User talk:Giggy/Archive/December 2007

Favor

I hate to be a pain in the neck, but could you, feel free to say no by all means, review Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt? If you do, I would be eternally grateful. NSR77 ^T_C 21:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Hahha. GA critique would be awesome. The nominations process has been forced to such a slow speed that I'm forced to ask around just for a review! I think you need to start reviewing some articles over at GAC. NSR77 ^T_C 00:01, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I would love to review one. :) NSR77 ^T_C 00:07, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Alright, think I got everything. Ref 20 is fine for me, you just have to scroll down manually to 'A little message from John to the fans'. On the "Context" section: Most of it is there so the reader can be familiar with Frusciante's feelings and his strained relationship with Kiedis. Thanks again. NSR77 ^T_C 00:46, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

That's odd. Maybe because you are using Firefox? I don't know. Sorry about that. Also, I'll try to review one of the articles you have listed by the end of today (UTC time). NSR77 ^T_C 00:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday

• FROM YOUR FRIEND:

--  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:08, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy birthday!! *Cremepuff222* 00:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Cool, birthday in first day of December... Happy birthday! ♠TomasBat 00:21, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Hungry? Here's a little snack for you on your birthday, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day, Giggy/Archive/December 2007!

December is my favorite! Cheers, —Coastergeekperson04^{'s talk}@12/01/2007 03:58

Happy Birthday! December babies are just awesome! Mine's tomorow. I (talk) 04:15, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Wow, thanks everyone! :) Dihydrogen Monoxide ^♫ 06:18, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy birthday buddy. :) GlassCobra 06:51, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy birthday! Hope you have a great party. :D PeaceNT 08:39, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey just noticed.....Happy Birthday mate :-) Sting_au Talk 11:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again guys! I'm gonna party like it's 1999! :) Dihydrogen Monoxide ^♫ 23:58, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

In that case, too bad you're underage. ;) · AndonicO ^Talk 20:44, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Brisbane - Call to arms

I've added one reference at top of article. A "cite web" that I'm stating to get the hang of using. I'll take a look and see what else I can come up with? Sting_au Talk 11:57, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Imperial Napoleonic triple crown

Dihydrogen Monoxide, I am delighted to present this imperial Napoleonic triple crown in thanks for superlative content contributions to Wikipedia. You are a Napoleon among editors. Durova^Charge! 17:12, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Your Imperial Napoleonic Majesty, are there other Australians who would be interested in going for a WikiProject Australia special edition award? I'd love to photoshop a crown onto a koala. :) Durova^Charge! 17:12, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Proposed WikiProject Australia triple crown

How's this?

Trying my hand at a sample. Durova^Charge! 00:50, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Project level triple crown

Congratulations, Dihydrogen Monoxide. Thank you for helping WikiProject Australia become the first project to earn its own special edition triple crown. May you wear it well. Durova^Charge! 01:16, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Triple crown Aussie's

DM, you might want to look at Hesperian (talk · contribs), Moondyne (talk · contribs), Casliber (talk · contribs) between these three theres about 20 FA, 100 DYKs, not sure on GA's. Gnangarra 07:16, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Kim Beazley

Kim Beazley was listed twice in Template:Leaders of the Australian Labor Party because he was leader twice. If you look at the history, I removed it myself but re-instated it because John Howard was listed twice in the Template:Leaders of the Liberal Party of Australia box. I'm not particularly fussed either way, but for consistency maybe remove Howard from the Liberal template as well. --Canley 08:33, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA comment

I retracted my comment. See the page, and thanks for your concern/notification on my talk page. Have a great day! нмŵוτнτ 17:07, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative music November 2007 Newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 8 - November 2007

"Personality. Personality. Personality. Personality>Personlaity>peporisnaitiu.Pelsonlaity>personality> PSoDURYW'OB>peojuiuauA>PRFIVGU-JSNN.;YN~CPJHOQA" ALFIHI-WUSAZ;/P ioy iqNLKH GZW IGDB." - Thom Yorke Project news Pinkerton (album), Joey Santiago, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, One Hot Minute and Powderfinger reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Cowbellcity45, CloudNine, RaNdOm26, Dihydrogen Monoxide, Grim-Gym, NSR77 and Spebi. List of Silverchair awards and the discographies of Pavement, Feeder, the Minutemen and Nine Inch Nails all reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Brandt Luke Zorn, Dihydrogen Monoxide, CloudNine and Drewcifer3000. Nine Inch Nails was featured on the Main Page on November 20. We collaborated on "This Charming Man", Sonic Youth, Siamese Dream and Powderfinger during the past month. During the month of November, Small Mercies, "Passenger" (Powderfinger song), Jimmy Chamberlin, Spiderland, and Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt were promoted to good article status.

New members Cambrant, Chickpeaface, Atlantik and Thelastfetusdying joined the alternative music fold during November. Editors User:WesleyDodds

You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up for WikiProject Alternative music. If you wish to stop receiving this newsletter, or would like to receive it in a different form, add your name to the appropriate section here. This newsletter was delivered by the automated xihix(talk) 00:37, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Nobody Sees - GA?

Just wondering. It needs some work and some more referencing, but what do you think? Do we dare take the plunge? I've just added the track listing, the cover, it already had its personnel, I've done some info on the Music video, though it needs some more looking over. Thoughts? --lincalinca 04:16, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, I don't mean today, LOL. I meant in a couple of weeks, but I'm suggesting we put the effort in to make it the next GA by being prepared and collecting absolutely any info on its release as is possible and making sure its coverage is expansive. I know it's not ready yet, but should it be a focus for us? In fact, should we maybe work on "Lost and Running" to GA it too/instead? --lincalinca 04:55, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Anand GA on hold notes

Hi! I've added my comments after editing based on your suggestions and issues pointed out in your notes. You may please review the article once again and decide on its status. Best regards, Mspraveen 15:50, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Re. your comment on Daniel's talk page

You don't have a userpage it seems. Was that supposed to be what you meant (as in, better not to have one)? Cheers. Redrocketboy 22:53, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Internationalist (album) and the quest for GA

H₂O, glad to help. Unfortunately my command of good, written English is not the greatest but it's always good to get another set of eyes. If it's still in the list late this weekend I'll have a good look through - Peripitus (Talk) 03:13, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Kyoto Protocol

[1]: something better suited for Wikinews. Spebi 07:47, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Triple crown

Usually I like to get these at my user talk. I trust you to be honest about this. Do you want to invite them to take their own copies of the image?[2] Durova^Charge! 07:54, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Pete Best

Thanks a lot for for reviewing Pete Best. I have gone through your suggestions, and have corrected the article, apart from one or two that I have comented on. --andreasegde 18:42, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Email

FYI, I've sent you an email. JoshuaZ 20:11, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Congrats

