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Hello, 2D! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! –xenocidic (talk) 19:48, 24 June 2008 (UTC) Getting started A tutorial • Our five pillars • Getting mentored How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • No original research Verifiability • Reliable sources • Citing sources What Wikipedia is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Policy for non-free content • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The perfect article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

• Ping! –xenocidic (talk) 19:48, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

I have 1 granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks.  —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 15:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)  —  Tivedshambo  _(t/c) 15:17, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Baseball Newsletter

The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter Issue I – July 2008

"A home opener is always exciting, no matter if it's home or on the road." - Yogi Berra News and announcements Welcome to the first Baseball WikiProject Newsletter, dated Tuesday, July 15, 2008. The Article Improvement Drive has been revived. Check it out! The Outreach department is in the works, please contribute your ideas! Featured content In the past month, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to Featured Article status: Art Houtteman 1926 World Series St. Louis Cardinals seasons Philadelphia Phillies seasons List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Blackngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

News from the diamond The 79th MLB All-star Game is scheduled for this evening. The 2008 Home Run Derby took place yesterday. Justin Morneau defeated Josh Hamilton in the final round, 5 home runs to 3, although Hamilton broke a record with 28 home runs hit in the first round. From the Editors Baseball has a history unlike any other sport. It has been played in countless countries throughout the decades, and it will undoubtedly continue play for many more. On this eve, some the finest players the sport has to offer will take the field at the Yankee Stadium. Four popes spoke there, Pelé scored goals there, "The Greatest [football] Game Ever Played" was battled out there, John Philip Sousa lead a band there, George Costanza worked there; but what do all these events have in common? They fail to reach the level of greatness that the baseball that was played there did. In 1923, a man named Babe Ruth decided to build a new house, and over the years, that house was a home to some of the greatest baseball ever played. If I were to list out all of these great moments, it would be longer than the bill for the New Yankee Stadium. So I'll sum it up by saying that we can remember these great moments by adding them to this place we've gathered at for future generations to read about, to learn about, to dream about; but more importantly we can watch tonight and we can remember how baseball is unlike anything else that we will encounter in our lives. — Blackngold29

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October Baseball WikiProject Newsletter

The Baseball WikiProject Newsletter Issue III – October 2008

"If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving a baby's life... she'll save the baby without even considering how many men are on base!" — Stephen King (The Dark Tower) News and announcements The Baseball Project promoted 13 lists to Featured status in August and 8 more in September. Amazing job! A combined eleven articles were promoted to Good Article status in August and September. Featured content In September, WikiProject Baseball has had the following articles promoted to: Featured Article status: Nashville Sounds Featured List status: List of New York Mets Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Colorado Rockies Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Florida Marlins Opening Day starting pitchers, Nashville Sounds seasons, List of Tampa Bay Rays Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Seattle Mariners Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Boston Red Sox Opening Day starting pitchers, List of Arizona Diamondbacks Opening Day starting pitchers, New York Yankees seasons Good Articles of August and September: All the Way (Eddie Vedder song), Cy Young, Dan Brouthers, Harmon Killebrew, Rickey Henderson, Billy Pierce, Kinston Indians, Three Rivers Stadium, Bill Lange, Calgary Cannons, Hugh Daily, Homer at the Bat This month's newsletter was designed and written by Wizardman, jj137, and Blackngold29. If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please contact the Baseball WP outreach dept.

News from the diamond The 2008 opening round playoff matchups with be: Boston Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels Milwaukee Brewers vs. Philadelphia Phillies Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Chicago Cubs Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays Help to keep the articles of the postseason updated From the Editors We apologize for not sending out our August newsletter, we have tried to cover some events of the month in this issue. The playoffs have started! The Dodgers and Phillies have won their respective Division Series and will face off in the NL Championship Series. Both series in the American League have yet to be finished. Show your support for your favorite teams by keeping up with their season pages!

