User talk:Caulde/Archive/18

Help with deleted page

You deleted a page I put up on myPartner. I put a request on the talk page asking what I needed to fix and/or change. Instead of getting a response, it was just deleted. I would still like some information, so I can make the page stick. Thanks! Blm0303 (talk) 21:21, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the speedy response. I can see the original page now, but there is no talk page. Blm0303 (talk) 21:29, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

sprotection

thanks so much for the semiprotection!Cholga^talK! 20:37, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Glad I could help. Rudget . 21:05, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding semi-protection can I suggest you look again at Manchester. In the four days between your removal of SP and its subsequent re-protection there were just two instances of vandalism amongst many other edits. As such, there is no valid reason for SP. Please see the SP policy at Wikipedia:Protection policy. Thanks. 82.20.28.142 (talk) 23:53, 29 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest that you are not that well acquainted with the (semi) protection policy, otherwise you wouldn't have protected Manchester. Please explain how two instances of vandalism in four days justifies your action. Could you also review Mathematics. This is yet another article that remains SPd without good cause. There are very many more such articles. It seems that one of the problems is admins applying SP with overly long expiry, or no expiry at all. 82.20.28.142 (talk) 15:20, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:GM

Hello there Rudget!

I came originally to ask you a question, but, I've since (and only just) realised you've left WP:GM... Why????? I understand you're busy in your admin role, and have had disagreements with Malleus, but they're no reasons to leave!

I found your membership to have been very enriching for the project. Won't you reconsider joining us again, even if it is just in spirit? I work closely with Malleus, and rate him as a premium editor, but still believe you are more that welcome to work with us as a unit! Of course it is your call and you may have your reasons.

My original question was regarding the archive bot on WT:GM - it appears to have stopped archiving! Just one good example as to why I believe you should still be around helping us. Seriously. -- Jza84 · (talk) 01:23, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'd love to be still informally associated with WP:GM, but time restrictions prevent me! I'll still help and provide opinions where necessary. And that adminship offer still stands. Rudget . 19:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I enjoy the writing of articles much more than getting involved in debates, which seem plentiful around the role of administrator at the moment to say the least! My main concern is that I don't have enough experience in the fashionable sections of behind-the-scenes Wikipedia, but also that my love first and foremost is in article space; admin tools for me would probably be used infrequently, probably a page move here or there.

Since your offer of adminship however, I have ensured every edit has a summary, I've tightened up how I work in talk page debates as well as expanded some of my work into guidelines and admin nominations. I know I would be a responsible and repectable administrator (whether I could convince people of this is another matter), but whether I really lust after the tools is something I really need to think about before the scrutenisation of RfA.

Anyway, thanks for taking time to fix the bot. I'll think about adminship on the promise you'll maintain contact with WP:GM! -- Jza84 · (talk) 19:31, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You better get ready then! :) Rudget . 12:36, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal RE: User:Mikkalai's vow of silence

You are a previous participant in the discussion at WP:AN/I about User:Mikkalai's vow of silence. This is to inform you, that I have made a proposal for resolution for the issue. I am informing all of the users who participated, so this is not an attempt to WP:CANVAS support for any particular position.

The proposal can be found at: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Proposed resolution (Mikkalai vow of silence) Jerry talk ¤ count/logs 01:49, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Favor

I was wondering if you could do me a huge favor. My last RfA failed, and failed bad. I am getting ready for re-nomination later on in this month or next month. I was wondering if you could look over my contributions and tell me what I've been doing good and what I need to improve upon. Your assistance is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Undeath (talk) 05:22, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Genesis vandal

I blocked five version of him myself this morning. The first was Pbuee (talk · contribs) at about 9 am EST. He brought on a new account about once every 3 minutes for fifteen minutes. I posted them all for an IP block. Good times, though, huh? – Clockwork Soul 14:49, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thanks for the comment, you've made my day. :) αѕєηιηє ^t/_c 15:23, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

Thanks for the Barnstar! And yeah I am bored of And-Rew so I thought I would use my middle name, Joshua, which has already been taken so Joshii sound good lol _└^and-rew_┘^┌_talk^┐ 16:43, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Viacom

Was page protection here really necessary? I only see one recent blatant vandal, and he's been blocked. jj137 (talk) 16:46, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aah, yes, I see they did it once yesterday under a different IP address. But, besides that, it hasn't been edited in about two weeks, so I ask again. jj137 (talk) 16:49, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK. It is fine with me either way, but I was just curious about why you protected it. jj137 (talk) 16:53, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That makes sense. Thanks for the answer. jj137 (talk) 17:01, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RE:Reply

It worked great. I was just getting different admin's opinions, because my RfA won't have people who vote all the same way. Undeath (talk) 16:51, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Danke Herr Rudget. Undeath (talk) 17:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You might like to know....

