User talk:Bibliomaniac15/Archive 11

Twilight (2008 film)

Hello there. I don't know if you're familiar with the Twilight book series, but if not, I'll try to sum up: they're very popular, and the first novel has been adapted for the screen. I recently started working on its page, and as its release date (Dec 12) draws nearer, I think that the level of vandalism will begin to increase. I know semi-protection can't be applied in anticipation of vandalism, but I just thought I'd give a heads-up to an admin so that when the vandalism gets frequent, as I think it will, such an action can be executed swiftly. Thanks, Cliff smith ^talk 20:38, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

October 2008: RfA

Hey, Bibliomaniac. I'd like to be an admin, but I wonder if Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship is the way to go. If so, I'll read up on it and study it. Also, I'd like to ask you for a favour; is my history going to effect my nomination? Lastly, where can I find someone who would nominate me? Thanks for all your help, A _talk 22:00, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

Reply to RfA

Thanks an awful lot; I'll remember additions to edit summaries and remain neutral and impartial. Thanks for the tip, a lot! A _talk 21:03, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey

Hey man, what's going on. I'm doing pretty good now, really getting back into editing a lot. I went through some rough stuff during that hiatus...man, it lasted like a year all told. I felt really bad about that, but I just got hammered with crap. But I've really found a passion for Wikipedia again, albeit in an entirely different section from where I used to work. I'm really into pro wrestling now, and there's so much on the project to do. It's a lot of fun to work on and it's definitely a big subject. Gives me something to do when I'm not watching it :) I'm flexing those admin muscles lately, too; doing a lot of RC and NP patrolling. I just wish I hadn't had to spend a year dealing with all sorts of mess to get into this groove. All's well that ends well, though. How's things on your end? Cheers, DoomsDay 21:55, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Nice job. You deserve it, getting all those RFA's going. By now you're probably responsible for half the admins on this project :). If you're ever looking for a good place to gnome about, WP:PW could sure use the help ;). Cheers, DoomsDay 22:02, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Biblio coached me, so add me to that half. Useight (talk) 22:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

That would be a great stretch. If any thing, half of the admins now would be Wizardman admins. bibliomaniac15 22:59, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Mentor Help

Hey, Bibliomaniac. I saw your name on the mentors' list, and I was wondering if you could help to check out my first GAN review. I looked over the article "Palau at the 2008 Summer Olympics," and I only found minor problems (all of which were quite quickly addressed by Basement12, the article's chief editor), so I think it's a go for "Pass." However, again, I'd like to see how meticulous I actually was from a fresh pair of eyes.

What do you think?

--Starstriker7(^{Dime algo}_{or see my works}) 06:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

A request

Bibliomaniac15, I wanted to let you know about a situation that's arisen with Lenticel, whom you conominated for adminship. (I'm posting this same message to Wizardman, the other nominator.) If you have a moment, would you take a look at Talk:Chocolate Hills, and then at the note I left on Lenticel's talk page?

Lenticel hasn't responded in any way to my note, though he's edited since I left it. I prefer to try to resolve issues on Wikipedia through direct interaction with acquaintances, where possible, since that seems more personal and more likely to be friendly (and successful). If you agree with me that Lenticel should consider saying something conciliatory to Malleus, would you post something to that effect on Lenticel's talk page? I've never interacted with him, and he may consider me a busybody; he knows you and might pay more heed to a note from you.

If you don't think any response from Lenticel is warranted, that's fine, though I'd be interested to get your take on it. Malleus hasn't retired, but he's stated he'll be pulling back from volunteer work as a result of this incident (which he indicated was just the last straw, rather than the entire reason for his disillusionment). Malleus is a top-flight editor, and I'd like to give him hope that problems can be successfully resolved in a friendly way here on Wikipedia.

Thanks -- Mike Christie (talk) 15:50, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Renaming of User:Carlos5053 to User: Christina Mendez

Back on October 5, you marked as "Done" a request by User:Carlos5053 to be renamed User: Christina Mendez. However, the latter still does not seem to be an account (see [1]). The user has moved her user and talk pages to the latter name, but I've had to move them back because it doesn't actually exist. What else would need to be done for this move to go through? ... discospinster _talk 02:38, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Bot

How do you make a Bot? I've read how to but I don't understand. Please reply. Thank You! Over-Anilizer (talk) 03:38, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank You! Over-Anilizer (talk) 03:44, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

RfD nomination of User:Urban Rose/ED

I have nominated User:Urban Rose/ED (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 20:05, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Admin Coaching

Pings :) NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 21:01, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Ditto ;) [ roux ] [x] 21:14, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

And again :) NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 03:08, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Hold your horses, man! I've got it on a tab. bibliomaniac15 03:11, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Where am I, and why am I holding this horse? ;) [ roux ] [x] 03:22, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

<tears out hair in desperation, grabs cattle prod> bibliomaniac15 03:24, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

THANK YOU SIR MAY I HAVE ANOTHER [ roux ] [x] 03:59, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Is two days enough? In anycase, ping! NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 01:34, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Rename

I tried this SUL rename Iona → Jonah.ru, and the usurp works but the Iona → Jonah.ru part doesn't. What do you make of it? I'm also not sure what to do with the top most SUL request--borderline to me. — Rlevse • Talk • 03:23, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Template:WelcomeShout

Something is amiss with this template. Where it says "leave me a message on my talk page," and you are supposed to be connected to the talk page of the person who left the welcome message, you are instead connected to this. My attempt to fix it did not work. Any ideas? ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 03:23, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your response, and for fixing the template. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 06:18, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

One More Time

Hello again, Bibliomaniac.

