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Contents 1 Request 2 Right to vanish 3 Hindi/Sanskrit Wikis 4 Re: RfA congratulations 5 MoS (writing about fiction) 6 Re: Grammar fix 7 Lage Raho FAC 8 Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Shirahadasha 9 Request for adminship 10 Thank you for your kind words 11 My RfA 12 thank you 13 question 14 wikipedia-en-admins 15 Need for bureaucrats 16 FairTax 17 Energy: world resources and consumption 18 Rob110178bot 19 WP:RCA 20 Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JFBurton 21 Virtual Tax 22 Wikiproject Finance 23 Supply and Demand 24 RfC on adding more text to India 25 Thanks 26 What do you make of this? 27 Admin at Hi wikipedia 28 RfA Question 29 Okay, thanks 30 Thanks for the advice 31 Request 32 E-mail 33 RFA 34 RfC on Indian Mathematics 35 Marskell's RfA 36 Adminship 37 Your comment on WT:RFA 38 Selketbot 39 WP:RCA 40 Re: Congratulations 41 Thank you for celebrating 42 Help to be an administrator 43 Please close RfA nomination 44 Removing my comments[8] 45 Issue de table 46 A few comments 47 RfA 48 Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Chacor 2 49 Thank you! 50 Email 51 FAC: Cholangiocarcinoma 52 Hello 53 Site Notice 54 Removal of link on roth ira & others 55 Betacommandbot 56 Question for you 57 Please withdraw my RFA 58 Are you de:Benutzer:Taxman? 59 Thanks

[edit] Request

To anyone reading here, please peer review an article to help it reach a higher quality level. Keep in mind the featured article criteria and consider some featured article advice, both of which should help give you ideas of where an article needs improvement. Thanks - Taxman ^Talk 03:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Right to vanish

Hello do you think that you could remove everything from my previous username so that it just appears as a generic "Former user-#".

The old talk page can already be found on my current talk page. I guess I really don't want my real name to appear anywhere on wikipedia, especially since I often edit controversial articles.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 20:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

All I can do is rename the username, so that it would show a new username in the page histories and contributions. All the posts on talk pages you signed would stay the same. See WP:CHU for more, but what I'd need is for you to sign into your old account and make an edit confirming that you are that user and want the username change. - Taxman ^Talk 03:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hindi/Sanskrit Wikis

Hi Taxman, I recall that you were able to make Mitul on Hindi wiki an admin even though the bureaucrats weren't active at the time. I similarly request to become an admin on Sanskrit mainly due to maintenance. There is active user or someone who keeps an eye at Sanskrit Wiki as well as having some solid knowledge of how Wikipedia functions. There are many pages that will be speedied on enwiki in less than 10 minutes but stay on sawiki with a delete tag for over 3 months. Thanks Gizza^{Chat ©} 10:31, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

All I did was ask a steward on Meta to take care of it after I saw there was enough support for him. For a small wiki it does really have to be on a dedicated RFA page, just something that shows community support for the promotion. So the Village pump or Main page talk page would work. I didn't see anything relating to that when I looked around. - Taxman ^Talk 03:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: RfA congratulations

Thanks for those words. Yep, I do appreciate you closing it exactly on time, though if I had exactly 99 sups I might feel differently ;) As for my experience on Commons, I am aware of the most fundamental difference (fair use), and have been working in that area here for a little; and in the other admin fields I don't have any bad habits to unlearn, as Commons is a working anarchy.--Nilfanion (talk) 01:04, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Well great, dig in and get to work, and have fun with the tools. Welcome aboard. - Taxman ^Talk 03:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] MoS (writing about fiction)

In the past you have participated in discussion about this guideline, or voted in it's acceptence. There is currently a discussion about a partial rewrite of this guideline. The discussion could benefit from some more input. Thank you for your contributions. TheDJ (talk • contribs • WikiProject Television) 16:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Grammar fix

No problem! Flcelloguy (A note?) 00:26, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lage Raho FAC

The Filmfare Awards that incorporate Lage Raho Munna Bhai have not been released yet, GIFA are also increasing in importance these days though and LRMB did well there. Nobleeagle ^[TALK] [C] 21:55, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Thought that might be the case. I adjusted my comment in light of that info, thanks. - Taxman ^Talk 23:11, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I have addressed most of your points. Nobleeagle ^[TALK] [C] 22:39, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I moved the conversation thread to the FAC subpage to keep it consistent. I'll follow that if you don't mind. - Taxman ^Talk 17:59, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Shirahadasha

