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Suggested coachee
Thank you for signing up for admin coaching. Given the lengthy backlog of applicants it is always helpful for skilled users to participate. Starting basically today I'm thinking of trying a new method out of me proposing someone to you and you contacting them, rather then the old method I was using of having the coachee contact the coach. I'd suggest User:Juliancolton. I'm seeing no blocks, good edit numbers, and some GA contributions. Feel free to review him yourself and contact him if you are interested in coaching him. If you'd like me to suggest someone else, let me know or stop by the queue and pick one yourself. I know you have multiple slots for coachees, so I'll try and stagger any suggestions to keep from overwhelming you. MBisanz talk 19:32, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
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Red Tape Attitude
While you are reverting my edits, you conviently forget to revert edits to my sourced statements in the same article. When i revert some edit, it is undone as legitimate source, and when my edits are reverted, they are inflammatory, even though they are from the same source. Why the double standards? And i don't need to point you to all my claims, you are fully involved in the articles i contributed recently, and you can check the history. Though it is impossible that you are un-aware.Ajjay (talk) 06:00, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
- Also if i quote (though i don't plan to , but might) "Quotes" by Mark Tully and Satish Jacob, which criticise the indira Govt. and Indian army, would they be removed too, as being inflammatory. thanks Ajjay (talk) 06:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
- While you are it, please check user Spy89, you will find him in history, he is constantly vandalising my edits. I reported him twice to Adm. Board. Thanks if you could helpAjjay (talk) 06:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Ratemycop.com
[edit] Ratemycop.com I deleted the article because I did not think it was a notable website. If you want, I can restore the article and send it to Articles for deletion and let the community decide the fate of the article. Nishkid64 (talk) 00:49, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
Articles need to have reliable sources to back up information. This is one of the criteria for notability. The article you pointed to me just briefly mentions Ratemycop.com (at the end). I would need to see some other reliable sources that are solely focused on Ratemycop. Best, Nishkid64 (talk) 07:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC) HOW IS THIS? NOTABLE YET?
http://www.ktar.com/index.php?nid=388&sid=753530 (Audio, Attached)
http://www.abc15.com/mostpopular/story.aspx?content_id=98f55252-9594-44f2-9776-ff44a4d34df1 (Video)
http://www.thrillist.com/archives/2008/03/rate_my_cop_la_los_angeles_services.html
http://www.asuwebdevil.com/issues/2008/03/04/news/704033
http://www.kpho.com/news/15500525/detail.html
http://www.azcentral.com/phpAPP/multimedia/flash.php?path=rtmp://azcentral.com/news/0304cops10pm&HTTP_REFERER=http://www.azcentral.com/12news/video/12video_index.html (Video) http://www.kutv.com/content/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=49094c36-ec83-4306-954a-eca063c62693 (Video)
Responding anytime soon?
http://cbs2.com/tech/hddvd.ratemycop.iphone.2.671642.html something new today
African towns
Hi DYK maestro. How are things. I noticed you created an articles two days ago on a village in the CAR. IThis is one of my aims on wikipedia is building up content on Africa geography. I would apprecaite you help in this area but in future can you add an infobox and find coordinates like I have done to Alindao. I'm currently going through every article on an African settlement and adding the realtive country locator etc. I did Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone earlier. Cheers ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 20:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
See my changes to Bobangui cheers ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 20:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
It is absolutely astounding how many places exist and how many thousands of notable places there are in these places which nobody knows anything at all about!!! I've just started Gbokopeteme linked from your article and the way I'm doing it is to work on specific areas at a time filling in nearby settlements in a chain effect. I did some similar things with Mogolo and Eritrea yesterday. Regards ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 21:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
The best sites are maplandia.com or traveljournals.com combined with the MSN encarta map for detailed viewing of nearby settlements and falling rain which shows nearby settlements (this is accurate although I strictly avoid reading estimate dpopulation given on that site as it is most often very wrong!!. But I use thoose sites to confirm well enough that the location/name is accurate ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 21:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Protection issues
Points well taken ... my only question, isn't locking down the talk page standard for death threats? I wasn't going to lock down HinnT and TnniH's pages, but they continued to make death threats on their talk pages. Blueboy96 23:06, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
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Re:Suggested coachee
Thank you very much, and I'll gladly accept. :) Again, thank you very much, and I'll be happy to work with you. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 16:47, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
- Would we create a coaching page, or would the coaching be just on my talk page? Juliancolton The storm still blows... 02:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
- Take your time, you don't have to rush. :) Ok, I'll get started on that sup-page. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 02:56, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Re: Persian Gulf
I am not sure what you found unacceptable about my post. And I didn't "insinuate" that his comments were attacks. They were attacks. His comments were hostile and directed towards the editor (me) and not the edits. I called him on it. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 03:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
- Incorrect. I was singled out for comment, which perceived as an attack. Granted, I didn't need to suggest he read a book (or even more aptly, the archive and mediation in question), and I didn't need to tell him that I tend to respond negatively to being personally attacked (wherein lies the comment about the potential for being "editorially botch-slapped" by me); such is pretty much a given.