I think I've almost got the hang of this GA Reviewer thing. May I request your position on one more good article nomination? --Starstriker7(^{Dime algo}_{or see my works}) 04:30, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

I'll take a look at it tomorrow. It's getting late over here. bibliomaniac15 05:52, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Deletion of Oxford Newspaper Clipping1934.pdf

Dear B15,

Please could you reinsate the above file that you summarily deleted.

Its contents are refered to in the page Alfred Brotherston Emden where it refers to the date of the completion of the quad - namely in the sentence - "Emden oversaw the restoration of the old buildings of the Hall and the completion of the quad in 1934 with buildings on its southside.[4]", with reference ...

• [4] Anon. 1934

References

Anon. (1934) Hall and College, Newspaper clipping <LINK TO PDF HERE> dated 11 October found pasted inside the front cover of a library copy of Emden (1927)

and ...

Selected bibliography

Emden, A.B. [1927] (1968) An Oxford hall in medieval times : being the early history of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 322 p.

Many thanks, Oxonhutch (talk) 20:59, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Xpression FM

Hi B15. In March our University radio page was deleted. The reasons were to do with being unimportant and insignificant. I fail to understand this for an establishment in existance since 1976. Also, for the following reasons. We have many more members (as seen here http://www.studentradio.org.uk/stations/) than some of those stations whose Wiki pages still exist. Also, we have great value to our many alumni, including ex-DJ Thom Yorke. Our name Xpression FM appears in many other existing articles. Also, our campus newspaper (same target audience) does have a page (see where Xpression FM redirects). Is there chance of re-instating this article. What was the subjective reasoning for its deletion, when some of our less established counterparts had pages retained, and when importance is indicated in existing articles.

If the article needs to meet criteria, please can i have access to it in order to bring it up to standard. Thank you for your time

91.84.72.10 (talk) 00:33, 29 October 2008 (UTC) Xpressionfm Programme Controller

Request for advice

I am canvassing a few bureaucrats about an issue. My personal ID now appears on a certain "watch" site. I have been outed, to put it bluntly. I'm actually not sure why I am considered a "leader" of "the hive." Should I go ahead and post my real name on my user page? My real concern is for family members' privacy. Bearian (talk) 18:10, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia announces launch of new Valued pictures project

The official VP seal

The project goes live for nominations on 10 November, 2008 at 0:00 UTC

This Wikipedia Valued pictures project sets out to identify and encourage users' efforts in providing valuable images of high encyclopedic value, and to build up a resource for editors from other Wikimedia projects seeking such educational images for use online. The project also provides recognition to contributors who have made an effort to contribute enyclopedic images of difficult subjects which are very hard or nigh on impossible to obtain. The project will run alongside the existing Wikipedia Featured pictures and Picture peer review projects.

Please visit Valued picture candidates to nominate an image, or to help review the nominations. Anyone with an account on Wikipedia is welcome to nominate images, and also to take part in the open review process.

The Wikipedia valued picture project has opened for nominations. Please feel free to nominate an image at WP:VPC today!

Elucidate ^{(parlez à moi)} Ici pour humor 17:00, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the barnstar. I look at help pages occasionally, but it seems that others do a great job of answering questions, and have access to handy cut and paste answers, so I'm not sure if I shouldn't leave it to them to provide the answers. Other "regulars" on those pages have more expertise, too. In this case it was an oddball question, so I looked into it. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 01:53, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

My username change

Thanks! Yowuza Talk 2 me! 12:04, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: Xpression FM

Have made slight amendments to Xpression FM, in the style of sister station 1449AM URB. Is this acceptable? It appears to adhere to notability standard, though some deletion from moderators occured during creation. Why might this be?

91.84.72.10 (talk) 00:33, 29 October 2008 (UTC) Xpressionfm Programme Controller

SUL : Footmark > Trace

On this page you replied to my account usurpation request : Not done : You only have 25 edits, while the user "Trace" on the French Wikipedia has 610. Therefore, the fr.wiki user has a better claim to this username than you do.
The thing is I am the Trace user on the french wiki. I prove it by adding a line about this on my talk page.
I emailed the current user, placed a request on its talk page.
I now hope to be allowed to usurp this account. Thank you.
Footmark (talk) 23:41, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes. Thanks for your support in my RFA!! • If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy • ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 19:37, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

East718

Did you read the discussion on his page "Messages left on your talk page". I dont think he wants his page to be protected. His bot seems to be doing a fine job rving and handing out the blocks. 211.30.109.24 (talk) 06:43, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

re Clio

There, there. I'm sure she's doing fine because Clio is irrepressible. And you're in good company, :) – you're here. Julia Rossi (talk) 08:00, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Halo 3 marketing GAN

