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Hi there. You marked How to keeps brown recluse spiders away? as a candidate for speedy deletion - however as it is a copyvio there is a different way of handling them, see Misplaced Pages:Copyright problems. But anyway such clear cases like that one will probably get deleted after the 7 day grace period anyway. So keep on checking the new pages, we can need every help on that one. andy 17:13, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I'm aware it's a copyvio. I've marked several pages as copyvios in the past - however, I decided to mark this one as a speedy because the person who posted it included a few comments which seemed to me to attempt to imply that they had permission - so I decided to be safe and mark it as a speedy instead, due to the title. If you check the edit history, you'll see that the edit description mentioned that it was also a copyvio. In retrospect, it was a bad idea, but I did have my own twisted logic behind it. >:D Yelyos 17:32, Aug 17, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Hello again, Yelyos. Thank-you very much for your support on the requests for administration page. I know you offered me before, and I wasn't ready, so I apologize for not approaching you- but I felt that it might be better if I were nominated by somebody without a personal relationship- just to keep things as unbiased as possible. Of course, I'm not at all saying that you're a bias person, but people with personal relationships can sometimes have clouded views. I know I simply couldn't live with myself if I thought I was nominated just because I knew another Wikipedian! -] 22:36, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

• hehe, yes. A very valid point, for sure. Congradulations on the nomination (and almost sure adminship, judging from the votes). Yelyos 23:20, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)

Hello again. Thanks for your confidence (and your vote!). Unfortunately, I just realized that the number of contributions listed on requests for adminship page is wrong. I don't have 1,906 contributions. Instead, I have 1,492. If you want to change your vote, I understand, and I won't hold it against you. Either way- you have my appreciation :). I'll see you around! -] 23:31, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping an eye out

Just saw that you reverted a change to Mr. Hooper on August 19. Thanks for helping, the user you reverted made a ton of mess in various Sesame Street articles, I'm grateful you caught part of what he had done. -- user:zanimum

Thanks

Thanks for your support for my adminship, and for your very positive words. Jayjg 16:42, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the addition

Hi Yelyos. Thanks for the addition to the list of mnemonics page. That is a fun one indeed! Uranographer 11:10, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Glad you liked it - it's one that my piano teacher is fond of using. Yelyos 17:10, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

RfA

BOO! I nominated you for adminship. Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Yelyos

You've to accept now, ok?

--Node 00:43, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for that. :-) Evercat 01:11, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting my user page. Pouya 02:21, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Sonia Gandhi

Hi, What makes you think Sonia Maino was born Sonia Maino ? She was born as Antonia Maino. What did she do at Cambridge ? Steven claims she did not go to Cambridge University yet that's what Sonia( Antonia Maino ) has been claiming.

Why is opposition party referred to as "Hindu Nationalist"? I corrected it since wikipedia does not allow opinions. It allows "FACTS".

Sorry about the Antonio Maino thing, that was an error on my part. As for the Cambridge part, the link was to Cambridge, England, not Cambridge University, so I assumed he meant the city and not the university - in any case, disputes, comments, questions, etc. about an article are supposed to be settled on the talk page, and not the main article page. As for the Hindu Nationalists, I'm not entirely sure, but I'll leave that as something for those knowledgable on this subject to work out. My revert was primarily aimed at reverting what I saw as an injection of opinion into the article, and I believe I made some errors, and for that, I apologize. Yelyos 03:33, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

Matthew Sellitto

Please don't add unverifiable information to articles. anthony 警告 20:41, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting my wiki page. I think that user got a bit upset about me reverting his vandalism, heh. Cyrloc 02:28, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. (It looks like that particular vandal needs a bit more encouragement toward reforming.) -] 17:36, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Tessaiga

Hi. I have posted a request to revisit this topic at Misplaced Pages talk:Manual of Style (Japan-related_articles). Thanks. Your input will be appreciated. LG-犬夜叉 09:29, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)

Dune (novel)

Hi. That tag you moved from the article to the talk page (notable citation). It's not supposed to be on the article page itself? Why? Kaisershatner 5 July 2005 17:39 (UTC)

