User talk:Phaedriel/Archive 14

Adminship

SushiGeek 00:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC) (I'll create the page after you accept the nom.)

Dude, she is already an Admin. Karrmann 01:02, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

She isn't unless I'm very much mistaken.Blnguyen | rant-line 01:03, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

No she isn't. She's not on Special:Listadmins. SushiGeek 01:15, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

My mistake. Karrmann 01:21, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

She is not an admin yet but she should be. I would be honored to nominate my friend if she wishes and nobody beats me to it.--Dakota ~ 02:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I already kind-of beat you... SushiGeek 04:42, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Phaedriel declined not long ago if I recall because she hasn't been here long enough... Just a thought... Spawn Man 04:35, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I would agree with the idea of her being nommed for admin because (IMO) there should be more admins like her. However, that's not something I'd do myself (I think too many questions would be asked if I were to nom someone). But I agree with Lar's comments..and I'm editing my own comments way too much :P — Nathan ^(talk) 05:25, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

There is a very long list of people who have wanted to nom Phaedriel for admin, if you search in her talk page archives you'll find all of them... It is my view that adminship changes one's WP persona a bit, I would not be in a rush to wish the mop on our dear Phaedriel... SushiGeek, if I may suggest, going forward you may want to sound the candidate out first before potentially putting the candidate "on the spot" as it were. ++Lar: t/c 04:55, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• Sure, the mop is a key part of adminship, but in my experience, people look up to administrators. So it's also about setting a good example and helping guide this site's future; two things that Phaedriel also does really well. — Deckiller 05:17, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • But you don't need the mop for those things, you don't need it to be kind, or to be respected, or to speak wisely about how things ought to go. I may not have been very clear... adminship often changes people, at least a little, especially if they've not been admins elsewhere, and not necessarily for the better. Further, it changes what others expect of people. Admins get asked to do things they may not wish to do, unfun things, tedious things... It also cuts into what they have time to edit, see m:namespace shift for thoughts on how your editing goes down. I don't think we should try to chivvy Phaedriel into being an admin if she doesn't want it (which she may or may not, but I suspect she, at least currently, does not). ++Lar: t/c 05:26, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• From my experience, becoming an admin makes you become paranoid about trying to fix all of WP's problems and you then stop writing any articles. I haven't written or expanded anything in the last month. Blnguyen | rant-line 05:23, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I echo Blnguyen's sentiments. Do think through whether you want to be a sysop or accept someone's nomination of you. It might change your personality and outlook towards Wikipedia in unexpected, non-positive ways. Kimchi.sg 14:38, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Can we all co-nominate? I already thought she was one oO Will (message me!) 18:50, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

When I saw this, I said: what are they, crazy? She already is one. Then I checked WP:LA and to my surprise, you aren't. I can't imagine a non-admin who has shown the community that he/she can be trusted with the mop more than you. Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Phaedriel is now on my watchlist, so I hope I can be one of the first 10 supporters, but if I am away from wikipedia for a few hours when it becomes active, I will probably not be in the first 100. --rogerd 21:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I was also under the impression that you are already an admin. When you are nominated, I wouldn't be surprised if you set a record for highest number of support votes. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 22:25, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Overwhelmed!

My dear friends Sushi, Dakota, Karrman, Lar, Bln, Tyler, Spawn babe, Nathan and Kimchi - thanks to all of you for even thinking me worthy of the buttons. To be completely honest, I've been asked about the issue many times in the last days only, and while deep down I hold no fears of the mop changing my personality, I am in two minds; a part of me feels I'm ready, while the other suggests me to wait a little longer. If you don't mind, I would like to give it a deeper thought for a few days, and in the meantime do many things I've been planning for some time (creating an Indigenous Resources Portal and, if possible, raising it to Featured standards; making the first issue of a Newsletter for Wikiproject Indigenous Peoples of North America, and creating a number of articles I've been drafting offline). I insist that I'm overwhelmed by your kindness, everybody - those of you who know me are aware that I feel uncomfortable when publicly given any sort of recognition for my modest work. But please, let's be patient - I'll let you all know my decision in a week or so. Deal, my friends? :) Big hugs to all of you! Phædriel ♥ tell me - 15:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Ok, we'll be patient and wait until the biggest RfA support voting landslide in the history of Wikipedia :) — Deckiller 18:16, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

• I'd wait...there is no hurry. I would personally prefer to see you concentrate on Native American projects, than get bottled up dealing with trolls. However, if you decide to run, my vote will of course be Support. Best wishes, --MONGO 22:15, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

  She will have her very own entry on WP:200. — Nathan ^(talk) 02:15, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I won't put any pressure on you, Phaedriel, but although I haven't yet had time to answer your kind message, I'll cetainly have time to give you a strong support when you do feel ready to go forward. In fact, I'd even come back for that if I were on a wiki-break! I'm sure you'll be a great admin. AnnH ♫ 08:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

