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Clean up request

Could you take a look at this and see whether it still needs help? Da Stressor 00:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

UST Global at WP:COIN

After this update I now agree with you that a block should be considered in this case. EdJohnston 13:38, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Killercop.com

Thanks. I've removed my initial comment just so Google doesn't index his personal details. Thomjakobsen 21:16, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping me informed about Killercop.com. While I would have continued working on it I completely understand the reasons for its deletion. —Noah 21:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA?

Rfa? Rfa???? So THAT'S how it's done!!! Dude, I've been trying to find out out to become ad admin for over a YEAR!!! I've been asking everyone I can how it's done, I got a pretty good Editor Review just over a year ago, etc. I tried asking Newyorkbrad and Mindspillage how to go about becoming an admin, since I met them at the Wiknic, but I never got a reply from either of them! And now, out of the blue, you drop into my lap the info I've been waiting for! Thanks! Would you mind nominating me? Nightscream 02:34, 2 November 2007 (UTC) copied by Bearian'sBooties 15:31, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

???? I nominated myself two years ago? When did this happen??? I don't recall ever doing this. I recall asking about how people become administrators, but I'm positive I've never nominated myself. And in any case, doesn't the RfA page say that people can nominate themselves? Why would this have caused your attempted nomination of me to fail? What exactly happened? Nightscream 19:52, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Oh wow, I just found that page from July 2005. It was so long ago, I totally forgot it until I read the top portion where I apparently nominated myself. I didn't even know anything about answering candidate questions, as no one notified me about that. But why would this affect someone else's nomination of me more than two years later? Nightscream 20:01, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I accepted the nomination, and answered the three questions. Thanks again. Nightscream 06:59, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
No, I won't do that. I don't vote for myself even in situations where it's permissable. (When I was up for Class Artist back in high school, I nominated and voted for one of my best friends, and he in turn nominated and voted for me.) Nightscream 18:04, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
Okay. Thanks again. Nightscream 05:49, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for everything. I hope to make you guys proud. :-) Nightscream 15:59, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

My recent RfA

Thank you for participating in my recent RfA. Although the voting ended at 36/22/5, there was no consensus to promote, and the RfA was unsuccessful. I would like the thank you nonetheless for supporting me during the RfA, and hope that any future RfA’s proceed better than this one did. Again, I thank you for your support. ≈ The Haunted Angel Review Me! 02:27, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

My RFA
Thanks for participating in my request for adminship, which ended with 56 supports, one oppose, and one neutral. I hope to accomplish beyond what is expected of me and work to help those that lent me their trust. east.718 at 02:34, 11/4/2007

Wikipedia has a new administrator!

Thanks!
Thank you for voicing your opinion in my RfA, which passed with 54 supports, 2 opposes and 3 neutrals. Thanks for your support, I really appreciate it. I hope to exceed expectations, If you have any advice please feel free to let me know. Thanks again!. --¤ The-G-Unit-฿oss ¤

GlassCobra's RfA

My RFA
Hey Bearian! Thanks for your support in my request for adminship, which ended with 61 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I hope your confidence in me proves to be justified, and please feel free to call on me if you ever need any backup or second opinions! GlassCobra 01:27, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for supporting me in my recent RFA which unfortunately did not pass at (47/23/5). I will be sure to improve my editing skills and wait till someone nominates me next time. Have a great day(or night)! --Hdt83 Chat 05:43, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Henrik's RfA thanks!

Thanks for supporting my RfA, it closed today with a final tally of 39 supports, 1 oppose and 1 neutral. As always, if you ever see me doing anything which would cause you to regret giving me your support, let me know. henrik•talk 18:53, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you bunches!

Thank you so much for suppporting my RfA. I was promoted with a total of (44/1/0) - a vote of confidence from the community that I find humbling and motivating. I will not abuse your trust. Look forward to working with you! (Esprit15d 21:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC))

Re. Co-nom?

Hello Bearian. I am sorry, but I only nominate (or co-nominate) users whom I've been screening for some time. But thank you for your invitation. I shall participate in this RfA once it is launched. Best regards, Húsönd 23:09, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Jock Brocas

Surely it's a bit unfair tagging this as WP:CRYSTAL? He can probably see what's going to happen. — iridescent 23:35, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

In Remembrance...

