User talk:RyanCross

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Creating new accounts

Why so many? Sorry to bother you, but it seems strange. GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:44, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

It's not strange at all. I'm an account creator. It's a right that some users and all admins have. Usually, there are requests for other users to create an account because the users requesting can't create an account themselves because their user name is too similar to other user names or they can't read the CAPTCHA. That's where we account creators come along and create those accounts. I just happened to be the only one fulfilling so many requests. You ca look at me user creation log for the requests I've done. -- RyRy (talk) 05:50, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. I just wanted to make sure that nobody had gotten a hold of your password. I've never head of account creators before, so I guess I learned something tonight. Best wishes, GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:57, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

List of Naruto characters

I know you recently agreed to copy-edit the aforementioned article, and User:Guyinblack25 recently made an attempt to copy-edit. Another run-through by an uninvolved editor (probably will be quicker since a big chunk of the problems were likely addressed) will likely be all that's needed before nominating it at WP:FLC. There's certainly no rush, but I'm just pointing this out. Thanks, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 07:15, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for that. I'm currently busy with other things during this time. I only made 1 copy-edit so far to the article and I don't know when I will do more. I can probably only do a few bits of copyedits at a time. It's good to have some others helping out. I'll do more as soon as I get a few things aside. -- RyRy (talk) 07:19, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Check

Looking through, I see you are doing a lot of admin-related work. This is good for RFA when you do apply. I suggest not talking about it, because Adminship should not be a goal. Otherwise, you are doing very good AFD work, showing knowledge of consensus and policy doing non-admin closures. You are also doing great vandalism patrol, seeing a lot of AIV reports on your contribs list. You are also creating many articles, which is always a plus. Hope this helped. RedThunder 13:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

4th of July

Thanks for the card, RyRy! Happy Independence Day to you too! :) Acalamari 16:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Review

I went through your last couple hundred user talk edits and found no evidence of incivility. Looking through your recent mainspace work (aside from the reverts), I saw some great work. Going through your edits to the Wikipedia space I saw good work at AFD and a bunch of reports to AIV. Good work. Useight (talk) 16:56, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

RE:Main page design

I can try... :) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 04:03, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll give it a go, I tried real quick but couldn't get it. I'll try again tomorrow, cuz I am going out soon. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 04:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Main page design help

What's the issue? --MZMcBride (talk) 05:21, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Heh. Amusingly, it wasn't your fault at all. There was an extra </div> that I removed here. Cheers. --MZMcBride (talk) 05:35, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Re:List of Naruto characters

Hmm...they sorta follow the ninja mold you're probably familiar with, but in the Naruto universe, a ninja is basically anyone that can perform jutsu (magic/spells/techniques/etc.). Training to become a ninja largely revolves around learning jutsu more or less. Some of the items from contemporary ninja are present: kunai, lots and lots of smoke clouds, etc. I think the lead addresses this by pointing out ninja use jutsu. Do you think further clarification is necessary? Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 07:32, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

4th of July card

A bit of a late reply, but neat card, and thanks. :)   jj137 (talk) 18:28, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

What?! I don't get a card?! ;).--Xp54321 ^{(Hello! • Contribs)} 18:38, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you!:D--Xp54321 ^{(Hello! • Contribs)} 20:42, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Inputbox

What's with those two inputbox tags at the top of your page? What else can you make them do? Graham (talk, contrib) 20:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, everything that you can do with them have been listed User:RyRy/Sandbox2. There are also some at the bottom at my links page. -- RyRy (talk) 20:32, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Baseball articles

Hey. Just letting you know that for when you do the infobox, I find Template:Infobox MLB retired to be a lot easier to use than Infobox MLB player if the player is retired. That's just my opinion though, in either case keep up the good work. Wizardman 03:44, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for the advice. I generally create or expand baseball players who have retired. For example, see Garry Roggenburk and Willis Roberts I've recently been working on, which were recently approved at DYK. I use the same infobox for each retired baseball player I create, generally. -- RyRy (talk) 03:50, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

IRC

• Ryan, please come on IRC. Its important. Steve Crossin (contact) 03:53, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Clerking at RfR

