User talk:JForget/Archives 4
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Coulon
Coulon is clearly notable enough for a biography page, despite his failed candidacy.
My disagreement with GoldDragon, in this instance, has more to do with a specific choice of wording than anything else. I don't think it's fair or accurate to suggest that all of the Jewish community in Outremont was opposed to Coulon's candidacy, even though the opposition from some voices within the community was real enough. CJCurrie 01:22, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- I think that's probably more accurate ... I believe some of the ultra-Orthodox groups in the Outremont area are anti-Zionist, actually. CJCurrie 01:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Aside from that, which I don't have a problem with, the Tories in that riding were criticizing Dion's leadership skills, which a pundit suggested would not have reflected well on Coulon by association. GoldDragon 17:03, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Your RfA was successful
Congratulations, I have closed your RfA as successful and you are now a sysop! If you have any questions about adminship, feel free to ask me. Please consider messaging me on IRC for access to the #wikipedia-en-admins channel. Good luck! --Deskana (talk) 20:44, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations! Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions about using your shiny new tools... WjBscribe 20:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations on your recent successful RfA!  |
Ariel♥Gold 20:45, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats! Well done and well deserved -- Samir 23:16, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
The now-traditional RFA thank-spam
Dear JForget,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 83 supports, 1 oppose, and 0 neutrals. No matter if you voted (I mean, "!voted") support or oppose, I thank you for taking the time to drop by. I'm new, remember, so if you have any suggestions feel free to inform me of them, and if I do anything wrong, feel free to add to the permanent chorus of disapproval on my talk page. Special thanks to WaltonOne and Dihydrogen Monoxide for nominating me.
Credits
This design was brazenly stolen from inspired by Тhε Rαnδom Eδιτor's RFA Thanks, which in turn was inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks.
WoW
Some WoW accounts pop up every now and then, but I read Willy's website (yes, the orginal!) and read his story. he said that he has retired from vandalism and wants to make good contributions. But still, impersonators can't resist... Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 23:24, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome
You're welcome for the support; Glad you passed. :) Acalamari 23:33, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Question
Do you have to pay to use WHOIS? Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 23:33, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
- How much is it? Cheers,JetLover (Report a mistake) 00:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Congrats!
Glad to throw in my support; Keep up the good work and congratulations on your run-away landslide. Have fun with your RfA-thanks spammin'. :D Into The Fray T/C 23:39, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations! Happy to support. :) faithless (speak) 23:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
Congrats per Faithless. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 00:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you for your thank you. It was not a hard RfA to support given your contribution history. You may need to update your userpage userboxes - it still says you aren't an admin but may one day like to be. Given the resounding result in your favor it's clear the community thinks that day has arrived. Euryalus 01:22, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations! Enjoy the mop, I'm sure you'll use it well. --Bfigura (talk) 01:39, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations
I wish I were an admin someday, but users kept opposing my last RfA. Just to tell you that it would be better to use {{Uw-block3|reason}} instead of {{vandalblock}} when you post message to an indefinitely blocked users saying that they have been indef blocked. NHRHS2010 Talk 00:19, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
RFPP
Dear JForget, may I ask you to reconsider your declined page protection here? I've provided the relevant diffs there. Thanks, ~Eliz81(C) 00:54, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Re: Template:Vangel
I'd like you to take a look at this edit, by an editor who is clearly not happy with Timotab, who was the creator of the Vangel template you just deleted. Timotab left the user a notice following this edit Bolonium did to another user's userpage (see also the response by KP Botany to this tagging. Additionally, the template was substituted, not transcluded, and as such, did not have a long list of pages that linked to it. However, the template was designed as a way for users to quickly thank the hard-working members of Recent Changes patrol and vandalism patrol, and was widely used by many people since it's creation. I think the motivation of this editor in placing that template was out of revenge, and I also think it was not appropriate to CSD tag it; if they didn't think the template belonged, it should have been taken to TfD instead. I am sorry to bring something like this up on your first day, but I think you should know the background and possible motivation behind this person's tagging of it, and I'd like to see it reinstated. I know I for one, get vandalized a ton, and it is only polite to thank those who revert, and this was a wonderful way to do that. And, I've been the recipient of the template many times as well, for reverting vandalism on others' pages. Again, I'm really sorry to bring up an objection of what is probably one of your first actions, but I had posted on the talk page and it wasn't seen, so I thought I'd come here to let you know the history here. Ariel♥Gold 01:29, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much. I've added information about usage to it, so users know it is to be substituted rather than transcluded, and to explain its usage. Thanks for looking into the issue! And I'm really sorry to bring something like this to you the first few hours, lol. Ariel♥Gold 01:39, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome!!
