User talk:Acalamari

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Hello Wikipedians and people who are not-yet Wikipedians.

This is my User Talk Page. You can contact me here. If you are a registered user who wishes to send an E-mail to me, please feel free to use the "E-mail This User" feature in the toolbox on the left side of this page. I also encourage everyone to read the contents of my Talk Page, and my archives, as well. Acalamari 21:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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50? Yargh!

How do I miss all these? It's like people wait until I stop editing and they can reasonably assume I'm off line. Thanks for keeping an eye out for me! Natalie 16:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome; I decided to watch your pages round about the time you became an administrator. I figured that you good do with an extra user watching your back. It also seems you also earned yourself what Persian Poet Gal calls a "spoofer"; it's when someone uses your name in their own. My spoofer sucks compared to Persian Poet Gal's spoofers. Acalamari 16:59, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

61... I guess that means I'm doing something right. Natalie 22:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Shania Twain

Thank you for your clean-up on the Shania Twain page. Much appreciated. --Renrenren 21:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Acalamari 21:58, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

RE: AN/I

What exactly do you imagine you'll be resolving? Chris conveniently expunged all discussion of his questionable role in the matter from his own talk page through his move-delete, and blanked the user's talk page, hiding any critical comments from anyone to see. Thus, there's little point in a months' old issue being brought back up. --Leflyman^Talk 23:49, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

:So...you're saying that there's little point in bringing a month's old issue back up. If that's the case, why even bring it up? As I said, I'm not bothered by the fact you opposed me; that's a non-issue. Acalamari 23:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry that you took my comments at your RfA as personal -- they were intended to point out a tendency towards over-reaction, which you may acknowledge can be problematic in an admin. I definitely see you an up-and-coming editor, who just needs a bit more seasoning and experience before aiming for adminship. Best wishes, --Leflyman^Talk 00:16, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I can assure you that I was not offended by anything you said on the RfA. After all, it's just an RfA. I just wanted to avoid getting into another Krune mess, that's all. I accept your apology, but I want to say that you were not the one in the wrong: I was. :) Acalamari 00:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Adminship nomination

On this occasion, your nomination for adminship was not successful. I hope that you will continue your useful contributions to Wikipedia and may consider standing again in future. Remember, more users supported your nomination than opposed it, and many of those opposing are simply keen to see more of your work! Warofdreams talk 18:09, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to review my RfA; I appreciate that. I don't think I did too badly; after all, 40/28/14 and 59% support isn't terrible. I will continue to edit Wikipedia; but I will make sure I listen to the opposers reasons. Acalamari 18:14, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Unlucky Acalamari, you'll certainly get there in the future, and you've certainly taken a very active step in sorting those oppose votes out, well done, and keep it up Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 18:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry you didn't make it this time. Like Ryan says, 59% is not bad at all. Read all the comments through and you can bet that in a few short weeks/months, you can have another go & will be sure to make it. You certainly can be guaranteed my support. {{hugs}} ya - Alison^☺ 18:20, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Be glad it wasent a snowball! you had alot of supporters. In a few months I would be glad to nominate you, I am sure there are others who would as well. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

(Edit conflicts!) Thank you all of you for your support, Ryan, Alison, and Chris. Anyway, the opposes were't too terrible; a lot of those events are easily avoidable. Thank you. Yes, I doubt I'll be nominating myself again; I'll let someone else nominate me; and I did say in my RfA that self-nominations are frowned upon; but hey, I did pretty well. Acalamari 18:26, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I join those who are sorry this RfA didn't succeed, but I am sure that as you give attention to the concerns expressed, you will be even more ready for adminship by the time the next nomination rolls around. Perhaps I will even be the nominator. Regards, Newyorkbrad 18:28, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Newyorkbrad; as I said, my RfA wasn't that bad. A lot of the opposition was to do with stuff I can easily avoid; and with the thicker skin issue, I think after that RfA, nothing the vandals could say would really affect me. Thank you for your support. Acalamari 18:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiCrush

Hey, how come you spend so much time counting all the vandalism to Natalie Erin's user page, and ferociously guarding it like a knight in white armor? Sounds like someone is in love! Owner of boats 18:31, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

I watch her user and talk pages. :) If she continues to get vandalism at the rate she does, I'm likely to do more edit to her user page than my own! :) Acalamari 18:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

For the record, the message was left by a vandal i indef blocked for disruptive page moves to User:Natalie Erin, and other vandalism. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 18:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks; I just found that out when I saw that the user had been blocked indefinitely. According to the vandals, I have a WikiCrush on Persian Poet Gal, and now Natalie Erin. I hope Persian Poet Gal and Natalie Erin won't be jealous of each other! :) Acalamari 18:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank You.

