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Hello! Je suis le Grand Roi des Citrouilles! I am the Great Pumpkin King of Halloween!
Hello! Je suis le Grand Roi des Citrouilles! I am the Great Pumpkin King of Halloween!
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My personality and general philosophy

Photograph of my basset hound who lost both eyes due to glaucoma.
Photograph of my basset hound who lost both eyes due to glaucoma.
Photograph of my basset hound who later had additional surgery on her body.
Photograph of my basset hound who later had additional surgery on her body.

As my name suggests, I am especially interested in pumpkins, although I have focused much effort on creating and expanding many diverse articles. By my nature, I am both a determined and caring individual. I have donated to various charities and thus enjoy rescuing articles just as my family has spent thousands of dollars caring for our basset hounds. Accordingly, as a Wikipedian, I am best described as an inclusionist. After all, I tend to frown upon elitist or exclusivist ideologies in general, whether they be racism, sexism, or deletionism. Such ignorant ideologies are counterproductive and I really hate to see the hard work of good faith editors on a giant encyclopedia destroyed when their work really does not hurt anything by existing and actually contributes to our goal of providing the sum of human knowledge. Attitudes against achieving this comprehensive and inclusionist goal are counter to the enlightened philosophies in the era when the first encyclopedias came into existence. As Voltaire allegedly said, "I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write." In fact, deletionism tends to turn many readers off from Wikipedia,[3][4][5] which is sad, because this project has great potential. Moreover, the time spent nominating other people's work for destruction could be much more proactively spent sourcing articles. Too often, I see something nominated with a "no sources" rationale only to have myself and others find sources with relative ease only to have the article ultimately kept. Now, obviously libel and hoaxes should be deleted, but in general, keeping articles, merging information, and redirecting articles without deleting them are the best ways to preserve the hard work of editors without destroying it and alienating our contributors and readers just because maybe a handful of users, especially those who have made few actual contributions to building articles, aware of the Articles for Deletion (AfD) thing decide that it should be annihilated. Who knows how many readers and editors are ignorant of AfDs and look for an article only to see it gone without understanding why? Finally, deletionism has not only caused considerable divisiveness within our community, it has also garnered negative press for our project,[6] and even caused some editors to retire.[7] Thus, I am also on the watch to revert vandalism, to protect good articles from largely unilateral speedy deletion, to find references for unreferenced information, to add images to articles without images, and to correct improper grammar and spelling, especially concerning the use of the words "very" and "however." I also enjoy welcoming users and doing whatever I can to make Wikipedia a nicer, more inclusive place!  :)

Grammar tips!

Contractions

"Finally, contractions (for example, wasn't for 'was not' or won't for 'will not') are generally too informal for use in a history paper. Rather, you should use the expanded form." -Mary Lynn Rampolla, A Pocket Guide to Writing in History, Fifth Edition (New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007), 62.

However

"Avoid starting a sentence with however when the meaning is 'nevertheless.' The word usually serves better when not in first position. . . . When however comes first, it means 'in whatever way' or 'to whatever extent.'" -William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition (New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000), 48-49.

This

"The pronouns this, that, and which should not refer vaguely to earlier word groups or ideas. These pronouns should refer to specific antecedents. When a pronoun's reference is too vague, either replace the pronoun with a noun or supply an antecedent to which the pronoun clearly refers." -Diana Hacker, A Pocket Manual of Style, Fourth Edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2004), 39.

"The pronoun this, referring to the complete sense of a preceding sentence or clause, cannot always carry the load and so may produce a vague statement." -William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition (New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000), 61.

Try

"Try and is nonstandard for try to. I will try to (not try and) be better about writing to you." -Diana Hacker, A Pocket Manual of Style, 39.

"Takes the infinitive: 'try to mend it,' not 'try and mend it.'...try to is precise, and when you are writing formal prose...write try to." -William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition (New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000), 62.

Very

"Use this word sparingly. Where emphasis is necessary, use words strong in themselves." -William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition (New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000), 63.

"Rather, very, little, pretty--these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the adjective little (except to indicate size) is particularly debilitating..." -William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White, The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition (New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000), 73.

