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Welcome to Wikipedia, Alpha Quadrant! I am Avs5221 and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

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avs5221 (talk) 19:14, 21 April 2010 (UTC)

AfC

It's great to see you're active at AfC! You should join us on IRC!

You can use this for quick and dirty access or go to WP:IRC for stand-alone programs. Then join #wikipedia-en-afc =D

Anyway, hope to see you around! avs5221 (talk) 00:41, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

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AFC

Thanks for helping out with AFC; it's greatly appreciated.

Having said that, I hope you won't mind my pointing out a few things. Probably most of what you did was good, so forgive me please for just picking out a few queries;

• Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Earthquakes Linked to Climate Change - this did have a reference, although it is very unclear; in this case, I would have changed it to 'hold' and asked the user to please give details - and to add further refs, per WP:ONESOURCE. Having said that, it's also very essay-like, and prob wouldn't make a decent article anyway (WP:OR, etc)

• Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Intelligent Classroom - this one did have potential; it doesn't really fit WP:DICDEF - yes, it'd need quite a lot of work and guidance, but the concept is reasonable.

• Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/flocculent spiral galaxy - I disagree with you on this one; the question should always be, 'could this be a legitimate Wikipedia article' - in other words, does it meet WP:CSD criteria, or is it likely to be deleted through AfD? If not, it should be made. Wikipedia is entirely a work-in-progress, so articles don't have to be 'great' to be accepted. Working to improve them before making them live is fine too though.

• Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Pack Fortune (Packaging Manufacturer) - I wouldn't say that this is an advert. Some (all?) of the sources are not good, but I think that it could be fixed up, if notability can be shown.

• Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/wanjashan - similarly, this doesn't sound like an ad. It needs sources, yes (or sauces!), but there is nothing inherently wrong in an article about a product, if it is notable.

• Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Malik Muhammad Arif - this could be fixed up, quite easily. I don't see much of a non-encyclopaedic tone; the person appears notable. Of course, He demonstrated his courage at the Civil Hospital, Quetta and embraced martyrdom is not appropriate - but much of it seems OK; with a bit of work, that would be fine

• Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Manubhai Patel Dental College - I don't see how this lacks context - it says exactly what it is. Needs to be a bit longer, and better-sourced though.

• Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War - similarly, I don't understand the 'no context' part; it says it's a book, who wrote it, when published, etc.

Most of the rest look OK; I only glanced through - and only because you're new to AFC, so wanted to check. I'm not saying that you've done anything wrong, not at all - I really am very grateful that you are helping us out; hope this is just useful feedback.

Best,  Chzz  ►  05:20, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

WP:WPAFC

I undid your cat removal because, well, WP:AFC is part of WP:WPAFC (or is it the other way around?) Either way, they're both involved together. • ɔ ʃ → 02:36, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

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Hi Fechcomms, Sorry about that. I was looking at the Hotcat tool and was on the AFC page. I clicked on the + icon and it expanded a add bar. I did not want to add anything to the AFC page so I clicked on the - icon figuring that it would minimize the add toolbar. Well when I clicked the - icon it deleted the categories. I was going to revert it myself, but you beat me to it.--Alpha Quadrant (talk) 02:45, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

No probs. • ɔ ʃ → 02:51, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Gas stations

Your assessment of Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Rahi Service Station Semikhera, Baheri, Bareilly was perfectly correct - I'm just noting this 'out of interest', as I spotted your edit comment "Wikipedia cannot have a article about individual gas stations" - and I happen to know of Strensham services :-)

I only posted this 'out of interest'; I hope you don't feel like you are being watched - the edit just popped in in the IRC channel.

Keep up the good work, cheers,  Chzz  ►  17:55, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

Strathmore Primary?

