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Thanks

Thanks for changing my username from CyberThing to DalekChicken. DalekChicken (talk) 08:45, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

User: Willy on Wheels

I know that this is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay late to ask the question, but why was Willy on Wheels blocked? Was it vandalism? Imperial Star Destroyer (talk) 15:13, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I see. Then why is it that the original only made three edits on votes for deletion? Imperial Star Destroyer (talk) 21:47, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Hold templates

Hi Rdsmith4, I wanted to ask something regarding templates at RfA. When you closed Elonka's third request for adminship, you used the "on hold" templates while reading it. Out of curiosity, what are these templates called? I know what the ones for successful/unsuccessful RfAs are, but not hold. I know I don't need to use them, but I would like to know what they're called just for my own reference. Thanks. Acalamari 18:43, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick reply and answer to my question: it was appreciated. Acalamari 18:59, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Please wipe away my Account (with diskussion and history)

Hello Rdsmith4,

please clean up (delete) my Account (user-page with discussion and history) in the english Misplaced Pages! Thank you very much!Nup (talk) 16:37, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Administrator renames

I'm not thinking of renaming my account any time soon, or in the forseeable future, but what is the policy on renaming administrators? Would I (potentially) have to re-register the old account name at some point, for example? Rudget (Help?) 18:22, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

That's basically what I thought. Thank you. Regards, Rudget (Help?) 18:36, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Usurpation completed

You’ve renamed my account User:ChroniclerSPb to User:Chronicler after usurpation request. Please, rename also my old userpage User:ChroniclerSPb (and its talkpage) to User:Chronicler (it’s impossible for not admin). Thanks. --Chronicler (talk) 09:49, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for having renamed my account so quickly. Gede (talk) 23:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

I would like to thank you too! it was a nice surprise, after the 1st reply I got, I gave up.. Thanks! Leia (talk) 18:13, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Account Nup

Please rename my User-Account Nup in "Former User 23". The best would be, that there is no more visible on the user's page the discussios and the history. In the german wikipedia it was possible to do that (administrator, buerocrat) Thank you vey much in advice! And then please delete these contributions here, thank you! 92.75.229.136 (talk) 10:47, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

usurpation request

Hi,

About this request, what is the "guest" bug ? I would add that as I haven't many contributions on :en with the username malta_fr, I don't mind if it isn't merged with malta. What matter to me is to be able to log in with the username Malta. bye, Malta fr (talk) 12:29, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Your philosophical musings at WP:BN

I found your most recent comment at WP:BN quite interesting, for two reasons:

1. Because part of what you’re saying echoes one of my favorite quotes:

   "When it looks like somebody is saying something utterly stupid or insane, try to figure out why, from their point of view, it might seem reasonable to say such a thing." - Nick Mathewson, here. See also Principle of charity. I originally stumbled on this at ArmedBlowfish's now-deleted talk page.

2. Because the other part of what you’re saying matches very closely with a similar theory of mine: Everyone has a reptilian brain (which produces instinctive reactions), and a primate brain (which thinks rationally). Some people think that humans use their primate brain to decide what to do. When I’m having a good day, I tend to believe people use their primate brain to overcome, as best they can, their normal desire to do what their reptilian brain tells them to do. When I’m having a bad day, I tend to think people use their primate brain primarily to come up with rational-sounding justifications for doing what their reptilian brain tells them to do. We’re all reptiles, it’s just humans have evolved a way to make it look like we aren’t.

When I first contributed to that thread, to be honest I kind of thought I was at WT:RFA. It's gotten pretty esoteric for WP:BN... --barneca (talk) 19:12, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Username change to capital A

Thanks Dan - that's worked a treat! πιππίνυ δ - (dica) 22:12, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

AN & AN/I

Sure - no problem. It's just been a frustrating evening - "hey that guy, he's guilty of...something..not sure what..not going to present any diffs but he's surely guilty!" --Killerofcruft (talk) 01:11, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

I've said all I need to say at this point. The editor knows that he'll be watched closely. Baseball Bugs 01:56, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

That thread was well handled by you. Nice work. Viridae 02:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Change proposal

Since comments are going to get lost on that large thread about AN and AN/I, I thought I might copy mine here to make sure you saw it (since, unlike many others, I agree!). Here it is: As someone who has recently been described as using AN and AN/I as a "home away from home" I think getting rid of both of them is a fine idea. The purpose of AN is mostly as a community noticeboard, for which we already have WP:CN. There is no need for it to be unduly focused on administrators - admins aren't a separate class, and no issues concern admins exclusively. The other subpages of AN could just as easily be subpages of some other place, and they all serve a specific function that serves to weed out general or unfocused complaints. I'd suggest, though, that AN and AN/I not be redirected to whatever the replacement is - instead, leave it as a map of the various noticeboards so that CN et al don't become new dumping grounds for the same old crap.

