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:::::::Good luck LL. I hope my support doesn't sink your candidacy. :) How was the PBS special? I forgot to tape it. Maybe I'll see if it's going to be replayed. Take care. [[User:ChildofMidnight|ChildofMidnight]] ([[User talk:ChildofMidnight|talk]]) 01:11, 21 March 2009 (UTC) |
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Black Hat SEO versus White Hat SEO
I don't think we are going to start separate articles about black hat and white hat SEO. There are two articles already covering SEO and Spamdexing, which provide good homes for all the content. This is the reason for my edits. Jehochman 02:53, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
- I agree with the Black Hat/White Hat message you left on my talk page. If you make edits or moves along this lines, I will support them. Do we rename "Spamdexing" to be "Black Hat SEO" and create a redirect for Spamdexing? There would then be two articles: SEO and Black Hat SEO. That's the way the public talks about the topic. Before this happens, we should post a message on SEO:talk because a lot of people are watching those pages. Jehochman 12:52, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
English pidgins
Hi there. Thanks for the work on the template. However I regret that you want to 'change' it towards a pidgin-exclusively template. I started it so that Valspeak, Internet Slang, Hip Hop slang, Leet and Globish would fit. I propose to make a different section/paragraph of the template and readd it. Pictureuploader 23:09, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- The English dialects template is already too large. I'd say splitting this one in the two sections you proposed. Maybe the one named 'English pseudo dialects and slang' Pictureuploader 23:19, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
- The ones you proposed to me as subsections for the English dialects template. These names will do fine for a start. Pictureuploader 23:30, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
Languages
Hi There! Can you translate my name in what language you know please, and then post it Here. I would be very grateful if you do (if you know another language apart from English and the ones on my userpage please feel free to post it on) P.S. all th translations are in alpahbetical order so when you add one please put it in alpahbetical order according to the language. Thanks!!! Abdullah Geelah 12:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Welcome!
A very belated welcome template for you :) I just saw your note at Talk:Glossary!
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- Thanks for the welcome! :) LinguistAtLarge 17:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
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Oregon invite
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I'm puzzled by your edit summary for this edit: [1]. The old Chembox is deprecated and I'm helping move them. I review every single page I fix using AWB. I didn't see any problem earlier, and I don't see any problem now. There are more than 600 left, from a beginning of more than 2000 so it would be helpful if you can tell me exactly what's wrong, rather than revert it perfunctorily. Thanks. --Rifleman 82 16:39, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
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Greenland home rule
Hiya! Re Main article: History of Greenland#Home rule I actually formulated it like that first but when I previewed it, it looked wrong to have a section described as an article. Perhaps I'm being overly literal. I do think it's more accessible to the reader the way you present it; my final version was definitely a poor compromise. -- Timberframe (talk) 23:05, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm not sure if there is consensus on the issue. I think having the link where it is increases usability and makes the article more consistent. But I'm open to other points of view. LinguistAtLarge (talk) 00:08, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
wpore welcome
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Knives
Outstanding job on the template! Thanks for doing that!--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 23:34, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
Harvest Time @ COTW
Greetings WikiProject Oregon folks, it’s time for another edition of the fabled COTW. Thank you to all who helped make improvements to Wayne Morse and creating some members of the Oregon House. This week, we have by request Upper Klamath Lake which think made the news lately with a salmon plan. Then, in honor of the end of the harvest time, we will go farming with Fort Stevens. There is a beautiful link farm in the article that is ripe for harvesting into citations. It should provide for a bountiful feast, or alternatively you can take your hoe to it and weed some out. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. WARNING: COTW is not approved for children under 3 and may contain choking hazards for small children. DO NOT leave your child unattended with COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:49, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Zero Down, Zero Interest at the Oregon COTW
Hello to all the WikiProject Oregon folks, time once again for yet another bone chilling edition of the Collaboration Of The Week. I thank yee who helped make improvements to Fort Stevens and Upper Klamath Lake. For this first week of December, we have by request Mike Bellotti and his archrival Mike Riley, both in honor of that great tradition we call the Civil War (AKA the battle for the platypus). As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. This message is intended for the addressee shown. It contains information that is confidential and protected from disclosure. Any review, dissemination or use of this transmission or its contents is strictly prohibited. Aboutmovies (talk) 20:41, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
sobre la catedral de puebla
hola el cambio que hice (en el la pagina de la catedral de puebla) fue por que tus fuentes solo habla de que probablemente tal persona diseño la catedral sin dar mas razones, en cambio lo que puse lo saque del libro que mencioné el cual tengo a la mano (las calles de puebla) y fue editado aquí en puebla desde mediados del siglo pasado y tiene como fuentes gran cantidad de documentos de la época y que aun existen en la biblioteca palafoxiana, a los cuales ahora solo tienen acceso los investigadores,
que google books solo haga mención del libro y no lo muestre todo en linea no es razón para decir que no hay fuente, yo tengo el libro si quieres te mando un escaneo de la pagina y las fuentes que cita el mismo que obran en la biblioteca palafoxiana y que fueron redactados en la época
saludos --Rleonmx (talk) 23:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
Shawn Hogan
