User talk:Lord Voldemort/Archive 4

This is an archive. If you want to talk to me, try using my talk page. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:50, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Query on disputes (from user page)

Hello, You recently left a welcome on my user page and I send this query to you. I put this on the page of someone who seemed to be a higher up in resolving issues: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alex756, but as I've not heard back from him he must be otherwise occupied. Perhaps you could help me. Thanks Iago Dali 12:37, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

It took a long while to find you, and I don't know if you are the correct party, but you seem of the hierarchy so I'll ask. I recently joined Wiki and have endeavored to edit, mostly with condensing redundant phrasing, and minor things. Yet, I see that many have complained of how difficult it is to change the logied inertia of certain things. I have a dispute on an issue that may be semiotic or logical only, not some high octane issue. Basically I feel Wikipedia, as an encyclopedia, shd be held to higher standards (I know, the lament of the newby ignorant of how things work!) than other outlets. I've tried to make a change that i fel is logically and semantically correct, yet have been reversed two times, even though I have provided information to support my view. Granted, the source, itself, is ill worded, but that's my point, since it's considered the authority, and Wiki should do better. If you could respond to me on my user page, then watch it, it wd ease conversation- just to save all the time needed to go here and there. I feel I can lay out my case better and hopefully you can inform me the best way to press my case per Wikiquette. Perhaps I am just anal, and I realize there are a lot more hot button issues and flaring tempers, but I also prefer logic and orderliness, and this is what I endeavor to do here, at Wiki, as I see many articles that actually request trimming, to get under the 32k limit, yet fear if I do I will be torn apart like a tuna in a shark attack! Your response will let me know if I need even bother. Thank you,

I basically have two disputes of a differing nature. The 1st wd be on the novel talk page. I just think that the links to novels are ungodly long and have suggested a number of options, mainly due to the fact that some of the cited links are not to novels, novel precursors, some were written in verse- including a verse novel, and there is, to me, some manifest biases for certain ethnic groups. Aside from that there are over 101 links and growing. How can I try to get a quorum to simply make this better, more concise, etc? Looking around on Wiki I find some abominable entries- either in terms of redundant phrasing, grammar, punctuation, but even more in some flat out wrong factual areas, such as... This is dispute #2. I came across it in the cat entry 1st- the redundancy of stating that an urban legend was untrue. I then saw that the urban legend entry stated there could be true urban legends so went to the snopes.com website and pasted in its contradictory definition- which logically says that UL's, like any legend, cannot be true, by definition. It's ill worded but you can sort it out. In short, if a hallmark of a UL is that it has had information altered or distorted it is by definition not true. Logic dictates that one impure element corrupts the whole. A sea of pure water, fouled by a drop of blood is no longer pure. The same it is with truth. It can be partly true, based on a truth, etc., but it requires that qualifier- despite the idiocy of the Snopes definition. For example, if alligators were found in NYC sewers they wd no longer be a UL, but a fact. Just as gorillas were once legendary, but are now fact. The chronological qualifier of the past tense 'were', would be required; as in 'Alligators in NYC sewers were an urban legend until they were in fact discovered in 2008', or the like. Similarly, if I state 'George Washington was a tall white man who was the first President of the United States,' I am stating an unequivocal truth. However, if I change a single element, if I substitute is for was, short for tall, black for white, woman for man, second for first, Governor for President, France for US, the whole sentence is untrue, despite truths within it. It may be partly or mostly true, but it is in the whole false. Similarly, any legend- urban or not- is untrue. If proved true it ceases to be legend, and becomes fact- like the gorilla. This is basic logic, and semiotics. Another user states that it is a vital point that ULs can be untrue. I agree it's vital, but the lad has lost his head- and I don't care what some website or book says. No cited source is above logic and truth, and as a claimed encyclopedia Wiki should be held to higher standards than any old website. I would like to lay out my case before whatever powers that be on these matters. I realize this may not be as 'sexy' a battle or issue as President Bush, abortion, the war in Iraq, or the death penalty, but if this org cannot even stabd up for impeccable logic and truth, thaen what's the point? I've other points to make, but this is my basic case, and I think both are worthy. The first for simple functionality, and the second for logic. Forgive me if I seem picayune, but these seem to me to be the essence of what a source of knowledge shd be about. Please advise me. Cheers, Iago Dali 01:52, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

PS- please reply on my page. Gracias. Iago Dali 01:53, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for yr reply. I guess I'll just have to get used to nails on a chalkboard. Iago Dali 22:34, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Much obliged

[1] Thanks! [[smoddy]] 17:09, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

No problem. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 17:18, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

No, I don't think you get it at all

"Nah, I get it. I just think there is a huge difference between a darkroom and Photoshop. If you think they are the same, you might be smokin' something. You probably would like to see the entire world computer-generated. Someone could PS the most beautiful mountain view or anything they could imagine... but that does not make it real. I just like the "real world", I guess. --Lord Voldemort (Dark Mark) 15:07, 7 September 2005 (UTC)"

Ture, there are differences between the darkroom and Photoshop, but the fact remains that all of the most commonly used tools in Photoshop have direct darkroom equivalents:

• Brightness and contrast and be altered by either A. developing the film for a shorter/longer period of time or B. Exposing the print paper for a shorter/longer period of time, or using a different contrast grade paper. In Photoshop, these are simply controlled by sliders.

• Most of the things that the clone tool are used for can be easily done with spotting dyes. Even the effect achived in the hurricane Katrina photograph could be done with spotting, given enough time and effort.

• Changnig the color of a black and white print can be easily done by using different kinds of dyes.

• Even more complex effects can be created by using techniques like double-exposures and the like.

The brightness of specific parts of the pictures can be altered by selectively holding back light from certain areas during print exposure.

As for your quip on a computer generated world and the real world, I'll choose to ignore that obvious logical fallacy that has nothing to do with our argument Besides, I don't see how this has anything to do with the picture we were talking about. Just because we removed an unwanted reflection doesn't make the scene any less real. It isn't like I made the sky green or added something that shouldn't have been there.

In fact, I don't even know what I'm arguing with you about. Out of the thousands of photographs I've taken, I've only used Photoshop to "create" two of them. This one [2] and this one [3]. Other than that, I only do minor post-processing, virtually all of which could be (and is) easily done in the dark room, and which every photographer worth his weight in film does. If you think photography can exist without post-processing, you're wrong.PiccoloNamek 23:29, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Mille Grazie

Thank you for the official welcome, Lord Voldemort ;) I don't think that I have caponed, but that doesn't necessarily mean that I wouldn't like to learn. Any pointers? Caponer 06:43, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome

Watch for my latest works, The Daven and The Bell-Bale Heart. -EdgarAllanToe 14:17, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

I'll be waiting. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 15:01, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

..also thanks for the kind welcome. I've just returned from a visit to the Cathedral. It was very inspiring. I especially was moved by your Lordships sermon on the power of Mediation and the RfC in particular to forgive Wiki-sin. Thank you so much. You are an example of WikiExcellence to us all! LeonardM 04:46, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I try to be very even-handed, and don't hold grudges. Too many people can't seem to get over even the littlest of things. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:00, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Well

I was never actually angry with you, I was just kind of spoiling for a debate. I suppose that was a little immature of me, and I apologize. I don't want any enemies here at Wikipedia, so I hope we can remain on good terms.PiccoloNamek 16:23, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Hey Voldy

Guess who? MissGranger 19:01, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Who? Chicken poo? --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 19:05, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you very kindly for your support for my nomination. I promise your trust will not be misplaced; I may occasionally be slightly buzzed with power, but never drunk. ;) · Katefan0^(scribble) 22:13, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Bmicomp's RfA

Well, my RfA has not quite completed yet, but either way, I'd like to thank you for your vote and your support, regardless of the outcome. -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 17:56, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Hey, no problem. I see your name around, and you seem to do a good job. Plus it should be "no big deal" right? Anyways, I thought I'd ask... shouldn't it be "HOW'S MY DRIVING" with an apostrophe? Just thought I'd say something. Cheers. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 18:47, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, it should be. I realized the error and contemplated changing it, but I liked the look of it more without the apostrophe. Maybe I will change it though.... -- BMIComp (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 20:13, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Belated 'welcome wagon' thanks

Hello, and thank you for the welcome message you left for me. Jkelly 00:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Accusations of rape against U.S. presidents

I'm closing old AfD's, and I just wanted you to know that your rape accusation against Millard Fillmore had me laughing hard and out loud for a good minute. Which is very bad, as I'm at work, ostensibly working. Thanks for the laugh. Fernando Rizo T/C 01:43, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Well he did, that little bugger. Now get back to work! Cheers. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 13:12, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Signature

Hello, oh Lord Voldemort. Just wanted to mention that I love the irony of your new signature- purple name, with a link to Wikipedia:Esperanza! Oh, the ironies of it all! (Friendship with a dark mark?) Anyways, happy wiki-editing, and you'd better watch out for those Aurors... Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:34, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

This state and this instrument. What's the latter? I'm quite unaware that my name sounds like anything else. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 21:44, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Sean, my boy...

Hey, thanks! I've been concentrating on adding/updating content so much that my own user page edits tend to fall down the priority stack. You guessed right on the archive links; I guess I should clarify that someday... Anyway, thanks! slambo 17:55, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

User:Love Virus­

Do you know this sock? --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:49, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Yes, Love virus is User:MARMOT's creation apply {{MARMOT}} and block. I am watching it very closely. --Cool Cat ^Talk 20:52, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, I'll apply {{MARMOT}}, but you'll have to block him. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:55, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

I already done that, sadly I lack power to block. I did get him blocked though. --Cool Cat ^Talk 21:25, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Are you not an admin? Did you used to be? I could have sworn you were. If not, is there a reason why? --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 21:34, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

It is unlikely I'll ever be an admin. See: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Coolcat --Cool Cat ^Talk 21:57, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

People make adminship a big deal... :( --Cool Cat ^Talk 21:57, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your vote

I appreciate your vote in my successful RfA. If you every need anything just ask. I hope I can live up to expectations. - Trevor MacInnis(Talk | Contribs) 12:45, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Vandal on the Air America Radio page

Hi there... I noticed that you were involved in many of the edits and discussions on the Air America Radio page and wondered if you might be able to help me deal with a vandal who is pushing a political POV agenda on that page. The vandal's name is Keetowah. I noticed from the AAR discussion page that previous contributors including yourself had significant trouble with this vandal. Any advice or assistance you may be able to provide would be much appreciated. --Pmagnay 15:41, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Cookie

Have a cookie

Simple: 1) You are everyone. 2) You must also then be me. 3) So I am you. 4) I am everyone (see 1) 5) Wikipedia says there is at least one person in both Portland and Phoenix 6) I am both of them (refer to 4) 7) I am both in Oregon and Phoenix right now. QED. Either that or I live in Phoenix, but go to college in Portland so I stuck both cats on there. Anyway, usually I respond faster but I'm on a bit of a break right now. Always cool to see someone sign my user page. Especially someone I've seen around. Do you have anything to do with Triddle? :) Just for joining my cabal you get a cookie! (Uh oh, should I have let the most evil person in the world into my cabal...?) Dmcdevit·t 22:17, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello, I thank you for your support to myadminship. We shall surely interact more. And, I am feeling hungry seeing the cookie. --Bhadani 10:02, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

The charter is here. (Relating to Esperanza)

Hello Lord Voldemort, the Charter for Esperanza is up. Take a looksie :) Redwolf24 (talk) 02:52, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Hijab

You know how when you do not see something until someone points it out to you, that was what happened when you told me that there was a fly on that girl's hair.

Richardkselby 22:52, 20 September 2005 (UTC) PS:She is still cute.

Esperanza made less bureaucratic

Hello again, I have (unilatterly) taken away the 'assembly' idea, as per my reasons at that edit summary and per Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Charter. I have left the admin general, as some leadership is good. Now, all you have to do is be a member to establish consensus, the whole assembly idea is gone. Also, I have added an advisory committee, of four members, with limited power besides watching over the admin general and making sure he doesn't do anything stupid. Please look at the ammended charter, and I would love a comment. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:20, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi there

Dark Mark,

First of all, I really appreciate getting letters like yours. It is so cool that we can just ask anyone anything here, purely out of curiosity, to get to know someone better. Thanks for doing it.

Now: I don't think anons are worse than anyone. I agree with the right to edit anonymously. Lately, however, I have been getting suspicious of some particular anons, because 1] they have curiously jumped into disputed articles; 2] refused to talk to me; 3] taken a strangely strong interest in prosecuting editors they don't know; and 4] exactly mimicked the words, pet peeves, mistakes, edit times, and other behaviors of logged-in users.

Also, I have tried to do the duty of leaving some "Welcome" messages on anon users' pages, just to make them feel more comfortable, let them know people have noticed them, and encourage them to ask for whatever help they require.

Regarding the Jamestown incident, if you send me the data, I can work it into an article. However, I won't be able to include any of my own experience, due to the prohibitions on original research and writing about yourself. paul klenk 17:33, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

LOL! I rather like the title, quite honestly. I give it a 78 because it has a great beat and it's easy to dance to! (Oh, does that comment date me!)  :) - Lucky 6.9 18:00, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Rugby and War.

"sounds like someone is giving play-by-play on a rugby" LoL. You have obviously never been to New Zealand where rugby realy is a substitute for war. This length of article would only cover the first five minutes of a test, and that would be in a discussion at the woman's institute. In a pub it would be MUCH more detailed than that. Regards Philip Baird Shearer 22:28, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

My major reason for taking two online versions of BE 1911, "diffing" (UNIX is so useful) them and cleaning them was to create a list of battles. All of them need to be included. For exmple yesterday I created the stub the first Siege of Hull (1642). There is another stub to be created for the second siege of Hull. If you look in the section Talk:English Civil War#Major Battles and Sieges I put in a link months ago for 1648 here is the same site for 1642 http://www.theteacher99.btinternet.co.uk/ecivil/1642.htm. It would seem a good place to start. BTW One of the obvious one to start with is the Battle of Edgehill (there is also detailed information on this battle under Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey) Philip Baird Shearer 10:18, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

One other thing I forgot to mention. I am probably teaching my grand mother to suck eggs, but if you do move any text out of the First English Civil War (FECW) article please make sure that if there are any links in the text that if the same person or place is mentioned again in the FECW, that the link is re-instated lower down in the FECW article. Philip Baird Shearer 10:40, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

The last time I'm spamming you all with Esperanza stuff

Hello Lord Voldemort. As you may or may not know, there have been some troubles with Esperanza. So now, as a last ditch to save the community, please vote at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Reform on all neccisary polls. P.S. I'm very sorry for spamming you all with these messages, and this will be the last time. I recommend putting ESP on your watchlist. Cheers and please look at that, let's stop the civil war then. Redwolf24 (talk) 02:48, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Sig

Can you tell me what it's messing up and how to fix it? It looks okay to me. Thanks! Maltmomma ^(chat) 19:04, 22 September 2005 (UTC) How is this? Maltmomma ^(chat) 19:07, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

OK, now the date font is the default font. Does that help? Thanks for letting me know about the problem. Maltmomma ^(chat) 19:10, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I see, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Cheers! Maltmomma ^(chat) 19:43, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

Hi there Lord Voldemort, I would like to thank you for the welcome you left on my talk page. I am looking forward to contributing to this community! :)Kodachrome indeed! I should read up. (Chromakode 21:16, 22 September 2005 (UTC))