--  jj137 (talk) 23:57, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your active efforts at beating me with Huggle (I use twinkle). Tohd8BohaithuGh1 (talk) 19:07, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Account Creation Interface

Yes, I am requesting the account.

Was not vandalising

I just left him a message, mabye it seems provoking, but I'm serious. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.30.27 (talk) 23:22, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Suure, that's OBVIOUS vandalism

DavidWS (talk) 23:34, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

User talk:LeMoNsZ

I don't think it's generally appropriate to vandal warn for removing DB tags. Generally, a polite "please don't do that-- do this instead" suffices Cheers, Dlohcierekim 13:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I screwed that up with Huggle big time. Sorry about that, and thanks for letting me know. Wouldn't have realized. Have a good day! DavidWS (talk) 14:18, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

October 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Webbie, did not appear to be constructive and has been removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Thanks, Ainlina(box)? 19:04, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

(This was a mistake by the above person, confusing edits) DavidWS (talk) 19:09, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Oops!

Sorry about the revert, I misread the diff.--Thanks, Ainlina(box)? 19:11, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay, absolutely fine. No harm done :)DavidWS (talk) 19:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Here You Go

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For reverting vandalism earlier, an so fourth. You Know, by Using Huggle, since I Use TW. Congratz! II MusLiM HyBRiD II 12:48, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

No Problem! II MusLiM HyBRiD II 23:40, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

My edit to United States Clean Air Act

The section I removed was entirely uncited and blatantly taken from another website. No care was even taken to remove the "Top of page" segments in between paragraphs. This removal of content was faithful and necessary. --24.186.218.250 (talk) 23:06, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

A quick huggle user

Hi, when you use Huggle to revert changes can you please check the context first? My edits have been explained, hope it is okay that I revert your changes? - 83.254.214.192 (talk) 23:52, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks very much for the barnstar! Much appreciated :) — Possum (talk) 20:27, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

My userpage Thanks for cleaning my userpage

Hi. Thanks for cleaning out my userpage after the vandal yesterday! Much appreciated, and keep up the good work! :) — Twinzor ^{Say hi!} - Do I suck or rock? 06:41, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm happy to. Anytime I see vandalism, userpage or article, it's history :). Have a good day! DavidWS (talk) 10:44, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

eoCMS Thanks for your patience

Hi. Sorry about the little argument last night. What with the release being tomorrow, the boss is a bit tetchy. I've updated the eoCMS page to make it a lot less biased. I was kind of hoping you might have a read and reconsider the speedy deletion?

Thanks whichever way. E.G Interactive (talk) 19:02, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, it's up for deletion, not speedy. The problem is, your software is not at ALL notable, and therefore, really shouldn't be on wikipedia. If you can find me some sites other than your own that actually discuss (in depth, EG a review) eoCMS, then provide it to the AFD entry and maybe it won't get deleted. Otherwise, the software has no business with an article on it. DavidWS (talk) 19:04, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

OK. I'll have a look and get back to you.E.G Interactive (talk) 19:06, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

hiya

) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.158.89 (talk) 19:51, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for restoring my userpage! Cadwaladr (talk) 21:28, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem :) Have a good day! DavidWS (talk) 21:32, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

• Not a thank you for userpage-vandalism reverting, but more a thank-you for your excellent anti-vandalism work. :) I've seen you a few times recently when reverting vandalism, and you do a good job. Keep it up. Acalamari 23:43, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Upon noticing Acalamari leaving the above message on the Recent Changes, I would also like to congratulate your anti-vandal work. Here's a barnstar in honour of your edits:

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Keep up the Huggling and all that! -- SchfiftyThree (talk!) 23:46, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I appreciate it much, it's going on my userpage with my other two :) DavidWS (talk) 23:48, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank You!

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your assistance in keeping USS New Jersey (BB-62) vandal free while the article was up on the mainpage I herby award you The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. Keep up the good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 00:25, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! DavidWS (talk) 00:27, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

This user is a member of the Roller Coaster task force of the Amusement Parks Project.

