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This is EVula's talk page, which shouldn't be a surprise if you clicked the link...
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You know me, too

You can add me to your list of people you know here (though I haven't contributed in ages).

See you Monday! Lane Wright (talk) 00:23, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Newish User

Hello, I've been poking around the Wiki and I've eventually found myself wound up on your page.

I've read that you're quite an experienced user, and was wondering if you could possibly give me the tour de force of Wikipedia, showing me the ropes and the like? I understand if you can't, I know you're a very busy guy.

Thanks! --DevilAsh^Talk! 23:15, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Jennifer Hudson picture to languages on Wikipedia

You can add Image:Jennifer Hudson.jpg to the multi-language wikipedias' infoboxes, because I really don't have time to add them to all of the language wikis. Cheers. miranda 01:51, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, I already did this. miranda 10:41, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Damn, I'd already opened up all the links in tabs last night, planning to do it this morning. Oh well... I would have gotten hell from someone in particular if I'd told her I was going to be on Wikipedia instead of talking to her. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Real life > Wikipedia. :-P miranda 20:33, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes I get that a bit mixed up, but the equation "Girls > Wikipedia" is one I never have trouble with. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

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Adminship

I plan on going through it again soon. I will add 1000+ edits over tonight alone. (I won't sleep. I don't plan on it)Undeath (talk) 15:37, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good, but keep in mind that there's more to adminship than just raw numbers; people are more willing to support someone that displays a firm grasp of when and how to enforce Wikipedia policy than someone who can generate several thousand edits in a very short period of time. EVula // talk // ☯ // 15:45, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I believe I have the grasp of policies, but I just don't have the numbers yet. How long, do you suggest, that I wait until my next submission? (Please post your reply on my talk page)Undeath (talk) 16:21, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Reply posted on user's talk page.[1] EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:16, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

• • • I was told that three months might also suffice, but time will tell. I'm starting to take part in AFC too. The reason I was not active during October-November was a relative of mine was diagnosed with cancer. I was helping his family during that period. This is my normal activity rate.Undeath (talk) 19:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

• • • • I was wondering if it would be helpful to get an admin coach. Undeath (talk) 06:24, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Not sure where else to ask, but…

Can I host the old contents of ev-nova.net on my website, now that the domain is down? I would especially like to keep the Walkthroughs alive. Currently I can only find them here. — Nicholas (reply) @ 22:41, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

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Good luck!

Good luck in your rehearsals! --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 23:46, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Concern from Sesshomaru

Hey EVula, glad to see you again. This user, Amaechi Okoli (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log), is creating a lot of ridiculous redirects. See their contributions. I noticed this after warning the user for re-creating THE GREATEST QUEST OF ALL. Can you check it out? Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 03:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

What to do if a user refuses to leave edit summaries? See the user Alexander Vince, he's already been told about it before. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 05:39, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

First Edit

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Happy First Edit Day, EVula, from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! ~~~~

--Nadir D Steinmetz 12:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

BRC

We've recently opened membership up to the editing community at large, so if you know any badasses, feel free to invite them. GlassCobra 07:26, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

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My Editor Review

Could you please comment? Thanks and Happy Editing, Dusti^talk 19:55, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

You missed a thread

Over here. {^_^} Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 06:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

I didn't miss it; I just haven't responded to any of the messages left here. See the big orange box at the top of this page for an explanation. I might have some spare time this weekend to respond to everyone, but I'm extremely tight on time right now. EVula // talk // ☯ // 18:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

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Adopt

Adopt me? MadMan3 (talk) 22:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Gosh

Gosh, I didn't know it tells you guys so much! P.s. What kind of things must i do to be come an admin? Thanks, Obi maul12 (talk) 23:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

In case I would end up at an RfA soon

I just wrote User:Martijn Hoekstra/Recall, in case I end up in an RfA anytime in the nearish future. I am not native in English though, so I wondered if you could have a looksee, and give some comments on the content, or correct some mistakes which I am sure I made. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 23:48, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Facebook

OMG, the picture of you on WP:FBOOK is psychotic, haha. It's like face, face, full body shot, face, face, cute reference to user name, face, face, BLADE OF DEATH. нмŵוτнτ 05:20, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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OhanaUnited's RFA

.: Thank you! :.

