User talk:Searchme/Archive 2

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A haiku of thanks

Thanks for your support

In my RfA, which passed!

Wise I'll try to be.

-- Natalya 05:05, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Thank you for the trust that you had in me when you supported my Request for Adminship. The nomination ended successfully and I am actually overwhelmed by the support that I received. Thanks again! -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 07:08, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome... and a question

Thank you for the Welcome message! It gave me some courage... And off I went to find out how at least one topic I know something about is being handled. Well... it's kind of a mess. Very NOT NPOV... How BOLD should I really be to make changes? Can anything I do be recovered if there is some sacred rule I'M about to violate? The page is New Thought Movement - too many links! Too much of a 'directory'. Can you give me some advice? Thanks!! Terraflora 04:07, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

Well, you're off to the best start, talk pages. Make sure others who enjoy the same subject are in the loop. They can give more advice on certian topics ins and outs. Any change made can be undone, by you or another user. Look thru the histories and you can change an article as far back as it goes. If some one doesn't agree with your changes they will revert it, or make other mods. You wont be brow beat for being bold in good faith, if so, lemmee know. Yes, there does seem to be a few to many external links on that page, but do you really wanna lose any?

My RFA

Thanks

Searchme/Archive 2, thank you for participating in my RfA. It passed with an amazingly unopposed 77/0/1. Thanks for the support everybody! If you see me doing anything wrong, want to ask me something, or just want to yell in my general direction, leave me a note on my talk page. I promise to try and knock out Wikipedia's problems wherever I may find them!

Staxringold _talk^contribs 20:31, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Dispute support

Joe -

The following message concerns me greatly. I did not request a password change, but recognize the IP address as belonging to a member of a small group that repeatedly harasses my employer, DePaul University, through e-mail.

This group has built quite a controversy section for DePaul on our Wikipedia entry. I have recently begun editing the site to present DePaul's perspective on their charges. For the record, DePaul does not restrict free speech, but does insist on civil discourse, which this group generally does not engage in. Their attacks almost always focus on DePaul's protection of the rights of students who are not Christian or Jewish and of the university's support (generally accepted in academia) of tenured faculty who advance controversial opinions. (We do not allow anyhone, including faculty, to threaten and intimidate students, which is the core issue of the Klocek case, but because it is under litigation, we cannot post further).

I am concerned that this group is now trying to hijack my Wikipedia account to either make false edits to DePaul's site or to cause trouble under my name on other sites, which would lead to me being banned. Are there any Wikipedia policies that cover this situation?

Kris Kgallagh 7 June 2006

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Original Message-----

From: [email protected] [1] Sent: Wed 6/7/2006 4:21 PM To: Gallagher, Kris Subject: Password reminder from Wikipedia

Someone (probably you, from IP address 69.116.141.82) requested that we send you a new Wikipedia login password for en.wikipedia.org. The password for user "Kgallagh" is now "XXXXXX (removed for safety)". You should log in and change your password now.

If someone else made this request or if you have remembered your password and you no longer wish to change it, you may ignore this message and continue using your old password.

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I recommend you bring this up at the Administrators noticeboard, to attain a larger number of viewpoints. Thanks and regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 09:59, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Joe and Celestianpower, I looked around a little on the noticeboard but am not sure where to post. It is not vandalism to the site. I am not ready yet to pursue a content mediation. However, I do want to report people messing with my login. Where exactly do I do that?

Kris Kgallagh 12 June 2006

Joe, I have posted my incident here [2]. Thanks for your assistance.

Kris Kgallagh 12 June 2006

Thank You

Thank you for supporting my Request for Adminship! I appreciate it and will do my best to maintain the faith you have shown in me! – Ben W Bell talk 07:17, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Favorite Songs

My survey has changed. I am now continuing my mission for the best songs, but now I am accepting all genres. I'm giving you a chance to revote for your top ten favorite songs of any genres (not just classic rock which is still the best). I've made a executive decision to keep the existing survey results and just add on to that with the new entries. My feeling for doing this is because classic rock is the most influential genre in music currently so it should be expressed more in the survey. Thank you for contributing in the past, and hopefully in the future. ROCK ON. RENTASTRAWBERRY ^{FOR LET?} röck 03:19, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On June 9, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Scott & White Memorial Hospital, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 04:47, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

10 Agorot controversy

kinda long over do but you wanted to see a picture of the coin that the 10 Agorot based it design apon. I've just added it to the article. --TheYmode 15:39, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA/Gurch

Thanks for your support – Gurch 17:34, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

