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You got me excited :( lol (In reference to "Make It Happen")--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 04:43, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Don't worry, I'll copyedit "Make It Happen" next! :) Reaper Eternal (talk) 10:23, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Alright! I'm on it now! It may take me a couple days, though. Reaper Eternal (talk) 00:23, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

Didn't see your message! Thanks very much! :) Don't worry, take your time! :D--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 01:09, 18 July 2011 (UTC)

I think I'm done now. Sorry for taking so long, but between juggling an RFA and a reviewing an FAC, its been busy. Good luck with the GAN! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:36, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks very much RE :) I appreciate it very much!--CallMeNathan • Talk2Me 18:39, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

RfA nom

—Best of luck, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:42, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much. I will accept. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:56, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

That ^ has just made my day - hope it goes smoothly. Now can you explain "bag warfare" to me? Keepscases asked that one a couple of days ago at an RfA & I am mystified! - Sitush (talk) 13:19, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Sitush! Keepscases tends to ask amusing and humorous questions to help lighten up the atmosphere at RFA, so I don't know what he was refering to. Maybe link to it? Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:23, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Qwyrxian. I've seen some "peculiar" ones asked before by K but can never make my mind up when it is serious and when it is light-hearted. Qwryxian has just handled #13 beautifully, I feel: a likely sock/meat at RfA. Whatever next? - Sitush (talk) 13:28, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't know what Keepscases meant with that question. :) Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:37, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Well, my only guess is something related to handbags & the vying for the latest Louis Vuitton or whatever. Not being a user of handbags, it is all a little beyond me and I think I'll keep it that way! Best wishes for the run. - Sitush (talk) 13:43, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Please accept my apologies. When I wrote the above I was not aware that Q had responded to that question,other than the initial response about sending an email. I now note that his response of around 00;50 today is that he is not answering for outing reasons. Consequently, my comments above may have taken on the colour of being some sort of fishing expedition. This was unintended. - Sitush (talk) 17:27, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I didn't interpret your comment as an attempt to learn about Qwyrxian's real-life identity. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:32, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Oh sure, you wait until I'm out on vacation and then go do this! Glad I popped in. Good luck! 28bytes (talk) 20:17, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Aww, I wanted to hide.... Thanks for the support! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:44, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Glad to give you a vote of support. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 03:54, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Impressive, a successful RfA secured beyond all doubt within the first 24 hours. Congrats, Reaper. :) Just sit back and relax for the next six days- not too many candidates get to do that! Swarm ^X 11:51, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

It ain't over yet! My RFA could still be torpedoed sometime within the next 144 hours! Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:46, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the help

Hey Reaper thanks for the help. I was wondering if you had any more advice on how to make it more "neutral" point of view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joncasanova11 (talk • contribs)

The article you have as a draft isn't really that promotional anymore; the main issue is that it doesn't indicate notability. What you will need to do to demonstrate notability is find some reliable sources. The relevant guideline it will need to meet is WP:CORP. However, as it appears that the company has only 3 employees, it is unlikely that it is notable. If it turns out to not be notable, perhaps you will enjoy contributing to other articles about things in your personal interests. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:20, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

RFA question

I am typing up an image-related question to ask at your RFA, but there is one question that I wanted to ask that I didn't want to create a distraction/drama by asking it there. You created your user account in September 2009. In this edit, you used a template {{GFDL-presumed}}, which had been deleted at MFD in May 2009 and deprecated since 2007. My question is this: how did you know about this template? Do you have any former accounts, which could be of material concern regarding your fitness for adminship? I apologize if I'm stepping on something (IE, a privacy reason for making a clean start) but if there is a previous account with a block log or any advanced permissions, that should be disclosed. --B (talk) 19:15, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

No, this is my first account. (My second is a bot and my third is the joke "Rapier Eternal" account like 28bytes' "umbrella" account.)