You said: "First of all, I want to say that I just reverted vandalism from your user page; and from the sandbox, as the kind user who vandalized your user page then attacked you in the sandbox. Secondly, I want to thank you for your support in my RfA. Your support was a nice surprise, and your advice was very helpful to me. Thank you."

It shouldn't have been a surprise, I think you are a valuable contributor to the Wikipedia.  :) Thanks for monitoring my user page and reverting the vandalism. --Yamla 19:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Just because

^{Award moved to my awards subpage.}

• Why thank you; I'll move that to my awards. :) Acalamari 20:02, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Your RfA

No problem, if you keep up the good work you've been doing you'll certainly have my support if you decide to go up for RfA again, which I hope you will (-:! Matthew 20:33, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the barnstar. I have added it to my collection. :) Cheers, Sarah 01:18, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Quite the ladies' man I see

You seem to have given our friendly neighbourhood vandals a new hobby: [1]. :-) WjBscribe 05:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• You hound, Acalamari. Just wait until Natalie Erin and Persian Poet Gal find out! LOL!! - Alison^☺
  • Normally users who have been through an RfA get vandalism if the RfA is successful. :) I wonder if this is the same person who created users like User: Yamla has a crush on Kate McAuliffe. Acalamari 16:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

^{Award moved} -- Feel free to revert this ;) A Train^talk 20:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks; I'm going to move it to my awards subpage. :) This has to be the funniest vandalism ever. Acalamari 21:55, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Dang, you're still much more popular than I am. Don't avoid all the situations, evaluate people's comments and decide what you think you should do to become a better Wikipedia editor and potential administrator--not everyone who criticizes you is always right. Frankly, I think you'd be wasted as an admin, but you do edit in areas where there are few admins, but high activity, and you could contribute well as an admin, I have no doubt. If you become an administrator I will probably have to find someone else to dump those little obscure intellectual biographies on, though, and that will irritate me, as I've cut back, enough that finding new victims, er editors, will be difficult. I personally think being a great editor is a step up from being an admin, and you are the former, imo. KP Botany 02:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, KP Botany, you can still bring those biographies to me; I'll help you. :) If I became an admin, I shouldn't stop helping you, or any other user. I haven't forgotten about Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, or LAX (group). I will still be willing to help, no matter what. Anyway, I'm still likely to bring an article or two to you. :) Acalamari 02:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

If you get any time there are some sources listed on the discussion page of Silas Kopf. His daughter started the article, then hesitated for COI reasons. The article came up for AfD, but he's rather a spectacularly well-known craftsman among those who care about wood, so the article stayed. Meanwhile I begged his daughter to provide a photograph--rather rare acquisition for a modern crafstman, as they want to protect their work from being knocked-off. However, the daughter did provide Wikipedia with an excellent photograph of a unique piece. I really don't have much time to work on anything Wikipedia as I'm working on my art right now, but this one came up on my watchlist courtesy of a BLP bot. If you get time to add anything, please do. KP Botany 04:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

RfAs

Thanks for your message, Acalamari. I didn't think you were offended but I don't think it would make you biased if you were offended. My own RfA was relatively painless (160/4/1) but it was still a pretty rugged experience and I think it would be quite natural to feel hurt when they don't succeed. As far as the age thing goes, I personally don't agree with using age as a criteria for assessing someone for adminship but I know that other people think it is important that admins be of a certain minimum age. I think it's a rather silly criteria myself since anyone can say they are whatever they want and we would have no clue if a 14-year-old, for example, claimed they were 30. I don't like using arbitrary criteria like age, gender, education, etc for evaluating candidates (believe it or not, I have seen someone opposed for being female), however, I feel that people participating in good faith should feel free to apply whatever admin criteria they feel is appropriate. I didn't agree with that editor's oppose rationale, but I wasn't upset or unimpressed or whatever. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers, Sarah 06:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

You did great on your own RfA: WP:100! As for the age criteria, I disagree with it; not because of my age, but because it would mean de-sysopping a load of good admins, like Persian Poet Gal and Majorly; who have done a great job as administrators. Having their administrative tools removed simply because they are not old enough would be a huge loss. Acalamari 18:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Good grief, PPG is a teeny bopper also? Maybe admins SHOULD be teenagers, rather than teenagers not allowed to be admins. KP Botany 20:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

XXL (band)