I know it's generally bad practice to edit a closed discussion, but that particular user was recently discovered to be a sockpuppet of a banned user, so it seemed worth noting since he was asking a question about how to deal with allegations of sockpuppetry. If this user is ever RfA'd again, people will probably refer to the previous RfA, and it would be good to know one the opponents was acting dishonestly. —Dgies^t c 09:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

I suppose we could exempt sock notices, but then we'd probably only do that for confirmed cases. Either way, the RfA's talk page would be sufficient for that type of info. Thanks for trying to help though. - Taxman ^Talk 09:16, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for adminship

I was on wikipedia for a around two years, but I was not 18 yet, so that is why I just asked for adminship, even though I was only on wikipedia for a couple of weeks.Zach111493 22:50, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

But you only have a 20 day track record as an editor, so there isn't anything to go on. Don't worry though, some people can have successful RfA's after 3-4 months of outstanding contributions, so just go out and make great edits, and try again after that timeframe. If you'd like some opinions from other's if you're ready, feel free to ask here or at WP:ER. In the meantime spend some time following RfA to get an idea of what is expected and read up on the various policies. Thanks. - Taxman ^Talk 23:01, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for your kind words

This week has been very humbling for me. The tremendous outpouring of support far exceded my wildest expectations. I took another look at the comments by those who did not support and I noticed multiple long-time editors, for whom I have the greatest respect and admiration, who suggest the same thing - I need to be focused more on writing than I have been. I have started doing that and I'm going to continue to do so. Thank you again and I hope to be worthy of the trust that the community has put in me. --BigDT 23:11, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for the kind words. I am grateful for the support I did get and for some of the warranted critics. But I also have to say that I found the whole process quite depressing as it does seem clear that a group of friends and at least one single purpose account opposed in block. I will not let it get me down too much. I could have used the tools but I've been helpful without them and will continue to do so. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 01:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Not sure if it helps any, but even if I ignored that single purpose account, I arrived at the same conclusion. And you know, the best cure for on wiki depression is writing articles. :) Guaranteed. - Taxman ^Talk 04:21, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Oh don't worry, I'm handling my wiki depression fairly well. I did not mean to sound as though I was criticizing you for not discounting the vote, which indeed does not make much of a difference. I just found it sad that someone would feel so passionately about my adminship that they would go through all this trouble! Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 03:54, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thank you

Taxman,

Thanks for the message and decision. I cannot promise to use the tools wisely, but I can promise to do so carefully

--BozMo talk 14:01, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Heh, at first reading what you wrote above didn't sound very good, but if you think about how much 'wise' may entail, it's pretty insightful. In any case if you do your best, I'm sure you'll do well. - Taxman ^Talk 14:12, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] question

Hello, I have an inquiry on how one would go about changing their username. Thanks, --Osbus 02:54, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

WP:CHU has all the instructions, just follow them carefully. Though I would encourage continuing to contribute under your current username to avoid tying up resources. In any case, let me know if there's anything I can do to help. - Taxman ^Talk 03:19, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] wikipedia-en-admins

Hello! Just checked your post on the admins noticeboard. I can confirm from my logs that some people have definately been misbehaving on the channel. I have requested and obtained ops in that channel to help with monitoring. Of course, when I'm there, the channel is relatively civilised. But do note how Bishonen points out that the channel is often more civilised when someone who is monitoring is present?

When the channel was set up, I pointed out how it was flawed-by-design at that time. I haven't really been pushing for a replacement before, mostly because I had not heard any bad news (and therefore thought I was probably wrong and that it was working ok).

So while it is true that there are people working on shoring up the channel. I'd just like to confirm that it is also true that Bishonen and Gianos claims aren't entirely off-base either, at least as far as past performance is concerned. --Kim Bruning 00:27, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Need for bureaucrats

