User talk:Crazytales/Archive8

April Fools Day

Hope you're having a good one. BuickCenturyDriver (talk) 21:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Awarding Barnstar

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		Aprils fools day was a blast. Loads of users lightened up to have good old fashion fun. I want to thank you for taking part in editing this page in particular and even though I may not know you, embrace the same talk pages, or even edit with you in the near future, I'd like to award you this Barnstar for making Wikipedia a fun environment in which to contribute. Until next year. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk) 13:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dyk updating

You pretty much got it right... except that there are way too few hooks in the next update. there's a huge green space on the main page now that we need to put more hooks in, if you could do that. Wizardman 00:22, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For updating WP:DYK for the first time correctly on short notice! ff m 00:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good work!

I appreciate very much your typo corrections at the Protocols of Zion. --Ludvikus (talk) 00:57, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! I'll run the whole thing through a spell checker soon, since where there are some spelling errors, there is bound to be more. And since it is a featured article, it represents some of the best content Wikipedia has to offer. And that best content can't be typo-ridden. —Crazytales (talk) 01:05, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Audio Signpost

How quickly could you resume these, if needed? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 00:05, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My microphone is dying, and I have a school project due in a couple weeks so I won't have much time until after May 14. I can do the May 19th Signpost at the earliest after I run out to the store to buy a new microphone. —Crazytales (talk) 11:00, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that went out the window. So did the 26th. I still haven't got my new microphone. I'll see if Dad will drive me to the mall sometime this week. —Crazytales (talk) 01:32, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: WikiProject on closed proxies

Hi, I've just signed up for WP:WikiProject on closed proxies as was wondering whether is project is still active and whether you are still an active member. Atyndall93 | talk 01:08, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Automobiles#Lead infobox photos

Hello,

Your profile states that you are a member of WikiProject Automobiles and that you are a administrator. I was wondering if you have had a chance to read the discussion and have anything to comment on or share.

Thanks for anything you might want to share. (Dddike (talk) 15:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC))[reply]

Happy First Edit Day

Happy First Edit Day, Crazytales, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! User:MiszaBot III (talk) 06:27, 25 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Idontknow 610^TM 12:31, 16 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OP

Greetings, I'm just trying to get a current feel for who is still active in the project and if anybody would object to cleaning out inactive users of the verified user list. Thank you for your time. Q ^{T C} 03:30, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Model M keyboard

You commented in a previous discussion re the feature comparison table. Can you please read and contribute to the current discussion?. Thanks. --Karnesky (talk) 17:02, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

AfD nomination of Used car

An editor has nominated one or more articles which you have created or worked on, for deletion. The nominated article is Used car. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also Wikipedia:Notability and "What Wikipedia is not").

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Please note: This is an automatic notification by a bot. I have nothing to do with this article or the deletion nomination, and can't do anything about it. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 01:10, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination for deletion of Template:Reincarnation

Template:Reincarnation has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Thank you. Glenfarclas (talk) 05:55, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

Hello Crazytales! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 2 of the articles that you created are tagged as Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring these articles up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current 272 article backlog. Once the articles are adequately referenced, please remove the {{unreferencedBLP}} tag. Here is the list:

Lynda Madaras - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL
Luis Eyzaguirre - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 22:16, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Great catch on Cesar Gonzmart

Great catch on Cesar_Gonzmart's protect. Lurking 4chan isn't all bad, I guess? :D Snofox (talk) 06:38, 15 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

meta:IRC/Nicks

Hello, Crazytales. I noticed that you added *!*@unaffiliated/cchan to the IRC/N page. That looks more like a cloak than a nick to me. Could you please clarify? Thanks. :| TelCo NaSp Ve :| 00:02, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I appear under several nicks all sharing that cloak.(which, incidentally, is now unaffiliated/chan7781) —Alison (Crazytales) (talk) 22:10, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wontedly vs usually or typically

You might want to follow the discussion on Wontedly vs usually or typically at Fondue:Talk Darrell_Greenwood (talk) 01:26, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for alerting me to this discussion (: —Alison (Crazytales) (talk) 01:56, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:WOCP

Hello, this is a notice that wp:WOCP is currently revitalizing to conform with new technology standards and there is currently a call out to all older members to come back and help out. You were listed as a member of the project, and thus contacted. If you want to help with the efforts, please make contact on the projects talk page. Regards, Phearson (talk) 15:45, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Disc film cartridge.jpg

Hi,

I moved your picture File:Disc film cartridge.jpg to Wikimedia Commons ([see here]). Please feel free to make any changes to the description, etc. if you're unhappy with it.