It doesn't already exist. I understand that the template may have said it existed, but that's because I moved it from mainspace. Was that why you declined it? Cheers, {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 23:29, 3 May 2010 (UTC)

Spock

I've semi protected it for a week. I think that's what you meant to ask for. Twinkle gives you a drop down menu and "vandalism" is under "full protection" and "semi protection"- easy mistake to make (the admin version of Twinkle has the same menu so I could easily end up accidentally fully protecting it!). Let me know if you really did mean "full protection" (protection so that only admins can edit it). Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:37, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

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Yes I meant semi protected not fully protected. Thank You--Alpha Quadrant (talk) 17:58, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Articles for creation

Hi there, fellow AFC reviewer! Aside from me being jealous that you've beat me to a few reviews, I've just noticed a couple of occasions where you've put an article on hold without letting the author know via their user talk page. It helps to do this as chances are several hours later the newbie has no idea where their page is located! Giving them a message with a link helps ensure they'll at least have an opportunity to correct the problems you highlight in your reviews. You can use {{subst:Afc onhold|Article Name}} to do this. Cheers, --Pumpmeup 23:37, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok thanks for the tip. I am fairly new to editing wikipedia and feedback is appreciated. Thank You --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 23:44, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem! It's great to see someone who's recently come to Wikipedia actively helping out in a "behind the scenes" project like AFC. Good on you. --Pumpmeup 23:46, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Why not just use the handy script? User:Tim Song/afchelper4.js, I believe. • ɔ ʃ → 02:34, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Lamb's Tire

Hi Alpha,

I received a message that my article was declined because it sounds like an advertisement. Could you point out a couple of the areas that you felt were too much like an advertisement, so I can better understand and then revise the article?

Thank you Botticellixniece (talk) 02:09, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

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Lists of locations an lists of services are usually not included in articles. I had placed it on hold because of lack of third party references. To see what are considered third party reliable sources see Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources. To get the article accepted I would remove the lists and cite the references according to WP:CITE. Also, because you are a registered user you do not have to use the article creation wizard. For more information on how to create articles logged on see: Wikipedia:Starting an article --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 02:23, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Note:The article is on hold again. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 02:45, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Recent grading of Star Trek articles.

Some of the Star Trek articles you graded recently popped up on my watch list. Would you have a brief breakdown of how they rated a C and what specifically could be done to improve them? Thanks Alastairward (talk) 18:22, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

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Can you tell me what articles you are refering to. I am working to clear the Project Star Trek unassessed backlog. I have graded 53 articles so far. Most of the articles I graded C class needed references but were good articles as according to this grading sheet. Thank you --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 18:28, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

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All episodes with A, so you must be working in alphabetic order; Arena (Star Trek: The Original Series), All Our Yesterdays (Star Trek: The Original Series), A Taste of Armageddon and A Private Little War. There were some articles from episodes belonging to other series, but only TOS is in my watch list in full. So its references that were lacking? Time to pull out my copy of Inside Star Trek then! Thanks Alastairward (talk) 18:46, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

AFC

Thank you very for all of your help. I sincerely appreciate it. --Mpc2146 (talk) 22:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

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Your welcome. If you need anymore help just ask. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 23:21, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

File:VoyagerStarship.jpg and User:Alpha Quadrant/Userboxes/Star Trek Voyager

I'm sorry, but per terms of WP:NFCC #9, the use of non-free media such as this on your userbox is not permitted. I've removed the image from the userbox again. Please do not restore it, as this is a direct violation of policy if you do. Thank you, --Hammersoft (talk) 00:26, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

• Nicely done. I took the liberty of replacing your edit notice image as well. --Hammersoft (talk) 12:49, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much

Hey Alpha Quadrant (like your Name)! Thank you very much for the Barnstar! We will gladly assimilate it ^_^ Maybe we find a use for the pictures too Hive001 contact 16:37, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Welcome

I know you've already been welcomed to the project, but you haven't yet been templated so here goes.

Hi, and welcome to WikiProject Articles for creation! We are a group of editors who work together on the Articles for creation and Images for upload pages.

A few tips that you might find helpful:

• Please take time to fully read the reviewers' instructions before reviewing submissions.
• The project's discussion board is the best place to ask for help or advice. You might like to watchlist this page, and you are encouraged to take part in any discussion that comes up.

• Article submissions that need reviewing can be found in Category:Pending AfC submissions and there is also a useful list which is maintained by a bot.
• You might wish to add {{AFC status}} to your userpage, which will alert you to the number of open submissions. There is also a project userbox. If you haven't done so already, please consider adding your name to the list of participants.
• Several of our members monitor an IRC channel, #wikipedia-en-afc ^connect, and you are most welcome to join in.

