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FL count

Thanks Matthew. Nice to know someone's keeping an eye on me! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:42, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your response to the challenge to removal of the Supreme Court list. I have responded in some detail on the editor's page. No worries! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:53, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 06:56, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

If you're still around, can you confirm that you're still opposing the mammoth List of Maryland state highways? Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:11, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Yup. Too many redlinks, and I can't help feeling it is missing information compared to List of Interstate Highways in Texas, which is the only similar Featured road list. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks once again. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:59, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome. It's 1 a.m. now so I'm off to bed. Goodnight & good morning! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:01, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I responded to your concerns about the FLC of List of tallest buildings in Baltimore, hereSRX^--LatinoHeat 19:13, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

FLC:List of elements by stability of isotopes

I replied to some of your comments. Nergaal (talk) 08:03, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

I finished going through all your comments except the one with the footnote a. What do you think of the article now? Nergaal (talk) 14:08, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Suppor or oppose the FLC? Nergaal (talk) 21:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Belgium)/archive1 ... Question

Hi Matthew,

Apologies for pinging you again, I really do not know how the FL process works (It is my first nomination, but I hope it won't be the last) so maybe this note is not needed. The previous article is close to be 10 days in the FLC list and it is still showing that you are opposing the nomination, although the vast majority of the points you raised were already fixed. Am I supposed to do something else? Thanks in advance,

Miguel.mateo (talk) 23:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Friendly ping that you recent comments has been resolved in the previously mentioned article. Thanks a lot for the great reviews! Miguel.mateo (talk) 08:36, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Chinese inventions & The Office (U.S. TV series) season 2 & Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Belgium)

Hey Matthew. Any chance you can provide support/oppose/more comment on these three FLCs? They've just crossed the 10-day threshold so I'm hoping to close them one way or another. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done,  Done and  Done! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:16, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you for your participation in Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Twin Peaks episodes. The article was promoted to a featured list. Cheers! (SUDUSER)₈₅ 04:46, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Tenacious D peer review

I have been impressed with your discog comments. I would appreciate if you could note any suggestions on the Tenacious D article on its peer review. Thanks, Tenacious D Fan (talk) 14:23, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

I'll try to get to it today. Bit stressed out off-line at the moment so I've not been as active. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 18:38, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

 Done – sorry it took so long. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:52, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

That's insane. Will check out. Thanks. Tenacious D Fan (talk) 09:02, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

en dashes in page names

Hey Matthew, thanks for originally raising the alarm here. You may be interested to see that Anderson has tried to trump the ensuing discussion at MOS (which has been closed in favour of the status quo), by making a major change to the Naming Conventions policy page on the issue. It is now in significant conflict with MOS, having previously just referred the issue to MOS by linkage. NC trumps MOS, since the former is a policy page. It is in no one's interest but Anderson's that this change by stealth (which I've reverted) be allowed to be reinstated there, since it will weaken the authority of MOS over consistent punctuation between article titles and main text (in FLCs, especially), and fuzzes WP's guidance on the matter to reviewers and nominators.

Article title "Golden Football Awards 1934-1984", because the nominator argues that "reliable sources" (such and such a web page or styleguide out there) use a hyphen for year ranges; but within the main text, our readers are hit with "1934–84" to comply with MOS (where Naming Conventions has no business).

Skim-read history of issue here, but comments required at the Naming conventions policy talk page.

This is of concern to both FAC and FLC processes, which need plain, clear guidelines, not deliberate spoiling by Anderson-cruft! Tony (talk) 03:11, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. I've commented as best I can. I don't have the literacy to get as deeply involved as I'd like sometimes. I often just add a sentence or two here and there and disappear, but hopefully my feelings were expressed well enough to make myself clear. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 04:55, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Definitely confidence

If it were ability (here), I'd be asking for money. Thanks for your input, which was very helpful. On the subject of 5='s vs. semicolon, the subject came up recently in WT:MOS that they appear the same, but the 5-heading lets you link directly to that conversation from other pages, so the 5-heading is a sign that people may want to point to the argument again. I'll revert unless you really don't like what we're saying :) - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 13:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar Matthew! I am glad to see the Top Ten stay featured. Thanks again for the star! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 08:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Los Angeles Lakers head coaches FLC

