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Thanks for help

Thanks for those page links. I didn't realize I could see the history of changes until just now and thought the list of BUST covers was deleted the first time because of its table format. Whoops. LysaC (talk) 18:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Picture

Hey, you changed your picture! Nice. Useight (talk) 05:13, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh heh. Niiiiice. bibliomaniac 1 5 04:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are an eccentric, VanTucky. :) Not any more than me, of course; I have a million pictures of my budgie! Anthøny 11:40, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll accept that label :) VanTucky ^{Vote in my weird poll!} 18:52, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Battlefield Earth

Perhaps you are mistaken? The logs show that this is the first time you have ever protected this article. Cirt (talk) 01:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the other protection was only a move-protect - a standard practice before a Featured Article becomes a Today's Featured Article. So really, this is actually the first protection this month. Cirt (talk) 01:57, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New tai chi pix

Hi! I've just looked in after a couple days, and will give the pix a going over this weekend when things (hopefully!) slow down... --Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων (talk) 16:35, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HAU

Hello again. The Highly Active Users project has gone through a complete revamping per popular demand. We believe this new format will make it easier for new editors to find assistance. However, with the new format, I must again ask you to verify your information on this page. I attempted to translate the data from the old version to the new, but with the extensive changes, I may have made some errors. Thanks again. Useight (talk) 03:55, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support at my recent Request for adminship. I hope you find I live up to your expectations. Best, Risker (talk) 14:24, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks!

		RfA: Many thanks
		Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 06:04, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Denial of speedy for Aleksi Asikainen

Thanks for catching this. It amazes me how many articles are tagged with speedy when they don't meet the criteria, or are borderline. What's wrong with AfD, I wonder sometimes. Also, hello, fellow Portlandite! -kotra (talk) 21:39, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Chicken Infobox

How are chickens categorized? Do you know what organizations have whatever standards or how different orgs group chickens? Thanks a lot. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 23:30, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anything else you would recommend to add to the template before I make it public? Thanks for all of your help! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 00:14, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chicken

Evening sir, Congratulations on your new feathered friends. I've often thought about getting some, but it never happened. Worried about cats, foxes, vandals, neighbours, cost, damage to garden etc... Couple of quick questions if you don't mind?

Are they noisy?
Expensive?
Do they take up a lot of room?
Do they destroy grass they are put on?

Also, are you having them as pets, breeding them, or as a future dinner? haha! Sorry... I voted in your poll too, as I say I was thinking of getting two a while back, and naming them Sweet and Sour :P ← κεηηε∂γ ^{(shout at me)} 09:08, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wow! thanks for all the info! Its something I will be looking into. The last time I was going to get them, the bird flu epidemic was close to Scotland, so I didn't bother. Especially as the farmers market stopped selling birds. Need to be careful also, as I have a young nephew that would be playing in the garden. Bird Poop + Kids = Not so good... Anyway, thanks again for all of that. Much appreciated. ← κεηηε∂γ ^{(shout at me)} 07:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yup, but there was fears that wild birds could carry the disease, and chickens outside could come into contact with the wild birds, infecting them. It came to Scotland too. A bird died of it not too far away. And with the foot and mouth previously, which killed loads of animals in my village, I wasn't taking any chances. ← κεηηε∂γ ^{(shout at me)} 08:05, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So which names won? Basketball110 ^{My story}/_{Tell me yours} 02:36, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think he's telling. Sound familiar? :P ← κεηηε∂γ ^(talk) 13:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Favor?

