User talk:Davewild/Archive 1
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Unsigned remark
editDo you know the difference between vandalism and accurate comments on the lack of correct sources for the lies put on the Greek pages? I think not, you are just an idiot
your quickness to catch vandals is impressive, does that reflect another part of your life....minute man
Great work
editGreat work with the British council elections. A couple points: in general we only capitalize proper names in titles. For instance, for United Kingdom general election, 2005 we don't capitalize the word general or election. The same goes for council elections. Secondly we only really need separate results pages when the main article on an election is too long. Rather than have 2004 Rugby Council election results, why not just have a 2004 Rugby Council election article, that covers both the results and any information there might be on the campaign. I've gone ahead and moved some of them. - SimonP 19:52, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
Edit summary
editHello. Please remember to always provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy editing. Alphax τεχ 09:48, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
Local elections
editCan I try to persuade you to have a go at working on the big overall local elections pages like UK local elections, 2003 and UK local elections, 2004, many of which are incomplete/don't exist. Morwen - Talk 14:29, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
Lytham St Annes
editDave, why did you revert to previous text?
Thanks for your comment about the Lytham St Annes page. I had a couple of problems with those edits I reverted, one was the remark about Blackpool being shabby which seemed completly unneccessary. The other was the statement about more and more younger families relocating here which I do not know of any evidence to back it up. I found this link to the population data from the 2001 census which shows the population is older than the national average. [1]. I don't think these statements should be in the article without some evidence to back them up. I have made an edit to the paragraph to try and soften up the language and would be interested in your thoughts. Davewild 07:32, 19 April 2006 (UTC) Dave, I think your amendments to my text were both unecessary and inaccurate. I have lived in Lytham for the past 32 years and your 2001 census data is now obviously out of date and should not be used for current observations. Do you actually live in the town?? Also, try to use a dictionary before submitting your comments.
I see that you have taken my edit out again and gone back to your previous edit on Lytham St Annes. I do live near Lytham St Annes, visiting often, and cannot see any evidence to back up your statement. As we do not seem to be able to reach agreement I have posted on Wikipedia:Third Opinion in the hope of getting another opinion to resolve this dispute. Davewild 17:47, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
West Lancashire Elections
editDave - I have created the 2006 West Lancashire election pages following the link from your main page. Good work there! I have made the error of creating the equivilent Preston page as an "overall" rather than splitting up the years, but Preston City Council elections is there for your viewing and comment.
doktorb | words 07:55, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
- Thank you for the reply. Your Preston elections page will be a helpful base to link to once, as you suggest, my page is split into years.
Thanks for the good luck too doktorb | words 09:10, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the support on my RfA!
editFile:Danavecpurpletiger.jpg | A belated thank you to you for Supporting my RFA! It passed 54/2/3, much better than I expected! I am still finding my feet as an Administrator, and so far I am enjoying the experience. I am honoured that you felt I was ready to take up this position, and wish to thank you formally! I hope I can live up to your expectations of me. Once again, thank you! --Darth Deskana (talk page) 19:25, 4 May 2006 (UTC) |
My RFA
editHello Davewild/Archive 1, and thanks for supporting me on my recent request for adminship! It has succeeded with an unanimous support of 67 votes, so that I am now an administrator. Please feel free to leave a note on my talk page should you wish to leave any comments or ask for any help. Again, thanks a lot, AndyZ t 21:59, 5 May 2006 (UTC) |
Thank you!
editHello, Davewild/Archive 1, and thank you for vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 62/2/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. As I acclimate myself to my new tools, feel free to let me know how you believe I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! RadioKirk talk to me 05:35, 6 May 2006 (UTC) |
Hi Dave, and thank you for your supportive comments in my request for adminship! With a final tally of (109/5/1), I have been entrusted with adminship. It's been several weeks since the conclusion of the process, so hopefully you've had a chance to see me in action. Please let me know what you think! Thanks again, and I will do everything I can to justify the trust you've placed in me! ++Lar: t/c 03:25, 28 May 2006 (UTC) | |
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Preston local elections
editHey Dave - I have asked Preston Council for the results of the 1998 and 1999 elections so I should be someway to filling those red links on the local elections page =) doktorb wordsdeeds 12:00, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
- Brilliant - cheers Dave. I know Preston Council and know it will take a while for them to send the results to me, but the moment they do I'll find time to post them on here. doktorb wordsdeeds 08:19, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Bristol elections
editThanks for editing my pages on Bristol elections. Can you do something with the Bristol North East page? I want to get a proper blue colour for the 'National Liberal & Conservative' candidates.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Awnisbet1 (talk • contribs) .
