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Thanks for catching the vandalism on Pork! (Even though it is delicious, and I quite miss it here in Israel.) If you ever have a question, feel free to leave a question on my talk page. Cheers! --Mgreenbe 17:32, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Response at Mgreenbe's talk. ~ PseudoSudo 18:37, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Question...

Any relation??? ;-) --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 01:09, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Oh, heavens no; the username is just a simple concatenation of pseudo and sudo, thought up on the spot when creating the wiki account (I am also not Josh Garrett) ~ PseudoSudo 02:57, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

I didn't figure as much, just thought it was funny. See you around. :-) --LV ^{(Dark Mark)} 03:24, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

And then there's the Macintosh utility Pseudo, which is GUI frontend to sudo. archola 00:18, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

ProTest

Cheers for the help on the ProTest page. JohnFM 10:35, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Glad to be of assistance. ~ PseudoSudo 10:39, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Sandbox

Hey, way to recent changes patrol! Just so you know, there's no need to clean up the sandbox, there's a bot that does that. Unless of course you see something really offensive in there that's got to go. I hope my new sig. doesn't offend you! Welcome! Makemi 23:26, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I see. You were using it like a sandbox. I'm just going to be quiet now. Happy editing! Makemi 23:28, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Haha, was just testing out installation of godmode-light; previous tries on Opera just crashed, so I think as of five minutes ago I just made myself a Firefox convert. Though, yes, the sandbox is surely a safe place to make merciless reverts. Cheers! ~ PseudoSudo 23:34, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I was very happy to see that you reverted the harmul edits on one of my created pages (Clever waste of time). Keep up the good work! Kntrabssi 02:19, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

regarding your note at User talk:172.168.232.130

The anonymous edits were, in fact, user:catapult having lost its sign-in cookie. I assume this is due to database errors, as it does attempt to confirm, between edits, that it is still signed in. Just in case this does fail, however, I have chosen to include a link to my own username in the summaries of all edits the bot performs to avoid panic. See also the discussion at WP:AN. Regarding the hidden <!-- html comments --> I did have a reason for removing them. If the bot encounters <!-- {{test}} --> it replaces would otherwise change {{test}} to {{subst:test}}, and then change it again to {{subst:subst:test}} on subsequent runs. I would have programmed it to ignore anything that already starts with {{subst.*?... but {{subst}} itself is also a message template that should be subst'ed. Confusing you yet? — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:25, Feb. 13, 2006

I have thought further about this and decided to modify the behavior to change <!-- {{test}} --> to <!-- Template:Test --> for example. Let me know if you have any other suggestions. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:28, Feb. 13, 2006

Excellent; nope, sounds solid. ~ PseudoSudo 11:00, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Curling

That anon prick vandalizing Curling is starting to piss me off. Thanks for helping fend him off. — Bill W. (Talk) (Contrib)  –  February 20, 2006, 05:48 (UTC)

Yeah, I'd him listed a while ago on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism; just blocked. ~ PseudoSudo 05:53, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Regarding Post on User talk:24.79.43.137

Was Malcolm X not a pimp? Detroit Red? Perhaps you are confusing vandalism with your own personal preference? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.79.43.137 (talk • contribs) 05:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC).

I only hope you're joking. ~ PseudoSudo 05:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

The joke is on you, guy. Get reading. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.79.43.137 (talk • contribs) 06:06, 20 February 2006 (UTC).

Yeah; that makes no sense. ~ PseudoSudo 06:10, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

MALCOLM X was a PIMP... are you aware of that? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.79.43.137 (talk • contribs) 15:00, 20 February 2006 (UTC).

... ~ PseudoSudo 15:02, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

No comment at all? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.179.36.11 (talk • contribs) 21:52, 23 February 2006 (UTC).

Ann Coulter

No there has not been three reverts no I am not gaming the system and yes I have used discuss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.241.245.49 (talk • contribs) 08:06, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Please, count: that is four. The 3RR is taken quite seriously. If a consensus cannot be reached on the talk page towards changing the heading, it will stay. ~ PseudoSudo 08:08, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

read the edits, you will find yourself pleasantly surprised. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 132.241.245.49 (talk • contribs) 08:11, 20 February 2006 UTC.

Okay: firstly, 3RR states 'Do not revert any single page in whole or in part more than three times in 24 hours', so if you are arguing you are excluded from this by changing one word twice and then adding the same word twice rather than four strict reverts, it is invalid. Secondly, I don't care about the specifics in the first place; if it actually mattered to me at all I'd report it as an incident to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR, but you seem like you're making useful edits so I don't feel like you deserve being blocked. Just take a step back from the article; the point of the 3RR is simply to prevent revert wars. You're doing fine. ~ PseudoSudo 08:22, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm...

not sure what to say.

So I'll settle with saying thanks and leave the Coulter crap alone for 24 hours.