It took me a few moments to figure out what I had been doing then. :P Apparently, FurMe still has the {{GFDL-presumed}} in it, and I was using FurMe at that point. (See my next two edits to that file.) I added that tag via FurMe not knowing that it was deleted, and replaced FurMe's default edit summary with one explaining my reasoning. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:33, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. --B (talk) 19:37, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

No problem! Good luck writing your question! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:40, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I was originally going to put this at your RFA and I thought better of it - the goal isn't to ambush you and demand that you become an expert on copyright law - and both of these were from relatively early in your Wikicareer. So I'll just bring them here. I found two of your contributions to the image namespace at least slightly concerning. Since you only became active last fall and these contributions are from around that timeframe, I'm wondering if there is anything you would like to change:

• File:VaFrontier.jpg - This image, which has a PD-self tag, is derived from File:Virginia Locator Map.PNG, which is a GFDL/CC dual licensed image. You first tagged it as GFDL, then self-reverted and tagged it as do not move to Commons. Is there anything different that you feel should be done now on this image description page?
• File:QM code gen.jpg and File:QM emf support.jpg - you removed {{Move to Commons}} from these images, observing that both images, though tagged as GFDL, are screenshots of copyrighted software.

The first one, I'm not even sure what the right answer is. If the original source image was merely a crop of a map in a US government publication, then cropping is not a "creative work" and the original author is welcome to claim that you can only use the image under the GFDL, but the image is still public domain. If, on the other hand, the original source did involve some creative activity, then the derivative work cannot be PD. I suppose, strictly speaking, since the second uploader is releasing all of his/her rights to the image, that you (or anyone else) can choose for him to make the image GFDL/CC, although it's probably better to ask the uploader to do it. --B (talk) 20:11, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

First image issue: I've asked the original uploader, User:Ruhrfisch, what modifications he made to see whether he can claim CC-by-SA.

Second image issue: I've re-tagged them as {{Non-free software screenshot}}, but a fair-use rationale needs to be provided (and I don't have the time to write one up right now), and they may be unable to be licensed because at least one will fail WP:NFCC criteria #3 (they are essentially duplicates), and they both probably fail cirteria #8. However, I'm pretty much no good at these image issues, and I do not want to get involved in them as an admin. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:43, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually, on further review, the software was uploaded by the author of the software/owner of the company that made it. So we can use it under his free license. That was my error to not notice that the uploader's name matched the author's name and I do apologize if this has created a distraction in what I know from my own RFA is a stressful week. I have reverted to the "free" version of the image description page and added a link to the about page on the software's website so someone doesn't repeat my mistake. --B (talk) 21:32, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch has responded, and it appears that he has done sufficient creative work to the public-domain source to license it cc-by-sa 3.0/2.5. Accordingly, I have updated the image description page on File:VaFrontier.jpg to include the attribution. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:31, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Hey, I hate the lengthy RFA questions as much as the next guy, so I thought I'd drop you a note here... My feeling is that you're an awesome editor who should probably have been an admin much earlier. However, Wikipedia is having a big problem encouraging good faith newbies to stick around and make good edits. So far the data about deletions and what newbies actually do when they show up points strongly to the fact that the 51% of deletions that are CSD -- plus the fact that the majority of CSDs are for A7 -- really kills our ability to get fresh encyclopedia builders. I've seen your edits around plenty, and note that you've done a decent chunk of CSD work. ;) My point being: I am set to support strongly, but SoWhy's statement/diffs concern me, and I would feel more confident with clear reassurance that you're not going to speedy pages that are only minutes old (other than attack pages, which are only about 5% of CSD but deserve to be killed swiftly of course). We really need to be patient and not bite the newbies, even if it's thankless work sometimes. Steven Walling 20:01, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm not going to delete A7s immediately. That said, I will zap other categories (minus A1 and A3, for even more obvious reasons than A7) like G1, G3, G5, G8, G10, G11, and G12. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:43, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply. Best regards, Steven Walling 22:02, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

If it turns out that the image that you found for Moscow Water Dog is public domain or otherwise free content, that's really an outstanding find. Great job with my questions! --B (talk) 01:24, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Help

Hi Reaper Eternal,

We crossed wiki-paths (if such a word exists!) recently, so I thought that I'd ask you for some wiki help. I've made several errors in vandal-reverting recently on Huggle, so is there any advice that you could give me to become more accurate at it? I don't want my rollback rights removed, but I would like to continue using Huggle as a primary editing tool. Thanks, Metricopolus (talk) 02:33, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) When in doubt, don't revert. --Σ ^talk_contribs 02:56, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Well, the simple solution is to go slower. Take the time to look at each edit and evaluate: "Was this done maliciously?" Remember that vandalism is narrowly defined as edits deliberately designed to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. Usually, this takes the form of the addition of random obscenities to an article. However, some vandalism is the blanking of a page. Before you restore the page, check to make certain that there was no libel or copyright infringement on it—sometimes IPs and new users blank pages because that type of problem content is on them. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 10:24, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Virginia Map

