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User talk:WBOSITG/Notices

Re:Ping

In truth, there are no really correct answers to those. If the coachee gives good reasoning for the close, then I accept the answers as correct. I'll take a look, though. Malinaccier P. (talk) 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Agazio & Luigi 28

Hi WBOSITG, I've seen that Agazio has been confirmed as a PIO sock. What about Luigi 28, if I may ask? Agazio's remarks in his request for unblock seem pretty conclusive to me that Agazio and Luigi 28 are one and the same. What're your thoughts? Should I open an RFCU? Best, AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 17:12, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

OK. Many thanks, and I agree that they're indeed the same person. AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 17:17, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh they're the same person allright, the grammar mistakes are identical. When one listens to him long enough, one gets used to PIO's distinct "style" of expression. Though I understand my assessment won't be enough. --DIREKTOR 17:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I repeat here: my name is Luigi. I'm Italian. I speak a terrible English (sorry), also a terrible German, Spanish and French. If you want, I can send my complete name, my address and my telephone number. I don't know who is that PIO. I'm not PIO!!! Maybe you have to apologize...--Luigi 28 (talk) 19:06, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Grazie mille per il tuo messaggio. Purtroppo da quando ho iniziato a scrivere qualcosa sulla Wiki inglese, sono stato "bersagliato" da due utenti che mi hanno preso per un altro (questo PIO che non conosco). Mi hanno cancellato varie volte ciò che scrivevo, senza nemmeno una spiegazione. Comunque sia, ho iniziato a scrivere anche nella Wiki italiana, sempre con lo stesso nome: "Luigi" (che è il mio vero nome) "28" (che è il giorno in cui sono nato, nel mese di settembre). Adesso ho inserito una fonte per quasi ogni singola parola che ho inserito: credo di essere l'unico utente di Wiki che se non fa così ha subito un falco che gli piomba sulla testa per cancellare tutto quanto! Studio da molti anni la storia dell'Adriatico orientale, e questo sarà in prevalenza il mio campo di intervento. Ancora grazie e ciao.--Luigi 28 (talk) 09:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC) (UTC)

It's been 4 days

Aren't you going to answer your messages? What's up? The Transhumanist    18:25, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

File sent

via email.

The Transhumanist    19:51, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Erm, I haven't got that file yet. Got the right address? unclemontezumahotmail? weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 10:05, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Sent again. This time the subject is "WIKIPEDIA - GRAPHICS DESIGN PROJECT - TT". If you don't see it, be sure to check your spam folder. The Transhumanist    10:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

ani oops

I think you may have accidently removed a comment I made on ANI about the lighthouse article which was vandalized. Oops! Bstone (talk) 22:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh no need to add it back. I did it already. Did editing for enwp suddenly get super duper slow for you? It did for me and my letters weren't showing up on the school for a while. Weird? Bstone (talk) 22:25, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Three revert

Um, I'm not trying to do an edit war, and I would appreciate you not threatening me with the three revert rule, thank you very much. Brothejr (talk) 00:47, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Your an account creator

Looking at your logs but how come u dont appear on this list? Thanks Roadrunnerz45 04:56, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

Signpost updated for May 19th and 26th, 2008.

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SVG files

How do you convert something to SVG? Like, what program(s) can you use? I would be interested in converting the files in commons:Category:Signatures, but I don't know what software to use. J.delanoyanalyze 03:08, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Alternative music newsletter

The Alternative music WikiProject Newsletter Issue 14 - May 2008

"I go to a fucking office and I write. I'm not one of these dickheads who opens a beer, high fives his mates and opens his mouth and shit pours out, which he then writes on a beer mat. It doesn't come easy."- Nick Cave Project news "Touch Me I'm Sick", Diorama (album) and Nine Inch Nails live performances reached featured article status in the past month! Well done to Indopug, Dihydrogen Monoxide, and Drewcifer3000. The discographies of Sonic Youth, The Libertines, Foo Fighters and Smoking Popes reached featured list status during the past month. Well done to Drewcifer3000, Indopug, Tenacious D Fan and Teemu08. We collaborated on Superunknown, Supergrass, Kate Bush and Foo Fighters during the past month. During the month of May, The Killers, "Under the Bridge", Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, Coldplay, Beck and Ten (Pearl Jam album) were promoted to good article status. This month's "Recommended Alternative Album" is Cocteau Twins - Treasure (1984).

New members Seraphim Whipp, Guitardude3600, Lunar Jesters, Kristmace, Freedom (song), TwentiethApril1986, JD554, Thom, and Sethward joined the alternative music fold during May. Editors User:WesleyDodds

You are receiving this newsletter because you have signed up for WikiProject Alternative music. If you wish to stop receiving this newsletter, or would like to receive it in a different form, add your name to the appropriate section here. This newsletter was delivered by the automated Giggabot (stop!) 07:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Template:LandmarkForum deletion

Please be careful when deleting templates. Template:LandmarkForum was still in use and should not have been deleted. Don't trust people to tag things correctly. --- RockMFR 23:20, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Second round of WikiCup

The second round of the WikiCup has begun! It now runs until July 31.