Hi Matthew - could you possibly review your position on this FLC and see if you support or oppose the promotion please? There's a lot of commenting going on but not a lot of supporting or opposition! Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:31, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

And while you're there, how about Woody Allen filmography as well? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:48, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:15, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Adminship

Hello. I've looked through your edits and find them to be quite impressive. As a result, I'd like to nominate you for adminship at WP:RFA if you're interested. I'd also like to know what you plan to use the tools for to see if you have experience in those areas. Let me know of your decision. Wizardman 23:21, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

You'd get my backing too. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:39, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi. Thanks for the thought! User:Pedro asked the same recently, so I've had to think about this already. I'd definitely use the tools for editing protected templates such as those relating to WP:NOWRAP, User:Matthewedwards/Nowrap problems, CAT:SHORTFIX and WP:DOC.I kind of enjoy doing this sort of background stuff that most people don't notice, and the tool to edit permanently protected templates would be a big help. Leaving requests on talk pages is time consuming, and also pulls other admins away from stuff they could be doing.

Other stuff I'd be happy to participate in would be CAT:CSD – esp WP:CSD#U1 as I'm an abuser of that and always feel a little guilty when I'm distracting an admin away from something that is probably more important! I already participate in [[WP:RQAC and WP:UAA, so I'd continue to do that, although to be honest my involvement hasn't been as high as I'd like due to recent real life stresses. I keep my eye on CAT:COMMONS, WP:CP, WP:PUI and CAT:NCT so after getting comfortable with the tools, I'd probably involve myself there, too.

I wouldn't close any AfDs - I'm fully aware how inexperienced I am in that area, although I have nominated a few articles in the last 2 weeks. That said, I do consider myself fairly intelligent, and if there was an AfD with nothing but keep or delete !votes, I'm confident I wouldn't mess anything up if I did close it.

I also don't see me blocking people. Not at first, at least. I don't do much vandal fighting because I find the tools to be annoying, so I think it would be unfair of me to go blocking everybody for vandalising pages in my watchlist. There are many admins who do this so well that it probably won't be something I do often, but I do understand that I would have to do it at some point. Although I don't comment, I watch pages such as WP:ANB, WP:AIV, WP:ANI and WP:RFP, so I know the "rules" and acceptable lengths of a block. I'd just keep watching other admins until my time to do it comes around.

To be honest though, because I'm not an admin, I don't know what the extra buttons an admin has does. Until I found out I couldn't say for sure how I would use them, except that I know if I could I would use them for the "secret background" stuff I first mentioned.

Again, thanks for your consideration. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 10:08, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Alright then. I'll get the nomination ready and ideally shouldn't find any issues. If I do I'll ask you about them. Wizardman 00:25, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

OK. I'll think about my answers to the first three questions in the meantime. How do you usually do your nominations? Create the page and transclude at WP:RFA immediately, or wait until I accept and answer the questions before it's transcluded? Also, you might want to drop a line to User:Pedro. he may or may not wish to co-nom. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 02:06, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

WhaT I do is make the page and the nom, then hand it over to you. You can answer the questions and transclude it when you're ready, though if Pedro accepts a co-nom you'd wait for that to be put up. Wizardman 02:08, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Everything looks good. I've went ahead and transcluded it. Good luck, and be on the lookout for questions. Some of my candidates get one or two extra, others 20. Pedro's on wikibreak based on his contribs but hopefully I'll be able to reach him sometime this rfa. Wizardman 03:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Green Bay Packers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

I have replied to your comments at the above discussion, thanks for the review. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 23:31, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

U2 discography

Sorry that I didn't get a chance to reply again to the FL-nom for U2 discography, but I'd like to help get that list ready to renominate it for FL in the future. If you're interested in helping out, please let me know. Thanks. –Dream out loud (talk) 00:39, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, but I'm really not all that interested in doing it. I took it on because the FLC nominator was blocked for being a sockpuppet, rather than because it was a subject I was passionate about. If you do work on it, let me know when you take it back to WP:FLC, and I'll be happy to provide comments. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 01:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Sepultura discography

Hi Matthew. Me again. Can you poke your nose around the FLC and provide an updated support/oppose/otherwise? It's at its ten day limit now so I'm keen to keep that backlog down! Oh, and while you're there, can you have a glance at List of IIHF World Under-20 Championship medalists? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:23, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:43, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Belgium) made it to Featured List!

