User talk:TantalumTelluride/Archive8

Esperanza

I dunno, probably wouldn't make much difference either way. Like a registered {Republican|Democrat} who doesn't vote. Redwolf24 (talk) 22:48, 1 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the award, I really appreciate it. Yes, I am quite busy in the "real world" but I hope to get back to the project soon . See you around. Johann Wolfgang 21:44, 2 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I find your lack of faith... disturbing.

Dear TantalumTelluride/Archive8,

Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your comments and constructive criticism, for every bit helps me become a better Wikipedian. I've started working on the things you brought up, and I hope that next time, things run better; who knows, maybe one day we'll be basking on the shore of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M o P-_ 22:09, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Johnny PayCheck

Hey there! Do you like Johnny PayCheck? If so vist his page because I have done alot to it and gives great info on this country outlaw! Alakey2010 May 05, 2006 4:42 PM.

Page reversion

You are welcome anytime.--Dakota ~ 21:44, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Hello, TantalumTelluride/Archive8, and thank you for vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 62/2/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. As I acclimate myself to my new tools, feel free to let me know how you believe I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! Radio Kirk talk to me 05:28, 6 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

George Jones' Super Hits!

George Jones' Super Hits' now has it very own page! I just made it a few days ago! Would you please vist George Jones' Super Hits's page. Thanks! Alakey2010 May 6th 5:49 PM.

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

Administrator Coaching
The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service. This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
Stressbusters
The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome!
Note from the editor
As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!

The last AC meeting (full log)
Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon.
Signed...
Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture 20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List_of_fictional_universes#Motion_to_Revise

Hi-Need some wisdom and mature judgement; this article is chaotic at best: Talk:List_of_fictional_universes#Motion_to_Revise. Thanks FrankB 14:53, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your guidance and help. I'm really grateful. cogtrue 01:43, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar! You do a pretty good job of awarding them yourself. :) -- Nataly a 02:08, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Humala Talk Page

Thank you for responding so quickly to restore the accidently deleted material.--Jersey Devil 04:57, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

I aim to displease...er please, no but thanks...interestingly I was looking rouge admin award over for the first time just last night, so I must have done something right, er wrong to earn it...well I added it to my userpage to make it conform a bit better with NPOV...thanks and I'll try and be more careless, er careful in the future.--MONGO 05:23, 11 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DEMIURGE ABUSE AND CENSORSHIP

Is the wannabe censor Demiurge ever going to be blocked for his relentless abuses of 3rr?? He has never yet been to date.

The below is from Brooke Shields' wikipage to give you an idea. It is not the first time!!

(cur) (last) 20:58, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user) (cur) (last) 20:57, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106 (cur) (last) 20:52, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user) (cur) (last) 20:48, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106 (cur) (last) 20:32, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user) (cur) (last) 19:57, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106

Thanks!!

216.194.2.106 21:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

RE ABUSES BY DEMIURGE

Demiurge, a known censor and Catholic apologist, REPEATEDLY violates the "3rr" rule and has NEVER to date been penalized for this. Please be aware that Ali-oops, Henry Flower (who offers no explanation for anything he does) and others are in league with Demiurge. If you don't think so just check out Demiurge's homepage. He is trying to censor me because I have seen through him and his agenda, and have prevented him (as far as I can) from imposing his agenda and apologetics on Wikipedia.

See the below from various wikipages for examples regarding their collusion and their attempts at censorship, for which there do not even bother to pretend that there is POV (a convenient catchall for any wannabe censor) or any other textual justification for their actions. You might also want to read Demiurge's homepage to see what he has been up to:

Brooke Shields

(cur) (last) 20:53, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user)
(cur) (last) 20:53, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106 (censorship by Demiurge rv)
(cur) (last) 20:51, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user)
(cur) (last) 20:49, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106 (censorship by Demiurge rv)
(cur) (last) 20:45, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user)
(cur) (last) 20:44, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106 (red links deleted; syntax corrected)
(cur) (last) 20:40, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user)
(cur) (last) 20:38, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106

Dinah Maria Craik

(cur) (last) 21:32, 12 May 2006 64.12.116.68
(cur) (last) 18:41, 12 May 2006 Ali-oops (rv: Robert's stuff checks out okay this time. Fixed broken link, tho'.)
(cur) (last) 18:19, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user)
(cur) (last) 18:18, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.161
(cur) (last) 10:38, 11 May 2006 Bcsurvivor m (changed to Soraya)
(cur) (last) 10:35, 11 May 2006 Bcsurvivor m (Soraya was born in New Jersey, but occasionally lived in Colombia where her parents were born; see her bio)
(cur) (last) 10:18, 11 May 2006 Bcsurvivor m (added an English link for Soraya's death reference)

