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Guildford Flames 2007/2008 season

You quickly deleted my 2007/2008 season page when i had only just started on it. You removed it because there was not much on it because i had started it about two minutes before you pulled it off the website.

Regards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benbroadway (talk • contribs) 15:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. Consider creating the whole article on a subpage (you don't necessarily have to finish in one day) and when it is done, create the article. BTW, I have removed the tag. Good luck!Ohmpandya (Talk to Me...) 15:24, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello again, sorry im pretty new to wikipedia how do i make a subtitle page and how would i eventually upload it once completed? cheers

Thanks for the question. Consider creating a page:

User: Benbroadway/articles in creation

In this page, you can have all you articles that you are currently making, and no one will bother you. (Unless of course you advertise on the page, vandalize it etc. Which I don't think you will). Also, at the end of each comment simply sign by adding four of these: ~. So altogether you should have: ~~~~. This will automatically insert a signature. Thanks! Ohmpandya (Talk to Me...) 15:33, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Just a minor Q

How (in theory) would one get links affixed to other articles without cheapening or destroying the integrity of the article they are linking to? In other words, linking Curiosity quotient to say that article's internal links of Global market or journalist for the sake of linking really would look bad and damage the article. I can see there being articles that cannot possibly link to others (maybe one) so that article would get the death stamp. BTW - I see you're a military aircraft dude as well. Noles1984 (talk) 16:10, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello Noles. Well, if you want to link some internal links, your are right some words that have nothing to do whatsoever with the article could "damage" it. That's the reason you only should put internal links that have something to do with the article. Ohmpandya (Talk to Me...) 16:36, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

RFA - Admin coaching

So noted, and you had a good coach as well! I'm still a little concerned at the speed of your second request, but I'll happily withdraw my oppose. Best, UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 17:45, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks :) (Yes JJ was very nice and cooperative) Ohmpandya (Talk to Me...) 17:47, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Burnout, in that you're editing so much that you burn yourself out? That wouldn't necessarily be a positive, though it'd speak well to your dedication to the project. Editing at that rate (5000 edits/month) could show that you can edit without burning out, and that'd be positive, but the concern might then be raised that many of your edits are script or tool assisted (which they may or may not be, I don't know), showing that you rely on outside tools/scripts to edit, rather than your own devices. I think the concern would be that anyone can use popups or Twinkle or whatever to amass a huge editcount. I've seen that objection before. I don't know, but I can say that the volume of edits doesn't always seem to be as relevant as the quality of edits.

As I note, your edits look quite good - but I didn't want to sign on as a support !vote until I looked into your contributions more thoroughly. My initial look, coupled with what looked like a lack of guidance (in re-nomming 8 days after RfA 1), caused me to oppose initially; I didn't want to be hasty a second time. UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 19:19, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

VandalProof

It is just an external vandalism reverting tool, similar to Twinkle (except runs in a program). I have it installed, but there is still nothing I can do about the immature vandal. jj137 ^♠ 20:25, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Probably people would have liked to see you wait more time before going through another RfA. If it doesn't succeed, we should probably wait a few more months before rerunning (don't worry, though). For VandalProof, I can't approve you because I'm not one of the moderators, but (I was about to direct you to the page where you apply, but I see you already did that) jj137 ^♠ 20:33, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I can nominate you again. Perhaps we could do it the Ides of March? Two weeks from tomorrow. jj137 ^♠ 20:41, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

12,000 edits sounds like a great goal. It was about my goal, I think :) jj137 ^♠ 20:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, two weeks was how long ago your previous RfA was. :) jj137 ^♠ 20:43, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, I blocked him and gave him a message. jj137 ^♠ 21:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you...

...for your support in my recently closed Request for Adminship. I am more than a bit stunned by the outcome, which appears to have finished at 146 supports, no opposes, and one abstention. I am particularly grateful to Keilana and Kingboyk for their recent encouragement, and most specifically to Pastordavid, for having seen fit to nominate me. I also want to make it very clear to everyone that I have no intentions of changing my name again, so the servers should be safe for a while.

In the event you ever believe that I would ever able to assist in the future, I would be honored if you were to contact me regarding the matter. I can't guarantee results, unfortunately, but I will do what I can. Thank you again.

By the way, I know the image isn't necessarily appropriate, but I am rather fond of it, and it at least reflects the degree of honor I feel at the result. And it's hard to go wrong with a Picture of the Year candidate.

Now, off to a few last tasks before starting work in earnest on the various templates I promised I'd work on.

This RfA thanks inspired by Kathryn McDinaha's, in turn inspired by several others after Phaedriels' original. Hoping we can all keep such inspiration of newcomers ongoing, I am, sincerely, John Carter (talk).

