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[edit] Re, hint

You may have to pester Titoxd about that, since he is in charge...By the way, I wont be on IRC today thanks to the bandwidth police patrolling my house and checking the logs... :( Banez 07:29, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Well congratulations! Alas, the braai never materialized. Try to hold the channel up without me today? Cheers Banez 07:39, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Happyjoe"

I think it should be considered whether Happyjoe (talk · contribs) might be Rex071404 (talk · contribs). I wouldn't ordinarily suggest such a thing, but there's three things that make me suspect it:

• Rex's old signature, as seen here, includes a little doodle-face whose image file is "Happyjoe.jpg";
• Happyjoe picked me (as well as many others) to complain to about his account being "unjustly blocked" over a "misunderstanding". I'm not an administrator; why would he have picked me, a party so far uninvolved in anything involving him, and ask me to do something I can't do? The theory "because he knows who I am from run-ins under another name, thinks I'm an administrator, and thinks he'll be putting one over on me if he gets me to unblock this account" seems rather plausible to me.
• Frankly, a look at Happyjoe's style in this RFC, including describing a block due to a user-conduct RFC as a "mistake" that should be "fixed", reminds me a great deal of Rex.

There's nothing there that's proof, only things that are suggestive; however, I offer it as a possibility to be considered. -- Antaeus Feldspar 15:55, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Along the same lines, these two edit summaries [1] [2] by Happpyjoe sockpuppets are "signed" Rx. — ApolloCreed ^{(comment) (talk)} 20:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unblocking my account

I am still having trouble logging in to my account. I have made a formal public apology and renounced my former ways. What more do I have to do to have my Happyjoe account unblocked? I really believe that I should have another chance. I would just create a new account but I am afraid that I would unjustly be marked with the sockpuppet label if I did that. Please help! Happyjoe

Really? stop using open proxies and editing the article then. pschemp | talk 17:54, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

The only reason for using open proxies is because my account has been unjustly blocked. I am obviously not trying to use the open proxies to hide or conceal my identity in any way as I am adding the name Happyjoe to my edits (which I might add starts a new round of unjustified IP blocking). Look, I just want to be a responsible member of the Wikipedia community, but I am thwarted at every turn. I am sure that you are probably a nice and reasonable person. I believe that I have been labeled by one or two people and once the label is applied EVERYONE on Wikipedia assumes that the label is in fact true and then there is no way to have the label removed once applied. I have been trying to resolve this mistake for quite some time now and have contacted countless individuals on Wikipedia to ask for their assistance. However as soon as I ask for their assistance they assume that the previous labels applied are true and as well.

In addition, I am also interested in becoming an Admin on Wikipedia and would very much like your support in this. But obviously I must first have my account unblocked before I can become an Admin. I offer my sincere thanks and deep gratitude for your assistance and support.

Happyjoe using 201.0.51.210 18:12, 27 February 2006 (UTC) because that is currently the only alternative.

Good luck on becoming an admin, Joe. I don't think you will make it until you have distanced yourself from this little fiasco. Make good contributions and over time, this won't matter much. When you think you are ready, read this. — ApolloCreed ^{(comment) (talk)} 19:25, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

That is far from the only alternative. Register another account, stop editing the Big Spring article and behave as a member of this community and you will be fine. Keep disrupting and I have no sympathy for you. pschemp | talk 20:41, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I made a Good Faith Effort to reform, but instead was thwarted at every turn by those who lacked the capacity for understanding and forgiveness. I really expected that someone would have been willing to unblock my account and give me just one more chance... but oh no... instead all of my pleas for mercy were met with hateful diatribes. I am of course very much interested in becoming a Wikipedia Admin and would appreciate your support in my efforts to achieve this goal. Sincerely, Happyjoe 69.145.215.206 19:31, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

If you think you've been the subject of "hateful diatribes," you must be new to the internet, because you haven't. You keep vandalizing pages and using anonymous networks as sockpuppets. It's ridiculous. START A BLOG. If you're going to stay here, you might as well create a new account and start over. The anonymous network you're using doesn't disguise you when you keep inserting the exact same content in the Big Spring article. That's a dead giveaway that it's you. — ApolloCreed ^{(comment) (talk)} 01:43, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moog records

We're on the threshold of a no consensus here. I've moved relevant text into the appropriate section of Robert Moog. As I continue to contend that "Moog records" is protologism, would you support a merge and delete? -- Krash (Talk) 23:08, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for supporting my successful request for adminship. I'll try to put the admin tools to good and responsible use. If I do anything wrong you know where to find me. Raven4x4x 08:39, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Women Archaeologists