The information in Shawn Hogan's lawsuit regarding a world class virus infected over 100,000 computers in order to fraud ebay is not something that must be quiet. There are many negative topics on people at Wikipedia, and you are not free to choose who should be protected from that and who should not. The information is not made up, it was on national news, dude. Shawn Hogan has gotten a lot from life, and it needs to be told when he's done such nasty crimes. Why should he be given more rights then anyone else in life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrAveTzT (talk • contribs) 01:02, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
- Moving this comment to the bottom of the page where it goes. LinguistAtLarge 04:07, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
AfD comment
Please note: "Speedy keep is rarely used. It implies that the user thinks the nomination was based on an obvious misunderstanding and that the deletion discussion can be closed early." (from WP:GD) Both halves of the sentence need to be true. I think it's incorrect to say there is any obvious misunderstanding in the nomination. --Dweller (talk) 16:14, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comment. LinguistAtLarge 16:17, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- Good on you. --Dweller (talk) 16:27, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I really do appreciate the comment. There are still many nuances of Wikipedia that I am learning :) LinguistAtLarge 16:29, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- That goes for all of us, however experienced and however many hats we've already accrued. I like your attitude. Have you ever considered becoming an admin? --Dweller (talk) 16:31, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I've looked at the request for adminship page in the past, but I'm not sure I have enough experience to be an admin. Would you have an opinion on that? LinguistAtLarge 16:35, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I think I see enough in your contribs to trust you with the tools now, but you'll fall foul of some of the !voters who can't see past edit counts. But it's not impossible you'd pass - you're an unusual candidate, someone who's been here a very long time but hasn't racked up a massive edit count. I suggest you carry on the way you're doing - your attitude will shine through for anyone who bothers to look at the specifics of your edits - and sign up at WP:ER for a review that'll highlight any shortcomings you have. I'd also suggest you peruse WP:ADMIN and read up about being an admin. Final advice - ensure your knowledge of policy of whatever admin tools you might consider using is strong and up to date. No-one says you need to use them all - but being able to demonstrate (for example) good knowledge of deletion through appropriate CSD and XfD work is invaluable. I'll leave you alone now... but do drop me a line when the ER is well developed, as I am interested in nominating you. --Dweller (talk) 16:46, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I've looked at the request for adminship page in the past, but I'm not sure I have enough experience to be an admin. Would you have an opinion on that? LinguistAtLarge 16:35, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- That goes for all of us, however experienced and however many hats we've already accrued. I like your attitude. Have you ever considered becoming an admin? --Dweller (talk) 16:31, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I really do appreciate the comment. There are still many nuances of Wikipedia that I am learning :) LinguistAtLarge 16:29, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- Good on you. --Dweller (talk) 16:27, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your good work. I hope you're enjoying the holiday season, what's left of 2008, and heading into 2009 with high spirits and good health. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:22, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
- You're very welcome and I reciprocate with best wishes to you in this holiday season and heading into 2009! LinguistAtLarge 17:27, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Very cold, must type about the Oregon COTW to stay warm
Hello again from WikiProject Oregon’s Collaboration of the Week HQ. Since there was no notice last time, thanks to those who helped improve Mike Riley and Mike Bellotti at the begging of the month and to those who helped create Oregon Department of Justice and Lindsay Applegate last week. Those last two were the red links with lots of links to them from other articles (DOJ was #1). For this week, in honor of Arctic Blast/Winter Storm/Damn its Freakin’ Cold Outside 2008/Storm of the Century/Is there ANYTHING else on going on in the world?/We Might Actually Have a White Christmas, we have Snow Bunny. Then as part of the Stub elimination drive, we have state senator Margaret Carter, which could easily be turned into a nice DYK entry once expanded 5X. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas/Hanukah/ Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:16, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
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The Article Rescue Barnstar | |
For working with ChildofMidnight in rescuing Dandelion coffee from the jaws of deletion! MuZemike (talk) 23:49, 26 December 2008 (UTC) |
- Thanks for the barnstar, MuZemike! :) (I think ChildofMidnight was more instrumental in fixing the article than I was though) LinguistAtLarge 00:06, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I'm happy to share recognition for a bit of good work we did. Thanks for your help. I enjoy reading your comments at AfD and appreciate your good efforts here. Enjoy the rest of your 2008 and have a very happy New Year. And don't drink any dandelion coffee, I think it may be toxic. :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:44, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- My gift to you: a new article on Analogical conceptual dictionary. Have fun! ;) ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:29, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome. Better you than me on that academic stuff. Ugh. :) Here's a little lighter fare. Ogba language. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:45, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- Are you even interested in linguistics related articles? For all I know you are trying to get away from them! Oh well, here's another new one Hans Jakob (Esperantist) and one you might want to have on your watchlist ;) Esperantist. Let me know if this isn't an area you're interested in, and you'd rather me notify you of interesting article in another subject area. Naturalist beverages? ChildofMidnight (talk) 02:51, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I think my username gives me away-- I am interested in linguistics topics as well as natural foods. LinguistAtLarge 03:27, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I see the dictionary article got deleted. :( What was it promoting? Are you serious about natural foods? There are a lot of raw food places out here. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:37, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I tagged it for speedy deletion, because it was promoting a dictionary website. The material was poorly translated from Spanish and not salvageable. I created conceptual dictionary, which was what was actually needed. LinguistAtLarge 03:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I was kind of kidding about the :( That article looked like an utter mess. I'm thankful no one will have to read it. I kind of felt bad that you'd have to weed through it actually. :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:51, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I tagged it for speedy deletion, because it was promoting a dictionary website. The material was poorly translated from Spanish and not salvageable. I created conceptual dictionary, which was what was actually needed. LinguistAtLarge 03:50, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I see the dictionary article got deleted. :( What was it promoting? Are you serious about natural foods? There are a lot of raw food places out here. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:37, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I think my username gives me away-- I am interested in linguistics topics as well as natural foods. LinguistAtLarge 03:27, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- I'm happy to share recognition for a bit of good work we did. Thanks for your help. I enjoy reading your comments at AfD and appreciate your good efforts here. Enjoy the rest of your 2008 and have a very happy New Year. And don't drink any dandelion coffee, I think it may be toxic. :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:44, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
How about this one Pariah language? :)ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:56, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
And if you're into natural food you have to be into Yoga right? What do you make of this one Egyptian Yoga? ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:21, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey it's Analogical conceptual dictionary back! Where is user:Urinalysis? Am I going to get in trouble for getting the name wrong? I can't help it. I come from a medical background... ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:38, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
Wikiproject Terrorism Deletion Watchlist
Greetings, on behalf of Wikipedia:WikiProject Terrorism - I'd like to invite you to add the Terrorism deletion watchlist to your watched articles, as it will allow you to be updated whenever a related article is proposed for deletion. In total, 40% of articles sent/added to Wikiproject Terrorism have requests for cleanup outstanding, whether better sourcing, orphaned or in need of images...please feel free to see the entire list. Sherurcij (speaker for the dead) 14:51, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Hero ... and bar
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The Article Rescue Barnstar | |
Rescue Barnstar and bar. Citation. Like a Batman out of hell to the Man cave he flew. One and a half steps ahead of the Oxford dictionary, he documented notices of an established phrase of recent coining, still fresh enough to be mistaken for an NNN (non-notable neologism). You're a hero Linguist, consider yourself promoted to the comparative—LinguistAtLarger! Alastair Haines (talk) 15:23, 30 December 2008 (UTC) |
- PS Hmmm, on reflection, I realise I'm assuming a gender for you here Linguist. On even more reflection I just can't bring myself to gender-neutralise the text. Feel free to change the pronouns in the citation as you wish. Alastair Haines (talk) 15:39, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
- Sometimes I wonder if Wiki works like a man cave for some editors.
- Not enough ladies at Wiki imo.
- But with heros like you around, maybe more will settle in.
- I can't help wondering if the lads pictured at Virility will appreciate the new link at "their" article stub.
- People have tried with no success to remove them.
- I got a good humoured comment on my musical taste when I once tried replacing them with ZZ Top.
- The wonderful world of Wiki. Have a great day Linguist! :) Alastair Haines (talk) 19:38, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
- Are man caves the last hold-outs of patriarchy? ChildofMidnight (talk) 21:24, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
- The answer is (B). In my opinion anyway. Thanks for thought though CoM. lol Alastair Haines (talk) 01:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Deletion review for Cryptol
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Flower image
You have an image on your user page that I'd like to put on mine. Okay with you? It won't be in particularly fine company, but it's a gorgeous picture. --KP Botany (talk) 00:15, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garrett hamman
Thanks for fixing that. I keep putting it in the wrong place. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 02:25, 4 January 2009 (UTC)
Orphaned non-free image (File:Ocean Pacific logo.gif)
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- Thanks bot. I'll let this go since it's been converted to PNG by User:718 Bot. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 00:37, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
A comma-separated list of names implies that the various options are equal.
Well, I just tried to solve a problem because half of the vandalism on that article is about the naming. I think that it would be a good idea to have some expression like equally or something like that....
Warrington (talk) 21:40, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
- Hmmm, I understand where you're coming from. I just thought the lead sentence didn't read very well like that: French fries, or equally chips, fries, or French-fried potatoes are thin slices of potato ... I'll put a note on the talk page asking about the best wording for the lead sentence. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 00:45, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Ok. I think that the British are not happy with the French fries because they invented fish and chips...
I think that in some way it need to be expressed that the expressions are equal, so the British should calm down.
Warrington (talk) 11:44, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
- I don't have any problem with that, but I think the wording needs to be thought about carefully. Another issue is that Americans don't understand "chips" at all as meaning french fries, but the reverse is true-- most British prefer to use "chips", but also understand "fries". LinguistAtLarge • Msg 14:57, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Sure, that is why the article is called French fries. I really do not care or mind, but some British (I guess British) are vandalizing the article time to time and want to change the info in the infobox and everywhere to "chips". That is why I tried to find a solution.