132.241.245.49 08:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for fixing the vandalism on my User page. Jayjg ^(talk) 09:26, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

*smile* -- don't worry about it; anytime. ~ PseudoSudo 14:53, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for fixing my user page. The user who vandalized my page is so immature. Va girl2468 21:23, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

You're very welcome. ~ PseudoSudo 06:08, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

Hi there. I reverted the changes you made to Talk:Main Page as it was obviously an accident. Were you trying to add that to your userpage? VegaDark 08:51, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Ah, precisely; just grabbed an arbitrary page for using 'Preview'; thanks on the catch. ~ PseudoSudo 08:54, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

For the revert.Mikereichold 09:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

You're very welcome. ~ PseudoSudo 06:08, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Good Luck...

dealing with Cryptic with the Pork (instant messenger). He seems more concerned about the number of edits he does rather on the quality of the work he puts in. At least he hasn't deleted the talk page yet. Binarypower 00:08, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I was being a troll, ignore this post. I apologize. Binarypower 19:38, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Aw, don't worry about it. I was definitely confused as to the reason of the deletion in this case, but his reply seemed to make sense; I am following the deletion review recommendation. Lots of luck with your case! ~ PseudoSudo 19:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Revert

Hey, no prob. I can see that you'd do the same for me :) Happy editing. Makemi 20:33, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

What the hell is your problem?

The dude litterally asked for it. I qoute: "You are able to and encouraged to leave an abusive statement or sentiment within the delimitations of the clearly designated "Abuse" section of this page you are currently reading". Sorry. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.162.81.162 (talk • contribs) 17:30, 25 February 2006 (UTC).

Yup, my mistake, just read over; apologies. ~ PseudoSudo 17:33, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou

Thankyou for reverting my talk page. I appreciate it very much. Sarah Ewart (Talk) 01:24, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Surely; you are quite welcome. ~ PseudoSudo 01:55, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Reversion on my page

Thanks...I appreciate it! Mhking 02:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

You're very welcome. ~ PseudoSudo 02:52, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Documentation of some event, for those interested

• The edit (to WP:SB, at that)
• The block (within seconds)

Silliness on my part; was auto-blocked as a sock of the Squidward vandal due to the edit summary (new to the vandal, no clue as to his magnitude; had just heard of bot and assumed it reverted, not auto-blocked). Formal apologies for incovenience. ~ PseudoSudo 15:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

dear psuedosudo

u really suck u r a total wowser and u obviously know nothing about fabian i happen 2 kno fabian extremely well and can back up everything this article PREVIOUSLY said 100% have u ever met any members of the australian labor party? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.238.39.149 (talk • contribs) 16:52, 6 March 2006 (UTC).

Cite your sources? Sure; I invite you to. [This is the edit in question] ~ PseudoSudo 16:52, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

cite my sources? LOL sure —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 220.238.39.149 (talk • contribs) 10:23, 7 March 2006 (UTC).

Steve Wozniak "Test"

Hi,

The information I corrected on the page concerning Steve Wozniak and Segway Polo come directly from Steve's mouth. I play Segway Polo with Steve and he had mentioned that the information about him pushing a 12 year old girl off her Segway was incorrect (I remember the real story) so when I went on the site I corrected it. Not sure why you assumed the information I added was erroneous.

Stuart 22:06, 7 March 2006

Ah, yes, I see; I seem to have confused you with an editor who, around the time, was vandalizing articles with a somewhat similiar catchphrase to your edit. Apologies there; teaches me about reading too quickly. In any case, be bold; please continue editing the article. Welcome to the community! ~ PseudoSudo 00:37, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

My talk page

Thanks for reverting it! Feezo (Talk) 11:05, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Gladly; you're welcome. ~ PseudoSudo 11:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting mine, too! --Hong Qi Gong 00:26, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

And then same to you; with pleasure! ~ PseudoSudo 00:29, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

My talk page

My apologies and thanks for the heads up. I didn't realize it was considered vandalism. 160.39.226.116 17:17, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Replied at user's talk page. ~ PseudoSudo 07:09, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thanks for participating in my RfA. It passed with a final tally of 98/13/10, just two short of making WP:100. If you need my help with anything, don't hesitate to ask.

Naconkantari e|t||c|m 23:16, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

RE: user 82.15.17.152 aka NoToFrauds aka TroyVaughn aka NoToNutss aka ??

The following letter was sent originally to talk:jondel. I'm sending it to you as well because you were involved in the blocking of the individual in the subject headline. I'm just going to bring it to the attention of the sysops that have been acquainted with the behavior of this individual in the past. Sorry for the lengthy post.

Hi Pseudo,

Sorry to bother you with this matter, but the invidivual in the header line here has been creating headaches for editors and sysops alike. I'm coming specifically to you with this note because he has already been blocked once before under the handle-less IP 82.15.17.152 (looks like he erased any trace of that on his discussion page). He has further posed as a sysop, and claimed that his 'partners in crime' are sysops in order to dissuade new editors like myself from making additions. I'm surprised other Sysops haven't proceeded to block his other handles. He has only been destructive on here, and has yet to offer a single constructive edit. Sysop Fire Star has been moderating a discussion on the talk:mahavatar babaji page, which this individual has continued to sabotage. He has also written a note here: talk:TroyVaughn - basically a note to himself - his other handle, illustrating his future intentions as destructive to the spirit of wikipedia. The other sysops that were involved at different times are: CambridgeBayWeather, and Djoorjam.

The result of this behavior is that my colleagues who originally asked me to make the contributions that I have been making since I started with Wikipedia, have told me that it is not worth it to bother with this and waste my time, as this individual will never stop trying to malign us. I am coming to you as a final plea for help before I leave the forum here - what should I do? Is there anything I can do? Or do I just have to take it or leave it? Your suggestions would be appreciated.

