User talk:Sjakkalle/May and June 2005

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My RFA

Thank you for your comments on my RFA. Although the voting period just ended with a 14-8-2 vote, I will admit once and for all that I used it more as an evaluation of myself. Being promoted would have been a plus. I was more interested in who voted, when they voted, who would change their votes and when, and the comments I would receive. Hopefully I will correct the main weakness that was raised by those who voted oppose -- that I was too eager to put articles on VFD. Also, I will try to interact more with those Wikipedians who did not vote at all.

As for next month, I don't know if I will nominate myself again. I might not think about it until somebody else puts me up there on RFA at a later date. Eventually, I see myself as an admin, especially as the number of articles and users continues to grow. Thanks again and good luck at improving this vast archive of free knowledge. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 09:23, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

User talk:194.83.77.2

Very well put. I will try to learn from your approach in dealing with newbies and/or anons, I think you handled this one exceptionally well, giving maximal help with minimal possible offence. Andrewa 20:25, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Schools

If I were you, I'd steer well clear of that debate — but it depends on how much time, stamina, and tolerance you have. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:46, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks! I've commented on the VfU (ironically, the discussion is over a dozen times longer than the original article). Anyway, yes, the school debate is entirely out of hand. I'm trying to work out a compromise with some others, though. Radiant_* 11:08, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

Popularity rankings

Hi. When you've got a minute, could you take a look at Talk:Sokolsky Opening#Popularity ranking? I think we should state the source for the popularity ranking you put in the article (the same query applies to a few other opening articles as well, I think). Thanks--Camembert 17:00, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Mother-in-law joke

Hey there, Sjakkalle. You seem to have created some stir while taking this article from Speedy deletion to VfD. I don't mean it in a bad way, don't get me wrong. I would just like to suggest that next time you simply removed the tag. ^^' Cheers. --Sn0wflake 19:06, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

For whatever it's worth, any article taken off Speedy must go to VfD, unless the speedy tagging was done as vandalism. You done good. After all, if it's not in violation of the deletion policy, it's going to win a "keep" vote pretty easily. Geogre 12:04, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Algoz

No problem, locality stubs are easy: I can't even remember which country this one was in now, I've done four or five this week for roughly the same reason!

As for the VfD, we'll see who wins... Physchim62 13:27, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Re: James Broadwater

Yeah, I noticed some changes soon after I put the tag on... but I didn't take off the speedy tag because I still feltthe article should have been deleted. However, I'm not going to put the speedy tag back. If you say that the article appears to be sincere now, I'll take your word for it. --Chanting Fox 19:05, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Vote request

Please cast your vote at Wikipedia_talk:Deletion_principles_poll#Straw poll: This set of polls is premature and will only be divisive. Thanks, Radiant_* 10:42, May 20, 2005 (UTC)

Sigh

Well, all four are off project for 24 hours. I have a feeling we're dealing with one at home and three at a school computer lab, which means that we'll be seeing more of them, and, of course, tomorrow more will follow. So it goes, and so go they. Geogre 12:03, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Admin?

I'm honored, thanks for your kind words! However, I'd prefer if you'd wait a week or so for Wikipedia:Schools to crystallize. Then I would happily accept. Thanks, Radiant_* 09:03, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

Willy on round things

No problem, Smoddy beat me to it :) --nixie 09:16, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

The delete template TFD withdrawn

Hi, I see that User:Radiant! has withdrawn his TFD nomination for the {{delete}}-template. Can you remove the tfd notice? I see the template is protected. Sjakkalle 09:45, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Sure. Done. Thue | talk 09:49, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Greetings

Hello, Sjakkalle, thank you for your note to me (as an anonymous user). I wasn't aware of the community aspects of Wikipedia before this.

I am guessing that Far Eastern State University is the same as (or, really, is a misnomer for) FE National U. If I find out more, I'll change the stub accordingly. I am not sure how to merge the two topics into one, or how to find links to both names so that they can be merged. And until I can confirm, I'm not sure that that would be the right thing to do anyway. However, I found the link to the null article in an article on Vladivostok, which is where FENU is located, and the page below seems to indicate that the two names are interchangeable:

• [1]

eta -- this one explains that they changed their name in 2000. FESU changes name to FENU I hope I have done this correctly, apologies if not.

