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Recent page protection

Thought you might like to see this Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Mormon_.28edit.7Ctalk.7Chistory.7Clinks.7Cwatch.7Clogs.29 Icestorm815 • Talk 22:04, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I appreciate it. Carter | Talk to me 22:08, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

No worries. I think I'm inclined to err on the side of caution, but don't have a problem with your decision. _GB^T/C 22:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Request for Deletion

Hey Gonzofan-

I have an administrative request for you. I accidentally created an incorrectly titled page 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL). Would you be able to delete it?

Thank you very much, Fruminous (talk) 19:45, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Replied on Fruminous's talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 20:30, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

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Re: Thanks

Re your message: No problem. =) I hope the exams went well. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 02:08, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

No problem. You didn't miss much. Welcome back. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:18, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for helping with Daedalus969. I made a suggestion on optimizing his sig and going to all CSS if he wanted to. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:17, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

The welcomes

You are very welcome for the welcomes. :) Acalamari 02:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

whats up pussy cat?

wo wo wo wowo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Billiiiul (talk • contribs)

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Volume One (2008)

• Issue One (March 2008)
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My request for bureaucratship

Dear Gonzo fan, thank you for taking part in my RfB. As you may know, it was not passed by bureaucrats.
I would, however, like to thank you for taking the time to voice your support, despite concerns cited by the opposition. Although RfA/B isn't really about a person, but more about the community, I was deeply touched and honoured by the outpouring of support and interest in the discussion. I can only hope that you don't feel your opinion was not considered enough - bureaucrats have to give everyone's thoughts weight.
I also hope that the results of this RfB lead to some change in the way we approach RfBs, and some thought about whether long-entrenched standards are a good thing in our growing and increasingly heterogenous community.
I was a little miserable after the results came out, so I'm going to spread the love via dancing hippos. As you do. :)
I remain eager to serve you as an administrator and as an editor. If at any point you see something problematic in my actions, please do not hesitate to call me out. ~ Riana ⁂ 05:10, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA - Discospinster

Thank you so much for your support in my RfA, which was successful with a final count of 70/1/1! ... discospinster _talk 23:20, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Sig

Thanks for the help.— Dædαlus T@lk\^{→quick link} 21:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

RE:List of Green Bay Packers head coaches

Thanks! I will probably not bring up to FLC, I willmost likely move on to another team list. However, if you or someone else wants to bring it up to FLC, be my guest, someone else is already bringing up my List of Washington Redskins head coaches to FLC. And yes, I will join the subproject. Jwalte04 (talk) 17:48, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Final warning!!!!!!

zOMG! You're too quick! - The title header is someting cool to look at in the archives in a few months. :) Rudget. 18:07, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Green Bay Packers WP

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Anyways, I created a terrible barnstar for the project, IMO. (Probably your's too). And, thanks for fixing the celtics Wikiproject. So....

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Shush!

I merely forgot that Rollback will only rollback one user - no matter how many revisions you include. D: -WarthogDemon 00:33, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

You two are having entirely too much fun over this. =) Thanks for watching over my talk page. ;) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:49, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Re your message: Yeah, it's been an interesting quarter (I think I need to trim some of it again). Usually my page isn't so uhh... active. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 00:57, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Request for Help

I was working on the 2001 St. Louis Rams season when someone came along and vandalized the page. He claims that the material was unsourced. He is out of line and I strongly disagree with his actions? I do not know what to do to address this unfair treatment? Maple Leaf (talk) 22:21, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance. Maple Leaf (talk) 22:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

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Bot / Green Bay

Hi, Gonzo! I've replied with some questions for you on User talk:SatyrBot/WikiProject new pages#Request for WikiProject Green Bay Packers. Thanks! -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 21:28, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Packers list

No worries Gonzo fan2007, let me know if I can be of assistance in the future! All the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 18:19, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Ryan Grant

Thanks for your help with the GA fixes. All of my concerns have been addressed, and I have passed this article. Congratulations! Please see the article's talk page for my comments and future suggestions. Best wishes, GaryColemanFan (talk) 15:40, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Any questions? Just ask.--RyRy5 talk 18:45, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Invitation

You said on RyRy5's talk page that you like baseball so....

Hello, Gonzo fan2007/Archive 4. Please accept this kind invitation to join WikiProject New York Yankees. Click here to join.