SoxBot II (talk) 23:21, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Did you get the file?

Have you completed the image yet?

What's up?

The Transhumanist    00:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

re: Userpage

You're most welcome. On the other hand, I'm mildly pissed that you did apparently only look at the design and not read e.g. the last point here: "Yes, this pseudo-tabbed page design you see here is my original creation. I developed it from a variant of User:Phaedriel's page. You're most welcome to take what you need. If you feel like it, you can then make me even happier by including some sort of credit somewhere on your page. For a modified formatting which makes extensive use of transcluded subpages, see User:The Transhumanist." — Let me know if and when you need any formatting help. Better yet, ask TTH, he's a real wikicoding genius. dorftrottel (talk) 21:20, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

WP:HAU

Hello yet again. I regretfully inform you that the bot we were using to update the user status at Misplaced Pages:Highly Active Users, SoxBot V, was blocked for its constant updating. With this bot out of operation, a patch is in the works. Until that patch is reviewed and accepted by the developers, some options have been presented to use as workarounds: 1) Qui monobook (not available in Internet Explorer); 2) User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate; 3) Manually updating User:StatusBot/Status/USERNAME; or 4) Not worry about it and wait for the patch to go through, which hopefully won't take long. If you have another method, you can use that, too. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Useight (talk) 22:27, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Back to the drawing board

It appears the globe stand was from a copyrighted image.

This means we're back to square one.

We need to either find another globe stand, or come up with a new idea altogether for the "Misplaced Pages World Traveler" award.

I look forward to any ideas you might have.

The Transhumanist    01:11, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Im sorry if this has vandalised your page BUT it's urgent

Someone on my IP range has my password, and i urgently need to change it. they are vanalising wiki and i cant stop them! help!!!! Dalemurph (talk) 11:09, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

I happened to be passing thru, and saw this. To be on the safe side, I put a 24 hour block on the account.--Bedford 11:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the burying of the congrats

I'm also burying my thanks in the templated thank-spam below. also, feel free to check out and comment at my in-depth RFA analysis. cheers, xenocidic (talk) 12:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

RFA

Standards

This user page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. It was last substantively updated 14 August 2008. If you want to revive discussion regarding the subject, you might try contacting the user in question or seeking broader input via a forum such as the village pump. It was last substantively updated 14 August 2008.

My RFA standards are still being refined, but I rarely base my support on arbitrary cut-offs like number of edits, or length of time editing. More often I will attempt to determine the clue level of a candidate. If high levels of clue are present, they will earn my support, regardless of whether or not they have 5000 non-huggle edits and 6 months of regular activity. This is based on a fairly brief review of their contributions, moreso on their answers to the questions. I have an optional question that I often pose to candidates that helps with this.

Self-noms and the acceptance line

• Neglecting to follow the bolded instruction #6 to delete the acceptance line in the self-nomination instructions will cause me to register a neutral unless a preponderance of clue has already been detected.
• I do this because it is a fairly simple and easy instruction to follow. Not following it is (in my opinion) indicative of a deeper tendency to not thoroughly read and follow instructions generally. Adminship is no big deal, but applying for adminship is. The fact that a candidate hasn't fully versed themselves in the process of RFA prior to jumping in doesn't build confidence that they will accurately follow guidelines and policies in applying administrative actions.
• An example of how this could apply to a real-world admin situation: When blocking for an inappropriate username, it is customary to uncheck the "Prevent account creation" and "Autoblock any IP addresses used" boxes. However, an admin who doesn't thoroughly follow instructions might not do this and as such Misplaced Pages could lose an otherwise constructive contributor.
• One user has mentioned that leaving this line in could be justified by ignore all rules. Quite frankly, I disagree. There is no good reason to ignore this rule, and following it is painless. Attention to detail is a quality I value in an administrator.
• As I mentioned, leaving this line in isn't always a deal breaker and if the candidate's actions indicate to me that this oversight is an anomaly, I may change to, or otherwise support. Furthermore, if they remove the line using only a herring, I will most certainly lend my support, though I may ask that they first bring me a shrubbery.

