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It is my pleasure to inform you that you are now an admin. Congratulations. You can feel free to do everything you're supposed to do and nothing you're not supposed to do. If you haven't already, now is the time look through the Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide and Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me, or at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Best wishes and good luck, -- Cecropia 03:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Excellent. Thank you. Goodnightmush^Talk 03:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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Test Edits

Sorry, I'm knew at this--I didn't know. It won't happen again, I assure you.

Not a problem, but please perform any future tests at the sandbox. Thanks. Goodnightmush^Talk 23:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Slowpoke vandal posting

I may have jumped the gun there, but the User page edit alone sent my vandal alarm off. Wildthing61476 20:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed the userpage is inappropriate. I'll keep a close eye and speedy the userpage if the account stays dormant. Goodnightmush^Talk 20:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Regarding: New Admin with a Question

Hey Goodnightmush,

first of all congrats (albeit a bit late) on your successful RfA. I hope you enjoy being an admin (well, to the extent that wielding the mop and flamethrower bucket can be truly enjoyable ).

Just a quick word of encouragement: asking on WP:AN was a good call. You may know this already but, just in case you don't, there's asking another admin for help on IRC is another option to get a quick second opinion on something if you're not entirely sure. It's probably also a good idea to get yourself a host cloak.

Cheers --Seed 2.0 21:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

IRC cloak request

I am Goodnightmush on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/Goodnightmush. Thanks. --Goodnightmush^Talk 22:08, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Bunny Yeager article

Thanks for the heads-up. I've been away for a while and a little rusty. I fixed it (removed the sig_. Brian 18:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)btball

Saw your reply at your talk, but thanks for letting me know here. No problem, and welcome back! Goodnightmush^Talk 18:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: my deletion logs

Yeah, I know – it seems like the first couple I do per session catch me off guard and I mess them up. I wish there was a confirmation page where we could check the rationale before hitting the button for good, and I know I've screwed up some of them.

I started using Twinkle last night, which is pretty cool but really fast, and the first CSD article I deleted was an A6 duplicate dab page (for cryin' out loud, who makes duplicates of dab pages???). Well, those are awfully little Twinkle radio buttons, and genius me accidentally picked the A7 button when I should have picked A6, and bang, it was done. I came this close to undeleting the thing so I could change the rationale to A6 and delete it again, but I didn't. At any rate, I'm aware of it and I've beaten myself pretty good for my mistakes, and I promise I'll do better. Thanks – KrakatoaKatie 19:54, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, now – ironically, the same kids who created Wheeler ball the first time just came back to recreate it, so I deleted it _again_ and protected it (with a much better rationale this time!). Hopefully they will get the idea and stop before they end up blocked. I'm becoming a bit tired of Wheeler ball... KrakatoaKatie 20:53, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Minneapolis Zack (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

I take your point re. the one warning, but what you didn't see was they had uploaded a goatse.cx attack image which had just been speedied. Indefblocked as a vandal - Alison ☺ 20:11, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Aha. I thought it might have been a speedied page or something. Thanks. Goodnightmush^Talk 20:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

No prob. BTW - you're one hell of a good vandal fighter. I've seen you on AIV a lot. Keep up the good work :) - Alison ☺ 20:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Kosmo_The_Fighter

How Is Sciben an inappropriate page??!! I am just telling people about a pokemon from a game that has been decided not to be released in America. It isn't in appropriate.

I assure you, I tried: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] to find any record of it, and as I can't it fails WP:A, unless you can provide sources. Goodnightmush^Talk 01:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

speedy deletion

Hey! Thanks! Sorry about that, I've never nominated one for speedy before and I did it totally by accident. Didn't even think about it. Thanks for the reminder! Regards, Barsportsunlimited 01:26, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem and thanks for your help! Goodnightmush^Talk 01:39, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

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No Warnings ??

From the admin intervention page:

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• 72.234.109.218 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) vandalism to Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall with the cheek to give edit summary "rv vandalism". Viewfinder 00:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • No warnings. Issued one and will watch. Goodnightmush^Talk 00:44, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

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No warnings? I counted five on that IP's talk page. As an editor who strongly supports Wikipedia and tries hard to fight vandalism, I have to express surprise about the unwillingness of administrators to permanently block serial vandals, especially those who make offensive edits to biographies. I accept that this may be a shared IP, but then if risk of collateral were a reason for not blocking, noone would be blocked. Viewfinder 01:13, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

His last warning was 6 months old making it very possible that the editor making those edits was not even affiliated with the previous ones. I provided a strong cease and desist warning and, as of when I wrote this, there has been no vandalism past that final warning, which is when a report to AIV is appropriate. I too dedicate a great deal of time to fighting vandalism on Wikipedia, but blocks are at administrator's discretion and in this case policy and precedent is clear. With one bad edit and no warnings in months, a new warning, not a block, was called for. I apologize if you are upset and hope it doesn't discourage you from continuing to help out by making reports to AIV. Goodnightmush^Talk 03:30, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The earlier warnings did include a final warning. I take your point about the age of the warnings and precedent. It was not so much the decision not to block that upset me, but the apparent implication (to me, at any rate) that I had reported a vandal who had not been warned. Imo if an IP reoffends within 12 months of a final warning he should be blocked, and blocks are not long enough. Editors can set up their own account or apologise and apply for an unblock. But I realise that that is not current policy. Viewfinder 11:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Kosmo_The_Fighter

Do you work for the japanese Nintendo© company??!! I didn't think so. Of course you can't find any record of it. The whole region and it's info have been decided not to be released in America. Gosh. And I have other friends who will back me up.