The only other thing I'd add to that is this: You're a crat, so judging consensus is supposed to be your thing. I'd say that in this situation you might consider going with a "rough consensus" because, like all things AN or AN/I, it will be discussed forever and a clear consensus is unlikely to ever be apparent. On the other hand, the utility of reorganizing the pages like that seems obvious to me (and I should know...). Objectors will probably come to the same realization in time. Avruch 00:51, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Small bureaucratic request

Hi Rdsmith4, I noticed that when you granted Bjweeks adminship, you changed his rights from "rollbacker" to "rollbacker, sysop". If it's all right with you, when you promote someone to adminship, can you please make sure that rights made redundant by sysop (i.e. rollback, account-creator, and ip-block-exempt) are de-checked when you're in Special:Userrights? Having the promoting bureaucrat remove the rights while promoting an editor to adminship saves other admins from removing the right themselves, and also prevents the userrights log from being clogged up with unnecessary rights changes. It's up to you, of course, but it would be appreciated if you did this. Thank you. Acalamari 19:06, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

In all fairness, I personally don't have any problem with keeping a user with "rollbacker, sysop" groups combined, and there isn't any harm in keeping them together. However, there do seem to be a lot of users who believe it's more organized and less cluttery (is that a word?) to keep sysops and rollbackers separate, and that users with the former right grouped with the latter make it harder to keep track of everyone who has rollback. In addition, some admins also remove the rollback right from admins who are in that group, therefore filling the userrights log with useless entries. I hope this explanation is satisfactory. Acalamari 19:28, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome, and thank you for your consideration. Acalamari 20:21, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Cross-wiki spam

Heads up - can you do some cross-wiki deletions? Raul654 (talk) 02:29, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Bureaucrat hunting

Hi Rdsmith4, I just noticed that you've come online. Well, I've been searching for a bureaucrat for some time, and I was wondering, can you, since you're active, close Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Headbomb and Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/oren0 please? They're both a few hours overdue. Thanks. Acalamari 02:03, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for closing them, and thanks also for the quick response! :) Acalamari 02:47, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for fulfilling my username change request! Rasadam (talk) 21:05, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

Scouts

Hi again. See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Scouting and Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Scouting/Members, from a fellow Scout and Crat. — Rlevse • Talk • 12:00, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:AN

I just read a thread you started (concerning a solution to page size) which is now archived.

I have a few suggestions which I've posted at WT:AN, and would be interested in your input/insight. - jc37 06:00, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Ringo Star

Holly_Ann_Collins

http://en.wikipedia.org/Holly_Ann_Collins I think that you should get a user that is fluent in dutch should go over it. Some of the sources are in my native language Dutch. Thank you. --Americangrantedasylumnetherlands (talk) 21:05, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

WP:CHICAGO

You have been not signed up as an active member of WP:CHICAGO, but you have participated in discussion at either Misplaced Pages talk:Meetup/Chicago 3 or Misplaced Pages:Meetup/Chicago 3. If you consider yourself either an active or semi-active member of the project please sign up as an active member. Also, if you are a member, be advised that the project is now atrying to keep all the project's WP:PR, WP:FAC, WP:FAR, WP:GAR, WP:GAC WP:FLC, WP:FLRC, WP:FTC, WP:FPOC, WP:FPC, and WP:AFD discussion pages in one location at the new Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Chicago/Review page. Please help add any discussion you are aware of at this location.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 17:22, 10 August 2008 (UTC)

Why did you rename my username from Mlandauer to Usurped Username 3??

My login (Mlandauer) has gone. I never received a notification email or anything. Some explanation for your actions would be nice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.64.109 (talk) 14:59, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:ReneLacoste2.jpg)

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EK

You forgot to notify EK directly about this closing. — Rlevse • Talk • 20:15, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

Everyking 3

Thank you for closing this contentious RfA, thank you very much. If it's not too much too ask, can you please explain how you evaluated the all the comments and reached your decision? Thank you. Acalamari 20:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

That's a reasonable explanation, and I thank you for it. I wasn't challenging your decision, rather, since it was a major RFA, I was simply curious to know what your evaluation was. Thank you for providing your answer. Best wishes. Acalamari 19:30, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

SUL

Thank you so much! It's working perfectly! Dreadstar † 18:00, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:PeerNavbox

Template:PeerNavbox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Bazj (talk) 14:26, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Query on Neutrality(?) policy

As I can recall wikipedias policy is to refer to countries under their legal name as it is accepted by the UN. however if one looks at the todays 7/9/08 first page/on this day section on will propably see "independence day of Republic of Macedonia"... however there is no such state as this. THE OFFICIAL NAME IS: Former Yugoslavic Republic Of Macedonia F.Y.R.O.M. May I remind you also that the are currently negotiations taking place for the removal of continuation of the "Macedonia" bit in the name. Wikipedias neutrality policy dictates that the temporary official name should be used.... If so possible I propose the creation of a bot to undertake the job of fixing this isue. As unimportand as it might seam to you: 1)it is a breach of the wikipedias neutrality policy 2) it is malinforming and incorrect 3) it means a great deal for the current countries in the dispute 4) it is disrespectfull towards the citizens of those countries and the UN thank you very much for your attention 79.166.26.188 (talk) 03:07, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

This IP seems to have spammed all the crats on this. — Rlevse • Talk • 10:07, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

Photo permission

Dan,

What does the Creative Commons license mean for usage. I work for a publishing company and I was looking for a photo of a Rolls Royce Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament and found yours on Wiki. I don't understand the usage. Can I use this image?

Bruce Borich

Photo permission

Dan,

What does the Creative Commons license mean for usage. I work for a publishing company and I was looking for a photo of a Rolls Royce Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament and found yours on Wiki. I don't understand the usage. Can I use this image?

Bruce Borich bborich@sov-soc.com