Welcome to the club! Nothing444 19:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

On Making new header

Don't put Milk's Favorite Cookie under pressure! Instead, why don't you check out user:Stormtracker94. He has his own logo zone. Nothing444 19:40, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Logo

Sure, I can make one for you. Don't worry about the above message. I'm not pressurred. Do you have any specifications? (colors, font, images etc.?) I can get pretty much anything :) - Milk's Favorite Cookie 20:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry Milk's Favorite Cookie. Sorry Gonzofan2007. Oreo, I have an apology cookie for you on your talk page. Gonzofan2007, this is your apology cookie:

Sorry

Please have my apology cookie. I am so sorry that I answered for Milk's Favorite Cookie. Nothing444 20:26, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

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Thanks

Thank you for completing my request to unprotect my user page.

Thank you Staffwaterboy ^Talk♂ 13:23, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

What do you think?

Of this list I'm working on. Also would you say it is long enough to pass for a FL? Buc (talk) 21:07, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

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Work on Ryan Grant

Thank you for handling the GA issues on Ryan Grant: much appreciated! :) AllynJ (talk | contribs) 23:39, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

"Logo"

How does it look? - Milk's Favorite Cookie 21:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Packers pics

Please make sure the pictures you add to player articles actually are of those players. Your recent addition to David Martin (American football) was not David Martin.►Chris Nelson^Holla! 22:09, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Um, Go Me?

I recognized my first non-violation username! :P -WarthogDemon 03:41, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Now if only there was some way to show edits of not tagging CSDs. :P I have been more precarious about it. -WarthogDemon 03:53, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Brilliant! I started with yours. -WarthogDemon 04:02, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

"Not blatant"

I'd think calling yourself "Proxy User" was a textbook violation of the username policy. Sceptre ^(talk) 03:45, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the invite! However, if I were to join I would be inactive. I primarily work on heavy metal music articles, so I am not familiar with the comprehensivness of football articles. I thank you very much for the invite though. I was sad when Favre announced his retirement. :( Burningclean _[speak] 03:05, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again. I kind of guessed he would retire soon, even so it is a shock. I think it is safe to say he is the greatest QB of all time! Burningclean _[speak] 03:45, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Ssh

Done very carefully so as not to be seen immediately. :P -WarthogDemon 05:10, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh Misza finds a way. :P I just make it so it's clearly the Bot's fault. BEWARE THE BOT! -WarthogDemon 05:16, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

And on the subject of usernames, how about his user: User:Matthew@voorsanger.net. Is email usernames against policy or only discouraged? -WarthogDemon 05:36, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

On second thought, nevermind. It's been around here for more than three years. :P -WarthogDemon 05:37, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Why, yes, I use SSH almost every day. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

I am VERY slow . . . it took me 2 minutes to figure out he meant the section header. :P -WarthogDemon 05:44, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Unblock Request

Can you take a look at the request here? Thanks, Chris 10:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

RfA Thanks

A message from WarthogDemon.

I would like to thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, was unsuccessful with 61 support, 25 oppose, and 4 neutral. I've been taking the advice of the Opposes into practice and hopefully I can improve myself. Once again, thank you. ^_^

ngeeann

This is in response to your queries. Yes, the "ngeeann" is for our NON-PROFIT ORGANISATION. "We" is indeed as you mentioned a group of people. And all of us are the staff of the Secretariat, fully authorised to key in the information. We are the owners of the copyright, and you as an admin supposed to verify and not blindly delete. Now you have caused inconvenience to the mass public who is beneficiaries of our charitable organisation. Wikipedia is a encyclopedia and because of your deletion of our mandarin version of the Ngee Ann Kongsi article, you have effectively marginalised the people who cant understand English. Do you understand Chinese in the first place? If you dont, please do not just delete. Thank you. I hope you replace the article in question and hence does not cause inconvenience to Singapore's public. Our scholarships and bursaries awards are around the corner and the many Chinese-educated parents need the information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ngeeann (talk • contribs) 09:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Chicago Bears head coaches

Does this have enough support votes to be closed? It's just that I want to go ahead with a FTC. Thanks, - Milks F'avorite Cookie 21:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Strike that. - Milks F'avorite Cookie 22:05, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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WikiProject Green Bay Packers Newsletter

