User talk:James086/2007/Archive1

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Contents 1 Response to speedy tagging 2 Response to vandalism revert 3 Response to a vandalism warning 4 Hey just wanted to tell you 5 Re: Putney High School 6 DYK 7 Newyorkbrad's RfA 8 Thanks for your support 9 Image OTRS 10 corsa 11 User:Azer_Red/ED_discussion_page 11.1 Also See 12 My site was taken off by you but there wasn't an explanation 13 Thanks! 14 Commons Picture of the Year 15 RfA talk pages 16 the african executive 17 Re: Maserati MC12 FAC 18 My RfA 19 Vandalism 20 hey i need some help... 21 rockstar 22 Thank you... 23 Congratulations on the FA! 24 Thank you 25 RfA thanks 26 Thanks 27 Mistake? 28 Congratulations! 29 FAC 30 Thanks 31 Unofficial St. Patrick's Day deletion review 32 My RfA 33 Entrusted with the Bucket! 34 Response to a revert 35 Administrator question 36 Kiarostami was promoted! 37 AWB 38 Jacob moon talkpage still active 39 Thanks! 40 User 62.85.192.81 41 Please sign my autograph page 42 Newbie testing? 43 Proofreading 44 == re:User:62.85.192.81 - vandalism blocking== 45 Rfa thanks 46 My RfA 47 thievery 48 My RfA

[edit] Response to speedy tagging

okay okay just take out the stupid part. i am showing her wikipedia.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cjstephens (talk • contribs).

haha fair enough then—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cjstephens (talk • contribs).

[edit] Response to vandalism revert

Did YOU revert what I added? that guy was a dork I was just being factual—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.101.88.26 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Response to a vandalism warning

Hello James perhaps crocodile punter should change his tact with his comments, it is not speculation, but inside knowledge. Could i be a member of staff??? mmm.

With all due respect you are based thousand of miles away where i am based in the uk where the company is based,. perhaps in future crocodile punter will step down from his ivory tower & deal with contributors more civily !!!!

Thankyou & good day —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.1.158.151 (talk • contribs).

[edit] Hey just wanted to tell you

This is the new account for Jordan_Sluss and I wanted to say, im sorry for all the vandilisim (why isn't spell check an option?)i've caused to your page. I will actually use the edit key to help Wikipedia from now on. Although all my friends such as Daanarchist, and all the Kirbys wont i apoligize for them too.

~~Jordanwaynesluss~~

[edit] Re: Putney High School

Hi, sorry to trouble you, but you deleted my edit of Putney High School, which i feel to be rather unfair. I made a valuable contribution to the page, citing true details about the school. I spoke 100% the truth, as i went there and can give an accurate description, unlike you (no offence....) I hope that you reconsider your actions, Thank you for your time. People1345

[edit] DYK

On January 19, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ken Okuyama, 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.

Merci, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:36, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

And for the star as well. I'm not very productive in DYK, it's people who create articles deliberatrely because of trivia, which keep DYK turning over. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 05:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newyorkbrad's RfA

This is to thank you for your early support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 17:36, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for your support

--Yannismarou 20:40, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

As you set out for Ithaka, hope the voyage is long Knowledge is your destiny, but don't ever hurry the journey May there be many summer mornings when With what pleasure and joy, you come into harbors seen for the first time Don't expect Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey And, if I, one of your fellow-travellers, can offer something To make this journey of yours even more fascinating and enjoyable This is my assistance with anything I can help.

[edit] Image OTRS

Hi - I've added that tag as requested - unfortunately I've been fairly inactive due to internet problems, leading me to take a while to respond to your message on my talk page (and meaning that I haven't been dealing with any OTRS requests), and we've fairly backlogged on OTRS anyway, which is probably why no-one resolved your request earlier. Please convey our thanks to the copyright holder for licensing the image in this way :), thanks, Martinp23 17:50, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] corsa

I'm getting sleepy and slow at the moment. You mean you saved it off flickr, opened it up in an image editor and then saved it as PNG? Important thing is not to save a jpeg as a jpeg, as this causes it to degrade. — coelacan talk — 08:46, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

If you could see my thumbs, I assure you they're up. I know my way around the Commons:, by the way, so if you have questions about using it, navigating, whatever, ask me. — coelacan talk — 08:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Azer_Red/ED_discussion_page

Hi James086...

First of all, I may be an extra lightweight Wikipedia user but am by no means a n00b; especially with the Wiki format (including the politics). Maybe I was a bit 'harsh' in my edit but, considering the context...well, c'mon: a class action against a troll site? That's comedy gold.

I won't attempt to reword it -or add:

[edit] Also See

Class Action

Frivolous Litigation

Troll Organization

etc., etc.,

...but the 'plaintiffs' are asking for it and I think your wholesale reversion of my edit a tad unfair. But -as an admin- it's your Wiki so I know how that works, ie. you win. So maybe you can give these poor, misguided souls a word of advice before a). they waste their time and money on attempting legal action that has no chance in any court of law and b). invite further grief from ED.

