User:Sango123/Archives/Dec 2005

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Congratulations Sango123

Hey there Sango123 how have you been, me i've being doing great, by the way i saw your user page (clapping,cheering sounds), i just wanted to say congratulations on becoming a Administrator. I know you probably got more work to do, on a large scale compared to me. And to say thank you for everything you've ever done for, i never knew someone would be that nice halfway across the world to me, thank you very much.

ps: By the way, if you have the time i'd like to ask you some questions but if you have the time:

1.Which country are you from?

2.Can you ecplain in detail what a Administrator is?

3.how old are you, 14,15? (never mind this question)

With lots of thanks Dumoren 10:20, 1 December 2005 (UTC).

If you're a Wikipedia contributor, I'd expect some research skills. Maybe some of the links on Sango123's page answer two of your questions, and Wikipedia's documentation explains what an administrator is. (..."became an administrator on July 26" - belated congratulations anyway, I feel). Besides, don't you think it's bad manners to ask a lady her age? --JRawle 13:19, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry for deleting it , it was a mistake. —Preceding unsigned comment added by APUS (talk • contribs) 16:35, 1 December 2005

Thank you!

Hello

You are very welcome and glad you're back. Can't stay away long I now.--Dakota ^t ^e 22:28, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar

I'm just wondering why you archived my barnstar discussion after just one day (this is the proposed barnstar page). I put mine at the bottom of the page so you might have thought that its been there for a while then, but it hasn't so can you please put what I wrote back on the page. Thank you. RENTASTRAWBERRY ^{FOR LET?} röck 01:32, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi

Hello I just wanted to say hi and that I love Inuyasha and I thought you did yoo since you have that name ^_^and that I am into anime and my favorite charicter is KAgome....--Inuoni1224 23:07, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi

Hello I just wanted to say hi and that I love Inuyasha and I thought you did yoo since you have that name ^_^and that I am into anime and my favorite charicter is KAgome....--Inuoni1224 23:07, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Question

I'm not sure if you're the one to ask...but here's a go at it.

When you go to the first Wikipedia page (not the US Main Page), is it because of a Japenese character problem, or is it vandalism that all the characters are question marks?

There. I thought at least because you were an admin you could delegate the problem to someone, or explain why there was a prob. Thanks!--Violin Girl^♪ 18:10, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, Sango. I was confused...that cleared up a lot in my mind, I just switched to Mozilla, thus the reason for the "sudden" change. --Violin Girl^♪ 00:19, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Sure, no prob...my pleasure! --Violin Girl^♪ 00:29, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

User talk:205.188.116.5

um yeah this is the first time ive ever been on wikipedia and you are accusing me of using vulgar language on the website. please get your facts straight. its really upsetting —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.188.116.5 (talk • contribs) 19:04, 5 December 2005

Welcome Message

Thank you for leaving me a message about all the Wikipedia How-To pages! I will read them and share them with the people I'm trying to get to help contribute to my articles.

--Pansophia 00:08, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your greeting

Sango123 Thank you for your greeting to Wikipedia's newest rookie (me). Looking forward to full participation in the many offerings and opportunities inside. DavidHEW

your message

Thanks for your message. I generally only try to edit pages where 1. It appears they were done by someone whose first landguage was not English. I try to correct spelling errors and make the article make grammatical sense in English. 2. where two articles contradict each other. On Solomon I of Imereti for example the facts given there don't match up to what is given on the Kings of Imereti page. Some quick online reasearch indicates that what was given on the Kings of Imereti page was coorect, so I edited Solomon I of Imereti to conform.Iwalters 20:32, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

thanking for your welcome

Thanks, Sango for your welcome, I'l try to find a way to keep your message in a place were I can easily consult your advises. I think I'll love that Wikipedia, since my all life has been dedicated to music, playing it but especially playing unknown masterpieces or unknown composers (the ones with great talent!) ... Onslow, of course, but also H.Woolett, P. Litta (a great italian master!), etc... and, what else are you doing here, but letting peoples know about what they don't know yet?

Jean-Claude

PS I did some small changes in the article on Eugène Ysaÿe, and was surprised to see that there seems to be many copies of that same article (the same version of it), why should that be?

I stole your idea. Is that O.K.?

I just stole your idea for this talk page layout and used it for my own talk page. I'm a relative newby, and another kind Wikipedian, in trying to help me out, held up your page as an example to the uninitiated. I don't think it was her intention that I appropriate your idea for my own use, but I must confess that this is essentially what I did.

I made some slight changes to the layout, but not enough to be able to fairly say that it was my own idea. I hope you don't mind; though if you do mind I'll quickly oblige you by reverting back to how it was before.

I hope you'll view my imitation as I intended it to be: the sincerest form of flattery.

--CKA3KA (Skazka) 00:31, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

BD2412's RFA

Although my RfA is not over yet, I figured that since so many people voted before it had been posted, I may as well start thanking people before it wraps up. It'll take me that long to thank everyone who voted anyway! Thank you for your support, Sango123 - I'll do my best as an admin to make the reality rise to the level of the dream. BD2412 T 05:11, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm an admin now!!

