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I edit from a location in Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5) and have an erratic schedule. I will try to never disappear in the middle of a conversation, but it might happen occasionally. If I do disappear, don't worry, I'll get back to you as soon as I'm able to. If I disappear after 05:00 UTC do not expect to hear from me for at least 10 hours. Thanks for your understanding, Sven

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I now have the email user function enabled. Emails will be sent to my alternate account, which I never check it unless I am expecting a message. There is absolutely no way that I will read your email message unless you leave a note about it here, on this talk page. I will not be held accountable for not seeing your message if you do not leave me a note here. It doesn't have to be fancy, but make it obvious please. Also, please use email sparingly. If it can be discussed on the talk page, I would far prefer it there. Thanks for your understanding, Sven

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Q4 2010

Aberdeen Student Show GA nomination

Thank you very much for your kind offer to nominate this article, which I originally started, for GA. As has been noted, much of the subsequent expansion on my original short article was done by user Summerhill Loon. Having just reviewed it in its present state, I see a number of things which need improving. I feel the article has perhaps become a little unwieldy in its present form, and could do with some judicious editing and pruning. My other regret, from a presentation point of view, is that I have been unable to find a way to make the table of show titles as researched and created by Summerhill Loon, into a collapsible list. I will see if I can set aside some time in the near future to undertake the task of editing the article. Solaricon (talk) 20:18, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

It is now a sortable collapsible table, defaulting in uncollapsed mode. If you want it in collapsed mode, change the line at the top of the table from {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" to {| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed". Ring me if you need any help. Sven Manguard _Talk 21:18, 8 November 2010 (UTC)

Wow, that is great! Thank you very much for doing that. I will undertake the editing of the article soon, and let you know when I have finished. Once you have had a look at the edited version, you can decide if you would still like to nominate it. Solaricon (talk) 11:52, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

No problem. In the future, you can find a lot about tables in Help:Table, the table help page. Making something collapsible and sortable isn't in there, yet, but will be soon. Help:Table is a bit overly complicated, but still, it's useful. Ring me if you need me. Sven Manguard _Talk 15:59, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Hello again, Sven. I have now done everything I can to tidy up and improve the Aberdeen Student Show article. There are still a couple of citation issues. Although I have no reason to suspect the information involved is incorrect, I have not yet managed to run down reference sources to allow me to resolve these issues. Please have a look at the article again when you have a moment, and if you are still willing to nominate it for GA, then please let me know the procedures. User Summerhill Loon is still active, in the sense that he is still following developments in an article to which he has contributed so much, and I have let him know about your interest. Thank you again for the help with making the table of show titles collapsible, as this has allowed me to move it to a more user-friendly position near the top of the article, which is where I always thought it should be! Solaricon (talk) 13:00, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Reply at Wikimedia Commons

Hi! Copying my reply at commons:File talk:Wikipedia-logo.png#Hebrew Character Crooked?:

This is Wikipedia logo, and this is how it looks, crooked or not. If you would like to change the actual Wikipedia logo, I can’t help with that, you have to request it in some other place, I guess meta:Talk:Wikipedia/Logo or possibly commons:Talk:Wikipedia/2.0 might do. --Mormegil (talk) 18:59, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

--Mormegil (talk) 19:01, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for including a response here. I actually was wondering how long it would take, it's been a month, but I suppose that that page is low traffic. I will pursue this, although with the amount of other people who look at the logo, if it were truly wrong, I suppose someone else would have noticed it, so it could just be me. Sven Manguard _Talk 20:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Ribbon Rewards

Sven--For answering the call and creating great looking ribbons, I award you the following:

		The Original Barnstar
		For creating 2 new ribbons for the Wikipedia Ribbons page. NielsenGW (talk) 14:26, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For creating 5 new ribbons for the Wikipedia Ribbons page. NielsenGW (talk) 14:26, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For creating 8 new ribbons for the Wikipedia Ribbons page. NielsenGW (talk) 14:26, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
		For creating 12 new ribbons for the Wikipedia Ribbons page. NielsenGW (talk) 14:26, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for all your hard work! NielsenGW (talk) 14:27, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Special Barnstar
		Sven, for going above and beyond the call, creating an amazing 22 new ribbons for all to use and enjoy, I award you this barnstar. Your contributions to the Wiki are greatly appreciated. NielsenGW (talk) 02:53, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Cavell van

Sven, I note you are active at AfC. I spotted a new editor adding links to certain articles yesterday and gave him a welcome message. Checking his contributions, he had started an article at AfC - Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/cavell van. The van was in the news yesterday as it was unveiled following restoration. I've worked on the article to demonstrate the notability and historic importance of the vehicle. If it's not treading on toes, would you mind reviewing the article, and releasing it to article space (the colons before "category" will then need to be removed). If it's not the proper thing to ask, then leave the article for someone else to review. If it does get released, then I've got a DYK nomination in mind. Mjroots (talk) 07:22, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

How dare you ask me to be useful!