As for the problems I pointed out in mediation with proposal #5, I had already pointed them out, and I am not really excited about the idea of repeating to myself, especially with someone who claims to have read the mediation and archives "carefully" when they quite clearly haven't and are arguing for a POV stance (re the preposterous idea that Arabian Gulf was manufactured less than 50 years ago, which screams POV). Its a waste of my time to argue to someone who isn't listening to the point I am making and is just using the time I am typing to figure out what they are going to say next. That's high school debating team tactics, and I don't play that game. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 04:10, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
- Excuse me, but is it seriously your contention that the mediation failed to resolve anything because of my not continuing to argue a biased statement after I had already had done so not once but twice? That is preposterous. Perhaps you could take a moment to point out what the entire mediation was waiting upon, hinged upon my every word. I eagerly await the basis for what I feel to be a wildly inaccurate characterization of the mediation. While you put that together, allow me to point out that the mediation was populated by a great many who didn't want ANY mention of the Arabian Gulf, those who wanted to debilitate it to the point of non-mention by calling it a recent political creation, and then, those who felt that because it is mentioned in the article and that there is a significant article already in existence in the article that we have to follow the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia and include it. I belong to the latter group.
- And thanks for pointing out NPA - I know what the policy is. Don't for a moment think the Broom makes you any more aware of policy. I am not to blame for the article's ethnic/political polarization, and I am not to blame for the mediation's failure. That you would even think to do so means you aren't really being neutral here. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 05:54, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
- Last point first: I am aware of the tidbit you pointed out from NPA; as I felt the comment from Alexander was hostile and intended to single me out as the sole cause of the article's woe, which I - correctly - interpreted to be a personal attack. I am sorry that my repeated attempts to illuminate that interpretation have failed. I would point out that you seemed to become somewhat defensive when I said that your broom doesn't make you any more aware of policy - you reacted as if attacked. I guess the perception of being attacked extends beyond the obvious calling someone a 'ham-headed lout'. When someone singles you out for discrediting, it is an attack on your person, and it's uncivil, and non-conducive to collective discussion. Ergo, my justification for calling it a personal attack.
- As well, I see the request for further responses from me to a recalcitrant set of users in the mediation and the mediation stopping shortly thereafter as completely unrelated. Your perception aside, I asked Cloudnine repeatedly where we were in the mediation after stalled. The only response I received from him was his perception that the matter was insoluble, as too many people wanted to eliminate the possibility of mentioning the Arabian Gulf in the Lead completely for the mediation to bring about a satisfactory solution. That is why the mediation stopped - both sides saw no reason to continue, as they saw no give from the other side. Maybe you might wish to discuss the matter with Cloudnine before pinning the entirety of the mediation's failure on me - and quite simply, your claims connecting my failure to continue arguing and the mediation's stoppage approximate such an accusation. Forgive me for not giving it credence.