User:MJustice --MJustice 10:07, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism

Don't worry about it. Anons are cowards who get mad when they can't get their way. If you aren't being attacked, you aren't doing a good job.  :) RickK 09:35, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

Forget about these damn anti-chess fanatics! They have no clue, pfft, let them play backgammon. El_C 10:19, 26 May 2005 (UTC)

Comment on Blargg

Well, I just wanted to tell you there IS a page, albeit unfinished, called 'List of Mario Villains'. The reason I don't want to merge into that is because much of the pages have poor information, overblown information or merely false information. -- A Link to the Past 07:50, May 26, 2005 (UTC)

Episodes from Ed, Edd n Eddy, Season 1

Since I was the one who intended on updating this page (and the others), and suggested the Vfd for merge purposes. I have no problem doing the merge, if you have not already started. <> Who 00:43, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

• Hi, thanks for the message. I have started a rough version of the first season page. When I am done I will ask for a consensus of style, and will start on season 2, if no one has at that point <> Who 07:05, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

WoW

Since Wow often adds himself to the list after finishing a vandalism spree, I would say that the page is certainly not detering his actions. The page is not really necessary either since the socks could be kept track of by using a template like the one for {{Wikipedia_is_Communism}} mentioned on long term alerts, incidently you may want to include Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress/Wikipedia is Communism for deletion too. I'll support them for deletion . You may want to bring it upon the Admin noticeboard and see if it can't be dealt with without going to vfd--nixie 06:55, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

I wasn't expecting the 'the pages are trophies for vandal hunters' argument. Too bad :( --nixie 07:40, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Intersectionality redirect

Thanks for the advice! My thought on Intersectionality is that it is not equivalent to Radical Feminism, it just happened that Radical Feminism was the only article on the Wikipedia that mentioned the concept. Thats why I made a refrence rather than a redirect. Intersectionality should have its own article. --Jan Tångring 07:23, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Jehovah's witnesses

As far as I can recall, I have never edited Critical Information on Jehovah's Witnesses or any article related to Jehovan's Witnesses in any form - somehow lines have been crossed. (Also: if you leave a message on somebody's talk page, please sign it, so they can easily respond; I had to hunt your name on my talk-history page) - DavidWBrooks 13:18, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Well, I've never tried to gather such information before, but looking at the "view and restore deleted pages" page for Critical Information on Jehovah's Witnesses, it appears that it was created by several different anonymous IPs. The list doesn't actually say "page created" for certain edits, however; I'm just guessing from the dates of edits compared to the dates of the four deletions. It appears that the only signed-in accounts were deleting or trimming the page, however. Hope this helps. - DavidWBrooks 13:28, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Lindsay Ashford

Argh, thanks for cleaning up after me! Your friendly neighborhood absent-minded janitor, Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:15, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Steve Yeager

Could you reconsider your delete vote? I've rewritten the article. RickK 05:20, May 29, 2005 (UTC)

• Nice rewrite. I have changed my vote to keep. Sjakkalle 07:56, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

School discussion

Hi there! I've summarized the lengthy Wikipedia:Schools discussion and listed the statements that got approval from most people. I believe it's been a constructive page, and WikiProject Schools has benefitted from the revitalization. Anyway please take a look at it and write on the talk page if you found this acceptable. Also I'd appreciate some help in keeping any future VfD discussions on this matter from getting out of hand (I'm not entirely sure how, but we could set a good example by casting concise votes referring to /Arguments). Yours, Radiant_* 10:59, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

Quantum sort

Yeah, I saw it's on VfD. It's no big deal, maybe it was less of a widespread meme than I thought. Radiant_* 12:12, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

User: Eyesopen

Thanks for the note. I think that this user is probably just an overzealous person with some bitter former link to the group Jehovah's Witnesses. Furthermore, I think what you told me is the right way to handle the situation. I spoke up before because I figured you were in the right, and I'll try to keep on eye on the pages affected. -- Scimitar 13:47, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Well, if you feel a need to go through RfC, I will support you on it. If Eyesopen continues his extremism, through vandalism or whatever, I think RfC makes sense.

I saw the way he was replying to objections of his entirely rediculous assertions so I figured I needed to deal appropriately with him.. (hehe). I think he's either a former member of Jehovah's Witnesses, or a Pentacostal :p, either way if he comes back, I hope he'll have learned from his encounter with me. I'm overjoyed that I am not alone in recognizing his rhetoric for what it is. (I've never replied to a user before (Wikinewbie), is this the appropriate place to post a response to your message? Duffer 13:08, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Another "thank you" for the information, I get the same feelings from Eyesopen due to the highly combative and confrontational nature of his posts and the caustic language he uses to purposely demean when we are just trying to write an accurate article. -- uberpenguin 14:51, 2005 Jun 9 (UTC)

