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Huggle & Edit Conflicts

This discussion might interest you. — SpikeToronto 06:52, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, Spike. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 06:54, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

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September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive Conclusion

GOCE September 2010 backlog elimination drive progress graphs Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thanks to all who participated! Several of our top editors were called away to real life concerns during the month (be careful out there, people!). This meant that once again, we did not meet all our lofty targets, but we did come close. Stats Out of 76 registered editors, 45 actively participated. We nearly wiped out the 2008 articles from the backlog—there were only 13 remaining when the drive closed. We reduced the backlog by 725 articles (11.5%), so it was another successful drive. A total of 59 barnstars will be awarded to 40 editors—well done, and congratulations to all. Barnstars If you copy edited at least 4,000 words, you qualify for a barnstar. If you edited in the July 2010 GOCE Backlog Elimination Drive, you may have earned rollover words, which counted towards this month's barnstars (except for the leaderboard awards). Any unused word credits will be held over for the next drive, as long as you participated in the September drive. Over the course of the next week or two, we will be handing out the barnstars. Click here to see a list of barnstar winners. We will be holding our next drive in November. You can sign up here. A huge "thank you" to all editors who helped clear the backlog and to others who helped out behind-the-scenes. See you at the next drive, and until then, please continue to help us work through the backlog. Happy editing! Coordinator: ɳorɑfʈ Talk! Co-coordinators: Diannaa (Talk) and S Masters (talk). Newsletter by Diannaa (Talk) and The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions.

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GOCE barnstars

The Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star

For exceptional copyediting efforts during the Guild of Copy Editors' September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive, editing an incredible 243 articles with a combined total of 95,927 words (160,887 with rollover), Diannaa, I hereby induct you into the exclusive, brilliant, Most Excellent Order of the Caretaker's Star. Congratulations and thank you for all your hard work! – S Masters (talk) 04:08, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Guild of Copy Editors' Award
		Leaderboard Award–Most Articles–1st Place It is with great pleasure, that I bestow on Diannaa the prestigious Guild of Copy Editors' Gold Star Award, for completing the largest number of articles (243) – 1st Place – during the Guild of Copy Editors' September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In addition, your dedication and leadership during the drive makes you all the more deserving. Congratulations from the GOCE, and my heartfelt thanks as well. – S Masters (talk) 04:08, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award—Most Words—3rd Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Diannaa for copy editing a total of 95,927 words–3rd Place–during the Guild of Copy Editors' September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you so much for your contributions to the project. – S Masters (talk) 04:08, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

		Leaderboard Award—5K Articles—4th Place
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Diannaa for copy editing three articles of 5,000 words or more during the Guild of Copy Editors' September 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you so much for your contributions to the project. – S Masters (talk) 04:08, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:09, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I have done all of the leaderboard, but I have to stop now. I will continue later but if you have time, please feel free to go down the list, and I will go up the list so that we don't have an edit conflict. Cheers. - S Masters (talk) 06:47, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Actually I usually do all similar barnstars at one, to avoid work (the bane of existence). I will do all the "Modest" barnstars before I go out. Thanks for your help so far. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 17:38, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Template substitution

Hi Diannaa! I went to do something on an IP editor’s talk page and noticed that you had added the {{Welcome}} template to an IP editor’s talk page. I think that that is a great thing since it encourages good IP editors to keep up the good work. I did, however, want to mention two things to you:

1. Always substitute your templates (don’t worry about this particular one, I already did it for you, and there are various bots that would have eventually done it);
2. For anonymous (i.e., IP) editors, you should consider using the {{Welcome-anon}} template: it lets you optionally indicate a particular article for which you want to commend them, and, most importantly, it encourages the anon to register; and
3. For registered users that you want to welcome, you might like {{Welcomeg}}. It has a nice layout. By the way, this template does not require you to sign it since it will do so automatically.

Thanks! — SpikeToronto 19:19, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

P.S. If I am telling you stuff you already know, feel free to tell me to f*ck off! ☺ — SpikeToronto 19:21, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I get it. I am glad there are bots and experienced users to help with stuff! This business recently about getting bite-y towards vandals made me more cognisant that when I am saying, yeah, Mr. IP, that's a great edit, that I should be adding a "Welcome" template to their talk page. We need to attract more competetent editors as well as protect the content we already have. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Well put! I think a lot of recent changes patrollers (RCPers) rush when they’re Huggling, as if they were in a race for whose the quickest or who can churn the highest volume. I try to be very deliberate and almost always end up opening the page in a browser to take a closer look at the history. For instance, if HG is showing me two edits from the same editor, then I really need to look at the history, because what looks like the removal of content may in fact be just a cut and paste that is part of a larger batch of legitimate and good editing that s/he is performing. Once I look at the totality of his/her edits, it may become clear that there is no “violation,” so to speak.

Another example occurs when an editor adds something unsourced to an article. HG and the “Failing to cite a verifiable reliable source” warning may not apply since it is only for extraordinary statements whose unsourced presence could harm Wikipedia. If the unsourced statement does not rise to that level (e.g., adding to a culinary article about a certain dish that some cooks use margarine instead of butter), then it is more appropriate to manually add a {{Citation needed}} tag to the sentence, and then add a {{Uw-unsourced1}} template to the editor’s page. That template indicates that a source is necessary, but does not indicate that the edit was reverted. You can use HG to apply the template without letting HG revert.

After I revert, I often open up the editor’s contribs page and see if there is anything else they have done that needs cleaning up. You can do the cleanup with HG. It will not issue further warning templates if the editor has not edited since the last warning, but it will make the revert.

Also, Popups (and some related extensions) can be very useful especially when, while reviewing edits, you realize that well intended RCPers are reverting to bad versions. Popups lets one find the clean version and revert to it.