My proposal, which you may or may not deem as plausible, is to block all the associated IPs, after doing a review of them to check evidence of them being from the same individual, in order to make it as hard for this person as possible to continue this action. Of course, I understand that I am not an unbiased observer...but that's what I feel to be the most productive course of action. Hamsacharya dan 04:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Replied at user's talk page. ~ PseudoSudo 10:09, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

regarding IP address spying

Hey Pseudo,

I wanted to write this note here, because I don't want NoToFrauds to see it- he has spied on my IP address and located the area that I live in. He has also done research on my identity, and now is referring to me by a non-anonymous name that he is associating with me. He keeps blasting this everywhere he goes, and it's frightening me that he would go through the trouble to try to do that. I'm literally afraid that this person will go to any extreme...and may attempt to take things into the real world with the same aggressiveness that he is taking wikipedia. I'm not sure what to do about this. But I feel like these are grounds for a speedy blocking. You can see it all over the talk pages associated with Mahavatar Babaji, Kriya Yoga, Yogiraj Gurunath, Nath, my personal talk page, his talk page, others talk pages....it's ridiculous and it's scary... Please don't move this particular conversation to my talk page. thanks.. Hamsacharya dan 22:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Just a forewarning, any user can see all of your edits with a simple visit to a page (Special:Contributions/Hamsacharya dan), so if he has been tracking your edits he will likely come across this page; if you would feel more comfortable continuing this over a non-public channel, email me at Special:Emailuser/PseudoSudo. In any case, User:82.15.17.152 was blocked earlier today for a recent blank war on his talk page; this action also blocks any user from editing from that IP for 24 hours as well (namely NoToFrauds and friends). As per policy, "speedy blocks" on Wikipedia are usually limited to cases of obvious vandalism, to prevent administrators from abusing their privileges. Regarding further blocking, this is how things will go: if the CheckUser turns up positive, then a listing on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents describing the behavior of the involved individual(s) should result in long-term blocks. ~ PseudoSudo 23:31, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

This is very good news. Thanks Pseudo. Let's see what happens next...  :) Hamsacharya dan 23:44, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

Hey Pseudo -

Chai Walla has been reverting my edits on Nath page, and adding baseless statements that go against no original research to the Yogiraj Gurunath page. I think he is "guarding" the Nath page, per that note from Adityanath that I reprinted for you above....frustrating....your help appreciated! Hamsacharya dan 04:56, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

Also, he's sockpuppeting with Baba Louis again. See talk:Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath

Hey; so the CheckUser has come up positive, and I see you've started to act upon it. Regarding the question of banning, a simple listing on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents with a link to the CheckUser page will likely indefinite-ban User:TroyVaughn, User:Baba Louis and User:Chai Walla per WP:SOCK. If you are considering filing cases against User:NoToFrauds and User:Adityanath for other general policy violations (WP:NPA, WP:3RR, WP:NOR, etc.) start building up evidence; gather this by going through the page histories of those you've edited, the contribs of the users and their socks, and collecting links to the appropriate edits. I'd suggest including these in that same WP:AN/I case for the sockpuppets; if it ever needs to move to WP:RFAR then you've most of the work done.

If any of this is at all confusing to you, or you've any questions whatsoever, post here for help. ~ PseudoSudo 22:47, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

sorry about that

im sorry for changing that page. i was merely demonstrating to my uncle the power of wikipedia and was wondering what would happen. thanks very much —This unsigned comment was added by 72.137.176.104 (talk • contribs) 00:31, 21 March 2006 (UTC).

Replied at user's talk page. ~ PseudoSudo 01:01, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

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Vandal on Breast Implant entry - had repeated warnings

This user 71.104.24.139 vandalized the "Breast Implants" entry AGAIN. This time he deleted the entire section "Systemic Illness". I hope that someone at Wiki can do something about this user. Thank you. Jgwlaw 9:48 pm 28 March 2006 Would you please do something about this user, so he doesn't do this again? He was supposedly warned a third time, and told he would be barred from posting if he did it again. He did it again.

Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jgwlaw (talk • contribs) 22:50, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Non-Unicode editor?

I came across this edit of yours, where you replaced the Chinese characters in my talk link with stars. Are you using a non-UTF-8-safe editor? Please be careful because this kind of edits often destroys interwiki links. Thank you, Kusma (討論) 23:36, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the notification. That edit was made with elinks v0.10.6; I sometimes edit from a blocked IP and the quickest solution to get around it is to use elinks over an SSH connection to my server. Wasn't aware it didn't handle those characters properly; I'll make sure to always check over my edits when using that browser. Thanks again! ~ PseudoSudo 23:52, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

User: 199.224.75.232

Its my account. I just didn't log in. —This unsigned comment was added by 199.224.75.232 (talk • contribs) 21:10, 1 April 2006.

Yep, suspected so; just making sure. ~ PseudoSudo 21:12, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

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Newsmax lost it's credibility after this.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/goldstar.asp 132.241.246.111 01:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Replied at user's talk page. ~ PseudoSudo 07:53, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Well

for the record I have no intention of removing everything linking to newsmax. and I'll take some of your advice. 132.241.246.111 01:25, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Umm...