To make File:Virginia Locator Map.PNG, I started with this map. I cropped it in the standard way (it is one of a series of 49 state locator maps I made) and changed all the colors to again follow the standard color scheme for these maps. For larger states I would have to stitch together more than one such Census map, but I do not htink I had to do that for Virginia. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 03:32, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Somebody had made a derivative work based on yours, and I was trying to figure out if they could release it as {{pd-self}}. Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:25, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks - just curious as to what the the derivative work is. For an example of another map with many derivative works see File:Illinois Locator Map.PNG. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 17:02, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

File:VaFrontier.jpg is the image I was referring to. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:04, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

False positives

Hi, just wondering whether you found out anything about the 14 false positives on the filters I was tripping for supposedly adding a blog source and a news source to a blp of a politician. I don't know how these filters work, but is it possible the filters are what they are and the question is whether certain individuals are added to a type of trigger list? If so, then I submit that my name be removed from both. I was not adding blog sources because NYT and WAPO blogs written by their journalists are not blogs under RS rules. Similarly, adding a reliable news source to a BLP of a politician, particularly one who was embroiled in a controversy, is nothing that should trip a filter. Here for your convenience, is a link to my report. [1] Thanks for looking into this.--Regards--KeptSouth (talk) 10:35, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I've asked the creator to explain the purpose of the filters. Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:45, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, but that is something you did on July 19, and I'm not sure what you mean. It simply seems to me that there are false positives, as you can quickly see by the fact that no action was taken on any of the filter trips.

I do have one question - When you say you are asking the creator of the filter, do you mean specifically the person who added me to a certain list or do you mean the person who created the filter itself to keep people from adding actual blogs? In any case I am interested in a determination, and since this creator has not responded in one week, I am hoping this issue can be decided on the merits. The supposed blogs I added were reliable sources, as described in WP RS rules. Thank you.-- Regards--KeptSouth (talk) 15:21, 25 July 2011 (UTC) KeptSouth (talk) 15:32, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Wondering if you have found out anything on my complaint of about 2 weeks ago? It seems since I complained I am triggering the 2 filters (409 and 410) even more often-18 false positives since then. Can I be excluded from these filters? Obviously other users are not tripping them all the time for the same actions. Thank you.KeptSouth (talk) 11:14, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Kennet and Avon Canal FAC

Thanks for your comments about the Kennet and Avon Canal at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Kennet and Avon Canal/archive2. I believe they have been addressed and it would be great if you had time to take another look.— Rod ^talk 12:14, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for addressing those issues. I believe I can now support the article. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:24, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Great - could you put it on the FAC page as well?— Rod ^talk 12:49, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

I will, I just found a couple more issues that need clearing up. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:06, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

Rollback

Regarding this, why did you request rollback for someone without telling the user about it? --Σ ^talk_contribs 21:11, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

It felt that he could be trusted with rollback, but Fastily mentioned that if users want rollback, they need to ask for themselves. Reaper Eternal (talk) 21:56, 22 July 2011 (UTC)

It would've been courteous to have at least let the user know that you were requesting rollback for them. --Σ ^talk_contribs 00:17, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Well I know I'm not the only admin who's been known to grant rollback out of the blue, and about 3,000 editors were given the reviewer permission when the PC trial started. It's just one button, so it's not really a big deal. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:55, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Proposed community ban

See WP:Administrators' noticeboard#Proposed community ban of User:WCGSOldBoy. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 05:47, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Wasn't he and his sock drawer blocked like 50 times? --Σ ^talk_contribs 05:49, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

• Σ, see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/WCGSOldBoy, he's back with a vengeance. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 05:52, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Do we really need a community ban in order to rollback personal attacks and vandalism? This just gives vandals the widespread notoriety they crave. Reaper Eternal (talk) 10:24, 23 July 2011 (UTC)

Hiya

Hey Reaper! How are you? I was wondering if you could take a quick peep at Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (it's at FAC). If you're too busy I completely understand, especially with your RFA at the moment. (Good luck with that by the way!) —Andrew_stalk 00:47, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Concerns

Hey Reaper, do you have any sort of response to the concerns I had about your answer to Question 6? Ryan Vesey Review me! 03:52, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Since you have requested my comment, I have replied. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:33, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

I have asked what may seem an intrusive question at your RfA. I have little doubt the issue is trivial (perhaps you even intended to be humorous?) but better safe than sorry. Sincerely, Ben MacDui 09:24, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