I've addressed your concerns so far. Thanks for the review! Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 16:05, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Big thanks for the copyedit. Whenever it goes to FAC (won't be for a while :P) I'll let you know. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 01:30, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Psshh. When my non-VG noms don't get much love, it forces me back to them new-fangled gameathings :P Yeah, Myst V is in the pipeline, but I might tack into Fable too, who knows... I've just got to start getting some GA's for my featured topics. :) Cheers, Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^(talk) 01:45, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Worms (family)

Sorry but the disambiguation page is not the same thing than this. Im not historian but I think this family have played an important role in the french history like the De Wendel family or the Schneider family. There are an entry for the Bush family. Why not for the Worms family ? Could you restore this page please ? --Pixeltoo (talk) 19:38, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

The Jewish Encyclopedia was a book «published in between 1901 and 1906.» «It is now a public domain resource.» Isn't it ? See also the {{Jewish Encyclopedia}} --Pixeltoo (talk) 00:24, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Closing RfAs/RfBs

Re: [2]. I think those categories are already part of the relevant templates, i.e. {{Rfap}}, {{Rfaf}} etc. WJBscribe (talk) 00:13, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

:P bibliomaniac15 00:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

User:NuclearWarfare/Admin Coaching

I'm out of questions, really. Next section time? - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 03:54, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Request move

Just noticed that this page: Ctenosaura quinquecariniata is spelled wrong...it should be Ctenosaura quinquecarinata, can you move it/rename it/do the Admin thing to it? Thanks.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 04:55, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

'Tis done. Biblio beat me to it be like 5 seconds :P

Also, biblio, I responded on ADCO page. - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 05:03, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks...I think the confusion came when the only ref on that page was ITIS and it is spelled wrong on the ITIS page. Someone obviously meant well.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 05:04, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		Thank you for contributing to my "greatest" poll on the Reference Desk! --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 05:02, 13 November 2008 (UTC))

Poor Roux :(

Please see this message I left for you at Roux's ADCO page. - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 00:07, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the support!

Thanks for supporting me at my successful Rfa! Hope to work with you in the future!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 17:36, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Question about user renaming

Hello. I'd like to know if it's possible to ask you to rename a user without listing his username at WP:CHU. The reason for this is the user doesn't want his username to appear in the archive. Thanks. Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 03:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Great, I'll e-mail you as soon as I'm ready. Thanks! Daniil Maslyuk (talk) 03:58, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Zenman

Thanks for having changed my username. Yes, I am Zenman on fr.wiki.--Zenman (talk) 12:18, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

GA reform redux

I've recently had a chat with a couple of the contributors, and we think it may be worth revisiting the GA reform proposal put together by the working party during the Summer. Since you contributed to the proposal's development, I was wondering if you'd care to comment? I've left a brief recap at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Good articles/Reform#GA reform redux; your input would be much appreciated. Thank you, EyeSerene^talk 13:28, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Hello

Hi Bibliomaniac! My name is Zac and I was wondering if you or somebody else you know could help me out with WP:ADMINCOACHING. I think you did it for iMatthew, well me and him are good friends and it turned out pretty good for him. So thank you for your time and if you could help me, great if not, could you tell me of someone that could. Thanks and best wishes! SteelersFan94 19:03, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi

I seem to be back. Want to resume? roux   22:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Yay, Roux is back :)

Also, I'm ready too :) - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 01:57, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you

Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. Mizu onna sango15

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'Bout that time?

It seems that the drama has momentarily subsided, and everyone is in a good mood at the moment, do you think now would be a good time for my RfA nom? - Adolphus79 (talk) 17:33, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

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RfA thanks

		The RfA Barnstar
		Bibliomaniac15, I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent Request for Adminship, which passed with 112 supports, 4 opposes and 5 neutrals. A special mention goes out to Stwalkerster and Pedro for nominating me, thanks a lot for having trust in me! In response to the neutrals, I will try to double check articles that have been tagged for speedy deletion before I CSD them and will start off slowly with the drama boards of ANI and AN to ensure that I get used to them. In response to the oppose !votes on my RfA, I will check that any images I use meet the non-free content criteria and will attempt to handle any disputes or queries as well as I can. If you need my help at all, feel free to simply ask at my talk page and I'll see if I can help. Once again, thank you for your participation, and have a great day! :) The Helpful One 22:19, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

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ADCO

Hey, if you aren't too busy, I just wanted to ping you about updating my ADCO page. - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 01:27, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I wasn't sure if you noticed or not, but I answered the questions on my ADCO page. - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 20:47, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Patience, my padawan. bibliomaniac15 21:03, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

/me has free time for the first time in forever and is very energetic, even after Black Friday, for some reason. It might be the two bowls of ice cream. :D - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 21:23, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

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I was just wondering if you had sent the email you said you would yet, because I have not received one :) If you have not sent it, sorry for badgering you.