John Carter (talk) 21:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Your request for adminship was unsuccessful

I am sorry to inform you that I have closed your RfA early as realistically it was no longer capable of succeeding. Do not be too disheartened - many of our finest admins were unsuccessful on early attempts. I hope you will take onboard the concerns raised by those opposing and will consider running again in the future when you have more experience. Best wishes, WjBscribe 23:14, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry about that. WJBscribe is right, some of the best admins didn't make it until their 2nd or 3rd try. Ides of March, Tax Day, whenever you would like to run again. (And, I thought the new message thing at top was funny.) jj137 ^♠ 23:28, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Hey, if you want to go over any admin stuff for "practice", I can help. :) jj137 ^♠ 23:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Take your time. jj137 ^♠ 23:43, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

OK, so where is the article you wrote? And, anything admin-related you would like to learn, just say and I can go over it. jj137 ^♠ 23:58, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

When you're done writing it, I can delete that article and then move yours into its place. jj137 ^♠ 00:03, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, although I know it is pretty tough. Here is an example of a fairly complicated one, and one of the only ones I know of. You may be able to adapt it, and if you can't, I can give it a shot. jj137 ^♠ 00:07, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I echo jj's comment - good admins sometimes take a few tries to make it. I'm sorry if I had a hand in sinking this request, though - I was planning to support later tonight, as I think you would make a good admin. Best wishes, UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 00:19, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Quite probably. I'd hope that two months would work where two weeks did not... As I said, you'll be a good admin. Best, UltraExactZZ ^Claims~ Evidence 03:27, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:CSD will show you the full list of criteria for different types of speedy deletions. Yes, I'm pretty sure Twinkle covers all of the CSD types, but it may only show you certain types for certain articles (for example, if you hit the csd button when viewing a template, it will only show you the template speedy types). jj137 ^♠ 02:11, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Please accept my apologies too for opposing, and I hope there are no hard feelings. I hate opposing on RfA, particularly over what looks like one incident, but this one concerned me and I hope you view my comment in the spirit of constructive criticism. I'm sure you'll be a fine admin soon with a bit more experience and grasp of policy, just go a little easier on the deletion urge and don't be shy about seeking a second opinion from admin or other editors. --Canley (talk) 02:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Calvin

I undid your move of John Calvin to Johannes Calvin because the former is his standard name in English (compare, e.g., the titles and authors of these books vs. these books; other encyclopedias: [1], [2], [3], [4], etc. etc.), even though many of his works have French or Latin versions of his name and his name appears in other languages such as German or Dutch differently still. If you have any concerns about this, please reply to my talk page. --Flex (talk/contribs) 02:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I changed it in reference to a National Geographic Magazine, who did not mention him being called "John". But I agree with your decision now. Thanks! Ohmpandya (Talk to Me...) 20:05, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Question

01/15/08: Aezook (talk) 22:37, 15 January 2008 (UTC) So if I delete the stuff from the website can will the article not be deleted? From aezook on Jason Nitsch

Jason Nitsch

So if i delete the stuff from the website will the page still be deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aezook (talk • contribs) 22:39, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Jason Nitsch

And by the way, the article is mostly not off the website. Jason Nitsch is currently the band director at a high school so I just asked him most of this stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aezook (talk • contribs) 22:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Archive List

Hey, I love your archive list. Can I steal it? _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 23:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Yays! I will if I have the time xD BTW I fell for that "you don't have messages" TWICE. _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 23:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Heh! On and make that three times ;) _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 23:24, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

A few things

I took care of all of the copyvios.
Unless you are a Checkuser, there is no way you can trace the IP address of a registered account.
Special:log/newusers shows the new user log.
I last left the guy a message on his talk page saying [5], and he hasn't vandalized since. At one point, he didn't vandalize for a couple days, and then vandalized again saying I could change the article back and he would stop. Obviously I refused.
Maybe he's having a hard time changing his IP address or running out of them? :)

jj137 ^♠ 23:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

I've heard of it, but haven't used it (in recent memory). My monobook is extremely crowded as it is, so I hope there's room. :)

I thought of an idea. For the "no new messages" at top, you could have it link to a page where people sign if they are tricked. Then you can keep track of how many people fall for it. :) jj137 ^♠ 23:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Nevermind, that's already there. jj137 ^♠ 23:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Less than ten minutes apart... that's weird. For several months I had an exact duplicate of the "new messages" box at the top of my userpage, and it linked to Practical joke. jj137 ^♠ 23:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, now that it looks authentic, I will probably fall for it a dozen more times (and so will everyone else). Are you going to keep the little note below it? jj137 ^♠ 23:59, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Yep, either way they will click on it. :) jj137 ^♠ 00:00, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Yes, when I had something similar on my userpage I probably clicked on it over 100 times. jj137 ^♠ 00:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm just trying to get everything clarified... jj137 ^♠ 02:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I blocked the users; I went through the same trouble with VandalProof before being approved. jj137 ^♠ 04:26, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

My RfA

My request for adminship was successful at 64/1/2! Many thanks for your participation and I will endeavor to meet your expectations. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 09:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the belated birthday wishes! _{WEBURIEDOURSECRETSINTHEGARDEN}^{play it cool.} 20:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Context

Hi, I noticed a few things you'd tagged for no-context speedy deletion. You may want to pick a more accurate way of categorizing them. If for example, an article is about a song or film, and it contains the name of the song or film as well as who created it, this would be plenty of context. Friday (talk) 23:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Lupin

Take care when using this. I'm sure I didn't vandalise anything. Thanks. Epbr123 (talk) 23:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism

Kindly before you slap a warning sticker on someone's talk page, check to see what exactly they were doing. I can't seem to find where I vandalized the encyclopedia, maybe you could point this out? Thanks. Chromancer (talk) 23:27, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Are you talking to the right person?