I would give you another barnstar but I think 2 in one day might just be over doing it :P. Keep up your good vandal fighting work! ·Add§hore· ^Talk/_Cont 22:35, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Apologies For Max Payne Edit

I intended to remove a comment regarding british fan reaction to the rating but things seem to have gone awry, sorry and thanks for fixing that. 86.41.115.171 (talk) 22:40, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Koppen climate classification

According to Koppen climate classification, a Cfa climate must have 1. a good amount of precipiation (I forgot how much but Pittsburgh meets this) 2. a hottest month averaging over 71.6F/22C- Check- July 3. a coldest month averaging between -3C/26.6F and 18C/64.4F According to [[1]], Pittsburgh meets this, making it humid subtropical Press olive, win oil (talk) 20:01, 17 October 2008 (UTC) Did you see my edit? Now it's better. Press olive, win oil (talk) 13:17, 18 October 2008 (UTC) I saw your comment. You're welcome. Press olive, win oil (talk) 14:33, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the revert to my talk page! You keep beating me with edits today... I wish my ping was as high as yours. DARTH PANDA^talk 00:35, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Happy to! And you're beating me to a lot of reverts, too! DavidWS (talk)

And you seemed to have returned the favor :D DavidWS (talk) 00:40, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Cheers! DARTH PANDA^talk 00:45, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Ahahah, thanks! I was just about to give you one too.

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Because you're awesome. I tried and tried to come up with a better reason, but I think this suffices and covers all the bases. DARTH PANDAtalk 00:55, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I just realized that what I wrote is entirely incorrect. I want a ping as LOW as yours, not as high. If that caused any confusion, my apologies! DARTH PANDA^talk 01:00, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, I got whatcha meant. DavidWS (talk) 01:00, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I just noticed that you marked Darth panda for deletion a while back, and I would like to again thank you for your hard work. I must admit that this is the first time a vandal has given me the honor of creating a page about me! DARTH PANDA^talk 01:11, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Re:MiniDVD

OK, I'm sorry. 121.216.101.45 (talk) 00:41, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Freakazoid (2008 film)

You removed the CSD tag from Freakazoid (2008 film). It's a fake article. Part of a raid from 4chan. Nothing is verifiable, and if you look through the history, you'll see it's all sneaky vandalism. Repleh (talk) 01:05, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I see. Sneaky. Sorry about that, will add it right back. DavidWS (talk) 01:07, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you :) Repleh (talk) 01:12, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for taking care of my userpage--that's only the second or third baby tantrum (aka nasty vandal) I've had in all these 2 years. I'd give you a barnstar but I still haven't figured out how, so just let me quote the master "Someone is on your side, No one is alone." (Sondheim).JeanColumbia (talk) 21:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for thanking me :) (If you want to learn how to give barnstars, let me know) DavidWS (talk) 22:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Test?

Um, just in case you thought my edit was intentional vandalism, I was just moving a header down a bit, so that it wasn't attached to the poem. 125.238.133.145 (talk) 23:05, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Seemed to me like you were trying to make the text green...but ok...Why was that font color tag there? DavidWS (talk) 23:07, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Twinkle/Huggle Userbox

Hello! Since you replaced your Twinkle UBX with a different one, would it be alright to add {{User:UBX/notwinkle}} to your userpage, or will you add the Twinkle UBX later? SchfiftyThree ^(talk!) 01:15, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't really use Twinkle much for vandalism, so yes, that's fine. I'm going to add a Huggle one in a bit. Thanks for asking! DavidWS (talk) 01:16, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem. And, I must say, along with your incredible Huggle work, the fact that you switched to Huggle and made a revert exactly 2 seconds after you made the response is kind of surprising to me. Keep up the good work. SchfiftyThree ^(talk!) 01:22, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, thanks. I always have both Firefox and Huggle open, so I'll go to my messages, reply, and then minimize, and the next edit happened to be vandalism. Cheers, DavidWS (talk) 01:23, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Mearle Oberon Article

Hey! I'd like to let you know that in Tasmania, it is common knowledge that Merle was actually born in Northern Tasmania, and was adopted to India at a very young age. My family are decendents of Merle, as her sister stayed in Tasmania. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.253.172.235 (talk) 22:33, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Your edit had already been reverted once, you didn't explain the change, and you didn't cite a source. This is original research. You are not allowed to add it to the article. User:DavidWS (talk) 22:35, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Why Spoiler Alerts are prohibited?