Ditto

Thanks for the welcome! Nice to have at least one person treat me as a person. How ironic that the one person would be ... Voldemort! jrcagle 02:14, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Oh, no complaints about the Wiki community. I just hadn't received any personal messages yet. I was just "jrcagle" at IP address 70.106.63.200. So, thanks for noticing.  :-) jrcagle 16:02, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

withdraw from RfC

I fully respect your decision to withdraw from the RfC, if I may ask, what specifically made you change your mind? --kizzle 21:10, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Please tell and whatever it is, you should put it on the RFC page (or talk page) whichever one. No one else seesm to be holding back when it comes to supporting it and I think your OP, whatever it may be, is valuable and should be made known. Just a thought.Gator1 01:03, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Human_shields_go_home.jpg

Hi Mark, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Human_shields_go_home.jpg - I've updated it. Cheers, Christiaan 16:39, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Arguments against the existence of Bigfoot

I moved this article and it's inverse Argurments for the existence of bigfoot from the Bigfoot main article to there own articles to reduce its size. I tagged the article as being POV because it is. There are little or no sources cited. Also the Bigfoot article at that time was also marked as POV. Seems to me like any beast of cryptozoologoy is going to be POV because its a matter of wether you beleive it or not...--The_stuart 18:36, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Something being not sourced hardly makes it POV. I'm going back to have a looksie, and if it's truly POV, I'll leave the tag, but if it's not, the tag goes. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 18:39, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Do whatever you want, I don't care...--The_stuart 18:43, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

WMD

In your recent edit summary, you wrote that "Small amounts of weapons of mass destruction are weapons of small scale destruction". You cannot possibly think this, can you? I don't disagree with your edit, just your rationale. One nuclear weapon would be a weapon of mass destruction. You don't have to have a large quantity. Oh well. Just thought I'd say something. Cheers. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:25, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Yes, and in this context, I wouldn't consider one nuke a "small amount". A few vials of anthrax (or whatever the going currency in anthrax is) however is a small amount. --fvw* 20:29, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

True, but where do you draw the line? Is a weapon of mass destruction something that can kill or maim 10,000 people? 1,000 people? 100 people? Something that can cause widespread panic? --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:44, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

You're stuck with a Sorites paradox as soon as you start using terms like WMD anyway; I didn't choose to use them, I was merely handling the claims given. --fvw* 20:47, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, I suppose you're right. The semantics may be off, but the essense is correct. I actually think the U.N. established concrete definitions of WMDs, but I forget where I read them. Oh well. I've truly enjoyed our little chat. See you around. Cheers. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:52, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

From Big Daddy

Thank you for your kind words. They are encouraging! Big Daddy 04:53, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: I must say...

Heh, thanks, I kinda take that as a compliment. At least it's not a username that is easy to forget... -- Ferkelparade π 14:01, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: User page

You are more than welcome, both to my support and anything you see on my user page :-) Just don't mind if I steal back anything I see you improve upon hehe ~ Veledan • Talk ^{+ new} 21:37, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you very much for your vote on my RFA, it is now the 8th most supported RFA ever, and it couldnt have happened without your vote. I look forward to serving wikipedia. Again, thanks. →Journalist >>talk<< 23:51, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Hello Spamlist!

Ah, my first ever spam mass produced and mailed to the spamlist. Well first of all let me re-state that we have an irc channel, #wp-esperanza, and its been rather empty, so I'd appreciate it if you come, even if you just idle about. Now, the evil polls have closed, and I left a justification note for running the evil polls. Nothing has really changed, but at least I have somewhat of a consensus. I hope to figure out a way to overturn my power to JCarriker somehow, I'll figure out a way :-) Meanwhile, I've been busy reforming the mediation system where I am the chairman now, er, acting chairman. Enjoy your spam, with extra vikings. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:39, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Arbitration Requested

Per community consensus, Arbitration has been requested against BigDaddy777. Please add any details or comments you feel are appropriate. Mr. Tibbs 03:16, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Resignation

Hello spam list, look at this. Essjay is the new leader of Esperanza, and I'm interested in seeing how he runs it. I'm busy doing other work... Please comment at that talk page there. I will still probably run the spamlist though. Redwolf24 (talk) 22:58, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/BigDaddy777

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/BigDaddy777 has been accepted. Please place evidence at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/BigDaddy777/Evidence Fred Bauder 15:05, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

AlbuRquerque

Sir,

Thanks for the spelling check in the New Mexico article, but:

About the spelling of Alburquerque:

The village was named by the provincial governor Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes in honor of the Duke of Alburquerque, viceroy of New Spain from 1702 to 1710. The first "r" in "Alburquerque" was dropped at some point in the 19th century, supposedly by an Anglo-American railroad station-master unable to correctly pronounce the city's name. In the 1990's, the Central Avenue Trolley Buses were emblazoned with the name Alburquerque (note the extra "r" as the fifth letter) in honor of the city's historic name. Throughout 2005 and 2006, the tricentennial celebration is taking place throughout the city.

See also: Alburquerque

WikiDon 02:14, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Jack Sauer

I guess you're write about the Jack Sauer page... but surely not Jakal's Den? It is a popular podcast! Thanks, Jakalsden 15:21, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Advisory Committee election deadline set

Our new admin general, Essjay, has set the date for the advisory committee elections, that date being October 7th. By UTC it is October 5th right now. So see WP:ESP/E for voting in two days, and add yourself to the list if you're interested in running. On a personal note, I'm considering running, as I only resigned as admin general because of time. I'm sure I could help out on the advisory committee... Anywho, watchlist that page, and be sure to read the voting method too. Regards, Redwolf24 (talk) 01:10, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Voldemort as imposter

Just a note; on your user page you say "Voldemort - imposter". That account made its first edit seven months before you did. Who is the imposter here? :-) --Durin 17:05, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Maru, Bahn Mi, etc.

Do you realize that you're RFA is what spawned this entire idea? Whether or not you approve of it can be stated either on my talkpage or the guild talkpage if it is created, not in the private conversations of other users. I was fishing for consensus on how this will operate anyway; nothing's been decided. freestylefrappe 00:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to intrude, but "private conversations" do not happen on a wiki. If you truly want a private conversation, use email. And I wasn't criticising anything, I was just pointing out that proxy voting is a dangerous path to go down. I know nothing has been decided, I just thought an outside voice may have been appreciated. Sorry. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 13:54, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

No, don't be. Your comment was very useful. It clarified some things. (Like for instance, I thought it was going to be modelled on cabals; I had no idea untill I cam back to my talk page and saw the comment and your reply that proxy voting was being comtemplated). --Maru (talk) 05:22, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

It was just a little disturbing. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:00, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

How to get promoted in CCW?

Hello, how do we get promoted to Wiki-bishops or others? --203.124.2.18 04:43, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Become a good, reasonably well-known user; embody the principles of the CCW. Then ask nicely. --Maru (talk) 05:24, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping an eye out, Maru. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:00, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Sig

Well I use the transcluded signature since there is too much of HTML code after my entry. Yes, I've heard reports that it causes server overload etc, but I did hunt around wikipedia (can't remember the talk page), and its mentioned that the server load is not as high as claimed, Its a grey area, but it wasn't mentioned anywhere that we should not use it. However if images are being used in the template, the server load does get hit. =Nichalp «Talk»= 05:28, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. It wasn't a big deal to me, but some people have complained about things like this in the past. I didn't want to start a new section on your talk page, and you archived my last one, so hopefully you see this here. If not, then why am I continuing to write this? Cheers. --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:00, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Not-so-virgin virgins

I agree with you totally on this. I propose we should just delete this section because it doesnt make sense...they aren't really virgins. freestylefrappe 03:06, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

I think I recall what this is referring to, and yes, what is the point? --Lord Voldemort ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:00, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Oh...

...Lord Voldemort, you are way too civil! No threats? No hexing of my talk page?  ;) Thank you for your kind message, I'd love to work with you on this. I was serious about trying to come up with some kind of policy, though I don't have any great hope that it would be successful. However, even if it's not, it does help to raise the issue. I think the first thing we need to do is try to take an informal survey of what articles have quotes sections, particularly any articles that have had edit warring over them. I've never tried to develop a policy before so it's somewhat unknown waters, but I would like to at least take a stab at it. I'm going to be pretty busy this week but might have some time later in the week. · Katefan0^(scribble) 14:55, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Massage

Some people cannot be "massaged" into civility. We certainly tried, god knows I did. Go look at the final screed & threats on his talk page and tell me how this is someone who wanted to contribute. In his words, he planned "from the beginning" to bring down wikipedia. Do I feel hostile? Not at first, but now ... Hell yes I feel hostile to someone throwing out ridiculous charges of racism against good people, just to top off the rest of his abusiveness. What you call "ganging up" I call "consensus" that an editor was so far beyond the norms of wikipedia that the only possible course was arbitration. Good riddance! I think that, if anything, wikipedia was far too tolerant of this joker for far to long. No one "drove" him away; he finally got himself blocked by an uninvolved admin who finally had enough. As Fred said, any one of the hundreds of admins can unblock him if they feel an indefinite block is unwarranted. I could not be more pleased that this guy is gone, and it has not a thing to do with his politics. Just my opinion; your's apparently differs. Derex @ 19:56, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. That's possible ... I don't know what would have happened if he had been received differently, becaue I don't know how he was received. I didn't see any of this until it was well underway, however I do know some of the editors involved then & trust them. What I do know is that my initial attempts to reach out to BD with gentle advice about the wiki-way were ignored. I do very much agree that newbies should be given some time and gentle massaging at the first. I've seen 2 or 3 roll in here with guns blazing who turned out great. So, that part of your message is well-taken and agreed with. I just suspected that perhaps you didn't understand the overwhelming magnitude of this guy's sins. I've seen at least 3 admins say he was the worst they've ever encountered. I actually had just left a message at arbcom saying 'I quit' seconds before BD was banned. I know that others were also stressed right up to the red line. He was that bad, so yes I celebrated. I truly doubt that things would have turned out differently under any circumstances. His personality just does not lend itself to collaboration. That said, I do understand your general concerns, and agree in principle. Regards. Derex @ 21:32, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Ambitious project

My lord, if you're still interested in doing this I was thinking that maybe we should only 2005 at first. What you said about candidates being different and different standards got me to thinking. Any particular reason why you chose Sept 2004? I may be overlooking something. Jaberwocky6669 | ☎ 19:30, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Nonsense! This is Wikipedia, don't think of it as my article! Yes you can go ahead and finish Sept. 2004, my bad. Jaberwocky6669 | ☎

Hmmm, I'm definately at a cross road once again. Unsure as to do candidacies according to when they began or ended! Please, before you go any further help me decide this. Jaberwocky6669 | ☎

I believe that I may have answered my own question. We should do candidacies according to when they were nominated. Since we're doing 2005 only then anyone nomimated on december 30, 2004 should be excluded. Sometimes I need to ask a question before I can think clearly about it! lol Jaberwocky6669 | ☎

I said this about User:AYArktos and it applies to you just as much too. You are a valuable cornerstone upon which this building relies! Jaberwocky6669 | ☎

Ordainment

I'd like to be ordained..yes...thank you,your exellency...--[[User:tdxiang|Tan Ding Xiang] | ☎]] 02:25, 13 October 2005 (UTC) 02:23, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

I am heartfully sorry

I understand it's ok. As long as it is truly due to real-life situations and not because I keep changing things lol. Jaberwocky6669 | ☎ 15:19, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Freestylefrappe RFA

I can understand your opposition. My opposition to JETFA, and my misconception regarding your relationship to Hipocrite led me to an overzealous reaction. Thanks. freestylefrappe 16:46, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Do you have...

...the recipe? paul klenk ^talk 20:34, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

I found the article:

As tombstones in colonial graveyards attest, starvation was common in early Virginia.

Guess they ran out of tombstone pizza, too. paul klenk ^talk

RE:Ordainment

Thanks a lot! Nice job with the title, too! :)
-- Миборовский ^U|T|C|E 22:33, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza Spam

Hello Esperanzians! A few announcements.

The Advisory Committee election results are in. In tranch A are Acetic Acid and Flcelloguy. In tranch B are Ryan Norton and Bratsche.

My other annoouncement is that our founder, JCarriker, has founded Esperanza's sister project, Wikipediology. I have written two essays here (my name is Matt Binder). My essays are under Teenage Wikipedians and Anon Editors.

On behalf of myself and Jay Carriker and the other wikipediologists, I would appreciate it if you were to join.

Cheers Esperanza! Redwolf24 (talk—How's my driving?) 23:34, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Rollback

I've noticed your idea about letting all logged on users rollback, and I totally agree. Please see User:Borisblue/Rollback for a Village pump discussion I initiated 2 weeks ago. What do you think? Should we campaign for this? Wikiproject Wikipedians for Rollback Liberation maybe? Borisblue 14:34, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

HPW

Nice job defending me back there, but come to think of it, we haven't seen you in HPWiki for how many months already. Tired of HP so soon? ;) Chosen One 11:16, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, what is this? Art thou a syssop, mine olde Fiend? (oops, forgot the r) Anyway, live life as you will live it and leave life not to live it. See you straight. Chairs. Chosen One 14:04, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

What is the world coming to?

You're supporting me on my RfA, I'm thanking you for it...what's next? Hitler rising out of his grave to apologise? :-) Anyway, thanks for your support. I'll see you around, my Lord. Hermione1980 00:04, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

test5

You have been temporarily blocked from editing for vandalism of Wikipedia. Please note that page blanking, addition of random text, deliberate misinformation, privacy violations, and repeated and blatant violation of WP:NPOV are considered vandalism. If you wish to make useful contributions, you may come back after the block expires.

(sorry can't make it for real. maybe you can pretend I have admin and can do this) ;) --Syrthiss 14:56, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

Just received your welcome message to wikipedia. Thanks for the references and the warm welcome, very much appreciated! Chancelot 23:59, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Argh

Awwww, does wittle junior want me to hold his hand? Just kidding :-) No sweat: Row F column 2; cell contents is data, no function; value is the same as the user's date of first ever edit. I usually manually type this in. Then, F3 is =F2+1. I manually copy F3 down, and since it uses relative not absolute cell references in the function (absolute would be =$F$2+1), it automatically increments subsequent values down the F column. Thus, cell F30 for example is F29+1. You do not manually need to change the function. Experiment :) I usually have to keep copying a few times until get the right number of cells to cover the entire editing range. The range is ALL days, not just days spent editing. You don't sound retarded, and your questions are fine. Keep asking :) --Durin 22:09, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Voting

I think you want to turn Hermione1980 into a Death Eater. :)

No seriously, I don't have a hard and fast rule nor I am voting every day. In the end, I don't think I would vote for somebody with less than 1000 edits, the fact that he was here more than a year was a "cherry on top" kind of a thing. If he had those same edits in the last 4 months I probably would've opposed anyway.
I was promoted with a little over 1600 edits, and I waited to self nom because I felt that I had little chance of passing before that, although I felt qualified.
Based on my own experience, I believe that there is a number of edits that you need to have, even if it is just to get a feeling on how things are done and what is acceptable. Takes time to grasp things like WP:NPOV, WP:NOR and, like life, the more you do the more you learn.
Hope I answered your questions. Sincerely,
--Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 22:57, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Not a problem, my pleasure! :) --Sebastian Kessel ^Talk 15:12, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Tribune

Thanks for pointing it out; I nearly missed it. (Side note: I think they misheard a few things I said, but, oh, well. :-)) Mindspillage (spill yours?) 04:38, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

The Unkindness of Strangers

Salve, Lord Voldemort!
Thanks for your note about your RFA candidacy. I will admit it was not one of my better days when I voted and some of my votes were perhaps intemperate or unwise. I should not take out my irritation on innocents. I apologize. Please let me know if you are a candidate again or if you'd like me to look through work again. Again, I am sorry. PedanticallySpeaking 14:15, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Pssssssssssst

I have taken off the image, you like this one: V/M
02:23, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

RfA

Thank you for your support, I will always wear it. I'm withdrawing, but hope someone will nominate me once a bit of time has gone by. The Land 18:30, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Titoxd's RfA

Thank you!

