User talk:Wizardman/Archive2

Lee Smith (baseball)

Thank you for evaluating the article and awarding it GA status. Hopefully, we can get FA soon. =) Nishkid64 02:50, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:ADOPT

Hi there,

As a user looking to Adopt with the Adopt-a-User program, there has been some ongoing developments that we would like to bring to your attention, as well as request help with the backlog at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user.

You should know that the way the adoption process works has changed slightly. To decrease workload at Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user on offering adoption please change the {{Adoptme}} template to {{Adoptoffer}} on the user's user page, and this will add the user to Category:Wikipedians having been offered adoption. Users that have already been offered adoption can always have a second or third offer, but by separating out those users that have not had an adoption offer yet, it is hoped that no one will go lacking. Once adoption is complete please use the templates found here on the Adoptee's and your user page.

Also numerous Adopters have been adding their details to a list of users available for adopting, to offer a more personalised service and allow new users to browse through and pick their own Adopter. The quickest way to adopt though, is still to contact users at the Category:Wikipedians seeking to be adopted in Adopt-a-user.

Furthermore a new Adopter's Area has been created where you can find useful resources and other Adopter's experiences. Please feel free to add any resources you have and if you know of any useful resources for new users / Adoptees then you can add them here.

So I hope you get adopting soon - and if you have any general questions or suggestions about the further development of Wikipedia:Adopt-a-User please bring them to our talk page. Cheers Lethaniol 15:25, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Third Opinion for Talk:Burk's_Falls, Ontario

Hi Wizardman. I noticed that Agha Nader re-added the Third Opinion request for that page even after your removed it. Since you already addressed it, and no further conflict erupted, I don't think he was supposed to do that. He is rather new, and his limited experience has been primarily with articles that I have edited, so he may not have known any better. In any case, do you think that you could re-remove it? I would do it myself, but that wouldn't look right since I am an involved party. The Behnam 00:02, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi. Thanks for your support during my RfA. I hope you don't mind me asking but I was wondering why you withdrew the comment you made about people opposing my candidacy because of my unwillingness to handle images. Please do feel free not to answer, it's an honest question with no intention other than to understand what's going on. I have to say that I am puzzled by the way the RfA has turned out and am quite saddened by the lack of trust of some of my fellow Wikipedians. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 06:15, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the quick reply. You are probably right in saying that it's a bit late in the RfA to change the outcome. In any case, I certainly did not write to you with the intent of asking you to put the message back up. I was simply worried that you had suddenly decided that my inexperience with images was a perfectly good reason for not trusting me with admin tools. As I said, the whole process has seemed so Kafkaesque that I'm getting a bit paranoid! Best, Pascal.Tesson 06:35, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

TeckWiz's RFA

TeckWiz's RFA

I would like to thank you for helping the Wikipedia community determine if I should become a sysop by voting oppose on my second RFA. Many opposes were because of my "different" answer to question two, which I still partly agree with. I withdrew per WP:SNOW, as consensus to promote was against me. I will continue to improve until one day, I become an admin. Happy editing! --TeckWizTalk Contribs@ 22:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Fred Roberts, was selected for DYK!

On January 15, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Fred Roberts, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 23:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Your revisions on RfA discussions

I've noticed that you have a rather disconcerting habit at RfA of posting a comment and later revising your comment, usually by completely removing your previous comment, for example:

• Soman's RfA
• Newyorkbrad's RfA
• comment deleted on Pascal.Tesson's RfA, later restored here

While everyone is entitled to change their opinion, I do not think it wise to remove the record of why you "!voted" the way you did before the change. If you change your opinion, it is important to show that it has changed and important to show why you changed your mind. If someone took your previous comments into consideration something you had to say in forming his or her own opinion, it is helpful to at least have a record of what you said, and to let later commentators know that part of the foundation of their own opinion may have changed. Having the change apparent on the face of the RfA allows people to consider whether or not they need to rethink what they said.