Once again, welcome to the project. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:08, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Help

{{Helpme|I cannot figure out how to register a nickname on IRC. Can anyone help me out. Thanks --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 03:41, 13 May 2010 (UTC)}}

I'd like to know the answer to this too. :P What program are you using? {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 04:42, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Im not sure how to actully "register" a nick name, but i believe you have to talk to the freenode staff (channel #freenode) Sophie(: 08:51, 13 May 2010 (UTC).

You do? See, my internet hates IRC for some reason and shuts down every time I try to connect, but from the tutorials I read it's a command you type in? I know you have to talk to them for cloaking, but... ignore me, I don't know what I'm talking about. {{Sonia|talk|simple}} 09:01, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Tha O Show

Can you explain why you accepted this? I find a lack of significant coverage and reliable sources on Google, and half of the provided sources are duplicates and rather weak to me. —fetch·comms 20:58, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

• • Oh your right, I probably should have declined that one. When I googled it I typed in "The O Show." I got 20,100 news articles. I looked at a few, but not a lot of them. They appeared to be on the same subject. I just googled it using "tha" and got only 133 results. The first search, after looking closer, was about a television show, if "tha" is typed in it comes out with a radio show. The articles refereed to it as a program. I'm sorry. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 21:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
    • That's fine, I've sent it along to AfD. —fetch·comms 21:13, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Template:AFC submission/tools

Actually, they should be located in the WP namespace, but IPs can create only talk pages, so they're left there by default. We often move pages to the WP from WT so reviewers may discuss issues on the WT page separately. —fetch·comms 23:54, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok, I just noticed that the articles are always on the talk page so I thought it was an error. Sorry. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 23:57, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

I've made a similar revert to /misplaced. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 05:02, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Alpha Quadrant/Editnotice

It's not question of liking it. It's a matter of policy, as I explained before. WP:NFCC #9 prohibits the use of fair use, non-free media outside of the main article namespace. I am re-removing the image. Please do not restore it as it is a direct violation of our policy. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:19, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

File:StarTrek Logo.jpg

Hi Alpha Quadrant, the issue with this image is not that it violates copyright but that it is a derivative work. The consensus, from those who addressed this matter, is that the image is clearly a derivative work of the original logo and as such it does not meet the Wikipedia requirements to have a free licence. Non-free images may only be used in articles, and must be used in at least one. As a non-free image that has no article to live in we don't keep it. - Peripitus (Talk) 23:39, 14 May 2010 (UTC)

Ok thank you. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 14:58, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Did anyone else have this problem

{{helpme}} About two minutes ago I clicked a link to go to Wikipedia Articles for creation. The navigation bar, search bar and tools had all moved into a basic list at the bottom of the page. I clicked back and the previous page was also like this. I then launched my other web browser and loaded wikitionary wikicommons and metawiki. They also had the same weird look. Pages were also loading slow. Then suddenly it all just changed back to the way it is supposed to look. Did anyone else see this or is there something wrong with my computer.

Likely the server was slow and the css didn't load properly. Should be fine now, at least it is for me. —fetch·comms 18:22, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Safari slow

Re. our discussions, I'm sorry I couldn't get help online. I have tried to summarize the issue in Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Safari v slow; fine on internet explorer and firefox. Please check if I got the facts straight, and if possible keep an eye on the discussions there. Hopefully, we might get to the bottom of it.

I will try to check back there too; give me a shout on my talk to get my attention. Best,  Chzz  ►  23:15, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for all your help. I think I resolved the issue. I reset all of my user settings to default and used windows system restore to clear any changes the settings I had might have put on my computer. That didn't work so I restored my backup registry on the computers. I then loaded up safari and it loaded wikipedia normally. I am now going to re enable each of my settings one by one to see if I can find which setting is causing this bug. So far so good (fingers crossed). --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 02:17, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