If you have a look at Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Notable_citation, it'll show that in all of the cases where that template was used, it was on the talk page. Dune (novel) was the only exception to this, and so I moved it to the talk page. The reason for putting them all on the talk page is probably because it's the sort of template which would be more of interest to wikipedians (as it's a reference to the article itself, and not the subject of the article, and the usage of the template in general tells more about the pervasiveness of Misplaced Pages than it does about the articles it's placed on) than general readers, looking for information on Dune. It could be contrasted with something like, say, the NPOV dispute template, which cautions readers of the article to take what it says with a grain of salt. Yelyos July 5, 2005 19:48 (UTC)

Sounds reasonable. Thanks.Kaisershatner 6 July 2005 13:55 (UTC)

templates

why do they even have that one?

Gabrielsimon 6 July 2005 18:21 (UTC)

An IP vandal seems to have created it. It should be deleted soon. Yelyos July 6, 2005 18:24 (UTC)

ahh, good.

a smarter vandal might make a page dedicated to saying mean things about bush instead of chanigng that one... o well :-) Gabrielsimon 6 July 2005 18:27 (UTC)

User:Humblefool

Thanks for rvting that vandalism of my userpage a few days ago. You were so fast I didn't even notice it until now! humblefool® 02:28, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

2002 election

Sorry about that. I attempted to correct the spelling and it all went haywire.

Lapsed Pacifist 00:16, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!

Have a cookie! android79 has presented you with this token of appreciation for: reverting vandalism on his user page.

I didn't even notice that until now! Thanks a bunch. android79 05:18, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! No problem. Yelyos 05:22, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Ted Harris

Heh. We both caught it at the same time.  :) Zoe 09:04, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I got an edit conflict with you on WP:CP, actually. Only difference was my four tildes and your signature. Yelyos 09:06, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Thank you for voting to support my RFA. I've been promoted, and I promise to wield the mop with good faith, patience, and fairness... except when I'm exterminating vandals with the M-16 recoilless nuclear Gatling mop. --malathion 08:06, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

In A.D. 2005

In A.D. 2005

Yoshi war was beginning.

Yellow Yoshi: What happen ?

Func: Somebody set up us the RFA.

...eh, I'm no good at this. You remain the master. :)

Yelyos, thank you very much for your vote on my adminship! :) I fully expect to see your name on RfA very soon...For great encyclopedia. :)

Please never hesitate to let me know if you have concerns with any administrative action I may make.

Func( t, c, e,  ) 03:49, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Frazzydee

Yelyos - since you're the one who passed me the message about Frazzydee not having internet access in the first place, do you have any idea when he's getting it restored? →Raul654 04:19, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Actually, he returned from his original trip, but I haven't been able to get in touch with him, as apparently he's gone off to Vancouver. Yelyos 04:48, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

Category:Millennial Wikipedians

Category:Millennial Wikipedians has been listed on categories for deletion. Since you are using it on your user page please weigh in on the vote and that of the other generational categories here. Thanks. -JCarriker 20:50, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

*POKE*

Hey, there's a revert war with some users being dorks on User:Phroziac/Flammable refrigerants. I gotta go, if you could watch it while i'm gone, that would be great. :) --Phroziac 20:36, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

User Categorisation

You were listed on the Misplaced Pages:Wikipedians/Ontario page as living in or being associated with Ontario. As part of the Misplaced Pages:User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Ontario for instructions.--Rmky87 04:50, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Blue screen of death/Red screen of death

Hello. The merge of articles is disputed. I much appreciate your opnion, thanks. --Mateusc 02:12, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

I noticed you commented at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Red screen of death. Could you come and comment at Talk:Blue screen of death#Foo Screen of Death merge? - A Man In Black (conspire | past ops) 00:20, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Adminship

I have promoted you to adminship. Congradulations. Please familiarize yourself with the relavant policies before using those shiny new buttons. Raul654 01:57, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

New WikiProject

I've created the WikiProject on Article Verification we discussed on IRC a few days ago. It's still very much a rough draft, but with a few interested people we can get it off the ground. Interested? ;) // Pathoschild 21:19, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikimedia Canada

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Phone call for you :)

Hello!