Participation

1. Thingg - nom, support (69/32/4)
2. WBOSITG 2 - support (114/10/4)
3. Zginder - neutral became moral support in the neutral column and then oppose (8/34/9)
4. Ro098 - oppose (0/3/0)
5. Jbmurray - support (161/1/2)
6. Vivio Testarossa - oppose (8/25/7)
7. Bluegoblin7 - neutral (6/13/10)
8. Guest9999 - support (48/31/4)
9. Paulyb - oppose (0/4/0)
10. Strennman - oppose (0/6/0)
11. Tyw7 - oppose (with moral support) (0/1/0)

    Tyw7 2 - oppose, switched to strong oppose (3/14/1)

12. Xenocidic - candidate (72/13/2)
13. InDeBiz1 - moral support (5/15/2)
14. Useight (RFB) - support (28/16/6)
15. Tinkleheimer - moral support (15/16/8)
16. Ironholds - oppose (12/24/10)
17. Kevin - neutral, switched to support (54/2/0)
18. Pinkville - support (54/0/1)
19. Ali'i - weak support (70/55/14)
20. Cenarium - support (42/2/2)
21. Soxred93 3 - neutral, switched to support (87/7/3)
22. Avruch - support (104/35/10)
23. Cedarvale1965-08 - oppose (0/2/0)
24. Karanacs - support (119/4/3)
25. Plyhmrp - oppose (0/4/0)
26. SarekOfVulcan - support (76/11/2)
27. Golich17 - support (19/36/11)
28. Headbomb - support (17/38/11)
29. oren0 - support (67/21/13)
30. Ryan - support (17/36/2)
31. EricV89 - support (13/43/9)
32. Frank - support (59/11/4)
33. Masterpiece2000 - neutral (10/19/3)
34. JeanLatore - neutral (0/12/1)

    JeanLatore 2 - oppose (0/6/0)

35. RyanLupin 2 - support (32/28/4)
36. Blakegripling ph - support (9/30/9)
37. Lomn - support (54/1/1)
38. Shoessss 2 - support (23/26/7)
39. Tanner-Christopher 2 - support (64/3/4)
40. the demonhog 2 - support (100/1/1)
41. TomStar 81 3 - support (80/18/2)
42. Cailil - support (66/8/5)
43. Lady Aleena 2 - neutral, switched to oppose (28/31/10)
44. Red Phoenix - support (13/7/2)
45. No longer updating, see my RFA participation report

Optional question

Thanks

Thank you for your support

I would like to thank the community for placing their trust in me during my recent request for adminship, which passed 72 13 2 . Rest assured, I have read each comment thoroughly and will be addressing the various concerns raised as I step cautiously into my new role as janitor. In particular, I would like to thank Balloonman for putting so much time into reviewing my contributions and writing such a thoughtful nomination statement after knowing me for only a brief period of time (and for convincing me that I was ready to take up the mop now, rather than go through admin coaching).

To my fellow admins - please let me know right away if I ever take any mis-steps with my new tools. Should I make a mistake, and you reverse the action, I will not consider it to be wheel-warring (but please tell me so I can understand what I did wrong).

To everyone - please feel free to slap me around a bit if I ever lose sight of the core philosophy of Misplaced Pages as I understand it - the advancement of knowledge through the processes of mutual understanding and respect. As always, feel free to drop by my talk page if I can be of any assistance. =)

Sincerely,

~xenocidic, 01:04, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Analysis of my RFA

Luigi 28 & DIREKTOR

Scusa se scrivo in italiano, ma mi spiego meglio. L'utente DIREKTOR per l'ennesima volta mi ha cancellato un contributo, alla voce Rijeka. Ieri me l'ha cancellato affermando che non c'erano delle fonti. Io ho messo le fonti. Oggi mi dice che vuole delle VERE fonti. Si tratta di un elenco di sindaci di Rijeka, prima e dopo il 1948. Io ho trovato almeno DUE link SERI per ogni nome che ho inserito. Se DIREKTOR vuole, posso trovargli almeno DUE fonti SERIE scritte, delle quali parecchie di fonte croata. Infine, DIREKTOR continua a dire che io sarei bannato, e quindi cancella tutto ciò che scrivo per questo motivo. Io a questo punto chiedo cortesemente il tuo intervento: non è possibile che io sia perseguitato da un pazzo!!!--Luigi 28 (talk) 14:03, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Hi WB, if this guy isn't User:PIO I'll write a 2-page letter of apology. However, this is probably not gonna happen, since PIO not only uses socks, but positively stinks at it. So whenever I see a poorly conceived sock ploy on Dalmatian artocles by a Venetian irredentist radical that can barely speak English (no offense to Italiano) according to a well visible pattern of grammar mistakes, *deep breath*, I'm immediately telling myself: "heee's baaaack!" ;)

As for you PIO, I'll just quote Alasdair:

"your first ever edit was to restore a fact tag that PIO had added , and on his way out of the door, PIO/Agazio was telling us, without being asked(!), that he had no connection with you. See User_talk:Agazio. And that Istrian exodus got protected to prevent PIO editing it from his IP, and that you were along within 24 hours of the PP expiring to add census data to it , which, strangely enough, had often been PIO's favourite topic ."

You'll have to think of something more original than simply using (what I assume is) your "real-world" name to create an account, Louie. --DIREKTOR 01:51, 6 June 2008 (UTC)