Taxman, I have to say I'm a bit surprised at this comment. I think I understand your intent, but there are people out there who might view such a comment by a bureaucrat as creating an exclusive club where entry is only permitted if it is blatantly obvious there are backlogs. Further, a number of people (myself included) find opposition based on a lack of need of bureaucrats non-compelling. It is quite possible that Nihonjoe was well aware of there being opposition to new candidates based on perceived lack of need and also felt those considerations lacked merit. I haven't done a thorough review, but from what I recollect, opposition based on perceived lack of need is a common, frequent concern. In fact, one of the three opposes on your RfB raised the same point. Regardless of when Deskana or Nihonjoe decided to run, that would most likely be a factor. Lastly, there certainly isn't any policy forbidding bureaucrats from commenting on an RfB as you have. I don't see a conflict of interest here if you are not the one who closes the RfB. That said, the chances of Nihonjoe passing now are zero following an oppose from a bureaucrat. Just something to consider. Obviously you felt strongly enough about this to comment. I doubt you'd make a rash decision to post something that has such implications. --Durin 19:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Yes, you're right, I thought about it for quite a while. I had similar thoughts for Deskana's nom, but held back from saying it because I didn't want the appearance of a conflict of interest, even though I believed there wasn't one. As part of the potential conflict of interest that people might see, I'm considering your view that some might think it's trying to create an exclusive club. I don't believe it is, and that's part of what I'm saying I was conscious to make sure I wasn't doing. Some may think there is anyway, and I noted I do understand that, and if people wanted to not consider my comments, it could be ignored. Being another nomination while Deskana's was open and receiving relatively low total response, was what lead to feeling I should comment. But as I said, I believe it demonstrated a lack of reading the community's sentiments, and that is what makes it different from an opposition based on lack of need. When I nominated myself, Cecropia, the person with the most promotions ever, had recently resigned. Only with that potential need combined with me being among the most consistent contributors to RfA over a sustained period of time, did I decide it was valuable enough to offer my help in the role. Even then the need wasn't huge, even with recently expanded tasks. If there had been three very active bcrats at the time, I certainly would not have gone that route, I would have looked elsewhere to where the need was. All that said I don't want my comments to be given too much weight. But if people do take them into account (agreeing or not), then the process is working. - Taxman ^Talk 21:39, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FairTax

Thanks for reviewing the article - I'll get to work on it right away. I quickly replied to your thoughts - #3 was one I explained a bit. I did want to get clarification on the other note in regard to the sentence "Apart from funding, the legislation would not change government programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid." I replied back to that entry. Thanks again Morphh ^(talk) 00:15, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Energy: world resources and consumption

Could you please look at Energy: world resources and consumption and comment if it is ready to be a featured article? Thank you for your help.
Frank van Mierlo 12:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Not at this point. I'll try to leave more comments on the talk page for specific things to improve. The biggest thing that strikes me is the article name doesn't follow the normal naming scheme. World energy resources and consumption would be better. You should just be able to move it to that name. Also make sure you have done research among the best available sources. You could probably use more on that front. - Taxman ^Talk 14:32, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rob110178bot

Hi Taxman: would you mind giving a bot flag to Rob110178bot? All the edits are manually approved, but he wants to increase the edit rate more than 3 times per minute, so I think a bot flag would be the best way. Thanks! —Mets501 (talk) 20:50, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Done. Can you note that on Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Rob110178bot and archive the page as a flagged bot? - Taxman ^Talk 21:28, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks and no problem, will do. —Mets501 (talk) 21:44, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RCA

May I ask why you are deleting the older RfAs instead of moving them to the Links to earlier successful nominations section? NoSeptember 07:34, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Heh, certainly nothing intentional. I generally check all my diffs when using VoA's script, but I'm not quite as vigilant on the archive pages. Perhaps VoA is messing with me/us? :) - Taxman ^Talk 13:18, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

That makes sense. This was the third time it happened, your edits of the 24th and the 25th did the same thing. The automatic archiving is a good idea to keep the page from getting transclusion heavy... if it works :). NoSeptember 13:41, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JFBurton

I'm not sure if Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/JFBurton was a serious request - JF is hard to fathom from my very limited interactions with him - but it's clearly not going to be a successful one, having racked up a score of 0/14/0 so far. An early close, to put it out of its misery, may be the decent thing under the circumstances. Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:30, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up, I was looking into it when the yellow bar from your message popped up. :) - Taxman ^Talk 13:42, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Virtual Tax

Hi there I see you are part of the tax project here on wiki. well I have gotten new information that might help out. I orignally created the article however with you alls help it has become better then ever so thanks alot on that =) now down to the info. Game memberships are said or at least speculated to include taxes in the membership fee. im sorry i have no sources for this but i will look for some. Paypal Usally charges a 1 dollar tax for each transaction. seeing as paypal is on the internet means that the taxes it charges falls under Virtual tax since they are charged online (or virtually) I hope you can do good with this information take care Maverick423 14:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Transactions on the internet aren't virtual in the same sense, the internet is just the medium in that case. Virtual tax seems to apply to purely virtual transactions such as with in-game imaginary currency. I don't know anything about it, so the only advice I can give it to go to a research library and look for the best available sources on the topic. - Taxman ^Talk 22:39, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject Finance