You'll make a terrific sysop. Unanimous support like that is almost unprecedented. Congratulations--Hokeman 02:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
RfA
You're welcome. I wish you good look as a sysop. --R O A M A T A A | msg 04:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Congrats
Those who deserve it, and are worthy of being an admin, always get my full support! Phgao 05:14, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- You're very welcome! I'm very pleased to see that you became an admin. You deserved it. :-) Lradrama 07:58, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations! You certainly deserved it. :P -- Chris B • talk 14:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
- Belated congrats! Also, archive your talk page. The Lord of the Rings books weren't this long! LaraLove 15:18, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
Natenate7633 ban
You just banned Natenate7633 for repeated vandalism. (Thanks!) He'd stated in some of his vandalism that he would create a new account if banned. Do you have the means to temp-ban his IP to save some trouble tonight? (Congrats, BTW, on your adminship! You're clearly putting it to good use already!) Fogster 02:11, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
AIV for 129.44.253.183
Hello. I noticed you removed the entry for User:129.44.253.183 on AIV, claiming he stopped as of a few hours ago. This is a case of long-term vandalism and edit warring. He insists on copying and pasting his unencyclopedic press release into the Thrill Me article several times a day. The user has been warned on all of the accounts he is currently using, and the article has already been protected for a week; none of these have worked. It seems that the only solution here is to block the accounts he is using, as nothing else is deterring him. Crystallina 18:56, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
AssPie
Seeing as you resolved the matter, could you please close the discussion at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 September 22? Thanks! - Mtmelendez (Talk|UB|Home) 18:57, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
This article previous protection expired just a mere 4 days ago. Protecting it again for another 2 weeks is quite unhelpful and would stagnate contributions from other editors who haven't even gotten a chance to contribute to the debate. Muntuwandi 01:25, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- There hasn't been any discussion on the talk page since the page was protected. Muntuwandi 19:47, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Nehrams2020 RfA Thanks
Something appears to have gone awry with your protection of the article Thrill Me. Somehow, the user who was edit warring against concensus (User:Thrillmecd) has continued editing, possibly by moving another page into its place. If you get a second, would you mind looking into why this page is still available for editing? Thanks much! Docta247 13:08, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
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| Thanks for your support in my request for adminship, which ended with 58 supports, 1 opposes, and 1 neutral. I hope your confidence in me proves to be justified. Addhoc 19:09, 24 September 2007 (UTC) |
deletion
Hi. I recently wrote a page for a drummer named Marc Slutsky. It has been deleted and redirected to his old band Splender. You were involved in the decision for this.
I've read the discussion but do not understand the reasoning. There are SEVERAL other drummers on this site who have pages and they are not as well known as Mr. Slutsky.
For example, on the Splender page, (the one he is REDIRECTED to) there is a link the Gin Blossoms. On their page, a member of their band, also a drummer, has a link to his OWN page. This drummer, Chris McCann, has 2 sentences on his page...
"Chris McCann was the original drummer for the alternative rock band Gin Blossoms when the group was formed in 1987, He was replaced by Dan Henzerling the next year, before the release of the group's first album."
He was replaced! How could this drummer be listed and Mr. Slutsky gets a deletion notice? I had links up to his current activity...He now plays with Alexa Ray Joel (Billy Joel's daughter) who ALSO has a page on Wikipedia.