WikiProject World Leaders
editHey,
You and I have both been active recently in the WikiProject world leaders stuff, so I just wanted to A., see if you think we should remove it from the inactive WikiProjects to active ones again, and B., see if we could perhaps coordinate our work some. matt91486 15:53, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
- Alright, that sounds good. Personally, I'm going to continue working on Spain, and then my order will probably be Monaco and then some South American countries. I figure that will keep me occupied for quite some time. matt91486 18:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Islamic Courts
editThe Islamic Courts lost Kismayo on january 1st 2007. So actually, they lost power in 2007. I agree that they have lost their power at this moment.--Daanschr 10:01, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
user 86.138.232.97
editHi Dave
Not sure if this is where this should go but I noticed that you had cleaned up a load of vandalism by this annonymous users. Just to inform you that I have reported this user on WP:ANI here [[2]]. Sorry very new to all this - i was trying to work out how to revert this users vandalism when I saw u had already done it. Erolz 10:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Question about RN situation
editThere's a group of Iranians POV pushing on the article you just edited. They're refusing to accept the Brits in 2004 had to give an apology, despite the fact they're ignoring articles that say that was the case - they don't have any that say they did so freely. I don't want to break 3RR, so could you give me a hand? John Smith's 12:26, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for your contributions. I would appreciate it if you could keep an eye on the article. John Smith's 14:58, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi
editHi I'm from Sunderland. 81.158.179.219 17:24, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
A recalcitrant vandal
editHi Davewild. Appreciate your rev. at 09.19 25 March 2007 of "unexplained blanking" of article Telectronics. For info the user 124.168.16.206 who blanked the article is an IInet user of Sydney, Australia (IINet is a very small ISP) and is almost certainly the the same IInet user who, as 203.214.xxx.xx, has repeatedly edited Telectronics and its Discussion with unsigned unverifiable comments. At 09.17 25 March the same 124.168.16.206 also added unsigned comment to Talk:Telectronics with a heading "Jeffcoat and Trainor published liars", which to me seems to be libellous and possibly should be permanently erased. The same person created the bio article Noel Gray, a reading of which may be illuminating. He has also several times recently attacked the article Nucleus Limited, and my user page. I know the person from some 32 years ago so it is improper for me to revert his edits as I could be accused of violating WP:NPOV. If you would be prepared, as several other contributors are, to 'keep an eye' on the articles Telectronics, Nucleus Limited and my user page for vandalism or edits which do not comply with the rules & guidelines, it would be beneficial to Wikipedia. RegardsGeoffrey Wickham 02:44, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Hertfordshire local elections, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}}
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My RfA
editHello Davewild, thank you for supporting my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 68/12/0.
Also, please wish a Happy Birthday to Her Majesty the Queen. Vivat Regina!
Stafford Local Elections
editThanks for the categorisation and all the other changes you made. JamesDanielMartin 23:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
Your edits to List of Leaders In 1025
editYou reverted the entry I posted listing Young Jeezy as King of Glywysing in 1025. However, in his song "Steel Rule", Jeezy sings "Glywysing nigga/ Run it like track/ Still pumping that crack/ Nine nine oh and half buck three years/ Straight steeling 11th century Welsh ears". If you can provide evidence that Young Jeezy didn't rule Glywysing in 1025, then I'll pay attention, otherwise I will revert. 86.31.51.132 22:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I can clarify this: there's a large statue of Young Jeezy in Glywysing with the words "RULER IN 1025" written underneath it. 86.31.53.168 13:58, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
RFA thanks
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Red Card
editYou wrote: (not current event any more)
- I was under the impression that RED CARD was an ongoing operation in the MPA's anti-piracy war. -- Jason Palpatine 09:57, 1 May 2007 (UTC) This User wishes (but too often fails) understanding of Wikipedia's systematized logistical projection of its balanced policy contingency. (speak your mind | contributions)
deletion review of List of Philippine Presidents by longevity
editI've asked for a deletion review of List of Philippine Presidents by longevity. Since you participated in the deletion discussion for this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. -Fagles 20:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Carioca RFA
editThanks for your support on my request for adminship.
The final outcome was (31/4/1), so I am now an administrator. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Thank you! --Carioca 20:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
First time buyer
editNice work! I hope you aren't unfortunate enough to be one :) Johnbod 18:52, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
My Rfa
editHello, Dave. How are you doing? :) I just wanted to drop by to thank you for your kind support on my recent Rfa, it succeeded! I hope I will be able to live up to your expectations. Oh, and feel completely free to drop by my page anytime and yell at me when I mess up! Have a bright day! Yours truly, PeaceNT 15:18, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
My RFA
editMany thanks for your support at my RFA. It ended successfully and I am now a glorified janitor. If I can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to contact me through my talk page. Happy editing! —Ocatecir Talk 18:24, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
My RFA
editMy RfA
editMy RfA ...
editHi. Thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was successful and I am now an admin. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Cheers, Black Falcon (Talk) 06:39, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
My RfA
editDear Davewild, thanks for your support in my recent RfA, it was, however, unsuccessful. I am not the type of editor to be disheartened by such a result, and have gained much experience. If you have anything to contribute by way of improvements or comments, please don’t hesitate to tell me.