If you get a chance, would you see if you can responsibly edit this article with the sources listed and the Eurovision Song Contest web link?[2] Also the article about the band's song 100% Te Ljubam should be merged into the band's article page. I see not rush on this, even though the XXL article is up for deletion. KP Botany 16:32, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Sure, I'll do some work on it. I just did a few edits on Silas Kopf for you. That's quite an interesting article. Acalamari 16:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Wow, yes, Frimpong-Boateng is looking good. Thanks, I really respect immigrants who return to doing for their own, rather than taking what the West has to offer, and the West has a lot to offer a talented cardiac surgeon compared to Africa. Kopf is fascinating to me, as he's such a lone wolf, working in a craft that most Americans know very little about, but that adds so much beauty to a piece of furniture. KP Botany 16:55, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Frimpong-Boateng, from what I've read, is a very interesting, as well as educated, person. I'm glad you pointed out the article about him. It's got quite a lot of information in it already. As for XXL (band), I'll see what happens with the AfD and the merge. If it survives, and the merge is successful...excellent. If not...at least I would have got to do a couple of edits to the article. :) Acalamari 17:00, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Re: Unblocking Self.

Hmm. I guess if you're testing blocks, and manage to autoblock yourself, it's no issue. It's hard to see anybody making a big deal out of it, anyway. ;) Although test-blocking is usually discouraged on shared IPs for just that reason, of course. – Luna Santin (talk) 00:08, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I was just curious. Thanks. :) Acalamari 01:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for your ultimate support in my recent RfA. I accept your apology without reservation or hesitation; you said what you thought was right, and this is all that can be expected of any wikipedian. I am sorry that it was felt that you were not yet quite ready for the mop and bucket; I look forward to supporting your next application. Please notify me when you do apply - doing so will, in the light of this request, not be seen as canvassing.--Anthony.bradbury 12:23, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad there's no hard feelings. Good luck! Acalamari 16:53, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

• Thanks for the support position. However, I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:27, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
  • That's a shame. I often check the RfA's so next time I see you there, I'll support. Acalamari 18:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Browser cache clearing

Hi - thanks for your interesting question. I've never experienced any need to clear my cache when my rights have been changed - although I expect that returning to a previously viewed page might require a refresh. As the rights are held in a Wikipedia database, any pages newly served from Wikipedia should correctly display your new rights. Warofdreams talk 16:42, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your answer. I was interested to know, in case it did require cache clearing. I know a lot of other things do, and I wasn't sure if rights-changing also required it. Thanks! :) Acalamari 16:46, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Acalamari, sorry about the outcome of your RfA, hang in there, glad to see you are handling what had to be a dissappointing situation in such a mature and graceful way. Please take the suggestions offered to heart and not see them as criticism but in a constructive way (which you seem to be doing, props!). IMHO I would adivise that you continue with the good works & positive intentions for a few more months and I think that many of those who opposed this go-round will support the next time. Good luck! Wikidenizen 17:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. At least, as Warofdreams and Chrislk02 both pointed out; I had more support !votes than opposes, and the RfA wasn't overpowered with opposes. To be honest, I was expecting a lot of the supports to change to neutrals and opposes, but amazingly, only one of them did. Acalamari 17:18, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: The Revert.

You're very welcome. Glad I could help :-) Will (aka Wimt) 23:05, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

24 1/2

How do you get vandalized 1/2 a time? I'd have thought that was a whole-number function. Meanwhile, I'm nowhere near that number. I'll have to try harder. To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield, I can't get any disrespect. :) Wahkeenah 23:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

The 1/2 times comes from when a user put a message on my user page as opposed to my talk page. It wasn't really vandalism, so I included it as a "1/2" instead. :) It seemed better to list it as that than to list is as a full vandalism edit. Acalamari 23:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Someone needs to do it again just to even up the numbers :) - Alison^☺ 23:23, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Indeed they do. :) I originally counted it as a full vandalism edit, but I looked it over and thought otherwise. Acalamari 23:25, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

I think you did it the right way. When they vandalize through blundering instead of purposeful maliciousness, they only deserve partial credit. :) Wahkeenah 23:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. :) Acalamari 23:29, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Hello, Acalamari. Thanks for your comments! A few good words can go a long way. That's too bad that you didn't pass your RfA, but it seems that the main problem was the "time factor." Thanks again. --Cremepuff222 (talk, review me!) 21:01, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

that was weird

That was such a weird spate of vandalism... I can't even begin to guess who that might have been. Natalie 23:29, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Spoke to soon. It's one of the same people who keeps vandalizing Jackson State University and some other college websites for some reason. I blocked him on the 26th for 1 week - the block must have just lifted. Natalie 23:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

user name change

No problem, I wasn't offended, and it was an understandable mistake. --Kyoko 21:44, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Majorly's RfB