Sunn...set over the bea-chez..from now on......doo-dooo etc. - Congrats on the FA(s).cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:19, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Loveless

All your points on the talk page have either been fixed or addressed in some fashion. Thanks for the review. WesleyDodds (talk) 02:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! WesleyDodds (talk) 06:50, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

User page

What happened to it? Acalamari 00:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'm just glad you're not leaving. :) Acalamari 17:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the Barnstar! This must be my "extra-nice" day! :) Acalamari 00:02, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Brisbane

I have checked and the image displays perfectly. The image could also be seen until the time you deleted it from the article (saying the image was broken). I merely restored the image to the page. I apologise if 'vandal' was the incorrect word to use, but I was relying on the fact that you deleted the image when, to all intents and purposes, it was still there to be seen. Figaro (talk) 02:40, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

DevilDriver

Thankyou for the review of DevilDriver, i have taken care of the issues raised. I would also like to say it's nice to see another editor improving heaps of articles relating to their favorite band, keep it up :) M3tal H3ad (talk) 02:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Adpoting request

Hi Mr. Dihydrogen Monoxide!

This is Fung Lee, a newcomer of Wiki. Since I'm from Hong Kong, we are pretty in the same time zone. :-)

I've been surfing wiki every day since last 2 months, mainly looking for info of military, politics, gaming, novels, sports, biology article and... just every thing I want to know or revisit.

In this morning I was determined to sign up when I saw an article with foul language. To be honest I was really pissed off, because it is a very serious offence to the integrity of my beloved WIKI.

um... so, could you be my adopter? Whether it's okay or not, thanks anyway. :-)

Fung lee (talk) 03:37, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Giggay!

Come back to IRC plzkthx GlassCobra 06:59, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

1st "mission"

Thanks for adpoting me, Dihydrogen Monoxide! haha.

So after reading through some articles on dealing with vandalism, I'd like to try it on the page about "femur". This article is originally polluted by disturbing foul language, but now it is corrected by someone (only IP is shown).

My 1st mission ended, though not in the way I expect :-)

On the other hand, I have gone through the articles you suggested me to read (just roughly, as some of them are pretty long), I think scanning for vandalism is much easier to start from. What do you think?

(BTW is it ok to call you H2O or water..?) fung lee 07:43, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Internationalist (album)

The article Internationalist (album) you nominated as a good article has passed , see the talk page for eventual comments about the article. Well done! — Rudget _speak.work 20:14, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Godsmack

Why is the Godsmack GA review on hold? Skeeker _[Talk] 00:24, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

I got all of it taken care of. You said Ref 3 needs a publisher but it already does. Skeeker _[Talk] 01:31, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Could you help me on copy editing the article, I have never done this, it is my first GA, and I want it to be FA soon. Skeeker _[Talk] 03:52, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Is the article ready for FAC?
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 21:03, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

I merged the sections. I don't really know what to do with the image, I added to the fair use rational. Does the page need copy editing, if so would you do it?
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 21:56, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Do you think it would pass the FA review? If there is anything that needs to be done, I'll do it, I don't want it to fail. If it does fail FAC will it still be listed for GA.
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 01:14, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Should I submit it then?
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 01:16, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The article is officially FAC.
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 03:29, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 7 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Graham Perrett, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Royalbroil 02:52, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Sweet, thanks. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 09:25, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

You Tube Links

Please do not reinsert links which were removed because of a doubtful status.

If you wish to reinsert the link - please provide a rationale as to why the link is acceptable. In the instance concerned you need to postively show/confirm that the You Tube uploader is the artist/label/agent or production entity for the footage concerned.

Linking to material with doubtful status reflects badly on the project, as well as potentialy creating legal risks ( Some websites have been shut down merely for linking to materil whose provenance was doubtful.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sfan00 IMG (talk • contribs) 13:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah, Feel free to reinstate then... It wasn't clear to me. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:57, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

And in relation to what I said earlier - You need to show a link between dewprocessaustralia

who uploaded the clip and Fanning, mere attribution by a third party is not always enough. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:00, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

Jimbo

Regarding your question, I have posted a further comment. Please do read it. -- Cat ^chi? 14:47, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Great username

As a chemist, I can say: Great user name. As you all ready know, DHMO must be handled with care! It has been found in every form of cancer cell ever studied. I work with the pure grade of it everyday in my lab. I am sure that you have seen this before, but if not: www.dhmo.org. Keep Rockin' —MJCdetroit (talk) 14:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Jim and Mary McCartney

Have gone over all the points you detailed. --andreasegde (talk) 18:20, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Young Modern

The article Young Modern you nominated as a good article has passed , see the talk page for eventual comments about the article. — Rudget _speak.work 13:30, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

TISM

I was going through the list of suggestions on the TISM article you left and had a few questions/comments. I didn't know if I should leave them in a bunch at the end of your comments or sliced into your comments, so I just left them in the list where I was working off them over here: User:Gohst/Todo. -Gohst (talk) 00:14, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

GACs

Thanks for the taking the time to review Trent Reznor and Ian Svenonius at GAC. Both reviews were very detailed and overall very thorough, so I appreciate it. For the Ian Svenonius article, I believe I've either addressed all of your concerns or responded to them on the article's talk page, so if you could take another look that would be awesome. As for the Trent Reznor page, I've still got a few things to fix on that one, mainly the lead. I'll let you know as soon as it's taken care of. Thanks again! Drewcifer (talk) 06:41, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

So I finally had a chance to put in some work on the Trent Reznor article, so if you could take a look that would be awesome. Just for the record, I took care of pretty much all of your suggestions, expanded the lead, and also added an Influence section which I adapted from the main NIN article. Also, thanks very much for your support of the Ian Svenonius FAC. It's much appreciated. Drewcifer (talk) 02:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

GAC Reviewer of the Week

		The Good Article Medal of Merit
		Congratulations, I have chosen you as my GAC Reviewer of the Week for the week ending 8/12/2007. Epbr123 (talk) 14:43, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Yay, thanks! — Dihydrogen Monoxide 01:31, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Hellyeah

I've dealt with the issues you raised on the GAC, and I'm an Aussie myself :p M3tal H3ad (talk) 02:49, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Cliff Burton

I've performed all the edits you recommended. Thanks for your help, maybe know the article will be accepted. 75pickup (talk · contribs) 03:20, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

FAC Candidates?

