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On archiving a talk page

Tervehdys KFP! You have helped me twice, the day before yesterday on the article in Suomen Kuvalehti and in April you gave me good advice about how to archive a talkpage. I am grateful for your help. But I must reveal my deplorable computer skills: I haven't been able to archive the talkpage in question. At present I am in the middle of writing the History of the Finnish Orthodox Church. After I have finished it, I hope to takle this formidable hurdle about archiving. I hope you have then time to guide me? By the way, KFP, may I ask you how long you have been in the "Wikiworld"?--Tellervo 20:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey. Yes, I can help you archive the page or alternatively I can do it for you. As for your other question, I've been a Wikipedian for about two years and three months now. Keep up the good work! Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 11:24, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I know I have to learn how to archive a page, and I also want to do it in the long run, but this time, please, could you do it for me?? There is something missing in me, that makes
all kind of techniques seem complicated and foreign. As an example: I have never been able to learn how to drive! That's enough about me, - the page in question is the Cicero discussion page. Could you archive the talks up to Awadewit's copy edit? Cheers and thanks! Tellervo 16:13, 19 July 2007 (UTC) P.S.: Thank you for your kind appraisal of my work!
Ok, here you go: Talk:Cicero. You can check these two diffs to see what I did: Talk:Cicero/Archive 1 and Talk:Cicero. --KFP (talk | contribs) 16:42, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
If only you knew how happy you made me by telling me sometime in July: "Keep up the good work!" That has been a wonderful boost to me, keeping me in this "Wikiworld" where you are often treated coldly and contemptuously, not to speak of all the rivalry. Btw. I wonder is it hard to be an admin? --Tellervo 14:02, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Stephens City

I have written and now verbal permission from both the historian/curator and assistant historian who have no problem with it being there. I have, within the past hour, verified that permission to use the discription of the history of Stephens City. I will be readding that information posthaste. - NeutralHomer T:C 20:35, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I do not see the verification you mentioned. Please do not readd the content again without verification of its copyright/licensing status (see WP:COPYREQ for more). --KFP (talk | contribs) 20:53, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Please forward your email via my email link and I will forward you the email I just recieved from them with the aforementioned permission. - NeutralHomer T:C 21:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Requesting_copyright_permission#When_permission_is_confirmed. Right now all we have is the "Copyright © 2007 Stone House Foundation. All Rights Reserved" notice on the Newtown History Center website... --KFP (talk | contribs) 21:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
It has been forwarded....am readding in good faith. - NeutralHomer T:C 21:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps You Can Help

I am unsure how to classify this image, [[Image:Cat dude.jpeg]]. It is a standard LOLCat image that I use on my userpage (via a contents page). Ownership of these images is almost always impossible to determine, which is why I originally tagged it as {{Non-free unsure}}. It was tagged for deletion as being in possible violation of Creative Commons. Since it is a common image, I tagged it as such. Still, it was tagged for deletion and retagged {{Non-free unsure}} and I am back to confused.

If you know what an LOLCat image would be classified under, template-wise, please let me know, I would greatly appericate it, because I like the little dude and I think that is all of us one time or another after a long night of editing. Thanks and Take Care....NeutralHomer T:C 00:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi there. It seems that you already got the thing sorted out with Butseriouslyfolks. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page! Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 10:47, 19 July 2007 (UTC)


In trouble again

Hi! As you know I am writing at present the history of the Finnish Orthodox Church. I happen to have some nice pictures of buildings and persons related to the Orthodox Church (as I am formally a member of it). I asked a friend of mine to put the picture of an old icon depicting St. Sergius and St. Herman of Valaam, in the article. My friend has never earlier done this and he is as totally ignorant, as I am, about Wikimedia Commons and of the process of putting a picture into an article. I have some 10-20 years ago cut the picture of the icon in question from some brochure, ( which one, I have totally forgotten ), about Valaam monastery. The icon is probably painted in the 19th century or early 20th century because of the fact that it is painted in the "degenerate" style i.e. a style that stopped around WW II. In that style icon painters tried to paint according to the rules of ordinary paintings. The picture was there for two days, and vanished there-after. When I click on the empty place where the picture used to be, I get just frightened by all the orders and demands put on me. By the way, I had to open an account in Wikimedia Commons in order to get the picture placed in the article. I use in Commons the same pseudonym as in Wikipedia. As to copyrights, icons are never signed.