I don't mind the question, and I have responded to your concerns. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:26, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Could you stop beating me at reverting vandalism please? I want a turn. Also, stop making me laugh. You should know better. ;) MJ94 (talk) 18:08, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:50, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

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Good luck with the RFA

Looks like it's going to succeed. I did support you. I've met you before and you were very friendly in communicating. Good luck. –BuickCenturyDriver 01:02, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Maybe a future RFA from you will be successful too! Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:25, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. –BuickCenturyDriver 01:45, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Speedy deletion contested: Manzanilla, Trinidad and Tobago

Hello Reaper Eternal, and thanks for patrolling new pages! I am just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of Manzanilla, Trinidad and Tobago, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: There will be sufficient context to identify the article when I'm done editing it. You may wish to review the Criteria for Speedy Deletion before tagging further pages. Thank you. --Σ ^talk_contribs 02:13, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

I would just like to point out that reading the template might be a good idea, since this doesn't make sense. You are warning me that I need to read WP:CSD before tagging further pages, yet you acknowledge that it doesn't have any context and thus my tag was correct. Cheers anyway. Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:21, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

WP:CSDH does it automatically, as a note. --Σ ^talk_contribs 02:25, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually, you can uncheck either the "notify tagger" or "use newbie message" boxes, both of which you had checked. At least unchecking the "use newbie message" box doesn't use the condescending template above; it just notifies the tagger of the tag's removal. Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:27, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

I can't be bothered to uncheck the boxes, similarly to you not putting another sentence on that page. :P --Σ ^talk_contribs 02:35, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

You will not be bothered by newbie templates anymore. --Σ ^talk_contribs 02:58, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you kindly

	Thank you for your support
	Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I shall endeavor to meet your and the community's expectations as an admin. And, if I may without causing any jinxing, congratulations on your certain to succeed RfA as well. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:17, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I was glad to support. Only two more days in my RFA, so thank you for your support too. :) Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:09, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Lawrence kaptein

Hi Reaper, just saw that you had dropped a welcome note on the above editor's talk page while I was scratching my head about their contribution, which consists of one block edit to the Lawrence Kaptein article. Given the editor's chosen name and the lack of cites in the article, do you think that there could be a breach of WP:AUTO here? Thanks danno 19:47, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I created his account due to a request on WP:ACC. (See this log entry.) I dropped the welcome message on there when I created the account.

I agree, there probably is a bit of an autobiography here. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:54, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

That makes sense, thanks! danno 19:57, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Request for Help

Hi Reaper. Major wikipedia n00b here trying to learn the lay of the land. You tagged my article Brian R. McClure questioning neutrality and needing more citations. I have not removed said tag, have tweaked the article to meet the request to the best of my ability, but I would really appreciate some guidance on how things work. For example, there are no notes on the talk page from you on the article. I'm amazed I even found my way here to your talk page and am crossing my fingers that I am doing it right. Anyway, there are limited primary sources on Mr. McClure, despite his very large following as a leader in the fastest growing independently owned company in America. In the next few weeks I hope that there is more earned media to cite and we are working to fix that, but I would like the page ready before he receives the top Ambit earner award for the fourth year. Any advice you can offer to bring the article up to snuff would be much appreciated. BTW, I see that you are up for administrator. n00b or not I can tell that's a big deal around here, so good luck! ShannonAronin (talk) 21:52, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello, I tagged your article as having point-of-view problems because its phrasing is overly promotional. For example, "Brian R. McClure has leveraged the marketing prowess that has brought him remarkable business success to support several charities he cares deeply about. His passion for business is dwarfed by his affinity for community service" is highly promotional. It could be better phrased as something like "Brian R. McClure supports multiple charities with the proceeds from his business endeavors." This has another benefit of being more concise. (Of course, that particular rewrite only applies if it is true!)

I added the "sources needed" tag because much of the information in the article is unsourced. Wikipedia's policy is that all articles need reliable sources to back up the claims made, and there are whole paragraphs in your article that are unreferenced. One final note to make is that adding external links in the body of the article is normally seen to be a sign of advertising, and all those links to the individual charities are unneeded. It would be better to add a reference for each one.