CrazyRussian's RfA

File:Motherussia.jpg

Hello Searchme, and thank you for your support at my request for adminship, which ended with an awe-inspiring 86/1/2 result. I plan to do much with my shiny new tools - but I'll start slow and learn the ropes at first. Please deluge me with assignments and requests - I enjoy helping out. For Mother Russia!! - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 05:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Searchme, thank you very much for your support in my recent Request for adminship, it passed with a final tally of (65/3/3) - which I find both amazing and humbling. I wish I had time to thank everyone personally, but I'm afraid all I can offer is this token of my gratitude. I hope to live up to your expectations/hopes. If at any stage you need to contact me, for help or a request or to point out a mistake in my conduct, please make sure to tell me on my talk page. --Fir0002 08:34, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hello, Searchme/Archive 2, and thank you for the supportive vote on my recent RfA! With a final vote of 84/1/4, I have now been entrusted with the mop, bucket and keys. I will be slowly acclimating myself to my new tools over the next months, but welcome any and all feedback and suggestions on how I might be able to use them to help the project. Thanks again! - Kukini 13:30, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Hi Searchme/Archive 2, thank you for voting in my RFA which failed eventually at a result of (91/51/8). I do not plan to run for adminship until a later date. Once again, I would like to thank you for voting. --Terence Ong _{(talk | contribs)} 03:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Joe I

Dear Searchme, thanks so much for your support during my recent successful request for adminship. I really appreciate it. Take care -- Samir धर्म 08:14, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

DVD+R/W's RfA

Thank you for your support in my RfA, which ended with the result of (74/0/0). If there is anything I can help with feel free to ask. Also, if there is anything I am doing wrong, please point that out as well. I look forward to working with you in the future. Highest regards, DVD+ R/W 02:22, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Dear Searchme/Archive 2,
Thank you very much for your support on my recent RfA. I am pleased to announce that it passed with a tally of 72/11/1, and I am now an administrator. I'll be taking things slowly at first and getting used to the tools, but please let me know if there are any admin jobs I can do to help you, now or in the future. —Cuiviénen 02:24, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks!

Thanks for voting! Hello Searchme/Archive 2, and thank you so much for voting in my recent RfA. I am pleased to inform you that it passed with a final tally of (119/1/3), into the WP:100, so I have now been cleared for adminship and will soon be soaring above the clouds. I was overjoyed, shocked, and humbled by the tally, and, most importantly, all the support. Thank you. If there is ever anything you need, you know where you can find me. Take care.

--Pilot|guy 22:43, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Your DYK nomination for American Buffalo (Coin) was successful

Did you know? has been updated. A fact from the article American Buffalo (Coin), which you recently nominated, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

Thanks for your contributions! ++Lar: t/c 12:33, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Ref

Thanks and Hi! I do have one question. I can't seem to find exactly where it is explained how to reference so that it looks like (for example) the footnotes in the article on Hurricane Claudette. I see explanations, but none that have all the {{ and | and ref name" etc etc. Can you tell me where to find this exactly? Thanks.Scarro66 00:29, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, you can look at List of circulating currencies, thereare references in the notes section. Or you can look at Nuclear power by country, there's one ref in the first paragraph. Or you can look at List of municipalities of Portugal#References for a {{cite web}} useage. Joe I 02:49, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

JPEG

Moved from user page Joe I 03:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
Jlgordon 23:35, 22 June 2006 (UTC) I'm a natural bottom of the class pupil. The *.* refusal symbol for my own source JPEG picture has defeated me. Why does it reject it?

Civil War token DYK

Looks good to me. Thanks for adding it, I am flattered! --cholmes75 (chit chat) 03:13, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower ^háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Texas

Hello, I hope you are well. The WikiProject Texas page seems to have a display error. In the "Selected Picture" box, the article "The" is floating way up to the left of the Sabine Pass photo. I've tried a few things and I can't figure out how to fix it. Can you please take a look? Thanks, Johntex\^talk 17:44, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I tried firefox and IE and couldn't the problem you discribed. I put a <br> in, see if that helps. Joe I 02:43, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I said WikiProject, but I meant Portal - did you look at Portal:Texas? It may be a screen resolution thing - would you mind tryig it with your browser at less than full screen? Thanks, Johntex\^talk 03:24, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, try it now. Joe I 09:18, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Much better! Thanks! BTW - I'm happy to see that Juneteenth got some edits as a result of being on the Main Page. We should probably pick a new collaboration of the month now. Johntex\^talk 06:35, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

