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Thanks very much, Raichu!

Hi,

I was pleased and surprised to find an extra nominator on my successful RfA! :)Thanks for that... I really appreciate it.Support from younger editors helps me feel a little less old and stodgy. ;)You have a friend among the administrators now, Raichu, so if you ever need help with anything on the wiki, don't be afraid to ask.My talk page is always open, and I'd love to hear from you.Keep up the good work, and you'll administrator too before too long!Best wishes, Xoloz 02:59, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Four square

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My RFA

Thank you, Raichu, for voting in my RFA. It closed with a final result of 75/1/0. Now that I am an administrator here, I will continue to improve this encyclopedia, using my new tools to revert vandalism, block persistent vandals, protect pages that have been vandalized intensively, and close AFD discussions. Any questions? Please contact me by adding a new section on my talk page. Again, thanks to all of you who participated!!! -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Why look...

...it's a cute little Raichu! *pets the Raichu* -- 127.*.*.1 12:07, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Additional Questions

I added some additional questions to your RfA. They are, of course, optional. Raichu 21:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

I have responded to your questions. joturner 23:39, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Joturner's 2nd RfA

Hi Raichu, I was looking through Joturner's 2nd RfA and saw that you have two votes registered - one for (no. 102) and one against (no. 22). I wasn't sure which one you wanted so have left both intact - please remove one of them. Thanks, Tangotango 13:45, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Practical Joke

Just thought I'd let you know I love the practical joke at the top of your user page! (and yes - I fell for it).Captainj 14:41, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

from my page: Don't Worry, even I sometimes fall for it. Raichu 14:44, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

That's twice in the last 5 minutes you made me LOL.Well done!Captainj 14:48, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

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Userboxes

Do you have a version of the deleted userboxes I could see. I am very conserned with the rampant deletion of userboxes that do not fall under T1. —David618 01:37, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about the stress

Perfectly percolated Esperanza blend coffee, just for you!

I'm sorry everything seems to be going badly. Try to look on the bright side, and count all the good things that you have right now, things that other people don't. That's what I do. It may sound stupid, but it helps you appreciate life a lot more. I know what you mean about the userboxes, though. One of mine was speedy-deleted without anyone telling me.-- The ikiroid  16:43, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

There's not much to say after those terribly inspiring words but to agree!Even if there are a bunch of bad things happening on Wikipedia, there's some reason you enjoy it, because you're here!I hope you decide to stay and keep contributing. -- Natalya 17:36, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Please stay, I know any type of edit war is tough, but things will be better in the long run. They're planning on making a new namespace for it, and no more will be deleted unless they're sectarian/racist etc. If you must leave it's your decision, but we wish you wouldn't. Regards, Highway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 17:20, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I've decided to stay. Raichu 20:32, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Try not to let the userbox war slow you down. You are not the only who is upset at Cyde, I promise. --Pilot|guy 18:06, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

He doesn't seem to be making many friends with the way he seems to be doing things (ie telling people what to do, not phrasing in the form of a request). He also comes across as very "I'm better than you". — Nathan ^(talk) 22:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Additionally, he just added himself to the Esperanza member list. I know it's not a nice thing to say, but I'll be accepting bets on how long it will take before he gets booted out. — Nathan ^(talk) 23:38, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Friend

Thanks for being my friend! Like, how old are you? You play all those instruments, and you sing well, too! I sound like a strangled cat - no, worse when I sing! I'm really impressed! :) Sergeant Snopake 22:26, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

I just realised! You were born on Pearl Harbor Day! You have the same birthday as one of my family's dogs! Sergeant Snopake 10:41, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow! You're a lot more intelligent than I was at ten! Don't get upset about Cyde - no one I know likes him, and he's my least favourite admin. If you really love your userboxes, you can go to JDoorjam and ask him to subst them for you. You get the whole code instead of the little one, and your userboxes aren't affected when templates go up for deletion (and are, subsequently deleted)! It solved all my problems. ;) Sergeant Snopake 08:51, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Userbox note

I noticed your userpage has a few userboxes linked which appear to be deleted. You might want to check it out and either replace them or remove the broken links! :)

Take care! ~Kylu (u|t) 21:40, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Substed your userboxes

Hey Raichu, I've substed your userboxes and put them on a sub-page to keep your main page clean.If you want to edit your userboxes, just go to User:Raichu/Userboxes, and edit that page.Let me know if you have any questions about that, or about anything else related to the Wiki.See you 'round the 'pedia, JDoorjam Talk 13:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Sprotect

