User talk:Extra999/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

Your recent edits

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Density of a super massive black hole

Hi, saw your note. I'm not sure I know how to explain it any more clearly than it is given in the lead section of the article (super massive black hole); you might want to look also at the very first section (long, old, and scrambled) on the article talk page, where I tried to deal with it last May 31, near the bottom.

The essential thing is that you have to be clear by what you mean by the volume, since density is mass divided by volume. The volume of the central singularity is nominally zero from general relativity (though we do not really understand the physics or geometry there), so from that point of view the density of all BHs is infinite. Or, you might mean the volume inside the event horizon, which is the only unambiguous "size" we can really ascribe to a (non-rotating) BH. For an ordinary 3-dimensional Euclidean sphere, that would be

V = (4/3)π r³,

but the space around a BH is definitely not Euclidean. But it is probably reasonable to suppose that the volume in there, however defined, is proportional to r³. If you make that assumption, then since the mass is proportional to r, and the volume to r-cubed, then the density, mass/volume, is proportional to r/r³ = 1/r², which obviously decreases as r increases. So because the volume gets large faster than the mass, the average density decreases as the mass (& r ) increase. Since everything we can observe from the outside is outside the event horizon, this is about the best an external observer can do.

But inside the event horizon the density appears to be typically zero, a vacuum, since any matter there falls into the the central singularity very quickly (less than a day, for the largest BHs we have inferred from observations so far, which have a few billion solar masses). And then, at the center, infinite. So that average density, though maybe somewhat useful for an outside observer, is not really descriptive of the actual situation anywhere inside. The geometry for rotating BHs is more complex, but the situation is probably qualitatively similar.

As should be obvious, I am not really an expert on this subject, just able to recite "street knowledge" that almost every physicist knows, but I hope that helps. Wwheaton (talk) 21:41, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you; that makes the time taken to explain feel very worthwhile. Best, Wwheaton (talk) 14:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar: thanks!

Thanks again. Sometimes I feel like Wikipedia is just an attractive way to waste time, but such precious tokens say otherwise. Best, Bill Wwheaton (talk) 16:27, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Star

I know a little about stars, but almost nothing about portals. I'll try to keep an eye on it, but have very limited time, alas. Good luck! Bill Wwheaton (talk) 17:34, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

You might announce your creation, and inquire, on the Astronomy Project talk page. They have a lot of collective knowledge about what has been done, what needs doing, and how to interface most usefully. As well as knowledge about the astronomy, of course. RJHall is an editor I've consulted with a bit (on bringing his Cygnus X-1 article up to FA status), and he may have more time than I do. Good luck, anyway, and keep me posted. Bill Wwheaton (talk) 20:29, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Your edit to Namma Metro

Your edit has been reverted, as the city's official (and most common) name remains Bangalore. As per consensus arrived at here, here and here, it has been decided to continue using Bangalore on Wikipedia till the change of name is officially notified and it comes into comon usage. Regards, SBC-YPR (talk) 16:43, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Astronomy Portal picture

Hi,

The year 2009 has 53 ISO weeks. The Astronomy portal picture for 2009 Week 53 was not selected before and as a result the portal showed a red link in place of the featured picture. I corrected it with a redirect a few days back. Now the trouble is that the portal will show the same picture the next week as well. I am not sure whether you have placed the pics there according to any date significance. Could you look into this? -- Raziman T V (talk) 13:45, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

There was a bit of mess left. I have made some changes to Portal:Astronomy and Portal:Astronomy/Picture/Week 53 2009‎. Have a look. Best wishes -- Raziman T V (talk) 04:22, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

There were 2 problems:

• The picture was being referred to earlier by {{CURRENTWEEK}} and {{CURRENTYEAR}}. Though CURRENTWEEK seems to give the ISO week, CURRENTYEAR gives the usual year. So what happened is that the portal was looking for the picture for 2010 Week 53 which does not exist. I got over this by using {{ISOWEEK}} and {{ISOYEAR}} in the portal.
• I had not copy pasted the image from 2010 Week 1 to 2009 Week 53 - I had just redirected it. So when you changed the 2010 Week 1 picture the other got changed too. I got over this with a copy-paste.

That is all. I manage the Astronomy portal on Malayalam Wikipedia and have a look here for inputs. Best wishes -- Raziman T V (talk) 08:28, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Alternate text for images

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Thanks For Signing My Guestbook!

