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Contents 1 Comments 1.1 Response to Morwen 1.2 Ed Hannigan 1.3 Submitted for your approval... 1.4 Vargo Article 1.5 Better late than never 1.6 Would you consider a chat? 1.7 Hi, could you start a private channel? 1.8 My user page 1.9 Vandalism 1.10 Semi-protection 1.11 Vandalism 1.12 Thanks... 1.13 S-P 1.14 How long should an article be semi-protected? 1.15 Interested in rajput? 1.16 Hello. 1.17 User:CBDunkerson\Sandbox2 1.18 Request 1.19 Admin abuse? 1.20 Fixing my Userbox page 1.21 My Userpage 1.22 RCP box 1.23 death to the infidels! 1.24 Time zone 1.25 Jan 23 2005 Picture of the Day 1.26 What did you do? 1.27 Unranked entries and ambiguous divisions 1.28 Stubs 1.29 primate redirects 1.30 Thanks... 1.31 Turkey Images 1.32 Untagged images 1.33 Customer service thanks 1.34 Year links in taxoboxes 1.35 Re: Sandbox5 1.36 ... 1.37 Tip of the day browse links 1.38 Thanks for the help 1.39 Wikipedia talk:Bureaucrats 1.40 Mythology talk page 1.41 template:book reference 1.42 Notice 1.43 Template:Switch 1.44 template Reference 1.45 Favor 1.46 Mikeabundo 1.47 Wesley Smith 1.48 Sockpuppet? 1.49 Featured content 1.50 Featherston Drive Public School 1.51 Tracking down/e-mailing a user... 1.52 You've got a message on Wikipedia talk:Tip of the day 1.53 July is stocked with tips. Could you look them over please? 1.54 Tip of the day project update 1.55 Help with image gallery 1.56 Hadn't gotten to that point yet 1.57 My Block 1.58 Category:Protected deleted pages 1.59 my Recall endorsement 1.60 I am wikibee plz help me 1.61 Trusted Site 1.62 User talk:Ryulong 1.63 TfD nomination of Template:CURRENTHOUR

[edit] Comments

Hi, welcome to Wikipedia. Does the 'C' by any change stand for Conrad? ;) Morwen - Talk 12:47, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Response to Morwen

Hello. Yup, I'm me and all that. :)

Username stands for Conrad Bertrand Dunkerson.

Are you the Morwen of AFT / RABT, wielder of the CHOKLIT sword?

No. I used to post to AFT/RABT but not under this handle. ;) Morwen - Talk 13:04, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Ah, well good to see you. I've actually dabbled in Tolkien topics around here off and on for a couple of years, but the earlier edits are under various IP addresses.

[edit] Ed Hannigan

You'd deleted a brief entry I'd made for Ed Hannigan - a comic book writer and artists. Would you mind taking a look at the revised entry and let me know if this is how I need to handle these types of things in the future?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Hannigan

I'm also interested in finding out how to add images to some of these listings.

Thanks, Keith

Actually, I don't have access to delete articles. What I did was tag it for someone else to check. The new version is much more consistent with Wikipedia standards... still kind of short but there is enough included that it won't be marked for 'speedy' deletion. If someone decides it isn't notable enough they might mark it for discussion of possible deletion, but in that case you'd have time to respond and expand it if needed. You might want to explain what 'provided pencils' means. I'm guessing it is an industry term which means he was one of the artists, but it sounds like he let the writer borrow a couple of #2 pencils. :]

On images, you can just put a link in the article like;

Image:Smiley head happy.png|35px

(place double brackets around this like other links)

Wikipedia has a huge library of images to choose from and (once the currently ongoing server upgrade is complete) you can upload your own. Just be careful not to use copyrighted images. --CBD ^T _C ^@ 07:41, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Submitted for your approval...