Hmm. I know nothing about music or anything related to it, hence why I reviewed it. I'm always trying to get a better view of what music actaully is and how it influences the world and society we see today. However, it's because of this lack of knowledge that I'm afraid I think I should advise you to ask someone else who would know. And since I've only started GAN reviews in the last two weeks, I still don't have a comprehensive understanding of what articles will become featured article candidates. Although, I would love to help you, I think it would inappropriate of me to give advice that I wouldn't be fully confident about giving. I hope you appreciate this and understand that I'm not trying to "get out of it" or to "pass the parcel". Although, I must say, I fully believe that these articles will become FAs and I have every faith that you and other dedicated contributors like you, will get those articles upto the best possible standard. All the best, — Rudget _speak.work 16:37, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

When you put it like that, yeah, of course I will. Give me a couple of hours though. :) Best, — Rudget _{Contributions} 13:26, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...well out of the two, I'd probably think that Internationalist (album) would be the article closest to at least FAC standard. The prose is excellent, and of course much higher than expected of at GA, where is expected to be "correct". Therefore, the article mentioned satisfies Criterion 1a. I should probably think that Criterion 1b, is well covered too. The only thing that seems to stand out at the moment is, the credits section which I'd rename to Personnel, inline with other current FA song articles, like Hey Baby (No Doubt song). I should also think that, maybe, a song sample be included? Like the one provided in the "Hey Baby" (linked before). That would obviously help those who may have difficulty understanding or reading the article, but may still want to "feel" what the song would be like. Criterion 1c, is also well covered. All the references are complemented perfectly with a correct use of inline citations where the accessdates, publishing entity, and the title with a link is provided. The only thing I can visibly see is does the article need more? I understand there may not be anymore to reference, but was there anything outstanding (as in different) about this album, that set it apart from other songs by that artist or maybe of the same genre. But if not then, I wouldn't worry too much. I also see the approximate amount of references in each current FA articles (relating to music) is about 38, even if Real Love (The Beatles song) has only 14 :). The current is 24. 1d and 1e, I should think, are quite easy to comply with and I'd say that representing the article without utilising POV or making it stable, has already been achieved. I'd make a suggestion about whether trying to encourage more editors to contribute, but since I have only about 10 edits at FAC's (even less at music ones), I'm not sure whether that would help or not. Apart from those really quite minor suggestions, I'd probably nominate the article at FAC and see what other ideas you might get. But in my opinion, it's already achieved. Well done. — Rudget _{Contributions} 20:18, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Australia newsletter

WikiProject Australia newsletter Issue 1, Volume 1 — December 2, 2007

Welcome! WikiProject Australia is a WikiProject, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. This newsletter exists simply to notify Australian Wikipedians of ongoing events within the project and relating to Australia on Wikipedia. WikiProject crowned first by Durova After a post on our regional noticeboard, Durova awarded the first Special edition WikiProject triple crown to WikiProject Australia. Daniel, Blnguyen, Dihydrogen Monoxide, Orderinchaos and Lincalinca had all previously qualified for Durova's standard Triple Crown for articles relating to Australia, and so won themselves and the project the prestigious award. Congratulations to all who contributed. Durova is still accepting new members of the project that qualify for the award, so if you qualify, add your name and your articles (remembering they can't be articles already taken) to the list. Controversial articles debated controversially Subsequent to the Australian federal election, 2007, an edit war sparked on the Australia article, debating over whether newly-elected Labor leader Kevin Rudd had earned prime minister status yet over current Prime Minister John Howard. The debate died down after protection was applied to the page, but later sparked the creation of another article, entitled Prime Minister-elect. The AfD for the article continues today. An article pertaining to the Australian federal election for 2010 was created, and later debated at another AfD. Some argued that the article was purely speculation, and that the article was a clear violation of WP:CRYSTAL, a variation of Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, which states that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and shouldn't be used for speculating about a subject or articles that predict future events. The article was later retitled to Australian federal election, 2011, after new evidence came to light regarding the election being scheduled for that year. Recent events Dec 2: The project was the first WikiProject to receive the WikiProject Triple Crown from Durova. Nov 26 & 28: AfD debates opened for articles pertaining to the future 2010 election and the term "Prime Minister-elect". Nov 26: Seven Australia-related articles were promoted to featured article status, making November 2007 WikiProject Australia's "FA Month". Main page · Talk · Notice board · Portal · Articles · Current collaboration · Complete to-do · Article quality (FA·GA) · Subprojects · Miscellanous This month's newsletter was written by Spebi and published by ~. If you wish to stop receiving it, receive it in a different format, or submit items for consideration next month, see our co-ordination page. Issue 1, Volume 1, December 2007. See [[newsletter archives]] for previous issues. You can also view this issue directly [[here]] Quality watch Yet another crowning took place on the project in the past month – November 2007 was officially crowned by members of the project as "Australian FA" month. No less than seven articles were promoted to featured article status last month making it the month with the highest amount of article promotions the project has seen since its creation. Among the seven brilliant articles promoted in November were Variegated Fairy-wren, Dream Days at the Hotel Existence, Ian Chappell, 1999 Sydney hailstorm, Karmichael Hunt, Arthur Morris and Powderfinger. Hopefully more articles to come. Big congratulations to all who contributed – you're doing a great job. Meanwhile, the following articles became GAs in November: I Don't Remember, Alan Davidson (cricketer), Ernie Toshack, Beaumont House, Archie Jackson, Alan Kippax, 1992 Queensland storms, Time on Earth, Small Mercies, Toyota Aurion, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, British nuclear tests at Maralinga, Passenger (Powderfinger song). And again, congratulations to all who were involved there! We are currently aiming to have 100GAs by the end of the year!

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Adminship...?

Very flattering! Let me ponder on it for a bit... Thanks and Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 00:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I will give it a go. Nothing ventured etc... Please let me know what is required from me in terms of questions etc. Off topic, I do think that Metropolitan Golf Club is notable but without an article at present I don't have a problem with the red-link removal. I actually think there is a gross shortage of Australian golf course articles especially compared to cricket and football grounds. I guess we have very few golfers in WP:AUS. Cheers, Mattinbgn\^talk 03:20, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which was successful with a vote of 33/7/4.

Special thanks go to Epbr123 for nominating me and Pedro for the offer of help.

I am honoured by the trust placed in me by the community. I hope to repay this by the wise use of the tools, which I intend to use gradually. Mop & bucket is on the Christmas list - honest. Keith D (talk) 00:32, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Flag of Singapore

The Union Flag is the same as the Union Jack. I can attest that the article is very comprehensive, but I cannot grade it due to my involvement in the article. User:Zscout370 ^{(Return Fire)} 03:20, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

==Gavin Goldstein==

If you've got time can you take a look please? Keeps flicking my CSD tags (db-bio). I cant find any sources for him or his supposed books? And the picture on his article is a cut out for goodness sakes! Sting_au Talk 05:48, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

You will find it on his talk page though. I think the page (or versions of) have been deleted and then recreated? I seem to remember him flicking someone elses tag but couldn't find any reference to that one either? Sting_au Talk 05:57, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah I see it. "View logs for this page" If it was a dog it would have bit me! Still think this guy has several pages going with what must be different spelling versions? Keeps throwing the tags. Watch yours it will be gone once he realizes it's there. Sting_au Talk 06:10, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Arg!