Hello, as you created a category for women archaeologists, I thought you might be interested in Joan Du Plat Taylor. I'm not convinced she merits a whole article to herself (there is little about her in public domain that seems readily accessible), but I thought as founder editor of an international journal she merited a mention, so I've just included her as a section. But that creates a problem for me, because it doesn't seem right to categorise the whole page as being about women archaeologists! On the other hand, the lone woman currently categorised looked a bit lonely. Any suggestions? Viv Hamilton 23:36, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unsigned template

Hi, thanks for the unsigned template. I should put that in my sig. *g* - Samsara _contrib ^talk 03:40, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

M has been around long enough to know better. I'm sorry to hear those editors have continued to war and ignored the RfC. :( pschemp | talk 03:47, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Double thanks

Thank you, too, btw, for the revert on my talk page, and for your edits on my user page as well! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 08:51, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Elections

Hey Pschemp! I wish to say thanks for your vote at the Esperanza elections.

I've made my way into the Advisory Committee, so if you ever need any help or have any queries about the stuff we do, please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks again, KnowledgeOfSelf 09:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi Pschemp! A note from me too, thanks for your vote! Like KnowledgeOfSelf said, please let us know if there's anything we can do for you! You know where to find me :-) --JoanneB 18:10, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

[edit] My RfA

Hi! Thanks for your support in my request for adminship (did you know that "adminiship" is not an English word? Unbelievable!). It ended with a tally of (51/0/0). As an administrator, I hope to better help this project and its participants: if you have any question or request, please let me know. - Liberatore(T) 12:17, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Archaeology WikiProject heading

Sorry about the heading issue on the Archaeology WikiProject page, slip of the keyboard. Well spotted. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)} 13:22, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Nothing to be sorry for. I'm just glad someone other than me has edited the page in the last month :) pschemp | talk 13:40, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Villa & Roman Villa merge

What were your thoughts on the pending merge request of these articles. Added my view. :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)} 14:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

done pschemp | talk 04:57, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. to United States

Please stop changing the headers for military units from U.S. to United States. The articles were all in the same format; now some are and some aren't. Nobunaga24 00:27, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I see nothing in the MOS that says you can't use an abbreviation. Maybe you could point the way. The point I'm making is that the WikiProject Military history has discussed this and the general consensus has been to use U.S. Maybe you could discuss it there. I think many people might get a little irritated because I know they have had this discussion internally before. Then again, wikipedia is the land of "fortune favors the bold..." Nobunaga24 00:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm washing my hands of it...honestly, it doesn't make a whole lot of difference to me. Just as long as it's consistent - i.e. all divisions, regiments, armies, corps, brigades, seperate battalions, etc. get changed. You might want to click on the category link at the bottom for the unit type - it will take you to a list of all divisions, etc, then you can find the pages without having to use the search function. Nobunaga24 01:06, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I dont really have time right now to sort thru the archives but I did find this Wikipedia:Naming conventions (acronyms) - "As disambiguators, well-known acronyms such as "US" or "UK" are encouraged, to minimize typing. So, the preferred usage is Great Northern Railway (US)." But like I said, makes little difference to me, just as long as there is consistent use. Gotta get to my job now... Nobunaga24 01:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I've changed back anything that might be controversial, which wasn't a whole lot. pschemp | talk 17:12, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support

Thank you for supporting me in my request for adminship! It ended with a tally of 39/5/4, and I am now an admin. I'm glad to have earned the trust of the community, and I will make use of it responsibly. Of course, you can let me know of any comments or concerns you have.

With a million articles in front of me, I'd better get mopping.

rspeer / ɹəədsɹ 05:11, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Die my darling

I encourage you to revisit this discussion as it does not appear to have anything to do with Joe Byrd (Cherokee Chief) and your comment may have been made in confusion due to a malformed AFD discussion placed below this one in the Feb. 22 AFD log. — Mar. 3, '06 [07:27] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

I changed to: *Keep. Because I was obviously smoking crack the first time I voted? Hmm. I have no idea why I said that. Must have mixed up my Afd, but even more curious, why did someone agree with me? Oh well. Thanks for the heads up FON. pschemp | talk 09:55, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Seriously sorry there, I don't even remember that one...weird. pschemp | talk 09:57, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

The reason for this (I'm sure) is that Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Chief_Joe_Byrd was right directly below it (see old revision) and it appeared to instead be the final comment in the one you edited. — Mar. 3, '06 [11:59] <freakofnur_xture|talk>

