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Contents 1 Rat-baiting 2 250px 3 RFA 4 Your RFA 5 Congratulations! 6 Your RfA 7 Thank Spam response 8 Dude - please 9 Congrats! 10 Congratulations 11 And my congratulations 12 Sho 13 Contentious how? 14 Congratulations 15 DonorDirect 16 This edit 17 All India Trade Union Centre 18 Conservapedia 19 RfA thanks 20 Checking on progress, although no pressure 21 Guangping/Kuang-p'ing 22 Sebright 23 Congrats 24 Thoroughbred 25 RfA 26 Thank you from Horologium 27 suggestion 28 WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter 29 New Project 30 William Wallace 31 Buckeye (chicken) 32 Congrats 33 Patrick McHenry 34 WikiCookie 35 Buckeye (chicken) 36 WikiProject Theatre May 2008 Newsletter 37 I am... confused 38 Facebook 39 Chick Slaughtering 40 Your RFA. 41 COOKIE MONSTeR 42 RfB E-mail 43 Rfb participation thanks 44 hi! 45 WBOSITG's RfA

Rat-baiting

Please stop adding references to rat-catching in the first sentence. This article is about Rat-baiting not rat-catching. It has it's own paragraph in the article and Rat catcher has it's own article. Chessy999 (talk) 00:39, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

250px

Either you didn't read my response on my talk page, or you're wilfully promulgating false information in your edit summaries. It is difficult to correct a false statement in an edit summary - one must make a dummy edit in order to reply. Not fair really. Hesperian 03:44, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

RFA

Before TRM gets here. Congrats! Milk’s Favorite Cookie ^(Talk) 19:41, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

grr, one minute....! The Rambling Man (talk) 19:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Your RFA

Congratulations, I'm pleased to let you know that I've closed your RfA as successful, and you're now an administrator! May I suggest you visit the Wikipedia:New admin school to get a few ideas on the best way to start using your shiny new buttons? If in doubt, feel free to give me a shout! Well done and all the best, The Rambling Man (talk) 19:42, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Well done, and a word of advice; don't use your new tools for the rest of the day! Let the excitement of the last hour subside, and get yourself together before venturing into button pushing. I'm also available for any help needed. Cheers. LessHeard vanU (talk) 19:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

NO WAY... he has the tools... I think he should celebrate by blocking this guy! Anyways, congrats---was hoping you'd hit the 200 mark.Balloonman (talk) 20:29, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Welcome to the janitorial cupboard, the mops are in the corner and mind you don't sit on the squeaky chair. Tim Vickers (talk) 19:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations on your successful RfA, indeed. I may not agree, but then again, I've been wrong before, and I would be happy were I wrong this time, as well.  :-) As far as my oppose, it wasn't your recent AfDs that bothered me. The ones we've both been acquainted with are in the subject area of child sexual abuse/adult child sex/etc. You appear to have a point-of-view on the topic, and it's a point of view shared by many people, including myself and most Americans. However, it's still a point of view. When we start picking the topics we cover and how we cover them on the basis of moral considerations (or the "squick factor"), then we're not writing an encyclopedia anymore. Others who feel as I do have been called pedophiles and child molestors and run off the wiki. I've stuck around, mainly because I'm too stubborn to give up on thios project. I make a simple, logical argument: adult-child sex existed long before we conceived (as a society) of the idea that there was such a thing as child abuse, much less child sexual abuse. Your argument to delete the adult-child sex article was three words long. Your commentary on the positive portrayals article showed bias about the subject. I think you're a very good editor, and I hope you'll be as good an admin. But, over your time here, I see you as having leaned disproportionately toward deleting articles, and having given me reason to suspect bias regarding articles in this topic area. You're a good editor. It's just that now is the wrong time to have another admin who favors deletion as a course of action. --SSBohio 20:24, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on passing the RfA. Enigma ^message Review 20:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Congratulations, indeed, VanTucky :) Glad to have you on-board - Alison ^❤ 20:26, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes congrats, here's to your future masterful mop wielding skills! -Pete (talk) 20:34, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations!

