User talk:MrKIA11/Archive 2

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1. Few, if any other lists do this. It is absurd to list a game four times. It's a waste of space, and when you're 100KB, you can't just use up space for EXTRAS.
2. Well, I guess looking good is better than accessibility and quality. If there are no red links, it is that much harder to make an entirely linked list of games. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 21:08, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

So what you're saying is that because it "only" drops it 3kb, it's not worth it? 1kb drop is worth it if it means shrinking this article's incredibly large size. There is NO loss in information by removing the three extra Resistances - only the three extra dates, which this list doesn't even do! And your basic argument is that a minuscule difference between the four entries for Resistance is worth repeating it. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 21:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Layout

Just FYI: according to WP:Layout, stub templates go underneath categories. Pagrashtak 20:48, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

List of RCTI personallities

Hi. I have tried to add the correct line to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2009 January 17 but it is coming up as a redlink. I cannot for the life of me figure out why. Davidelit (talk) 16:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

I just tried copying the line {{subst:afd3|pg=List of RCTI personallities}} from the box at the top of the List of RCTI personallities article but it's still a redlink. I guess if it's not working I'll have to ask somebody else to try, or withdraw the nomination.... Davidelit (talk) 16:42, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leland William Modjeski (2nd nomination)

I added it to the list manually this time, but it still isn't showing. Could you take a look? Cheers. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 15:09, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Ah, thank you. I've never done it manually before, Twinkle is usually fine, but hey. First time for everything. Thanks again. —Cyclonenim (talk · contribs · email) 15:15, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Talk:List of programmes broadcast by TV ONE (Indonesia)

Hi, sorry to bother you again. I see that you moved this page "to its correct location". Did I goof again? At the risk of asking a stupid question, what is the right location? And what did I do wrong? Hopefully next time I try AfDing you won't have to run around tidying up after me :-) Regards Davidelit (talk) 03:01, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Ikariam

I noted that you had asked for the talk page of this page to be unprotected, since the page had become unprotected -- I also note that you tagged it for speedy deletion. I agreed with your tag and deleted the page and SALTed it, since I felt 12 speedy deletions in less than a year was considerably more than is usually allowed, and thus have taken the liberty of removing your request to unprotect the talk page since it cannot accompany the now-SALTed article. I trust I have understood what you wanted; if not, I'm at your service. Accounting4Taste:talk 01:25, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey, I don't think this article should have been speedily deleted. I've initiated a discussion about it here.--Patton^t/c 13:07, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom

Could you please move that to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom (3rd nomination) Previous deletion discussions were here and here. Thanks, Valenciano (talk) 21:42, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

In the previous discussions the article *did have* the same title, it was just included with sister articles in an "omnibus" AFD nom. Please look again at the links above. Thanks, Valenciano (talk) 22:07, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I think it's better to have it at (3rd nomination) as it's really the third time that the issue has been discussed but I'm going to bed now so I'll leave you to make the final call on that. All the best, Valenciano (talk) 22:19, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Dang you're fast

About half the places I went to update the changes for SMB3 were already done by the time I checked (and I was the one that initiated them). I've said it before and I'll say it again. You certainly do make this project run smoothly. :-D (Guyinblack25 ^talk 16:53, 11 February 2009 (UTC))

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DJ Tilt

Hello, I see that you speedy non-admin closed the AfD on DJ Tilt. En lieu of further explanation from User:OlEnglish, I would appreciate it if you re-opened the AfD; I was going to PROD the article myself before OlEnglish prodded, then de-prodded, then AfD'd, then de-AfD'd the article in the span of less than ten minutes. It would be an excess of bureaucracy to open a second AfD immediately after the close of the first; re-opening the first is more efficient. Baileypalblue (talk) 03:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

See my reply on my talk page. Thanks, Baileypalblue (talk) 20:00, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Baileypalblue (talk) 00:44, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the help

Thanks for fixing those AfD headers. I was starting to work through them, but it seems you beat me to most of them. --Onorem♠Dil 14:18, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

WP:MfD

I was just following the instructions at [[Wikipedia:Deletion process#Miscellany for deletion page], item 6 which says "Remove the transclusion and place a wikilink for the discussion in the Closed Discussions section..." and item 6.3 which says "Convert the transcluded pages {{Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/foo:foo}} to bulleted links * [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/foo:foo]]." Also they would need to be changed back before they are moved to the archives at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Archived debates, which all use the bulleted Wikilink format. Sorry I had intended to mention it but got called away to help set up a new computer at work. It just seemed more work to use one format in the archives and another on the MfD page. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 06:29, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

