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Ashanti (singer)

Yes, sorry about that, I was reverting to an old version but did not realize you had reverted to an even older revision beforehand. I have undone it. -RunningOnBrains 04:22, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Augie March

Thanks for your attention to the article! I'll have a look through your concerns and get back to you once everything's fixed up. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 23:20, 16 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Kanonkas

Thank you DiverseMentality for voting in my successfully closed RfA! I'm glad that you trust me. Ping me if you need anything! Best regards, --Kanonkas : Talk 19:31, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thankspam

Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which failed with 90/38/3; whether you supported, opposed or remained neutral.

Special thanks go out to Moreschi, Dougweller and Frank for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board.

Thanks again for your participation. I am currently concentrating my efforts on the Wikification WikiProject. It's fun! Please visit the project and wikify a few articles to help clear the backlog. If you can recruit some more participants, then even better.

Apologies if you don't like RfA thankspam, this message was delivered by a bot which can't tell whether you want it or not. Feel free to remove it. Itsmejudith (talk), 22:42, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Denbot (talk) 22:42, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Record_Charts#List_of_number-one_hits_.28United_States.29

A concern has been raised on the project's talk page. Please have a look. Thank you. --Efe (talk) 11:10, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 80 support, 2 oppose, and 1 neutral. I appreciate all the comments I received and will endeavor to justify the trust the community has placed in me. R'n'B (call me Russ) 21:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing Sounds

Hi, I am reviewing your article, Seeing Sounds, for GA and have left my initial comments at Talk:Seeing Sounds/GA1. In general, the article looks good. Some of the prose needs clarification and perhaps some of the quotes should go into blockquotes or quoteboxes. Please feel free to contact me with comments or questions. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 16:39, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Augie March

Thanks for the comment on my talk page, and I may just do that. Apart from the refs, is there currently any issue with the article that would stop you agreeing to put it to GA? Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 10:50, 29 January 2009 (UTC).[reply]

Hey, is there anything else that needs to be done before it can be passed? Giggy (talk) 13:54, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thank you

My RFA passed today at 150/48/6. I wanted to thank you for weighing in on the RFA--I will do everything I can to uphold the policies of this site, and try to make it a better place. All the comments, questions, and in particular the opposes I plan to work on and learn from, so that I can hopefully always do the right thing with the huge trust given to me. rootology (C)(T) 08:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank you for the trust you placed in me by supporting my RfA (which passed and, apparently, I am now an admin!). I will do my best to continue to act in a way that is consistent with the policies of wikipedia as well with our common desire to build and perfect this repository of human knowledge; and can only hope that you never feel that your trust was misplaced. Thanks again! --Regent's Park (Rose Garden) 00:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at WikiProject Record Charts

Please see this discussion and provide your opinion on proposed page moves. Thanks, Dabomb87 (talk) 01:28, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alicia Keys

I am reviewing your article, Alicia Keys, for GA and have left some comments at Talk:Alicia Keys/GA1. Just a few things listed, as it is a wonderful article. I did some copy editing which you are free to change. Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 22:21, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for another review, Mattisse.

I'll get to it ASAP. DiverseMentality 22:32, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tools

Why the lack of extra tools? I appreciate some people don't want the bit but I'm sure it would come in handy at times.... Pedro : Chat 16:08, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hey there, Pedro. I'm going to have to pass for now for now. Considering that Spring semester at school begins Monday, I'm not sure how active I'll still be. I also don't want to rush into becoming an admin; I want to make sure I'm 100% ready for the position. Thanks for the thought, though.

DiverseMentality 20:26, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, and I understand your RL commitments. Let me know when you fancy a week of purgatory and I'd be happy to nominate if you wanted. Happy editing! Pedro : Chat 23:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - I accidently reviewed Stargate (production team)

By mistake I reviewed Stargate (production team) and transcluded Talk:Stargate (production team)/GA1. I don't know how you want to handle it. You can just go ahead and do your review and ignore mine. I did not notify the nominator, User:Efe. Sorry! Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 21:49, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You got to it first, go ahead. No worries.

DiverseMentality 22:27, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I don't know how that happened! Thanks for being gracious about it! Regards, —Mattisse (Talk) 23:32, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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What?!?!

No mention of Chris Brown's canceled Grammy performance and investigation for assaulting a woman? I was watching Chris Brown to see if anybody would add anything, but it's like nobody knows! I know, I know, be bold, but still! --Crackthewhip775 (talk) 03:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've added it. Don't be afraid to be bold.