Articles that all editors should read

What Wikipedia is:

Policies and guidelines:

Essays:

While not articles, the following posts from the below list of wise Wikipedians also provide some of the finest arguments I have read on Wikipedia:

Favorite or most creative "keep" posts:

Aspects of Wikipedia to work on

Things Durova suggested I look at

In an email of Tue, 29 May 2007:

In an email of Wed, 11 Jul 2007:

In another email of Wed, 11 Jul 2007:

  • her User:Durova/Recusal essay

In an email of Thu, 12 Jul 2007:

In an email of Fri, 24 Aug 2007:

In an email of Sat, 1 Sep 2007:

Corpx’s vandalism fighting tips

  • WP:WARN lists all the possible warning templates.
  • The general rule of thumb is to start off at level1 or level2 (level1 is mostly for test edits and other good faith edits), but it is your judgment call. If the IP/user was warned and proceeds to make the same/similar edit again, give the next level warning.
  • Vandalism after level4 warning is reported to WP:AIV.
  • The thing to keep in mind is that for most cases, you have to start over on the warning scale if the last warning is not from the current session. By that, I mean you cannot give a level3 warning, because somebody put a level2 warning a week ago.

Active requests for adminship

Username S O N S% Ending Possible duplicate voters
Ironholds 12 24 10 33% 16 June 2008 16:44 None Details
Epbr123 145 2 1 99% 11 June 2008 17:21 None Details
Tanthalas39 76 7 3 92% 10 June 2008 18:30 None Details
Last updated 12:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC) by Tangobot (maintained by Tangotango)

Other wikis

Account history

I intended originally to use my main account primarily for edits to French and pumpkin related articles, but my interests have since expanded greatly. Following my initial intentions of having accounts for specific purposes as well as the guidelines at Legitimate uses of multiple accounts, which on 22 May 2007 stated, “A user making substantial contributions to an area of interest in Wikipedia might register another account to be used solely in connection with developing that area,” I created only the following accounts to handle the specific types of edits indicated next to the names:

Unfortunately, it became too convenient to just edit with whatever account I had happened to log in with (rather than log out and log back in, etc.), which appeared to a few other editors as problematic, especially after some frustrating experiences with questionable deletionism on the Parma, Ohio article and in AfD discussions. Nevertheless, contrary to certain allegations made against me, I actually never used any combination of the above two accounts with my main account in the same AfD as confirmed below:

All the same, I have since abandoned these two other accounts, which are also blocked indefinitely, and will instead just make all edits from this my main account in order to avoid raising suspicions again. I have no plans to create any new accounts and I have never created any accounts other than those listed above.

Here is my main and currently only account's edit count.

Recently, five editors (Uckoman, TenPoundHammer, 69.86.173.19, Trusilver, Malinaccier, and Trusilver again) nominated or offered to nominate me for adminship, but I did not accept these nominations at the time.

Nice comments other contributors said about or in support of me!

Awards, barnstars, disco balls, merry messages, and smiles

The disco ball of knowledge certifies that you are among the finest contributors in the world of Wikipedia, and help it to never stop turning. Thank you for your support of Camila Janniger.

--User:Ejanniger
Golden WikiAward
I would like to award you the Golden WikiAward for your exceptional contributions to the wiki. --ISOLA'd ELBA 19:13, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
For your honesty and friendlyness. M.V.E.i. 16:59, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
For your honesty and friendlyness. M.V.E.i. 16:59, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for welcoming me to the Wikipedia community. Runnermonkey 05:52, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Armenian Barnstar of National Merit
I, VartanM, hereby award you this Barnstar of National Merit for improving the coverage of Armenian Genocide article. Keep up the great work! --VartanM 17:11, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
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PeaceNT (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.
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Cheers and happy editing!

Thanks for your message! :) I had a very good Thanksgiving day (and I trust that you had one great day, too). Take care, PeaceNT (talk) 14:50, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

 Merry Christmas, Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles! Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

Best regards from myself! -- S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s (Merry Christmas!)
Post this merry message on any other user talk page you can find.
'TIS MANGO SEASON....
Have a shlice of mango cheek...well, I am up to my armpits in the things. Yuletide means lots and lots of mangos, as well as turkey and ham and ice-cream and pressies. Were on special so I bought 3 crates for AU$20 and now I have both crispers in the refrigerator full and even with everyone eating two of the ##$@& things every mealtime... I am a bit mangoed out so I thought I'd spread the goodwill around....cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:22, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Here's hoping the new year brings you nothing but the best ;) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 18:14, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
The design of this almost completely impersonal (yet hopefully uplifting) message was ripped from Riana (talk · contribs).
Please feel free to archive it whenever you like.
The Special Barnstar
Thanks for all the kind holiday greetings! They are very much appreciated. Runnermonkey (talk) 20:51, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
You are a very nice person, thanks for welcoming me to Wikipedia! From - Construction Minon
The Optimist's Star
Chin up. 'nuff said cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:40, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Please enjoy this Jack-o-lantern, on me =)

Image:HaloweenPumpkin.JPG
xenocidic (talk) 12:50, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

User:Wilhelmina Will has wished you a happy Valentine's day, and good luck in love and friendship!
User:Wilhelmina Will has wished you a happy Valentine's day, and good luck in love and friendship!

