I'm so so so so so so sorry for advertising. I just didn't want viewers to be confused. And that orange bar "you have new messages (last change)" really FOOLED me. April Fools brings October Ghouls as they say (or as I say). Thanks! Nothing444 00:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that. I think they were mostly right. It's for the best of the encyclopedia. Keep up the good work, though! Basketball110 Talk 21:30, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding your report of Jimbo. I know it's April Fools. But there is a line between jokes and a nuisance. We have to check all reports, or remove them, and they take up time. I know it was just a joke, but be more wary in the future? We still do get actual vandals on April Fools as well, so AIV needs to work properly. No harm done though. :) Steve Crossin(talk to me) 14:45, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've responded to you on ANI; the difference between your groups and the Bathrobe group is that the BRC people are constructive contributors to the encyclopedia (mostly admins). Regards, Keilana|Parlez ici 22:26, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Did you see that the Smiley Cabal and the Nerd Cabal were both having a random article contest. Many of those articles have now been peer reviewed and improved now. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 11:56, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I recall that we chatted on 18 March about this sort of stuff - your behaviour is becoming highly disruptive once again. This is unfortunate - I had believed those issues were resolved and that we had somewhat of a better understanding and could move forward from that. I must admit I was waiting for the canvassing to occur, and had watchlisted a random talk page to flag to me when it had, but I was seriously hoping you would prove me wrong and show you had learned from past battles. My suggestion is to cool down, remember why you joined Wikipedia to start with, and look for and improve an area of mainspace which could do with some attention. Otherwise you're going to be looking at a topic ban. Orderinchaos 13:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When was I canvassing? All I did was let people who had taken part in the discussion know of the new survey. You shouldn't have reverted my comments. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 13:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When disruption occurs, it's the duty of an admin to undo the damage. Canvassing guideline clearly says: "messages that are written to influence the outcome rather than to improve the quality of a discussion compromise the consensus building process and are generally considered disruptive". This is exactly what you were doing, and it was so manifestly obvious that when I saw the "survey", it was just a matter of waiting to see how many minutes you could wait before increasing your already-not-so-good 51% user-to-other-space edit ratio. (As a contrast, mine isn't even 10%.) Orderinchaos 13:27, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest Orderinchaos read the message DT left. It was completely neutral, and wasn't biased in any way shape or form. I've re-added it to everyone's page. Majorly (talk) 13:39, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sample bias, not the message itself, was the issue. Anyway, I've thoroughly exhausted my "two wrongs don't make a right" quota for the evening so I'm leaving that one right alone for now. Orderinchaos 13:57, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Mass spamming messages to people only on one side of a debate is canvassing. And as I have commented on ANI, a better method of getting these pages restored is WP:DRV. -- Naerii 15:22, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My message was not biased one bit. All I said was that there was an ongoing discussion! - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 16:00, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Pull the other one. Your message was only sent to people who supported your POV - a clear case of canvassing. -- Naerii 16:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
NO it was not! I sent it to George the Dragon (the original complainer) and DGG, both of whom favor deletion. As I was working my way through them, the new message bar popped up. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 16:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There was over half an hour between your last notification and Orderinchaos' comment here. -- Naerii 17:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
WP:AN#Cabals, part 2. There's an RFC in the making. Just notifying you in case you don't check AN, as I'd like to have the entire community (or at least a lot of opinions) in this. Cheers, —Preceding unsigned comment added by Master of Puppets (talk • contribs) 17:14, 2 April 2008
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Please don't forget the Wikipedia mission of building an encyclopedia. Over your last 500 edits, just under 40 of the edits have been to articles (this also doesn't take into account all your deleted edits). Please try to focus on article editing for a bit and try to remember that situations such as this one aren't always worth the stress and aggravation that they bring. Metros (talk) 19:25, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like someone created a seperate wiki just for cabals. I guess you can host your cabals there until Wikipedia has it settled. Nothing444 20:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've heard the latest. There on requests for comments. But you might want to host your cabals here for now, until the dispute is settled. Nothing444 21:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yea. And again, you might want to put your cabal on the wiki for cabals until the dispute is settled. I just created an account for it under the same name. You should to, so we know your Diligent Terrier from Wikipedia. Nothing444 21:46, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Vanished user 342562. You have new messages at Nothing444's talk page. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Yea, but that is just temporary. The admin said on the mainage that its only a "temporary wiki". Nothing444 22:39, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ceck the mainpage history. It said "Admin" did it. It looks like "Admin" created it. Nothing444 22:53, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on [[ Talk:Image:001 AWB illustrations for AWB manual.png|the talk page]] explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. pete 17:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. Is there anywhere in particular you would like to start? jj137(talk) 20:52, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not really. I know I'm a long way off, so I would like some advice as to where I should start. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 22:12, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK... there's plenty of "admin" areas you can work in. The busiest are probably CAT:CSD and WP:AFD, because articles are consistently being listed and deleted (or decided with otherwise). CAT:PROD seems to always have a backlog, and WP:RFPP will sometimes. I think RFA contributors place a lot of weight on activity in those areas (aah, yes, vandalism reverting is good too, I forgot that), so if you do a good job with CSD tagging, PROD tagging, reasonable requests at RFPP, etc., editors will generally support you. They like to see work in many areas (the more the better, it seems), so you don't just want to participate heavily in a single area. I'm not sure exactly what areas of work you are active in now, but participating in any of the above would be a fine place to start. In the mean time, I'm going to create a user subpage where I can basically just ask you questions and explain things (some things are probably better not cluttered). jj137(talk) 00:13, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My apologies. When I removed it I thought it was one of those "Please leave a response on my talk page because I'm too lazy to look at your own page" templates. Which I could just about eat. I called it a talk back cuz thats the code I saw and didnt put 2 and 2 together. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 23:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, I actually do this because I dislike the fragmented discussion bit where it looks like you are having a discussion with yourself on someone else's talk page, which makes the discussion hard to follow. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 23:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ya, and I prefer that. I always watch others talkpages until my convo with them is done so it;s not everywhere. I just glanced at the template and there is a mimic (I'm lookin for it right now) and it went on about how they were too busy to keep convos on one space and they would just reply where ever they saw you editting. I'm not trying to start and argument here, but why would anyone else need to read my convos with others? §hep • ¡Talk to me! 23:23, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Instead of just removing the FAQ from the Obama talkpage, how about discussing it, especially when your removal is reverted? The article is plagued by the same questions over and over and being able to point to a place where they've been answered is helpful to the editors. No one is stopped from commenting, but it's not reasonable to expect us to have to repeat the answer over and over. I didn't write the FAQ, by the way, but it represents a fair amount of work that I think should be discussed rather than just trashed. I'm sure people will be happy to discuss it with you - best on Talk: Barack Obama so we can hear from others. Tvoz|talk 22:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please be a little more discriminate when tagging pages with maintenance templates. {{expand}} should generally not be used on stubs, that's what stub templates are for. In this case you tagged an article as {{tooshort}} and {{expand}}. Toochort is about the lead section, so it makes no sense for a stub. {{cleanup}} is only used in place of more specific tags, so it is just redundant in combination with things like copyedit tags. Mr.Z-man 22:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey thanks for your message on the FAR page. I'm ready and willing to "change", as Mr. Obama says so often (sorry, I couldn't resist!). I'll work with you, DiligentTerrier, and others but until the article is more netural, I will also keep my vote of removal. There are many people on that page that are preventing the article from having a more neutral tone. I'll start looking for some critical things about the Senator, and we need to being getting rid of the quotes used to describe his poisitions. Any help you provide would be appreciated. Thanks, Happyme22 (talk) 16:47, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think the tags you added are appropriate. NPOV is one thing, COI is another entirely. And clean up? I think that's a bit much for an Featured Article. Obviously the overall content of the article hasn't changed much since making FA, and it's hard to imagine it would pass if it needed a "clean-up". Grsz11 17:50, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, I am just writing to inform you that we have apparently been conducting the Barack Obama FAR incorrectly. Your vote of "keep" or "remove" should be struck out and reinserted when the nomination moves into FARC (per the directions at WP:FAR). I was just notified of this myself; please see the bottom of the FAR page for more. Thanks, Happyme22 (talk) 22:55, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have seen a bot that fixes grammar usage, like changing a -> an when the next word starts with a vowel. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 15:32, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I have seen that. I'm sorry I haven't been around to comment on that, my real life has kind of crept up on me lately. As far as i can see you haven't done anything wrong regarding the cabals. I hope this hasn't dampened your enthusiasm, 'cause your a great contributor, and wikipedia's lucky to have you. Reece(Talk)(Contributions) 17:23, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK, both of your userpages are kind of a mess. Is it OK if I help you make them look a little better? - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 17:41, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
sure, dont change anything though...--B.L.A.Z.E (talk) 18:30, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I say delete secret pages. They don't help the encyclopedia. Sorry, but my wiki philosophy is a deletionist. Whats your wiki philosophy? Nothing444Go Irish! 18:49, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I have a recovered my son from Autism. So that alone is a controversial statement. I would like to get information about Autism to be more up to date on Wikipedia and especially some treatments that are listed as options updated. The articles are very out of date especially as a client having experiences them. So I have a lot of POV and personal experience but have meet with very little success converting this information to fact and into articles.