The Green Bay Packers WikiProject Newsletter

The Green Bay Packers WikiProject Newsletter! Volume 1, Issue 1 - March 30, 2008 Welcome! Welcome to the Green Bay Packers WikiProject. As you should know, we are a group dedicated to making the Green bay Packers not only the best team in the NFL, but also the best covered on Wikipedia. This is a great way to show your support for America's best small-town team. Right now, we are working on creating a solid base for the WikiProject, so that we will be able to easily coordinate our efforts to succeed in our main goal, expand the articles! Nothing is set in stone, and all users are on an equal footing, so comments, suggestions, concerns, and being BOLD is welcome! Please come take a look at the project page, and become part of our community. If you feel you can help out in coordinating certain parts of the project, or have some new ideas, please let us know! Article news Jack Clancy and Ryan Grant became the second and third Good Articles within the project's scope. List of Green Bay Packers head coaches was promoted to Featured list status. (nom) Snow Bowl (1985) is currently being discussed for deletion. (nom) Currently the project has 1062 assessed articles under its scope. Collaboration The Green Bay Packers Wikiproject has three specific collaboration efforts, and one open collaboration effort: Nominated Collaborations- As with most WikiProjects, we have an area for members to nominate articles that need attention. Featured and Good Content Collaboration- The Project also has a specific area for members to receive help with building an article up to GA-Class, FA-Class, or FL-Class. Every B-Class article within the scope of the project has been identified as a candidate for the area of collaboration. Nominations of new articles or of lower-class articles are also welcome in this area. Stub Collaboration- One major key to this Project is to make sure that no top-importance and ultimately high-importance article is a stub. This area of collaboration is for members to work on de-stubbing important articles within the project's scope. As with the other collaboration efforts, this area is open to member nominations. Special Collaboration- This last area is for special collaboration efforts. This area will not always be in use, but is usually used for collaboration efforts that focus on adding certain aspects to every page. Currently, the special collaboration is focused on adding an appropriate Infobox to every article that requires one. Hopefully, we will be able to get the services of a bot to automatically search our categories and create a list here, which will allow members to add the appropriate infobox to each article. Assessment Please assess any articles found in Cat:Unknown-importance Green Bay Packers articles or Cat:Unassessed-Class Green Bay Packers articles! Currently, the project will employ the work of a bot, SatyrBot, to help the project tag new article with our project banner. Every two weeks, the bot will search every article in each Green Bay Packers category, and any article found to be in the category without a project tag will be listed here. Any article on this page should be tagged with our banner, making sure to assess the article by class and importance. A worklist showing each article under the project's scope by class and importance can be found here, with a log of changes of assessments found here, and the project's statistics can be found here. Members Currently the project has 32 members, vastly more than any other NFL team project. A full list of our members can be found here. The project coordinator is Gonzo fan2007. Any questions, comments, or concerns about the project or Wikipedia in general can be addressed to the Project's talk page or Gonzo fan's talk page. Please invite new members by either using a personal message, or {{InvitePackersProject}}. If new members join, please welcome them with {{WelcomePackersProject}} while also giving them a personal welcome. To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let us know.

Recent page protection

Please restore text of Lisa Graham Keegan to 22:12, 31 March 2008. that will undo the recent vandalism. Thanks. WildGooseWest (talk) 23:58, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Carolina Panthers seasons

Hello, you recently reviewed Carolina Panthers seasons for WP:FLC. I believe all of the issues are complete for this FLC. If you have time, could you please review the article once more. Thanks, PGPirate 12:24, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Mr W H

Dear Gonzo: As you have deleted Mr W H I would like to say that I disagree with your reasoning. How will knowledge increase if you nip it in the bud. There are many people curious about the identity of Mr W H and I believe it might make an interesting topic if it were allowed to grow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alyxsylvr (talk • contribs) 15:58, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Featured list candidate

Any chance you could withdraw the FLC List of football clubs in England by major honours won? There's too much work to do on it, at this stage. Peanut4 (talk) 19:45, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow. That was quick. Thanks. Peanut4 (talk) 19:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Declined speedy on Image:GoldOoTn64Cart.jpg

I was wondering why you declined the speedy delete request on Image:GoldOoTn64Cart.jpg. I tagged it because the author tagged the image as being low-resolution, while it is clearly very high resolution (945x612). Voyaging^(talk) 22:34, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for lowering the resolution, I didn't even think to do that. Voyaging^(talk) 01:18, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

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Request for page protections

