't ever hurry the journey May there be many summer mornings when With what pleasure and joy, you come into harbors seen for the first time Don't expect Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey And, if I, one of your fellow-travellers, can offer something To make this journey of yours even more fascinating and enjoyable This is my assistance with anything I can help.

vandalism

Hi,

I am not inserting vandalism into a wiki page. I teach at a school, so maybe the students are committing the vandalism. I am registered under the name "nuorder"...any changes I have made are honest.

Thanks,

Rob —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nuorder (talk • contribs) 14:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC).

Okay. This happens quite a lot with school IP addresses, it shouldn't be a problem if you have an account. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 03:35, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Please undo

Please revert your edits where you changed conversions. If the original values were rounded off, the conversions should be of a similar accuracy, see WP:MOSNUM#Units of measurement. – Chacor 06:59, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I've worked out for one edit I made to the Tropical Storm Bilis article, 30 km/h = 18.64 mph. I noticed that Storm Signal 1 means 30-60 km/h and it said 20-37 mph. If 60 km/h was converted as 37 mph, then 30 km/h should be to a similar accuracy, i.e. 19 mph, not 20 mph, or 37 mph needs to be rounded off to 35 as well. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 07:05, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, as you've partially undone the article for Typhoon Ewiniar, I assume you meant that article then. Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 07:09, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I was more referring to your change on Typhoon Ewiniar (2006). And internal WPTC guidelines are to approximate to nearest 5 where possible. – Chacor 07:10, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

I've also noticed you've undone my change to the Tropical Storm Bilis article, where 30-60 km/h for signal 1 should mean either 19-37 (if to nearest 1) or 20-35 mph (if to nearest 5). I think my edit to that article was accurate, and since 60 km/h was written as 37 mph (i.e. to the nearest 1, not 5) in the first place, why undo the change from 20 to 19? Insanephantom (my Editor Review) 07:15, 27 January 2007 (UTC)