This is what you get when you mess with us when you edit conflict me, haha. Just kidding though, I'm not actually angry. Cheers and have a great wikiday(and thanks for signing my signature box!), Master of Puppets ^{Care to share?} 07:17, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Great success!

Click that-a-way to open your card! → → →

Dear Monoxide, Thank you for your participation in my request for adminship, which ended successfully with a final tally of (52/10/1). I was impressed by the thoughtful comments on both sides, and the RFA process in general. The extra buttons do look pretty snazzy, but I'll be careful not to overuse them. If you have advice to share or need assistance with anything, feel free to drop me a message or email. Thank you and good day! Cordially, — xDanielx T/C\R 06:58, 12 December 2007 (UTC) Credits - This RFA thanks was inspired by Carlosguitar's RFA thanks and LaraLove's RFA thanks, which were both inspired by The Random Editor's RFA thanks, which was in turn inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks.

Really, really bad haikus from a new admin

Setting new lows in thank-you spam:

Click there for my RfA spam haikus! → → →

Janitor's new tools
Spam must stop -- will new mop act?
Ooops, .com blocked

New admin, new tools
Earnest newbie furrows brow
Fare thee well Main Page

New mess all about
Sorcerer's Apprentice mop
Not supporter's fault

A. B. so grateful
Wikipedia trembles
Watch out DRV

A. B. wonders why
Copyright always confused
Fair use, farewell, bye

Qatar is blocked
Shucks those range blocks are tricky!
Will get it straight soon.

Colbert's elephants
stampede Wikipedia
Must protect, protect

Wiki fortress not.
Open gates, knowledge wings free
But fiends are about

Dear RfA friend,
I will learn, chaos will fade
Thanks so much ... A. B.

This RfA thank you card is based on a card originally done by Phaedriel

Dihydrogen Monoxide (Mr. Water?), thanks so much for your support! --A. B. ^(talk) 15:46, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

The Corrs

What the heck? What you rambling about!? RaNdOm26 (talk) 17:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, if you have a poke at its talk page and have a read, you'll know why I care so much! RaNdOm26 (talk) 06:30, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

GA fail

Hey there - a few days ago you failed a GA nomination of mine, Steve Lukather. I just wanted to let you know I asked a general question about your fail here. I sincerely hope it doesn't come across as my "questioning" your decision - I am just trying to better understand the process and such. If you have any additional input I would appreciate it. --Bloodzombie (talk) 22:21, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Alice in Chains

All done.
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 00:54, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Is there anything needed for FA?
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 01:28, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Alice in Chains is a current Good Article, but now it is a FAC! I would appreciate if you were to comment on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Alice in Chains.
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 23:48, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Godsmack is FA!
Thank you,
Skeeker _[Talk] 22:23, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

External Links on Call of Duty 2 Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty_2

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Call_of_Duty_2&action=history Dihydrogen Monoxide why you keep removing the link I provided stating that it does not follow the guidelines. If you look here and and I quote, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links "Wikipedia articles should include links to Web pages outside Wikipedia if they are relevant". IWNation - Infinity Ward Community Forums does follow guidelines and is relevant. Infinity Ward Staff employees are moderators on the site and their Community Relations Manager is one of the Administrators of the site.

The site is located here: *IWNation Infinity Ward Community Forums

Thank you.

Petriheil (talk) 01:45, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Your work

I'll review Internationalist further tomorrow, but in the meantime I feel I should give you this:

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your extensive work on Powderfinger-related articles, and for tackling the backlog at Wikipedia:Good article nominations with prudence, efficiency, and enthusiasm, I'm pleased to award you this barnstar. WesleyDodds (talk) 11:10, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Keep it up; your work is appreciated. WesleyDodds (talk) 11:10, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Advice?

Any time. Just glad I could help. Although, I suspect I could've helped a little more. :) Thanks once again for replying. All the best, — Rudget _{Contributions} 11:40, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

"Flag of Singapore" GA review

Thanks very much for taking the time to review "Flag of Singapore". Based on your suggestions, I've made some revisions. I've also responded to your comments on the article's talk page. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 02:45, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

"Leilani"

Thank you for your supportive comments on "Leilani", I've been sans computer & Internet for nearly a week so I missed the deadline for noms. I believe User:Dan arndt should be co-credited for any recognition of the article: Dan's assistance has been invaluable. See "Tojo" and "My Girl" for examples of his work.Shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 04:57, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Request for GAC Review

Hi, if I may ask you a favor, could you review this article for me? I've submitted it to GAC, but the backlog is huge currently, forgive the impatience. It would be great if you are not busy, but if you are, anything from an unofficial review to a brief evaluation would be nice, any help is much appreciated. thanks in advance. :) PeaceNT (talk) 18:17, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

What's up

What's up H2O. Just wanted to drop by and say hi. --Hirohisat ^年末 06:39, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the award

Hey, thanks muchly for the award, but you'll kind of notice that we are know ehhh.... even. 32 each. It's on! :P -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:57, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

GAC Reviewer of the Week

		The Good Article Medal of Merit
		Congratulations, I have chosen you as my GAC Reviewer of the Week for the week ending 15th December 2007. Epbr123 (talk) 12:26, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Again!? Thanks :) — Dihydrogen Monoxide 22:28, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Arbcom vote - Giano

[3] This is to advise you that the opinion on which you identify you have, in part, based your vote has been withdrawn. You may wish to review your comments. Please note that this is not an attempt to get you to change your vote, simply an advisement that some of the information on which you based your decision has changed. Risker (talk) 18:43, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Blessed editing, and...

Happy Holidays from Marlith ^T/C

Credits: This card was inspired by Macy's123, assistant of V's Shop

Marlith ^T/C 00:20, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Your GA review of La Bolduc

I've responded to most of your issues on your GA review of La Bolduc - there are still two or three remaining issues, but this last point:

Speaking of which, the list of recordings has stacks of line breaks that are not needed and should be removed

— You

is unclear to me. Could you clarify what you mean here? Thanks, WilyD 04:08, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Message

Hello. My name is Thegamingmaster. I would like to be adopted, so if you can, let me know. Thanks. —Preceding comment was added at 04:15, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

David Lovering GA review

I believe I've addressed all the comments you left in the GA review. Could you take another look at the article? Thanks for your (relatively) quick review of the article. CloudNine (talk) 10:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

GA

What would the GA music review section do without you? You deserve the thanks of all of us. --andreasegde (talk) 17:56, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Indeed!, I've got work in 10 minutes and wont be back until 11pm, so i will review one of your articles tomorrow. M3tal H3ad (talk) 07:47, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Are you ready for another RfA? If so, I would be happy to nominate you. Walton^One 20:19, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Can I co-nom?? GlassCobra 00:07, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Can I support without nominating? Pedro :  Chat  00:12, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