- And the info, by the way, I had provided. It was a researched comment from Jane's noting the existence of the term Arabian Gulf prior to Nasser's use of the term for pan-Arab purposes. If anything, discussion ended in the mediation after having provided it. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 19:13, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Semi-protection of Thomas Crapper
Hello. I recently requested semi-protection of the article about Crapper, which was granted, but reverted by you. I agree that the WP-editors can easily handle the level of vandalism on this page (most, but not all vandalism is reverted in a matter of minutes), but my point was that the great majority of edits made to this article is vandalism or the reverting thereof. The burden of watching the article and keeping it vandalism-clean seems a bit too heavy for the benefit gained by not semiprotecting the article: very few anonymous editors make useful edits to this page. Do you think protection is only warranted if the level of vandalism is a lot higher than is the case here without considering the rest of the article's history? If that would be the case, is there some kind of watchlist or other solution for articles that don't receive a lot of edits, but with most of them vandalism? -- StevenDH (talk) 13:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks for the answer, I'll keep Thomas Crapper on my watchlist. But is there some sort of public watchlist for articles like this one, with a small number of edits per day which are likely to be vandalism? I would imagine that all recent changes to the articles go on the list and get removed if someone reviewed the changes as non-vandalism (or reverted them). I would think that would be more efficient than a lot of persons always controlling their individual watchlists... -- StevenDH (talk) 17:45, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Per your request I provided a detailed critique of user:Nikkul's poor edits in the lead, and I explained there that these were not simple cases of imperfect edits that other editors help improve, but rather repetitive edits even after others have pointed out the problems. user:Nikkul has also replaced all the Mumbai images with glossy pictures again; this too in spite of the discussion (initiated by Nichalp) on the India portal. I am too busy to keep constant watch on user:Nikkul, but clearly he is not being helpful or cooperative. Regards, Fowler&fowler«Talk» 15:29, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
User:Hnsampat is reverting edits to op blue star, as not being reliable. The same source , or critic, "Vir Sanghvi" , is used for citing some statements, in Bhindranwale article. Now if they go , it has to be from both articles. How can, an author's observation, remain in one article as reliable and not in another as not reliable. Kindly see and do the needful. Thanks.Ajjay (talk) 16:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
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What do I do with this? I just uploaded it. ♥Shapiros10WuzHere♥ 00:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC) you stick it in the jose offerman article duh
Hi, I see you are an active participant on FAC and have some experience with doing featured articles. I'm planning on bringing ancient Egypt to FAC very soon and would like, if you can, to have a quick look over it and see if there's anything big I'm missing, especially with respect to formatting, footnotes, MOS issues etc. Whatever you can point out I would appreciate. Please and Thanks, Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 02:05, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
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Juliancolton The storm still blows... 01:54, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thanks
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- how did u add that "leave a message" thing on ur page i don't have one of them —Preceding unsigned comment added by CApin2win (talk • contribs) 02:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
user page
can you make me a user page like u have i can pay you on paypal if u want how much CApin2win (talk) 02:43, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Too bad this user got blocked. I was thinking of handsomely fattening my wallet. :) Gnanapiti (talk) 17:42, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Nice work on this article. TJRC (talk) 18:20, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, but except for a handful of edits, my contributions have largely been reverting vandalism. Yes, "Cooper vane" bugs me, too. I'm an attorney, so my take was to go to the FAA regulations and see if I could find the applicable regulation. I figured there's no better cite than the actual regulation. I couldn't, but I didn't expect to; my inability to find it does not mean it isn't there. The FAA is not going to call it a "Cooper vane" in the regulation, and my knowledge of aviation is not good enough to locate whatever it is actually called. Actually, I expect it's not in a regulation, as such. My expectation is that the regulation recites a requirement to comply with a specification of some sort, and the specification describes the device; but I can't be sure about that. TJRC (talk) 18:56, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Boganda
Many thanks for your RfA support! I've added a link to the Constitution in French (I believe the translation was my own). Biruitorul (talk) 05:33, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- I noticed that, and thank you. Believe me, the bot was getting on my nerves! Biruitorul (talk) 05:49, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- About "honest, intelligent"... See here and here for an exchange on that. Here is the crux of my argument: "'Nationalistic' by itself has a somewhat negative connotation (see my RfA for confirmation), but the first two adjectives clearly indicate the author's intention to portray Goumba in a positive light." I think Dahn's solution of putting it in quotes is nice, though as I've said, we can survive without the phrase. Biruitorul (talk) 21:01, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Absolutely. Bokassa is fascinating, and deserves a nice, long, well-sourced article. Goumba's article is a good start but obviously could use improvement - I'd consult User:Everyking going forward on that one, since he's the author. Dacko too is pretty interesting and could use some finessing. I remember finding these guys interesting back when I wrote about Boganda, so whatever you come up with now I'd be glad to offer some input. Of course there's also central Africa outside the CAR - for instance, I've been eyeing Fulbert Youlou, another Catholic priest and president, for expansion. In all, quite a rich area to be mined, and not well-covered at present. Biruitorul (talk) 23:00, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