Sandbox

The reason as to why I was using test(1), is because for some reason the Infobox for movies keeps changing. One minute it's grey, next minute it's blue. Any idea on as to why it does this? Contact me on my talk page if you like--Matt von Furrie 07:54, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

RFA

Thanks! We'll see how it turns out. Radiant_* 08:13, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

Thank You

What a year! My first year in Wiki, a featured article and now administrator. Thank you for your support. Tony the Marine (UTC)

Regarding Freifunk

I changed my vote to neutral because it's no longer written in gibberish. However, the entire article still reads like an advertisement. I am very suspicious of it. Nevertheless, thank you for notifying me regarding the changes that have been made.--Sophitus 08:17, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your kind words, and vote in support of my admin nomination. Paul August ☎ 13:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

Wing Commander

Wing Commander was a follow on to Privateer??? I recollect trying to get a copy about the time computer games went all windows or MAC compatible. We still play Privateer on one of our archaic 'boxes' - I keep OS capability and compatibility back (a dozen years) to Windows 3.1 for professional needs. One of the few 'joystick' games I ever mastered and played for any length of time. Getting old sucks --I don't recommend aging to anyone! Fabartus 13:51, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Yeah, Very sorry about that mis-post. I lost the thread context. YOU should try bifocals on a computer. Not! I'll go get my reading glasses, I need some cafine anyway. Fabartus 14:14, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Dealing with vanity pages

Why the heck are the vanity pages tolerated for inclusion into the general Vfd que? If the behind the scenes 'monitors' would immediately tag such as nonsense'. Save, then go through the Vfd tagging process themselves, or perhaps allow the the Next monitor to tag it (as a check and balance kind of thing) A concurring admisistrator can then Speedy it. The current process lets these puff pieces hang around for five days as rewards for the juvenile effort of posting the piece. Five days for them to elbow their friends and say 'wink, wink'... look what I got away with. If they vanished inside a half-hour, as some of my changes have been wikified, it would certainly speed the processing on the Vfd/Today page to a more managable number of votes. Fabartus 14:29, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I've evolved the above rant and am posting this version in the debate. Since you're in a position to do something with my 'Lawyering', thought I'd give you a persoal peek:

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Re: debate on speedy delete subcat Using other processes first. You opined humourously: "Oh, horrors. The poor servers, how will they... ", etc. The problem is not to THOSE servers, but to US Servers (or Servants)... but you knew that already. These vanity pieces are a huge WOT (Waste of Time). So far as I have discerned in lurking around Vfd the past five days, they are usually of juvenile origination... keeping them around more than the bare mininum is rewarding these inconsiderate (I'm tempting to say parasites <G>) youngsters by giving them how many ever days to nudge their friends and point out how They put one over on the serious devotees in the Wiki-community. My own view is these things need extremely fast and effective deletion as soon as monitors spot them occuring.

I wrote this sugestion in an UserTalk: Why the heck are the vanity pages tolerated for inclusion into the general Vfd que? If the behind the scenes 'monitors' would immediately tag such as nonsense. Save, then go through the Vfd tagging process themselves, or perhaps allow the the Next (another agreeing) monitor to tag it (as a check and balance kind of thing) A concurring admisistrator can then Speedy-Delete it within the current guidlines. (Lawyering, I know, but within current guidelines, unless I've missed something.) It would be nice to see this tried for a few days or weeks at least just to see if the impact on Vfd\Today goes as I predict.

The current process lets these self-masturbatory puff pieces hang around for five days as 'A kind of further reward' (Psycologically) for the juvenile thrill at the minor personal cost of posting the piece. Five days for them to elbow their friends and say: (wink, wink) look what I got away with! If they instead vanished inside a half-hour, it would certainly speed the processing on the Vfd/Today page to a more managable number of far more important votes. It would also hold their satisfaction down considerably, assuming they like writing as much as MOST TEENS. Which is to say, Not! (Like my two boys) The vanished 'joke on Wikipedia will bite them with a joke on them and disuade copy cats in their circle of friends at least, and the word will get around the web as well in general - even if the lesson is relearned locally by many different people. My time is valuable. How about yours? Fabartus 17:11, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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In any event, thanks for the help! Frank Fabartus 17:11, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

GRider

Okay, it's can of worms, but since you insist... I'm not sure whom he was a sock of, I believe User:David Gerard is keeping an eye out for possible other misbehavior from that area.

