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Deleted Article IDBS

Dear Julian, I am all for the admin of Wiki to ensure that people are given a fair view of the world. If you choose to delete the entry for IDBS on the grounds of non-notability that is your view, to which you are fully entitled however much we (and >50,000 R&D scientists around the world) would choose to differ.We did make an effort to not be too marketeering but be blank and informative. Maybe we have become uninteresting thereby. Please let me know ;-) However if you do take that standpoint then is there a good reason why CambridgeSoft, Symyx Technologies, Genedata and others on the 'list of bioinformatics companies' with whom we share the same customer base, technologies and market space are not so similarly treated? MartinMcRiley (talk) 18:16, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi there. Actually, another editor proposed that the article be deleted, and since there were no objections after a week I went ahead and carried out the removal. As you can tell, the main concern was that the article failed to adhere to notability guidelines. However, I'd be happy to restore it to give you a chance to bring it up to standard. Alternatively, I can simply copy over the deleted content into your userspace, so you can work at it in your own time and move it back into the article-space when ready. Best regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:09, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Julian, thanks for the clarification. Please restore the content to my userspace so I can bring it up to standard. I understand that it is discouraged for me (Due to COI) to edit a page about the organisation that I work for, I will obviously declare the COI on the talk page, but what is the best way of me requesting help with this page to avoid COI. I believe a few of our products are notable enough to justify pages of their own, but again I don’t know how to go about getting them written. Many Thanks, MartinMcRiley (talk) 15:15, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Topic: Categories

The only question I have of you about the "Hurricane and tropical depression category" for the Category:Gulf of California,...issss...., do you know when each category was created?. (diligently, and unceremoniously wondering ?)M.i.k.e'ullMcAnnis, author and creator of each...Mmcannis (talk) 02:18, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure I follow, but you might find an answer by looking through the page histories of the categories in question. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Quick favor?

Julian, would you be so kind as to delete this now superfluous talk archive page, User talk:RepublicanJacobite/Archive11? I would appreciate it. Thank you. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 03:26, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Already done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:34, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

50 DYK Medal

		The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Congratulations for reaching and surpassing the milestone of 50 DYK creations and expansions. Your violent weather articles are a valuable addition! Binksternet (talk) 16:31, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Whee, thanks! :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:36, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

		Thank You
		For your excellent and wonderful contributions at Wikipedia:Featured Article Candidates during the month of December 2009. Ealdgyth - Talk 15:57, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 17:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Re: List of Washington state symbols

Re: FLC. I hope I have addressed your concerns. Thanks! --Another Believer _(Talk) 19:32, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hurricane Debbie (1969)

Hello! Your submission of Hurricane Debbie (1969) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! BelovedFreak 11:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:31, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Bottom line

Hi Julian, I got your note and will try to reply soon. Thanks much for it! If you get a chance, take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autoreviewer#User:Saqib Qayyum. Although the user has created 69 articles, it seems to look more like just 8, because 62 are extensions of the same topic (which I'm hoping is notable itself). But the bottom line is: I don't know :-) Cheers! Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 13:30, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Request for reconsideration: deletion of 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review'

Hi there, I note that you deleted the article 'International Free and Open Source Software Law Review' in November, and would like to request that it be reinstated. The reason given was lack of notability, and the fact that it had only published one issue. The publication had, and has increasingly, a large degree of respect and support from around the Free Software community in academia and industry, and further has just published its second issue (Volume 1, Issue 2).

It is listed by major academic libraries around the world (it is indexed by OCLC) and deposits DOI numbers with CrossRef.

I'm not particularly familiar with Wikipedia's un-deletion procedure or how to go about requesting it, so hence I'm asking here. If you could point me in the right direction, that would be great. BigRedBall (talk) 20:03, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Since it was deleted based on editorial consensus, your best bet would be to file a request at deletion review, where other users will chime in and determine after a week whether or not there's consensus to restore it. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:38, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Julian, I'll try that. BigRedBall (talk) 21:45, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Request for recreation of article Exebit

I request you to revoke the deletion of article "Exebit" (deleted on 22nd October, 2009). The primary cause for deletion was being not listed by Google. However, after growing discussions as the festival draws closer, the Exebit website is getting several hits and is the top ranked article on google when you search for "exebit". Hence, I request you to reconsider the deletion. Exebit (talk) 15:02, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Exebit for why it was deleted. WP:DRV is where to go to contest the deletion. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:08, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. I have requested a deletion review. Request you to participate Exebit (talk) 15:46, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Isn't it a violation of the username policy to have a name that promotes a business?--otherlleft 15:49, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Exebit is not a business organization. I do not intend to promote using wikipedia. If you still disagree, please continue this discussion on my talk page. Exebit (talk) 15:57, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Deletion review for Exebit

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Exebit. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Exebit (talk) 15:46, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Usurpations

Hi, Is it possible if I can have username Saki? my request here. --Saki ^talk 13:55, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Looks OK to me. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:35, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

I didn't get? --Saki ^talk 11:22, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Will it takes some time? --Saki ^talk 15:11, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

GOZERBOT deletion

Hoi Julian,

I just want to say that my bot GOZERBOT is still under development and living. Version 0.9.1 went into debian, 0.9.2 is under testing and a seperate version has been made to run on Google Application Engine to bridge IRC and Wave. Thing is that i dont seem to be able to find how to disable the purple background. If you can show me how to create a wiki page on GOZERBOT that doesnt require deletion, much appriciated.