I will run again. Until then, Cheers, Dfrg.msc 08:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
My RfA :)—tired of these yet?
edit Thank you, Dave, for commenting on my RfA, which closed successfully with a tally of 76/0/1! I hope I will meet your expectations, and be sure I will continue trying to be a good editor as well as a good administrator :) If I may be of any assistance to you in the future (or if you see me commit some grievous error :), please drop me a line on my Talk page.
Again, thank you, and happy editing! Fvasconcellos (t·c) 18:39, 10 June 2007 (UTC) |
Yet another
editHi Dave, thank you for your supportive comments at my RfA. Shyamal 04:02, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Ck lostsword's RfA - Thanks
editThanks very much for your support in my recent RfA, which passed successfully at 40/2/1, making me Wikipedia's 1,250th administrator. Your comments were much appreciated, and I will endeavour to fulfil your expectations as an admin.
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Oh, and I am also from Blackpool, interestingly enough!
my RFA
editThank you for supporting my RFA. I hope I will live up to your expectation. Let me know if you need any help, or I make any mistake. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 00:10, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
[[Raymond Apple (rabbi)
Thanks for your comments at articles for deletion. Capitalistroadster 07:42, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
North Tyneside Council Elections
editThanks for helping and the comments. I thought the whole council was up for election next year, shows how much I know! I even live here! Oh well. Just sort out any info you believe is incorrect. Cheers, Nick. | Pieboyjr 09:17, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeah it looks fab now! Thanks for helping me and pointing out where I had made my mistake. Thanks again, Nick. Pieboyjr 22:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you...
edit...for your support and very kind comment at my RFA. Looking above, it seems like you've supported some excellent admins, so I take that as a good sign :)--Kubigula (talk) 03:25, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you X 100
edit Thank you very much for supporting my RfA, which closed successfully yesterday... W00t! I hope to be a great admin (and editor) and I'm sure you can tell that my use of a large, boldfaced, capital "T" and a big checkmark image in this generic "thank you" template that I swiped from some other user's Talk Page that I totally mean business! If you need anything in the future or if you see that I've done something incorrectly, please come to my Talk Page and let me know. So now I've got a bunch of reading to do.... see you around! - eo 13:44, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
RfA thankseditI don't know what you meaneditYou said that I should have uncategorized user pages. What is that?Hubbardaie 22:05, 1 July 2007 (UTC) My RfAeditThank you for participating in my RfA. It was successful, and I am now, may God have mercy on us all, an administrator. Look at all the new buttons! I had heard about 'protect,' 'block user,' and 'delete,' but no one told me about 'kill,' 'eject,' and 'purée.' I appreciate the trust the community has in me, and I'll try hard not to delete the main page or block Jimbo. -FisherQueen (Talk) 18:20, 2 July 2007 (UTC) My RFAeditHi Davewild, just a quick note to say thanks for participating in my request for adminship. It was successful and I now have some shiny new buttons. If I can ever be of help, please let me know. Happy editing, mattbr 10:25, 4 July 2007 (UTC) AfDeditCould you look over Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carlos Prio-Touzet and put in your thoughts on the matter. Thanks Callelinea 21:23, 8 July 2007 (UTC) Mistakes =editHello!, I saw your add in "Rulers of Morocco", and if you can put all rullers in Morocco, you need write the Roman Emperators after Claudio and kings of Mauretania, as well as Republic of Bou Drough, and Imanate of Sus, and a few Portugueses cities and oasis of Figuig (this oasis acording to its municipality web, was part of Otoman Empire).... ok? Bokpasa 08:44, 11 July 2007 (UTC) Thanks!editHello, I was sure of have done, but,... Thank you for welcome me. I'm in the spanish wikipedia too and, you'll see, my english is horrible! but maybe I could help. I like, love!, the project and I like to work. thanks again, --Joe Satana 02:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
My RfAeditThank you for your support in my successful RfA. I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me. Carlossuarez46 22:27, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
My RfAeditThank you for participating in My RfA which closed successfully. I am honored and truly more than a little humbled by the support of so many members of the community. It's more than a bit of a lift to see comments on my behalf by so many people that I respect. I'll do my best to not disappoint you or the community. - Philippe | Talk 02:49, 22 July 2007 (UTC) Thank youeditThank you for your support at my recent Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Angus Lepper RfA, which failed, with no consensus to promote me. However, I appreciate the concerns raised during the course of the discussion (most notably, a lack of experience, particularly in admin-heavy areas such as XfDs and policy discussions) and will attempt to address these before possibly standing again in several months time. Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 16:03, 28 July 2007 (UTC) Thanks!edit