I would say that, overall, anywhere from one-third to one-half of the work I do when on vandalism patrol is done manually, where HG just takes me to the article to be dealt with. Sorry to be so long-winded. — SpikeToronto 05:22, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

No, it's great advice, and I will re-read it tomorrow to be sure that I understood it all. I have been on Wikipedia for nearly a year but only recently took up vandal-fighting to add variety to my activities, so I don't mind the help. You are right; every time I start up Huggle there are typically at least two or three other people vandal hunting at the same time, so there is no rush to get things done. Someone else can be reverting while I am off investigating something. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:31, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

It’s good that you waited a year. That’s why you’re good at assessing what is or is not a good edit. I do not agree with the consensus among many Wikipedians that vandal fighting is a newbie task. I think that one needs editing experience to be good at analyzing and deliberating over each edit. Editing experience makes a good vandal fighter. You fit the bill! — SpikeToronto 05:39, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:41, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

RE: GOCE Barnstar

Thank you for the modest barnstar. It is nice about what happened in the September drive, especially since there were only 13 articles remaining from 2008. I wasn't as active in this drive as I was in July (school might have something to do with it, because July was a summer vacation month for me, and I had more time to kill), but I did learn some worthy information. I'll be signing up for the November drive; I do like these drives and their motives. Backtable _{Speak to me}^{concerning my deeds.} 20:38, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

Hey, that's good news. Thank you for your kind words and your participation in our efforts. I am gonna chip away at the remianing 2008 articles so they will be cleaned up, I hope, when the next drive starts. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:37, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Timmy!

dianna, please respect me because i just want to put my name because i'm a professional basketball player —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timz paul (talk • contribs) 06:23, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

can u please teach me how my master —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timz paul (talk • contribs) 06:56, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert

Gratitude for this and this. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 07:15, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. You can get your page semi'd if you want to. They can also revdel those nasties for you if you like. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 17:05, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Can I just semi-protect my User page while leaving my talk page unprotected? Vandalism on the user page is unacceptable to me. And, my user page in particular has a notice telling editors thay any editing of that page is vandalism. So, yeah, a semi for that page might be a good idea.

But, with my talk page I’d like to leave it unprotected. I like responding to the nasties, taking them seriously. (see here, here, here, and especially here. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 17:41, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, you sure can just get your main page protected and leave your talk page as-is. It is important that IPs have a way to contact you. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:38, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Know a friendly Admin I can ask rather than at WP:RPP? Alas, I have never successfully obtained a wikiarticle page protection over there… Thanks! — SpikeToronto 23:07, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

User:Courcelles did mine. He happened to have my page watchlisted when someone vandalised it. I also am on good terms with User:EyeSerene. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:48, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! — SpikeToronto 04:45, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

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Barnstar for a good work

		The Minor Barnstar
		For doing a good (and fast) much needed copyediting on Siege of Trsat - I hereby award you the Minor Barnstar. Kebeta (talk) 09:20, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:41, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

USS Misissippi

Hi, Thanks for your hard work cleaning up the verbal carnage at USS Mississippi. Just kidding, but I do need someone to follow in my wake to tidy up. My wife does this in real life, but would shoot me if she knew how much time I've spent on this article (or at WP in general). I have one qustions though, "Greek Navy" or "Greek navy" -- we have it both ways. I think that we are consistent with "U.S. Navy", so should we follow this with the Greeks. Talk to you soon. Kevin --Kevin Murray (talk) 11:50, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Probably best to capitalise it same as we did for the US Navy. Good catch. I will fix this before I go to work. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 13:49, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Cardiak

whats going on.. on the hunger for more 2 section for trackstar u have produced by kanye when i (Cardiak) produced the record and everytime i put my name u change it back to kanye... i have produced 3 beats on the album and trackstar is one of them —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cardiak100 (talk • contribs) 04:41, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:47, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

ok i did it the way u said do it..... but i just wanted to correct it and it has been getting chaned for a couple of days now... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cardiak100 (talk • contribs) 04:51, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

thanks i appreciate that i will try to find one.. hopefully the tracklisting will be out soon —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cardiak100 (talk • contribs) 04:56, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Something for you

		Military history reviewers' award
		By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period 1 April-30 September 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award.  Roger Davies talk 08:16, 7 October 2010 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Thanks! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 12:45, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Mandodari

Thanks for the copyedit. Can you please put this template: {{GOCE|user=Diannaa|date=October 7, 2010}} on Talk:Mandodari, acknowledging officially your copyedit contribution to the article? Also, I have another favour to ask: can you please take a look at Sarama (which is the article waiting in GAN currently), and may suffer from similar prose issues as it is authored by me. Thanks again. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:31, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

I have added the template as requested. If your GA reveiewer feels it needs further copy editing please let me know and I will go over it again. Not too many copy editors are drawing from the requests page right now so it is hard to find time to get them all done. So sorry you had such a long wait. I have to take the time to follow my own interests as well or Wikipedia is no longer fun. I have an article in progress and will look at Sarama when it is done. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

FYI, Sarama failed GAN today due to prose issues. Please take a look at Rati instead. Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:54, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

I see you have added these both to the Requests page. That's a good idea. I will get through as many of these as possible before the next drive starts. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:33, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your work in Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. It looks very good, and I was worried about it, considering I'm still learning English and I tend to make lots of mistakes. Regards.Tintor2 (talk) 22:39, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Please go over the article and look for factual errors that may have been introduced. Sometimes I took an educated guess at the meaning of passages, especially in the plot section. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:42, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

2010 ALCS

It is a fact that the New York Yankees are winning the 2010 American League Championship Series. I just traveled from the future and saw the Yankees win this game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.230.143.154 (talk) 03:53, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

I saw that! And I foresee a Yankees win as well. But we will still have to wait for it to appear in the papers before we add it to the encyclopedia. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:55, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