I don't have a set critera. 132.241.246.111 01:30, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

TWA Flight 800

dude a terrest did not hijacked the airplane. Your wrong okay. There is no evidence exept your theory —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.5.152.143 (talk • contribs) 08:24, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Replied at user's talk page. ~ PseudoSudo 08:32, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

fuck u —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.5.152.143 (talk • contribs) 08:29, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

I must say I appreciate you removing vandalism from my userpage, but may I ask you to aswell issue the vandals with warnings, otherwise they will continue vandalising to thier hearts content. - √αʑʑρεɾ 03:27, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Aha. Hmm, I usually do; must've been interrupted at the moment or something, though thanks on the reminder. ~ PseudoSudo 03:41, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

• 
  I hereby award PseudoSudo this Barnstar of Diligence for her tireless work and dedication to Wikipedia.
  User:Kukini (talk) 4/09/06

Thank you! I'm quite honored! ~ PseudoSudo 10:57, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

You are most welcome. Feel free to copy or move this barnstar to your user page. You most certainly deserve it. Keep up the fabuous work!!! Kukini 18:21, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Got your attention

wikipedia.org/wiki/Unenrolled"

Administrator Happy Camper only Deleted Unenrolled when he massively rewrote it himself. Check the original discussion page notes from him. See my talk from different Administrators. What you are doing is Vandalism... Have you read ""DONT BITE THE NEWBIES" I will Report You to Happy Camper, Cambrige Weather Station and other Administrators I've worked with. --merlinus 12:58, 13 April 2006 (UTC)Merlinus--merlinus 12:58, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Replied at user's talk page. ~ PseudoSudo 13:35, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Unenrolled voters

Yes, the talk page was quite cluttered - after some edit in the page history, the wikification was lost, and I haven't had the chance to track it down yet. What I did was redirect "unenrolled" to "unenrolled voters" for now - I will also edit the AfD page so that people know it is a new article they are reading now, and if another deletion is needed, an AfD is probably best. I hope it doesn't come to that though! Apparently, the status of unenrolled voters (although in the minority) is quite important in Massachusetts. Thanks again for your note! --HappyCamper 13:57, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

regarding ur post.

hey can u tell me, is there any particular format for naming new pages. coz i dunno bout it. plz reply
- Cyborg 15:55 April 15 2006 (UTC)

WP:TITLE should point you in the right direction. ~ PseudoSudo 16:02, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

thnx —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amolshah (talk • contribs) 19:31, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

The Game

As I said on ANI, an AfD cannot overturn policy. WP:V is policy. Unless The Game has verifiable references, it cannot be kept, no matter what the "vote" on AfD was. User:Zoe|^(talk) 03:27, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:List of banned users

Its an inaccurate entry. Wikipedia should aim to be as accurate as possible. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.122.195.111 (talk • contribs) 11:05, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Old Skool Esperanzial note

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Your note

My apologies, I was unaware that I was infringing upon the stringent policies of this xenophobic website. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mckpaul66 (talk • contribs) 07:19, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hey Pseudo,

I don't know if you remember me; you assisted me with instructions on how to list a request for checkuser, to elucidate some sockpuppeting. Can you please post a comment on this page: [1]. I'm having a content dispute with that same user who we found had 3 sockpuppets, and he is trying to get me in trouble. Please take a look and endorse as you deem appropriate. Hamsacharya dan 19:23, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Teehee

Thanks for catching my dated template wording :P — Ilyanep (Talk) 22:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

Haha, just happened to came across; no problem! ~ PseudoSudo 22:56, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes

Ha, sorry about that one; were attempts at helping out a new user. ~ PseudoSudo 04:22, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Ha, yeah, got a good laugh there. Good that I checked the official website for the official (but AFAIK wrong) spelling. Everything is back to 'normal' now. Cheers ! :-) -- PFHLai 04:31, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow thanks, I learn something new every day. I had actually been doing work on articles in another wiki regarding a local branch, and the website of the branch office spelled it with the double E-- but you are correct, the national site has the single E. Very interesting, and thanks for your help and reversion!Santaduck 04:54, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

Administrator Coaching The Administrator Coaching program is a program aimed at preparing Wikipedians for Adminship or helping them understand the intricacies of Wikipedia better. Recently, changes have been made to the requirements of coachees. Please review them before requesting this service. This would be something like the Welcoming Committee, but for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. Some might like suggestions about how to learn vandal patrol, or mentoring on taking an article to featured status, or guidance with a proposal they plan to make at the Village Pump, for example. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. Stressbusters The Stressbusters are a subset of Esperanza aiming to investigate the causes of stress. New eyes on the situation are always welcome! Note from the editor As always, MiszaBot handled this delivery. Thank you! Also, congratulations go to Pschemp, Titoxd and Freakofnurture for being elected in the last elections! An Esperanzial May to all of the readership!