Hi there, I've written an article called Introduction to genetics that tries to introduce DNA, genes and genetics in a completely non-technical and approachable way for people who have no background in science. It's intended as an introduction for the main articles, which are a bit too technical for many people. If you have the time, could you have a look through this and see where it is assuming too much background or isn't very clear? No particular hurry on this, but if you could leave some comments on the talkpage I'd be very grateful. Tim Vickers (talk) 21:01, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Tim Vickers (talk) 21:06, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apology

Hey, no hard feelings about 19x19, ok? I was just irked by your edit summary that "1st: you forgot the right formatting", and just had to fix it. Plus I figured that while the discussion was underway there was no point in anyone making any changes to the article, so I really couldn't understand your earlier edit. Mostly I'm really passionate about go and wish to see more people playing it. Although the name of the article should be Go. No reply needed. Oakwillow (talk) 05:46, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch

Right - I saw the eggs etc, but hadn't taken in the name. Johnbod (talk) 11:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: American Civil Liberties Union

First of all, I want to thank you for protecting the ACLU article, which has been long overdue. There seems to be one anonymous user absolutely bent on adding propaganda to the article, and gives himself away with his strident (and absurd) edit summaries. I have been tracking this for a couple of months now, have been keeping a list of the IPs he has used, and he definitely shows a pattern of edits across Wikipedia dealing with Jewish and Israeli figures, Russian history, and topics relating to Nazism in its various permutations. I have yet to figure out, however, what would be the best use of said information. He has demonstrated a long pattern of disruptive behavior, the question is how do we deal with a user who uses so many different IPs? Your thoughts? ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 14:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ZuluPad

Why are you attacking ZuluPad on Wikipedia? ZuluPad has been listed on the Personal Wiki page for several years, and your reason for deleting the ZuluPad page (that has also been around for over a year) are horribly outdated. For one, the initial ZuluPad page was created when the application was in it's infancy. It was recreated by someone else who thought the program deserved a page here. One person on that Deletion page that you site notes that Zulupad had only 30 Google hits. A Google search for ZuluPad now returns 23,900 hits. Additionally, ZuluPad has been on the front page of Digg.com, garnering 1481 diggs (http://digg.com/software/Personal_Wiki_Application_As_Easy_As_Notepad_It_is_FREE). Does that sound non-notable to you? --Omeomi (talk) 16:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So why did you also delete it from the Personal Wiki Page? And if you're just carrying out a 2-year old consensus, how does that account for changes in something's status over time? Shouldn't there be a possibility for a new consensus? --Omeomi (talk) 16:42, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article doesn't exist because YOU deleted it. And that consensus page you site actually mentions that it should be on the Personal Wiki page. And the last time I created the ZuluPad page, I did not take the text from another website, I just re-added the text that was already on WikiPedia. And the page that the WikiPedia bot sourced (http://gersic.com/projects.php?id=19) says at the bottom, "Note: All text on this page is hereby placed in the public domain. Copy it at will.", so it was NOT A COPYRIGHT VIOLATION.

--Omeomi (talk) 16:49, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fine, I will bring this to Wikipedia deletion review. Two years seems like a reasonable amout of time for something to move from non-notable to notable. At least as notable as any other program in that list. So, why exactly are you singling out ZuluPad and not any of the other programs listed there, just so I know what to address in my comments? And don't say, "because it doesn't have it's own page" because you're the one that deleted the page. If you could avoid that sort of circular logic, I would appreciate it.

--Omeomi (talk) 23:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting that you want others to assume good faith when they're talking about you, but you have no such qualms when you're talking about other people. --Omeomi (talk) 19:02, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You didn't notify either party (as per Wikipedia Guidelines) so neither of us knew that you'd filed this report. Let's see what that page has to say about reporting sock puppets:

Before creating a report...please be sure that...you have strong evidence. You provided no strong evidence.
All your statements should be supported by diffs. You've provided no diffs.
Assume good faith, if possible. Goes without saying. You told me I wasn't assuming good faith when I suggested that you may have an ulterior motive, so I dropped it. Not sure why you don't hold yourself to the same standards.
Notify the suspected users. I got no notification, and as Prosfilaes notes above, you didn't bother to notify Cyber Shepherd either.