If they think ED is brutal, they obviously don't get out (of Wikipedia) much. Wait until their discussion hits the /b/ board at 4Chan because that's where it's heading (the bloke who linked me to it is a card carrying EDiot and /b/tard).

Me?...I'm a Colbert Nationalist so no worries here mate.

Man the harpoons James!

Bestest ~ --Piepie 11:16, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My site was taken off by you but there wasn't an explanation

Hello James086,

I added my website, it was an information website about Asthma that had no gimmicks or anything. It was a simple informational website about Asthma and nothing else. I was wondering why it was taken off. Can you please answer this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Shortshire (talk • contribs) 18:40, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the award, James! Much appreciated! BuddingJournalist 08:54, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Commons Picture of the Year

Yep, it's me voting for pic of the year on commons. I can't log into my account on commons due to cookies and my antivirus software playing up. James086^Talk 11:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA talk pages

Hi there! I just noticed you added some RfA stats to a candidate discussion page. I'd like to let you know there is a template for this, Template:RfA talk which only requires you to add in the user's name and stats – the rest is done automatically. Hope it makes it easier next time. --Majorly _{(o rly?)} 13:20, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the african executive

hey, need your help coz was doin a article on this online mag which i think is encycl... material but was tagged for deletion...TWICE eve after recreation? sort me out, see am not a proffessional writer so thats why this may appear that way. is it possible for you to give me some guide on what to write or leave out on this article? thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kenteyie (talk • contribs) 09:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Re: Maserati MC12 FAC

Hi there! I will try going over the article tomorrow to highlight some of the issues (I'm a bit pressed for time, though, so don't quote me on that). In the meantime, you might want to take a look at the excellent guide User:Tony1/How to satisfy Criterion 1a. This guide discusses many of the prosaic problems that are present in the Maserati article, and offers some good solutions. Good luck! Cheers. --Plek 21:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hey James,

I just would like to thank you for your support in my recent request for adminship, which passed with a final tally of 54/13/11. I appreciate the trust expressed by members of the community, and will do my best to uphold it.

Naturally, I am still becoming accustomed to using the new tools, so if you have suggestions or feedback, or need anything please let me know. - Gilliam 20:42, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism

I fixed (edited) a page on 6/2/07 and i got a message the next day sayin it waz vandalism. i would like to know why it is vandalism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.50.244.84 (talk) 05:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC).

I'm not sure which edit you are refering to, if you could say which article it was that you edited then I could have a look. I can't tell which article you edited because at the moment, you don't have an account. If you edit without an account then your edit is credited to your IP address and it seems that your IP address has changed since the edit so there's no way of finding out which article it was, other than your memory. Hoprefully you can remember and I can see what was wrong (if anything) with your edit. Thanks, James086^Talk 22:55, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] hey i need some help...

im working on the DHIVEHI wikipedia and i am trying to create a new main page for it... i cudnt take the featured picture boc to the left side of the window... can u help me?? plz?? http://dv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Future_main_page_in_progress&action=submit --Mohamed Ishan 09:12, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] rockstar

hello, you recently sent me a message saying that I changed information in the Rockstar energy drink article. But I never even looked at that article. Maybe you made a mistake...or someone is using the same wireless internet connection as me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.22.211.73 (talk) 13:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

If you did not edit that page but were on at the same time as the messages were posted then you are most likely using a shared IP. It doesn't neccessarily mean someone else is using your wireless connection, sometimes there can be thousands of people on one IP address regardless of whether it is wireless, DSL or cable. If the message wasn't intended for you then please disregard it. If you wish to avoid messages intended for other people you could create an account. That will also mean that if your IP address is blocked you won't be stopped from editing. Thanks for your time, James086^Talk 22:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you...

...for signing my guestbook. HyperSonicBoom 23:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations on the FA!

Excellent work! riana_dzasta 12:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll have a statement ready tomorrow morning and ping you when it's done. riana_dzasta 13:06, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

It's up, I'll drop Alex a line. Have fun answering the questions ;) riana_dzasta 03:53, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Nah, it was fun going through your contribs :) riana_dzasta 15:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

For the help offer. and about vandlisim it just started to get boring (although the first thing i did WAS vandlise ONE account one time, and I thought "Why is this fun?" Anyway thanks again and i probably will ask sometime in the future Jordanwaynesluss 04:15, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA thanks

Hi, James086, I just wanted to thank you for your support on my RfA, which was successful with a final tally of 61/0/2. I'm honoured that you'd say you see only good contribs from me, and I hope my administrative actions will receive the same assessment. If you have any comments about my use of the tools I would be glad to hear from you on my talk page. Thanks again! Heimstern Läufer 06:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

[edit] Mistake?