Mr. Slutsky has also toured with Gaven DeGraw.
Please help me understand why he is not worthy of at least 2 sentences on your site.
Thank You.
Allison [email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abkagan (talk • contribs) 23:57, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
Black people article
I don't feel a need to dispute it being unprotected. It was a dispute among several users who insisted on drastic changes with out discussion, which lead to rv warring that really wasn't helping anything. Now it seems to be down to one party (I believe) so whatever you see fit doing, by all means, go ahead...Taharqa 22:54, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Buddha Wild article
As closing admin, can you tell me if it was Salted too? Thanks. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 20:55, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
- I will draw your attention to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anna Wilding and also to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive300#Legal threat User:Real77. Anna Wilding was salted. I have some concerns given how this user has behaved (you can look in the deleted talk pages of Anna Wilding for more information) that it will reappear. That said, I am willing to hold off on that until it actually happens. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 22:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you. — Timotab Timothy (not Tim dagnabbit!) 23:35, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
MUMmer
Hi, I added a page that was blank before describing a well known bioinformatics software system called MUMmer - the link from another page was empty so I figured I would add a brief description. It was "speedily deleted" by your script. I would like to request that it be restored. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Genometer (talk • contribs) 01:36, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Greetings. You might want to visit this article again. When you voted for deletion, you may have been misled by the nominator, who deleted the article's source before nominating it for deletion. The article now has four sources. You may recall it was nominated on the grounds of being unreferenced. Best Regards. Anlace 03:47, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
Hi. A few days ago, you unprotected Almeda University. Like you, I hoped they had given up. Alas, a new account just went in and whitewashed it again. I've reverted, so all is for the moment fine, but I thought you'd want to know. -- William Pietri 18:49, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
RfA thanks
Thanks for supporting my successful RfA, which closed at 63 supports and 1 opposed. I appreciate it and hope to do my best, since I respect you so much. I especially want to thank Shalom for the nomination, DGG for the encouragement, and Jokestress for welcoming me. Bearian 13:25, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
Ed, Edd n Eddy
What was your reason for unprotecting this article? It has been a constant target of driveby vandalism by unregistered users since it was started, and we worked long and hard to get semi-protection. There is no reason to feel sorry for unregistered users who use their anonymity to vandalize. Anyone who wants to be a serious editor can open an account. Please reconsider. Thanks. -- Elaich talk 01:15, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
Raliegh Springs Mall
The article is a legitimate article about a legimate shopping center which is still in operation. It should not have been deleted, as other articles about other shopping centers exist. Please revive the article. I have sources to accompany the article. john 18:32, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
The 87.xxx vandal
Thanks for that. Maybe that'll put a stop to it -- for a month at least! :) Cheers. --Rrburke(talk) 22:02, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Alpha Omega (game). Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Joe 07:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC) (not the nominator; just leaving you a note...)
Huh?
You speedy deleted an article recently:
Did you look in the edit history? I am not 100% certain, but I strongly suspect that the version of the article you deleted was actually a recent blanking/vandalisation. As far as I can remember there used to be a half decent article there (it is a poem by Robert Burns, much quoted in the media esp in connection with Scottish national identity or politics). --Mais oui! 09:49, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
Replaceable fair use Image:Stephanielapointe.jpg
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Wikipedia has a new administrator!
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Thanks, Archives 4! Thank you for voicing your opinion in my RfA, which passed today with a unanimous 79/0/0 tally. It feels great to be appreciated, and I will try my best to meet everyone's expectations. If you have any advice or tips, feel free to pass them along, as I am sure that I will need them! Cheers, hmwith talk 21:49, 1 October 2007 (UTC) |
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Columbian Red AfD
Greetings! You recently closed the debate as no consensus on this AfD. You might be interested in this discussion. Cheers, --Rkitko (talk) 03:03, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately, the vandal is back with a new username and has tried to revert the article to its CopyVio format twice already. Best regards, -- Ssilvers 20:57, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Advice Requested
Hey, I think I got an issue that might be needed to fix. I recently reported user Xxxxxxxxxxpt to WP:UAA because I felt that their name violated wikipedia policy for confusing names. The user Rspeer dismissed my claim as being pointless [2] and said there was no reason to block it [3].