Congratulations, VanTucky! I am very pleased you passed, and at such a high margin too! 194/9/4, impressive! I am proud to have co-nominated you. Good luck with your new tools! Acalamari 20:37, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations, VanTucky. I hope you won't hold it against me that I didn't support your RfA. As I said in my neutral comment, I hesitated to support you outright. At the same time, I wasn't concerned enough to oppose. While I personally would not have changed the Manual of Style without wider discussion, perhaps the difference between your view of editing and mine comes down to... style. Let me say again congratulations, and I hope that administrative duties won't take up so much of your time that you won't continue to write. You're a great asset to Wikipedia. --Kyoko 20:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! I'm quite happy for you. Also, there is an article at T'ai chi philosophy that has recently appeared and is being discussed. Your opinion(s) will be most welcome. --Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων (talk) 21:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Well done! Remember not to fuck up! :D SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 21:23, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Wow! What an overwhelming show of support! Congratulations on the RFA. Majoreditor (talk) 21:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations. seresin ( ¡? ) 22:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! I had hoped we could tip you over the 200 mark. jmcw (talk) 07:08, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Your RfA

Oh, hell; I forgot to support when I told you I would. Anyways, congratulations on passing: well deserved. Qst (talk) 21:19, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats! Here are your belated mop and bucket. Use them wisely! :-) Festive regards, Húsönd 21:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank Spam response

Hey Vantucky, I hate to say this, but your thankspam doesn't work. You forgot to put a |} at the end of it, thus, whenever somebody adds a comment after the thankspam, it is captured in the box with your color scheme. You might want to fix it on the different people where you added it.Balloonman (talk) 21:33, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Ack! You're screwing up 194 pages! Fix your spam! Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 21:50, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

More if he thanks the opposes and neutrals!Balloonman (talk) 21:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

emergency desysop!!!!!11one!! SHEFFIELDSTEEL^TALK 23:19, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Calm down guys. Anyway, great working becoming an admin. Jaymacdonald (talk) 00:50, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

• You haven't fixed this yet! Damn, I'm glad I missed out now! --Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 06:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to tell you I hit this problem again when trying to respond to one of the talk pages containing your blue box. Oh by the way, congratulations on your adminship. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 01:02, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Dude - please

Fix your code. See [1] and the next bit. You've now spammed like 200 people with a busted template. Pedro :  Chat  21:51, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Is it too soon to have an admin recall ;-) Balloonman (talk) 21:54, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Calling all crats! User unable to appropriately spam other users! Immediate recall! AAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!!!! (and considering my last post balloonman, this levity is much appreicated by me...) Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 21:55, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

No! User pisses of 194 people in first 30 minutes of adminship. That's what it's all about!! Should have been a strong support on my part - that's what you get with the mop!! Pedro :  Chat  21:58, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

LOL -- I just fixed (I hope) your template. You need to re- copy/paste it everywhere that you've already screwed up. But hey, don't worry. Doubles your edit count. Oh wait, now that you're an admin, you the f*** gives a rip about edit count?  :-) Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 21:59, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I think you're punctuation is off... it shouldn't it be "No user pisses off 194 people in the first 30 minutes of adminship?"Balloonman (talk) 22:02, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I think it was spot on! 194 complaints such as you should have blocked/you shouldn't have blocked - you should have deleted/ you shouldn't have deleted etc. etc. is a normal monthly total for the average admin! Pedro :  Chat  22:07, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

I think Pedro's punctuation was spot on and it's Balloonman's punctuation that is off. Enigma ^message Review 22:15, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Seems fixed buddy! - and no, no apostrophe. :)Pedro :  Chat  22:31, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

/me smiles miranda 02:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats!

Congratulations on your passed RFA! Now enough celebrating, and get to work! ;) Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 22:32, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Likewise, well done, and welcome to WP:100. 194 supports is a hell of a support to live up to, but I guess you'll cope somehow. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 22:43, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

And again. 194 supports is very cool. Good luck with the tools! Thingg^⊕⊗ 22:47, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Glad to have you on the team! Malinaccier (talk) 22:52, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey VT, even though I ended up !voting neutral, I offer you my hearty congratulations. Don't forget to put that coveted * by your name on the WP:OR membership list. I do hope you'll still talk me when I show up for Wikiwednesday next month! Katr67 (talk) 22:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Well done. Sunderland06 (talk) 23:05, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Nice job. Spencer^T♦C 23:23, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the spam I mean congrats! ;) SunCreator (talk) 23:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats. Thanks for spamming me with the cute image of the child wringing out a mop. It made my day. Royalbroil 23:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations, and nice "spam" design. The Dominator^Talk_Edits 00:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations. Although I was opposed, I hope that you'll do good work.--Die4Dixie (talk) 00:10, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, congratulations! And thanks for the spamming message! Basketball110 00:13, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Yet another... congratulations! I've not seen anyone that close to WP:200 in a long while! κaτaʟaveno^T_C 00:16, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Missed out on the vote, sorry... congratulations!--Hu12 (talk) 00:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats on becoming a sysop, a word of warning though....... Don’t go deleting the main page!!!!!!!!!, trust me its been done before and chances are someone sysop in a momentary lapse of judgment will do it again :P. Anyways, grats on getting the mop and the tools that come with it :) --Mifter (talk) 00:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats, yada, yada, yada, now get to work! Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 00:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Well done! --Bhadani (talk) 03:11, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations

Been on a short wikibreak and missed your nom, sorry I didn't get a vote in. Thanks for all the great work, particularly at WP:AG! --Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 01:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Van man! Whatever, stfu and get to work. There's a big backlog at CAT:CSD. Get to changing image names and deleting shit. It's good times. And get your ass in a bathrobe, k? O, ya, and I <3 you 2. Thanks for the custom header, ;) Lara❤Love 01:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

All the best on the future....Modernist (talk) 02:19, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations! Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome and congrats on your Rfa. ;) --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 03:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Very well done my friend, WP:100 for you! :) Now, go put those new shiny tools to some use. :P Tiptoety ^talk 03:35, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratumalations! nice support:oppose ratio btw :D ← κεηηε∂γ ^{(talk) (secret)} 07:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats dude... I dont know ya that well, but from what I read I'm certain that you'll be a great admin.  ;) Queerbubbles | Leave me Some Love 11:02, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations. I hope you enjoy using the admin tools.--Sting au Buzz Me... 11:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrads dude! Now all you need is a bathrobe and you can roll with us in the WP:BRC. Stay Frosty! Dfrg_msc 07:50, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Good luck. :) · AndonicO ^Engage. 09:28, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

And my congratulations

Hi VanTucky:

I didn't hear about the Rfa till it was over so you won't see my name in the endorsement list.

However anyone who is nominated by Tim Vickers AND Acalamari deserves to be congratulated on the strength of that alone.

Best wishes in your new role, Wanderer57 (talk) 02:36, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Sho

No prob about the public financing link thingy. After looking at both links provided by the disambig page, it was obvious where that particular wikilink should be piped to.

So do I get a Rose City Barnstar for that? :-D —Micahbrwn (talk) 02:51, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Contentious how?

I don't know how much you know about the history of the Chinook Jargon, but I'd like to know which of what you took out you thought was contentious; anything in that paragraph is standard in Chinook studies and is citable, even tough the cite wasn't there; this material was originally on a page that DID have citations, until it was split off. What do you claim is contentious in what you excised??Skookum1 (talk) 09:55, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Reply on my talkpage.Skookum1 (talk) 17:30, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

You thre the babies out with the bathwater; only the Cascadia component was dubious; if I guess I should have broken that sentence off as a paragraph before adding the fact template to it, might have made it more clear. I'm busy right now so c an't get back at hte other stuff, i.e. putting the other sentences back in....Itend to work on 4000 articles at once..... Skookum1 (talk) 17:44, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations

Well done on passing your RfA. I hope to join you soon! (ish) Regards, CycloneNimrod^Talk? 18:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats. Use the mop well, new sysop. --Sharkface^T/_C 04:49, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

DonorDirect

I note you removed the speedy tag on this page. I'm wondering if you can point me to the particular policy that suggests that because a company serves a niche market, it thereby gains notability -- or have I somehow misunderstood what you were getting at? Thanks in advance. Accounting4Taste:talk 22:53, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

This edit

Dear VanTucky, I respect and appreciate that you still thanked me for my participation in your RfA even though I opposed. I think it is a show of class when editors do that, so bravo! Best wishes! Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles^Tally-ho! 05:31, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

All India Trade Union Centre

Dear VanTucky, Thankyou for directing me to the delete proposition page. I was not knowing how to deal with that article on All India Trade Union Centre which I created by mistake. I had posted a request in the administrators page to delete it. Now I have also posted the same request in the delete proposition page.--NoMagicHarry (talk) 21:23, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Conservapedia

Just curious... what did you do to get blocked from Conservapedia after a single edit? I'm an editor on Conservapedia (under the same name I use here), and though I certainly don't toe the party line as far as bias in articles is concerned, no one's even threatened to block me. (You don't have to answer this, obviously; I was just wondering.) Walton^One 22:28, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, fortunately the Conservapedia article on homosexuality no longer makes that assertion (at least not in the lead). I find the key is to try and change things slowly, and start off by creating uncontroversial articles in order to gain the confidence of the Conservapedia community, rather than getting involved in contentious areas straight away. But I think Conservapedia, and its attitude towards inexperienced contributors, has improved somewhat in recent times, and I'm sure your contributions would now be welcome. Walton^One 00:23, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

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!