- I see someone else has removed the "and equally" from the lead sentence. I think something like this is best discussed on the talk page for the article, to see if we can reach a consensus on the best wording. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 23:47, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, that is Makrakis... I am tired about this. Vandals are welcome to do whatewer they want.
Warrington (talk) 14:04, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
Happy New COTW
Greetings from WikiProject Oregon’s Collaboration of the Week. First off, thank you to everyone who has done work the last few weeks on the last two COTWs. This week we have by request Oregon and California Railroad, part of the lands involved in the Oregon Land Fraud Scandal. Then as part of the Stub elimination drive, we have longtime politician Grattan Kerans, which hopefully can be turned into a nice DYK entry. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:29, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
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Gpirate
FYI there is a guy who is reverting the changes you made to Gpirate. I reverted it, and he reverted it back. Also he removed the AFD template, (I put it back, he took it off, I put it back...) anyway he has been warned twice about it. I don't want to get tied into any 3RR thing, so I will leave it as is for a bit, I doubt it is going to pass AFD anyway.--kelapstick (talk) 00:57, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 01:17, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Mafia template
This template has serious flaws and should first be discussed before putting it up. I will give detailed comments later on Template talk:Mafia, but please refrain from inserting it. - Mafia Expert (talk) 02:00, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the comments, we'll carry on the conversation on the templates talk page. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 05:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
How do i request for a cleanup or non-delete of Gpirate
How do i request for a cleanup or non-delete of Gpirate
Please do not delete Gpirate —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinjajames (talk • contribs) 22:45, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
- You need to read the 3 criteria in WP:WEB, and if your site matches one of them, then provide reliable sources to prove it. If you need help adding those sources, I'll be glad to help, just post the URLs here. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 01:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
This language needs work... ??? While you're at it, this one is kind of interesting looking... Xo'ini dialect.ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:53, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up. Meroo (or Merovian)—the article can't seem to decide—looks interesting, but after a cursory look, it seems it may not meet notability guidelines, unfortunately. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 17:04, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
- Hmmmmm, it does have a flag and "1 to 3 (2008, est.)" speakers. Maybe the bar is too high? :) It sounded interesting anyway. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:03, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
- The article has a flag, and it says there are 1 to 3 native speakers, but the bar for Wikipedia is verifiable notability, which this conlang doesn't seem to have. For all we know, this could be something made up in one day. It's painful, but I had to nominate it for a deletion discussion. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 18:15, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
- In deference to native Merovian speakers, I wonder if the deletion discussion should exclude X, Q, Y, and W, which their language doesn't use. Do other languages have flags? Maybe it would have more luck as a micronation? A language based micronation? Hmmmm... ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:32, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
- The article has a flag, and it says there are 1 to 3 native speakers, but the bar for Wikipedia is verifiable notability, which this conlang doesn't seem to have. For all we know, this could be something made up in one day. It's painful, but I had to nominate it for a deletion discussion. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 18:15, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
- Hmmmmm, it does have a flag and "1 to 3 (2008, est.)" speakers. Maybe the bar is too high? :) It sounded interesting anyway. ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:03, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
- Sorry I didn't notice that article was bogus right off the bat. I didn't read it carefully and it sounded exciting. I suppose in trying to assume good faith, I was susceptible to this sort of insidious deception. I created a mirage of positive thinking and was easily duped by intraweb trickery! Thanks also for cleaning up the other article. ChildofMidnight (talk) 17:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
- No problem at all! :) LinguistAtLarge • Msg 17:53, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
It is no problem with references to this article, I can add even more, but this article is very short. I do not want to expand it for now. I can add more bibliography, but I do not want to multiply sources in so short article. With regards. Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 23:45, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you for adding the inline reference that you did. On a side note, I don't think it's ever a problem to add as many references as possible to an article. :) Good job! LinguistAtLarge • Msg 23:56, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
Category:United States presidential inaugural addresses
Hey there, I see you're creating more inauguration stubs, which is good. But they really shouldn't be in Category:United States presidential inaugural addresses when there's no discussion of the speeches. It's making it awfully hard for other editors to evaluate the category on its merits when it's clogged with articles that don't belong there. I assumed you must have seen my remarks in the CFD earlier today, but I guess not... At any rate, I had already cleaned out the first batch of stubs that you created yesterday -- so would you mind going through these new ones and taking all of them out, too? Thanks! Cgingold (talk) 04:34, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, I think I've got it fixed. All articles in Category:United States presidential inaugural addresses now directly deal with an inaugural address. There are three inaugural articles that I left in since the address is discussed directly in the inauguration aritlce—Washington, Roosevelt, and Reagan. (Thanks for your patience) LinguistAtLarge • Msg 05:58, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking care of that so expeditiously, Linguist. (and without complaining, either - wow! not always the case, I can assure you) "Alls well that ends well" sums things up pretty well for me. Okay, so now that we've got them all in the proper categories, there's another issue that needs to be dealt with. Are you familiar with using sort keys for categories? If you take a glance at Category:United States presidential inaugurations, you'll immediately notice that they're not all sorted/arranged in alphabetical order by last name, as they should be. I've already taken care of some of them, but most are still sorted by first name, because that's the default when there aren't any sort keys. (If you need an intro or refresher on sort keys, you might take a look at the sort keys for the categories on the articles in Category:United States presidential inaugural addresses.) Regards, Cgingold (talk) 13:06, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
- Say, while you're at it, you can also make sure they're in the proper stub categories. As I just explained to another editor who created some of those other stub articles, all you have to do is add the following after the regular categories: {{US-politics-stub}} {{US-hist-stub}}. I've already done some myself, including the three FDR stubs. Cgingold (talk) 14:00, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking care of that so expeditiously, Linguist. (and without complaining, either - wow! not always the case, I can assure you) "Alls well that ends well" sums things up pretty well for me. Okay, so now that we've got them all in the proper categories, there's another issue that needs to be dealt with. Are you familiar with using sort keys for categories? If you take a glance at Category:United States presidential inaugurations, you'll immediately notice that they're not all sorted/arranged in alphabetical order by last name, as they should be. I've already taken care of some of them, but most are still sorted by first name, because that's the default when there aren't any sort keys. (If you need an intro or refresher on sort keys, you might take a look at the sort keys for the categories on the articles in Category:United States presidential inaugural addresses.) Regards, Cgingold (talk) 13:06, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the suggestion! LinguistAtLarge • Msg 18:18, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Support
Merging this discussion with the larger inaugural page makes sense.