All the best, Ubcule (talk) 15:50, 6 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. The thread is A cute block. 194.66.226.95 (talk) 14:31, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the rangeblock reviews

	Valued Contributor Award
	You have been identified as a valued contributor and your efforts are appreciated. We are honored to present you with the Valued Contributor Award and we thank you for donating your time, expertise and effort to Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. Thanks. (more details)

I just have to thank you very kindly for reviewing the rangeblocks. I think it's an important task and one that few people are willing to help with, so I really appreciate your help. I must admit I was concerned that anybody willing to review might not have the background needed and call them all "good". I'm very thankful that you are helping as you are familiar with the AOL/XFF issue from days gone by. I also saw you note at PeterSymonds talk page and that you run a Unix box and are familiar with bulk dialup providers like Level3. I expect you are one of a handful of admins with that much experience. So I truly appreciate your help with this effort. Thank you very much. It's great that Wikipedia has such a talented and knowledgable person, such as yourself, helping the project. Kind regards. - Hydroxonium (T•C•V) 02:29, 18 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I came here to award a barnstar for your work with rangeblocks, but see you have receive one, so I'll just pile on – thanks for the work, as I don't have the technical skills to contribute, so I'm happy that you have both the skills and the willingness.--SPhilbrick T 13:56, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Pic.jpg listed for deletion

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Proposed deletion of Fanner Group

The article Fanner Group has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

unreferenced, only product list, no real changes since 2006

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In your opinion would this page meet Wikipedia guidelines?

Akiban Technologies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Preview

Akiban (Ah-kee-buhn) Technologies was founded in 2009 with the mission of delivering a database solution to allow high performance and scalability. The product, which is not yet in the market, allows companies to maintain existing relational databases, but restructures the storage of the data for scale. The company touts this approach as breaking “through the SQL scalability barrier”. The initial unreleased product appears to support MySQL, and we infer plans to support other relational databases in the future.[1] Akiban has a MIT cadre of DBMS developers like Jack Orenstein, who was an Object Design founder, Ori Herrnstadt from the Israeli Defense Forces, Mike McMahon who was a founder of Oberon and Blue Agarve Software and Peter Beaman who used to work for Intersystems.[2]

Akiban Server

Operational databases with normalized schemas suffer from performance and scalability problems as schemas become complex. Scalability is the ability of a system, network, or process, to handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner or its ability to be enlarged to accommodate that growth.[3] These problems are not inherent in the amount of data however, but rather in the SQL joins required to construct objects from that data. Typical workarounds for these challenges include de-normalization, materialized views, and alternative database solutions. Rather than compromising the integrity and benefits of a relational model through denormalization, the database technology will make SQL run better.

References

^ Luca, Andrei. "Akiban « High Tech in the Hub." High Tech in the Hub. 25 Sept. 2010. Web. 05 July 2011. <http://www.hightechinthehub.com/tag/akiban/>. ^ "Akiban | DBMS 2 : Database Management System Services." DBMS 2 : Database Management and Analytic Technologies in a Changing World. Monash Research, 19 Apr. 2011. Web. 05 July 2011. <http://www.dbms2.com/category/products-and-vendors/akiban/>. ^ André B. Bondi, 'Characteristics of scalability and their impact on performance', Proceedings of the 2nd international workshop on Software and performance, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2000, ISBN 1-58113-195-X, pages 195 - 203 — Preceding unsigned comment added by NO.Denormalization (talk • contribs) 19:25, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This editor is a self-declared sockpuppet of AkibanTech and has been indefinitely blocked. -- Atama頭 18:46, 8 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Closing RMs

Hi Alison, when you make a move that is listed at requested moves (such as Dobele municipality), please remember to formally close the move request on the talk page so that it drops out of the RM queue. I'm sure you know this and it probably just slipped your mind on this occasion, so this is just a friendly reminder. Cheers, Jenks24 (talk) 22:57, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rowan Taylor RM

Please feel free to join in the discussion at the article talk page. Regards, Giant Snowman 12:30, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Survey

Hi Alison!