Remembrance Day


--nat Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?! 01:36, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

From one Sagitarrean to another...

(my birthday happens to be December 15th ;-) )

Guy Fawkes Remember, remember, the fifth of November?
Thank you to everyone who participated in my Request for adminship, which was successful at 50/5/0 on November 5th, 2007.
It became, as you may know, rather contentious toward the end (though fortunately no gunpowder was involved), and I appreciate the work of other Wikipedians to keep it focused. --Thespian 02:19, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Bearian, i need your help to resolve this issue

Please find below my request to EdJohnston dated 6-Nov

Dear EdJohnston,

Please find UST Global leadership team in the link http://www.ust-global.com/leadership.aspx
Do you really want to have external links that have outdated/wrong info about an article in Wikipedia? Wiki is an Encyclopedia which is most popular in the world and widely used for collecting accurate information about anything under the sun. Anyway Business Week has updated the content to the actual facts about the leadership team of UST Global. FYI the link to the same http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4298931. I think now you might have understood why I was removing this link before, when it was carrying outdated information.
Can I ask you to check few pages in Wikipedia itself regarding UST Global content and find what i am trying to say here? This is very important. Could you please check the link http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UST_Global&limit=500&action=history.

This link takes you to the earliest revision history page of UST Global. Please find when this page was initially drafted and when did the user Steve Ross started editing the page. This wikipedia page was started in 2005 and Steve came in to picture by 2007. The most interesting thing here you can find is the first few edits by Steve Ross. He added himself as co-founder of UST where right now he wants to mention himself as founder of the company. Don’t you find that this user is inconsistent with his edits and this proves that his intention is to advertise himslef? Also could you please check whether this user has contributed anything else in this Wiki page other than adding his name in different roles of UST Global?

All you want to know about UST Global is available in their website (www.ust-global.com). Also I want to repeat here that I am not here to violate any rules or policies of Wikipedia. I just want to point out the anomalies in this Wiki page. Could you please listen to my request. This is genuine.

Chella123 05:33, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

I'm not ignoring you

I'm trying to fix it, but (1) my internet connection sucks at the moment, and long files are hard, and (b) something is very weird, usually it's a simple cut and paste but it's formatted all weird this time. I'm working on it, of you or someone fixes it first then all's well, otherwise, please hold on. --barneca (talk) 14:24, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

done. --barneca (talk) 14:38, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

RE:Admin

Yes, it is not looking good, and i would be honored to be nominated by you in 3 months or so. Thank you! Tiptoety 14:48, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

"equal numbers of keeps, deletes, and comments"

11 deletes, 5 keeps - the rest with no or insignificant contributions or obvious socks. That's possibly still a no-consensus, but hardly "equal".--Docg 17:10, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Michael Shermer

There is a Personal life section that shows up in the Edit window of this article, but the section heading does not show up in the article once saved. I've never encountered this phenomena before, and it's really weird. Any ideas? Thanks. Nightscream 20:03, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Nightscream 03:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for the star. My second one for an administrative action. If only all the posts to my talk page about blocks and deletions were like this. Mr.Z-man 20:05, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

I'm brand-new to AfD, but Dalan seemed a pretty clear WP:SNOW delete. Thanks for the compliment! K. Scott Bailey 20:08, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks - UST Global

Dear Bearian,

Thank you very much for the timely help in resolving the issue. EdJohnston has removed the pointless contents from the UST Global Wiki page. I think that this issue has been settled for the time being, but incase if I need your help on this in future, I will definitely let you know.

To support my argument I can point several instances from Wikipedia itself that the user Stephen Ross is confused about the edits that he has made in UST Wiki page as well as some other related Wiki pages. I have tracked several instances where he has deliberately attacked one company which is UST Global.