Thanks a ton for your support on my rfa, the final tally was 50-0-0; I'll try and live up to the expectations of others and do my best in maintaining the integrity of Wikipedia. I do hope to make a good admin, if not an excellent admin. --Gurubrahma 14:18, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Cookies

Cookies! I would have given you a RAOK, but you have several. I saw you were getting stressed...don't let it get to you! and, don't forget the milk!--Violin Girl^♪

THANK YOU!

I'm indebted! Thank you so much!--Violin Girl^♪ 20:38, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

An official "THANK YOU" for helping me with my welcome message. I told you I could bribe, right?- ViolinGirl 21:21, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

did I have to pay when I entered? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smorph (talk • contribs) 19:40, 8 December 2005

Getting rid of vandalizm.

Thanks for the welcome. Here's my question: How can I get pages that were vandalized back to their previous state? MPN 23:50, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

You click on the "history" button at top of the page, click on the date/time of the version you want to restore, when it loads, you "edit" it without chanigng anything, press save, and the old version becomes the new one. -- ( drini's page ☎ ) 23:51, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll put it to use when I find a vandalized page. Another question though (sorry, i'm a total newbie here): How can I add my name to the Counter Vandalizim Unit? I can't see a button or anything. MPN 00:09, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Allo!!

Hey, man! I'm a new kid, WikiFan to be precise. I've been an 'anonymous user' for some time now, and just now decided to become a member. How's about a virtual high-five?!-- ( A WikiFan's page ☎ )

Thanks Sango123

Thank you Sango123 for your welcome letter. I am proud to say that Wikipedia has been my favorite website for over a year and I use it almost daily. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elimcneil (talk • contribs) 19:06, 8 December 2005

Message from Dumoren (perhaps the last)

Hey there sango123, how have you been, me i'm been doing great. i read in your user page you became an adminstrator(sp), i knew that long ago and i even sent you a kind message saying congratulation etc. but i was foolish, thinking an administrater(sp) would talk to a regular wikipedian 'sigh'. well it's been great knowing you and i still thank you for everything you've done for me, thanks. Sometimes i hope you haven't forgotten me, but then again, being an adminstrater(sp) means you have to much responsibility to worry about some rookie wikipedia, 'sigh'. Thanks for everything you've every done for me, goodbye.

Farewell(perhaps) Dumoren.

ps: i've also sent other messages to you if you want to know.

Dumoren 07:50, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Agree

Hey there sango123, don't worry i didn't get offended from someelse answering that(is it really offencive?) sorry if i repeat certain questions, wikipedia isn't the only wiki that i'm in. okay i will not ank any personal questions, okay. anyway, thanks for not forgeting about me. see ya later.

Dumoren 23:53, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

query

Hey there sango123 how have you been, i've be doing great, anyway i got a quesion to ask.

Is it copyright violation to copy onformation from a website and add it to wikipedia. eg: lets say i look up an actor on wiki, there isn't much information, but i find a website which has tons of information aobut him. i copy it, then paste it on wiki.

is it copytight violation?

Dumoren 10:48, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your welcome. When I get a chance, I may come back to ask a few questions about getting started.

One for now though: Is there a way to approach another user about possibly aquiring his ID? I have an ID I use almost everywhere, but it's taken here. I wouldn't ask if the user appeard to be active, bit he or she has no entries, no profile, nothing. Is this possible?

Thanks,

AmbientArchitecture 02:40, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Discussion continues at User talk:AmbientArchitecture. AmbientArchitecture 21:44, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikibooks:Image copyright

Can you set license of b:Image:Albert-einstein.jpg? --User:Derbeth ^talk 19:23, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Link confusion. Message moved to b:User talk:Einsteinbock. Sango 123 (talk) 19:50, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Pathoschild's successful RfA

Thanks a lot for your support on my request for adminship; it passed with 23/0/0 (plus one duplicate support and an oppose from a vandal IP). I'll make sure my record remains strong. ;) // Pathoschild 19:38, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandal

We are having problems with the ip address, 165.139.160.97, who continues to vandalise after their final warning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Link9er (talk • contribs) 09:04, 12 December 2005

Thank you for the tip.

Link 18:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello

Thanks for the welcome. I'll be chipping away at the creation of my page...

Arthur360911

Esperanza elections

Hi Sango123/Archives/Dec 2005: This is a quick note just to let you know that there's an election under way at Esperanza. If you'd like to become a candidate for Administrator General or the Advisory Council, just add your name here by 15 December 2005. Voting begins at 12:00UTC on 16 December.

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➨ ❝R E DVERS❞ 20:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your Welcome

Thank you so very much for welcoming me. I really enjoyed logging in earlier today with a message on my talk page. :)

I learned how to do this

in the tutorial

WikiTruth 20:34, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the warm welcome

Hope this message finds you in good spirits and good health. Did I recieve that message from you because I did something wrong? I think the whole idea of Wikipedia is brilliant, and I hope to be contributing lots more.