The article ´´Characters of Persona 3`` revealed the ending of the game, it ruined my 120 hours game-play ¬¬ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.214.158.109 (talk) 23:09, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

wikipedia IS NOT a place for original research nor soapboxing, whicn i was removing —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.83.168.38 (talk) 00:25, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Helicocranchia pfefferi

I'm pretty sure my edit was correct. I redirected to the larger of two articles on the subject while incorporating the information from the page I turned into a redirect. Am I missing something? Hackfish (talk) 00:29, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Ah, oops, I may have followed directly in your footsteps on that one... DARTH PANDA^talk 00:38, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Disputed fair use rationale for Image:NetNanny.jpg}

Thank you for uploading Image:NetNanny.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale provided for using this image under "fair use" may not meet the criteria required by Wikipedia:Non-free content. This can be corrected by going to the image description page and add or clarify the reason why the image qualifies for fair use. In particular, for each page the image is used on, the image must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Can you please check:

• That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's escription page for each article the image is used in.
• That every article it is used on is linked to from its description page.

Please be aware that a fair use rationale is not the same as an image copyright tag; descriptions for images used under the fair use policy require both a copyright tag and a fair use rationale.

If it is determined that the image does not qualify under fair use, it might be deleted by adminstrator within a few days in accordance with our criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions, please ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thank you. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 00:06, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I nuked the redirect for ya. –xeno (talk) 00:33, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, you rock! DavidWS (talk) 00:34, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

STOP

Please stop creating pages about yourself. They meet CSD and will be removed shortly. DavidWS (talk) 19:07, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

warning yourself? ;> –xeno (talk) 19:09, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh, wow, I WIN! I ROCK! lol...stupid huggle interface, sent it to the wrong person. OH well, not a big deal :D Oh, by the way, thanks for that revert during school today, I didn't want to log in because everything there is IP banned and I would get an autoblock. DavidWS (talk) 19:10, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

No problem... Is the IP hardblocked? If so you could request an IP block exemption... –xeno (talk) 19:15, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

I think it is hardblocked, because there was someone in my study hall who made like 15 sock puppets last week to vandalize J.delanoy's page. (Yes, I yelled at him. He just laughed and called me a nerd) Maybe I'll try logging in tomorrow and I'll see if I get an autoblock, and if so, I may request exemption. I thought it was only really exceptional circumstances where they'll do that for you though, and I'm not sure if my wanting another excuse not to do my work counts. Anyway, I'll look at the policy again. DavidWS (talk) 19:18, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, the autoblocking only lasts for 24 hours so as long as he hasn't used a logged in sockpuppet, you won't get caught in the autoblock (if its a softblock). If it's a hardblock though, you won't be able to edit without the IPBE anyway. –xeno (talk) 19:20, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