You can count on my support, Alex. Go for it! Redrocketboy 00:33, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

I thought I was supposed to get sausage with the Grand Slam.Trevor "Tinkleheimer" Haworth 07:24, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey - I offered to co-nom over msn! I have to get something here! :P (Oh, and, btw, I'm on 33 :P) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:56, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

EVula

THat comment on EVula's RFB might be a bad idea. You just know there are going to be people who take offence. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 07:53, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

It was cool you changed your support comment. I know you meant it in good faith, but unfortunately like with Haunted Angel, the issue is again whether or not Nazi can ever be used in conjunction with anything other than it's historical association. the_undertow ^talk 08:03, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey, as hard as it is for me to take advice, what can I say, but yours was a good call. And yes, we will agree on some things at some point. :P the_undertow ^talk 08:08, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

What he said. ;-) Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 08:26, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Re:Witherspoon

Thanks very much for the review. I made the changes per your suggestions. Please check on my edits. PeaceNT (talk) 15:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Aargh!

heh.. sorry :-) Rocket000 (talk) 20:01, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Very minor, small, tiny barnstar

		The Minor Barnstar
		I award you the smallest, most insignificant barnstar possible for your many minor contributions to Wikipedia so I can co-nom you when you chuck an RFA. :D -- Anonymous DissidentTalk 08:50, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Damnit! Why did you ask for one if we were even?! :P -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 08:58, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

GAreview of Flag of Singapore

Seeing you were specifically asked to review this article, thought I'd let you know all the same in case it is off your watchlist: I've volunteered my 2nd opinion on this, and I've been pretty clear on what needs to be done. I haven't really looked at what you've said in your review except the first last couple of lines or so - apologises if I've repeated anything, missed something or (even worse) contradicted something you've said . Still, as I said, it should be pretty straightforward for the editor(s) of the article.... Regards - Ncmvocalist (talk) 09:41, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

I will get around to the obligatory thank spam soon, but I want to thank you personally for your very generous nomination. I hope I can live up to it. All these extra buttons, I better read the documentation before I hit something I shouldn't and delete the home page! Thanks again, Mattinbgn\^talk 11:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Linkin Park GAC

I tended to your suggestions on the LP talk page. Thanks for the suggestions and time. :) --ShadowJester07 ► Talk 04:31, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Killswitch Engage has been fixed. Also whenever you get the opportunity could you please give a review of your favorite heavy metal band. If you're busy then that's fine as the article is huuugee, thanks again! M3tal H3ad (talk) 05:54, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

The Hoodoo Gurus

Mattinbgn suggested that you may be able to provide some suggestions on how to raise the status of the article on The Hoodoo Gurus given your experience in these things. I'd really like to know how you get to put music samples in the articles as well. Dan arndt (talk) 09:08, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Brisbane

No worries dude, I'll endeavour to have a look later today.... ChrisTheDude (talk) 09:15, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

If you get Brisbane featured I'll nominate you at RfA myself. It's just the sort of 'serious' article that even the most sceptical WPs should be impressed by. Was thinking of a Featured Topic on Oz capital cities. Was gonna bags Sydney but am a bit busy...cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:48, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

RE: Per IRC...

Whatever you want to do buddy. I'm free to go for another one. — E ^talk_BAG 01:51, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Editor review/Dihydrogen Monoxide 2

Consider thyself reviewed. J-ſtan^Contribs_{User page} 04:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

IB

You do IB? lol! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 04:28, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Support

Thank you very much for your support! --Србија до Токија (talk) 17:56, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Christian metal GA Nomination

The Good Article Nomination tasks on the Christian metal article are now complete. Would you mind take a look at it? --Azure Shrieker (talk) 22:37, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

RE:RFA?

Hey DHMO, I am very appreciative of the offer, and I am truly astounded that I have shown myself to be useful to people who opposed my last RFA, in such a short period of time. I am very sorry for any bad feelings I may have given in your RFA about 5 months ago?, and I was too quick to come to assumptions, based on the unfortunate truth that was inexperience. This offer also comes at a time when I've received three other co-nominations in the past two weeks. First, OhanaUnited (who I suggested do a co-nom), then Rlevse very kindly offered to give me some administrator coaching, which in a quick sucession, Phoenix-wiki and Ioeth both offered to co-nom. I shall now include your offer and these, and hopefully come back with an solution to these. Thank you anyway. Regards, Rt. 13:40, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Ah yes. I'll review it later today. Best regards, Rt. 12:19, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

It's passed, yet another album by Powderfinger brought up to GA standards. I also recently found out that Internationalist was brought to FA, well done on that aswell. But one more thing, do you want any help with Portal:Powderfinger? Regards, Rt. 12:46, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Welcome

Thanks for the warm welcome!

I'm hoping to contribute what I can to the aviation pages, especially Australian aviation pages.

Looking at the links... but my head is starting to hurt with all that information going in there, best leave it for later!

Have a great Christmas and thanks again!

Cheers,

MEBpilot (talk) 10:45, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Camaron1

Hello, if you remember quite a long time ago you offered to nominate me for adminship. Now as we are about to enter 2008, and thanks to a lot of admin coaching by The Rambling Man, I now feel ready to go. I have put together a RFA with the questions answered and optional statement given. First, after looking through my contributions, are you still willing to nominate me for adminship? If so, feel free to add your nomination comments to the page. Note that Pedro (talk · contribs) has offered to co-nom me. Once the nominations are complete I will formally accept the nomination and when we are ready, transclusion can occur. Camaron1 | Chris (talk) 18:59, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

However, as he uses Internet Explorer, I doubt it'll be a good one :P - ROFL! After remembering your nomination for Pedro I suspected you might find a joke somewhere about me. Anyway thanks for been willing to nominate me. Camaron1 | Chris (talk) 10:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Shelly Manne (GA Nomination)

Thanks for taking the time to go through the Shelly Manne article in such detail. Yes, I know my prose tends to get too florid, as I am reminded by your comments, and I will have to trim things down. Most of the citations that are needed I should be able to come up with. I should be able to get to all this in the next few days. But I have a few questions/comments now:

• I have looked for free images, but none are to be had that I could find. I know the one I did use is kind of in a gray area but maybe it can still be justified in some way.
• "needs source for her loving it" This Shelly is a man (no pun intended), but in any case I should be able to find the source or sources that led me to that conclusion.
• '"and tutored star Frank Sinatra" - Remove "star" - his article is evidence of that' I meant here only that Sinatra was the star of that movie. Of course his article provides ample evidence that he was a star in general.
• "Don't wlink years" Before I remove all those Wikilinked years, I thought that this was one permissible style. At one time I even thought it was preferred, which I why I have done it. My guidance has been from: Wikipedia:Only_make_links_that_are_relevant_to_the_context#Dates

