User talk:Bibliomaniac15/Archive 9

Thanks, and also...

Thanks for your note. I'll do as you advised. Could you check out Wahbi Al-Hariri and let me know what you think? If i find more stuff on the web, I'll put it up, but let me know your thoughts as it is now. Thanks so much! Baronsamedi88 (talk) 22:14, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Facebook page help?

I just started using Wikipedia editing, usually i just read articles and I appreciate it a lot. However, I tried to edit the Facebook page to add a section about how Palestine is not available as a place, and I cannot edit the page. Do you know whats wrong? Do I need to sign up to Wikipedia? Because I thought the cool thing was that you didnt have to sign-up for an account. I'm asking you, cuz the help page is very confusing and reccomends to ask highly active users. In advance, thank you for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.191.55.161 (talk) 23:11, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your advice!! I really appreciate it. Have a great day. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.191.55.161 (talk) 23:40, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I am back!

Hey there bud, just wanted to let ya now that I am back. The rest was well needed! I am currently going to start working on the Shirley Caesar, Phyllis Diller and Larnelle Harris articles. I hope to bring them up to GAstatus with some work on them. Be sure to keep me in line! LOL Canyouhearmenow 13:41, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

FAC

Since in a FAC of mine someone requested "a fresh pair of eyes" and you've been very helpful to VG articles, can you take a look at The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess? igordebraga ≠ 17:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

RfB FYI

I am unsure whether this will affect your opinion, but being as the RfBends tonight, I wanted to inform youthat both Ryan and Sandy struck their opposition, with Ryan switching to support. Thanks. -- Avi (talk) 14:54, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Just to say hai

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Rfb participation thanks

Hello, CrazyBookLover XV.

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. I especially wanted to thank you for taking the time to revisit your opinion, and eventually extend your trust to me. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. Once again, thank you for your support. -- Avi (talk) 19:05, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

While I truly appreciate your support, and surely won't complain if you voice your opinion to the 'crats, their decision was within the bounds of their mandat. As the first post RfBBar discussion candidate that went to completion, and within the bounds of the discussion, the crats had the opportunity to be groundbreaking. However, one of the things it appears that this RfB demonstrated was that the project does NOT want groundbreaking RfB's, so I cannot complain. Mathematically, though, if 5 opposes had been struck (making it 102/17/...) there would have been a much stronger argument (over 85%, 6:1 ratio, etc.) so I feel the candicacy failed by five votes :) -- Avi (talk) 20:24, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Archive_bot_for_Wikipedia:Editor_review

Could you please comment on how to program an archival bot for Wikipedia:Editor review that is both feasible and advisable? My inclination is to keep the current system, i.e. alphabetical order, with the date of the first edit to the page noted. I am willing to sacrifice either of these points if it makes the bot operator's job easier. In other words, we could forget about alphabetical order and archive by month, or we could simply not bother to note the date of each individual request. I am posting this message to several users active at Editor Review to solicit opinions. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 03:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:RFA

Sounds wonderful, but my schedule would find it much more favorable to begin tomorrow instead of today. Is that good with you? Mastrchf (^t/_c) 12:00, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, I have a free day now, and I'm ready to take the big leap! Mastrchf (^t/_c) 20:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

The nomination looks great. I've completed those introductory questions, so I guess it's time for the gauntlet. Mastrchf (^t/_c) 22:47, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

HAU and StatusBot

I'm pretty sure I have it all worked out to get WP:HAU to keep track in real-time who is online and who's not (however it does seem to lag by 15 minutes or so when updating). The HAU members are all added to [[Category:Wikipedians who use StatusBot]]. SoxBot V goes through there and checks each member of the cat. Those who have edited within the last 15 minutes get their corresponding User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME, updated to "online" automatically (in your case, User:StatusBot/Status/bibliomaniac15). Those who haven't edited within the last 15 minutes, theirs changes to "offline". The text of that status is now displayed at HAU in the right-most column for each user. This should eliminate the need for the tables with the checkmarks because we have a more accurate table. Useight (talk) 05:06, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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User:Londonfella