Well, what shall I do? I feel I am pretty troublesome and a burden to you. Lastly: - Thank you for the archive! Tellervo 09:48, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

The image you uploaded is at Commons:Image:Icon valaam monastery 19th century.PNG. You had misspelled the link with a capital V. -- Petri Krohn 22:50, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Ugly... needs help

I have just created Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh/History Workgroup/Announcements template. But, it's looking really, exceedingly ugly. Besides, the title link is not transcluding right. Also, I was looking for the right code to copy include a v.d.e format I see on standardized navigation boxes. Can you help? Aditya(talk • contribs) 12:41, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Need your expert help!

Hello! I hope you are feeling great! Anyway, I would like to have your expert help with regards to a template. For further information, please view this page. I hope that you will be able to fix this minor problem, so as to achieve greater consistency in this project. --Siva1979Talk to me 15:34, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

Horse skeleton image

Man do I hate to rain on the parade of an attractive image, but Have you looked CLOSELY at that skeleton diagramImage:Horseanatomy.png? I noticed that it has some SERIOUS inaccuracies (like mislabeling the sacrum as part of the lumbar and coccygeal vertebrae and saying that the horse has a collar bone when it doesn't!) It needs some relabeling and fixing. It's almost so bad we should consider removing it if we can't fix it, which is a real bummer because it's so clear... YIKES!!!! A couple examples that are more correct: http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/images/education/horse_skeleton.gif and http://www.classicbloodstock.com.au/skillsEDIT/clientuploads/39/horseskeleton.jpg Some of the terms aren't identical (cannon bone is either the metacarpal or metatarsal, etc.) but they are all correct. You may want to consult User:Dlh-stablelights on this, he is a vet. Montanabw(talk) 04:41, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi. I can't do much about the image but perhaps you could ask WikipedianProlific, the creator of the image to fix the inaccuracies? If this fails, you can nominate it for delisting from Wikipedia:Featured pictures at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates#Nomination for delisting. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 11:35, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

We will see if we can fix it ourselves. WP seems too busy to help right now. Montanabw(talk) 20:01, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

I tried nominating for delisting but couldn't get the template to work, could you stick your nose over there and lend me a hand? Thanks. Montanabw(talk) 20:15, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

The delisting nomination should be fixed now. I also moved it to Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/delist/Image:Horseanatomy.png. --KFP (talk | contribs) 20:48, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

FREE MINDS page, REQUESTING RESTORATION

Why was the free minds page deleted immediately again? Please restore. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jonnyk1982 (talk • contribs).

Hello. I deleted the article because the article seemed to be about a group of people but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable, and more specifically our guidelines on organizations and companies. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. --KFP (talk | contribs) 09:15, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Restoration of User:White Cat pages

It seems the pages you restored have their {{db-user}} tags intact, thus clogging Category:Candidates for speedy deletion by user. --MZMcBride 15:59, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Ooh, sorry about that. They've been fixed now (by White Cat). Thanks for the note. --KFP (talk | contribs) 16:16, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Finger Jousting Page Deleted

I understand Wikipedia's need to be self-governed by directors and for information to be verifiable. However, by deleting the upcoming, growing, and independent, Wikipedia is subjugating anything new and not allowing progress. The finger jousting page was not an advertising or spam attempt at gaining some hits. I did not start that entry or even really work on it. That entry was made by fans of the sport. When the people discussing the entry prior to you deleting were discussing sources, you didn't even bother to look on the WFJF's Media Coverage page: http://www.fingerjoust.com/media/coverage.htm. Those are all good sources and are well documented. We have radio spotlights, podcasts, newspapers, television, and all that. Just because the sport is new and rather smallish now, does not mean it should not be in the Wikipedia. We're a bonafide organization just like the sport which has been around for about thirty years in different forms. The sport is quite well known just by different places around the United States and Great Britain. We're philanthropic and just made a donation to the local Muscular Dystrophy Association chapter. I understand that you all will probably stand by your decision (even though the discussion in the deletion page was split), I believe the deletion was uncalled for and a well done refurbishing of the webpage would have been well deserved. After the sport continues to grow in prominence this year, I think you guys will realize that you should have just left the entry in instead of having to go make a new one eventually. Thank you for your time. - The Lord of the Joust

Hello. I did not actually delete this article and I am not familiar with the situation. The deletion nomination was closed by User:Jaranda (I only deleted a related broken redirect). You can recreate the article now or later if you can address the concerns raised during the discussion. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 14:35, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Help! Please!!