Smokeverbs 22:32, 12 December 2005 (UTC)smokeverbs

Right on

Thanks again, I'll be sure to message you if I need anything. I've been here for a few months now, and Nobody has hit my talk page yet, except you! Oops, forgot to sign, here we go. Smokeverbs 22:48, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Request for blocking user

Hey, Sango...I was welcoming people, and I think that this user is not abiding by the rule about not having offensive usernames. If you think so, can you please block, since I don't have the powers? Thanks, either way.--Violin Girl^♪ 01:22, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!--Violin Girl^♪ 12:06, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the help!

Just wanted to thank you for your welcome post. It's helped me out a lot already, and I just got the message today :O) I'll be sure to keep it handy for when I need a quick reference to something. --Octopusouphut 06:22, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Orioane's RfA

Hey Sango123/Archives/Dec 2005! Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. To my amazement there were no negative or neutral votes and the result was (28/0/0). I am now an administrator so I'll try and do my best in this new position. I'll be happy to answer any comments or requests from you. Thanks one more time, Mihai -^talk 20:31, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

One question

I've noticed that your talk page shows that you support Firefox. How can I get that Babel on my User Page? WikiTruth 20:35, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

How do you find out when someone has vandalised something?

Topic above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.193.107.80 (talk • contribs) 16:14, 13 December 2005

where is diff after you click on edit?

And you mean your job is to go aroung clicking on diff every 2 seconds on every page to see who has vandalised?

Vandalism

Thanks, for reverting the vandalism,on my disclaimer Brian | (Talk) 21:42, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Alhutch's RfA

dear Sango123,

I'm an administrator, and I've got you to thank for it! Thanks to your support, my RfA passed 25/0. Please don't hesitate to contact me if I can help you with anything. See you around the wiki, :-) Alhutch 06:09, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

SoLando's RFA

Hi Sango123, thank you for voting in support of my RFA; the result was (28-0-0 ). I hope that I am able to fulfil the expectations of an admin. If you see me mess up anywhere, have any concerns, please don't hesitate to tell me! Take care. SoLando (Talk) 10:18, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

PS: The one-legged turtle on sleeping pills can be an absolute terror ;-)

Thank you!

Many thanks for your support during my RfA – following a 30/0/0 vote I’ve now been made an admin. Do have a Jaffa Cake! Cheers, CLW 14:01, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

No problem!

I'm glad to be a member. But I don't necessarily have my own user page (I'm too lazy to make one, mind you). That is the reason I copied and pasted that other guy's signature.-- ( A WikiFan's page ☎ )

Hi Sango123!

Glad to be on board! Thanks for the welcome!

Theodore —Preceding unsigned comment added by Theodore7 (talk • contribs) 13:10, 14 December 2005

Hi.

Hello. Berney 19:27, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks!

I will take this mop and courageously use it to clean up the vandalism that plagues Wikipedia!--Alhutch 20:28, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the tip on the signature Sango!

Teddy 20:46, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

User:72.138.92.113

what????

why, i work for the NSA, and I have been asked to violate wikipedian law by vandalising. I work for the government of America, in the NSA. - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.138.92.113 (talk • contribs)

Carefule there, pal. Now you're adding a federal offense to your list of petty Wiki violations. - Tεx τ urε 21:39, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

My recent rfa

Dear Sango123, I wanted to thank you for your support during my recent RfA. :)

--Syrthiss 22:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Reply from Dumoren

Hey there Sango123, how have you been, i've been doing alright. Let me just makes things clear: It's copyright violation to copy entire slabs of righting from a website to wikipedia, but it isn't, is it's brief,right?

ps: Beging an administrator, that means you can change or do things on wiki, that no one annonymis(sp) or ordinary wikipedian can,right?

see you soon Dumoren 05:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC).

by the way, do you know pak21 or Josh Parris

Hello

Hello!

Thanks for your message and I am glad to be a new member of Wikipedia. I will be glad to help in any way i can but as being a relative newbie, I have no idea how to start!

--Dark Forces 20:33, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

your message to me

what did I remove? I was adding a new subsection to the YTMND forum segment of List of YTMND fads, not removing anything..

68.229.108.73 20:48, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Ah, Now I get it. I didn't mean to do that, but probably blanked all that when I closed windows while editing said page. Gracias.

Thx

Thanks. Orngjce223Orngjce223 00:33, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

P.S. THX as in the cleanup of movies?

Query

Hey there sango123 how have been, i've been doing great since where i'm from, its: THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

anyway on to business: Wikimedia needs your help in its current fund drive. See our fundraising page for details. How much money is needed?

Dumoren 06:17, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

You don't give up do you? @@ Your question answers itself: see our fundraising page for details. From that page there is a link to Budget/2005 that tell you anything you want to know about fundraising. (Are you really going to donate money?) Please stop bothering poor Sango123 with your questions when you can easily find answers for yourself, otherwise it'll start to look like you are only interesed in writing messages to users and not in Wikipedia at all. --JRawle 13:32, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Forget about it, don't answer this questrion, better yey don't bother reading this, i just keep making mistakes, *sigh*.