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		For signing my guestbook - I, ~Aragorn135 hearby present you with this unique barnstar. Thanks for reviewing my userpage and hoped you enjoyed it! ~Aragorn135 04:33, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

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Portal:Star

I noticed that Portal:Star, which you started, doesn't appear to be finished. Do you plan on finishing it, or should I put it up for deletion? Zetawoof_(ζ) 03:37, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I see you've finished it up now -- excellent! Good to see my prodding made something happen. :) Zetawoof_(ζ) 14:58, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Personal information of a minor

Wikipedia policy prevents minors from releasing certain personal information for both their safety and the safety of the project. Therefore, I have removed your age from your user page. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 17:34, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Everyone, especially minors, needs to be VERY careful about releasing personal info on the Internet. On wiki, as Avi says, certain info from minors is not allowed for the reasons he said. — Rlevse • Talk • 01:49, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Re: Sorry

I haven't blocked you - and nor has anybody else! Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 17:52, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah, I see. I didn't realise. There's no way for me to see that at my end. Glad it's sorted. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:18, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Ooh, just saw the award! Thanks! :) Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:47, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

I'm just gonna reply under this section, hope you don't mind. I actually need to update the box; although my immediate emergency is long-gone I may well go inactive at any moment (hope not to, I'll see). I wouldn't worry about the filter; it's just a false positive. Happens all the time. Feel free to add a section at Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives so people can try and make the system better. Blood Red Sandman ^{(Talk) (Contribs)} 18:23, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Portal:Star

I have set the footer and box-header for you..As this is were most have trouble when starting there first portal. If you need anymore help with it ple let me know!!!-->Buzzzsherman (talk) 04:48, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello ..if you click here you will notice all the choices...titleforeground is the main color |titlebackground is the box tile text color--> you can changethem by adding the color name(titlebackground=lightblue to titlebackground=pink..etc... .all Web colors can be used by there anme all in one word or by Hexadecimal numbers....see here for more colors...

So when your ready ..you can add other selection..by uping the numbers in the |Random portal component with nominate|<font=red>max=1 for each section...then you can build more pages called Selected biography/2 etc...Buzzzsherman (talk) 05:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

your doing a great job!!!..you will notice i added all the stuff that need lots of coding ...I am off to bed ..i will look again tommrow!!Buzzzsherman (talk) 05:54, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

lol i am still up damit :( lol....dont forget to edit this section here as i have no clue what is needed!!...Buzzzsherman (talk) 06:23, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Ok i have taken it out ...since you have done so well!!..you can and a section call it what ever you like if you wish-->code=
{{Random portal component with nominate|max=1|header=Selected ???? |footer=More ???...| subpage=Selected ???}}
..Buzzzsherman (talk) 06:28, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Nice work. It interested me that when I compute the mass loss rate of the Sun due to the solar wind (~1e8 protons/cmsq/s at the Earth) it comes out around 0.1 the rate due to mass/energy of radiated light and heat. (That's assuming the solar wind flux is isotropic, which it isn't.) I wonder what this ratio is for other stars, how it depends on spectral type for main sequence dwarfs, giants, etc. Best, Wwheaton (talk) 13:49, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for the barnstar. I'm glad you enjoyed my user page. NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 04:56, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Fake new messages banner

The practical joke on your user page is strongly discouraged by Wikipedia:User pages#Simulated MediaWiki interfaces. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:24, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for removing it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:37, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

The fake redirect messages are OK by me. I don't know whether others will spend time checking the page names and be annoyed. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Great first 6 months  !!

This editor is a
Journeyman Editor
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This editor is a Journeyman Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge.

...Edit Counter (version 4.0.0.49)...
Ps i updated the portal so the new selections show!!Buzzzsherman (talk) 03:14, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

oops forgot..was thinking of a border for the portal..plus what colors did you wants it all??