I'd like to invite you to join us at Wikipedia:WikiProject Finance and weigh in on its formation, principles, etc. --Leifern 20:16, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I may have to decline for now, and wish you luck. It would be better if I don't bite off more than I can chew. But I'll keep an eye on it. - Taxman ^Talk 22:39, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Supply and Demand

Would you, when you have time, revisit the talk page of supply and demand Talk:Supply and demand and review the progression of the dicussion. Given that this was a FA at one point it would be nice to maintain this at some level of quality so that it can be eventually brought to GA status and improve from there. I'm moving away from there for the moment. It seems there lots of discussion but little dialouge. Cheers Joel Kincaid 22:12, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I added my two cents for what it's worth. - Taxman ^Talk 22:39, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfC on adding more text to India

It would be great if you could weigh in (howsoever briefly and at your convenience) on Talk:India#Request_for_Comment:_Adding_new_material_to_the_India_page_history_section. The RfC invites comments on how to deal with new additions (some extensive and by new users) to the India page, an FA. Here is also a description (albeit from my perspective) of the events that led to the RfC: Talk:India#What_exactly_I_.28Fowler.26fowler.29_did. Thanks. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 16:13, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I am honored to become an admin and appreciate the community's support. I will continue to perform the tasks which I promised to do. - Gilliam 20:23, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What do you make of this?

Contingent Workforce Outsourcing#History Have Gun, Will Travel 04:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Did my edit provide answer enough? :) The article itself seems plausible, but without some references I can't be sure. The external links make it seem like it was an article created just to link to those. - Taxman ^Talk 14:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Thanks. My guess is it's self promotion. See what links here [1], and what appears to be a non-notable vanity page [2]; both articles are created by the same user [3]. While Contingent Workforce Outsourcing returns some Google hits, I've never heard of it, and don't see what the difference between it and a Professional employer organization or a payroll service is. Any comments or time for an AfD or two? Have Gun, Will Travel 02:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't have time to research them, but the term seems rather fluffed up for basic payroll efforts, yes. And tat bio also has lots of fluffed up language that needs to be culled, but if that entrepreneur magazine is legit, then that justifies an article perhaps, though really only if there are additional sources. Ask on the talk page for better references. If they aren't forthcoming, then an afd (or two) would be in order. - Taxman ^Talk 04:22, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Admin at Hi wikipedia

Can you please promote user hi:सदस्य:Wolf to administrator at Hindi Wikipedia. He has done wonderful job at Hindi Wikipedia, he has very good knowledge on how wiki works. Also, it seems that I am the only active administrator there. Hindi Wikipedia has experienced increase in popularity in last couple of months. Promoting Wolf to administrator will definitely help to sustain Hindi Wikipedia's growth.
Thanks,
--Mitul0520 17:33, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

I can't make the promotion as I'm not a bureaucrat on the Hindi wikipedia, but I've asked Yann to take a look. Hopefully he can get to it soon. - Taxman ^Talk 20:10, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA Question

Hi, Taxman. I currently running an RfA, but it appears I obviously will not have enough consensus to pass. But I was wondering, exactly why was Carnildo promoted in this RfA when he/she only had about 61% support? How was this promotion possible? Just curious. -- P.B. Pilhet 23:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm happy to explain as long as you know the background. Have you read the previous explanations of why the promotion was made?. I'd just request you refer to those points specifically and let me know what I could clarify. The short version is there were extraordinary circumstances that are unlikely to be repeated, and those made judging strictly on numbers not the best course of action. - Taxman ^Talk 23:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I skimmed through the discussion on the RfA's talk page, and I think I got it now. He was desysopped after a wheel-warring incident, and reinstated on a temporary basis. He was then put through the RfA process again, and since there were more supports than oppose, he was allowed to continue being an admin. Did I get that all right? Like I said, I only skimmed throught the talk page, as there appears to be a lot of reading there. -- P.B. Pilhet 00:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