Hello again, sorry to have had Londonfella bother you about admin coaching. He had asked me if there were any admin coaches that I knew really well. Your name immediately came to mind as one that I knew. I told him that you were pretty selective and also pretty busy, but I guess he tried anyway. Again, sorry to have had him bother you when his RFA would obviously end in snow, I was just answering his question as to who I knew and didn't actually expect you to take on a candidate yet unprepared. I told him it'd take at least 2000 edits, but he went for it with sub-1000. Anyway, now I'm rambling on. Useight (talk) 16:04, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Got yer back

You forgot to remove the MfD notice from User:E9/T:Season after closing Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:E9/T:Season. I hope I did it right. FYI. --207.206.136.178 (talk) 17:30, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

E-Mail

Sent one right back to you. Mastrchf (^t/_c) 02:37, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semiprotection

Hi, sorry to bother you but an article that I have been watchlisting has been linked by Google and I'd appreciate it if you could check out my request at WP:RPP? Wikipedia:RPP#Laser_.28edit.7Ctalk.7Chistory.7Clinks.7Cwatch.7Clogs.29 I'd usually wait for it to be picked up by an admin but I'd rather not sit here and wait for vandalism to come by since it's linked to from Google (indirectly). Gary King (talk) 03:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Shpank you very much good sir! Gary King (talk) 03:21, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

If you click on Google's logo then you get to the article ;) That's different from a search term. Gary King (talk) 03:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Logo is at here. It's today's logo. Gary King (talk) 03:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Unlucky you then :p Gary King (talk) 03:26, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Hello again. The Highly Active Users project has gone through a complete revamping per popular demand. We believe this new format will make it easier for new editors to find assistance. However, with the new format, I must again ask you to verify your information on this page. I attempted to translate the data from the old version to the new, but with the extensive changes, I may have made some errors. Thanks again. Useight (talk) 03:51, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I think the consensus is that the automatically-updating status column is more effective as it allows near real-time data. Is yours still not working? Useight (talk) 04:16, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, it must have something to do with the capitalization of your username. I'll take a look at it shortly. Useight (talk) 04:23, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

I made a slight change, so perhaps it's displaying correctly now. User:StatusBot/Status/Bibliomaniac15 is updating back and forth properly between "online" and "offline", I guess it just wasn't displaying properly at HAU. However, I can't check if it's working right now because your last edit was over 20 minutes ago. When you're actively editing next, keep checking on it every few minutes and see if it has changed. Useight (talk) 04:49, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Okay, it is showing you as "online" right now at HAU, looks like it was the capitalization. Useight (talk) 05:00, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

That's a good idea, looks good. I'll be updating the other subpages over the next few days so the formatting will match North America's. Useight (talk) 05:14, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Nicely done. I just changed South America's as well, so it's getting closer to completion. Useight (talk) 01:53, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

All the editors in the details section should make it into the main table. The previous main table excluded those with active times of "24/7", "whenever I feel like it", etc, that wasn't helpful. But using SoxBot V that won't matter because it'll show if they're online or offline. Everyone should go into the main table. Useight (talk) 01:58, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) You know, I think you're right. Those should be switched. Useight (talk) 02:09, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

The StatusBot stuff looks right. The table looks great. Well done. I have finished Africa and Asia. That'll just leave Europe. Useight (talk) 02:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:ANI

It looks like there's a complaint against you in the incidents noticeboard here. bibliomaniac15 23:48, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I knew this was coming up from WT:CFB and also knew that nothing would come of it. Indeed, another admin who's a member there told them not to bother with the report. I suspect it'll blow over shortly. Stifle (talk) 08:16, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks!

		RfA: Many thanks
		Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 05:46, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Re: Happy RFA anniversary

I know it's belated, but thanks. My work got quite crazy for a while, but I'll try to help when I can. --Selket ^Talk 20:38, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

My recent RfA

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace and talk space, so that is what I will do. I have made a list and I hope I will be able to get through it. I will go for another RfA in about three month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been about three months. I will not be checking back to this page so if you would like to comment or reply please use my talk page. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 06:51, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Hey just dropping by a barnstar here. I've been seeing your name in every article I read. Keep up the nice work.

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Cheers! Mooncrest (talk) 13:59, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Here you go!

