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Your Feelings

I certainly don't like that you were practically beaten into submission with illogical "I don't like it"s to delete your vandalspace. What were your feelings? 2D Maestro ^{Immune Diplomat} 11:54, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't really care about my vandalism space anymore now that it's deleted. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 21:14, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I would like to jump in and state a comment in reply to Maestro it that's all right - in the Mfd, I didn't see any user state that the page should be deleted because "they don't like it". Logical reasons were given, including the page being distractive and containing inappropriate and hurtful material. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 21:24, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

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Just so you know...

Your vandalbox got deleted... and mine has also apparently been nominated for MFD as well. The Thing That Should Not Be (talk) 05:17, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Apparently Mono has now gone around after my MfD and nominated as many vandalism spaces as he could find for deletion. It looks like vandalism spaces are now depreciated. If it does get deleted, then you could have an admin semi-protect your user page, as that has happened here as a result of the MfD. I had to !vote delete just to be fair after the outcome of my vandalism space. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:59, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I feel that these vandalism spaces are useful in that they keep vandalism off the article space. In conclusion, I 'strongly' oppose the deletion of these pages, and I have !voted keep on The thing that should not be's vandalbox. Regards. Immunize (talk) 13:11, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

New Award

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For dillgent removal of vandalism, even beating me to reverting it- twice. Keep up the good work! Zonafan39 (talk) 15:45, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Note: This is the first Barnstar I have awarded so if I put it in the wrong place my apologies

Thanks! This is the right place to give awards. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 15:47, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

UAA

I was curious about the username "Sukerkou". You wrote "Violation of username policy because it's a disruptive username; Contains suker, an homoglyph of sucker"

Can you clarify how this is disruptive? Becky Sayles (talk) 10:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

It thought it referred to being a sucker. I thought suker meant sucker. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:04, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I understand the similarity. But is "sucker" a problem? Is there a list of inherently disruptive terms? Becky Sayles (talk) 09:29, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

There's a list at User:SoxBot/UAA/Blacklist, which is what the bot uses. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:47, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply

While I know how to create a account, how can I go with it *after* creating it. Thanks! --OpenTheWindows, sir! 18:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

To use igloo, you will need to leave requests at WP:PERM/C and WP:PERM/R. Mention the fact that it is an alternate account for vandal fighting so you can get the user rights. Good luck! ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 18:19, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Or you could have just come to my talk page ;). I'm always happy to grant rollback in particular and permissions in general- NSD, you;re welcome to send people to me (not sure if it's any quicker than WP:PERM, but it's more personal!). HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:42, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I prefer going through an admin directly. mono 23:46, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK credits for White Shadows

Materialscientist (talk) 23:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The credits were fine, but got lost somewhere in the queue manipulations. This happens sometimes (though it shouldn't) - just leave a note on my talk or WT:DYK. Materialscientist (talk) 23:20, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 23:26, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

ExtraEdit

Any idea what is going on with this User? They've been messing around a bit, and then they tried to tag themselves as a sock of Dingbat2007. Brambleclawx 00:50, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I first got into this user when he blanked another user's talk page. He'll eventually get blocked if he continues to vandalize. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:52, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I was quite confused when i saw the sockpuppet template. I'll keep an eye on the user then. Brambleclawx 00:53, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Am I the only one?

See this. Hi878 (talk) 02:23, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you!

NerdyScienceDude - Thank for your participation and support in my RfA.

I can honestly say that your comments and your trust in me are greatly appreciated.

Please let me know if you ever have any suggestions for me as an editor, or comments based on my admin actions.

Thank you!  7  23:27, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, and good luck with your shiny new mop! ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:01, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

What do you think?

I have finally gotten around to making a new signature. What do you think of it? ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:30, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

It's very colorful and more exciting than the default one. So you just got around to customizing your signature. It looks good and very unique. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:14, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and my new sockpuppet alternate account has one too. What do you think of this one? ~~ Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 17:15, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I like it as well. Btw, I have a sock account, monosock 17:27, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

@Mono: So you use the sock on insecure connections as well, or just when you feel like it? :) Airplaneman ✈ 17:32, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Now I have a sock account. ~NerdyScienceSock (✉ • ✐) 17:59, 7 June 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by NerdyScienceSock (talk • contribs)

