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300

I thought you'd break 300, and so you have! Congratulations. Maybe you'd best act as amicus curiae in some Arbitation Committee fact-finding over the coming year, and develop a track-record there as a consistent observer. All the diffs are laid out publicly for any thoughtful outsider to comment upon. --Wetman (talk) 08:19, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Sadly, as I found out to my cost that approach seems to upset those intent on muddying the water and producing convoluted threads and screaming "Troll" and "Attack". It was however a method I had intended to use. 300 it's not bad is it? I must be doing something right. Giano (talk) 09:29, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Command me oh Leonidas! Wetman has a good idea there...with all the valuable experience you've had with the committee plus all your support, you should be appointed an Honorary Arb. They already allow Arbitrator Emeritus, so why not?!--R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) (talk) 19:20, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

No, I am an all or nothing sort of person, no half measures or appeasement, the final voters though do seem a little misinformed - odd that isn't it both so close together, and both failing the old Wiki proverb of "check your sources!" makes one wonder who the source is. Giano (talk) 19:24, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Well then, it isn't just me who found that a bit odd. Really, if they don't want you there they could just sign the "oppose" list, without coming up with convoluted and in some cases quite strange reasoning. Sort of makes one wonder, doesn't it. None of that is particularly relevant, though. The fact that 300 people have put their name forward in support of your candidacy shows that you're onto something here. Risker (talk) 19:45, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Not to worry, if half the things said about me here were true, I'd be even more infamous, I have about 290 more votes than I though I may receive so I'm happy, and the voting page has not been the shit-storm (so far) that certain people prophesied so all in all it has been a successful and very interesting two weeks. I suppose the question is who will "he" choose after all this, and will any of us notice a difference? Giano (talk) 19:51, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm still betting that we will see 8 new arbitrators appointed. Five for tranche alpha and a new one for each of the three tranches. Maybe not, though. Congrats from me on the WP:300 as well. Looking at the final results, the final percentage of 58% was a little lower than I'd hoped for (I was hoping you would get above 60%). I was also hoping you would get second place in the supports column, but Raul surged ahead of you there at the end with a massive 20 supports on the final day (for comparison, Newyorkbrad also got 20 supports on the final day, and you got 11 supports on the final day). you did get 'first' place in the oppose column (but let's quietly ignore that...). You got a net support of 83, which is rather a good result, and you came eighth in that column. In terms of total number of votes, you and Newyorkbrad were miles ahead of the rest of the field. He got 567, and you got 541. I would recommend anyone running for ArbCom in the future to look at how he and you managed to get your fingers on the pulse of Misplaced Pages politics and become so, well, visible. And here endeth the commentary. :-) Carcharoth (talk) 14:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Congratulations on a great campaign, and all the records smashed! Johnbod (talk) 17:01, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I also think 8 arbs will be likely be appointed. 5 to replace the resigning ones, 6th to replace Flcelloguy for inactivity since May (what a pity!). This gives us 6 minimum. However, expanding the top slice to 8 would allow Jimbo to appoint Rebecca and Raul something I assume he would like to do since he likes them. I have nothing against these two particular candidate, btw. But generally, having an election whose rules are not announced in advance thus allowing the Master to adjust to appointments to his tastes seems crooky to my taste. But who cares? Anyway, I bet a bottle of Courvoisier that there is no way in hell that Jimbo would appoint Giano. I would be pleased to loose. So, any takers? --Irpen 17:10, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Just to let you know

I'm probably going to be disappearing again. This time, I will certainly do a better job of covering my tracks. One of them (I have my suspicions who), had a secret checkuser run on me because of my participation in the whole Durova Affair. It was then used during my participation in a relatively minor issue at AN/I, after another user outed my first account. Admittedly, I did a poor job of disappearing the first time, choosing to do so into a little-used approved sock. The tag I placed on it identifying it as such was not oversighted (not sure if this was my mistake or the steward's), but I think that the whole situation further illustrates just how rotten the Arbcom process is currently. That a member would feel it necessary to run a secret checkuser on a supposedly "disruptive" non-involved editor during that case of all cases, is both ironic, and a bit disgusting. For the record, my vote was cast for you, using my old account (which had suffrage), and I wish you all the best. Fully realizing that WP:300 or no, Jimbo isn't appointing you, I'm glad of your run anyway. You and editors like you are what make WP bearable. Keep up the good work! Mr Which??? 20:22, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Take care. send me a clue if you ever re-appear! I have a huge dossier on "secret checkusers" I am saving for a suitable time and place. If ever I can help, let me know. I'm going nowhere of my own accord! Giano (talk) 20:25, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