King iMatthew 2008 has given you Brownies! Brownies promote WikiLove and hopefully this plate has made your day better, and made you less hungry! Spread the WikiLove to others, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing! Have a nice, delicious plate of chocolate brownies. I though you deserved a treat. Enjoy! King iMatthew 2008 21:29, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Deletion request

Any cahnce you could delete User:PC78/monobook.js for me? I've tried tagging it with {{db-user}}, but it doesn't work. Cheers! PC78 (talk) 09:59, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to but in, but I've gone ahead and deleted (I doubt Biblio is awake this early on a Sunday ;) ). You'll still see that sign at the top with the odd coloration, though. · AndonicO ^Engage. 10:14, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Komodo dragon

Hi, Bibliomaniac15, The video you removed from Komodo Dragon is the only video on both Wikipedia and Commons taken in the wild. The article is full of very boring ZOO images of small dragons. The video I added shows a wild dragon in his natural habitat going after us. I put it back. If you remove it again, I will not put it back, but I believe the article will benefit from removing some ZOO images and letting the video stay. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

• Thank you for the response.It is what I was afraid of that the video is not playing well. It plays absolutely fine for me, but I have cable connection. I assume that the ones, who have modem or DSL connections might have some problems. It is too bad because it is really quite unique video, when a wild animal going toward people and not away from them and you could hear us running away. May I please ask what connection you have and, if you still were able to watch the video to the end and how long it took for you to watch it? I know that not all images in the article were taken in Zoo. Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

• Sorry to bother you once again, but I wonder, what did you mean under resizing it to 180 pixels. I uploaded few more videos and I'd like to make them available to all Wikipedia readers no matter what connection they have. What should I do to resize them? About charging us. Well, it run toward us. You could hear how one guy says: "come on, come on" and then us running, and in the very end I asked "How we are going to get out of here?" We were at the veranda of the ranger station and the beast was just below us. Of course we could have stayed, where we were, to take a video of the dragon attacking us, but then I'm afraid Komodo Dragon article would not have the video ;=) Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:13, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Request for Peer Review help

Thank you for you work as a peer review volunteer. Since March, there has been a concerted effort to make sure all peer review requests get some response. Requests that have gone three days or longer without a substantial response are listed at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog. I have three requests to help this continue.

1) If you are asked to do a peer review, please ask the person who made the request to also do a review, preferably of a request that has not yet had feedback. This is fairly simple, but helps. For example when I review requests on the backlog list, I close with Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, ...

2) While there are several people who help with the backlog, lately I have been doing up to 3 or 4 peer reviews a day and can not keep this up much longer. We need help. Since there are now well over 100 names on the PR volunteers page, if each volunteer reviewed just one PR request without a response from the list each month, it would easily take care of the "no response" backlog. To help spread out the load, I suggest those willing pick a day of the month and do a review that day (for example, my first edit was on the 8th, so I could pick the 8th). Please pick a peer review request with no responses yet, if possible off the backlog list. If you want, leave a note on my talk page as to which day you picked and I will remind you each month.

3) I have made some proposals to add some limits to peer review requests at Wikipedia_talk:Peer_review#Proposed_limits. The idea is to prevent any one user from overly burdening the process. These seem fairly reasonable (one PR request per editor per day, only four total PR requests per editor at a time, PR requests with cleanup banners can be delisted (like GAN quick fail), and wait two weeks to relist a PR request after it is archived), but have gotten no feedback in one week. If you have any thoughts on these, please weigh in.

Thanks again for your help and in advance for any assistance with the backlog. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

GA subpage

Because GA nominations are now on a subpage, there's no way to access it after the bot archives it. I was able to fix the temporary Failed GA template, but when the bot archives it there's no way to go to the subpage again. Can this be fixed? Limetolime ^{talk to me • look what I did!} 00:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Co-nomination?

A couple of months ago, you offered to nominated Ddstretch for adminship. He has finally been persuaded to run, and I've worked up a nomination for him. He has asked if you would still be willing to add a co-nomination, so say yes, and go add it! It isn't live yet of course, he still needs to accept and answer Q1-3. Cheers, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 16:46, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

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GIMP

I saw you were listed at WP:HAU, and that you indicated "images".

I'm looking for an experienced GIMP user. Or an experienced graphics designer willing to download and learn the GIMP (it's free, and its multi-layer file format makes collaborating on artwork easy).

Are you one?