Hi Acalamari, thanks for your strong support in my RfB. Sadly, it didn't pass, but I appreciate the support, and I do intend to run again eventually. Thanks so much also for the award, and your kind comments on my talk page. I really appreciate them, I feel incredibly humbled, and thank you also for updating the tally regularly throughout. I do look forward to supporting another RfA from you as well. See you around! Majorly _{(o rly?)} 02:44, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

You didn't do badly in the RfB; it wasn't snowballed or anything; you had more supports than opposes. Good luck!. Acalamari 16:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Mandy Moore

Thanks for the compliment! Mad Jack 05:20, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 16:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Your AfD comment

At Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of streets and roads in Hong Kong, your reason for deletion is baffling: "Wikipedia is not for lists." Assuming good faith, did you mean something else, such as directory? If you are against lists in general, I guess you can bring it up at Wikipedia talk:List guideline. –Pomte 06:29, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Oh! Sorry, I worded my reason wrong. In fact, after looking at all the reasons to keep I'm changing my decision. Sorry. Acalamari 16:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem

You really picked up an obsessive vandal with that one. Sigh... maybe they'll give up soon. Natalie 17:24, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

If they're the vandal I think they are, I don't think they'll be stopping anytime soon. If they're not...well, we'll see what happens. The only thing I find annoying about this vandal is that I have to update my vandal count, and I try to edit my user page as little as possible. If this keeps up, maybe I'll just update the count every two or three cases. Acalamari 17:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Weird. But I guess if you've figured out how to keep their attention a way, that's all you can do for now. And revert, block, ignore, or course. Natalie 17:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

User page

Thank you for reverting the vandalism on my userpage. I deleted his article.--Anthony.bradbury 21:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. Glad to help. :) Acalamari 21:14, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Re:Barnstar

Thank you for this award. I hope in the near future, your RfA will become successful. A Raider Like Indiana 21:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your compliment! As for your award, you're welcome; you've done a lot of good edits on Fergie (singer)-related articles, and I felt you deserved a barnstar for it. Acalamari 21:34, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks from Akhilleus

^{I have moved the award to my subpage.}

You're welcome; I was glad to support you. :) Acalamari 20:08, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism counter

Just a quick heads up, it seems like some vandalism has been done to Natalie Erin's user page. You might want to update the vandalism counter. Time stands still as I gaze in her waters 16:07, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

KFP's RfA thanks

^{The award has been moved to the subpage.}

You're welcome. :) Acalamari 16:08, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

re: Welcome Back

Thanks.. I have been a bit down lately waiting for my internet connection and I have been away for nearly a month but now Iam back and firing..yeah..I've seen you have been doing quite well (over 6600 edits), so when will you apply for adminship cause I would love to co-nominate you..hehe..Its good to be back..--Cometstyles 16:34, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Uh, actually Cometstyles I was in an RfA when you were on a Wikibreak, and my RfA sank. If you want to see what happened just look at the message I've put at the top of my user and talk page, and you can link to the RfA if you want. Acalamari 16:37, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Ooohh I didnt know. Iam sorry. I dont actually understand why you were opposed, but Its usually because of bad timing or maybe self-nomination and I wish I was here then, I would have fought for you. Things like these have been happening quite a lot lately where a person who deserves it dont actually get it. I have gone through a lot of RfA's and its a pity that people still make bad judgements and because of unseen circumstances I wasnt around (It wasnt actually a wikibreak, I was moving houses and because Iam on dial-up and because the telecommunication companies are so lame and corrupted was the reason for my dissappearance or else I would have been around). I hope you apply again sometime in the near future because I believe you are one of those editors that deserve to be an Admin..--Cometstyles 16:53, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

I made several mistakes in January and February, and all of them combined were enough to generate as many opposes as they did. Even so, my supports managed to reach 40. I am not going to self-nominate again, and if someone decides to nominate me anytime before June 21st (three months after the RfA began) I will turn it down. I'm going to use that failed RfA as a way to improve myself as an editor overall, not just as a way to become an admin. I don't believe adminship is a reward (and the page about administrators says that). On the bright side, as I said in the RfA, I'd treat it as a editor review, and that's what I'm doing. I do not consider the RfA to be a failure. Sure, the RfA didn't pass; but on an emotional and editor level, it was a success because it said about where I can improve myself. Acalamari 17:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

And thats the exact reason why I believe you deserve to be an Admin. You should never be judged for one or two mistakes you make but I agree, it wasnt a failure..its just what every editor needs to succeed(criticism) and if people dont learn from their mistakes then where else do they learn from, Anywayz I hope you succeed in 'improving' yourself(Even though I dont believe you need to) and hope you continue doing a great job on Wikipedia as you have been doing till now...Cheers...--Cometstyles 17:14, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Yer email