A short/sweet little message, which I hope has made your day better! Happy Valentine's Day!!! Wilhelmina Will (talk) 02:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for fine work citing and rescuing articles from deletion. DurovaCharge! 05:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for fine work citing and rescuing articles from deletion. DurovaCharge! 05:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

You deserve this. :) DurovaCharge! 05:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Recovery
For the great work involved in the rescue of Xena: Warrior Princess in popular culture.  Esradekan Gibb  "Talk" 21:57, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank-you! Here is a pretty kitty for you! :) Seraphim♥ Whipp 17:24, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank-you! Here is a pretty kitty for you! :) Seraphim♥ Whipp 17:24, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Liberty
Awarded for well-written, cited additions to Betsy Ross. - Mdsummermsw (talk) 15:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Happy First Day of Spring!
The Barnstar of Good Humor
Aprils fools day was a blast. Loads of users lightened up to have good old fashion fun. I want to thank you for taking part in editing this page in particular and even though I may not know you, embrace the same talk pages, or even edit with you in the near future, I'd like to award you this Barnstar for making Wikipedia a fun environment in which to contribute. Until next year. :) SynergeticMaggot (talk) 13:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
I hereby dub thee a knight of Wikipedia, with all the privileges and responsibilities given therein. ----69.86.173.19 (talk) 20:12, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thanks for the welcome message on my user talk page! Mabye I'll get an account... 209.195.102.143 (talk) 21:54, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

209.195.102.143 (talk) has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend and remember :"All men are created equal, but ambition, or lack of it, soon separates them."! Cheers, and happy editing!
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Tinucherian has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend or a possibly new friend. Cheers, and happy editing!
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thank you for welcoming me to the Wikipedia community and showing me how to be a better Wikipedian. Prepsear (talk) 20:32, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
The Socratic Barnstar
I hereby award you the Socratic barnstar for your brilliant— almost scary— excellent arguments in both RfA and AFD. Although I may have disagreed with you in the past, I admittedly realise that you have always come out right in the end and intend to help the project. We need more eminent Wikipedians like you. Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 09:30, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Even though we have conflicting viewpoints on articles (e.g. Turuaga DRV), I think you're an exemplary editor and should be an example for the more disruptive inclusionists on Wikipedia - you're proof that you can have such a strong viewpoint without being disruptive or cantankerous. (also given to DGG, because I enjoy discourse with both of you) Sceptre (talk) 01:53, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Little polar bears just stopped by your talk page to wish you a good day. They'd like to thank you for your valuable contributions to Wikipedia and hope their visit will brighten your (busy) Wiki-workday! ^_^ 09:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Little polar bears just stopped by your talk page to wish you a good day. They'd like to thank you for your valuable contributions to Wikipedia and hope their visit will brighten your (busy) Wiki-workday! ^_^ 09:15, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Request for adminship/bureaucratship thank yous

My RFA
User:TenPoundHammer and his romp of Wikipedia-editing otters thank you for participating in Hammer's failed request for adminship, and for the helpful tips given to Hammer for his and his otters' next run at gaining the key. Also, Hammer has talked to the otters, and from now on they promise not to leave fish guts and clamshells on the Articles for Deletion pages anymore. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 17:06, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace, so that is what I will do. I will go for another RfA in two month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been two months. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! -- Cobi(t|c|b|cn) 01:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

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For your contribution to My RfA, which passed with 8000 Supports, 2 Neutrals and no opposes.

The standards and dedication of the English Wikipeidan Administrators is excellent and I am privileged to stand among them. Thankyou for putting you trust in me, I'll not see it abused. And now, I will dance naked around a fire. Party at my place! Cheers! Dfrg.msc 09:56, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you!
Thank you for your help in my RfA. It hammered home a few things I need to keep in mind while admining and passed with a final tally of 40/0/4; two people forgot to vote in time, leaving me short of that exquisite number :-(, but I'll just have to fudge the next vote about me. Adminship feels slightly august but not particularily exalted, so I shall endeavour to consider it a toolkit and make sincere efforts to know what I'm doing before using it. If you later on have something to say or want to ask for --

MESSAGE EATEN BY BEARS --Kizor 10:26, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 24 support, 3 oppose, and 3 neutral. I promise to work my hardest to improve the Wiki with my new tools.