P.S. -- Please don't think I'm asking for special consideration on my own RfA; I was simply curious about how Carnildo was passed (it said in the history that there was a discussion among several bureaucrats). I don't want any special consideration on my own RfA; if I'm going to pass (or fail), I want it to be the fair way. -- P.B. Pilhet 23:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I assure you, Carnildo's promotion was very much the fair way. - Taxman ^Talk 23:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry. I wasn't implying that Carnildo's RfA wasn't fair. I simply meant that it would be unfair for me to ask for special consideration in my RfA. I trust all the bureaucrats were correct in what they did. -- P.B. Pilhet 00:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Okay, thanks

Okay, Thanks, (sorry to be so redundant). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by TylerJarHead (talk • contribs) 04:09, 16 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Thanks for the advice

Thanks for the advice. I'm probably not going to wait as long as you suggest, since that would mean about another year (the sanctions expire in November—except for one very pointless "probation" that the ArbCom says will remain in place for the rest of my life—so November + a few months puts us around February 2008). I'm thinking around six months, maybe sooner on the off chance I can get the sanctions lifted before then. I waited five months between the last nom (which was immediately after the desysopping) and this one, and the result improved quite substantially (from around 20% support to around 45%). Everyking 05:15, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Heh, don't say I didn't warn you. :) Patience would go a long way towards demonstrating maturity. I don't see any likelihood of the restrictions being lifted, nor of a successful RfA with them in place. Just my take for what it's worth. - Taxman ^Talk 05:21, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request

Re-added my link roth-401k-forum.com to Roth 401k. Can you please explain why you keep deleting it? You keep in the link to roth401k.com but take mine out? My site has more information, more visitors and more original content. I added that link way back in December 2005 well before anyone even knew what a Roth 401k was and certainly before the link to roth401k.com was put in there. It was reviewed back then by several people and they all agreed it was ok. Now you come along all delete happy and take it out. How can you justify taking my link out and leaving roth401k.com link? Even some of the content written on the Roth 410k page was taken from my site. My site is useful to anyone who has questions about Roth 401k. Please explain.

Responded on Talk:Roth 401(k). That's probably the better place to discuss it. - Taxman ^Talk 22:47, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] E-mail

Hi Taxman, I sent you an email earlier today and I was wondering if you received it. I sent a copy to myself, but it has not arrived yet, so I'm wondering if that is the case with you. Cheers. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 20:06, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I got it no problem. Just didn't have a chance to respond. Thanks for the info. - Taxman ^Talk 20:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA

Can you elaborate (here or on the RFA) as to what your specific concerns are from my prior RFA? Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert 01:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfC on Indian Mathematics

I thought you might be interested (at your convenience): Talk:Indian_mathematics#Request_for_comment:_Reliable_Sources_for_Indian_Mathematics Feedback is requested for a problem on the Indian mathematics page, where two users have a disagreement about what constitutes reliable sources for claims in the article. Fowler&fowler«Talk» 05:45, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Marskell's RfA

I don't suppose you realise, but you supported this... number 80 support. I don't suppose it matters greatly, but just letting you know. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 16:38, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Of course I knew that, but it wasn't even in the range where I could have failed it if I wanted to. I was essentially doing paperwork. - Taxman ^Talk 16:39, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

No need for the sharp response, I was just reminding you. I'll steer clear next time. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 16:42, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

Ahh, the difficulties of written communication. My response was certainly not meant to be the least bit sharp. Sorry about that, I was just in the middle of a few things. Perhaps I should have included an emoticon. :) - Taxman ^Talk 16:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

No problem, I didn't think you'd do that intentionally. Btw a candidate I nominated will be ready to close at 22:33 (UTC). Will you be online then to close that? Majorly _{(o rly?)} 16:59, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Adminship

Thanks Tax. I'm glad you were the one who promoted me. Marskell 20:47, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your comment on WT:RFA

You have probably have more experience with RfAs, you being a bureaucrat and everything, but I respectfully disagree with you. I'm finding I'm disagreeing with you (and vice versa) over a lot of things, particularly regarding RfAs and since I don't want us to "distract ourselves" from the project (which is the whole lot, including bureaucracy, not just building articles) I think we should try and avoid any further conflict. What do you think? Majorly _{(o rly?)} 00:18, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Well you didn't say what you disagreed with and I believe based on the body of discussions around RfA over the years that you'd eventually agree with what I was getting at there. But as you astutely point out, the articles are more important, and the cost vs benefit of the discussion probably wouldn't end up as a net benefit. In general though differences of opinion aren't a problem as long as they're handled reasonably well. But it would probably be better if you simply stated your difference of opinion and left it at that rather than making comments such as the first part of [4]. I'm fine with agreeing to disagree and moving on to work on more important things, but that type of comment doesn't contribute positively. - Taxman ^Talk 00:44, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah well, please ignore my ranty email. I've been a bit fed up lately and I was probably over-harsh, and I apologise if I annoyed or offended you - or wasted your time. You obviously do a good job here, and you have a good positive outlook about Wikipedia, which is only a good thing. See you around. Majorly _{(o rly?)} 23:03, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. - Taxman ^Talk 23:09, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Selketbot