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the 10th most supported RfA in Wikipedia history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! Titoxd^(?!?) 17:52, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Delisting of The Land's RfA

Delisting, since he withdrew, is fine. But, there are changes that need to be made to closed down RfAs. Please see this diff] which used {{subst:rfaf}}-{{subst:rfab}} for the example in this case. Also, the nomination should be listed at Wikipedia:Unsuccessful adminship candidacies. See [4]. Thanks, --Durin 18:28, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

thanks for advice!

I've withdrawn per yours and others advice. I really appreciate the kind words. peace, Tedernst 16:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

No, I'm not discouraged. I learn most by jumping right in and this is part of that. I see I'll have to get more involved in policy discussions since I'm of the opinion that at least some of what's done by admins now could be handled by the community at large were policies to be a bit different. Thanks much for the encouragement and I'll see you at Recent Changes. :-) Tedernst 16:53, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Hmmm...

He who must not be named wrote:

Yes, Amy Poehler is fairly attractive as you noted. But that might just be your Red Sox bias slipping in. Better luck next year, eh? Gotta keep Theo around though. And Mueller.

It was a rough season, but I'm all for Chicago winning (86 years for the sins of 8 people is enough time).

There's my POV right there. And good luck on your RfA. Cheers.

Much thanks! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 23:04, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Response for Harro5

You recently commented on my talk page about my image tagging in relation to my being an admin in the future. Honestly, I don't really understand the technical stuff involved. If you could help or tell me someone on the Wiki with some expertise on image copyrights, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks. Harro5 06:54, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I'll try to explain on your talk page. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:13, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I'm going back over my images uploaded and cleaning these up by adding tags and listing some for deletion. Most were added when I still had little idea about copyright on Wikipedia, and simply added pics from anywhere where there weren't pictures before. I've obviously wisened up since then :p. Thanks, and look at my image edits to see what I'm doing, or see Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion/2005 November 5. Hopefully this will "clean my record" somewhat. The next thing is to replace the campus image on Caulfield Grammar School with one of my own when I get the time. Harro5 22:17, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Any thoughts on the status of Image:Rickwarren.jpg? Harro5 22:35, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

All the problem images have now been deleted, just to update you on the situation. Harro5 23:40, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

• My RfC is over and I've been vindicated - the people who brought it gave up on "winning". Thanks for the support though. Harro5 20:52, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the RFA support vote. I was sifting through the RFA votes and just thought, Why not nominatte myself again? So I guess I was just impatient :p. Anyway, I might look to return your would-have-been nominating of me in the future. See you round! Harro5 03:43, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Super powers?

What superman-like powers do I have as a presbyterate? --Tdxiang

On his talk page. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:13, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Moe Epsilon

Thank you for your kind words but I feel as if there is nothing left. Later. — Moe ε 22:30, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

I know I could but there is nothing left for me to share my knowledge of. EVERY time I try something new I am immediatly shot down by other users, but what makes me the most mad is the noobies shooting me down on certain topics. — Moe ε 23:18, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

The Late BD777

Guilty as charged. After a self-imposed exile, I recently returned to Wikipedia, only to find he had been banned forever by James Lane himself (after a month of protestations of fealty). In a moment of weakness, I engaged in a bit of a victory dance. Your point is well taken. Eleemosynary 15:59, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi there Lord Voldemort, its me Moe Epsilon. I just dropped by to say thanks for your kind words a couple a days ago. I decided not to leave Wikipedaia after all. Thank you! — Moe ε 20:48, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks from Pamri

Hi LV, Thanks a ton for your constructive comments and for supporting at my RFA. I am now a wikipedia administrator. I hope I can keep your trust and hopefully, we should interact more in the future. Thanks again. --Pamri ^{• Talk • Reply} 04:43, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

I'm sorry you found reason to object to my adminship, but now that I've been promoted, I'd like to clear the slate. If you have any specific issues/problems with me, please feel free to state them on my talk page so that I can work to prevent them in the future.  ALKIVAR™ 07:17, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Johann Wolfgang's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA. If my RfA passes I will use my new abilities with the common interest in mind. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Johann Wolfgang [ T ...C ] 19:11, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Help, please

Would you mind stopping by the Matt Drudge page? A sockpuppet, "Giles22", is blanking at will. Eleemosynary 19:39, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Vanderdecken's edits

Not sure if that was meant to make me feel bad or good. If bad, then sorry, if good, then thanks. I just remebered making that edit and realised I'd never signed it. Vanderdecken ^℘ζξ 15:13, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

question

I see Eleemosynary on this page -- do you know this user? He's requesting your help with a "sockpuppet" Giles22 here but on the Woody Allen page they seem to be of the same mind. Thanks for any clue as to what his motivations are -71.112.11.220 05:35, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Since you're around...

Could you look at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR#User:Remington and the Rattlesnakes for me? Much obliged. android79 20:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

• D'oh! That was dumb of me. Consider that request yet more proof that you should be an admin. :-) android79 20:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

re:Your sig...

You do know that your sig takes up many, many lines of coding, right? Not that it really matters, just something you should be aware of:

<span class="plainlinks">[[m:Wikimania 2006|<font color="black">M</font>]][[Special:Emailuser/Mysekurity|<font color="black">y</font>]][[Special:Specialpages|<font color="black">s</font>]][[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="green">'''''e'''''</font>]][[Corey Hart|<font color="black">k</font>]][[User:Mysekurity|<font color="black">u</font>]][[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Mysekurity|<font color="black">r</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Mysekurity|<font color="black">i</font>]][[User talk:Mysekurity|<font color="black">t</font>]][{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Log|user=Mysekurity}} <font color="black">y</font>]</span>

Cheers. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 21:45, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, sorry about that. I've been experimenting with making my sig better (I like how it looks, I'm not too crazy about all the coding..), and thought someone might take issue with that. I plan on shortening it, as best I can, but I kinda liked the idea of having each letter individually link to something else, and I'm working on a better solution as we speak. I respect your oppinions about the protection of George W. Bush, and earnestly hope we can come to a better solution about that. I've narrowed it down so it includes just what I find essential: my user and talk pages, esperanza (in green) and a link to Wikimania 2006. I only wish I could find a way to make all text, including links black. I might find a span tag or something. Thanks and happy editing, Mysekurity 22:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I am sorry, I never intended to make you change it. I thought it was kinda funny. Corey Hart... nice work. But what I don't get was you wanted to make everything black? Isn't it already black? what are you talking about? --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 22:21, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Nah, don't worry about it. I wanted to change it myself. Most, if not all, that stuff is available on my user page. Regarding your question about color, links automatically become blue (for unvisited), and purple (for visited). I had to add font tags in order for it to be black. Text, is automatically black, but not links. I want only a few letters to be linked, but with wiki encoding, it automatically links the few letters after the close brackets (e.g. [[CD]]s is displayed as CDs, and [[Australia]]n as Australian). Thanks for your concern, and I hope to find a way to deal with this. Happy editing, Mysekurity 22:32, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Your welcoming of me

It's true. You know, I don't think I ever have run into the other Jkelly you mentioned. Jkelly 19:17, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

• Ah, that might be because you weren't talking about another user! :P Jkelly 19:18, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

American conservatism thanks

Hey, thanks for doing the tedious job of switching over the American conservatism article. - ElAmericano | talk 23:20, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

HP wikibooks

I saw your comment on the HP project page re wikibooks rejecting the HP stuff. I understood that it was only agreed for it to be deleted wrom here on condition it would be accepted there? Sandpiper 23:08, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Barry AuH2O

I'd say definitely add in the part about the periodic table of campaign slogans. It was a time when "Popular Mechanics" was actually popular, and the average Joe knew at least the commonest chemical symbols. Now, only Wikipedians know these "obscure" facts. Alas....--Rockero 00:12, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

A question...

You've been here a few months now and racked up a fair number of edits - is it about time to consider becoming an admin? I'd willingly nominate you if you're interested... Grutness...wha? 02:16, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Fair enough. To be honest I'd forgotten the recent failure. Ah well - if you're still interested later and want someone to nominate you, then remind me :) Grutness...wha? 23:19, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

gaff

Are you the same Lord Voldemort as on the godawful.net forums? 216.43.124.150 17:37, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Nope, never heard of any of that... Why, is he messing stuff up? --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 17:46, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

No, I was just womdering. 64.12.116.135 03:08, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Maintenance

Thanks for keeping this page updated every now and then :-) --HappyCamper 03:04, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

the WP:GRFA dispute

I've set the ball rolling for a WP:RFC survey to start, discussion is on the GRFA talk page. Please comment. Borisblue 04:15, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Ambi's refusing to listen or compromise. He still insists it's my page, my standards. Suggesting I should be strung from a flagpole isn't exactly helpful. He insists on revert warring the article to the way he wants it, which is gutted and meaningless. You might as well give a would-be nominee a map to a minefield and say "Oh don't worry; we've cleared all the mines out!". I am fed up with his intransigience and unwillingness to discuss things in any reasonable form. The guide was going very well prior to him and Tony showing up. Now, they insist on having it their way even though their way disagrees with the bureaucrats. It's utterly ridiculous. Ambi was clearly flirting with 3RR, attacking people, and is pushing POV. Tony's been a bit better, but his rash removal of large sections of the guide without discussion was wholly unwarranted and poor behavior. I'd like to get a lot more contributors on RfA involved in this; maybe with 99% of people opposing what they are saying they'll finally relent. If we look at the number of people who have edited this article and not removed the numbers, standards, etc. vs. Ambi+Tony, it's pretty clear already what community consensus is but Tony and Ambi are ignoring that along with ignoring what the bureaucrats have said. Also, as I noted on the GRFA talk page, userfying the page is useless. A number of people, including Tony and Ambi, will not tolerate the guide as a userpage being linked into RfA where it needs to be linked in order to get it in front of the people who need it most. So, it's either as a Wikipedia page or nothing. For now, I'm just going to ignore the guide. I don't need the stress, and it doesn't matter what I say because Ambi ignores it and will revert anything I do anyways. The guide's been hijacked by him to serve his purposes. Anyone standing in his way will get reverted. *shrug* It's not the end of the world. --Durin 19:04, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

A page-moving vandal

Our vandal of the day - r0e1t2s3i4n5a (talk · contribs) - has moved some pages (see contribs). Can you fix? Cheers! BD2412 T 19:47, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

• Are you sitting down? I'm not an admin. I've declined nomination until December for various reasons. Cheers! BD2412 T 20:07, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Weirdness. Well, you should be an admin, and I'm sure you will. BD2412 T 20:22, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Both of you should be admins. LV, you need to wait a couple of months before trying again. Bo, I think you're delaying your nom just so you can have the most support RfA in history ;) --Durin 23:14, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree - I've proposed nominating both before now. Grutness...wha? 00:37, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Why?

Why do so many people not like you? GOSH. I guess there's more to life than being the Dark Lord. P.S. Snape kills Dumbledore! Stanselmdoc 16:12, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

CCW

Hi LV. Could you explain this to me? I'm not disputing you -- I'm just curious, because I haven't seen any of the division to which you refer. Thanks! [[Sam Korn]] 17:32, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Heh, no issue. All those things seem to have passed me by, hence my confusion! I don't really see it as an issue myself, but thanks for the information! [[Sam Korn]] 21:50, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

For clarity

You said on the CCW MfD page: There are other ways of making people happy than by offending another large part of the community. I reply: I agree with you completely! Not on this particular subject, but otherwise, you're spot on!

You also said: And don't worry, I know I'm not making any friends here. You are entitled to your opinions and entitled to express them in the WP namespace. That I or anyone else disagrees with you is no cause for not being friends.

I apologise if my tone suggested otherwise and will happily say so on MfD if you wish. Peace! ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 20:14, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

You didn't come across as harsh at me, and I am not offended, my Lord. If we are both sorry then that suggests we either both have nothing to be sorry for or are both idiots. Either way, we're quits! :) Peace! ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 20:31, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

CCW

Thank you for your kind compliment at the CCW talk page. I have made a gesture of conciliation (without retraction, for my view on the matter is unchanged) to Essjay, at his talk page, and -- if you feel you might help the effort to appease him -- please do add remarks. Also, although I am (obviously) not involved with CCW, if I may be of further use in internal discussions regarding meta-fying the page, please let me know. Best wishes, Xoloz 20:56, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar

Lord Voldemort is hereby awarded the Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for showing a pattern of going the extra mile to be nice without being asked.

!מזל טוב

from Izehar

I don't know what to say. I just try to be a good person. I'm not sure I really deserve it, but thanks, I guess. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 22:40, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

I can't really specify one particular act. While going through your contributions (your user name attracted my attention), I thought, aha! A RAK Barnstar is in order here. For starters, you don't make personal attacks, unlike certain (ie almost all) users. You are not as "evil" as your user name makes out ;-) Izehar 22:53, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Not at all a bad thing.