Can you help me to make the template Template:WikiProject Bangladesh/back to main page a bit smaller? I have used it on Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh/History Workgroup and Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh/Geography Workgroup, and is looking otherwise nice, I guess. But, it tends to overlap with the page title on smaller screens. Aditya(talk • contribs) 17:34, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I made it a little smaller. Ask away if you want other changes to be done to it... And sorry about not getting back to you on Wikipedia:WikiProject Bangladesh/History Workgroup/Announcements, I wasn't quite sure what to do with it and then forgot it. I'll try to look. --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:21, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible to make the box itself a bit smaller, especially in width? You see, it is the box that overlaps page title, not what is within the box. I have tried an failed. Thanks for your help, though. Aditya(talk • contribs) 04:26, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
I know we are busy and all that. But, could you take a look at the template just once more in light of the comment immediately above? I really have a very lousy grip on the codes here. Aditya(talk • contribs) 04:04, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
Ok, I think Gracenotes has fixed it now. --KFP (talk | contribs) 22:22, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you KFP!

If only you knew how happy you made me by telling me sometime in July: "Keep up the good work!" That has been a wonderful boost to me, keeping me in this "Wikiworld" where you are often treated coldly and contemptuously, not to speak of all the rivalry. Btw. I wonder is it hard to be an admin? --Tellervo 14:02, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi there and sorry for the delayed reply. Thank you for your kind message! Adminship is mostly about common sense, civility and a sufficient understanding of Wikipedia's goals, policies and processes. (You don't have to know everything!) Its hardness mostly depends on the things you choose to do with the admin tools and how you use them. Ask away if you have any further questions. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:55, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Order4.jpg)

Thanks for uploading Image:Order4.jpg. The media description page currently specifies that it is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, it is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the media was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that media for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that all non-free media not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 07:04, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

More questions

Nice to get your answer about adminship! I know admins have some special tools for their job, but I know nothing more about them. What kind of a bucket & so on? I am not aiming for adminship, so a general description is quite enough. Are you studying or teaching engineering??

This time I should like to ask you for a tutorial about how to put images into an article. In Wikimedia Commons there is a nice picture of the interior of the Uspenski Cathedral ("Altar-raum Uspenski Cathedral in Helsinki"). I think it would look nice in the article about the Finnish Orthodox Church, as a tunnelmakuva somewhere lower after that pretty uninspiring but quite informing piece about the dioceses of Finland. I have dabbled in trying to get it up to Wikipedia, but just ended up realizing it is too though stuff for me.