Hi there,

I just wanted to say thanks for your contribution (directly or indirectly) to have the previous article in Wikipedia, now listed as a Featured List. This will be the first of a set of articles with similar topics for several countries of the Eurozone. The BEHAG is to reach a Featured Topic.

Thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 01:06, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Control (Janet Jackson album)

Hello, I'm currently working on Janet Jackson, Control (Janet Jackson album), Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 and janet.. I'm working to get them all to GA as well as FA (in addition to all articles relating to WP:JANET) and I could always use music-savvy editors to help improve the quality of the prose and overall content. If any aspect of the Janet Project peaks your interest, any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! The Bookkeeper (of the Occult) 12:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Michael Jackson

Hi, you commented at a previous PR review of the Michael Jackson article. Currently the article is at peer review and I will be renominating the article for FA at some point soon. I would really love to know what your opinion is of the articles quality now, either at the PR, the article talk page or even my talk page. The current PR hasn't drawn much attention so I'm in real need of feedback. I hope you can contribute an opinion to this article. Thank you, regards. — Realist² (Who's Bad?) 18:03, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of elements by stability of isotopes‎

The opening paragraph to the list has been changed as per your comments. How does it look now? Nergaal (talk) 08:49, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Tampa and Baltimore image mapping

I am not used to doing this (and I am not very good at describing things) but since Raime is on a wikibreak, I will give it a try.

For List of tallest buildings in Tampa, the gold-colored, ridged building on the right is Wachovia Center (Tampa). Two buildings to the left (the tallest building in the image with triangle shapes at the top) is 100 North Tampa. Between Wachovia Tower and 100 North Tampa and slightly blocked by them is One Tampa City Center. It is the building with the small rectangles located along the top. The blue and white building to the left of 100 North Tampa is Bank of America Tower (Tampa). The dark-colored building directly to the left and partly obstructed by the Bank of America Tower is Park Tower (Tampa, Florida). It is the building with the tall antenna at the top. The shorter building to the left of the Park Tower is SkyPoint. It is blue and has an apex on its left-most side. The circular, off-white building on the far left with the red sign at the top is Rivergate Tower. I believe that is all. If I forgot one or if I was not very descriptive, let me know.

Now, onto List of tallest buildings in Baltimore. The tallest building at the left of the skyline is Legg Mason Building. The building with the scaffolding-like structure at the top, direclty to the right of the Legg Mason Building is 100 East Pratt Street. To the right of 100 East Pratt Street, the building with the horizontal windows and a hexagonal shape is the Baltimore World Trade Center. Barely visible to the right of the Baltimore World Trade Center is the William Donald Schaefer Building. It has a brown color and has a large diagonal roof in the center (vertically) of the building. A US Flag tops out the building. The building with the trapezoid on the top (the trapezoid is black with white borders) on the right of the skyline is Commerce Place (Baltimore). To the right of Commerce Place is 414 Water Street. It has reddish sides with a lighter color for the center and the top three floors. A very small pyramidal structure is on top. I could not identify any other buildings, although they may be there. User:SRX may be able to provide more help if you think more buildings need to be identified.

If you have any questions about the above descriptions, please let me know. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 04:12, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

 Doing... though it might take a few days. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:43, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Blue Peter

I've removed the autoformatting to allow your high-value links to breathe. It's pretty heavily linked. Also, see MOSLINK and CONTEXT, both of which say not to link well-known geographical names. Wapping, maybe. London, definitely not. I'll come back. Tony (talk) 06:04, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Copyedit request

Hello. I see you take copyediting requests for TV-related articles. Could I bother you to do a copyedit of Cold Feet (series 1)? I can bribe you if necessary. Bradley0110 (talk) 17:45, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem. I'll have a look over the next couple of days. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 06:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

autoformatting no longer encouraged

Matthew, this bit at MOSLINK says it all, doesn't it? "Careful consideration of the disadvantages and advantages of the autoformatting mechanism should be made before applying it: the mechanism does not work for the vast majority of readers, i.e., unregistered users and registered users who have not made a setting, and can affect readability and appearance if there are already numerous high-value links in the text." CONTEXT refers by link to that statement: "See Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)#Autoformatting and linking for the advantages and disadvantages of autoformatting in various contexts." Tony (talk) 07:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Morning!