Sorry about some of the deleted txt like Galaxy - A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars and stellar remnants, an interstellar medium of gas and dust, and an important but poorly understood component tentatively dubbed dark matter....my wife was trying to help and she did not relizes that the portal was made by you and not me....Hope this did not cause you any work for no reason!!....Buzzzsherman (talk) 18:43, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

March 2010

Thank you for your contributions. Please remember to mark your edits as "minor" only if they truly are minor edits. In accordance with Help:Minor edit, a minor edit is one that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute. Minor edits consist of things such as typographical corrections, formatting changes, or rearrangement of text without modification of content. Additionally, the reversion of clear-cut vandalism and test edits may be labeled "minor". Thank you. NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 03:17, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Google GA nomination

Hi,

Just letting you know that I moved the Google from "culture" to the business section, since the article is about a corporation. Best, --Ktlynch (talk) 10:41, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Hello

Hello Buzz here!! i have joined Portal project under my old/new name .....---->Moxy (talk) 20:52, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

ArsTechnica review in "In the news"

Hi Extra999, thanks for contributing news to the Signpost. However, please do not copy and paste text from other web sites - even if you provide a link to the original source, this is still a copyright violation. Instead, please try to summarize the source in your own words, and restrict the summary to those aspects which might be of particular interest to Wikipedians. Regards, HaeB (talk) 14:05, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit summaries and marking edits as minor

Hi, Extra999. Please summarize your edits in the edit summary -- "see the diff" doesn't help your fellow editors. Also, please see WP:MINOR for guidelines are marking edits as minor. Replacing an image, for instance, is not a minor edit. Cheers! -- JHunterJ (talk) 11:46, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks and comment

Thanks for your barnstar! For your information, when you give users barnstars you should give it on their talk page, not their awards page. Some editors (like me) may forget to watch the awards page, so they may miss out the barnstar until long after. Kayau Voting IS evil 04:11, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

I've had this same problem. It even states on my awards page, "If you wish to award me something, please leave it on my talk page. It will trigger the "You have new messages" banner, so that way I get notified. I will paste it here." If you give me another barnstar, please give it to me on my talk page. Thank you. NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ message • changes) 04:30, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

OK. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 15:49, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

Your FPC nom

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I closed your nomination, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Villageinbihar, as "Not promoted" per WP:SNOW. We welcome your contributions to FPC and I encourage you to nominate more images. Before you do so, you may want to review the FP criteria. If you're unsure if a picture meets the criteria, feel free to add the image to Picture Peer Review where experienced users will comment on it. You may also wish to consider Valued Pictures. Thanks. I hope to see you at FPC again. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:44, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Invitation!

Hi there, Extra999! Thought you might be interested in Motto of the Day, a collaborative (and totally voluntary) effort by a group of Wikipedians to create original, inspirational mottos. Have a good motto idea? Share it here, comment on some of the mottos there or just pass this message onto your friends.

MOTD Needs Your Help!

Delivered By Kayau Voting IS evil 10:41, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Google GA

You rubmitted this article for GA recently, but I canot see any improvements made on the article based on the comments at the last PR Wikipedia:Peer review/Google/archive4. If you are willing to put some work into the article in the next few days, then I will reconsider it, but it will be failed if this doesn't happen. Jhbuk (talk) 11:47, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Hello buddy

I have made mention of you on my user page (about the star portal..that i will get rate asap)..I hope you dont mind ..if there's is a problem pls let me know an i will remove your name...i am just updating my user page for my 4th year anniversary...All the best my friend..PS let me know what your upto so i can jumpin and help !!! :) ....Moxy (talk) 03:33, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Chicago Skyline FPC nomination

Hi. I just wanted to let you know that I closed your nomination, Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chicago skyline, as "Not promoted" per WP:SNOW. We welcome your contributions to FPC and I encourage you to nominate more images. Before you do so, you may want to review the FP criteria. If you're unsure if a picture meets the criteria, feel free to add the image to Picture Peer Review where experienced users will comment on it. You may also wish to consider Valued Pictures. Thanks. I hope to see you at FPC again. Makeemlighter (talk) 07:18, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

Cookie and talkback

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Minor edits

Extra999, I noticed that you seem to mark virtually all of your edits as 'minor', even in cases where they are not. (For example, nominating an article for deletion definitely isn't something that should be flagged as 'minor'.) I see that JHunterJ mentioned this issue to you a few weeks ago, and I'm concerned that you haven't taken his advice. I strongly urge you to review Help:Minor edit#When to mark an edit as a minor edit. If you're not sure whether an edit should be 'minor' or not, it is always okay to leave the minor edit flag off.