Sory, I don't remember any edit of mine which could be considered vandalism. Plase, show it to me, and I'll be happy to revert it myself. Please, answer on my talk page, under your warning. Victao lopes (talk) 23:30, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

It's OK. Thank's for reverting, and happy editing!Victao lopes (talk) 23:34, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Vandal

Indef blocked him. jj137 ^♠ 00:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

That guy's already blocked. jj137 ^♠ 00:55, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: metasonix.

Had you read the URL in the change comment, you would have noticed that this edit was not vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DaveJones (talk • contribs) 01:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Welcoming

Thank you for the welcoming. Joggerknot (talk) 01:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Admin advice

Hey, I noticed your user page says you're not an admin but might want to be some day. To help you with that, I would recommend adopting a clearer archiving scheme. I left you a note recently and was slightly dismayed when it was removed very quickly without response. I clicked on one or two of your archives, and got pages that do not exist. People often see it as a red flag if it looks like someone is trying to hide the feedback they get from other editors. (To be clear, I'm not suggesting at all that this was your actual intent, only that it could look that way.) Friday (talk) 04:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I understand- I just thought it was odd to see something archived so soon. Why have more links than you have archives? It can't help make things easier to find. Friday (talk) 20:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, the whole thing is an image so..., can' really take half of it off. BTW, I really appreciate the suggestions. - Ohmpandya ^{We need to talk... ♦ contribs} 01:12, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Cory coach.jpg)

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Copyright problems

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However, for text content, you may want to consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you, and please feel free to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Kralizec! (talk) 17:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Just a follow up on this: I've re-licensed the image under {{cc-by-sa-2.0}}. One of the conditions of Image:Kevin Garnett.JPG states that derivative works must be released under an equivalent license, so public domain isn't appropriate.-Wafulz (talk) 17:43, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

ALM's FA wall

Why did you revert me? You are meant only to use rollback for reverting vandalism, not good faith edits. Spebi 20:53, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Why did you want to revert me in the first place? I knew exactly what I was doing, and it wasn't a test edit. Please be more careful next time. Cheers, Spebi 20:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust

Why did you undo my table ? You give no reason.--Aspro (talk) 21:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Cheers. Have a nice day.--Aspro (talk) 21:26, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

The Todd

Why did you revert these perfectly legitimate edits, [6]?--Jac16888 (talk) 21:23, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough, keep up the good work.--Jac16888 (talk) 21:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Accident?

I'm assuming that this edit was an accident. Paul August ☎ 23:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I've replied on my talk page. Paul August ☎ 23:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I believe you. Can you please look into how this edit occured? You should do whatever you can to try to make sure that such errors are unlikely to occur in the future. Thanks. Paul August ☎ 23:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I think I figured out why. We must have both been using Lupin, (anti-vandal tool), and he/she must have clicked "Rollback" just a second before I did. And since the tool did not detect that the vandalism had already been reverted, it let me rollback as well. He/She "rollbacked" the real vandal, and I "rollbacked" him, and put the vandalism back on the page, accidentally, sorry! - Ohmpandya ^{We need to talk... ♦ contribs} 23:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

IP vandals

I blocked one of them, but not the other, because we're not allowed to indef-block IPs (except in certain circumstances) and he has only one vandal edit in the past 6 months (or so). For future reference, if you don't want to report them on my talk page, you can report them at AIV. :) jj137 ^♠ 23:41, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Your NPWatcher application

Dear Ohmpandya,

Thank you for applying for NPWatcher! You've been approved to use it. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the application page to see if there is a newer release (or just add the main page (here) to your watchlist). Report any bugs or feature suggestion here. If you need help, feel free to contact me or join NPWatcher.

jj137 ^♠ 01:20, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm really unsure. Recently I had to update my version and I remember it was kind of confusing; work around with it some and if you still can't get it to work tell me. jj137 ^♠ 02:00, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... was the version you downloaded the top one here? jj137 ^♠ 02:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

OK. Sorry for the unhelpful advice, I'm just as confused as you. jj137 ^♠ 02:08, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll look into it further. jj137 ^♠ 02:08, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

There you go... see if it works. jj137 ^♠ 02:58, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

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Actually, no, I haven't heard yet. What happened? jj137 ^♠ 20:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

I was going to summaries the story, but whats the point of that?[7]. Now that's what I call an innocent guy :). Oh yeah, I don't think you sent the email, I have not received it yet. - Ohmpandya ^{We need to talk... ♦ contribs} 20:43, 18 January 2008 (UTC)