I hope I'm not putting you through your paces with the requests for page protection :) Gary King (talk) 19:17, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I've never had a semiprotection declined yet, so I hope I'm doing more good than harm ;) Gary King (talk) 19:21, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm actually surprised to see a lot of the articles I reported were not previously protected, considering their nature. Most of them appear to be WWII-Axis related. Gary King (talk) 19:24, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

[1] Gary King (talk) 19:55, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Uh, sorry for that then :p Take a 5 minute break then come back and protect some more! :D Gary King (talk) 20:12, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem. We made a good tag team :) Gary King (talk) 20:24, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Request for Page Protection Removal

Request that you revisit Fitna Film decision, the only vandalism tag was addressed to a member. I reverted myself in error and restored. I think a quick query on the need for protection to the Fitna Discussion page will find that the current editorial community for the article sees no need. There is no perception of any issues with those currently contributing to it.75.57.165.180 (talk) 19:29, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry there has been way too much vandalism in the past couple weeks, there needs to be a break. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 19:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

? Would it not be necessary precondition of protection that at the very least those involved in editing the article would at a minimum perceive a need for it?75.57.165.180 (talk) 19:39, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

What? « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 19:40, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

If no member of the community editing the article - and therefore the same people reverting Vandalism, thinks there is a problem, then how can a problem exist? There are only 3 instances in the last 24 hours - the last over 2 hours ago.75.57.165.180 (talk) 19:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

It's not just you, it is the history of the article, including the many other bad edits that occurred on the page. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 20:01, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Not just me? I am included in the basis for Protection? Or do I misinterpret your phrasing75.57.165.180 (talk) 20:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

No, not including your edits, there has been 12 vandalism reverts within the last 50 changes. Your explanation makes sense, it really had nothing to do with you. Sorry if there was any confusion. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 20:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Patrick T. McHenry

This is more of an FYI than anything else... did you intend to lock this page with speculation from a blog on it? Personally, I'm not sure if the page should have the info or not on it but regardless, I'm surprised you locked it in that state.--Dr who1975 (talk) 19:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protection of Scotland

Hi there, the level of anonymous IP vandalism doesn't really seem high on the Scotland article, only three edits this evening? Earlier today User:20.133.0.13 (semi-regular editor to the article) was engaging in an edit war, however they have since been blocked. Thanks/wangi (talk) 20:54, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi there, there have been 45 edits of Scotland today, 14 of which have been reverts or undo's and looking back on the past 10 days, there is a lot of anonymous vandalism, so I believe that a 2 week break will help to deter the vandalism. Cheers! « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 22:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi Gonzo fan; thing is most of those edits/reverts are in a content disagreement I'm in the middle of trying to mediate. The number of "real" anonymous IP vandal edits is minimal. Semi-protection will not have any effect on 95%+ of the editors involved in the content dispute should they break out again (things are looking hopeful though) — full protection or blocking of users would be required. The Scotland article has a history of no semi-protection being applied — this is the first time. The article is on a vast number of watchlists and vandal edits are normally reverted very quickly. I do not want to bar well intentioned IP editors from working on this article. Thanks/wangi (talk) 22:53, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Don't worry, if it needs full protection I'll protect it myself. Thanks/wangi (talk) 23:07, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Blink-182

Hi. I don't understand why you semi-protected Blink-182. You state "anon-vandalism" when there really has been no vandalism. Editors reverting narca's edits mislabeled them as vandalism. They were in good faith. Also, there really has been no anon vandalism at all. I suggest you unprotect this because it didn't need protection in the first place. Timmeh! 23:14, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

My RFA has closed

My RFA that you weighed in on earlier has closed as no consensus to promote, at a final tally of 120/47/13. I thank you for your feedback and comments there, and I'm going to be considering all the various advice and comments presented. I might end up at RFA again some day, or not. If you see me there again in the future, perhaps you might consider a Support !vote. If not, not, and no hard feelings. The pen is still mightier than the mop! See you around, and thanks again. Lawrence § t/e 18:20, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Rollback

Hi Gonzo. Thank you for granting me the rollback ability. I will definitely look into it. Cheers. Maple Leaf (talk) 15:36, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey Gonzo sorry for the late reply but want to say thanks for giving me rollback rights, and will read more about rollback, Thanks again!--Pookeo9 (talk) 22:58, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: Wow!