I would like to add a few facts from my experience as a Silver ticket holder:
Although it may be true that only the purple area was officially closed because of overcrowding, it is clear that many people who held other tickets, especially silver, could not penetrate the crowds to reach their destinations.
It is also clear that at critical moments, the police did not have information to direct people to the correct locations. Aside from the foolish and tragic decision to send ticket holders into the tunnel, ticketholders were misdirected. For example, when it was clear that Third Street had been closed off, silver ticket holders were directed to 1st street by at least one police officer despite the fact that the Silver viewing area ran in the opposite direction, from 3rd to 4th street.
What is clear is that, aside from the size of the crowds, insufficient attention was given to how ticketed people would penetrate the thousands of unticketed people who crowded around the parade route trying to gain access. Additionally, poor communication among police together with inadequate signage contributed enormously to the problem.
Although purple ticket holders were not the only ones affected, the phrase "Purple Tunnel of Doom" and now "purplegate" have already entered the folklore of this day and it is probably pointless to attempt to change it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.208.51.26 (talk) 18:37, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Oustanding!
- Why, thank you very much! LinguistAtLarge • Msg 06:08, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
Wow! Top work on that and on lettuce sandwich as well. :) the wub "?!" 15:45, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the kind words Wub. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 22:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)
I too came here to commend you for your work. Maybe you could upload pictures (free ones, anyway) to commons instead, that would be even better. Rl (talk) 11:48, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
A centralised discussion which may interest you
Hi. You may be interested in a centralised discussion on the subject of "lists of unusual things" to be found here. SP-KP (talk) 17:36, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
AFD for Frank Smith (fireman)
I've opened a second AFD for Frank Smith (fireman). As a participant in the first AFD, I thought you might want to review and contribute your opininion. Regards. -- Whpq (talk) 12:48, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 17:59, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
New article if you're interested. Cheers. ChildofMidnight (talk) 09:19, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
- Mhata? ChildofMidnight (talk) 08:34, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the links. I've marked mhata to be moved to Wiktionary, as that seems to be the appropriate place for it. I did some cleanup on Cacán, but I wasn't able to find a lot of information on it. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 17:57, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. Good work. Enjoy your weekend. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:52, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the links. I've marked mhata to be moved to Wiktionary, as that seems to be the appropriate place for it. I did some cleanup on Cacán, but I wasn't able to find a lot of information on it. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 17:57, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Museums & Prisons COTW
Howdy to all those in WikiProject Oregon land! To start, thanks to those who helped improve Grattan Kerans and Oregon and California Railroad as part of the Collaboration of the Week. This week we’ll try and start some new articles with a red link elimination drive on a couple of Oregon lists. So, you have your pick of prisons, or museums. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 08:54, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
Taffy Jones
Hi, LinguistAtLarge. You were kind enough to comment on Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Taffy_jones -- some new information has come to light and you may wish to revise your recommendation. --S Marshall Talk/Cont 12:41, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks Marshall. The AfD has been closed, so I added merge tags to the articles. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 00:07, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
S Marshall Talk/Cont has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Thanks for your kind words! Drmies (talk) 20:06, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
- You are very welcome :) LinguistAtLarge • Msg 22:05, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Ah the joys of Twinkle
I've given up reporting bugs, also given up reporting incomplete nominations etc. It works as long as we check it. Most of the bugs seem to be one offs and can't be replicated.