But your user settings would not affect things when you were not logged in?  Chzz  ►  16:08, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't see how this could have effected my settings when I was logged off either. But it was. Also, I can now connect to the wikipedia secure server in all three browsers (and so far I don't have any problems with Safari). So I don't know what was going on yesterday. I had restarted my computer twice yesterday to see if it was just a load error and it was not. The other computer too, is not having any difficulties. Whatever the problem was, Wikipedia must have fixed it {I even turned on all of the settings I had prior to this and performed a null edit on my user page and this didn't mess up Safari either). So I am very curious on what cause this. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 16:28, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I don't think that Wikipedia fixed anything, and no other users reported problems - so I think it must have been something on your machine. Anyway, no matter, as long as it's been fixed. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  16:48, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

ISU-152-2

Is this photo fixed now, good for pacing in the ISU-152 article? Oblivion Lost (talk) 18:55, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Yes, all it need was a copyright description. I used google translate to translate the Ukraine copyright and wrote it in english into the article. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 18:57, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, man. I'll put it right away. Oblivion Lost (talk) 19:04, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

You two are still missing the point: there's still no valid source for the image, so it cannot be determined to be in the public domain. The fact is the image is more than likely still in copyright; the Russian copyright law of 1993 reestablished copyright for works that had either previously lapsed under the old rules or had never been copyrighted. That means that the author of the photo would have had to have died earlier than 1943; since we're assuming the photo was taken in 1944, the photo would have had its copyright extended; the 2008 law extended the 50-year cut-off to 70 years (see this and more importantly, this). This is why, for example, this famous picture has to be uploaded under a claim of fair-use. Parsecboy (talk) 19:29, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Please read the russian license on the russian wikipedia. It is in public domain. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 19:47, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Just because someone on the Ukrainian wikipedia claimed the image to be in the public domain doesn't make it so. There are plenty (and I mean thousands) of images on Commons that are uploaded under false claims that the images are PD. You need to provide a source showing that the image is PD (something that is going to be impossible for you to do). If you want more proof, look at the related article on Ru.wiki, which is featured. It includes no war-time photos of the vehicle, because all of those are still in copyright and a claim of fair-use is invalid.

Frankly, I'm a little tired of going 'round in circles over this image, which I have demonstrated is still in copyright. I've therefore deleted it as an obvious copyright violation. Parsecboy (talk) 20:42, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Orange (colour)

Please read WP:ENGVAR, WP:MOS and the edit warnings on that article. It's one of the silliest, longest-running battles in the Wikipedia. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:48, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

ECUE-AfC

Thanks for your input, I tried to put in proper citation and notes, hope it's ok now. let me know! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alias 79 (talk •

Hei! Thanks for the helping advice, I didn't know this yet! :) The artcile was classified as C, can you tell me a bit about how I can improve it? Should I add more information? alias 79 11:25, 23 May 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alias 79 (talk • contribs)

Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Grading scheme. It has instructions on how to grade articles on the quality scale. The highest a article can be graded by a single editor is B class. Good article class and higher can only be obtained by nomination at Wikipedia:Good article nominations. It will be reviewed there by several editors and if it meets the requirements it will receive good article status. My suggestions fir the article is to add a infobox and check the article to make sure the article is written in a neutral point of view, when I graded it I noted a few "big" words, such as, fundamental, that you might wish to change as this word has two meanings, basic and deep and may confuse readers. If you would like to ask other editors to review your article you can do so at Wikipedia talk:Requests for feedback --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 19:44, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Your nagging

Thanks for the nagging. Do you really think that I didn't look for sources? Your condescending tone is not appreciated. Everard Proudfoot (talk) 17:31, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Please see Template:Solookitup. When a user tags a article for deletion and that article is tagged for rescue the person who tags it for rescue is recommended to also apply this template to the users talk page, especially if they are new. This is all I did. I am sorry you felt the template was rude. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 17:38, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

As I said, not only rude, but condescending, as if the person creating the AfD discussion was not doing due diligence, That recommendation needs to be rescinded as bad faith. And why is all of this text so small? Everard Proudfoot (talk) 17:40, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

I will pass your opinion of the template to the Article rescue squadron. Maybe they will change the template or the guidelines. As for the text, good question, I have been trying to fix that. Was wondering if it was just me or what. It is probably one of the templates on my talk page. Either way I am going to archive it in 9 days. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 17:57, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

WP:Requests for feedback

I replied there. And I automatically watch all pages I edit, so no talback template. Buggie111 (talk) 17:44, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Nice