Bart Bthate (talk) 20:12, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but I'm not sure what you're referring to. Could you please provide a link? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:19, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

I was referring to this page .. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_bots. It says that bots not longer maintained show a light purple background which is also the background on the font when i have already clicked on the link. This let me to believe wikipedia was thinking GOZERBOT is no longer maintained. Is this the case ? Its still not clear to me. I thought the deletion of the gozerbot wikipedia page and this light purple color was like erasing gozerbot from the wikipedia memory ;]

Bthate (talk) 15:49, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you

		Like a Box of Chocolates...
		... your contributions at Wikipedia:Featured Article Candidates during the month of January 2010 are greatly appreciated. Ealdgyth - Talk 01:40, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Yummy! Thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:09, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Admin coaching

Hi Julian, I've got a little over 3,000 edits and I was just wondering if you had any spaces left for another admin coachee. With the recent RfA of Olaf Davis I thought you might have a space. I've seen your name all over Wikipedia (DYK, RfB - including your own, RfA, the list goes on...) and thought you would make a great admin coach. I'd be willing to take things slow (I wouldn't even consider an RfA for at least six months - I'm asking a little prematurely, I know). I've undergone an editor review and it appears that I'm on the right track. Would you be willing to coach me? Thanks, JulieSpaulding 09:12, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Hi Julie. Sure, I'd be happy to help. Fair warning, though, I take admin coaching quite a bit slower than most other admins, and it might take me a couple days to respond between lessons/courses/questionnaires. If you're still interested go ahead and create User:JulieSpaulding/Coaching (use your imagination!). Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:13, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I don't mind going slow, and I would probably prefer it. I'll create the page now. JulieSpaulding 01:55, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

AC: My status update

I've completed this! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 17:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

Music of Minnesota

Julian, thanks again for semi-protecting MoM. The semi has now expired, the article is at FAR, and an IP has added the same unsourced text on Electro music three times. Would you mind watchlisting the article in case the IP comes back during the FAR? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:29, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks for the note! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:12, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Love (1950)

On February 1, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hurricane Love (1950), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:00, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

WikiCup 2010 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. We've had some shakeups regarding late entries, flag changes and early dropouts, but the competition is now established- there will be no more flag changes or new competitors. Congratulations to Sasata (submissions), our current leader, who, at the time of writing, has more listed points than Hunter Kahn (submissions) and TonyTheTiger (submissions) (second and third place respectively) combined. A special well done also goes to Fetchcomms (submissions)- his artcle Jewel Box (St. Louis, Missouri) was the first content to score points in the competition.

Around half of competitors are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. 64 of the 149 current competitors will advance to round 2- if you currently have no points, do not worry, as over half of the current top 64 have under 50 points. Everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places in round 2! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, by email or on IRC. Good luck! J Milburn, Garden, iMatthew and The ed17 Delivered by JCbot (talk) at 00:16, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protection of Super Bowl players BLPs

• Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Semiprotection_of_BLP_articles_for_Super_Bowl_players

Please read and comment on my observation of extensive vandalism to Nate Kaeding's article two weeks ago, and on my request to semiprotect all the articles of players in Super Bowl XLIV for the next two weeks until a week after the game ends. Chutznik (talk) 03:45, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Ping

Well I tried to contact User:Example2 but he didn't answer his phone.  ;) I added some stuff to that there page; do you think I'm missing anything?--otherlleft 05:34, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Stupid templates! Your answers look fine to me. Short and to-the-point, which is definitely a good thing! Whenever you feel ready, just go ahead and transclude the RfA. Good luck. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:36, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! It's done - but you did all the hard work really, and I appreciate it. I'm going to sleep now, hope no big questions pop up that need my answer prior to morning coffee . . . --otherlleft 06:49, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Erfan

Hi Julian, recreation of the article for "Erfan" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfan) was approved in "deletion review" but the article is locked by admin and i can'r recreate it, can you give some direction please? What is the process to follow? The recreation permission was approved by you, see link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2010_January_14. Fishoil3 (talk) 18:42, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Fixed, thanks for the reminder. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:44, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Phantomsteve's RfA

Most definitely. Send the link my way and I am on it! – ukexpat (talk) 01:50, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done - after your thoughtful nomination, there wasn't much else to say! – ukexpat (talk) 02:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the nomination, Julian! Now we see how it goes! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 09:12, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

The deletion of the page Edward Fletcher (actor)

Hello, the article on Edward Fletcher (actor) was deleted, but there were only two votes in favour of deletion and one against. Although this is a majority in favour of deletion, I believe the discussion should not have been closed so soon, with so little votes. Could the article please be undeleted so that the deletion discussion can stay open so more people can join the voting? (Bgeelhoed (talk) 10:07, 2 February 2010 (UTC)).

AfDs typically run for around a week, and although I had the option of relisting it for another, I think it was fairly clear-cut. Also keep in mind that AfD is not a vote. Thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:38, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Coaching

Hi Julian, I have completed your questions on my coaching page. Not sure if you would like me to let you know after each 'task' has been completed (this one's just to be safe!) - if not, please let me know. JulieSpaulding 10:20, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Hey, thanks for the reminder. I've watchlisted the page, but if I'm slacking off, feel free to crack the whip every so often. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:38, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

No worries. JulieSpaulding 14:47, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

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Deletion request

Please delete Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of Knowledge/Drafts/Outline of geography, so that I can move the actual draft to there. (After I created the page, I re-created and developed it further in article space.)

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    22:43, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 22:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you. The Transhumanist    22:51, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

I am requesting a deletion review of my article on wiki. Dr. and Reverend Wayne Stokeling is an award-winning academician, theologian, and celebrated New York City personality. Stokeling has been pastor of the landmark St. John Baptist Church in the Brooklyn, NY neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant for 22 years.[1]

Education Stokeling has a B.A. in Business Administration from Mercer University; a Master's Degree in Management and Finance from Georgia State University; and an MBA from NYU.

Theological Education Reverend Stokeling's religious education includes the Seminary of the East in NY; the Chandler School of Theology of Emory University; and the London School of Economics and Theological Seminary at Vanderbilt University.