Looks like SineBot messed up. I did sign that comment. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 18:01, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Saw this from my watchlist. I've slapped the sock with confirmed and rollback privileges. Courcelles (talk) 18:04, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I was just about to request that. Thanks! ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 18:06, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Wow, you have one too now. :) I like the name. Hi878 isn't home. ^{(Can I take a message?)} 19:03, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

@Airman: I use it for insecure connections or when I want to do some odd work. Courcelles, could monomium get rollback too? monosock 19:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

iOS (operating system)

Hey NSD, just letting you know the page has been repurposed as a disambiguation. As for iPhone OS, I'm going to move it to iOS (Apple). Airplaneman ✈ 18:45, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I was just thinking the same thing. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 18:47, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

I'll fix the mess users create later. mono 18:48, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

lol - good luck! We're here to help as well, Airplaneman ✈ 18:50, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK

The minimum for DYK is not 5,000. The minimum is 1,500. Joe Chill (talk) 18:33, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

You're right. Thanks. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 18:46, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Slavic names for DYK

Hi, could you please check Slavic names article for DYK? Posted on June 8th 2010? Thank you in advance!

Wojgniew (talk) 18:45, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

It lacks inline citations. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 18:50, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Soap's RfA

Hi, NSD. Could you please consider withdrawing your co-nomination and instead presenting your endorsement in the form of a standard support vote? I know at least two other users are considering adding their own co-noms, and, with all due respect, your statement doesn't add much additional information. Your reinforcement of my initial blurb is appreciated, but unfortunately I think it might not be necessary. Best regards, Juliancolton (talk) 20:21, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

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RfA

I'm just letting you know I've removed your !vote on my RfA, just in the interest of staying within the strictest interpretation of the RfA guidelines. I don't mean to create the impression that I don't appreciate your support, seeing as you've had both a co-nomination and a support !vote scrubbed out; I really am grateful that you support me and have taken an interest in my RfA. If my RfA succeeds I will do my best to live up to the expectations you and the others have shown with your eager support !votes. —Soap— 12:35, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Will I be able to add it back? ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 12:55, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

After the RFA is transcluded. –xeno^talk 13:06, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

And it has. I have restored my !vote. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:30, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

"Image to avoid"

Could you please come up with a better edit summary? It is not clear why you are making infoboxes unbalanced by removing placeholder images. -Rrius (talk) 02:45, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

(ec EdwardsBot below) The top of File:No male portrait.svg clearly states, "Do not add this image to article pages. The proposal to add such images to articles has been rejected." So technically it is an image to avoid. I was just going through and removing instances of the image appearing in articles. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 12:05, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm not sure I read the tag or the linked article the same way, but, in any event, calling it an "image to avoid" makes it sound as though this is a defined term we should all know. I really think a more precise edit summary would be helpful. -Rrius (talk) 18:57, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my page. --Nlu (talk) 18:25, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. It was easy thanks to igloo. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 19:43, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Your Simple English user page

It linked to a physical page on the English Wikipedia. I fixed it. OpenTheWindows, sir! 23:37, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Looks like I forgot the User: part. Thanks for being bold and fixing it. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 23:40, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Whisperback

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navigation bar

do you mind telling me where you got the navigation bar for your user page so I can get one for my user page? Thank you. Tj1224 (talk) 00:40, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

The navigation bar I use is based off of User:Camaron/Navigation template. I changed the button style and removed the admin pages since I'm not an admin. The source code for my navigation bar can be found at User:NerdyScienceDude/Navigation template. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:54, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

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Grab some glory, and a barnstar

Hi, I'd like to invite you to participate in the Guild of Copy Editors July 2010 Backlog Elimination Drive. In May, about 30 editors helped remove the {{copyedit}} tag from 1175 articles. The backlog is still over 7500 articles, and extends back to the beginning of 2008! We really need your help to reduce it. Copyediting just a couple articles can qualify you for a barnstar. Serious copyeditors can win prestigious and exclusive rewards. See the event page for more information. And thanks for your consideration. mono 00:38, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I've signed up for it. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:47, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much for signing up for the July Backlog Elimination Drive! The copyedit backlog stretches back two and a half years, all the way back to the beginning of 2008! We're really going to need all the help we can muster to get it down to a manageable number. We've ambitiously set a goal of clearing all of 2008 from the backlog this month. In order to do that, we're going to need more participants. Is there anyone that you can invite or ask to participate with you? If so, we're offering an award to the person who brings in the most referrals. Just notify ɳorɑfʈ ^Talk! or Diannaa ^TALK of who your referrals are. Once again, thanks for your support! Diannaa ^TALK 03:05, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I've already invited some editors to help out. I'm hoping they'll sign up. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 03:10, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Thank you, Mr. Dude! I appreciate your participation both in signing up and in trying to recruit more help. --Diannaa ^TALK 03:19, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

