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RfA thank you

A Nobody/Archive 1, I wish to say thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 82 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. I would especially like to thank Rlevse for nominating me and Wizardman for co-nominating me.
                                                  — JGHowes talk - 19 August 2008

Unblocked

I've unblocked this account on the technical grounds that the reason for my previous block (a confusing username) no longer applies. To the now-unblocked editor: this is not an endorsement of your previous behavior; please note the comments and warnings from other editors above, and conduct yourself accordingly. I don't think youre likely to get any more renames. -- The Anome (talk) 13:33, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. --A Nobody 18:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Jewel Man

A tag has been placed on Jewel Man requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} 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 a copy be emailed to you. Omarcheeseboro (talk) 16:01, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I added the context and restored the redirect. I hope that addresses your concerns. --A Nobody 18:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Redirects

Why are you creating several articles, only to redirect them one minute later? Why not just start with a redirect? Pagrashtak 16:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I am laying the basis of information with reliable sourcing that is there in the edit history so that when additional sources are found, editors have a place to start from and build from. --A Nobody 18:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Why don't you concentrate on the redirect target instead? Pagrashtak 16:09, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I figure that I have the information on hand and people are likely to look for these terms, so it's there in the edit history if anyone can do anything further with and yes, I have also merged any relevant information into the redirect locations as well. In any event, as far as video game characters go, that was all I had planned to work on for the day. --A Nobody 18:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Just seems to me that if you're going to put that info in the main article anyways, adding the same thing to the individual articles and then redirecting them is a waste of time. Pagrashtak 16:35, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
Again, it's there so that should I or anyone come across additional sourcing, we have a basis or foundation to work from rather than starting all over. Those looking for the terms are redirected where they should go and yet reliable sources that assert notability are already in the history of the articles as well. This way, it's a win-win situation: those who come here for that information have a quick means to find it if they want to find it and those who would rather these characters only be redirected have that as well. --A Nobody 18:36, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

You can't remove CSD tags from articles you've created. Please don't do that again, or you may be blocked for further disruption. Gwen Gale (talk) 18:40, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

if you want to add info of that sort, a good place to do it is on the article talk page, where it can always be found and wont get in the way. Deliberately making an article history of a redirected article for it is a little indirect and confusing.DGG (talk) 19:50, 13 October 2008 (UTC)
I appreciate the feedback. --A Nobody 02:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

New account name

Why not just register that account and start using it? You're not currently blocked from creating accounts, and you can't be IP-blocked, or you wouldn't be able to edit my talk page, so I can't see any reason why you should not be able to do it. -- The Anome (talk) 18:51, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

I appear to have been renamed anyway. Thank you for the suggestions, though. --A Nobody 02:12, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

Uh.

The fact that you're making redirects to somehow preserve is that EGM said that the eight best bosses of Mega Man 9… are the eight bosses of Mega Man 9. This is akin to a list of the 50 best states in the US. I'm not sure that you're getting your point across, and in the meantime I've removed it as nonsensical. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 08:34, 15 October 2008 (UTC)

WELCOME BACK!!

The Barnstar of Good Humor
A little something for you, you've inadvertently earned it several times over. Everyme 04:04, 15 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, although I am not "back" in the way that I was previously as there will be long stretches of time in which I cannot edit. --A Nobody 11:37, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Welcome back

We may not always agree, but it's good to have you around (sometimes ;)). Stifle (talk) 18:33, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate that, but as I said above, I'll be more not around, then around. --A Nobody 11:37, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

you dirty dirty hypocrite - there you are lecturing people like me about using socks and it turns out you are nothing but a liar and a fraud. I bet you are running socks now aren't you? yours Fredrick Day/Allemandtando. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.35.132.151 (talk) 11:53, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

193.35.132.151: don't use Wikipedia for personal vendettas, please. Anthøny (talk) 14:19, 17 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey, do you know me? Ecoleetage (talk) 23:57, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Ecoleetage (talk) 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. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thank you and of course I know you. Yes, your kindness does help to make my day better. Yours, --A Nobody 21:23, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Welcome Back. Why did you vanish?. Please don't leave again. --SkyWalker (talk) 12:01, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

A combination of off-site harassment and frustration with dishonesty by certain editors in various discussions and inaccurate mischaracterizations of me. A few fixated on me in a manner reminiscent of some of the real world harassers and I felt concerned no matter what I did they would only escalate things further. So, I'm not really all that "back," as some of the areas I worked in the past, such as AfDs, I am unlikely to ever participate in (certainly not any time soon) and rather only plan to log on here and there when I have worthwhile references or content to add. As such there may be long stretches when I don't edit at all. --A Nobody 21:23, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Administrator board thread about your behaviour

I am actually not sure what the reason is (because your previous edit history has been deleted) but I thought someone should mention this thread. --Cameron Scott (talk) 22:02, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

And closed. Hey, and welcome back. Erik the Red 2 ~~~~ 02:18, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Erik the Red 2 ~~~~ has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy munching!