100% with AnnH. If you won't to go for it Phaedriel, I'll support you all the way! If you don't we'll all still be happy. The important thing is that you feel it's right. We'll all support you either way. The Halo (talk) 09:57, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, totally with The Halo-man. Sergeant Snopake 10:04, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Damn. Good thing I checked the archives before I asked you myself. If you run, you have my absolute support - you're one of the few people here who can edit and stick to their principles, and you're certainly one of the nicest people around here. Werdna (talk) 13:09, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Userpage

Wow, thanks for the new design, Phaedriel!  :-) See ya around CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 03:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Velociraptor

I just know you want support another of my dino articles: Velociraptor, here: Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Velociraptor. You just can't resist can you? Can you? *Jedi Mind trick*. About the Indian name thing, I didn't know Indians didn't like giving out names. Just thoguht it would be an aside to what me name would be, like grumpy old one who moans like bear a lot, or something... Forget about it though, I didn't know...... Thanks, Spawn Man 04:37, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I am in awe of you

You're just so kind to everyone! :,) Oh, I hope this doesn't come across as too weird because we've never met before, but it's just the same old story of 'you know some of the users I know' etc. Sergeant Snopake 10:12, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

I think it's the fact that you're so kind that's so amazing...when you're nominated for adminship, I will definately support you! Thanks for your kind words about my userpage, Will did it for me, so I can't take the credit. Yeah, The Halo's really having a hard time at the moment, but I'm trying my best to keep him cheerful. I'm so glad and beholden to be among your friends. *hugs* Sergeant Snopake 09:55, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Your userpage is fantastic, you know. Such a bunch of interesting things. Sergeant Snopake 10:09, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

What can I say? I am so deeply touched by this that I am at a loss for words. I am so moved by your endless kindness, and so thankful for all that you've done for me that all I can do is give you my humble, everlasting gratitude and true friendship. Sergeant Snopake 11:04, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Deleted sandbox page

I have deleted your sandbox page as requested. Kimchi.sg 14:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Indigenous American Star

Sorry about this, but due to an edit I made to the graphic (and also to the template), the image doesn't seem to be showing up correctly in your table, and the only thing I can think to correct it would be to add in a 99px image size tag. --Aaron Walden 22:59, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your comments on RfA

I appreciate your kind words on Requests for Adminship. :-) I have withdrawn for the time being and plan to re-apply once I've gained enough experience, and I just wanted to say thank you :-) אמר Steve Caruso _(poll) 00:54, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

User page

Hi, I was talking to Banes (talk · contribs) about stealing his user page, but he recommended that I speak with you instead... here I am, 2 months (and 4XXX edits) after registration, and I still have a very boring user page... I was just wondering if you could give me some hints about formatting them pretty frames everyone has, or if you wanted to, go ahead and make it pretty yourself... I'm not looking for anything really fancy, I haven't done much yet... thank you in advance... - Adolphus79 06:29, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

having seen the edits to this page after mine, it appears I caught you at a bad time... please feel free to leave me a note whenever you have a little extra time to look at a noob's user page... - Adolphus79 10:07, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

wewt! thank you very much... that's soo much better than what I had... I'd give you a WikiCookie, but you deseve a lot more... here's the whole dessert table! - Adolphus79 23:51, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Hello.

*~Daniel~* has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

, Thank you for your message. No problem for sending me message lately. HeHe.. *~Daniel~* 06:48, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Re:Hi, my dear Bhadani! [1]

Hello Sharon, a ton of thanks for the chocolates - I know you responded late as you were searching the best stuff for me. Thanks. You have told so many things about me - am I worthy of such praises? We all are here with a single mission - to build and continue to build and to keep the Project up-dated. BTW, the chocolates were sweet, but your words are sweeter: yes, a grain of kindness is all it takes to turn thorns into flowers! Great words indeed. And, you are looking really "academic" in your latest picture. Congrats! --Bhadani 15:12, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Your edit count

Hi Phaedriel, someone hacked Kate's Tool, and left statements of devotion on your edit count. It reads: Phaedriel Phaedriel is SO hot! Phaedriel is hot! Phaedriel on wheels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Phaedriel, I love you -while loading, and below your username after printing your edit count statistics. Doesn't show up every time though. Just thought you'd like to know. Best, DVD+ R/W 22:03, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I have the same for mine (Dicklicker, and so on). I think it just shows all the accounts with the word in them, so it's not a hack. — Deckiller 22:19, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Deckiller is just a last name I came up with for any one of my main fictional protagonists. It just sort of came out randomly. Nothing to really do with ten kills or deck burners :), although I could make it my magic: the gathering deck name. After all, my MTG deck usualy kills other MTG decks, all in the name of good fun and sport of course :). The ironic thing is that all my Deckiller characters are usually very calm ^_^ — Deckiller 22:31, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Ahh, dungeons and dragons is great! :) Magic: The Gathering is my favorite, but I haven't played it in a few months :(. I'm also into console RPGs, like the Final Fantasy series, Xenosaga, Xenogears, and many others. — Deckiller 22:36, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