GRider started out fine. He was sifting through cat:Bio-stubs, recatting and clearing out the junk. At roughly the same time, I was sifting through special:Deadend pages, doing the same. Between the two of us we were unfortunately responsible for putting stress on VfD, but note that there was a lot of junk in both cats. I eventually started VFD/PC to alleviate this.

Gradually, GRider's behavior became controversial, because he was marking VfD nominations as minor; usually starting the VfD pages as "what should be done here, discuss amongst yourselves" rather than giving a solid reason for deletion; and most importantly, not responding to his own talk page.

At a certain point, he nominated over a dozen Chicago aldermen for deletion ("discuss amongst yourselves"), which promptly spurred a VFD/PC discussion, in which he refused to participate. Then the same thing happened about items from Nintendo games. By this point, many people were so thoroughly fed up with his behavior that "keep - Grider nominated it" was a common vote. People were beginning to suspect GRider of WP:POINT - making mass nominations because he wanted them deleted, but because he wanted to break up VFD somehow.

Around this point, GRider started notifying people of school articles on VfD, causing a flood of 'keep' votes. This method of vote-stacking was not appreciated by several people. Eventually he created his schoolwatch rather than repeatedly posting to 20+ talk pages. The 'neutral' schoolwatch was created shortly after, since GRider instantly reverted many edits to his schoolwatch (such as 'please do not copy/paste votes'). Also around this point, GRider created his rather offensive user page, which still stands.

Also, a couple of GRider-clones appeared (G Rider, GRuder, stuff like that) that made random vandalizations and were quickly banned. It later turned out that these were not impersonators, but rather were accounts created by himself.

When GRider nominated a dozen Tolkien-related articles, a couple of Tolkien fans got angry and started the first RFC (this also caused a VFD/PC, in which he didn't participate). Also roughly about this time, GRider started nominating random fiction-related articles, e.g. major characters from Harry Potter, which could hardly be taken as anything other than bad faith.

Because the first RFC was created somewhat in anger (citing WP:DICK as a policy, among others) but there were legitimate concerns, the second RFC was created. Because GRider refused to respond to either, the matter was taken to the ArbCom, and you can see the findings-of-fact from there. Ironically, the only people who support GRider are fans of school articles, and most of them are unaware of the many other things he did. I find David Gerard's quote very appropriate - "with friends like these, who needs enemies..."

Well, there you go. Hope it wasn't too lengthy a rant. Yours, Radiant_* 10:28, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

Wing Commander

• Sorry to interject: "with friends like these, who needs enemies..." is NOT correctly attributed! (Tho' widely used since is sooo Pithy.)

(I was visiting to see if you'd perhaps answered my Wing Commander Query here as you didn't on my talk page... which only came up as Soundguy99 left me a rather lengthy message because of my email to you and your response. Sigh - new web-cultures are a Bitch!) Fabartus 14:59, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the apolgy and the answer. Here's the answer for both of us:

• 1.2.* Trademark information

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ORIGIN, Wing Commander, ORIGIN We Create Worlds, Privateer, Wing Commander Academy, and Wing Commander Armada are registered trademarks of ORIGIN. Secret Missions, Vengeance of the Kilrathi, Heart of the Tiger, and The Price of Freedom are trademarks of Origin Systems, Inc. ORIGIN is a wholly owned subsidiary of Electronic Arts.

• 1.3.* Copyright information

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Source: http://www.cheatplanet.com/pccheats/strategy/wing_commander_iii_iv.htm

So I was right -- WC is 'sequel series to Privateer I and II -- I presume Windows capable plot evolved versions of my DOS Privateer. Did you use a joystick and fight battles like Privateer, or did it evolve into a strategy and Tactics mileau (Like 'Orion', Civilization-in-space type)?

I can't tell from the movie - we aquired that sometime last winter at Walmart's Bargain Bin. Was actually a pretty good story - action, adventure, tense interpersonal relationships, predjudice, religious falderall, and a Love Story (2 - one tragic) around the various M/FM protagonists. I think I'll recommend to the Family Entertainment Committee that we watch it again - don't think Mom has ever seen it. ttfn Fabartus 14:59, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Automatic Speech Recognition

I happened upon the page, and found that you had listed it for deletion. The original content was patent-nonsense, but since it is a real concept I tried to create a real stub for it. Check it out; if you don't like, feel free to replace the speedy tag :-) Antares33712 16:51, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I try :-) Antares33712 14:01, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Can you check up on your userpage?

