User talk:Black Falcon

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Good to see you back

I wandered back into UCFD, and it was deserted; both you and Jc37 were on unannounced wikibreaks. Glad to see yours wasn't permanent. Horologium (talk) 00:36, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I came back yesterday to start a new article and have been semi-active since. I see you've commented in a few UCFDs these past days ... are you thinking about returning to your regular level of participation there? – Black Falcon ^(Talk) 00:52, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I got over it. (grin) Horologium (talk) 00:53, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Awesome! :) It'll be nice to see you back in the midst of things, and I get the impression that things have cooled down a little since December. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 01:01, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I am glad to see you back as well. UCFD was getting boring as the only person there the past week. There was a stretch of almost 5 days of no edits! Now we just need Jc37 back... VegaDark (talk) 01:23, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

...And he's back! :) Thanks, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 18:57, 3 February 2008 (UTC) (Incidentally, I can see from some of the posts at UCFD today that my impression that "things have cooled down" may not be accurate. Oh, well.)

Yeah, back just in time for another round of "delete that religion". You know, I really hate POINT nominations, which is the only thing preventing me from voting to delete; it's an obvious bad faith nomination, and the nominator's pissy response to my comment on his user talk page (about the needless snark in his delete recommendation on another cat) reminded me why I drew back for a while. The religion UCFD should've been speedy closed with the other two. Oy. Horologium (talk) 19:39, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

To be honest, I'm no longer sure whether speedy closing the discussion would cut short what is likely to be a drawn-out and unproductive thread full of disagreement and accusations, or whether it would simply transfer that thread from WP:UCFD to WP:DRV and some talk pages. – Black Falcon ^(Talk) 20:14, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Haven't seen you around

in a while. Hope everything is ok. You know how to contact me if you want to chat. --Kbdank71 19:44, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Same here. Ping me if you'd like to talk. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 01:08, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to you both (and to the others above : )

I already responded somewhat on Kbdank's talk page, but the short of it is that I suppose I'm back for the duration : )

(And I'm thrilled to see Horolgium back as well : )

I hope you're all having a great day : ) - jc37 10:26, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

It's good to hear. Incidentally, I noticed that I missed the "Wikipedians by location" discussion; if you don't mind my asking, are you planning to renominate them in a while or are you thinking of another approach? Black Falcon ^(Talk) 21:44, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Renominate with a (hopefully) clearer nom, based on what we've learned so far, in an effort to continue to attempt to determine consensus : )

I think that there was at least a consensus to keep "in" and "from". Either as separate cats, or as a merged cat stating "in or from". I think that separate cats is more likely to find continued consensus, and plan to nominate based on that.

In short: Delete all "X Wikipedians", with an edit summary (by the bot making the changes) suggesting each Wikipedian is welcome to categorise by either the "in" or "from" standard. Else Merge/Rename all to "in" or "from", as appropriate. I'd welcome some suggestions as to the exact wording of the edit summary, since we have a length restriction, and part of it needs to be the link to the archive.

The previous closer suggested we wait for awhile, but I guess I didn't see the "disruption" that he seemed to. I'd welcome your insight.

That said, I think I should probably wait until the rather thinly veiled POINT noms by ASE and co. are completed, since I think there's a decent chance that they will be at least somewhat disruptive, and attempting a large group nom while that's going on is probably not the best of ideas.

Did I miss anything? : ) - jc37 00:29, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

That would make sense, since there's liable to be much overlap in the use of the location and ethnicity/nationality categories. For instance, it's likely that most "Canadian Wikipedians" are "in Canada" and/or "from Canada". As for the wording of the edit summary, I'm not quite sure how it'd be possible to fit in every bit of information. The link to the archive itself will be quite long ... unless a shortcut to that particular archive is created and used (e.g. WP:UCFD/A/February 2008 or something similar). – Black Falcon ^(Talk) 05:12, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

"Harassment" page

Hello. I did post my opinion on the discussion page. I know its a silly page I made out of boredom, but the thing really got to me was a non-administrator with a vandalism and edit war history sent a note on my talk page and threatened to delete it. Ineversigninsodonotmessageme (talk) 04:06, 4 February 2008 (UTC)Ineversigninsodonotmessageme