No particular reason but it would be quite a bit of work to change all the archives. Also it would seem easier to change {{Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/foo:foo}} to * [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/foo:foo]] rather than *{{mfdl|foo/foo||yyyy-mm-dd|yyyy-mm-dd|action}}. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 17:06, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect image (File:Hurrican Cover.jpg)

Hi. The image you uploaded File:Hurrican Cover.jpg does not identify nor illustrate the game or program in its own article Hurrican (video game). I have reverted the image to File:Hurrican title.png in good faith, as the previous image File:Hurrican Cover.jpg portrays a cover for another computer game "Hurricane". Much regards. Geekfox (talk) 21:17, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Category:Internet Relay Chat games

Re: the banner addition to Category:Internet Relay Chat games, is WP:VG covering text-based games now as well? Should I add {{WikiProject Video games}} to those sort of articles when I find them? Tothwolf (talk) 15:10, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

(not sure which talk page you want to use so I replied on mine where you replied to this) Tothwolf (talk) 15:25, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

Mazera screenshot?

Hi, thanks for putting up the WP:VG template on Mazera. I notice that a screenshot is requested---I presume during gameplay as opposed to merely the title screen. There are a bunch of in-game screenshots on Astraware's website, and it's easy to upload one of them for use in this article, but what about copyright issues? I'm not that familiar with Wikipedia's policy on copyrighted images, except that the title page screenshot is OK because it is needed to identify the game. What's the usual convention on this? Would it be OK if I downloaded one of the screenshots posted by Astraware and reduced its resolution? Thanks.—Tetracube (talk) 16:38, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

PlayStation Project

There's a discussion about the organization of the PlayStation Project on its talk page. We'd love to hear your opinion, if you have one! — Levi van Tine (t – c) 13:36, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, Thanks for fixing the header on nomination page for deletion. I didn't know why it happened. I really appreciate it. Parvazbato59 (talk) 19:01, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

• Hello again. I have nominated another article for deletion and this IP user 63.26.21.136 is voting and giving opinions that can be counted as personal attack. Would you take a look at this page. Can IP users also vote? or only verified users? He is saying things like that my nomination for that article is my only focus based on my personal page?!?!?! This to me is rude and not true and can count as personal attack and does not look good for other people to see as I have nominated other pages as well. What should I do? Just leave it alone? Thanks alot. Parvazbato59 (talk) 16:02, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

AFL

Thanks for helping me out with these AFL video games pages

Monobook

I think the new code is missing something the old one had- the old one had a condition that didn't put pages in the category unless they were article/mainspace talk pages. I've had the code there in my monobook for years. Removed now. --PresN 15:27, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

WP:VG Project-class?

can you clarify whether we are supposed to be using project-class and/or grading project-class pages for importance? –xeno (talk) 14:21, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

• I see value in using the class, but agree that the importance is unnecessary and confusing. I just thought there was some more solid consensus on this per your comments at WT:VG. –xeno (talk) 16:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

• Could you also comment at Template_talk:WikiProject_Video_games#MAIN_CAT_paramater? Thanks. –xeno (talk) 21:14, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Current events on WP:VG portal

Hey, given that you're an absolute beast at maintaining pages that need constant updating, do you think you could perhaps keep Portal:Current events/Video gaming/In the news on your watchlist and perhaps add to it if it needs updating?

Btw, User:Ajaxfan, who created WP:VG/N, is me :) JACOPLANE • 2009-04-8 22:27

AFD nomination problem

Hi. I nominated this article for AFD through automatic AFD nomination under toolbox, however it seems that when I did that, it did nominate it, but did not add it under the the list of articles for deletion for April 12th which is the date I nominated it. I am afraid if I add it again to the list, there will two AFD nomination pages. So what should I do now? Every time that I use this automated AFD, it gives me a hard time. I appreciate if you help me on that. Thanks. Parvazbato59 (talk) 15:59, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

I added it to the list. It seems to be fine. Please correct it if you think it is incorrect. I wish I did it in the morning, it is too late now. Thanks anyway Parvazbato59 (talk) 19:00, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Whitfield Parish Glossop

Yes I do. --Juliaaltagracia (talk) 14:57, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

• Thank you very much for your help. I really tried to listed in the Deletion pages, and to create a discussion page, but did not know how to do it. It consumes to much time and I'm always busy. thanks again.--Juliaaltagracia (talk) 16:31, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Newsletter evaluation

Hey. I was hoping we could get your input at this discussion at the VG Newsletter talk page. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:13, 4 May 2009 (UTC))

A note regarding the WPVG Newsletter

Due to an apparent lack of interest, the WPVG Newsletter will be switching from a monthly publication schedule to a quarterly one. The next issue be delivered on July 1, 2009, and will pertain to the second quarter of the calendar year. If you have any comments regarding this, or suggestions to improve the newsletter, please post at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games/Newsletter.