Chella123 10:53, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Art extraordinary AFD

AfD nomination of Art extraordinary

An article that you have been involved in editing, Art extraordinary, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Art extraordinary. Thank you. BTfromLA 22:22, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Another RfA Spaming

Thank you for supporting me in my recent RFA which did not pass at (18/27/10). I will be sure to improve my editing skills and wait until someone nominates me next time. I would like to specially thank you for your comments, and offer to nominate me in the future! Thank you for you comments! Tiptoety 00:05, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

OhanaUnited's RfA

Thanks for voting at my RfA. Unfortunately, the result stands at 51 support, 21 oppose and 7 neutral which means that I did not succeed. As many expressed their appreciation of my works in featured portals during my RfA, I will fill up the vacuum position of director in featured portal candidates to maintain the standards of featured contents in addition to my active role in Good articles. Have a great day. OhanaUnitedTalk page 03:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
P.S. Thanks for using my userbox to show your support for environmental protection.

No one expects a Pigman admin!

Wallowing in my RfA: This time it's personal...
My sincere thanks for your support in my request for adminship, which ended with 51 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. Doubtless it was an error to put one of the government-bred race of pigmen in any position of authority, but I hope your confidence in me proves justified. Even a man pure of heart and who says his prayers at night can become a were-boar when the moon is full and sweet. Fortunately, I'm neither a were-pig nor pure of heart so this doesn't appear to be an imminent danger to Wikipedia for the moment. Fortunate as well because were-pig hooves are hell on keyboards and none too dexterous with computer mice. If ever I should offend, act uncivil, misstep, overstep, annoy, violate policy, or attempt to topple the fascist leadership of Wikipedia, please let me know so I can improve my behaviour and/or my aim. I am not an animal; I am an admin. And, of course, if there is any way in which I can help you on Wikipedia, please do not hesitate to ask me. Despite my japes, I am indeed dedicated to protecting and serving Wikipedia to the best of my foppish and impudent abilities. I will strive to be an admirable admin, shiny and cool, reasonable and beatific. Pigmanwhat?/trail 05:25, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Post Scriptum: I believe my collaged graphic at left, which incorporates the WP globe and mop image, falls under the rubric of parody for my purposes here. Or is it satire? Regardless, it's a legitimate and legally protected First Amendment usage under US law. Complaints and allegations that this is an improper "fair use" image will be entertained on my talk page, probably with fruit juice, finger food and exotic coffees.

Woodhaven Boulevard

Why did you eliminate a cite to this:

  • The headquarters of the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee is located on Woodhaven Boulevard.[1] ?
  1. ^ Dan Barry, Secret List Sets Off St. Patrick's Parade Squabble, March 7, 2001, found at NY Times article about the St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee.

Bearian 21:15, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

    • I'm not sure how the source was lost, but it was somehow due to my edit and has already been restored. Thanks for your work expanding the article. Alansohn 21:21, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Some thankyou spam, glorious spam

Thankyou for supporting my successful rfa which closed with 58 supports. If i am honest i am rather humbled by the unanimous support and i hope to live up to everyones expectations. If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again. Woodym555 15:36, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Your Question

On my recent Rfa you asked me how have I improved since my last Rfa. Though my Rfa is now over, I feel obliged to answer your question. In my last Rfa there was 2 major concerns:civility and edit warring. Since then I have stopped bitting newbies, and I have not said anything uncivil. I do not want to be a uncivil editor because that has a terrible effect on the community. I love the idea of wikipedia, and I want to help it, not hurt it. I have stopped edit warring as well. I have learned to stay away from wikipedia when under RL stress. When stressed you are more apt to act stupidly. Have a nice day:)--SJP:Happy Verterans Day! 22:30, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

My Next Rfa

Hey:) Adminship is not a big deal, so I can wait. I'm going to wait until June to try again. Cheers!--SJP:Happy Verterans Day! 15:49, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

LGBT WikiProject Newsletter

Delivered on 12:00, 1 November 2007 (UTC).

my RFA

More RfA thank yous

Hey Bearian, thank you so much for voicing your support in my successful RfA. I'm humbled to have the community's trust. As I master the ways of the mop and bucket, please don't hesitate to message me for any advice or corrections. And thanks for noticing my AIV contributions. Cheers! Spellcast 23:09, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Thankspam

User:Neranei/adminthanks

Robinson, Virginia and User:BigPipping390

Thanks for taking care of that. Just wanted to let you know I already sent a note to oversight about the article since it contained a phone number with area code. Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 14:52, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