A better practice is to stroke through your old submission, by putting "<s>" and "</s>" around the entirety of your old comment, including the signature, followed with the addition of "changed to ___" after the crossed-out submission. You can then add your newly revised opinion to the appropriate section.

If you really are uncertain as to how you intend to !vote, you may want to wait a bit longer before commenting. RfAs run for seven days, so there's no big rush. Agent 86 00:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Categorization

Nice to see you working on the important things again! :-) Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 03:40, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/MKULTRA_Pop_Culture

With regard to your comment in this AFD: I don't recommend you tell someone to request speedy deletion when they've split material from an article with the intent to get it deleted. It was not his own article to begin with. Splitting material to request its deletion is abusive and shouldn't be encouraged. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:06, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

SLU Cleanup

Thanks for the cleanup of the "SLU Alum" userbox...just noticed it.

Cheers, --Jonashart 15:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Keeley Hazell

Is there a reason why you keep changing the spelling? It's generally accepted as having one l. ust wondering.--Wizardman 05:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

I keep correcting your vandalism. There is no such word as "modeling". Furthermore, Keeley is British and hence the proper English spelling is appropriate. Turkeyphan^t 05:11, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Trust me, correcting the spelling certainly is not vandalism. According to Model (person), my spelling's right. Although in the big scheme of things it doesn't even matter whih way it is.--Wizardman 05:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

No - but you weren't correcting the spelling, you were deliberately reverting my corrections. I have already demonstrated adequately why you should not revert my edits, please refrain from doing so. Turkeyphan^t 05:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

3RR

Warning

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Turkeyphan^t 06:03, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh come on, you just posted that in retaliation. History shows I have yet to make 3 edits in 24 hours on that article.Wizardman 06:12, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Featured list candidates

Thanks for you supporting List of Yukon general elections in its candidacy for Featured List status. Would you consider voting on List of Prince Edward Island general elections (post-Confederation) on its FLC page? Tompw (talk) 12:42, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday, Wizardman/Archive2, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day!

--Extranet ^{(Talk | Contribs)} 00:05, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:COW??

Hi -

In Wikipedia:User_categories_for_discussion#Category:User_en you made a reference to "WP:COW". That page doesn't appear to exist. What is this?

Thanks -- Tim Pierce 03:18, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

GA Oops-Leon review

Hey there. I have appealed your decision regarding Oops-Leon at Wikipedia:Good_articles/Review. I don't see what the article is missing, and I'm asking for are more concrete suggestions for ways I can meet the criterion you feel the article has failed. Any comments you can make would be appreciated. -- SCZenz 18:20, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: WP:WPBIO assessments

Hi, Wizardman. Sorry to give you more work deleting striked assessments. When I have time as both an article creator and sometime assessor I find the other people's notes instructive. But I am pretty new to the project. Don't the other reviewers do this? -Susanlesch 19:29, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

• Oh and Happy Birthday! -Susanlesch 19:32, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

Uncyclopiedia AfD

The third nomination was kept for less than one day, hardly enough time for anyone to voice their concerns about the article. The entire article self references itself and is poorly documented and sourced. The whole article needs a re-write in its current state. I'm going to post another AfD in about 3 or 4 days if the article does not remove self references and clean itself up, there as removing the need for deletion in the first place. Stexe 10:28, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning, as well as your open-mindedness in reconsidering your initial !vote. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 19:44, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA! It succeeded, and I now have The Tools – which I'm planning to use as wisely as I possibly can. I hope I will be worth your confidence. Thanks again! :-) –mysid☎ 20:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

WP Bigraphy Assessments

I just got your message. First of all, I would like to apologize if my actions offended you in any way. With the exception of the Budd Dwyer article, all of the articles I have submitted in the last couple of hours are articles that I created, and I don't feel that I can objectively assess them. --TommyBoy 05:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

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My RfA

Thanks for taking the time to review my contributions and contribute to my RfA. I withdrew when it became clear that the uphill climb had crossed the snowball threshold, but I appreciate your feedback and the process gave me some good ideas for other ways I can be contributing to Wikipedia. I'll work on the areas that came up in the discussion, and try again after I've gained wider experience. -FisherQueen (Talk) 12:27, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

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As you set out for Ithaka, hope the voyage is long Knowledge is your destiny, but don't ever hurry the journey May there be many summer mornings when With what pleasure and joy, you come into harbors seen for the first time Don't expect Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey And, if I, one of your fellow-travellers, can offer something To make this journey of yours even more fascinating and enjoyable This is my assistance with anything I can help.