Nice username. -- Cirt (talk) 20:58, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 01:14, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

No worries, -- Cirt (talk) 05:19, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

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Replied. —fetch·comms 01:12, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Template:AFC submission/withdrawn

I'd say it was deprecated per Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:AFC submission/withdrawn... where have you seen it used? It's not easily marked anywhere for someone to feasibly use it anyhow. —fetch·comms 02:14, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

When I submitted a submission (as an ip address a few months ago) someone created a article on the topic I was requesting so I withdrew my submission (and it was later marked with decline). Since reviewing I found two other article who had withdrawn in the edit history of declined submission (they are usually tagged with decline after withdraw). --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 17:06, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Very well, but it's not really used right now--they're put later, as you mentioned, into the declined category, and the template itself serves little purpose then. I don't really care either way, but have you ask MSGJ? —fetch·comms 01:26, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

No I have not talked to him yet. I will tell him that I removed the deletion template.

Talkback

Thank you for the advice, it's nice that there are some people on this site that are nice. --99.34.109.238 (talk) 03:35, 22 May 2010 (UTC) ( Sholun (talk) 10:34, 21May 2010 (UTC) )

Your welcome.

AFC

I'll be a bit blunt here. I looked at your two recent acceptances, Harold Shipp and Ahmad D. Brooks. Neither should have been accepted in that state. Harold Shipp when you accepted it reads like PR puffery, not an encyclopedia article, and that's not mentioning the huge number of line breaks that goes totally contrary to WP:MOS, the ridiculous section order, and the seriously lacking references. Ahmad D. Brooks is a bit better, but is totally unwikified, and goes "Ahmad" throughout contrary to MOS. Please be more careful in the future, and either have the submitter clean it up, or do it yourself, before accepting it. Also, don't forget to add categories to the articles. Tim Song (talk) 19:47, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Swargadwari deletion

I have responded at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Swargadwari. LADave (talk) 23:21, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you! And what do I do next?

Hi Alpha,

I THINK I put something on MY talkpage using the {{helpme}} but I'm such a newbie that I'm not even sure I did THAT right!

You helped me the other day with the Dr. Gail Saltz article that needed the edit history on 2 versions merged. During that session, Wiki seemed to go down and I lost you!

Please let me know what I should do now to correct things - and thank you again, so much, for your patience with a newbie and help on this!

Valeria

ValeriaRoote (talk) 21:27, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Sockpuppets of suckpuppeting sockpuppets???

Not sure is here's the right place to put it, but you helped me out last time! What do you think we should do about massive vandalism streaks with multiple sock puppets? I found the massive TheSesameStreetVandal edits with roughly 12 registered "users" responsible which may explain my predicament. This dates back to 2008 when Elmodude first appeared, now its still here with a few name changes (elmo- is now bert-) but the sesame street prefix remains with the edit style. Is Elmodude the sockpuppeteer, he was the third SesameStreetVandal account, and hasn't edited anything though. Maybe elmodude2, he mas the most edits and was the first, 22 in total I think. Or bertman2, the first under the bert- prefix. Or Elmoroll, the first to make that annoying Bertroll (wikroll) phenomenon. Now it's started again with phony redirects. Is an uncreated user called TheSesameStreetVandal to blame. He's only said TSSV a few times in total and there isn't even a registered user with that name. It's getting a jumble to categorise each one, as they all point the finger at eachother. 1 is 6, 7 is 2 2 is 4, 4 is 1... HELP!!! --Michael SumanIpfreely555 10:49, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Hmm, good question, personally I would put it under the first account because it was first. I think I read somewhere that administrators can block a account and their IP address so they cannot create new accounts. according to this you are a administrator. I don't know the administrator rules so I don't know if this option is warranted, but because the sesame street vandal continues to vandalize I would think it would be. But, I don't really know. I also noticed that User:Bertman&robin haven't been sent to sockpuppet investigations yet. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 13:58, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry alpha. I thought YOU were an administrator. I am not technically an administrator myself, there is some kind of screw up in the Wikipedia system and I'm trying to track it down. (I think it has something to do with categories, I don't know) At the moment, I've left it as it is, I'll track down some admins to deal with it. Thanks for the feedback --Michael SumanIpfreely555 00:27, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