Do you have 'Mark all edits minor by default' turned on in your preferences? You can – and probably should – turn it off by going to Special:Preferences (or click on My preferences at the top right corner of the page) and click on the Editing tab. Make sure that the Mark all edits minor by default check box is clear. Another feature on that screen you might find useful is Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary; if you check this box, then Wikipedia will remind you if you forget to enter an edit summary. After you have made the necessary changes, don't forget to click the Save button at the bottom of the screen. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 15:28, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

Thanks :) J Milburn (talk) 11:04, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Re: Tuna

It looks fairly standard for such a high profile article- test edits, vandalism and useful edits all arriving from new and anonymous users. If it gets out of hand, I advise you post at requests for page protection. J Milburn (talk) 16:01, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Response

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Talkback

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I attempted to fix the coding on your barnstar that broke the page, could you check it and say if your content with the end result? Taelus (talk) 22:32, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

• Since my previous message I have tweaked it further and managed to fully fix it, I think. I hope it looks ok! If you want the code I used, you can find it here: [1], as I pasted it into my sandbox. Happy editing, --Taelus (talk) 22:43, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

For the barnstar. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:38, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

Quick barnstar how-to guide.

Per your request at NSD's talk page, I made this quick little guide template for you: You fill in the bits in bold when pasting the template

Code

{| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|gray}}}; background-color: {{{color|Background Colour Here}}};"
|rowspan="2" valign="middle" | [[Image:Image Title goes here|100px]]
|rowspan="2" |
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | Title of the Barnstar goes here
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Message goes here
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Example

So, for example, if I set the image to "Admin_Barnstar.png", the title to "The Backlog Clearer's Barnstar", and the message to "This is a test barnstar", it appears as the following:

		The Backlog Clearer's Barnstar
		This is a test barnstar

Hope this helps, --Taelus (talk) 11:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

One final note though: Remember, barnstars can only use images that are free. Non-free images are not allowed in the userspace at all at all at all. --Taelus (talk) 11:25, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

FPOC

Hi, I left a comment at your featured portal candidate's page. Nice work on it so far. • ɔ ∫ → 02:31, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the userpage barnstar ^The World 12:46, 23 April 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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This talkback is useless, but I'm doing it anyway. I don't like typing the same thing twice I guess. TheSavageNorwegian 12:19, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, let me see, what do I enjoy editing? This is sort of sad, but lately I have been spending most of my time on the welcoming committee and anti-vandalism. I very much wish to have a specialty, but what do I specialize in? Common knowledge doesn't help much in a convoluted place like this. Sincerely, TheSavageNorwegian 12:27, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

		The Userpage Shield
		I hope this suffices for an anti-vandalism award. Have fun with the star, and keep up the good work. TheSavageNorwegian 12:40, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Google

mono^{National Pretzel Day} 01:55, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

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Respond

I'm not deleting the references randomly. This person has made a false claim. Not only he is not a Marja, he is not a Mujtahid in first's place, let alone being a Marja.

Dear Extra999

Two IPs were deleting name of Grand Ayatollah Hosseini Nassab from list of Marjas, and the article was protected from them. Right now, one of them has asked you to delete what he was deleting. There are a lot of references for Marjaiat of Ayatollah Nassan, such as:

• [2],Qom Seminari (Islamic Research Center in Qom Hawza).
• [3],Harvard University (Islamopedia).
• [4],Baktashienews (In Iran).
• [5],Website of Marjaas.
• [6],Law Website (In Iran).
• [7],Website of Shia In Iraq.
• [8],Roozegar News (In Iran).
• [9],Kandokash News (Iran).

There are other sources mentioned in page discussion. Thank you for your time and paying attention to this issue. Academycanada (talk) 08:38, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

None of the references you have provided are acceptable from a religious point of view. In fact, anyone can make a claim to be a Mujtahid or a Marja and announce his claim on various websites. This does not change the reality that he is not qualified to be a Marja. If this person has approval from authentic religious people or institutions, then we can discuss that. Otherwise, I can create several websites and say that he is not a Marja, and make reference to them to support my proposition.

Moved to Talk:List_of_maraji#No_42, go and respond there. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:55, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Aw, shucks!