RE: underconstruction

What page are you talking about? I always take into account the possibility that pages are being started, and need time to become up to par. - Rjd0060 00:56, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Just got your "nevermind" note, so nevermind. - Rjd0060 00:58, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Do you know something is wrong with your talk page? When you try to edit an individual section, and click edit, it brings up a different section to edit instead of the one that you clicked edit on. Make sense? - Rjd0060 01:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Why was it doing that? - Rjd0060 01:14, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Interesting. - Rjd0060 01:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
You would think, wouldn't you?!?!?! But then again, This is Wikipedia. - Rjd0060 01:18, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Cool, its the best WikiProject there is! Rjd0060 01:22, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Redirect of Jay wen

Hello, this is a message from an automated bot. A tag has been placed on Jay wen, by another Wikipedia user, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. The tag claims that it should be speedily deleted because Jay wen is a redirect to a non-existent page (CSD R1).

To contest the tagging and request that administrators wait before possibly deleting Jay wen, please affix the template {{hangon}} to the page, and put a note on its talk page. If the article has already been deleted, see the advice and instructions at WP:WMD. Feel free to contact the bot operator if you have any questions about this or any problems with this bot, bearing in mind that this bot is only informing you of the nomination for speedy deletion; it does not perform any nominations or deletions itself. To see the user who deleted the page, click here CSDWarnBot 01:01, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD closure comment

Sorry, but I don't understand what you are trying to say via the comment you left on my talk page. Obviously given the articles great additions and improvement, I am fine with the page staying. However, I do strongly believe those changes were made because of the AfD (meaning without my nominating the article, it wouldn't have been improved). It is clear that the revision that I nominated was proper for deletion. - Rjd0060 01:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Howdy Bearian, thanks for participating in my request for adminship. I am happy to say it was successful, 55/0/0, and I am looking forward to getting to work. Thanks for your vote of confidence. By all means, feel free to check in on my work to come. Suggestions and advice are always appreciated.

--TeaDrinker 05:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


My RfA

Thanks for supporting My RfA. Unfortunately, things didn't quite go well, and it was closed rather early. There were a couple of recent issues raised by some other editors that I think it's best to put a bit of time between. But I don't plan to go anywhere; most of the things I do on wikipedia really don't require any special powers anyway, so it's not that big of a deal (having the powers would've made things easier, though). I'll probably try again sometime in the spring. Cheers! Dr. Cash (talk) 05:11, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA for Canadian Paul

Four years ago this day, a foreigner was voted by the community to serve a land that he loved. Today, a new foreigner humbly accepts the charge and support of serving a community that he loves. Hopefully, he won't disappoint.


Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed with a vote of (47/0/1). The trust bestowed upon me by the community is one of the most touching honours that I have ever received, and I vow not to let you down. Whether you have suggestions for ways in which I could improve, a request for assistance or just need someone to listen, my talk page and my email are always open. I pledge to do what I can to help this project, in the words of a man who needs no introduction, "make the internet not suck." A special thank you goes out to Tim Vickers for nominating me. Cheers, CP 22:59, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi; thanks for your support to my RfA, which closed successfully at (51/1/2). I'll keep this brief since I don't like spamming anyone: I'll work hard to deserve the trust you placed in me. Thanks again. — Coren (talk) 23:29, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Secure network

I have been assured that I am at a secure network, so I logged into my admin account. Cross your fingers, folks. Bearian (talk) 22:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Nothing terrible seems to have happened yet. I've been somewhat randomly thanking folks for commenting on my RfA in an avoidance of thankspam, but I wanted to particularly thank you for the handsomely-worded endorsement. I can't say Loser (slang) was my favorite article, but it grew on me, sort of like a tailless one-eyed, three-legged dog named Lucky :). Acroterion (talk) 23:09, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

That userbox

I had no idea anyone would take it the wrong way ... I went ahead and got rid of it, I'd been debating whether I should for some time. Hope it helps ... Blueboy96 23:40, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Paul Reubens

No problem! It's actually probably the article that I see on my watchlist the most often, nearly always vandalism, glad to see it finally got a decent amount of protection. Strangely enough, I think Pomegranate is a close second. Cheers!!! Murderbike (talk) 00:14, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