I received a message from you, saying that I was experimenting with some page. Can this be a mistake? I don't remember vandalising anything, unless my brain is damaged. Mind clearing this up? Your message can be found on my talk page.[1] 24.181.231.73 16:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Because you don't have an account, any edits are assigned to your IP address. IP addresses can change so you probably would have had a different IP on the 17 November 2006. Someone else was most likely using it at this point. Sometimes there are people on a shared IP address despite having completely separate internet connections. I highly doubt the message was intended for you, and seeing as it has been 3 months since the warning was issued it won't be taken into account (others will assume the person behind this IP has changed). Seeing as the message wasn't for you, just disregard it, it doesn't affect you in any way. If you want to edit Wikipedia a lot, you can create an account which will prevent messages that aren't intended for you reaching you. But of course it's up to you. Thanks, James086^Talk 01:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Congratulations!

Congratulations!
It is my great pleasure to inform you that your Request for Adminship has closed successfully and you are now an administrator! Useful Links: • Administrators' reading list • Administrators' how-to guide • • Administrator's Noticeboard • Administrator's Noticeboard for Incidents • Administrator's Noticeboard for 3RR • Your admin logs: • blocks • deletions • moves • protects • uploads •

If you have questions, feel free to leave a talk page message for me or any other admin. Again, congratulations! Essjay (Talk) 11:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes! Congratulations on a unanimous RfA! :) Good luck with the shiny buttons. – riana_dzasta 11:31, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, take it easy. Clearing out C:CSD for the first time is kinda fun :) – riana_dzasta 12:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Well done mate! Have fun with your new tools (not too much fun, stick with the easy stuff first) - good luck! Majorly _{(o rly?)} 11:39, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations on the succesful RfA James, and good luck mopping! - Anas ^Talk? 12:46, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Well-deserved. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up ®} 13:05, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations and happy mopping! :D S.D. ¿п? § 13:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations! Good luck :). ~ Arjun 13:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Ditto to all the above. ^Khukri 13:54, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Congrats. If you really want to be famous, you could un-{{adminbacklog}} WP:CFD. It's nearly there (after me spending three days closing "easy" CFDs), and there can only be a dozen or so CFDs open that need closing to get the real backlog out of the way. Since they are a bit on the controversial side, I didn't feel like closing them. Unlike AFD, CFD closes aren't that easily undone. All the best, Angus McLellan (Talk) 15:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Congrats! ThePurpleMonkey_{(talk•portal•contribs)} 18:32, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Congrats! —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-25 20:53Z

[edit] FAC

Dear James! Just in case you have time and interest in the topic:

I would like to have your comments on my recent work for further improvement. Any suggestion will be very much appreciated. Thanks.Sangak 19:30, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Appreciate you giving me the heads-up on the afd for the supercars list. Unfortunately, I'm on an informal Wiki-hiatus, so I missed the voting window. The result went the way I would have voted, though, which reinforces my belief that WP can, surprising though it may be, struggle along without my daily input ;)

Fox1 (talk) 21:45, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Unofficial St. Patrick's Day deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Unofficial St. Patrick's Day. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Strangerer (Talk) 06:05, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for notifying me, I will comment on the drv, but I won't take a stance seeing as I deleted and protected it. James086^Talk 08:59, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thanks for your support in my recent RfA which passed unanimously - thus proving that you can indeed fool some of the people some of the time. I'm still coming to terms with the new functionality I have, but so far nothing bad has happened. As always, if there's anything you need to let me know, just drop me a line on my Talk page. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 10:35, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Entrusted with the Bucket!

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. Thanks for your vote, I've received an overwhelming 96% support and successfully took a copy of bucket-and-mop from the main office!

School graduation exam and HKCEE are both pressing in, so I might become inactive for a while. But soon after that, I look forward to working with you! --Deryck C. 03:38, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Response to a revert

whyd you change my edit? that article sucks whoever made it did a bad job —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Linkstermandude (talk • contribs).

If you don't think the article is up to standard, why not try to improve it instead of placing "MACANUDOS SUCK" on the top? James086^Talk 06:46, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

tell me, do you think it sucks? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Linkstermandude (talk • contribs).

No I don't think it "sucks". I don't think it is a very good article, it just lists information, but this is Wikipedia and eventually someone will improve it. Again, instead of just commenting on how bad it is, why not do something to improve it? James086^Talk 06:50, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Why don't you improve it? The grammar sucks on it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Linkstermandude (talk • contribs).

I will improve the article, however your edits have not been constructive and if you persist you will be blocked. James086^Talk 07:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Administrator question

Hi, I was wondering how to become an editor or an admin? Whatever it is you people do.

Thanks, Mike L. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Clydedaferret (talk • contribs).