NSD, hate to do this, but see my contribs. monosock 03:55, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

I see you've been recruiting more help. Great! I also see UAA reports, welcoming new users, and removing vandalism. I don't know why you said you "hate" to show me your contributions. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:56, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

As you also know, I'm working on MacBook Air; you're invited to help even more! mono^{pending changes begin june 15} 17:47, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Re Commons

Made a reply, thanks for your offer :). --ZooFari 17:50, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

iPhone home screen

Re this, see the talkpage, one user has indicated that the photo is part of an Apple developer package, either way the source is not specified. To be more blunt, the rights are Apple's, but there is not explanation of where the image is from. If the image is from a confidential package of photos, I don't think including it here is the smart think to do, legal-wise.--Terrillja _talk 02:03, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

I have reverted to the 3.0 one until an official post-release non-confidential is uploaded. We may need an admin to revdelete the confidential ones if in fact they are confidential. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 02:08, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

your assistence is needed

Please see Talk:SM UB-50/GA1. Can you help me get it GA status since Buggie is gone for now? Thanks.--White Shadows ^{stood on the edge} 19:12, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Will do. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 21:16, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

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Reviewer permission

Hello. Your account has been granted the "reviewer" userright, allowing you to review other users' edits on certain flagged pages. Pending changes, also known as flagged protection, will be commencing a two-month trial at approximately 23:00, 2010 June 15 (UTC).

Reviewers can review edits made by users who are not autoconfirmed to articles placed under flagged protection. Flagged protection is applied to only a small number of articles, similarly to how semi-protection is applied but in a more controlled way for the trial.

When reviewing, edits should be accepted if they are not obvious vandalism or BLP violations, and not clearly problematic in light of the reason given for protection (see Wikipedia:Reviewing process). More detailed documentation and guidelines can be found here.

If you do not want this userright, you may ask any administrator to remove it for you at any time. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:48, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Courcelles did it the other day, but I thought I'd template you since you don;t seem to have checked! Fool! ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:49, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Btw, how do you get the fancy formatting in the page title? Would you mind doing it for my user and talk pages with the teal part of my signature. I'd appreciate it- and I'll make sure the vandals you report get blocked quickly! Deal? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 03:55, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh, I already figured it out since the pending changes reviewer interface appeared on the affected articles. Did you notice the topicon? That means I have reviewer. I'll add the title thingy to your user and talk pages since you asked nicely. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:12, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

You have a dizzying array of topicons, it's hard to work out what you have and what you don't! Since oyu;re around, would you be so kind as to change the DISPLAYTITLE thingy on my talk apge to the blue "penny for your thoughs?". Thanks, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:50, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

For some reason, it won't work with "Penny for your thoughts?". I don't know why. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:58, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Ah well. Thanks for trying. :) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:56, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

You can only change the capitalisation or formatting of the page name. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 15:58, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

There you go. Your title will have to say "HJ Mitchell". No hard feelings, I hope. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 16:02, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Nah, I just thought it would have been amusing to have it look like my sig, but having the page title in teal is novel enough for me! ;) I'm easily pleased! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:03, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

thanks

...for suggesting reviewer rights for. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 ^{> haneʼ} 04:00, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, and happy editing. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:10, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

2010 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series

If you want, lets make a deal on who does what; I would like you to do the finishing table while I finish the Race Summary section. Deal or No deal, please reply. --Nascar1996 20:46, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Deal. I can do tables since you don't like to do them. I can also copyedit if necessary, and add those missing commas. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 21:18, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. --Nascar1996 21:25, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Please vote keed for this Afd!!!--Nascar1996 19:45, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

I've closed it per WP:SNOW. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 19:55, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay, just in case you forgot, 2010 Showtime Southern 500' Results table needs to be finished. Here is a site to go to.--Nascar1996 23:59, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