User talk:69.181.249.92

Look at the edit again. You're obviously confused. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 04:33, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

How peculiar. Sorry about that. I will see if the actual person I was trying to send a message to got anything. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:37, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

No prob. Somebody else already removed the bad warning. And to err is Huggle... 69.181.249.92 (talk) 04:40, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

The article is already speedy-deleted. My head is spinning :D --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:42, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

My User talk page

Thanks for looking out. I appreciate it :) Jess_talk|_edits 21:06, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

You are welcome. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:07, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Gornja Mala

I declined your CSD tagging of this article as geographic articles are not subject to speedy deletion under A7. You will need to place an AfD if you wish to pursue deletion. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:34, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

It appears I tagged the wrong article. Sorry to waste your time --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:36, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

No worries. You didn't waste my time. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:53, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria

Many thanks on a thorough and very good copyedit! I usually have to go back and correct various distortions that copyeditors have inadvertently introduced, but your job was excellent! Cheers, Constantine ✍ 08:38, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you; you were wise to get a a-class review as well. The people at WP:MILHIST are the best. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 15:51, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Phil Taylor copy-edit

Hello, thank you so much for offering to copy-edit this article. I think that if this article gets a copy-edit it will be able to pass the GA review. As you can see from the last review, prose was the main reason it failed. Once again, thanks. Mr.Kennedy1 ^talk 09:58, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for your kind words. You will be very close to ready for your next nomination when I am done, so please be sure to check out the review and address the other concerns as well, such as locating any missing citations. If I spot anything unsourced I will tag it. Remove anything from the lead that does not appear elsewhere in the article (or add things to the article that only appear in the lead). If there are no further facts available for his early years, you could trim the more recent years slightly to compensate. I am glad you seem to have a thick skin, as this is a lot of news to hear at once. I will put a note on the talk page when my bit is done. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 15:39, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests

Regarding your comment on Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Requests, I want to clarify that I have only removed items from the list where an editor from GOCE has fulfilled the request. I have complete confidence in the GOCE and am indebted to their work, especially you, SMasters and NielsenGW who have copyedited my GANs. Delay is really not an issue, as it is not much compared to the improvement the articles have.--Redtigerxyz ^Talk 15:44, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

That's good to hear. I just wanted to reassure you that everything posted on the list will be dealt with, and several of us have the skills to get you to GA or even FA. I am working through the list in the order things were posted, even though you also requested edits on my page, because some people have already been waiting a while. Thanks for your understanding. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 15:50, 10 October 2010 (UTC)

Neologism‎

That's the second time someone accidently edited over me with Huggle. I'll be glad when they fix that bug. Slightsmile (talk) 20:36, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Oopsie, sorry. I have restored your tidied version --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:42, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism?

How is correcting an article, including adding supporting citations, "vandalism"? 184.36.90.17 (talk) 05:08, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Please answer the question. And is everyone who edits Wikipedia engaging in an "edit war"? 184.36.90.17 (talk) 05:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:13, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Now we're up to question number three (although at least question number two has been answered): Is quoting material (inside quotations marks) in a footnote a "copyright violation"? (It would be an "edit war" if I insisted on adding back in the quoted material; if the other editor thinks the article is better off with just a link, fine by me.) 184.36.90.17 (talk) 05:23, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

The way we write Wikipedia articles is we write an article and quote our sources. We do not make extensive quotations from copyright material to produce the articles. We actually write new material using reliable sources for which we then incorporate footnotes. to do otherwise is plagiarism and a violation of copyright law. I will post some useful links on your talk page. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:30, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

"The way we write Wikipedia articles is we write an article and quote our sources"--well, yes, that's exactly what I did--I made some changes to an article, included external cites to back up those changes, and in the footnotes generated by the citations I quoted the sources. 184.36.90.17 (talk) 05:33, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

The material on Prince William is identical to that in http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p11/prince_william-i.htm and that sir is a copyright violation.

The phrase "On 3 April 1944, however, she provided fighter support for an air strike on the German battleship Tirpitz in Altafjord, Norway, which disabled the German ship for three months." is identical to what appears in http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s17/st_george.htm and is thus in violation of copyright law.

The phrase " In September 1943, she supported the invasion of Italy at Salerno. The ship was redesignated CVE-6 by the American Navy on 15 July 1943" is word for word from http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a7/altamaha-i.htm and thus is a copyright violation. If you cut and pasted this material from other wikipedia articles they too are in violation of copyright law. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:48, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

All of those words were in quotation marks as PART OF THE FOOTNOTES. The material is identical because it's being quoted from the reference being cited. Do you not know what a quotation mark is? Or a footnote? (See the previous version of the article that's being discussed.) 184.36.90.17 (talk) 06:09, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

The initial point you were trying to incorporate into the article (five were converted and three were scrapped) has now been included in the article along with a source. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:58, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

And in the course of trying to make a perfectly unobjectionable correction to an article that appeared on the front page and that I happened to see had an error in it, I've been accused of being a vandal and a plagiarist. 184.36.90.17 (talk) 06:09, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Please don't take it personally. I am criticising the edit, not you personally. You are not being attacked. It is not necessary or desirable to insert a lengthy quote from the source in the article. That is not the usual way to do it. Have a look at any wp:featured article, the best Wikipedia has to offer, and you will see we don't do it that way. Indiana class battleship is my favorite example. I am sorry you have found your wikipedia experience unpleasant. Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 13:14, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks!!