DiverseMentality 04:19, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Alicia Keys POV

Regarding your edit here; what part of the section do you feel is POV? DiverseMentality 04:25, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Every part of the section. It's supposed to discuss the music style of the singer, but is, instead, a compilation of praises of how she is great, and has great artistry, and is the best thing to ever happen to music. I've read many criticisms of Alicia Keys, especially of her last album from reputable sources that claim how she is overrated (consider a Chicago Tribune article, or Washington Post: "When I think of her [Alicia Keys], I can't help but type 'overrated.'" Theres' a host of other articles. While I do not expect that these sources should definitely be mentioned in the article, I do expect some sort of balance. Orane (talk) 05:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

(My response at my talk page) Oh my. It should not be. It was just recently passed to GA status. First thing, I suggest to invite User:Journalist who tagged it to explain in detail the reasons why, and points lines where arguable. I believe its because of the quotes, but its quotes. Second, contact User:Mattisse since he/she is the one who reviewed it. If that part is indeed POVish in nature, Mattisse should have noticed it. I see what I can help when they're comments become live. --Efe (talk) 06:51, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, Orane is here. Since there are lots of quotations there, I think it should be balanced, including those negatives, as pointed out by him. --Efe (talk) 06:51, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Consider the balance here as opposed to the section in the Alicia Keys article. Orane (talk) 08:36, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll get to work on that. DiverseMentality 22:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A good improvement. Sounds more balanced. Thanks, and sorry for the bother. Orane (talk) 04:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Rihanna

I'm personally not interested in an edit war, so please see Talk:Rihanna#2009 Grammy's. --Whip it! ^{Now whip it good!} 05:35, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Chris Brown Vandalism

I thought you would like to know that User:Thetruthreport has now been banned. I noticed we both warned him over his vandalism on the Chris Brown page, but I also saw he had a history of committing vandalism and the administrators agreed when i reported him. Magemirlen (talk) 08:43, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the notice. DiverseMentality 22:09, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies

My apologies if I came off unusually pushy at Talk:Rihanna#2009 Grammy's. My goal wasn't to offend any other editors or to try and "have it my way" with the argument. I want what's best for the article like everyone else. --Whip it! ^{Now whip it good!} 23:59, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thank You!

Thank you for your last minute support in my RfA, which passed with 61 support, 3 oppose, and 1 neutral

You're right -- it never hurts. Cheers! Nja²⁴⁷ 20:14, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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P$C

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What Are You Going to Do with Your Life?

Hi, thanks for the GA review and the pass. I wish I could do them all that easily! Thanks again, --JD554 (talk) 08:11, 2 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A pleasure, it was a great article. DiverseMentality 20:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Record Charts

We have two unresolved threads. Please visit. Thank you. --Efe (talk) 04:35, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

West End Girls

Thanks for all your help, and for passing the article. Regards. Frcm1988 (talk) 23:10, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. Congratulations and good work.

DiverseMentality 23:52, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Natashajones2009

I think Aaliyahforever is the puppeteer, while Natasha is the sock. I'll make the corrections and move the page appropriately to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Aaliyahforever. MuZemike 23:14, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops, sorry about that. I was on both users' talk pages, I must've got them mixed up. Thanks for the correction. DiverseMentality 23:25, 7 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

IP 189.101.5.219

Response my talk Jeepday (talk) 22:24, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Trolling

Thanks for the revert of the trolling on my user talk page! Camw (talk) 22:58, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. DiverseMentality 23:10, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eminem

Hi man, can you please revert the WP:MOS violation disguised as "cleanup"? Much appreciated, thanks! 130.216.30.234 (talk) 22:55, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nas Untitled Album Reviews

Please consider adding this notable professional review from AllHipHop.com. The site is the most popular Hip-Hop website in the world with over 5 million monthly visitors and also one of the most respected sites for news, album reviews, and interviews. It is a very thorough album review. Allahschild1981 (talk) 04:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews/archive/2008/07/07/20264494.aspx

Even if that is the case, only ten reviews are allowed in the infobox. Since there are already ten reviews there, there's no need for any additional reviews. Further infobox can be found here: Wikipedia:WikiProject Albums#Professional reviews. DiverseMentality 04:42, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pete Wentz

Not sure why you edited out the official pete wentz twitter link from his wiki entry? It's very relevant to him as a person - you'll see he uses it many times a day...

Let me know. Thx. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Woknad (talk • contribs) 22:07, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's unnecessary external link. If you take a look at WP:EL and WP:NOTLINK, there should be a limited amount of links. Considering he has a blog that links to his Twitter, it's also redundant. DiverseMentality 22:25, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

How about this - the bartskulls films url is a deadlink and not a valid link for pete wentz. Let's remove that and add the twitter link - which as I mentioned is highly relevant.