Thanks for all your helpful comments earlier. Now, I submit another article for your approval and/or critique prior to making an official article of it. See my user page Blooferlady for more on Nox Arcana (previously deleted). Blooferlady 08:52, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vargo Article

Hi. Are you sure that the re-created Joseph Vargo article was 'substantially identical' to the previous attempt? I didn't see the original copy, but I know Blooferlady sought advice on changes from the admin who first deleted it (User: Cleared as filed) before putting it back up. --CBD ^T _C ^@ 02:13, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I'm sure. Rewording, wikification, and expansion don't make the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Vargo any less applicable. —Cryptic (talk) 02:21, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Please read my latest comments [here] and also the discussions I mention in my comment. I ask for your vote for undeletion based on the facts stated. Blooferlady 15:48, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Better late than never

Welcome!

Hello, CBDunkerson/Archive1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• Help pages
• Tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome! 

Heh, thanks. --CBD ^T _C ^@ 02:25, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Would you consider a chat?

Hi CBDunkerson! My name is Dennis Nilsson. I just saw you fixed a vandalism on the WW2 page, good work. I saw you are a member of the Anti-vandalism team, and I wonder if you mind having a chat with me on a private wikipedia irc channel. I would like to talk personally to someone about something I am concerned about, and I do not know where to turn. If you have time, please leave a message on my talk page. I will respond immediately. My regards, Dennis Nilsson. Dna-Dennis ^{talk - contribs} 03:45, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hi, could you start a private channel?

Thanks for responding. Could you start a private channel? Reply on my talk page. Regards Dna-Dennis ^{talk - contribs} 09:26, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] My user page

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page, that is the first time its been vandalized! — Wackymacs 08:04, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

Why has no-one blocked me yet?!?!?--80.47.65.9 12:40, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Ok, there you go. You're blocked. Congrats. --CBD ✉ 12:44, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Stop trying to sabotage my edits, I am trying to help you and others!

Your 'edits' are to vandalize my user page and post a fake image to Gary Oldman and James Dean. This is considered vandalism. Please stop. --CBD ☎ ^✉ 15:37, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

The image of Jmaes Dean is not fake.

[edit] Semi-protection

I saw you just reverted vandalism on George W. Bush, and wondered what you thought about the proposals to curb what's going on there. If you have time, check out Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy, and weigh in (there's something of a large discussion page, so be prepared. For a quick run-through of what's been said and done, see #rehashing) Hope to see you there. -Mysekurity^{(have you seen this?)} 22:19, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

No problem -- Francs2000 21:52, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...

...for reverting that vandalism to my talk page. I appreciate it. Canderson7 ^(talk) 23:26, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] S-P

Yep I know. Ral, who is one of the more respected admins, was freaked out by the idea of GWB being semi protected permanently...and I'm like...if it isn't...what's the point? I mean the whole idea is to stop having to revert vandalism every 4 minutes (literally) on that article. --Woohookitty^{(cat scratches)} 14:56, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How long should an article be semi-protected?

I've raised this question here, as now it's actually real and happening I expect more people will want to comment. Dan100 (Talk) 15:05, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Interested in rajput?

I just saw your edit on the temp page. Shivraj Singh 20:32, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

No, not really. I just saw some info about the conflict and was trying to come up with some neutral phrasing. --CBD _☎ ^✉ 22:51, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Hello.

Portals got one on Sports or Narnia. --Jingofetts 19:34, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] User:CBDunkerson\Sandbox2

I have moved this page to User:CBDunkerson/Sandbox2 to turn it into a subpage of your user page, and deleted the redirect. --cesarb 20:46, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Request

You opposed my candidacy because you seem to think that I "Need[] a break from dealing with ArbCom and other Wikistress." Frankly, I can manage my stress without assistance (which is why I'm currently on a break from ArbCom until the end of the month, due to stress from work). If that's your only reason for opposing, I'd ask you to reconsider. Kelly Martin (talk) 20:03, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Admin abuse?

You cite a nasty case of admin abuse on the WP:AAP... I think this should be addressed in RFC, would you agree? I'm not sure which case you're talking about but it sounds bad. Radiant_>|< 22:04, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fixing my Userbox page

I just wanted to thank you for fixing my userboxes. :•) --¿ WhyBeNormal ? 03:43, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Userpage

Hi there! Thanks for the nice comment about my userpage. You have FireFox to thank for it as it was he who designed it.--Ali K 12:59, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RCP box

Ta for changing that :) IainP (talk) 13:20, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] death to the infidels!