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Admin Coaching / Editor Review

Hi, as my admin coach, I'd like to draw your attention to this. Also, I was wondering if I could get some feedback on what's been written at User:Lankiveil/Admin coaching, as it's awhile since I've heard from you there. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 06:10, 2 June 2008 (UTC).

Same here, it's been a while since you've been to mine. iMatthew _T.C. 00:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:37, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Could you take a look at something for me?

this. Look at the edit history. You think they're socks, or just one guy vandalizing someone else's page? Also see that the user editing that userpage vandalized a couple of other userpages. Enigma ^message 02:36, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Revert of Diamond Joe Quimby

I was curious why you did this: 00:46, 1 May 2008 m Wikipedia:Requests for adminship‎ (Reverted edits by Diamond Joe Quimby (talk · contribs) to last version by Woody)

Thanks ~ WikiDon (talk) 03:05, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Gila Monster

I used to keep a pair of these, I'll dig up some reference material for you!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 04:21, 7 June 2008 (UTC) How do we want to handle the 2 subspecies? I don't think there's enough printed material on each...maybe a paragraph or two detailing the differences?--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 17:49, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Good work! Between the two of us, I think we can get this up to featured status within a month!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 02:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for answering those questions. I've gave you three more, so please answer them whenever you get the chance. Cheers! -- iMatthew _T.C. 13:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

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Co-nom.

Hey. I went and started the nomination process on Lenticel for adminship here. Since you were his coachee (which i didn't realize until now that he went through that, else I'd have asked you sooner), I was wondering if you were willing to co-nom. Thanks, Wizardman 00:45, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

This reminds me, when I go for an RfA, will you nominate me? It would mean a lot. -- iMatthew _T.C. 01:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

I just wanted to make sure, I'm not planning on it for at least two to three months. -- iMatthew _T.C. 10:17, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

Sensei I have passed my RfA with 64 supports and 1 neutral and I thank you for teaching and supporting me. Now I think you only have one thing to teach me: How do you spam thank those that gave you their support votes?--Lenticel ^(talk) 23:43, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review: Museum of the Rockies

Hi Biblio, I saw on the peer review volunteers list that you're interested in dinosaurs? I've made a peer review request for Museum of the Rockies and would love your input if you have time. I am off to check the backlog there to see where I can help contribute a review. _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 16:52, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, and thanks for your comments. I didn't know about WP:DINO so I'm off to let them know. I just played around with the article today, did what I could and then decided I wanted to go for a peer review. _{TravellingCari}^{the Busy Bee} 03:44, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

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Komodo dragon

I think the reference in the film is at least worth noting. is there any way you could leave it in the article somewhere? I just want to contribute--Jaguars34 (talk) 01:40, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

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requesting Rollback - you'll see why

I've temporarily retired from the vandalism wars for various reasons, including catching up on school. You would be granting rollback so that I: [*] Could delete vandalism, now that cluebot's gone down we'll need like 25 vandal slaying users to match his work. [*] Could use Huggle, I'd be much better off with Huggle then with Lupin's anti-vandal tool. [*] Even if I was denied use of Huggle, I could rollback faster with the anti-vandal tool I already have [*] I've found vandalism on various user pages, being able to rollback to the last version of a userpage would help. [*] Could rollback vandalism I've only got ~200 edits, though, so it's OK if you're denying me this rollback permission. M1N (talk) 16:17, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for pointing me at WP:ROLL, I might need someone to "adopt" me as I'm not very good at writing wikipedia articles. I have made minor edits to stubs, etc. But never made a full-blown page. M1N (talk) 16:40, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

Peer review

Hey bibliomaniac, are you too busy right now or could you please take a look at the Twilight Princess PR? igordebraga ≠ 16:58, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Google books.