To become an administrator you need to submit a request for adminship. There are no official prerequisites but applications are almost guaranteed to fail if the user has fewer than 2000 edits and 3 months of fairly consistent contributions. Have a look at the current nominations to get an idea. James086^Talk 07:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks.

How do I become an editor? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Clydedaferret (talk • contribs).

If you have edited a page, then you are an editor. Anyone can edit Wikipedia except for a few protected pages. If you want to know more about Wikipedia I suggest looking at Welcome! and the 5 Pillars of Wikipedia. James086^Talk 10:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kiarostami was promoted!

Dear James086

I need to thank you for your kind assistance and support. The article would not come to FA status without your helps. Thanks and All the best. Sangak ^Talk 11:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AWB

Since you're an admin, feel free to add yourself to the list. Tra (Talk) 13:21, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jacob moon talkpage still active

The creator just posted a stub cat to it. Ronbo76 04:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for informing me. I missed though and Gilliam deleted it while I was offline. James086^Talk 05:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Not a problem. It happens. Ronbo76 06:03, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for your support on my RfA. It passed with 55/0/0. I'll try my best to be worthy of the trust the community has put in me. If there are any of my actions you have a problem with or a question about, please feel free to discuss this with me and if needed to revert me. If there is anything else I can help you with (backlogs, comments, ...), you can always contact me on my talk page. Fram 15:02, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User 62.85.192.81

Hello James086. Thank you for blocking the cited user. I just wanted to point out a couple of things. I feel that this editor may warrant a longer block as they were blocked for exactly this same reason recently and returned to their blanking vandalism when the block expired and I feel sure that these actions are the only ones that they will take when the current block expires. Also, I did not find a message on their talk page pointing out the 2nd block (though you may have added it while I was typing this). Thanks again for your help in this situation.MarnetteD | Talk 16:18, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

I have watchlisted 62.85.192.81 (talk • contribs) so if they return to vandalise again, I will block again for longer. I'm sure you understand why I'm hesitant to block an IP address for a long time though. Yes, I forgot to put a note on their talk page, thanks for reminding me ;) James086^Talk 09:11, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Please sign my autograph page

Please sign my autograph page. A•N•N•Afoxlover PLEASE SIGN, ANYONE!!! 03:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Newbie testing?

Hey James, just letting you know of this. Thanks. Michaelas10 (Talk) 19:10, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps it's a test, I'll ask them not to copy my page as it can be decieving. I don't know about this, but s/he reverted him/herself a few seconds later. Anyway thanks for informing me. James086^Talk 22:44, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proofreading

Thanks for the suggestions on User:The Transhumanist/Tools - they've helped me improve this page each time I've read them. The page has developed much since you proofread it, and I was wondering if you'd like to take another look at it. The Transhumanist   17:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] == re:User:62.85.192.81 - vandalism blocking==

I have watchlisted 62.85.192.81 (talk • contribs) so if they return to vandalise again, I will block again for longer. I'm sure you understand why I'm hesitant to block an IP address for a long time though. Yes, I forgot to put a note on their talk page, thanks for reminding me ;) James086^Talk 09:10, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, in my opinion (and it is clearly shared by many FRUSTRATED EDITORS who have to spend time reverting this nonsense), blocking is the ONLY THING you can do to prevent some one(?) or many(?) from this constant vandalism.

If there is one thing which will drive me away from bothering to contribute to Wikipedia, it is this constant and annoying vandalism from unregistered people who seem to take a delight in their actions.

I do not buy into the bullshit of "anyone can edit" if this is the kind of thing and the kind of people who keep on doing it...... Viva-Verdi 18:12, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi, yes it can be very frustrating when a vandal returns, I don't know what they feel they have achieved, but anyway. Obviously we don't want any collateral damage with non-vandals being blocked, see Blocking IP addresses but because it appears this vandal is persistent and they have a static IP address, if they return to vandalise again I will block for a month. I really hope you don't get driven from Wikipedia by someone with the childish hobby of ruining other's work, I assure you it is not worth the stress. They will be able to edit again on the 17th of March, if they persist with vandalism and I don't notice (or I may be offline) please leave a note on my talk page and I will check it out. Thanks, James086^Talk 23:06, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rfa thanks

Hey, just popping by to say thanks alot for supporting Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Ryanpostlethwaite which passed on saturday, I'm honoured to serve the community. If you have any problems or questions, you know where to find me Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 12:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Hi James086. Thank you for your confidence in my ability as an admin. Rest assured that I heard every voice loud and clear during the discussion, and will strive to use the mop carefully and responsibly. Please don't hesitate to give me constructive criticism anytime. Xiner (talk, email) 02:47, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] thievery

Sweet. I've always wanted to be a noble thief. Thanks! Natalie 13:17, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support during my recent, successful RfA. I hope I'll continue to prove trustworthy. Shimeru 16:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)