—VG Newsletter Contributors

• Notice delivery by –xeno ^talk 15:07, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Misfit Model 3d Video games tag

May I ask why you removed the Video games wikiproject tag from Misfit Model 3d? Misfit can model for Quake 2/3, making it at the very least slightly relevant. As a comparison, Blender, which to my knowledge (and to it own article) has nothing to do with games except that it can model for them (it's Game Blender that's the video game engine), also has a video game wikiproject tag. And if the tag should be removed, shouldn't Misfit also be removed from this template, because the template deals only with video games? --DanielPharos (talk) 07:39, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Also, I see you added that 'id Software task force' tag. I didn't know that existed! I'll start adding it to other articles that should have it. --DanielPharos (talk) 12:01, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

720

Yes. If they're two different products, and they're not notable enough to have their own articles, then they can't justify two non-free images. Black Kite 23:10, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Newsletter interview

MrKIA11- The next issue of the VG newsletter is coming out soon and if we're going to run with the new format we need an interview for the "Featured editor" segment. Interested? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 03:12, 12 June 2009 (UTC))

I think it would make an interesting feature, but it's cool if you don't want to. I've always thought that you were the perfect example of a Wikipedian that didn't have to edit articles to be a good contributor. I think the project would slowly fall apart without the background stuff you do, and feel the rest of the project should know that as well. Would you be open to an interview for an issue down the road? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:46, 12 June 2009 (UTC))

Alright. I'll keep you mind for future issues. Thanks. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 14:53, 12 June 2009 (UTC))

Re: Agent Hugo series

Having all the covers would be an excessive use of non-free images, somewhat on the same reasoning List of Final Fantasy compilation albums doesnt have the album art for each album. Also i thought the empty sections for each game didnt give much to the layout of the article. Also lastly most series articles dont have infoboxs with images for the individual games. Well thats only my ideas, maybe if you dont feel i justified myself it could be questioned at the wikiproject to reach a consensus because ive done this to a few articles now. Salavat (talk) 14:40, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject BioWare

Thanks for the move. I hadn't even realised. NinjaLemming set it up, I'm just trying to figure out the coding and clean it up a bit. --Thejadefalcon (talk) 12:31, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

And thanks for the members list. I was literally about to get that myself. I hadn't realised I'd messed that part up. :D --Thejadefalcon (talk) 12:35, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Are you planning to join, or just clean up our stupidity? --Thejadefalcon (talk) 12:38, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I hated that thing. We're trying to get a picture and a barnstar. Don't know how that's going though. I'm going to experiment with the userbox. See if I can change the colour. If I fail horribly, I'll probably come back to ask you. --Thejadefalcon (talk) 12:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I tried to alter the BW itself, but couldn't figure out how. Can you alter that to the same colour as the border. It may be changed back, but I want to see how it works first. --Thejadefalcon (talk) 12:48, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I have a picture in mind, but no way to make it. --Thejadefalcon (talk) 12:50, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

It looks eighty times more complex now, but that's what I wanted. Thanks. --Thejadefalcon (talk) 13:00, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

OIC? And I'll wait to see if someone's planning on doing anything first. I'm not too sure about that part of WPBW. --Thejadefalcon (talk) 13:03, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Sorry. I was thinking it was a sort of proper acronym, not chat speak. --Thejadefalcon (talk) 13:08, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Just saw the Ninja post. Thanks for that. Personally, I had no clue what he meant. --Thejadefalcon (talk) 13:40, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Re: The Merry Thoughts

Thanks for the heads up on the TWINKLE goof up on The Merry Thoughts' AfD. Much appreciated. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 21:29, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

cleaning of Category:Beatmania media

Is that what we're suppose to do to the template in non article spaces? Last I checked consensus was to flesh them out as the template was before your edit. Let me know which way the wind is blowing so I know how to tag things in the future.  ^{æronphonehome}  04:29, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the input.  ^{æronphonehome}  03:34, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