There has been a number of vandals targetting your userpage. I have tried reverting some it, but can you check that the version I reverted to is really the correct one? Perhaps you should add your userpage to your watchlist. I don't know about you, but I think that vandalism to userpages a lot nastier than vandalism to articles. Sjakkalle (Check!) 15:27, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Yeah thanks. I'm used to it by now. What is written can be reverted. What doesnt kill me only makes me stronger. Megan1967 03:07, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Lucky Octavian

Thanks for letting me know. I've responded on the VfU page. In short, I think I goofed. Joyous 14:17, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads-up; I've altered the VfD page (and the talk page of the article). If you catch similar things in the future feel free to remove my closing comment and replace it with your own. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 02:58, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Faith-based community

I tried to fix faith-based community, but I am no theology student, so please review and harpoon if necessary.  :- ) Antares33712 15:54, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

My RFA: Thanks

Thank you for your support on my RFA. Now that I have been promoted, I promise to be as hardworking and fair with the admin tools as I have been with the other areas here on Wikipedia. See you around and happy editing. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:44, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Thank you for voting on my RFA. Have some pie! I was pleasantly surprised by the sheer number of supporters (including several people that usually disagree with my opinion). I shall do my best with the proverbial mop. Yours, Radiant_>|< 07:56, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

Admin criterion - small thing

I don't think you should be too troubled by Grue's vote on my admin application, I think he only (jokingly) gave "extreme inclusionism" as a reason to support because he disagreed with the people using it as a reason to oppose. Kappa 07:11, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Taken off, I just thought it would be fair to not only bite RickK on my admin criterion page. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:21, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Drug

Hej Sjakkalle, I didn't so much notice the revert war as accidentally stumble upon it in recent changes...anyway, Wikipedia:Vandalism mentions "Adding inappropriate external links for self-promotion", so you're not bound by the 3RR rule in such cases. I have left another message on the anon's talk page, and I'll block him for a while if he continues. By the way, I don't think it's that rare that we agree on Vfd pages :P -- Ferkelparade π 10:04, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As I said back then, I'm really glad you decided to stick around despite our initial run-in :P I have left a final warning on the anon's talk page, I'll block him for a couple hours if he still decides to ignore all warnings. By the way, about the "I need an admin to block", would you accept if I nominated you for adminship? -- Ferkelparade π 10:50, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Alright, I have nominated you for adminship now - you can see your nomination here. Cheers, Ferkelparade π 11:14, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Thank you for supporting my candidacy for administrator. Kelly Martin 14:41, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)

Just a quick friendly tip about speedying

I noticed your speedy taging of Godwinia but seing that the author was a wikipedian with a long and good history of making plant-stubs I didn't delete it. And rightly so, as it turned out he was just being abit clumsy with the save button as some people are. It's usually a good idea to wait some minutes with the speedy-tagging when it's a very new article. And also to check the history of the one who made it.

Just something to keep in mind when you become an admin yourself, soon ;-) Shanes 08:45, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

User: 81.129.154.77

Absolutely love the note you left on his talk page. That was priceless.—chris.lawson (talk) 15:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Port Arthur Battles and Your Merger nomination

I think you need to relook at Battle of Port Arthur and Siege of Port Arthur to notice at least the very different dates, plus the fact that the first is NAVAL, and the second LAND. This is the area I am actively editing if your new Admin toolbox lets you peak into my activities. Various over enthusiastic and mis-guided mergers have made this more difficult. Note the many references I have added (tho' not necessarily to those two yet (Can't recall - paper memory, that's me! <g>)... I need to make some snapshot hardcopies and plan changes now that I'm in possession of good references. Within the month, I'll have the whole complex of articles dealing with Japan on a firm footing), so the only real need is for you to deal with 'your' nomination on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Duplicate_articles&action=edit Sub-heading "S". Thanks, and Hearty Congrats on being confirmed as an Admin! Fabartus 22:25, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• • I remember seeing them... but you missed o r dodged the question - did you take them off the referenced page above - the merge forum or whatever its called. That's where I saw it last night. Good Morning! Frank Fabartus 06:35, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• • No problemo - us (sometime) space gamers got to stick together. Good Morning again - my Last was really my G'night!!!!Frank Fabartus 12:25, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

VfDs

I agree; they're gone. I suspect that there may be more, and a trawl through the "Bosnia & Herzogovina" stubs category might throw them up; I don't have time at the moment... Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 10:58, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sweetkisses.net

According to [2]

Please do not add commercial links or links of your own private websites to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising or a mere collection of external links.

Sweetkisses.net is Jessica Fansite(not my private site) and the purchase in the left column is just the link for those Jessica's Fan to look for Jessica goodies from amazon.com easily.The site itself is not a commercial site,so please tell me why can't I add this link on Jessica's page.