Honors Stokeling's recognitions include three honorary doctorate degrees from Luther Rice Seminary in Jacksonville, FL; Fitzgerald Theological Seminary in Fitzgerald, GA; and the Macon School of Theology. In 2007, Dr. Stokeling was selected to participate in Harvard University's Summer Leadership Institute. [2]

Pastor of St. Baptist Church (Brooklyn, NY) SJBC is a non-profit church in the predominantly African-American neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant in the borough of Brooklyn. The racial and social strife of the faced by the neighborhood in the 1960s and 1970s [3][4] was a force in the church's growing influence. SJBC quickly grew from 800 square feet to 22,000 square feet. Starting in the 2000s the neighborhood started to become gentrified, a trend that currently continues to this day.[5]

Preaching Style Stokeling is an accomplished musician who plays regularly in non-demoninatinal New York City jazz clubs. [6] Meter hymns and gospel music, as well as "Southern African-American close" (whoop) are elements of his sermons.[7]

References ^ NY Daily News ^ St. Baptist Church website ^ "No Place Like Home". Time. July 31, 1964. ^ Darien, Andrew. "Police Fraternity and the Politics of Race and Class in New York City, 1941-1960". Regional Labor Review. Spring 2000. ^ NY Magazine, 2005 ^ Blue Note Club ^ Culture Mob-Wayne Stokeling

External links Picture of Stokeling as an Engle Fellow, 2000

Please.

Wstoke (talk) 02:26, 3 February 2010 (UTC))Wayne stokeling

TFA question

So I finally got Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) to FA! In looking at the workings of Today's Featured Article for the first time (ever), do you think this would have a good chance on October 16, 2010? It will be the 160th anniversary of the consecration of the cemetery grounds. I read over the point system, but I wanted to hear what you think based on your experience. upstateNYer 03:26, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wstoke (talk • contribs) 03:37, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi Julian, would it be possible to ask for rollback rights? There are some multiple edits where undo isn't advisable on multiple, slow and deliberate vandalisms, such as this article. --TitanOne (talk) 17:50, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

New England Hurricane

I'm finding a fair amount about a hurricane that struck Nova Scotia August 18, 1893, but I'm guessing that's not the same based on what you have in the article so far. I've got another hurricane hitting Nova Scotia August 22-23, which I also don't think is yours (I'm trying to make sense of the reports, but it seems to me that it would be quite unusual for two hurricanes to hit Nova Scotia in the space of a week). It may of course be that these were in fact non-hurricane storms, I don't really know. I've sent over the pieces that seem relevant to your storm, but it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff so to speak, so some of it may not be relevant. Cool three (talk) 22:58, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

-autoreviewer

Cheers. You know, one day I'll do one of these things and get everything spot on... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:11, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Heh, no problem. It's a wiki, after all! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:28, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Your opinion please . . .

Do you think this user may have violated the username policy?--otherlleft 19:12, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

RMS Wiki Page

Hi Julian,

One of my colleagues recently pointed out that RMS' wiki page was recently deleted by you.

Can you please give me the reasoning behind this deletion and also please inform me on how we can either have the page reinstated or create a new one.

Thank you,

Carolyn Krehel 2.4.10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by RMS Info (talk • contribs) 20:46, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Hello. Could you please provide a link to the article in question? Thank you. 13:31, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season/archive1

Hi, can you revisit this FLC? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 03:17, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

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Re: BN

Well, I'm glad you found it mostly reasonable up until the last 2 lines. Anyway, I don't think anyone could make a case that I have directly and knowledgeably violated the community's wishes. There is not a consensus for a wait period, and in the absence of a consensus to change, the status quo holds steady. Our courtesy resysop process has served us well for years, and there are many editors who continue to support it even as those who cry "RfA is broken!" "The admin cabal is performing secret resysoppings!" etc. occasionally crop up on BN. But as the most recent discussion thread seems to have shown, there is no consensus to change the current low-bureaucracy processes. Andrevan@ 04:53, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

I have never been recognized for grace, my friend. I value the confidence and independence that allows one to break through groupthink and be bold. In this case as well, the trivial resysop is in line with policy, consensus, and precedent. To delay or cast uncertainty on a noncontroversial resysop is to do a disservice to our editors. I wouldn't say, resysop MZMcBride as he requested. This is limited to the noncontroversial cases. Andrevan@ 05:02, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK on Sallie Gardner at a Gallop

Hi, I've always looked at your opinions as very sensible stuff either negative or positive. That's why in light of this matter I would like to ask your opinion with regard to this DYK Nomination, which has been arguing the contents of Sallie Gardner at a Gallop and Eadweard Muybridge. We'll appreciate your inputs on this issue and I'd like to clear my perspective in this matter as well. I'd like to correct how I view articles should be created if in case I'm wrong. Thanks. --TitanOne (talk) 11:33, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I left a quick comment. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 13:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

GA mentor needed

I saw you listed as a GA mentor and I need some experienced advice. I recently reviewed University of Miami and was inclined to fail it, primarily for a heavy over-reliance on references from the university web page. This was the fourth GA nomination for this article, and the last review (in October 2009) failed for the exact same reason, which had not been addressed at all before renomination. The details are in my full review.

After a brief discussion with the nominator, I agreed to request a second opinion, as he feels strongly and I am a relatively new reviewer. No second opinion has yet been offered.

In the meantime, my review comments have reignited an old edit war, which was what caused the quick fail of the first GA nomination. It has spilled over to the talk page, the history, and the user talk pages. The nominator is trying to improve the references a bit, but I am afraid than now the edit war should block a GA promotion on stability grounds.