Ah...that makes much more sense. Glad to see I haven't lost my marbles yet. Thanks :) pschemp | talk 12:31, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you! Hi Pschemp/Archive 2, thank you for your support in my Rfa! It passed with a final tally of 86/0/0. If you need help or just want to talk let me know! Again, thank you! – Dakota ~ ° 21:27, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your constructive critisizm during my RfA! It has decided to postpone making me an administrator based upon recent consensus (or lack thereof). Thanks for the kind remarks and I hope to continue to see you around the project. Cheers, ZsinjTalk 08:36, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Expansion

Looks like your efforts to expand the abbreviation U.S. in titles cause List of United States Air Force bases to become an infinite redirect. Better keep an eye out for things like that. Confusing Manifestation 15:57, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, its fixed now. That gives me an error rate of 0.1% now. :) pschemp | talk 15:58, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Afd: Armenian Genocide and position of Turkey

Perhaps you could remove the Afd tag from page Armenian Genocide and position of Turkey, since you appear to have withdrawn the proposal. Lambiam 18:49, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

sorry. hadn't got to that yet. pschemp | talk 18:51, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I don't think it's proper procedure to just blank the AfD page in order to "remove" an AfD. You'll have to wait till an admin actually closes it. But since you've retracted the AfD and nobody else voted a clear "delete", I suppose that will happen soon. For now, I've restored the contents of the AfD page for greater clarity. Lukas ^(T.|@) 21:18, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I just decided the debate would do more harm than good. I wasn't trying to hide anything. Its all fixed with strikeouts now. pschemp | talk 00:08, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Actually, while such an article should have existed, dumping the materials from an article in a new one is just not the best wiki thing to do. Regardless, I think those articles created by the same user, Timeline_of_Armenian_Genocide are more obvious AfD, not only they are mostly copyvios, but creating tens of different articles on the timeline is clearly and certainly a thing that should not be encouraged here. Fad (ix) 07:27, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your support of my RfA

Thank you for your support of my successful request for adminship. I am honoured that the nomination was supported unanimously and that the community expressed confidence that I would use the tools wisely. If you have any concerns please let me know on my talk page. Regards A Y Arktos 02:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

Hmm.. this award seems fishy. :-D Moe ε 00:07, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

LOL. pschemp | talk 00:09, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

But pray tell, what did I do to deserve the award? Moe ε 00:11, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

You deserve it just for being yourself. Its spread the funny and slighty random love day, didn't you know?pschemp | talk 00:15, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Hmm... Spread-the-funny-and-slighty-random-love day huh? I'll have to mark that on my calendar, but I think I'll just abbreviate it to the STFASRL day. :-D Moe ε 00:20, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, I guess you took care of that for me, lol. Moe ε 00:34, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Ha! Lightning fast I am. :) pschemp | talk 00:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Heh thanks :P — Ilyanep (Talk) 00:13, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Karmafist 00:17, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, my my! I don't think anyone's ever given me an amphi-fish before. Thanks! Thanks very much in fact, as I think it might be my first award. I've taken the liberty of putting the image on the calendar since it seems it's a (semi) official holiday! ++Lar: t/c 01:37, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Cool, a new holiday. Take that Hallmark! Moe ε 02:00, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

This one's cooler. Just as long as we're clear it's not a Darwin fish, as that might start a range war or something. ++Lar: t/c 02:16, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Uh...no. No Darwin fish here. You are very welcome Lar, I hope you treasure it always. The pic on the calendar is great. It makes me giggle :) pschemp | talk 02:40, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

Thank you! Thank you for your support in my recent RFA. It passed 53/1/2 and I am now an administrator. I appreciate that some of you made exceptions to your usual requirements re length of service and so on because we've interracted positively in the past, or because of my credentials, so I will endeavour to use my new mop cautiously. I'm always open to feedback and gently constructive criticism. If you're not an admin and need some assistance do of course please let me know. Thanks again --kingboyk 00:23, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

P.S. If you are interested in The Beatles, User:Lar has asked me to tag on a little note advertising the creation of a new Beatles WikiProject that we are currently setting up. Please sign up and help.

[edit] Roma people won!

Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive. This week Roma people was selected to be improved to featured article status. Hope you can help…

[edit] Thanks for the Panderichthys

Never heard of such a beast, but all the more appreciated! ;) Samsara (talk • contribs) 17:21, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. It is a bit fishy isn't it?  :) pschemp | talk 17:27, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfA/Christopherlin

Thanks for taking the time on my recent RfA. It went without consensus (22/11/8). I understand the caution you showed in voting neutrally, but I hope that next time I'm up I'll have your support. --Christopherlin 17:41, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Award

I award you this amphibian with fins for spreading 'random love' and for making Wikipedia a more fun place to be!