Dumoren 00:26, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Can you help!?!

Hi there, thanks for your welcome...now, I was wondering if you could help. I asked about making some major changes to article sweyn I of denmark, it has factual, npov and toatally disputed status, yet in the discussions page the article had merely been discussed and edited so much that it had become national propoganda. Now since my major editing, nobody is bothering to edit...just reverting, again, and again. I wonder if there is a way to combat this, I have urged people to edit my work rather than revert. Now i risk becoming someone who is just reverting....is there a point, am i breaking any rules. In general am i breaking any rules? Ciriii 19:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

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Vandalism

Thank you for intervening with the vandalism of 199.86.17.78. Though if you don't mind, you might want to check out the user's response on his talk page. :( Yid613 15:48 UTC, 16 December 2005

Thank you!

Thanks for voting on my RfA! The final result was (36/1/2), so I'm now an administrator! As you gladly supported me, I will gladly thank you and gladly be glad about being glad around you, Ms. Gladdy McGladGlad! (Gratuitous overuse of an annoying word! Yay!) Mo0[talk] 06:39, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

RFA

Thank you for your support. I'm now an administrator (final vote 64-2). — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 06:52, Dec. 17, 2005

Thank you...

Sorry, Sango, but I copied your idea from {{User:Sango123/Archives}}, of course, personalizing it for myself, but I hope you don't mind. You're a great example...--ViolinGirl^♪ 17:03, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks so much...after I did it, I thought, "Boy, I hope Sango won't be mad...it is pretty blatant copying..." But I'm glad you're not, thanks so much! And yeah, you're welcome for the vote...I'm just sorry I didn't join Esperanza earlier, I thought you had to have like, 1,500 edits or something. I think you would be great on the Advisory Council...hope you win! Best wishes...--ViolinGirl^♪ 18:34, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and I meant to mention before, I like your new sig! See you later...--ViolinGirl^♪ 20:10, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello and Thanks!

Thanks for making me feel at home so quickly! I`ll try to get up to speed with all the info..Andy 17:58, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Hi Sango123. Thanks for your support on my recent RFA. The request was successful, with a final tally of 33/0/0. I'm delighted that you decided to support it and I hope that I can live up to your expectations. Leithp (talk) 10:07, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

THANK YOU SO MUCH for organizing my Babel Templates!

I have it set in my preferences. I am having trouble with it in my welcome message...once I use the handy template you gave me, it keeps the timestamp of when I last sign it here. Maybe I should just sign it with my name. Just curious, why were you asking?--ViolinGirl^♪ 00:31, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! I was wondering what the problem was. Now I see why you were glad that I changed to Mozilla Firefox from IE...me too! Thanks again!--ViolinGirl^♪ 01:14, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you SO MUCH for always helping me out when I'm having a problem. For your latest work in helping me with my Babel Templates ([1]), for which I was entirely lost, I give you this Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar. (And wow, that was fast work, too!) -ViolinGirl

Reply from Duinemerwen

HI, Sango123.

I've found a question that I'd like to ask. how do you get the boxes that are on the right of your user page that say "This user speaks English at a native level"? They look very interesting.

Secondly, where is it that you live? I'm just interested.

Duinemerwen 23:49, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

Top something

Hey there sango123 how have you been, i've been doing fantastic. First of all, the question i'm about to answer, may seem like a question i can simple look up, but i don't know where to look.

the question is: What does wikipedia rank in "the internets top "something" list" (top one hundred etc)?

see you soon.

Dumoren 06:00, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

Deleted contribution

Thank you for welcoming me to wikipedia. I am a bit confused, however, as to why my first contribution has disappeared and I got no notice that it was to be deleted, etc. I don't see why my page was controversial, it was simply a bio on a well-known Chicago-based patent attorney. What can I do to learn more about the decision?

Thanks again,

F. Jack Houlihan —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fjackhoulihan (talk • contribs) 11:54, 19 December 2005

Thanks for the revert!

For reverting an act of vandalism on my user page, I award you this barnstar as a token of thanks. --Peter McGinley 10:15, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello

Essentially, that's all I have to say at the moment. I do have a question about etiquette vs. be bold, however. I wish to completely re-write an entry (from a professional perspective) that I think is rather lacking, in that the existing article mostly presents a view that is more or less completely debunked by scholars. It is well illustrated and has some good links, though. However, is this unspeakably rude to the person who wrote the original? I don't want to come off as calling them an idiot--that is not my intention at all--but the vast majority of the information that, say, an undergraduate or high school senior would want to know about the topic is not even mentioned. Is it within the bounds of etiquette to put in a short blurb that contains a more proper definition and re-presents the original article as an example of one of the controversies in the field (until I have the time to write a more complete article)? Thanks! Mander 14:06, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Question about users

Hey, Sango, if you're on, do you mind researching something for me? It looks like there have been at least three new accounts based on the word "Lance"... User:Lance fox, User:Lance a lot, and User:Lacne a lot...do you just want me to keep an eye on all of them, or what?--ViolinGirl^♪ 01:47, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Passing on a message

Hi there!