I don't check my Wikipedia email as obsessively as I check my regular email, so sorry for not getting back to you sooner. I think you've handled this situation very well, and it will be a good demonstration of your learning when you are nominated for RfA again. I would have had a really hard time on WIkipedia when I was your age, so I do think you have been handling the vandals very well, all things considered. Natalie 18:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your response, and there's no need to apologize for being late to respond. Sometimes it takes me a few days to get back to someone. Natalie Erin, would you mind blocking Time stands still as I gaze in her waters? They left a message on my talk page called "Vandalism counter", and I am 100% sure that that user is our favorite vandal. Acalamari 18:17, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that's definitely them. Blocked. Natalie 18:18, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Ha ha, thanks. :) Acalamari 18:20, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

re:My RfA

Thanks! Darthgriz⁹⁸ 18:40, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome; I was more than happy to support you. It was nice to see someone receive pile-on support. Acalamari 18:43, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Project for Pride in Living

Could you help me delete the Project for Pride in Living article off of this wikipedia as well as the user talk page? I do not want it to be searchable on google either. I deleted all content since it did not meet standards, but I don't want people to search and find a blank page. If you could do that, that would be great! Thanks! RebeccaC21

No, I cannot delete it; I don't have the ability to; I'm not an administrator. If you want them deleted quickly you can nominate them for speedy deletion, or just ask someone's who's an admin; or, if you want, I can ask an administrator to delete them for you. Acalamari 16:18, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Speedied already per WP:CSD#G7 - Alison^☺ 16:27, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay; thanks Alison; I thought Ryan did it because I saw him respond to the user. Sorry. :) Acalamari 16:29, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

LOL!! I didn't delete them, some other admin did :) But yes, Rebecca's old account userpage has also been deleted now. See discussion on Ryan's talk - Alison^☺ 16:32, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

You didn't? Who did? Whoever it was did it quickly. Acalamari 16:33, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

ShadowHalo did. The userpage was zapped by Fang Aili. Efficiency, eh? :) - Alison^☺ 16:35, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Indeed; I barely had a chance to react there. Acalamari 16:38, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Exactly right

Agreed; and I personally think a "userbox war" would waste time anyway. Absolutely true. Sadly, the Userbox Wars really happened. We really did waste a huge amount of time on it. See this RFC for more background. Cheers, // PTO 23:10, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm...I personally am not bothered by userboxes, though it seems some users are opposed to them. I'll read the links you provided me. Acalamari 23:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Because at the start of a sentence

There is absolutely nothing wrong with using "Because" at the start of a sentence. This is a naively taught heuristic. The grammatical error is only in a situation like "Why did you do this. Because I wanted to." If you have "Because I wanted to, I did this." (or "I did this because I wanted to."), the dependent clause ("Because...") is part of a complete sentence, which is perfectly fine. —Centrx→talk • 23:45, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Funny...I was always taught it was bad grammar to start a sentence with because. Obviously I'm letting personal experience getting in the way of Wikipedia slightly there. Sorry. Acalamari 23:48, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm just letting you know about some English grammar; you didn't break anything or cause any problem. Starting a sentence with "Because" can be bad, and it is common situation that it is, but "Do not start a sentence with because" is just a superficial rule that doesn't conform to the actual issue with doing so. —Centrx→talk • 02:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

My apologies; I'll be more careful in the future. Thank you for this. Acalamari 02:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

What the heck?!

Why do you people continue to delete my edit on "7 may"????? it is not vandalism! how can the birth of the National AJROTC Rifle Team Commander be vandalism, when you guys have "1975 - Nicole Sheridan, American porn star" posted?????? thank you for being complete jerks.

All your other edits, such as the blanking of Academic Challenger's user page and this edit. How is this person notable? Oh, and about Natalie Erin and I being jerks? Ha, ha; at the moment we are lovers, not jerks. Acalamari 00:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

*snerk!* pardon???? :-) - Alison^☺ 00:11, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

We are! :) Remember? Acalamari 01:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

LOL!! The romance continues. Stay tuned for the next installment :) - Alison^☺ 03:35, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

You practically have a harem going. Natalie 03:37, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Who?? Me?? Yah, right!! :-b - Alison^☺ 03:53, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I dunno, that's what the vandals seem to think. And who are we to doub them, being the considerate, mature, thoughtful people they so often are? Natalie 03:55, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

True, true. Still - no reason why us girls can't have our own "boy-rems", hm? :) - Alison^☺ 03:56, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Phaedriel