List class

Just out of curiosity, why did you re-classify List of Star Fox titles from List-class to Start-class? I was thinking that maybe the List-class assessment had become antiquated, but it's still listed at our Assessment page. I'm not complaining, I'd just like to know. :-) -- Nomader ^(Talk) 02:38, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, not a problem. -- Nomader ^(Talk) 21:05, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

thanks

for closing the delete - I was called away for a minute, and when I got back you'd already done it! KillerChihuahua^?!?Advice 12:55, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thanks for creating the subpage for me.EvanVolm (talk) 20:50, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Curtains

Thanks. I'm doing the process manually. don't know what caused Twinkle to barf like that.--Elen of the Roads (talk) 00:03, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Hey thanks for the barnstar. Surprised someone noticed my edits. Well thanks again. Salavat (talk) 14:34, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Tagging and other bot tasks for WPVG

Next time you need some tagging, feel free to drop by my talk page directly. I don't keep a close watch on BOTREQ. –xeno^talk 01:41, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shuttee

Sorry about causing the extra work there. Must have copied over the same template twice and didn't notice. Thanks. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 16:34, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Family Feud

Per our non-free image policies, multiple non-free images are only used in articles if they are necessary to significantly increase the reader's understanding. Multiple covers of games (or music albums) rarely pass this criteria, unless the covers themselves are notable (example: Electric Ladyland). Black Kite 12:59, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

• In most cases, yes. And yes, I know there are still many violations - unfortunately it's a slow process wading through many hundreds - indeed thousands - of articles, and sometimes even finding them in the first place if they're not categorized properly. Black Kite 13:06, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

WP:VG/N tool

It disappeared when I changed servers (having one in my bedroom won't work out to well when I move up to student accommodation!) I'll try and get it back online on a different server at some point, but it might take a while. Poke me in a week or two if I haven't got round to it. Greg Tyler ^{(t • c)} 16:02, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

image at Professional Ski Simulator

I had originally added a larger image to the article, and was asked to find a smaller one because non-free images of this type should be as small and low-res as possible. I have therefore reverted your addition of the larger image, and it should probably be deleted as an unnecessarily hi-res image. (You can see this in the history of File:Proskibox.jpg.) Beeblebrox (talk) 19:59, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

AfD is still a complete mystery and a great difficulty for older people. The Land Surveyor (talk) 14:15, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Links

Hi there,

I just added a bunch of links to some articles (some of which I started in the first place); hopefully they will have covers, screen shots, and generally more useful info about these classic computer games. BOZ (talk) 17:54, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

I see you cleaning up and adding pictures to my articles - thanks! 2fort5r (talk) 17:58, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi

Hi, just droped in to say hi, please sign my sig page please.--Orangesodakid 15:52, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

re:Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

No problem, I was wondering what had happened, but that makes sense. --PresN 16:30, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

RE:Next newsletter prep

My apologies. I thought it was ready to go and wanted to clear out the past quarter info to avoid conflicts with the upcoming quarter's info. Do you think waiting until the Monday before delivery would be better in the future? (Guyinblack25 ^talk 17:13, 2 October 2009 (UTC))

Naming problem....

While under this last title Casanovva (film), it is a "1st nomination", this article has been at least twice earlier submitted and deleted under different titles... in March 2009 as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Casanovva and August 2009 as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Casanova mohanlal film. While the author may not have meant to deceive with title changes, it is still at least a 3rd AfD for this same film article. I do understand your move to first nomination, but wonder... is this the way it is done when same article is returned multiple times under different names? Best, MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 20:43, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for this. I was unsure. Best, MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 20:54, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

It will take some time, ofcourse.

Thanks for your message. The time you sent me the the message was when ny reason for its deletion was underway. It will surely take some time, we must be patient. Raheela Chaudhry (talk) 12:00, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I am obliged by you for providing me info and educatin me. Thanks again Raheela Chaudhry (talk) 12:32, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Cleaning Big Brain Wolf Page

Thanks a Lot! I'm still somewhat new at wiki editing but I'm learning by seeing it done. So a big thank you! (There is no reason we should only "talk" to complain or contest ;) ) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chealar (talk • contribs) 16:10, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Hey can you do me a favor

I'm from wikia and I can't figure out how to post the front cover to Darius Burst.The Darius wikia which I admin has it on this article http://darius.wikia.com/wiki/Darius_Burst. Thanks! Devilmanozzy (talk) 23:21, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

World of Final Fantasy VIII

It would seem I jumped the gun there and dismantling the article would go without a hit. However, User:Dream Focus protested so it was restored. At the time of my edit it was just a redirect, and now there's a discussion about removing it or not. Sorry for the confusion.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 17:42, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barrington Plaza