Hi, thanks so much for copy-editing the Phil Taylor article. You really done a great job, thanks. You done it so well I thought you deserved this:

		The Guild of Copy Editors' Award
		You deserve this award for copy editing the Phil Taylor brilliantly. Mr.Kennedy1 talk 14:49, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Whew, that's a big barnstar. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:52, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Bob Nudd

the source for the bob nudd update is from the credits of the movie. if your dont believe the validity of the item in question watch the film before deleting the post.Chris affliction (talk) 22:17, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

The post is still there. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:22, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Guild D-17

Hello Diannaa, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Guild D-17, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: A7 does not apply to products. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 04:17, 13 October 2010 (UTC) OK, Thanks. I misinterpreted the meaning --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:44, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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Thanks

WikiThanks

Thank you for reverting vandalism on my page. :) NLinpublic (talk) 14:08, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Glad to do it. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:46, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

...and congrats on a successful RFA! Nolelover ^{It's football season!} 09:21, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Cyrillic alphabet

Thanks's for this, that guy reverted contrary to the sources. A Macedonian (talk) 00:18, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I investigated and am pretty sure the article was better before. I will add it to my watch list for a while and see what happens. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:20, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Well, he's back again... A Macedonian (talk) 00:27, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

K. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:28, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

3RR report has been filed. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:41, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Blocked, 48 hours. I will revert the article again. Someone reverted the article --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:44, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I saw it, well, thanks again. This IP guy has a history of such behaviour... A Macedonian (talk) 00:51, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Need help

Hi Diannaa! I just joined the Copy Editor's Guild and I wanted to know something. If I edited an article listed in the back log, do I just remove the article from the back log and remove the tag? Or do I need to let someone know first? Please let me know as soon as you can! :) --Chickie4 16 October 2010 —Preceding undated comment added 03:51, 16 October 2010 (UTC).

You can remove the tag yourself when you are satisfied that the article is OK. If you would like your work checked, just post a message on the Guild Talk Page. Welcome aboard! Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:56, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your help! :) By the way, I have also signed up to help for the November drive. Can't wait!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chickie4 (talk • contribs) 03:58, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, mee too! I have been fighting vandals lately for something fresh to do. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:01, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

edit on Benoit Mandelbrot

don't know what i am doing

here is a reference : http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/

apparently he passed away today, that's all I got

see what you can do, thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pianomanusa (talk • contribs) 05:00, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I saw that one but I don't think it's enough yet. We should wait for a major newspaper or wire service to carry the story. We have to be very careful about biographies for legal reasons. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:05, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)  Unfortunately, that website most likely does not constitute a reliable source, even though Nassim Taleb is a colleague. However, it does appear that fooledbyrandomness.com is indeed owned by Taleb (see here). Nonetheless, usually a reliable source for such information is a news outlet. You might ask at the reliable sources noticeboard.

Generally, Wikipedia requires verifiable references/citations especially for biographies of living persons.

The relevant policies for you are WP:V, WP:BLP, WP:RS, and WP:CITE. WP:REFBEGIN tells you how to input a verifiable reference/citation once you have one.

By the way, I did a search on Google News and found nothing. The same when I searched Yahoo News. Good luck! — SpikeToronto 05:14, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Me too, SpikeToronto. I tried Bing search and Google and no reports yet. Best wait till tomorrow. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:17, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Taylor Momsen

The recent edit, although it is true, seems rather questionable for it to be on a Wikipedia page. Does it even belong there?--iGeMiNix 05:27, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't think it belongs there. In fact I removed it also. The subject is a minor, and the post is not encyclopedic. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:33, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I removed it the first time also as it was very out of place. See ya around!--iGeMiNix 05:34, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Indeed. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:36, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I have to disagree with reverting this edit once the editor provided a citation from a large-circulation daily from a major metropolis. Biographies are meant to inform the reader about the person who is the subject of the biography. Thus, information of the sort presented in that interview, no matter how distasetful, is nevertheless informative as to the nature of the person that is Taylor Momsen, the subject of the wikiarticle. Thus, it is encyclopedic, whatever that may mean. We may find it unpalatable and wish that she had not been so frank and honest in the interview, but there it is. It is not our job to whitewash her bio. Eliminating the text, no matter how distasteful violates the spirit of WP:NOTCENSORED. Finally, it is irrelevant that she is a minor since there is no pornographic depiction of her. I’ll get off my soapbox now. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 04:46, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

I am not convinced. I think the person just posted it because it was sensational. It is actually no more relevant to her career as would be, say, her taste in TV shows. You can tell they intended it to be sensational by the way they worded it: "Momsen is just 17, but she admitted to rock magazine Revolver that she's watched pornography." their edit summary: "Porn update." I just don't feel it's encyclopedic to include it; Wikipedia is not a supermarket tabloid. However, it seems Momsen's intent was to shock with these remarks, so perhaps she would not mind the content appearing in her article. Though her mom might. Thank you for your thought-provoking post. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:05, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

With the greatest of respect, what her mom might think, and what were her reasons for saying it, are not relevant. Nor are the motives of the editor adding the text relevant. All that matters is verifiablity, especially where there may be BLP issues. I agree that the addition was not well-worded and was not well-integrated into the article. But, once cited, it is not for us to remove via Huggle. It would have been for regular editors of the article to remove through discussion on the article’s talk page. Once the editor had a source, it no longer qualified for deletion under any criteria for recent changes patrollers or for Hugglers. The better thing to have done would have been to have deleted it manually with an edit summary that included a direct link to a discussion on the talk page begun by the editor removing the content. Then a discussion could have ensued between regular editors of the article and a consensus arrived at. I fear that a new editor may have been driven away by receiving warning templates once s/he provided a verifiable reference/citation. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 05:23, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, now I get it. When patrolling with Huggle, we should be looking strictly for vandalism. Other types of material we wish to see removed should be done using the B-R-D cycle. If we are not interested in getting involved in talk page discussion to justify removal of the content, we should leave the material in the article for someone who is interested in that topic to decide and discuss. Thanks. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 15:00, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes! You know, I should have started out with that. You’ve said in just a few sentences what I took paragraphs to muddle through. Sorry for not being clearer. Thanks! — SpikeToronto 18:42, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