Hi, Phaedriel was a very prolific editor to Wikipedia last year, and she did a large amount of work pertaining to Native Americans. Because of her anti-vandal efforts, and more importantly, because of her very sweet nature, she earned the respect, admiration, and friendship of many people here on Wikipedia. Her page is on my watchlist, and doubtless on countless of other people's lists as well. I'm very glad to see her back. --Kyoko 00:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm glad to see her back as well; from what I've heard, she is very, very nice (more than very, very nice, actually). Acalamari 01:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Your comments on Walton monarchist89's adminship candidacy page

I am dismayed by your comments on the aforementioned candidacy page. Surely you know that I am entitled to object to any candidate for any reason I feel is germane. I happen to have strong feelings about the content of user pages, and I choose to oppose the candidacy of editors whose user pages contain what I feel is questionable or inappropriate content. If you feel that my user page contains questionable or inappropriate content, you would be perfectly entitled to oppose my own candidacy for adminship. You might even choose to remove the content in question; this is, after all, a wiki, and I do not own my user page. However, I find your tone excessively strident and threatening.

I don't exactly know what your intent was by telling me that my oppositions on this basis has "got to stop"; however, it is impossible to interpret your allegation that my practice of such oppositions of being "point-oriented" as being anything other than an accusation of disrupting the encyclopedia by my oppositions. I find such an accusation ludicrous. How can a few oppose votes in a few requests for adminship be "disruptive"? Quite frankly, I do not see my oppositions being disruptive of anything other than the culture that tolerates, even encourages userboxes -- and that culture has nothing to do with the encyclopedia. I am not disrupting Wikipedia. If you really do believe that I am, take it to a Request for Comments, or to the Arbitration Committee. Kelly Martin (talk) 03:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I admit I should have been more civil with that message; it was not meant to be threatening in any way, and I am sorry. However, I am not going to bring you to the Arbitration Committee or Requests for Comment over your neutrals and opposes; I am not seeking conflict with you or anyone else. I just don't see why you have to oppose people over a few mistakes on a user page. I believe you could have politely pointed out the errors on the user page; that to me makes for more sense than to just oppose a user over the page. I want to see an editor who does good work, is civil, and has a lot of experience; those qualities matter to me far more than their user page. Yes, I am well aware you are entitled to your own opinion when giving input in someone's RfA, but everyone has to be careful what they say in an RfA in case the support/oppose/neutral is inappropriate. I expect in my next RfA (which won't be for some time, as my recent one was not successful), you will probably say neutral or oppose over what's happened recently, but that won't bother or surprise me (after all, it's your opinion).

However, I do agree with you if the user page is inappropriate. Even I would have to give a neutral at first over a very messy and rule-violating user page; and I would probably switch to an oppose if the user didn't address any concerns over it. However, I wouldn't call their user page sloppy, and I wouldn't say they have divisive userboxes. Instead, I would politely point out what's wrong on the user page.

I would not oppose your candidacy for adminship over your user page, nor am I going to remove anything from your user page; as user pages don't bother me. I was actually repeating what other people had said about you when you said that some users had divisive userboxes, while you were told you have potentially divisive userboxes. The userbox that says you're a feminist doesn't worry me, and I don't consider it divisive. It's your point of view, and I'm not going to question it; to oppose that userbox would be sexism. The Satan userbox doesn't offend me either, as it's humorous (well, to me anyway).

As I said, I'm not going to fight you; I don't want to escalate this; going to Arbitration or Requests for Comment is extremely excessive, an over-reaction, and will just cause more harm than good. I also admit that my message on Walton monarchist89's RfA to you was also probably in violation of WP:POINT, and from what you've said, probably WP:CIVIL as well (if I have violated WP:CIVIL, I will be irritated with myself over that, as I strictly follow that policy). However, I think it would be wise to politely inform users of errors on their user pages. You may disagree with opinion that if you wish. The "got to stop" I mentioned was excessive; I shouldn't have said that.

Again, I am sorry for any incivility in my message on the RfA; it wasn’t intended. I hope this message was helpful to you. Acalamari 16:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

List of songs containing covert references to real musicians

You may want to weigh in at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 April 15#List of songs containing covert references to real musicians, since you were involved in a previous discussion of this article. - Jmabel | Talk 05:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

TeckWiz's RFA

Hey Acalamari. Thanks for supporting my unsuccessful RFA this week. I hope to keep helping and improving Wikipedia alongside you. At the moment I'm forgetting where I've seen you around. I know it's somewhere :).--TeckWiz ^ParlateContribs_@(Lets go Yankees!) 01:23, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) You saw me at my unsuccessful RfA, you used to see me at RFCN; but we do encounter each other on the AfD's. That's where you've seen me. :) Don't let the unsuccessful RfA let you down; keep positive, and treat the entire thing as a large-scale editor review. A failed RfA is less of a failure than you think (I should know, mine wasn't a success). You be can be assured I will support you next time. :) Acalamari 01:37, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