Well I don't think it's ever been done before, but sure, that'll be great. It would be good having someone to informally point out when the candidate is unsuitable (edit warring, unclean block log in last three months, bad reversions, NO reversions etc). I suggest only pointing out concerns; if the candidate is suitable, leave it blank. Most of the time there is no problem, but sometimes admins don't spot everything. :) Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 06:43, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Garry Roggenburk DYK

On 7 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Garry Roggenburk, 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! --PeterSymonds (talk) 09:29, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks PeterSymonds. :) -- RyRy (talk) 09:33, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

ozi thank you

hello,

I would like to 'thank you' for your immediate response, rest assured that all the tips and notes that you have given me will be explored and used as i navigate thru my endeavors here in wikipedia, am starting to learn (despite of the hardship of life and global "charming" i mean warming) how to navigate and design this, right now am filing ang filling up the lost years of my documentations before i do a rough sketch of my page and the articles themselves, hopely this won't be complicated, i will let you know what happens next, am very excited with my new world, thank you very much ryan, hope to hear from you soon...--Oscardozi (talk) 17:02, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

RE:Image

I will see what I can do. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 21:52, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

How's this? « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 01:12, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

The image has a transparent background, that is just the shadow you see. I could probably get rid of the shadow if you dont want it. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 06:27, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Weird, well I guess that won't work. Anyhow, I have removed the shadow from the image so now it is fully transparent. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 06:45, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Increased the size, you can just change the number up or down to change the size. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 09:07, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Itsmeforever (talk · contribs)

On WP:ACC: why did you close the request as "taken". FYI - the account was later created. - Diligent Terrier (and friends) 22:54, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, don't worry. User:WBOSITG fulfilled it and it was then settled. Thanks for the note. Cheers, RyRy (talk) 22:56, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

RFRchive

Just FYI User:SoxBot X has replaced RFRBot, in case you weren't aware. –xenocidic (talk) 00:55, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Willis Roberts

Hello, RyanCross. You have new messages at Camanda's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

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Willis Roberts DYK

On 8 July, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Willis Roberts, 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! --PeterSymonds (talk) 09:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks (again), PeterSymonds! :) -- RyRy (talk) 09:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Closure of AFD for Wasp Factory Records

I believe you may have erred in your early non-admin closure of the AFD for Wasp Factory Recordings. The debate had not run it's course, less than 4 days. The debate and the article did not show that the subject was highly notable. Two of the keep comments did not give any reasons. Two others partially relied on usenet posts, not reliable sources. The award mentioned does not give any indication about it's notability, and thus relevance. The article still lacks reliable sources. Duffbeerforme (talk) 11:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, there is no set date weather a debate should run for 4 days. I will notify the nominator about your concerns and until then I will reopen the debate if asked. -- RyRy (talk) 11:29, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

It was my understanding that AFDs are meant to go for 5 days. Not sure if thats true. Duffbeerforme (talk) 11:53, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

There is no certain amount of time. Whenever consensus is reached, a close will be done whenever an editor comes by to do so. Would you like me to re-open the AfD? -- RyRy (talk) 11:56, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes I would. Thank you. Duffbeerforme (talk) 11:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done, and your welcome. I will be notifying the nominator as I think he would like to know. It will be time to close the AfD once consensus is reached or when the nominator withdraws the AfD. Thanks, RyRy (talk) 12:03, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I found where I got my idea of the timing from. 'Articles listed here are debated for up to five days'. My misunderstanding, says up to, Sorry. Duffbeerforme (talk) 12:16, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, no worries. Everybody makes mistakes. It's up to you though if you would like the debate to continue or not... do you want it to resume? -- RyRy (talk) 12:18, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes I would. I have added a comment to it. Once again, thanks Duffbeerforme (talk) 12:23, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome. If you ever have any questions in the future, my talk page is always open. Good luck with the AfD. ;) Regards, RyRy (talk) 12:26, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Does anyone still read WP:CANVAS? Andy Dingley (talk) 18:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

AIV

Note: CC to Nunquam Dormio
After reviewing the IP’s block log, talk page, and contributions - where I found vandalism since the previous block expired - I decided to block it for 6 months. —Travis^talk 12:42, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for the note. I have no opposes on it as I didn't see the previous blocks and vandalism edits; I only looked at the previous ones until I looked over it again after User:Nunquam Dormio replied. And I have no problem with the block; it's even possible to block such IPs for a year. -- RyRy (talk) 12:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

once more Henry Levy lol

hi again! thanks so much for your help. I noticed that on the title of the article the L on Levy is lower case, thus the title appears to be Henry levy. I clicked on edit but it wont let me change it, how can I change it? thanks!