Your a wikipedia boss now, apparently :P The Daily Mail just to mention one ;) See yah around! Tiddly-Tom 20:32, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Canvassing

You know, I looked over the rules and think that only one word was wrong. I said "for Minnesota" and could have said "on Minnesota". It was not my intention to only get support votes. Any sort of feedback would have helped and was begged for at 1, and 2 and on several talk pages as well as where you replied at 3 and in a peer review where there was zero feedback. Unfortunately there are articles with higher priority and maybe the portal really isn't something that many people knew about yet. In any case I mention this because of a situation of another editor who is working on a FAC. They were told today to raise the awareness of editors who may be informed on that given topic. So I believe except one word, there was nothing to worry about and and that the canvassing rule makes ample room for asking for attention. Hope this helps. -Susanlesch (talk) 20:36, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Last Temptation of Krust FAC

Hi Rudget. You were the GA Reviewer for The Last Temptation of Krust. The recently closed FAC for The Last Temptation of Krust was closed with 2 comments and one "Support" after 2 weeks, and I'd like to start another FAC for it soon. Do you feel you could "Support" the article in its current status, if I started another FAC for it? Is there anything else that you think I should do first, to further improve the status of the article? Thanks again for the GA Review. Cirt (talk) 20:51, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, sure thing. Rudget . 09:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I will notify you when the FAC starts (but only a neutrally worded notification, which will be to you, the GA Reviewer, the editors that commented at the previous FAC, and relevant WikiProjects, SandyGeorgia (talk · contribs) said that was okay). Cirt (talk) 09:58, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, started another WP:FAC for The Last Temptation of Krust. Cirt (talk) 19:44, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

My RfA

Thank you very much for giving your support to my admin application, which recently closed successfully (36/3/1). I hope I can continue to justify the confidence that you have placed in me. If there is any way that I can help out more, or if you have any handy tips for a freshly-hatched admin, please drop me a line. Thanks again. - 52 Pickup (deal) 21:36, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar for you!

		The Original Barnstar
		Here's a barnstar for improving Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia! The Helpful One ^(Review) 22:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Rudget . 09:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA cleanup

Ah, thanks for removing that. I knew I'd forgotten something. :) GlassCobra 10:11, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tks

Tks for looking out for me. I guess my warning really pissed that guy off. Makes you wonder what he's doing to the ones that blocked him ;-) How you been? — Rlevse • Talk • 14:25, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Same as recently, Scouting stuff (just had another make FA), arbcom clerking, and sock fighting. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:38, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

ADCO

I put my name down, iirc. But knowing my memory, I'm probably wrong. Yes, I would be absolutely delighted to go under ADCO with you. αѕєηιηє ^t/_c 14:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot, I appreciate this. αѕєηιηє ^t/_c 14:33, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Venkanna H. Naik

Thanks for educating; I did not understand the meaning of {{hangon}}. I would not renominate while it is already nominated for deletion. Tangi-tamma (talk) 14:39, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

RfA reply

I'm not planning on self nominating. Jimfbleak will probably re-nominate me too, but a co-nomination would be great too. :) Undeath (talk) 16:50, 2 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Call me stupid, but your last comment put me in one of those confusing situations. Was your statement a confirmation that you might co-nominate me at my next RfA? Undeath (talk) 03:19, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

New RFA

The RFA you asked about is now active. — Rlevse • Talk • 17:28, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Supported. Rudget . 17:59, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The mechanix

Thanks for responding to my request of speedy deletion of The mechanix redirect. I noticed that you deleted the talk page for The mechanix, where I had also placed a db-maintenance template (along with my explanation for the speedy delete of the redirect). The actual redirect still exists, however. This is my first request for speedy deletion, so I'm not sure how the process goes. Is a decision still pending? I put a db-maintenance template on the redirect page, but didn't want to break the redirect, so I put it underneath the #REDIRECT code. Consequently, it's not obvious; accessed normally, the page simply redirects. Was that not the proper way to place the template? Noca2plus (talk) 22:13, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: semi-protection of Napoleon I of France

Thanks for putting on semi-protection. I have been working on this page for a few weeks now, and unfortunately I have had to spend more time on reverting vandalism than on article improvement. Feel free to leave the status as long as you want, as the article seems to be a vandal magnet. Historymike (talk) 13:50, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

HomeLink Wireless Control System

Hi, this got respeedied before I had a chance to replace the article, per the {{hangon}} I'd set. Could you restore article and talk page, please? Thanks,NapoliRoma (talk) 18:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(You wrote): "you had an hour?"

I'm not sure what the objection is here. Do you mean I had an hour since I posted the hangon? During that time, another admin speedied the article; he restored it at my request, but did not restore the talk page, so I had to request that and wait for him to do so. Getting that all sorted out took a chunk of time.