I am abashed at your compliments. I feel very small and insignificant in this amazing place. But, it is very very nice to be appreciated, and to know that somebody actually reads the stuff I write. I'm probably going to have to retire before long (being 68), and am (reluctantly) thinking of redesigning my life. Wikipedia is likely to have a place in that, maybe even a big place. All the best, and thanks! Bill Wwheaton (talk) 05:13, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok :)

ok done ...but look at the other canada portals ..we dont add that much info per box...anywas try to make it all even have fun!!!Moxy (talk) 06:54, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

ok looking good....we have to have all the sections the same amount if possible to keep layout!!Moxy (talk) 07:18, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:Barnstars

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Re: Help

Actually, I don't know that much about page tabs, I just copied the tabs from User:Tyw7. I will help in any way I can, though. Were do you want the tabs? --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:16, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

All right. Then what do you want the tabs to link to? --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:19, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

I'll try to do it in a couple of minutes, right now I have to go. Tell me if you need any more help. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:23, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

I can do it now, but you'll have to give me links to the pages (e.g. 'Black hole' is not specific enough). Thanks, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 04:30, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

OK, I'll try, However, I'm not sure what they are supposed to link to, so you'll have to fix that. Cheers, --The High Fin Sperm Whale 16:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:Barnstars

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Sandbox

Please let me know why you reverted my edits in my sandbox? In general. Specifically: the article on Hugh Maguire started there has been in Main space for a while and is no longer needed in the sandbox. Editing would be happier if it had not to be done twice. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:59, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Undo worked, thanks. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:06, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you - very kind indeed. A pleasant surprise when I logged in. Cheers! --Ckatz^chat_spy 08:01, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

User page

Hey :). I recently remade my user and talk pages and borrowed some parts of it off yours. I hope you don't mind, if you do then just drop me a message and I'll remove it right away :). - EdoDodo ^talk 18:24, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. - EdoDodo ^talk 06:15, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for fixing that typo, I don't think I ever would have noticed it. :) By the way, you may want to see this. Hi878 (talk) 04:03, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Pick a country/region to rule, see the cabal page. You can't rule the universe, has to be on Earth, and if a region, has to be in the same continent. Hi878 (talk) 00:12, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the day Extra :) - Kingpin¹³ (talk) 08:46, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar!

:) —fetch·comms 22:09, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Re: Day

No. I already have a day. And I haven't been active for two years. Please give the day to someone who actually deserves it. Gurch (talk) 20:38, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

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Reviewers Award

Thanks so much for the award, though I'm conscious of scarcely deserving it -- hopefully it will spur me on. I wish more editors would spare the time to look at portals, as both review processes have stagnated of late. Espresso Addict (talk) 12:02, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

When is consensus bullying?

I feel as though I am being bullied out of Wikipedia when all I do for the most part is qualitatively improve articles by adding citations. I have a group of malign editors that have formed a cohort against me. They have searched really hard to find a few matters of dispute out of my 20,000 or more edits that I have made to this Project. I would appreciate some of your time.
B9 hummingbird hovering ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:20, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I have no idea how B9HH could make the edit above to your talk page, since I indefinitely blocked him. What is even more puzzling is that this edit doesn't show up in his log, & my edit to his talk page informing him that he was indefinitely blocked is also missing from the log of edits to that page. I checked for alphanumeric tricks -- e.g., using the Greek character beta for "B" -- but from where I sit it's the same person. Time to contact the experts, who will most likely point out a simple solution neither of us considered. -- llywrch (talk) 21:54, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Yes, someone had to point out that obvious fact to me. ;-) As to the content of the above, it's simply a rationalization for his unhelpful behavior. As discussed in the related discussion on WP:AN/I, he has been unwilling to engage in consensus building and address community input with regards to his writing style. People who have tried to discuss their issues with him either receive too much irrelevant ramblings to easily read (which has led more than one person to wonder if WP:COMPETENCE applies here) or are ignored. Yes, he has made useful contributions, but the general consensus is that being a valuable contributor only gets one so much leeway, & B9HH is not valuable enough to tolerate his misbehavior any longer.

The indefinite block I placed on his account is much less severe than the community ban originally proposed: any time B9HH wants to engage the community & work with the rest of us to improve these articles, he can. He simply needs to place a template on his talk page, convince any Admin that he understands the problems & wants to work on them, & the block will be lifted. (And some Admins might be more understanding of his situation than others.) To lift a community ban would require that B9HH directly appeal to the ArbCom in an action similar in some ways to a hearing -- the ArbCom has its own specific rules of procedure, & remedies it will offer -- & even then they may decide to decline to allow him to return & edit.