You have email. You can release that email under the GNU v1.3 if you so wish. - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 21:01, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

AfD Exercises

Hey Biblio, I noticed that you use an abreviated version of my AfD exercises during your coaching. You might be interested in my rationale for the questions and other answers. There were some specific reasons for my selections beyond the obvious.---Balloonman ^PoppaBalloon 16:12, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm looking at it. bibliomaniac15 18:19, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

You have e-mail. ;) iMatthew 17:55, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanksgiving

		Happy Thanksgiving!
		Happy Thanksgiving Bibliomaniac15! May God bless you and your family on this day! Scapler (talk) 21:09, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Happy Holidays

Joy

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Metroid FAC

See if you can say anything else about Metroid Prime 2: Echoes in the FAC, since the "little about multiplayer" was fixed by me and Gary King. igordebraga ≠ 22:10, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your careful consideration at my successful RfA. Please let me know on my talk page if you have any suggestions for me. - Dan Dank55 (send/receive) 21:55, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

EMail

You should have email incoming from User:X!. Also see Wikipedia:Requests for Adminship/NuclearWarfare. Not my idea, so I've held off with the transclusion and will continue until you give the OK. - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 05:16, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Hey Buddy

Hey there! Long time no see! I wanted to see if you could help me fix my user and talk page? It seems that the graphic has been moved to appear in the Wiki logo. I have tried everything to move it but I can't seem to figur it out. It happened when they put all of those messages about donating. Can you tell me how to fix it? I hope all is well and I am back to editing again. I have had some health issues that have kept me pretty quiet. But I am back! LOL Canyouhearmenow 14:02, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I think I am going to go into the Christian Music articles and start creating some new articles. There seems to be a backlog of articles that need to be created. Since I am an historian in the entertainment field, it would only be natural for me to go somewhere that I know a lot about! LOL Anyway, I have turned that off a long time ago in my preferences. What I am talking about is that if you look at my user page and talk page you will see that my logo os been pushed into the wikipedia logo at the top of the page. I can't seem to fix it no matter what I try to do. Do you have any suggestions? Canyouhearmenow 03:32, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

I am using Internet Explorer. I am not using Mozilla.It was fine until they started campaigning for donations. Then all of a sudden I could not get it fixed.Canyouhearmenow 04:16, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

It looks like you fixed it on the discussion page, but the user page is still messed up. SO I don't know what you did to the discussion page, but it looks right now. Canyouhearmenow 04:41, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Aha!

But what about unflagged, unauthorized adminbots? }-] J.delanoy^gabs_adds 15:27, 12 December 2008 (UTC)

Can you plese help? I am unable to get a response.

Used name in error I followed directions on your talk page to no avail. Can you please make the change?

[edit] Dale Menendez → Out of Here Current name: Dale Menendez (talk · contribs · logs · block log) Requested name: Out of Here (SUL conflicts?) (rename user) Reason: I used my real name in error. Dale Menendez 00:40, 15 December 2008 (UTC) No, you'll have to talk to a bureaucrat for that. Xclamation point 00:41, 15 December 2008 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User_talk:X!" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dale Menendez (talk • contribs) 00:50, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Dale Menendez 01:00, 15 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dale Menendez (talk • contribs)

That is correct. I am Out of Here. Thanks. Dale Menendez 01:14, 15 December 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dale Menendez (talk • contribs)

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Request Username Change

Hi, I was wondering if you might have the time to take a look at my username change request at WP:CHU? I noticed some requests entered after mine were already approved, and just wanted to make sure there wasn't a problem. I've changed my signature in anticipation, but the request hasn't been completed. Best regards. --OliverTwisted (talk) 05:31, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

That was super quick. Thank you so much. It's a little frustrating when people judge you by your username and not your contributions. I had no idea vandalism was so rampant when I joined Wikipedia. Thanks again. --OliverTwisted (talk) 05:41, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

RfA thankspam

		Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which failed with 61/52/7; whether you supported, opposed or remained neutral. Special thanks go out to Wizardman and Malinaccier for nominating me, and I will try to take everyone's comments on board. Thanks again for the trust the community has placed in me. A special Christmas song for you all can be found at the right hand side of this message! Apologies if you don't like RfA thankspam, this message was delivered by a bot which can't tell whether you want it or not. Feel free to remove it. Dendodge TalkContribs, 17:20, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Deletions

Hey, thanks for deleting all of those pages. Cheers, Matt (Talk) 08:13, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

A question

You're a bureaucrat, so I'll ask you this; if bureaucrats make people administrators, who makes people bureaucrats? --Dylan620 _Contribs ^Sign! 00:38, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Crats can promote other crats. Read WP:CRAT. It's crattilicious :D - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 00:47, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Crattatouille! :P But seriously, thank you for clearing that up, Biblio. --Dylan620 _Contribs ^Sign! 02:16, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not Biblio, but a talk page stalker :P. - NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 02:25, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Biblio replied here. NukeWar, I know you're not Biblio. :P --Dylan620 _Contribs ^Sign! 02:28, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject Outreach

WP:OUTREACH now exists in larval stage. Please visit the talkpage to help it pupate. //roux   21:42, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Bureaucrats

Hi! As a bureaucrat on Wikipedia, I'd very much appreciate it if you would fill in your details on the newly updated Bureaucrats page. Thanks! Majorly ^talk 14:28, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Merry Christmas, Bibliomaniac15!

If you are either a firm friend of mine, have signed my autograph book, are a member of WPTC, or are someone I simply like or admire:

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O hole-y night...