Thanks again. As I said, I will try to get through this in the next few days. --Alan W (talk) 19:42, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

To respond to your responses (and I appreciate your answering so quickly), well, Wikipedia:Only_make_links_that_are_relevant_to_the_context#Dates does say, "Stand alone years do not need to be linked but some users prefer it...." On the other hand, it also says, "Wikipedia has articles on...years.... As a general rule of thumb, link to one of these pages only if it is likely to deepen readers' understanding of a topic." Now that I am thinking about this, I see your point, and I suppose in most cases there is not much justification for Wikilinking the year. So, unless there seems to be a good reason in a specific case, I will remove those links after all. OK, I had better get to work. You have given me plenty to do! --Alan W (talk) 03:47, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

All right, I think I've addressed all your points, and then some (occasionally my changes might not conform exactly to your suggestions; please let me know if you still have any issues in those cases). If you have questions or further comments, you know where to leave a note. --Alan W (talk) 02:31, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at my changes so quickly. It's nice to know that my three years of work on this article have been recognized! Regards, Alan W (talk) 03:37, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

FA

Sorry, completely forgot! NSR77 ^T_C 00:17, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Sputnikmusic review link removal

Hi! I began removing the links to Sputnikmusic reviews from infoboxes following the discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 December 10. Consensus from an AfD and a DRV was that Sputnikmusic is a non-notable website, and I have taken it from that that it therefore does not meet the reliable sources standard for professional reviews in album infoboxes. --Stormie (talk) 02:57, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, also, even before Sputnikmusic was deleted, it was agreed that only its staff reviews could be used as professional reviews, not reviews by random contributors to the site (see e.g. Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Non-professional reviews), and both of the reviews you restored (on Double Allergic and These Days: Live in Concert) fall into that non-staff category. --Stormie (talk) 03:03, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

OK I'm happy to just delink the redlinks and check the reviews for staff/non-staff status, only removing the non-staff ones. --Stormie (talk) 03:05, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

And yep I was just going to restore the staff reviews to the list of acceptable sites when I got an edit conflict with you. :-) --Stormie (talk) 03:07, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Chinese Democracy

Thanks for reviewing it... Other than stability, everything else is fine with it, right? I've done most of what you said on the talk page. And is it up to an A-Class now? Thanks again, happy Christmas. Funeral 03:34, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

The Grasshopper Lies Heavy

hi there. you removed the speedy template, stating that they are "notable." as you well know, it's a legit speedy as long as the article doesn't convey the importance. but i'll let it be. i've seen you around the afd's and you know what you are doing. and i know very little about these bands. besides, a google search spit up a lot of ghits on them. best, --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 03:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. Personally, I don't see how "signed by a record company is an indication of notability. I also don't think that it's reasonable to apologize to an editor for placing a speedy tag on a article that he/she created. Unless it was a mistake or something. It would be disengenuos on my part to apologize for something that I am not sorry about. Just because someone disagees with my placing the speedy tag, doesn't mean that I was wrong (especially a non-admin removal). If I were to apply Wikipedia:Editors matter to speedy situations, I would apologize initially when placing the tag. all the best, --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 04:37, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Westlife GA nomination

Thanks for your input on the nomination. I've fixed 90% of what you've described as problem and will continue to fixing it over the next couple of days.

Per previous GA review, Chart records do not need sourcing (see Maroon 5 as an example of not citing chart records as GA). However, a citation to the BPI database was added for verification purposes to the article. --Cahk (talk) 04:52, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

---

I've taken both you and User:M3tal H3ad's comments about the GA nomination which resulted in extensive rewrite of the article. I welcome your feedback or suggestions.--Cahk (talk) 08:26, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Confused

Dude, which one are you? Jmlk17 05:45, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Lol, oh okay. I just tried to /msg you, but you seem to be offline. I'm on freenode btw. Jmlk17 06:17, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

"Dude, which one are you?" - Classic mate, classic. --D_arkF_alls ^talk 09:44, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

OMGZ, is this some Aussie thing? I'm online. Where's the love? the_undertow ^talk 09:48, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Jmlk17 ain't an Aussie, however much he wants to be :p --D_arkF_alls ^talk 09:55, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

yer all haters cuz yer not from the OC! the_undertow ^talk 09:57, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Although not an Aussie, Jmlk17 was in fact shipped to Australia, wherein he may still remain. As proven here. G'day. Lara❤Love 18:44, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

I reject that reality and substitute my own. Shazaam! — Dihydrogen Monoxide _(Review) 23:01, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Yeah, it is a little freaky at first. I've been sort of learning a bit at a time. About the only thing I don't know how to do now is the bit that requires admin tools, otherwise I could do the whole update myself :) Gatoclass (talk) 08:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Heck no, anyone can edit the next update. I was initially very reluctant to do it myself and started out by adding just one entry here and there because I thought others would want to have a say in selections. But Royalbroil basically said to me that DYK "needs all the help it can get" and that I was welcome to do as much as I liked. That pretty much ended my inhibitions about participating, and I will do a full update myself now.

About 99% of valid submitted entries seem to get promoted anyhow, so it's not as though you are selecting between those which get promoted and those which don't. I participate for two main reasons, (a) because I find it a creative challenge to select a varied bunch of hooks that I think make for an interesting update, and (b) because the updates often aren't done until the last minute when a few are hurriedly thrown together to get the update out. And when that happens it means the updates aren't as good a selection as they otherwise might be - and sometimes they don't fit the front page very well either. So if someone has the time and energy to put an update together carefully, that's usually a good thing. Gatoclass (talk) 02:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

GAN Reviewer of the Week

		The Good Article Medal of Merit
		Congratulations, I have chosen you as my GAN Reviewer of the Week for the week ending 22nd December 2007. Epbr123 (talk) 14:32, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations, well-deserved medal. :) Thanks also for reviewing Reese Witherspoon earlier this week. Would you mind having another look? I've taken care of all the refs, so I'm wondering if the page is good enough now. Some websites unfortunately don't have the names of the authors available, would it hurt the chance? For the record, I'm talking about FA. ;) PeaceNT (talk) 17:28, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Portal:Music of Australia

It looks much better this time. You fixed the problems that Searchme mentioned in last nomination. I also like how you have "Australian charts" in lieu of the news box, which is very creative.

I am proposing some changes to the featured portal nomination process at Wikipedia talk:Featured portal candidates#Revamp proposal. Feel free to express your views. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 07:15, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

100 ...

Who'll be the centurion.....hmm, I think I'll be away when the party starts....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:51, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Axl Rose GA nom

Hi there--thanks for all your comments and suggestions on the Axl Rose GA nomination. Everything's been fixed, and I think we're finally ready to go. :)

The one point that was unable to be addressed is noted on the Talk Page, but I'll also mention it here, just in case: the facts of Rose and Seymour's breakup have never been publicly revealed. There are a lot of rumors about it floating around the Internet, but the only things that have ever been stated definitively are that they parted ways and then sued each other. So I didn't want you to think we'd ignored that at all, there's just nothing more we can say on it that would be at all verifiable by any reliable source.