And YOU'RE the ADMINISTRATOR? Isn't this the sort of thing administrators are supposed to know how to do properly? --Omeomi (talk) 01:00, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

VanTucky, WikiPedia Community in general--I am a real person and I do work at Teachers_College,_Columbia_University. For some reason the IP Address where I live is blocked (because of some user I have never heard of). If you read my post from the deletion review where I was accused of being a sock puppet I noted at the beginning of my post that I was new to this. I fully intend to make future contributions and find it surprising that I am under suspicion for being a sock puppet or somehow faking my job or identity. Is this just the normal protocol here? Why, also, such vitriol against ZuluPad! So curious. I will post again soon, and would like to invite anyone in the greater New York metropolitan area to come by this Wednesday when I teach my next podcasting class. I do want to be part of this community it's just difficult when you're suspected of not-existing or only having a single purpose. I am currently writing from my work computer (please check IP if you wish).--Cyber Shepherd (talk) 21:25, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Forgive my double post but...could you please let User:Shalom know that I have written--I could not find a place to leave a message for him on his TALK page regarding this matter (I left a copy of this message on the Suspected Sock Puppet Talk Page, but have gotten no response). Please allow me to vindicate myself. I am not a sock-puppet or somehow in cahoots with Omeomi, the deletion review just happens to be my first posting; but it will not be my only (i.e. for a single purpose).--Cyber Shepherd (talk) 21:35, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for ZuluPad

An editor has asked for a deletion review of ZuluPad. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article, speedy-deleted it, or were otherwise interested in the article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Omeomi (talk) 04:44, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sho Dozono

Just a note to let you know I've reviewed Sho Dozono's good article candidacy, and left my comments on the article talk page. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 23:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies - it's been sitting on my priority list for a few days, but I haven't followed through yet. I'll do so today at some point. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 19:54, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For your judicious improvements to Taoist Tai Chi in the face of editorial adversity Ahunt (talk) 11:03, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Siberian Tiger

The Semi Protect on Siberian Tiger Doesnt Seem To Have Worked, Could You Please Fix It/ Re-Instate??

Cheers and Kind Regards CheetahKeeper (talk) 23:27, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your WP:UPH request

Hello. I noticed you had a request up for a renovation. I would be happy to renovaye your user page. Although I would like more information on what you want and if I can renovate your page or not. If you want to see my user pages I have designed, look at the "some pages I've designed" section on my user page. Also, if you want my user page design, then so be it. I wouldn't mind if you want it. Please reply on my talk page rather than here. Regards, RyRy5 (talk ♠ copy-edit) 01:55, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your welcome. I guess I should remove your request? -- RyRy5 (talk ♠ copy-edit) 02:34, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dutch Bantam

On 23 May, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dutch Bantam, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 05:07, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Baseball uniform

Hello, I see your pretty experienced in WP:GAN. Do you think the above article is ready or close to being ready for WP:GAN? --RyRy5 (talk) 01:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Majin Boo

You were recommended to me by Acalamari as a writing admin

I've recently started writing some requested articles. I would like for a good "writing admin" (I've been around anonymously long enough to know there's a difference between "writing admins" and "non-writing admins.") to take a look at what I've done so far. You were recommended by Acalamari as a good writer.

The articles I've created have been from clicking on the "recent changes" link, and writing on the redlinks. I'd just like some feedback regarding how I'm doing so far. I'd like feedback from you as an experienced article-writing administrator, if possible. I don't want to be getting the things I create deleted, if I can keep from it. Best, S. Dean Jameson (talk) 02:55, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, can't resist

Welcome to WikiProject Oregon! If you'd like, you can add the WP Oregon userbox to your user page using this code: {{User WikiProject Oregon}}. Check out the ongoing and archived discussions at WT:ORE and be sure to add the page to your Watchlist. If you are new to Wikipedia, it's a good idea to browse through the core principles of Wikipedia as well. The project home page at WP:ORE has many useful links to get you started. The recent changes and recent discussions links will display recent edits on articles within the project's scope. Welcome! Aboutmovies (talk) 22:43, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hey VanTucky, I've long assumed you were a longtime member of WP:ORE. Maybe your sign-up entry was removed sometime along the way? Regardless, thanks for joining, and curses to AboutMovies for beating me to using the welcome template. —EncMstr (talk) 23:09, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Undelete request