--Michael Greiner 19:01, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Dear Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles, my sincere thanks for your support in my second request for adminship, which ended with 113 supports, 11 opposes, and 4 neutral. I would especially like to thank my admin coach and nominator, Rlevse and Ryan Postlethwaite who in addition to Ioeth all inspired me to run for a second candidacy. I would also like to make a special mention to Phoenix-wiki, Dihyrdogen Monoxide and OhanaUnited who all offered to do co-nominations, but I unfortunately had to decline. I had all these funny ideas that it would fail again, and I was prepared for the worst, but at least it showed that the community really does have something other places don't. Who would have though Gmail would have been so effective? 32 emails in one week! (Even if it does classify some as junk :P) I'm glad that I've been appointed after a nail biting and some might call, decision changing RFA, but if you ever need anything, just get in touch. The very best of luck for 2008 and beyond, Rudget. 16:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you...

John Carter (talk) 17:12, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Image:David,larry.JPG My RFA
Thank you muchly for your support in my recent request for adminship, which was successfully closed on 76%, finishing at 73 supports, 23 opposes and 1 neutral. The supports were wonderful, and I will keep in mind the points made in the useful opposes and try to suppress the Larry David in me! Now I'm off to issue some cool down blocks, just to get my money's worth!

Kidding btw. All the best, Deacon of Pndapetzim (Talk) 11:19, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank-you for your thoughtful comments at my recent RfA, which passed at 91/1/1. I appreciate the consideration you took to re-evaluate your stance. (And if you'd also like a pretty kitty for your talk page, let me know :) ) Seraphim♥ Whipp 17:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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 18:27, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you...
...for your participation in my RFA, which closed with 85 supports, 2 neutrals and 1 oppose. I'm extremely grateful for all the the kind comments from so many brilliant Wikipedians I've come to respect and admire, as well as many others I've not yet had the pleasure of working with, and I'll do my best to put my shiny new mop and bucket to good use! In particular, I'd like to express my gratitude to you for being open-minded and willing to permit me to (at least somewhat) put your misgivings to rest. Looking forward to seeing you around ;)
EyeSerenetalk 17:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your recent support of my RfA application. Regretfully, I withdrew my application in order to get some more experience as per advice from opposers. I look forward to hearing from you in the future. Regards, CycloneNimrodtalk? 20:55, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for voting in my RfA, which passed with 194 supporting, 9 opposing, and 4 neutral.

Your kindness and constructive criticism is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers, Anthony and Acalamari for their nominations.

Thank you again, VanTucky

Thanks for supporting my recent request for adminship which was successful with 89 supports, 0 opposes, and 2 neutrals. Unfortunately all I can offer is this lame text thanks rather than some fancy-smancy thank-you spam template thingy. I was very pleased to receive such strong support and to hear so many nice comments from editors whom I respect. I’ll do my best with the tools, and if you ever see me going astray don’t hesitate to drop a note on my talk page. Thanks again for your support!--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 01:46, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles...Thank you for supporting my nomination for adminship. Through it I have become aware of a great many people who can help me in my future editing endeavors. Even though I was not promoted, your support shows that I still have something to contribute to Wikipedia, even if it is minor edits to fix spelling and grammar to working in WikiProjects to help others make great articles. If you wish to further discuss the nomination, please use its talk page. Stop by my talk page anytime, even if it is just to say hello. Have a wonderful day! - LA @ 04:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed unanimously with the support of 100 editors. Your kindness is very much appreciated. I look forward to using the tools you have granted me to aid the project. I would like to give special thanks to Wizardman, Black Falcon and jc37 for nominating me. — Horologium

Hello, Ο μεγάλος βασιλιάς των κολοκυθών (I take no blame if babelfish got it wrong :-P ).