American Buffalo proof

Hi! got your message about another angle. I'd be happy to do it, but I need some clarification on exactly what the angle is. What I gathered from your message is that you want one where the coins are somewhat diagonal to each other, with the obverse above and to the left. What I didn't entirely understand was whether you wanted them overlaped or not (you sayed that you want one in which they overlap slightly, but don't obscure each other), and do you want a format that is more vertical, horizontal, or with the coins at a perfect right-angle. Oh, one more thing, this would be for FP, right? Pharaoh Hound 13:13, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Done. Pharaoh Hound 13:38, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

Numismatics portal selected pic

Hi, just to let you know: please check if everything (source, description, license, etc.) is ok with the pic before "promoting" it. The current Del Monte note pic was without any source and could have been deleted in 7 days... Aside from that, very nice job in keeping the portal upo and running! Renata 13:25, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'll keep it on my list, THNX:) Joe I 11:35, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the note. I've been getting back to editing and such recently. I've been quite busy of late. You'll be seeing me more often (I hope). Have a nice day and happy wiki'ing. Johann Wolfgang 18:42, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, well it's good to see ya pokin round every once in awhile. When you get time, we'll be here. Need anything, lemme know :) Joe I 20:04, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

dyk

On June 26, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Civil War token, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

I'm new here... well, not literally

I mean, my account isn't new, but in terms of experience I really have no idea how to go anywhere or to access any features... one day, I logged on and somehow something appeared on my talk page from you. Are you a moderator of some sort or fashion? (I've yet to learn the caste system here) Also, is there some sort of forum I could go to to ask miscellaneous questions about this site? Thanks.

Helwer7 03:05, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

RE: Tip posted on my talk page

I am just responding regarding the tip you gave me about calling edits "minor edits." Basically, I suppose you are referring to my edit to the Sasha Cohen page. I'm not sure why I marked the initial addition of the trivia piece as minor (I definately wouldn't have on purpose) but if I were to edit the piece of trivia as I did after I added it, simply for grammar would I mark it as minor? Thanks.

8.04 23:41, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

That wasn't me that said that, it was User_talk:Cfred. Not sure how ya got me instead of him...?  :) Joe I 23:59, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue IV - June 2006

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue IV - June 2006
Project news Three new task forces have been started: Ancient Near East, Australian military history, and Maritime warfare. New infoboxes for military awards and weapons are nearing completion; any comments on the proposed designs would be extremely welcome! A system of article importance ratings has been introduced to accompany the existing article quality ratings. Help with rating articles would highly appreciated!	From the Coordinators Five months ago, as we were in the midst of coordinator elections, Loopy commented that "I don't think it's unrealistic to imagine this project as one of the most prominent and effective ones around in say, a year's time." Since then: We have grown from just under a hundred members to nearly 300, and appear to be the second largest WikiProject (lagging, curiously enough, behind WP:COMICS). From one small task force, we have grown to include seventeen. Instead of a hand-made worklist of a few hundred articles, we now have one that is quickly approaching 10,000, and forms nearly a third of the overall 1.0 worklist effort. I'd say—without any unrealistic optimism—that we're well on our way to fulfilling those expectations! Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
Current proposals and discussions A discussion about the use of operational names in articles has started. Discussion continues about the role of "good articles" in the assessment process.
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RfA thanks

Thank you very much for your support for my recent RfA, which I'm quite happy to announce has passed with a consensus of 67 supporting, 0 opposed and 0 neutral. I'm glad I meet your criteria. Most of all, I'm glad you took the time to evaluate my candidacy, as I believe that's what keeps RfA running smoothly, and I'll be working hard to justify the vote of confidence you've placed in me. Please let me know at my talk page if I can assist you with any admin-related tasks, or just if you have any comments on my performance as an admin. Thanks! TheProject 02:30, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

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RFA thanks

RfA Thank you

Thank you! Thank you, Joe, for your support in my RfA. I appreciate your trust and support, and I will do my best to further help this great encyclopædia and community of ours. If there is anything that you feel I can do to help, please let me know. -- Avi 02:05, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Template:Infobox Coin

I made some cosmetic changes. If all goes well, the same will apply to Template:Infobox Note. I have not forgotten about it. --Chochopk 11:21, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you for your vote in my RFA, which succeeded with a final tally of 66-0-4. If there's anything I can help you with now that I'm an admin, please let me know on my talk page. Again, thanks! Mangojuicetalk 20:54, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Gallery of *** coins

As of now, I found

• Gallery of Africa coins
• Gallery of Asia and Oceania coins
• Gallery of circulating Africa coins
• Gallery of circulating Asia and Oceania coins
• Gallery of circulating Europe coins
• Gallery of circulating Western hemisphere coins
• Gallery of coins