I have put together a survey for female editors of Wikipedia (and related projects) in order to explore, in greater detail, women's experiences and roles within the Wikimedia movement. It'd be wonderful if you could participate!

It's an independent survey, done by me, as a fellow volunteer Wikimedian. It is not being done on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation. I hope you'll participate!

Just click this link to participate in this survey, via Google!

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email me or stop by my user talk page. Also, feel free to share this any other female Wikimedians you may know. It is in English, but any language Wikimedia participants are encouraged to participate. I appreciate your contributions - to the survey and to Wikipedia! Thank you! SarahStierch (talk) 20:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

File:Coolermaster60mmfan - old.JPG listed for deletion

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Hæ!

Stelpa here, just wanted to say: <3 u!

Also, sorry for not wikipedia-ing more, but I am a busy girl

^-^

Stelpa (talk) 05:17, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

IRC

I am indeed RaspberryAlison!alison@unaffiliated/crazytales on freenode. ~Alison C. (Crazytales) 06:06, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a potato!

CrazytalesTesting has given you a potato! Potatoes promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a potato, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

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CrazytalesTesting (talk) 22:18, 14 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NowCommons

I thought you might like to know I have some tools to help with Commons transfers: they're listed at Template:Commons move instructions. The commons_images.htm page is ugly as hell and has sections that were never meant to go public, but I figured I might as well make the tool public, seeing as I've used it for over a year now. Once you figure out the format it's pretty straight forward. Magog the Ogre (talk) 16:58, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and one last thing: we're having difficulty with text logos in countries not listed at commons:COM:TOO, particularly former UK Commonwealth countries. See User talk:Stefan2#Template:PD-ineligible-USonly. Magog the Ogre (talk) 17:01, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your input is needed on the SOPA initiative

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Note

I undid your edit at User talk:Porchcorpter because the user is on a six-month block. I know he appears to be preparing an appeal, but since your suggestion to post on your talk page is not possible for him at this time, I just removed it. (That may be a bit bold; feel free to re-post.) Frank | talk 18:32, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I reposted my message without the suggestion to post on my talk page; I had a brain fart and forgot that they were blocked but I still would like to hear why they messaged me on IRC. ~Crazytales (talk) 18:44, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

MSU Interview

Dear Crazytales,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 02:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Adminship Interview

Dear Crazytales,

My name is Jake Crawford and I am a student at Michigan State University working on an exploration of the Wikipedia adminship process. I am posting here to ask if you would be willing to answer a few questions about your experiences being a Wikipedia administrator.

Would you possibly have about 30 minutes to speak with me sometime in the next week? The interview is for a Wiki-Project Management class at MSU and is completely anonymous. While we would be using your Wikipedia user name to keep track of responses, your name will not be used in any of our reports.

If you are able to speak with me, please respond or email me at crawf279@msu.edu to schedule a time. I would greatly appreciate your input and time.

Thank you!

Jake Crawford - crawf279

Michigan State University

Dating this so it gets archived: 15:34, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism

Editing after fnial warning.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 14:07, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:Catfish Jim and the soapdish got them before I saw this message. I'm actually at work now -- WP:AIV usually gets faster response. ~Crazytales (talk) 14:11, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I just saw that. I thought I should report them directly to an admin because they'd made about 10 edits after their final warning and Huggle had stopped reporting them.--Gilderien Chat|List of good deeds 14:14, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Philadelphia Water Department

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List of programs broadcast by Nicktoons Page Lock

Could you lock this page List of programs broadcast by Nicktoons from anons, they keep adding false info. Pacmansonic138 (talk) 00:06, 26 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Mentorship

Hello could you mentor me? I have begun editing the article on The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and noticed you were editing it to and I need mentorship and I know you are an administrator. --RJR3333 (talk) 03:39, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Foreskin

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