Okay, it's done. Happy to help. Come back if you need anything else. Cheers, Sven Manguard _Talk 18:45, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Question about the Asian Logo you made

I noticed you made a really cool Asian logo for your project. I was looking into making one for WikiProject United States as well (as well as a banner) but I am as they say graphically challenged. Would you be interested in making one for our project or do you know of someone else who might possess the skills necessary to create one. Thanks. --Kumioko (talk) 19:42, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

I can do a nice .png image for you, but I can't do .svg files. AlexCovarrubias designed the WikiProject North America stuff, but his interest is mainly in Mexico, I think. I'll give it a shot this weekend for you. See you around, Sven Manguard _Talk 19:52, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks a lot I really appreciate it. --Kumioko (talk) 19:56, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

trying to get my first page posted

you have reviewed my page but there was an issue of details now it says its something associated to me and its wrong.. i have worked on this yesterday and today and did the required research, what else do i need to do?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Elika_Associates

Elika2010 (talk) 00:12, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Are you associated with Elika Associates? (Are you an employee?) Sven Manguard _Talk 00:15, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

no i am not, i know of them and who they are like someone would know and write about any subject or missing search result, also i supply facts and links to sources of facts. Elika2010 (talk) 00:22, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I see. Part of the problem here was that your name and the name of the group you are writing about are very similar. We were thinking that there was a conflict of interest in play. I'll make the necessary changes to your submission, and then another member of AfC will look it over. Sven Manguard _Talk 00:27, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I was asked why this company is worthy enough to be included, one main reason is as stated that it is the only exclusive buyers brokerage in Manhattan... there is no other. Elika2010 (talk) 02:40, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but I can't handle this right now. I placed the no-COI notice up at the top of the page, and the rest will be handled by other people at AfC. Sven Manguard _Talk 02:43, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

I choose this name because i knew the first page i wanted to make, will i be stuck with it? Elika2010 (talk) 02:47, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Yes and no. You, yourself, cannot change it, but there is a way. Hold on and I'll go ask someone where that is. Sven Manguard _Talk

Ok, Thank you for the help. Elika2010 (talk) 03:16, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

You might want Wikipedia:Changing username Sven Manguard _Talk 03:19, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

Just come back to wikipedia after a long weekend

Seems you are quite amused by MtD's comments at the RfA. I was actually responding to poor comments of his in both the support and oppose sections. He had been previously warned on his talkpage by iridescent. He then attacked me for my response, of course I care not a jot what he says about me but I do care that such conduct gets laughed at and nothing is done, not even a warning. It is not a matter of "Polargeo can take it", it is a matter of not having someone repeatedly freely insulting users who they have had no previous interaction with. Polargeo (talk) 11:36, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, that RfA was one of my weaker moments. I've been trying to outright avoid conflict, and hence have mostly avoided AN/I recently. RfA, however, is too important to just ignore, so I check in there every few days. Let's move on from that nonsense and focus on being constructive. Yay constructiveness! Sven Manguard _Talk 15:09, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

WP:TCG

Hi there!

Thanks for your interest in the Wikipedia trading card game design team!

Here's a brief introduction to our project--

Awhile back, there was a conversation at the village pump regarding fundraising possibilities. The topic of a trading card game was tossed around, and folks seemed to like it. After a long and hard two years or so of trying fruitlessly to come up with appealing rules for the game, many contributors fell dormant (most still are). This summer, a couple of us kicked in gear again with a new idea-- a democratically selected ruleset, where each rule was approved individually. That way, no one would have to settle on a ruleset that had a few bad rules here and there. Over the past few months, Hi878, MithrandirAgain, RatonBat, and I cobbled out a complete ruleset.

As we moved along to phase two (the card proposal phase), the composition of active members shifted again slightly-- the current active contributors are Hi878, Canvashat, and me. Using the ruleset as a guide, we're proposing ideas for individual cards. A proper proposal should be created using the links found at Wikipedia:Trading card game/Action plan/Phase 2:Cards/Individual card proposals#Cards for approval. Please have a look at the current ruleset before proposing a card, as this will help prevent unnecessary problems with proposals.