Did you read the text of this AFD before closing it? --Sancho Mandoval (talk) 18:58, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Nevermind, I'm just going to rewrite the article. But for future reference when closing an AFD where people are still discussing something, you might want to offer an explanation of your actions. --Sancho Mandoval (talk) 19:05, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

1830

Hey there,

I originally disambiguated the video game article because I believe the full name of the board game is "1830: Railroads & Robber Barons", although that is not the full name of the article for the board game. BOZ (talk) 14:45, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

RFA

I was recommended by Guyinblack25 (talk · contribs) and Xeno (talk · contribs) if you are willing for RFA. I looked at your contributions closely and you clearly qualify for another one RFA. Your last RFA was over a year ago, and the concerns were met. Are you interested. Thanks Secret ^account 16:09, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MrKIA11 2 Secret ^account 21:03, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Just quickly pointing out that it has not yet been transcluded to the main RfA page, and thus has not begun. Apologies if this is intentional, but I presume as you accepted the nom and answered the questions that you are ready. Best of luck, --Taelus (talk) 00:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Tnx :)

I knew i had forgotten something Omegastar (talk) 15:44, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Paul Jaquays

Any chance y'could shed some light on your criteria/grading approach for "Start" Class on an article which is written with an eye to minimum "B" standards elsewhere from previous experience? Many thanks, David. Harami2000 (talk) 00:24, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations! Now the real torture fun begins!

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your (imminent) adminship! Here are some infallible rules you should know right off the bat about adminship:

1. You will always protect The Wrong Version.
2. Always remember to assume good faith and not to bite the newcomers. You know when you're applying these behavioral guidelines diligently when the user(s) you're applying them to is a vandal, spammer, sock puppet, troll, or all of the above.
3. When you block a user, people will complain. When you decide not to block a user, people will complain.
4. When you delete a page, people will complain. When you decide not to delete a page, people will complain.
5. Always use clear and descriptive language when explaining someone to user who may not be aware of something.
6. Don't delete the Main Page. That mildly irritates some people.

There's always Adminship for Dummies if you wish to look up something about how the administrator functions work. Try and get familiar with the appropriate admin-related policies, such as banhammering, nuking, protecting, and general practice. You can also ask me or any other admin if you have any questions, and we'll be happy to help out. We promise not to bite the newbie admins. MuZemike 23:09, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Don't count chickens before they hatch! There could be a deluge of opposition and the RFA could run late! –xeno^talk 23:21, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Woo! (whistles and applauds) I didn't vote because I don't know you well enough, but I've seen you do some great work around the place. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 02:02, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations!

It is my great pleasure to inform you that your Request for Adminship has closed successfully and you are now an administrator! Useful Links: • Administrators' reading list • Administrators' how-to guide • • Administrator's Noticeboard • Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents • Administrator's Noticeboard for 3RR • IRC admin channel (#wikipedia-en-admins connect) Your admin logs: • blocks • deletions • moves • protects • uploads •

— Rlevse • Talk • 02:06, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Congrats! ~ Amory (u • t • c) 02:11, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations. Here are what pass for words of wisdom from the puppy:

Remember you will always protect the wrong version. Remember you must always follow the rules, except for when you ignore them. You will always pick the wrong one to do. (See #5) Remember to assume good faith and not bite. Remember that when you are applying these principles most diligently, you are probably dealing with a troll. Use the block ability sparingly. Enjoy the insults you receive when you do block. Remember when you make these errors, someone will be more than happy to point them out to you in dazzling clarity and descriptive terminology. and finally, Remember to contact me if you ever need assistance, and I will do what I am able. KillerChihuahua?!?

DISCLAIMER: This humor does not reflect the official humor of Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, or Jimbo Wales. All rights released under GFDL.

• re: notice - no worries. And - Belated congrats =) Glad you made it thru this time! –xeno^talk 22:36, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Successful RfA

The admins' T-shirt. Acalamari 03:18, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Nice one for getting the same number of supports in both your RfAs (51). ;) Congratulations on passing your RfA: here's a new shirt, it's a good one...though it's been some time since I've given one out. Best. Acalamari 03:18, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Congrats! Well done, and if you need any advice, feel free to drop me a message! GedUK  08:58, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

congrats =) A8UDI 12:44, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Well done, congratulations...Modernist (talk) 12:45, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Of course you passed with flying colours! Now at least I don't need to feel guilty about nominating you prematurely last year. I'm sure that gave you all sorts of unsolicited grief, sorry about that :) Having observed your contributions closely for several years now, I certainly feel you'll be an extremely worthy admin. JACOPLANE • 2009-12-10 12:51