The last AC meeting (full log) Posting logs of the Esperanza IRC channel are explicitly banned anywhere. Violation of this rule results in deletion and a ban from the channel. A disclaimer is going to be added to the Esperanza main page. We are humans and, as such, are imperfect. Various revisions have been made to the Code of Conduct. Please see them, as the proposal is ready to be ratified by the community and enacted. All members will members to have to re-confirm their membership after accepting the Code of Conduct. Referendums are to be held on whether terms of AC members should be lengthened and whether we should abolish votes full stop. Admin Coaching reform is agreed upon. Signed... Celestianpower, JoanneB, Titoxd, Pschemp and Freakofnurture 20:29, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

changing vote

Thanks, Will see how well follow instructions.User_talk:Dlohcierekim 22:17, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for both your RfA vote and your helpful vandalism of my testpage. JoshuaZ 06:09, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Gladly. ~ PseudoSudo 06:10, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Comments in Wikipedia articles

What makes the difference between the comments that are at the bottom of many Wikipedia articles stating things like "this article is a stub..." and the comment that I had at the bottom of the At What Cost?, Cornell article? Cheers, HalfDome 01:32, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Essentially, the only non-contextual content that is allowed in articles are templates; {{stub}} is a template. If you can make something that merits a page in the template namespace, it's appropriate to include in the article. ~ PseudoSudo 02:47, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Can you provide a reference for what you just said? First of all, I find it always to be good to make sure that what someone says is not just what they personally think about Wikipedia, but rather what the community has decided, particularly when they did not provide a reference in the first place. And second, I want to understand the nuances that exist that resulted in you using the word "essentially". Thanks, HalfDome 12:14, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

The first few paragraphs of WP:SELF outline the topic; references to the category and template space are towards the end of the page. ~ PseudoSudo 13:37, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Okay, I got it now. Best wishes, HalfDome 11:58, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Stempekissen

Help! How can I make this entry more the sort of thing that would justify its existence. I mean it SHOULD be there but what further clarification do you need? Triangle e 19:45, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey. Essentially, all musicians have to be verifiably notable to merit an article on Wikipedia. Take a look WP:MUSIC and decide if Stempelkissen meets any one of the items under the criteria for inclusion listed on that page. If so, include a one-sentence mention of the item in the article, with a citation to a website documenting the item (use an article such as Susie Dietter as a model for the format). If you've any further questions don't hesistate to ask. ~ PseudoSudo 19:58, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I've been searching on google for something like that but am a bit stuck. I'll keep looking. Triangle e 20:00, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

comment

I let the user know about the edit please revert your edit. Navou ^talk 11:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for the minor style correction to my user page, formatting and everything can be hard to remember rules for. And yay for more female debian users! We shall conquer the world with our girly debian desktops! *evil giggle* Xmoogle 10:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Haha; you're very welcome. ~ PseudoSudo 03:32, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Michael Mols

Quick note. You tagged an article about this person Micheal mols as non-notable. He was in fact a notable footballer, his name just happened to be misspelled. If in doubt, make sure a name follows naming conventions, and try searching the Dutch Wikipedia to check; - Mgm|^(talk) 11:44, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

I suppose. The claim to notability ("micheal mols is a footballer he is from the holland national team and is a very good fitba player he rocks man he rocks also go to rangers") honestly just did not seem geniune; this is actually a recurring problem at the moment, as (mostly second-time) visitors who create vanity articles often make blatantly false claims to notability (such as "she is the CEO of the second-largest corporation in the world"; I came across that one about a month ago) to invalidate WP:CSD#A7's application and force an AfD. Regardless though, looking back, given the article was 95% cruft, {{db-nonsense}} may have been a better choice for a tag than {{db-bio}}, but just barely. ~ PseudoSudo 03:30, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Vandal Counter

Thanks for keeping the counter up to date. (A slightly paradoxical thought occured to me, if someone just came a long and upped the counter would that be vandalism or not?) JoshuaZ 00:58, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Yep; adding false information to a page, and in the process providing a basis for the falsehood to become truth. Reading over Paradox it seems that it's classified as a self-reference, but I'd have to read up more on the topic to be able to attempt to take a stand on the matter. ~ PseudoSudo 01:06, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Documentation of more events

Taking a wikibreak for a few days to take care of academic work; I'm requesting the block be left alone until expiry. Thanks. ~ PseudoSudo 09:35, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Archives for Talk:Expulsion of Germans after World War II

I plead temporary insanity. I had lost track of the difference between mainspace and talkspace. Thanks for pointing out my mistake. I'll try to remember next time.

--Richard 19:54, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Haha; no worries. ~ PseudoSudo 20:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Wild Cherries

I have added references to this article. This band was a pioneer of psychedelic music in Australia see [2]. In particular, Lobby Loyde is notable as a member of two notable Aussie rock bands Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs and Rose Tattoo. Lobby Loyde and Wild Cherries were cited in Episode 3 of Long Way to the Top, a documentary on the history of Australian rock and roll see [3]. I would be grateful if you could take a look. Capitalistroadster 13:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Your efforts in the matter are quite appreciated; am convinced enough to speedily close Lobby Loyde. We'll see how the rest turn out. ~ PseudoSudo 13:11, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks!

Thanks for voting! Hello PseudoSudo, and thank you so much for voting in my recent RfA. I am pleased to inform you that it passed with a final tally of (119/1/3), into the WP:100, so I have now been cleared for adminship and will soon be soaring above the clouds. I was overjoyed, shocked, and humbled by the tally, and, most importantly, all the support. Thank you. If there is ever anything you need, you know where you can find me. Take care.