So I'll be able to log in, but won't get blocked then, and just won't be able to edit? Okay, then that gives me confidence that I won't get blocked tomorrow when I try to login. Unless he's continued. The whole range of our school (which includes pretty much all of the schools in the area that I live, actually) is blocked until April. I'll see what happens tomorrow. DavidWS (talk) 19:22, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Just check to see if the block is "anon only" if it is you should be able to log in. Then, if no logged in user has been blocked in the last 24 hours then you shouldn't get caught in an autoblock. If you do, just request an unblock for being autoblocked. An autoblock doesn't affect your block log. If you're on the GRID though that's been hardblocked. –xeno (talk) 19:27, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Ok, sure. I don't know what the GRID is so I'll assume I'm not on it, but I'm not sure. And I don't need to edit from school, it'd just be nice for when I am bored in class, have no homework during our free period, etc. By the way (completely off topic) is there a tool that monitors the AIV page for new vandals and shows there contributions and gives you a block button (obviously for admins). If not, I think I'm going to write one for the sysops here. I think that'd be nice to have. DavidWS (talk) 19:32, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Not that I know of, that would be sweet. –xeno (talk) 19:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay, hopefully I can get it done by next Saturday. I don't have that much time for coding during the week, on Saturday and Sunday I have basically the whole day. It shouldn't be too hard. Would you be willing to test it if/when necessary? DavidWS (talk) 19:44, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Sure... I'll try to poke around in the meantime and make sure you're not re-inventing the wheel. –xeno (talk) 19:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay, cool. Either way, it's a fun project. I'm probably going to use either some of the AWB codebase or some of the Huggle codebase, so technically, either way, I'm not reinventing the wheel. DavidWS (talk) 19:55, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Warning user:Aftermidmusic

Hey, about your warning user:Aftermidmusic. They were the original author of Vita Nelson so the page should have been taged with {{csd-g7}} instead of warning the user. Thanks, Non-dropframe (talk) 20:19, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I see. I wonder how I managed to accidentally warn the user. Thanks for letting me know, I'll go remove the warning from that users talk page. DavidWS (talk) 20:46, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

RfD: Scientific freedom

The article is not "about a real person, group of people, band, club, company, organisation, or web content, but does not indicate why its subject is important or significant." It's about an idea, the importance of which I think is fairly clear --- but you disagree? Omicron18 (talk) 15:05, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I always forget that non-notability a7 doesn't apply to everything. Anyway, there are no references. I'll nominate it for deletion instead of CSD instead. Anyway, if you find any sources, add it to the article. Thanks, DavidWS (talk) 15:08, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

ping

see my talk page. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 15:38, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Still fighting with it.... see my talk J.delanoy^gabs_adds 17:36, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

• grumble*. I'm sorry, your .exe won't run, and your source code is from VS 2008, and I have VS 2005. See my talk page for the rest of my ranting. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 17:56, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

AIV Console

Hey, I seen your message on J.delanoy's talkpage and thought I'd boot into Windows and give the program a shot. Tried to block an IP and got: Error: send the following to davidws: <?xml version="1.0"?><api><block user="75.108.122.220" userID="0" expiry="2008-11-02T16:59:54Z" reason="vandalism" nocreate="" /></api> but it still blocked them, also it blocks with "Allow this user to edit own talk page while blocked" turned off (which is why blocking in Huggle is disabled at the moment) and in some cases it shows the name of reporter in the menu. Nonetheless a very good idea, pity it only works on Windows though :p ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 17:19, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, well, in that case I just need to change the parsing a little bit. This is written in VB6, for one, so it should run in WINE on Linux and Crossover on mac. I haven't tested it yet. That "error" is actually the response the code looks for, so I just screwed something up. Thanks for testing it. Also, I don't think there is anything in te API to block the user from editing their own talk page. Is that a problem? Thanks, DavidWS (talk) 19:43, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I uploaded a new version to googlecode that should have fixed the "error error" DavidWS (talk) 19:56, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Oooh, I know why it sometimes shows the name of the reporter. That is the people who have their contribs in their signature. I can fix that, too. DavidWS (talk) 20:03, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Smile

Thanks! I see you've begun to do AfDs in addition to your Huggle reverting. AfDs are quite fun, don't you think? Makes me feel like I'm making more of a contribution than just sitting on Huggle and inflating my edit count! DARTH PANDA^duel 05:51, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, they are quite fun :D. I've also been programming a tool for sysops. _David^WS _(contribs) 12:43, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

temporary admin status

This has come up before and the community hasn't liked the idea.