Hi Matthew. Some lists for you to reappraise please, if you have time. List of Green Bay Packers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico could use some opinion/support/oppose.... cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:17, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and List of Boston Bruins head coaches would be pleased to see you again! The Rambling Man (talk) 08:20, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Left another comment at Green Bay Packers. I'm too tired to read List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico (it's 1.30 am) so I'll do that tomorrow. As for Boston Bruins, only the final four of my comments have been addressed. The first 6 haven't been touched yet. I did comment only 3 days ago, so I'll give MFC a bit more time on it. And with your note, I now know it's time to go to bed! 'Night! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:30, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Blue Peter presenters DYK

On 8 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of Blue Peter presenters, 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.

Congratulations! --PeterSymonds (talk) 21:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

RTFM pointers for Flag templates

Hello, Matthewedwards. You have new messages at 151.200.237.53's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

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Your RFA

Best of luck for your RFA...And Wow !, you have a kewl userpage too -- TinuCherian ^(Chat?) - 09:57, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Twin Peaks episodes

Hey there! It may seem like a late notice, but I was able to expand some of the episode summaries that looked almost minute to me. I think they look better now. Though some copyediting may be needed for some parts....Anyways, thanks! (SUDUSER)₈₅ 05:02, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Question 7 of RfA

Don't answer it, it's a trick question.

From Kurt

To clarify a bit, here are the possible scenarios that can arise from this situation:

* Says "no cool-down blocks" because he or she agrees with CW, in which case I can't support because the person is wrong
* Says "no cool-down blocks" because, even though he or she disagrees with CW, still will follow the so-called "rules". In this case, I can't support because the person is more interested in following a bunch of so-called "rules" rather than using his or her own best judgment—not a desirable trait on a project that's supposed to be the antithesis of "rule-boundedness"
* Is in fact favor of cool-down blocks and would in fact go ahead and make them, but goes ahead and answers "no" to pass the RFA. In this case, the person is dishonest, and so I can't support.
* Says "Yes, cool-down blocks are fine" and really means it—I can support
* Says "Yes, cool-down blocks are fine" but is just lying to get my support—likelihood is slim to none, given that everyone else would oppose. Certainly unlikely enough that I can, for all practical purposes, afford to ignore it.

I fail to see what's wrong with forcing people to get off the fence and take a position. Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 14:28, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

Headbomb {ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 16:27, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks for the heads up. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 16:54, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to point out that Kurt, while at times he can be a little annoying, does mean well by that question. My answer would be, "The rules say you shouldnt do them, however, the rules should change since folks give them anyway... whether they want to admit it or not". You should answer the question... not that you have to, since they're all optional. But it would show that you're not scared to "wrongly" answer the question. Qb | ^{your 2 cents} 16:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

All possible answers are wrong, other than one... if he feels like it. If that's not a trick question, I don't know what is. Whether or not he means well can be debated, the fact remains that the question is heavily loaded. Headbomb {ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 17:55, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, now, a trick question means that there is no right answer, or that any answer would result in an oppose. Kurt's older question, "What is a cool-down block" was a trick/loaded question because it encouraged the cookie cutter answer... which would then result in an oppose. Now he's asking if the user believes in them. Which solicits a real, freer, answer. Qb | ^{your 2 cents} 18:06, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah. I haven't answered it not because I don't want to, or because I was warned against it, but because I haven't been online much since the question was posed.. Anyway, I expected Kurt to oppose. He opposes nearly everyone, and if it wasn't because he didn't like my answer to his question, it would probably have been per Wisdom. Which is fine. Some people think I may have been a little gung-ho with a couple of them, some don't.. I haven't said I'll block people because of their usernames so there ya go. I probably will answer his question later today. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 18:21, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

In all honesty, it doesn't even matter whether you do respond or not unless your answer is asinine to the max such as when in doubt, cool down block is always the way to go. The question is a 100% trick question from someone who, as you already realized, would have opposed you anyways on the basis that you, same as the vast majority of all people on here, don't measure up to his imagined standards. Don't be intimidated by him, his flawed logic can frustrate you but, in all reality, his oppose votes carry no weight whatsoever; the proof of that is in the impossible task of trying to find 10 oppose per Kurt votes anywhere on Wikipedia. Do what you like with the question but my honest opinion is that you got this in the bag and his trap won't do much to hinder you.