ME an administrator? I wish. That would be funny though, I have only had a registered account for a little over a month. I intend to run for administrator status after I gain some time experience. I edited as an IP address for a few month before registering, but that is not counted. I have not promoted any articles to GA or FA either. So if I am an administrator I would wonder, who voted for me, why they did that, and why didn't they notify me. [1] see. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 01:02, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

I thought only administrators were allowed to, um, 'punish' others for getting a bit out of control. That's why i sent the messages to you, thinking you were some kind of authority. Plus, I knew you'd remember the SesameStreetVandal thing since you were the one who marked him/her as a sockpuppet. :) That'd be cool though (adminship). I found why it says I'm an admin, there is a userbox on one of my old userbages with THIS USER IS AN ADMINISTRATOR on it for some reason. Add a fake userbox and you become a wiki-god!?! LOL ULTIMATE LOL --Michael SumanIpfreely555 01:12, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

look IPfreely555, the sesame street vandal did this to you. It added the admin userbox to your account. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 01:22, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Flagged for rescue

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 Chzz  ►  16:22, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Excessive deletes

Hello Alpha. You seem to have been pretty busy on the Santa Cruz page: but, you inadvertently deleted several "blue links" in the Portugal section. While I understand that there were justified "blue links" to be deleted, you also deleted disambiguation links to several places named Santa Cruz in Madeira and the Azores that were not justified. Ruben JC 20:39, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry about that. I thought I had only deleted red ones. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 20:46, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

No prob. I recopied the references. Ruben JC 20:57, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Rollback

Hello, per your request, I've granted you Rollback rights! Just remember:

• Rollback gives you access to certain tools, including Huggle, some of which can be very powerful, so exercise caution
• Rollback is only for blatant vandalism
• Having Rollback rights does not give you any special status or authority
• Misuse of Rollback can lead to its removal by any administrator
• Please read Help:Reverting and Wikipedia:Rollback feature to get to know the workings of the feature
• You can test Rollback at Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback
• You may wish to display the {{User wikipedia/rollback}} userbox and/or the {{Rollback}} top icon on your user page

If you have any questions, please do let me know.

--HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:34, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Your revert to my edit

You reverted my edit to Erysimum insulare. I'm quite used to this. It looks odd, but it had a useful purpose. Not to go into too much detail (unless you ask), the page for Category:Erysimum (that is, the genus that this plant belongs to) was alphabetized in several different ways, leading to the page showing three consecutive alphabets. OK, that's somewhat oversimplified. But I'm trying to put the Category page for the genus into one consistent alphabet. That means going to the article for each species that's in faulty order and editing the statement of category. I've done this for many genera category pages. Several times, I've been thanked for clearing up the page. When I've been reverted, I've explained matters. And in every single instance, the person who reverted me has seen my point and encouraged me to continue my efforts. 71.126.140.136 (talk) 00:24, 31 May 2010 (UTC)Stephen Kosciesza

sry

Sorry about that accidental revert back to the vandalism diff, huggle was being a bit laggy and the page showed the vandalism diff, and when i clicked revert, it reverted Tide Roll's edits. Once again, I apologize. --Seahorseruler ^{(Talk Page) (Contribs) (Report a Vandal)} 00:45, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

No problem. --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 00:46, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar!

It's a great feeling knowing that others appreciate what you do for Wikipedia. I thank you dearly for awarding me that barnstar... I will always cherish it. Shannon ♫ (talk) 05:30, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Blatent Advertising?

Hi Ackworth97 here

I just wondered what you thought was blatant advertising in my article for Sundown Adventure Land. Since this page has been made and deleted before im just curious Please Get Back To Me As Soon As Possible

Jack

That was the code it was deleted under, G11, that stands for blatant advertising. I do not know what the articles said, as it is deleted and only administrators can view deleted pages. I would ask the administrator who deleted the page. I would ask for a copy of the article so you can fix it. Then it can be reviewed at Articles for Creation. If you have further questions, I am on the wikipedia live chat. join live chat. I hope this helps, --Alpha Quadrant (talk) 15:38, 31 May 2010 (UTC)