I am not sure what to do. Do I fail it now? Wait for the second opinion? Something else? Would you mind looking at this review lending me the benefit of your experience? Thanks. Nasty Housecat (talk) 03:25, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll take a look. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:29, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at it. I thought I made the right call but wasn't sure. Nasty Housecat (talk) 00:16, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your review. We did add non-UM sources around the previous GA review, and are added more now. The article was first nominated for GA in February 2007, and I stepped in to help address the deficiencies noted and move the article to GA status since late August 2009. Racepacket (talk) 15:05, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Albanian pederasty

Since I nominated that, I obviously agree with the outcome, but I'm afraid that at 60% or so !votes for deletion, a closure after only two days may be more trouble than it's worth. Hope not. Pederastic couples in Japan is a far more obvious early closure to make, but I'm not advocating you close that early either. Pcap ping 18:22, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

MuZemike seems to agree with your early closure, so perhaps I'm worrying too much. Pcap ping 18:23, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Ugh. I didn't notice it was only a couple days old. It's been restored and reopened. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:24, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Spamplate help?

Hey there - being my nominator and all, you willing to help me with a thank-you note? I'm completely at a loss for making templates and other pretty things around here.--otherlleft 18:35, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

So you know, I have in mind a message that would be appropriate regardless of outcome, and even an idea of an image to use. I spose I could just paste that into talk pages, but I think the templates I've seen show a lot of class.--otherlleft 21:04, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Well, it depends. Are you planning on it letting people know what you'll be doing with the newly-awarded mop? :) (Still a good chance!) What about...

Image here

Thanks for supporting me etc........................... –Juliancolton | Talk 21:22, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

I defer to your greater experience on the chances, but I have to say I've been fascinated by the reasons given on both sides. That ought to be perfect no matter what I end up writing, though, so thanks!--otherlleft 21:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Snowpocalypse listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Snowpocalypse. Since you had some involvement with the Snowpocalypse redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). Taelus (talk) 20:54, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:19, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Comment requested

I recently initiated a discussion on WP:ANI about a long term banned IP vandal who is IP hopping with AOL, continuing vandalism, and what to do about it. I'd appreciate your input, if you have time. Thanks. Connormah (talk | contribs) 23:30, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Typhoon Dan (1989)

On February 6, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Typhoon Dan (1989), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Named storms

Hey Julian today I created an article for Tropical Storm Chris and Ernesto of 2000. Well anyway, I looked through all of the articles for the Atlantic hurricane seasons in the 2000s decade. I noticed something amazing, every named storm in the 2000s decade now has an article! This is really great, but let me know if you find one that doesn't --12george1 (talk) 02:45, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Yup, those were the last of them. Nicely done overall. Just remember to tag the talk pages with {{hurricane|class=Start|importance=Low|storms-task-force=yes}}, and it's also a good idea to run new articles through a spellchecker. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 02:48, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Cyclone Vaianu (2006)

On February 6, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Cyclone Vaianu (2006), which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Calton weavers

I would like to see this article (by an editor who shares my IP and needs encouragement) considered for DYK. A tag could be "the Calton Weavers became Scotland's first working-class martyrs after the massacre of 1787". What should be done to improve it to the required level? Thanks, Aymatth2 (talk) 03:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Looks like it meets the requirements. Just go ahead and place a request at T:TDYK. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:37, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: IRC

heya. yea, i've heard of it... a few friends of mine use it. thanks for the invite, but i think i'll pass. as fun as this place is, i don't reallllllly want it to be that big of a portion of my life. too busy w/ school and sports. hope u understand bro! --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 04:34, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

maybe in the future. idk, i also dont want to give my ip address away. my parents were hesitant enough for letting me join wikipedia in the first place! --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 04:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Passport mess

As an uninvolved and trusted administrator, could I possibly ask you to take a look at the mess on Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Ozguroot_canvassing_again, Talk:Passport and Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2010-02-04/Passport? I am not going to attempt to sway you either way, but I think it is entirely clear that an administrator is needed, and my pleas at ANI have been met with utter apathy. —what a crazy random happenstance 06:51, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but I would rather not get involved in that dispute – have you tried an RfC? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:51, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

I thought the Mediation request would be a better place to start, but from the lack of response it appears I was wrong. I respect your wish not to get involved, it may indeed be a wise choice, but could you at least do something about Ozguroot's canvassing? In your judicial adminy capacity, as an uninvolved party? This is the second time he has canvassed editors to the same dispute; he has been directed to the relevant policy countless times; and continues acting as if his actions were entirely justified. In the absence of admin intervention Ozguroot's continued unethical behaviour will undermine any possibility at resolution. —what a crazy random happenstance 15:57, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Watcher tool on Meta

Two days ago, I placed a request to be added to the watcher tool list on Meta. It appears my request is being ignored. Since you are an administrator, could you add me to the list? Thanks. -NerdyScienceDude :) (✉ click to talk • my edits) 15:40, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:46, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Typhoon Angela (1989)

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Thank you from me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:00, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

re Rollback rights for Tyw7

Hey there JC, hope things are going well for you. I'm concerned about User:Tyw7 misusing rollback. Judging by the recent posts to his talk page, as well as other complainants at #wikipedia-en-help I witnessed, it seems he's too quick to draw the trigger and jumps on good faith editors. I wanted to remove the right but I noticed you once removed it but then restored it citing AGF.. I didn't want to go over your head. Perhaps you could review this case? -- œ^™ 07:27, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Dealt with. Thank you for the note. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:37, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Coaching

Hi Julian, I noticed you were online and thought that I might as well ask before I sign off for the day: have you taken a look at the responses to your questions at User:Arctic Night/Coaching yet? This would also be a good time to let you know that I have changed my username :) Talk soon, Arctic Night 14:41, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Participation at my RfA

Thank you for taking the time to weigh in on my RfA. It was successful, in that the community's wish not to grant me the tools at this time was honored. I'm taking all the comments as constructive feedback and hope to become more valuable to the project as a result; I've also discovered several new areas in which to work. Because debating the merits of a candidate can be taxing on the heart and brain, I offer this kitten as a low-allergen, low-stress token of my appreciation.