I can't work on it at the moment, since I haven't watched the race yet. Working on it now would spoil the winner. I will work on it after I watch the race. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 00:02, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay. --Nascar1996 00:30, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Since it was Friday, and you still havn't worked on the Race results, I did them. If you can, on normal race weeks (This week isn't one) I would like to have the Race Results done by Wednesday or Thursday. Also, I know you probably havn't watched it yet, but I have finished everything on 2010 Autism Speaks 400 exepth for your part on the Race Results. Thanks. --Nascar1996 21:38, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Have you completed watching the recent races yet? --Nascar1996 01:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Once you have a chance, I would like your opinion on 2010 Coca-Cola 600. D--Nascar1996 20:38, 7 June 2010 (UTC)o you like the way I rewrote the lead or is the old way better? --Nascar1996 01:31, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Also, do you believe that we should add the minimize button to the results table? --Nascar1996 19:46, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

I personally believe the old way is better. The new one is too wordy in my opinion. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 19:59, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Are you going to be able to finish the results on the article 2010 Autism Speaks 500 before Sunday's race; if not I will do so tomorrow. --Nascar1996 21:14, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Knowing that you are out of school will you help me build a new NASCAR race infobox that is similair to Grand Prix race report? I was trying, but it was too complicated for me. --Nascar1996 02:30, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

You can go to User:Nascar1996/info. --Nascar1996 03:06, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

2010 Showtime Southern 500 became a good article today.--Nascar1996 21:25, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

That is good to hear. I like the new infobox you made. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 21:29, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, its based off of Template:Grand Prix race report infobox. Also, 2010 Auto Club 500 failed GA. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascar1996 (talk • contribs)

Now I'll finish the results tables. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 21:42, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay, it was hard to finish those while you were testing, but I managed to get it done. Also, possibly arount the 2nd , 3rd, or 4th of this month I will be out of school, but school doesnt really end until June 8th. --Nascar1996 21:45, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

It's your turn to work on the 2010 Coca-Cola 600 article. I have finished the Race Summary; you may want to see if it is good enough for B-class.--Nascar1996 23:14, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Earlier today I had to go fix and find several pages that another editor created which are 2010 NASCAR races. Did you know about it? Also it is your turn on the 2010 Gillette Fusion ProGlide 500 article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascar1996 (talk • contribs)

I will work on it soon. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 20:41, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind, Armbrust completed the table(s).--Nascar1996 16:10, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Just to let you know; the editor who has previously passed three of seven NASCAR Race Good Article has been indefinitly blocked by Risker. It means that it will take longer for our articles to be passed. :( --Nascar1996 02:02, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Risker is a member of the Arbitration Committee; this looks like a serious issue. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 02:24, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

He is saying that Xtzou was a sock, but their not saying of who and wouldn't they leave a sockpuppetry tag on his talk page? --Nascar1996 02:31, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Do you believe that we can pull something out of 2010 Food City 500 to become DYK such as ... that Jimmie Johnson's win during the 2010 Food City 500 was his fiftieth career win? --Nascar1996 19:04, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

2010 Food City 500 is too old for DYK. An article must be created or 5x expanded within a week of nomination excluding April Fools Day. Sorry. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 22:00, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Its okay, I was just wondering. --Nascar1996 22:01, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I believe a NASCAR editor (other than me) should contribute NASCAR news that appears on the Main Page. Do you agree or disagree. I'm wanting to know because on some talk pages I see a tag about this article has had news (or something) to appear on the Main Page or that box on the bottom around Commons tag.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Nascar1996 (talk • contribs)

I was actually thinking the same thing. Probably the only NASCAR things that would stand a chance to appear on the ITN section would be the Daytona 500, the championship race, and any notable deaths, such as when Richard Petty would die. The individual race articles other than the ones I mentioned wouldn't be too notable to appear on the ITN. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 18:36, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

What about records, such as championships, wins, and even pole maybe? --Nascar1996 20:48, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Maybe if a driver broke Richard Petty's win number (200), though that seems unlikely at this moment. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 20:56, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

What type of photo do you beleive sould be added to 2010 NASCAR races, a image of the driver or the car or does it matter? --Nascar1996 21:12, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

A picture of the car racing in that particular race would be the best, but there haven't been any freely-licensed ones. You might find something on Flickr, but it has to be freely licensed, as in commercial use is allowed. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 21:16, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

There are a lot of 2008 images of the cars. Also, I have been looking on Flickr. --Nascar1996 21:18, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