Here are some things needing done, many of which you can probably do:

• Propose cards
• Suggest a quote to place on a non-article card (quotes should ideally come from either a page on Wikipedia or from the IRC channel, and inside jokes are discouraged)
• Suggest an image (from the Commons) to be placed on a card
• Design an SVG of an approved card, and upload a PNG of it to http://wptcg.wikia.org/ (if you're not comfortable working with SVGs, just sit back and watch). If you are good at designing/working with SVGs, I can send you some templates to work from and instructions for adapting them for new cards. We're trying to maintain a fairly uniform design, so any SVGs you produce should be created using these templates.

But most importantly, we need your input on card proposals, quote suggestions, and images (which have been uploaded Cards to be approved). Please review the proposals that have been listed and give us your feedback!

Asd I stated before, our current active members are Hi878 (who is on a WikiBreak for the next 7 days), Canvashat, and me. Since Hi's on break for the next 7 days, there might not be much action this week, but it'll fire back up again once he returns for sure.

Here are a couple pages you'll want to add to your watchlist:

• Wikipedia:Trading card game
• Wikipedia:Trading card game/Rules
• Wikipedia:Trading card game/Action plan/Phase 2:Cards
• Wikipedia:Trading card game/Action plan/Phase 2:Cards/Individual card proposals
• Cards to be approved (I HIGHLY recommend changing your skin preference to Monobook at that wiki)

Welcome aboard! Any questions, pipe up again! Bob the Wikipedian ^{(talk • contribs)} 19:51, 15 November 2010 (UTC)

Wait what?

Since when was an RfA an AfD? :) Airplaneman ✈ 00:04, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Facepalm Well that was a rather careless error. Thanks for pointing it out. Sven Manguard _Talk 00:34, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

GAN nomination for Sea of Japan naming dispute

Thanks for posting on my talk page about the article. I've reviewed the article myself once I saw a problem with images, but that's not something everyone can quickly catch (I've been through two FAC nominations, so it was something I first wanted to check). You did good to look for a second opinion, and not immediately pass the article when the MoS was for you. Overall, it wasn't bad pretty good for your first, but the article had a few further issues you hadn't noticed. No big deal. Feel free to contact me back any time for any other concern relating GANs. _EricLeb⁰¹ (Page | Talk) 01:46, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

I like the old one better

... [1] :) ++Lar: t/c 22:09, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

I do too, but it's not as professional, and the last thing we want is for people to see the elections as a game. Sven Manguard _Talk 22:11, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Right, because it's very SRS BIZNIS. ++Lar: t/c 00:23, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

He, it's not my decision. That being said, if people decide to tear up the election for fun, and we can't block them fast enough, the chaos might legitimatize the election, and then everything will go to hell... which would be bad. I'm fine with levity, in perspective. Sven Manguard _Talk 00:43, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

I think you may be taking this thread too seriously :) ++Lar: t/c 07:24, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Wow..

I thought your user name was Steve Manguard up until just now. Inka⁸⁸⁸ 23:52, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

Well that came out of left field. No, it's Sven. Always has been, and if it changes, I doubt it would be to Steve. (sorry Steves of the world) Sven Manguard _Talk 00:13, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

BS

		The Original Barnstar
		Too often great editors like you are overlooked and not given the credit deserved for all their great contributions. So I am awarding you this barnstar to let you know I greatly appreciate all you do for Wikipedia, and please keep up the outstanding work!! Also a special thank you for getting me out of my slump, and making my break last only four days by showing you do appreciate me/care! Thanks! CTJF83 chat 03:02, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm happy that you're happy. Good to see you back. Sven Manguard _Talk 03:09, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much! CTJF83 chat 03:24, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

You have one reply

• Waiting for you on my talk page. Sincerely. Wifione _....... ^{Leave a message} 10:51, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

For You :)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		This is just to let you know, I have listed you as "friendly person" on my friendly userpage :) Sophie (Talk) 20:22, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

martyring?