D&D rules! - Adolphus79 22:39, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Indeed! ;) Phædriel ♥ tell me - 22:42, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Today's Star

Umm.. hey Phaedriel. I'm really at a loss for words. About today's star, well.. I dont feel that I'm very deserving right now. I haven't been the most cheerful, loyal or bright person as of late towards anybody, although I have been pretty deep. I haven't been feeling good and have been taking it out towards the wrong people. Unfortunantly, I feel I can't accept your gift to me, I'm sorry. — The King of Kings 00:13 June 25 '06

I however, am more than willing. Deeply touched. Thank you. - brenneman ^{L} 08:42, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Help! "Grito de Lares"

We now have somebody who wishes to change the name of The Grito de Lares to Lares Outcry. Please express your opinion here: Talk:Grito de Lares (The Cry of Lares). Thank you. Tony the Marine 00:14, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

You're so cute!

I just happened to see your picture on your userpage and felt the need to point that out. Judging from what you've written on your page, you seem like a sweetheart as well. I don't want to freak you out or make you think I'm stalking you or something, and this is pretty much a joke account anyway, but I must say that if you have a boyfriend/husband he's a pretty lucky guy. Mr. Sensible 01:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Talk about things I've thought but never said... — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 00:23, 26 June 2006 (UTC)}

Lol :) — Deckiller 01:58, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Your signature

Your signature is attractive but either has a bug, or conflicts with firefox. The red at the end is not closing out, so the RfAs I've been viewing look like they've bled everywhere. Might be worth a look. --Peripitus (Talk) 13:25, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply but I've found the problem (and my ordinary spelling) I was running on the secure servers as ( at this time of night ) my ISP is usually blocked due to anon vandals. Problem does not appear on en.wikipedia.org but only via the secure server (https:secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en... ) - appears in both firefox and IE. How wierd --Peripitus (Talk) 13:44, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

My userpage looks horrible on secure.wikimedia.org; I think it has something to do with how it renders wikicode & html. — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 00:23, 26 June 2006 (UTC)}

thanks

Hi, thanks for your note. Everything is OK, except work interfers with my time on Wikipedia.

Thanks again,

 :) Dlohcierekim 00:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

You R GOLD!!!!

For being beautiful inside and out, Orane awards Phaedriel the Golden Wiki award. Keep doing what u're doing.Oran e (t) (c) (e) 02:12, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I just signed in after a busy weekend, and the first thing that greeted me was that delightful message. It was so inspiring and touching. Thank you a million times. People like you make wikipedia worth the bother.

Hey

Hey, what's up? Any big editing projects coming up for ya? — Deckiller 02:34, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you so much dear Phaedriel for the star! Your message came just at the right time to bring a smile to my face and brighten up an otherwise dreary day. Thank you so much for your friendship and kindness, we all love you here. *hugs* Take care :) -- Banes 06:09, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Instead

Instead of excuse of a userpage, how about "my" userpage. There is no reason to downplay your talents either. Just a thought.--MONGO 23:17, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Mongo :) — Deckiller 23:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

after what you did to my (and countless others) user page, there is no way to hide the fact that you know what you're doing... I agree also, if nothing else this is an example of what a user page should be, not an excuse! - Adolphus79 23:28, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Ooohhhh....kay then, you've convinced me guys :) that was originally intended as nothing but a joke, but I guess it is also a display of what my bf calls my "pathological humbleness"... Kisses all three of you! Phædriel ♥ tell me - 23:33, 26 June 2006 (UTC) Btw, if you check the History, you'll see at first it said "this pathethic excuse of a userpage"! ;) XXX!

no, pathetic is what mine was before you fixed it... LOL - Adolphus79 23:39, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Please check your email

thanks! ++Lar: t/c 00:41, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm about to send one too. — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 01:31, 27 June 2006 (UTC)}

Re: Today's Star shines upon...

Hello! Many thanks for your most unexpected and kind words! They were joyfully received over breakfast here in damp old England. Have a nice day, whatever you choose to do! :-)  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  06:23, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

3RR

Thank you for the notification. The user in question has been blocked for 24 hours. Take care -- Samir धर्म 09:23, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

For the bottom of my heart, thank you.