Hey VT, nice chicken! Would you mind restoring Monastery of Our Lady of Jordan, Oregon to my userspace? First time I've had anything speedied and nary a deletion warning either. Hmph. You'll note that stuff from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia is not a copyvio. I've also never been Catholic, so no COI either. I'm in the middle of some work on Catholic stuff in Oregon. It will all fit together. If you think this can simply be restored to mainspace, let me know and I'll dig up some more refs, wikify it and move it over. Thanks! Katr67 (talk) 02:57, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I saw, thanks! And thanks for the kind words in your request. I don't think there's actually a building anymore--I'm doing some more research. It's funny how something like St. Luke Lutheran Church will slip through while something with an eensy bit of potential will get the axe. If I conclude the thing isn't notable, I'll merge it into the history of the diocese. I would suspect the majority of Wikipedians aren't particularly religious, so I suppose religious topics are less compelling than your average Pokemon article. I'll try to find some juicy facts to connect it to the brave escaping young women. ;) Katr67 (talk) 03:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Status

Hey, I was wondering if I could have your status bot on my userpage. The one I have must be changed manually, but I heard yours is updated automatically. If so, please tell me so on my talk page. Thanks! Limetolime ^{talk to me} ^• ^{look what I did!} 20:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just FYI, you shouldn't need to manually update yourself (at least when SoxBot V comes back online). xenocidic (talk) 22:24, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to manually add the cat anymore (per [1]) but if you prefer your cats on your userpage, you can now use the autocat=no to supress it from being added on your talk page. Best, xenocidic (talk) 22:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA subpage

Because GA nominations are now on a subpage, there's no way to access it after the bot archives it. I was able to fix the temporary Failed GA template, but when the bot archives it there's no way to go to it again. Can this be fixed? Limetolime ^{talk to me} ^• ^{look what I did!} 00:12, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your user page design

Hello again, VanTuckey. I just wanted to notify you that I will be using your user page design to renovate two other user's pages. They have asked me to use your design, but a bit differently. I know your not the original owner of the design, but you are the current holder of it. Comments? Please reply on my talk page. Thanks. :) --RyRy5 (talk) 05:36, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Debeaking

Help me;

The title "Debeaking" needs to be changed to "Beak Trimming" for reasons stated in the most recent posting. I could not find the "Move" tab. Bobbilly1 (talk) 12:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

X marks the WPOR COTW spot

Guten Tag WikiProject Oregon team members! Great job last week with the Collaboration of the Week, we improved George Lemuel Woods and added eleven new state park articles. This past week we also surpassed the 6000 article mark as a project. The weather may suck, but WPORE is not. For this week we have by request Music of Oregon and Phil Knight. Both need some help, and with Knight we might be able to improve it to GA standards. Once again, to opt out of these messages, leave your name here, or click here to make a suggestion. Aboutmovies (talk) 19:30, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

user gallery

Hi-- I see that many of the photos in your "user gallery" are not used in any article. All together, they take up a fair amount of space. What about including only the ones used by wikipedia, and having a link to your flickr account and/or images you add to the Commons?

Chicken Crack

Here's a tip for your chickens. They love Basmati rice. But if you add a little coconut milk, it'll drive them into a batshit insane frenzey. Pretty fun to watch. Use it lure them back into their coop when nothing else will. DeltaUpsilonKappa (talk) 20:05, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice

No wonder many animals didn't have taxonomy boxes. I can still place my other picture, right? --ZooFari (talk) 20:38, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Indiana Jones

Thanks a lot for dealing with the warriors. ~~ N (t/c) 22:32, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

George Sampson

Hi. I noticed you semi-protected the above article due to vandalism. I couldn't find any - just lots of poorly made edits. I think it's prob. all calmed down a bit now, do you think you could remove the protection? Cheers, LHMike (talk) 22:49, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nankin (chicken)

