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Hi, This is just my talk page, feel free to leave any advice on my edits or ask for help on anything. If you feel I've abused my administrative powers, please see User:MBisanz/Recall for further instructions.

Re: Image cats

Nope, AWeenieMan is using his own script. I can try and implement this, but it's going to double the runtime and my last run took almost five hours. east.718 at 01:28, February 16, 2008

Restored. For one-off stuff like this, you can reverse my actions at your pleasure - I have enough trust in other admins' judgement. :-) east.718 at 11:36, February 16, 2008

MBisanz talk 07:31, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

moved from User talk:Alex Smotrov
Thank you for participating in my RfA! It was closed as successful with 58 supporting, 0 opposing, and 2 neutral. I hope to demonstrate that your trust in me is rightly placed and am always open to critiques and suggestions. Cheers. MBisanz talk 04:31, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Best pic I've seen
I do not appreciate "RfA thanks" messages. Please do not disturb me again. Thank you. —AlexSm 05:01, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it works out well that he missed mine. Doczilla RAWR! 06:14, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad you liked it. I'm just sorry your RfA closed before I could vote. Since you'd already voted for me, I wanted to wait until late in your RfA so it wouldn't just come across as handing you a vote because you gave me one instead of voting on your merit. *sigh* But then I got a monstrous allergy headache and slept through the end of your RfA. Ah, well. Best, Doczilla RAWR! 08:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
MBisanz, congratulations on the successful RFA. :) If you need any help, I'm a few clicks away. By the way, you do know that that image is computer generated, right? :P · AndonicO Hail! 12:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I didn't know it was the day it was on the mainpage, but then I read the description later and realized it took 500 hours to render. Thats just an insane level of detail. MBisanz talk 14:38, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do not appreciate "RfA thanks" messages. Please don't disturb me again. </joke>. As if there were any doubt about the success of your candidacy. Great work Mbisanz. Now get back to work and wipe that silly grin off your face. :-). Cheers, fine editor. Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 18:25, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just one thing: don't follow the path of the Dark Side. · AndonicO Hail! 22:23, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

About your RfA

Congratulations on your successful request for adminship! I was going to give you a T-shirt and a link to the new admin school, but it seems you have both already. :) Good luck! Acalamari 17:45, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's a pity I didn't notice your RfA, or I'd've opined on it, per this. I wish you success with your new tools. Great job using FURME to improve Imagespace, by the way. --SSBohio 23:56, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, while I may express my opinion strongly, I know that the MfD you referenced was so complex that it would've been beyond my abilities to discern consensus. MBisanz talk 02:14, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Can you delete my article? I userfied it and I don't need the redirect. Austin St. John (talk) 01:11, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nousernamesleft

Hi, MBisanz, thanks for voting in my RfA, which passed with 47 supports (I hoped for a perfect square, but two away is close enough!), 3 opposes (the first odd prime), and 0 neutrals. I'm glad the community has decided to trust me with the mop and bucket (the flamethrower isn't supported). Of course, special thanks goes to my nominators Auawise and that one guy who buried stuff (not that the thanks I give to the you isn't special!). If you ever need a hand with something, or just want to say hello, tough feel free to drop a line! Best wishes, Nousernamesleftcopper, not wood 23:01, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This doesn't even vaguely resemble a mop, but I couldn't find a picture of one.

Image upload and deletion stats (2007)

If you have time, would you be able to comment on Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria compliance#Weekly uploads and deletions and bot taggings? Discussion should be taking place at Wikipedia talk:Non-free content criteria compliance. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 01:34, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Siebel EIM

You declined an AFD in progress, but the thing has gone through two relistings, and was going to have to go through another. That's why I listed it; I would delete it myself if I were an admin. The Evil Spartan (talk) 16:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scripts

Yes, do you want to look through my monobook, or do you want me to give it all to you? There's loads of useful stuff in there. Keilana|Parlez ici 04:03, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks

I was away from a computer when my image for the Kuwaiti Navy was tagged for delete. I saw when I got back that you had already added a fair use rationale. Many thanks. Hzoi (talk) 08:37, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: RfR

Wow, yeah, I'm quite surprised to see that. I'll talk to that admin. Justin(Gmail?)(u) 17:25, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion tab is read and categories don't show a name for a wiki bio that I added

Hi Matt, I added an article to wiki for Devi Levy (psychologist) and the 'discussion' tab is read. Do I have to edit something there or is it for other users to talk in that page and then the tab turns blue.

Another question: for categories '1954 births' and 'american psychologist' I can't see the name of David Levy using another computer than the one I used when I edited and published the article. I cleared the browser cache and I also cleared the categories cache using 'action=purge'. Any suggestion?

Thanks in advance for help. lavinia --LaviniaVasilache (talk) 19:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for help.