This year, in lieu of the usual line-up of holiday programming, Eco-TV brings you a Beckett-worthy alternative that challenges the concepts of identity, jealousy, the failure of language in times of crisis, and the problem of dancing zombies in a socialite's living room: [3]. But for those who prefer the traditional stuff: Happy Holidays! :) Ecoleetage (talk) 19:10, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Seasons Greetings

Wishing you the very best for the season. Guettarda (talk) 00:21, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Usurpation

You performed my usurpation a few days ago from Ethan0 -> Ethan - thank you for that. I have one question, though. The instructions (at various wikis, though I don't see it on en.wikipedia) say "You should check that the old account has been recreated and blocked to prevent someone else creating the account and impersonating you." This seems wise to me, but the user Ethan0 doesn't exist and isn't blocked now. I tried creating it but it wouldn't because it was too similar to Ethano (that user is unrelated to me). I wonder if Ethan0 should be created/blocked? Thanks for your help. -Ethan (talk) • 2008-12-28 00:05 (UTC)

Okay, I've created User:Ethan0. Would you be able to block it? Thanks for your help. -Ethan (talk) • 2008-12-28 01:27 (UTC)

Adoption

Can you adopt me? I don't want any other unfamiliar users to adopt me, thus I don't care about WP:ADOPT. Can you adopt me? --Mark Chung (talk) 07:58, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Re:Adoption

Umm...

I know that a user can adopt multiple users(a person can have many kids), but can a user be adopted by 2 users(Dad and Mum)? I actually asked for adoption from 2 users. They are:

• User:Master of Puppets
• You

I am having trouble choosing between you two. Both of you:

• are familiar to me
• knows me
• are friendly
• are always active
• are WONDERFUL!

Bibliomaniac:

• Is a bureaucrat

Master of Puppets:

• Responds to my questions more often

I really wish to be adopted by both of to at the same time,like I need a Dad and a Mum.

Who'll be Dad? Who'll be Mum? --Mark Chung (talk) 13:30, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

WP:CHU question

Hi.

I have a question with regards to CHU requests when the requested name already exists. I would like to change my user name to User:Big Bird but that user name was created over 3 years ago. I wouldn't even bother asking you about this but, after that account was created in 2005, not a single edit has been made by that editor. Is there any circumstance under which I might be allowed to take that user name?

Thanks! SWik78 (talk • contribs) 14:32, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks, dad! FYI, I'm an inclusionist. Now would you please take a look at SMK Semera? I really don't want it to get deleted. Make sure you are familiar with Wikipedia guidelines and policies! Thanks! --Mark Chung (talk) 04:18, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Ping.

pong. Not sure if you have it watchlisted. // roux   07:52, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

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Change name question

Hi. A contributor has for some reason requested my assistance in vanishing, including asking me to change his name to any name I like. (Maybe he thinks that as an admin I can do this myself?) I'm not entirely sure what brings him to me; I interacted with him on a question of copyright concern (good faith misunderstandings, I think) here. You can read his note to me here. I wanted to ask you if I can request a username change on his behalf with a link to my talk page or if I need to send him off to do it himself before deleting his pages as per his request. Any other input you have would be welcome. I've never been asked to help with a vanish issue before. :) I'll be watching here in case you have time and are able to respond. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 00:23, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Wow! Efficient! Thanks. :D --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 01:22, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Awesome

Thanks for the awesome award. (I hope you use the word in its historical sense to mean "inspiring fear." Yes, I'm as fearsome as a lolcat.) You mentioned that you're looking for recommendations of other users to consider. If the Help desk weighs into it, you might look at User:PrimeHunter and User:MacGyverMagic who were the other top Help desk posters the last time I checked. I will also give a shout out for my homeboy User:John Broughton, primary inventor of the Editor's index to Wikipedia (see Wikipedia:Editor's index to Wikipedia/About#Credits) and author of Wikipedia - The Missing Manual. --Teratornis (talk) 00:37, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Private Eye

Hehe, thanks. I think the word is "busted!" It was a surprise to spot my photograph published in the previous edition, so I thought I would have a bit of fun and see if they print the letter in admission. Good of them to do so, because of course Private Eye would never be the first to criticise other newspapers when they're caught copying someone else's work without attribution, oh no... DWaterson (talk) 21:03, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art

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I would like to invite you to the Los Angeles edition of Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art, a photography scavenger hunt to be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on Saturday, February 28, 2009, from 1:00 to 7:00 PM. All photos are intended for use in Wikipedia articles or on Wikimedia Commons. There will be a prize available for the person who gets the most photos on the list.

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If you are interested in attending, please add your name to Wikipedia:Wikipedia Loves Art#Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Please make a note if you are traveling to the area (train or plane) and need transportation, which can probably be arranged via carpool, but we need time to coordinate. Lodging is as of right now out of scope, but we could discuss that if enough people are interested.

