User talk:Sean Whitton/Archive 6

Sean's user talk archive This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. VandalProof Hey, I was recently approved by prodego to use vandalproof. However, my log-in requests keep on failing, and I think this is because prodego forgot to add my name to the list, even though I was approved. Could you please help? Thanks. JianLi 15:22, 24 August 2006 (UTC) Okay, thanks anyway. Just going by user contributions, you were the only active moderator. Do you know if any others are online? JianLi 15:28, 24 August 2006 (UTC) Re:More talkpage spam ;) OK, I can go ahead sooner if you want- it's your thing afterall :) I've created Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Xyrael- I'll let you copy your answers in. Petros471 11:10, 26 August 2006 (UTC) Vote on adminship My mistake. I'm new at administrator voting. --Db099221 16:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC) Essjay's monobook You may want to look at my monobook, it is loosely based on Essjay's, with some other features, and it of course has no bcrat or checkuser functions. For just Essjay's minus those functions see User:Essjay/sysop/monobook.js. Prodego talk 19:33, 26 August 2006 (UTC) Requested by user Requested by user G.He 22:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC) Hello I like editing. GeorgeMoney (talk) 22:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC) Hello I like editing. GeorgeMoney (talk) 22:13, 26 August 2006 (UTC) Okay, only one needed! Thanks both of you. —Xyrael / 23:06, 26 August 2006 (UTC) PS: That double one was caused by the wiki being to slow, so I stopped it and tried to save again, but it must have actually saved. GeorgeMoney (talk) 09:45, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Not a problem :) —Xyrael / 09:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Your RfA Hi, I've added some questions to your RfA. When you have a minute, I'd appreciate if you would take a look at them. Thanks. JoshuaZ 02:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC) Signpost updated for August 28th The Wikipedia Signpost Volume 2, Issue 35 28 August 2006 About the Signpost A note from the editor Interviews with Board of Trustees candidates Wikimedia Foundation CFO resigns Wikimania recap Report from the Spanish Wikipedia News and notes Wikipedia in the News Features and admins The Report On Lengthy Litigation Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View RSS Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 06:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC) Blocking policy Hi there, I noticed you made a change to our blocking policy. I'd like to politely contest this - although there is the option whereby existing registered accounts are not blocked, this isn't always the case. There are circumstances where blanket blocking is still used. I do however see why you removed it because it could cause confusion amoung new editors, and we should try and sort this. Thanks for pointing that out; I wasn't actually familiar with how many options there were available to admins regarding blocks, so I presumed that the policy was already accurate when it said there were only two (neither one being a blanket block). If we could enumerate what all the actual options are in that section, then that paragraph I removed can be rewritten to be more relevant or gotten rid of again. What are all the options? Phoenix-forgotten 23:25, 29 August 2006 (UTC) #1000 Now that Jaranda has been re-sysopped, assuming no cataclysms take place, and assuming Guinnog passes, you will be out 1000th administrator! - CrazyRussian talk/email 03:54, 30 August 2006 (UTC) Now that's just cool. --james(talk) 08:56, 30 August 2006 (UTC) And Guinnog has been promoted, so it looks like a likely thing now. Congrats. NoSeptember 14:02, 30 August 2006 (UTC) Thanks :) —Xyrael / 14:10, 30 August 2006 (UTC) And I got to nom :) Petros471 14:17, 30 August 2006 (UTC) ...despite the fact I asked you ;) Thank you for all your help and support through the past few months. —Xyrael / 14:19, 30 August 2006 (UTC) link NoSeptember 14:20, 30 August 2006 (UTC) RfA thanks Thank you very much for participating in my RFA, which closed successfully today with a result of (62/18/3). I will go very carefully at first, trying to make sure I don't mess up too badly using the tools, and will begin by re-reading all the high-quality feedback I received during the process, not least from those who opposed me. Any further advice/guidance will be gratefully accepted. I hope I will live up to your trust! Guinnog 14:27, 30 August 2006 (UTC)} Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Xyrael Damn you for being nominated 4 hours and 47 minutes earlier than me! You're going to beat me (assuming neither of us screw up majorly before September the 2nd...hehe). So congratulations = P --  Netsnipe  ►  19:52, 30 August 2006 (UTC) Yep, there's gonna be a Signpost article about it. I was gonna wait until you were promoted before asking if you had a comment on the matter. I don't know the exact name of the article yet, so keep WP:SIGN on your watchlist and wait for the next issue, click on the link, and add that to the userbox. If you'd like to say something, leave a note at my talk page, and I'll try to get it in the article, but no guarantees. ;) Congrats! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka Talk to me! 19:27, 1 September 2006 (UTC) Yeah, you go!! Congratulations in advance, in around 4 hours you will be crowned 1000th admin on the english wikipedia, I am so reading the next signpost! I'm going to see If I can stay up to *watch*. its about 7:15 pm in New Zealand right now! By the time you get sysopped it will be around 11:30 pm. 1999 all over again. And again, congrats in advance -- Legolost EVIL, EVIL! 07:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Whoops, Couldn't think of any other word use. Not much time left, i'll probably be signing out at 7:30 NZ time -- Legolost EVIL, EVIL! Congratulations on passing the RfA and becoming an admin! Please ask if you have any questions about the role. Regards, (aeropagitica) 11:30, 2 September 2006 (UTC) 1000th admin Congratulations on becoming the 1000th administrator of the English Wikipedia! Or at least for bringing the number of admins in Special:Statistics up to 1000. :) Two pages you might find useful are the administrators' reading list and the administrators' how-to guide. Good luck with your new role. Angela. 11:31, 2 September 2006 (UTC) File:Thousand.gif Congrats on reaching this arbitrary milestone. -- tariqabjotu 11:48, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Heh, I can't say this was what I expected to see when I nominated you, but glad you did persuaded me to bring the date forward a bit ;-) Maybe you should delete a thousand CSDs or something today to celebrate :) Petros471 11:51, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Here's another random image for you. Congrats, NoSeptember 12:01, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Yay! Congrats :) -- Where 12:08, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Fantastic! Good work, and I hope you use those fancy new buttons wisely :) — riana_dzasta wreak havoc|damage report 12:12, 2 September 2006 (UTC) I would award you 1000 assorted barnstars and other tokens, but I don't have the time. However, congrats on becoming a sysop, and the 1000th one at that, and good luck with all the shiny new buttons. Daniel.Bryant 12:18, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Despite opposing your nomination, the community has reached consensus, so I wish you well with your new powers and hope you try to improve some of the things I pointed out. Remember: Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. :o) --Wafulz 15:15, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Congratulations on your promotion, and you're quite welcome! --Merovingian - Talk 17:24, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Congratulations Xyrael! 1000th admin...a milestone on Wikipedia set by a milestone editor (that sounds stupid lol). Have fun as sysop! --Nishkid64 17:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Congratulations on being the 1000th Admin.! Michael 19:47, 2 September 2006 (UTC) A mop for your adminship, Xyrael... Michael 20:13, 2 September 2006 (UTC) I echo all of that, congrats again, Xyrael -- Legolost EVIL, EVIL! 19:52, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Is it true? Congratulations on such a random honor.  ;-) Can't sleep, clown will eat me 05:05, 3 September 2006 (UTC) Is it true that you became 1000th admins, I can not believe it. Anyways, Congratulations for successful adminship. Daniel's page ☎ 05:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Congratulations!!! You became first 1,000th admin of Wikipedia!! yeah!! -- Korean alpha for knowledge (Talk / Contributions) 11:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[Modified: 11:50, 4 September 2006 (UTC)] Well done Xyrael - I'm still surprised you weren't already an admin - but now you're the 1000th! Congrats :). Martinp23 16:52, 4 September 2006 (UTC) PS: please feel free to use that edit summary - I think I actually picked it up myself from another editor some time age :p double congratulations for both being an admin and 1000th admin. --Ugur Basak 20:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC) I guess I'm a bit late to the party, but congratulations on your promotion and breaking the 1000th mark! - Mailer Diablo 17:29, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Belated congratulations on your promotion, and becoming the 1000th admin! All the best. :D --Terence Ong (T | C) 11:01, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Just came back to congratulate you. Will (Glaciers melting in the dead of night) 11:08, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Speedy deletion question Hi, you say you can't comply with my author speedy deletion request because others have made edits, but in my eyes these edits are not substantial, such as style correctios and tag adding. Nick Mks 13:52, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks, and congrats with your RfA by the way.Nick Mks 14:05, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Re: URINE Heh, no problem. If I were an admin, I'd probably forget occasionally, too. BTW, congrats on becoming the 1000th admin! --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 16:45, 2 September 2006 (UTC) URINE Hi there; please note that this user, whom you have blocked indefinitely on the basis of the username, had been warned by me shortly before for posting a number of deliberately destructive vandalisms in other editors' articles.