LV, I completely understand where you're coming from - while I must admit that it is gratifying to see the numbers grow as they have, the more important thing is knowing that I have the confidence of my peers in taking on this responsibility. In that respect, your note on my talk page means as much to me as any vote cast in the RfA discussion. Thank you! BD2412 T 21:03, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks, Lord Voldemort. I wish that we could leave this fighting to bloggers and others who are allowed to be POV. It's truly disturbing for me to go to the encyclopedia article that is supposedly describing my political philosophy and discover that somebody is giving airtime to people like Finkelstein and others who have nothing to do with liberalism at all. I think it would be best if we could stick to history and philosophy. No one's going to agree on a section about politicians and pundits hurling abuses at one another. It's simply not relevant. Wasted Time started it and, when he did, I was too busy to fight it. But it's bothering me now and so I'm going to fight it. Wasted has a habit of destroying articles a bit at a time by inserting controversy and removing fact. Look at his history and you'll see that what I say is true. He's wasted a lot of my time and destroyed a lot of my work. luketh 18:01, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for commenting on the wrong page. I dispute that Finkelstein's comments are common in American culture. It's only common in right-wing American culture. Left-wing American culture is aggravated by this POV. Encyclopedia articles are no place for political arguments. I contribute to Wikipedia instead of blogging because I prefer facts over who said what to whom. My guess is that you and the other editors are not liberals. luketh 18:21, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

This article could be overwhelmed by comments of people hurling insults at each other. No, I don't think it's relevant. It's also a waste of time. Right now I'm looking for a good Al Franken bash to counteract Finkelstein's bash. This is not right for an encyclopedia article. luketh 18:39, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

I understand your argument but what I'm saying is that it's not worthy of mention. If I get a radio station tomorrow and start using "conservative" in a derogatory manner I would not expect someone on the "conservative" page to say "yep, that's our new definition of conservatism." Conservatism is a rich political philosophy that cannot be defined by a few talk show hosts. Encyclopedia articles need to be concerned not only with truth but also with relevance. I can't create an article about myself or my girlfriend or something that is not accepted as NPOV. On Wikipedia, NPOV is inviolable, and the reason for that is to ensure that only accepted and relevant facts get through. The section under dispute is not relevant nor is it accepted. Talk show hosts can say what they want to say but in light of the decades of liberal thought and action, it's insignificant. It's important not to get lost in current events and forget the larger important themes. luketh 18:57, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

thanks for the message

i'm learning the ropes and hopefully am making some good contributions, i've only been overruled once so far. and i'm working on remembering to sign my name after any and all comments too. RonMexico 19:55, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: The Land's RfA

I'd be criticised for opposing because I know there will be people that'll say "That's not a good enough reason to oppose, you just don't think it was long enough time." Well I also think The Land doesn't have enough edits, I know that's editcountitis or whatever, but I've lowered my expectations to around 1,500 and The Land doesn't even have that. I'll change my vote to oppose, but I'll probably be bothered about it by some users. Quentin Pierce 03:43, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

The Cave of Spleen

Nah, that's fine. I left "VfD" up there to remind folks that I'm an original troglodyte who devised all his thoughts when it was VfD and when there were all of 35 articles a day on the list. Having it updated is fine, though, especially if folks think the advice still applies. Geogre 21:54, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Wow, my user page has been popular the last two days. Anyway thanks for the minor fix and nice to meet you! --DanielCD 22:16, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Tweak to user:rogerd

Thanks for the spelling correction. No it wasn't on purpose. I guess I need to slow down and double check my spelling a little more. Thanks again. --rogerd 00:34, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

My userpage

hehhehheh... he said doo-doo... hehhehheh :) Grutness...wha? 04:55, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Edit summaries

Sure thing, Lord Voldemort. Sorry about that. luketh 18:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks very much for the nod! It is well appreciated. I am very happy working with everyone here! <->Refusetobesilenced 21:46, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Harry Potter featured article drive

I'm trying to get the Featured Article Drive going again on the HP Wikiproject. Check out Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Harry_Potter/Improvement#Improvement_Drive, I'd appreciate your input! Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 05:56, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Question

Because Ann Coulter has made her career on controversial arguments, doesn't make sense. If it does, what does it mean? The remote sense it makes means that her "success" was only due to controversial arguments and not on her merit. What the anon said may be true, but it is bias and there are no sources. I reverted to Ann Coulter has made a career of controversial arguments, which means that her career was loaded with controversy (not biased). If you feel it should be reverted back, feel free to do so. Izehar (talk) 20:34, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Email

Did you get my response? Firebug 22:42, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Esperanza elections

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My Ridiculous Poll

Nah, not influential. I'd rather call myself ... addicting. ;) · Katefan0^(scribble)/mrp 23:18, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!

A Jaffa Cake for you from CLW!

Many thanks for your support during my RfA – following a 30/0/0 vote I’ve now been made an admin. Do have a Jaffa Cake! Cheers, CLW 13:59, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Your questions

Hi, LV!

I just answered the questions you placed on my talk page. Just thought I'd let you know. Alex Schenck (that's Linuxbeak to you) 21:42, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism Warrior

Thanks for fighting the dark forces that seek to vandalize articles. Rkevins82 23:16, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Paleoliberalism

Thanks for the support, but what I want to do at this point goes beyond "continue to revert". So far, I haven't removed any of User:Paleolib's or User:Sam Spade's material, just put the cited material at the head of the article. But they're not coming forward with citations, and I'd like to start removing some of this material if no one can cite it. I've made a serious, good-faith effort to find citations for it (if it can be cited as solidly as I've been able to cite the rest of this, I'd be more than glad to have it), but all I can find is that it's been bandied about in the blogosphere. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:19, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Geisha FP

Hi Lord Voldemort. I was wondering if you would take another look at the Geisha picture that was nominated for Featured Image status; two edits of the image were uploaded and some comments were left that may address your reasons for opposing. The photographer uploaded a crop of the original that I think really improves the photo and reduces the client's prominence in the image. ~MDD4696 (talk • contribs) 02:43, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Vandal

Lord Voldemort, could you look into blocking 204.39.64.2? Appleseed 16:21, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Oh, sorry, you were on my welcoming committee (ok, you WERE my welcoming committee :) so I assumed you're an admin. I contacted someone else, but thanks for your help. Appleseed 16:40, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

democratic party talk page

I marked thru the comments I made. I overreacted, yes. --Revolución (talk) 18:34, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

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Geisha (& dude)

Hello, Lord. I appreciated your candid assessment of the image of the geisha I uploaded. In direct response to your criticism, I've uploaded additional versions of the photograph that minimize the man in the photograph. To be clear, however, this guy is actually not random. He is one of the only Americans in the world who has connections in the Gion geisha district, and this photo was requested for a nationwide exhibit by a leading American anthropologist and author on the subject precisely because it was a rare photo of a geisha entertaining a male client (called ozashiki in Japanese). PIctures of geisha alone are commonplace, but we never see them working. This sort of glimpse into the geisha's private world as she entertains behind closed doors is rarely captured on film, and it is precisely the presence of a male client in the picture that makes it so rare. It would be a shame to see this worthwhile visual contribution rejected for relatively minor reasons. Again, I have made adjustments to the image to better to suit your taste. I want to win your support. I ask you to think it over, read the article on Geisha, and reconsider your position on blocking this nomination with an open mind. Thank you, and best of luck to you.ToddLara 22:55, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

For Your Work

I, Xoloz, award this Original Barnstar to Lord Voldemort, for his exceptionally thoughtful judgment in all areas of Wiki-maintenance. Xoloz 22:49, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi,

I'm very sorry I ever doubted you, and I will nom. you at RfA anytime! You go far above and beyond duty's call for a normal editor, much less a Dark Lord. :) Xoloz 22:49, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi, after all this time

Dear Old Voldie,

Hello again! How are you? Well, let's get to the point. We at little cyberkingdom of the Harry Potter Wiki would like to invite the evil wizard Lord Voldemort (meaning You) to spend some time this Yuletide season at the Harry Potter Wiki. We think that this may be a good time to catch up on all the developments you may have missed since the last time you were there, which was quite a long time ago. Your highly evil presence would be appreciated there, especially as a deterrent to all the Viagra advertisers who are defacing our articles.

Gladly awaiting your hopefully (not) unenthusiastic response, and whatever happened to the Cathedral of the Holey Nipov? Chairs. Chosen One 20:43, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Geisha

Hello again, Lord. I appreciated you taking the time to take another look at the subject and explain your objections. I'm sorry to see that the revised versions still do not make the grade. If there are any further improvements I can make to satisfy your requirements or at least convince you to downgrade to a neutral stance with a mild protest noted, as others have done, please let me know. It is true that this particular subject means something to me, and the rarity of the photo cannot be over-emphasized. From an intimacy standpoint, it's sort of like getting a candid photo of a priest in a confessional taking confession from a parishioner as opposed to standing out in front of his church in full regalia. I regret that a professional photographer was not present. In any case, I do respect your opinion and your reasoning. I appreciate honest (and even heated or blunt) debate, and I do not equate differing opinions with animosity at all. Best regards to you. ToddLara 05:28, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

User:Peter McConaughey

I think you've handled discussion with Peter very diplomatically, so if you have a chance, could you review Peter's latest comment [5]. Carbonite | Talk 19:29, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Adding Links to SydLexia.com

If a link is relevant to an article, it should be allowed to be added. Your specific complaint was that since the site wasn't relevant enough to have a stub, it shouldn't be allowed to be linked to. Do you have any idea how ridiculously flawed that argument is?

Consider this Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_fandom" See if you can tell me how many of the external links there have Wikipedia stubs. I'll save you the trouble: NONE.

However, your point about linking multiple articles to the same external page is clearly on the mark. Like many Wikipedia users, I have not taken the time to read the very long, somewhat confusing, and very boring rules. I was in the wrong and that will not happen again. The link will be reposted in Jingle All The Way but not The Muppet Christmas Carol or anywhere else.

King of Aardvark | Talk 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I wasn't actively trying to "mess up" an article and I didn't. I presume you are referring to the Kara Borden thing. It was a copyright issue with a photograph of ambiguous origin and the issue has since been dropped. You also seem to have entirely missed the larger issue that was at stake in that debate, which was that one posts self-photographs a in public forum, there is an implied forfeiture of copyright.

King of Aardvark | Talk 23 December 2005 (UTC)

The Wiki-Afterlife

"What happens if a Wikipedian dies?"

Vandals and sockpuppets go to Wiki-Hell, of course. Good Wikipedians spend eternity in the presence of the God-Kings. --TantalumTelluride 20:13, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

While the comedy is appreciated, I was actually being serious. If someone dies, do people care? Do people notice? Oh well, thanks anyway... Cheers. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:21, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Important Wikipedians who are no longer active are remembered at Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians. Dedicated users who cease editing suddenly and without explanation are quite possibly deceased, but there is no way to know for sure. Perhaps a better question is, "Aren't all inactive Wikipedians dead, as far as we're concerned?" I don't know. I don't think it really matters; the wiki will go on. --TantalumTelluride 20:38, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

You don't think people dying really matters? Heartless... :-) I just think it is weird that people we think of as friends here at WP, may just die and we would have no way of knowing. It is a sad proposition. People that go away, might always come back to edit later, or maybe under a different name. People who die in real life, sure ain't coming back as a sock. It just makes me think sometimes. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Well, what I meant was that it doesn't matter to us whether someone dies or just quits editing, since there is effectively no difference on Wikipedia. You're right, though; it is a sad thought that some inactive users might actually be dead. --TantalumTelluride 22:48, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Good Wikipedians never die, they just revert to a previous edit. -Syberghost 17:31, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: Boss?

File:CandyCane.JPG

Mmmmmmm...

Merry Birth of Some Old Guy Who May or May Not Be a God if One Even Exists Celebration to you as well! :) Where I originated, Chinese New Year is more widely celebrated, but that doesn't mean I won't string up some lights or exchange gifts this time of year. ;-) Have a candy cane! Cheers, Sango123 (talk) 00:21, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, Lord Voldemort! A well deserved pressy!--Santa on Sleigh 22:00, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Apples

Two of course! Radiant_>|< 22:50, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Short Circuit

Thanks for the welcome!! I look forward to providing plenty of input. ;) JohnnyFive 10:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

MacMillan

I agree; I'm almost positive he and Mr. McC are the same person, and perhaps User:The Random Element too, and that they are sock puppets of the departed Mr. Stark. An IP check would be helpful. You can see my recent questions to McMillan but I don't think he'll answer, esp given the crap on his user page about not responding if it won't improve the page. Interestingly Zephram Stark used to say things like that over and over.--csloat 21:24, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

LOL... that is hysterical. Coving. Yeah that pretty much makes this clear, I think. Bizarre.-csloat 21:36, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Wihses

Hello, I wish you and your family a prosperous and happy New Year 2006! We shall surely remain actively involved in the Project Wikipedia. --Bhadani 16:44, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Zero

okay Zero + 1 Cordially Battlefield 16:45, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Zero + 1 1/2 ?? Battlefield 17:55, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

My Request for Adminship

Greetings, Lord Voldemort! I wanted to sincerely thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with a final result of 55/14/3. While you voted oppose, I still hope you'll be content with the way I use my newly granted WikiPowers. If you have any questions or input regarding my activities, be they adminly or just a "normal" user's, or if you just want to chat about anything at all, feel free to drop me a line. Cheers! —Nightstallion (?) 07:58, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Infobox Biography

Template:Infobox Biography has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#Template:Infobox Biography. Thank you. DreamGuy 07:25, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Answer

No. It was provoked by that, but it was a long-standing problem that I had been mulling over. Ann's comments just convinced me. Thanks, [[Sam Korn]] 17:57, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protect AfDs?

As I said, I didn't do it. But it isn't obvious to me why it would be a terrible thing. At first glance, it seems less problematic than semi-protecting an article, as we take a sceptical approach to "votes" from brand new users and IPs (the only ones effected). Further, the Talk page remains an option. I'm not about to start campaigning for this as a good idea, I'm just curious as to what I am missing that makes it a bad one. Jkelly 22:04, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

To continue our earlier converation...

Thought you might be interested another Zephram sighting. I just left this message at WP:RCU:

User:Pandora Rodriguez as a possible sockpuppet of banned User:Zephram Stark/User:Peter McConaughey/User:Jamal al din/User:Fred Veraxamin. "Her" behavior closely fits Zephram's, especially the obsession with me [6] despite no direct contact. Also seems unusually critical of other admins for a brand new user with about 15 edits. Carbonite | Talk 22:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I have no intention of blocking "her" myself, but I'm rather confident this is Zeph. Carbonite | Talk 22:18, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll keep an eye on the situation. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 22:27, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Re:Adminship

Sure - remind me again in a month, say, and I'll be glad to nominate you. Grutness...wha? 23:29, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Rights

Please take a peek at User talk:Ambi. Thx. Radiant_>|< 18:16, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Spelling

Thanks for the corrections, I mistype president that way almost every time, but usually catch it. :p NoSeptember ^talk 22:31, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, thank you wiki. It's no problem, I'm happy to oblige. Isn't life grand? --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 22:35, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

You are much too cheerful for a Dark Lord. NoSeptember ^talk 22:46, 12 January 2006 (UTC) (ps - the Grutness related item above is long overdue)

Your question on my RfB

I have answered your question. Thank you for participating in my RfB. Regards, Redux 03:43, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

In that case, I insist on thanking you on your talk page. Indeed, I had misunderstood. Besides, I never thank anyone, for anything, using templates. It's too impersonal. I make it a point to thank each user "personally". So, thank you! Regards, Redux 19:14, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Rfa?

To He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named

May I nominate you for Rfa?

Tdxiang 陈 鼎 翔 (Talk) Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! My Rfa

RfA

Oops, looks like I beat some else to it! The nom. is ready for acceptance. :) Best wishes, Xoloz 18:25, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, since the nom. is up, I suppose you can accept it whenever you like, and reset the clock to run with your acceptance. I stand ready to sign my name anytime you wish. After asking you a few times in the past, I thought more aggressive action was in order this time. :) Best wishes, Xoloz 19:29, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

I didn't vote in your first RfA LV, but recall that we had a discussion about edit summaries. And now, in the last 500 edit summaries, you're at 100% :) Nice work :) --Durin 23:08, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

When a Wikipedian dies...

Re: the green box at the top of your user page, have you checked out Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians? --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 01:32, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

No, I feel good

I just like pointing out the obvious. I can't think of a time that Splash and I agreed on anything so I do all I can to avoid him. But when he comes in with his (as I percieve it) "panic over" and attitude that a discussion page isn't to be used for discussion, then I see it as being condescending. I'll refrain from responding to anymore of what I see as his talking down to others attitude.--MONGO 05:35, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Essjay

Essjay can speak for himself. Anyway, he wouldn't like it if I put something that he found offensive, but is not a direct personal attack.--Anti-Anonymex2^{Come to my page! I've gone caliente loco!} 19:08, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Good point. Pax Christi.--Anti-Anonymex2^{Come to my page! I've gone caliente loco!} 00:27, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Warren

Thanks for the note. A number of people have been somewhat incivil on that page, including me. So I also would like to apologise. I've seen you around the 'pedia before, and you've always seemed level-headed and polite. I guess we've just seen each other at our worst in this AFD.