- I love it! Thanks for all your work, and for your RfA support too. Biruitorul (talk) 01:05, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Coaching
Hi, I responded on my coaching page. If you don't already, you might want to add that page to your watchlist. Juliancolton The storm still blows... 23:35, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, I'll respond on the coaching page. Juliancolton (St. Patrick's day) 01:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Sir, in the last wekk or so, this article is being edited by an IP 59:92... who makes edits without comments, summary or justification. The edits seem simple enough, but consistent and capable of triggering unnecessary edit wars, given the current situation. I am watching these these two FA's. If he continues to edit with an IP, please put a soft lock as this may force him to log in and discuss his edits.thanks.Dineshkannambadi (talk) 23:10, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
- 59.92.* and 59.96.* with a pro-Tamil bent are PONDHEEPANKAR. Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 02:38, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
RfA - Discospinster
Thank you so much for your support in my RfA, which was successful with a final count of 70/1/1! ... discospinster talk 23:30, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
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African projects
Well, before I say what we should do, let me say what we shouldn't - Félix Houphouët-Boigny and Léon M'ba, because I'll be translating them from French at some point and it would be unnecessary to duplicate their research. Why don't we go nice and slow... You keep working on Bokassa, publish what you've got, and I'll come by with some additional material. That's bound to be a big project. I for one will take Youlou. It won't be ready immediately, but within a couple of weeks I should have something (I have an obituary, plus some Google Books snippets). And then, likewise, you can come in and spruce it up. As for Idi Amin, User:Ezeu seems to be handling that one, so FA possibilities should be discussed with him first (I agree it shouldn't be too hard). Biruitorul (talk) 16:18, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
User:Nishkid
I see that you have used your doppleganger account for a few edits (far from criminal in my mind). I suggest that you add a line or 2 of text saying that you occasionally use the account to edit when you want to do some edits in unsecured locations (if that's true), like I have on User:RoyalbroilAlt. I looked at an edit and thought - What's going one? Cheers! Royalbroil 00:39, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
bold dots
hey how do u make bold and dots in front of lines? k thx bye —Preceding unsigned comment added by CApin2win (talk • contribs)
RateMyCop.com
When are you going to get off your high horse and publish this? Yahoo.com called it the biggest tech story of the week. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ginosesto (talk • contribs) 15:17, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi
The issue I brought up is about someone that calls other countries non-historic, how is that not relevant to Wikipedia? Please read the link I provided once more. I am not a citizen of any of those countries mentioned, but I feel ashamed that people resort to these kind of language, belittling other people and cultures. Raising awareness about these issue in my view is essential to have a wikipedia free of prejudice.Heja Helweda (talk) 04:13, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- Give me a break. The context is clear and some of these countries I mentioned Kuwait, Oman and UAE etc. are non-historical and the others like the Caucus countries are weak (relative to their much larger neighbors). It was a discussion from 3 months ago on my talkpage. I can find google books reference for both of my claims. It was a discussion between me and another user, 3 months ago and trying to instigate Georgian and Armenian users against me will not work and is taking a battle ground mentality. Did I talk about Armenian Genocide or you just brought it out of the blue to instigate Armenian users against me? I am talking about modern political entities and not average citizens. There is no racism except the fact that you are trying to instigate other users based on ethnic background and it will not work. Your action to provoke me did not work and it backfired. Do not try to push it further by spamming and misinterpreting my message on my own talkpage. --alidoostzadeh (talk) 04:30, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
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about quote in Bhindranwale
I can't understand what is the need for such quotes. Also what is the need for describing him as anti- social. come on on this is an encyclopedia. Mahatama Gandhi has written ( rather confessed) in his autobiography-(my experiments with truth), that he went to brothels during his stay in london as a student of law, but did not have sex. You don't find that in his article. Ajjay (talk) 04:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- I have the book with me, but i cannot find it. I think someone borrowed and forgot to return! i will try and get it back, if it is not lost! Anyways, i want to tell you that i am not a big fan of Bhindranwale, i got interested in the article because of Sikhism tag. I also want to tell you that i am doin masters in peace studies. Can you believe it!! Any ways i think that the quotes from any person don't belong in any article ( i know i added some in some). Each and every person, saints, leaders, prophets and me and you ( maybe after 100 years) have critics and quotes that go against them in strong language. We should mention general history and refrain from highlighting strong quotes, they are afterall capable of altering the state of an article (slyly) without appearing to do so and reflect as a judgement, which a good historian never makes.If the quote has to be included, then we need the full quote and not a part of quote, as we won't know what tully really refered to and wanted the reader to knowAjjay (talk) 17:20, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Re: GA
That was a mistake. Sorry - removed that. Just one question however I want to clarify: Is {{citeweb}} required for GA's? Thanks, - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:40, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Nishkid64, I just wanted to ask if you personally thought that Osama Bin Laden and Mr Bhindranwale had absolutely nothing in common ?