So I need coaching on how to get fact and remove some of the fiction from Wiki around Autism and Autism treatment.
Please let me know if you would help, Ezrah 001 (talk) 21:39, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I tried but I have possibly the worst camera ever. Every image I got was too dark or too blurry to tell who the person was. I dropped to the lower levels hoping to get some pregame games and the security team didn't appreciate that at all. The one pic that did turn out was of Lebron...go figure. For the lighting all my images came out really sucky. Sorry. §hep • ¡Talk to me! 22:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hahaha no friend, you can choose. You are most gracious to be doing this. Happyme22 (talk) 01:05, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for that. I am "happy" to have worked with you, somewhat, on Obama's article (and I don't think I'll be going back there anytime soon).
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I'm writing in in pywikipediabot. It will userfy controversial pages that don't belong in proper namespace. Nothing444Go Irish! 23:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its automatic. Say a userbox in template namespace would say "i hate wikipedia". Well, it would reconginze that phrase and userfy it. Much better than the old fashion way. Nothing444Go Irish! 23:40, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Because I partially live there, and, furthermore, am expanding the encyclopedia. Why do you ask? Basketball110pick away... 23:52, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Partially. I live in Romania during the summer. Texas is my main home, but I also consider Romania my home. Basketball110pick away... 23:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK. Now I see. Do you have internet access in Romania? Also, what do you think of the newsletter I just sent out? - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 00:16, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I did have internet access this past summer, but I'm not sure about this year. I really liked the newsletter. Basketball110pick away... 00:44, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I had your page watched, and saw you update your articles created list. Do you know Romanian? - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 16:08, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry I didn't get back to you. You sign up right where you asked where to. If that makes no sense tell me please. Thanks! 4M4|Go here 01:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Are you still adopting? I have read through your page, and wondered if you might be able to adopt me. I have been working on Wiki for a long time, with some projects similar to yours, but realize that I do not not have as much knowledge as I probably should. If you have space left, please let me know!! OnFire4Jesus (talk) 16:30, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
So do I just ask you questions about what I have trouble with? I hear you are a very knowledgeable editor that has similar views as I do, and I definately would like to learn EVERYTHING you could teach me!! Thanks! I can't wait to get started. OnFire4Jesus (talk) 12:01, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, I saw your conversation with Basketball110 where you asked about the homeschooling newsletter. Yes, I can use some help with that, but I just sent one out. The next one should be going out in about a week, and I could use some help. Can you join the project? - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 16:12, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll go ahead an opt you in, and adopt you since it sounds like that is what you would like. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 16:15, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I would be happy to help some with the newsletter. What do you need done?OnFire4Jesus (talk) 12:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You should really join the project first, and then just monitor the activity of the project (such as our progress on articles) and write about it when the time comes. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 16:28, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't sure what I would need to be adopted for, but one of my edits (minor change) to the MySQL article was reverted, and the person who did it doesn't seem like they want to provide much answers about it. Maybe you could help me with this? Axecution (talk) 01:11, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not very familiar with MySQL, but the information you added might have looked like vadalism to the editor at first glance. If the editor that reverted your edit can't provide a valid reason behind doing so, I'd go ahead and add it back. Anyway, I can also adopt you if you'd like. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 16:18, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What do you want from me, man? You're the one that has been rude, with bodering me 10 times with a stupid question. I have signed out of I don't know what about 3 months ago and you wake up today and try to boder me. Paulinho28 (talk) (talk) 17:44, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Then tell me why do you keep bodering me? Act like a man. I have seen other administrators acting like you do and you abuse other users.