You're mom's having a bit of trouble getting in touch with her, and asked me to contact you through Misplaced Pages to tell you to call her.

See you later,

Frazzydee|✍ 00:22, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Toilets in Japan

Toilets in Japan is up for a featured article review. Detailed concerns may be found here. Please leave your comments and help us address and maintain this article's featured quality. Sandy (Talk) 16:52, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

wikipedia policy and privacy

http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Biographies_of_living_persons#former_names_of_transsexual_people

maybe this would interest you. you can add your thoughts to the discussion there?--Sonjaaa 15:56, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Classification of admins

Hi Yelyos. Please consider adding your admin username to the growing list at Classification of admins. Best! -- Jreferee t/c 23:15, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

For creation of the Ginban Kaleidoscope article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.54.93.104 (talk) 04:04, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

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FAR

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Category:Ig Nobel Prize winners

Category:Ig Nobel Prize winners, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. DexDor (talk) 16:48, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Extended confirmed protection

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Two-Factor Authentication now available for admins

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Please note that TOTP based two-factor authentication is now available for all administrators. In light of the recent compromised accounts, you are encouraged to add this additional layer of security to your account. It may be enabled on your preferences page in the "User profile" tab under the "Basic information" section. For basic instructions on how to enable two-factor authentication, please see the developing help page for additional information. Important: Be sure to record the two-factor authentication key and the single use keys. If you lose your two factor authentication and do not have the keys, it's possible that your account will not be recoverable. Furthermore, you are encouraged to utilize a unique password and two-factor authentication for the email account associated with your Wikimedia account. This measure will assist in safeguarding your account from malicious password resets. Comments, questions, and concerns may be directed to the thread on the administrators' noticeboard. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:33, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

A new user right for New Page Patrollers

Hi Yelyos.

A new user group, New Page Reviewer, has been created in a move to greatly improve the standard of new page patrolling. The user right can be granted by any admin at PERM. It is highly recommended that admins look beyond the simple numerical threshold and satisfy themselves that the candidates have the required skills of communication and an advanced knowledge of notability and deletion. Admins are automatically included in this user right.

It is anticipated that this user right will significantly reduce the work load of admins who patrol the performance of the patrollers. However,due to the complexity of the rollout, some rights may have been accorded that may later need to be withdrawn, so some help will still be needed to some extent when discovering wrongly applied deletion tags or inappropriate pages that escape the attention of less experienced reviewers, and above all, hasty and bitey tagging for maintenance. User warnings are available here but very often a friendly custom message works best.

If you have any questions about this user right, don't hesitate to join us at WT:NPR. (Sent to all admins).MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 13:48, 15 November 2016 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

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Administrators' newsletter - February 2017

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Administrator changes

NinjaRobotPirate • Schwede66 • K6ka • Ealdgyth • Ferret • Cyberpower678 • Mz7 • Primefac • Dodger67

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Guideline and policy news

• A discussion to workshop proposals to amend the administrator inactivity policy at Misplaced Pages talk:Administrators has been in process since late December 2016.
• Misplaced Pages:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2016 closed with no consensus for implementing Pending changes level 2 with new criteria for use.
• Following an RfC, an activity requirement is now in place for bots and bot operators.

Technical news

• When performing some administrative actions the reason field briefly gave suggestions as text was typed. This change has since been reverted so that issues with the implementation can be addressed. (T34950)
• Following the latest RfC concluding that Pending Changes 2 should not be used on the English Misplaced Pages, an RfC closed with consensus to remove the options for using it from the page protection interface, a change which has now been made. (T156448)
• The Foundation has announced a new community health initiative to combat harassment. This should bring numerous improvements to tools for admins and CheckUsers in 2017.

Arbitration

• The Arbitration Committee released a response to the Wikimedia Foundation's statement on paid editing and outing.

Obituaries

• JohnCD (John Cameron Deas) passed away on 30 December 2016. John began editing Misplaced Pages seriously during 2007 and became an administrator in November 2009.

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