The other picture I should like to put into Wikipedia is a picture of Marshal C.G.E. Mannerheim in his youth as a Russian officer in the Chevalier Guard. I happen to have a good one in Veijo Meri's biography on him (Suomen Marsalkka C.G. Mannerheim, 1990). The picture is ofcourse over 70 years old, but is there some other limitations for using it? ( One "limitation" might be the patriotic flavour of the article, - other editors may dislike to be reminded of his years in the Russian army and his loyalty to the Romanovs.) Hoping you are well and content with your life! --Tellervo 17:58, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Caption goes here.
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Hello again. Admin tools mostly have to do with keeping Wikipedia clean and dealing with user conduct issues. The tools most often used are deletion and undeletion, blocking and unblocking and page protection and unprotection. Deletion is for pages that Wikipedia is for one reason or another better off without, blocking is to protect Wikipedia and its users from disruptive editors and page protection is mostly for dealing with certain types of vandalism or edit warring. Admins can also view deleted pages and images without undeleting them and edit the MediaWiki namespace to change the site interface and such. There are some other, less commonly used tools as well and some that require a different access level.
As for images, the simplest way is to type 
[[Image:Example.png|thumb|right|Caption goes here.]]
to the place in the article where you want the image to appear. In this case "Image:Example.png" is the file name and "Caption goes here." is the caption of the image. This will produce the image shown on the right.
If the Mannerheim image is in the public domain or freely licensed, you are free to upload it on Wikipedia using the "Upload file" link in the toolbox on the left or at Wikimedia Commons. I hope this helps... And no, I'm not studying or teaching engineering. I do study business related things, though. --KFP (talk | contribs) 17:01, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Hello KFP! Thank you for the instruction on how to put an image in the article! If you have time, please, visit "History of the Finnish Orthodox Church" and tell me what went wrong with the "tunnelmakuva" from the Uspensky Cathedral? Greetings! --Tellervo 11:21, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi, there is a typographical error in the filename on Wikimedia Commons. It says "uspenki" when it should be "uspenski". I changed the Wikipedia page to reflect this mistyping. It is also possible to reupload the file under a new filename. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:58, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you again KFP! What a curious error in Wikimedia Commons! Btw do you know a good copy editor? Cheers! --Tellervo 09:37, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't need a copy editor, as things have taken an different turn.--Tellervo 16:42, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, Espoo Cathedral, was selected for DYK!

Updated DYK query On October 9, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Espoo Cathedral, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! Nishkid64 (talk) 02:02, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Good work, KFP! Nishkid64 (talk) 02:02, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi KFP!

Hi KFP!
Long time no see (exams!) could you head over and take a look at this and the related discussion on the FPC talk page. I think the delist should be protected for a little bit but see what you think... Thanks, --Fir0002 05:42, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

This is already being discussed on WP:AN. -- Ned Scott 06:14, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

What a great idea!

Yes, your idea to have a meetup in Helsinki. It would really be nice to see in reality what is behind all these pseudonymes' with whom we are corresponding, got angry with, wanting to say thank you to..... and so on. Any place and almost any time is OK for me. --Tellervo (talk) 17:07, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Help

In the past I received wonderful help from you on coding, and that wasn't always directly related to the project itself. I am turning to you again for help with something that relates to my userspace. I have a chart on my homapage here, under the heading "I ♥ the smell of napalm in the morning", that describes which superhero I resemble. The whole idea is copied from another Wikipedian. But, I can't get the chart to integrate with the page. I put it in one place, and it shows up in another, and in the process italicizes some text uselessly. It also refuses to become smaller. I would have redone the chart if I knew how. Can you do something about it? No matter how small, it will be most appreciated. Please? Aditya(talk • contribs) 16:55, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. It already gives me a good feeling to think that you cared enough to take a look. Well... I have put the codes for the chart where I want it to appear (on the right side just below the section "I love the smell of napalm in the morning"). If you open the section you'll see the codes sitting there. But, I guess, it's written in HTML and isn't fitting into the Wikicode world. Any layout would be fine, as long the bar chart remains a bar chart (with percentage labels), and the rest of the information doesn't vanish (including the link). Would you believe that I couldn't figure even that little? Aditya(talk • contribs) 16:01, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh, I hoped I would have forgot all about it by now. I tried to fiddle with the codes a bit myself, eventually gave up, removing it completely. I was nice and funny. But, I think I have a better idea for the home page, as in more directly related to the Wikipedia. And, I am so very honored that you went back to the page to lend a hand. Thanks, dear, really. Aditya(talk • contribs) 04:02, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Faroe Islands stamp weirdness

Thanks, KFP. I didn't realize signatures could be faked and couldn't figure out who this Husond was! -Eric (talk) 18:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi. The one who added the message was a sockpuppet of a previously blocked troll. He's blocked now. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:52, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks! I didn't think the ProAssurance page should be up for speedy deletion too. I was confused about why it was deleted in the first place for that reason, and was even more confused when it was again deleted not more than five minutes after I added it back. So, thanks for keeping things fare on Wikipedia!BhamAla (talk) 19:21, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi there! No problem. Articles occasionally get deleted when they shouldn't and, at a glance, the article looks pretty good to me now. Feel free to ask me if you have further questions. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:03, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Help Please