Thank you and I hope to see you there! howcheng {chat} 23:36, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Fun, but unfortunately I have obligations to fulfill on that day. bibliomaniac15 23:47, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Data Crystal

Me and my mate were wondering if there is any way of taking over (becoming a bureaucrat) on this wiki: Data crystal , we are asking you because it has been inactive for a long time, and we were hoping to try and take over to help fix it up. I have tried asking people on this wiki but no one is ever on besides me, the only other contributions are random IP addresses that spam the articles (even more then they already are). If you could please reply on my talk page it would be highly appreciated, thanks (This message has been sent to most bureaucrat's). --MỸŠŦЄЯỸЊӘҒҒ (talk) 13:48, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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I just wanted to thank you for renaming me. Cheers, Maddie (formerly Ashbey) 13:04, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. It's been a while since I got a wikilove item. bibliomaniac15 23:48, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

My day

Thanks but I've already been given my day (Dec 3) by Rlevse. Do you guys run two separate yet identical projects? --BorgQueen (talk) 09:14, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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Request for opinion

Hi, I and my fellow editors are facing a deadlock on a issue of removing/toning down few lines on 'Allegations of Human Rights violation against the Indian Army' under 'criticism of the operation' section in Operation Blue Star article, concerns include WP:NPOV, WP:SOAP & WP:V, the summary of dispute can be found at [4]. I would request you to kindly go through the article and please let us know your views/opinion at the talk page of the article so that npov, balance and undue weight concerns may be looked into and a consensual solution may be found. Thanks LegalEagle (talk) 05:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for handling the request to change my alternate accounts user name so quickly! Good day and happy editing :-) John Sloan (view / chat) 00:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Just happened to be around, doing my job. Nothing big. Thanks anyway. bibliomaniac15 00:11, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

User talk:74.231.186.120

The editor is still vandalizing Green Squares (talk) 19:05, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

why are theere no woman holidays??? for the woman in the world who have changed the world for good? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.246.94.11 (talk) 20:00, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Because their block expired. bibliomaniac15 00:23, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

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My day

Thank you for honoring me last week. Not that you care, but I spent part of the day celebrating by uploading some PD images to Commons. Thanks for spreading the love my way. Cheers, caknuck _° resolves to be more caknuck-y 20:25, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Victorian fashion

Hi. You tagged Victorian fashion for "tone" a year ago. Do you still feel that there are issues? - PKM (talk) 20:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. - PKM (talk) 21:21, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

Wow -- my first star! Thanks very much. Cheers, Opus33 (talk) 02:17, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Much deserved. bibliomaniac15 02:20, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

• Thanks for calling me an Awesome Wikipedian. I've added the star to my trophy cabinet. I almost forgot how good getting one feels... - Mgm|^(talk) 10:36, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
  • Mission accomplished. :) bibliomaniac15 21:07, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
• Thanks from me too -- that's awfully nice of you! NawlinWiki (talk) 02:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
  • Wow, what exulted company! Thank you. Tim Vickers (talk) 00:49, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
    • As a suggestion, User:Newyorkbrad has to be one of our very best. Tim Vickers (talk) 17:18, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
      • Of course I have him on my list. I don't want to get all the obvious picks first though. :) bibliomaniac15 20:53, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

You owe me. Money.

Hey pal! Just saw you block a vandal; great work and all that shabang. Thought I'd drop by and show you a tool that makes it fun, fast and... fun? Anyway, User:Animum/easyblock.js should make you weep with joy. Makes it all quick and easy. Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:21, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

If you're on any userspace page there'll be a little block tab; hover your mouse over it and it drops down a menu of common block reasons and stuff. Then, you click one and it blocks and warns them for you all in one go. Nifty huh? Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:26, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Aand, another happy customer. >:) Have fun, mate! Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:31, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Let me have the next 3 blocks? :D Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:34, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I appear to be spreading JavaScript joy like a Wikipedian Santa Claus. —Animum (talk) 23:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

CadenS rename

Hi, I'm CadenS's Adopter. Recently he requested a username change, which you declined because of his topic ban. Is there a policy or guideline that prevents a username from being changed during a topic ban? Since all his history and userspace would be retained, just under a different name, it should be easy to identify him for those of us who enforce his topic ban. Also, his desire to drop his real name is a legitimate reason, and refusing to allow it may be a privacy concern for him (I don't know if that's the case here, since he's had it for almost a year with no complaint, but it could be). So if there's something I'm missing, please let me know... and in the end of course it's your decision. -kotra (talk) 18:40, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

• I'd note that there are a few admins keeping an eye on his contribs, including myself and User:SheffieldSteel, and so there shouldn't be any problem ensuring that he keeps to his topic ban. If renamed, I'd suggest that the topic ban User:CadenS/topicban is imported over (actually, isn't this done automatically? - I forget) with the username tweaked, and that a copy of it remains on his usertalk page. Black Kite 20:13, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

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Golly. Thank you very much, bibliomaniac! Xn4 (talk) 00:10, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy Me Day

Thanks a lot Biblio. This is really nice of you - great concept. Always nice to get a bit of appreciation. Of course, now I feel somewhat guilty for not having done any real work for about a week. But hey, I'm an Awesome Wikipedian, so I'm happy. Thanks again.  :) Cheers, DoomsDay 03:41, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Wha'didIdo?

Don't know what I did to catch this honor but am mighty pleased to be included with such "awesome" company. Thank you.  :) hydnjo talk 23:18, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thanks for the note! Really cool!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 21:11, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Page Moves

[5] Your thoughts?--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 21:27, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

I've done the same and came just short of a vandalism warning...but it's really not vandalism and with my luck it would probably just get labeled as an "edit conflict". I'm sure he/she means well, but it's hard to tell when any attempt to engage in dialouge are ignored.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:34, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Outline of Knowledge / Geography WikiProject Collaboration: Country outlines

As you probably remember, last spring we started work on the "Geography and places" branch of Wikipedia's Outline of knowledge. (WikiProject Lists of basic topics has been renamed to Wikipedia:WikiProject Outline of knowledge). The geography branch is in the form of a set of outline pages including one for every present-day nation or state in the world. That's 247 pages! This has been a huge undertaking, involving dozens of editors using advanced wiki-tools.