AN/I

No, not at all, actually, thanks for the pointer.  :) Corvus cornix 01:55, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Phew! Good. :) At least I was of some help. Acalamari 01:56, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Pussycat Dolls

Oops, you're quite right — that was careless of me. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 17:53, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

That's fine then. :) I did a similar thing not too long ago by accidentally reverting to the wrong version. Acalamari 17:56, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: RfA

I understand now, and thank you. A Raider Like Indiana 22:42, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Of course. :) I was more than happy to give you advice. Acalamari 22:45, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm currently updating my profile. I will put it back on sometime later, and thanks for noticing that I took the "Admin someday" box off. A Raider Like Indiana 22:52, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Your message

I was just coming to say what I'd done when I saw your message. Yes — 2008... It's bad enough when people rush to make articles about things happeneing in a few months' time, but a year! --Mel Etitis (Talk) 23:14, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I've given the creator the appropriate links regarding crystal-ballism and sources. I figured that was a good thing to do. Acalamari 23:19, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

You're right, I should have done that; I was in too much of a hurry (it's the beginning of term, and I shouldn't be on Wikipedia at all). --Mel Etitis (Talk) 08:37, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Shirahadasha RfA thanks

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment on my my RfA, which was successful. I learned a lot from the comments, I appreciate everything that was said, and I'll do my best to deserve the community's trust. Thanks again! And thanks for your kind words and support. --Shirahadasha 04:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. I was glad to support you. :) Acalamari 16:24, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello Acalamari, thank you for supporting my RfA!
I was promoted with a final tally of 68/12/0.
Also, please wish a Happy Birthday to Her Majesty the Queen. Vivat Regina!

You're welcome. :) I am glad you are now a sysop. Acalamari 20:43, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Dear Acalamari

I'll put a beautiful pic at your talk page, hoping to cheer it up a little bit... and you in the process! :) Love, Phaedriel 10:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the beautiful picture. :) Acalamari 16:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you so much!

The Star is incredibly beautiful, dear A - thank you! :) and don't worry about the format of my talk page, I'm redesigning it anyway. That beautiful star will have a place of honor in my new userpage. You are so sweet! :) Hugs, Phaedriel - 18:07, 23 April 2007 (UTC) Check your mail in 5 mins!

I am glad you like it. :) Acalamari 18:10, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Swatting trolls

Fixed ... I was going too fast, and must have had the wrong choice on the pull-down list (I'm familiar with this particular pest). Cheers, and keep up the good work! Antandrus (talk) 16:51, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, and you're welcome. :) I am glad I was able to be of some use there! Acalamari 16:52, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

"Charlottan"

Thanks for your note. If I had any clue what he was talking about, I might be able to respond more usefully. I don't recall editing any spam links having to do with Charlotte, but who knows? Wahkeenah 22:56, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you removed any, and I can't remember why the user left that message on your talk page, but I do know I removed spam links, and was given a message written with a caps-locked title. Acalamari 22:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I know I've removed spam links from time to time, not that often, and none to do with Charlotte that I can recall. However, the wording of it reads like someone "on" something, so trying to apply reason and logic to it is probably a futile effort. Wahkeenah 23:03, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Mystery solved. As User:Alison pointed out, it was because of the minor spam-revert war that you and I got into with a different IP address on about March 14. Wahkeenah 23:08, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I had a feeling it was something like that. :) Thanks. Acalamari 23:10, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

And it looks like with all the other edits going on, he managed to slip those spam links back in there. So he won. For the moment. Now that he's blocked, you may do the honors if you wish. :) Wahkeenah 23:17, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Kudos. And as far as him "coming back with a vengeance", it depends on whether he finds another IP address, since the last one or two he used have been blocked, at least temporarily. Wahkeenah 16:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Thanks.

You're welcome! Hah yeah I know the feeling when you feel you're about to bring an onslaught on yourself! Will (aka Wimt) 22:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah it does seem pretty busy! Happy to help again :-) Will (aka Wimt) 17:14, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

The links ARE NOT inappropriate

I don't know why you continue to vandalize the Charlotte listing.

These links have been here for quite sometime. I have already gone through arbitration on this, and mods who ACTUALLY live in Charlotte AGREED.

Your selective enforcement of links is ridiculous. Just because a link is commercial does not mean it is spam. Your choice of what commericial links are allowable and those that are not IS A JOKE!