- I just want to say that I'm not trying to insigate any wheel warring, but I don't think the decision was correct and his edit summary wasn't the best way to handle it. I just don't want to start another arguement with another user, let alone an admin. I already learned my lesson! (concerning the St. Patrick School (Wadsworth, Illinois) afd discussion). Your advice/help would be greatly appriciated. Please just give me an honest answer. I'd like to know whether I was right or wrong or even too sensitive with the issue! Thanks Icestorm815 20:51, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
Welcome
Ya, I just thought that it was a contribution that needed to be made. Right now I just need to burn time. Your Grace Lord Sir Dreamy of Buckland tm 01:07, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
A prolific start!
I see you all over the backlogs (especially my personal favourite challenge -> dealing with pages protected too long)! A prolific start to adminship! Keep up the good work -- Samir 19:29, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for that Samir that's greatly appreciated.--JForget 17:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Hopi semi-protection
Can you please restore the semi-protection you removed? The vandalism is a nuisance and is constant - several times a week often. Thanks, Leonard G. 02:12, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Killian documents authenticity issues
Hi. Just a note that it's no longer protected but the "full protection" banner is still up. -BC aka Callmebc 15:28, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
- Yep the tag has been removed.--JForget 17:06, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
Can I block him??
Hi, you ecently approved of a semi protection of my user page. But my problem lies with someone whos account is more than 4 days old. He is the guy I want from steeling content from my page.
HE only steels stuff from my page. He is an..ok wikipedian so I dont need him blocked from the site but I just want to know if I can block him and him only from editing my page/ steeling my stuff. Aflumpire 02:52, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
Re: Unprotection of Hilda Toledano
He is not gone... Look at the history for Pretender. Charles 05:19, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
cherry blossom (book) page was blocked by you
Hello,
You deleted my page cherry blossom.
I had placed a tag that I was making changes to it.
Now I find out that you have made my cherry blossom (book)
page protected? What gives???? You can publish all
your nonsense and yet you attempt to prevent others from
making publications???? Please revert the page so that
I may publish the new content.
thank you ,
guerilla_auhor —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guerilla author (talk • contribs) 15:56, 9 October 2007 (UTC) guerilla_author
You blocked the Embryo (BITS Pilani) page. Please specify details
This page had small amount of original and accurate content. [In case you want to view it, you can do so at http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:0ZVQB7Q3E04J:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo_(BITS_Pilani)&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us ] Embryo (BITS Pilani) is a well known e-learning project operational in BITS Pilani, one of the premier educational institutions of India. It has a website at www.bitsembryo.org and is linked from the home page of BITS Pilani at http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/ . I do not understand what can be your objection in not accepting this content. I'll be grateful if you please specify the reason why you deleted it. User:s_khandoo 9 October 2007
Catchphrases in Grey's Anatomy
I don't want it back (and would have voted to delete), but it seems to me that two catch phrases, 'Seriously?' and the 'McDreamy/McHottie/McMarried' theme, both of which have been parodied and used extensively in pop culture (on House, Scrubs, Colbert, as well as appearing in standup and such), are worth a small mention for their effect on popular culture of the past few years (not, I'll note, as an 'In Popular Culture' section). I have cites for how 'Seriously' came to be, and articles interviewing Rhimes about the McDreamy usage, but I'm wondering if you could, as admin, just email me the article as deleted so I can see if any of it is of use (if any of it was cited at all).