Peace! SWik78 (talk • contribs) 19:40, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

That's an interesting definition you have there of "trick question" then. Perhaps we should stop answering the AGF challenges as well, since they are, by those criteria, trick questions. —  scetoaux (T|C) 05:52, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Boston Bruins head coaches

Sorry for the delay - I've taken care of your comments. Best of luck on the RFA! « Milk's Favorite Cøøkie 01:12, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Matthew, are you happy to support this list now or do you have further concerns? Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:56, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Hey, can't remember - have you supported this yet? It's overdue and I want to axe it. Also, there are about four or five lists going overdue tomorrow so, if you haven't already, would you mind giving them a once-over and support/oppose/comment please? Oh, and welcome to Qui. I just discovered it ten minutes ago. Could be useful.. especially since our editing times seem to overlap by an hour in the evening and an hour in the morning! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:25, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it's rather handy, although it took a couple of days for it to activate. According to TheDJ, I have a "sick amount" of scripts running in my monobook! I should trim them back -- some are now duplicates of Gadgets, and others don't seem to work at all. I'll do an FLC sweep now, and I'll address your comments on the Blue Peter presenters list today, too. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 18:30, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

All good. Have a great day. The Rambling Man (talk) 18:33, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, you too! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 18:35, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Questions on RFA

No problem ;) Ncmvocalist (talk) 15:22, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Morning!

Morning Matthew, so, a couple of lists for you, if you'd be so kind: List of Atlanta Falcons first-round draft picks and List of The Killers awards. Both are overdue so any comments you have would be great. Cheers The Rambling Man (talk) 07:02, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

You are now an administrator

Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WjBscribe 03:37, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Congrats. You definitely deserve it. =) Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 03:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Damn I've been beaten here! Congrats on the adminship! Use it wisely young padawan. Gary King (talk) 03:52, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful RFA. Best of luck. Have fun with the 'power buttons' a.k.a the mop :) -- Tinu Cherian - 04:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Woohoo! Thank you, thank you. And Gary, I'm sure you'll get the tools next time . Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:47, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank spam

This is here so I don't flood everyone's talk pages with thank spam. I know how much it is hated. Thank you to everyone who !voted in my RfA. I wasn't sure I'd pass because other than my FLC contributions I'm a bit of a Lone Ranger in my WP editing. To everyone who supported, I thank you, your trust, confidence and support means a lot, and hope I will live up to your expectations. To those who opposed, thank you also. I will certainly take what you have said into consideration, and work on your fears to improve myself. Again, thank you to everyone! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 05:47, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Thankspam is hated? Since when? I was planning on doing if and when I ever got that far... :D Gary King (talk) Today, 01:51 am (UTC-4)

Who hates ?? Feel free to drop a note :) -- Tinu Cherian - 05:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Well done mate. Don't let those extra buttons get in the way of reviewing my lists! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:42, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

• Nonsense, I demand thankspam! (j/k). Take a look at {{admin dashboard}}, you may find it helpful in your exploits as admin. There's also some useful monobook enhancements on the talk page of that template. Congrats, and feel free to let me know if you have any questions as someone who is also a FNG. –xeno (talk) 12:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

List of voice actors in the Grand Theft Auto series

Back to work! Can you cast your eyes over this one and let me know what you think? Cheers, Mr Admin! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Blue Peter

Yeah, I think you're okay with the BLP issues. What I was referring to about logical conclusions was that I was hoping you could avoid any inference that dancing with male strippers was how someone may be exposed as homosexual. The sentence doesn't go that far, I know, but all I was saying was that I've danced with children and animals and it doesn't mean anything about my sexuality whatsoever...! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:58, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

List of U.S. Routes in Washington

I think your comments have been addressed - will you take a look at it once again please? Cheers. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:13, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

nudge, nudge... The Rambling Man (talk) 10:04, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