Do we have a plan as to how we're going to manage these images? Copying and pasting the same data in different places proved to be difficult to manage. I am perfectly willing to help doing any tedious work once we agree upon a solution. --Chochopk 06:53, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

My main plan was to save them from afd. :) Gallery of Africa coins Gallery of Asia and Oceania coins these two were mistakes, I didn't have the circulating, but I figured we might could use em with all the other coins. I was just gonna try to get it to where there was a gallery for all our lists Category:Currency lists. Joe I 10:54, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure I understand you... So will there be Gallery of non-circulating SomeContinent coins? --Chochopk 05:37, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, maybe Gallery of historic coins or however it needs to be seperated to make it manageable. Joe I 07:55, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I will be bold and let only 4 coin galleries remain

1. Gallery of Africa coins
2. Gallery of Asia and Oceania coins
3. Gallery of Europe coins
4. Gallery of Western hemisphere coins

My argument is that determining the circulating status on some of the coins could be tricky, especially the ones being phased out. And what is circulating now, will be phased out in the future too. But determining what continent a coin belong too is rather simple (except countries like Turkey and Armenia), and won't change too much with time.

But I am not sure if they are the right names. Why Western hemisphere? "American" is ambiguous? Why "Africa coins" not "African coins"? --Chochopk 03:04, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Is there anyother way you can think to split those cats? I understand the point about not being to sure about circulating currencies. I just think having them split only into continentes will make them to large and vulnerable to VfD again. The Western Himisphere was cause the {{AmericanCurrencies}} says American, but I didn't want to sound US-centric. If you can make it say south and north americas, that'd be fine. And yes, it should be African, Asian, and European. I was basically following {{WorldCurrencies}} as a structure. Joe I 10:26, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

If we go by continent, I would say splitting Western hemisphere to 2, as you suggested. This way, the gallery won't get too big and the concern about US-centric-ness is lifted. However, galleries of some continents may be much larger than others. But I can't think of any good break down other than by-location. I still have a lot cleaning up to do on Commons. --Chochopk 03:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Texan Collaboration of the Month

Johntex\^talk 19:15, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Featured Picture

Your Featured picture candidate has been promoted Your nomination for featured picture status, Image:American buffalo proof vertical edit.jpg, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate another image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates.

Congratulations, and thanks for nominating it. Raven4x4x 09:21, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support in my RfA!

Thanks for voting! Hello Searchme/Archive 2, and thanks for your support in my recent RfA. I'm pleased to announce that it passed with a final tally of (96/0/0). I was overwhelmed by all of the nice comments and votes of confidence from everyone. Thanks again, and see you around! OhNoitsJamie Talk 02:08, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Australian Demographics.

I removed the first line of 'Demographics' (Most of the estimated 20.4 million Australians are descended from nineteenth- and twentieth-century immigrants, the majority from Great Britain and Ireland.) because it simply isn’t true. Someone has changed it back. --Adam Ski 09:50, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

WP:FLC

Hi, I have replied to your comment on Super 14 champions at WP:FLC. --Hamedog_Talk|^@ 10:34, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for voting!--Hamedog_Talk|^@ 16:15, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

DYK!

On 11 July, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Geography of Texas, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Mgm|^(talk) 21:31, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

• Go thank Scm83x. They fixed it before I could drop in to do it myself. :) - Mgm|^(talk) 21:41, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Numismatics project

Very nice! When I return from my summer adventure, I'll get back into the project. Best, Paul 11:27, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Samsara (talk • contribs) 21:32, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi, I would like to express my gratitude for your participation at my recent RfA. The final vote was 68/21/3 and resulted in me becoming an admin!

For those of you who supported my RfA, I highly appreciate your kind words and your trust in me. For those who opposed - many of you expressed valid concerns regarding my activity here; I will make an effort in addressing them as time goes on while at the same time using my admin tools appropriately. So, salamat, gracias, merci, ありがとう, спасибо, धन्यवाद, 多謝, agyamanak unay, شكرًا, cảm ơn, 감사합니다, mahalo, ขอบคุณครับ, go raibh maith agat, dziękuję, ευχαριστώ, Danke, תודה, mulţumesc, გმადლობთ, etc.! If you need any help, feel free to contact me.

PS: I took the company car (pictured left) out for a spin, and well... it's not quite how I pictured it. --Chris S. 23:15, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

bot

I'd be happy to tag the Texas articles. I'm not sure when I'll get to it though. I got too caught up in Wikipedia awhile back, and decided to take a wikibreak. My kids appreciate it.

I also got frustrated trying to tag the Exonumia articles because not all orders and decorations are exonumia, apparently. There are some that don't have an associated medal. I don't know enough about the topic to know which articles to tag. I think what you've done with the numismatics project page and portal are great, by the way.