Hi Matt, thanks for replying for my article 'David Levy(psychologist)'. Lavinia —Preceding unsigned comment added by LaviniaVasilache (talk • contribs) 22:39, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

SPARX Enterprise Architect and Enterprise Architecture Refernce

I am not sure why the Wikipedia editors keep readding SPARX references in both the Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Architect entries. SPARX sells tools and if you allow one company on this page, all companies should be allowed. Obviously, all commercial listings should be removed. SPARX has a Wikipedia page, but it is all a big advertising page, if you take a look. Please be fair with everyone.

Regards,

Tom Corn (talk) 03:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Request for comment on main page deletion incident

As you made an edit to the incident listed in the Administrators notice board, it is requested that you confirm the details of the incident here (section 1.1.2)

This is as the incident is used as the basis of an argument and needs to be confirm by persons familar with the event

Regards --User:Mitrebox talk 2008-02-22 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.11.244.78 (talk) 07:43, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cumulus Clouds

Hi there. I seem to have become a rather large target for Cumulus Clouds since I complained that he'd merged a couple of articles (including one that survived AfD in May 2007) without achieving consensus. He's now going around trying to get articles I created deleted (I'm not that worried, as I try to source all my articles well) and started that COI debate about me, which is cool - I'm all for following policy, and I think that debate will show that I keep neutrality high on my list of requirements when editing. My concern is that it seems to be rather WP:POINTy. Do you know if there is anything I can do about this? -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 09:47, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your advice. I don't want to be seen as antagonistic. Maybe I should leave it until after the weekend?-- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 14:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the Cumulus Clouds RfC; I've never participated in anything like that. How should I contribute, or was that not what you were meaning?-- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 11:35, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New mailing list

There has been a mailing list created for Wikipedians in the New York metropolitan area (list: Wikimedia NYC). Please consider joining it! Cbrown1023 talk 21:20, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Hey MBisanz! I appreciate your participation in my RfA, and congrats on your recent success.

  • Do you have general thoughts on whether it's fine for COI patrollers to use admin tools in their work? Out of curiosity I checked your log and I did notice one action you took on a COIN issue (which seems very appropriate!). I wonder if those patrollers who think they may need to block should abstain from editing (to fix article problems) or if we need to be so punctilious so long as we don't have a previous dispute with the named editor or on the named article, and didn't originate the COI complaint ourselves. There has already been a small discussion of this with another admin at User talk:EdJohnston#Lite reading. EdJohnston (talk) 03:19, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


SocialPicks

I don't know if you've seen this article, but would you stop by the AfD page Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/SocialPicks to offer your opinion on whether the article subject is notable? Thanks. Dimension31 (talk) 00:25, 22 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WARNING: you filed an SSP report possibly creating a security risk.

You have filed an SSP report with no evidence of abusive editing, and I have responded to it. From WP:SOCK, "A person editing an article which is highly controversial within his/her family, social or professional circle, and whose Wikipedia identity is known within that circle, or traceable to their real-world identity, may wish to use an alternative account in order to avoid real-world consequences from their involvement in that area." For this reason, linking suspected sock accounts without necessity (i.e., abuse or contentious editing), is offensive and possibly harassment. If there is abuse, with the evidence you found, you would have grounds to treat all three accounts (2 named and one IP) as one, and act accordingly, without filing an SSP report. Because of the possible security risk to the holder of the accounts, the report and user page notices regarding it should be deleted. Please do so. Do not file SSP reports unless there is abuse or there is suspicion of a sock of a blocked user.--Abd (talk) 15:49, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Research on the RFA process

Hello, I am an anthropology student researching the Wikipedia Requests for adminship procedure. As you recently voted in this process, I was wondering if you would be willing to answer a few quick questions.

  • Do you believe that the current RFA process is an effective way of selecting admins?
  • Do you notice a difference between users who are nominated vs selfnoms?
  • Is a week an appropriate length for process? Should it perhaps be longer or shorter?
  • Do you think the user's status in the community changes while the user is undergoing the RFA process? How about after the RFA process is over?
  • Was the candidate Q&A beneficial in helping you choose to support the candidate?

If you are willing, please leave your answers on my talk page or e-mail them to me.