--Pilot|guy 22:29, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

adding links to my web site

whenever i find the explanation on Wikipedia not sufficient or elaborate i try to guide one to my web page where more content on the topic can be found.

My website is already established in google... it needs no advertising.

Also pl guide me how to talk in Wikipedia

Vijay Kumar (godrealized)

Hey. You did fine; contacting others on Wikipedia is done via their user talk pages. Always remember to sign your posts by adding four tildes at the end, like this: ~~~~. Regarding your question about linking to your webpage, it's been rather controversial when editors add links to their own pages under External links sections, especially on multiple articles. Take a look at the first couple paragraphs of Wikipedia:Spam#How not to be a spammer, as well as Wikipedia:Vanity guidelines#Vanity edits: examples; they explain the concept with a bit more depth. Feel free to add another message below this one here if you've any further questions. ~ PseudoSudo 22:45, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Hi PseudoSudo,

I shall in future post links on this talk page with comments so that you (or any editor) may have a look at it and add it to the database of Wikipedia if found to be appropriate for that topic/category.

I have reached the fag end of my cosmic life... the 8.4 millionth manifestation... I am above all the physical inhibitions for that matter.

If all copies of sacred scriptures on mother earth get destroyed... I shall reproduce them again. That is the capability i am talking of. Most subjects related to spirituality and hinduism are like abcd to me. I am presently busy writing a commentary on bhagavad gita... may take about 3 yrs to complete!

Hope to have interaction with you from now on. thanks

Godrealized 05:50, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Hydnjo's response to the blocking proposal

I thank one and all - Jarandal, Antandrus, Titoxd, Xaosflux, TenOfAllTrades, mboverload, PseudoSudo, Knowledge Seeker, Haukurth, Deathphoenix, Zzyzx11, Tyrenius, Zscout370, AnnH, Rick Block, Tyrenius (again), Zscout370 (again) and NoSeptember for your support.

To Jeffrey O. Gustafson who initiated this block request I ask why? We have had no interaction until now so how do you come to this requested action at WP:AN? Did you come across my account during your own research or are you acting as a proxy for another admin/user with whom I've caused to be angry with me? In reviewing your contributions I see no such "letter of the law" before now and so I feel singled out by you and I have no clue as to why - that to me is most disturbing. If you've come to this action on your own then should I be always wary of another admin challenging the legitimacy of my account?

For TenOfAllTrades who advised me not to worry and Rick who made me laugh I give special thanks, you've helped me to not take this so personally. And to Jeff, thanks for being courteous in informing me of your action and for letting me feel that your heart wasn't for blocking me.
Except for my one explanation above, I haven't edited for a few days now so as to allow y'all to comment about this based on my history of contribution rather than my reaction to it.

I wanted to say all of this before it all goes to archive heaven. I still have a lingering concern that this may arise again and don't want to go through WP life looking over my shoulder or worrying that I might piss-off some admin and cause another inquiry about the legitimacy of my account. If any of you who have been so gracious as to take the time to support me here have any suggestions to prevent such an action, please drop your thoughts on my talk or by email.

Finally, on a personal note to all, I never ever expected so much supportive response from all of you. I know that I've been moody at times and have spoken in ways that I have regretted the next day. I hoped otherwise but it seemed that those unfortunate responses might end up being my legacy as they were the foremost in my mind. And so far as this being a "role account", I think that I'll let the descriptions of AnnH and NoSeptember (both above) stand as the most intuitive descriptions of this account. My (and our) warmest regards to all of you for your understanding and outward support for the continuation of hydnjo's user account and future contributions. Again, my delighted and humble thanks :-) --hydnjo talk 02:03, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

addendum: Jeff, I was confused at the outset in that I wasn't aware of the "role account" policy and then after becoming aware I was frustrated that I had made so many edits which could mislead someone to the conclusion that my account was a role account. I'm sorry that in my zeal to understand your actions that I posed the possibility that you were acting at someone else's behest. I have no evidence of that and it was improper of me to even mention that such a bizarre conspiracy was possible. I find myself guilty of "blaming the messenger" and posting an inappropriate comment about your motivation.

As for my account, I want to state that it is not a role account and I apologize for leaving the impression that it is one. "hydnjo" is the signature that I commonly use for much of my correspondence and thought it to be appropriate when I first started my WP account. The portmanteau is an acknowledgment of our shared existence and not an indication that Heidi and I share in editing at WP.

I thank you for your courtesy in informing me at the outset of the discussion at WP:AN and for your compliments about my contributions. The comments in my response were made in the shadow of my own frustration with my having left a trail of edits that could easily be construed as having come from either Heidi or myself. I sincerely apologize to you for making any suggestion as to your motivation in bringing up a legitimate policy question. You have a genuine concern for the orderly behavior of our editors and I thank you for initiating this discussion and providing me the opportunity to explain the nature of my account. --hydnjo talk 18:58, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Cross-namespace redirects

You are receiving this message because you previously voiced your opinion on a Redirects for deletion of a cross-namespace redirect that was originally deleted but then went to Deletion review and was then relisted at RFD. This is a courtesy notice so you are aware that the issue is being discussed again and is not an endorsement of any position. --Cyde↔Weys 13:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

Spoilers in Opera Articles

Hello. As you probably did not know, the {{spoiler}} tag has been deemed unneccesary for opera articles as discussed at WP:WPO. The reasoning was that the synopsis is present in the programmes, and the music is far more important than the plot. --Alexs letterbox 07:54, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Reasonable justification; thanks for the tip! ~ PseudoSudo 12:41, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

You've got a Thank you card!