Spread the goodness of cookies by adding {{subst:Cookie}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks for the cookie and nice words.  :) --A Nobody 02:20, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Smile, You're on Candid Camera!

RockManQ (talk) 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. Cheers, and Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Just kidding, have a nice day! Happy Editing, RockManQ (talk) 02:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks and you have a nice day, too!  :) --A Nobody 14:12, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

List of traps in the Saw film series

Done, I have userfied the page to User:A Nobody/List of traps in the Saw film series. Yamamoto Ichiro (talk) 17:47, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!  :) --A Nobody 17:50, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
And thank you for digging that up! Ecoleetage (talk) 20:26, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
You're welcome!  :) --A Nobody 14:13, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

RFAs

Please remember to vote on RFAs depending on what the candidates would do with the tools. It was the idea of voting against people because you disagreed with their inclusion standards that led to all that unnecessary drama last month. Stifle (talk) 18:36, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

It's tricky. Will a user, as an administrator, be biased in closing AfDs because of an inclusionist or deletionist position? AfDs aren't a vote, so the closing administrator's conclusions matter; however, systematically excluding deletionists, as you might do, or inclusionists, as someone else might do, won't help matters. Overall, in the long run, community consensus will prevail and what an individual admin does is just a kind of guess or expectation of what the community will do if the matter gets noised about. I agree with Stifle. (I don't agree that anyone should be sanctioned for stupid or inappropriate !votes, though, unless the comments were actually abusive, i.e., personal attacks or uncivil. Even if it was a bad practice, it should have been your right to comment on whatever basis you chose. I haven't reviewed what actually happened. In any case, welcome back. --Abd (talk) 21:41, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Talk page archives

I tried to set up a talk page archive and the first bit were archived at User talk:A Nobody/Archive 1; however, on this page, the little 1 for that page up to is showing up as a redlink and when I click on it I get to an edit page rather than the talk page itself. Why is it taking me to edit the page rather than just the link to the archive? Why is a page that exists redlinked? Please help! Thanks! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 14:27, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, it seems to work now; sorry. --A NobodyMy talk 14:29, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
On a side note, you might want to use {{Archive box|auto=yes}} for your archive links. It will automatically determine the number of archives you have so you won't have the excess red links. Pagrashtak 14:50, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Can you put the proper code in for me? I am not the best with some of that stuff. Thanks!  :) Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 14:52, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
I've done it for you. I do, however, feel that your old archives should be linked from somewhere. It would appear that as you're not really "vanished" any more , you are somewhat bound to your previous edits, which includes old talk pages. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 15:14, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
Cool, thanks!  :) Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 21:46, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
I only addressed the first part of this. If you want me to add your old archives too then I'll do that. If not, I suggest that you do so yourself. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 14:56, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
When I tried to restore just some of my old userspace items (obviously only those that could not be used to identify me in the real world), I was quickly reverted and had the page protected, so I am under the impression from the admins that anything of note is in this talk page's history and I am not to do or request anything regarding my old userspace, i.e. what's deleted is to remain deleted (if you check the history of my old userpage, you can see what I mean) and I should not link to my old userpage. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 14:59, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
I'm talking about linking to them from here. What you did was try to maintain your old user page as a separate entity. As it has been established that you're no longer operating under RTV, but rather under a standard user name rename, you're not really supposed to do that. On the other hand, given that this is just a user name rename, you're still responsible for your own talk archives. You might want to clarify that with Seicer. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 15:46, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
My main motivation for restoring the lists of nice and wise wikipedians to my old userpage was because I referenced it in many discussions (for example, I supported admin candidates who made those lists and said as much in their RfAs) or put holiday messages on users' talk pages linking to them. Those particular lists had nothing in them that my harassers could use against me or to identify me, and I thought, as they are complimentary of other editors as well, it would be helpful to leave them intact for the sake of all those internal links on archived pages that link to them. I was a bit surprised that there was any concern there as I more or less explained the edit in my edit summary. In any event, the sense I got from emails and on-wiki comments afterwards really seemed to be that I should not overtly connect this account to the old one, as it will only confuse people and cause them to toss out accusations (and even if I make any additional requests no matter how good faith it will generate some kind of needlessly dramatic ANI thread from someone that does nothing to build the encyclopedia, etc.), i.e. that anyone who knows me can see the edit history of this talk page that has been mostly restored, but also due to the harassment issues that are not entirely gone I should still not refer to or link to or edit anything associated with the old username by which the harassers have a reasonable chance of identifying me. If nothing else, invented nonsensical issues of criticism aside, I'm not sure there's much benefit there anyway as I am avoiding the areas in which I ran into conflict with others (namely AfDs; I haven't made a single edit to any AfDs since this account's renaming; rather I'm just adding sources when I come across them or welcoming users who edit my watchlisted pages) and with midterm grading and dissertation draft rewriting just around the corner, my presence here is and will continue to be far less than it was (I expect long stretches of not editing). --A NobodyMy talk 16:43, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

