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Day three. Broke down and tried to edit everything in sight with a sledgehammer. Spent the night at police station. I fear that without aid I shall not last the winter. --Xiaopo

This talk page design was inspired by that of Alex S

Hydrocarbons on other planets

This article has been rewritten to reflect current knowledge. I urge you to take a look at it and reconsider your delete vote. Thanks. Denni ☯ 03:04, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Merovingian - Thank you for your support on my recent RfA. I hope that I can live up to everyone expectations. If you need anything, just ask. --best, kevin ···Kzollman | Talk··· 05:15, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bancassurance

Why did you delete this (protected against recreation) Wiktionary redirect? --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:23, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, if you would undelete (or I can do it) I think it would be best. It would be inactive, of ocurse, because it's protected; also, the attempts to recreate it are widely spaced. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:33, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks a lot. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 08:53, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Mero, thanks for your support on my RFA. I very much appreciate it. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask. See you around! —thames 18:22, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

From a new admin

Leaving 'thanks for the vote' messages on your talk page seems to have become something of a fashion. I hope you're not too fed up with yet another one. Actually, I thought that responding to those wo had voted in my recent RfA would be a good way to broaden my WP community links. I would value your support and advice as I excercise my new sysop buttons, but I also hope that we'll be able to support each other in resolving conflicts on WP. Just let me know. Thanks. --Gareth Hughes 10:27, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank You

Thank you Ryan for your support in my recent request for adminship. It was successful thanks to you. I will strive to an open, approachable and transparent administrator. --Jcw69 17:58, 21 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks once again, this time for the revert on my user page. I surpose I must get used to this now that I am in the spotlight--Jcw69 18:27, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Heya

Did I ever thank you for your support during my RfA? If not, allow me to correct that oversight. DS 20:41, 22 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

hi man , nothing new

dont u do nothing ?just wiki ?

but from where u get content ?

Tomf688 RFA vote

I'm trying to make sure that I take the time to thank everyone who voted in my RfA, and verify that they don't have any concerns over my experience, neutrality, etc. If you have a problem, please drop a line on my talk page and I will answer it as best as I can. Again, thank you. --tomf688^{talk} 14:37, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

User talk:Nengli02

Not sure why you decided to unprotect this User talk page. Yes, he is permabanned, but he can still be disruptive/offensive with edits such as this. I think The Anome had the right idea there... Your call. Owen× ☎ 20:07, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

CBW RfA

Thanks for voting on my RfA. If you have any concerns over my actions please let me know. CambridgeBayWeather 23:35, 23 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

question

Thanks for the welcome note! Is there a way to hide or erase a contribution? I was showing Wikipedia to a friend who then decided to edit the sex slang page, but didn't log out for me.MrBee 00:49, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please cut me some slack

It seems to me from some of your comments about the Answers.com thing that you don't have the full information. I hope that you'll be so kind as to cut me some slack before jumping to conclusions.

You're one of my favorites, and I hope that I'm one of yours. So, you know, we can probably relax just a little bit and seek information?--Jimbo Wales 05:34, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry

It's not that I'm trying to blame any particular person, least of all you, for trying to commercialize Wikipedia. I simply think that going so far as to put a link on the sidebar is too active a thing to do for a friend of Wikipedia. I will openly admit that I've probably been way too harsh. I think I'll remove myself from the "Participants" section of the No Ads WikiProject.

I'm just... flattered(?) --Merovingian (t) (c) (e) 05:45, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The link in the sidebar should be there anyway, and that's entirely unrelated. The link is to our existing "Tools" page, not to their software. Any link to their software will be approved of in the usual way by the community on the Tools page, or it will not appear at all. I was very very careful to structure this deal in such a way as to include the community.

If the community really wants to link to all kinds of proprietary software on that page, and then boycott the one bit of proprietary software which offers to donate money to the community, I'll be very surprised. But if that happens, then that happens.--Jimbo Wales 05:50, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for watching over my user page. I appreciate your vigilance. Nice ASCII art too, by the way! — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:50, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Template:In the news

Could you remove or at least shoren this thing:

The editor of the Sunday Independent apologises to readers and the family of Irish politician Liam Lawlor for wrongly claiming Lawlor was with a teenage prostitute when he was killed in a Moscow car crash on Saturday. However Britain's The Observer controversially refuses to apologise for publishing the now disproven claim.