Now, if you want me to discuss in detail his allegations... well, that is another matter entirely. He has had his opportunity to make his case many times. From what I found, there is no "group of malign editors that have formed a cohort against" him -- simply a number of other editors attempting to discuss his edits & being frustrated with his unproductive responses. Any criticism he encountered could have been handled quite easily by simply engaging in a conversation with them: talking with other editors, listening to them, & considering that one might be wrong. -- llywrch (talk) 16:15, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

userspace links

Hi- please don't add links to your userspace (or any other userspace) in an article that is in mainspace. Here's an example. The guideline is given at WP:UP#COPIES: "One should never create links from a mainspace article to any userpage". tedder (talk) 15:07, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Please see this point 'How to create a barnstar'. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 07:04, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

You're saying that one example proves it wrong? WP:BS is not in the mainspace. (I'll watch your page for a while, so the tb isn't totally necessary unless I don't respond) tedder (talk) 11:28, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thank you for the Creator of the Barnstar! The problem is, I'm not entirely sure what its for. --Quinxorin (talk) 23:03, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi

Hi Extra999, thank you. I have read your post in my talk page. I would be thankful to you if you do that you mentioned. Thanks once again. Tatiraju.rishabh (talk) 09:40, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

A journey of thousand miles begins with one small step

Lao-tzu said that, not Confucius. (Userpage) Kayau Voting IS evil 10:11, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:43, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

pls take a look

There is someone that we both know that is up for adminship....was wondering if you have a comment good or bad ... see here --> Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Favonian. Moxy (talk) 16:48, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thank you very very much for giving me my first ever barnstar that had value to it, once again thank you. --Clarince63 (talk) 12:40, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Thank you kindly for the user-page barnstar. --Clarince63 (talk) 11:58, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

Migration

Aren't you ashamed of yourself for posting a map of the out of africa theory? Our aryan people came from north north-eastern India, migrated south, and others migrated to the west where we settled in Persia. ancient anatolia, (the Hittites) Armenia and most of europe. (i'm guessing that you're indo-aryan) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.225.191.22 (talk) 22:08, 21 July 2010 (UTC)

You are now a Reviewer

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Re: Barnstar

Thank you for the barnstar! It is an honor to receive one from you. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:22, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

I am going to leave this here

		Wikipedia Motivation Award
		Thank you for spreading good cheer on Wikipedia Moxy (talk) 04:30, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Eisenhower Expressway

Please note edit at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Eisenhower Expressway.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:51, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

your expertise is...

your expertise is needed is sorting out a small question---pls see --> Talk:Nickelback#Rock Group Link Missing I think you could answer this better.Moxy (talk) 03:33, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Not that I'm complaining but...

What did I get it for exactly? I have been away for a long time and that just seemed to pop out of nowhere. –– Lid^(Talk) 11:34, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Your talk page has been archived

50 sections from your talk page is now at Archive 1. Kayau Voting IS evil 12:09, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 12:12, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

VPC

— raekyT 11:05, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Extra999. You have new messages at Quinxorin's talk page.
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Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar. You may be interested in adding a Tiger to User talk:TonyTheTiger/Tigers.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 11:59, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Added. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 12:05, 3 August 2010 (UTC)

Portal:astronomy

Hello, I noticed you did some work with Portal:Astronomy. I have recently given Portal:Human spaceflight a facelift, and I was planning on doing the same for Portal:Astronomy. Namely, I was planning on replacing Article of the Month and Picture of the Week with "Selected Article" and "Selected picture", and have them generate a new one each time the page is reloaded. Do you have any objections, or comments? thanks, Mlm42 (talk) 01:08, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Great; I've added the most recent 4 pictures so that they are randomly cycled through the portal page. More can be added, and the layout is also easily changed. Mlm42 (talk) 01:54, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

Thanks very much for the Barnstar! It's been a while since I've received one of them :). Here's one for you, for your great photo contributions and in WP:VPC and WP:FPC.