--JoanneB 21:24, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thanks for voting in my RFA. Although you chose not to support my request, the final vote count was (66/2/3), so I am now an administrator. Please let me know if at any stage you need help, or if you have comments on how I am doing as an admin. I appreciate your comments and will try to take them on board. Stifle 17:23, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re : Nomination for adminship for (aeropagitica)

Hello! Thank you for taking the time to vote for me in my recent request for adminship It ended successfully with a final score of (40/10/5). I value all of the contributions made during the process and I will take a special note of the constructive criticism regarding interacting with users in the user talk space. If you have questions or requests, please leave a message.  (aeropagitica)  17:37, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] U.S. Virgin Islands

I noticed that you have moved many U.S. Virgin Islands–related articles to use "United States" rather than "U.S." in their titles. On talk:United States Virgin Islands a group of us had reached a consensus that, in general, "U.S. Virgin Islands" should be used for all article names other than the United States Virgin Islands article, since "United States Virgin Islands" is unnecessarily long for the titles of all of these articles. Could you please stop moving these articles in the mean time and explain why you are moving them to use "United States" rather than "U.S."? Thanks. //MrD9 23:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Check my talk page about Karabekir

Tell me what should it be done? Shall request a reopening of the arbitration cases? Fad (ix) 00:39, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I suggest you request a checkuser before you make any such serious allegations. It is important to be sure before you try to re-open an arbcase. pschemp | talk 03:28, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Nono, it is him, checkuser means nothing, an open proxy check would, as I am convinced that if both Coolcat and Karabekir don't trace from the same location, most certainly one or both uses an open proxy, I am also convinced to know under which alias Coolcat contribute in Turkish Wikipedia. Check my evidence page that I will be developping in the upcoming days. User:Fadix/evidencepage He is now trying to sabotate the process by placing me on administrators noticeboard. Fad (ix) 02:10, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reverting User:Phaedriel's talk page

[3]... what's up with that? Preemptive? these users seemed like they were leaving mostly harmless (if slightly weird) messages (for whatever reason)... although a redirect to an article as your user page also seems weird. Just curious about it I guess, no real reason for asking other than that. (partly because I left Barney a welcome, then I see Dakota, then you reverting comments... maybe I missed something!) Feel free to reply here. ++Lar: t/c 03:15, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

you missed where the vandal vandalized her picture and made it so not nice I had an admin delete it immediatley. Dakota's revert didn't catch it. The Barney person is a sock of the same vandal as ArtemisFowl II and I had to go back to the version before either of them editied it. See first diff [[4]]. pschemp | talk 03:25, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh ickypoo. I did miss the pic change. Well, good work then! Maybe I'll go vandalise the welcome I left Barney... Happy editing! ++Lar: t/c 04:05, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

He and his sock have been blocked indefinitely btw. No way I'll let a smarmy vandal slander my dear Phaedriel. Good to see you're on the case too. :) Oh, and thanks so much for catching the vandal on my page the other day. He is nothing, if not polite about updating the vandalism counter. heheh pschemp | talk 04:17, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golden Finny Award

I award you Finny the Panderichthys because she's now green and vectorized so you can blow her up to A0 size, and because you have a big hockey stick which you use fairly and wisely. Pengo 13:35, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Er, shouldn't that be GREEN finny? (all my fins are green (and black and white and have Abe Lincoln on them, but I digress) Or else the pic should be colored differently? Nice pic though. ++Lar: t/c 13:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Wow, Pengo, that's quite a color. Luckily its my favorite one! Thank you, I love it. PS. Lar, I stole your talk page note and performed illegal surgery on it. hehe. pschemp | talk 21:00, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

I stole it from someone else and did some surgery on it too. I forget who though. Maybe I should templatise it? My note at the top about what sort of page it is is templatised from User:Mindspillage so she could say that I'm a big weenie and I wouldn't necessarily know it right away. Is that cool or what? ++Lar: t/c 19:19, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[[Category:Wikipedia:Suspected sockpuppets of  |Pschemp/Archive 2]]

• What are the criteria for membership in this elite group? It could be cooler than rouge admins! ++Lar: t/c 19:19, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I think you already qualify :) pschemp | talk 07:05, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

I'm leaving this macrophage, a particularly hungry white blood cell on your talk page, I just finished a rewrite of its article and realized they're not so different from administrators, as they keep their surroundings clean, doing away with anything that's not supposed to be there...
Anyway, with that short lecture on cell biology done with, I'd like to thank you for your vote on my RfA, which passed with (49/2/0), I'll do my best to not let you down, and if you see me heading towards a common newbie mistake, please nudge me in the right direction :)

--Obli (Talk)^? 20:34, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hey Pschemp/Archive 2, how is it going? Thank you for supporting my Request for adminship! It passed with a final vote of 73/1/1, which means that I have been granted adminship! I look forward to using these tools to enhance and maintain this wonderful site. I will continue regular article/project contributions, but I will also allocate a sizable portion of my wikischedule toward administrative duties :) Thanks again, and if you have any questions/comments/tips, please let me know! — Deckiller 04:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] my RfA

Hi Pschemp, I see you're a cat-lover just like me. I wanted to thank you for taking the time to consider my RfA, which passed this morning. If there's ever anything I can help you with, just ask; you know where to find me. ×Meegs 06:02, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

This hippo looks contented.