Regarding Warren, I feel strongly that the information in the article is appropriate for Wikipedia, and I really do think that merging people into books is a stupid idea. It appears this AFD will fail to gain consensus, so the article will be entitled to remain. However, I have no appetite for these confrontations, and I have no intention of bringing more misery upon myself by creating more such convict school teacher articles. I intend to create Convict school teachers of Western Australia, and any further biographical information on convict school teachers will be placed in a section of that, with the exception of James Elphinstone Roe, who was easily the most famous of the convict school-teachers and merits a separate article. When I have done so, I will have no objection to merging Warren et. al. into that page. Meanwhile, I will continue to oppose deletion of the article. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 22:55, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

---

An article about the book is an article about the book. It should state what the book is called, who it is by, when it was published, what it is about, anything we know about the reasons the book was written, its critical reception, and so on. With respect to what it is about, it should meet encyclopaedic standards of relevance. The statement

"The book contains biographies of a number of convicts, such as John Warren"

is acceptable in an article on the book. In a lengthy article on the book, it would probably be acceptable to state

"One chapter of the book contains biographies of a number of convicts who later became school teachers, such as John Warren".

However, the statement

"Born in 1826, Warren worked as a clerk in his youth, but in 1850 he was convicted of forging a bill of exchange, and sentenced to a lifetime of penal servitude."

is most certainly not relevant to an article on the book. It would be unencyclopaedic to place such information into the article on the book. Drew (Snottygobble) | Talk 01:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Quick Note

Cheers for that, I've been expecting it, but never saw it put into motion. Given pgio has never come into contact with me, if he's the coinitiator I will have things to say. NSLE _(T+C) 00:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Your user page

On your User Page, you say that you would like it "changed for the better". I enjoy doing user pages, and would be happy to improve it a bit, but I was wondering what you don't like about the page? smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 16:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, what I meant was "what would you prefer"? With the name, I'd guess something dark? smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 16:52, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

'Owzat? I hope I haven't made the colours too dark? I hope you like green... :-) smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 18:00, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

No, that's alright. I think it probably was too hard to read. Never mind. smurrayinchester^{(User), (Talk)} 20:25, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Not unsympathetic

Sad to see it, but I understand, I think. My own feelings about the project are rather downcast also, for which see Nandesuka's talk page, circa Jan. 3. I am all-but-off Wikipedia, and am just hanging around to see the Arbcom election play out, and finish up some things, foremost among which was your now-declined nomination. One less reason to hang about -- next Monday or Tuesday, I'm out of here. Best wishes, Xoloz 20:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I had hoped that by referring to an older comment, made before I even offered the nomination, you would realize that my leaving was unrelated to your nomination, although my leaving inspired me to offer it when I did, perhaps. :) Anyway, I am not dead (yet), and may always be reached by email. Regarding deceased Wikipedians, by the way, and your userpage, I have often wondered about my erstwhile colleague at VFD, User:James Burns and hoped that he's ok. I'm not sure whether this will make you feel better or worse, but (as I've aged), I've had similar worries regarding high-school and college classmates -- it's not a problem unique to Wikipedia. People fall out-of-touch, and it isn't always possible to reconnect. I suppose the problem seems more acute here, given that we don't even know each others names necessarily, but I'll often think of a friendly face I know from real-life whose name I cannot remember, so that's a practical equivalent. It's calming to recall that death is hardly a finality. Best wishes, Xoloz 21:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected user pages

My user page is semi-protected not due to a wave of vandalism, but due to constant, ongoing vandalism. Whenever I do RC-patrol (which is almost every day), one in every three vandals I warn comes back to trash my user page (a "VRR"...). It makes no difference to me, since I rarely see the vandalism, but it's unfair to the other vandal-fighters who have to waste time reverting my page between 50 and 100 times a month. That's why I put a customized message on it, without the word "temporary". Personally, I don't see any reason for an anon IP to edit my user page, but if one were to leave a message on my Talk page requesting to do so (and a good reason why he won't register), I'd be happy to unprotect and let him edit it. Some other vandal-fighters, such as Curps went even further and put a full protection on their user page. As my page says, any registered user is invited to edit mine.

The definitions in my "Wikiholic's Dictionary" are all mine. Thanks for the compliment! Owen× ☎ 03:02, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

thank you!

thank you for your time in regards to my questions on RFA. --CyclePat 03:36, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

LOL

Very amusing. ;) Neutrality^talk 03:58, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

How do you make an unsigned tag?

Hey I just saw that on the Cindy Sheehan article you added some tag that shows who made an unsigned comment. How do you go about doing that, I looked but apparently I'm a wikidiot. Swatjester 20:40, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

Email response time

Sorry to hear that you are opposing me partially due to me not replying to your email within 24 hours. [7] This is partially due to a Wikimedia bug which is delaying my email, and I will be reporting it to the developers promptly. Please note, for the record, that I did respond within 24.5 hours.  ;-) I believe the problem is due to the length of my email address, which is about 40 characters long; it appears to be attempting to send to Can't.sleep@srv17.pmtpa.wmnet first, which is not my address, and then eventually it sends the message to me a few hours later (when I'm not editing Wikipedia, which explains why I did not reply to you while I was editing). For whatever it is worth, I have just installed Gmail Notifier so I am instantly notified when the Wikimedia servers finally get around to forwarding along my mail. Thank you again for bringing this to my attention. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:04, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, I am willing to forgive you for the delayed email thing. I must leave the oppose vote for right now while I go through the rest of your contribs based on time. I'll let you know when I am finished and have a decision. Thanks. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 04:09, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

I can appreciate that. I am going to try changing my preferences to an alternate email address to see how long it takes to send to a non-Gmail domain account. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:15, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the copyedit on my userpage. I'm completely useless at spelling sometimes. --Sherool (talk) 08:39, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry?

What do you mean by "Great, just what we need around this place... more people that need massage."? Knotted

Hooray!

My hero! Friday (talk) 19:27, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Ya get there and see someone else's footprints. Doesn't it just suck though?? ;)) Nothing like a little cheerful competition. --DanielCD 20:46, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Semi-prot

As a matter of fact, yes. At present, the persistent vandalism is a constant source of work and minor aggravation for our much-needed competent quality keepers and RC patrollers. If semi-protted, the only thing we lose is the contribution of some would-be vandals and trolls. Radiant_>|< 00:37, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

• No, I don't think that's what the policy says. However, I do think that's what it should say. Radiant_>|< 00:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
  • It's on my to-do list actually, but at present there are more pressing matters. Radiant_>|< 00:52, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

The Cunio family

Thanks, LV. I was wondering how one of them managed to edit through the semi-protection, but maybe they registered their accounts some weeks ago, and just didn't really edit till now. By the way, I saw that you had declined RfA. I hope you'll change your mind when you feel ready. Cheers. AnnH ^(talk) 03:07, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi LV--just in case you're not aware of it, that's the North Carolina vandal who is hitting Christianity and Evangelicalism. Note that he moved on to editing his own ViP page [8] immediately after AnnH semi-protected his other targets. I can pull the diffs out of the history establishing the exact connection if you need me to. Happy editing! Antandrus (talk) 15:58, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

One stops, the other starts; [9] correlates with [10]; and the NCV is obsessed with Danielle Cunio. The name occurs in his vandalism history, but it would take me a few minutes to dig it all out. It's the same vandal. Bet the farm on it. Oh, and this [11] links the IP's nicely. Antandrus (talk) 22:49, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I heard that a family next door to ours vandalizes Wikipedia. Maybe they are the NC vandal and mentioned me on Wikipedia. I, myself, am not a vandal.IWKA 22:52, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi LV, thanks for the correction! Mushroom 23:55, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Just wanted to say that the choice you made in this edit was an excellent one. That link is so often used in a patronising way, that I sometimes feel like slapping the editors who do(es) so. So, anyway, congratulations on a good, and subtle, decision. (One of a number I've noticed from you in recent days, incidentally.) -Splash^talk 04:47, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks -- I appreciate the heads-up. I don't comment a lot in the Village Pump and other areas, but it drives me nuts when folks go out of their way to act up. I'll use the templates for some of the repeated or blatant vandals. Thanks again, and I'm sure we'll talk more soon... Mhking 04:48, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for catching those spelling mistakes on my user page :) Redux 12:15, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

No problem... it was my pleasure. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 15:00, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Just a quick comment

From User talk:ElAmericano

First, I want to say it's awful that you get blocked along with NCV. Silly people ruining hard-working editors work. Second, I just want to say you have a nice user page. I don't really have anything to say, just thought you might like a little feedback. Cheers. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 16:08, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the compliment and sympathy. I do appreciate the feedback and enjoy working with you here on Wikipedia. - ElAmericano | talk 17:47, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

By any chance does your non-wikipedian name start with "T"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Duinemerwen (talk • contribs)

North Carolina vandal

I am not the North Carolina vandal. I do live in NC, but I am new to Wikipedia.GDFM 22:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

I am Danielle Cunio, an innocent evangelical. Leave me and my sockpuppet pages alone.GDFM 22:33, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

RfA comment

You wrote:

Lulu, I am sorry, I didn't mean anything snide by that comment. I simply meant that there were other contacts to your RfA opposers that I did not grab the diffs for. Like I said before, I wouldn't have had an issue with it if it were one or two users being asked for clarification, but this was a dozen or so. Also, they had gotten to the point where you were asking people to change their votes. Not seeking clarification, but more, as I saw it, out of desperation. I understand you want to be an Admin, but many of us in the oppose section have stated that we could support in the future, just not at this moment-in-time. Just keep up the good work, and I'm sure you'll pass with flying colors next time. Again, my apologies if I came off as snide. That was my mistake. See you around, my friend.

Thank you for your retraction of what I perceived was a wrong insinuation. And yeah, the people I wrote to were ones whom I hoped would change their votes... but not because I was somehow able to "twist their arm" (how could I do that?), but because I believe they are good-faith editors whose own judgement were they to actually weigh my edit history rather than follow the vote of early "oppose" votes would be "support".

Unfortunately, as I see the RfA process having evolved, without a change in the process, neither I nor any editor who works on "controversial" articles will be promoted to adminship. Or perhaps there is a certain threshold where it is possible: say after 2000 edits, but before 5000 edits. All the objections raised are either quite old (8+ months), or cast by POV-warriors whom I've encountered in trying to promote NPOV on certain pages. The old mistakes will stay old (and remain far less serious than those with grudges argue), and I will almost certainly continue to have to deal with future POV-warriors when I edit the topics I do. So those things aren't going away.

Well... that's not quite true. The WP:AUTO objectors believe what they believe, and I believe otherwise; but that's not going to change. I may coincidentally not edit my own bio in the next N months, but I certainly won't believe that doing so is wrong as a principle (and I will have done so at some point anyway). And I suppose similarly, I won't believe that cordial and professional conversation with voters is wrong. So that won't go away either.

There are indeed some quite good admins working on WP, but many of the best would never have passed current standards (not just formal procedure, but how it has evolved socially). And those we get in the future will simply be ones who have interests that don't happen to attract as many POV-warriors. Which are perfectly important topics to work on, but may not reflect as much experience in conflict resolution. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 03:46, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Not sure if you wanted to move the thread to my user talk, but I wrote a response to your latest comments there. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 06:20, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Support for George W. Bush

Yes, I would be genuinely interested in knowing why people support George W. Bush. Kevin baas 22:35, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

RFR

Hello! :) See Wikipedia:Requests for rollback privileges/Poll. Talrias (t | e | c) 00:23, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Stress

Hi LV. Thanks for your post on my talk page asking about my wikistress level. (I just bumped it up to level 4, in fact.) I never know whether I'm supposed to respond on my own page or the other poster's, so I'll just respond here. Basically, I'm finding myself unable to get anything accomplished here; everything involves a fight with somebody else. And I'm also apparantly not very good at getting involved with the wikicommunity. Even on Esperanza I've got a proposal up that hasn't gotten a single response after something like 10 days or more. It's just one of those times where it doesn't seem worth it, I guess.... --Aaron 21:49, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

== Re: DR: Rosario Poidimani ==

Right now, that's a moot point. I got rid of the article because M.deSousa was only using it as an excuse to be annoying, and the community already had it deleted twice previously.  Denelson83  22:09, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

What do you mean by "sourced"? What evidence?  Denelson83  22:14, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Not to my knowledge.  Denelson83  22:21, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Requests for rollback proposal

Just want to say that you're dead-on. I voted "oppose" on CSCWEM's RfA, simply because a user who's been around as little time as he has probably can't answer all the questions new editors and others might pose about policy issues and so on, which an admin is expected to handle. There's no user more qualified for a rollback button than him, though. I personally really like to fight vandalism, because I find sitting down with CDVF and being able to shoot down all the little kids who've annoyed me for years in seconds. I'd love a rollback button that didn't rely on the godmode-light script (which I seem to have problems with). Maybe one day I'd be into WP enough to want adminship, but for the forseeable future all I really like to do is vandal-fight and edit my few pet articles. I'm sure I'm very far from alone on that. - dharmabum (talk) 06:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Hello

Thank you for the warm welcome. The thing about Star Fox and Tetris is they are both awesome, and I love them both.--Fox Mccloud 22:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Do you know how to get the sheltie picture in the userbox to right size? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:User_Loves_Shelties I tried making it for my user page, but the picture is big. Also, I have a picture of my sheltie that I would like to use instead for the userbox, is that allowed?--Fox Mccloud 22:14, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for that information. :)--Fox Mccloud 22:35, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I took the picture of the sheltie myself, so no one else has it copywrighted. It was at Christmas. I already have the picture at the Simple English Wikipedia.--Fox Mccloud 22:44, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't mind releasing it, and anyone can use it if they like, but what do you mean by "with the right copyright tag"--Fox Mccloud 22:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Do I just go to the Liscensing thing and make it say GFDL (Self Made)?--Fox Mccloud 22:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you friend. :) I'll upload it now.--Fox Mccloud 22:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Old Newbie from Poland

Thanks for automatic newbie information put on my discussion page, but I am on Wikipedia from 8 November 2002 :-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Polimerek&oldid=9283409

Not very active on en-wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Polimerek

as I am involved mostly in Polish Wikipedia, from 2001 but well it's funny to be treated as newbie after 5 year involvment in Wikimedia projects :-)

Cheers,

Polimerek 23:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Christianity Article Conflict

I will do my best to summarize the conflict on the Christianity article as concisely as possible and to my understanding. The conflict centers on the evolution of Christianity. One the secular side we have Giovanni and others. Essentially Gio is a well read individual that references the vast majority of his edits; however, they are very secular in nature. At times he stretches the findings or the work of scholars and uses POV language. On the other side are those who feel that the secular edits are "fringe" theories that define the evolution of Christianity. I have found it particularly dissatisfying that Gio has asked for references and has not been provided those to support orthodox beliefs. The two sides have gotten into reverting comments from each side regardless of the value of the edits.

As you may have read, I have recommended simply stating the orthodox history of Christianity and then following that section with secular or alternative theories. I think that has been accepted by many, but it is not yet a universal concensus. A few on the Orthodox side would prefer that nothing from the secular side be included; an unacceptable position. As you can see, Gio backs up his points with a profuse supply of references. My objective is to have both represented but not allow the verbosity of Gio to overpower the orthodox viewpoint.

Thanks again for asking. We will have a better resulting article, but it will take some continued work. Cheers Storm Rider 01:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Reply

I removed it because it was a form letter, and also ephemeral (not sure if you wanted a reply here or there). You can remove this line once you read it, it is ephemeral as well. Quatloo 02:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Cool...