No bother with that one. Next up.. List of Seattle Mariners managers and Denver Broncos seasons and List of Brigham Young University alumni. If you have time. And well done on Blue Peter presenters. Good list that one! The Rambling Man (talk) 18:20, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

pissed off

i was not advertising so why did you delete it —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aussieroo2 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 16 July, 2008

Hi. I deleted West Wear ( your school & corporate wear specialist ) because it appeared to be WP:SPAM. The article exclusively promoted a company and needed to be fundamentally rewritten to become encyclopedic. Additionally, it did not establish Wikipedia's WP:Notability criteria. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 03:10, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Also,

Please see Why was my page deleted? The most common reasons are:

• The subject was not notable enough to have their own article
• It was a test page
• It was vandalism

To find the specific reason a particular page was deleted:

1. Go to the Deletion Log
2. Type the page title in the case-sensitive search field
3. The date, time and reason for deletion will be displayed Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 03:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Closures

Morning Matthew. Thanks for your reviews today. As for FLC closures in my and Scorpion's absence, I wouldn't worry too much. I'll close the overdue ones when I return. Unless..... you fancy turning your hand to it for a couple of days? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:48, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Only if I see some SNOW or NOTNOW types, perhaps. There won't be many that are terribly overdue so it shouldn't be too bad. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:50, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, fine. Now the backlog's under control, a couple of days here or there aren't a big deal. The Rambling Man (talk) 08:51, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Yup, have a nice weekend away. Catch some big ones! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 08:56, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. Looking forward to some sunshine! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

FL + RFA

Thanks for your participation in the discussion regarding List of The Killers awards - my first featured content and well done on the successful RFA. WilliamH (talk) 12:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 17:15, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

List of numbered highways in Maryland

I've replied to your comments on Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of numbered highways in Maryland/archive1. - Algorerhythms (talk) 17:10, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

I've changed the former routes on the list so that their entries in the length column now show their last signed length. Do you have any other comments? - Algorerhythms (talk) 16:23, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Law enforcement agency

Hi Matthew,

I note you have {{Infobox Law enforcement agency}} listed at User:Matthewedwards/Nowrap problems/I.

Is there some WP:NOWRAP problem? If so, if you can let me know what it is, I will see what I can do about it.

Regards. Peet Ern (talk) 23:46, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi. The infobox isn't using {{nowrap}}, but one of the other templates it is utilising is. That's why it showed up on my list, and I have now stricken it. To be honest, I expect a lot of the templates will be like this, but I figured it was better to list them and check, rather than not to. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 01:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I am not sure that {{Infobox Law enforcement agency}} needs to use {{nowrap}}, but I keep it in mind. Peet Ern (talk) 01:47, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Can you copyedit the History section of Mangalore?

Hi there, I saw you listed at Wikipedia:PRV#General copyediting as a copyeditor. I was wondering if you would copyedit the History section of Mangalore which is a city article. The article is already a GA and it uses UK English. Language is very simple and the prose is quite precise. Copyediting the section won't take more than 5 minutes. Thanks!.Kensplanet (talk) 14:42, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Take your time. Actually, many of the links were obtained from this site

http://can-we-link-it.nickj.org/suggest-links/suggester.php?page=Mangalore
I obtained it from somewhere. Anyway, I appreciate your copy-editing skills. I don't have so much knowledge about WP:MOS. Do have a glance at this section when you are free. Regards, Kensplanet (talk) 15:20, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Both the references were probably made to the Netravati River flowing through Mangalore---This doesn't require a cite tag. REF 18 (http://www.indianchristianity.com/html/Books.htm) has this sentence. I have moved REF18 now. So the sentence doesn't require a tag. I have also removed As for other mythological associations,. So I think the vague tag is not required now. Do correct me if I am wrong. Thanks for your wonderful copyedits that you have made to this page till now, Kensplanet (talk) 04:56, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Are you online ATM?

I'm online now. Gary King (talk) 16:09, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

degrassi + stalker + long day = ?