User:Theodore7, currently on a 24-hour block for 3RR violations, is asking for your assistance on his talk page. In case he didn't email you too, thought I should let you know. —Bunchofgrapes (talk) 02:06, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

malo's RfA

Thank you!

Sango123, thanks for your support on my RFA. I was rather suprised at the overwhelming support I received. Thank you for your confidence in me. I hope that I'll live up to your expectations in the future as well. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 05:14, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Boss?

I am your boss? Hehe... Take care. You are agnostic, but have a pleasant Birth of Some Old Guy Who May or May Not Be a God if One Even Exists Celebration anyway, and of course, a wonderful New Years. Cheers. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 19:49, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello

This is Sidious1701. I just figured out something about Wikipedia E-Mail and I tested it. How do I check E-Mail?Sidious1701 00:16, 22 December 2005 (UTC) P.S. Thanks for the welcome message.

Request for a three-paragraph mediation

Hi, Sango123--

Thank you, first of all, for always being so helpful and friendly, right from my start with Wiki. I've been having a ball filling-in a lot of needed bios of major comic-book professionals.

I was wondering if you might mediate, or tell me how to go about formally requesting mediation?

User:Snowspinner (who also posts as Phil Sandifer) at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Crisis and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Infinite_Crisis

has twice reverted paragraphs that I commented-out with questions and notes that I believe needed addressing. Rather than make meaningful clarifications, the person simply reverts with some minimal acknowledgment on the talk page.

Here are the grafs in question -- segments of his/her text followed a combination of my notes/questions in-between his two reverts. Thanks. I'll post this on his page as well so that everything's aboveboard.

TEXT: Dan DiDio has stated that Infinite Crisis was being planned in some form for two years prior to its launch, starting with the "death" of Donna Troy. The leadup was mostly quite understated until the release of the Adam Strange miniseries, at which point rumors began to swell that DC was planning a very large event, stemming partially from Identity Crisis, and partially from the events in Adam Strange.

QUESTION/NOTE: What is the encyclopedic value of reporting that rumors were swelling? Rumors are always swelling about anything and everything, and unless rumors have an impact that change subsequent events, they have no encyclopedic weight.

TEXT: The lead-in to Infinite Crisis also saw a number of long-time DC writers depart as well, however. Jeph Loeb and Ed Brubaker both went exclusively to Marvel Comics in the lead-up to Infinite Crisis.

QUESTION/NOTE: There's suggestion of a causal relationship between Infinite Crisis and writers departing for another company. If not, what relevance is this information? If there is causality above, please demonstrate. People move from one company to another all the time for many different reasons.

TEXT: Reports from DC editorial also suggest that despite the lengthy planning going into Infinite Crisis, as it approaches, DC's editorial practice has become increasingly spontaneous, with late cancellation of a fifth Infinite Crisis miniseries, to be called Amazons Attack, and a number of post-IC titles being cancelled almost as soon as they're announced.

QUESTION/NOTE: "reports suggest"? What reports, firstly, and what do the reports actually say? Why not quote and provide a link? Also, "suggest" is interpretive. That's contrary to Wiki policy, which relies on facts. Tell us what DC said and give us quotes from other sources if necessary, and leave interpretation out of it.

TEXT: The strong editorial investment in Infinite Crisis has also led to some sniping between DC and its rival Marvel Comics. In the preface to Prelude to Infinite Crisis, DiDio ended by asking "Why settle for a House when you can have [the DC] Universe," a shot at Marvel's House of M event at the time. Joe Quesada, the editor-in-chief at Marvel later fired back, suggesting that DC's comics were "corporate" driven, whereas Marvel's were "creator" driven. [2]

QUESTION/NOTE: Sniping between companies is typical and not of encyclopedic weight unless it actually has some effect on the companies or the industry. Otherwise, it's just true gossip. Please explain how the following is relevant or different from any other business situation, or even any other comics-industry situation?

TEXT: The companies renewed competition in the form of "big events" has also been the subject of coverage in the mainstream media, including the New York Times.

QUESTION/NOTE: The above might be a good addition. How about quoting a line from the times, or providing a link to the article, or a citation, as per Wiki:Verifiability?

Thanks again, S123 -- Tenebrae 02:02, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Never Mind

I figured out it just sent to the user's e-mail.Sidious1701 03:00, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

A thank you from Mariomaster1589

I'm sorry that I am sending you this message so late. It's now that I have been able to truly read through your message. Thank you very much for sending me all the information on how Wikipedia functions. I greatly appreciate it. I will make sure that I go through everything several times to fully understand the "dos" and "don'ts" of Wikipedia. And also, thank you for informing me about Game Screenshots. I will remember to do what you said when I upload a screenshot from a game. Thank you again.

Sincerely,

Mariomaster1589 10:39, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

List

Hey there Sango123, how have you been, i've been doing fantastic since it's the end of year holidays.

Anyway, might i ask you something. i know you can't copy entire slabs of information, but what about if you copy list. eg: list of xbox games, list of characters etc etc?