Also, I see you're part of WP:MILHIST. I read on WP:AN that they've been trying to tag articles. If you or someone else there can run Python (it's free), I can give you my source and you can run the bot to tag the articles selectively (answer yes/no per article, and category). Ingrid 21:33, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I found some time (I always do), and have started tagging Category:Texas. I'll let you know when it's done. The only reason I can't do MILHIST is that I got the impression that not all articles in the categories should be tagged. There's no programming needed, just running Python which is not too hard if you're comfortable with computers. Ingrid 02:07, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your support!

Greetings, Searchme. Just a quick note to thank you for your support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of (67/0/0)! Please don't hesitate to let me know if you have suggestions or requests - either of an admin nature or otherwise! :) Wknight94 (Talk | contribs) 03:05, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for Supporting my RfA!

Thank you for supporting my RfA, which passed by a margin of 54/6/1. Despite being promoted to admin status about a month ago, I have been busy watching the FIFA World Cup and other things outside of Wikipedia instead of hand-typing these responses. Sorry for the tardiness of this thank you. Anyways, if you ever come across me doing something I shouldn't as an admin, please feel free to let me know! Thanks again, Ian Manka Talk to me! 08:29, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Rodney Reed

User:WatchlistBot tagged the talk page for Rodney Reed with the WikiProject Texas logo. Although Mr. Reed is on death row in Texas, and his case involves much of the local history and culture of Bastrop, I'm not sure this is an article you'd want to just jump right in on. Just a friendly FYI. PS: the article isn't in Category:Texas so I'm not sure what attracted the bot's attention to begin with. Cheers, Lunch 22:42, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thnx, this article is in Category:Capital punishment in Texas wich in turn is under Category:Texas, that's how the bot got it. Anyways, it doesn't say where he is from but the case and sentencing are in Texas therefore I think it constitutes a Texas project article. Thnx tho :) Joe I 01:11, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

RfA support thank-you note!

		Thanks for contributing to my successful RfA!
		To the people who have supported my request: I appreciate the show of confidence in me and I hope I live up to your expectations! To the people who opposed the request: I'm certainly not ignoring the constructive criticism and advice you've offered. I thank you as well! ♥! ~Kylu (u|t) 01:07, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the confidence in me during the RfA! I needed it. :) ~Kylu (u|t) 01:07, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

My RfA thanks

Hello Searchme/Archive 2, and thank you for your support at my Request for Adminship, which succeeded with an overwhelming final count of (105/2/0). I was very pleased with the outpouring of kind words from the community that has now entrusted me with these tools, from the classroom, the lesson in human psychology and the international resource known as Wikipedia. The Free Encyclopedia. Please feel free to leave me plenty of requests, monitor my actions (through the admin desk on my userpage) and, if you find yourself in the mood, listen to some of what I do in real life. In any case, keep up the great work and have a fabulous day. Grandmasterka 06:16, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Re:Dime (United States coin)

Thanks. I'm still planning on doing some more additions and cleanup. One section at a time though! And I'll probably end up starting a separate article for the 1849-S Barber dime at some point. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 18:09, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Photo credit

Responding to your comment, [3], if you inspect the edit history of the featured picture section, you'll see that my change was reverted after announcing it. [4] We're discussing this. - Samsara (talk • contribs) 10:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I see. No prob :) Joe I 10:16, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

DYK

On 20 July, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of world's expositions, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

-- Grue  14:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Image tagging??

Sorry, I'm new and am totally confused by providing copyright info for photos. I've read all the FAQ and instructions on it, but just seem to keep getting it wrong and it won't accept what I put in. I'm sure it must be very simple as I took the photo myself!

Silverfin

User:Misza13's pile!

Thank you for contributing the impressive the pile of supports gathered on my RfA, which passed with a final tally of 0x0104/0x01/0x00. I'm happy that so many people have put faith in my abilities as an admin and promise to use the tools wisely and do my best not to let you down. If I ever may be of assistance, just leave a note on my talk page. Misza13, the rouge-on-demand admin wishes you happy editing! NOTE: This message has been encrypted with the sophisticated ROT-26 algorithm. Ability to decipher it indicates a properly functioning optical sensor array.

