User talk:LAAFan/Archive5

Thanks

Thanks for the revert on my talk page. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:13, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

AIV

Hi, regarding the block of 76.116.153.29 (talk · contribs), leaving a block notice isn't needed for an IP to be blocked. If you click on its contribs and go to "Block log", you'll see it's been blocked. For IP vandalism, I usually don't leave block notices because if a blocked user tries editing, they would see the block reason through the MediaWiki:Blockedtext. Spellcast (talk) 09:43, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

re: Guestbook

Thanks for that aha, was waiting for someone to correct me! I guess I'm still up there with the biggest! :). Jack?! 15:53, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

I moved you into the top ten in User:Jack/ABs (which only I can do :P). And here's a smile back! Jack?! 16:00, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Jack?! has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

You're welcome and thank you for the barnstar. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:20, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Redirect

Hi,

I am new to Wikipedia, and don't yet fully understand the termologies. What should I do in order to get the redirect removed.

Thanks for your help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nitech2008 (talk • contribs) 15:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I am confused that there are so many different pages. I found out how to sign now, and hope this would work.

Thanks,--Nitech2008 (talk) 16:05, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Reply

Thanks, it's fine, I never held a grudge against you if you thought that! 16:15, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I cannot see the pages anymore. It moves me to the "speedy deletion", hence I cannot see the information in the corner as you suggested. Help please! --Nitech2008 (talk) 16:19, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Alfred Addis's speedy

I moved the page back to its original name and removed the speedy tag. It's blanking was not vandalism but an improper action by someone who believes they "own" the article. Please check the article history before speedying it. - Trevor MacInnis (Contribs) 16:31, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

olivebranch

Hello, LAAFan. You have new messages at Travellingcari's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

I am really confused now. From the history, all my contributions from August 6th to September 1st have disappeared. I cannot access the text to make changes. Would you help? Thanks.--Nitech2008 (talk) 08:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which did not succeed with 47 support, 21 oppose, and 1 neutral. I appreciate both the supports and the opposes. Thanks again and cheers! TN‑X-Man 18:32, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent RfA, which was successful with 58 support, 4 oppose and 1 neutral. Kind regards. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:User:Spittlespat

Thanks. I was away for a few days, and I couldn't work on the lessons. I didn't have much time today either, so I'll start work tomorrow. Sorry for the delay :) Chamal ^Talk 13:32, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which succeeded with 71 support, 14 oppose, and 5 neutral. Thanks for your participation. I hope I serve you well!

--Smashville^BONK! 23:27, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:Motto of the Day

My reply here. By the way, nice job lately. :-) You seem to be doing well from when I first met you, which I believe was one WikiZorro first adopted you. -- RyRy (talk) 02:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:Delay

No problem. But it's already updated by the time I wrote this :) I'll get started on the quiz now. Chamal ^Talk 02:07, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Bart Gets an F

The article still has a way to go before it's GA worthy. The cultural references section needs refs and a production section is needed. I suggest listening to DVD commentaries. It also wouldn't hurt to check Newsbank as this was a very high profile episode in the media, so you should be able to find some useful reviews and comments. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 03:08, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey Bud!

Just stopping by! I saw your being admin coached! Spectacular! I can't be on too much, but you can email me and I'll respond through Wikipedia. You'll make one heck of an admin!
I'm currently attending MIT majoring in Aeronautics and Astronomics and I also take physics and Nuclear Science and Engineering.

Sincerely,

WikiZorro^sign

No thankyou

Thankyou for the offer, but I don't think it'll work out. I'm seeking a mentor who is involved in mediating discussion. Specifically, cross-wiki collaboration. Ottre (talk) 00:24, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

How does this work....

A Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim fan nominating Derek Jeter?? ;D ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 18:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, you should have. =) ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 18:24, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it's so valuable, you should print it off and keep it for when I become famous!! ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 18:29, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Oh, didn't realize that it had been that long! ;D ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 22:20, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

There, I added a guestbook/signature collection. You want to be the first to sign it? (User:the_ed17/Guestbook) ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 22:32, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 22:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Your RfA

Sure, I'll take a look. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 22:44, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Good move, it's best to save face for the future. Obviously you know what area you have to work on... I'd suggest a closer working relationship with your admin coach, and also asking them before you run again (preferably asking them nominate you). best, –xeno (talk) 22:54, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Sure, it isn't a formal deal. I apologize, I have been extremely busy lately. Prodego ^talk 23:58, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