		The Photographer's Barnstar
		Awarded to Extra999 for his photo contributions to Wikipedia, and for his participation in WP:VPC and WP:FPC. -- bydand•talk 08:56, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, Thanks for the barnstar :-) Sorry for the late reply, no internet for the past few days --Muhammad(talk) 18:48, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Valued pic

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:LotusDelhi.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. I'ḏ♥One 03:48, 12 August 2010 (UTC)

Valued Pictures was closed =(

This is as far as I'd gotten to a new logo I was making to suggest to replace the old one shown below, as you can see it's only about half-way done. The idea was shells, which were used in ancient times as money all over the world in spite of geographical isolation, tying into Valued Pictures.

The deed was done by SilkTork not many hours ago after a contentious dispute between over a dozen users on VPC's talkpage, some wanted to keep it, some wanted to delete it. Some wanted to make it historical, some never understood its purpose, but it is my opinion that VPC was very misunderstood and had a potential to be very important and possibly even resolve problems we have with the similar Featured Picture Candidates (FPC) and the connected Picture of the Day projects.

If VPC never rises again then may it rest in peace, the rest of us will just be on the ever persnickety FPC page. --I'ḏ♥One 10:29, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

I've reversed that crazy unilateral action, if we're going to shut it down it's going to come after an official MfD, not some convoluted long disjointed discussion on the talk page. — raekyt 12:13, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Yes! VPC lives to see another day! Thank you, Raeky. --I'ḏ♥One 08:50, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

VPC lives another day!. What about reviivg the project, with a better direction? --Extra 999 (Contact ^me) 09:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Barnstar

		Not Just Another Guestbook Barnstar...
		This user has signed EWikist's guestbook* and therefore deserves this award. You could too! * Either that, or they just stole the tag for this without signing. If that is the case, make this user feel very guilty by placing such terms as "Honesty is the best policy" on their page.

Thank you very much. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 16:40, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Seed idea

What was your idea about the seed logo for VPC? I was thinking of your idea and here's my concept (which seeds would you use anyway?): A sprouting seed for a VPC, a sprout with a flower on it for a VP, the same sprout but with a pod for a for VP. What do you think? Why are you retiring?--I'ḏ♥One 18:49, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Valued picture candidates/Sandi Jackson

With the extensive discussion at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Sandi Jackson, I think it would only be fair to make sure this got adequate consideration at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Sandi Jackson.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 12:33, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, your choice. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:57, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Wilmette House of Worship passed VPC

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:Willmette how.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Edge3 (talk) 15:34, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Saffron

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:Saffran crocus sativus moist.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Spongie555 (talk) 03:56, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Buildings along Chicago River

Please come reevaluate Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Buildings along Chicago River.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:46, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

 Done --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:54, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanx for the Barnstar.

Nabil rais2008 (talk) 12:38, 5 September 2010 (UTC)

Welcome to WP:BDC

Welcome, Extra999/Archive 1, to the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! You have met all of the membership requirements. Any concerns should be directed to Steveo2. See the Birthday Committee Project Page to see our userbox and the Birthday Message Templates. Go to the bulletin board to see any new announcements concerning the committee. Remember, Be Bold!

Armbrust ^Talk _Contribs 00:24, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 01:38, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

thank you very much for the barnstar. Anirudh Emani (talk) 09:02, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

you are welcome --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 16:33, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Messier 82 VPC

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:M82 Chandra HST Spitzer.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Edge3 (talk) 16:32, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

VP

Hey do you think we should close more nominations that have 3 votes on VP? It could help cut down alittle Spongie555 (talk) 04:22, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Defeinetly. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 05:30, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

There's a couple I saw with four votes and no oposses, we can close those first before the 3 vote ones. Spongie555 (talk) 06:29, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

I support --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 09:40, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Could you close Carlos Quentin, Bacon Donut, and Bacon VP nominations. I been closing alot but i cant close these beacuse im the nominator. Spongie555 (talk) 05:02, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar! I really appreciate it, although I'm afraid that I'm semi-active at the moment. (I just started my first year in college!) Therefore, I won't be able to devote that much time to VPC, but I certainly wish you luck on your efforts! Edge3 (talk) 02:42, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

• If your going to nominate alot of images like Tony atleast you could help close some more so we don't go back to the backlog we had before. Spongie555 (talk) 05:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

I always do that, but rectenly had a mass of noms closed so I stopped a while. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Time for an upgrade

This editor is a Grognard Extraordinaire and is entitled to display this Wikipedia Vest Pocket Edition.