--Anthony.bradbury 16:54, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Congrats! I want my own heading :) GeorgeMoney (talk) 17:50, 2 September 2006 (UTC) Lebedev I was looking through the Mikhail Lebedev page and it seems to be vanity and non-notable to me. First of all, there is hardly any information about him on Google. Then, none of the publications seem to be news-worthy and notable. Finally, the scientist does not have many 1st author publications and seems to be non-important in his field. If you agree with me, can you please help me nominate Mikhail Lebedev for deletion? --GoOdCoNtEnT 08:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC) Thanks for the fix! Looks like the script I use for articles for deletion developed a glitch and wasn't reposting correctly :( Thanks so much for looking at those; I'll go back over what I did yesterday and make sure they've all actually been reposted. Shell babelfish 22:59, 3 September 2006 (UTC) A minor admin pointer After deleting an article it is good to put the page on your watchlist to know if gets recreated(of course some recreations will be legitimate but still better to keep an eye on them). This has already happened in the case of one your speedy deletions United-Traders (UTrade) (which I'll leave you to deal with/figure out what is going on/explain deletion criteria and such to the user. Again, congratulations. JoshuaZ 05:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Winhunter's RfA thanks Hi Xyrael, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful today with a finaly tally of (56/0/3). I will be very careful at first to avoid any mistakes. Please feel free to leave a message in my talk page if you have any comments/suggestions about me in the future. Once again, thank you! --WinHunter (talk) 09:05, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Re: ATA Airlines That's coz there's a bot wot does it for us :) Splash - tk 11:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Yep, User:VoABot, every 30 mins or so, judging from the userpage and contribs. -Splash - tk 18:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC) RE: Undeletion Yes, please. I just want to undelete those pages so I can merge them into my talk archives. If you can that would be great! GeorgeMoney (talk) 15:39, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Full protection of Wigstruck Hi Xyrael: I'm a little confused as to your full protection of Wigstruck. There's not really (in my opinion) enough activity to warrrant it, and there's really no edit warring, it's really reverting vandalism. I probably wouldn't have protected it at all, but I can see semi-protection (basically it's all anons). Don't worry about it: it's really not a big deal, I just don't want to wheel war, so I'm asking here instead :-). —Mets501 (talk) 18:24, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Ah, I see what I did - I looked at the history and saw lots of reverts, and looked at the more recent, and found it to be one of them (I think). But, I didn't see that it was reverting something from a week before *slap*. Please feel free to unprotect it :) —Xyrael / 18:33, 4 September 2006 (UTC) No problem :-) I lowered it to semi-protection because now that I look at it again most edits have been vandalism from IPs. —Mets501 (talk) 18:36, 4 September 2006 (UTC) Protest Warrior Mediation There has been a lot of discussion posted on the Protest Warrior Mediation page in the last few days. Please read and comment ASAP. Thanks. Protest Warrior Mediation Cabal Page NBGPWS 03:36, 5 September 2006 (UTC) CAT:CSD I think we just deleted something together, and it may happen again. Therefore, I propose I start at A and work down, and you start at the other end and work up! Hopefully, we'll clear the backlog faster that way. Good idea? Thanks :) —Xyrael / 10:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Sounds good to me. Incidentally, I always read a newspaper from back to front as well! --Guinnog 10:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC) Loserz on deletion review An editor has asked for a deletion review of Loserz. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. - Hahnchen 21:38, 5 September 2006 (UTC) A DRV already. Oh well, don't take it personally whatever the outcome, just treat it as part of the learning experience. Remember not to vote count on those AFD ;) Petros471 21:56, 5 September 2006 (UTC) You absolutely may comment on deletion reviews for deletions you did. That why we have {{DRVNote}} specifically to alert the deleting/closing admin that there is a discussion. Thanks for doing so. GRBerry 12:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC) Signpost updated for September 5th. The Wikipedia Signpost Volume 2, Issue 36 5 September 2006 About the Signpost Everyking desysopped Explicit images spark debate Report from the Italian Wikipedia The English Wikipedia reaches 1,000 administrators Voting begins in Board elections Wikipedia in the news News and notes Features and admins Bugs, Repairs, and International Operational News The Report on Lengthy Litigation Archives  |  Newsroom  |  Tip Line  |  Single-Page View RSS Shortcut : WP:POST You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 06:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC) Congratulations 1000 from 999 If I'd known, I'd have waited a couple of days before launching my RfA! Well done.--Runcorn 19:20, 6 September 2006 (UTC)