It also has an incomplete list of CSD things.... etc etc etc
Let's delete the article twice! Fiddle Faddle (talk) 16:43, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
- I hear ya. But it is a handy tool to have and speeds things up quite a bit. :) LinguistAtLarge • Msg 17:41, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Mafia template 2
Hi, I answered on your question on Template talk:Mafia. I think it is fine now to use it. We can still think how to refine it even more. At the moment I am more worried about the major changes in the Mafia article, which might even affect the template. May you should give your opinion on the Talk:Mafia page. - Mafia Expert (talk) 14:32, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thank you. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 18:47, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Re: Guns n roses lyrics talk page
No worries. :) Thanks for helping out. Cheers, –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 02:46, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle
I see that you moved the article "Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle Catalog" to "Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle", and rewrote the intro.
I can see your point, but did you look at What links here? There are roughly 80 articles about stars that link to "Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle Catalog", where the links are displayed in the form PMC plus numbers, such as PMC 90-93. If possible I would like put the abbreviation PMC back into in the first line of the article, and put more of the focus back on the catalogs -- I think astronomers would of course be interested in the instrument, but that the catalogs would be what they actually use. Thanks. -- Margin1522 (talk) 22:48, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- I've changed the lead again to give more of a balance between the instrument and the catalogs. I pondered it for a while, and I'm honestly not sure how the article should be titled. Perhaps it should be moved back to your original title. In any case, feel free to do what you think is best for Wikipedia. Thanks for the message. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 23:40, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. I like it now, and I'm fine with the title. There will be a redirect, but it should be almost instantaneous. Now that the article actually exists, I see no problem in using the title that we think fits the best. -- Margin1522 (talk) 00:43, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Ok, sounds good. Thanks for creating the article in the first place, by the way. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 05:52, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks. I like it now, and I'm fine with the title. There will be a redirect, but it should be almost instantaneous. Now that the article actually exists, I see no problem in using the title that we think fits the best. -- Margin1522 (talk) 00:43, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Re: Odious Mortem
Article meets the 6th notability criterion for musicians and ensembles, as 3 of the members are also members of Decrepit Birth.
MinorLegend (talk) 21:21, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Do you have any reliable sources to verify that? I've also made a note of this on the AfD. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 22:14, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
Speedy deletion of SOASTA
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to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the article or have a copy emailed to you.
- I had an admin say it's a different article from the AFDd version. My apologies. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 07:25, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
- No worries. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 07:42, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
B-day for Oregon
Hello to WikiProject Oregon peoples! Thank you to those who helped start some new articles on prisons and museums. This week, in honor of Oregon’s 150th b-day, we have the slightly older Oregon Constitution and the first state governor John Whiteaker. As always, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 01:15, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
The "Captain Obvious" article has been through AFD a few times, and has been deleted. That said, you seemed to be doing something with that try at "Captain obvious", so I userfied it at User:LinguistAtLarge/Captain obvious for you. Once it's cleaned up, it might be worth a shot at WP:DRV. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 21:50, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the userfication. I'll see if I can make an encyclopedic article out of this-- I'm not completely convinced of that yet. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 21:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Some advice: references that use the term, instead of discussing it, are unlikely to pass at DRV. This was a distinction raised in the last AFD and in the last DRV. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 22:06, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the advice. That is precisely what I am looking for now. There are plenty of places where the term is used, but we need a few reliable sources that actually discuss and establish notability for this neologism. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 22:11, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
- Some advice: references that use the term, instead of discussing it, are unlikely to pass at DRV. This was a distinction raised in the last AFD and in the last DRV. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 22:06, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
I've reuserfied it again. Your article has exactly the same problems as the previously deleted Captain Obvious. "Captain Obvious points out the obvious[bad source][news story about a glancingly related topic]. 'Thank you, Captain Obvious' is a response to a comment that points out the obvious[ref that uses the term instead of defining it]. There are lots of superheroes named Captain Obvious[a bunch of refs to works of fiction that aren't notable and aren't significant sources of commentary on their own]. A wood#in popular culture-style list of things that happen to have 'captain obvious' in their name."