Hey Matthew, I've added a bunch of comments at the PR. Also, I managed to revert your stalker test. I've put everything back (I think!) where I found it though... The Rambling Man (talk) 16:45, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. For both. I was testing an IRC bot for stalking. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 17:05, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

The O.C. (season 1)

Hi, Many thanks for all your comments, and I now think i've adressed everything you mentioned in the peer review. I was thinking about giving it a shot at becoming a FL, but was wondering if you think it is ready and if I need to close the peer review first? Thanks Rambo's Revenge (talk) 17:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

I think it's FL ready. But yeah, you'd have to close the PR first. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 17:21, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok, done, thanks again. Rambo's Revenge (talk) 17:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Hackney Community College Basketball Academy

Matthew,

I'm the author of this article that you deleted on 19/7/08. I'm also one of the owners of London Utd and can assure you that this doesn't infringe any copyright despite what you may think to the contrary. These are pages I've generated and put onto the london United website. Infact, I think you'll find that the basic content was published on wikipedia before being published on the London United website. Please restore the article asap. I also find it bizarre that you can take a unilateral decisions such as this without at least consulting with the author (me!!)Are you an expert in copyright law? My email address is cjm364@yahoo.co.uk and the date and time of this post is 1155hrs BST on 21/7/08.

I look forward to your reply.

Regards, Chris Morris Cjm364 (talk) 22:28, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

I've restored the article with a note to refer to the talk page; hopefully, the situation will be quickly remediated. It's not my intention to usurp you, and apologise if you feel it is out of order. Kbthompson (talk) 23:03, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi KBthompson, Thanks for this. No, I don't think this is entirely out of order and I wrote my reply before seeing that the possibility of deletion had been flagged up once I logged in.

Cheers! Chris Cjm364 (talk) 00:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Hope everything has been resolved, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 00:18, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Randal_Simmons.jpg

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Re: OC season 1 peer review

I archived it just now - the template has to be replaced on the PR page or else the bot won't remove it from WP:PR. It should do so within the hour now, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 04:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Image mapping reminder

I know you are very busy (especially after becoming an administrator, congratulations!!), but I wanted to remind you about the image mapping for the Baltimore and Tampa lists. My original message can be found here: User talk:Matthewedwards/Archives/2008/07#Tampa and Baltimore image mapping. Please let me know if you have any questions. And, please feel free to take your time. Thanks. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 06:26, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Dammit. Thanks for the nudge. I'll do them over the weekend, I promise. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 15:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Baltimore (to finish tomorrow) Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:04, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Date-autoformatting removal script

Hi, yes indeed. The details are here. I'm gradually working my way through existing FAs under sport, war, art etc, and economics. I expect that after a while we'll see a change in the culture (already it's starting at FA I can see). My advice on my talk page is very cautious: there are a few naysayers about at MOSNUM talk and elsewhere; interestingly, most of them say they don't care whether auto is used or not, but just object to mass script applications to change something that's optional. These people need to be persuaded, I think, not confronted. Tony (talk) 06:54, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I noticed the talk page comment you use which you quoted on Milk's Favorite Cookie's page. Under the GDFL, I'll use that! :) Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:08, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Little job(s)

Hi Matthew, can you do me a huge favour and have a look at a few lists for me if you get a chance? The ones in most need right now are WWE No Way Out (FLC), List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films (FLC) and 2008 WWE Draft (FLC. Much appreciated, as always. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 07:05, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

I will, but it won't be until around noon, PST (8pm UK time). I'm having an "early" night tonight, sorry. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:08, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

All new little job(s)

Hi Matthew, hope your early night has left you refreshed, full of vigour and vim. So, more favours... 2008 WWE Draft and List of Vancouver Canucks head coaches are most desperate.... Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 10:34, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations

I go away for a few weeks and suddenly half of the users I know have become administrators (okay, I'm exaggerating, but not by much). Had I been here (and known about it... I usually miss RFAs) I would have almost supported you, but in the end I would have had to oppose per your terrible top 10 song list. Either way, congratulations. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 06:03, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Heh, there's nothing wrong with any of those! And thank you muchly! Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 04:27, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Brigham Young University alumni

Hello. I was appreciative of your involvement during this list's first FLC. Now that it is undergoing a second here, I would appreciate it if you wouldn't mind commenting again. Thanks! --Eustress (talk) 17:43, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Backlog

