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Hello. As you probably know, I am your online ambassodor for your class. I will be giving feedback on article proposals sent to me by you. Please create a new subheader that includes your username andarticle title when your draft is ready for me to look over (i.e. ===Example User,Example Article===) I will look over it and collapse your draft to save space. Underneath it I will list any problems I saw with the draft.

A barnstar for you!

	The Admin's Barnstar
	Hello Buggie, I appreciate you contribution on Wikipedia. I have created a page/article named "MamarBari". As I am new to Wikipedia contribution, I have seen an warning on my article. Can you please do one thing for me. Would be please delete this article? Can I create the same article in future? Your kind support is always appreciated. Regards, Jimmy Rmjimmy (talk) 09:48, 24 December 2011 (UTC)

Merry Christmas for 2011

Buggie111,

Would like to say "Merry Christmas" for 2011! Hope you have a wonderful day and have good memories with family and friends. Adamdaley (talk) 00:19, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

'Tis that season again

	Happy Holidays!
	Thanks for your message on my talk page, and I hope you and your family are enjoying the holiday season! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 01:31, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

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Your RfA

Hi Buddgie. By withdrawing the way you did, and acknowledging the opposers' criticisms and taking their advice on board you will have earned more respect from the community than you are probably aware of, and people will be looking at that RfA the next time you run. Work hard at it, and when you are really ready for adminship, I'll be happy to support you next time. My door is always open - never hesitate to drop by anytime you want some advice or just a chat. Now relax and enjoy the rest of the holidays. Regards, --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 17:35, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks a bunch.Buggie111 (talk) 18:12, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

On your RfA page you proposed a good plan for developing yourself as an editor. I would love to see you make another request in the future. Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:20, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

I have to agree. Your response was especially refreshing in light of some of the more bad faith and accusatory opposes I read on your RFA. Ever heard of "heaping burning coals on their heads"? ;) While I was unable to support you given some of the more serious opposes, I am now positive that you have exactly the right temperament for an administrator (definitely better than mine, as I can be somewhat abrasive), and will almost certainly support a future RFA. Good luck! Reaper Eternal (talk) 18:46, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

I hope that you're not too discouraged by your RfA. Many of the 'oppose' comments seemed unfair, and most RfAs are conducted with greater decorum. Several of the questions you were asked to answer were also awkwardly worded and would have been difficult for a veteran admin to respond to. I hope that you stand again in a few months as I think that you'd make a good admin. In regards to responding to questions in a future RfA around the flexibility expected of admins, the best thing to remember is that admins are expected to step in and solve obvious and common problems quickly. As such, few admins do things like warn vandals four times before blocking - if an IP account keeps clearly vandalising articles after being warned once they can be blocked (and generally should be), and registered accounts whose first edit is vandalism tend to be blocked immediately as a vandalism-only account. That said, questions on this topic are difficult for RfA candidates to answer as new admins are expected to take a very conservative approach to using the tools until they become familiar with the role. Nick-D (talk) 04:23, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

Discouraged? 'course not. Some of the opposes were, as you said, strange, but I'm not annoyed. I had a very solid feeling on the topic of less than four warnings, but I decided to play it safe. I'll be back in a year or so, nominated by someone else. Or I'll self-nom when the Cleveland Browns win the Super Bowl (which is about several centuries :) Buggie111 (talk) 04:26, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

OK, excellent. Following WP:AN is quite instructive about how admins go about things, and let me know if you have any questions about the admin role. Nick-D (talk) 10:53, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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The Resilient Barnstar

That was a very respectable withdrawl from your RfA. It's always important to recognize the arguments of our opposition and a person of strong character can take that criticism to heart, recognize its value, and learn from it. It also takes character not to get upset or discouraged by the criticism. You've shown a very respectable characteristic of yourself. Keep it up. v/r - TP 19:29, 27 December 2011 (UTC)

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Ambassador

Hi Buggie111,

I'm an instructor of English composition looking for an online ambassador to assist my Writing & Rhetoric II class this coming (Winter quarter). I'm specifically interested in someone who would be willing to respond to short proposals written by students for planned edits/article creations. There's a cap of twenty students in the class, so if I found two willing ambassadors each would be responsible for responding to 10 proposals. Would you be interested?

Thanks,

Matthewvetter (talk) 02:40, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Sure! As I see it, I'll be reviewing ten article creation requests by students, and will then be giving feedback and/or creating them (moving them over to mainspace). all correct, or am I missing something? Buggie111 (talk) 03:11, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Great Buggie! Well-Actually, I'm giving students the option to edit an existing article OR create a new article. So you would be reviewing proposals for new articles or changes/additions to existing articles. Make sense?

Matthewvetter (talk) 03:43, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Got it! Buggie111 (talk) 03:51, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Terrific! I'll get you a more precise schedule of when you can expect to hear from students tomorrow. Would you prefer that in an e-mail? Matthewvetter (talk) 04:19, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm fine either way. Buggie111 (talk) 04:27, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks so much for your help Buggie. You can view the course timeline at the the course page but what I would like the two ambassadors to do is respond to student proposals. These would basically be plans and questions before any editing/article creation is done. The deadline for these is Jan. 16, so expect 10 of these on or a few hours before that date. If you could, I'd like students to receive responses within 3 days, though I can work something out if that's not possible. Thanks again! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewvetter (talk • contribs) 16:10, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Sure. I've set up a section at the top of my page for students to post their drafts in so as I can keep them all in one place. As I'm also a student, the worst case is that the drafts will be done by Friday 21. Buggie111 (talk) 16:20, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	Hi, Buggie 11. It seems like you've got a lot of traits. Some are really funny. I just want to thank you for your kind message about me joining Operation Majestic Titan. Do know any "Operations" on Wikipedia about passenger jets? I will be really glad if there is. Thank you. YouKnowTheStuff YKTS You've got it? (talk) 18:54, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Got Any Ideas?

Well, it looks like I am here again. The only thing is what can I do around here. I really don't want to say it. But a friend on Wikipedia told me that some Wikipedia administrators are pure "evil". (EXCLUDING you). Fell free to send a WikiLove or something on my talk page when you've got an idea. Hope to hear from you sometime soon! YKTS You've got it? (talk) 19:06, 31 December 2011 (UTC)