Eddie Fullerton

(cur) (last) 22:37, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.130
(cur) (last) 20:58, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user)
(cur) (last) 20:57, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106
(cur) (last) 20:52, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user)
(cur) (last) 20:48, 12 May 2006 216.194.2.106
(cur) (last) 20:32, 12 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked user)

List of breast cancer victims

(cur) (last) 20:23, 10 May 2006 Arniep (dont just rv for the sake of it)
(cur) (last) 13:07, 9 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked User:Rms125a@hotmail.com)
(cur) (last) 13:04, 9 May 2006 216.194.58.64
(cur) (last) 12:54, 9 May 2006 Demiurge m (rv blocked User:Rms125a@hotmail.com)
(cur) (last) 12:36, 9 May 2006 216.194.58.64
(cur) (last) 08:23, 9 May 2006 Henry Flower m (Reverted edits by 216.194.59.46 (talk) to last version by Mary Read)
(cur) (last) 04:43, 9 May 2006 216.194.59.46

This is bigger than any one person. This is a question of Wikipedia's integrity.

Sincerely,

216.194.2.130 22:50, 12 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The three-revert rule doesn't apply when reverting edits by a sockpuppet of an indefinitely blocked user. --Tantalum T e lluride^♪ 18:59, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apart from that, it's just another sock-puppet of banned user, Robert Sieger. Note in the above transcript that I actually reverted to Robert's version from Demiurge's (I always check Robert's edits for content). So much for "being in league". Robert's paranoia knows no bounds - Ali-oops ^✍ 20:19, 13 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Highway's RfA

File:Pikachu plastic toy.JPG

Me relaxing...

Request for Adminship

Thank you for supporting/objecting/tropicanising me in my request for Adminship. Although I wasn't promoted to admin status, with a final vote count of 14/27/12, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was pleasantly suprised at the support, and was touched by it. I will also work harder on preventing disputes and boosting my edit count (which is on the up), so thank you to all your objectors. Hopefully I will re-apply soon and try again for the mop. Thanks again, H ig hway ^{Rainbow Sneakers}

Barnstar

Thanks! I don't see why I should feel disappointed; I now have the opportunity to improve myself so next time the outcome is different. But thanks again! :) Mopper ^Speak! 21:42, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, it doesn't really matter; whichever you like best. Some people like MoP, some like Mopper, some like Master of Puppets; I'm not really too picky :P Mopper ^Speak! 04:34, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WikiLove

Here's a smile for you, from Linuxerist! 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 pages. Happy editing!

Airforceguy

I already tried that. I got aught and they made me remove it. --Airforceguy 04:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Encyclopedia

Hmm, I believe it's important to explain to new people that wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it's not a blog or whatnot. The use of userboxes and the abuse of userspace is a very controversial topic on wikipedia, and it doesn't seem wise to send new users straight into the minefield.

I'd rather that people actually just mostly left the user pages alone, and worked on the encyclopedia instead. :-)

I get the impression that you're saying that new users *should* be pointed along a controversial course if they ask for it. If my impression is indeed correct, I'd very much like to hear your reasoning. Kim Bruning 10:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I see your point. It probably is a good idea to warn new users that userboxes are controversial, but I think it still probably would have been appropriate to provide the new user with a link so that she could find more information about them. Perhaps something like, "You're looking for userboxes, but let me warn you...." The dialogue at the help desk just gave me the impression that you were trying to keep a secret from the new user.

By the way, it looks like Deborahjay has found a few harmless userboxes to display on her user page. At least she doesn't have a picture of a giant kiwi wearing clogs! :P

Thanks for understanding. --Tantalum T e lluride^♪ 15:28, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your comments, I'll keep them in mind. :-) Kim Bruning 15:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC) Eh, what? Oh! I blame User:Essjay for making the Kiwi in clogs. He's like that. :-) (I was born in .nl, but grew up in .nz, so I'm kiwi in clogs, so to speak. I told Essjay the story, and he just had to make the picture :-P ) [reply]

RfA Thank You!

Thanks TantalumTelluride, (you'd think after the number of times I'd typed "per TantalumTelluride" at MfD, I'd know how to spell it by heart, but nope... I'm a little slow!)

I am honored by your support in my recent successful request for adminship. As an administrator, I am your servant, ready to help however I can. (In your case, since you've had the tools longer than I, my best use might be menial labor!) My talk page is always open; should you need anything, or should you see me making a mistake -- probably a common occurrence -- please do let me know. I will depend on the good sense of the community to keep me from making a complete fool of myself! :) In gratitude, Xoloz 16:22, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Holy Fazoo! Are you kidding? Well, needless to say, a nomination is yours whenever you feel prepared, if you wish. :) Flabbergasted, Xoloz 17:52, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Refrence box

The box would be the one on the main disscusion page that records the titles that people put down. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kitsumiti (talk • contribs) 16:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank-you

The count is in, and now I join the crew who wield the mops and pails.