AfD for Software that uses Subversion

Hi. I noticed you closed the AfD debate for this article citing WP:OUTCOMES, but I can't find anything in that list that supports this claim. The closest is the section on notable lists, but this article fails that criteria because it is almost exclusively external links. Most of those links fail WP:EL and WP:NOT to boot; those that don't can easily be incorporated into Subversion (software). Previous outcomes in this regard include, for example, List of international travel guides and web sites. Thoughts? (Reply here - I'll watch your talk page.) Mindmatrix 16:13, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Will you give me a break? I've been out of town for Thanksgiving week, visiting my mother, who had stroke the week before Turkey Day. I posted a note for that at WP:AN. I'll get to it and fix it up to standards ASAP, which I do all the time. There was no reason to nom a 2nd time. If you do not like a closure at WP:AfD, then take it to deletion review. If you do not like an article, please make a real effort to fix it yourself 1st. Thank you. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 21:24, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
I'm working on cleaning it now. Bearian (talk) 22:26, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Hi Bearian, just wanted to say thanks for supporting me! Please find your thank you card here, should you wish to see it. I'm honored to have received your support, and touched by your comment. All the best, ~Eliz81(C) 02:17, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Official thanks, slightly delayed due to post-RfA crash (who knew?)

Education for Ministry

Fix this. Bearian'sBooties (talk) 02:13, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Sheriff cleanup

I was more than happy to help cleanup an overly long article and get into a readable format. Right now I am trying to remove as many article as I can from Category:Scots law stubs. Davidkinnen (talk) 20:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Tailzie has been created as a stub with references to several outside sources - not bad seeing as I had no idea what it was until about 10 minutes ago! Davidkinnen (talk) 22:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Feu has seen references and citations added - still a couple of facts that I couldn't verify. Davidkinnen 21:44, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Laura Whitehorn

Hey, I did a bit of cleaning up the form and tone of this article (which seems to be an odd school project). Would you care to check it out and note what may still need to be done (aside from the citations, that's still a mess)? Cheers! Murderbike (talk) 01:39, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey, after our collective cleanup, I think that the article is in decent enough shape to warrant removing the tone and cleanup tags. If you disagree, I guess reinsert them and let me know what more needs to be done. Murderbike (talk) 19:09, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

David Kentish

Re your comment there, I think all related edits might be worth scrutiny. I've found several copyvios, and the pattern - English artists with an East Anglian connection, small potteries, and repeated copyvio - matches an editor I've encountered previously: see User talk:Gartart. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 03:32, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Scott5114's RFA

Thank you for supporting me in my recent RFA nomination. Unfortunately, I have withdrawn the nom early at 17/13/3. I am presently going to undergo admin coaching in preparation for a second candidacy somewhere down the line. I hope to see your continued support in the future. Regards, —Scott5114↗ 07:28, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

John Brown Anti-Klan Committee

I recently added an article about the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee. This seems to be a topic with which you might have some familiarity. The article is a little short, so if you have anything to add, please help out. I've had some trouble finding good information online, and I don't have any other sources about the group, except for a brief mention in a book about racist skinhead violence. One thing I'm confused about is the role of the JBAKC in the bombing of the Capitol Building in 1983. The article states that the group claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the May 19th Communist Movement article attributes the bombing to that group. This blog has an excerpt from a communique published in the JBAKC newsletter, but it's not clear whether the communique is from another group and simply published there, or is an actual claim from JBAKC itself. For this reason, I left out any mention of the bombing. Any help in getting at the truth would be greatly appreciated. Mycota (talk) 16:20, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Clinton campaign office hostage crisis

Hi. I see you have begun an article for this event. I have posted in here already: Clinton campaign office hostage crisis. Do you think Clinton hostage situation is more appropriate? --Anthony5429 19:46, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Littlestown Christian Academy

As you did not actually remove the speedy, just left a comment, I decided I would not be reverting you if I sent it to Prod. I can not really see how it has a remote chance of passing Afd. But of course just remove the tag & send it, if you really think otherwise. DGG (talk) 21:51, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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