Thank you very much! One has to admit, however, the "Dr. J" does come across as petty and vindictive in his attacks on our from Mr. Jeff G.Jeffrey Barlach 02:46, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Barlach

He left a libelous personal attack against Essjay on my talk page which I have reverted. He has also commented on my RfAr. I have given him a final warning, and he should be blocked, preferably permanently as he has no productive edits and seems to exist to slander essjay, if he does it again. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 03:03, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Maria Pia Braganza and Rosario Poidimani

Dear LV, In the wiki article Maria Pia is mentioned because she was daughter of the king Charles of Portugal and she was considered a pretender to Portuguese Crown. When she claimed this dynastic rights her name was Maria Pia Saxe Coburg Braganza. This name is riported in her baptizimal certification and also in all her offiacial certifications [[12]],[[13]]. In her youth she assumed the name Hilda Toledano, a pseudonym in a dictatorial salazarist period in Portugal because she was pursued in this dictatorial period but she fighted Salazar for the return of democracy in Portugal. So for politic reason she assumed the name Hilda Toledano. With this name she was also a writer and she wrote many books. The names and the story of this books you can find in this site, wrote by an important french hystoric *Maria Pia: The Pretender,part I; part II; part III: part IV; part V. Her oppositors, the miguelist supporters, want hide the presence of her rights and mystify her story. Can you help me to give again the title "Maria Pia of Saxe Coburg Braganza" in her wiki page and change the name Hilda Toledano. The miguelist supporters with a user Muriel@pt have delete also the Rosario Poidimani page. Muriel has asked other her wiki-fiends to vote to delete this page. I think this people know nothing about this pretender but only for friendship they have voted! Is this possible?? Please help me . Thankyou. M.deSousa 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry but I don't understand why you waste time with this user. His theory is unknown; even if it was true he would still be nothing. he vandalises pages, deletes facts he does not like to ear, makes up internet pages and then submits it as "proofs", etc. Good luck. BR --BBird 22:34, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Magnus Manske Day

Thanks! :-) --Magnus Manske 14:43, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Vandalised counter

Thanks for vandalising my user page in such a polite way. It's been a great first time :D --Missmarple 16:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Lord Voldemort

Thank you. I just regret that it is by no means finished. Sandpiper 18:07, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Trolls

Hi, I don't read the Harry Potter books, so I don't know the factual accuracy of this article: Troll (Harry Potter). It was created by an anon, from Troll (disambiguation). I thought you'd have a better idea than me as to it's accuracy, so I was hoping you could take a look at it. Thanks, CanadianCaesar The Republic Restored 03:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Almost Barnstar

That gave me a huge grin on my face. Hehe. Thanks. -- Natalya 20:14, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Good one LV :-) NoSeptember ^talk 20:18, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Wait - a dark lord is glad to make someone happy? There's something wrong with this picture... -- Natalya 20:44, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

:-) --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:51, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

thank you for defending the truth

thak you, for sticking up for real Amercians, as few of us as there are on wikipedia

Uhhh.... Thanks. I guess. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 00:12, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

An Esperanzial note

As I remember, the last spam that was handed out was on the 20th of December last year, so I think it's time for another update. First and foremost, the new Advisory Council and Administrator General have been elected. They consist of myself as Admin General and FireFox, Titoxd, Flcelloguy and Karmafist as the Advisory Council. We as a group met formally for the first time on the 31st of Decembe. The minutes of this meeting can be found at WP:ESP/ACM. The next one is planned for tonight (Sunday 29 January) at 20:30 UTC and the agenda can be found at WP:ESP/ACM2.

In other news, Karmafist has set up a discussion about a new personal attack policy, which it can be found here. Other new pages include an introductory page on what to do when you sign up, So you've joined Esperanza... and a welcome template: {{EA-welcome}} (courtesy of Bratsche). Some of our old hands may like to make sure they do everything on the list as well ;) Additionally, the userpage award program proposal has become official is operational: see Wikipedia:Esperanza/User Page Award to nominate a userpage or volunteer as a judge. Also see the proposed programs page for many new proposals and old ones that need more discussion ;)

Other than that, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and wish you an Esperanzially good new WikiYear :D Thank you! --Celestianpower ^háblame 16:57, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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My RfA

Many thanks for participating in my RfA. Although you voted oppose, I appreciate the kind comments you made and hope we'll be able to collaborate on something in the future. All the best, Jamyskis

Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs 16:30, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

The Guardinan-Rosario Poidimani

Hi, I have read the "Guardinan" wrote in 1987 about Dom Rosario. Where can I find the article that you have reported here [[14]]? I hope you can ricreate the article of Rosario Poidimani. The last version is impartial but the usual wikiusers deleted this page because they are no democratic and they are duarte Pio supporters(other portuguese pretender). The last version was :Rosario Poidimani is an Italian-born claimant to the position of head of the Portuguese Royal House of Braganza, calling himself Rosario Saxe Coburg Gotha Bragança. Rosario is purportedly a relative of Maria Pia of Braganza (also known as Hilda Toledano), who claimed in the 1930s to be an illegitimate child of King Charles I of Portugal by Maria Amelia Laredo e Murca.Rosario and his supporters base theirs claims on the Monarchic Constitution promulgated in 1838 and revoked in 1910 by the Republic, which excluded the direct line of the fomer King Miguel of Portugal and all his descendants, of which Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza and present official head of the House of Braganza, is one, from the dinastic succession and assert the validity of the documents of Dona Maria Pia Baptism Acts, of which in 1982 the Ecclesiastical Court of Sacra Romana Rota confirmed the validity and with which the King Charles I conferred upon his natural daughter Dona Maria Pia Saxe Coburgo Bragança all honours, prerogatives, privileges, obligations and advantages that belong to the Princes of the House of Bragança, with the power of succession to the Portuguese Crown, also if ancient portuguese rules for succession excluded children born as a result of adultery as is the case for Maria Pia. Dom Rosario was born on the 25th August of 1941, he is a succesfull business man and he is father of 3 sons:

• Soraya Sayda Tekla, born on the 16 June, 1965
• Simone Joska, born on the 25 January, 1982
• Kystal Isabel Dona Maria Pia IV Saxe Coburgo Gotha de Bragança, born on the 7th Setember, 2003

You can find others newspaper article about this claimant in this page: [[15]]. Thanks and best regards --M.deSousa, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

New Mail

Dear LV , please find your mail in this address: m.desousa@hotmail.com because I have changed mail. Many thanks and best regards --M.deSousa, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

now if you see my email in preferences, you can see this is changed in m.desousa@hotmail.com Please can you send me the article in this mail because the other mail is delted. Many thanks --M.deSousa, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

dear LV i don' t undestrand because you can't send me the newspaper article. Can you send again in my new mail ( m.desousa@hotmail.com ) .Thanks and best regards --M.deSousa, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

LV if you now see my preferences you can see I have changed my email address now and my email is : m.desousa@hotmail.com . Please send me here your article.Thanks--M.deSousa, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Clairefurby

Um, okay, is this it? also, i wasn't originally trying to talk to you- just bored. And, yes, it was IamHermionie- or atleast I'm about 98% sure it was. Clairefurby 20:02, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:IamHermionie&action=edit I was right. Clairefurby 20:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Redirects?

What's that mean? Anyway, don't worry, I have that page watched. I would think that the log pages could perform a similar function to what you suggest. They could probably be scraped automatically by a bot to form a complete log for the day that would be stored in regular wiki format (and thus be more easily searchable, and google-indexed). Anyway, for now I think it's best to lay off any other proposed reforms while we see how WP:PROD fares, which should be interesting. Cheers, Christopher Parham (talk) 20:19, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:Charlotte Corday.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. ~~~~

Congratulations, and thanks for nominating it. Raven4x4x 05:58, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Date thingy

What I meant to say was that the script would help do an automatic conversion. Script wasnt needed to view the dates, that's the mediawiki software. Either way I worked it out and reverted/deleted it. Thanks for your input! —This user has left wikipedia 00:32 2006-02-03

my new mail

dear LV, I have changed my mail and you can see also in my preferences that the new mail is: m.desousa@hotmail.com Please can you send the article in this mail.? Thanks very much. --M.deSousa, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Exscuse me but in my mail ( m.desousa@hotmail.com ) I never riceved your mail about the aricle. If you sent the article in this address mail, I can receive your mail. Please sent me the article. Thanks --M.deSousa, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Bounty

Yay! What's there is already worth half-bounty, I think; and I really do hope we get some other countries, so I can pay up to the limit. Teachers (and their students) are using Wikipedia everywhere, so they should be able to see evidence of how important their work is.

On another note, since I'm still here (barely), and you're still here, and it's February... (nudge nudge)... how about it? :) Best wishes, Xoloz 16:15, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, I'm wouldn't say I'm any longer suffering Wiki-stress, just Wiki-skepticism. Recent events are very much for the best, but I remain concerned enough about aspects of Wiki-culture that I am unwilling to give as much as I have in the past. With my discovery of Bounty, I may give money instead.

My question to you is similar. What causes your reservations about adminship? Xoloz 16:59, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

"Whatever happens?" Goodness, to my ears, that sounds a little dire. First, let me assure you that I am already well aware that we have some ideological differences -- I noticed your less-than-hateful attitude toward the so-called "President of the United States" (I call him "the Monkey") some time ago, and I know you're a good Catholic. That said, if anyone is being unkind to you, I'll be happy to beat them with the wikipedia "clue-bat"; The 'pedia needs quality editors of all views -- good judgment is paramount, and you've shown that. So, anyone I can talk to for you? Best wishes, Xoloz 17:35, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Regarding "the Monkey" -- beyond basic human rights, respecting him is prohibited for me almost as a religious tenant. Though not a practicing Christian, I think the man is a dead-ringer for the figure called "the Anti-Christ." Seriously. :) This is why I don't edit him. Further discussion of this sort does not belong on a Wiki, but if you'd ever care to hear how a liberal comes to hate someone so deeply, my email is open. In any event, I do hope to see you around. Best wishes, Xoloz 18:32, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

About RfA

Sorry but, you messaged the wrong person, I wasn't the one who was running for the RfA. I'm kind of new to RfA and I just wanted to find out more about this situation, which is why I asked you that question on that RfA. Sorry if I confused you too much. --Ichiro (会話|+|投稿記録|メール) 17:28, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

oh btw, thanks for replying to my question though.--Ichiro (会話|+|投稿記録|メール) 17:29, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Kaine pic

The best picture I can find is here. KI 23:26, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

I did a yahoo! image search and that was the best pic I could find. KI 23:44, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Rollback

Perhaps I should not have just rolled back, but rollback is just for vandalism. Press cntrl-F5, and you can better differentiate general needless/pov/editorial edits from vandalism. Enjoy the other stuff too...:)Voice of All^T|@|ESP 01:58, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

User Page award

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Gubernatorial

I apologize for not realizing that "gubernatorial" was an actual word. I wrongly interpreted it as vandalism and I just wanted to say I was sorry for any inconvenience my errors may have caused you or anyone else. I assure you that next time I will research the suspected word before correcting it. Thank You, Demosthenes 1 20:40, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

User Page Nomination

I think it has really cool quotes and just some unique stuff, and is generally different and entertaining - hence the nomination! :) -- Natalya 03:40, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

George W. Bush

I regret to inform you, it is NOT POV. As a result of Bush's actions, particularly in Iraq, the majority of Europeans do not like Americans. It's not my POV, I have no problem with Americans, but it is TRUE that many people do, and that is largely the result of Bush. Helzagood 22:16, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

User RFC reform

Thank you for your defense on WP:AN/I of my actions. In order to avoid the problems raised by the MFD nomination, I've created a straw poll - Wikipedia:User RFC reform - similar to the WP:AAP created by Radiant!. You might want to comment there. Crotalus horridus (TALK • CONTRIBS) 04:29, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

NFL Draft

My thanks to you for your having updated the CDS mock draft; the service did indeed change its projection in the most recent mock draft iteration. Joe 05:12, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh Lord, a question

Dealing with User: 71.56.16.192, who likes to use the Adult Swim article as his own sound board to get a job - daily. I've mentioned every time I revert one of his edits that "Someone who wants a job with a business isn't part of said business and therefore shouldn't be on that business's entry" How does one properly report this person to the authorities?

Thanks, and hail Voldemort. Squiggyfm 18:55, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

please, help me.

i need help.

Can you please explain the confusing wikipedia copyright thing? I want to put pictures on articles, but i have no idea if i have the right to or not, and what pictures are ok, ect. please, help me.

thank you

Dposse 20:31, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

You can just put the picture on the page and then if you acedentaly did something wrong, other people can fix it. by the way, feel free to visit my talk page.

IamHermionie 15:44, 21 February 2006 (UTC)IamHermionie

signature

Hey LV can you help me with my signature? It looks like this right now ⇒SWATJester. I want it to be so the arrow links to my user page, and the name SWATJester links to my talk page. How do I code that? ⇒SWATJester 20:52, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Hmm...appears to be working now. ⇒SWATJester 20:52, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Weird.. now it's not again. ⇒SWATJester 21:09, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Huh...it works on your talk page, but not on my user page. Any objection to me using this section for my sig test? ⇒SWATJester 21:10, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Cool, I think I got it, it just won't show properly on my user page. How do you like the finished product? ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 21:17, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

From: BlargIsGod

please look at my talk page and see what Beanbag2000 has written there. thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by BlargIsGod (talk • contribs).

Please look at this guy's talk history. He started it. Yes thats childish but I blame him. I was a good wikipedian before I met him. he sucks. He adds nothing, just vandalises stuff, and was rude to me -check my page history. He should clearly be kicked off wikipedia. P.S., I know ignorance is not a crime, but we have to draw the line somewhere. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Beanbag2000 (talk • contribs).

Jimbo's page

Yes, I'm aware of that, however, I am not immediately concerned about the likeliness of my principal contacting Jimbo, while he is likely to look at the school page. Thanks for the welcome. Matt White 21:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Opposition vote

I thank you bringing concerns regarding my behavior to the rfa, and I try my best to accept critism to the best of my abilities. However, your diffs provided seem utterly baffling to your concenus stated. Your reasoning non-withstanding, I question the relevance of the thesis you constructed.

Your anamonsity towards me is confusing:

Your first diff depicts an opposition justification by me towards a nominee you supported. I cannot see how that was immature or incivil. My comments were in no shape or form incivil. I disagreed with other people and argued my stance on the reasoning quite patiently. I also constructed no personal attacks or hurtful comments towards my fellow wikipedians.

Your second diff depicts a creative timeframe whilst I used sig designs. Perhaps irritaing, but not incivil, immature, or infrining towards other's rights. Also note after my fellow wikipedian's comments, I respected their wishes and stopped. I take other's thoughts and opinions into consideration.

Your third diff is our first (and only) encounter over which we unfortunely disagreed on an matter. In this conversation as well, I was accepting of your view on the situation, and respected your standpoint. I also carefully evaluate a person's standpoint on an matter before an reply, and always attempt to construct a civil response in that respect. I was unwavering in my standpoint, but continued to be a competent conservationist despite your numerous misnomenors of my viewpoint and motives, which I had to point out to you more than once. While I thought the situation perfectly civil and mature, you grew tired of my entreaties and opposing viewpoint and promptly labled me unwiki and left. I briefly considered an apology on your talkpage, but decided agaist it due to you "de-identifying". Instead, I respected your departure and thought it considerate to leave you be.

