User talk:DaGizza/Archive/3

Sad moment

Hi - I happened to browse your main userpage and notice that you are an opponent of President Bush. I respect your intelligence and viewpoint, but I cannot express my sadness enough. I intend no insult, and you may expect my whole-hearted and honest cooperation in our work here. But I stand with the President at all times, and I feel compelled to return this honor. Jai Sri Rama! Rama's Arrow 09:18, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

Hi DaGizza - you have no reason to apologize to me. I'm most sorry if I inadvertantly (and certainly unintentionally) offended you. Please do not delete the userbox on my account - I understand your perspective completely. You see here in America this is a highly emotional issue, and since so many people take awful liberties by insulting (as opposed to proper criticism) the President, I had decided to defend him and his supporters anyway I could (worked on his campaign, etc.). 2004 and much of '05 were intense years, and I believe I got carried away in this case. Please accept my apologies, my sincere thanks for your award to me, and this barnstar for your great decency and character.

Jai Sri Rama! Rama's Arrow 14:19, 2 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image Tagging Image:Arjunwithbow.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Arjunwithbow.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then you should also specify where you found it, i.e., in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then you must also add one. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then you can use {{GFDL}} to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, please read fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, please check that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. I know you said that it came from commons but I can't find it there. Thank you. Ricky81682 (talk) 23:15, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Humans

Hello, I found your name at wiki-project:hinduism, and was wondering if you'd like to help out at human. Currently the discussion is abit unbalanced, and I'd like to see things be more representitive. Hope your interested, Sam Spade 16:14, 11 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Cel es tianpower ^háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

My RFA

Thank you for supporting me in my successful RFA. The admin tools will definitely be useful for dealing with vandalism more swiftly. Please drop a note on my talk page, should you have questions about any of my actions. --Aude (talk | contribs) 02:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

apology

Hi - I again apologize to you regarding the barnstar and GWB issue. I've just realized from reading discussions about Wikipedia policy on POV userboxes that I started an inappropriate exchange, which if not for your good self, could have turned ugly. I plan to take my userbox down in a little while. Thank you for being so understanding when I made my unreasonable request. Rama's Arrow 18:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message... Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)^(Talk) 02:44, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your voting!

Hi, thanks for your voting on my RFA. It has finished with the result 88/14/9, and I am promoted. I am really overwhelmed with the amount of support I have got. With some of you we have edited many articles as a team, with some I had bitter arguments in the past, some of you I consider to be living legends of Wikipedia and some nicks I in my ignorance never heard before. I love you all and I am really grateful to you.

If you feel I can help you or Wikipedia as a human, as an editor or with my newly acquired cleaning tools, then just ask and I will be happy to assist. If you will feel that I do not live up to your expectation and renegade on my promises, please contact me. Maybe it was not a malice but just ignorance or a short temper. Thank you very much, once more! abakharev 07:34, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

my RfA

Hey Djr, I've seen your work on Wiki and you deserve to be an admin. But due to the contraversial userbox issue, many people are opposing. For the sake of being nominated, I think that maybe you should remove them, then put them back once you are a well established admin or when the userbox debate has taken some progress. Cheers and best of luck for ya RFA! DaGizza^Chat ^© 07:45, 24 February 2006 (UTC) [reply]

Thanks very much for the support - it means a great deal to know that some people appreciate some of my work! I must say it is particularly frustrating to know that I was one hour away from outright adminship, but now appear doomed to fail.

I understand what you are suggesting, but I think there are greater issues at stake here than just the userboxes. Presumably my uncontrollable incivility is a big issue - and that is even before I'd begun my reign of terror. Even so, I fundementally believe it the principles I have stated on my user page, and I do not believe that removing userboxes portrays the correct message in terms of what I stand for. If being an admin means giving up your principles, then it is not something I want to be. To remove them temporarily... well it is underhand, and I seriously doubt my RfA would pass in any case. I think that any subsequent re-appearance of userboxes would only compound the fact that I am "not a wikipedian".

Anyway, thank you for your support. It has been an interesting experience and taught me a valuable lesson - the clearer your mind is about what you believe, the more hostility you will receive. On this basis, I am giving up on self-nominated adminship indefinitely.

Sorry for the length of this response, and all the best! DJR (Talk) 18:07, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Diwali Deletes

Hi Da: I knew I deleted a small portion material, which, as you noted, no longer made sense after the copyvio stuff was gone. It's my hope to revisit the article and add some facts. It seemed a shame how much of the article was a direct lifting from other websites. I think that together we can do better. --Nemonoman 14:17, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Thank you for supporting my successful request for adminship. I'll try to put the admin tools to good and responsible use. If I do anything wrong you know where to find me. Raven4x4x 07:29, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]