I just wished to thank you for your large amounts of unfailing kindness. We haven't talked before, but I have noticed how nice you are to everyone. When our mutual frien Moe was upset, you were there to comfort him. You have proved countless times how great and important you are to this project, and I wished to tell you how much I appreciate that. Thank you, Thetrutbelow 18:11, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

RFA

Adminship

I'm painfully aware of the need for more wikilove among editors and I believe in the Sanskrit adage, "Yatha Raja, Tatha praja" meaning "As the king, so the people." OK, admins are more janitors than kings but the drift is that they are the ones people look up to on WP. It is essential that people look up to the right model of behavior and I believe from the limited observation I had of you that you fit the bill to a T. Don't look at adminship as either a recognition or a burden - look at it as something that enables you to reach people more effectively. I ran into your userpage a fortnight back, had a look at your contribs and was wondering if I should offer to nominate you as I am on the lookout for nominating more model wikipedians after my successful nominations of User:Redvers and User:Ganeshk. I see that I have beaten fair and square by so many editors in the last 5 days. Not to sway you, but I feel that you shd go for adminship. Cheers, --Gurubrahma 18:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi Phaedriel, your message was straight from the heart. We are already friends, aren't we? I understand and appreciate that you would not be in a position to accept a nom for RfA right away. Please do what you deem to be the best for you. As far as Indian culture goes, Redvers definitely has better appreciation of my culture's sensibilities than I seem to have. --Gurubrahma 05:35, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Skynyrd Rules...

as you were... - Adolphus79 00:27, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Obligatory "Free Bird!" Will (message me!) 22:34, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Once again, you amaze me with your kindness

Phaedriel, you are truly what my people the Jews call a mensch. You have once again made another editor extremly happy to be here, and I can't tell you how much your kind words ment to me. Even though you can not except my nomination now, I still want you to know that I consider you as one of the greatest people around. Whatevery you are going through right now, I hope with all of my heart that it works out for the best. I know much of the hardships of life, and I wish you and all that are involved the best of luck, health and fortune. As for the comments I made in the rfa, all of them have been proven again by your most recent message to me. I am proud to call you my friend, and I am adding you under my friends list on my user page. Phaedriel, I want you to now that your kind refusal of the rfa has instilled in me the most awestruck emotion. I feel that way because I know that you could become an admin in a second, yet you hace declined because you feel that your personal life may affect your work, once again putting the good of wikipedia before your status on wikipedia. Thank you my friend for all that you have done and continue to do. Thetrutbelow 01:25, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I just got your email and responded. Thetrutbelow 01:56, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much

Dear Sharon-
Thank you so much for the honor of your "Today's Star" award. I look at the others that you have named, and I feel humbled to be listed with them. Your kindness and wisdom is an inspiration to me and many others. Thanks again for all you do on this project, and thanks for what you do in real life. I know that is one of the toughest jobs to do, and the fact that you come to wikipedia with such good humor and kindness speaks highly of your character. I see that your RfA is active, and that four of us have put the cart before the horse by showing our support before you have accepted the nom. I hope that you will accept, because if anyone should be an admin, it should be you.
Your friend,
Roger --rogerd 04:53, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

I now see from your other messages that you have decided not to accept the RfA for now, and I can certainly understand not wanting to do this right now. I hope you get things worked out. You will be in my prayers. If you would like me to, I will delete your unaccepted RfA, so the same name can be used when you do eventually decide to go for it. (I think that would be allowable). --rogerd 05:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Phaedriel knows that whenever she feels she's ready, she will have my unconditional support.

Just for being you. — Nathan ^(talk) _{/ 08:33, 28 June 2006 (UTC)}

Why aren't you an admin?

See title, I'm confused. I'd be happy to nom you. ;)--Andeh 13:14, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

(Sorry for butting in). Phaedriel was very recently nominated and declined (this time) for personal reasons. I'd be delighted to support her for adminship and it's nice to see that many others feel the same. However, please remember folks: adminship is not that big a deal, and Sharon doesn't need an extra permissions bit to get love and respect around here. I'm sure she'll let us know when she's ready! Hopefully that time will be soon, but until then everyone please chill out :) --kingboyk 13:19, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Note: Andeh removed this thread as I was replying (I got an edit conflict); I've restored it to fend off other questions on the same topic. --kingboyk 13:21, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Kingboyk, in the future I really should read more on the previous discussions on this talk page (or is that being nosey?). Maybe we should start a list of users who want to nom Phaedriel for adminship? ;D Anyway, it's nice that Phaedriel notices my comments on RfA, I'm not out to get nominee's on RfA (which it may look like) I actually believe we need more admins, just the right type! Just encase you were bothered, I asked you why you weren't admin because I see a lot of your messages and then saw a report you made in WP:AIV made me think... she's not admin!? in shock!--Andeh 16:36, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Andeh, are you aware of this page? NoSeptember 16:43, 28 June 2006 (UTC)