These pages have come a long way, and it won't be long before the whole set is complete enough to be moved to article space into the encyclopedia for the benefit of all. But there's still a lot of work left, and we could use all the help we can get!

While some editors prefer to work on one country at a time, most of our team members take on a particular entry and complete it across all the pages. This has come to be our standard type of task. To facilitate this process, we apply tools such as AutoWikiBrowser, Linky, and WikEd, all of which can be used to process a large number of pages in various (direct or indirect) ways.

In case you are interested in what we've been up to, here's a progress report:

Lately, development has been slow but continuous:

On our recruiting initiative, Penubag has done a fantastic job on the images for the awards we'll be using for our project's collaborations and contests. We now have 3 awards: a medal, a trophy, and a race ribbon. They all look tight. The trophy needs a small adjustment, but other than that, all 3 award images are complete and ready to use to create awards with.

Spartaz has warned us of (threatened to take) G4 (speedy delete) action if we run a competition that resembles the previously deleted Awards Center page. So whatever we do, any contests we run must differ substantially from the methods used there.

One type of competition I've been exploring is "edit racing". I'm in the process of working the bugs out of this concept - the first race didn't work as expected - you see, because we only had an award for first place, so the opponent didn't think it worthwhile to continue once it was clear who the winner would be. And since editors are in different time zones and usually need to start the race at different times, we need to base winning on personal start times - he who completes his assigned edits in the least time (rather than first), wins. And last but not least is quality control. What good is racing if the participants' edits are ripe with errors? So I'll be exploring possibilities such as using a referee (assigned to oversee a particular race), having participants watching each other for errors to knock them back, etc. I'm not sure yet.

Rich Farmbrough has been applying his bot expertise to filling in blanks in the country outlines (the population and area entries). I'm amazed at the number of edits he pumps out each day on a myriad of projects - ours makes up but a small time slice of his activity, and yet he has saved us many hours of manual work. Perhaps we should look into how he gets so much done.  :)

Zlerman has chosen to work on specific outlines, and has taken on Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. He also has been keen on noticing and reporting design issues pertaining to the whole set of country outlines. Keep up the good work!

Highfields is in charge of capitals, adding them to all the outlines. He is also our first race winner. Check out the award on his user pages.

In case you didn't know, this project has expanded to include work on any and all sets of pages represented on the country outlines. Once the set of country outlines go live (in article space), traffic will likely increase for all the links included on them. The quality and usefulness of those pages will reflect heavily on the country outlines. The outlines, which are essentially lists of links, are only as good as the links they present, and therefore we've branched out to solve the biggest problems with those as well. So far, we've taken on:

• The creation of disambiguation pages for country adjectivals ("German", "French", "Taiwanese", etc.) We're about half done with these.
• Wikifying the CIA World Factbook statistics on the "demographics of" country pages. We've been renaming those sections to provide a key string that AWB can use for targetting (for skipping and filtering). Once that's done, we'll be able to break the clean-up down into simple AWB search/replace tasks, because we'll be able to target just those pages that include the CIA stuff.
• We've also been renaming the "Cuisine of" articles to their adjectival forms ("Chinese cuisine", "Italian cuisine", etc.), for consistency and because the adjective-based terms are generally the most commonly-used names for those cuisine types.

Blackadam2 and Thehelpfulone have been helping out with the "demographics of" pages mentioned above.

And we have a couple speed addicts (addicted to wiki-velocity, not drugs)...

Both Robert Skyhawk and Thehelpfulone prefer (and excel at) simple AWB search/replaces. Robert hasn't actually joined our team yet, but he has been helping out quite a bit from the sidelines (via the WP:AWB/Tasks page. Unfortunately, there has recently been a non-AWB chore that has been holding things up on the AWB front - an edit to all the headings which had to be reverted before too many new edits were made, because any new edits would make the reversion more difficult. The headings have been restored, so now the way is clear for AWB operations, and there are many search/replace tasks in the queue. AWB assignments have started again!

There's a similar bottleneck on the "Demographics of" pages (the "keying" mentioned above), but that's almost cleared too.  :)

With my internet access somewhat crippled as of late, I've been finding it difficult to keep up with you guys. However, I expect to be accessing a Linky-capable workstation on a faster server (I'm on it right now, as you can probably tell from my contributions list for the past couple of days), and so I should really pick up speed. Feels goooooood.  :)

Recruiting has been a bit slow (but steady), due in part to my crippled access, and because we've been waiting for the images for the awards to be completed. I expect the team to grow more rapidly as the bottlenecks are removed.

Well that's what's been happenin', and here's what's in the pipeline...

We've got a long list of entries that need to be completed across all the outlines and related page sets. If you would like to dive in with advanced wiki-tools to process this whole set of pages on one or more tasks, drop me a note!

As for me, I'm about to begin work on a set of lists that corresponds to all the standard links on the country outlines, and these will be presented on the Topic outline of countries which will be organized exactly like the country outlines. Aside from being an extremely useful navigation aid, it will allow editors to easily see the state of country coverage on Wikipedia - each list will be one link-set, and each list can be used with our wiki-tools to process the pages listed. I'll provide you with a link once I get up to speed on this.