(de-indent) AN, I don't think it's wise to talk endlessly about harassment and your prior username. It's not that hard to figure it out, and talking about impedes the natural gradual loss of interest.--chaser - t 20:41, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree. --A NobodyMy talk 16:02, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

Userfication

I had already userfied the colt article, at the request of Banazir (talk · contribs), so you should ask him about editing that subpage in his userspace, but the page is here: User:Banazir/The Colt (Supernatural). As for the other one, please ask Golbez (talk · contribs). Cirt (talk) 23:49, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Okay, will do. Take care! --A NobodyMy talk 23:51, 24 October 2008 (UTC)
Done. See User:A Nobody/Soul Edge (weapon). --Golbez (talk) 04:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Cool, thanks! Regards, --A NobodyMy talk 14:11, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

mass-welcoming IPs

Ah yes, about that. Could you please stop your old habit of mass-welcoming IPs? I meant to tell you earlier, but you used to revert anything I wrote on your user talk, or reacted with a defensive barrage of meaningless diffs, then you left, then you returned, then you left again, now you're back again. So I'm telling you now: Having seen it at least twice because I still regularly edit by IP, like I promised I'd continue to do in my RfC: It's a bit annoying even in and of itself; and seeing that you're signing all of them with your username, I get the impression that you're actually trying to advertise yourself. Also, don't you have anything better to do with your time? Why not use that same time to look up sources and help rescue an article? Everyme here, btw. 78.34.134.173 (talk) 00:06, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Generally, I don't think welcoming new users or IPs is a problem. Other Wikipedias have bots doing it. At least in this case there's a friendly human being to talk to. Anyway, Everyme has a point. "A Nobody" is a strange name to see at the end of a welcome message. I don't know why you chose it, but the 'crats are unlikely to grant you another rename. I suggest you create an alternate account for welcoming and cross-link their userpages for transparency's sake.--chaser - t 02:19, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
I think if I ever created any alternate accounts, no matter how good faith the intentions or how constructively the account were used, someone would cry foul anyway. --A NobodyMy talk 14:10, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
They can take some assurance in the fact that I would block the alt account myself if you used it for anything other than welcoming.--chaser - t 20:41, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
I am nevertheless confident that if I do anything that anyone can even remotely invent a concern about, they will. --A NobodyMy talk 16:03, 26 October 2008 (UTC)

RfA

Hi! Thank you very much for your support and comments in the RfA. It passed today, and your comments and taking the time to review my contributions were much appreciated :) Cheers, Ynhockey (Talk) 21:51, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Congratulations and good luck!  :) Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 23:39, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar!

The Socratic Barnstar
For impressing me with your long, well thought out oppose. You earned this one! RockManQ (talk) 00:31, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Feel free to fix the link, wasn't quite sure how to do it. RockManQ (talk) 00:31, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks and I'll see if I can fix the link. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 01:13, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

I may as well put here that I think you're pretty awesome. Tombomp (talk/contribs) 19:03, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Thank you! Such nice words really help to make your fellow editors feel appreciated and encouraged! Have a happy Halloween week! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 22:30, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: Happy Halloween

Hi again! Thanks for the Halloween greeting :) We don't really have Halloween in Israel, but I remember it well from Canada, and it fact it was the date that I returned from Canada to Israel in the year 2000. Cheers, Ynhockey (Talk) 14:52, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