Lol - You don't quite seem to be angry at the vandal ;) (Hey, if its sprotected, nobody will vandalize it again!) Seriously though, generally user pages aren't sprotected unless they have been targeted for repeat persistent serious vandalism. Check out WP:USER#Use of page protection for user pages. Thanks, AndyZ _t 22:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

9 month requirement

Raichu, I'm a little confused about your 9 month requirement. Kukini's racked up no opposition, but you voted neutral b/c he's only been here 6 months. But Siva has been here an identical amount of time, yet you granted "Strongest Possible Super Ultra Mega Support" and co-nominated to boot. Why? This seems contradictory. I don't ask in the spirit of confrontation; I'm just confused. --Kchase02 (T) 07:14, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

I can bend my standards based on much higher-than-expected civility good faith, etc. Raichu 17:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

OK. Thanks, Raichu. --Kchase02 (T) 18:09, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

My Thanks

I wanted to drop a brief note on your talk page (one admittedly not written to you only, but nevertheless truly meant) to thank you for your vote in my Request for Adminship, which concluded this evening.Even though it was unsuccessful, it did make clear to me some areas in which I can improve my contributions to Wikipedia, both in terms of the areas in which I can participate and the manner in which I can participate.I do plan on, at some point in the future (although, I think, not the near future), attempting the process again, and I hope you will consider participating in that voting process as well.If you wish in the future to offer any constructive criticism to me, or if I may assist you with anything, I hope you will not hesitate to contact me.Thanks again. — WCityMike ^(T | C)  ⇓ plz reply HERE  (why?) ⇓  04:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Request

If you could kindly consider my request; please remove the text you added to your userpage in this edit. It can be considered a gross violation of WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. If you can't remove it, someone else will. Please attend to this matter at your soonest convenience. Thank you, Master of Puppets ^{FREE BIRD!} 01:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Also, please remember the proper use of there/their/they're ;) — Nathan ^(talk) 05:21, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:DEUTSCH

I'm not sure if you'll ever get this message (you seem to have become an ex-wikipedian), but you may want to read up on the German solution. Basically, all POV and T1 userboxes are voluntarily adopted by users into their userspace. It seems like a good idea, no?--The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 02:53, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I have returned. Raichu 20:37, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

It's good to see you back.--The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 22:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello, Raichu, and thank you for the vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 84/1/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months, but welcome any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might be able to use them to help the project. Although we may value different types of work here, I am sure we will both contribute to this project well for years to come. Thanks again! - Kukini 17:13, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

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A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Court

A court has opened at User:Poke Master/Court for Iloveminun and HighwayCello to find out who is guilty, I would suggest you be involved. Poke Master (Talk • Contribs) 12:00, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

In response to your comment

In response to this little ditty ... what, exactly, did you think you could do to "help"?--Cyde↔Weys 19:36, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Cute

Could you please not leave spammity comments, such as the ones you left at Talk:Marshtomp, since they are counter-productive to the editing process. Highway ^Batman! 17:17, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Pikachu FAC

Since you are trying to get Pikachu to featured status, please consider brining it to peer review, there, users can help you determine if it meets the criticera, and help get it to featured status, cheers Minun ^(talk) 17:54, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

August Esperanza Newsletter

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The last AC meeting (full log) In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers.Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page:Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived.For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance.One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

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Smile!

Hello Raichu, Editor at Large has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Go on, smile! Cheers, and happy editing!
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Don't worry...
Be happy...

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September Esperanza Newsletter

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The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006.The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006.If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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Please help

Hi! I got your username from the Association Inclusionist Wikipedians. I'm trying to work against a band of linkocrites (see en:User:cochese8).You look as if you're a valuable editor and I could really use some help [preserving] a great link.I would ask you to review the discussion and vote keep if you agree with the link's value.By the way, you're welcome to ask for my vote to keep any information on this website.Thanks for your help! BTW- I love the practical joke on your user page Cochese8 17:41, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Cats project newsletter

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WikiProject Harry Potter

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JDDJS, you do realize that this does have sources and was created about five years ago? 69.228.90.50 (talk) 23:13, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Suri Cruise (2nd nomination)

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Just a suggestion

Not to complain or anything, I just want to suggest that you reorganize your userboxes ;) 🔍 Search (talk) 04:51, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

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