A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.

I noticed that you added the rating for the A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. entry. Any suggestions you have as to how to improve it would be appreciated. Cheers, JCO312 05:24, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

RFA nominiation

I have thought about being an admin and I do want to become one. However, I am going on a short little vacation on Jan 25-28 so I think we should wait until after that to go through RFA. I put together a page answering the most common RFA questions I saw at User:Mecu/RFAQ awhile ago. I'll work on the answers, especially for the empty ones. If you have any comments about the answers (especially #5 about punitive block) I will welcome them. Thank you for the offer to nomination, and once I return from my trip we can officially get started. --MECU≈talk 23:54, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I had sent something to Wizardman, so his talk was on my watchlist. When I saw your thing about running for RFA, I was startles the you weren't an admin already! Just a little advice, though they may make an exception for someone with your contributions, many people oppose or go neutral for not a long time on the project (about < 1 year). --TeckWiz^Talk Contribs_@ 00:32, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

(I'm responding to TechWiz on your page here since he'll see it here too) I have been around for 6+ months, and heavily active for 3 of those months (1000+ edits a month I define as heavily active), sans a few months where I was busy with real life (October). I am aware that people vote short terms on RFAs, but if you look at Image:SuccessRatevsEditsatRfA.png, even considering I only have 2000 or so article space edits, it seems my experience should be okay, I could see if it's 3 months, but 7+ (by the time I RFA)? Shouldn't be a real issue IMHO, but thank you for the advice. --MECU≈talk 01:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm back and ready. You can contact me on IRC if needed. I will likely be around for the next 8 hours (or just stepped away for a few mins). --MECU≈talk 20:52, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Third opinion request for assistance

I am asking for your help and opinion on an issue that I am having with User:SndrAndrss over this template {{Nordic skiing World Championships}} for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. The one I have is for the years only while SndrAndrss has both the location and the years. I have tried to talk it over with him on three occassions over the last eight weeks without success, including reverting back to the original settings. I am aware of the iw links of this template having the championship locations with them, but to me they seem redundant. Please have a look at this and issue comments on this so we can settle this dispute once and for all, and to avoid an inevitable edit war. Thank you. Chris 02:50, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the language template you are looking at is es-1 (Spanish). The top one above is So-E, which is English with a Southern United States accent. Thank you for the comment though. Chris 19:59, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

substing warnings

When using certain template tags on talk pages, don't forget to substitute with text by adding subst: to the template tag. For example, use {{subst:test}} instead of {{test}}. This reduces server load and prevents accidental blanking of the template.

I'm sure you meant to subst bv when you added it to User talk:Aberkooje. By the way, there are some new improved user warning templates available now. Great job in your anti-vandalism work. MKoltnow 20:16, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Congradulations

Congradulations, Wizardman! There is a 99.999...% change you will become an administrator in less than 2 hours. I'm very happy for you! Again, congradulations! Kamope · talk · contributions 00:44, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, you will be an admin in 14 minutes... Kamope · talk · contributions 02:04, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

...4 minutes... Kamope · talk · contributions 02:14, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

...3 minutes... Kamope · talk · contributions 02:15, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

...2 minutes... Kamope · talk · contributions 02:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