You take care as well, and of course, feel free to add the diffs I provided to your dossier. I'll drop you some kind of indiscrete note to let you know who I am. I've already opened the account I'll disappear into, and watchlisted some pages from a couple of editors I respect, in order to maintain something like "contact" with a few folks I feel I can trust. Regards, Mr Which??? 21:32, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Just for the record, I don't consider East718 the "culprit" in the case of my "outing", but rather as a whistleblower of sorts. I would have never known a secret checkuser had been run on me by an arbiter had he not made it known. Mr Which??? 21:35, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Queluz National Palace

Hi again Giano. I went to the Queluz Palace this afternoon and took a few pictures. I've just uploaded four of the interior, as you requested. Apart from the king's bedroom one, I've already forgotten the names of the other rooms in the pictures (I may search for them later though). I'll upload more pictures of the interior/exterior tomorrow, as I have to study for an exam now. :-/ Anyway, I thought that you could have a look at these and possibly find them useful for inclusion, especially if you already know their respective rooms. Best regards, Húsönd 21:08, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

I wow Husond! I know which they are don't worry - wow wow wow that's more exiting than a seat on the arbcom, we shall have to try and stop the FAC, while a re-write the interiors section, it will have to be Tuesday! Well done that's terrific! Giano (talk) 22:14, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Well they are in the page, a bit of a tight squeeze but they are staying. I think this has made this the complete page of its type, so few have interior photographs - how on earth did you take them, are they allowed - and no one else in sight - totally amazing! Brilliant. Giano (talk) 23:51, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes well done - mid-December is certainly the best time for tourism - I remember my ten minutes alone with the Mona Lisa years ago! Johnbod (talk) 16:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Heh..I'm sorry.

Oh man, I can't believe I just did that! I'm so sorry, I just found about the elections less than an hour ago, and I have been racing against the clock to get my vote in. I bet I did this more than once. Well, your right, there is next time. Thanks for informing me! :)-BlueAmethyst .:*:. (talk) 00:09, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Not to worry, it appears they closed the voting 30 seconds early, but it would not have made any difference to me anyway. Thanks for the vote though I appreciate it, its the thought that counts. Giano (talk) 00:11, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. I still wished that I could fix my edit.  :)-BlueAmethyst .:*:. (talk) 00:14, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Steward election

Hello, could you please confirm the account on Meta is you, by providing a link to your userpage there, otherwise your vote will not count. Thanks. Redrocketboy 03:26, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

To elaborate this is called crosslinking... (and what is odd is that I thought you had this all sorted last year since you voted then...) Anyway you need to crosslink your account. You can do this by doing an edit here (to your user page, perhaps) saying you have an account on Meta named Giano II, and then on Meta, giving the diff of that post (about the account) on en saying it is you on en. Or you can if you want set up a fullblown WikiMatrix like my userpage on Meta references. (it's really best that it is something that one does for ones self). Once you do this it also counts for board elections.

Thanks again for your support, hope this is not too much trouble. By the way I have my fingers crossed that Jimbo will see reason and not go by strict numbers when he makes selections. Your election campaign and the outpouring of support you received was remarkable. Win or lose, my sincere congratulations and best wishes. ++Lar: t/c 03:50, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Here it is created over a year ago. Giano (talk) 08:05, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I think they want a link in the OTHER direction but what you just did is such a thing. I've taken the liberty of ... feel free to revert me if you want and do it over yourself in your own style. And congrats again on your achievement. ++Lar: t/c 16:54, 17 December 2007 (UTC)