• My mistake, self-reverted. Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:47, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Doppelgangers

I noticed your comments in the "Pre-empting impersonators" section on Village pump. I wanted you to know I created a template for these accounts: Template:doppelganger. Check it out! Essjay · talk 12:37, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

• Thanks, I think I might use it. Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:43, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• • Yeah, I figured that discussion wouldn't last long. I've seen it somewhere else besides the village pump (I hadn't seen the link you gave) and I was looking for that when I saw the "new message" bar go across my screen...I think it was the talk page of an admin who does a lot of impersonator blocking. I'll change the template to the link you gave. Thanks! Essjay · talk 12:53, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)

Eavesdrop ahead :)

Yes, attack pages are quite plausibly a form of vandalism - however, this is not actually stated anywhere. Since pages such as "John Doe is a jerk" tend to be speedied, I believe the speedy criteria should be updated to reflect that. Radiant_>|< 12:23, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

RfA

Many thanks for supporting my RfA! Schissel : bowl listen 12:50, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Izanbardprince

• I* am Izanbardprince, I forgot to log in so you saw my IP address.

So you go right on fellating large multinational corporations that violate all standards of ethics, and censor me all you want.

• Response: Articles here are built on consensus. I was just following policy when I reverted your attempt to evade the protection of the Wal-Mart article by making a copy of it at Wal-mart. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:09, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Citing sources

The claim made in that article is unreferenced and unverifiable and has little to do with the rest of the article. If you insist on placing it there, at least add a reference or evidence of some sort. See Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Cite sources.

Theo RFA

Takk skal du ha for hjelper meg utnevnelsen. Jeg bodde inne Norge for lenge siden og Norsk oppbacking hjertelig meg. --Theo (Talk) 14:12, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• (For the English speakers this translates to something like: "Thank you for helping me with the promotion. I lived in Norway long ago, and Norwegian back up is heartening") Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:19, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  Oops, I should have put the message in English myself. After all, this is not Norwegian Wikipedia. Writing in Norwegian was a way of emphasising my point. Still, it is good to see that I said more or less what I meant! Although I thought that utnevnelsen was nomination rather than the presumptious promotion. I guess I will stick to English in future. --Theo (Talk) 14:56, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Sjakkalle, this is overdue, but I want to thank you for your support vote on my RFA. Thanks to everyone who supported me, I am now an admin, and I have used my powers to further Wikipedia. Thank you for giving me this opportunity! Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 23:14, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Hi! thank you for your support for my admin candidacy. I have now been promoted—I hope that you will always feel that I am a responsible administrator. JeremyA 05:13, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Boothy443

Thanks. I've asked him, too (just like five others). But really, RFA is a popularity contest and most people that oppose do so for no particular good reason (e.g. "he's an inclusionist" or "he's disagreed with me in the past"). Except, of course, when the nominee is a too inexperienced user. I wish more people would stick to your admin criterion. Radiant_>|< 11:06, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

Removing votes

So that means I can mark any page for deletion I want and no one is allowed to remove it? Imagine what vandalism someone can do if they mark every page with a vote for deletion! Please give me an answer on this. Thodin 12:15, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

TFD vandalism

A heads-up: I haven't tracked down who did it yet, but if you look at WP:TFD, someone's moved your "User has only made two edits, &c" comments to pertain to other votes; you might want to fix them back to the votes you intended them for, as it currently reads as though you're objecting to Kelly Martin and MacGuyverMagic... Shimgray 12:34, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Aha - it was User:Thodin [3] ... Shimgray

See my reply on my talk page Thodin 12:49, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

User:Thodin

How can you say that moving my comments on possible sockpuppets to other votes on WP:TFD is not vandalism? This is most certainly vandalism. Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:45, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's bad faith editing, disruptive, and an excellent basis for an RFC, but I'm not quite comfortable calling it vandalism. --W(t) 12:50, 2005 Jun 16 (UTC)

VfD on Andrew Harrison

Sjakkalle: Did you cast a vote on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Andrew Harrison? Anonymous IP 129.219.246.107 just left a comment for a keep with your username signed to the end (though not the signature I've seen you use before). If this really was you; sorry, my mistake. If not, there are problems... :(

Either way, please leave one on my talk page. Sorry to be a bother! jglc | t | c 20:06, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It was not my vote, somebody is impersonating me. The IP who added that note is based in Tempe, Arizona. I am based in Bergen, Norway. Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:25, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I thought it was suspicious that they had signed it as Sjakkalle, not User:Sjakkalle. Thanks for clearing that up. Congrats on your administratorship. jglc | t | c 13:13, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Is This an Article That Should be Deleted?