Hi KFP,
I was under the impression that I'd blocked User:213.48.73.89 but it seems that he can still edit (or is it that he can only edit his talkpage?). Could you please explain? ( Sorry for the noob question - my first block ;))Thanks, --Fir0002 09:25, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey Fir0002! Yes, the block should be working just fine but blocked users can still edit their own talk pages (so they can request unblocking) unless they are protected. Said talk pages can be protected in case of abuse. Congratulations on your first block! And it only took you about a year and a half of being an admin to get around to it! :p --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:35, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Spotlight

Wikipedia:Spotlight, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Spotlight and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Spotlight during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you.

I was about to join the project, because it seemed to be well organized. But as I see it as pretty inactive at the moment, and WP:ACID is almost similar to the spotlight, that's the main reason why I nominated this up for discussion. ~Iceshark7 (talk) 18:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

user:Shmeagol

Hi! Thanks for blocking this user for Spamdexing. Checking the edit history of the five articles he spammed I noted identical spamming to the very same articles from user:58.187.22.214 had been reverted a few hours earlier this morning. I suspect it may be the same user, as those 5 spamming edits are the only edits on that IP account. Would it be worth blocking it as a spamming account. Richard Harvey (talk) 12:33, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Help with the project banner for Wikiproject Bangladesh

Template:WP Bangladesh, the project banner, unrolls a set of edit instructions. If you put "stub" as the class parameter and "yes" as the geography parameter it comes out. The instructions used to be very cumbersome (and, after my dabbling, looks silly). You can take a look at it on Talk:Bagherpara Upazila. I was trying to get a collapsible set of instructions like Template:Film. Unfortunately, that one doesn't have any parameters to fill and comes always ready with the banner. Can you lend a hand there?

I haven't been able to learn the codes yet (I don't think I'll be learning ever, technologically handicapped as I am). Sorry to bother you again. But, I have no one else to turn to with these kind of problems. I hope you'd understand. If you are too busy or something, please, let me know. I'll just revert whatever I was trying to do. Aditya(talk • contribs) 10:49, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello... busy? I thought I'd post a re-request. As soon as this is fixed, I can start using the template. The ungainly size and all are preventing me from doing that right now (who'd prefer to find this ugly looking, or the previous ugly looking, large template, really). Aditya(talk • contribs) 00:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Happy New Year. It would be very nice if you could get someone who can fix it. I have a feeling that this good idea of a template may eventually have to go, because of its cumbersome looks. So much ugliness on the talk page may be demoralizing. Cheers. Aditya(talk • contribs) 17:58, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. It looks beautiful now. Aditya(talk • contribs) 19:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Invite

Century Tower

As a current or past contributor to a related article, I thought I'd let you know about WikiProject University of Florida, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of University of Florida. If you would like to participate, you can visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks and related articles. Thanks! ~~~~


Happy new year!






Hi, KFP. I wish you a successful, healthy, peaceful and happy new year. :) Best wishes from —αἰτίας






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User talk:Jlomcc

Hi, you recently fully protected this page. This does not allow the user to do as instructed by the admin whom conditional unblock to the user. It also prevents users such as myself guiding this user. I would ask you to reconsider the protection. Thanks, Tiddly-Tom 10:22, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there. The user was blocked indefinitely for making no constructive edits to Wikipedia. After the block he continued to troll on his talk page. I can undo the protection for now but... Hmm. --KFP (talk | contribs) 19:24, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
He was also given a conditional unblock. Normal I would have not become involved, but recently I have assisted User:05kinjac to receive an unblock. He now is keen to learn policy and I think he will make a quality editor. I enjoyed helping kinjac, and hoped I could do the same for this user. I was a little annoyed when I found out that I couldn't, and that he could never be unblocked. I did not want a potentially good editor being scared away by this. I have left a message on his talk page and hopefully he will see it soon and want to start contributing constructively to wikipedia. If he continues to show no signs that he will change, I would not mind for the protection to be replaced. Thank you for your help in this matter, Tiddly-Tom 19:53, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Notability of IRC-Galleria