As my nominator you deserve particular thanks for your encouragement and vetting. This process has considerably stretched my brain and interrupted my normal sleep patterns!--otherlleft 14:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Pshaw, the process works just fine! The community gets the folks that they want to get, don't they? Before I consider if I want to try again, I'll be going over the opposes carefully to see which ones I even want to address, and then winnow down those to the ones I have any control over. One of the opposes likes to see two Editor Reviews prior, which seems reasonable enough; I might do that after some time has passed to get another opinion.--otherlleft 14:53, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

GA review for Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008

Another GA Mentor question: I was looking to review the above referenced article (the oldest article in the queue, so why not?). It seems that the review page refers to a GA review from 2008, and the comments there are really peer review comments from someone who was explicitly unwilling to start a review. The 2008 review was quick failed because the primary race was still ongoing. What do I do? Is there a way to close that old review out and start a new one (as the nominator intended)? Or should I just work from review page that is there and assume it will be clear to all what is happening?

Thanks for the help.

Nasty Housecat (talk) 03:48, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Hmm. To be honest I don't see any such review from 2008, except for a quick-fail in March. Talk:Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008/GA1 is from November, AFAICT. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

You are right. Not sure how I got confused there. Sorry for the distraction. --Nasty Housecat (talk) 15:44, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Maybe the Barack Obama presidential primary campaign, 2008 GA Review header implied "2008 GA review"? No worries either way. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:46, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

RMS Wiki Page

RMS Wiki Page

Hi Julian,

One of my colleagues recently pointed out that RMS' wiki page was recently deleted by you.

Can you please give me the reasoning behind this deletion and also please inform me on how we can either have the page reinstated or create a new one.

Thank you,

Carolyn Krehel 2.4.10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by RMS Info (talk • contribs) 20:46, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

   Hello. Could you please provide a link to the article in question? Thank you. 13:31, 5 February 2010 (UTC) 

== Hi Julian -

Here is the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_Management_Solutions ==

Thanks, Carolyn 2.8.10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by RMS Info (talk • contribs) 17:38, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Debbie (1969)

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Materialscientist (talk) 00:00, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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RfA Thanks

This is just a note of appreciation for nominating me for adminship. I didn't expect to get anywhere near 111 supports - I am honoured to be in WP:100.
When I've seen other RfAs, I have understood that it can be very emotional when it is not going well - I hadn't realised how emotional it could be when it is going well! Thank you for your kind comments in the nomination, and I promise to show you by my actions that your trust in me is well founded! Thank you once again for everything, including the coaching! -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:16, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

GA edit war advice

At my request, you looked at Talk:University of Miami/GA3. As I might have mentioned, a bit of an edit war has broken out around it now. Look here WP:AN3#User:Racepacket reported by User:Daedalus969 (Result: ) and here wp:ANI#Mass change to formatting style. IMHO, this is the lamest edit war ever, and having followed this article for a while, this is just the way these two guys work with each other. They are arguing over nothing of any substance. But they are now on the verge of getting blocked for antagonizing each other.

I put the GAN on hold a week ago so they could improve the references, they are doing a bang up job of that. The article will almost certainly pass in its current state, without the ANI issue. Should I fail the article for instability at this point, or just let it go as immaterial? How would you deal with this? Thanks for the help. Nasty Housecat (talk) 18:07, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Cool three

We can if the user requests it, and there is precedence for using the {{courtesy blanked}} template. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:19, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Only case I'm aware of is YechielMan in 2007, and the blanking was done by a crat not by the user themselves. There may be others. However, if Cool three wishes to have the RfA blanked because he feels there was private information revealed he could make a request for a courtesy blanking. Bear in mind this is not Cool three's own userpage we are talking about, but a project page. SilkTork *^YES! 18:36, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Why have you blanked it again Julian? SilkTork *^YES! 18:38, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Westgate, Canterbury

Hi. Don't know what happened on the above page today, while it went into DYK. The section that you attempted to edit had been removed by me earlier today, to another page where it properly belonged. By the time you came along and edited it, it had come back, somehow. Anyway, I've now rectified it.

The external link to that petition that you tried to write about has been branded as spam by Wiki, and can't be used. However I've managed to mention the petition on the new page City of Canterbury budget 2010−2011 using a another page which has its own link to the same petition. So no, worries, it's all cleared up.--Storye book (talk) 18:55, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Never touched that page. Sorry. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:56, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Ah, looked again and it was EJBH. You had signed a comment on his userpage and I must have hit that, and arrived here. Oops, sorry.--Storye book (talk) 19:02, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

24 Waterfall salute!

Thanks for all your help with picking images. Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park made Featured Article today! Dincher (talk) and Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:24, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Cool! Congrats! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 21:32, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Hurricane Inga (1969)

Hello! Your submission of Hurricane Inga (1969) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Cryptic C62 · Talk 04:40, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

I posted follow up questions on that at T:TDYK. Regards. Materialscientist (talk) 03:07, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (UK)

I have addressed all your issues and I would like you to double check and support the article nomination or list any other issues that you could find. Thank you very much for the constructive comments you brought up.Mephiston999 (talk) 04:33, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I only left a brief remark; perhaps you're looking to contact Mm40 (talk · contribs)? –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:02, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Essay question

I finally tried moving this essay into WP space but it looks like {{essay}} turned into {{essay-like}} so I moved it back. Did I move it into the wrong space by mistake or is something else going on here?--otherlleft 15:50, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

You moved it to Wikipedia/Once is enough instead of Wikipedia:Once is enough. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:51, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

I think I smell a trout in my future . . . thanks for the quick fix!--otherlleft 16:04, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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City of Canterbury budget 2010−2011

Help!