You're welcome and all the best!  :) Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 14:53, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thank you very much for the picture. The same to you. Regards --Cameron Scott (talk) 14:55, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
You're welcome! Best, --A NobodyMy talk 21:10, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Wish you the same. Have fun. Eat loads of chocolates :P. --SkyWalker (talk) 14:58, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Oh, hello, and thank you so much for the very kind message and the delightful photograph. (I've been singing The Monster Mash today in tribute to the celebration.) I was thinking of you and wanted to communicate privately to see how life is treating you (I don’t know if your old account’s email is still functional, as I received no response). I am glad to see you are in good spirits on this day. Happy Halloween! Ecoleetage (talk) 15:07, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Happy Halloween, Great Pumpkin. :) BOZ (talk) 15:24, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks!  :) --A NobodyMy talk 21:10, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the Happy Halloween! RockManQ (talk) 20:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Oh, and it's one of my favorite holidays as well. Happy Halloween, RockManQ (talk) 20:45, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Halloween, then Christmas in my book!  :) --A NobodyMy talk 21:10, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Right back at ya!Fairfieldfencer FFF 21:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Hey, Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho!. Happy Halloween! Fairfieldfencer FFF
Thanks, but please go with my new name. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 21:32, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Good to see you're still around, by the way. I was worried there for awhile. BOZ (talk) 02:55, 1 November 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 16:57, 1 November 2008 (UTC)

I got a coupon in the mail for pumpkin ravioli (sorry, but *gross*!) and thought of you and your holiday. I echo BOZ, glad you're back. TravellingCari 01:46, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

In Circleville, Ohio, they have this Pumpkin Festival where they have pumpkin ice cream, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pizza, pumpkin chili, pumpkin just about everything! Best, --A NobodyMy talk 02:11, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
A friend of mine has an icon on another site that looks like a version of this. That would be me at that festival, but I'm weird -- and that leaves more pumpkin themed things for you :) My offer from before stands. I don't watch your tlak, but you know where to find me if you need anything. TravellingCari 03:10, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, great. --A NobodyMy talk 15:12, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Just a bit of info, but put {{clear}} under the pics. If you don't it can mess up the page sections. Cheers, RockManQ (talk) 02:50, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay. I'll try that in the sandbox momentarily. --A NobodyMy talk 15:12, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Hey, AN. I was away for a few days, so... happy belated Halloween. :) WODUP 02:54, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

It's never too late to wish someone a happy Halloween! --A NobodyMy talk 15:12, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I see you have been spreading Halloween cheer. I've been searching for folks that wish to support Halloween as a WikiProject, as I feel many Halloween-related articles do not fall clearly under the purview of WikiProject Holidays or WikiProject Horror, and the former is barely active regardless. Feel free to comment if you like the idea!--otherlleft (talk) 12:14, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I have added my support. Regards, --A NobodyMy talk 16:48, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Halloween

Thank you for your interest in WikiProject Halloween! There is now sufficient interest to create this fledgling WikiProject. Please visit the project page and sign up. There is not much to the page as yet, and your input in helping us focus our efforts and recruit new members will be invaluable!--otherlleft (talk) 18:20, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I signed up, but I encourage you to make a userbox for the members of the project. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 18:34, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
It's on the list, but I'm no master of that art! I agree it's very important, though.--otherlleft (talk) 18:41, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
Cool. --A NobodyMy talk 18:56, 3 November 2008 (UTC)
I just made a box, and I think it works! Check it out on the project page!--otherlleft (talk) 12:45, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, will do. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 15:53, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which recently passed with 126 in support, 22 in opposition and 6 neutral votes.

Thanks for your support in my RFA!!
• If you want to reply to this message please use my talk page as watch listing about 150 pages is a bit messy •
·Add§hore· Talk/Cont 21:51, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

You are welcome, congratulations, and good luck! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 01:10, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Articles

Hi, do you mind nowiking the category tags on the articles in your user space, this is to stop them showing up in article space. --Cameron Scott (talk) 17:02, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I am not sure how to that; if you would like to, please do so. Best, --A NobodyMy talk 17:04, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
All done, when you move them back into article space just remove the Nowiki code I stuck around the categories. --Cameron Scott (talk) 17:31, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
Okay, cool. Take care! --A NobodyMy talk 17:43, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Nathan Hale

Greetings! Here you go -- this is the complete content of the article that I deleted (minus a few extra hard returns, and indented one level for readability:

Nathan hale is the protagonist of the Playstation 3 game Resistance: Fall of Man
he killed like every chimera in england and then he went to america to win again.

No references or sources. The original creator was Vanila58. Hope this helps, Antandrus (talk) 16:30, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Oh, and I didn't finish answering your question: a redirect would be fine. (I deleted the stublet originally since all the other contributions by that account were vandalism.) Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 16:33, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Was there any on the talk page? I see from User_talk:Antandrus/Archive29#Nathan_Hale_.28Game_Character.29 that an IP claimed he was adding a reference to a draft on the talk page for the article, which was also deleted. Is it possible to let me know what was put on the talk page? Thanks! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 16:42, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
You're right -- there was a talk page, written by the IP who posted on my talk page. Here it is, as of 9/22/08 (inside of nowiki tags, so I don't bork your talk page):

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