No worries; everyone's brains get a little muddled when discussing certain topics (sex, the Middle East, parenting; I could go on). I will let IGeMiNix know about this further discussion in case they are not watching this page. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:45, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the talkback, so was the info readded on the page?--iGeMiNix 19:12, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

No, no one has re-added it yet. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:42, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Copyediting request

Hi! I'd like to nominate three articles at WP:GAN, those are A3 (Croatia), A6 (Croatia) and A4 (Croatia). The first two passed a PR, and the last one is currently listed among PR requests. However before I submit any of the above for GAN, I'd like to have them copyedited since I'm not a native speaker of English. Would you please copyedit at least one of those three? All of them are currently listed at WP:GOCE requests. Thanks!--Tomobe03 (talk) 11:17, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I am glad you listed them there. I will choose one of the three to do. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:59, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the copyedit!--Tomobe03 (talk) 21:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Good luck on your GA nominations. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:36, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Vandal warnings

Hi, I just replied to you on Avoided's talk page, to say that four warnings to a vandal aren't actually required. I do appreciate that you know your way around here very well, it's just that Avoided is much more experienced on the German wikipedia (where the warning culture may be different) than here, and even though s/he's now diligently issuing warnings, seems to be starting at level one when there's absolutely no reason to assume good faith. I hope I haven't given the impression that I was trying to teach you your business! - Pointillist (talk) 13:39, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

Not at all; I have mostly been copy editing during my tenure here and only recently started fighting vandals, so I welcome any advice and tips. Huggle issues a level one to start and reports automatically after there are four on the board. That is why I worded it that way. You are right; before I installed Huggle I used to report and obtain blocks without four warnings having been issued. I am glad you posted a clarification (for both of us!) --Diannaa ^(Talk) 14:53, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

November drive invitation

Look at what I found:

Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010/Newsletter 1

Looks like somebody beat us to it. I'm not exactly sure which one to go with at this point: the one on my subpage or the one on the drive subpage. The Utahraptor^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 22:27, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

It would be best to use the version in your userspace, as per this discussion. On some computers the September font was tough to read. Ocean Shores must not know that many had trouble reading that font (they were on hiatus). We also want all our newsletters to have a distinctive style, and that style is the one I used on my draft (it was chosen by SMasters some time ago). --Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:37, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

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129.78.32.22

Just letting you know that he is the same dude this time as User:129.78.32.21 pushing his agenda of Ronald Reagan. They are all on a proxy, as seen the University of Sydney tag on his page and how their IP only ranges by 1. Also, I restored your report as a bot removed it by accident.--iGeMiNix 02:28, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. There are also some helpful edits coming from that wifi so it would be a shame to block the good with the bad. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:29, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, had a discussion with TideRolls about this.--iGeMiNix 02:31, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

If there is more than one person editing on this IP I wish the constructive one would open an account. but they could indeed both be the same person. Thanks for the link. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:35, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

<copyright text removed> Ronalddowntown (talk) 02:53, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Well it seems they made an account, also they are the same person. This edit shows that they had intentions of spamming userboxes.--iGeMiNix 02:54, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

I have removed the post as it is a copyright violation from http://www.heritage.org/About/Press/How-Great-was-Ronald-Reagan-40th-President-Place-in-History. Thank you for the information, IGeMiNix. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:04, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the revert on my user page

Thanks! :) --Sayed Mohammad Faiz Haider^tc_s 03:10, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

you are welcome. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:13, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Harry Männil

Many thanks for the excellent and thorough copyediting of the Harry Männil article! I was pleasantly surprised to see that you even looked up a few additional details from the references.

If it is not too much of a hassle, may I ask you for any thoughts regarding the style and grammar (or anything else) in the article? Is there something I should pay more attention to? This is my first article and I would really like the next ones to be, well... less awful. Thanks again! —Quibik (talk) 12:25, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

The article was actually in pretty good shape, not so awful at all. Some points to keep in mind:

• Don't read things into events. for example, "he was forced to escape" is just as clear when expressed "he escaped". It actually sounds more lively and direct.
• Don't use the phrase "according to officials" or similar. It sounds like you don't trust your sources. I changed this to read "Männil was accused" and "officials stated".
• Please take the time to read through the Manual of Style. It is not overly long and familiarity with these rules will help you produce good articles.
• The main thing I do when copy editing is to make the language simpler and more direct; remove any emotional content, unless it is covered by the sources; remove the words "also" and "however", which are just about always expendable; and or course look at grammar and spelling and all those things.
• A specific change I made to this article was changing the word "mobilisation" to "troops" because I felt the reader would think he was running from the Soviet invaders. The Soviets had in fact invaded in June 1940 and by 1941 were mobilising to repel the Germans, who had by then decided to invade the area. So the troops he was hiding from in the summer of 1941 may have been Soviets but they were not in the process of invading the country at the time. It's your call as to how much of this you need to include in the article.