Coaching

Sorry, I really am pretty full in my hands, in real life and on here. However, I recommend that you ask User:Sephiroth BCR or User:X!. Both are available according to the chart, and good admins to learn from. Sorry. bibliomaniac1 5 00:25, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Let me take a closer look at your work and I'll get back to you shortly as to whether I can coach you. Useight (talk) 21:51, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I can help you out. After my initial brief review, it does seem you are on the right track, but you've made a few mistakes. I, too, made some errors that doomed my early RFAs (which, after the passage of some time, I realized I didn't know enough to be a very good admin). Anyway, we can go ahead and have "Editor coaching", as I call it now, it is admin coaching with a little different spin. This opportunity should be used to demonstrate what you do and don't know and pick my brain to learn as much as you can. Will it make you into the a better candidate for adminship? Indirectly. The goal, though, is to improve as an editor to become well-rounded, versed, and knowledgeable. Useight (talk) 03:30, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I'll create a page for the editor coaching to take place shortly, I'm only on Wikipedia for a couple of minutes, then I'm going to play Age of Empires II. The page will be at User:LAAFan/Editor coaching. Useight (talk) 03:32, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

By "active" and "hands-on", what, exactly, are you looking for? If you want assignments, we can do that. If you want quizzes, we can do that. If you a question and answer session, we can do that. If you're concerned that I won't be editing every day to be available, you can let that concern rest (I'm checking Wikipedia throughout the day when I'm not actively editing, except when I'm in class or asleep (and if I had a laptop, I'd be on during class, too.)) Let me know what, precisely, you want the coaching to be, and I'll let you know if I can do that. Useight (talk) 03:38, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Okay, the page is created and I put some initial questions there in order to find out what we should focus on and which direction we should go. Useight (talk) 06:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Guestbook

Yes, that would be great! Thanks! Soundcrafter (talk) 01:24, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Thank you, it is much appreciated! --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk} 20:44, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Re. Eddie Yuhas

Sorry about the incorrect template; at the time, then only team I saw were the New York Yankess. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 02:24, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Yep. And I fixed the talk-temp of the talk page. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 02:26, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

I also added a ref name, for the duplicate link. :P Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 02:30, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Ack! /facepalm/ Sorry. shakes head This is not my evening. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 02:34, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

MLB Retired template

I noticed you've been creating some baseball player pages lately. You might be interested to know that there is a separate infobox template for retired players at Template:Infobox MLB retired. You should probably be using that instead of the Mlbplayer one you've been using. -Dewelar (talk) 19:19, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

thanks

Hi LAAFan, thanks for the barnstar and for signing my guest book. Much appreciated Superflewis (talk) 04:32, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Quick fail of Brat Pack (movies)

Thanks for taking the time to review this article. I'm curious why so many other nominations get put on hold for much more serious issues, and yet this one was summarily failed without even giving initial recommendations? Please also see responses on review page. Maher-shalal-hashbaz (talk) 19:41, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Miscellany of Panaghoy sa Suba

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Miscellany of Panaghoy sa Suba, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised because even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:01, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

G LIFE RECORDS

A tag has been placed on G LIFE RECORDS, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.

If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Yourname (talk) 01:57, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Eddie Yuhas

On 18 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Eddie Yuhas, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 18:08, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Question

Hi, sorry to see you're wikibonked ;) I've got a question. If there's an unreferenced fact in an article, and if an editor believes that it's wrong (but not intentionally giving wrong information or anything like that), should it be removed straightaway or is it better to discuss it with other involved editors or on the article talk page first? Let's say the 2nd editor is also not sure about it being completely wrong, but just feels like it's wrong. So it's a bit like both parties are unsure. How can you come to an agreement in a situation like that? Should the uncertain material be removed? Chamal ^Talk ± 17:31, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

DYK

On 20 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stan Perzanowski, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Jordan ^Contribs 18:09, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for the barnstar -- I will put that on my User Page. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:11, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Ecoleetage (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Cheers, and Happy editing!
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RfD nomination of Navy of Sudan

I have nominated Navy of Sudan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of Navy of Belarus

I have nominated Navy of Belarus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 16:01, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

Navy redirects

We've been "bluelinking" the Navy of x links in the basic topic country lists, by creating redirects for them, even for the countries that have no navy.