However, are you so sure you're not a good candidate for a regular RfA? --Dweller (talk) 21:58, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Well, actually, I think I'm an okay candidate, but I don't really know if I want to nominate myself. I'm not sure if I have enough experience in all areas. I do feel I have a good knowledge of blocking policy, and of the AfD process, and I have written a couple of articles. I'll review some past RfAs and see if anyone with experience like mine (I was thinking along the lines of J.delanoy, as he has similar experience as me, it seems), and see if I would stand a fighting chance. If I could maybe find someone who would co-nom me, I would probably take the plunge. Cheers, _David^WS _(contribs) 22:01, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Hang fire. I'll review you in the morning (my time). I have a standing offer to nominate unusual candidates and so far it's going well. Meantime, a few questions:

1. Are you civil in discussion with other users?
2. Do you have any experience in adminny areas?
3. Any skeletons in your cupboard?
4. Any previous RfA or editor review under this or any other username?

Cheers --Dweller (talk) 22:30, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

1. Yes, I don't think I have ever lost my temper on Wikipedia.

2. Well, I have a good amount of experience in new page patrol. I have 180 deleted edits (I suppose that shows CSD experience) I also have been (more recently) active in AfD. And just in case, I do not want you to think that the only reason I've been active in AFD is due to my wanting to become a sysop. In fact, I didn't really even give that reason much thought until now. I simply have enjoyed partaking in that process.

3. Well, not really. When I was in fourth (or maybe third, in any case, years ago) grade I vandalized at school to some degree, but since then, I have never vandalized.

4. Nope.

Cheers (and what timezone are you in :P), _David^WS _(contribs) 22:37, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Minor addendum to question number two. I've also created some accounts from the account creation interface, I can check to see how many if you'd like. _David^WS _(contribs) 22:47, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good. I'll take a squint at your contribs today. I live in Her Maj's floating kingdom, so I'm on GMT. It's currently 10:12am where I am. --Dweller (talk) 10:12, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

I've had a good look at your contribs and I don't think you're ready. You've only really been seriously contributing for a few weeks and that alone makes you a bad prospect, as there's bound to be plenty of important policy you're unaware of. Keep going with what you're doing and try to do some more content work, too - there must be some topics you're interested in you can edit on, as it'll help you pick up the policies and guidelines. At the end of November, create an editor review for yourself and once you've had some comment on it, please drop me a line and let me know. Looking forward to seeing you with a mop soon. --Dweller (talk) 10:36, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Have you considered creating a test wiki using the MediaWiki software for development of your tool? Granted a sandbox doesn't help in picking out bugs based on user actions (for example, you probably wouldn't have tested having a contributions link in the signature) but it does help to a point in getting a tool stable and it isn't too difficult to set up Apache, MySQL and PHP locally. I use a localhost wiki for testing my bots and the only change that needs to be made during migration is changing the URLs from http://localhost to http://en.wikipedia.org. ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 10:49, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

For some reason, the block function isn't present in the API on a local wiki. I already tried this. Thanks though, _David^WS _(contribs) 11:35, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

It should be. Is your local wiki up to date? As the API function was only added in version 1.12. ~ User:Ameliorate! ^{(with the !) (talk)} 11:48, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes. Thanks for your support in my RFA!! • If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy • ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 22:11, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blake Fitzpatrick

I have closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blake Fitzpatrick due to a withdrawal by the nominator. However there were several delete votes, including you. My rational for closing the debate can be found on the AfD page. If you still wish for this to go through AfD, please renominate, and let me know. Thanks. DARTH PANDA^duel 21:14, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

If it does end up as a good (well, you know what I mean, not classified like that) article, then I'm fine with it staying, seeing as someone found a source for it. Thanks for letting me know. _David^WS _(contribs) 21:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I was just being bold, as usual. Hopefully, all of the other delete voters are like you and don't feel the need to take my head off :D DARTH PANDA^duel 21:18, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

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