Hi, I noticed the bot didn't correctly check for the template already being substituted onto a talk page. Is that something it's coded to do or does it just check for {{? Great bot by the way. - Taxman ^Talk 22:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. The template should not be substituted. See: Template_talk:SharedIP#Prefered_method_of_usage. The bot does check if the template is transcluded, but cannot check if it has been substituted because the template can change. Every now and then someone substitutes the template and the bot makes this mistake. I'll go ahead and delete the duplicate. --Selket ^Talk 23:01, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

You could run checks based on old revisions of the template, no? I wouldn't think it changes that much. It's not a big deal of course unless there are a lot of them substituted. Do you have a way to check that or would it be easier to check old versions of the template? - Taxman ^Talk 23:10, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

The bot keeps a local cache of IPs so it will never hit the same page again. It happened several times the first two days I ran the bot. This is the first time, to my knowledge, that it has happened since, so I'm inclined not to worry about it unless it becomes more of a problem. If it does it again, please let me know and I'll look into adding some old versions of the template to the step where it checks before adding the template. --Selket ^Talk 23:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WP:RCA

Looks like your script is still acting up [5] [6] [7], though not every time. I fixed the page, I guess we'll just have to check every once in a while to see what hidden deletions there have been ;). NoSeptember 16:13, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Darnit, I keep forgetting to check the diffs on those pages. I'll have to talk to VoA about fixing it up too. Thanks for fixing it up. - 17:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Congratulations

Thanks for your note and your inputs over the two RFAs. I definitely want to keep the comments and criticisms in mind - I have no illusions that I am any less flawed than anyone else, and I believe that everyone may benefit from listening to input from others less personally involved in things. Among other things, I have a strong desire to keep admin actions separate from anything that I may choose to advocate which becomes controversial. Feel free to drop me a talk page note or email at any time if you have additional discussion or suggestions. Georgewilliamherbert 17:55, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Well it's clear you're doing a good job, so keep it up. That added to self reflection is a good combination. - Taxman ^Talk 18:22, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for celebrating

Thanks for celebrating together with me after my RfA. A big blessing to you! --Deryck C. 03:03, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Just found out that you were the nice crat who made me sysop. Though the RfA is closed bit late, you still deserve a big thanks. --Deryck C. 06:48, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Help to be an administrator

I want to be an administrator because I get the rights to do something. I need your help to be an administrator please. Can you help me please? Jet123 15:51, 3 march 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please close RfA nomination

Please close Bubba hotep's RfA nomination. Nomination is now overdue. — Meteoroid »  00:54, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removing my comments[8]

It's not my fault that the nom closed his own candidacy while I was writing my comment and that my comment was auto-conflict merged by mediawiki so I was totally unaware of the self-closure. It really stinks to spend many minutes researching and writing only to later return and find your comments wiped off the page. I'm frustrated and upset by your action, and I hope that you consider a little more carefully in the future. --Gmaxwell 21:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry you're upset, but what I did is very standard. We don't allow comments after closing and I had no way to know whether you did or didn't get an edit conflict and make the edit anyway. I assumed good faith that you didn't, but I chose to simply be consistent in order to not play favorites. I'd say it's not something worth getting upset about or accusing me of not considering carefully, but I guess that's not up to me. Your comments are still in the history and Wikipedia is no worse off having them there instead of on the page. - Taxman ^Talk 21:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with the practice. Removing comments in such a matter is easily taking as an insulting act and doing so does nothing to foster teamwork and co-operation. I do not believe that your claim that "Wikipedia is no worse off" is supported by the facts. My comment was in a minority in that it pointed a novel pattern of concerns which we not addressed in the other opposition. I do not believe that it's unlikely that Ryan will apply again after the Essjay noise dies down, and at that time my concerns should be addressed. They will not, however, be if they are concealed in the history. An argument that my view is equally preserved through its presence in the history would be effectively equal to an argument to blank the page entirely. If you blanked the page entirely post closure you would not have heard an objection from me. It would be far more respectful to participants if you simply moved their comments to the talk page or otherwise noted them as being made post closure rather than effectively deleting them entirely.