This research will not be published academically, as this research is primarily to demonstrate the feasibility of doing online ethnography in online only communities such as Wikipedia, though I intend to make my findings available on Wiki. Your name will not be associated with any information you provide in any published work. If you have any questions please let me know. Thank you. --Cspurrier (talk) 18:46, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted SSP

I just wanted to mention that I only deleted the SSP as a courtesy to the user. You were spot on and, I imagine, can see my closing comment in the deleted page. Spartaz Humbug! 19:11, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MBisanz was spot on identifying a new account for an old user, though this one left clues lying all over the place. Where he was not spot on was in filing an SSP report based merely on evidence (no matter how conclusive) that one account had gone dormant and a new one had started up. That one user creates an article, drops the usage of that account, then returns later to edit the same page with the same POV, no back-and-forth puppet show, no multiple voting, no block evasion, not even any contentious editing, personal attacks, or other problems other than a strange sense of humor, is not abusive at all, and it is disturbing that Mbisanz thought this was worth taking up the community's time to investigate. Now, if there was abuse, that's another story. But no account was abusive, as far as I've seen, and if all the accounts were considered as one, there was no abuse.--Abd (talk) 19:29, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just a shame you decided to plaster this around ANI instead of doing what you should have done in the first place, which was to discuss it with MBisanz on their talk page. Have you ever made a mistake? Spartaz Humbug! 19:34, 23 February 2008 (UTC) I was mistaken about the prior warning. Sorry. Spartaz Humbug! 20:03, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Frequently. And you? See above, where I ask Mbisanz to delete the report,[1] an action which you ultimately took. Now, what mistake did I make here? I'd truly like to know. I try to learn from my mistakes, and if I don't know what they are, I can't. I took this to ANI because it was possibly urgent. I did consider other possible responses which might have been better. Oversight. Personal email to another administrator or Mbisanz. Email to some administrators. Mbisanz was not on-line when I discovered the situation. I first responded to the SSP, but probably should have directly requested deletion. What would you have recommended, and why, given that I did do what you say I "should have done in the first place."--Abd (talk) 19:53, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct and I was mistaken. I apologise. Spartaz Humbug! 20:02, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I saw the post to my userpage, after Abd had posted to ANI (and actually after several others had responded to different threads on ANI), and responded there within about 5 minutes of seeing it here. Now I've re-read SSP and SOCK and still am not seeing where I did something wrong in filing a report. "A sock puppet is an alternative account used deceptively." covers a very wide range of behaviors, and I don't see what having posted to a page with the purpose of "The suspected sock puppets page is where Wikipedians discuss if a fellow Wikipedian has violated Wikipedia's policy on sock puppets." causes a problem. Can you point me to the policy that prohibits identifying a user who switches accounts? The only section that seems to apply is "Alternative account notification" and it doesn't say "Don't connect the dots if there hasn't been outright abuse". Maybe I should've used the term "inappropriate alternative accounts" somewhere in the report, but since I wasn't proposing or taking action against the user, I'm still not seeing the problem. To answer the question "But no account was abusive, as far as I've seen, and if all the accounts were considered as one, there was no abuse." I'm not saying they were abusive, just somewhat deceptive from an outsiders view, and of course, without parsing all those diffs, how would an outsider know all those accounts should be treated as one. MBisanz talk 00:11, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisting AfDs

Hi, when relisting AfDs, please remember to move the AfD from the original log to a new log, see example diffs [2] [3]. If you don't, the debates are not really relisted. Thanks, --PeaceNT (talk) 13:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admin Coaching

Thank you for leaving the message for me about the admin coaching. I am currently undergoing coaching with Bibliomaniac. I asked him some time ago and he agreed to help me. I have also undergone an editor review. I appreciate you thinking about me and hopefully I will be ableto join the ranks of administration real soon! Thank you again. Canyouhearmenow 13:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also about admin coaching. I'm currently not taking any new coachees, I'm too busy. You may remove me from the list. When I find myself more time for that kind of task then I'll re-add myself. Thanks. Best regards, Húsönd 15:58, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admin coaching etc.

I think it would be OK, but he's not likely to pass an RfA for awhile, frankly. I have no problem with coaching, as that's productive, personally. Thanks, Keilana|Parlez ici 13:30, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for your message to me. I am interested in being an Admin, have contacted an Admin for possible coaching, but am on a mountaintop right now at a retreat center, without space to immediatly address my desire to be an admin. Thank you rkmlai (talk) 17:34, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admin Coaching

Thank you for making the process streamlined. Thank you! Cuyler91093 (Contribs) 17:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Contribution tool

Hi. Sorry for the waiting but I corrected my tool now. It runs again. Enjoy! Escaladix (talk) 21:42, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ping

I have answered you on my talk, in case you were not aware... (I try to keep threads together per my policy :) ++Lar: t/c 23:36, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Admin coaching

I am already a candidate to be an administrator, but I am willing to give it up to get more experienced and have admin coaching. --Nothing444 (talk) 00:28, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You've won an award!

You win an award for having the most section headers titled the exact same thing (that being "admin coaching". Good work! (BTW, I recently added myself to the list -- we'll see what happens) Cheers and good night, Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 00:31, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE: Name

Unintentionally, to boot. Too bad there's no username barnstar... Master of Puppets Call me MoP!☺ 01:54, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Betacommand noticeboard

All noticeboards should be linked from the navbar, to avoid the impression that issues are being swept under the carpet. Also, Betacommand's abuse is a site-wide issue. AtidrideBot (talk) 13:49, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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