...1 minute... Kamope · talk · contributions 02:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Congradulations! you are now admin. Have fun using the shiny tools! Again, congradulations! Kamope · talk · contributions 02:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Well technically, now you're an admin as now you've got the tools. Go forth and, uh, use them well. Don't hesitate to ask questions if you're unsure and re-read the policies as needed. Have fun helping to keep the project improving. Congratulations- Taxman ^Talk 02:50, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Vongrats Wizardman. hoping to see you at FLC in the future. All the best, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:52, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Abra cadabra...Wizardman is now an admin! I just saw you at the AIV, great job :). Cheers! Do us proud. ~ Arjun 03:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

congrats bud. Have fun blocking vandals. Don't forget to check their contribs, yada, yada, yada... alphachimp 03:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Congrats :) Daniel.Bryant 07:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Well done old chap. The Rambling Man 08:17, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Karen Back

The redirect is inappropriate. It causes the link on The Norwegian Society to lead to Karen Lancaume, which is obviously wrong. --Klausok 07:44, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

I do not know enough about her to even start an article. The only thing I know is that Wessel wrote her a poem thanking her for mending his coat. I was under the impression that she was a waitress of the tavern where the society met, not a member. --Klausok 07:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:RFP

Hi, congratulations on becoming an admin. It's always nice to see another new participant at WP:RFP. One minor point - make sure you indent your repsonses. The bot that archives the page (when it's running; it seems to be having a few glitches every now and then) only recognises a request as fulfilled when the response is indented. Otherwise, keep up the good work! --Robdurbar 14:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice!! Tellyaddict 17:38, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

OMG GET OUT OF RFPP! THAT'S MY TURF! Congratulations, Wizardman. If you need any help, feel free to contact me. =) Nishkid64 18:31, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Proposed deletions

Hey. I noticed you have been deleting prods with the reason "prod tag up for 5 days" (or similar). I know there are a few admins who do this a lot, but it really isn't a good idea, as it makes it impossible for anyone to know the actual reason for the article's deletion. Please try to at least copy and paste the prod reason when deleting. Thanks! --- RockMFR 04:44, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Re: SProtect on SuperTed.

Thank you very much for assisting me with the issue concerning the SuperTed article. I am very appreciative of the fact that people like you exist and help those of us who cannot lockdown articles to stop people from screwing around with them. I am hoping somewhere in the future that we may be able to get a wikiproject started concerning Children's television so that we may be able to have a bit more clout with what happens to the pages! Thank you once again. I would award you an Anti Vandalism Barnstar, but I have no idea how... Scratch that. You have been awarded a barnstar! See Barnstar Award on User page Thor Malmjursson 12:45, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

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Sprotect on science

Can anybody add this thing, or do you have to be an admin to do it? Every so often I run across an article like science or certain of the chemical elements, which seems to be unsually vandalized by IPs. No doubt by students pissed off that they have to do some science project, and who want to take out their frustration on the subject. So sprotect is a very useful tool. What do I have to do, to be able use it? SBHarris 03:09, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Copyright concerns for MTTLR page

I'd like to ensure that the Michigan Telecommunications and Tech. Law Review pages don't get taken down due to copyright concerns. I've tried to edit the page and explicitly state the link to our page is external. Please let me know what, if anything, else I have to do to comply with wikipedia's copyright concerns. Thanks! Mttlr 04:08, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Huang Biren

Hi, Please DO NOT delete the table on the awards section. You are spoiling the artcle by doing this. I would put back the awards section of the article. Please do not delete it again. Thank you very much :) fatty 09:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Missing Wikipedian ?

Thanks for your note (of last month) on my talk page. No, I'm not missing, but just doing lots of other things. I've updated my page to reflect my current status more accurately.

Best of luck!

Cje 10:31, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

SndrAndrss is at it again

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that User:SndrAndrss is at it again on the {{Nordic skiing World Championships}} I had to revert an edit he had done on the template again. Apparently, he has not learned his lesson on this. I hope I do not have to take it mediation, but I am getting very close to doing so. Chris 23:51, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

User:SndrAndrss did it again and I reverted him again. I do not want to pull another revert within the next seven and half hours to ensure a block, but I don't think he is listening at all. Chris 16:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)