• Current refs 2 and 10: The History of Clocks and Watches
• Current ref 7: Mapping Time: The Calendar and its History
• Current ref 23: Rees's clocks, watches, and chronometers (1819-20)
• Current ref 29: The Story of Time
• Current ref 32: Proceedings of the 2002 ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences (not sure if this is a book)
• Current ref 71: A History of Mechanical Inventions (I found the book, but not the page.)
• Current ref 86: Pockets: Inventions
• Current ref 98: Lego Mindstorms NXT Hacker's Guide (Odd book to cite...)
• Current ref 99: Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight (Again, found the book but not the page.)
• Current ref 107: PDF

No worries if you can't find them; I don't think it's a problem as long as most pages are noted. · AndonicO ^Engage. 22:36, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

I don't know, but it would be better. · AndonicO ^Engage. 23:05, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

A bit of an odd page numbering there... I'm guessing "a" is 52, "b" 55, and "c" 130? If so, then I believe we're supposed to use the cite book citation as it is for a, then <ref>Richards, p. 52/130</ref> for the other two. I hope you didn't go through too much trouble finding the numbers? · AndonicO ^Engage. 00:40, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Abdul Rehman (cricketer)

I know it was a while back but I'm curious as to your reason behind the following revision you made to his article? Crickettragic (talk) 13:54, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi, I was looking at the huggle program, and it looks great, although it needs the rollback feature. I requested a couple of weeks ago, although was denied (i had only started fighting about a day before, and was told i needed more experience). However i am wondering, how much experience is needed? E.g how many edits/weeks would you be looking for? Thanks,Nappymonster (talk) 16:13, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. When you say 2 weeks, do you mean 2 weeks from now, or from when I was rejected? Thanks, --Nappymonster (talk) 15:48, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

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RfA Review

Hello Bibliomaniac15. I've noticed that you have a completed set of responses to the RfA Review question phase at User:Bibliomaniac15/RfA review, but they don't seem to be included on the list of responses here. If you've completed your responses, please can you head to Wikipedia:RfA Review/Question/Responses and add a link to them at the bottom of the list so that they get included in the research. We have a closing date of midnight UTC on 1st July, so please add your link before this date. Once again, thank you for taking the time to participate in the Question Phase of RfA Review.Gazimoff ^Write_Read 11:42, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

I've already looked through the entire section, but that was a while ago. I'll look through it again. Thanks. Yojimbo501 (talk) 00:20, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Qin dynasty

Just a note in case you didn't notice on the Tzatziki (or however you spell it) page: the draft is here. Nousernamesleft (talk) 16:40, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Same here, actually. Should we use the talk page of the draft for discussion? Nousernamesleft (talk) 19:51, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Eh, AO and I are already using it, so I guess we are. Could you say which books you have on that draft's talk page? Nousernamesleft (talk) 21:04, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Request for comments on article naming

Hi, could you please comment on this thread (Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games#Ninja Gaiden – Article Naming) in your position as an administrator? If there is sound concensus, could you take action? Thank you. Jappalang (talk) 22:46, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

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Ready to go!

Alright, so the summer is here, and I am ready to work as hard as ever as a possible RfA approaches. Please return to my coaching page, and lets see what else I need to know/do. I'm ready to get started! Cheers, -- iMatthew _T.C. 16:31, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey, did you read over this message by accident? I saw that you were on today and yesterday, and I left this message on the fourth. -- iMatthew _T.C. 17:00, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! I've replied. -- iMatthew _T.C. 17:55, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I've also sent you another e-mail. -- iMatthew _T.C. 18:36, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

*American* Independence day.

It took me around half an hour to figure out what independence day you were talking about. ;) Happy Fourth to you too! (Oh, and just noticed that asterisks look a lot like fireworks—text > gifs). · AndonicO ^Engage. 18:32, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Hi! I was just wondering if you were still accepting admin coachees. If you were, I'd love to have you as my admin coach! Thanks! Voyaging^(talk) 21:39, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks! Voyaging^(talk) 22:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

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Ping!

I've listed several issues on History of poisons' talk page which are the most pressing - notably reference formatting and a certain unreliable reference. It would be appreciated if you would take a look. Nousernamesleft (talk) 22:53, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Coaching

Hey Biblio, don't sweat it at all. I'm happy to continue on, and I really see any future shot at RFA as a long-term proposition at this stage, so if it takes a bit longer thats okay with me. One question, do you have any instant messaging (well, other than RFC) at your disposal? A real-time way of communicating might be useful for assessing strengths and weaknesses, and the like. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 02:28, 9 July 2008 (UTC).

That's fine, I'll do my best to hop on soon and say hello in (sort of) person! I've answered the three latest questions on the coaching page, as well. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 12:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC).