Please see WP:A. I have explained myself clearly several times before and will not do so again. Goodnightmush^Talk 03:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

New Users new posts deleted

Thanks for deleting a new post without comment. Nice. You got busy as a new admin just deleting stuff.

The page you created meet the criteria for speedy deletion and had been tagged as such for a length of time. I have, instead of speedying the recreated page, tagged it with a PROD template. Goodnightmush^Talk 16:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Outer

You recently deleted outer with the reason;redirect to article deleted at AfD. When I started the AFD for Outer this page was not a redirect. Did you check that the current redirect status was not the result of someone making a Point? Do you feel that the consensus at the above AfD is for deletion? Taemyr 19:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC) Nm, it seems Outer was moved to Outer (disambiguation) during the course of the discussion. Taemyr 20:37, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Why?

Why did you delete my page?

I'm not sure to which page you are referring, but I will have provided a justification in the Deletion Log. You can check there, or tell me what page and I'll provide a more detailed explanation. Goodnightmush^Talk 23:50, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Olympus the band. Corvus cornix 01:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh. The page did not assert the notability of the band per WP:BAND. Also take a look at WP:A. Hope this helps. Goodnightmush^Talk 02:19, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Deleted Page

Do you read the pages you delete, or do you just mass delete using some computor program? Please respnd on my talk page. ∆ Algonquin 11:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. Goodnightmush^Talk 14:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

If a deleted page has been vandalized more than once, does this make it somewhat notable? And does the number of times a page has been viewed have anything to do with notability? (I don't know if there is a view count for pages on wikipedia...) ∆ Algonquin 02:48, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you're asking in the first question, but as to the second, no. Notability guidelines are spelled out in detail at WP:NOTE. There is a view count, of sorts, but to my knowledge it is only visible for the most view pages which can be accessed at WP:STAT. Goodnightmush^Talk 04:07, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

MY PAGE DELETED

I put a page on EMAT last week, and you deleted it for a copyright infingement. I am a former national board member and current Regional director of the ASNT (American Society for Nondestructive Testing) and would like to have a definition of the technology included in this informative web destination.

I beleive I referenced, ASNT.org, AWS.org, AISE and innerspec Technologies who all have extensive information on their respective websites.

Since I am new to this, If I did it wrong, can you send me the orignal text back and some poointers to coreect it?

Thnaks in advance, Jeff Monks

The page appeared to be copied exactly from http://innerspec.com/site/emat.asp, and no indication of permission was given. Take a look at WP:COPYVIO as it explains it better than I could, but essentially, just like anything else, unless you are the author of the page from which it is taken and you release the rights, Wikipedia articles should be adapted from available sources, not copied directly. Goodnightmush^Talk 20:37, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

David Copperfield edits

Hi there :) Thanks for helping me edit the info on David Copperfield...this is really my first few attempts at updating anythingon Wikipedia, so I apologize if there are certain rules/guidelines for posting that I am still not familiar with. I do want to ask you though, do you work for Wikipedia, or are you a fan of David Copperfield who's keeping an eye on this page?

Just a short intro for me...my name is Tony Ko, and I run the fan site TheMagicOfDC, and I am also the Moderator for the official David Copperfield forum (www.davidcopperfield.com). I am working closely with Chris Kenner and David Copperfield on trying to update a lot of info on his Wikipedia info, and I realize now that there are a lot of facts about David that would be difficult to post due to the lack of citation and/or references. Is there any way to post them first, then add the support details later, or do I have to get all the support info from David and Chris first before I can post any info?

Also, what are the rules/policies about removing things that the bio is about? An example is that David Copperfield himself does not want the Claudia Schiffer info on here anymore since it is so old and does not add any value to the article anyways...That was one of the first things he asked me to remove, and I see that you have restored it, so I was wondering if there are any rules/policies against that. Can you please let me know?

Thanks very much for any help and pointers you can provide. I'll probably have to explain things further to Chris and David and see how they want to modify what they want to add here.

Best Regards, Tony Ko TheMagicOfDC@gmail.com TheMagicOfDC.com

Replied at your talk. Goodnightmush</

Unfair warning

That user was helping me out on the Joy Behar page and some guy said he was vandalizing the page when he wasn't. Your ass came in there giving warnings when u didn't even know what the hell u were talking about TV2007 01:52, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

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globalindustrial

I got deleted. After reviewing the content of other wiks I have seen the error of my ways. I also read some of the posts below and noticed that you had referenced someone to the sandbox. Can I test my posts there. I would like another shot at this, I feel I have encyclopedic data on this company now.

How can I get off of speedy delete?

gec.gsmith

You might try creating a user subpage, such as User:Gec.gsmith/Globalindustrial and writing the page out there, or, yes, at the sandbox. Then when you have it how you like, copy and paste into Globalindustrial. If you are confident that the page you have "drafted" asserts the notability of the company, per WP:CORP, and is written neutrally, then recreate the page. It should not be tagged for speedy deletion if it clearly states why the company is notable, is written like an encyclopedia article that covers the company, not an ad or promotion, and is referenced. If you cannot find independent secondary sources that report on the company in a non-trivial fashion, it probably does not meet the criterion for inclusion in Wikipedia. Feel free to contact me again if you have further questions. Goodnightmush^Talk 14:41, 19 June 2007 (UTC)