It clearly does not belong with hurricanes, plane crashes, elections and etc. Renata3 18:15, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Forever Yesterday

Please stop reverting the Forever Yesterday page. Wikipedia maintains a policy on musical artists, one of the key points of this being that the artist much be representative of a particular music scene. The "Pittsburgh rock scene" is represented well enough by other groups, and if you feel like marginalizing and saying they represent the "North Central Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area rock scene", well, then we can debate the merit of keeping the article (even though you won't win). Right now, I'm just concerned with the legality of it, as defined by Wikipedia's standards.

Thank you

Thanks for your honesty in the matter of my Rfa. Would it be possible if I gave you a reason for why this is happening. Here are some of the votes that are being rallied against me by users who are opposed to my religious beliefs:

By user:Klonimus: [1], [2] [3]

By user:Karl Meier:[4][5]

By user:OceanSplash:[6] [7].

Aside from that I think you will find, that I am a pretty reasonable editor (well, I think anyways :)). Please see my contribs for my efforts. Thank you very much.--a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 02:08, 25 October 2005 (UTC) [reply]

If you have any concerns feel free to talk to me. Thanks :) --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 02:15, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much, please take your time to consider. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 03:23, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much for supporting me. :) I wish you all the best and hope to work with an experienced editor/admin like yourself in the near future. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 19:14, 26 October 2005 (UTC) [reply]

the wub's RfA

Thanks a lot for your support on my RfA, I really appreciate it. the wub "?!" 13:13, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Titoxd's RfA

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the 10th most supported RfA in Wikipedia history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! Titoxd^(?!?) 17:28, 25 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Template/Workshop

You, or any Wikipedia user, can contribute your suggestions and comments to the /Workshop page of any active arbitration case. Comments on evidence or proposals can help in understanding the import of evidence and in refining proposals. Proposed principles, findings of fact, or remedies may be listed on /Proposed decision and form part of the final decision. Fred Bauder 14:43, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Signature templates

I was leavign a meassage for User:Screwball23 on another matter, adn i saw you had advised him on how to construct a signature using a template. You may not be aware that signature tempaltes are frowned upon (indeed the preferences page specifically requests that they not be used) because 1) they can be vandalism targets, and 2) they place extra load on the servers every time a page so signed is rendered. Please advise people in future that if they want to use a signature template, use it with the subst keyword, which avoids both of these problems. Thansk. DES ^(talk) 22:57, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

In place of {{User:Foo/Sig}}, use {{subst:User:Foo/Sig}}. adjust as needed for more complex code. DES ^(talk) 23:30, 26 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

WP:RFA/SV

Thanks for your support at my difficult RFA. Hope things are going well. -St|eve 04:28, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well since its a referendum vote, all votes in 'support,' 'remit,' and 'neutral' would be in favor of not desysopping me. If thats not the way others read it, then its Arbcom's fault for not specifying a clear process, and that seems to be a good basis for a review of the case. -St|eve 05:10, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your vote on my RFA

Now that the voting has officially closed, I would like to thank you very much for supporting my candidacy for adminstrator and as of 18:36, 28 October 2005 (UTC) I am an administrator. I will make sure to use the additional power judiciously and I welcome any comments you may have. --Reflex Reaction 19:07, 28 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Tomf688's RfA

Well, it seems I'm now an administrator. I wanted to thank you for your vote of confidence, and, as always, feel free to drop me a line at any time. --tomf688^{talk} 01:05, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Macedonian/FYROM denar

What's up with this? Nearly everybody calls this currency the Macedonian denar. --Tony Sidaway ^Talk 12:44, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The denar

Hello, you have redircted the page Macedonian denar. Why? That is this currency's name. Check the CIA World Factbook, they call it Macedonian denar as does the World Bank. Macedonian denar is this currency's name. REX 12:52, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you for your support! If you should ever have any concerns about my actions as an administrator, please be sure to tell me! Kirill Lokshin 13:28, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dvyost RfA thanks

Thanks for your support (or, rather, your "yub yub") on my RfA! I'll do my best to wield the mop with honor and righteousness. --Dave 14:22, 29 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

phobias

It is useless to redirect them to -phobia article, since they are no more but dicdefs, i.e., a fair game for the wiktionary. But I am open to counter-arguments. My changes are not accidental: I am doing a major clean-up in a number of lists plagued with silliness: -phobia, -phil-, List of Freemasons, etc. It goed slowly, since there are many other things to do. mikka (t) 01:24, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature

I'm probably terribly late but I really liked your multicoloured signature and would love for you to have it back. Do consider re-instating it (you're new one is dull) :) --Celestianpower ^háblame 21:09, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That's highly disappointing. :( --Celestianpower ^háblame 22:58, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It used to be at User:Merovingian/sig didn't it? Could you not just copy that into the nickname box in your preferences and chack raw signatures. taht is of course assuming you haven't tried this yet, which is unlikely. --Celestianpower ^háblame 23:13, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah - I imagine it would. You've had complaints have you? --Celestianpower ^háblame 11:13, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Diwali

RuneScapeWiki

I was just wondering if you had been to RuneScapeWiki recently. I've left a few comments on your talk page, and yet I see you are a lot more active on here than there. After just checking your user contributions on RuneScapeWiki, you have not edited since September 21st, and on here you have last edited today. I don't want to push you or anything, but do you think you could occasionally check back there, perhaps for talk-page messages or just to see how the wiki's going? Just wondering,and thanks, Link, Hero of Wind 00:35, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RFA for Johntex

Hello, I want to thank you for your support of my RfA. The one button rollback feature is very useful, and I've already been able to close a couple of deletions. Please let me know if I can ever be of service with administrative tasks and I'll do my best to help out. Best, Johntex\^talk 00:03, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of country names in various languages under attack !!!

Dear Merovingian,

The List of country names in various languages, List of European regions with alternative names, List of European cities with alternative names, List of European rivers with alternative names, and others, have come under attack by a certain Mikka, who, having just stumbled into all these lists, having found them of little use to himself, and having repeatedly ridiculed them and their users, has then promptly filed a petition to delete the lists in question.

Please cast your vote to keep these valuable, informative, and indeed fascinating lists at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of country names in various languages.

Thanks! 69.25.77.51 16:44, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Re: 2K

Thanks! Now I'm just 2 hours away from cool buttons, too. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 04:53, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Good Job!

It seems every time I tag an article as being a speedy violator, you have already done so. Good job, my friend! One day I hope to be up there in the ranks with you, deleting mmorpgcruft articles on conservative trolls and other stupid jokes to keep our favorite encyclopedia fit as a fiddle. Thanks! Oh, and thanks for your vote in my RfA! -[[User:Mys e kurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]}_{05:18, 3 November 2005 (UTC)}[reply]

Wbsa

hey why did you delete my post on wbsa?

Haukur's RFA

Thank you for supporting my nomination till the end. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 21:01, 3 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

PRueda29 RFA

Thanks for your support! I really appreciate it. PRueda29 14:13, 4 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks from Pamri

Hi, Thanks a ton for voting at my RFA. I am now a wikipedia administrator. I hope I can keep your trust. Thanks again. --Pamri ^{• Talk • Reply} 16:33, 6 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RfA thanks

Thank-you for expressing your confidence in me at my recent Request for Adminship. The final result was 40/0/0, and my "superpowers" have now been activated. I look forward to helping out with the development of the encyclopedia. Physchim62 (talk · contribs)

Johann Wolfgang's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA. If my RfA passes I will use my new abilities with the common interest in mind. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.

Johann Wolfgang [ T ...C ] 16:23, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

RuneScapeWiki RfA

I have an RfA on the RuneScape Wiki, and X1011 voted but mentioned you didn't come around often, and I wanted to tell you here about teh RFA. Sorry if I'm bugging you too much about the RS Wiki. Link, Hero of Wind 21:19, 7 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Guess what?!

File:Esperanza.Party.gif

Happy first-edit day! :D Cheers, Sango 123 (talk) 02:01, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! And by the way, I'll be back on the tenth. ;-) Sango 123 (talk) 05:41, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

My RFA

Thank you very much for supporting my rather contentious request for adminship, but now that I've been promoted, I'd like to do a little dance here *DANCES*. If you have any specific issues/problems with me, please feel free to state them on my talk page so that I can work to prevent them in the future, and thanks once again! ALKIVAR™ 07:45, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for supporting my RfA

I know I've been slow in saying this, but thanks for supporting my request for adminship. It was an honor to be both nominated and approved as an admin. If there is ever any adminish (is that a word :-) things you need help with, please let me know. --Alabamaboy 16:30, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

FireFox RFA

Merovingian

Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (96/2/0), so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any queries about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Again, thanks!