Thank you for your trust in me and good luck with your future articles. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:50, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

About the last point: I preferred "mobilization" since that was the term actually used in the original source. Anyway, thanks for all the helpful suggestions! I hope the next time you happen to copy edit an article of mine, it will be a much simpler task. —Quibik (talk) 17:34, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Invitation

MessageDeliveryBot is temporarily down. I think we might have to send the invites manually. The Utahraptor^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 22:27, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Do you want to do it tonight? SMasters is on the sleepy-time side of the planet, I think, so it would be just you and me. There are 345 in the Category:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors members and about 200 listed on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/List of participants. Obviously there is some overlap so the best place to start is the "Category" and then move to the "List" and send to anyone on the list who is not a member of the category. OK? I will take the back half of the alphabet (M through Z) and you can do from the beginning to and including the letter L. What say you?--Diannaa ^(Talk) 22:53, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

That'll work. Let's get started. The Utahraptor^{Talk to me}/_{Contributions} 22:58, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

I have placed the version we are going to use at Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Backlog elimination drives/November 2010/Newsletter 1 so we can transclude from there. After you are done your section of the alphabet in the "category", you can do the same letters of the alphabet from the "list". That part will go fast because the names will be familiar. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:06, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

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Take me off the list. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 22:46, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Done. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:00, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

... for reverting vandalism to my user page. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 03:24, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Glad to do it. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:25, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

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24.7.50.177 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Hit me with a baseball, I'll hit you with a sledgehammer. :)

Do you know the rule on IP editors editing the RfA? Can they or is that outlawed?--Talktome^(Intelati) 05:43, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

There is no rule against it. The person in question, however, was a vandal I was reverting on Huggle. [1] --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:48, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

I saw that. [2]. :) I would say congratulations, but the fat lady hasn't even entered the theater yet. :)--Talktome^(Intelati) 05:51, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:54, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Jon Fisher

Any idea what's going on at Jon Fisher , or what this is about? --Ronz (talk) 19:36, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

I replaced the maintenance tags because it looked like the person who removed them had a COI. But the peculiar thing is, virtually everyone editing the article seems to have a COI or is a single purpose account.

• 76.126.186.253 (talk · contribs) geolocates to Comcast, San Jose; has only edited this article and the one about The Irvine Progressive. Seems to be in the business of adding negative material to the article
• 76.126.182.213 (talk · contribs) geolocates to Comcast, Mill Valley CA; has only edited this article and only has positive things to say. This is the one who says 76.126.186.253 is vandalising.
• Seism (talk · contribs) was the main author but they have not edited the article for a while.
• SistaSorts (talk · contribs) - SPI
• PredilCO (talk · contribs) - SPI
• Jellybook (talk · contribs) - SPI
• Aronixti (talk · contribs) - SPI

I will try to help. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:31, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I have some discussion on the article talk. I've asked for help at ANI. --Ronz (talk) 20:35, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

The article is now semi'd so I am going to clean it up. That usually helps. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:45, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Looks like two factions edit-warring. Hopefully they'll respond to my talk page discussion, especially about making his notability clear. --Ronz (talk) 20:49, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Until all the refereces have citation info that at least identifies the source and date, I'd like some sort of tag on the article identifying this need per my comments on the talk page. --Ronz (talk) 21:03, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

You rock. Thanks for the help. --Ronz (talk) 02:03, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the tasty rock! I love this photo :D --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:25, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar

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		For being a vandal fighter that sometimes will beat me in reverting. I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 04:20, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:24, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics

My work on this page has wrongfully been tagged as "vandalism." Erroneous content has been added to the page and it needs to be reverted to a previous version with the correct content. Two issues: the date of the game for eighth place is incorrect, since all the sources report it as 2 Sept. 1920 and not 30 Aug. 1920 (see http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1920f-det.html). Second issue: the latter stages of the competition did not "descend into farse" as stated in the article (that's in violation of Wikipedia policy of NPOV), the tournament continued following the rules of the Bergvall system, as explained here: http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv8n1/johv8n1o.pdf. The only difference was that the disqualification of Czechoslovakia forced an eighth-place game. Also information added in an improper type (subscript) is unreadable, since it's not in proper English and does not seem to give any valuable/supported information. Also, the game for eighth place does not belong in the same section with the tournament to determine second place, since it was only done after Czechoslovakia's disqualification. The tournament to determine second place was in the rules all along. That section needs to be appended after the one regarding the consolation tournament. --24.68.76.74 (talk) 04:25, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Replied on your talk page. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:46, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much. The point of the Wikipedia, however, has been, since its inception, to allow for editing without creating an account. I'd contend we, anonymous editors, are responsible for about half of all the material made available, and the creation of some of the most sensible rules related to editing and formatting. There are many reasons for not creating an account, from paranoia to political/philosophical beliefs. Therefore, I recommend that the edits by anonymous users should not be taken lightly as "vandalism," but that they be treated in the same fashion as those edits by people who have an account already. That is, I hope there is no profiling. There should be no difference whatsoever between the credibility given to a regular registered member and that given to an anonymous editor: both should be verified, none should be presumed guilty of vandalism. As someone who is likely to become an administrator, I beseech you to maintain this tradition. --24.68.76.74 (talk) 05:01, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

You are absolutely right. But the main reason that your edits were reverted is because you removed large blocks of content without explanation, and the patrolling software we use picks up that kind of edit and draws our attention to it when it is done by IPs or newly created accounts. Once you create an account after a while you are "whitelisted" and your edits are no longer routinely patrolled.

You are actually more anonymous if you create an account, because when you edit as an IP anyone (not just administrators) can geolocate you using your IP address. Some IPs can be geolocated to a specific building such as a library or school. I actually believe editing using an account has advantages, and that is why I suggested it. I hope you took no offense. Thanks again for your contributions. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:09, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Your RfA

I just wanted to say I'm sorry I couldn't support, that it's nothing personal and, whatever the outcome, my door is always open. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:09, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you so much for taking the time to respond at the RFA. You obviously put a lot of thought into your !vote, and the feedback it provides is very valuable. Regards, --Diannaa ^(Talk) 17:17, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

I wish you luck with the RfA. I don't pay enough attention to them to guess how likely yours is to pass. I've always thought the RfA process shows the Wikipedia bureaucracy at its worst. They should simply give editors a second account with Admin privileges limited to a narrow scope as agreed upon in the RfA. Editors would then appeal for more privileges. (Of course, it's not simple at the technical level). Your desire to work on copyright violations as an administrator shows the limits of this approach. An admin account needs a wide variety of privileges to do such work. In contrast, working on WP:CSD, WP:AIV, WP:UAA, etc could be done with restricted-privilege accounts. Myself, I do mostly policing work yet I rarely feel the need for admin privileges. --Ronz (talk) 17:28, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