Thanks, I do what I can to help out around here, but the Featured Lists are just a side project — my main goal is to continue to improve my understanding of policy and as I said in my RFA, I intend on helping out by fighting vandalism, but by starting out conservatively. If you don't mind, I'd like to reach you in a few months time if and when I am submitted for another RFA, before the actual nomination, so I can get an honest assessment from you :) I enjoyed that RFA because now I know what I have to improve, and I'm well aware that article contribution ISN'T one of those things! :p Gary King (talk) 07:54, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the questions, I don't see what the big deal is for everyone, but I guess that's because that was the first time I actually went through the process myself. It wasn't really that overwhelming at all, but I have indeed seen some RFAs with 5 or less questions. Gary King (talk) 08:07, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I notice that you have a few WP:FLs under your belt, which I guess was why you were at WP:FLC. Funny how I keep bumping into the same administrators every so often. I've seen Pedro (talk · contribs) around a fair bit, too. Gary King (talk) 08:09, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

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The protection

You're welcome! Acalamari 23:46, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Image deletion

Thanks for quickly deleting this image. I have used this photographer's images. He is strict with usage, but generous to those who use his images in their stated purpose with his permission. Sorry if I didn't quite get the instructions correct. --Blechnic (talk) 06:40, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

My mistake, it appears you are not the only one who does not know what I am talking about. I am trying to get an image deleted. I watched the image deletion log and saw what appeared to be an entry listing you deleting the image. I am pretty sure, though, that I did the tag wrong, or something. Any chance you could explain what to do? This image Image:Loch Lomond button celery.jpg isa copyright violation. The web page it was taken from[2] allows academic and personal use of thumbnails, but Wikipedia is neither academic nor personal use, and the image uploaded to Commons is not the thumbnail. The uploaded image (higher resolution, non-thumbnail) strictly requires explicit permission for any and all uses.

"This photo and associated text may not be used except with express written permission from California Native Plant Society. To obtain permission for personal, academic, commercial, or other uses, or to inquire about high resolution images, prints, fees, or licensing, or if you have other questions, contact California Native Plant Society njensen[AT]cnps.org."\\

The article says the image is used "courtesy of California Native Plant Society/Rick York," but the permission, again, is explicitly for the thumbnail. The thumbnail is in the article, but the uploaded image, which it clicks to on Wikipedia and Commons, is the higher resolution.

The image should be speedy deleted ASAP. The page is not created, using the recommended tag does not allow for a reason, then creates a page saying no reason for deletion is given. It's not followable.

Thanks for any assistance you can offer, particularly if you can just take care of the matter (if you know how) as I have to go to work in a few hours. --Blechnic (talk) 07:45, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, thanks. I can figure most of Wikipedia out just by copying code from other pages, using categories from the previews, but this one was beyond me. So you did delete the page. I sorta figured out it had to be deleted on Commons, but I thought that was in addition. I created a Commons account so I can deal with the issue in the future. Very confusing. --Blechnic (talk) 01:07, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for help with Image:Image001.gif--Toddy1 (talk) 06:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting that interesting comment left on my talk page. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 22:38, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Re your message: They amuse me. Funny how this one found my cartoon friend. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem for jumping in on Daedalus969's comment. It doesn't bother me, although one of your comments about me is going to give me a fat head. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:32, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Re your message: Thank you, I try. =) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:45, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again for reverting that misplaced comment on my user page. Testing reaction time... sure... uh huh. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:16, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Re your message: Yeah, him and his friend User:Cheesecakelolz stopped. They were both on their last warnings. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 06:52, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

User name

Question: Who/What inspired your username? RC-0722 ^247.5/1 01:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh. Me and Burner were wondering about the "Gonzo" part. RC-0722 ^247.5/1 03:32, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah. RC-0722 ^247.5/1 03:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

re: my name

Thanks, but why I am on ur watchlist? LOL. The Anti-Vandalism King (talk) 04:41, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Ooooh lol. Nice, so can u ban all those dirtbags vandalizing UFC 83 or page protect UFC 83? The Anti-Vandalism King (talk) 04:47, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it's cleaned up now, thanks anyways. It was a great PPV though. The Anti-Vandalism King (talk) 04:56, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA

I have accepted. Thanks for the reminder (I guess I got too caught up with the questions.) STORMTRACKER 94 ^{Go Irish!} 22:54, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

Excellent

Excellent summary of things here. Hopefully he'll get it now...John Reaves 20:37, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you