I posted my reasons for the hangon as soon as I possibly could, and then turned to editing the article, which I now have ready to post with citations, at which point I found it had been deleted again.

Given all of the above, can you please restore the article and talk in place? I'm confused why this had to be deleted so quickly, given the hangon and explanation posted in the article and talk page, respectively. I'd like to think it was clear I wasn't sitting on my hands during that time, but actually working on researching and integrating citations for the article -- as I said I would be doing on the talk page.NapoliRoma (talk) 18:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the restore!

This is actually kind of amusing (now that I can look back at it with some level of detachment :-): it looks like you redeleted the page about two minutes before the other editor restored its talk page, or about 11 minutes before I had a chance to finish posting my rationale for the hangon...

(Maybe there needs to be some rule-of-thumb for speedies, such as "allow at least one day before deleting for every year the article has been in existence. :-)--NapoliRoma (talk) 19:03, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Seraph

That would be great. Proposing a candidate is not an excecise in ego-stroking, it should be with the idea of the best for the project, and more co-nominations just goes to show the community how well-thought-of and appropriate the candidate is, so please, if she approves, go right ahead. -- Avi (talk) 19:16, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If she gives the OK for you to co-nom, I'll copy it out of your sandbox and place it in the subpage. Thanks! -- Avi (talk) 19:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nicely done, except for some gratitious hyperbole about your co nom {:-o -- Avi (talk) 20:39, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank-you for your support and the lovely comments :). Seraphim♥ ^Whipp 21:35, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your advice

I may just take your advice there! I may have made big steps recently but others wont be able to see that unless I wait a while. Will contact you if I have any questions, thanks for the offer! --Camaeron (talk) 19:21, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PS: 39S vs 16O; why did it fail anyway? --Camaeron (talk) 19:29, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Omg, hope I dont have to work it out myself. I hate maths! --Camaeron (talk) 19:33, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Wesson

Hi Rudget ! I might need some help with my article ... There are differences between german and english Wiki Version - copy and paste is easy - to solve more complicated not. So i need some time ... and perhaps a litte help from your side. I am member of DanWessenForum its a community project to help each other with our colletibles ... Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 18:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

looked at deletion log: 18:02, 4 March 2008 Rudget (Talk | contribs) deleted "Dan Wesson" ‎(G12: Blatant copyright infringement)

Sorry made the mistake not to save after inserting hangon ... so ariticle was deleted while i was editing ...

i am a bit slow i know .... but i still have the page in my browser and try to finish now ... OK ?

uoops now it blocked .. pleses release it again - Thanks -- Tom 19:13, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Germans writing in english Wiki ... struggle struggle ...

Thanks a lot for helping me ! Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 20:25, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

-- Merged from first and second Dan Wesson headline entry -- --Dan Wesson (talk) 10:24, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It needs a lot of work. Corvus cornix_talk 19:49, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Good luck. :) Corvus cornix_talk 19:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Germans writing in english Wiki ... struggle struggle ...

Thanks a lot for helping me ! --Dan Wesson (talk) 20:27, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It got deleted? Corvus cornix_talk 03:20, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

.. cry ... deleted once more while editing ... see my user talk ... thanks to Rudget i had a good base ... now i feel like Don Quixote --Dan Wesson (talk) 10:01, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

... working again at it ... @ Rudget you might have a look: [1]--Dan Wesson (talk) 12:59, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Rudget !

CC said: It needs a lot of work. ___ indeed but i have nearly done it _____

As the first person beeing gentle to me in wikipedia i adress myselft once again to you :)

Please have a look to my sandbox [2]- i am thankful for any advice.

Yours Tom --Dan Wesson (talk) 10:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Wesson_talk

RE: RfA

I don't know if you want to or not, but I'm probably going to have my RfA set up either tonight or tomorrow. I'm going to ask my previous nominator, Jimfbleak. If you would wish to co-nom, please do so. I could use all the help I can get. Thanks in advance. Undeath (talk) 03:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Added some responses

... at User:Asenine/AC. :) αѕєηιηє ^t/_c 14:15, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re:Post

First of all, your message hurt my delicate eyes. ;) As for your question, I haven't done anything in the last several weeks with my WikiProjects. Football is done, baseball hasn't started, haven't been gnoming, haven't been copyediting. But I did just block a n00b for posting a full body shot pic of his own naked and erect self on several userpages. (maybe that's why my eyes are burning and not your message)... Is that a WikiProject? Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 19:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for cleaning up my talkpage. As for your I've just checked the Bible, and realised I can be stoned to death for excessive use of exclamation marks edit summary, not to worry. Look up John 8:7 and see if anyone would dare to throw a stone at you....:-)Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 19:22, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]