2010 Aaron's 499 is currently under review and the reviewer is talking about where "On x lap" is everywhere. Do you know how we could reword it because I don't. --Nascar1996 03:18, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

I am not sure either how to reword it. The lap numbers make sense in my opinion as they tell when each event occurred. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 03:57, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

That is what I thought, too. It is also the race mostly because of the lead changes and leaders. --Nascar1996 03:59, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

We just lost four - five GAs because of the situation with User:Xtzou. --Nascar1996 14:08, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

That's disappointing. It also appears they were delisted because of the same prose issue with 2010 Aaron's 499. I will go and finish the results for 2010 Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips 400. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:43, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Yea thats what I think, too, but that is the only way we can tell viewers when the event happened. --Nascar1996 14:52, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

I seen that you nominated me for reviewer, and I have read all of the infomration but I am still confused of what exactly you can do? Will you please help? --Nascar1996 18:20, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Also, I believe you should remove or hide the GAs of our that was recently delisted. I would have done it, but I wanted to talk to you first--Nascar1996 23:06, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

I adjusted the click links to use the former GA icon. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 23:14, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

User Airplaneman may finish the review of 2010 Showtime Southern 500. --Nascar1996 15:17, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Nice job on your script, but you had to create it AFTER I memorized the code! :) It will become very useful in my editing. --Nascar1996 23:38, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks; I'm glad you like it. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 23:51, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

You're Welcome. Yea, I like the beta version of Wikipedia better, but a couple weeks ago it looked like I would have to change back because I lost my editing tools. When I added scripts to my vector skin and refreshed it, it wouldn't work, but I finaly got it fixed so now I can edit on the beta version. --Nascar1996 23:56, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

That's good to hear. My goal with this script is to provide functionality that the old toolbar offered. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:00, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

I surprised that the one who created it didn't add all of that material. Evenually I may need to start a new section so this one could be archived, or it would never be. --Nascar1996 00:06, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Indeed; this thread was started on May 9. It is probably a good idea to start a new thread. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:08, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree. --Nascar1996 00:09, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for editing buttons

Thanks for developing those very helpful editing buttons for vector! --Tryptofish (talk) 20:09, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome. Let me know if you need anything for it. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 21:11, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

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A thank you

Enjoy this dessert I would like to give you this delicious cake for being my nominator of a successful RFA on Commons. Thank you! --ZooFari 23:06, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks and enjoy :) --ZooFari 23:06, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, and good luck with your new mop on Commons. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 17:35, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

RfA

Thank you very much for your contribution to my Rfa. I have made a comment about it at User talk:JamesBWatson#Your Request for Adminship which you are, of course, very welcome to read if you wish to. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:12, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

You're welcome, and congrats! ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:22, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Follow-up to SM UB-50

I put some questions in the GA review of this talk page. When do I expect an answer on this? Please advise. Chris (talk) 18:16, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Sorry to get to this a little late, but I've already started the {{convert}} templates. I will do more when time allows. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 03:29, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

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(edit conflict) At least it wasn't intentional. And yes, I intentionally changed the navigation to be in two rows so it looks better on iPhones, which the navbar looked like a jumbled mess before on the small screen. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 16:20, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Delisted GAs

If you are not busy, will you help me try to fix grammer, spelling, and other mistakes on the article we both expanded? I would like to get these back to Ga status, but I am not expecting them to. For a example you may want to go here; it is at Ga level and is very close to the other articles. --Nascar1996 ^(sign) 02:33, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

You could just move on and try to get future races to GA level; which also sounds good to me. As of now, the editors sound like these articles are C-class and not even close to GA. --Nascar1996 ^(sign) 02:44, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm re-reviewing an article at Talk:2010 Showtime Southern 500/GA2. I will try my best to pick the article to pieces ;) Airplaneman ✈ 03:44, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that, Airplaneman. I have already fixed some typos. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:30, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Nerdy Science Dude, do you remember when I asked about putting NASCAR is WikiNews, and you said probably not. Well I found some NASCAR articles in Category:Auto Racing. --Nascar1996 ^(sign) 14:20, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Hello, you might be interested in assessing these articles. Please note that as of June 20th, there were 193 articles unassessed. Thanks. --Nascar1996 ^(sign) 04:26, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Do you know what site I could go to to find the five youngest Sprint Cup Series champions? --Nascar1996 ^(sign) 18:27, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind for the above comments, but if you want please join the disscussion here. --Nascar1996 ^(sign) 03:24, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