WP:WEB shows the criteria the article needs to meet. Until the proper sources are added to meet one of those, a claim is just a claim and not backed up. No editor can easily verify it off the article. Significant independent coverage by third parties or evidence of winning a notable award needs to be presented on the page. A claim of largest X, or X amount of users, sourced or otherwise, doesn't satisfy WP:WEB.--Crossmr (talk) 21:53, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... Perhaps. I don't know much about the site nor am I very interested in it. Perhaps someone else will dig up more reliable sources for it. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 22:18, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't know much about it either, which is why I tagged it. I simply came across it in my cleanup for the List of social networking websites.--Crossmr (talk) 22:36, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

High culture

This is a very venerable quip, for which I receive occasional compliments on my talk page. What exactly are your objections? I notice a huge and extremely ugly troll on your user page; is this an aesthetic statement of principles? Johnbod (talk) 20:17, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello! I'd like to see a caption that explains why this image is considered to be such a very exceptional example of high culture. Show, don't tell! And yes, the troll is quite impressive. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 20:48, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
I fail to see how your edit marked progress in this or any other direction. Johnbod (talk) 22:44, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Re: RFA

Thank you for the suggestions. Two things:

  • On my last RFA I withdrew, because I thought I could use some more exoerience.
  • I have been nominated this time.

Along with that, my edits have nearly quadrupled, and I have gone through Admin Coaching, along with doing many other admin tasks as you may see on the description. Ohmpandya (Talk to Me...) 13:37, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Meetup in Helsinki

Hi KFP!

I think I have unwittingly created a situation, where nobody dares to propose some nice pub or restaurant with moderate prices and a relaxed atmosphere by suggesting Cafe´Strindberg and Fazer as meeting places. I am not at all stiff and elitistic, and I regret proposing those two, though I would not mind meeting in them. But I may be wrong, and the planned meetup has broken down out of other reasons. That is sad, as I would have liked to meet other editors. --Tellervo (talk) 08:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi Tellervo! Don't worry, they're good options, I haven't commented anything recently as I'm not sure about a possible date and such... If we look for a restaurant type setting for the meetup, something like Tori might be a good option and if it is to be something more pub-like, Kaisla or something similar might be good. But I don't know! There are dozens of options. :) --KFP (talk | contribs) 17:48, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

ITN

a) It's US, Australia and Japan which I believe qualifies as international b) There is consensus on the suggestions page c) In your revert, you put back a minor US item for which there was definitely no consensus! --Stephen 00:13, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi there! Please improve the ITN blurb on the detentions. Currently the blurb just essentially states that "two people were detained somewhere". Such things happen constantly (probably thousands of times every day) and the blurb doesn't really indicate why it is a notable event. Also, Wikipedia's coverage of it seems to be limited to one paragraph in the article MY Steve Irwin. I'm not really convinced that the U.S. politician thing is "ITN-worthy" either but I must say that the blurb for it makes a far clearer assertion of notability than this one. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 00:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Featured sounds

I noticed that you have participated in Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates in the past. There are now two candidates and the project appears to be abandoned. If you could look at the candidates and vote it would be appreciated. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 00:33, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

The IRC Buddy Barnstar
For being there to talk to on IRC, when things are quiet, or feeling lonely, and for being such a great person and Wikipedian! Stwalkerster [ talk ] 17:24, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Spotlight

Some people are thinking of starting wikiproject spotlight again. come discuss on IRC spotlight on the project page. Mm40 (talk) 00:35, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I'm on right now. Mm40 (talk) 22:52, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/June 2007

Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/June 2007, a page you created, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/June 2007 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/June 2007 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Zginder (talk) (Contrib) 01:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Happy Adminship

Happy Adminship from the Birthday Committee

Wishing KFP/Archive 6 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

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Idontknow610TM 00:09, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Hehe, thankee! --KFP (talk | contribs) 09:48, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary!

Happy Adminship from the Birthday Committee

Wishing KFP/Archive 6 a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee!

-- DarkestMoonlight (talk) 17:38, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Award

The IRC Buddy Barnstar
For giving me the bone that my dog greatly enjoyed. Or would've enjoyed if it was real. Thanks =)Me what do u want? Your Hancock Please 23:31, 16 April 2008 (UTC)