Also, just as a tip/reminded, I wouldn't even have thought of this if it the link hadn't still been in the middle of the Grey's Anatomy page, as a link in 'Catchphrases', with 'Main article: ' and a link to the deleted article. When doing AfD deletions, you also need to go through and check all 'what links here' pages and fix those, too, or the job is only half done. --Thespian 21:44, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks muchly for the userfication! --Thespian 23:40, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
- No problem!.--JForget 23:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
RfA thanks
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| Thanks for participating in my RfA, which closed successfuly. I leave you with a picture of the real Blood Red Sandman! Note his 'mop' is slightly deadlier than mine! - - Blood Red Sandman (Talk) (Contribs) 18:28, 12 October 2007 (UTC) |
Thanks for Dealing with the Anonymous Editor Incivility
Just wanted to tell you thanks for your actions with the anonymous editor who continues to plague the List of light heavyweight boxing champions and other pages. You've been a great help and your efforts are appreciated.MKil 18:48, 12 October 2007 (UTC)MKil
Since you've removed the protection from this article, ("let's give it a shot") I can remove it from my Watchlist, knowing that you'll be constantly watching out for it from here on. Thank you for seeing to this. --Wetman 09:05, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
Better deletion summaries
When you delete pages as the result of an AfD, please consider using a more descriptive summary than just "per afd". Even something as simple as "Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Captain Smirk" with a wiki link to the debate helps others understand the context so if recreated it can be speedied more, um, speedily. —dgiestc 06:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Deletion of Publicly Available Specification
Hi there. It seems that you recently deleted my entry for Publicly Available Specification (PAS) because you deemed it to be an advert. I added the entry myself after wanting to know what the PAS documents were about following the release of PAS 78. I thought it a valuable addition to Wikipedia. I have no involvement in the documents or British Standards and cannot understand how it can be deemed advertising. Please could you clarify the situation for me?
Many thanks. Dotjay 11:13, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
List of disasters - deleted
I see that on 8 October 2007 you deleted the article List of disasters "(delete per afd discussion)". However, according to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_disasters the result of the AFD was Keep. Is there an explanation? --mervyn 16:18, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for clarifying - a restart on the page only links to the first AFD debate so I did not know about the second. --mervyn 15:14, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Elvis Presley
I've noticed you removed the lock on the Elvis Presley article. We requested it because this article seems to be the favorite of random vandals and it is hard to tell good edits from bad when the page is left unprotected by from anonymous edits. It's a nightmare to keep straight when the lock is taken off; something we tried earlier to no avail. --Northmeister 22:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Colosseum
Please re-lock Colosseum. It already has 5 different vandals in 3 days, and it's a pain to keep reverting multiple times a day. Thanks. Mlouns 23:40, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Deletion of AfD discussion
Whaen you closed the AfD discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Machiavellian(Hip-Hop artist), you deleted the discussion itself as well as the article. I don't think you meant to do that! Perhaps you should restore the discussion (with a closing summary) for the archive. Deor 01:58, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
- Yep I've fixed the bug I've made. Thanks!--JForget 02:04, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your help
Thanks for your help on saving the Thomas M. Jacobs article from deletion. I greatly appreciate it. Chris 13:00, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
- No problem, although the article didn't look in danger of being deleted and seems to clearly passes notability criteria.--JForget 23:01, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
John Baird
I'd actually been planning to wait a bit longer before adding my next round of changes to this page. I might be able to do something over the weekend, though. CJCurrie 00:53, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
How is the article coming along? I can tell that plenty of work has been done, but it would be nice to see an explicit statement of which of my concerns have been addressed on the talk page, to facilitate the ease of a secondary review. The seven days hold has passed and I cannot tell if my concerns have been met or not, or what the progress is, which means that I might have to fail the article. It seems like much has been done, but since the article is unusually long, I need you to tell me which points you have addressed. Cheers, CP —Preceding comment was added at 04:09, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
- I have updated the GA review to reflect the last few changes that need to be made for the article to reach GA status. In order to allow you time to do so, I am extending the hold for seven days. Cheers, CP 15:22, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
User is continually creating this page, please delete it. Thank you. Tiptoety 01:12, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
- thank you! Tiptoety 01:14, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
Resolved- The article has been salted, thanks for the alert.--JForget 01:15, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
- Thank you! And no problem! Tiptoety 01:19, 26 October 2007 (UTC)
- The article has been salted, thanks for the alert.--JForget 01:15, 26 October 2007 (UTC)