Thanks for your support! I pledge to serve both you and Jimbo Wales.

If you have anything you need, then please don't think to hesitate.

For I am the very model of a grateful admin designate!

♫Bucketsofg✐♪

Country project

I'm a fan of country music so I'd like to see better coverage on wikipedia. I'll do anything I can to help. Bremen 03:29, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks!

Thanks for your note! I'd figured it out about the same time, so your note was confirmation that I'd done the right thing. Thank goodness! Hitrish 23:24, 22 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

EWS23's RfA

Hi TantalumTelluride! Thank you very much for supporting my request for adminship. You labeled it as a "pile-on" fairly early, but I assure you that all of the support was equally appreciated, even the pile-on support. Thanks again, and if you ever see something that I could be doing better, feel free to leave me a message. E WS23 | (Leave me a message!) 01:48, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

pages for newcomers

Hi!

As a fairly new newcomer, I'm interested in the "process" of helping new users find things to do when first arriving at Wikipedia.

I see a lot of Help pages, tutorials, etc., and lots of pages on policy and standards... But I haven't found pages directing users to find things to do to satisfy their early abilities other than some stub lists (and I've been using the search option (search: "{{wikify...")

Can you help me to find out what sort of "projects" there are on Wikipedia to help the masses of new Wikipedians pick pieces of work that suit them? My interest isn't necessarily for my own use (but it will help me too) but more so as a possible area of work I'd like to look at for participation.

Thanks!

Hitrish 19:19, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No Problemo

Regarding the reverts of vandalism on your userpage..."all in a day's work." Best, Kukini 14:41, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

complain

I'm fairly new to this wikipedia thing so I don't know how to go about this properly - who can I complain to about someone's attitude? I asked a question of the staff member that deleted the article, made a fair case, presented the facts that for all intents and purposes I was stating a fictional character's 'gimmick' yet I feel that he's just got no concept of what I was doing. I feel extremely harshly treated, especially with the wording of his reply to me.

"Feel free to contribute useful content to Wikipedia, but don't be tempted to recreate this article. Thanks. —Whouk (talk) 21:29, 25 May 2006 (UTC)"

I'd like to know how to go about complaining about this member of staff. I admin a few forums myself - if any of my staff behaved in such a reprehensible manner to a new member, they wouldn't be staff for much longer. He clearly has no idea about professional wrestling and the concept of gimmicks and so just deleted the article without even giving me a chance to make a copy of it - I wrote it from scratch. I'd at least like the chance to salvage the code for the info box, seeing as it took me ages to figure out how to code that for the first time.

I'm extremely angry about this. So much for WIkipedia being for the people, it's basically for the chosen people to decide if something is worthy or not. I informed "Gabriel Grey" about this whole affair, he thought the concept was spot on and is bemused as to why this was scrapped.

Thanks, TheInno

EDIT: In fact, it doesn't really matter. I'm so annoyed by this I don't think I'll bother wasting any more time with 'the WIkipedia experience'

Thanks for YOUR help, anyway - at least someone knows how to treat new users. TheInno 22:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the heads up. I have replied on the user's talk page. —Wh o uk (talk) 06:02, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Thank you for your recent vote on my RFA, regardless of how you voted. I appreciate all votes. I am going to wait until I have more edits in all namespaces. (And also improve answering impossible questions ;). Hopefully one day I will be more sucessful than it was looking, once I meet most user's voting standards. Again, thanks for your time! I am curious as to why you do not like my usage of images in my signature. It doesn't violate WP:SIG... ~Linuxerist

E/L/T 02:30, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well...

You've taken that too far!

If you're not Scottish, you won't get that. I asked her months ago! Yes I did, H ig hway ^{Rainbow Sneakers} 19:36, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: gender (no worries!!)

No worries! It definitly happens a lot, and I know I mess up genders all the time too. :) Plus, your response cracked me up. -- Nataly a 19:51, 26 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your comments in Lar's RfA!

We are here to build an encyclopedia!

Hi Tantalum, and thank you for your kind comments in my request for adminship! With a final tally of (109/5/1), I have been entrusted with adminship. It's been several weeks since the conclusion of the process, so hopefully you've had a chance to see me in action. Please let me know what you think! Thanks again! (yes, these thanks were "long overdue" too) GRIN! ++Lar: t/c 03:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adverts: Like The Beatles?... Like LEGO?... In a WikiProject that classifies?... Are you an accountable admin?... Got DYK?...

copyrighted image

No I didn't know it was copyrighted, thank you. and thank you for your kind words about my RFA. ILove Plankton ⁽ ^L⁾ 02:39, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

thanks you, I did mean "bear" and not "bare". ILovePlankton 20:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]