I only ask this because according to Prof. Jurgensmeyer, he believed they did indeed share the same ideological concepts and goals. If you can dig up the BBC documentary on Gandhi or the Sikhs, he does in fact describe the personalities and the events before and after Op Bluestar
Thanks
Dave
Good luck with your MA and hope you make it to the UN
Bio guideline question
Hi Nishkid64, I see you're a Bio Project admin, so perhaps you can answer a question of mine. Probably this has already been addressed, but I can't seem to find it in any of the docs or discussions. Namely, in instances when the name or country of a person's birthplace/death place has changed, how should it be listed? For example, a person was born in 1960 in "Leningrad, USSR" — now "St. Petersburg, Russia": my inclination is that the article Lead and Infobox should both state the person was born in "Leningrad USSR (now St. Petersburg, Russia)". Is there a guideline covering this? JGHowes talk - 20:17, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, you blocked this user as being a CU-confirmed sock of Armyguy11. Can you look into it again, since he is requesting unblock? Thanks! I usually poke the CUs directly but I guess the check was carried off wiki. -- lucasbfr talk (using User:Lucasbfr2) 22:00, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
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Hi Nishkid, Cynthia Keppley Mahmood is about as a reliable a source as a hole in the head, as she was someone who supported segregation (as we saw in White South Africa) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.196.3.244 (talk) 02:24, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Converted to cite journal, thanks for the heads-up. Still trying to find a replacement for a few sources you said are inadequate... Very elusive, this information on Chinese powder compositions. · AndonicO Hail! 17:38, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Is it acceptable?
I don't have any interaction with JacquesNguyen (talk · contribs), but was very startled to see her harsh personal attack to the editor who disagrees with her edit. You once blocked the user for her harassment on editors, so can have better judgment in this situation. Please take a look at the links, Thanks. [1][2][3][4] --Appletrees (talk) 04:39, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, the characters are still gone at Hung Vuong. Badagnani (talk) 05:04, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
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I saw your awards page and then I realized that this award applied perfectly to you :). Enjoy!--Mifter (talk) 20:16, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
Blocked editor still operating
User:JacquesNguyen, who has about six days left of a 7-day block, is nevertheless still active under a different username, as seen here. I don't believe this behavior should be permitted. Badagnani (talk) 06:01, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Can't tell what you intended here, but it's goofed up. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:55, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
- And this source is already in the article, I think you're repeating: Micek, Kassia. "Ima Hogg and Texas history are brought to life through lively tales created by a local librarian and children's author", The Courier, Houston Community Newspapers, September 25, 2006. Retrieved on March 13, 2008. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:56, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Yep, both of those are wrong; can you go back and fix them? I can't tell what you meant to do, but what you've done is goofed up. Karanacs has done so much work already with Bernhard and Neely that I'm afraid you're going to get crossed up in content if you get ahead of her with other sources. Also, she's citing book sources differently than you are, so we should stay on the same page. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
- I hope you saw her notes at Talk:Ima Hogg/additional material; she'll be done reading Bernhard today, and has all of that content to incorporate, and someone has already been through the New York Times archives. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Yep, it's good now; trying to do what I can to keep everyone on the same page while Karanacs finishes the book :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 18:07, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, Nishkid ... there's a status update here. Tony has made a first pass, and Maralia is going to go through next. I left queries on the talk page. At the end, we need a compelling lead, and I'm hoping The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk · contribs) (who has a wonderful way with a turn of a phrase) will come up with some hook for the lead that will make the reader think, "is this real, or are they pulling my leg". If you see anything else ... If you get the book, it will be helpful in answering queries when it goes to FAC. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
- Go for it ... it actually hasn't really been written yet ... the physical description stuff in the lead needs to move somewhere. Perhaps put {{inuse}} while you're working, so others will know. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:42, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
Are you still planning to do that? We do need a lead by about Monday. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:53, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you so much; the length doesn't bother me, but I'll leave that concern for the more capable writers :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:38, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
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| To Nishkid64. A small token of recognition for your work and encouragement helping so many people at DYK. Thank you so much and best wishes. -Susanlesch (talk) 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC) |
Sorry this barnstar is long overdue! -Susanlesch (talk) 18:18, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
blocked user...
If User:Bugeaud is a sock puppet of User:JacquesNguyen, then why is JacquesNguyen still active? Kingturtle (talk) 23:02, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Favor
Hey there. I'm thinking of trying Art Houtteman at WP:FAC again soon, after i do a bit more work on it. Since you've done some baseball FAC's before, and I've yet to, I was wondering if you could review it and let me know what you think, or if you find any glaring mistakes. I'd go through peer review, but that's a crapshoot, better to just ask someone I can trust :) Wizardman 02:22, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
Admin Coach
Hi. I have got about 900 edits to Wikipedia and I would like to become an admin. I would like an admin coach and you are not booked at all. I would like you to be my admin coach please. --MacMad (talk · contribs) 08:29, 24 March 2008 (UTC)