U.S. presidential election, 2002 (fictional). I just don't see the point of putting fictional plots from TV show and movies. Do you know how many fictional elections there have been over the last 70 years in movies and TV? In fact I am having a hard time wrapping my support around much of anything 203.9.200.3 has contributed. But, maybe it is something I just don't see. Advice? WikiDon 07:51, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• I just don't see the point of seperate articles. I don't watch West Wing either, but making up seperate articles for elections, or characters, I don't get. It would be like making up articles about fictional compaines, like a trucking company from The Wire, or The Pacific and Orient Line from an episode of the Rockford Files. It just seems to me like someone spends to much time in make-believe land, to write articles about fictional events, people, etc. Now, if it becomes part of "Americana" or something that becomes a common in Classic Liturate, I could see it. Like Robin Hood, or Zoro, King Arthur, The Lone Ranger, these I could accept, but one election from a TV show. A show like the West Wing could have an election every other episode, are we going to put everyone of those in? WikiDon

Sock Puppets, where!?

Sock Puppets, where!? I am posting here because a friend of mine e-mailed me about this and I wanted to have a say, which as I understand is fine. I'm sure, since I've been told, that others have been asked to express their views too.

Sock Puppets, where!?

Go read my reply. The fact that this is the first vote I've participated in (though you will note numerous other ones I have posted on) is not evidence that I won't go onto participate in many more. This may simply be the first. Nor can the "muppets" motives be known unless you ask. to do that for a few of them they must be unblocked.

Congratulations!

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 12:59, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations, indeed. Have fun with the mop and bucket :) -- Ferkelparade π 13:01, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Yes, congrats. Enjoy your new life as a janitor. :-) --Deathphoenix 14:18, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations, Sjakkalle - well earned. -- BD2412 ^talk 14:50, 2005 Jun 17 (UTC)

Congrats, I am glad that you were promoted because it shows that I know how to pick a winner (smile), good luck and take care. Marine 69-71 15:17, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What they all said.—Theo (Talk) 17:09, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations upon becoming a target for every paranoid nut on Wikipedia... Wield that mop, carry that can. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 18:09, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations. Here's your mop and bucket.  :) RickK 18:17, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Ditto! Essjay · talk 21:20, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)

Guess I'll join the line to congratulate you now :) the wub "?/!" 21:25, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Well done -- now pick up that mop and shake it! -- Hoary 03:37, 2005 Jun 18 (UTC)

My Rfa

Thank you for supporting me! --Kbdank71 13:37, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Just tried your new signature -- I found it inobvious that 'Check' meant talk! SOooooo MINE is better (He says sticking out tounge, then grinning hugely while preparing to duck if necessary).

(I think I need to change the second fabartus to something more suitable tho')![[User:Fabartus| fabartus || TalktoMe]] 21:11, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Pakistan

Would you like to join the animated discussion on the Pakistan's talk page? The current issue is whether "Pakistan is famous for its support of Taliban and 9/11 terrorist" is a suitable sentence to start the article's first paragraph. Your contribution would be much appreciated, as the current discussion seems to be more of a dialog between Ragib and SamTr014 (talk • contribs). Thanks !--PrinceA 06:12, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

External links

I believe the links I was adding i.e. "Jobs in City X" searched over all job sites that may offer jobs in that city was informative to the city pages for Indian cities. I have added them only to the "External Links" sections. If you feel this is not useful, I apologise and will revert the changes. Please do let me know what you think - Thanks.

Ok, Am reverting my changes. Sorry for the trouble.

Toddler: external links

personal photo albums: is there a discussion page on why? forgive me i'm not a wiki-guru

A message from User:Troller Trolling Rodriguez

Please stop reverting perfectly appropriate additions to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you want to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you.