Background: If you'll please forgive me my previous error (above) - I really need your help. The above budget page, which I created and have been daily editing, is a local controversial issue which is now heating up to the point at which I'm having to field both vandalism and well-intentioned but unsourced edits by new editors. I have gone to great trouble to keep it as neutral as possible bearing in mind that both sides of the argument (broadly the Council and electorate) each have views that must be represented and precisely and carefully sourced. I believe I'm managing OK at the moment, but unfortunately I'm unavailable from Friday morning until Monday afternoon (UK time).

Request: Please could you kindly watch the page for (1) obvious vandalism; (2) unsourced text; (3) deletions of sourced text. When I return I can check through any deletions that you may make, and replace any material which I can source properly. Sorry to ask this, but it's an important matter to the community, and if the article can be kept neutral and sourced, that should keep most of the vandalism at bay.--Storye book (talk) 21:18, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure, I'll watch it. I've added it to the watchlist. Cheers, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:08, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thank you; very much appreciated. What worries me is that innocent-looking edits like the one at 21.24, 11 Feb by Notpinocchio look harmless enough to the passer-by, but are calculated to wind up the electorate, who are planning to be in the street on Saturday. If it's at all possible, please could you lock all edits until Monday morning or midday UK time? That would solve the problem all round. I'll put a note on the discussion page so people can leave their edit requirements there.

By the way, knock-on effect vandalism could also affect the following associated pages:

Roman Museum

Herne Bay Museum and Gallery

Westgate, Canterbury

Whitstable Museum

Westgate Hall, Canterbury

especially the last two which are due for the DYK queue.--Storye book (talk) 05:53, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Is this backlog is bad as it looks?

So why is it that the number of Temporary Wikipedian userpages is so large? If I understand correctly, permanently blocked users end up in this category, but can be deleted after a reasonable amount of time. They should be recategorized if they're a suspected sockpuppet (or puppetmaster I guess but it's not clear). So assuming my understanding is correct, is the 26K+ members of the category a real backlog or just a large number of users being given that reasonable amount of time to request unblocking?--otherlleft 05:03, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

The backlog is indeed quite bad. The issue is that the only way to clear it in a reasonable amount of time is with an automatic script. However, the category has created controversy in the past, and you really have to manually check each one. Admin-bots only work until somebody notices! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:08, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Good gods, I can't imagine a more tedious and thankless job for an admin to do, devoid of any glory, repetitive as all get-out, and requiring just enough judgment that you can't mentally do it on autopilot, either. If I had known of it two weeks ago I would have made a very different answer to question 1!--otherlleft 05:13, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

One of the reason there is a huge backlog is that people avoid deletion, as there is no clause in policy which states that temporary userpages are to be deleted. This is more of something that was done by a few people, and it caught on and somehow became de facto consensus for their deletion. Personally, I'm of the opinion that they should not be deleted, as they provide a useful archive when searching for editors' (especially sockpuppets') histories. (X! · talk)  · @273  ·  05:33, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

So is the fact that it's considered a backlog controversial?--otherlleft 05:43, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Hurricane Inga (1969)

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Jamie♥S93 06:00, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Urgent

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Cyclone Larry

Is this still a happening thing? YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars photo poll) 07:11, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

I think so.... I'm waiting for Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) to start it. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:04, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I've been distracted by other things. I keep wanting to get many articles fixed up, feel free to go ahead and start improving the article without me Cyclonebiskit (talk) 14:35, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your RfA Support

Juliancolton/Archive 25 - Thanks for your participation and support in my recent successful RfA. Your confidence and trust in me is much appreciated. As a new admin I will try hard to keep from wading in too deep over the tops of my waders, nor shall I let the Buffalo intimidate me.--Mike Cline (talk) 09:07, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

'grats! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:04, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Your VOTE 2 vote at CDA

Hi Julian,

you are receiving this message as you voted in VOTE 2 at the recent Community de-Adminship 'Proposal Finalization' Poll. Unfortunately, there is a hitch regarding the "none" vote that can theoretically affect all votes.

1) Background of VOTE 2:

In a working example of CDA; ater the 'discussion and polling phase' is over, if the "rule of thumb" baseline percentage for Support votes has been reached, the bureaucrats can start to decide whether to desysop an admin, based in part on the evidence of the prior debate. This 'baseline' has now been slightly-adjusted to 65% (from 70%) per VOTE 1. VOTE 2 was asking if there is a ballpark area where the community consensus is so strong, that the bureaucrats should consider desysopping 'automatically'. This 'threshold' was set at 80%, and could change pending agreement on the VOTE 2 results.

This was VOTE 2;

Do you prefer a 'desysop threshold' of 80% or 90%, or having none at all?

As a "rule of thumb", the Bureaucrats will automatically de-sysop the Administrator standing under CDA if the percentage reaches this 'threshold'. Currently it is 80% (per proposal 5.4).

Please vote "80" or "90", or "None", giving a second preference if you have one.

This is the VOTE 2 question without any ambiguity;

Do you prefer a "rule of thumb" 'auto-desysop' percentage of 80%, 90%, or "none"?

Where "none" means that there is no need for a point where the bureaucrats can automatically desysop.

Please vote "80" or "90", or "None", giving a second preference if you have one.

2) What was wrong with VOTE 2?

Since the poll, it has been suggested that ambiguity in the term "none at all" could have affected some of the votes. Consequently there has been no consensus over what percentage to settle on, or how to create a new compromise percentage. The poll results are summarised here.

3) How to help:

Directly below this querying message, please can you;

• Clarify what you meant if you voted "none".

• In cases where the question was genuinely misunderstood, change your initial vote if you wish to (please explain the ambiguity, and don't forget to leave a second choice if you have one).