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue V - July 2006

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue V - July 2006
Project news Two new task forces have been started: Indian military history and Japanese military history. Clarified explanations for the three levels of the importance scale are now available. Monthly assessment statistics are now being compiled. The recently promoted Aleksandr Vasilevsky is the project's one hundredth featured article. We have obtained the services of a bot to assist with the newsletter delivery; much thanks to Grafikm fr for setting this up.	Current proposals and discussions A new round of project coordinator elections has been proposed. The general intent is to increase the number of assistant coordinators from two to six. All project members are invited to comment on the proposal! A discussion about standardizing military unit categories is ongoing. A proposal to require mulitple reviewers for A-Class status seems to have support, but will likely depend on the election of additional coordinators. The creation of a German military history task force has been proposed, but needs further input.
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History of Money Good Article nomination has failed

Hi Searchme; I'm afraid I had to fail your good article nomination for the history of money. Please rest assured it was in good faith, and I felt bad for having to do so. I've tried to be as clear and detailed as possible in my reasons for this, which you'll find on the article's talk page. --jwanders^Talk 20:05, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

template parameters

You don't need to create a new template. Just make sure that you make the parameters optional (the way they are in the MILHIST template). That way the templates won't all of a sudden appear broken. Although perhaps we should consider how to tell which ones still need to be assessed. Don't worry about messing up my bot -- it just looks at "What links here" for the template. Ingrid 19:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history Coordinator Elections!

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are looking to elect seven coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by August 11!

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Geog. of Texas

Hello. You are an inch away from getting this to Good Article status. I have left comments on the talk page that you should comply with so that it becomes a good article. Best of luck, Iolakana|^T 18:51, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thnx for the heads up, I'll get to it in a day or few.  :) Joe I 09:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks. - 張果老 - 14:48, 29 July 2006

numismatics images

I'll stick it on my to do list. I've also noticed a couple of untagged articles. I'll just plan to retag the project, which should be pretty quick, since it's mostly done. Ingrid 21:08, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Numismatics assessment cats

There seems to be some confusion about whether it's "numismatic articles" or "numismatics articles". {{Numismaticnotice}} uses no-s, but Category:WikiProject Numismatics has some with s. Also, someone edited the template to remove the red-category. I was going to put it back, but thought I should check first to see if it should be with s or without.

Also, the numismatics project article list is up to date now. But there are lots of images, especially in Gallery of coins and similar articles which are not in any numismatics category and are thus not tagged. I may look into updating the bot to handle it, but not right now. I'll start the Texas project tagging again today. Ingrid 14:11, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

yeah, I think it should probly be "numismatic articles". That was my fault when creating the assessment pages. There should be only the two with the s, now both up for deletion. I'll see if I can't go thru Gallery of coins and check the cats, they should all be under Category:Currency images. Thnx :) Joe I 23:33, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Removing Numismaticnotice

I noticed you removed it from some of the articles in Category:Ancient mints, but did not remove it from the category. Do you think the category should not be part of the numismatics project, or just those specific articles? Right now, the next time I run the bot to tag all articles (which has gotten to be a quick thing that I plan to do fairly regularly), it will re-tag those. The solution is either to untag the category, or put the text "Numismaticnotice" without the {{ }} on the articles' talk pages. Ingrid 13:56, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't realize they were in any category about numismatics. I just saw it had tagged cities. I don't think any of those should be tagged unless the article is about the mint specifically. I didn't know the trick about leaving out the {{ }}, I'll remember that.  :) Joe I 20:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Texas Collaboration of the month - August 2006

Hello fellow Texan Collaboration of the Month editors,
We have made some good progress with Texas over the past month. However, I am not sure if we have improved the article enough yet to contemplate nominating it for FA (or at least GA). I propose that we spend one more month on it before choosing a new topic.
I further propose that we archive the existing list of future candidate articles. Some of the nominations are quite old. I think we should take fresh suggestions during August for a new article to collaborate on in September.
I look forward to your thoughts. Please put comments at Wikipedia_talk:Texan_Collaboration_of_the_Month#August_2006. Thanks! Johntex\^talk 00:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

WatchlistBot

Putting WikiProject Texas in comment is fine. As long as that exact text appears anywhere on the talk page, the bot will not try to tag it. Ingrid 13:13, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Article review History of Texas

Where was the mentioned typo you are talked about? Was it on the talk page? Lincher 14:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Fixed my mistake. Lincher 14:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election - vote phase!

The Military history WikiProject coordinator election has begun. We will select seven coordinators to serve for the next six months from a pool of eleven candidates. Please vote here by August 26!