On 1 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nankin (chicken), 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 14:33, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re Pigeon stubs

G'day mate, Yes I agree with your suggestion. I've been adding stubs in a rather manic fashion, mainly out of an urge for having an article for each existing breed. It's a big job as there are a lot of breeds. We (those of us on Domestic pigeon task force) are discussing the idea of an infobox specifically for the pigeon breed articles. It is expected this infobox will cover area/country of origin and the particular breed grouping each individual breed belongs to. A problem with the grouping system is that there are differences of opinion from one country to the next. If you check the Fancy pigeon article you will find an attempt to organise these better under Major breed families of fancy pigeon. I do intend to eventually create articles for each of those "groupings". That way when I do as you suggest I can "link" to the particular grouping the breed belongs to. In the meantime though I shall go back through a few breed articles and do as you suggest. Trust me I was/am planning to expand each article in due time. Just a big project that needs a bit of ground work doing first in my opinion? I'm glad you are working on the Chicken articles. Well sheep too but I'm a fan of poultry. I looked at a few Chicken articles a while back and thought someone needed to get into them and organize things a bit better. I'm glad you are putting your talents toward that project. I'll take a look at some and see if I can get any ideas for the pigeon articles. Cheers,--Sting Buzz Me... 03:09, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Chicken infobox looks great. Thanks for pointing it out to me. The pigeon breeds will need some different options though. I think I can copy from that template, but I might get in touch with the creator of that one for some ideas. Or at least let him know what I think a pigeon breed infobox could use?--Sting Buzz Me... 02:17, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

For the barnstar. Hope it's what you need. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 21:32, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Have you had a chance to take a look yet?

You dropped me a line a few days ago about taking a look at my contributions. I was wondering if you'd had a chance to do so yet? S. Dean Jameson (talk) 00:21, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Statustop template: alternate updating method

SoxBot V has been taken offline indefinitely, therefore {{Statustop}} now uses a semi-manual updating method taking the status from Special:Mypage/Status. You can use the Qui monobook script written by TheDJ to update this page at the click of a button.

Certain parameters are no longer used, so you may wish to check the documentation of the Statustop template to ensure you are using it properly. Please feel free to drop by my talk page with any questions or concerns or to report problems with the template. Happy editing, xenocidic ( talk ¿ listen ) 13:56, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Wikipedia:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 17:42, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete of Propulsion media labs - re-created?

Hi, you recently deleted this article, but it seems to have bounced straight back. Please can you take a look and maybe re-delete it? I don't know whether there's a case for seeding to prevent this happening again. Thanks, TrulyBlue (talk) 21:24, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your prompt action, VT. TrulyBlue (talk) 08:48, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re The Pigeon

I have my copy that I brought back in the 70's. It is a little tattered nowadays but still gets reread every so often. The Pigeon by Wendell Levi is kind of the pigeon fanciers Bible. It is an old book but so much information still usable today. Just about every breed is in it and a lot of stuff on history, genetics, anatomy, physiology etc. I'd buy the book if I was you. I'm in Brisbane Australia, so if I did need to borrow it (I don't) then it's a little too far away.--Sting Buzz Me... 12:30, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

W-G or pinyin encore

Hola. There is a discussion on romanization issues at Talk:Taoism that you may find interesting. Cheers, --Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων (talk) 22:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RFA Thanks

Vantucky, I just wanted to thank you for participating in my recent RFA. you may find my in-depth RFA analysis interesting and your comments are welcome. i've also left some templated thank spam for you below. feel free to feed it to one of your hens. ;> cheers, xenocidic (talk) 23:08, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

templated rfa thank-spam

userpage | talk | dashboard | misc

RFA

Standards

This user page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.
It was last substantively updated 14 August 2008.
If you want to revive discussion regarding the subject, you might try contacting the user in question or seeking broader input via a forum such as the village pump. It was last substantively updated 14 August 2008.