I'm always happy to help, and I don't mind taking a look over your article again after you clean up the issues. Thanks for the encouragement about the adminship! Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:04, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Fantastic, these fixes are not too hard. I did find some more articles to cite so hopefully that helps, and I had no idea about the external links in the body! Thank you for your help. I'll get back to work on it tomorrow and get it cleaned up. Thanks again! ShannonAronin (talk) 23:54, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Hi Reaper. I made the changes you discussed and even more beyond that. Hopefully it is now up to wikipedia standards. I did remove the flags from you, I hope that's ok. Here is the page again if you want to look. Brian R. McClure Thanks again for the help! ShannonAronin (talk) 16:32, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Sorrry for my pointy neutral !vote

My neutral vote on your RFA was against my better judgement. I knew when I saw your RFA that you would make a great admin and I have realized that the only reason I had a neutral !vote was so that I could let it be known that I disagreed with your response. Regardless of my opinion on that question, I know you will be an excellent user of the admin tools and I would like you to know that you have my complete support. Happy editing, Ryan Vesey Review me! 22:39, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

That's OK! Thanks for the support! :) Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:08, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Golden Dawn (Greece)

There is a mass of vandalism occurring at the page right now, which either the result of sockpuppetry or a raid. I am issuing one-warning only because the vandalism between IPs (and the one user, Vidopoulos) is flagrantly obvious and essentially the same from vandal to vandal. I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 22:57, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

File a request at WP:RFPP and let an admin protect the page. In the meantime, just keep rolling the edits back, because it is probably a 4chan raid. Reaper Eternal (talk) 23:10, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Already done and done. Will keep a lookout. I, Jethrobot ^{drop me a line} (note: not a bot!) 23:15, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

OMG U DELETED MY WIKI PAGE

I'm first! --Σ ^talk_contribs 07:26, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Can U ban yser Σ he has a patturn on tenndensius tendinshess tententus bad editing also he smells bad Can I have A Playstation 3 and a new bike and another nobile phone I promiss I womt lose it again for Christmas Thank you Santa LOLOL K Bye--Shirt58's "Inner Child" (talk) 08:56, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Hahaha! Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:55, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

David Goodwillie

Could you replace the protection template on this article because vandalism has become ridiculous since it was removed. Monkeymanman (talk) 11:04, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually, the protection template doesn't protect the article. It just puts the little lock icon in the upper-right corner, signifying that the article is protected. You'll need to file a WP:RFPP request to get the page actually protected. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 11:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Congrats

Well done on becoming an admin. Very well deserved, and I'm sure you'll be a fine one at that.:)--Tærkast (Discuss) 13:15, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:20, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Beat Xeno

Saw your RFA closed a few minutes ago even though Xeno hasn't made it here yet. Congrats! 133 unanimous supports, that's gotta be a record.--v/r - TP 13:15, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I figured out I must have just been promoted because I went to tag a page for speedy deletion and it disappeared! About made me jump out of my skin! :O Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:17, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Go tag the main page, see what happens. Trust me, everyone does it.--v/r - TP 13:20, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Did you know you can't actually delete Wikipedia:New admin school/Deleting/delete anymore due to 'bigdelete'? LOL. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:45, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Ironic! Fixed. –xeno^talk 13:52, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

You are now an administrator

Congratulations on a strong showing at your recent (unopposed!) RFA. I've done the needful, and you should be seeing some new buttons now. Feel free to let me know if I can be of any assistance. Happy adminning, –xeno^talk 13:16, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! As I mentioned just above, you startled me by flipping the bit first! :P Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:19, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Heh. These old bones, they don't move as fast as they used to. –xeno^talk 13:20, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Plip!

• To keep you from getting megalomania, please take this sardine with care. Congrats, best and out. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 13:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Mwuahahaahaa!! Rouge admin promoted! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:44, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

• Although I did not participate in your RFA, I just thought I'd stop by, Reaper Eternal, to extend my very best congratulations on your RFA; you'll do wonderfully! You had more supports in your first day than I had in a week! That's impressive! Good luck very best regards, Tyrol5 [Talk] 13:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:48, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Congrats from me too! -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 15:18, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:44, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

I can't remember the last time I congratulated someone on a successful RfA. Hm. Congrats :) -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:35, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Reaper Eternal (talk) 19:23, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Congrats :¬) Chaosdruid (talk) 19:30, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

I'm going to be original and tell you: ¡Felicitaciones! ;P  Diego  talk  21:13, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

I want to say also congrats to this. Celebrate this ;) mabdul 23:38, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Just wanted to add my congrats on your RfA. I've been very impressed with your work and it seems the community has also since you didn't receive a single oppose. Great job. - Hydroxonium (T•C•V) 05:36, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I'll just drop my belated congrats here; I intended to place my support at the last minute, but I overslept by two hours. :/ Good luck with the mop! --Dylan620 ^{(I'm all ears)} 20:47, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

This is empty

I'm very disappointed in you. You are just like a politician. Broken promises, broken promises.... :) Ryan Vesey Review me! 13:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Hehe! Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:08, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm maybe I should indefinite block you when I'm next logged on at home :p -- PhantomSteve.alt/talk\^{[alternative account of Phantomsteve]} 18:01, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Deleting pages already!

