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		For going above and beyond the extra mile on the help desk Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:40, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

You may not need another one, but I just had to let you know that your ongoing efforts are observed and admired. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:40, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Re Peppercorn entry

I was more than slightly puzzled at the deletion of my article and yes I would love your help in re writing it - I shall get on to that tonight if my computer allows! (Having computer problems!) Still getting to grips with the whole Wikipedia thing though! Cosy jo 17:48, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Jobs of Admins

Hi..I had posted a message before trying to contact an Admin to find out more information for my english paper. I have some questions and if you would be willing to answer them they would help me alot for my paper.

1. What are your jobs as an Admin? 2. Do you get any pay for the time you put into Wikipedia? 3. How often/ how many hours do you spend on Wikipedia editing? 4. How many admins are their in the English Wikipedia? 5. What makes you want to contribute to Wikipedia?

Thank you for your help 129.89.207.244 18:14, 24 October 2007 (UTC)English Student

1. I want to start by saying that all contributors are volunteers at Wikipedia. Everyone, from the person who makes a single spelling correction to administrators, bureaucrats, and arbitration committee members. There are various tasks that administrators are trusted to perform, but they’re all volunteers, so they are not bound to do them regularly or even at all. The status of administrator is given to users who can be trusted not to misuse the tools that are necessary to keep the encyclopedia running, but there’s no requirement to use them. The tasks that administrators can perform include deleting pages, blocking users, protecting pages, and undoing any of those actions as necessary. These are all tasks that provide an opportunity for abuse, which is why only trusted users are given the ability to perform them. Users are confirmed for administrator status at requests for adminship. Most tasks that administrators perform relate to behind-the-scenes janitorial work that most readers and visitors to Wikipedia will never notice. Administrators evaluate consensus in discussions, such as at articles for deletion, but they are not mediators responsible for handling user disputes. When evaluating discussions, they are expected to assess the community’s arguments, not make their own judgment on the issue at hand. Some very specific types of deletion are permitted without consensus, and these are defined by the criteria for speedy deletion. In the end, administrators are simply regular Wikipedians who help the project run smoothly.
2. As stated before, Wikipedians are volunteers, so no one receives compensation for work contributed to Wikipedia. This includes those with permission to perform administrative tasks.
3. Personally, I am active just about every day of the week, though slightly less active on the weekends. I spend several hours a day at Wikipedia, and this includes time spent reading articles. I’ve made 8570 edits since late December 2006, which comes out to about 28.3 edits per day.
4. As of October 24, 2007, there are 1360 users with administrator rights with 10 being evaluated for administrator status at Requests for adminship.
5. I started contributing because I liked reading Wikipedia articles and I got interested in how they were written. While delving into the contribution process I read a lot of policy pages and learned a lot about the internal mechanisms at Wikipedia. My first edit was to a deletion discussion, which is a little rare I suppose; most users start as content contributors. I have started some articles, as you can see on my user page, but my main focus has typically been preventing vandalism to existing articles and having administrator tools makes that task easier. I learn a lot by reading Wikipedia, so spending time keeping it vandalism free fits hand-in-hand with that. Leebo ^T/C 18:56, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

I wanted to thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions. It is going to help with my paper alot, and my professor is very intrested to hear your responses as well. Thanks again70.92.167.104 23:43, 24 October 2007 (UTC)English Student

I don't mind at all. If you have any other questions let me know. I'd be interested to hear what others thought (about your paper, general impressions of admins, etc.). Leebo ^T/C 15:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

You.

OMFG ROFOLOLOL LULZ U BANNED MY PEOPLEZ U HAXX0R!!!11! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.165.5.86 (talk) 19:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello again re: Peppercorn

I am actually fairly happy with the bulk of the write up - I think its okay??? Apart from additional info I am gathering that I will add which will be minor edits.

You mentioned that you could help me format it. In between my computer going wonky I have been trying to work out how I should add those references and others you found. Should they be links next to the note saying 'citation here' of at the bottom with general links?

Also could not find the tool to put the picture box to the upper right that I have seen on other pages. Is it me or is there alot of info to take on board at first??!!Cosy jo 03:39, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Re:User:Deadriene

My username used to be Deadriene16 before I change it to Deadriene. [1] Then I changed it from Deadriene to Poison the Well. [2] Is there anyway you can change my userpage name To Poison the Well? I tried to move it but it didn't work. Thanks.†Poison the Well† 14:52, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

I really appreciate all your help!