Thank you for taking the time to participate at the discussion in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project. I listened carefully to all concerns, and will do my best to incorporate all of the constructive advice that I received, into my future actions on Wikipedia. If you can think of any other ways that I can further improve, please let me know. Best wishes, Elonka 05:39, 5 August 2007 (UTC) Barrow-in-Furness local electionseditHi Davewild, thanks for adding references to the Barrow-in-Furness local elections pages (so soon after I flagged it!) I writing to offer my help if you need to bring references up to the style guideline's requirement as described in WP:CITE. There's no right way of doing it, you can either use Harvard or the inline system, that's your call, but they do need to be full (i.e Who wrote it, when it was written, where it can be found...) There's some easy to use templates at WP:CIT. Also there's a neat utility at this page where you just need to cut and paste the URL, add some info and, hey presto, it generates it for you. Anyway, drop me a line if you need any help Ki | jog 15:34, 5 August 2007 (UTC) This is an automated message from CorenSearchBot. I have perfomed a web search with the contents of Portsmouth Council election 2006, and it appears to be very similar to another wikipedia page: Portsmouth Council election 2004. It is possible that you have accidentally duplicated contents, or made an error while creating the page— you might want to look at the pages and see if that is the case. This message was placed automatically, and it is possible that the bot is confused and found similarity where none actually exists. If that is the case, you can remove the tag from the article and it would be appreciated if you could drop a note on the maintainer's talk page. CorenSearchBot 09:37, 11 August 2007 (UTC) Thanks for your commenteditThank you for your comment on my RfA, which was successful. LyrlTalk C 01:03, 13 August 2007 (UTC) Ryedale Council election 1999editA {{prod}} template has been added to the article Ryedale Council election 1999, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the Thanks for the head's up - I have listed it at AFD. The initial prod wasn't contested, realistically, it was removed by a somewhat "odd" change of the page to a redirect - so the actual issue of the first prod was never dealt with. I had assumed since this was the case that an additional prod would not be out of place. SkierRMH 22:38, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
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Repeated VandalismeditRegarding anon-user 194.242.159.218, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:194.242.159.218#September_2007, you gave him his last warning at 19:20 September 7, he has persisted vandalizing: From his history: (08:16, 8 September 2007 (hist) (diff) Isotope 19:25, 7 September 2007 (hist) (diff) Andorra ) Both of these edits were vandalism, and have been reversed. Malta in lists of State leaderseditI notice you have been adding Malta into a number of List of State Leaders in xxxx articles. I am very dubious about Malta being in the articles you have entered it into as according to our own Malta article it became a British Dominion in 1800 not an independent state. These article are for states, while I would have thought Malta would have been better in the List of Colonial governors in 1800, etc. articles as it was a dominion at the time. Davewild 17:54, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Election titleseditHi! Just FYI, you're naming election articles slightly incorrectly: It should not be "Area council election year", but "Area council election, year"... —Nightstallion 11:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!edit
A suggestion...editHey. I notice you have been reverting some vandlism recently. Can I recomend Twinkle! to you? I find it very useful! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message. Tiddly-Tom 19:49, 14 September 2007 (UTC) RFA ThankseditClick there to open your card! → → →
Dearest Davewild, CreditseditThis RFA thanks was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks. So unfortunatly this is not entirely my own design. Barneca RfA thank you spameditDavewild, thank you for your support during my RfA, especially after the concerns that were brought up by other editors. I'll keep all of the comments in mind in the coming months, and will try again later. In the mean time, if you see me doing something stupid, please let me know. See you around. --barneca (talk) 13:09, 20 September 2007 (UTC) The now-traditional RFA thank-spameditClick there to open your card! → → →
CreditseditThis design was RFA Thanks!editThanks for your participation for my RFA bid and for your support.--JForget 23:50, 20 September 2007 (UTC) I owe you a big thank you for supporting me in My RfA, which was successful with 67 supports and 20 opposes. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 23:57, 22 September 2007 (UTC) Nehrams2020 RfA ThankseditEdokter RfAedit
Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2004editA {{prod}} template has been added to the article Barrow-in-Furness Council election, 2004, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the Fabrictramp RFAeditThank you for your support in my Request for Adminship, which passed with 50 supports, 1 neutral, and 1 oppose. My goal is to keep earning your trust every time I grab the "mop". (And I'm always open to constructive criticism and advice!) Again, thanks. --Fabrictramp 17:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC) |