It took me almost 48 hours before I got to my first page deletion. Congrats (on passing RfA, not the deletion). Qwyrxian (talk) 14:04, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:09, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

I deleted my userpage once I got the bit just to see how it worked. Anyway, congratulations. I told you you'd make a good admin. ;) You know where I am if you need anything. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:31, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll definitely ask if I need help! ;) Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:44, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your help

	Thanks
	Thank you for your help with the review of the Kennet and Avon Canal at FAC, which has just been promoted. — Rod talk 14:46, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

help

that user noq who put the article Christopher Lynn up for deletion is trying to delete it again, can you help me because this isn't the first time he has done this, he has done it with my other article Connswater and won't leave me alone. EastBelfastBoy (talk) 15:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

You need to add reliable sources to the article to demonstrate that it passes WP:ANYBIO. I hope you are not sockpuppeting on the AFD. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:45, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Goodbye. We don't need page-move vandals around. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:34, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Deleted page

hey , i wanted to know why the page wincere was deleted, i had modeled it same to same on the likes of the ZS Associates page. what was wrong with that page?? please let me know — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anmol.koul (talk • contribs) 17:36, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

There was nothing wrong with the formatting of your page (that was just fine, and it is also not a reason to delete a page). However, I deleted you page because you did not indicate the importance of the company. If you think you can add sufficient reliable sources so that the article passes WP:CORP, I can move the page into a userspace draft for you to continue working on. Good luck! Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:41, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks man, that would be just great. the company is still in a nascent stage so that much coverage is not there, still i will look for it and get back to you. Anmol.koul (talk) 17:46, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

IRC

Could you stop by IRC and ping me please? That would be great. -- DQ (t) (e) 17:47, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

Very much appreciated. I would one day like to figure out how to pimp out my user page and talk page like yours but I'll have to ask you those sorts of questions once I'm a more experienced Wikipedian. What a great community :) Please let me know if I should normally respond to messages on my own talk page or somewhere else I haven't thought of.

Chursaner (talk) 18:27, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

You're very welcome! :) Typically, it is best to respond to messages people leave on your talk page just beneath them (like I am doing here) as that keeps the discussion in one place. When you leave a message on somebody else's talk page, they will usually respond there, so you will have to check back to see if they have responded. Some people like me will occasionally leave a {{talkback}} template on your talk page to let you know I have replied here. Cheers! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:32, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Main page deletion and other

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I'm surprised nobody gave this to you yet.

	⚖ Enchanted T-Shirt Uniform of the Janitorial Cabal ⚖
	Good job. I'm sure you will use it well. Don't forget, the shirt will turn blue when there's a heavy CSD backlog. --Σ talkcontribs 18:52, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:34, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Nice to see you wielding the shiny new mop

Thanks for the quick block on User:EastBelfastBoy. If I can be helpful, feel free to call on me. BusterD (talk) 19:58, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:33, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

SPI

Re. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/EastBelfastBoy, should look to make sure the CU's signature is there before you issue the blocks ;) Might prove to be beneficial information. :) -- DQ (t) (e) 20:25, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Oops, missed that! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:33, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations!

- on your magnificent move to the LoNBG! Proves once again that for candidates of the right calibre, RfA is not broken - just wish more like you would pluck up the courage. I haven't got much to offer in my vector.js collection, but feel free to raid my heavy toolbox :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 22:33, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! Reaper Eternal (talk) 01:01, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Right on

Nice block. BTW, congrats! Drmies (talk) 00:59, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! Reaper Eternal (talk) 01:01, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Long term vandalism/sockpuppetry on Pepsi

• Hello RE, could I ask you to watchlist Pepsi? The article page has been the subject of persistent vandalism and sockpuppetry for quite some time now. Thanks. --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 01:05, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Here's a toast to your successful RfA! jsfouche ☽☾Talk 01:07, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks and congrats