Dumoren 23:38, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

May you and your family have a happy holiday season.--Dakota ^? ^e 06:17, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for fixing my typo...did you notice my page got vandalized for the first time? I was so excited!...sort of!--ViolinGirl^♪ 14:11, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Hm...I didn't think to do that, yet. I will, if someone hasn't already beat me to it. Thanks for the tip.--ViolinGirl^♪ 16:20, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Sports News

Hi Sango, thanks for leave me a message

I'm at Yahoo! Sports News, and I found an article about Russian hockey team selections, want me to edit the page of Russian hockey team??

Rakuten06 15:48, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Russian Top Players

I looked at Russian national players, and found out that they have a list of current Top Players, what should I do, continue and adding the new selections to it??

Help me with this link: [[3]]

Rakuten06 15:59, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for letting me editing the Russian National team page, now can I ask you a favor: ca you help me teach me about user page like you did with yours

Rakuten06 16:15, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

???

I created a new page, but it's short, I don't understand the link you give me, can you help me add more to my user page?? like subpages, Wiki-babel, etc.

Rakuten06 16:46, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Smokeydoggy

Were you directing the "please see No Personal Attacks" thing at me? Because it was formatted as a response to my comment. I commented as I did because the user changed the word brain to [[bra]]in. Smokeypuppy (talk · contribs) makes similar edits thusfar (In the Martin Luther King, Jr. article, he changed assassinated to [[ass]]assinated. Sockpuppets? - CobaltBlueTony 17:24, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar Barnstar

Happy Crimbo!

Have a Proper and Merry Crimbo. File:Pressie.gif, in fact here is a pressie from the Doctor to you. Ho. Ho. Ho! File:Unclecrimbo.gif Dr. McCrimbo 23:34, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas to you, too!

Have a great Christmas season and New Year. Thanks for the candy cane!--ViolinGirl^♪ 00:24, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

Thanks for the candy cane, I'll be sure to eat it while wiki'ing. By the way, here are some treats for you.

Johann Wolfgang 01:24, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy holidays to you, too, Sango123! Flcelloguy (A note?) 01:53, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy Holidays Sango123! Thanks for the welcome, the help and the great advice to us newbies!Theo 01:55, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy holidays! Fir e Fox 11:00, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Shreshth91 talk page

I was attempting to send Shreshth91 a message and his talk directs to his sandbox. Here is the history page[4]. This is what happened twice when I tried to save [5].Another user did it. If you are in could you take a peek.--Dakota ^? ^e 01:27, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Holiday greetings

Thank you, and merry Christmas to you! --King of All the Franks 06:45, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

For for letting me know. I was trying to send him a holiday message and it was not working. It's fine now. Thank you again.--Dakota ^? ^e 18:02, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

File:SnowflakeKenLibbrecht.jpg

A snowflake for you!

Thank you very much for your well wishes! May you have a wonderful Christmas and New Years! All the best to you and your family and friends. See you around! :-) HappyCamper 21:35, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, and the same to you! --Cel e stianpower ^háblame 20:31, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello and Merry Christmas

Hope you have a good one, I'm off to bed. Santa won't come unless I'm asleep in 15 minutes! --JiUC —Preceding unsigned comment added by JiUC (talk • contribs) 23:44, 24 December 2005

Thanks

Thanks for the candy cane, it was tasty. Zach ^{(Smack Back)} 22:37, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you for adding me a Talk message. This has helped a lot as I have been wondering around the inside of Wikipedia looking at the sights but not getting around to making my user info page. Just a quick Question, How do you do that bar on the right of your page with Wikipedia:Babel , Wikipedians, and the Firefox things in? Also how did you change your talk page?
Thanks again WoodyWerm 00:38, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

re: list

Hey there Sango123, how have you been, i've been doing great, anyway, what i meant for the list thing: lets say i go to a game website like gamefaqs, and i want to copy the list of xbox games a-z and numbers. then i put it on wiki. is that copyright violation. a better way to see this:http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/

By the way, merry christmas and a safe and happy Holiday. see you around Dumoren

Dumoren 04:46, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

User:Family Guy

Just left me a nasty message. I don't know him. He's been warned by you.

Thanx

Thanks so much for the startup material. I must confess I had no idea how to do a lot of stuff.Cwazycsi 05:09, 25 December 2005 (UTC)Cwazycsi

Thank you very much!

Hey, I love my new userpage! Thank you very much for taking the time to fix it up! I hope you had a happy Christmas... Cheers Ban e s 14:46, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for reverts

Sorry for reverts on Lodge committee, I was just showing my family how wikipedia works. Travb 22:00, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your diligence, I am shocked how fast you changed it back--within less than a minute--I was about to change it back, and there was an edit conflict. Nice job. I wrote and created Lodge committee 99.9% of it, and it is awesome to know that there are people like you out there policing my hard work. thanks. Next time I will use sandbox--I never have used it before.Travb 22:10, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer, possbily later, I do watch some frequent vandals talk pages and report them to the proper people.