Starperson (talk) 17:12, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU, Status, and you!

As you may know, the StatusBot responsible for maintaining the status of the Highly Active Users was taken offline. We now have a replacement in the Qui status system. This semi-automatic system will allow you to easily update your status page found at Special:Mypage/Status which the HAU page code is now designed to read from. If you are already using Qui (or a compatible) system - great! - no action is needed (other than remembering to update your status as necessary). If not, consider installing Qui. You can also manually update this status by changing the page text to online, offline, or busy. While it is not mandatory, the nature of HAU is that people are often seeking a quick answer from someone who is online and keeping our statuses up-to-date will assist with this. Note if you were previously using your /Status page as something other than a one-word status indicator, your HAU entry may have been set to "status=n" to correct display issues. Please clear this parameter if you change things to be "HAU compatible". Further questions can be raised at WT:HAU. This message was delivered by xenobot 22:41, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

• Further to the above, I noticed you were using Misza's system before; if you prefer that you can make it HAU-compatible as explained here. In any case, I've cleared your |status=n flag. Let me know if you have any further questions. –xenocidic (talk) 15:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Sorry!!!

Oops sorry i thought u could edit any page for fun RofoUK (talk) 09:24, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

My reply here and assuming good faith. -- RyRy (talk) 09:32, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Someone needs to adopt me.. figures.--RofoUK (talk) 09:36, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

My reply here. -- RyRy (talk) 09:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

DYK

I have started to work on another DYK to go along with my other two current submissions. The page is Bob Allen (Cleveland Indians) However, after expanding to the best of my limits for this player, I found I came up short in terms of main text (is about 1,350 with characters right now). Would you be willing to help with this. If you do, I would gladly submit the article as a co-nomination. --LAAFan 17:01, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Never mind. I was able to stretch it. COuld you review it and my other article submission? The other one is Santo Alcala.--LAAFan 18:55, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

 Done. I can't review Santo Alcala, though. Sorry. I'm not really sure about the hook. But I reviewed the other. Cheers, RyRy (talk) 20:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

A belated response

I'm sorry about not getting back to you on those DYK noms. (they're now gone...) I recently had my wisdom teeth out and my wikitime has been limited somewhat. Again, sorry about that. Thingg^⊕⊗ 17:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

My reply here. -- RyRy (talk) 20:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Can you copyedit Mangalore?

Hi there, I saw you listed at Wikipedia:PRV#General copyediting as a copyeditor. I was wondering if you would copyedit Mangalore which is a city article. The article is already a GA and it uses UK English. Hope that's not a problem. Language is very simple and the prose is quite precise. Copyediting won't take much of your time. Thanks!. Kensplanet (talk) 18:10, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I could copyedit the article. Just give me some time and I'll be done in no time. -- RyRy (talk) 20:18, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Take your own time. No problem! In the meantime I can manage copyediting by myself!,Kensplanet (talk) 06:56, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. I did some copyediting already. I just noticed some referencing problems. There shouldn't be a space between references and characters. For example: "Las Vegas was one of the most populated cities in America <ref>". You see, there is a space between the last "a" in America and the ref. That is not supposed to happen. Watch out for that. Thanks, RyRy (talk) 07:06, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

thanx!

thank you! :-) Starperson (talk) 23:48, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: E-mail

I'll take a look at it over the next day or two. Granted, copyediting and checking like that is actually my weak spot when it comes to article building. If you want a good user for copyediting (knows little of baseball, which is to your advantage in a sense), I'd ask User:GrahamColm, who helped push my FAC over the hump. I'll still do what I can though. Wizardman 02:52, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi RyRy!