No source is about this particular sarcastic response; it either uses it or talks about things which are references to it. Without any sources that actually talk about this sarcastic term, we're stuck with "Foo bar is bar which is foo, here are some things named foo bar." That's just not enough, not with an AFD explicitly deleting that article. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 13:18, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
Linguistic titles for the homeless around the world
What do you make of this article and the AfD? ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:58, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- I'll have a look. Thanks. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 04:19, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for checking it out. I agree with your conclusion, but I still think it's interesting. :) KEEP!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:36, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, I understand the sentiment, but we have to follow guidelines for AfDs :) And I agree it could be an interesting research topic. (I wish I had more time!) — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 06:41, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for checking it out. I agree with your conclusion, but I still think it's interesting. :) KEEP!!! ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:36, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
What is a steamed sandwich? ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:16, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
- I'm pretty sure it's just a sandwich that has been heated up with steam. It was on AfD a while back and I was considering improving it, but I don't think there would be much of an article in it. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 07:47, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
guns and roses lyrics
thanks for your input...but i constantly see lyric pages all over wikipedia...if i site the record company, can i still post? thanks
- Hi Abdecker, if the lyrics are copyrighted and non-free, they can't be posted on Wikipedia. See WP:C for more information. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 01:05, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
PBS special
Hey Ling I saw a write up of a show about the world's endangered languages and I thought of you. Have you heard about this? The show The Linguists airs Feb. 26 and is a PBS documentary about searching for speakers of dying languages. Fun stuff. Might be worth an article on the show too now that I think about it. The Newsweek article I'm looking at talks about the shows search for Chulym speakers in remote Siberia. The article says "every two weeks, one of the world's 7,000 languages vanishes." ChildofMidnight (talk) 18:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks for the heads up. Sounds interesting. I'm reading the Newsweek article now! — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 18:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
- Hey,
I just started User:Rjanag/The Linguists to prepare this article,and look what I find! There are some more sources there, and if you guys have anything I haven't found yet feel free to add it! rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 16:25, 22 February 2009 (UTC)- Never mind that, it's in mainspace now! rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 18:01, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- Well done! Nice job on the article! — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 23:58, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- Never mind that, it's in mainspace now! rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 18:01, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
- Hey,
Speedy deletion of How do I make a contribution on Wikipedia
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RfD nomination of How do I make a contribution on Wikipedia
I have nominated How do I make a contribution on Wikipedia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) for discussion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at the discussion page. Thank you. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 20:14, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
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Rollbacker!
Hello LinguistAtLarge,
I've just given you Rollbacker rights. You seem to be doing a lot of good work here! Owen× ☎ 16:23, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
- Well, that was unexpected, but thank you very much. I will now read up on how I can use it. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 16:29, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Xenophopia does not involve a Xylophone: Another WPORE COTW
Greetings to WikiProject Oregon members. A big thank you to everyone who helped last week with the Oregon Constitution and John Whiteaker. This week, we have by request Clyde Drexler and a newer article in Religion in Oregon (I thought surveys said we didn’t have religion in Oregon). Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. Aboutmovies (talk) 10:09, 28 February 2009 (UTC)
RCH
Fantastic work. -- Chzz ► 16:44, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
- Hi again,
- I just wanted to ask, how did you manage to source so many refs so quickly? I was trying, at the same time, to find further info using google.
Just wondered if you had any tips about sourcing such things.
Cheers!
-- Chzz ► 10:18, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, I just did a quick Google news search and opened a handful of articles in Firefox tabs. Then the tedious part is formatting the actual citation for insertion in the article. For that I am testing a Firefox plugin that I wrote, that helps facilitate this step. Do you use Firefox? If so, I'm planning on uploading it to AMO so others can test it. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 14:19, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
You suggested in the discussion that the article be redirected to Paleofuture.com and several other editors concurred. However, I felt that Retro-futurism was a better choice for a target. However, since this wasn't suggested in the discussion I would have no objection to it being retargeted to Paleofuture.com. I've also added a link to your article in Retro-futurism. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:50, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
- It's dead Jim I just noticed that http://paleofuture.com doesn't seem to exist anymore. It goes to a godaddy.com parking page. Unless the site's been moved you may either want to G7 the article or update it to say it's closed. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 03:55, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
- I take that back. You now have to include the "www".--Ron Ritzman (talk) 04:00, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
- Good call. I think Retro-futurism is actually the better target for redirection. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 07:47, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
- I take that back. You now have to include the "www".--Ron Ritzman (talk) 04:00, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the trivia cleanup. WillOakland (talk) 07:54, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- I am not opposed to working pop culture references into an article. I moved the unreferenced material to the talk page in this case, pending reliable references to source each bit. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 15:09, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
- Note: I'm restoring this "Four flushing" conversation that was removed by 76.22.74.141 (talk · contribs) with the edit summary "oh, well screw you then". diff. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 00:01, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
- Again restoring this conversation removed by User:WillOakland. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 02:10, 11 March 2009 (UTC)
Suggestion: List of lakes in Michigan
Hey, that sounds like a great idea. How would we go about it, exactly? SMSpivey (talk) 05:47, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- Nevermind, I got it. I was thinking we needed to do this the same way when I saw we were doing it differently. Anywho, yay for getting it done! SMSpivey (talk) 05:48, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Good catch! Why don't you start working on the code problems and i'll keep adding info. Also, I'll probably go back through and fix all of the counties (i'm sure many of them just lead to disambigs) after the info is all inputted. SMSpivey (talk)
Hey, I'll come back through tomorrow evening and see if there is anything else to clean up. I'm super tired and have an interview tomorrow, so happy hunting! SMSpivey (talk) 07:24, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
I was unaware there were so many options to link to. I totally agree with your boldness. Nice job! - Mgm|(talk) 09:31, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
- Thanks! I wasn't aware of it either until I did some searching, and then it seemed like the right solution. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 14:57, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
Indeed. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Penny rugby. Uncle G (talk) 13:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, that's right! — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 17:55, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
If the text was lifted from the site you mentioned, it is a copyvio that needs to go. Since the article is already in the wrong place, do you happen to have the time to write a proper stub on the right title? So the copyvio can be purged? I'd do it myself, but I don't do my best writing in the middle of the night. - Mgm|(talk) 00:08, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
Killer Oregon COTW, its Totally Rad
Greetings WikiProject Oregon peoples. It is once again time for another edition of the World Famous Collaboration Of The Week. Thank you to those who worked on Clyde and [the lack of] Religion in Oregon. This week (as many have noticed), we have the “it was a red link” and by request Eugene Station and Heceta Head in honor of the work that’s been going on at Oregon Coast. Once again, click here to opt out of these messages, or click here to make a suggestion for a future COTW. On a side note, does the recent news of Portland being the unhappiest place in all the land make people there more unhappy? Aboutmovies (talk) 06:55, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
Homosocratic
Thank you for your input concerning the inclusion of homosocratic in Wikipedia. The world must defended from whatever you are defending it from. I will simply trust that the damage caused by a word coming into usage prematurely because Wikipedia (A homosocratic Encyclopedia) with a neologism for a name permits people to be able to find it's definition and application.
