User talk:Johann Wolfgang/Archive 3

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Bophuthatswana Postal Order articles.

Johann, these articles are dealing with 2 slightly different subjects. The first article is dealing with the postal orders issued by Bophuthatswana itself, & the second article is dealing with the remainder issue postal orders issued after Bophuthatswana's reincorporation into South Africa in April 1994. The same situation applies to the postal orders of Ciskei, Transkei, & Venda. - (Aidan Work 00:52, 19 December 2005 (UTC))

ok

I am not vandalizing anything, just editing what I see as biased information on Wilber. bye.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.163.100.137 (talk • contribs)

sorry!!!

sorry! the only reason i was deleting the information about the Rabbi Zalmen Leib and Rabbi Aharon conflict on the Satmar page was because I found the information to be biased and offensively written. plus, there is no clear source and opinions should not be expressed. is it absolutely necessary to write information about the conflict which is not confirmed true? thanks!

hey thanks. i just find that information posted about the conflict unbased and extrememly slanderous and biased. it is not necessary to include it in an encyclopedic defintion of Satmar. thanks again.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.234.57.113 (talk • contribs)

Belong's copyvio

Why don't you accept belong to have a soft re-direct to Wiktionary?? You deleted the wi template I added. Georgia guy 00:50, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

link on Jesus page

Hello, I cannot believe my website "Jesus, a historical reconstruction" is turned down. It is certainly more researched, more objective than most of the links of the Jesus page. I have two opponents (see talk:Jesus for details), one saying somebody else other than me should implement the post (that's OK, that can be done, but the rule is rather naive). The other, who is truly anonymous, does not want to have a "link farm" and always takes me out, whenever he/she has the chance. But recently two new posts appeared and no deletion. I feel unjustifiably picked on and my opinion of wikipedia is very low at this time. What do you recommend? Thanks, Bernard

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Mullerb (talk • contribs)

What nonsense?

I'm trying to move Assyrian people to Assyrians. I redirected the links.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.192.16.60 (talk • contribs)

Happy holidays!

File:CandyCane.JPG

A candy cane for you!

Hi, Johann Wolfgang! I hope you have an enjoyable and relaxing winter break. :) Take care, Sango123 (talk) 00:13, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Current revision

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. Johann Wolfgang 20:30, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks Johann! And merry christmas to you too!

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.124.28.22 (talk • contribs)

Merry Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Johann Wolfgang A well deserved pressy!--Santa on Sleigh 22:33, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I knew you could count

Congrats on knockin them vandels down 'n out, I see you've been around the block :) Please, never nominate me for admin :) Good Luck, Keep it Up. Joe I 23:12, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

I wanted one of those :(

<-----  :) Joe I 23:13, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Tasty Tunnock's tea cakes (a delicacy in the British northeast, I'm told) to say thank you very much for standing in the Esperanza elections, being a great candidate and helping to make Wikipedia better for everyone just by existing! ➨ ❝REDVERS❞

Esperanza election

Thank you for your support in the Esperanza Election. I was unsuccessful in the end of the election but I would like to thank you for having confidence in me to be a future admin general/ advisory council member. SWD316 ^{talk to me} 23:23, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza elections

Thank you! :)

Thanks for voting for me in the Esperanza elections. I've been appointed to the Advisory Committee, thanks to your show of confidence in me. I'll do my best to make you proud, but please feel free to ask me for help at any time or to give me tips as to what you would like to do. Thanks for being an active member of Esperanza! I'll see you around. Titoxd^{(?!? - help us)} 00:50, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Thank you for your vote! Please let me know if I can help you as an advisory council member in the future. karmafist 01:21, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your vote for me in the Esperanza council election. I sincerely appreciate it.--Dakota ~ ε

Esperanza council election

Thanks for your vote for me in the Esperanza council election. I sincerely appreciate it Brian | (Talk) 08:30, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Johann Wolfgang

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Thanks for voting for me at the Esperanza Elections.

I've made my way into the Advisory Committee, so if you ever need any help or have any queries about the stuff we do, please do not hesitate to ask me. Thanks again, FireFox 11:59, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy New Year

For last year's words belong to last year's language

And next year's words await another voice.