Latest batch of questions answered! Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 02:42, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Just to let you know, I've answered everything current on the page. I'm also slowly knocking off the few remaining things on that list of 'things to do', but most of those that remain are really areas that I'm not particularly interested in (ie: I think it's silly to 'welcome' a user with what amounts to a form letter). Eagerly awaiting any further guidance that you can provide. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 15:56, 28 July 2008 (UTC).

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RfA thank you

		Thank you!
		Bibliomaniac15, it is with deep awareness of the responsibility conferred by your trust that I am honored to report that in part to your support, my request for adminship passed (87/14/6). I deeply value the trust you and the Wikipedia community have in me, and I will embark on a new segment of my Wikipedia career by putting my new tools to work to benefit the entire community. My best to you, Happyme22 (talk) 03:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

A special thank you, Bibliomaniac, for the "strongest support you've ever given". It truly means a lot. Best, Happyme22 (talk) 03:42, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

rfar

Sorry about your heart trouble. I'll withdraw my acceptance of the nom if it's going to harm your health. ;-) --Uncle Ed (talk) 22:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Title override-thingymajig

Thanks - I just copied some code from another userpage, though. ;) I'm back now, I guess. That was a shorter break than I expected. Back to writing... Nousernamesleft (talk) 21:14, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Image

Regarding this nomination for speedy delete per I1, per this image, I was correct, I just copied the wrong name - I'm sure you can appreciate why. Notwithstanding, I have set Image:No_air_cover.jpg as the precedent, and Image:No Air.JPG was deleted as redundant: the edges are lopped off. Thanks, WilliamH (talk) 11:43, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

RFA Thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, Bibliomaniac15!

I am grateful for your confidence: My RfA passed by a count of 64/3/3, so I am now an administrator! Of course, I plan to conduct my adminship in service of the community, so I believe the community has a right to revoke that privilege at any time. Thus, I will be open for recall under reasonable circumstances. If you have any advice, complaints, or concerns for me, please let me know. Again, Thanks! Okiefromokla questions? 21:08, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

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RFA thankspam

Thanks for your support in my RFA, which passed with 140 supporting, 11 opposing, and 4 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have given to me. If I can ever assist you with anything, just ask.

Cheers!

J.delanoy^gabs_adds 20:25, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Long time, no see...

Hi Maniac,

We need your help over at the WikiProject Lists of basic topics...

We've created a page for every country of the world! (They are listed on the WikiProject page). They're not complete, and most of them aren't even in the main namespace yet, but...

A team of editors has been working on them, and the pages have come a long way.

We're about to run a competition, called "Around the World", in which participants will compete in the completion of specific data items across all of these country lists. For example, one task would be adding the population figure for each country.

The awards images for the contest are almost done, and the pages themselves need a couple sections completed before they can be moved to the article namespace and the competition can begin.

We could sure use your help getting these pages ready...

Tracking down the administrative divisions types for each country

The first task is on the "Administrative divisions of" sections.

In each of these sections, there's an initial hierarchical list of the division types in that country, followed by subheadings for each of the types. Unfortunately, the types listed are those from the template I used to create these pages, and they aren't accurate for many countries.

The defaults that I used were:

• Provinces of x
  • Districts of x
    • Municipalities of x

(Where "x" is the name of each country).

For each country, change the links to the names of the administrative divisions for that country, adding more links if there are more than 3 division types. Those that are subdivisions of another type are indented under the parent type. In most cases, you would leave municipalities in place, because that's a generic name for "city". We'll blue-link those later. (Blue-linking is creating a redirect so that a link turns blue - that way, the link remains standardized on all the pages in the set).

Also change the subheadings in the same section to match the initial list, including the "main article" links presented just below each subheading.

To find out what the administrative divisions are for a country so you can add them, try looking on the government of x or politics of x pages for that country, and on the country's main article as well.

Adding the administrative divisions to their respective subsections

For each country, we need to find the list of administrative division for each type, and add them under that type's subheading.

For example, copy and paste the provinces listed at Provinces of Angola under the "Provinces of Angola" subheading on that country's list page.

See the countries listed at Lists of basic topics for examples of how this has been done for those. If there's a map showing the administrative divisions, grab it too.

Generally do not add towns and cities to the municipalities section, as there are usually way too many of them (and will unnecessarily bloat the page). Instead, provide links to the various pages (Cities of x, [[[Towns of x]], Villages of x, etc.