Thank you for participating in my 2nd RfA and supporting me! My RfA passed unanimously at 79 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral. I would like to take this opportunity to thank AndonicO and Rudget for nominating me. I also want to thank LaraLove for persuading me to keep going after I failed my first RfA. To be really honest, I am surprised that my RfA passed without any oppose or neutral. Being an administrator means more responsibilities, especially when I'm now an administrator on both English Wikipedia as well as WikiSpecies. I promise everyone that I will use the tools effectively to serve the community. If you need help on anything, don't hesitate to leave me a message on my talk page and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Last but not least, remember the motto for Ohana: "When it comes to family, nobody gets left behind." Once again, thanks for placing your trust in me to help the community. OhanaUnitedTalk page 18:14, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

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Keep Category:Living People empty

Hi, I saw one of your activities including ' Keep Category:Living People empty ' .. As a admin, why dont you put this cat to CFD and delete it ?

- Tinucherian (talk) 10:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I think it's supposed to be a redirect, and it would leave dead links when editors add that category to articles mistakenly. Ideally, redirects are supposed to have all pages pointing to them updated to reflect the correct link, though that's a large task, and this just happens to be his category pet peeve, I imagine. Coreycubed (talk) 13:38, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

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Congratulations!

You've made my quote page, which is definitely one of the most coveted quote pages around. A talkpage post that you've made recently made me laugh hysterically in its unusual level of wittiness, dryness, sarcasm, illustration, delivery, timing, and/or good ol' fashion lightheartedness. Thanks for brightening up the place! You can view your quote, in all its glory, preserved for history, here. Cheers, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 15:39, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

teh lulz at rfbs

Most definitely original. I see that barnstar I gave you a while back didn't go to waste. Rudget. 21:17, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

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I am a Wiki developer, have spent the past 12 months developing wikimetro.org in asp.net as a local wiki and would like to ask for (expert) feedback. www.wikimetro.org a local wiki 04:15, 29 February 2008 (UTC) Jeff Brauer

Sorry for any inconvenience caused Thanks and Regards, Jeff

My apologies...

...but I'm not sure you read my reason for reporting User:70.241.201.64. There is a user, User:Bjbarnett2, who has been making exactly these same edits to Public Broadcasting Service and was blocked for it. Now, suddenly, up pops our IP user, making exactly the same edit the user was blocked for. Would you please reconsider? If you look at the article history, you'll see he's very persistent, and since blocks are preventative, I'm thinking this would be a good one. Thanks...Gladys J Cortez 20:36, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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Evula, EVula

Ok, you've made it clear. I'll forever type EVula, never again Evula. Sorry about that. :-) And I agree with you for agreeing with me, but that's besides the point. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 22:41, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Tee hee. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 22:42, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

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Medic?

You have an eerily similar resemblance to the medic on Team Fortress 2. Then again, you are a 'crat on the Half-Life Wikia...--TBC!?! 07:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Still unavailable?

You responded to other comments, but not to any of mine. One of the users have gone out of control with redirects. I'd like to know what would be the best to put these nonsensical redirects for deletion:

• First sonic game
• Second sonic game
• Third sonic game
• Fourth sonic game
• That hedgehog
• Wily the Wombat
• G.U.N
• Super hedgehog
• Super form
• Agent b
• Knuckle head
• Fox boy
• Blue hedgehog
• Prototype ultimate life form
• Fastest thing alive
• The hedgehog (upsy with this one)
• The eggman (probably change target to Eggman‎?)
• The Namek
• Hypersonic hegdehog
• Hypersonic hedgehog
• Ultimate life
• Supersonic hedgehog

Thoughts? I tried asking someone else for directions, but the person decided to be uncivil in the end. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 05:29, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

My request for bureaucratship

Dear EV, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I was a little miserable after the results came out, so I'm going to spread the love via dancing hippos. As you do. :)
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 11:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

You're honestly the only one I was sure would support :P ~ Riana ⁂ 11:52, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Adopter or adoptee?

EVula, I don't know if I'm closer to being an adopter or adoptee--I think I'm somewhere in between. I would like to help new users, but don't know if I'm yet experienced enough to do so adequately. I would like to receive help from an experienced editor, but don't want to take away a less-experienced editor's chance at receiving help. In any case, if you aren't too busy, I could use your help and suggestions! (By the way, I find it amusing that while your first edit was about Betty Page, it was a spelling correction relating to something showing her brains!) Wakedream (talk) 07:25, 13 March 2008 (UTC)