Hear, hear! Congratulations. (Guyinblack25 ^talk 15:55, 10 December 2009 (UTC))

Congratulations,--Zink Dawg -- 16:22, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm very happy your RfA passed, I'm sure you'll be a great admin. -- Atama頭 17:27, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

I don't suppose you noticed that you actually gave the wrong link out? You gave everyone links to your failed RfA, not the one just passed. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 13:37, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Perhaps he was trying to rub it in the noses of the people who opposed him last time? That would make sense according to Occam's razor, at least. JACOPLANE • 2009-12-10 14:15

I was just coming to say the same thing. I read "Passed Rfa" and clicked link to "Rfa that did not succeed" and said "Wha?"--v/r - TP 14:26, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

LOL. Congrats. You may have noted that I opposed you the first time, and supported the second time. Bearian (talk) 16:17, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Giving out the wrong link just shows humility. Congrats to a great candidate - Ret.Prof (talk) 16:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Alternatively, it shows he didn't use the preview button and check the links. :P --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 16:55, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Hey, we're dealing in conspiracy theories here! Who are you to introduce a rational argument into the discussion? JACOPLANE • 2009-12-10 16:59

Oh, my apologies. It has become clear to me that your RfA link was merely a casualty of the war between the space marines and the cyborg dinosaurs. I've set up a triage centre for other maimed links and wounded punctuation. May god help us all... --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 17:33, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I just noticed that. I did preview the first time, but I didn't think to check the link. It was blue, so it seemed fine. But thanks for noticing! MrKIA11 (talk) 17:43, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Don't worry, it's the sign of a good admin. ;) Congrats on the bit! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:09, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Wow... note to self: if I'm ever stupid enough to become an admin, get the thank you message right the first time... --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 18:16, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Dusan Stanojevic

I do not understand your deletion of that under the G1 criterion. A7 would fit, but it was certainly not patent nonsense. (Serbo-Croatian language is not nonsense.) Can you explain, please? LadyofShalott 17:59, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

I don't know any systematic way to check. It just looked like probably another language rather than random typing to me. The way it looked, combined with the name itself made me guess likely Croatian or Serbian, and so I tried pasting the text into translate.google.com and got an imperfect translation that was enough to see that there was no indication of notability. If are unsure, you can always stick a {{tl:notenglish|unknown}} on the page, where unknown indicates that you have no idea what language it might be. LadyofShalott 18:10, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks, MrK. That was very speedy. Haploidavey (talk) 19:34, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

GZ on the adminship

Just came across your page & noticed you'd been an admin for 4 days, gratz :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.164.8 (talk) 01:27, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

"Electra Records"

I, for one, feel that the best way to educate users who do not know the proper spelling of Elektra Records is to avoid useless, misspelled redirects; and rather leave no alternative but the correct, legally binding spelling. I eradicated "Parlaphone" from WP, because the record label is Parlophone. I see no difference here, and "Electra Records" will be a memory soon enough. Thank you for your time :> Doc9871 (talk) 13:04, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

I've responded to your reply on my talk page. I realize that you are an administrator, which makes me more curious as to why one would feel that perpetuating a misspelling somehow aids one that doesn't know the correct spelling. The only way to educate a reader on the correct spelling is to eliminate the incorrect spellings and redirects, especially of actively operating corporations like Elektra (that have the ability to sue if they wanted to). Please help me understand the reasoning behind keeping Electra Records, rather than eliminate it like Parlaphone was... Doc9871 (talk) 13:37, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Me again! (yippee, right? :>) Hopefully you're watching my talk page, as I completed the task of eliminating the false information from WP entirely. Now how's about getting rid of what now truly amounts to a useless, pointless, and misinforming "redirect' page? I don't want to have to go through this again, pleeeeeease... Doc9871 (talk) 07:24, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for any remarks I made that may have been interpreted as negative. I always maintained that your new status as an administrator bore no more or less weight with me than if you a grey-bearded hanging judge admin ;> I always respected (and continue to respect) your authority and educated WP opinion, and again I'm sorry if I made any overly sarcastic remarks.