I understand that you intended no harm, and as a matter of respect I will refrain from combing through your contributions for things which I could construe as inequitable treatment on this matter. I did not ask you to revert your removal since my point was largely mooted by the withdraw, my intention in primarily to make you aware of the harmful aspect of your action. --Gmaxwell 23:56, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

It's a practice that's been in place for all RfA's since I can recall. You're the first to not know of it that I've seen. If you'd like to change the practice, bring it up on WT:RFA, but again it is standard practice, not just by me. If I had not removed your comment, someone else would have. - Taxman ^Talk 02:49, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Issue de table

Well, the feast is over for this time, and off we go into a period of intellectual fast. But mayhaps will we meet again some day to make more medieval merry! My regards to you for your comments at the nomination.

sincerely,
Peter ^Isotalo 07:54, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A few comments

I respond to you here. Quadzilla99 16:46, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Truce alright? I still think the Britannica/Encarta point I made is a good one. Maybe if you get time you can look through the article and see that it's very tame now, or at least change your vote back to neutral if you're not going to read it. Quadzilla99 18:28, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Vividly is removed. Quadzilla99 18:29, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Really as I said please read through the article, I'm fairly sure it's fine now the strongest adjective in the article now is impressive which is used just once, the next strongest is good which is used once or twice in the player profile section (to put his statistics into context which is used when describing his rebounding numbers, so non-basketball fans can understand they were good for a guard). I just looked at in comparison to Wayne Gretzky (another FA) and it's extremely generic when compard to Gretzky in terms of adjectives. Whatever your objections were I don't see how they could possibly still exist. At this point opposing on previous grounds is in my opinion getting a little ridiculous. Quadzilla99 12:11, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

Thanks for the note - I'm happy to close it; am just spending a little more time checking it out as its majority is smaller. Warofdreams talk 21:03, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

No problem, just didn't want to close it out from under you or something. - Taxman ^Talk 21:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Chacor 2

Hi. I saw in my watchlist that you unprotected this page, citing the WP:BN discussion. Am I missing something? Five different admins + Amarkov removed the user's comments, protected the page, or expressed support for the same at WP:BN. Only you and the user himself expressed displeasure with the decision. I wouldn't see a problem with an auto-expiring protection that would go away after some arbitrary period of time (like a month), but I'm not seeing any consensus that the page should be unprotected. I have nothing but respect for you, for your position, and for your viewpoint, but I believe that this unprotection was in error and that if any further unproductive comments are left on the page, it should be re-protected for some arbitrary period of time. Thank you. --BigDT 16:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

There was no discussion supporting the protection. By default pages should not be protected and I indicated my intent to unprotect it. There is nothing in the protection policy supporting that protection. - Taxman ^Talk 16:44, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you so much for your congrats re. my recent successful RFA. I'm delighted to have the mop and bucket now & will endeavour to wield it fairly in support of the wiki. Thanks again :) - Alison^☺ 22:02, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

You're most welcome indeed. :) - Taxman ^Talk 22:18, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Email

You have mail. Please also take a look at User talk:CrystalizedAngels to see the extent of the problem. The user now states it is his/her goal to have every IP in Zurich blocked from editing: "No one using the public resources of this city will be contributing to english wikipedia. Thats the way I want it." link - auburnpilot talk 19:02, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

It's not likely that I'll be able to get to it, but in general don't worry too much. Even if the whole city is blocked from editing, Wikipedia will move on. Try tracking the edits, running checkuser, and contacting the ISPs/organizations calmly and see if they are willing to do anything about it. Better place to try to get some help is AN/I though. - Taxman ^Talk 22:10, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the reply. I've posted on WP:AN/I before and it was ignored. I've also emailed multiple admins with no response. The problem I'm having is with the range block for Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Benjiwolf (2nd)‎; I guess I'll just wing it. auburnpilot talk 23:05, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] FAC: Cholangiocarcinoma

Hello - thanks for your comments and suggestions here, regarding improving the cholangiocarcinoma article. I've made some changes to incorporate your suggestions; please take a look and see what you think. MastCell ^Talk 20:39, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello

Hi Taxman. Just saw you at Sasaram which is under my watchlist, and stopped by to say a hello. I think you are almost regular in Hindi Wikipedia? I am not able to contribute there actively as my Hindi typing is rather slow though I know Hindi very well. --Bhadani 02:24, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm trying to help out there as much as possible. I'm not fluent, so it's harder, but it's nice to help the small project grow. We could use your help. An awful lot of things just need the very basic information. Other things don't even need devanagari at all, just input. As far as typing, after a little while I've gotten used to touch typing the devanagari characters without needing to see them. I refer to an image of the devanagari incript layout if I need uncommon characters, but that's about it. It wasn't really too hard to learn, you'd be a wiz at it soon. Other people use software keyboards I think, but that's much slower for me. I do have a hindi question if you don't mind my asking. I've been trying to figure out how to do a comparison with more complex ideas. For example I can understand hindi a little better than I can speak it. The only thing I could come up with to say that in one sentence is मैं समझ सकता हूँ और से मैं बोल सकता हूँ, but I can't tell if that's right. - Taxman ^Talk 21:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Site Notice

नमस्कार टैक्सवाला, listening to your advice, I made a पृष्ठ देवनागरी सहायता के लिए image here for the Site Notice. Now I just need it to link directly to hi:विकिपीडिया:Setting up your browser for Indic scripts. I was wondering if you could help me out. I tried the click template, but it didn't work. Thank you.--Wolf ^{talk | हिन्दी} 19:44, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Great work, that's really nice. After experimenting the syntax has to be something like {{क्लिक|image=Dev-Sitenotice.PNG|largeur=160px|hauteur=20px|lien=विकिपीडिया:Setting up your browser for Indic scripts}}. The template's parameters are in French, and the largeur and hauteur seem to be required. - Taxman ^Talk 21:10, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of link on roth ira & others

Hi Taxman I appreciate your efforts to keep wikipedia clean and remove spam.

First time I posted link and links were removed by you with reason better links available. Then I read about WP:EL and I totaly agree with you. I learnt that and then tried to post the comparisons of retirement accounts which is clearly not available on wiki. In fact link I provided gives nice direct comparison. If you think it is already available in better way, please point me to exact location. Thanks.

There are quite a number of reasons listed in Wikipedia:External links that indicate those links are not appropriate. There are much better and more reliable sources that contain comparisons. In fact all the needed information for the comparison can be drawn from IRS sources. - Taxman ^Talk 11:54, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Betacommandbot

I've updated betacommand's bot request pages with clearer notes. Basically all of his old approvals were withdrawn permanently, but future requests may supersede the old requests, including the exact same task. The old approvals are kept for historical reason and for other reference purposes, but are no longer valid. The new approvals process, since it supersededs the old one, is designed to force him to go through the community oversight process once more in order to gain back the trust of the community and to clarify what he can and can't do. As a result, the bot flag has been requested. -- RM 14:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, done and I changed the link on the approved requests to the task that has been re-approved. - Taxman ^Talk 18:02, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question for you

Hi Bhadaniji, I had a question for you in response to your comments on my talk page if you have a minute. - Taxman ^Talk 18:05, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi nice to find you on my page. Yes. I am here only. --Bhadani (talk) 18:07, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

It should be: मैं समझ सकता हूँ और मैं बोल सकता हूँ. This is better. But, you are really great! --Bhadani (talk) 18:14, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please withdraw my RFA

It looks like my RFA is not going to succeed, so I don't want to waste people's time. Please close it as a withdrawal by the candidate, and thank you. Best regards. YechielMan 14:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• Done. --Durin 14:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks Durin. - Taxman ^Talk 15:29, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Are you de:Benutzer:Taxman?

Hi, Taxman. JzG and I posted something at the German Wikipedia Amin Noticeboard. See here. A German user with the name Taxman translated Guy's post there, and then posted something at the English Admin Noticeboard. See here. The beginning of his signature links to your userpage, but the rest of it links to his German userpages. Based on your Babel boxes, I think you can't be the same person. If you're not, perhaps you should change the link on his signature at WP:AN. Otherwise it's a bit confusing. ElinorD (talk) 15:54, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Indeed I'm not. :) If you check the page history, it links to his userpage here. I'd rather not change his signature myself, but I'll ask him to change the pages already signed and to change it going forward. - Taxman ^Talk 16:27, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Hi Taxman, Thanks for the mop and the encouragement. I look forward to getting stuck in (but will be very careful with it to begin with!). Cheers, Waggers 07:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC)