User talk:SergeantBolt

[edit] Welcome to Esperanza!

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Húsönd 23:03, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

I came to greet you as well. Welcome to Esperanza. I hope you don't mind me saying this, but Wp is no myspace, and your user page looks awful in decent browsers due to all the broken HTML in here. I hope I've not offended you, but instead give you something to consider. Again, welcome. --Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves/Saoshyant ^{talk / contribs} 15:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

(copying message from my talkpage): Hello, Elonka. I have been pondering this for a while now, and I was wondering if you would object to me submitting an RfA for you - you are a wonderful user! SergeantBolt (t,c) 14:43, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks very much for the vote of confidence! And I may take you up on this, as I've definitely been pondering adminship for awhile now. However, I'm also in discussion with a couple other people about such a nomination, though I don't know whether they actually have time to process a proper one at the moment. So, would it be alright with you if I checked with them first, and then I'll get back to you? Also, have you ever done an RfA nomination before, yourself? --Elonka 10:08, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

No, Elonka, I have not subitted an RfA before however I understand the process perfectly after watching so many. You need not be worried! And yes, that's fine - it can wait! SergeantBolt (t,c) 21:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for understanding! I did go ahead and check with the other individual, but he said that he's going to be busy with other things for the next few weeks. Or in other words, yes, I thank you for your offer and would be glad to accept your nomination. Let's go ahead and do this! :) --Elonka 07:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you again for the nomination. Though the majority of respondents in the discussion were in support, in the end, it was not deemed to be sufficient to prove consensus, and the nomination was unsuccessful. I do, however, very much appreciate the time that you invested in the nomination process, and found the discussion very worthwhile and instructive. Thanks again! --Elonka 06:41, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hey, I'm wondering if...

I've read on your user page that you are a part-time writer. I've been working on a novel myself for quite a while, though not fan fiction. I had an idea recently, because I'm not a good writer and a few years ago I was even worse. I decided I'd apply an open source model to my own work, where volunteers would be able to see how my novel would be up to, and then submit small modifications, improvements, or rewriting what reads bad. Either like a wiki, or maybe a SVN like what's used on computer code.

Anyhow, why am I telling you all this? Because I haven't been able to kickstart this project yet, and my attempt to recruit volunteers on my website didn't work at all. So, I'm wondering if you'd like to help out. Feel free to reply either through talk page, or e-mail.--Ivo Emanuel Gonçalves/Saoshyant ^{talk / contribs} 13:13, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Sure. No problem. That's pretty understandable. However, if you think you know someone that would like to help, I'd appreciate if you could contact him/her.

[edit] IMDB Links

Hi, you can use the following syntax to generate imdb links for actors

{{imdb name|id="the number after the nm in the IMDB url"|name="Name of Actor"}}

so e.g. for the Alex Sabga Article

{{imdb name|id=1073578|name=Alex Sabga}}

produces the result :

Alex Sabga at the Internet Movie Database, which is the preferred way of including these links

Hope you find this useful. exolon 18:36, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy First Edit Day!

Esperanza congratulates you on a first edit anniversary!!

Esperanza congratulates you!

I wish you all the best on your wiki-birthday! I am sure that you shall continue to shine here and in real life too. --Bhadani 04:03, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Huzzah, one whole year! Congrats! -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 04:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sydney Roosters FAC

I've taken your suggestions to heart about how to improve the Sydney Roosters article by adding in about half a dozen new references. Hopefully if you feel this is more than satisfactory (as it should be), you might want to reconsider changing your vote in this article's candidature for featured status. There are just a few more days left in the FAC and if you feel that it's good enough to be passed, then now is the time to change your vote or add further suggestions. Thanks, and all the best, --mdmanser 08:41, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] Image:AlexSabga.jpg

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[edit] Userpage award

I just added a userpage barnstar award to your userpage. I hope it is ok. I felt that your userpage easy/clear to read, and its style was sleek. Samaster1991 14:21, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flashes before your eyes

Hi, I was just wondering why you deleted a whole bunch of trivia facts from this Lost episode article. People put effort into writing these facts, and you just deleted them without discussing on a talk page. It is called *TRIVIA* for a reason, and while some of it may be trivial, I think it is improper to just delete so many trivia facts. Who are you to judge what is "non-sensical"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Elb2000 (talk • contribs) 02:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC).

SergeantBolt, I have to echo a concern here. It's one thing to delete random comments/vandalism by anon editors, and another to delete good faith additions from established Wikipedians. For example, you deleted some trivia that I added, with an edit summary of "completely irrelevant."[1] Even if you disagree about whether some information is appropriate for the article, can you please try to ratchet the civility up a notch? Thanks. --Elonka 18:30, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation! I agree, you've got an excellent reputation, and your actions were very perplexing to me. I'm glad it's resolved now though. :) --Elonka 18:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation, but why did you remove the Trivia about Tricia Takanawa from Family Guy???Elb2000 10:32, 4 March 2007 (UTC)elb2000

Oh whoops, my mistake...It was removed by a non-registered user, and I have now added it back. Sorry for the confusion.Elb2000 18:47, 4 March 2007 (UTC)elb2000

[edit] The Man From Tallahassee

How come for The Man From Tallahassee page you just created a new one with the capital 'F' and made The Man from Tallahassee page with the small 'f' a redirect? Why didn't you just move it? -- SilvaStorm

[edit] Expose/Exposé/episode 14

Not sure if you're aware of it, but it has been confirmed that episode 14 is Nikki and Paulo-centric...--Animé Dan 10:03, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Untitled 16th episode of Lost season 3

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[edit] Happy Birthday

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[edit] Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Lost episodes

Hey SergeantBolt, I just nominated List of Lost episodes for Featured List status again and was hoping you could support or comment on the nomination at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Lost episodes. Thanks. -- Wikipedical 07:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 2

Thank you for your support in my latest Request for Adminship. Just as with the first one (thanks again for the nom), this one didn't succeed either, but rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project, and I'll try again in a few months. :) If you ever have any questions or suggestions for me, please don't hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, --Elonka 06:30, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Replaceable fair use image

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[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Elonka 3

[edit] No content in Category:Band of Brothers episodes

[edit] AfD nomination of Neil Hopkins

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[edit] So...

you still writing that Lost newsletter? Gee, I'm looking forward to enstallment #2. justin

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[edit] Happy birthday fellow Wikipedian!

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