I'd also like to offer you a belated congrats on your own RfA. I would have voted for you, but decided not to vote in any RfA's while my own was running. Plus you looked like you were doing okay, though had you been stuck at 199 I might have helped you get up to the 200 mark.  :) --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 01:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Checking on progress, although no pressure

I direct your hawk-like focus to this discussion. Everything I stated is so true. Is that rock-hard solid-oak banister - could it be your bicep? --Moni3 (talk) 16:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I just wanted to reiterate how handsome and strong you are. And smart. With perfect pitch too, no doubt. --Moni3 (talk) 20:46, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Guangping/Kuang-p'ing

I hadn't seen that one. No sources at all, I agree, good call. I've heard of Kuo and he does have some books published, and his daughter used to be published in Smallheiser's T'ai Chi magazine I think, so there is at least some notability for him. He claimed a lineage from Yang Banhou, although I'm not optimistic that we could ever get a secondary source to prove it...

Did you really get blocked from Conservapaedia after 1 edit? Dang! --Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων (talk) 00:12, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Oh, my... --Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων (talk) 00:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Sebright

No problem. I actually did a search for his name but didn't find any article. I wasn't aware of the redirect. Also, I'm going to put it on hold for some very minor issues. They will be posted to the article's talk page will381796 (talk) 01:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Congrats

Just wanted to congratulate you on the adminship. You do great work and I look forward to observing you as an admin. Best --Eustress (talk) 21:34, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Thoroughbred

I think we're done fidgeting with things. Please let us know if there are new errors! Ealdgyth - Talk 14:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

RfA

What happened to "This user is not an administrator and has no desire to become one"? Did you change you mind later? Just wondering. Cheers! - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 22:57, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Apologies, missed your message on my talk (I've been away). Well done on your RfA, hope things are going well so far ;) I must admit, I'm surprised (pleasantly) at how well it passed :) You'll be a great sysop. Best regards, Anthøny 18:19, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Thank you from Horologium

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

suggestion

Hey VT, are you aware of WikiProject Oregon's assessment page? You could request an assessment for Sho, which would probably lead to a few improvements, and a B-rating, which might be helpful going into GA. There's not a ton of us using 'em, but enough that they're getting worked through pretty quickly. (I'm still gonna keep quiet on articles on City Council candidates, but someone else would likely spot it pretty quick.) -Pete (talk) 22:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Good Articles May Newsletter

The May Newsletter for WikiProject Good Articles has now been published. Dr. Cash (talk) 22:16, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

The Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles Newsletter

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New Project

Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.

If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 02:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

William Wallace

If you've a moment, can you sort out this improper page move? Not only did the user not discuss the page move first, but he's misspelled Scottish, so the page would have to be moved again for the spelling correction. Of course, it should not have been moved in the first place. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 20:41, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Buckeye (chicken)

Gosh that was almost a year ago. --Woohookitty^Woohoo! 23:37, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Congrats

On your successful RfA! Britishrailclass91 (talk) 18:26, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Patrick McHenry

Thanks for your attention. JTRH (talk) 19:06, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

When you get a chance, could you please take a look at [2]? The same user who inserted the objectionable content in the McHenry article has uploaded some photos related to it which are probably also violations of BLP (particularly since they look like bad Photoshopping), and I don't know how to remove them. Thanks again. JTRH (talk) 13:17, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiCookie

Buckeye (chicken)

On 9 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Buckeye (chicken), 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.

--BorgQueen (talk) 02:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Theatre May 2008 Newsletter