Please join me in asking Wikipedia to facilitate the posting of non articles. Simply put tags on insignificant, non notable items and words that do not meet your standards and let the users of Wikipedia decide if they want them included in searches or not.
Thank you for you homosocratic interaction. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottprovost (talk • contribs) 02:06, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Barnstar
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The Article Rescue Barnstar | |
Awarded for rewriting Tourism in Bolivia to AfD-passing standards in just under 21 minutes flat.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 20:08, 20 March 2009 (UTC) |
- Why, thank you very much! :) — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 20:17, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- A pleasure.
- On another note, I think you'd make an excellent admin and am willing to nominate you for that post if you wish.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 20:23, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- Another admin offered to nominate me back in December, but I wasn't sure I was ready. I think I've learned a lot since then, and I'll humbly accept the nomination if you'd like to do that for me. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 21:01, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/LinguistAtLarge.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 21:34, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- You wouldn't normally transclude it till the nomination had been formally accepted and the questions answered. You might want to undo that. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- Good luck LL. I hope my support doesn't sink your candidacy. :) How was the PBS special? I forgot to tape it. Maybe I'll see if it's going to be replayed. Take care. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:11, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
- Congratulations!—S Marshall Talk/Cont 00:21, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
- Good luck LL. I hope my support doesn't sink your candidacy. :) How was the PBS special? I forgot to tape it. Maybe I'll see if it's going to be replayed. Take care. ChildofMidnight (talk) 01:11, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
- You wouldn't normally transclude it till the nomination had been formally accepted and the questions answered. You might want to undo that. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:37, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/LinguistAtLarge.—S Marshall Talk/Cont 21:34, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
- Another admin offered to nominate me back in December, but I wasn't sure I was ready. I think I've learned a lot since then, and I'll humbly accept the nomination if you'd like to do that for me. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 21:01, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
RfA
Why do you think you have to branch out to AN/I? It's already a cesspool of administrators who've contributed nothing but their smart mouthed responses, deal only with issues where a dozen other administrators are already causing a mess, and needs less input rather than more from administrators (okay, sadly not even subparallel phrasing). I almost want to strongly oppose you for this reason alone. What is going on right now at AN/I that you, as an administrator, should add to? --KP Botany (talk) 21:10, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
- Good question. My intent with mentioning ANI and AIV, was concerned with reporting users there when appropriate, something that I haven't done. By this I mean I need to be more active in the community in a role of detecting and doing something about users who are disruptive and causing damage to Wikipedia. I just glanced through some of the drama going on right now on WP:AN/I, and you're right-- it's not very palatable. In fact, if I want to increase my role in rectifying disruption and damage, I think the very first thing I should do is dialog directly with the user in question. A lot of users can be made to see the "error of their ways" so to speak, just by having some dialog, and asking them what they are up to. Opening an incident report itself will probably have a negative effect in many cases, simply because raising it to an "incident" would make the user feel attacked.
Nice flowers on your userpage by the way :) — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 22:28, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
- Okay, good answer. Now hopefully, if/when you become an admin, you remember it, as it's the type of no nonsense approach that reduces wiki-Drama, thereby improving the atmosphere and making room for what Wikipedia could be: a great encyclopedia of knowledge. Well, remember that and having the guts to not comment every month one of the usual half-dozen suspects gets a post about them on AN/I and every administrator on the pedia sees it as a chance to make a name for themselves.
- Yes, the flowers are rather nice. --KP Botany (talk) 23:05, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
- I will do my best to remember this and abide by it. I appreciate your concern and your input. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 23:14, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
Enjoy the bubble tea!
- Thanks Download! — LinguistAtLarge • Talk 07:00, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Congrats!
Congratulations, new administrator! Good luck.--Giants27 T/C 22:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
You are now an admin
I am pleased to inform you that I have closed your RFA as successful. The community has seen it fit to put its trust in you, and so you have been given the admin tools. I hope you'll continue to work within that trust as a sysop to this project. You can test out your tools at New Admin School. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me or any other admin around. Cheers, bibliomaniac15 23:15, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
Congratulations
Here's your mop. (It's a shame we can't put non free images in user talk space) --Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:35, 27 March 2009 (UTC)