The copyright work is complex and voluminous so I am sure user:Moonriddengirl will appreciate the assistance. Much of the work there can be done by people without admin tools, so I will be able to get my feet wet first. I think low level policing work is something I will attempt initially as well. I will have a lot of studying to do, though, before I will feel comfortable deleting articles. The RFA has shown some gaps in my knowledge! This type of feedback is one reason why I accepted the nomination so early in my Wikipedia career: It can act as a tool to further development. Thank you very much for your supportive comments. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:55, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Chain Saw FAC

Thanks so much for your help. It's really appreciated.--The Taerkasten (talk) 19:04, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. I am gonna keep an eye on things for a while. Sandy herself said the article was over the hump, so Maybe - - *fingers crossed* -- Diannaa ^(Talk) 19:08, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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Copy editing

Hi, I activated the word counter application but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to use it. -ESTR + 09:28, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi, and thank you for signing up for the copy edit drive. During drives, we keep track of the number of articles we edit and the word count, using the word count of the article before we start the copy edit (typically the articles shrink a bit during the editing). The Page Size script will give you the number of words in the readable prose section of the article (excluding text in tables and lists, etc). You should record the number of words present in the article before you begin working (you can get it out of the history later, if need be) and report the article length on the record page for the drive. Full instructions can be found at main drive page. Please read that over and if you still have any questions, please let me know. Thanks again for your interest. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:05, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Rajput

Hi Diannaa, This is about Rajput page. In Sanskrit, semen means reta or shukra, it does not mean ruj.I have checked the online dictionary from English to Sanskrit.The user Ikonoblast has changed the word Rajput to Rujput in Hindi.The word semen is obscene as well as offensive and against the Wiki policy. I think the user Ikonoblast is biased towards rajputs and the views expressed are not neautral.Could you please remove the obscene and offensive word ruj in Hindi and replace it with the original word Raj. Thank you.Rajbaz (talk) 17:23, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

I have removed the Sanskrit stuff that Ikonoblast had added, and also a maintenance tag he placed on the article. Thank you for reporting this. My apologies that this content remained on the page for so long. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:48, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Diannaa. Thank you for your help.I am afraid the offensive word is still there.It is on the top right hand side of the main Rajput page, underneath where it says "castes of India".If you could replace the present page with what it was on the 15th Oct. 2010,that would be great.Thanks a lot.Rajbaz (talk) 17:25, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

I did remove it but someone had already replaced it. I have removed it again. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:11, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

2010 Minnesota Twins season

How is it considered vandalism when I clearly think it's irrelevent as I said in the editing comment? 174.93.27.191 (talk) 04:54, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi, sorry for not responding earlier; it was bedtime. It looks like "vandalism" is too strong a word, since you did explain the removal of the content. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 21:11, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations on your new bits!

Congratulations on your successful RFA! Your bits have been twiddled. I strongly encourage and recommend that you read and become very familiar with Wikipedia:Administrators, the tools page, the blocking and banning policies, and the protection policy. Refer to them often, especially if you have questions. Please also don't hesitate to ask questions if you have them. There are plenty of people around, including myself, who are very willing to help you out should you need it. Again, congratulations! ···日本穣^? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WikiProject Japan! 06:37, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations! If you need any help or advice, feel free to give me a shout. My monobook script thingy has lots of useful admin related scripts, as do SoWhy (talk · contribs) and others. Good luck and happy mopping! GedUK  08:08, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

• Nice one, congrats :-) -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 08:23, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Gratz!--iGeMiNix 10:57, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks everyone. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 13:48, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

And now for your first Job as an admin

Please copy the content of the G1 iteration of this article to the bottom of User:Access Denied/Adoption/CSD Examples so I can use it in my adoption program as an example of a blatant G1.thanks, Access Denied ^{[FATAL ERROR]} 08:34, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

You got it :) --Elen of the Roads (talk) 09:25, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

OK, Access Denied, I actually checked to see if your request was legit! Elen has already copied it, and I have added the scintillating title. Elen, Thanks, I will always feel like we graduated from college together, since we both got our admin tools around the same time. Though I feel like I have a lot more studying yet ahead of me, for sure. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 13:47, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Just think, not even one morning Elen had to provide the coffee. You, on the other hand, might get three or four! Courcelles 13:51, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Funny, I was just thinking exactly the same thing - it's as if we graduated together :) Not sure what Courcelles means, but if he's buying, mine's a cappucino :) --Elen of the Roads (talk) 22:59, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

I am quite sure he is expecting us to serve the coffee!! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:04, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

See that, Elen? This Diannaa woman is as sharp as a tack! Those of us who have been admins longer (like five months ;) ) can't get our neurons going in the morning without a heavy dose of coffee, and that's why we keep electing new admins, to provide a fresh supply of the junior admins to make coffee runs. Courcelles 01:11, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

I will have to support some candidates at RFAs so I will no longer be the "new girl". --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:13, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Or nominate some. (And darned if I hadn't been planning to browbeat you into an RFA around February.) It seems like everyone I decide should be an admin ends up getting nominated one way or another. Courcelles 01:17, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

It seems I'm late, but congratulations. I'm sure you'll do a good job. Feel free to ping me if you need anything (except advice on A7, but, other than that, anything!). I see you're already putting your new buttons to use. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:26, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I have. Anyone who thinks this job is glamourous should give it a try (spoiler alert: it's not)! I have also been doing lots of waiting and observing how other admins handle some of the less clear-cut work. It's been a great experience so far. Thanks for your supportive comments. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:31, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your successful RFA! MJ94 (talk) 13:44, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