Thanks for your support in my RfA. It passed, with a final tally of 62/0/1. I'm touched by all the kind comments it attracted, and hope I'll be of some use with my new tools. You know where I am if you need to shout at me. Flowerparty■ 15:54, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for supporting my RFA. I really appreciated the show of support and all the kind words from so many great Wikipedians. I hope I live up to them! -- Vary | Talk 17:35, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thanks for participating in my RfA. It passed with a final tally of 98/13/10, just two short of making WP:100. If you need my help with anything, don't hesitate to ask.

Naconkantari e|t||c|m 23:23, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for your recent vote on my RFA. While the nomination failed, I was rather expecting it due to the big lapse between registration and recent edits. Anywho, if you have any suggestions as to how I could improve so as to hopefully succeed next time, please let me know! Thanks! —akghetto ^talk 07:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar action

First of all, thanks much for the Barnstar! More importantly, you're just as deserving of one given your work on the Big Spring, Texas issues as well as all of the other work you do.

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I hereby award you this Barnstar for your tireless efforts in making Wikipedia a better place. OhNoitsJamieTalk 21:13, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Congratulation. --Bhadani 05:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Holi greetings

Hello from an Indian wikipedian. I am wishing you a happy Holi, the unique Hindu celebration of color and brotherhood among all members of the humanity. The festival falls on 15th March 2006. By the way, I have been around here for about a year, including being an administrator from 18th September 2005. I request you to kindly do me the favor of providing me your valuable comments and suggestions on my contributions, activities and behavior pattern. I shall be awaiting your free and frank opinion, which you are most welcome to give here. Thanks. --Bhadani 05:33, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for supporting my RFA. I appreciated the show of support and all the kind words. If there's ever anything I can do to help with my new administrator status, please don't hesitate to contact me. --Myles Long 14:28, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] An invitation!

Hello, Pschemp/Archive 2! By browsing through your contributions, I've observed your interest in articles related to Indigenous peoples of North America, their Culture and/or History. I'm happy to announce you the creation of WikiProject Indigenous peoples of North America, an attempt to build a comprehensive guide to Native American and First Nations resources on Wikipedia and promoting development of related articles. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion. I hope to see you there! Regards, Phædriel ♥ tell me 00:12, Sunday June 15, 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Church Links

No worries mate - Haven't uploaded anything yet and I'll be sure to correct my part of it first. Celcius ^(Talk) Wiki be With us! 07:28, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

• whew* I can sleep now. :) pschemp | talk 07:29, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

BTW - You might want to wait disambiguing the rest of them as all the state articles will be replaced by new individual county-specific articles. No need to correct links in state articles (i.e.. Like this one) which will be deleted anyway when the new ones (i.e.. Like this one) are put up. Celcius ^(Talk) Wiki be With us! 07:36, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I assumed you guys were just splitting up the existing state articles by county....how will that delete existing links, I mean if you just take the info from the state articles and copy out into split by county articles, doesn't that preserve the same info that is in the state ones Or am I just completely off base? pschemp | talk 07:39, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

That other dude I'm helping is the one who started this whole thing. Apparently he first copied the state files but that turned out to be too bulky - so he wrote a perl script which searched the NRHP database and compiled new txt files formatted for Wikipedia. It's easier to use them because they are preformatted, catagorized and internally linked as they should be. They need to be looked over though - to get rid of problems like the church links, spell-errors and other evils. Celcius ^(Talk) Wiki be With us! 07:47, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Ok gotcha. The main disambig pages are created anyway, so I'll just wait until you do your thing. Thanks!pschemp | talk 07:49, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

I made everything a link supposing that some might have articles eventually. Since they were accepted as historic, I believe they are at least marginally notable, so some of the redlinks might eventually be blue. A huge pile of redlinks doesn't hurt, does it? --SFoskett 18:44, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