It's either okay, or it's not. Nowhere does it say it is up to Acalamari's perverted view of what is acceptable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.172.118.10 (talk) 21:36, 25 April 2007 (UTC).

The links are not appropriate to Wikipedia. Please stop adding them. Wikipedia is not a directory of links. You said you've gone through arbitration; would you mind providing a link to that arbitration case? Acalamari 21:39, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

He's been blocked, but only short-term temporarily, so I expect this nonsense will continue. Wahkeenah 23:10, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I saw. What a nuisance. You've got the attention of a good admin, though, and that should help. Wahkeenah 23:20, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected. Excellent. Who'd have thought an innocuous topic like Charlotte would require semi-protection. You just never know which wiki-nuts are on the loose. Wahkeenah 23:27, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

RFA

Thank you for your kind comments at my RFA. Even though it probllys won't go through. I would like to "try" and see it out until the end, so I can see what went wrong and improve again for another one in about 3 months time. Thanks. Retiono Virginian 15:00, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome. :) Be aware though, that your RfA may be removed if the amount of opposes and neutrals continue to go up at their current rate. Acalamari 17:30, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

BLP that needs checked

This one is more up JeffPW's alley, but he has retired from Wikipedia. He's good at obscure research, far better than I am, and I suspect he has university access. However, if you get some time would you check out Paul Sadler and delete anything unsourced and unverifiable from it? A user claiming to be Paul Sadler deleted some of the content that I felt was questionable. However, I would feel better if the article was rigorously sourced. I am working on a major art project right now, plus work, and school, and can barely function, much yet edit. Let me know if you don't have the time, and I will try to think of someone else. Another sock puppet account for Leah01/Bob/Bonnie/OperaDog popped up and they were blocked permanently. I'm sorry to say it looks like it will be impossible to get that article to FA status because of the aggressive and hostile sock puppetry. JeffPW (with help from you and I and MrDarcy) really polished it, though. KP Botany 20:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Acalamari, I want the careful editing after research. Delete anything you want for now, but, yes, wait until you can do some research. I expect the research to be challenging at the least. I deleted some stuff I knew was wrong, or suspected, but probably left too much. Err on the side of deletion for now. Thanks. KP Botany 01:42, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

They're not just both better than before (in the case of DR, that could be so without registering a blip of positive), they're both well-written and well-researched, and useful articles. Jeff kicked butt on the Rodriguez article, with a little help that he readily acknowledges, it's really wound up to be a BLP that Wikipedia can display with pride, except for the angry owners continuing to disdain and attack other editors. It deserves to go all the way to the main page, but there's no way it will as long as the owners cannot leave the article and the editors working on it alone to do what is necessary. Still, even without it being on the main page, it's a shiner, they both are. KP Botany 01:58, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

{{·}}

I noticed this edit and wanted to let you know for future reference that the {{·}} template should be placed immediately after the word or phrase since there's a non-breaking space built into it. (So it should look like one{{·}} two{{·}} three instead of one {{·}} two {{·}} three.) ShadowHalo 16:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry; I didn't realize that was the case. I'll begin fixing those on other templates too. I am really sorry. Acalamari 16:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

It's not a big problem or anything. I just figured I'd let you know so that you can adjust next time you convert the middots. ShadowHalo 16:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

RFA thanks

Thank you, Acalamari, for your constructive comments in my recent RFA, which passed with 86 support, 8 oppose, and 5 neutral !votes. I will keep in mind all your suggestions and/or concerns, and will try to live up to your standards. Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page, and I will respond as soon as I possibly can, without frying my brain, of course. Thank you once more, · AndonicO Talk

Paul Sadler

Maybe he's not who I was thinking of. I nominated it for deletion on the basis of your and my failed searches for independent information. This is the sort of stuff web sites are made of, as there is nothing, I suspect it's a hoax. KP Botany 23:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Good idea. I couldn't find anything about him. Acalamari 23:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for looking. I assume if you can't find anything, then it either needs deleted or better heads than the two of us to find something. KP Botany 23:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

My (Selket's) RfA

Thank you, Acalamari, for your support on my recent RfA, which recently passed 54/1/1. I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations. I will certainly take the constructive criticism I recieved to heart. Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page. Thank you again· --Selket Talk 18:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

You're welcome! :) I was glad to support you. Acalamari 18:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi

I'm doing okay, but I haven't been editing much- my pc's got another nasty virus off MSN and I've been busy. I noticed the rfa thing. Shame it didn't work out. :( Better luck next time. Nukleoptra 20:47, 1 May 2007 (UTC)