As I'm sure you've seen on my talk page, I have been "set straight" on the issue. Sorry for any misunderstandings. Cheers... Doc9871 (talk) 14:19, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Not so fast next time, please

I created a page on a software product, with the intention of making a good page. I wrote some text to change it later, went to look for some good references and citations, then when I went back to the page to improve it, you had already deleted it after less than 5 minutes. I am very fond of Wikipedia but I am not a frequent editor. I have often thought I should contribute more to Wikipedia but, after this, I think I will use my time on other things.--Eschatoon (talk) 19:15, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Polish Footballer of the Year

Polish Footballer of the Year shouldn't rediredt to article about "Piłka nożna" magazine plebiscite, because the player was voted only by journalists from "Piłka Nożna" magazine. In this year they choose Mariusz Lewadnowski which is very controversial choice. Many web sites and people in commentaries are laughing about it.

Today was another award ceremony Polish Football Oscars. Footballer of the year award was voted by footballers from Polish Ekstraklasa. And Lewandowski wasn't in the best 3 nominated players.

In Polish there is more Footballer of the year plebiscites like "Sport" magazine which is voted since 1966 by readers of this magazine, and can be voted on web site currently.

"Piłka nożna" magazine plebiscite is most biassed plebiscite, only few jouralists of this magazine is voting, so the article about their choices shouldn't be named as "Polish Footballer of the year".--Oleola (talk) 22:45, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Nanonote

Hello and good morning. Someone tagged this article A1 which you deleted soon afterwards. While this article probobly deserved deletion, I strong disagree that it was an A1 candidate. I quickly was able to identify the subject based on the information as a slim netbook. The tagger is a good tagger and I respect both him and you a lot, but I just do not agree with this particular article. Thanks.--v/r - TP 14:27, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Much thanks for the speedy deletion on the paleontological sites. Noles1984 (talk) 23:02, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Gabi Hernandez

Hi MrKIA11! If you're like me, you may have noticed in your watchlist that this redlink has turned blue again. The reason for this is that I declined a speedy deletion nomination of this recently recreated article, because it is not eligible for speedy deletion under criterion A7 (or any other criterion for that matter), as said criterion does not apply to fictional characters. This may be difficult to distinguish sometimes, but looking at the deleted revision, it is clear that the article is not about a real person. Regards, decltype (talk) 07:31, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Winters page deletion

Hello - the Winters Instruments page was deleted. I felt that the information was non-biased, listed corporate information like locations and business activities, and a history of how the company was formed. This is a company that has been in business for 56 years and well-established in Canada. It also operates in 3 other countries. Could you please shed some light to which part was deemed "ambiguous advertising"? I am willing to edit the article if you can advise (at this point, I cannot edit as the article is deleted with no log). Thank you. Winmktg (talk) 17:35, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. Would you please restore the page to my userspace so that I can edit the text and add links? Thank you for your help. Winmktg (talk) 13:44, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

I've revised the text on the above page. Would you please have a look? I would appreciate your comments and any suggestions. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Winmktg (talk • contribs) 15:26, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Happy Holidays!

MisterWiki is wishing you Happy Holidays! MisterWiki talk contribs wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with all of your family, spread love during this times!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:MisterWiki/Happy Holidays}} to your friends' talk pages.

MisterWiki talk contribs 20:04, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

also

File:Father Winter Solstice.jpg

Ret.Prof (talk) 00:37, 17 December 2009 (UTC) is wishing you Seasons Greetings! Whether you celebrate your hemisphere's Solstice or Xmas, Eid, Diwali, Hogmanay, Hannukah, Lenaia, Festivus or even the Saturnalia, this is a special time of year for almost everyone!

Spread the holiday cheer by adding {{subst:User:WereSpielChequers/Dec09}} to your friends' talk pages.

Brad Keselowski Racing

Can I restore the article? The team is definitely notable and it shouldn't have been speedy eligible (especially since it did have context). I don't understand what happened to my fellow WikiProject NASCAR member User:D-Day. He keeps nominating lower NASCAR teams for speedy deletion even though they should be allowed to have articles. I once promoted a DYK article for a baseball pitcher who pitched one big league inning, which is less notable than these teams are. If I do a quick google search, I immediately find reliable sources from Sports Illustrated [1] and the Detroit News [2] on the first page. Royalbroil 04:54, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

List of .hack characters

In the future when updating status for {{WikiProject Video games}} do not remove the listas field, especially when other Wikiprojects use the same listing and for list articles.陣内_Jinnai 14:31, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

thanks for adding the cover

for the adk tamashii article ^^ —Preceding unsigned comment added by GBK666 (talk • contribs) 20:12, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

gossip

would you kindly userfy Gossip (software), thanks riffic (talk) 20:50, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Request for Userfication