By the way, since you removed my barnstar I have deleted my autograph from your 'book'. Paulinho28 (talk) 17:44, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK, Diligent Terrier & Paulinho28, ive been monitoring this conversation for a short-time period. This is just petty. You're getting annoyed at each other over something trivial. Why cant you guys just get over it, and move on. Stop being petty and start building an encyclopedia. FiveYears 17:59, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I wish we could do this, but personal attacks are not tolerated especially when a user has been blocked four times in the past for harassing users, and used sockpuppets to vandalize the administrator pages who have warned him in the past. I have reported him to the administrators. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 18:15, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note that reverting talk page notices onto a page repeatedly like you did last night is considered disruptive - according to WP:USER you can take it as having been read if it is removed. I also think that removing the barnstar like some form of bargaining tool to get a response was somewhat immature. I know that you're interested in becoming an admin one day - but the quickest ticket to a failed RfA is behaving like this in a room full of admins - diffs as evidence at such things are immensely powerful and can come back to bite you and attract "pile-on" oppose votes. The community has had issues in the past with admins who have been unduly aggressive and defensive, and are unlikely to support a new one of the same cut unless things radically change between now and then in the approach you bring to conflicts (having conflicts is unavoidable in a community environment, managing them is a skill). Orderinchaos 23:51, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If he wants his signature out, he should have a right to take it off. The replacement line that I've added is the best option: it allows his signature to be taken out but it preserves the order that you desired. Can you explain why you believe that it is "ridiculous"? I believe it is a very fair compromise. Metros (talk) 21:48, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Because I decided I no longer wished to participate in the WikiProject. Why else would I remove it? Please, quit asking. -- PEPSI2786talk 03:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm currently taking a bit of a break, and haven't been doing a lot of edits lately. I probably will get back into it in another couple of weeks. I've looked over some of your contributions and discussions. So far I've been impressed. I think you could be right for me, if your up for waiting a bit more. I'll look over some more of your editing style and contributions and let you know in a week or so. If that's ok with you.--Sparkygravity (talk) 21:01, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. I'm really sorry I didn't post this sooner, but it didn't occur to me until just now. The deletion of one or more "cabals" in your userspace is at WP:DRV, you may want to see the discussion or comment. Keilana|Parlez ici 23:14, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wow! I wasn't expecting this many co-noms! If you could, could you please expand it a little, so the voters can really understand your reason for nomination (you don't have to, though, it's good right now). STORMTRACKER94 Go Irish! 18:31, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to invite you to consider taking part in the AGF Challenge which has been proposed for use in the RfA process [1] by User: Kim Bruning. You can answer in multiple choice format, or using essay answers, or anonymously. You can of course skip any parts of the Challenge you find objectionable or inadvisable.--Filll (talk) 19:30, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oops! I had copied and pasted that from the old collaboration page, and I forgot to change the link. Thanks for pointing that out! - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 19:55, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I noticed that you adopted her. She thought that your supposed to have an adoption program to adopt, which is why she thought I quit. May we both adopt her?--RyRy5 (talk) 20:00, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just a minor note, but do you realize that the second ("Terrier") part of your sig also links to your user page like the first ("Diligent") part does, and not to your talk page as appears to be intended? --Shruti14tcs 23:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I saw how you did B.L.A.Z.E.'s userpage and was wondering: Could you do mine with a nice orange background and some white text? RC-0722247.5/1 19:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral. Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations. Thank you again, VanTucky