I wanted to personally thank you for taking part in the project-wide discussions regarding my candidacy for bureaucratship. After bureaucratic discussion, the bureaucrats decided that there was sufficient significant and varied opposition to my candidacy, and thus no consensus to promote. Although personally disappointed, I both understand and respect their decision, especially in light of historical conservatism the project has had when selecting its bureaucrats. If you have any further suggestions or comments as to how you think I could help the project, please let me know. I appreciate that you were going to switch your opinion, and the trust that it meant you were showing in me. Once again, thank you for your participation. -- Avi (talk) 19:38, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in my RfA which was passed with a final tally of 114/10/4. I'm both shocked and honoured to gain so much support from users whom I admire and trust, and I hope I can avoid breaking that backing by being the best administrator I possibly can. I will take on board the opposition's comments and I hope to improve over the coming months and years. Once again, thank you! weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi LGRdC; I wanted to say thank you for supporting my request for adminship, which passed with 100 supports, 0 opposes and 1 neutral. I wanted to get round everybody individually, even though it's considered by some to be spam (which... I suppose it is! but anyway. :)). It means a lot to me that the community has placed its trust in my ability to use the extra buttons, and I only hope I can live up to its expectations. If you need anything, or notice something that bothers you, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks again, PeterSymonds | talk 22:36, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

RfA: Many thanks
Many thanks for your participation in my recent request for adminship. I am impressed by the amount of thought that goes into people's contribution to the RfA process, and humbled that so many have chosen to trust me with this new responsibility. I step into this new role cautiously, but will do my very best to live up to your kind words and expectations, and to further the project of the encyclopedia. Again, thank you. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 05:37, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which unfortunately didn't succeed. The majority of the opposes stated that I needed more experience in the main namespace and Wikipedia namespace and talk space, so that is what I will do. I have made a list and I hope I will be able to get through it. I will go for another RfA in about three month's time and I hope you will be able to support me then as well. If you have any other comments for me or wish to be notified when I go for another RfA, please leave them on my talk page. If you wish to nominate me for my next RfA, please wait until it has been about three months. I will not be checking back to this page so if you would like to comment or reply please use my talk page. Thanks again for participating in my RfA! ·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 06:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Hey Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles. I would like to thank you for your support in my RfA and the confidence expressed thereby. I appreciate your trust. :) Best wishes, —αἰτίας •discussion• 18:30, 24 May 2008 (UTC) Hi there. As you may already know, my RfA closed successfully today. My initial work is actually going to be limited (admin-wise) to a personal project involving Special:UnwatchedPages to try to encourage article development and protection from vandals, and clearing the CSD backlogs. I do eventually want to branch out to closing AfDs, but your comments at my RfA gave me further pause for thought. As a result, I have decided to continue to contribute to AfD only in a normal capacity until I have confidence that I am at least aware of any systematic bias (which was what your oppose seemed to be saying). This will not be very restrictive, given that I didn't plan to start AfD closing until a bit later on anyway, and it will help me to improve my contribution to the encyclopaedia in this area. I hope that, should you find fault with what I am saying (beyond simply a disagreement with my conclusions!), you will drop me a line on my talk page. In the meantime, I shall work in these other areas as planned, and hope to earn your trust as an administrator. Best wishes, Fritzpoll (talk) 18:05, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

great pumpkin, i just wanted to thank you for your participation in my recent RFA. i've left some templated thank spam for you below. also, feel free to comment on my in-depth RFA analysis. cheers, xenocidic (talk) 23:57, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

templated rfa thank-spam

Thank you for your support

So...how do I use these things? ;>
So...how do I use these things? ;>

I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 13 2 . Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through admin coaching).

To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).

To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Wikipedia as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)


Sincerely,


~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles, for participating in my recent RfA, which recently passed with 81 support and 1 neutral !votes. I appreciate all the support and constructive criticism offered in my RfA and I thank you for taking the time to !vote in my nomination. I feel so honoured to be trusted by so many of you and please, if you have any advice, comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page.

I would also like to thank Acalamari, Rlevse and Nishkid64, for their nomination statements.
Thank you again.
AngelOfSadness talk 23:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

References

  1. ^ Denis Diderot as quoted in Lynn Hunt, R. Po-chia Hsia, Thomas R. Martin, Barbara H. Rosenwein, and Bonnie G. Smith, The Making of the West: Peoples and Cultures: A Concise History: Volume II: Since 1340, Second Edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007), 611.
  2. ^ Slashdot Interview (28 July 2004)
  3. ^ (→Order 66)
  4. ^ (Undid revision 186081332 by Cometstyles (talk) Don't try to censor me. This isn't vandalism, I demand a legitimate response.)
  5. ^ [1], (22:26, 10 February 2008).
  6. ^ "Wikipedia warriors hit delete" by Janice Tibbetts, CanWest News Service (Thursday, December 27, 2007)
  7. ^ [2]