One of the many things that I love about wikipedia is almost everyone can find a "nitch" to add great work. One of your nitches is the vital job of policing pages, and stopping vandals. I personally am not interested in doing this now (maybe later). Instead I enjoy spending all my time greatly expanding bits of history into exhastively researched works, with a million footnotes; I also like to argue with people about what I see as heavy handed deletions on sometimes controversial pages.

That is what is so AWESOME about wikipedia--we all have an important job to do here. Thanks again for your vital work. Again, I was SO impressed how quick this was reverted.Travb 22:27, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

Hey!

Hi there, thanks for the greetings. Just wondering if I did something wrong, and you listed the rules for me.. or you were just being friendly while reinforcing the site rules? :D

Take care.

Fr0 01:11, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Dburnsey433

I love you

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dburnsey433 (talk • contribs) 20:57, 25 December 2005

WP:POINT

You need to read it, and the other Wiki policies. You are NOT allowed to remove the comments other users make. EVER. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.125.9 (talk • contribs)

That's one of the most ridiculous assertions I've ever heard. What if they add crap? What if they add blatant vandalism? Geez. I'm saving Sango123 the trouble of having to reply to you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cyde (talk • contribs)
- I'm talking about valid comments buddy. Use your head. You have it for a reason... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.125.9 (talk • contribs)
  - User talk:24.155.125.9. Sango 123 (talk) 03:13, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Hi Sango,

Thanks for the welcome message. Just thought I'd drop by and say, "Hi." ;-)

TopCat99 02:58, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, and Merry Christmas!

Same to you: have a Merry Christmas. You can be sure that I'm enjoying this winter break right now. Hopefully, I'll be able to find some time to get back into the Wikipedia swing of things. With some luck, you'll see me around soon. Cheers, Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 04:29, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Comment

I was not vandalizing, I was removing a repeated paragraph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Astroview120mm (talk • contribs) 23:58, 25 December 2005

Reply

Sorry...I forgot. What?--ViolinGirl^♪ 17:45, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh. DUH! Thank you!--ViolinGirl^♪ 17:48, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

i need some help

can you di like this for me because i liked the idea so they will send me a new message here is look like this:

Please click here to leave me a message. Thanks.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by KanuT (talk • contribs) 13:46, 26 December 2005

WP:AUTO

Is it a WP:AUTO violation to write a bio like User:Sam Maestas's in the user page section?--ViolinGirl^♪ 00:52, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok, thanks, I wasn't sure.--ViolinGirl^♪ 00:54, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for the intro, now I can sit and read for a while and hopefully get my breath back! Conner MacLeod of MacLeod 01:07, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

opps, sorry!

sorry...[6]--ViolinGirl^♪ 01:24, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for fixing my user page after it had been messed up! Jake0geek 01:27, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for the welcome. Nice links, I think I'll turn it into a bookmark collection. HFuruseth 03:52, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks again

for the help with the userboxes and templates. I threw together a user page with oodles of userboxes ;) Let me know what you think. TopCat99 03:54, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Howcheng's RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent request for adminship. I was successfully promoted with a final tally of 74/0/0. I will endeavour not to let you down. Thanks again. howch e ng {chat} 07:11, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

For checking on Shreshth91. I thought it was vandalised. By the way, that click here message from the new user, above, directs to my talk page. Thanks.--Dakota ^? ^e 07:24, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Deleting or amending a redirect

Hi Sango123 Somebody has done a re-direct on the words modeling clay (American spelling) - TO Plasticine. I am happy to write a general composition on modelling clay (English) but it is wrong to redirect a broad generic term to a specific Brand even if it is now generic. The redirect should be deleted and in its place there should be a link to Plasticine but I have no idea how to do it. It is a bit technical for me. When that is done, we can get down to an in depth article on modelling clays. Another thing - the writer of the article on Plasticine mixes in English and American spellings. Consistency would be helpful. I am quite happy to edit that article and as it is directed from Modeling Clay and as Plasticine was invented by an American, I suppose the spellings should all be Americanese although I don't write it being English. (Have you an opinion on this?) There should also be a category called Modelling Clay which perhaps should be redirected to Modeling Clay (as that title is already there) so everybody of all linguistic persuasions could have a gateway to this subject. This has been bugging me for some time but I am stuck on the redirect thing.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dougart (talk • contribs) 09:51, 27 December 2005

Thanks

Thank you, thanks you. Swedenman 17:19, 27 December 2005 (UTC). And remember, Sweden is best.

sprotected on talk pages

that template does not exacly fit on talk pages, for example on User talk:82.18.249.117, it refer to User talk talk:82.18.249.117 _→AzaToth 20:37, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Created this template Template:Sutprotected(edit talk links history), that might be better to use (perhaps need a bit of change) _→AzaToth 20:54, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Mark K. Bilbo disagreement

There appears to be a disagreement over what should and should not be included in the Mark K. Bilbo article. As a neutral third party, would you mind reviewing the discussion on the talk page of this article? Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:04, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I'll take a look. Sango 123 (talk) 21:44, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

article for deletion?