Death to the INTJ'r infidels! We of the INFJ faction are the only True Wikipedians! Well, now, let's take a moment to think about this. Wouldn't want to be hasty. It's important to see all sides of the issue. I think it's possible that both groups have something to add to the debate, even if they do tend to jump to conclusions. Perhaps we should set up a WikiProject to look into this more deeply. ;-) FreplySpang (talk) (INTP) 18:47, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

I bow to your superior sarcasm. :] --CBD _☎ ^✉ 18:54, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Time zone

Ah thanks, I've fixed it now. Radiant_>|< 00:50, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jan 23 2005 Picture of the Day

You reverted my change on the image link for this picture. I saw that it was on commons, but neither that version nor the one here display anything when I view or link to them... which is why I changed it to the version that actually shows a picture. --CBD _☎ ^✉ 11:08, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

That's odd. Both versions show up fine for me. It may be an image cache problem; you could try purging the cache with this link and see whether it helps. -- Solipsist 11:18, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Very strange. I tried loading the page in Internet Explorer and I can see the image, but not when I use Firefox... even after purging the cache. Well, so long as most people will see it at Portal:Featured content that should be fine and I'll just try to figure out why Firefox has problems with it. Thanks. --CBD _☎ ^✉ 11:54, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

If it helps, I'm using Firefox 1.06 and see it OK. I'd be surprised if there were anything particularly special about this jpeg, so it could turn out to be something else. -- Solipsist 11:58, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

I figured it out. It was the 'adblock' extension. The image is displayed as screen element 'http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ad/Natto_mixed.jpg'... adblock was detecting the '/ad/' and suppressing the image because that's a common advertisement identifier. D'oh! First time I've run across that problem. Sorry for the confusion. --CBD _☎ ^✉ 12:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

Double D'oh - now you mention it, I recall someone else having trouble with an Adblock extension and a similar image path issue. I don't think it was the same image though. It was probably discussed on the Commons village pump, and someone may even have requested a code change to for a different hashing algorithm to avoid the problem in future. Well done on figuring it out though - not a trivial thing to spot. -- Solipsist 12:21, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What did you do?

You made an edit on my user page and listed WP:AUM as the reason. I read WP:AUM quite a few times, but I still don't understand the difference between a / and a |. Could you explain it to me? I'm just curious, that's all. - Hbdragon88 02:03, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unranked entries and ambiguous divisions

I'd be grateful for your help at Template talk:Taxobox on these two issues. Gdr 15:34, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stubs

Hi - any particular reason why one of your sandboxes (2) has turned up in Cat:Stubs? Any chance of subst'ing the template and taking the category off the page please? :) Grutness...wha? 07:37, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] primate redirects

I just deleted a bunch of taxonomy redirects you created. I prefer the red links to show they are articles yet to be written, instead of making it look like there is an article already there. - UtherSRG (talk) 11:59, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Do an experiment. Use Wikipedia's internal search for Piliocolobus, one of the links I just removed. The search should tell you the pages the word is on. - UtherSRG (talk) 12:21, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it's considered wrong to make a redirect from taxon A to taxon B unless you plan for B to cover A completely (e.g. A is the only subtaxon of B, or B covers closely related subtaxa A and C). The benefit of having a red link to tell editors and readers that we don't have a page on that taxon outweighs the disadvantages.