I concur! Just don't forget about GOCE! ;). Derild4921☼ 18:07, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Congrats :P. Mlpearc powwow 20:02, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

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Congrats! ~NerdyScienceDude 20:06, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks y'all. Thannks NSD, for the sunshine. And I won't forget the GOCE, Don't worry! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:08, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Nice job. From what I've experienced, this was well-deserved. upstateNYer 21:08, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Woot. - Dank (push to talk) 22:41, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

I add my congratulations. You have lots of support! Speaking at least for myself, we at the GOCE are glad to have (another) admin in our ranks. –Paul M. Nguyen (chat|blame) 23:22, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

• Heartiest congratulations for getting the mop! Well done, you deserve it. – S Masters (talk) 23:35, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, everybody. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 23:40, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

Quasi-peer Review/copy edit?

Hey Diannaa, First congrats on the admin bit. Second, can you take a look at Jamie McMurray and do a peer review on it. Not an actual peer review but similar to that? And also can you quick copy edit it for me too? :) thanks--TalkToMe_c^intelati 00:16, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I will have a look later. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 00:19, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!--TalkToMe_c^intelati 00:41, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

So you're an admin now...

Excellent. This is all going according to plan. Now I can move my timetable for complete and utter world domination up by 27 minutes and 4 seconds (it's meticulously detailed, you see...)

In all seriousness though, congradulations. You deserve the mop. Sven Manguard _Talk 01:21, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks!! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:22, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

You weren't at all phased by that? Nothing? Nothing at all. Wow, I'm impressed. You should do fine.

When I rule the world, I shall name a city in your honor. But first, we must change your name to Vancouver.

I'm having fun, you know. I'm really not a megalomonitical madman. Cheers. Sven Manguard _Talk 01:30, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Well of course I laughed; you just could not hear me through the internetz. Must be a bad connection. Dang that Telus!! XD --Diannaa ^(Talk) 01:33, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Congrats Diannaa!--White Shadows ^{Your guess is as good as mine} 02:58, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

FYI

I semiprotected your talk page for 24 hours. I didn't realize at first you were an admin, so if you want, feel free to unprotect/extend. J.delanoy^gabs_adds 02:53, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. It is my first day but yes I am an admin. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 03:26, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Blurb on you

Hi, congrats, and could you check what I wrote, please? link Tony (talk) 12:25, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Tony, thank you very much. You should also mention that I am a member of the Guild of Copy Editors as I have been quite active in that organisation. Otherwise the blurb is great. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:45, 29 October 2010 (UTC)

Varahi

Thanks for copyedting Varahi. Would you please add the on the article talk acknowledging the GOCE copyedit? Thanks. --Redtigerxyz ^Talk 04:12, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

OK. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 05:03, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Rajput

Why did you reverse my edits? I dont put untrue things and dont like em.How it displeased you? The truth is truth and historians must put it correctly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pratap Singh Rajawat (talk • contribs) 11:52, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

This is something you need to discuss on the talk pagew of the article, not here. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 16:00, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Special Invite

You have been invited to comment in a special Request for Constructive Criticism page. I am looking for areas in which I can improve. I have identified you as both an experienced and trusted Wikipedian, and as someone that has had sufficient contact with me to able to recognize areas in which I can improve. Please feel free to visit and post any comments or criticism you have. At a certain point, I cannot improve if no one tells me what I need to work on. Thanks in advance, Sven Manguard Talk 00:28, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for mediating on recent edits for article “Petar i Zli Vuci”. I really appreciate your objectivity. (PiZV (talk) 04:02, 31 October 2010 (UTC))

You're welcome. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 04:19, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

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Congrats

I didn't get to the discussion soon enough, but you have my complete support in your new role as administrator. Congrats! Cindamuse (talk) 18:11, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks so much. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:13, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Cache Creek Casino Resort

I would like to suggest that you reverse your decision about a speedy delete for Cache Creek Casino Resort. Casinos tend to be notable. Also this article has been around for 4 years which is a strong statement about it not being viewed as spam. Finally did you look at the id that made the nomination? It is a single purpose account that did the nomination and it happens to be the name of another casino that does not have an article. Seems like this was a POV nomination. Vegaswikian (talk) 06:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, you are right, not only are they an SPA, they are blocked. Thank you for catching this mistake, and my apologies. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 18:45, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Copy edit

Hi, could you double check my edits at Around the World with Willy Fog? Just want to make sure that I'm doing things properly and recording the numbers right. Thanks. -ESTR + 10:07, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes, the work is good. Another editor has reveiwed it as well and has placed some comments on your talk page. You need to keep a running total of your word count by adding up the words from all the articles that you edit. I have done this for the first two to get you started. Thank you very much for participating! --Diannaa ^(Talk) 02:52, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

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Awarding system in the Copyeditor's Guild drive.

Greetings, Diannaa; I've got a question about the drive's awarding system. There are awards offered for those who copyedit articles with a 4000 word count, 8000 word count, 12000 word count, and so on. Do we get these individual awards as we go along, or are they all saved up for the end of the drive? I'm asking because a number of us have already gathered enough words for the 4000-related award, and some have even gotten enough for the 8000 one, but nobody appears to have received anything yet. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 09:26, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for participating in the drive. Editors will receive one barnstar for word count at the end of the drive. It is possible to win additional barnstars for appearing on the leader board, copy editing the largest article, and so on, but each person who qualifies for a word count barnstar will only receive one of those. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 13:57, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for clearing that up! Cheers, and good luck!!! :) Wilhelmina Will (talk) 20:08, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, and good luck to you also. --Diannaa ^(Talk) 20:27, 2 November 2010 (UTC)