It does when it made generic stuff like First Presbyterian Church almost the most requested article on WIkipedia. Its more the way the links were parsed that bothers me. First Presbyterian Church (its not even the name of a denomination!) should never be linked to, the link should always be something like First Presbyterian Church, Hollywood, California. Really, I guess I don't mind some of the more specific links, but I know a ton of those places are historic because they were the first church, barn, house, whatever buit in XX county, and as such will never be notable enough for an entire article of their own. (Although they may get a mention in a hisory of some place article). Additionaly, the huge red lists are hard to read IMHO. That said, its not my preference, but I can deal as long as the generic linking issue is taken care of. pschemp | talk 18:56, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Categories in the Native American project

I don't know what is going on. The edit history does not match what I though I was doing. I know that I moved cats on Blackfoot culture, Cherokee culture and mythology, Iroquois and Iroguois mythology and Ojibwa language from the top section to Tribes section. I am quite sure that I did not move the archeology cats, although that is what the history says. Sorry, I don't know what is happening. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 03:21, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

This is probably edit conflicts which for some reason aren't shown when you save. It happens when two people edit the same thing quickly and has happened to me too. Don't worry about it. pschemp | talk 03:24, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm finding some categories that haven't been included, so I'll be trying to add those. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 03:26, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the chocolate!

Finally, I get round to thanking you for the bar of chocolate. Thanks, and I hope we can keep the friendship going!

Samsara _contrib ^talk 18:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frog won!

Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive. This week Frog was selected to be improved to featured article status. Hope you can help…

Dijxtra 21:24, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Another Esperanzial note...

Hi again Esperanzians! Well, since our last frolic in the realms of news, the Advisory Council has met twice more (see WP:ESP/ACM2 and WP:ESP/ACM3). As a result, the charter has been ammended twice (see here for details) and all of the shortcuts have been standardised (see the summary for more details). Also of note is the Valentines ball that will take place in the Esperanza IRC channel on the 14th of February (tomorrow). It will start at 6pm UTC and go on until everyone's had enough! I hope to see you all there! Also, the spamlist has been dissolved - all Esperanzians will now recieve this update "newsletter".

The other major notice I need to tell you about is the upcoming Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. These will take place from 12:00 UTC on February 20th to 11:59 UTC on February 27th. The official handing-over will take place the following day. Candidates are able to volunteer any time before the 20th, so long as they are already listed on the members list. Anyone currently listed on the memberlist can vote. In a change since last time, if you have already been a member of the leadership, you may run again. Due to the neutrality precident, I will not vote for anyone.

Yours, as ever, Esperanzially,
--Celestianpower ^háblame 09:00, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
(message delivered by FireFox using AWB on Celestianpower's behalf)

[edit] WP:AFD

Hi there,

This concerns Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Daisey, where you recently voiced an opinion. User:Calton has raised some significant objections, and I would like to ask if you wouldn't mind considering the ensuing discussion and changing or confirming your choice with respect to the article Mike Daisey. Sincerely ENCEPHALON 07:06, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for taking the time to vote in my RfA, which passed with a final vote of 54/2/1 despite my obvious inadequacy for the job. I'll do my level best to use the mop and bucket — or, as I said in my RfA, plunger — responsibly. Of course, in the best tradition of politicans everywhere, I've already broken a campaign promise (I blocked a vandal last night despite having said "I don't anticipate using the blocking tool very often"). Nevertheless, I'll try not to let the unbridled power corrupt me. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:22, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Happy Valentine's day!

Happy Valentine's Day, my sweet dear Ps!
Phædriel

[edit] Thank you

Hello Pschemp, thank you for you support in my RfA. I was promoted with a final count of 48/1/0! If you see me making any mistakes, let me know ASAP. -- WB 02:29, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Good job...but

Do remember to fix Wikipedia:Double redirects! I've always wanted to fix all that U.S. acronyms, but I didn't have the time. However, there's a lot of double redirects to fix, but anyway, good job! Elle _{vécut heureuse} ^{à jamais} (Be eudaimonic!) 22:43, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Of course, one thing at a time though. pschemp | talk 23:26, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry if I scared you, but when I do large chuncks, I do the moves first and then fix the redirects. They're done now. pschemp | talk 06:31, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RFA/Quarl

Hi Pschemp, thanks for your support in my RFA, which succeeded. If I can ever improve or help in any way, please let me know! :) —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-02-16 12:22Z

[edit] Please check your WP:NA entry

Greetings, editor! Your name appears on Wikipedia:List of non-admins with high edit counts. If you have not done so lately, please take a look at that page and check your listing to be sure that following the particulars are correct:

1. If you are an admin, please remove your name from the list.
2. If you are currently interested in being considered for adminship, please be sure your name is in bold; if you are opposed to being considered for adminship, please cross out your name (but do not delete it, as it will automatically be re-added in the next page update).
3. Please check to see if you are in the right category for classification by number of edits.

Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! BD2412 T 03:21, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks!

Thank you! Hello Pschemp/Archive 2, and thank you for your support in my request for adminship! It passed with a final count of 98/2/0. If there is anything I can do to help you, please leave me a message on my talk page! -- xaosflux Talk

[edit] Gothic bellydance

Hey, not a problem! CrypticBacon 07:46, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you very much for your support during my recent Admin election, I appreciate the trust that you have put in me. Please contact me if you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding my work as an admin.

Kind Regards, Elf-friend 08:41, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi Pschemp/Archive 2. On behalf of my right eye, I'd like to thank you for giving me your support on my recent RfA. It ended with a final tally of (73/2/2) and therefore I have been installed as an administrator now, and I'm ready to serve Wikipedians all over the world with my newly acquired mop and bucket. If you have any questions, do not hestitate to forward them to my talkpage. Once again, thanks for your support. SoothingR 20:25, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] fortpoint.jpg take another look at the user that uploaded it.

I didn't upload fortpoint.jpg. It looks like user Dmarcantonio did. You might want to direct this at him. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Miskatonic (talk • contribs)

I realize this. you were the one to upload it to the page though. pschemp | talk 23:34, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Nope. That image was already there. It had already been placed before I even looked at that page. I had nothing to do with it. The only thing I did do was upload Fortpointcanons02-012006.JPG and Fortpoint02-01-2006.JPG. That was the only change I made to the page.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Miskatonic (talk • contribs)

sorry then, I looked at the wrong diff. pschemp | talk 00:22, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I am very new at this myself so any advice and help is welcomed.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Miskatonic (talk • contribs)

[edit] Field hockey photo...

I shifted and recaptioned your photo on the field hockey article. Ah, the days of playing hockey on grass... --Robert Merkel 08:22, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Cool! Believe it or not that was 1997. pschemp | talk 08:27, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for your vote My request for adminship passed with a final result of 78/2/0. Hopefully I will live up to everyone's expectations. Please ask if I can ever help out with anything in the future. Martyman - 09:11, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Dichroicclose.jpg

No mistake. Anybody can slap a GFDL-self tag on an image (and they often do). They think because they scanned an image or copied it from a website that they "created" it, which they did not. You need to provide supporting documentation to claim GFDL-self and the more the better. See Image:Olivia newtonjohn 1988b.jpg for a recommended example. If you did not create this image and hold the copyright, then you cannot claim GFDL-self. I put the tag back on until it is properly sourced. -Thanks Nv8200p talk 15:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

thank you for being so sweet and understanding. pschemp | talk 17:05, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Sorry. Hugs and kisses and nice summary on the image. (wicked sarcasm too, I like that) -Nv8200p talk

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support of my request for adminship. I'm delighted that the RfA ultimately succeeded with a final consensus of 52/1/0, so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any comments regarding my editing, or I can help you at any point in the future, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page. Again, thank you!

[edit] Recipes

Regarding my edit to Turkish Delight I took at face value the text of the tag which reads : "If the page can be edited into an encyclopedic article, rather than simply a recipe, please do so and remove this message." Since the page was indeed an encyclopedic article, rather than simply a recipe, the tag was obviously no longer necessary. Perhaps the text of the tag should be changed to something more like "Recipes are not appropriate in encyclopedic articles" so that others are not confused in the future. Avjewe 14:39, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

The tag can't go until the recipie is copied over. Sorry if it was confusing. pschemp | talk 14:42, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Big Spring, TX

I've already filed three 3RR disputes related to that page (which is a really tedious process). The problem is that the anon user seems to log in from more than one IP, so it's like a game of whack-a-mole. I'm thinking that a request for protection might be warranted at this point. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 03:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Good suggestions. Thanks much for your help with this; there is strength in numbers. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 05:18, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Hi, just got your note. I've already drafted one....i'll put it here. Maybe we could merge our drafts? I'm waiting to see if the user in question returns. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 22:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I'll just edit straight onto yours....then you tell me if you agree. :) pschemp | talk 22:59, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Excellent. I threw mine together quickly, so the help is appreciated. OhNoitsJamie^Talk 23:14, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to remove the NPOV tag later tonight. that may push Imposter over the edge. pschemp | talk 23:26, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

I don't mean to butt in, but if y'all need another endorsee, or if I can help in any way, please let me know. My contributions have been limited, but I've at least followed the conflict. I think it's fairly clear now that he's not going to participate in a constructive manner, despite Jamie's rather extraordinary patience, and a RfC is the next step. Kuru ^talk 00:41, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