Open your card!

Dear Pseudosudo, thank you so much for your beautiful words, your kidness and your trust in me. My Request for Adminship is finally over, and the support and appreciation that the community has gifted me will stick in my mind as long as I live. I have no way to properly express how grateful I am to you for all you've done for me, and all I can tell you is, I'll try not to disappoint you nor anyone else with my use of the buttons... and if I mess up, make sure to come here and give me a good yell! :) Seriously, tho, if you ever need my help, either for admin-related stuff or in any other way, you'll always be welcome to message me, and I promise I'll try my very best.
Despite I've never had the pleasure of talking to you until now, dear Pseudo, I really think the best gift that my RfA has given me is to meet people like you, as I see that you're a great editor and an awesome person. From this day on, I also consider you my friend, and I'd be happy and honored if you accept me as your own :) With a big hug, your friend,

Phaedriel ♥ tell me

Re: Bare link

Thanks for the tip! Snottygobble 05:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential! What's New? In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs. To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) In order to make sure all users who join Esperanza are welcomed, a list of volunteers who are willing to welcome new Esperanzians is at Wikipedia:Esperanza/Members#Esperanza_welcomers. Please add yourself if you are interested; we want to make sure all new Esperanza members are welcomed! The In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals page: Some proposals have been moved to the aforementioned "In development" section, some have been left as a proposal, and others have been archived. For those proposals that were a good idea but didn't necessarily constitute a program, General Esperanzial Actions has been created. Two small pieces of charter reform will be decided on in a straw poll at Wikipedia talk:Esperanza/Governance. One involves filling the position of any councillors who may leave, the other involves reforming the charter. Until cooperation with the Kindness Campaign is better defined, it remains as a proposed program. There is a page for discussing the front page redesign. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 05:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

URL syntax

Despite making many links, I never new that. (usually just copied and pasted from the address bar in a seperate tab) Thanks a bunch! -M^ask 02:32, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Heh, this is also a little late, but I just got your username... I was installing the new version of Pan and my Sudo didn't work. 'Heh, its a Pseudo Sudo!' was the thought process, followed by a giant, blinding lightbulb appearing over my head. -M^ask 04:19, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

User's ninth edit.

Speaking as a new editor, calling out someone's new status during an argument is offensive. I read Wikipedia and watched its internals for two years before I began editing it recently (I was a long-time critic). If a comment to an MfD is someone's ninth edit, why does that matter? It's not as if they created the account nine edits ago -- the account existed longer than the MfD was present -- just to comment on that page and look like they knew what they were talking about (or were "established").

Please reconsider before posting comments like "User's ninth edit." and "Account created one minute ago". I agree, it seems suspicious, but perhaps this user had a genuine reason not to have an account. I do not think you are assuming good faith here, and I feel you are biting the newcomers.

That's just my two cents. Everybody was new once. --JStalk 21:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I have to be rather firm about this one: Assume good faith is not an excuse to turn the other cheek at blatant sockpuppetry.

• Note the userpages: User:Funkyzeit, User:Mister Righteous, User:Rustag. Identical layout.
• Funkyzeit: {{welcome}}d himself, and another {{welcome}} to a user who had just vandalized; complete edit history spans five minutes.
• Rustag: complete edit history spans three minutes.
• Mister Righteous: edit with identical summary to Funkyzeit ("grammar" / "grammar"); excluding three edits made earlier, complete edit history spans nine minutes.

I assure you that none of them are newcomers; they all belong to one single user. In times like these when accurately measuring the consensus of the community is extremely important (especially in the situation we have here with the page on DRV), letting other users become aware of sockpuppetry is crucial. ~ PseudoSudo 22:39, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the explanation. I didn't heavily analyze Mister Righteous, which was actually the account I was concerned about. Good eye! My apologies. If I could rescind the comments on the MfD, I would. --JStalk 23:12, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Hehe thanks!

Just figured we might as well keep all the discussions in the same place, tho I agree that your post was more suitable for ANI. :) Syrthiss 14:39, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

It's actully going to go back to AN/I, but I'm revising the first paragraph to make the discussion fork clear; it'd be nice if the AN thread can actually get to some sort of consensus about what to do with userpages of indefinitely blocked users and not get turned upside down with what does need to be an AN/I post. ~ PseudoSudo 14:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair enough. I had been wondering what was up with the time lag between removing it on ANI and replacing it somewhere (AN or ANI). Syrthiss 15:00, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Ha, actually been spending the time playing with the NavFrame show/hide css classes. ~ PseudoSudo 15:02, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

No problem

No problem.--Andeh 03:20, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Good Job!

I didn't relise who we were dealing with on the AfD.