FireFox 18:28, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Stub placement

Thaal - I thought I read somewhere that stubs go after categories so that the categories will show up first at the top of the page. Is there another policy I should know about or did I get that one wrong? Tedernst 18:35, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so do you know anything about the policy I think I read? Tedernst 18:51, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe this is what I was thiking of (3rd bullet point)? Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting#General rules Tedernst 20:16, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't need you to move it back. I've just moved some that were in your preferred placement and if you and I keep at it, we'll be duplicating a lot of work. I'll stop until there's some clarity from somewhere. I think I read it somewhere else, actually. No worries. Thanks! Tedernst 20:24, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Lavrenty Zagoskin stub

Nikolai Rezanov died in 1807 and Lavrenty Zagoskin was born in 1807. Are you sure that Lavrenty served under Nikolai? --Feyer 20:44, 8 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you so much for supporting my RfA, every vote mattered in my case, and I greatly appreciated your support. Regards, Ramallite ^(talk) 04:00, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

THANK YOU!

Thank you so much for voting in my RfA, and especially thank you for supporting me. I really appreciate it, and will wield the mop and bucket the best way I know how. I, like RoboCop, promise four things:

Serve the public trust
Protect the innocent
Uphold the law
Classified

I hope to do all those things and, even if I can't keep my fourth classified, will do all I can to be a great admin. Stop by my talk page, or on article pages; I look forward to working with you. A belated thanks again, [[User:Mys e kurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]}_{04:51, 9 November 2005 (UTC)}[reply]

Thank you

Very much for your kind support of my adminship. I'll do my best to live up to your and my other supporters' expectations. If you have any comments or concerns on my actions as an administrator, please let me know. Thank you! — MC MasterChef :: Leave a tip — 14:31, 9 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Philwelch's RfA

Thanks for supporting me on my successful RfA! — Phil Welch 03:13, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Guess what?! (again)

No need to do that... Just have a great day! Sango 123 (talk) 03:37, 10 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

User:Jenmoa/birthday Happy birthday! --Jen Moakler 01:16, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Birthday...

...old-timer. I tried to make sure I had enough candles on the cake. D e nni ☯ 01:35, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy, happy, birthday

--FloNight 04:29, 11 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Psy guy's RfA

Thanks for supporting my RfA. It recently closed with final tally of 51/1/2. I sincerely appreciate it and I hope I can live up to your expectations. I will try my best to be a good administrator. If you ever need anything, just let me know. Thanks! -- Psy guy ^(talk) 05:40, 12 November 2005 (UTC) [reply]

Happy b'day

Hi Ryan, sorry for the belated wishes. I had an extremely busy week and couldn't log in to wikipedia on the 10th and 11th. I did remember your b'day on the 10th though. Regards and hope you have a great b'day, 59.183.18.168 10:14, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That was me, Nichalp (I don't know why I was logged out) =Nichalp «Talk»= 06:07, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Merci beaucoup

Thanks for your vote of support on my nomination to become an administrator. I passed, and have since been bestowed with my floor rag. Please let me know if you need me to help with anything in particular! Oh, and happy belated birthday, I gather. —BrianSmithson 15:57, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Happy belated birthday!

Happy Birthday, Ryan! The big one-seven!

-Demetrios Kalammadammadopoulos

Thank you

Thank you for your welcome :) Yuyudevil 11:19, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Jtkiefer's RFB

Merovingian

Thanks for your support on my request for bureaucratship.

The final outcome was (17/17/4) meaning that it failed, if you have any advice on how I can be a better editor or administrator please don't hesitate to leave a message on my talk page. Thanks again for your support. Jtkiefer ^{T | @ | C} ----- 20:28, 13 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the message

Hi Merovingian,Thanks for the message. Wish to contribute my extensive knownledge in fundamental and applied optics to the internet community. Do let me know if there is any article that needs a look at or edit. Cheers, Leenewt 05:56, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the welcome + Question

Hi, thanks for the welcome. I'm just wondering, I've seen some users who have had what are more or less "digests" of their talk pages. How would I make "subpages" for these as they have? I'm probably blind, but I can't see it in the help files. --Jason R. Rokeach 06:16, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the prompt reply. --Jason R. Rokeach 06:24, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]