I would also like you to change your username. "Sjakkalle" are generally disliked on Wikipedia as it usually refers to someone who is up to no good. Troller Trolling Rodriguez 08:55, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Blocks

• ) For long blocks its easiest to list the time as indefinite. Keep up the good work. --nixie 09:11, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Just remember you can't do that on anon IPs. Cheers! - Mgm|^(talk) 12:14, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Triple Curve

I hadn't thought of that, Sjakkalle. Thanks for letting me know. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 12:58, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Or I could just undelete it for you. Let me know if you'd prefer that. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 13:02, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Done. Willmcw wrote that there was no need for a redirect when he merged the contents, and I'm loathe to interfere with that as I trust his judgment, but I won't interfere with whatever you decide to do either. Cheers, SlimVirgin ^(talk) 13:08, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

I also meant to add that I'm sorry for creating that extra work for you. I should have thought of the GFDL issue. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 13:28, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

I got him first! :)

Looks like we were both hot on the tail of the same varmint! :) Kelly Martin 14:27, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

Congratulations on blocking that one first. Your prize is a userpage free of vandalism! :-) --Sjakkalle (Check!) 14:29, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Well, for a few seconds, at least... :) Kelly Martin 14:58, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for your support for my adminship despite my embarassing ignorance on the interplay of GFDL and redirects. Cheers, -Willmcw 21:22, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you for supporting my RFA. Guettarda 23:38, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Tom Barnard

Howdy. You voted to delete the initial version of Tom Barnard (VfD) , and rightly so, but I've made some substantive improvements to the article. I don't have any particular attachment to the article or its subject, so if you still feel that it ought to be deleted (not notable, etc.), that's fine by me; just thought I'd let you know. Cheers, AиDя01DTALKEMAIL 03:42, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

RE: Your recent edits

"You recently made changes to my talk page User_talk:MARMOT. I will assume you thought it was being vandalised but in actuality I am the owner of that account and am editing anonymously."

RfA

Thank you for your support!  Grue  06:18, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

4-4-0

You reverted my external link, without perusing the site properly (the revert happened within 3 minutes of my adding it). The website in question does include the full 1875 factory drawings of a Baldwin 4-4-0, certainly of interest to anyone studying the subject. May I suggest you take a closer look at the site, and perhaps re-instate the link, or at least a link to the drawings page (even though I discourage linking to sub-pages of the site). Thank you. User:85.76.95.40

OK, you put the link back, thanks. If someone else also removes it, I won't complain... ;-)

RfA for Sn0wflake

Thank you for your support and for making my RfA a more interesting experience; your question was actually a good way for me to show a little more of who I am, and I believe it is helping the process. Cheers! --Sn0wflake 03:39, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

CSD expansion

Hi there! Based on the discussion at Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Reducing VfD load, I've put together a proposal to expand CSD, here: Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion/Proposal. Before it is put to a general vote I would like your advise on the wording and intent; could you please take a look? Thanks, Radiant_>|< 13:32, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. Cheers, Bratsche^{talk 5 pillars} 14:38, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

my RfA

I just wanted to say thanks for your support on my RfA! You (Talk) 20:58, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

A clump of socks

Not that this is anything you don't already suspect, but I thought I'd mention my findings to you as I'm not sure what to do with them. I don't go hunting for sock puppets, but I sort of fell into this on Roger Moss. I believe that the user originally known as 209(can't remember his last numbers at the moment) knitted up his little alter egos at the end of May/beginning of June specifically to interfere with VfD's. A couple of them have been rapidly creating stubs (see this recent classic - Frank Field (meteorologist), and doing one-or two word edits to build up their "credibility," I guess. But if you look at their contribution lists, it's pretty obvious what the guy is doing. They gang up in VfD on people they/he - sorry - seems to have personal grudges against, and to defend his own articles from others - even if that means deleting them if he can't keep his POV intact, as in Roger Moss. I believe his socks are Spotteddogsdotorg, ConeyCyclone, Melvis, ShureMicGuy, Toasthaven, Tobyvonmeistersinger, and Hohokus. There was a lull in activity for about a week, but the puppets have started up again, I see. You might want to look at my puppet history - the litterbox. It is not up-to-date for the last few days, but gives the general picture. Would you care to comment about this matter? It's getting less and less amusing, in spite of Frank Field (meteorologist). Thanks. --Mothperson 10:58, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Sorry that I haven't been logged in for a few days. This seems to have been dealt with before I returned. Sjakkalle (Check!) 28 June 2005 12:02 (UTC)

VFU

Yeah, I think in such cases you can just go ahead and undelete. It seems like an honest mistake with respect to the GFDL (and based on the idea that the redir isn't really all that useful). An alternative would have been merging the edit histories, but that's a lot of work. Yours, Radiant_>|< June 28, 2005 08:10 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Checkers

Looks like I edit conflicted with you and didn't notice. I'm sorry, I'm still getting used to the interface changes--there is a subtle difference but I can't put my finger on it; or possibly there was some kind of synchronization problem. Thanks for telling me about the VfD. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 28 June 2005 11:58 (UTC)