No problem, all help is appreciated. I'll let you know if the RfC goes ahaed. pschemp | talk 00:52, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and filed it. User is back with another IP and another imposter account. Thanks again for the assistance in writing the RfC! OhNoitsJamie^Talk 01:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Got your message about the socktags; will do. Time for me to hit the hay. Come to think of it, isn't it pretty late in Texas? OhNoitsJamie^Talk 07:18, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

yup. getting late. I'm a niteowl though. pschemp | talk 08:07, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RFC

Though the user claims to be a "non-techie" homebound retiree in Texas, I've tagged the IP origin of all of the anon IPs. Several are from a business in Wyoming; one is from the University of Wyoming; a few are from USWest (a big telco which may serve Texas), and one of the recent ones is from a Spanish IP (I'm guessing a Proxy server). During the user's stint as User:Ohnoitsjaime, they made several Wyoming edits to establish a short track record. Sound fishy to you? I'm not sure if it's worth adding to the RFC or not. Thanks again for doing so much work on this. It's frustrating to think that we could be doing more worthwhile things with our time... OhNoitsJamie^Talk 04:25, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

The whole thing is Oh so fishy. :) I put in as much evidence as I could find for the socks and I believe it supports many of the things you are talking about here. I don't think its worth adding to the RFA as we already have mutitudinous sockpuppet evidence. If it continues, you can add that and a checkuser can always be run too. At this point, I think its good. I'm going to just let Happyjoe go nuts with the article, but if the fiddling with the RfC continues I'll revert and get it taken care of. This has been frustrating, I agree. We are on the right path to fixing it though thanks to your hard work. I'm happy to lend support, I know dealing with this by yourself is maddening. pschemp | talk 04:32, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I've confirmed that 212.142.140.149 is in fact an open proxy; if you know of other IPs he has used that are not listed at the RfC, let me know and I will scan them as well. Essjay ^{Talk • Contact} 08:45, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

This issue could have easily been resolved if there was a willingness to reach consensus and compromise, a willingness to open dialogue rather than deletionist bullying. Unfortunately I am not well enough versed in the ways of Wikipedia to be able to so expertly manipulate the system to my advantage as others are apparently doing. Happyjoe —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.122.236.133 (talk • contribs)

I have discovered that my account "Happyjoe" is blocked from editing due to some sort of misunderstanding over the Big Spring, TX article. Please remove this block so that I may complete necessary editing on other articles. Thank you for your timely assistance in resolving this problem... Happyjoe 69.145.215.206 03:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

As you have not responded... could you at least refer me to the proper department or supervisor within Wikipedia to fix this problem. Thank you in advance for your assistance. Happyjoe 69.145.215.206 03:35, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

I now accept the pillars of Wikipedia and I agree to abide by all of the rules, regulations and policies of Wikipedia, including respect for consensus and NPOV. Further, I have given up my attempts to provide any input for the Big Spring, TX article. I have prayed about my actions and have been guided to seek forgiveness and change my ways. And I agree to cease making POV edits. I give my 100% word that I will not revert to my old ways and will strive to be a model citizen of the Wikipedia community. Therefore, I most sincerely ask for you to please give me another chance and to unblock my account. I assure you that I will not let you down. Thank you - Happyjoe 24.232.183.52 06:51, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Yet, you are still using open proxies. pschemp | talk 07:06, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RFA

Thank you for supporting me in my successful RFA. The admin tools will definitely be useful for dealing with vandalism more swiftly. Please drop a note on my talk page, should you have questions about any of my actions. --Aude (talk | contribs) 02:18, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for voting! Although this is a bit late in coming, I want to thank you for voting (no matter what your vote was) in my recent request for adminship. You might be aware that it did not pass due to a lack of consensus. The final tally was 21/9/10. I think I will try again this spring or summer after I have gained a bit more experience and met a few more fellow editors. Thanks again!

--MatthewUND^(talk) 05:38, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vandal Whacking Stick

I, Essjay, hereby award you this vandal whacking stick to help you in fighting the hordes of vandals.

With all the sockpuppets running about, I thought you could use this. Essjay ^{Talk • Contact} 07:42, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] please do not revert anything without giving reasons.

It is not nice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by OttomanReference (talk • contribs)

[edit] My RfA

With apologies for the impersonal AWB-ness of the message... Thanks for your support on my recent request for adminship. It passed at 91/1/0, and I hope I can continue to deserve the community's trust. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you, and if I make a mistake be sure to tell me. My talk page is always open. (ESkog)^(Talk) 02:24, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

I just wanted to say thank you for voting for my RFA, of course if you ever need a hand, let me know :) - cohesion★talk 23:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AID

Thank you for your support of the Article Improvement Drive. This week Contact lens was selected to be improved to featured article status. Hope you can help…