Re: your efforts to aid in deleting offensive material from editing history. I read others' comments before your final reply and wonder how one is supposed to protect the article (Heath Ledger) from continued abuse from vandals who use log-in identities. Please reply either here or in the Incident section discussion. (Going offline.) --NYScholar (talk) 04:30, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand your question, but I'll take a shot at it. The only way to truly protect articles from vandals would be protecting the article from editing. The sad thing is though, that the belief behind Wikipedia is "the encyclopedia anyone can edit." This means that we as administrators should only use page protection as a last resort, where a certain article is getting consistent vandalism from many different IPs/users and it is no longer economical to just block the accounts. This leads to another way an article can be protected from vandals, is when a user/IP has vandalized and been warned, then they can be reported to WP:AIV where administrators will quickly review the situation and if necessary block the offending accounts. Another way to clean-up after vandalism is the use of deletion (what I did). This involves deleting the whole page, and then restoring all the revisions except those that have offensive edit summaries. Hopefully this process will be easier in the future when the developers implement single-revision deletion, where admins can delete just one revision, instead of deleting the whole page. Another clean-up method is oversight, which is the technical ability to hide certain revisions from the view of basically everyone on Wikipedia. This is only used in cases where the comments are potentially libelous, or where personal, identifiable information is released, or in other last-resort cases. There are also other technical ways to help prevent vandalism, but per WP:BEANS it is best not to release that. I hope I have answered your question. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 04:43, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and your welcome :-) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 04:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Template:EAgamesT

So this needs to be taken to TfD? It's a template for a WikiProject that itself was CSD'd. Wouldn't that satisfy g6? (Same goes for Template:WW EAgames) xenocidic (talk) 19:04, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

oh, goody, awb work! I'll let you know when I'm finished. cheers, xenocidic (talk) 19:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Done, and done. Thanks! xenocidic (talk) 19:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

User:75.73.250.67

Since you're open to trout-slapping, I thought you might be the best to ask about this one. It appears to have been created by a logged in user, for some reason (and is a copy of User:Godgiven Love). I'm not really sure if it belongs. MfD, or leave it, or? xenocidic (talk) 20:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

I think I'll just let sleeping dogs lie - I just wasn't sure if IP users were allowed to maintain such large userpages - especially when they weren't created by the IP itself. Cheers, xenocidic (talk) 22:25, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Always editing late?

Wow, I always see you up editing late. Don't tell me you're in a North American timezone at this hour... Gary King (talk) 08:43, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Ah, I beat you then in terms of lateness because I'm in Toronto ;) Gary King (talk) 08:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Reponse

No problem, I thought that everyone who has closed nominations should have a chance to decide. As for myself, I am unsure as to whether I will run or not although I'm leaning towards not at the moment. I'm basically waiting to see what some of the others do, then I'll decide. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 18:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Null edits

Just wondering what their purpose is. Inquisitive only, not being snooty. - Dudesleeper / Talk 03:48, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

One purpose is to force a refresh any transclusions that may be cached. xenocidic (talk) 03:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Replied on the talk page, but basically what Xenocidic said (in a heck of a lot less words :-) « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 03:54, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for explaining. I was guilty on all counts. - Dudesleeper / Talk 03:55, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Please

Hi, thank you so much for offering your help, if you could do that i'd greatly appreciate it. I have no problems adding websites, are the websites i need to add things like - roster pages etc? I'll add a whole bunch of things - if i add them , is that my specified evidence? I'd love for you to do what you have offered for me, i can make changes to it and not be mad that it's been deleted.

Thanks again, i owe you one.

Kev =]

Kevizzle (talk) 09:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for giving me the page back. I've added a few links - the main link i wanted to add was a 1PW roster link, which, unfortunately is down. The 1PW site is running though, 1PW on wikipedia lists Juggernaught as an active wrestler. I added a roster page of another wrestling company he wrestle for, look at the wrestlers pics and you'll see him. The reason i linked 1PW was that if you search for him, you'll get results and the DVDs that are on sale, most feature him. Also added GPW match results - which you can see pics of him form April 4th. Is this sufficient enough evidence?

Thanks

Kev =]

Kevizzle (talk) 10:10, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, fair enough. But can i have my page back please?

Just give me time and i can prove that The Juggernaught is worthy of being put in here - considering his partner is on here and Juggernaught's name is listed on the 1PW wikipedia as an active roster member.