The WikiProject Theatre Newsletter

The WikiProject Theatre Newsletter! Issue 3 - May, 2008 Welcome to our third newsletter - we've got lots to get through this month so without further ado, let's crack on... The Big Debate - Character Lists in Play Articles For those of you who haven't headed over to our talk page recently - you've been missing out! Throughout the past month there's been great discussion about the issue of character lists in play articles. The aim is to form a standard presentation of character lists to be used on all play articles so if you'd like to make your voice heard on the issue then check out the talk page now. Collaboration of The Month Yet again this month's COTM has remained unchanged as no-one has nominated any articles to become the new incumbent. Quick - get yourself down to the COTM page and nominate an article for next month! Assessment The number of articles at the Assessment page are growing - if you're feeling a little lost and don't know where to begin to help us out, head on down to the Assessment page and give us a hand. New members The past month has seen Dereksmootz, Duckie for broadway, Dozenthey, Fewster, Nrswanson, Kleinzach and Broadweighbabe join us - welcome to you all! It's wonderful to see such a large influx of new members. If you've been editing a theatre-related article recently and noticed another user helping you who also appears to have an interest for the subject of theatre, why not drop them a line and invite them over to the project? HELP! We're crying out for people to help us out wherever possible. We are currently looking for members to volunteer to give us a hand in several areas. If you can do any of the following, please drop us a line at the talk page: Newsletter Editor(s) - Always fancied yourself as a bit of a journalist? Perhaps you could help us write this newsletter - it doesn't take long to compile. Maybe you'd like to help but can't commit on a regular basis? In that case, why not rally round a few other members of the project to help you out and take it in turns each month to compose the newsletter? Mailmen/women - If writing the newsletter isn't your bag then maybe you could help in the distribution of this fine document? As our membership grows it becomes quite labourious to send it to everyone. It's only a quick task that needs doing once a month, and really is just a case of copying and pasting a template onto our members talk pages. Portal editor(s) - It's come to our attention that the Theatre Portal hasn't been updated in a long time and we'd like to get someone, or a group of people to take charge of it and get it up to the standard of some of the great portals out there (e.g. the Comedy Portal, the Solar System Portal etc). And finally... Don't forget to add the WikiProject Theatre userbox to your userpage to spread the word about the project! You have received this newsletter because your name is on the list of Participants on the WikiProject page. If this information is out of date and you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, please remove your name from the Participants list and also click here to stop receiving the newsletter. To stop receiving this newsletter, or to receive it in a different format, please let us know here. To view previous editions of the newsletter, click here. If you have any news or any announcements to be broadcast, do let us know on the talk page.

I am... confused

You'll have to forgive me for potentially being dense, but what exactly was the meaning of this edit? I reverted it because it looks an awful lot like vandalism, but imagine my surprise when... it's a edit from an admin! Now, I am all for non-censorship, swearing until my fucking ears bleed, and yes, consenting naked dudes in the shower. But doesn't putting up a picture like that sort of give readers the wrong idea, especially when "promiscuity" is a really awful stereotype associated with homosexuality?
Now, given that there's a tag saying you're away, I'm a little worried you've been hacked. Please, explain to me what is going on here?!
L'Aquatique[talk] 07:27, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I disagree. I've had that page on my watchlist for a long time, and it gets vandalised all the time and honestly, that does seem like a vandal edit to me. I think of it this way: there isn't a picture of a naked man and a woman in the shower at heterosexuality, why would that sort of image be appropriate at homosexuality? Surely there are images out there that illustrate homosexuality just as well without vaguely hinting that homosexual relationships are largely about sex- which is the vibe I got from that image.

I'm sorry if you feel that I'm being paranoid or not assuming good faith, but I feel that my message was really quite neutral. In fact, the entire thing was phrased as a question.

L'Aquatique[talk] 07:52, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Facebook

I removed the image you added of the HQ because we had one before (a better one of the entire building, I might add :p) and it was decided in its current FAC that it doesn't need one because the article doesn't comment on the HQ all that much. It would just be decorative and nothing more. Cheers. Gary King (talk) 07:32, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Chick Slaughtering

Van tucky you should not merge an article then forget to include that information in the merged article. It's really unhelpful and damages wikipedia. You're effectively removing information. If you want the article merged then please at the very least go to the trouble of including that information in the merged article. Your actions mean notable content has been effectively ommited from wikipedia for several months. Supposed (talk) 07:50, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Your RFA.

A bit late, just wanted to say congratulations on the new tools. · AndonicO ^Engage. 08:42, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

COOKIE MONSTeR

Hi, just to make sure you're not hungry - keep up the good work! Fattyjwoods ^{(Push my button)} 01:08, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

RfB E-mail

Ping, you have e-mail. -- Avi (talk) 20:46, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Rfb participation thanks

Hello, VanTucky.

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. As you felt the need to oppose my candidacy, I would appreciate any particular thoughts or advice you may have as to what flaws in my candidacy you perceived and how you feel they may be addressed. Once again, thank you for your participation. -- Avi (talk) 20:45, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

hi!

Hi there! Good to meet you this weekend. Let me know if I can be any help with the wikimadness of RCC 09. And congratulations on your RfA, didn't realize it was such a recent event! cheers, -- phoebe / (talk) 01:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

WBOSITG's RfA