It looks like the discussion has been closed. I went ahead and moved the page to List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions, which added NASCAR and decapitalized champions. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:06, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

How do you think the list would do if I nominated it for Featured Status? --Nascar1996 ^(sign) 22:01, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Nerdy Science Dude, I have a question to ask. The reviewer of [[2010 Aaron's 499 finaly figured out how to fix it, but the articel he chose and most of the others are not similair to this articel. He gave me until the end of the month to fix it, but how the race happend I don't believe it will pass anyway. Do you think I should tell him to fail it for now and nominate it later down the road? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 03:40, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I like your DYK nomination of the list. --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 14:22, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I didn't know you were watching that. :) As for the Aaron's 499, we should fix the prose for that article and 2010 Showtime Southern 500, which are currently being reviewed. Then we should fix the prose 2010 Food City 500 and 2010 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500, which are currently GAs. We should hold off on GA noms for the rest of the race articles until we fix the prose issues. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:33, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I believe I should unnominate most of the racing article exept for the two most recent ones that I havce expanded because I think those are the best out of them all. We should fix the two GA before they are delisted, but I don't believe they will because the GA reviewers and peer reviewers did a better job than Xtzou. How do you like my new signature? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 14:41, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I like it, but I would prefer you not link to your tasks page, as that is more of a personal thing. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:55, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I have that on their just in case people want to help. So do you think I should remove some GANs? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 14:58, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm going to remove all GAN's from me exept two or three. Is this okay with you? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 16:25, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Will you see if I added the proper configuration on Talk:NASCAR? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 21:48, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Do you think List of NASCAR champions is ready to be deleted? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 00:08, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Since you have all ready created a Portal, will you help me create a Portal:NASCAR? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 02:56, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

I have created Portal:NASCAR. We'll need to decide what content to add. WP:PORTAL contains some good information. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:52, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

I'll think of content, but can you please change the color it seeem more like a Formula 1 color instead of a NASCAR color. --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 14:05, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

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Portal:NASCAR

Hello, if you would like, you can nominate anything such as images, biographies, articles and Did you knows, just add it on the talkpages. I may or may not approve them. Note: You can make up any DYKs. --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 22:48, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

I filled out everything for now, but the Bot who deals with the News isn't adding news there. What could be wrong? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 00:09, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Excellent job with the portal! As for the bot, just be patient. It isn't instantaneous. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 00:39, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I tried very hard on it. I added the news anyway. --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 00:43, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

How good do you think this portal is? Like stub, start, C, B, GA, A, or Featured. Please reply. Thanks.--Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 03:24, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Portals aren't rated the way articles are. Portals could become featured portals, but that's about it. Portal class and FP class. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:04, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

I know, but how would you rate it? --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 13:25, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

I'd rate it as a portal. Featured portals have to be reviewed just like good articles, but the criteria is different. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:27, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

O.K. I've been updating the news on the portal so it wouldn't be outdated. --Nascar1996 ^{Contribs / Tasks} 13:59, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Take a look

You might be interested in this and this. I realized that the guestbook and two secret page templates all looked cheesy, so I decided to just make two icons. They use topicon, in case you want to use them. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 04:04, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for telling me, thought I probably won't use them since I don't want too many topicons. I have plenty. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 01:52, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Whatever. :) By the way, I'm asking Jimbo if I can make his guestbook icon work with the topicon template, so it can fit better with your icons. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 05:46, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

I changed it. You can figure out how to make it work. :) ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 18:04, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

And I've adjusted my topicons. Does it still look messy in Monobook? ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 21:21, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

It looks perfect, except the heart is on the right side behind the other icon. ~~ Hi878 ^{(Come yell at me!)} 00:42, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

On vector, the heart is displayed directly below the rollback icon. If you want the heart to use {{top icon}}, then you should contact the Love Cabal. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 13:07, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Just a query on a revert

Just a query on this revert at Talk:HMAS Melbourne (R21)...it seems to be slightly overkill for a first edit on a talkpage asking a question. -- saberwyn 03:35, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

I reverted that edit because it violated WP:NOTFORUM. I had no idea it was a first edit. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐) 14:55, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

DYK for List of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champions

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You could've got the old account renamed. See WP:CHU. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ • ✐ • ✍) 15:33, 30 June 2010 (UTC)