• Please do nothing if you interpreted the question correctly (or just confirm this if you wish), as this query cannot be a new vote.

I realise that many of you clarified your meaning after your initial vote, but the only realistic way to move forward is to be as inclusive as possible in this vote query. Sorry for the inconvenience,

Matt Lewis (talk) 14:46, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

When you get a chance...

When you have the time, could you copyedit Typhoon Wipha (2007) (save the met history)? Most of the article is done and I would like to get this to FAC soon, one the met history is done of course. Thanks, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 14:34, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

OK. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:24, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Voyage of the Karluk FAC Image review

Hi Julian, thanks for looking at the Karluk images. However I wonder if, on the FAC, you could make your comment sound a little more formal? I'm afraid the delegates might otherwise interpret it as a casual comment. Brianboulton (talk) 14:36, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

No problem,  Done. Sorry for the inconvenience. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 15:23, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for 1893 New York hurricane

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Materialscientist (talk) 18:00, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		All Around Amazing Barnstar
		Is awarded to Juliancolton for being an all around Awesome Wikipedian and for all that he has done for the encyclopedia. Best, Mifter (talk) 21:56, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Heh I haven't seen you in forever (Mainly because I was too lazy to reinstall Chatzilla :) ) and I thought you could use this :P. Also, thanks for the heads up about that bad block I made ;). Best, Mifter (talk) 21:56, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Hey, thanks—I appreciate it. Sorry for the grumpiness on your talk page. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:06, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Dropping by to say Hi!

--Written by GeneralCheese 22:34, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

Nomnomnom! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:06, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Question

Do you still think that I need some mentoring? On one hand I have now become a content creator with 2 DYK's and 2 GA and on the other, I was blocked a few days ago for edit waring becasue I was reverting a troll-like comments directed toward me.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 01:10, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Well what you need is to first take down the self-pitying message on your talk page. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:34, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Uh...the lyrics are long gone buddy. I was justed a bit mad and put that together and posted it. I took a 22 hour break and went back to editing.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 01:43, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

What lyrics? I'm talking about the "Somebody said this about me" crap. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:44, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Oh. Sorry then wrong thing. And no, I will not take that down. I think of it as a bit of humor. Afterall, that comment was made back in september when I was a useless myspacer. Nice to know that I've changed at least a bit now. Right?--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 01:46, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but then you'll never gain respect as a contributor. People call each other names sometimes and say mean things. To embellish it and make sure people know is immature and frankly rude. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:47, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Fine. I've removed it.--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 01:50, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Good, cheers –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:51, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Is that seriously it? I thought that you'd pull out this big list and read it off to me. "This is wrong", "You need to do this", "You don't need to do this" "Please stop/do this" ect ect....--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 01:54, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

City of Canterbury budget 2010−2011

Hi Julian. I'm back now. Thank you very much indeed for kindly keeping an eye on the above. It was much appreciated.--Storye book (talk) 18:36, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure, glad to help. :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:41, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

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Any Spanish speakers?

Talk:Tropical_Depression_Sixteen-E_(2004) – please and thank you! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 04:41, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Por supuesto que si. I happened to notice your eye-catching edit summary, so I'll take a look :). --ZooFari 04:50, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Todavía necesita ayuda? Tambien hablar espanol. (To some extent) :)--Coldplay Expért ^{Let's talk} 00:01, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Help us create a portal?

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Military_history/Maritime_warfare_task_force/Operation_Majestic_Titan#Portal.3F. :) —Ed (talk • majestic titan) 20:19, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Benjamin Bradley (pornographic actor) userfy request

Hi, I was going to create this article as I have reliable sources for GayVN Awards and Grabby Awards where he has been nominated for different awards in different years (satisfying WP:PORNBIO), for example "2007 Nominations Grabby Awards". Grabbys.. Perhaps you could userfy the previous version for improvement? Cheers Ash (talk) 14:13, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Userfied to User:Ash/Benjamin Bradley (pornographic actor). Regards SoWhy 14:23, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Mythogeography

You deleted the entry for Mythogeography. Now it's been the subject of a book, an academic conference, two PhDs and a fair amount of international interest, I wondered if you were feeling any more inclusionist. Thanks, Andrew Carey Westhay (talk) 18:52, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

It has nothing to do with feeling "inclusionist" or "deletionist" actually. The article was proposed for deletion via the usual means. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 18:54, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Moving back 2 userpages to proper place

Hi, two accounts currently posted to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Tony_winward as suspected sockmaster and sockpuppet had their userpages moved:

1. (Move log); 19:21 . . Tony winward (talk | contribs) moved User:Tony winward to User:Columbo (Tag: self-renaming or bad user talk move)
2. (Move log); 19:17 . . Anthony Winward (talk | contribs) moved User:Anthony Winward to User:Riverside (Tag: self-renaming or bad user talk)

As redirects were created I can't move them back. Could you help with putting the pages back to where they originate from? Jarkeld (talk) 19:17, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused. These accounts seem to have been renamed awhile ago. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 19:25, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Strangely enough, I noticed these too: I have mentioned it to Andrevan as they renamed the user in December (see thread). I hadn't seen the SPI, but it certainly looks suspicious. I'll add a link to that thread at the SPI. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:05, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again

I just wanted to say thank you once again for the coaching, and the support. I really was amazed at the outcome of my RfA (ok, not the outcome itself, I was hoping for that, obviously! - but certainly by the final count).

Your coaching helped to make me think about the policies and guidelines behind the different admin actions - without actually saying "this is how you should think" or "this is how to answer this question" - exactly what was needed!

The wiki is still here, Main page hasn't been deleted and Jimbo Wales is still unblocked - so I'm not doing too badly!

I've done quite a few deletions (mainly expired PRODs, copyvio pages, consensual AfDs) and a couple of blocks - and no complaints in my first week, so I'm hopefully not doing too badly!