In the meantime, keep in touch!

Cheers,

The Transhumanist 00:50, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

Happy Bibliomaniac15/Archive 11's Day!

User:Bibliomaniac15/Archive 11 has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Bibliomaniac15/Archive 11's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Bibliomaniac15/Archive 11! Peace, Rlevse ~ A record of your Day will always be kept here.

For a userbox you can add to your userbox page, see User:Rlevse/Today/Happy Me Day! and my own userpage for a sample of how to use it. — Rlevse • Talk • 00:05, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Wow, thanks man. bibliomaniac15 01:26, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Don't forget the fireworks. Chamal ^talk 03:24, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

Vista and Games

Hey, I saw you responded to my post on the computing reference desk. I was wondering what sort of GPU you have in the laptop you play Call of Duty 2 on. Thanks. --136.247.76.212 (talk) 03:12, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

Hello... just thought I'd suggest checking here if you're wondering if your computer can run it. Pretty much any mobile GPU (aside from integrated graphics--though some of the newer ones might) should run it. Cheers, · AndonicO ^Engage. 21:00, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't exactly remember. It's an HP Pavilion Entertainment Laptop. bibliomaniac15 21:08, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

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RE : Happy Mailer diablo's Day!

I'm humbled. Thank you very much! You made my day. ;) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 05:42, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for putting the Rabies page on the semi-protected list

Thank you so much for doing this. I was really getting tired of reverting childish vandalism on this page and, because of its medical nature, I think it is especially important to maintain a sober and reliable article on the subject. Another page you might like to consider protcting is the one on Vampire Bats which also gets more than its fair share of infantile vandalism. Many thanks and best wishes, John Hill (talk) 05:59, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

No problem. Just happened to make an occasional visit to RPP and caught your request. As for vampire bats, the vandalism is at best occasional. I'll watchlist it and protect it if it starts concentrating. bibliomaniac15 06:10, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

Thwack!

"WP:WHACK" redirects here. You may be looking for WP:Wikipedia is not Whac-A-Mole (WP:WHAC).

Not to be confused with Cod throwing.

Whacking with a wet trout or trouting is a common practice on Wikipedia when experienced editors slip up and make a silly mistake. It, along with sentencing to the village stocks, is used to resolve one-off instances of seemingly silly behavior amongst normally constructive community members, as opposed to long term patterns of disruptive edits, which earn warnings and blocks.

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NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 05:58, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

I daresay it was needed. Thanks for reminding me. bibliomaniac15 05:59, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Oh, psh, it wasn't needed. Our discussion may have helped remind you, but if you ever did anything silly (doubtful), you would know when to step down by yourself anyway. NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 06:00, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

Coaching

Hey Bibliomaniac, I was wondering that when you're ready to come back to coaching you would take me up? Thanks, Grsz¹¹ 03:42, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

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West Ranch

Hey Bibliomaniac15 git a little issue "still" with User:Lasportsnut . He continues to put Valencia and refuses to just leave it alone . Sparrowman980 (talk) 17:48, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Will take a look into it. bibliomaniac15 21:15, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

West Ranch High

Hello Bibliomaniac15,

I am not trying to be a pain or a jerk or anything. I just want this right.

I see you and Sparrowman980 are friends of some sort. How do I get a party other than yourself to mediate this?

I have several reliable resources that contradict the Stevenson Ranch address, such as:

usps.com

google.com/maps

Thanks for your time.

Lasportsnut (talk) 23:36, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

On the less-sourced

Hi, biblio. Saw your entry on the gan/m list. I've reviewed a few articles for GA, but currently have one I'd like advice on please.

While all material in the article (Texas A&M Singing Cadets) likely to be challenged has inline citations, on the whole it's built from primary sources. The school, students' media, alumni portals, and such; although, a past trip, made on presidential invite, is referenced to a White House press release.

I'd said third-party secondary sources should be used (some topics're more fortunate than others in availability). I think it's decent and, probably has room for future expansion too. During its review the nominator vastly improved the article—it's well-written, etc.; the nom's taken the article as far as, with commitments and life offline, as he's able.

Could you give me your view on whether I can pass the current article? (I'll watch your Talk page for a bit, so I can see any reply here.) Thanks kindly. –Whitehorse1 00:26, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Maltese (dog)

Would you take a look at the dispute there/request for protection? Cheers, 汚い危険きつい (talk) 01:03, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

I think he's away on holiday. Thanks anyway. 汚い危険きつい (talk) 01:34, 18 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you very much for declaring this "my day"! Your note will definitely take a place of honor on my awards page. Dana boomer (talk) 03:11, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Question

First of all thank you to change my name. Second, I don't know if this is the channel to contact you, but I see nothing else for the moment. I was so smart to not logout from my account and it seems both my old & new username are active :S I even made two contributions with my old username, unaware that my name change was already done and that it even was possible to keep both account's active. So my question to you, is how I can solve this? I just want this one account and if possible merge my contributions to my current account. If that is not possible, it's no problem to delete them (it's only one page I created) and redo it with this current account. Thank you in advance! (.IT (talk) 09:04, 20 February 2009 (UTC))