Hi Matthew. Due to concerns over my promotion of lists without seemingly sufficient support, I'm backing off a bit. As such, the backlog will now grow. I know it's a lot to ask but could you contribute with reviews and opnions where possible - a lot of the community seem to demand a minimum number of "support" (which I thought we'd removed from the promotion criteria, but hey ho) so your contributions in that area would be greatly appreciated. Thanks as ever. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:30, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Request for copyediting

Hi. I currently have the article Insane Clown Posse up as a featured article candidate, and a lot has been added since it was last copyedited. Could you help out? (Ibaranoff24 (talk) 02:12, 27 July 2008 (UTC))

Denver Broncos seasons

You only gave a vote on the FLC. Do you have any feedback to give on this list. Buc (talk) 17:52, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

Do you have links to both the nomination and the article? From what I remember, there were many concerns from a few people before I got to it, and there was no reason for me to add more (or the same) to it, which is why I opposed straight off the bat. Were all those issues resolved? Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 04:26, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

See Denver Broncos seasons, I'm pretty sure I took care of everything, I've left note on all the users talk pages but no one has replied yet. Buc (talk) 16:57, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

USRD Newsletter, Issue 5

Apologies for the late delivery; here is the June edition of the newsletter.

Want to help on next month's newsletter? Don't want to receive these in future? Want to change your method of delivery? – It's all here. —Rschen7754bot (talk) 21:18, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Peer Review Request

Hey Matthewedwards, I currently have the article The Great American Bash (2005) up for Peer review. I come to you in hopes of you reviewing the article, as I'm aiming to get this article prepared for Featured Article status. I would really appreciate if you would take some time and review this article to the best of your abilities. Cheers, -- iMatthew _T.C. 00:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

VH1 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s

You just delted this, but where did you find the copyvio? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 17:35, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

The ordering of the list was made by VH1, and the reproduction of that order is a copyright violation. Matthew Edwards (talk • contribs • email) 17:37, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Okay, didn't realise they were copyrightable. Learn something every day. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 18:24, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Deletion review for YellowTimes.org

An editor has asked for a deletion review of YellowTimes.org. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.==

FLC

I said the reason was stupid, not the reviewer himself. Pandacomics (talk) 22:47, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

FLC backlog

Matthew, I know your a man in demand, but if you could have a look at the backlog for me, particularly the discographies, I'd be really grateful. Cheers! The Rambling Man (talk) 09:30, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Matthew, I've archived G-Unit discog, just too many issues right now, and I'm afraid I'll probably be archiving Degrassi 7 too. The FLC has become a lengthy PR and I think the very size of it has put off anyone from supporting it. However, I don't see a major issue with restarting the nom pretty much straight away - just freshen it up a bit. Hope you understand. All the best The Rambling Man (talk) 10:14, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi again Matthew, thanks for your note. I think I meant freshen the nomination up rather than the list - when the FLC's get as long as the Degrassi one, people tend not to contribute, TLDR and all that. As for The Sun, it turned out to be a different one anyway, but I'd usually avoid tabloid references where possible. It was only a suggestion and, when push comes to shove, I suppose it depends what it's referencing. Anyway, thanks again, and keep up the good work. The Rambling Man (talk) 16:54, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

Another reminder

Sorry to bother you again. But you seem to have forgotten about mapping the lead image at List of tallest buildings in Baltimore. See User talk:Matthewedwards/Archives/2008/07#Image mapping reminder for the coding that you almost finished. Thanks. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 06:25, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Heh, no worries. Sometimes I need reminding! I'm so sorry it took so long, but it is now  Done! Regards, Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 06:53, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Toronto Maple Leafs are an NHL team...

Hello Matthew, I noticed in your comments at the Maple Leafs head coaches‎ nomination that you suggested a change from "Toronto Maple Leafs are" to "Toronto Maple Leafs is". I want you to read the first two paragraphs in this article and, hopefully, change your mind.--Crzycheetah 18:58, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Phoenix Suns head coaches

All your concerns have been addressed. -- K. Annoyomous24 _{GO LAKERS! Please reply on my talk page. Thanks.} 01:54, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Same with the Jesus College list. Regards, Bencherlite^Talk 18:34, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

Uefa Cup and Champions League lists

I've delt with the isues you rose at the two flc's thanks for the comments NapHit (talk) 18:07, 5 August 2008 (UTC)