You always have the option of making a stub instead of a redirect. Gdr 12:32, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Right, but of the eight options listed under 'Piliocolobus' they are most likely to end up at Zanzibar Red Colobus, which is only one of a couple dozen in the genus. Still, not that big a deal to me. I just thought it would be easier for the users. I'll table my plan to go through all of mammalia with redirects and skip ahead to the 'next phase' of creating stubs as Gdr suggests. --CBD _☎ ^✉ 12:40, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Yay stubs! *grins* Do take a look at my contributions of late, particularly to where I've editted your stubs to make them consistent with taxobox usage and proper bolding and italicizing. Thanks, and keep up the good work! - UtherSRG (talk) 13:11, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Nice set of stubs. Some notes on Wikipedia style:

• Sentence case for higher taxa (thus "four-eyed opossums") but title case for species (at least in some projects, like mammals), so "Gray Four-eyed Opossum".
• Authorities are easy to discover for mammals, e.g. at ITIS.
• Generally stick to the seven major ranks unless the details of the article require otherwise.
• Make redirects from scientific names, common names, and alternative capitalizations.
• Don't forget the phylum! and the family!

Gdr 21:54, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Ack! Lots and lots of little formatting details. Are there standards for when to and not to include an authority? It seems like sometimes it is only the 'bottom level' taxa, but in others authorities are given for several different taxa. --CBD _☎ ^✉ 22:39, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

You'll get the hang of it, don't worry. The guidelines are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/taxobox usage but don't try to remember them all at once! The general rule is to give the authority for the taxon that the article is about, and any monotypic higher taxa (i.e., all the taxa given in bold in the taxobox), except that there's no need to repeat the authority when two taxa were named in the same publication (this is typical in case where a genus was named at the same time as the only species in it; see for example Kowari). Gdr 22:46, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks...

...for the info on how to edit a "categories" page. Thought it must be something simple like that. Jeeb 15:58, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Turkey Images

All of your recent map uploads from the turkish wikipedia have no proper source or copyright information. If they are not correctly tagged they will have to be marked for deletion. The image pages on the Turkish wikipedia (eg. [1]) seem to claim GFDL but it sounds a bit far fetched to me that the Turkish government releases these images under the GFDL. I have asked for some native turkish speakers to translate the copyright page for me. At the very least the description pages here should contain all the information the Turkish ones do. --Martyman-(talk) 05:52, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

The first image I choose to get translated (image linked to above - translation on my talk page) turns out to be a work that has been derived from a Turkish government map (used with permission) and released under the GFDL. The legality of this is pretty questionable, and for it to pass muster on the English wikipedia it should include a copy of the permission email from the government contact stating exactly what terms the image could be used under, including if it could be used to make further (freely licensed) works. Even if the permission was leanient enough to allow derived works under free licenses the description page on the English wikipedia would still legally have to contain all the information from the Turkish page (also translated) to comply with the attribution requirement of the GFDL. The second image I tried to check up on Image:Usak map.gif, I can't seem to find on the Turkish wikipedia at all. I know you are also an experienced wikipedia contributer what are your thoughts on this matter? --Martyman-(talk) 11:03, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

These images were copied over as part of a requested template move from the Turkish Wikipedia. I changed the image names to English in the process. Replace 'map' with '(il) harita' and 'location' with '(il) konumu' to get the corresponding names on the Turkish Wikipedia. The names vary slightly in a couple of cases, but they can all be traced from the 'What links here' of the template in question - [2]. I don't speak Turkish, but from there I was able to trace them back to the original Turkish government website and find the source images - [3]. I listed that on the image pages, but didn't put a copyright status on the images because I didn't know what it was. I'm hoping to get that information from User:Carlossuarez46 who requested the move. The user who uploaded the images to Turkish Wikipedia in the first place may also be able to provide a provenance. --CBDunkerson 12:50, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't know what the copyright status of the Turkish images, I assumed that they were vetted at tr.wikipedia; they appear to come from Turkish government websites but I don't know if -- like US government maps -- they are public domain. We would need someone who knows Turkish law to get an answer. Carlossuarez46 17:02, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Untagged images

You have uploaded 50+ untagged images. A list can be found here. Please correct them. Let me know if you need further help. JesseW, the juggling janitor 01:42, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Customer service thanks

Thank you for cleaning up my references. I use WikiBib, not sure what I did wrong, so if you'd let me know, I'd appreciate it. Another newbie question: how do I add a brief explanation of an edit to the History page, the way you did? CSReader 22:06, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Year links in taxoboxes