Are you referring to User:RogueNinja? If so, then there may be a misunderstanding, as his note on your talk page was a notification rather than a notice of deletion (as a non-administrator, s/he does not have the technical ability to delete the page). Please let me know if I've overlooked something. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 04:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I was referring to that user. Ineversigninsodonotmessageme (talk) 01:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)Ineversigninsodonotmessageme

Also, history of vandalism and edit warring? Since when? RogueNinja_talk 08:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I just saw all of that on your talk page. Ineversigninsodonotmessageme (talk) 01:20, 5 February 2008 (UTC)Ineversigninsodonotmessageme

I'm glad that you've resolved any misunderstanding. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 18:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

DYK notice

On 7 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charlesworth Samuel, 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! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 14:06, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Working Group login

Hi Black Falcon, just letting you know I've sent an email (via the English Wikipedia email function) to you with details about your Working Group wiki login details. Be sure to change your password once you log in, for security reasons! If there's any problems with the login (passwords, username not working, or anything), fire me an email and I'll try and sort them out for you. Cheers, Daniel (talk) 04:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I've logged in and changed my password. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 07:00, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

T:DYK.

On 9 February, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Allensbach Institute, 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. · AndonicO ^Hail! 01:30, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Barneca 2

Very well said. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 23:00, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. :) Incidentally, I find it interesting that you initially opposed his first failed RfA but later switched to support and then co-nominated him; my single encounter with Barneca (that I can remember off-hand) involved a disagreement in a deletion discussion, but the way that he handled himself and the quality of his comments left a positive impression. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 23:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

RFA thanks

.: RFA thanks :.

Thanks for supporting me! My RfA passed with a final tally of 5 neutrals, 1 oppose and 148 supports, a turnout I couldn't have dreamed of. I'm going to do everything I can to help out the community, help with sysop tasks, and of course, contribute to the encyclopedia. If you ever need a hand with something, feel free to give a shout! Cheers! Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 17:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

One of my favorite pictures

Thank you for participating in my RfA! It was closed as successful with 74 supporting, 3 opposing, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to the trust that you have placed in me. —Remember the dot (talk) 18:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Archiving

I've been absent the past two days and was able to log on only for a few minutes yesterday. Thanks for taking care of it; I'll update the topical index. Cheers, Black Falcon ^(Talk) 20:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

No worries. And also, congrats (dubious honour?) on your nomination for being an observer over the new Wikipedia:Working group on ethnic and cultural edit wars. I'd have offered to help if I had known "observer" was an option : ) - jc37 20:53, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I think the "observer" role was invented only 2-3 days before the working group actually started its activities, so it caught quite a few people by surprise... :) Black Falcon ^(Talk) 21:01, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Updated. I think the index page may need further subdivision at this time ... some of the sections (e.g. "Wikipedians who like/dislike" and "Unsorted") are starting to become bloated and some (e.g. "not-based" categories) are missing. I'll do a little sorting later today. Black Falcon ^(Talk) 21:17, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Please Help - Problem with user Blotto Adrift

Hi, User Blotto adrift does not follow wiki policy. He has been warned several times but contuines to change pages to his own edits. For example a ruling was made that he was in conflict of interest on the Whitby Public Library but he has ignored the warning and keeps editing the page. I fixed it today but he changed it back. Can you please fix it and warn him about policy. If you take a look at his talk page he has been warned in the past.

Thank you for your help —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.157.51.121 (talk) 04:58, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to respond to this. I believe that this is the same IP editor who has been vandalizing my user page (and others) for some time. It all relates to Trenton, Ontario. The article s/he is referring to was written last spring and all issues were dealt with at that time. Blotto adrift (talk) 05:06, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Doczilla's RfA

.: Oh, no! There goes To-ky-o! Admin Doczilla! :.

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Thanks for !voting! Thank you for !voting in my RfA which resulted in the collapse of civilization with 92 (94?) support, 1 oppose, and 1 neutral. Blame jc37 and Hiding for nominating me, everyone who had questions or comments, everyone who !voted, everyone who tallied the numbers correctly, and WJBScribe who closed without shouting, "No mop for you!" Seriously, your response has overwhelmed me. I am deeply grateful.

47 Ronin Black Falcon Thank you for casting the 47th vote in support.

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