My RFA standards are still being refined, but I rarely base my support on arbitrary cut-offs like number of edits, or length of time editing. More often I will attempt to determine the clue level of a candidate. If high levels of clue are present, they will earn my support, regardless of whether or not they have 5000 non-huggle edits and 6 months of regular activity. This is based on a fairly brief review of their contributions, moreso on their answers to the questions. I have an optional question that I often pose to candidates that helps with this.

Self-noms and the acceptance line

Neglecting to follow the bolded instruction #6 to delete the acceptance line in the self-nomination instructions will cause me to register a neutral unless a preponderance of clue has already been detected.
I do this because it is a fairly simple and easy instruction to follow. Not following it is (in my opinion) indicative of a deeper tendency to not thoroughly read and follow instructions generally. Adminship is no big deal, but applying for adminship is. The fact that a candidate hasn't fully versed themselves in the process of RFA prior to jumping in doesn't build confidence that they will accurately follow guidelines and policies in applying administrative actions.
An example of how this could apply to a real-world admin situation: When blocking for an inappropriate username, it is customary to uncheck the "Prevent account creation" and "Autoblock any IP addresses used" boxes. However, an admin who doesn't thoroughly follow instructions might not do this and as such Wikipedia could lose an otherwise constructive contributor.
One user has mentioned that leaving this line in could be justified by ignore all rules. Quite frankly, I disagree. There is no good reason to ignore this rule, and following it is painless. Attention to detail is a quality I value in an administrator.
As I mentioned, leaving this line in isn't always a deal breaker and if the candidate's actions indicate to me that this oversight is an anomaly, I may change to, or otherwise support. Furthermore, if they remove the line using only a herring, I will most certainly lend my support, though I may ask that they first bring me a shrubbery.

Participation

Thingg - nom, support (69/32/4)
WBOSITG 2 - support (114/10/4)
Zginder - neutral became moral support in the neutral column and then oppose (8/34/9)
Ro098 - oppose (0/3/0)
Jbmurray - support (161/1/2)
Vivio Testarossa - oppose (8/25/7)
Bluegoblin7 - neutral (6/13/10)
Guest9999 - support (48/31/4)
Paulyb - oppose (0/4/0)
Strennman - oppose (0/6/0)
Tyw7 - oppose (with moral support) (0/1/0)
Tyw7 2 - oppose, switched to strong oppose (3/14/1)
Xenocidic - candidate (72/13/2)
InDeBiz1 - moral support (5/15/2)
Useight (RFB) - support (28/16/6)
Tinkleheimer - moral support (15/16/8)
Ironholds - oppose (12/24/10)
Kevin - neutral, switched to support (54/2/0)
Pinkville - support (54/0/1)
Ali'i - weak support (70/55/14)
Cenarium - support (42/2/2)
Soxred93 3 - neutral, switched to support (87/7/3)
Avruch - support (104/35/10)
Cedarvale1965-08 - oppose (0/2/0)
Karanacs - support (119/4/3)
Plyhmrp - oppose (0/4/0)
SarekOfVulcan - support (76/11/2)
Golich17 - support (19/36/11)
Headbomb - support (17/38/11)
oren0 - support (67/21/13)
Ryan - support (17/36/2)
EricV89 - support (13/43/9)
Frank - support (59/11/4)
Masterpiece2000 - neutral (10/19/3)
JeanLatore - neutral (0/12/1)
JeanLatore 2 - oppose (0/6/0)
RyanLupin 2 - support (32/28/4)
Blakegripling ph - support (9/30/9)
Lomn - support (54/1/1)
Shoessss 2 - support (23/26/7)
Tanner-Christopher 2 - support (64/3/4)
the demonhog 2 - support (100/1/1)
TomStar 81 3 - support (80/18/2)
Cailil - support (66/8/5)
Lady Aleena 2 - neutral, switched to oppose (28/31/10)
Red Phoenix - support (13/7/2)
No longer updating, see my RFA participation report

Optional question

Thanks

Thank you for your support

I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 13 2 . Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through admin coaching).

To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).