Regards, and thanks once again, -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 20:12, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Awesome, good to hear! In time, the admin tools will thoroughly ruin your enthusiasm for the project, so enjoy the novelty of it while it lasts. ;-) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:26, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

I honestly couldn't figure out why some people are opposed to coaching at first, but I see how it could just be used to show people how to answer questions and respond in the way the community expects. I haven't dug about but it sure sounds like you guys used it in the way it was intended - to help someone understand what the tools should be used for. Glad to know that my cynicism can be held at bay for another day!--otherlleft 11:04, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Coaching

Hi Julian, just letting you know that I've completed your latest task at the coaching page. Now might also be a good time to let you know that I have changed my name from my real name to Arctic Night. Anyway, see you soon. Arctic Night 10:45, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Speedy delete request

Please delete Talk:Outline of England/Temp. See the speedy tag's edit summary.

Thank you.

The Transhumanist    21:29, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Blade Thompson

Hi,

Could you userfy a copy of this deleted article? I suspect it may be similar to the Italian version and as I can add his 1998 GayVN Awards win (http://gayvnawards.avn.com/noms/pastwinners.html) this (and some text trimming) would probably be sufficient to address previous concerns. As for BLP issues, he was arrested for making various threats and these can be sourced to reliable news artices of the time. Ash (talk) 11:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Done –Juliancolton | ^Talk 14:44, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost interview?

Would you be interested in doing an interview for the Wikipedia Signpost on behalf of WikiProject Severe Weather? The interview would be featured as the WikiProject report in the March 1st issue of the Signpost. If so, please answer the questions here by February 27-28th. Thanks in advance, Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 22:59, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

I think Runningonbrains (talk · contribs) or JForget (talk · contribs) would be more knowledgeable and provide more in-depth answers. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 01:45, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Already left a note on Runningonbrains' talk page, but I'll drop one on JForget's. Thanks anyway. Ks0stm If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. 01:58, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

DYK for January 1961 nor'easter

On February 20, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article January 1961 nor'easter, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 00:12, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

move pretty please?

hey there. i just finished an article, but it says i need an admin to move it, and then i remembered u were an admin! could you help a bro out? User:Viennaiswaiting/Sandbox1 to Hurricane Ivan (1980). thx, hope u liek it --Viennaiswaiting (talk) 22:50, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Nice work. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:10, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Timeline of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season/archive1

Julian, could you comment on the timeline issue at this FLC? Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 23:53, 21 February 2010 (UTC)

Sure. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:01, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Pollara article

I would like to rewrite, add and subtract things from the previous Francis Pollara article. I believe I have fixed all the problems the article had now. So I am contacting to inform you as requested under the wikipedia message. Can I just post it now and work on it without suffering deletion again?

Thanks -John —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnart111 (talk • contribs) 00:22, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Hi, it's probably best to check in with WP:DRV. There, other editors will confirm that the article now possesses adequate notability. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:30, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Copyedit and possible collab.

I've just finished a complete rewrite of the 1919 Florida Keys hurricane meteorological history. It's been significantly expanded to five paragraphs now and after doing this much work, I'm thinking of attempting to get this article up to GA. Since you are well-versed in working with older storms, maybe you could help me out with this one. Aside from that, when you get the chance, could you copyedit the met history of the article? Thanks, Cyclonebiskit (talk) 18:50, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Bearnstar

		The Barnstar EATEN BY A BEAR
		For the following comment on my global sysop vote, I hereby award you this. Hamtechperson 20:07, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

There should be no globalblock for these people. Would you want an unidentified user coming and blocking you from all wikimedia wikis? I wouldn't. Hamtechperson 20:16, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

If I'm a vandal, then yes, I would. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:32, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Copied from this vote on Meta. Removed things that are not relevant. Hamtechperson 20:07, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Sanam001

Hey Julian,

I've taken the liberty of unblocking him temporarily, since CU evidence doesn't seem to support any wrongdoing on his behalf. Did you block him on purpose or were you confused by the usernames? Cheers! -- Luk ^talk 16:50, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Looks like a mistake on my part. Sorry and thanks for taking care of it. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 16:52, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

PUI on Commons

Hi Julian, Conservativelink uploaded a bunch of pictures on Commons of a male model and aspiring politician, whose article was deleted here for lack of notability - see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colt Tallent. The pictures look like modeling photos for the most part and some of the stuff said in the AfD makes me think they are probably copyvio. Is there a PUI on Commons? Thanks as always, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 18:45, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Final discussion for Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

Hello, I note that you have commented on the first phase of Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people

As this RFC closes, there are two proposals being considered:

1. Proposal to Close This RfC
2. Alternate proposal to close this RFC: we don't need a whole new layer of bureaucracy

Your opinion on this is welcome. Okip 02:20, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Something else

It's pity that you deleted Recon Ron Pull-up Program from wiki. It was nice thing here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.19.114.22 (talk) 10:51, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

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Successful featured picture nomination

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, File:ParmaMelor AMO TMO 2009279 lrg.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Maedin\talk 21:47, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for nominating this, both here and at Commons. -Atmoz (talk) 23:34, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Nice upload! :) –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:35, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

FLCs

Hi Julian. For want of a better way of putting it, your review at Timeline of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season may be causing WP:TLDR! Any chance that, assuming your concerns have been addressed, that you could cap them to prevent the review becoming too long? Many thanks for your efforts at FLC. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:25, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Thanks dude. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:29, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

 Done! Thanks for the heads-up. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:36, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Recon Ron Pull-up Program

It's pity that you deleted Recon Ron Pull-up Program from wiki. It was nice thing here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.19.114.22 (talk) 10:52, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but this conversation amongst editors concluded that the topic is unsuitable for coverage here. Regards, –Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)