Completing the "Government of x" section

This section also has temporary data, and needs to be corrected/completed.

The titles of the head of state and head of government of each country need to be corrected, and the specific office holders added.

The branches of government subheadings need to be corrected/filled in.

Etc.

The above tasks are fun, because it's interesting to see how other countries operate. I've completed about 25 of the country pages so far, and I've been intrigued and even amazed at some of the approaches different countries follow. The U.S. is definitely behind in many respects.

Please help out as much as you can, and help us get Around the World started!

Sincerely,

The Transhumanist 17:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review Request

Hey Bibliomaniac, I currently have the article The Great American Bash (2005) up for Peer review. I come to you in hopes of you reviewing the article, as I'm aiming to get this article prepared for Featured Article status. I would really appreciate if you would take some time and review this article to the best of your abilities. Cheers, -- iMatthew _T.C. 00:00, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Why?

I see you deleted my article. Thats fine with me I was just wondering why? I mean there are plenty of other articles about word games and no one deletes them. In fact many of them don't have references either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Frey553 (talk • contribs) 20:20, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks!

Thank you... ...for participating in my RfA, which closed with 119 in support, 4 neutral and 5 opposes. I'm honestly overwhelmed at the level of support that I've received from the community, and will do my best to maintain the trust placed in me. I 'm also thankful to those who opposed or expressed a neutral position, for providing clear rationales and superb feedback for me to build on. I've set up a space for you to provide any further feedback or thoughts, should you feel inclined to. However you voted, thanks for taking the time out to contribute to the process, it's much appreciated. Kind regards, Gazimoff 22:24, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back!

Welcome back! I heard their were some wildfires out in the western U.S. (around Yellowstone), did you see any? Hope you had a good trip! Malinaccier (talk) 23:13, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Why has this image been deleted?

Please let me know why you deleted Image:Orthrozanclus reburrus E.jpg. Martin (Smith609 – Talk) 11:58, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

RFA History

I've made some suggestions at User talk:Bibliomaniac15/A history of RFA. MBisanz ^talk 20:49, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Song

Hallo, I am from the german Wikipedia from the sociologic section, and I found out that you wrote a song text on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Song . We want to know the reason(s) why you wrote this song. It would be kind of you to leave an english (or german) comment on http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedistik/Soziologie/Musik&action=edit&redlink=1 . Thank you --84.166.123.219 (talk) 07:32, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Regarding rollback...

Hello there. Philip Trueman suggested that I apply for rollback, in light of my recent anti-vandalism work. I'm wondering if you think I'd be worthy/appropriate (searching for good adjective) of using it. Cliff smith ^talk 19:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

I'll be sure to remember to notify them. So, how would I go about requesting rollback? Cliff smith ^talk 20:41, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

It's approaching

What do you feel about possibly opening an RfA for me on August 17..Sunday. That's my birthday, it would be pretty cool. -- iMatthew _T.C. 23:08, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Replied. -- iMatthew _T.C. 23:43, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Restoration request

Hi Bibliomaniac15, I was wondering if you would do me the favor of restoring Template:Deeds of Flesh? The Deeds of Flesh article and the various other pages it linked to have already been restored. Thanks. --Eastlaw (talk) 02:04, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for taking care of that so quickly. I must say, I'm impressed. Keep up the good work. --Eastlaw (talk) 02:10, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

re IP's reported at AIV : violation of NPA

Hi. I reviewed your comments at AIV regarding the personal attacks by a couple of IP's upon the page of an editor. I very much doubt if either ip will return - as they only made that one edit each - so I blocked the accounts for 31 hours so as to reassure the target account that we take such matters seriously. That is not to say that I think you were incorrect, since you were applying policy diligently, but I felt that the sensitivities of the editor are more important than strict application of the guidelines. In other words, I acted on my own interpretation of the proper reaction to such personal attacks and realise that your reactions were as - or even more - valid. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:44, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Re. Jeanne Calment

Hi, thanks for the review. I fixed the issues you mentioned. Cheers, how do you turn this on 14:59, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

RE:Hey

Just dandy, just came back from a long Wikibreak due to CTY. I will be returning back to full throttle as the school year begins.  Marlith (Talk)  22:46, 16 August 2008 (UTC)