Yeoman Editor

---->[10]...Moxy (talk) 05:35, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Done. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:32, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Chicago Avenue Pumping Station (2nd nomination)

Since I was not notified on my talk page, I am wondering if you have completed the actions for Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Chicago Avenue Pumping Station (2nd nomination).--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 20:40, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I am sorry I missed out a step. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 01:20, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Your image was promoted to VP

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:GoldenGateBridge-001.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Spongie555 (talk) 03:04, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Also yes i havnt nominated many Bhutan images. I was going to nominate some but im waiting for the big stack of nominations to go down so i dont flood VP with them. Spongie555 (talk) 03:05, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Now you may do it, I have closed a bunch. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 12:54, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

I will close the emperor penguin nomintion sunday beacuse it still needs the required 7 days(Where probably not used to the 7 days beacuse VP nominations usually go over it).I will nominate more Bhutan images but not alot at once. And i do plan to archive my talk page sooner or later Spongie555 (talk) 04:04, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Ill think about the WPA. I have a question. Do we count Weak Support as a full support or a half? Spongie555 (talk) 04:06, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Half. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 13:08, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Also what should we do with the Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Pope Benedict XVI nomination? I say leave it till it gets four since it needs one more vote. Also i got someone to make somthing for Valued Picture. I think you asked for it along time ago on Valued Picture talk page. Spongie555 (talk) 04:43, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, wait. Somone & something? --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:46, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Rescue Barnstar

Hello there! Remastering of that barnstar is finally done. Antonu (talk) 10:23, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Your nomination was promoted

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:Aptenodytes forsteri -Snow Hill Island, Antarctica -adults and juvenile-8.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Spongie555 (talk) 02:40, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Also you are the first person to get the VP barnstar

		Valued Picture Barnstar
		Thank you for your help in Valued Picture Spongie555 (talk) 02:40, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Also could you vote on the new Cricket nominations on VP. I like to show new people that nominate, that VP is still active and people vote(people that nominate all the time already know everything but new people nominations should be voted on so many they can maybe want to join in and maybe help i'n the future). Spongie555 (talk) 05:05, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes I can, as I am used to cricket (because it's very popular in india) but not much. I think we caught two user for VPC recently. And thanks for the barnstar. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:22, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes I saw our new contributors to VP. Now we have cricket and Australia nominations instead of Chicago. Spongie555 (talk) 23:09, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Another problem : )( I had noticed that. We should better train Harris. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 12:47, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I dont mind the cricket nominations beacuse we dont have alot of sport pictures. Also you can close this nomination Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Taktsang Dzong, times up and it has four votes. Spongie555 (talk) 01:57, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

I have supported it. You can promote. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:35, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the userbox. Portal:Bhutan hasnt be fixed that much beacuse the only other person helping me was someone from Russian Wikipedia. Also its hard finding good articles to put in for it. Spongie555 (talk) 02:47, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

You can help the Portal if you want but their isnt that much good quality Bhutan articles especially Biographies. Spongie555 (talk) 02:58, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

You can close Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Pope Benedict XVI its got 4 now. Spongie555 (talk) 02:50, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Revert of my edits

Hi there, I notice that you made two edits in Template:2010 Commonwealth Games which effectively undid all the changes I made to the template. Remember that my edits were legal and not against any principles or guidelines. Hence you should have approached me if you weren't going to explain your rationale in the edit summary(ies). Looking forward to your view on the matter. Otherwise, I would have to undo your reverts. Thanks, ANGCHENRUI ^Talk♨ 12:10, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

I apologize. But let me know why did you remove my 'participating nations' and 'Queen's baton relay' is redlinked. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 12:37, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 02:10, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Commonwealth Games Village 2010

As you've commented on a similar discussion earlier, I hope you would participate in this AfD and comment on the matter. Thank you. ANGCHENRUI _WP:MSE♨ 06:10, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

 Done --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 12:32, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Rhodium

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:Rhodium powder pressed melted.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Maedin\talk 06:38, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Petrel nomination now Valued

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:Giant petrel with chicks.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. I'ḏ♥One 20:04, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

File:Blue Linckia Starfish.JPG now Valued

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:Blue Linckia Starfish.JPG, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. I'ḏ♥One 21:20, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Cricket now a VP

Your Valued picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for valued picture status, File:Pollock to Hussey.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates. Spongie555 (talk) 02:48, 19 October 2010 (UTC)