There's been a little controversy over the navy redirects for the landlocked countries (many of which have no navy), as you can see above. But it's all been worked out. Each country with no navy gets a redirect to wherever it is reported that it has no navy, or failing that, to its "military of" article.

The country lists are coming along slowing but surely. It shouldn't take too much longer before they will be complete enough to move into article space (!), but I can still use all the help I can get. (hint hint).

The Transhumanist    20:46, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

We could sure use your help in bluelinking the links in these lists (each link appears in the one of the various country basic topic lists):

• User:ChiragPatnaik/Navies
  
• User:ChiragPatnaik/Armies
  
• User:ChiragPatnaik/Air Forces

To bluelink them, create a redirect to wherever the information is covered. If there is no entity, redirect to where that is (or should be) covered.

If you have any questions, please contact me. The Transhumanist    20:58, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Well...

...even though you cheated even more than Chamal-

	Chubbennaitor's Hidden Barnstar
	This user has found Chubbennaitor's Secret Page and proudly exhibits this award. See if you can find the hay-coloured pin in a haystack link?Ver. 2.5

Chubbennaitor 16:39, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Well...

...even though you cheated even more than Chamal-

	Chubbennaitor's Hidden Barnstar
	This user has found Chubbennaitor's Secret Page and proudly exhibits this award. See if you can find the hay-coloured pin in a haystack link?Ver. 2.5

Chubbennaitor 16:41, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Well...

...even though you cheated even more than Chamal-

	Chubbennaitor's Hidden Barnstar
	This user has found Chubbennaitor's Secret Page and proudly exhibits this award. See if you can find the hay-coloured pin in a haystack link?Ver. 2.5

Chubbennaitor 16:44, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Well...

...even though you cheated even more than Chamal-

	Chubbennaitor's Hidden Barnstar
	This user has found Chubbennaitor's Secret Page and proudly exhibits this award. See if you can find the hay-coloured pin in a haystack link?Ver. 2.5

Chubbennaitor 17:02, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

That GA you are reviewing....

I think that the user retired...(Red4tribe?) ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 23:56, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

another message. =) Put it on your watchlist. =p ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 00:15, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Welcoming RAMPAGE!

[take a look] =D ^-talk- the_ed17 ^-contribs- 00:43, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for signing a while back....

can u please help me in editing my first created page...i dont know whether can write here or not ...after seeiin that everyone is writing i did too Nsaiabhishek (talk) 22:13, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

...and I copied your barnstar! =)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		Thank you for signing my guestbook. -talk- the_ed17 -contribs- 01:09, 25 September 2008 (UTC) barnstar copied from LAAFan

Lessons

Hi! I'm a bit busy these days, and I'll be able to spend only a little time editing Wikipedia for a few days. I think the adoption lessons will be a bit slow, but as you've given a time limit, I'll try to get it done (I have one more day, I think). Chamal ^Talk ± 01:16, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

OK then, I'll post on the adoption page when it's done :) Chamal ^Talk ± 01:23, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Reason

The Wikipedia thing wouldn't work so I carried on saving so you only get one I'm afraid to say. Chubbennaitor 12:48, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thanks alot for the barnstar, much appreciated. wwesocks^sign 06:00, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

About Good Article Nominees

Yes, that user may have nominated bad articles for GA, and what you did was correct. However, you did it on wrong grounds because: 1) The backlog existed long time before his arrival, rendering your "creating backlog" reason being moot. 2) It is not necessarily to be a major contributor of the article to nominate it for GA. All you need to believe is if the article meets the criteria, and the criteria does not mention anything with regards to contributor status. OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 13:08, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Good work.

		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For a nice job on Smita.  Logical Premise Ergo? 17:59, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which passed with a count of (154/3/2). I appreciate the community's trust it me, and I appreciate the community's trust in me, and I will do my best to be sure it won't regret handing me the mop. I am honored by your trust and your support. Again, thank you. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 19:36, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

DYK for List of Arizona Diamondbacks managers

On 28 September, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Arizona Diamondbacks managers, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your contributions! - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 05:51, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Task complete

I've completed the task with WP:AIV. Just dropping by to let you know that I might not be very active for a day or two. I'll probably make some small edits, but might not have time for the adoption tasks until the 1st Oct. Cheers. Chamal ^Talk ± 12:22, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

SevOne

I added some references to SevOne. You may wish to revisit Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SevOne. -- Eastmain (talk) 01:47, 30 September 2008 (UTC)