I think calling my actions martyring is a bit much. I believed that I had a chance at running in the ArbCom elections. I think maybe you just need to see that I am not trying to undermine the encyclopedia and perhaps take a quick wikibreak to clear the stress. Hmmm? Signed by Barts1a Suggestions/complements? Complaints? 01:44, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Bartsa, it says there right on the intro page that you need 1000 mainspace edits. It's just one of those rules. You need to stop telling everyone to take wikibreaks, it's getting kind of pointy --Elen of the Roads (talk) 01:47, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

How is trying to get people to calm down and look at the situation rationally disrupting the encyclopedia to prove a point? Signed by Barts1a Suggestions/complements? Complaints? 01:51, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Wow. You certainly do not have the right to tell me to take a break. I assumed good faith when you put your name in the hat. I didn't respond because it happened while I was asleep, but I didn't think you were trying to undermine the project or anything like that. I do not, however, think very highly of your handling of the bad news. Immediately after being told that they do not qualify for ArbCom, you respond by going to a high traffic area and badmouthing the person that broke the news to you and the ArbCom process itself. If you had such a problem with the process before being rejected, you would never have applied. There are plenty of things that I do not qualify for. Some of those things I would very much like, but I do not respond to the situation by badmouthing people that point out my lack of qualifications, and I do not badmouth the process. Sven Manguard _Talk 01:52, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't telling, I was merely suggesting. Signed by Barts1a Suggestions/complements? Complaints? 01:56, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Riiiiiight. Please do not come back to my page unless you decide to alter your basic philosophy on communicating with other people. I wasn't pleased with your actions before, but after seeing this: [[User:Barts1a/trash|Complaints?]] I think we can discount any meaningful discourse with you. Sven Manguard _Talk 01:59, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I see you have already formed an opinion of me that cannot be changed. I respect this. But what I do with my userspace is none of your concern. Signed by Barts1a Suggestions/complements? Complaints? 02:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

You are saying implicitly that complaints against you is trash. That is unacceptable in my opinion. As to what I think of you, I start out neutral with everyone I meet. I learned about your existance today. You got off on a bad foot. You have thus far done nothing to convince me that your initial actions were not indicative of your overall behavioral. I've changed opinions on people plenty, always based on patterns of beheavior. Show me that you're a better person/editor than I ascribe you to be, and my opinion of you will rise rapidly. Continue to post on my page after I've asked you not to, and well, that can't help much. Sven Manguard _Talk 02:08, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

As far as I'm aware you have not asked me to stop posting on any of your pages thus far. Signed by Barts1a Suggestions/complements? Complaints? 02:12, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I don't know why I'm feeding this mess. Look up. It's literally in this thread. Sven Manguard _Talk 02:14, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Or in words of one syllable NO POST HERE Elen of the Roads (talk) 02:50, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

u there?

You suggested going into the Signpost chatroom to show me how to enter others like it (I just can't seem to crack the nut). I've gone in there in case you're around. Tony (talk) 07:07, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

I'm here. By chance actually. It's 2:17AM local, but I'm looking for you now. Sven Manguard _Talk 07:17, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Well, I have to go to sleep now, sorry this didn't work. Maybe next time. Also, for your information. I'm usually on IRC from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM EST. EST is 5 hours behind of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Therefore, it's almost 3:00 AM for me, and I can tell you that it is very rare that I am on at 3:00 AM. He eh. Sorry about this. Sven Manguard _Talk 07:49, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Ah, sorry, got diverted onto something else. That link is where I'd got up to. Goes awry after that. Tony (talk) 07:50, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Quick, before it hits 8. Go back there. Identify yourself as Tony when you do. Sven Manguard _Talk 07:54, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Sven, now my posts in the SP chatroom don't seem to happen. I type, hit return, but nothing. Tony (talk) 08:03, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

• I'm in the chatroom.Tony (talk) 16:09, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Redundant

Did you create Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2010/Candidates/ in error? Marcus Qwertyus 19:06, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

No, it was changed in error, I believe. It was supposed to be a stop-notice. In testing we realized that the page could be reached if someone didn't fill out their forms correctly when nominating themselves. It is supposed to say "If you are seeing this message, you did not enter your user name correctly when prompted to. Please hit the back button and try again." Thank you for pointing this out. Sven Manguard _Talk 19:34, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

My bad! Marcus Qwertyus 20:12, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

No worries. Sven Manguard _Talk 20:18, 20 November 2010 (UTC)

Good eye! You called it, so congrats

I recently raised a "notability" question about the Jeff Ragsdale article. In response, the primary maintainer of that page took great offense, going as far as to threaten me harm. So he got blocked, and then all the other main (one!) maintainers of that page also got blocked for sock puppetry, as you astutely suspected in this posting of yours a long time ago. I figured I'd give you a shout out so you could bask in the warm glow of "I told you so". Anyway, thanks. 71.190.77.101 (talk) 02:18, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

AfC

Re Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Redirects#Redirect request: Phantom train (disambiguation) - pls see WP:INTDABLINK. Thanks. 86.180.255.89 (talk) 05:24, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. 86.180.255.89 (talk) 05:40, 22 November 2010 (UTC)