Please weigh in on this subject here. - UtherSRG (talk)

[edit] Re: Sandbox5

I created a 3rd row of feature boxes and made them empty. As soon as I emptied the boxes, they no longer held their widths (55% and 45%, respectively). (Erase the headings and the templates from a row, and see what happens). Is there a way to make empty rows that will keep their widths and have nothing but white space (with the same background color and borders as the other rows)? If you can find a way to do this, then it would provide the basis for a method to line up the headings horizontally while retaining the columnar format of the current Main Page. I tried using hard spaces, but that provides a minimum height to the boxes of 2 lines (due to wrapping and variable text-size settings). I need the boxes one line in height, without using dummy text as a place-holder, if possible). --Go for it! 06:51, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ...

Thank you :) was blind not to see that tab hehe lol :) —This unsigned comment was added by Peacer gal (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Tip of the day browse links

I accept your offer to help placing the browse links. Also, FYI, the category tags are only in place up through May 5, (using the form [[Category:Tip of the day| 2006-05-05]] so that they sort chronologically at the beginning of the category). So if you could also add the cat tag to the tips you process, that would be appreciated. --Go for it! 15:36, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the help

Thanks for designing and adding the browselinks to the Tips of the day. I had fun with the template you designed, and added another pair of browselinks via "includeonly" to display with the tip itself. That's a cool program. Therefore, I think you deserve the...

See User talk:CBDunkerson/Barnstars

[edit] Wikipedia talk:Bureaucrats

It would be great if you could check out and comment on the proposal for clearer language in the process description for RfAs that I posted there. Thanks. --Mmounties (Talk) 02:56, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mythology talk page

Awww... You could have left it for at least 1 hour... It's a talk page Template:Grin

[edit] template:book reference

Hi Conrad. Could you please unprotect template:book reference? It is deprecated and not in in heavy use any more. Thanks! --Ligulem 08:37, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I forgot: while you are at it: could you please semi-protect template:cite journal? No need to let anons edit that. (is already done on cite book, cite web and cite news). --Ligulem 08:42, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

I've taken care of these, since I was here giving congrats.... - UtherSRG (talk) 11:33, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Well, didn't take long for the requests to start, did it? Congratulations, good luck, and if you ever have any questions let me know. I look forward to seeing some great mop wielding from you! Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 11:35, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for looking into those UtherSRG. I've been sending 'thank you' notes while reading up on how one actually does protect and unprotect.

Back to the 'thank you's. Evilphoenix, you're at the end of the list since you pulled that funky 'nominator at the end' switcheroo thing. :] --CBDunkerson 12:36, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh noes! This was meant as the first admin job for Conrad! :-) (thanks anyway to UtherSRG). BTW, congrats to Conrad from me too. --Ligulem 12:58, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

(Cough) - Template:Book reference is still fully protected... --Ligulem 13:02, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Heh. Done. Though actually that's my second admin job. I did a rollback on something earlier. --CBDunkerson 13:11, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

It's a thing I do, instead of trying to be the first vote, I like to try and be the last vote on my nominations. Ëvilphoenix ^Burn! 21:57, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notice

The Community Portal was recently reverted to a version that appeared months ago. Therefore, I've called for a vote to restore to the Community Portal the version that had developed here up until that reversion. There are three drafts competing for the privilege, each representing entirely different approaches, including the current revert version. To show your support for which design should be displayed as the Community Portal, VOTE HERE. Sincerely, --Go for it! 18:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Switch

Just noticed someone wanted an Interwiki added to {{switch}} (see Template talk:Switch#interwikis). Normally I'd just slap {{editprotected}} on the page, but I don't want the template accidentally broken by someone unfamiliar with templates. :P —Locke Cole • t • c 01:56, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] template Reference