To that end, I barely know you, and I believe it an unfair assesment to label me as such with incorrect views on my behavior. I never once slandered a fellow editor, and I attempt to always be considerate. If you really feel I am as you say, I apologize for rubbing you the wrong way. Finally, on the George W. Bush issue, your view agaisnt my opinon is also unwarrented, as I have since become neutral in the matter, and only wish for both sides to reach an agreement. I believe it good faith and honest to have more interaction with an editor before making an analysis of their motives and behavior. I invite you to honesty. -Zero^Talk

Sorry to intrude, but you "invite (him) to honesty"? Eh? I take that as a bit haughty of you; Voldemort is very honest, and needs no invitation to a quality he exemplifies. Xoloz 17:57, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

My apologies. I did not intend to make that the meaning of the statement, I was only referring to the wording I was attemptting to convey. I meant no offense to ethier party's integrity. -Zero^Talk 05:14, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

It's fine. I didn't even read it that way. No worries, my friend. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 05:16, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Howabout1

Thanks. Howabout1 03:44, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Bounty

Howdy,

If you happen to have grades laying around, I'd appreciate them, but don't do extra work. You're very thorough to have looked things over so quickly. And please, I try to remain poor by giving as much money as possible away, so hope for the bounty! :) Happily, Xoloz 17:57, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

Until I am unbanned though, its probably not a good idea for me to register a username. They tend to get upset about that, and talk about sock puppetry and the like. I get assigned a new IP each day, and its one of the most popular IPs in Australia, so I'll never run out. This is User:Zordrac here. I was previously unfairly banned as User:Internodeuser supposedly for making legal threats, yet, lo and behold, I never made any! No, actually, Longhair made legal threats to me. They also said that I was engaging in personal attacks, except that woops, I never made any! I called people morons for not noticing the viscious personal attacks against me by Longhair, Thebainer and Tony Sidaway (all of whom have since been made admin over it). Calling someone a moron isn't personal. Its rude, but its not personal. The actual reason for my ban was because of a content dispute, because I tried to add accurate information about Port Arthur Massacre, which is one of the worst and most inaccurate articles on Wikipedia. But it seemed that they didn't care about its accuracy, since Longhair wrote it and took over ownership of the article, and they don't want to offend him by making it accurate.

You can look at my note on User talk: Jimbo Wales if you want to know the context of all of this. There's some bad, bad work afoot. Or you can check out the Criticism of Wikipedia forum here:(removing link and/or promotion of hate/attack site per WP:BADSITES) . I really don't use Wikipedia as that forum is more useful. 203.122.215.180 05:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

re:

Yes. [16]. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:39, Feb. 12, 2006

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,
--Celestianpower ^háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

Rollback

He had made a couple of inappropriate adds earlier, and it was a (wrong) reflex. I'll go and readd his statement immediately. – ClockworkSoul 00:00, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

• All done. By the way, thanks for pointing that out to me. I'm glad that I got the chance to apologize to the editor who posted it. – ClockworkSoul 00:04, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Lord Voldemort,

Thanks for your comment on my RfA. I realise in hindsight that the comment on my page are highly inflammatory and, obviously, give the wrong impression. However, I endeavour to openly proclaim my POV in the interests of openness and best achieving consensus. Those comments have been left exactly as I posted them in November, and they have been kept as a personal record of the incident. Nonetheless, I have moved those comments to a sub-page and written a brief disclaimer to put them in context. I must emphasise that the comments reflected my feelings at the time - not my feelings as of any time subsequent to November.

If there are any other ways in which I could improve my RfA, please let me know. Any and all feedback is greatfully welcomed!

Regards, DJR (Talk) 13:46, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi again! Sorry to disturb you, but would be very greatful if you could take the time to look again at [[my RfA in light of the comments made, especially those made by User:Locke Cole himself. I have done my best to clarify the purpose of those comments on my user page, and emphasised that they are not my opinions as of any time since the incident. Once again, sorry to disturb you, and thank you for your time.

Regards, DJR (Talk) 13:31, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

I am very greatful for your change of vote to neutral. Should my RfA pass, I ensure you that civility will not be an issue - indeed that one incident is isolated not just on Wikipedia, but in the real world too! Thanks again, DJR (Talk) 08:57, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Thinking

So I was thinking that you'd make a good admin and that time enough has flowed under the bridge since your last RfA for that to not be a problem anymore. -Splash^talk 16:10, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok. -Splash^talk 18:49, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for changing the links in my userpage. Va girl2468 02:51, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Thanks for the notice. Is MasTer of puppets yr enemy or something? IamHermionieIamHermionieIamHermionie

ouch

I see Amibidrohi called ya "clueless". It wasn't a nice thing to do :(. Kudos to you for staying cool. Take care. Justforasecond 16:20, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Patricia Ann Priest

Your compromise on the content of the article is noted and the effort is appreciated, but the deletion of the decade that The Munsters aired omits a notable fact about the show. "1960s" is correct according to WP:MOSDATE, and should be left in the article. - Chadbryant 03:06, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Uhm, there is no "notable fact" left out. The dates are given and anyone can see through implication that the decade was the 1960s. The only reason you want that back in is because you made it in the first place, and we all know you can never be wrong, right? --Eat At Joes 03:11, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Why are you two now "discussing" things on my talk page? While I appreciate the little orange messages, I'll be fine without them. ;-) --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 03:14, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Since it was you, O Great One...

I'll accept the typo fix. What can I say? (Well, I could probably say "you try typing with your keyboard sideways and a tablet pen in your hand" but I won't because I don't want to be Crucio'd.) Anyway, see you at the next DE meetup? I'll bring margaritas. Hopefully Snape will get drunk and do the "Dobby the Happy Little House Elf" dance again. Emperial 14:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

RE: Rollback

Hey, sorry about the rollback. Unfortunately I have to use it for the moment for technical reasons. I am in a particularly shitty internet link right now that crashes constantly. In the last two weeks if I try to edit, then change, the link frequently crashes and I end up having to reboot my computer (sometimes twice). It is why I am not doing much in the way of editing at the moment. :-( The only way I can undo an edit at the moment to stop a crash is to use rollback. I have suggested in the past that rollback should be adapted to allow an edit summary section but that isn't there right now. It annoys me having to do it. I try where possible to edit the talk page then (hoping that doesn't crash it!) to leave an explanation but when I tried that last night . . . it crashed!!!

Re the opening, I do think it does need changing. The key to opening paragraphs of articles, essays etc is never ever to follow chronogical order in the text (that goes in the main text) but always follow thematic structure on the lines of *key fact, *unique fact, *simple sentence context, *minor information. I have taught students for years and it is one of the first thing the college demands that they be taught in case they didn't learn it in secondary school — though most learn it by age 14 in school. It is of such importance that a student who uses chronology rather than theme in the opening paragraph automatically loses 10% of the marks. English and history teachers make the point over and over: thematic not chronological.

Following chronology with Adolf Hitler, for example, would put the Second World War, the holocaust and his role as fuhrer below saying that he was an Austrian Corporal in the first world war. Or putting the fact that Charles Haughey was Irish taoiseach and that he was later revealed to have received what seem to have been bribes when in office after the fact that he was Minister for Agriculture, which would appear after the fact that he was auditor of a famous UCD debating society.

It is patently wrong that the second sentence about Bush is about his pre-political career, or that he career as Texas Governor is ahead of the controversies about his presidency. His place in history is because of his presidency, the Iraq War and the method of his first election. In addition the fact that he is only the second son of a president will be a widely quoted historical fact that goes should go up front. His role with a sports organisation barely qualifies for the opening at all. If it is included, in terms of importance it belongs at the very end of the opening.

Putting on my academic hat (and the hat as someone who contributes to hardcopy encyclopaedias on occasion) the article overall is of high quality. It is high honours standard. However the opening severely lets it down. If it was done in an essay a student would get a red line through it from their lecturer and a note on the side — rewrite. That is not how you write an opening section. Take care, FearÉIREANN\^(caint) 20:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

afd question

Ok so I have a question here, and I want a second opinion before I submit this as an AfD

The Drowned Baby Timeline appears to me to be non-notable fan-fiction. It's admittably fan-created alternate history by User:Johnny Pez. A google search of Drowned Baby Time Line and Drowned Baby Timeline both come up with a handful of hits, however two of those hits are the wikipedia and answers.com wiki entries, and the remainder appear to be either blog entries, submissions to short story database, and a link to a Flickr.com photo archive [17], [18]. Now I'm of the belief that while the article appears to be well written, it's non-notable. I don't want to generate any ill-will, however, and I wanted a second opinion before I submit to AfD. Do you think this should be submitted for deletion? Thanks. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 14:35, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

Angela Ruggiero

How is that section not a problem? Does it have to come out and say "She is a hypocrite" before it's an issue? It's clearly trying to push that point across. If it weren't, the seventh goal against Finland wouldn't be relevant. There's no mention of any other individual goals she scored. Tromboneguy0186 02:34, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I like the edit, at least for now. Thanks for going back to it. Tromboneguy0186 04:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Two things

First, it's March. Despite my own vacation, which continues, I will ask again if you wish to be nominated for adminship. I see my friend Splash asked recently also, but I'll pester you anyway.

Second, I wanted to make sure, given your interest in the passing of Wikipedians, that you had noted the sad news at User talk:Caroline Thompson. It was three weeks ago, so the odds are that you, ever-aware, knew it already, but hey...

I'm ignoring my own page, and browsing exactly once a day, so I'll check here tomorrow to see if you've yet changed your mind. :) Best wishes, Xoloz

Xoloz, my friend, how I wish I could accept your request. However, again I must continue to decline. I know, call me a bastard, but right now I am not interested in adminship as I once was. I think I would much rather just set about doing what I should be doing, helping to write an encyclopedia. I have seen so much hostility towards, and among, admins to really have a strong desire for sysophood. If I change my mind, I'll be sure to let you know, but at this point in time I am in an indefinite non-wanting-to-be-an-admin mood. I am very grateful that you would still think I am worthy, but like I said, my heart is just not in adminship right now. Sorry. :-( --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 18:56, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I am, however, a persistent bugger -- expect another invitation on April 2 (delayed to avoid the ambiguous implications of the Fool's Day.) Continue in your brilliance, as always. Best wishes, Xoloz

Thanks. See ya next month. ;-) --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 21:54, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

1,000,000

Happy 1,000,000 article milestone! --MasTer of Puppets ^Peek! 23:41, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

*gasp*

I just realized that you gave a minor liquor. While I would normally enjoy inebriation, somehow I feel the pull of watching you go down in law suits more entertaining. You're going down, erm. Scumbag. ^{Happy 1,000,000th :)} --MasTer of Puppets 23:32, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Impersonator

You're welcome. :) Yes that was a very close one. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 22:29, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

JDoorjam's RfA

My RfA Hey Lord Voldemort/Archive 4, so, you didn't vote either way on my RfA (which, by the way, passed with a final tally of 55/1/2), but you did leave a joke for User:Gryffindor. I was pretty nervous about how the vote would go, and so it was good to have a little levity injected into the proceedings. Thanks for reminding me that just because I was going through an RfA didn't mean that suddenly my fellow editors had become grim, unsmiling, steely-eyed judges of every mistrake. Er, mistake. Anyway, I'm an admin now, so if you want a hand with anything, please gimme a shout. Cheers, JDoorjam Talk 21:15, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Vaflag.gif

This media may be deleted.

Thanks for uploading Image:Vaflag.gif. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is 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-self}} 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. Thank you. Dethomas 06:12, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Arrr, And a Hello to You Too

Enough said. :) Ecopirate 10:15, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Status Changer

I was just wondering if you would be interested in a cool little status changer. Y'know, the one that tells people if you're online/offline/etc. Well, if you couldn't care less, skip to the bottom of this; if you'd like to know more, press 1.

Now, assuming you pressed 1, the first step is to go to

• my monobook

and copy that code. Then go to

• your monobook

and paste the code in. That was the easy part. Before you save, however, make sure of what browser you're using;

1. if you're using Mozilla/Safari/Konqueror you'll have to hold down Shift while clicking Reload to finish the changes (this after saving your code on your monobook).
2. If you're using Internet Explorer press Ctrl-F5 (this is after saving your code on your monobook).
3. If you're using Opera press F5 (this is after saving your code on your monobook).

Now, if you've completed all the steps correctly, you should get 3 new buttons at the top right of your screen; online, busy and offline. Clicking one will send the corresponding message to any place you have put the template {{User:Lord Voldemort/Status}}.

Hope ya like it :) --M ^o P 13:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, but no thanks. People will just have to look at my contribs to see if I am online. Although, I am online fairly regularly and fairly often. And email is almost always running. Thanks anyways. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 14:18, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot...

...although you have managed to place a most disturbing picture in my mind. You truly are the Dark Lord... Ral315 (talk) 23:17, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Danish translation

My Lord,

I have taken it upon me to translate your message at da:Bruger:Lord Voldemort into Danish - with some difficulties, I must admit. I hope, though, that all is satisfactory to your taste? Sten

Dead Wikipedians

Glad to know you're interested in the page. And yes, I thought that someone might protest the fact that the page is partly a memorial. Still, I'll fight that battle if it comes (and, to be honest, I think I could win the battle since there are so many lists of Wikipedians in existence that it will be hard to say this one list shouldn't be there). I also think that most people will support the page since we'll all one day be candidates for a mention that page. Best,--Alabamaboy 01:33, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

death eaters

my battles - at wikipedia and elsewhere - are done for a long while, i hope, so if you've got problems with the ministry of magic, i'm afraid i'm too worn out to help... ;) good luck tho!... Mackinaw 15:02, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes

In answer to your question, this has been handled appropriately. No need to leave the information up where it is potentially embarrassing to someone. Danny 19:47, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture Page

Your edit to Wikipedia:POTD row/March 19, 2006 made the image and text appear improperly in Internet Explorer, so I've changed it back. If you could tell me what problem you were attempting to fix, I'll see if I can fix it. —Cuiviénen, Sunday, 19 March 2006 @ 14:39 (UTC)

Email?

Is there a reason you don't have an email address setup? Just curious. Thanks. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I don't want people to contact me outside of Wikipedia. There are a lot of vandals lurking about; this way, the worst that can happen is someone will harass me on my Wiki Page, but not my phone number or e-mail, or any other personal info. Why do you ask? :) Palm_Dogg 00:32, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Template:CrimPro

Quite right. bd2412 T 01:48, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Edit Queries

Hi! I've noticed you've been editing Deal or No Deal (USA) and I was just wondering if you'd mind clarifying for me why you removed the wikified dates under "triva> specific episodes?" - not calling you on this or anything like that but I'm pretty new around here and thought you were supposed to include those with dates so I put a few of them in :) Just wondering whether there are situations where they aren't needed so I can add to my wiki knowledge :) CarlyPalmer 01:55, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Rollback for non vandalism edits

Hi, LV. Although it's not actually forbidden to use rollback for non-vandalism edits, it's considered bad manners. You'll see from this that I don't approve of it myself. So, I only use rollback for vandalism and for edits of editors about whom Jimbo has said, "block on sight, revert on sight". Have a look at the user page of the editor I reverted. By the way, I'm still hoping that you'll change your mind about the RfA. Cheers. AnnH ♫ 22:39, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

Reach out Reach out is a program aimed at allowing users to bring issues that they have had in Wikipedia to a listening, sympathetic and caring audience: "No one can know how we feel if we do not say. We cannot expect to get understanding if we do not ask for it. No one will dispute that sometimes life's issues are too much for one person. It is fair to say that sometimes Wikipedia's problems fall under the same heading. This is a place where you can bring the bruises that can sometimes be got on this project for attention." Stress Alerts The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them. Note from the editor Welcome to this new format of the Esperanza Newsletter, which came about during the last Advisory Council meeting - we hope you like it! The major changes are that each month, right after the Council meeting, this will be sent out and will include two featured programs and a sum up of the meeting. Also, it will be signed by all of the Advisory Council members, not just Celestianpower. Have an Esperanzial end of March, everyone!