Please, let me have the page back and i'll get back to you when i have the info.

Thanks

Kev

Kevizzle (talk) 00:56, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of The Political Quarterly

Hi. I noticed that you speedy deleted The Political Quarterly under A7. I'm not sure A7 should have applied since the criteria state "A7 applies only to articles about web content or articles on people and organizations themselves, not articles on their books, albums, software and so on", and this is a journal after all. Moreover, I do think that the journal is important enough to have an article, although this may not have been clear from the existing article. Would you object to me writing a new article? Cordless Larry (talk) 14:01, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

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Afghanistan

Hi! As I do not understand basically anything about how Wikipedia really works, I wonder whether I can be held responsible for the protection of Afghanistan (changed protection level for "Afghanistan" ‎(content dispute [edit=sysop:move=sysop])) ^[1]. Did I do something wrong when I rewrote Dari instead of Persian there and there, when I added this link or when I left a message to SwatiAfridi / Beh-nam / Tajik007?
What's more, I can't understand what sysop and protection (as I can't see any 'padlock' or warning anywhere) mean.
I'd have a couple of technical and some general questions to put ^[2], but I do not know whom to ask…

Thanks forward for helping. ✓ Kanġi Oĥanko (talk) 22:35, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Many, many thanks for your answer.

I Already tried to put the questions I wanted to ask where you told me to do so, but either the answers came rather late (though I can understand that you administrators are really busy with a whole bunch of tasks) or never. The last example is just one of them. That's essentially why I (unsuccessfully) asked to be 'adopted'. I will ask you directly in the near future.

Have a nice time, wherever you live! ✓ Kanġi Oĥanko (talk) 23:29, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

PS: Oh! I finally saw the lock and the warning post at Afghanistan…

NFL first round picks

The problem is I don't know how to control the background without messing up the font. Meet at template talk.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:38, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Replied there. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 03:39, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

I see you have reverted everything. You should have at least put a see also for the template that you pointed out.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 03:54, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

The problem is that half the boxes used the {{navbox}} and those were O.K. The other half used the {{CFB navbox}} and the font colors got messed up on those. I should have just done the half with the navbox. But yes the proper thing to do is to put a see also to the template you mentioned at the bottom. I think it is possible that if instead of using the code I just slapped the template in without all the below stuff it would have looked O.K. --TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:29, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Re: 10000!

Re your message: Congrats! I hadn't seen that tool before. Interesting and very fast. I use this one, but after a certain point, it takes a ridiculously long time to run. Nice job, now get back to work. ;) -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 04:19, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/PoinDexta1

Please review the correct way to close RFAs as a non-bureaucrat. You are supposed to mention that you, as a non-crat, made the snow closure. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:09, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

No worries, you made a fine closure either way;that RFA had no chance, I'm afraid. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:37, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

List of Steelers coaches

I revised the intro, maybe you take another look. I, suprisingly, cannot find an article about how Cowher/Noll were one of the longest (even the longest?) back-to-back coaching duos in sports. I agree that would be worth mentioning, but I won't add it until I find a source. I'm gonna add citations to the "awards" column now. Thanks! Blackngold29 15:21, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Kevin Hart (poet)

This article was stubbed and semi-protected by admin Hesperian, who seems to think he can read the minds of editors. By his own admission he knows nothing at all of the topic, yet he thinks he is qualified to make sound judgments concerning what is appropriate here. I request that the article by unprotected, that the stub be reverted, and that Hesperian be asked to stop abusing his authority.

Declined This is not the place to review administrators actions, nor am I going to revert the stubbing and protection of an
article because of WP:BLP concerns. Please take it to the protecting administrators talk page or the discussion page for the
article in question. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 07:10, 29 April 2008 (UTC) 

I've done that. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Kevin_Hart_.28poet.29 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Hesperian/Archive_30#K_hart Hesperian has violated WP principles by stubbing and protecting an article that is not being vandalized. If you look at his/her talk page, you will see he/she has a long history of abusing the authority of the admin's position. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.155.14.119 (talk • contribs)

My main point is that WP:RFPP is not the right board to review administrative actions. I declined the protection because there was no need for it to be unprotected. WP:BLP is one of the most important policies on Wikipedia, and if an administrator stubs and protects an article because the article lacks neutrality enough to be a WP:BLP concern, that I nor any other administrator will undo the action. Cheers, « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) @ 23:37, 29 April 2008 (UTC)