To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)

Sincerely,

~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Analysis of my RFA

A is for Apple at COTW

Hello again to those of the WikiProject we call Oregon. Time for another edition of Collaboration of the Week. Last week there was some good improvements to Music of Oregon and Phil Knight, great job everyone. This week, by request is the Applegate Trail, which is short enough to easily conjure up a DYK. Then, I’m trying something a little different, with the Portland State stuff. We included the two high profile schools during Civil War week last year, so now its time for the younger sibling that gets no respect to get some attention. After all, it is the largest college in the state. Feel free to help with whatever aspects you like, though to help with some ideas I added some to the article talk page. Click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Nana na na, hey hey hey, goouud byeeee. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:14, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

DYK

On 7 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chantecler (chicken), 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.

--Gatoclass (talk) 12:02, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WikiProject Theatre June 2008 Newsletter

The WikiProject Theatre Newsletter (June 2008)

The WikiProject Theatre Newsletter!
Issue 4 - June, 2008

Collaboration of The Month

Yet again this month's COTM has remained unchanged as no-one has nominated any articles to become the new incumbent. Please can someone get down to the COTM page and nominate an article for next month!

Assessment

The ongoing task of assesing the articles at the Assessment page continues - if you're feeling a little lost and don't know where to begin to help us out, head on down to the Assessment page and give us a hand.

New members

The past month has seen Canadian Scouter, Carole Higgins, Gonzalo84 and Kiwiboy121 join us - welcome to you all!

If you've been editing a theatre-related article recently and noticed another user helping you who also appears to have an interest for the subject of theatre, why not drop them a line and invite them over to the project?

HELP!

As mentioned in previous newsletters, we're crying out for people to help us out wherever possible. We are currently looking for members to volunteer to give us a hand in several areas. If you can do any of the following, please drop us a line at the talk page:

Newsletter Editor(s) - Always fancied yourself as a bit of a journalist? Perhaps you could help us write this newsletter - it doesn't take long to compile. Maybe you'd like to help but can't commit on a regular basis? In that case, why not rally round a few other members of the project to help you out and take it in turns each month to compose the newsletter?

Mailmen/women - If writing the newsletter isn't your bag then maybe you could help in the distribution of this fine document? As our membership grows it becomes quite laborious to send it to everyone. It's only a quick task that needs doing once a month, and really is just a case of copying and pasting a template onto our members talk pages.

Portal editor(s) - It's come to our attention that the Theatre Portal hasn't been updated in a long time and we'd like to get someone, or a group of people to take charge of it and get it up to the standard of some of the great portals out there (e.g. the Comedy Portal, the Solar System Portal etc).

And finally...

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Cool tool

Hey, I forgot to tell you about this really cool thing for keeping track of input - I asked Franamax to make a tool here, and this is what he came up with. Cool eh? He would love more feedback. Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:29, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Article that needs major help

Barrel Racing. Laundry lists from hell and I haven't the time/guts/motivation to clean it up. Want to take a peek and work over the blatently worst stuff? Montanabw^(talk) 06:16, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Montanabw^(talk) 21:54, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

False Sockpuppet Accusation

VanTucky, I have posted the following on the talk page of User:Rossami as well as the talk page of User:Shalom. I simply ask that you do what is fair.

"Rossami, I am writing to request help in mediating a matter involving a false accusation and the tarnishing of my reputation. I am a new user and my first post was here: Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_May_23 regarding a Zulupad page. At the end of the deletion review log User:Shalom had the following to say about me:

"Housekeeping note: Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Omeomi - There is legitimate suspicion, but no solid proof, that User:Cyber Shepherd may be a sockpuppet of User:Omeomi. Regardless, Cyber Shepherd has no edits outside this DRV and his userpage. Shalom (Hello • Peace) 04:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)"

Unless User:Shalom would like to prove or disprove this suggestion that I am a sockpuppet of User:Omeomi by conducting a checkname or performing some other verification test, then I feel that

User:Shalom should rescind his accusation. User User:VanTucky also cast his doubts about my existence as a real person. Can these users either prove their case or redact their statements?