Thanks again for all your help! Regards, DanielEng (talk) 19:56, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Saw your note--thank you!! I'm thrilled it passed. Best, DanielEng (talk) 09:38, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Parables for Wooden Ears

Greetings & an early Happy New Year! Actually I only dug up the various Powderfinger album covers upon request about a year ago, no other connection with the group! Don't think that I've even heard them in the UK or US. Ciao for now - and surprisingly, I've only gotten minimal, shall we say, "negative" feedback, from using the admin mop (at least compared to what I see on other admin's pages :) SkierRMH (talk) 02:21, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Notice of request for deletion of editor Giggy/Archive :)

Giggy/Archive, the editor you are, has been nominated for deletion. We appreciate your contributions. However, an editor does not feel that you satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in the nomination space. Your opinions on yourself are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at User:GlassCobra/Editor for deletion#Giggy/Archive and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit during the discussion but should not remove the nomination (unless you wish not to participate); such removal will not end the deletion discussion (actually it will). Thank you, and have a good sense of humor :). GlassCobra 11:04, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

You are needed!

lincalinca 11:11, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

PS: Buster Smith should now be ready for you to glance at for the GA. Thanks mate! --lincalinca 12:39, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK

On 25 December, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article D.A.F. (song), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—Wknight94 (talk) 19:22, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Future admin

I know 'em when I see 'em. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hail all ye faithful! (talk • contribs) 06:50, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Why?

My statistics were valid and I referenced a solid government document. If my contribution goes against your particular belief, too bad... it's fact and stated as such.

message

Clercfan (talk) 08:37, 26 December 2007 (UTC) Hello, would you please undo what your bot did on the Laurent Clerc article? The information I added is in the public domain due to being over 150 years old and it was a valid and worthwhile addition to the article. Wikipedia guidelines specifically state that autobiographical information is permissable in some situations, and I believe this is one of those situations. Readers of Wikipedia would be highly interested in this information. Thanks

Clercfan (talk) 08:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)If the subject heading is titled "Autobiographical Notes from the public domain", then everything in that section is a direct quote from a source. This is material about Clerc's life written by Clerc himself. It took my hours to type this out. Others will want to read it, and it is proper to add it. This is a special section with a special subject heading. The fact that it is not common in Wikipedia is not an argument to be used to deny its inclusion.

Clercfan (talk) 08:52, 26 December 2007 (UTC) You're not stating the Wikipedia policies correctly. The Wikipedia policy specifically states that autobiographical information is appropriate and permitted in some cases. You're jumping the gun here. You need to do some research on what you are saying.

Please read that section yourself. If you read it, you will see that I am correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clercfan (talk • contribs) 09:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Read to the bottom of the article and it basically says that autobiographical information is permitted, but that it has to be done carefully. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clercfan (talk • contribs) 09:16, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Your bot is still blocking my edit. Would you please allow the edit to go through? Let other users discuss it. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clercfan (talk • contribs) 10:14, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Great success! Thank you for supporting my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 53-3-2. Special thanks goes to Shalom for both the suggestion and the nomination. I'm honored by the trust that the community has shown in me, and will do my very best as an administrator. Thanks again! faithless (speak) 08:44, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Say It Right GAC

Done everything asked - and MuchMusic doesn't need italics, it is a channel, not a show. igordebraga ≠ 18:20, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Great triple crown race of 2008

As a Napoleonic crown recipient you might be interested in this. Cheers and happy editing! Durova^Charge! 20:19, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

GA quick fails

I am unimpressed with your Dennis Franklin and Bob Timberlake reviews. See similar comments at [4].--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:42, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Apparently, you missed my point. My point is that the articles are on the borderline where a lazy, unskilled, or disinterested reviewer could fail them without rebuke as you did. I am not asking you to reconsider your reviews. I am asking that in the future you do not do the same disservice by writing such lazy unskilled or disinterested reviews. I don't have ground to say they should have been passed. I can only say that a highly skilled reviewer, which you are could have if interested given sufficient advice for them to have passed and for the benefit of the project that is what you should do. You did not and I am letting you know you were delinquent IMO. I am saying many a skilled reviewer could have given sufficient advice to either article to pass and you did not. You are not obligated to do so, but could have and did not. That is all I am saying. Basically, all I am saying is shame on you for your poor delinquent review. I have many things at GAC that you could quick fail or that you could take the time to direct to a GA with a constructive hold. I think the latter is better for the project.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTD) 00:53, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Whoah, hold on, Tiger.. Dihydrogen Monoxide has reviewed two articles I worked on, and I found him to be intelligent, concise, friendly, and having absolutely no arrogance whatsoever. Have you seen the mountain of reviews he has done? I would ask him to review any article at all in the future (and I sincerely hope he does) so "shame on you" for being grumpy and insulting him just because he failed an article of yours. Some people can't see the wood for the trees, said the half-blind three-fingered lumberjack to his son.... :) --andreasegde (talk) 19:45, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll second that. Furthermore, attacking someone after they went out of their way to offer a GA review isn't cool. Grim (talk) 04:20, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Alice in Chains and Chevelle

Hello, I've expanded and fixed up Alice in Chains, would you mind taking a look. Is it ready for FA, far from? And I bagan to work on Chevelle, I think it looks pretty good, but Copyediting is an issue I think, its hard to write about a band made of all brothers. Cheers, Merry Christmas.
Thank you,
Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 03:23, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

I submitted Alice in Chains for Peer review, would you mind commenting on Wikipedia:Peer review/Alice in Chains.
Thank you,
Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 03:47, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello, would you mind commenting on Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Alice in Chains again. I fixed anything that was needed from the previous nomination and expanded it vastly.
Thank you,
Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 23:18, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello, would you mind reviewing Chevelle and commenting here: Wikipedia:Peer review/Chevelle, please and thank you. By the way I hope you become an admin, your very helpful.
Thank you,
Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 10:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

An Administrator is I!

KoL images are copyrighted, so I'll use this PD one instead.

Adventurer! The Council has identified a number of strange occurrences (such as "vandals" and "articles for deletion") in the surrounding wilderness. The Council would check it out, but they have important Councily-type things. But never fear: brave adventurers known as "sysops" roam the lands!

Thank you for your support in my quest to become a sysop. Although I am now wielding the keys to my very own Bitchin' Meatcar, I promise to uphold the laws of the land, martini in hand, in a way that would make Saint Sneaky Pete proud. I will do my best to be a Jack of Several Trades (although I may be a Master of Nuns). I promise to Heart Canadia. And I will make it my goal to Make War, Not ... er, Wait, Never Mind.

I am glad to serve my guild, the League of Wikipedians. If I can be of any assistance, or you have any questions, suggestions, or criticisms in the future, please let me know. And if you are at a loss for what any of the above actually means, see this website.

Thanks again.

An Encyclopedia is We! - Revolving Bugbear 22:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Evermore

I just want to stop by and say great work on the Evermore pages. Cheers. --  Esradekan Gibb  ^"Talk" 23:13, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Signpost Archive?

O Rly? I have a stack of TV guides from last year if you need em. the_undertow ^talk 01:04, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Do0d, check it. Lara❤Love 01:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, but mine's got beer and stippers. — Dihydrogen Monoxide _(Review) 01:46, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Yea, beer and stippers. Good times. Lara❤Love 01:56, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Vulture Street

Meh...I was getting conflicting information on the release dates; I'll go revert it though. Wanna collaborate for FA? I'd be willing, but it's my first one. Keilana 03:03, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

It needs work, I need a project...if you want me to help on Odyssey instead, I can, I just need something to do. Oh, good luck with your featured topic. Any way I can help? (Good luck to Riana, are you nominating?) Keilana_(recall) 03:12, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

I'll be happy to help on Odyssey. Just tell me where you need me, and I'll do whatever I can. Wait...are you going for it? You'll kick butt. I'm a firm believer in accountability, and I've been pissing people off lately so I think they should have the option. Thanks for the compliment, though. :) Keilana_(recall) 03:21, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Copyediting, ahoy! Keilana_(recall) 03:26, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Probably not for a long time, my prose isn't that good. Keilana_(recall) 04:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Below Utopia

The film Below Utopia was also released under the alternate title Body Count, thus, it is included in the dab note on the band's page. (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 08:11, 28 December 2007 (UTC))

Avondale Agricultural Research Station -- GA review

 Done,  Done &  Done. A couple of the date links I changed from red to point at the article and a couple of other I delinked as the link doesnt contribute anything to the discussion. The EL are already used in refs mostly links to specific document/page the EL links listed are to the greater work. Let me know if theres any more. Gnangarra 08:38, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Why thankyou sir, sorry i don't have any of your favorite bands at GAN at the moment. I bet you can't wait to review the next one eh, but until then a closet heavy metal fan you shall remain. I'll take another look at the article and happy new year when the time comes. M3tal H3ad (talk) 08:57, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Okay i can't find anything. You may want to ask User:LuciferMorgan to take a look, he always provides useful feedback. M3tal H3ad (talk) 09:08, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

You know what I mean

You can count on my abstention this time around. ;-) Hesperian 11:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Your RFA

Good luck! I'll hopefully be going there in a month too. :) Best regards, Rt. 11:48, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Dear Giggy/Archive, here is a little note to say thank you for your kind support on my request for adminship which succeeded with a final result of (72/19/6).

Now that I am a sysop, do not hesitate to contact me with any queries you have. I would be glad to help you along with the other group of kind and helpful administrators.

Thank you again and I look forward to editing alongside you in the future. — E ^talk 12:14, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Dude, not cool

You didn't let me nominate you for RfA! J-ſtan^Contribs_{User page} 16:58, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Marking pages as 'no references'

I'm from wiki.pt (so, I dont speak english very well, sorry). I see some pages without references or external links. how can I mark them to later review ? a predefinition or category. Rjclaudio (talk) 18:03, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates

I've been away for the holidays, but I'll be back at a proper computer tonight and will be able close both of those debates then. --Arctic Gnome (talk • contribs) 18:28, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Recall

Personally, I think you set the bar way to low. Don't make it so easy for 'em. Once you're an admin, you're going to have tobe an admin. That is going to sometimes mean holding your ground despite strong (if misguided) opposition or disagreement. That is sometimes going to mean making others very unhappy. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 19:22, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

How to Grow a Woman from the Ground

Hello! A few weeks ago, you reviewed the article on the Chris Thile album How to Grow a Woman from the Ground. You put the album on hold, stated what needed to be fixed, and the week passed without an effort. Recently, I fixed all of the errors and re-nominated the article for GA. Because of the fact that you were the original reviewer, I was wondering, would like to re-review it? Thanks for your time reading this! --Thamusemeantfan (talk) 03:45, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support in my successful RFA. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 07:16, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar! Hooray!

		The Barnstar of High Culture
		I give you this barnstar for your contribution to all things Australian music. WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDENwe need to talk.• 18:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Good luck in your RfA! _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{we need to talk.}• 18:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Odyssey Number Five

Hey, sorry I haven't been helping. I'll come over and do some work (copyediting, etc; there's still work to do ;) after I close the AFD from hell. Keilana^talk_(recall) 01:21, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

chasers war

Yeah, I would support, and help contribute to the reviewers comments. I'm a bit busy and may not be available to help the article at certain points of time. But at least it is a clean article now. And should be close to FA status.

I will nominate it later today (AEDT) unless you do.

I was thinking of a Chaser based WikiProject to help the poor status of the other Chaser articles especially the main one. But remains an idea for now.  SpecialWindler talk (currently in control)  01:26, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

OK, you may want to check out my recent comment on the Chasers WOE talk page.

PS. Good luck with your adminship.  SpecialWindler talk (currently in control)  01:33, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I certainly didn't address any of it. Though I "plan" (may not get round to it) to work on this article a bit this afternoon.  SpecialWindler talk (currently in control)  01:41, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

DYK nom

Did you know? was updated. On 30 December, 2007, a fact from the article Ramesseum medical papyri, which you recently nominated, was featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Wizardman 19:38, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Powderfinger-LikeADog-13sec.ogg)

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Flea

Clarified it, thanks. NSR77 ^T_C 22:46, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikimania and Admin Nom

Thanks for your nice comments. I did add the Brisbane bid to those templates, but I removed it again so that we can get it cleaned up and "polished" by bid time. Frankly, Toronto's application is rather impressive and they're going to be hard to beat. I think we can make a decent showing though.

As for adminship, thanks for your promised support! =). I'll be happy to accept a nomination once I get a GA or two under my belt; although I don't suppose I'll ever reach your high bar, I want to be able to point to some solid contributions before I take the plunge. I think Nundah, Queensland is getting there, once I get my photos of the area off my camera and into the article, and I clean up some of the more listy stuff towards the end of the article, I think I'll be close. Any suggestions on other ways to improve it would be welcome, though! Lankiveil (talk) 05:40, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, definitely would be interested in a meetup. I recall that someone was canvassing for one at some point for one, but nothing ever came of it. I guess I can assume you're a Brisbane/Queensland Wikipedian then... I always had you down in my mind as a southerner (no offense intended!). Lankiveil (talk) 05:55, 31 December 2007 (UTC).