Please advise the steps to restoring my site. (Somerled52 (talk) 15:31, 22 December 2009 (UTC))

I presume you mean your article? --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 15:33, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

The page in question is F1Hoverpod Racing (Somerled52 (talk) 16:02, 22 December 2009 (UTC))

Jeb Livingood

actually i was relying on WP:Author rather than WP:Prof, work in anthology, edits Best New Poets series, A.E. Coppard Prize for Long Fiction Pohick2 (talk) 18:04, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

not an ask, an observation. shruggable deletion, i leave it to you to determine notability in your own mind. Pohick2 (talk) 22:09, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for your quick response, and deletion of those mycosis fungoides photos. ---kilbad (talk) 19:31, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

PMS CLAN

Hi there. You deleted the PMS Clan page recently. In the talk section there was shown to be quite a lot of problems with the balance of the text bias. Initially it was mainly factual and it was then seen as not deemed to be worthy of having a page, and narrowly avoided a deletion. There was quite a big disccusion and defense about the clan being note worthy. It was then re-written to show that the PMS Clan was indeed well known, and included some facts and made it a little more fame worthy, but then the page was seen to be as 'advertsing'. It is quite hard to win when trying to write it well and keep the balance. Still I would like to have a go. How do I go about finding the original text just to help me re-write it? Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.176.105.56 (talk) 12:53, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Since I can't see the article myself, I'm just guessing here, but if this is about Pandora's Mighty Soldiers, then, as much as I despise clans built with the idea of being a single gender only, they probably are notable for creating the multiplayer section in the Halo 3: ODST strategy guide. --Thejadefalcon^{Sing your song}_{The bird's seeds} 12:59, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

John H. Ware, III

OK, but can we at least have the page at John H. Ware III. It's not correct to use commas III, IV, and the like.--Blargh29 (talk) 18:27, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

• Many thanks!--Blargh29 (talk) 18:42, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Request: userfy Mint_(stats)

Hi, could you userfy the deleted Mint_(stats) article. I am sure I can justify notability of this article. Thanks. --Hm2k (talk) 09:10, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! Next Steps?

Hey, good morning. Thanks for your helping in fixing my first Wikipedia article. I saw that it has been score a 'Stub'. What does it mean? Should I invest more time in it? I thought this article (although "Low Importance") may be a good opportunity for me to get some hands-on experience before writing more articles. Your word of advice is much appreciated. JH DrJHoward (talk) 22:02, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Barbara Ovstedal

Hello! You deleted the article Barbara Ovstedal writing "expired prod", but the prod was contested, and the article was expanded (by me) and the template was removed (by another user). This resulted in the article disappearing without notice. I'm sure it was a mistake. I asked another admin to restore it. Just wanted to let you know. Happy editing! --Bensin (talk) 15:04, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

I stand corrected! You are right. Seems I forgot to remove the dated prod. Nevertheless I think it's a good idea to review the article before deleting it, just to see what's been added (in this case a bibliography). --Bensin (talk) 17:19, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Regarding File:Republican National Convention Logo Alpha.png

WP:CSD#F10:

F10. Useless media files.

Files uploaded that are neither image, sound, nor video files, are not used in any article, and have no foreseeable encyclopedic use. Note that the following files are rarely sound, image, or video: .doc, .pdf, .ps, .html, .rtf, .txt, .xls, and .zip files. Examples of image, sound, and video files are: .jpg, .gif, .mpg, and .wav. This is not a comprehensive list of files that can be deleted, nor is an extension alone enough reason to delete; this criterion is based on file content.

The image is a prank, and has no foreseeable encyclopedic use. — Steven Andrew Miller (talk) 22:45, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Bing (program)

Please undelete. See ref, and background. Pcap ping 07:34, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Fping

Same story: [3] [4] [5]. Pcap ping 08:49, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

re: Darius Gaiden

that was more directed at what happened to Darius:

the Darius article originally had that poster, the Darius Gaiden poster; I thought it would be better to upload the Darius poster and replace on the Darius article and then take the Gaiden poster and replace the cover art on the Darius Gaiden article with it

there's not much explanation for the latter other than "hey I like arcade posters better than port covers" (though it's for obvious reasons), but that was the plan I thought up before I even went through with the switch (i.e. I did not know Darius Gaiden had the Saturn cover art up) and I didn't feel like stopping

so if someone wants to switch the Gaiden poster back to a cover, I can't really stop you, but I'd reeeeaaaaally rather someone not Elm-39 - T/C/N 21:12, 31 December 2009 (UTC)