Thanks for taking care of that vandalism on my user page for me. Also congrats on the recent adminship! I have seen you around fighting vandalism for a while and I know you will do a great job. –CWenger (^ • @) 02:41, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

You're welcome! Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:33, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Automobilia

You declined a G7 speedy at Talk:Automobilia restoring it with a Wikiproject Literature banner instead. The nain article, however, is about second-hand car memorabilia (wheels, Hood(?) ornaments, horns etc.). The banner and the contents of the article seemed poorly aligned. In case this is a subtle joke, way over my head, I haven't yet removed the banner but would be happy to do so if this is a misconstruance. Regards  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   08:38, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Actually, I was looking for a "WikiProject Neologisms", and that was the closest I could find. The article itself should probably be sent to AFD as not notable anyway. Reaper Eternal (talk) 13:34, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Santhosh Pandit (2nd nomination)

Hello, there was a bundled article Krishnanum Radhayum on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Santhosh Pandit (2nd nomination), could you include that in deletion please? Thanks, Gurt Posh (talk) 12:44, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Whoops, sorry, I was using Mr.Z-Man's script to close the AFD, and forgot to delete the second article. Reaper Eternal (talk) 12:50, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Look over my non-admin close?

Do you mind giving uninvolved eyes to this process: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred Moosally? I've already done one close today and this is my second. The first was not complex, but I'd like an opinion on my rationale and my process in this more complicated procedure. BusterD (talk) 13:01, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I'd encourage you to not close contentious AFDs, especially ones where the office is getting involved. I'm not really the admin to ask about AFDs anyway; try Postdlf (talk · contribs) or Ron Ritzman (talk · contribs). Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:31, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Wise counsel. Thanks for looking. Didn't want to stub my toe on so serious a subject. BusterD (talk) 19:17, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Hello, Reaper Eternal. You have new messages at Kuyabribri's talk page.
Message added 17:36, 29 July 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Hurrah!

Another admin to help out at RPP :) Well done on the RfA, glad I managed to get in just in time; don't think I've ever been last !vote before. Anyway, if you need any mopping advice, feel free to drop me a line! GedUK  18:28, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll be sure to ask you if I have any mopping questions! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:33, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Review me?

Sorry for the recent issue we had. I was wondering if you could put that aside and leave some remarks at Wikipedia:Editor review/Ryan Vesey. Ryan Vesey Review me! 18:54, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I'll try to have a look tonight! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:07, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the help on Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship

Thank for the help with protecting the page from the edits by Spacejam2. The series of moves had been brought to WikiProject Poland and we did provide a warning to the user. Ajh1492 (talk) 19:06, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

The page is not protected against editing; it is only protected to stop the move-warring. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:07, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

May need full page protection, but we'll see how it goes. Thanks for the indefinite move protection. Ajh1492 (talk) 20:35, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Cali Swag District action

I'm confused by your inaction here: [[2]]. You may still be looking into the issue, but the edit summary makes a pretty compelling case. I know you have a lot to do, and I am sincerely grateful that Wikipedia has someone like you to monitor these things. But a lot of anonymous IP users have seriously damaged and/or vandalized the article and I believe semi-protecting the article is warranted. Thank you for your attention to this matter. (I know your hands are quite full!) AlaskaMike (talk) 19:39, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Heh, I was just dealing with the one above first. I have now Semi-protected for two weeks, so hopefully the vandalism and unsourced additions will die down. Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:09, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Thank you! I always hope that when I prod/criticize or otherwise try to spur action, I don't come across as attacking. I've looked at your work load and, excuse my "French", but you get a lot of shit done! In this case I was exasperated by the constant vandalism as well as the silly damage to the tables, etc., which I felt had to be deliberate since they weren't changing the data, which would be fair (if verifiable) but removing brackets and the like to make it appear "broken". I always assume good faith, but in these cases its hard. I created this page and watch it closely. Now that I know about you and your function here I will keep you posted. Thanks again,!!! AlaskaMike (talk) 20:25, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

One word

As an Admin I've recently grown to trust and respect, I'd appreciate your opinion. I removed the word "apocryphal" from [[3]]. I thought it had serious neutral point of view issues. Your thoughts? I want to remain neutral myself. AlaskaMike (talk) 20:36, 29 July 2011 (UTC) why you delete my user page?? i hope in my talk. Hentaku La Blue Girl