And to make an end is to make a beginning.

T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"

Happy New Year! ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 20:24, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

How do I add in the 'Merge' template?

Johann, how do I go about adding in a Merge template to the Postal Orders article, as I would like to try & merge it in with the Postal Orders of Great Britain article? - (Aidan Work 01:35, 2 January 2006 (UTC))

That didn't work.

Johann, that didn't work. Have a look at my effort with Postal Orders of Great Britain & Postal order. I was trying to put the templates to try & merge the latter article into the former article. - (Aidan Work 03:30, 3 January 2006 (UTC))

Redirection

Johann, I was trying to do redirections of Postal Orders of Tanzania to both Postal Orders of Tanganyika & Postal Orders of Zanzibar. How do I go about doing a double redirect to both articles? - (Aidan Work 04:18, 3 January 2006 (UTC))

Refusal to save articles

Johann, when I wrote an article titled Postal Orders of Ulster, the system refused to save it. I got a message saying I had logged out, when I hadn't. It really annoyed me after all that time I spent writing it. This is the second tome this has happened. - (Aidan Work 05:40, 5 January 2006 (UTC))

(No title)

Hello, I'm a tiny bit confused about this matter - As i observe these messages, i see that there is feedback relating to page vandalism about my account. I have not vandalised any page in any way at all. The user whom is doing this vandalism is not related to me in any way. How can i stop getting blamed for this?- By making an account on this website? - Well, if so how do you delete previous accounts due to lack of space? I was just wondering if you could help me out at all - Thanks alot.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.93.21.67 (talk • contribs)

Merci beaucoup

Hello Johann Wolfgang, thank you for your support in the Esperanza election. Let me know if I can do anything for you in return. with kind regards Gryffindor 16:17, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Many thanks for your support on my request for adminiship, I'm sure you'll be glad to know the final result was 92/1/0. I am now an administrator and (as always) if I do anything you have issue with, please talk about it with me. --Alf ^melmac 11:30, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Pgk's RFA

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Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (80/3/0), so I am now an administrator. I was flattered by the level of support and the comments, so I'm under real pressure not to disappoint, thus if you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as an admin then please leave me a note --pgk^(talk) 11:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppet accusation

user Badgerpatrol has accused me of being a sockpuppet on Wikipeadia: Requests for Comment/Millwall F.C. I have asked that he retract this on the page and his dis. page, he has made no response. I would be very grateful if you would please look into this matter. Best wihes, Lion King 22:45, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

No. 119 Squadron RAF

Hi, this article which you started shares text with No. 120 Squadron RAF, even to the extent of calling itself, in contradiction of the article title, 120 Squadron. Can you clear this up? NickelShoe 22:24, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

renaming categories

Last night, I proposed renaming some of the numismatics categories in line with my proposal. I think that the only area where we currently disagree is on where Category:Numismatics belongs, and I haven't proposed moving or changing that one in any way. If I've misunderstood your feelings about it, please let me know, or post to the categories for deletion entry. I should've checked with you before tagging the categories, but just didn't think of it. Ingrid 19:46, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Please drop by Legends of Motorsport (talk)

You were the first person to welcome me to Wikipedia.

Therefore I'd appreciate your thoughts on my most recent discussion on my own Legends of Motorsport article. (Lots of talking to myself on that discussion page, actually...)

• Oops. My Strength is My Weakness

--SportWagon 19:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Trunkey Creek

Thanks for help on Trunkey Creek/creek article redirect. VirtualSteve 21:18, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Possible to See Original Version?

Duh. Sorry. It wasn't obvious to me you could click on one of the "date/time" entries on a history page and see that version (I thought you could only see diffs, with a "free" view of the more recent of the two versions, and so I couldn't see how to see the original version.

So I eventually answered my own question. I'm leaving this section here only so you don't need to bother checking history to see why I created and deleted a section. --SportWagon 16:58, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

And (later) I just figured out how to see and retrieve the "source code" version of old revisions; when you view an old version "edit this page" actually refers to the old version.