Hi Conrad. Do you want to keep {{Reference}}? If not, please speedy delete (you are the creator) or userfy. Thanks. --Ligulem 12:21, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, I deleted it. Still finding little things like that to clean up. Original intent was to build an 'all in one' citation template, but I'm not sure that we really need one. The name and style are now outdated in any case. --CBDunkerson 12:57, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Another candidate for an all-in one citation template is {{citation}}, an effort started by SEWilco. I'm working towards consolidation on category:citation templates, but I'm not sure if it is good to merge cite book, cite web, cite journal into one, but we will see (as a prototype, {{citation}} is certainly interesting). The name of the called template in articles also carries some useful info. I'm always reluctant to remove info from Wikipedia. --Ligulem 14:31, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Favor

Hey CBD, I don't know what I was thinking, but I accidentally created a talk page at Talk:WikiProject Middle-earth/archive1. Is there a way you could delete it? —Mirlen 16:21, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Poof. :] --CBDunkerson 16:31, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

You're a lifesaver, thanks CBD. :) —Mirlen 16:40, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mikeabundo

Mikeabundo continues to spam Numa Numa with a link to his nonnotable forum. He has been warned repeatedly that consensus is against him (see Talk:Numa Numa), but refuses to comply, has an RFC against him right now for self-promotion, and refuses to take his repeated warnings seriously. Please block him for at least 24 hours. Thanks. KI 02:17, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wesley Smith

Hey, thanks for redirecting Wesley Smith to Central News. Only problem is that someone has since merged Central News to their owner: Central Independent Television so, Wesley Smith is now a double link. Can you send it directly to Central Independent Television? Thanks! Avraham 15:39, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppet?

Two users with the same account methinks: Abdullahazzam and Abdullah Azzam. The user posted at the M-E WikiProject things to do page as Abdullahazzam under the account Abdullah Azzam, as to erase evidence of me pointing out his mistakes (that we all make) and to follow the policy — which is evident from here to here. Would he be blocked, or would this be a case of an exception beause he's new? See, I'm unfamiliar with what do in cases of sockpuppets, but since you're a sysop, do whatever admins are suppose to do in sockpuppet cases. —Mirlen 18:32, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Ah, I should've checked the logs — I'd forgotten that you could make a link to a unregistered account. *smacks head* Anyway, I think this is why I need some coaching from experienced users or admin, like the program they have over at Esperanza. Not sure if I want to be an admin, but I still feel like a newbie — so I want to improve myself to be better. Anyway, thanks CBD, if there's anything I can do for you (which probably isn't that much), but if there is, please tell me. You've done so much for me, I feel like I need to do something! —Mirlen 10:41, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't mean that I wanted to admin now, I just meant that I wasn't sure if I wanted to be. I was talking about this admin coaching they had at Esperanza, so that's why it came up. Now that you've confronted me with the possibility, I don't feel ready at all. I feel...unworthy and undeserving of the position. (It's sounds so self-deprecating, but it's true). Not yet — I still feel like a novice. But thanks for the advice and encouragement, CBD, it's means a lot to me. :) (I'm working on the redesign of the Standards page on my sandbox — still starting on it, but do you have any suggestions or standards that I might add?) —Mirlen 22:48, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured content

Hello CBDunkerson, I have left a short note at the end of featured content's talk page. You might want to voice your opinion on the matter. Shyam ^(T/C) 19:47, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featherston Drive Public School

Hello, may I ask why you replaced the infobox being used with an inferior looking template ? Cordially SirIsaacBrock 22:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tracking down/e-mailing a user...

Hey, I figured an admin might be of some help here... User Ulf.dietrich uploaded the picture that's now on the main page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fifa_world_cup_org.jpg. It's a good picture of a hard-to-photograph item, but it's very small, and in the comments he says it's also available in full res (3008x2000). People have left comments on the talk page, here and at German wikipedia, but is there any way to email him? Do you have access to that? Can he be found through his IP address at least?

Use this link. --CBDunkerson 13:09, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Cool; now can you unprotect it, since it's no longer on the main page? Thanks. --Zambaccian 09:39, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] You've got a message on Wikipedia talk:Tip of the day

You've got mail.  :-)

[edit] July is stocked with tips. Could you look them over please?