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August Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: To-Do List The Esperanza To-Do List is a place where you may list any request, big or small, for assistance. If you need help with archiving your usertalk, for example, all you need to do is list it here and somebody will help you out. Likewise, if you need help with some area of editing on Wikipedia, list it here! Again, any matter, trivial or not, can be placed on this page. However, all matters listed on this page must not be of an argumentative nature. You do not need to be a member of Esperanza (or this program) to place or fulfill requests on this page. If you don't have any requests, consider coming by and fulfilling a few! This program has not been very active, but has lots of potential! What's New? In order to help proposed programs become specific enough to make into full-fledged programs, the In development section of the proposals page has been created. Proposals that are promising, but need to be organized in more detail are listed here. Please take a look at what is there, and help the proposals turn into programs. To improve both the layout and text of the front page, in an attempt to clarify the image of Esperanza, the front page is going to have some redesigning take place. Please take your creative minds to Wikipedia:Esperanza/Front page redesign to brainstorm good ideas. Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.

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Fed Shreds Reply

I went on a bank tour, I'm sure any bakc will be willing to sell some fed shreds.

Who's editing

Hello.Can you tell me how can i know who's editing something? I guess there's a tool like this because when i edit something & someone disagrees with that then he sends me a message! --Chronisgr 21:18, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Just clcik on the persons name. Joe I 11:15, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Please use edit summaries

Hello. Please be courteous to other editors and use edit summaries when updating articles. The Mathbot tool shows your usage of edit summaries to be low:

Edit summary usage for Searchme: 13% for major edits and 100% for minor edits. Based on the last 150 major and 150 minor edits in the article namespace.

Using edit summaries helps other editors quickly understand your edits, which is especially useful when you make changes to articles that are on others' watchlists. Thanks and happy editing! --Kralizec! (talk) 16:38, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Re: Portal

Should work now. Is this fine?

Kirill Lokshin 19:44, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, looks cool, thnx. I was putting the px behind it.  :) Joe I 23:19, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

WatchlistBot update

I just wanted to let you know that I've updated the way the bot works. To keep an article from getting tagged, there's now a page for each project (linked from User:WatchlistBot. Just list it there, no need to edit the article's talk page anymore. I think I've found all of the ones that were exempted before. I'm about to retag now though, so you may notice something. Ingrid 02:58, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

currency of the same name template

Hi,

I think those templates are mature now. Shall we deploy them all? Btw, what about separating thaler from dollar? --Chochopk 13:21, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I was actually gonna put em all out awhile back, but forgot. The dollar one is to big with all those thalers, definatly need to split those off, maybe with a link on the dollar "see also" to thaler. Joe I 23:19, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

I had an idea, which I told Timur lenk. What about a "Defunct - thaler" category and "Defunct - other" category, so that navigation is easier, while not violating consistency. --Chochopk 01:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi, thanks for suporting my nomination for assistant coordinator of the Military historyWikiProject. I was not successful but there's always next time, thanks again Hossen27 08:42, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject Newsletter - Issue VI - August 2006

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue VI - August 2006
Project news The coordinator election has concluded; six new Assistant Coordinators have been selected. Four new task forces have been created: American Civil War, Dutch military history, German military history, and Italian military history. A liaison group with the Biography WikiProject has been started. The project userboxes have been moved to subpages of the project due to the German userbox solution; plans to clean up the resulting redirects are currently underway.	From the Coordinators The coordinator election has concluded, and we now have six new Assistant Coordinators: Dryzen (talk · contribs) LordAmeth (talk · contribs) Nobunaga24 (talk · contribs) Oldwindybear (talk · contribs) Wandalstouring (talk · contribs) Congratulations to the newly elected, and thanks to everyone who participated in this process, in whatever capacity! Kirill Lokshin, Lead Coordinator
Current proposals and discussions A set of ideas and proposals for short-term future plans for the project has been made; all project members are invited to offer comments on these, and to suggest other ideas.
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User page

Hello! How can i change my use rpage and write personal details like other user pages?--Chronisgr 19:22, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Just click here : User:Chronisgr. :) Joe I 22:04, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Make it stop! (Please?)

Hey Joe, I have no idea what he's doing... http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Taurus876

or how to make him stop. He has created a ton of "articles" that I'm sure will need to be deleted. He just keeps copying the same copy to new articles. Bobby 00:32, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Pschemp blocked him for 24 hours, hopefully he'll read his talk page. Whew. Bobby 00:51, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I went and wikified a few, I'll get the rest later. Can you fill those out, with just enough info they don't get deleted, although I don't think they will now. :) Joe I 05:48, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

I'll see what I can do Joe. That's a lot of work though, I have a few sources I use to write those articles. He's just copying them word for word from the US Mint kid's site.