You are close to violating the No Personal Attacks policy of Wikipedia in the discussion of the Ron Paul templates deletion: Using someone's affiliations as a means of dismissing or discrediting their views — regardless of whether said affiliations are mainstream. Your remark "It looks as though User:John J. Bulten (a.k.a. JJB) has been canvassing several other Ron Paul fans not only to this discussion, but also to other related ones" appears to try and discredit JJB and other keep votes due to an alleged affiliation (note that you have no way of knowing who's a fan of Ron Paul and who isn't, so your very argument is specious). If you continue to make remarks such as this, you will be brought before WP:ANI for disciplinary action. Comment on the template, not the contributor. Thanks. Buspar (talk) 21:52, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Umm, Buspar, John hasn't exactly been reluctant to reveal his position on Ron Paul, check out his user page sometimes. While John might be a little aggressive in his defense of articles and other pages related to Ron Paul, he's made an effort to fit into the community here and doesn't run to ANI over the every little slight. Also, DT, as a side note, while we all enjoy trolling the Paulites from time to time, a couple of templates that even some of the more pro-Ron Paul editors have removed from articles aren't worth starting a war over, just my 2 cents. Burzmali (talk) 12:19, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but personal attacks are what WP:ANI is meant to cover. Any attempt to marginalize another editor's views because of their affiliations (Republican, Democrat, Muslim, Jewish, etc.) is discriminatory and shows a lack of interest in working toward consensus, a trait necessary to being a responsible editor. You would do well to remember this. Buspar (talk) 15:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to be a bit mistaken about what all happened here, Buspar. I noticed that JJB was cross posting to all of the editors of the template. This is called canvassing, which is discouraged. Anyone who edits a template or article is very likely to favor keeping it in an AfD discussion. I'm completely for notifying the initial contributor, but most respected editors will agree that what John J. Bulten (a.k.a. JJB) did is canvassing. You also need keep in mind that Wikipedia is not a game; a few comments you made on JJB's talk page seem to constitute how to play "WikiPolitics" [2], where you also completely misrepresented what I said, making it look like I made the personal attack. WP:AGF is another page you might want to have a look at; your original comment here was rather aggressive at an established editor such as myself. Keep these suggestions in mind when editing in the future. Cheers! - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 20:16, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'd be especially careful when talking about what other editors have done. What you said about me on John J. Bulten's "friends" page was completely false, and is ... well ... lying. So start assuming good faith, and when dealing with established editors, I would suggest you make sure you at least give them a chance to give their side of the situation before misrepresenting their comments, or flat out lying about the situation. Happy editing in the future! - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 20:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your kind words also. And about User:Writergirlrocks, you can adopt her, I am in no position to adopt yet. Just remember inform her. Cheers.--RyRy5 (talk) 20:43, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry I forgot to respond to you on that. :) I've kind of been busy in real life lately. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 20:47, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Don't forget to change the password for EvanS (talk·contribs). The one I set still seems to be active. - auburnpilottalk 21:49, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for supporting my recent request for adminship which was successful with 89 supports, 0 opposes, and 2 neutrals. Unfortunately all I can offer is this lame text thanks rather than some fancy-smancy thank-you spam template thingy. I was very pleased to receive such strong support and to hear so many nice comments from editors whom I respect. I’ll do my best with the tools, and if you ever see me going astray don’t hesitate to drop a note on my talk page. Thanks again for your support!--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 03:54, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I caught you on RC signing my guestbook. Anyway, you do know that your signature doesn't have a your talkpage link on it right, but there are 2 links on your sig that leads to your userpage, right?--RyRy5 (talk) 20:19, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I can do that. But before you deliver the other ones, you should probably know that the Chiefs are a football team, ad the cavs are basketball :). RC-0722247.5/1 21:29, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I knew the Cavs were b-ball, but I had added them later after I put "baseball." :( Apparently I was also mistaken when I saw the Chiefs are in the MLB. OK, well just let me know. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 21:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I like the pictures you added. Do you think I should remove the lighthouse pic? It now looks a bit crowded, but I wanted a second opinion. When did you want to send out the newsletter? APKyada yada 01:13, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Glad to hear that. I'm OK with leaving the lighthouse photo, but you can make that decision. Or, perhaps every month we could use the featured photo from Portal:North Carolina ? Anyway, I'll send it out if you think it's ready. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 16:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It looks like the portal hasn't been updated for quite a while. I guess we can use the lighthouse picture this newsletter and use a different photo each time. I think the newsletter looks complete, so send it out whenever you get the chance. Thanks. APKyada yada 17:09, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Perhaps the WP:GM stuff, but that'll be in a few days. I noticed this. Did someone nominate it? Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 22:28, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No. If any of the cabals were exclusive, it would be that one, because it requires users to submit a photo of themselves in a bathrobe. Looks like there's even a big argument over the qualifications of the photo. But there are several admins in that cabal, and it is likely they will all favor keeping it and close the MfD early. Even though it may be improving articles (something it says it does, but there is no proof), it seems obvious to me that the Giant Panda and Nerd Cabals were more productive. Well, should we nominate it? - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 22:36, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the middle of science class (real life) a few weeks ago, I thought about nominating it for speedy deletion. There has to be a legitamate reason for the deletion, though. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 22:42, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, I don't think speedy deletion will work. I'd normally say nominate it through WP:PROD, but I can't see that working. I think our only choice would be to MfD it. Do you want to do that? - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 22:45, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A few points:
1) All cabals are bad ideas. If you want something done, find a taskforce, or create a workforce.
2) We are dealing w/ admins. The MfD might be snowballed.
3) I'd like to see proof that there is proof, or isn't. Perhaps scanning the users' contribs for any edit summary mention of the cabal.
4) I'm in so much Wikitrouble now that...
A) if I get in anymore, I might be blocked
B) I really couldn't care less if I did (get blocked)
5) I won't nom it, but I'll support deletion (as goes for all those other cabals out there).
You can weigh these, and make your decision of what to do. Choose wisely, and let the WikiForce be w/ you. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 23:00, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Furthermore... just when I found something that was useful to Wikipedia, someone goes along and deletes it (the link, click it)! Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 23:03, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It was a WikiProject that helped get articles that were deleted (that didn't need to be deleted in the first place) restored. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 23:09, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I had a few altercations w/ User:Riana, User:Ryan Postlethwaite... was accused of vandalism to User:CBM with a sockpuppet and denied it, even though it was true, and mostly admittied to it in the end... been accused of canvassing many many times (once by User:CBM, and to this day I don't believe it was canvassing). However, I have never caused problems in mainspace, and do not intend to cause it any harm. All those things are where they deserve to be... (other than my talk page archives...) in the past. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 23:24, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's a joke. "Tips" are... 1) Money given aside the employers payment or 2) constructive comments. Simply humor that, obviously, isn't funny. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 21:46, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, now I see. So, are you going to nominate that cabal for deletion? - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 21:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, I might drop by the RfC, and suggest somethings. Did you know that User:LaraLove retired? Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 21:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
About LaraLove: look @ history. A retired user reverted her edits, saying she was retired. She's not active, though, which can be seen @ contribs. Hold on, and let me look at the ubx. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 22:01, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You're not really going to retire, are you? I just created a new page that I was going to invite you to. - DiligentTerrier(and friends) 22:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am touched, but for now anyway, I think it is best for me to leave. I probably won't be gone for very long... I'm a severe Wikipediholic, but I will do everything I can to stop myself. I might need to get someone to protect my page... Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 22:30, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll be back, but it may not be soon. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 22:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm very touched, but I think I've made up my mind, for now anyway. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 22:47, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've left comments at your petition. Basketball110My story/Tell me yours 01:48, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nah, I'd rather do it on my own for now. There's only 6 members in the Lakers WikiProject, and I just made a script to make the task easier. When there's at least 15 members, I'll notify you about the bot. Thanks! Thisisborin9sign here! 19:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply] P.S. Do you mean Newsletterbot? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thisisborin9 (talk • contribs) 19:48, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing444 00:36, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Done - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 21:35, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
- DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:21, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Doing... - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 18:37, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