The last AC meeting (full log) Future meetings are to be held monthly, not fortnightly as before. Bans and Access level changes (apart from autovoice) in the IRC channel are to be reported at the new log. In the IRC channel, there is going to be only one bot at a time. The charter requires members to have 150 edits and 2 weeks editing. Why this is the case will be clarified. A new Code of Conduct will be drafted by JoanneB and proposed to the Esperanza community. The NPA reform idea is to be dropped officially. Charter ammendments are to be discussed in future, not voted on. The Advisory Council is not going to be proposed to be expanded by the Advisory Council themselves, if others want to propose it, they will listen. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 17:47, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak?

The bears on your user page suggest you will be gone for a while? Have fun, relax, but be sure to come back! -- Natalya 20:10, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak with very limited activity. Don't worry, I'll be back to my regular self soon. Thanks. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 23:11, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

User:Rhindle The Red

I've taken the liberty of creating a userpage per your request :) jacoplane 19:42, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

What the???

Gummi Bears??? You're a Dark Lord. Way to go soft in your old age. Hugs and kisses, Stanselmdoc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.185.18.207 (talk • contribs) 01:05 1 April 2006 (UTC)

As promised

Dear Gruffi,

It is April 2, and I am here to extend my regular offer to you: adminship and you belong together. Please reconsider your previous protests, and accept the inevitable fate of excellent editors. Wiki-love, the big fat bear in the red hat who is hugging you, to your slight annoyance (Xoloz 19:00, 2 April 2006 (UTC))

Xoloz, I would be honoured to accept your nomination, but would you mind waiting another 2 weeks (April 15-17)? I have just been getting crushed at work, and need a little bit more time until I can re-dedicate myself to WP. I appreciate your support, and don't mind the hug. ;-) --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 17:35, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Yay!!! I'm thrilled you've relented! Of course, I'll happily wait until whenever you're ready. Pending further notice from you, I'll be back with nomination prepared on 17 April! Woohoo! Excitedly, big fat bear in the red hat, now bouncily dancing! (Xoloz 18:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC))

Yikes, that excitement is a lot to live up to. I hope I'm worth it. Thanks again! --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 18:39, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter #2

Barnstar Brigade The Barnstar Brigade is a new program aimed at giving more very deserving yet unappreciated users barnstars. It will officially start on 2006-04-09, but signing up is encouraged before this date: "Here in Wikipedia, there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go un-appreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go un-noticed. Sadly, these editors often leave the project. As Esperanzians, we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. A project the size of Wikipedia has thousands of editors, so there are plenty of people out there who deserve recognition, one just has to find them. The object of this program is not to flood editors with Barnstars, but to seek out people who deserve them, and make them feel appreciated." Stress Alerts The Stress alerts program aims at identifying users who are stressed, alerting the community of thier stress and works in tandem with the Stressbusters at trying to identify causes of stress and eliminating them. Information Welcome to the second issue of the new format Esperanza Newsletter - we hope you still like it! This week, it was delivered diligently by our new dogsbody. MiszaBot (run by Misza13): any execution complaints should go to him. Content comments should be directed at the Esperanza talkpage. Thanks!

The last AC meeting (full log) The next elections: Approval voting as before and, also as before, an previous leadership member can run. Please submit your name for voting in the relevant section of this page. Voting starts on 2006-04-23 and ends on 2006-04-30. There will be three places up for grabs as KnowledgeOfSelf is leaving Wikipedia. Please see the previously linked page for full details. The Code of Conduct is now ready for extensive discussion! Specific comments should go to the Code of Conduct talk page, discussion of having one at all should be directed to the main Esperanza talk page. The current process for accepting proposals for new programs has been deemed fine. All Advisory Council members and the Admin Gen are to endevour to be bold when viewing discussion. If they feel that consensus has been reached, they will act accordingly. A plea from the editor... The propsed programs page is terribly underused! Please leave any comments, good or bad, on the page, to help us determine the membership's thoughts on the ideas there. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, KnowledgeOfSelf and FireFox 19:53, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For saying sorry in an oppose vote. I'll be sure to take defense against the dark arts class with you around though :) Tawker 01:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh of course not, personally I think it makes people feel a little better when they vote on a slightly contoversial RfA, I know opposing people is kind of hard to do too, and I like to try and make people feel better. How the heck did you manage to sneak into Hogwarts anyways? -- Tawker 02:00, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Sssh eh, I'll be nice and give you fair warning, The Minister for Magic just called the WikiDementors and they'll do the WikiKiss so run (and leave harry alone!) :) -- Tawker 03:33, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

I was not aware of that. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Xtra 02:19, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Larnue the dormouse

Thanks for pointing this out to me. Probably another Zephram Stark sockpuppet. This is really getting old. --JW1805 (Talk) 04:03, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Selective deletion

I deleted the libellous attacks on Xtra from the revision history of your talk page, per Wikipedia's libel policy. Sorry for not asking; you weren't around to ask. And policy is policy. Snottygobble 05:03, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Secret movie hidden in Potter Puppet Pals

in Potter Puppet Pals, in the 'Trouble at Hogwarts" section, pause it just before Voldemort uses the magic spell to kill snape and use the arrow buttons near the pause control to step forward frame by frame. eventually, you will see a green star that is shaped out of the magic spell. Click on it and it will show a short secret movie.

Cake

Have some cake - you haven't voted in the "do I like the cake picture" section :) -- Tawker 00:38, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikibreak, probably?

Are you on break, Lord Voldy? I just saw you tweaking Siva1979's edit count number. Thanks, guy!-- 陈鼎翔 ^说!贡献 Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 09:04, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Not wikibreak, per se. More of a wikislowdownfromeditingwhileworkiscrazyinreallife. :-) Thanks for checking in though. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 13:17, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Welcome

Welcome back, o Dark and Dreadful Lord. _-M ^o P-_ 13:43, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks for chipping in it at Talk:Rationales to impeach George W. Bush. Please go to Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Merecat and add your observations and comments ASAP. Merecat 00:34, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

School...

You have a good memory :). Yes, I'm in my fourth year, but I'm staying at the same university to do graduate work. At this point I'm planning to be in school until December 07, but that's dependent on my finding a good research topic and writing my thesis between now and then =). —Spangineer^[es] (háblame) 03:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, thanks! I'm looking forward to it; it should be a great time to learn cool stuff and hopefully still have time for Wikipedia =). —Spangineer^[es] (háblame) 07:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Impostor alert!

This user, Lord Moldybutt may be an impostor of you. Do you want me to put him on your list of Wikipedians you keep an eye on? Funnybunny 16:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments at thewolfstar

Lord Voldemort, I noticed you posted comments at Talk:Thewolfstar which I think you meant to be posted at User talk:thewolfstar. The user does not know how to sign talk pages, which I think must be why you posted the comment where you did. In any event, I think the user could definitely benefit from reading your comments, so perhaps you could consider moving them? Thanks. - Jersyko·talk 22:38, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

signing with my website

I am truly sorry about that. I didn't know it was considered spam at Wikipedia and I will not do it again. Thewolfstar 04:03, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter!

(Please put all tasty Easter wishes here)

They were laid by a chocolate bunny. Go on, take them! :P _-M ^o P-_ 04:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter! :D _-M ^o P-_ 04:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter! These special Easter eggs were laid just for you by an evil bunny! — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:14, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Happy Easter from me too, LV!-- 陈鼎翔 贡献 Chat with Tdxiang on IRC! 09:26, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

---

Looks good. ---> Is there a way to send those little critters through a high speed internet connection?
Thanks for you kindness and understanding. Thewolfstar 04:23, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

As promised (again)

Sometimes, Dark Lord, you do make me wonder... why on earth would I ever want to withdraw the nomination? :) Actually, the format you used is one I fully support, as I've always thought the "standard questions" were pretty dull. You are taking a tiny risk of alienating the most anal editors, but it's your risk to take, and I think it will help you more than it will hurt you overall. I've cast my vote... post away! :) Xoloz 16:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Maybe yes, Maybe no

I don't think I've interacted directly with you, but everytime I see you commenting somewhere it's always pretty solid. And that's saying something considering my vote in your last RFA...ahem. I think you've proved a lot of folks wrong. Anyway....I think you have a real shot, unless I'm fooling myself. In any case, you'll do great...later! Rx StrangeLove 18:47, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I've added a question to your RfA. When you have a moment, I'd appreciate an answer. Thanks. JoshuaZ 20:36, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I appreciate your balanced and thoughtful message, it seems that you have reformed since I last saw some of your "in-character" interactions with some others. But I still have problems with the section "List of Wikipedians I am having the Death Eaters keep an eye on:". You've gone a long way to re-building trust back with other community members and if you continue to make efforts to improve the wikipedia community you won't need to worry about me trusting you and working together because it will happen without any special effort on your part. That said, I would still recommend a name change. Your nom also looks like it will be successful so I'm going to offer early congratulations. --Reflex Reaction (talk)• 02:28, 19 April 2006 (UTC) P.S. I thought Lord Waldemart was hilarious.

The Questions

I just gave you the Questions on your RfA, if you don't feel like responding feel free to remove them, I'll likely vote support anyways but I'm a little curious as to how you'd take my brain puzzlers :) -- Tawker 21:12, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

You'd do better just to answer them on the RfA page. They are of use to all potential editors to your RfA, and don't really suit taking to talk pages; that would effectively be forking the discussion. Some of them are very badly worded, so don't be taken in by their leading nature. -Splash^talk 23:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

pointless digressions you are free to ignore

I am sorry, but i just couldn't help myself, i have so many thoughts to share with you, they have been building since you were kind enough to say hello on my discussion page a while back.

First off, this whole good and evil thing. Have you ever thought about how actually, without-...well, yourself, there would be no Harry Potter worth talking about? Its an interesting paradox of Drama. Without you, Harry Potter would be just another unotable Mage kid at Hogwarts. There would be no movie whatsoever. No books, no money, no interesting entertainment. An interesting problem. Theres a theory in mythic studies which says that the benefactor of the Hero and the Villain are actually kind of like a dipole or an atom. You can't have a whole atom without the protons, the neutrons, and, that dastardly Electron. A lot of mythic cycles tend to play themselves out subliminally. The mythic rules are no longer conscious, but, the mythic patterns seem to hold steady in any case. Another example. Yoda dies despite there not being any good reason given other than old age. A mythomorphic explanation of this is that Yoda has to Die, or, The emperor can't be killed. Other interesting explorations of this include for instance "The Dark Crystal". Here we see that the "Evil" and the "Good" are fractured aspects of each other. Interesting cross over to modern psychology. Because whereas Dumbledore represents of course the superego, and Harry represents the Ego, You represent the Id. And, without the Id, there would be no instincts for self preservation, and, more importantly, no major subliminal functioning. The Id turns out to be a neccessary aspect of the entire psyche. In the original Christian mythos, Hsatien was actually one of the Elohims Multiple Personalities, responsible for testing the mere humans in order to help them grow and evolve. The point of all of this is that it would seem that "The Dark" is primally neccessary as an aspect of a balanced Tao polarity.

If this is true, then we must assume that also, the Story of Potter is told from a very skewed Pro-Potter POV. Theres an interesting set of books on the market which explores the idea that the "Wicked" Witch of the west was indeed "Wicked", but, more importantly, that she was a fundamental aspect of the mythological state, and that killing her AND her sister throws the mythic universe out of balance and into an entropy spiral. If so, the question becomes: Might there have been reasonable justifications that the "official" version POV doesn't cover for the confrontation with Harries parents? What if the true villains are in fact Harries parents (sort of like luke) But, Harries being spared the "True" version of the story, much like Obi wan or Yoda lying to Luke?

I know, this is probably one of those "Get a life" moments for you, but, I can't resist, its not often that you get to have a conversation with somebody aspecting "The Dark Side". Anyways, I'll quit before it gets long... but I will be very interested to hear your thoughts. Prometheuspan 03:12, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

for the response. It's not the vandals - it's that I'm spending my time on vandal fighting. I can't remember the last time I made a *content* update to an article. It's always formatting, or reverting vandalism. I just need a break I think. --Golbez 17:41, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

First of all sorry for inconvenience to drop a message to my talk page for my pity mistake. And thank you for letting me know about my mistake. All the best for your successful RfA. Shyam ^(T/C) 21:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Your name

Well, it is a registered trademark in the US and Canada but I really don't see how anyone is going to confuse a WP username with a trademark. AFIAK the trademarks are for the name and likeness on toys etc, at least they've never sued anyone for fanfic. -- Tawker 21:39, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

There's most certainly no law against namechecking a trademarked name or phrase. The law, in all common law systems, is one about passing off. Could you be thought to be passing yourself off as JK Rowling or Warner Bros? No. Could you be thought to be passing yourself off as He Who Must Not Be Named? Yes, but as a fictional character, I'd assume he would have some difficulty suing you. Still, it would make an interesting case. m:Avoid Copyright Paranoia. I remain, My Lord, your faithful servant. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 21:52, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks to all who seem to be taking an interest in this. I never meant to cause this much conversation, but I guess it's a good thing, for future use in these situations. Thanks again! --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 21:54, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

reply

I could care less about your username as long as it's not patently offensive, by the way. I was slightly concerned about your answer to question 4, namely the "almost all wiki stuff can be done on the wiki" part. Vandals and pundits read public admin discussions. Sometimes, to prove it, they turn riffs off of very current discussions and turn them into sockpuppet usernames just to prove that they know that we know that they know everything we know. It's a sad state of things. Your answer to question 6 was also rather weak. Other than that, your responses seem okay, and you don't show any serious signs of article ownership (except for maybe Ann Coulter, I haven't looked closely, but it doesn't seem outrageous), which has become my biggest turnoff in RFA nominations lately, if you hadn't noticed. From what I can see your contributions are spread out over a wide enough area, so I'm sure you'll do well. — Apr. 20, '06 [22:09] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Also, I was a bit confused by although I think the new "Admins not afraid to make difficult blocks" page may be a little overkill. (Sorry, SV). Sometimes it's gotta be done, especially if the "user" is an obvious avatar of disruption, and even more so if valuable contributors feel threatened by the user's very presence. — Apr. 20, '06 [22:12] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Re:You said to take a guess...

No. You're extremely far. :) Ω Anonymous anonymous Ψ: ''Have A Nice Day'' 22:11, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

I give you The Barnstar EATEN BY A BEAR for the humorous content of your user page. Ω Anonymous anonymous Ψ: ''Have A Nice Day'' 23:19, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Move it to your user page if you want. Have a nice day. Ω Anonymous anonymous Ψ: ''Have A Nice Day'' 23:19, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

Good luck with your RfA! Not that it looks like you'll be needing it, though. :) Unless Dumbledore's Army rises up against you before it ends.

Oh, and I was SO tempted to give my reason for support simply because of your name. ;D -- Natalya 19:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I think that your answers to the boilerplate questions on your RfA are some of the most refreshing and thoughtful that I've ever seen. Joyous | Talk 02:20, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Mental Retardation

My bad, hit revert, it looked like it was vandalism. GofG _|^|_| Contribs 03:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I feel better now that I know it was imcompetence rather than just a plain old screwup :D. GofG _|^|_| Contribs 03:02, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Tawkerbot2

You want the code or a muggle readable version? -- 20:08, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

You kidding me? Muggle version please. :-) Don't think I can stand to look at so much coding. Thanks. --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:10, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower ^háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)