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

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/index.cfm?fileContents=coinNews/cotm/2001/08.cfm

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Thanks for the welcome Joe

Regards, --Britcom 05:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Oregon Trail Half Dollar Article

Hey Joe, where did it go? Google cache Makes no sense. Bobby 21:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

You know what, it looks like all those duplicate incomplete articles that Taurus876 did were deleted. I bet it was deleted with those by accident. Can it be restored? Bobby 21:30, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I made an inquiry at Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion. Joe I 20:34, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

All fixed. Thanks Joe! Now I know where to go. Bobby 22:46, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Making a Redirect Page

Hello, searchme (or Joe), I was wondering... how do you create a redirect page? I want User:The Runescape Junkie/The U.S.R.S. to redirect to User:The Runescape Junkie/RuneScape. Oh, and please reply on my talk page, it'll be more convenient (I hope, lol). Cheers! •The RSJ• ^{(Main Hub - Rants)} 20:29, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

• P.S. I was wondering when I made my account, why didn't I get a welcome. I'm not complaining or anything, nor am I on the verge of tears. I was just curious, since everyone else I know got a welcome message. Cheers! •The RSJ• ^{(Main Hub - Rants)} 20:32, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Heh heh, thanks for the welcome... Cheers! •The RSJ• ^{(Main Hub - Rants)} 20:50, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Antarctican dollar AfD

Sorry to spam if you are already aware. But I had to resort to personal message. Someone is trying to delete Antarctican dollar, I tried really hard to make a point at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Antarctican dollar. Now I need people to support the "keep" side. Thanks. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 05:25, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

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The last AC meeting (full log) The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself! The new Esperanza front page design has but put up - many thanks to all who worked on it! TangoTango has written a script for a bot that will list new members of Esperanza, which will help those who welcome new Esperanzains greatly! Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, Freakofnurture, and Titoxd 04:04, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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WikiProject Military history Newsletter - Issue VII - September 2006

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter Issue VII - September 2006
Project news A new review process for potential A-Class articles is now operational. Much of the backlog of pre-review articles has already been processed; all project members are invited to take part in future reviews, and to nominate high-quality articles themselves. The automation department, which schedules bulk tasks for bot and AWB processing, is now open; all project members can request new tasks and comment on existing requests. The various requests for articles and images have been consolidated into the combined requests page, which now includes requests for article creation, maps and other images, translation, and article cleanup. Some advice for editors working on featured article candidacies is now available; further suggestions are welcome. A showcase of high-quality articles has been added to the project page; it includes featured and A-Class articles within the project's scope. The Early Modern warfare task force, covering the period from c. 1500 to c. 1792, has been created. A standard category scheme for military conflicts and operations is now available.	Current proposals and discussions Discussion continues about possible enhancements to the project award system. The proposed category scheme for military units and formations is nearing completion; further commments are welcome! A discussion about working on old featured articles with citation problems has begun. Several ideas for new task forces are up for debate.
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Re: Portal:Military of the United States

Well, I've tried my hand at it; not sure how much it resembles real camo colors, though. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 17:50, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Yep, looks quite nice! Kirill Lokshin 19:05, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Texas Portal

Wow! Neat trick with the auto-updating of the portal. How do you get it to do that? I don't see any mention of it on the Talk page. I'd like to put that into a couple of other portals. Very nice work. Johntex\^talk 19:41, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

You're talking about the "show new content" button? Then use <center>{{purge|'''''Show new content...'''''}}</center>. Same as {{purgepage}}. Oohh, or are you talking about the auto rotation of selected articles, pics and the like? I copied it all from Portal:War, but basically use:

{{/box-header|''Selected article''|Portal:Texas/Selected article/{{#ifexpr:({{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} mod 25) >= 0 | {{#expr:({{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} mod 25) + 1}} | {{#expr:-({{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} mod 25) + 1}} }}|}} {{Portal:Texas/Selected article/{{#ifexpr:({{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} mod 25) >= 0 | {{#expr:({{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} mod 25) + 1}} | {{#expr:-({{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} mod 25) + 1}} }}}} {{/box-footer|[[Portal:Texas/Selected article|More selected articles...]]}}

with the correct portal name, Portal:Texas/Selected article as a queing page, Portal:Texas/Selected article/4(example) as the article as displayed. In the expressions with numbers, the first number after "mod" is the number of article summaries prepared on Portal:Texas/Selected article. I'm not sure of the exact hows and everything, but it works. I could help you setup Portal:University of Texas at Austin, till you get the hang of it if you want. Joe I 20:05, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I am talking about the auto-rotation of the selected articles and pictures. As you guessed, I would like to add this to the UT portal, and also to the college football portal. I will try out that code and if I have too much trouble I will come take you up on your kind offer to help. Thanks! Johntex\^talk 20:37, 30 September 2006 (UTC)