If this is not the correct place to request this kind of help, I apologize--I am new to WikiPedia. However, I am a real person, I do work at Teachers College, Columbia University, and I do intend to (attempt) to create and add positively to WikiPedia. Please help with this matter or least instruct me where a more appropriate forum for this kind of grievance might be. Many thanks." --Cyber Shepherd (talk) 20:37, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GA reviews

I was sorry to see your decision to leave GA, it can ill-afford to lose a hard-working and conscientious editor. I do far fewer reviews than you, so it's no big deal to me how the nuts and bolts work, but I can understand your frustration. I hope you feel able to reconsider at some future time, best wishes, jimfbleak (talk) 05:28, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delaware (chicken)

On 12 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Delaware (chicken), 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 12:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Buckeye (chicken)

I implemeted an infobox into the Buckeye article and was wondering if you could check to make sure I did not introduce any inaccuracies. Thanks! §hep • ¡Talk to me! 17:46, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Java (chicken)

On 15 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Java (chicken), 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.

--Daniel Case (talk) 00:20, 15 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

6/21 DYK

On 21 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orloff (chicken), 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.

--Bedford ^Pray 05:37, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Orloff

Hi, dear Steven! I greatly appreciate your contribution to Wikipedia and am impressed with the articles you have created. Let me introduce myself. I am a Russian poultry scientist, geneticist and historian, and I have got very interested in your article Orloff (chicken). However, I have some doubts regarding its accuracy in a historical part. If we look at your sources of information suggesting that the Orloff should not be called a Russian chicken breed, we can see that both of them are popular sources. For instance, I know Pam Percy, she is neither a scientist, nor a historian by education and occupation, she just complied what had been written in other sources. So, she cannot be an original source of modern research. Anyhow, she did list the Orloff among the Russian breeds despite certain Persian roots of that breed. Actually, I read a lot of old and modern poultry historical literature in Russian, English, German and other languages, and none of those authors including, for example, Sir Edward Brown, the first President of the World's Poultry Science Association, ever claimed that this breed is NOT Russian. To tell the truth, there is no modern research done on the Orloff. All authors rewrite information that has been known about this breed for 100+ years. So, the breed IS Russian, although for its creation some foreign material was used, not only Persian fowl (a legend told it was from Gīlān Province). There is a similar story with the Orlov Trotter horse breed created by the same Count Alexey Orlov Chesmensky. It was derived from an Arabian stallion Smetanka bought in Turkey; however, nobody has ever considered the breed Arabian or Turkish. The Orlov Trotter IS a Russian breed in the history of horse breeding. Similarly, we have a lot of other examples in chickens and other poultry species, when a breed was created in one country from material imported from other countries. So, I beg your pardon and ask for your indulgence to allow me to make some edits in Orloff (chicken) and List of chicken breeds. With kindest regards,
Yours sincerely, --Michael Romanov (talk) 23:37, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lamona

On 27 June, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lamona, 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 12:06, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your entry on WP:FACE

Hi Marlith! I'm sending this message to every user who has an entry on the facebook but whose picture is currently not visible for some reason. If you are interested in keeping your place on that page, then please restore the image or insert a new one. If you don't care about it, then you can just ignore this message. I will remove the entry within a week for you. See here for more info. Cheers, Face 12:23, 28 June 2008 (UTC) PS: My name is a coincidence.[reply]

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+== Your entry on WP:FACE ==
+Hi Marlith! I'm sending this message to every user who has an entry on [[Wikipedia:Facebook|the facebook]] but whose picture is currently not visible for some reason. If you are interested in keeping your place on that page, then please restore the image or insert a new one. If you don't care about it, then you can just ignore this message. I will remove the entry within a week for you. See [[Wikipedia talk:Facebook#More empty spaces|here]] for more info. Cheers, [[User:Face|Face]] 12:23, 28 June 2008 (UTC) PS: My name is a coincidence.