For you for taking down none other than Bobby Boulders. Æon ^{Insanity Now!}_EA! 18:12, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		you checkuser request on a user came back positive as none other than Bobby Boulders. Because of your quick action and insight he and several sockpuppets have been blocked. Good job. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 18:12, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		Your checkuser result is also warmly welcome by me. I feel this award is more approporate though. --Cat out 18:37, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Lorrainier SPA

If we're looking at single purpose accounts that seemed to jump into the WP:DENY debate argueing to delete LTA pages and CVU, user:Lorrainier exhibits the same patterns. Tell me what you think of the similarities in early behavior to that of Dr Chatterjee et al. Can add another RFCU request. This may be part of the vandals little war against eachother, getting eachothers LTA subpages deleted. I got some theories on this, but let me know (preferably on this talk page) what you think of Lorrainier's contribution style. --Kevin_b_er 19:17, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

You're not talking to an expert here, but, I mean, blatant, blatant throwaway; what, active ten days, 93% of contributions outside articlespace, the signature subtle irony ("attention freaks", "damned CVU", "against others wanting to deny recognition"); I'd honestly block as an obvious troll sock without going through the trouble of checkuser confirmation. If you've a lead or two that we're dealing with an entirely different entity here then a checkuser's not going to link the two, but it'd definitely be interesting what kind of data they can pull up on the underlying IP with respect to other known trolls. I'm still surprised that someone put that much effort into establishing Dr Chatterjee as an editor yet didn't think it necessary to keep strict to one sockpuppet per zombie. I'm also kicking myself in the shins for not pulling an nmap on that 71.107.251.78 address the moment I found it (first thought was that it was just a dynamic IP from that had been recently re-assigned), but whatever. Anyway, sure, try forwarding to checkuser. ~ PseudoSudo 10:26, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Nope, it's a Boulders sock. Just caught him on a slip; note the timestamp of the last edit of Jorge Rodriguesss, who I spent ten minutes reverting just now (note [4]), and the timestamp of the first edit of Lorrainier today. Three minute gap. Same guy. ~ PseudoSudo 21:44, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Re:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Striver

Fair enough, still should have been added to main page by candidate, or nominator with permission, not a voter. Petros471 12:27, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. ~ PseudoSudo 12:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:CURRENTHOUR

Template:CURRENTHOUR has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. っ 03:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't understand the message you left me. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 04:42, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors! What's New? September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves! Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there! The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Although having the newsletter appear on everyone's userpage is desired, this may not be ideal for everyone. If, in the future, you wish to receive a link to the newsletter, rather than the newsletter itself, you may add yourself to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Newsletter/Opt Out List.

Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy

Hi. You contributed to the discussion at Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy. If you have the time and interest, I'm asking contributors to past a brief summary of their position on the proposal here, thanks. Herostratus 20:13, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

for puncturing Willy's tyres on my talk page. MER-C 11:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Very welcome. ~ PseudoSudo 11:53, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

John Pelan

• I deleted it as an attack page because I didn't immediately see any revisions that were usable. I've just gone through the history and restored the page, sans abusive edit summaries and attack parts. Sorry if I caused any inconvenience. Hopefully that sets things right now. ♠PMC♠ 19:27, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

  No problems; thanks! ~ PseudoSudo 21:21, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!) Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach. Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins. What's New? The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one! A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

The last AC meeting (full log) The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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Disambig Link

Just a heads up, I changed the article in your sandbox to reflect a more accurate description of the membrane and so that it would no longer point to a disambiguation page. I hope you don't mind, and if it was a problem, please let me know. Otherwise, the article looks like it's coming along nicely. Cheers, PaddyM 22:23, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:UWLS

Hi,

You are down as a member of the WikiProject on user warning layout standardisation. I and a number of editors for the last couple of months have been working on the harmonisation of the current warning message templates, at WP:UW. I have spoken to a couple of other members of your project, and I would like to merge it and it's talk pages with ours. If you still have interest in the project or would like to participate or have any thoughts on the combined projects please let me know. Any other problems don't hesitate to give me a shout. Regards Khukri ^{(talk . contribs)} 10:55, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for fixing my user page! Paxsimius 15:44, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Very welcome. ~ PseudoSudo 15:45, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

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I didn't quite get your comment. Can you elaborate? Thanks. --²¹⁰physicq (c) 04:48, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I see. The RfA should not be speedied; it should have been closed per WP:SNOW or withdrawal, if the candidate does the latter. --²¹⁰physicq (c) 04:52, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

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WP:UW future?

Hi PseudoSudo,

Sorry for the blatant spam, but you have yourself down as interested at WikiProject user warnings WP:UW. There is a discussion on going here that might be of interest to you about the future of this project. There are two strawpolls on the talk pages and the second one is about the future of the WP:UW project. Now we have the end in sight we are looking at wrapping up the project and merging it with Template messages/User talk namespace WP:UTM and creating a one stop shop for all userspace templates. As you have yourself down as interested in this project we thought you may have some input on this issue, and would like you to visit the discussion and give any thoughts you may have on the matter. Cheers ^Khukri 10:33, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

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Talk Page Archiving

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deletion

Dear PseudoSudo

i created this wikipedia page below 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kjean11 and now i would like for you to delete my autobiography completely, i no longer would like it to be shown and would like for it to be deleted from wikipedia

thanks in advance

kesly jean — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kjean1199 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of TheStart

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ArbCom elections are now open!

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"Burwash:disambiguation" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Burwash:disambiguation. Since you had some involvement with the Burwash:disambiguation redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. DannyS712 (talk) 06:08, 2 January 2020 (UTC)