Time for me to FAQ search to see if/where I should have found that info.--SportWagon 17:42, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Namely:

• Wikipedia:How_to_revert_a_page_to_an_earlier_version#Non-admins

Following that recipe (avoiding a dangerous save, or perhaps doing to one's own User or User_talk page, and then unreverting (rereverting?)) should cause one to learn everything I mumble about here.

In my defence, I make the observation that the "compare revisions" button appears to overshadow all the other clickables on the history page.--SportWagon 17:51, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Not as useful as you might think it would be is...

• Wikipedia:Page_history

Although there lots of stuff in its discussion page...

• Wikipedia_talk:Page_history

which one (i.e. I) might think should be in the project article proper. Perhaps some of it will be put there eventually?

If help using history was in your "Welcome" message at the time you "sent" it to me, it is quite a few clicks away. But then I'm not sure how early history should be introduced to users. I've been using command-line RCS since around 1990, and first encountered it in 1982 (probably used it then, too, but can't recall for sure), so the concept is not new to me, only the interface.--SportWagon 18:04, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Nomination

Is there a page which has instructions on how to nominate for RFA? Tan DingXiang Talk! Chat on IRC (Channel Op)

An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpower ^háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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RfA Thanks!

Okay, this is perhaps a bit overdue, but thank-you for your support in my recent RfA! I passed with a final vote count consensus of (82/1/0), which was a lot of support that I really appreciate. I'll try to live up to the expectations; and on that note, if there's ever something I do wrong (or don't do right), please spit in my general direction. Cheers! --PeruvianLlama^(spit) 05:31, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

hi i dont understand this is the first time i have used wikipedia and i there is all these masseges about vandalism please could you write back and tell me whats going on thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.93.21.7 (talk • contribs) 12:22, 4 February 2006 (UTC).

Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower ^háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
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Hey :)

Just saw you spacin your page, figured I'd drop a note. I thought you'd done dissapeared. Hope you're doing well, anything I can do, gimmie a ring...:) Joe I 23:40, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Sig problem

I got a sig problem.see Talk:Sinnathamby Rajaratnam. Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk) Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! My Rfa04:07, 4 March 2006 (UTC) Hope you can help.See you.

Hi, sir, thank you for the tip. Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk) Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 04:22, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Ixfd64

I have filed an RFC concerning an administrator's reversal of several blocks without discussion. This may be of particular interest to you as a one of the blocks was set by you. Regards. — Mar. 12, '06 {{{1}}}

Barbados penny

Johann,

Thank you kindly for putting the pictures on the web. They are very helpful.

I may be wrong, but it looks like the obverse and reverse sides are identical.

I think the obverse picture is incorrect.

Thanks, Dave

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.33.224.106 (talk • contribs)

Greetings

Hi Johan and thanks for your advise. I find it really hard to understand how to do this properly ie insert links to other magicians? Can you help me? Thanks adam@keisner.com

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Admin coaching?

Sir, it's Tdxiang again. I am currently on the Esperanza list of people waiting to be coached. I would like to know if you have the time to coach me? Thank you.--Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk)ContributionsContributions Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 10:40, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Roman provincial coins

Dear Mr Administrator, I am in need of a rewiew of this article, seeing that u are interested in Numismatics la, and some info on how to make it better. Thankyou Enlil Ninlil 05:03, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

• • I am happy someone done something to the article, please add more if need be,Ok I have some more articles on numismatics too, they are:

Axum coinage, Elymais, Achaemenid currency, Coinage of Asia, 20 cents (Australian) and South Vietnamese đồng. Thankyou for your help and keep Wiking. Enlil Ninlil 03:14, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience: "No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention." Stress Alerts The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them. Note from the editor Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!

The last AC meeting (full log) Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Commons

Hey, if you get a chance, please check [1] for accuracy and keepability for me. thnx :) Joe I 23:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

CCW link removed...

Sorry, but Essjay said it will be closed. Sorry and hope to see you soon. Merci beaucoup.--Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk)ContributionsContributions Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 10:37, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

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

The last AC meeting (full log) The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly. A plea from the editor... The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

This is an archive, please to not modify it, thank you.