Terranr 18:30, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Buick supercharged 3.6 V-6 motor

I have been told that one can operate the Supercharged version of the 3.8 Buick V-6 without the supercharger, but I'm trying to clarify whether that means simply removing the accessories (fan) belt and installing the smaller normally aspirated motor's shorter belt to bypass the supercharger, or if the entire supercharger must be removed which would mean replacing the intake manifold as well with a traditional (plastic) intake. I really would prefer the simpler solution, for both the durability of the iron intake vs. a plactic one (associated with overheating leaks etc.), and with the better fuel economy of bypassing the supercharger, if you know then please respond. Also, I just want to be sure that if I bypass the supercharger, that I will not be harming the motor. I understand that the motor will make less power, about 20 or so less horsepower, but my main concern is increasing the economy and durability & longevity of the motor.JoJoDynamo 19:00, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Race and racing

Hello, I took your idea to the race ;) I hope you don't mind. Reformulate it as you like or put it in my name if you do not wish to take part in the debate. Thanks--Tallard 19:24, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thanks so much for helping me with my wikibox page. I just created it. It looks really nice!!!

Lurv,

Éowyn, aka --MurtaghxMisery 17:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

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just want to be remembered:( —Preceding unsigned comment added by Onlyquitersquit (talk • contribs) 20:50, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Occupational therapy

wow, i must be really tired! I thought the edit summary said that the page was created not replaced with the text that is tagged as nonsense. thanks for fixing it! Tiptoety 02:28, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Not a big deal, I figured it was just a mistake. Thanks for recent changes patrolling. Happy editing! Leebo ^T/C 02:29, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

You are welcome, good work yourself! Tiptoety 02:30, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Real fast, would you mind deleting Calvin Ho, i tagged it a little while ago. Thanks! Tiptoety 02:32, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. I tried to see if there was anything about him for reliable sources, but no such luck. Leebo ^T/C 02:37, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Yea i tried to, but like you said "no luck". Thanks again. Tiptoety 02:39, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Your email is?

I'd like to talk to you via email. I thought there was a button on userpages to email an admin but I dont see that buttn here.Thx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.88.220.141 (talk) 21:37, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

There is, but you need an account. Create an account, come to this page, and click "E-mail this user". Leebo ^T/C 01:04, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Re: Your RFA

Sorry, but I've made it up for deletion and I'm afraid you can't win it. Thanks for looking at it, though. TobytheTramEngine 20:29, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Gathering of Gamers is directly related via citation on its site for along time

Gathering of Gamers is directly related, Gamernode is as well... suggest you categorize entries instead of deletions, censorship is not right!

I have seen on them references and topics related, including citations back to GameFAQs. These are similar in relation with Gamernode or the secondary entry.

There are many cases where similar are justified and helpful to Wiki users. Personally, having those kinds of entries help out a great deal for people doing research, like perhaps finding all of the aspects of Gamer's in a social context or perhaps in a news context that the main article direction has little to inform the Wiki user directly. By providing an outlet of related or similar, the topic gets expanded for these users.

Please do not censor me any more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Agencius (talk • contribs) 16:04, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Editing correctly?

Hi There, I recently made some edits to some aspects of the Dolphinarium article and I just noticed that many, but not all, of them have been removed. This included a link from the words "Marine Mammal Protection Act" to a government document with the actual text of that law. Do you know if my edits are being removed by someone at Wikipedia because I am not following the appropriate rules, or is it just another Wikipedia user who has chosen to edit my edits?

Thank you,

Terranr 17:31, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I've stumbled upon your question, so I'll try to answer it in Leebo's place. First, it is important to understand that there are very few people with official, paid positions at the Wikimedia foundation (what you have called "someone at Wikipedia"). They generally do not bother themselves with the actual content of the articles - all editing you will see is done by Wikipedia users, also known as editors or Wikipedians. So for your explicit question, the answer is the latter.

To understand who reverted your edits and why, you can click the "history" tab at the top of the Dolphinarium article, which will lead you to the article's history page. There, you can see that User:BabyNuke has reverted your latest edit, and his reasons were:

• Links to pages outside of Wikipedia ("external links") are discouraged in the main body of the article, and
• This paritcular topic was already linked earlier in the article, and linking every concept in every single occurance is discouraged.

If you still feel your edit should remain, you can discuss it at Talk:Dolphinarium, or if this fails (lack of interest by others, etc), at the other party's talk page (in this case User Talk:BabyNuke).

I hope this helps. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 22:25, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

thank you but one more question

thank you for helping. I'm trying to reach the person that denied my article but it said i need to be logged in or something(in which i was). I see you are a yankee fan. Me too. This would have been my 2nd article on a minor league player. They go to the college right near me and i have met them. My first article was mike parisi (i have met him). Thank you for helping —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cruzin93 (talk • contribs) 03:55, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

One more thing

sorry i just wrote you an article about me not being able to get in contact with a member who denied my article because of its importance. I tried to make the article again but I can't. Could you please help me with both things please. This would be really apprecitated by me and the minor league players I write about.(They have actually spoken to me about it). If you type in Matt Rizzotti, I can't seem to find a link to make a new article. I hope to have a bright future with wikipedia and yourself. Thank you