I've filled July with a selection of tips from the tip authoring page, revisions of previously posted tips, some brand new ones, and some combinations. If you would be so kind as to look them over before they hit the mainstream Wikipedian audience, I'd really appreciate it. --Go for it! 17:45, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tip of the day project update

Just trying to get things better organized around there. Toward that end, I've created a task list template for the project. If all the members of the project placed it on their user page, we could all keep in touch more easily (with announcements, alerts, etc.). It, and the latest announcements can be found at:

totd task list template

--Go for it! 17:15, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with image gallery

Hi! You are listed as having expertise in image tagging, and I wonder if you could possibly find time to have a look at User:Guinnog/gallery and help me figure out why only some of he images display for me (and presumably for others). If you can see a simple way to make it work better, please just go ahead and edit it. If you can't, can you suggest anyone else who might? Thanks a lot if you are able to help. --Guinnog 11:46, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I'm reluctant to turn off my ad blocking software to test that theory (all right, I admit it, I've forgotten how to!). As long as you are able to see all of the images all right I will stop worrying about it. --Guinnog 12:30, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hadn't gotten to that point yet

I hadn't gotten to removing the links yet, simply semiprotected the vandalized page...then responded to a comment on my talk page...who's the newbie?[4]--MONGO 11:56, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

The ip address / Free iran (presumably the same person) just began editing - hence 'newbie'. In any case, removing NPOV tags is not vandalism. I told both users not to edit war and suggested that page protection be requested. Semi-protection seems like a good idea, but full protection may be needed within a few days if discussion doesn't start. --CBD 12:03, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I already lifted the semi protection since it's been a little while since he edited the article and he started it as well, which I hadn't noticed until after I semi protected it.--MONGO 12:10, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My Block

Thanks, and just in time for a little editing :-) Nice to know people are checking the unblock page. Skittle 20:23, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Protected deleted pages

The backlog is for deleting those protected pages that has been protected for over two months unless recreated countless times. Thanks Jaranda ^{wat's sup} 23:23, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] my Recall endorsement

re: Category:Administrators open to recall — Please consider yourself asked to re-enlist! Haven't got to your answering email yet—nor my dinner now 2.3 hours cold! Cheers! // FrankB 02:22, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Ooopsie!!!

User_talk:Lar#I.27m_confused ... just in case it wasn't obvious! Cheers! // FrankB 14:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Heh. No problems. I wasn't sure what you meant, but your note got me to look at the page and find out about the CfD ongoing there... so it worked out well. :] --CBD 01:31, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I am wikibee plz help me

Hi,

I am a wikibee (wiki+newbie=wikibee). I would like to have my own mediawiki installed. It would be named AreWiki (As far as I know Wikipedia is running on MediaWiki). I wanted to have same templates available on wikipedia working on my wiki as well. I tried to just copy / paste template pages, but it was v.tedious and i made often mistakes. Then I tried to use the Special:Export/Import. However there were some problems with xml - when i have exported a template and then just changed occurence of wikipedia into AreWiki I was not able to import it into my wiki (i think maybe it is problem with Unicode, UTF... but am not sure).

In short I would like to hve maintenance and text formatting templates (just to automate some tasks) availalbe on my wiki - how to do this?

Thx in advance and if there is any prize or voting for best admin just let me know.

Aretai 08:32, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trusted Site

Hi there, I'm kinda new to this wiki thing so I apologize if this question is a little absurd to you, and yyou don't need to answer it. Recently I have tried to convince my friend that wiki is actually a safe source to use. He thinks that any person can just go ahead and vandalize any page and it stays like that. Now I told them about anti-vandal bots etc. I also heard from him that recently like 100 students got all F's because of info they got from wiki. Now I doubt that story is true, but how can I show my friend to trust wikipedia?

[edit] User talk:Ryulong

Why is User talk:Ryulong protected? I want to contact this user! I thought this wasn't even allowed! Regards, Ya ya ya ya ya ya 05:56, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:CURRENTHOUR

Template:CURRENTHOUR has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. っ 03:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)