Hi there,

I tried to nominate an article that I had written for deletion, but think I've screwed it all up.

I'm trying to delete the article "Chance Michaels" for reasons I listed on that article.

Can you help me sort this out?

Thanks!

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Chancemichaels (talk • contribs) 20:18, 27 December 2005

Quick ?

I've got to admit - I've been a bad user. Back before Wiki had the editor login to create articles, I was jamming away without logging in. Is there anyway I could claim the IP addresses I've worked from in the past in order to take responsibility for what I've written? Just curious. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Freechild (talk • contribs) 23:46, 27 December 2005

Re: article for deletion

Thanks, Sango! Chancemichaels 05:24, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting my successful RfA! Your trust means a great deal to me, and I promise to try my hardest to serve the community. —David Levy (formerly Lifeisunfair) 06:39, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

RfA thanks from Deathphoenix

Hey Sango123, my fellow Barnstarian!

I just wanted to thank you for supporting me in my RfA and for your very quick offer of congratulations after I was made an admin. To tell you the truth, I was surprised by all the support I've gotten. I never saw myself as more than an occasional Wiki-hobbyist.

My wife sends her curses, as Wikipedia will likely suck up more of my time. She jokingly (I think) said she was tempted to log on to Wikipedia just to vote Oppose and let everyone know that she didn't want her husband to be an admin.

I'll make sure your trust in me is founded. --D e ath phoenix 14:14, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Real life? What's that? It's just the stuff that happens between Wikipedia edits. ;-) --D e ath phoenix 16:07, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

I took the test about three weeks ago and only got 86 or so (actually dropping in score), though given a couple of weeks, I'll probably go back up again. --D e ath phoenix 16:47, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Cobalt blue vandalize my user page

Him is biased,and deffamatory. I had a right to defend myself,no it is?. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eliecer guillen (talk • contribs) 20:28, 28 December 2005

User:Family Guy

Just vandlised my talk page, don't know him, he's was last warned test 4 by you. Thanks.--Dakota ~ ε 16:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Just wanted to leave a note thanking you for welcoming me to the Wikipedia community. -- backburner001 17:15, 29 December 2005 (UTC) backburner001

Thanks for your revert

I just had not got to it. I've never interacted with that user and have no idea where that came from, but' oh well. Thanks again.--Dakota ~ ε 20:33, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Belated thanks for the welcome from Rorybowman.

Just a belated thansk for your welcome of November 6, now that I am starting to undertand how this entire talk page thing works! No reply necessary, but I didn't want to be rude now that I now enough to not do so uninentionally. 8^) Rorybowman 22:17, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Re:Congrats

Thanks for the congratulations, I'll try to do my best :) Fir e Fox 21:30, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza elections

Thanks for voting for me in the Esperanza elections. I've been appointed to the Advisory Committee, thanks to your show of confidence in me. I'll do my best to make you proud, but please feel free to ask me for help at any time or to give me tips as to what you would like to do. Thanks for being an active member of Esperanza! I'll see you around. Tito xd^{(?!? - help us)} 00:53, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your vote for me in the Esperanza council election. I sincerely appreciate it. Also thank you again for all the help you have given me.--Dakota ~ ε

Thanks

Hello Sango123/Archives/Dec 2005,

I wish to thank you for your vote on my RfA. It has passed with a final tally of 59/0/0. If I can ever help with anything or if you have any comments about my actions as an admin, please let me know! KnowledgeOf Self | talk 03:59, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza Elections

Sango123

Thanks for voting for me at the Esperanza Elections.

I've made my way into the Advisory Committee, so if you ever need any help or have any queries about the stuff we do, please do not hesitate to ask me. Thanks again, Fir e Fox 11:55, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

How To Copy

And a big thank you to you and your bot for my New User Welcome Message. I have a problem / question which stems from the talk page on feature article 'Space Elevator'. I would like to make the following edit:

   state 1                    state 2                state 3
   -------                    -------                -------
   --archive 1                --archive 1            --archive 1
   --archive 2                --archive 2            --archive 2
   -talk 1                    --archive 3            --archive 3
   -talk 2                       --archive 1             -talk 3
   -talk 3                       --archive 2         -talk 1   
                                  -talk 1            -talk 2
                                  -talk 2
                                  -talk 3
                              -talk 1
                              -talk 2
                              -talk 3

From State 2 to State 3 is just deletion but State 1 to State 2 is a COPY and i dont see any COPY in wikipedia....?? Thanx in advance if you have time for this.--Therealhrw 15:27, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Hello Bot ?

Hay, I just thought of something. Is Sango123 some kind of super sophisticated bot with an acronym and version number for a name like S_hutup AN_nd G_et O_ff_1_2_3 ? --4.232.135.49 THEREALHRW LOGGED OFF

Happy New Year 2006

This is Uzawaung from Burma (Myanmar). I am trying to add some of my people facts to Wikipedia. Thanks for your message. Good day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Uzawaung (talk • contribs) 23:11, 31 December 2005