Your navigation bar image for home (The caste) isn't a link like the rest of the images. I have had a look at fixing it, but since you are using image maps instead of my table to make links, im not going to risk breaking the entire bar with my tries. Just to let you know in case this needs to be fixed :) Excirial ^{(Talk,Contribs)} 09:05, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for letting me know. Yeah, I decided to use something else than what yours is. By the way, you just might have one of the best user page designs ever. But I make it look better with mine. :P I've received a lot of credit from users, but I always point you out, btw. I'll see if I can fix the castle link. -- RyRy (talk) 09:09, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Re

Not too bad.

And yes, I stole your flag!

What font is on my userpage? I want to have it the same on both. Shapiros10 ^{contact me}_{My work} 11:53, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

No, I don't want my usepage in cursive. i want it back to the font it was before, and my talk page to that same font. Not cursive. Shapiros10 ^{contact me}_{My work} 12:04, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

E-mail test

Could you send something to Basketball110 [at] upperdeckguest [dot] com, as a test, please? Basketball110 ^{My story}/_{Tell me yours} 15:21, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Well the website told me that this was my e-mail address, and I didn't apply for anything or fill in the address, so I didn't quite know about that. Basketball110 ^{My story}/_{Tell me yours} 18:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

RE:WP:AFD/Tales of Hearts

Yeah Ry, that looks fine to me. There was definitely consensus to keep the article, and you provided a good rationale. Nice work. Oh and good job on those DYK's! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 18:05, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

To Do

RyRy, do you have an article I can copyedit/cleanup/etc? I have lots of time this month but my vacation plans will occur quite a few days apart. So free time nothing to do...RyRy?:)--Xp54321 ^{(Hello! • Contribs)} 22:15, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, yes, but I'm currently doing it, and I wouldn't want someone else always edit conflicting with me. You can always check CAT:CE for a lot. -- RyRy (talk) 22:18, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

The Great Hidden Barnstar: Barnstar

		Great Hidden Barnstar: Barnstar
		I award you this barnstar for creating a fun to find barnstar buried in some very impressive ascii art! %%-SYKKO-%% (talk to me) 15:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Ehehe, thanks! :) -- RyRy (talk) 19:25, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Invite

AFD closure

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tales of Hearts was a good call. It had been open for four days and had only "Keep" !votes. As for your main page proposal, I think it looks good. I especially like how it has a search bar at the top. That's some nice work. Useight (talk) 02:03, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks very much for the talk page revert :) ——RyanLupin • (talk) 16:46, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Your welcome. I was just RC patrolling and I kept on seeing these IP addresses putting block templates o n your page, putting you retired, ect. Thanks, RyRy (talk) 19:18, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I know, they keep doing it. Unsure why ... ——RyanLupin • (talk) 21:37, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Peer review#Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria)

Hi RyRy,

I am asking for a big favours of yours. I nominated the article Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Austria) for featured list, but there were too many small grammar problems, so we decided to withdraw it, and do a peer review first. The list is complete and very well sourced. It also followed all he suggestions given in Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Belgium) (recently promoted to featured list), so in general is in a very good shape. Only the description fields for the coins are in a need of a good copy/edit. Can you please help us to get this list promoted?

Many thanks, Miguel.mateo (talk) 06:13, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, I currently have many requests at the moment.... But I'll try to squeeze that article in. I'm currently on semi-wikibreak by the way. I hope that won't be a problem. I'll do my best to copy-edit the article. -- RyRy (talk) 06:21, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your quick reply, take your break, I am sure you will be helpful once you're back, if it is not in this article is in the other 20+ that we have in line for promotion, all of them related to euro silver and gold coins, just different countries. Thanks again, Miguel.mateo (talk) 06:31, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Subpage

I came across your patrol page (User:RyRy/Patrol) and have found it very useful. Would you mind if I copied it's content and made a page for me? If you want, I could trade a barnstar for permission.....--LAAFan 18:13, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, you can copy it. To be honest, I've never used at that page for quite a while, but I think I should use it again. You may copy it. And about the barnstar, it's not up to me. It's not right to ask someone for a barnstar. Barnstars are given out in recognition of someone's work that others notice, not what the person who did the work noticed. ;) It's up to you LAAFan, not me. Cheers, RyRy (talk) 00:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

thanks

Thanks for the note.--Finalnight (talk) 00:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi !

Hi Ryan how are you hope you had an almost over great summer too.see you when school starts on August 19th bye !! --Casey906262 (talk) 02:16, 15 July 2008 (UTC)